^%4!4r' 'ra ^ I ^ (^%^ i^^ s^ «^ ?-i!=%5^ OJ-fT^^^ HISTORY OF ALLEN AND WOODSON COUNTIES KANSAS ILLUSTRATED Emkei.i.ished with Poi;traits of Well Known People of These Countie: WITH BioGUAPHiE.s OF Our Representative Citizens, Curs of Public Buildings and a Map of Each County. EOITED AND COMPILED BY L. WALLACE DUNCAN CHAS. F. ScOTT lOLA, KANSAS: lOLA KKGISTKR, PRINTERS AND BINDERS I 90 1 \ l^l.u \ ^\x D»- \j4\\1\ Iprcfacc There is no romance more thrilling and fascinating than the story of the early settlement of Kansas, and her later history holds a charm and interest that is not possessed by that of any other State in the Union. Organ- ized as a Territory when the contest for the extension of slavery was at white heat, it became at once the battle ground of the contending forces, the South determined that it should be held as slave territor>', the North equally determined that it should be dedicated to freedom. The struggle drew the gaze of the Nation upon Kansas, and the interest then awakened has continued, through peace and war, to this day. Something is always "going on" in Kansas, and whatever it may be, the people in all the other States want to know about it. Allen and Woodson were among the first counties to be organized in the new Territory, and some of the earliest white settlements in Kansas were made within their borders. Many of their pioneers were identified in an honorable way with the contest for freedom, and they have witnessed many stirring events. It is for the purpose of making a permanent record of these events, to engrave where they will not be lost or forgotten the names of those whose courage and sacrifices laid the foundation for the prosperity and peace we now enjoy, as well as to note the steps by which the present high material development of the two counties has been reached, that the present volume has been compiled and published. The highest ambition of the publishers has been to make this History accurate and reliable, and they have spared no pains to verify every substan- tial fact recorded. To do this they have gone, whenever that was possible to the original sources, to documents when such were available, to early newspaper files, and to men and women who have been here from the or- ganization of the counties and who can say: "All of this I saw and part of it I was." And in conducting this research the publishers have been often reminded that their work was not begun too soon, for of the large number of those who ■Crossed the prairies as of old Our fathers crossed the sea". and whose courage and endurance laid broad and deep the foundations of the commonwealth, but few now remain, and when they shall have gone "to join the great majority" it will no longer be possible to gather at first hands the facts that constitute the must intere-^ting, if not the most import- ant, part of the historj' of the two counties. In collecting and puttino: in form for permanent preservation the recollections of those who were original observers and actors through the long period that now stretches between the organization of the counties and the present day, the publisliers feel that they have done a real service for future generations. "Biography is historj- teaching by example," and no hi>tory of any American community would be complete that did not contain the life record of many of the men and women who constitute its citizenship. A large por- tion of this volume is therefore devoted to sketches of those who have in one way or another been identified with the political, social, religious, business or professional life of the community. The limits of the volume have made it impossil)le to include all who are worthy of a place in it: but so far as it was possible to secure the facts no one has been omitted who.se record is an essential part of the history of the two counties. The publishers wish to make special acknowledgment of their indebt- edness to those who have contributed the chapters which appear over their names, and which add greatly to the intere.st and value of the book. Thu v- are very grateful also for the generous encouragement which their under- taking has received and for the advance subscriptions which have made its publication possible. In a recent article Hon. !•'. I'. Ware says: "Next to having heroes is having historians. A hero who does not get into history is practicalh' wasted. Heroism without hi.story is like a banquet without a guest. The great charm of Kansas is the fact that it has had both heroes and historians. A good printed history is like a bank. Iii it the valuables and the jewels of the State are kept. Into this bank goes the surplus greatness of the peojile and of the state. If the present work shall in any degree merit this accurate and witty definition of a "good printed history," the publisliers will feel that their hopes have been justified. HISTORY OF ALLEN COUNTY KANSAS location an^ IRatural jfcaturcs Allen county is located in the southeastern part of the State, in the sec- ond tier of counties from the east line and in the third tier from the south line, 109 miles south of Kansas City. It is twenty-one miles north and south and twenty-four miles east and west, containing 504 square miles, or about 322,560 acres. It is divided into twelve townships, as follows: Geneva, Carlyle, Deer Creek, Osage, Marmaton, Elm, lola, Elsmore, Salem Cottage Grove, Humboldt and Logan. The Neosho, the third largest river in the State, enters it at the north- west corner and follows a generally southeasterly course, affording a large and steady supply of water and furnishing abundant water power at lola and Humboldt, where dams have been constructed, the greater part of the )'ear. The river has numerous tributaries, the largest being Indian creek, Martin creek. Deer creek. Elm creek, Coal creek and Owl creek. The Neosho and all its tributaries were heavily wooded when the country was first settled, and large bodies of native timber still remain on all of them. The Marmaton river rises east of the center of the county and flows south- east through Marmaton and Elsmore townships. The Little Osage river rises north of the center of the county and flows southeast. Each of these rivers has small tributaries. Good well water is obtained nearh* everywhere in the county at a depth of from twenty to thirty feet, and at numerous points deep wells, drilled to a depth of about two hundred feet, have supplied never failing water. The river and creek bottoms are wide and level, comprising about one- tenth the area of the county. The uplands are gently rolling prairie. There is comparatively little surface rock, although in nearly every tcwns^hip i-cme nisToKY i)i" \i.i.i;n and jroixl quarries have been opened, the stone Ijein^ usually blue and white liinestoue and red sandstone. When the county was first settled considerable surface coal was found in Osage and Cottage Orove townships, and it was thought that a consider- able portion of the county might be under laid with coal at a greater depth. Subsequent prospecting, however, has not developed any veins of sufficient thickness to warrant working. IRatuial ll^csourccs AGRICULTURAL: Like most of the counties of Kansas, Allen is mostly an agricultural county. The bottom lands, comprising as already stated one-tenth of the entire area of the county, are apparently inexhaustible in their fertility and produce enormous crops year after year. The uplands are not so rich, of course, but they yet possess a deep alluvial soil, rich in decomposed limestone, and with projier cultivation producing extremely well. Up to the time of this writing but little manufactured fertilizer has been u.sed, because not found necessary. vSome of the more progressive farmers, however, are now exj)erimenting with the various fertilizers that are on the markets, and the results have proven so satisfactory that the cus- tom w^ill no doubt soon f>ecome general. Wheat is grown successfully along the river fjottoms, and some of the ujilands have produced good results when fertilizer was used. But corn is the principal crop of the county, the average annual product being in the neighborhood of two million bushels. Kaffir corn is gaining in favor with the farmers, as it never fails to produce a good crop. A great deal of sorghum and millet is raised as a forage crop, while flax, oats and broom corn are grown succes.sfully. Nearly all the varieties of fruits common to this latitude do well here, apples especially being abundant in ([uautity and excellent in quality. Of the tame grasses, cl()\er and tiniolliN do the best and are now very generally grown. STOCK RAISING: Nearly all the farmers are also stock raisers or feeders and nearly all the grain and forage grown in the county is fed with- in its borders. Attention is given mostly to hogs and cattle, although there are some sheep in the county, and a great many car loads of horses and mules are turned off annually. The cheapness with which grain and forage can be grown, the abundance of good water, the mildness of the climate and the proximity to great markets make the live stock industry one of the most ])rofitable in which our people engage. TIMBER: When the country was first settled the heavy growth of forest along the rivers and creeks constituted a very important resource and brought many thousands of dollars to the fortunate owners. vSaw mills were the first factories of any kind to be established, and practically all the houses built prior to the advent of the railroad in 1872 were constructed wholly or in large part of native lumber. The forests have been very largely cut down, but enough of the original growth yet remains to enable three or four small saw mills to do a flourishing business. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 7 MINERAL: By far the most important mineral resource of the county, so far as now known, is tlie Natural Gas, the discovery and development of which is made the subject of another chapter. Next in value to the gas are the shales, suitable for the manufacture of brick and tiling, and the stone designated in the geology of the State as "the lola Limestone". The shales are deposited very generously over the county, but are utilized at present only at lola and Humboldt, at each of which places, by the u.se of natural gas as fuel, they are manufactured into a fine quality of building and paving brick. The stone also underlies a large portion of the county'! but is used only at lola where, in combination with the shale, it is used in the manufacture, on a very large scale, of Portland Cement. It has also been used quite extensively for sidewalks and curbing. Considerable oil has been developed in the vicinity of Humboldt and at some other points in the county, but not in sufficient quantities as yet to admit of its being placed upon the market. The presence of so large a gas field as Allen" county possesses lends reason to the hope that at some time a correspondingly large pool of oil will be found. HISTOKY OH AI.I.KN AND Zbc (IciTitorial pcriob' Allen county no doubt has a liistory, if we could only find it, dating tar beyond the brief period of its occupation by tlie j)resent ])opulation. Away in the dim recesses of prehistoric times there is good reason to believe tlie country we now c ill Kansas, and perhaps this very valley, was inhab- ited by a numerous people, different from and far more advanced in civiliz- ation than any of the aborigines found here upon the advent of the Euro- peans. Tlie numerous and massive ruins of long forgotten cities in Arizona, in the canons of the Colorado, and the traces of vast systems of irrigation yet discernible in portions of our own State, prove that this portion of the continent had a history in connection with the human race long before it became the hunting grounds of the Indian or the home of the Caucassian; but who they were, whence they came, how long they remained, whither they went, and what were the agencies of war, pestilence or famine which so completely blotted them out, are (juestions for the archaeologist and anti- (|uary, and not for the practical historian of to-day. The first written account we have of the territory included within this State dates from about the middle of the sixteenth century, when a Spanish expedition, under the leadership of Coronado, coming from Mexico by way of the Gulf of California, penetrated as far as the north central part of Kan- sas. The expedition came in search of gold and silver and fabulously rich cities, but it found neither gold nor silver nor cities, and so the disorganized, discouraged and demoralized remnant of it returned to Mexico as best it could, having left no permanent mark upon the State. Another Spaniard, DeSoto, after discovering the Mississippi, crossed it in his search for the fountain of perpetual youth and penetrated almost to the borders of Kansas, but failing to find the fabled fountain returned and was buried in the stream he had discovered, and the only reminder of him in Kansas is his name, given to a small station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad near Lawrence. French explorers were more successful than the Spanish had been. Coming down from the north and east, they ascended the Missouri to the mouth of the Kansas river which they entered and followed some distance. They have left the most glowing accounts of the beauty and fertility of the country and especially of the incredible numbers of buffalo, deer, bear and other wild animals with which it abounded. In i682 the French took possession of the month of the Mississippi in the name of the King of France and named the country on its banks Louis- • NoTB-The Publishers wish to acknowledKe their indebtedness for many of the facts recited In this ohiipier to two addresses on "The History of Allen County," one delivered at lola, July 4, 1878, by Dr. John W. Scott, and the other delivered the same day at Humboldt, by Major Watson Istewart. woonsox corxTiKS, kax.sas. 9 iana, in honor of Louis XIV. The name was applied to a vast but some- what indefinite extent of territory west of the Mississippi river including what is now divided into eighteen States and Territories of our Union, Kansas being one of them. It remained nominally in the possession of h'rance until November, 1762, when it was ceded to vSpain, being retroceded to France, October i, 1800, by the secret treaty of St. Idilfonso. In 1803, through the crowning act of the administration of Thomas Jefferson, the entire Territory of Louisiana was purchased from P'rance and ceded to the United States. In 1804 Congress divided the new purchase into two distinct territories divided by the 33d parallel of north latitude. The southern portion was called the Territory of New Orleans, and the northern the District of Louisiana, this District being placed under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Territory of Indiana. In 1805 a Terri- torial government was granted to the District of Louisiana, under the name of the Territory of Louisiana, and in 181 2 the Territorial Government was lecognized and the name changed to that of Missouri Territory. In 1820 the State of Missouri was admitted into the Ihiion with its present boun- daries and there remained of the old Louisiana Purchase the Territory of Nebraska. It was not until 1854 that the name Kansas appeared upon the map. In that year the Territory of Nebraska was divided and what had been the southern portion of it was organized into the Territory of Kansas, with A. H. Reeder as Governor. The first legislature of the new Territory was elected March 30, 1855, — the election being marked by such gross and palpable fraud on tlie part of the "Border Ruffians" that the legislature then chosen has come down in history as "the bogus legislature". It was in the acts of this legislature, known as "the bogus statutes", that Allen county first appears as a recognized municipality, having a "local habita- tion and a name", the section being in the following words: "The county of Allen shall be bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Anderson county, thence south thirty miles, thence west twenty-four miles, thence north thirty miles, thence east t venty-four miles to place of beginning " The first white settlements in the county were made in the spring and summer of 1855, shortly before the county was named and its limits defined as above set forth. There is some dispute as to who made the first perma- nent settlement, but the weight of the testimony seems to award that honorable distinction to Mr. D. H. Parsons, who with a companion, B. W. Cowden, arrived on the Neosho river near the mouth of Elm creek in the month of March, 1855. They found about four hundred lodges of Osage Indians encamped in the timber and still claiming some sort of ownership in the country. But owing to the fact that the father of Mr. Parsons had been a trader among the Osages, the newcomers were received in the most friendly manner and made welcome in the lodges of the camp until their cabins were built. A little later the good will of the Indiahs again stood Parsons in good stead. Returning to his claim after a short absence later in the summer, lO IIISTOKV OF Ar.LKX AND he found his cabin in possession of a party of Missourians who, drifting down that way and finding it unoccupied had proceeded at once to take possession and make themselves at home. There was no law, no right but might, and the Missourians were the stronger. Finding that argument was of no avail, Mr. Parsons appealed to his friend. Little Hear, chief of the Osages. The result of this appeal was that a party of warriors presented themselves suddenly before the astonished interlopers, and with angry gestures and loud threatening talk gave them to understand that the\- must get out. The Missourians were now the suppliants, and begging I'arsuns to restrain the fury of the saviges until they could get out of their reach they departed immediately, rapidly and permanently. The claim over which this dispute arose was just across the river southwest of lola, known to all the later settlers as the Nimrod Hankins ])lace. During the summer of 1855 " number of settlers arrived in the couulv. the following being as nearly a complete roll as can now be obtained: Major James Parsons, with his sons, Jesse and James, H. H. Hayward; l)r Uurgess, Isem Brown, A. W. J. Brown, J. S. Barbee, Thos. Day, Giles Sater, Thos. Norris, Jessie H. Morris, Anderson Wray, George Hall, Dr. Stockton, A. C. Smith, Augustus Todd, Michael Ki.ser, Hiram Smith, Richard J. Fuqua, W C. Keith, Henry Bennett, Klias Copelin, James Barber, Barnett Owen, James Johnson, Charles Passmore, James Gillraith, David Dotson, E. H. Young, a Mr. Duncan and a Mr. Martin, for whom Martin creek was named. Of these sturdy and honored pioneers not one now remains in the county, and probably fewer than half a score are yet living. The Legislature of I.S55 adopted a system of county organization the officers of which were a Probate Judge, with power and jurisdiction almost etjual to that of our present di.strict court; two County Commissioners, con- stituting with the Probate Judge, the tribunal for transacting county busi- ness; and a sheriff. These four officers were to be appointed by the Legislature and to hold their offices until the general election in 1857, and they in turn to appoint the County Clerk and Treasurer. The officers appointed for Allen county were Charles Passmore, Probate Judge, Barnett Owen and B. W. Cowden, Commissioners, and Wni. J. Godfrey, Sheriff. In the spring of ICS55 a party of proslavery men from Fort Scott formed a town company, and coming to Allen county laid out a town on the high ground south of the mouth of Elm creek and on the east bank of the Neosho river, about one and one-half mile.'- southwest of where lola now stands. The town was named Cofachique. in honor of an Indian chief, and James Barbee was elected the first president of the comiiany. The Company was incorporated by the bogus legislature under the name of the Cofachique Town Association, with Daniel Woodson, Charles Passmore, James S. Barbee, William Barber, Samuel A. Williams and Joseph C. Anderson as the incorporators. The Association was authorized by the act creating it to hold any quantity of land not exceeding 900 acres, "where the city of Cofachique is now located," and was made the permanent county seat of Allen countv. The first store in the town and in the county was started by WOODSOX COrXTIKS, KANSAS. I r James Galbrealh. H. I). Parsons and a Mr. Lynn soon started another and a third was opened by John & Owens. The first post-office in the county was e-tablished at Cofachique in the spring of 1855 with Aaron Case as postmaster, but it was not until July 1, 1857, that a regular mail route was opened, the mail prior to that time having been brought in from Fort Scott by a carrier emplo\-ed by the citizens. F'or nearly two years Cofachique was the only town in the count\- and was a place ot much importance. The first term of court in the county was held there in 1865 by Judge Cato, a United States District Judge, with J.. S. Barbee, clerk and James Johnson sheriff. There is no record of pro- ceedings at this term and it is possible that but little was done. In October 1858 Judge Williani.s held another term, with J. B. Lanikin clerk, and J. E. Morris sheriff. A grand jury was in attendance composed of the follow- ing: L. E. Rhoades, Thos. H. Bashaw, Thos. Dean, J. B. Young, Jacob Buzzard, Moses Neal, Mike Kiser, Robert Culbertson, Simon Camerer, A. G. Carpenter, J. C. Redfield, Wui. Pace, Chas. Burton, Dene Reese and Rufus Wood. A number of civil cases were tried, and the grand jury made presentment against Leonard Fuqua lor assault with intent to kill one Josiah C. Redfield; also for assault on P. P. Phillips; and against Leonard Fuqua, Homer C. Leonard, A. C. Smith, Avery C. Spencer, Ed. Cushion and William P'uqua for assault and battery on George Esse. These troubles grew out of claim disputes, a fruitful cause of strife in all new countries. With the record of this term of court the history of Cofachique prac- tically closes. In 1858 a Free State legislature, looking upon Cofachique as a pro-slavery nest, removed the county seat to Humboldt, a new town that had been laid out the year before, some seven miles south of Cofachi- que. In 1859 lola, another new town, was started a little distance to the north. The result was the death of Cofachique. The site of the town had not been wisely chosen, being difficult of access from any of the beaten roads and having no available water supply. The natural disadvantages together with the disrepute into which it fell on account of its pro-slavery proclivities, are responsible for its ultimate failure. In 1859 and '60 all the buildings that had been erected there were removed to lola, and there is now not a stick nor a stone to remind even the most careful observer that a town once existed there. The land on which it was built is now the property of the Portland Cement Company. During the summer and fall of 1856 immigration continued, though not in very large numbers. Prominent among the settlers of that year were Nimrod Hankins, William M. Brown, Carlyle Faulkner, Carroll Prewett, Henry Doren, G. A. Gideon, William Mayberry, Thomas Bashaw, M. W. Post and Joseph Ludley. The two last named came in February 1856, being engaged in the survey of the standard parallels. They finished this survey with the fifth parallel through Allen county, and concluded to locate in or near Allen county. Sometime during the following summer Ludley brought a small saw mill from Westport, Mo., set it up in the timber near Cofachique and began operations at once. The mill was run 13 IIISTdKV (IF Al.I.KN AM) bv horse power, and was the tirst mill or other machiiier\ to he put in operation in Allen county. Alter runniiij;; it lor some time Luclley soKl it to Drury S. Tye. This year, 1856, witnessed the first marriage thai took place in the county, that of James Johnson to Marinda Karber, August 14. The cere- mony was performed by A. W. J. Brown, the probate judge of the county. The tirst death in the county also took place this year, that of James Barbee which occurred at Cofachique. Although the county officers were appointed by the legislature as has already been ncted, in 1855, it appears that they did not meet until May 7. 1856. In the meantime the probate judge by appointment, Charles Pass- more, had died, and on the day above named Harnett Owen and B. W. Cowden, county commissioners, met in Cofachique at the house of J. S. Barbee, and organized by the appointment of Barbee as clerk. On June 2. 1H56, the Board again met and comjileted the organization of the county by the a()pointment of A. W. J. Brown, probate judge, James Johnson sheriff, C B. Houston surveyor, H. D. Parsons coroner, H. H. Haywartl treasurer and J. S. Barbee permanent clerk. They also divided the countx' into three precincts. The first embraced all north of a line drawn east and west through the mouth of IJeer creek, and was called IJeer creek precinct or township; R. Fuqua and Hiram Cable were appointed justices of the peace and William Sater constable. The second division included all between Deer creek township and the 5th standard parallel, and was called Cofachique: John Duiiwoody and William Avery justices and Ozias Owen constable. The third division comprised the remainder of the county and was called Coal creek township; Thos. H. Bashaw and Elias Copelin jus- tices, and James Brady constable. On the 19th of August, 1856, the Board met and appointed judges of election for the first Monday in October for members of the Territorial legislature. The appointments were as follows: Deer Creek, Giles Sater, James Parsons, Wm. C. Keith, — the election to be held at the house of Isem Brown. Cofachique, Wm. Avery, G. A. Gideon and Wm. Mayberry, — the election to be held at Cofachique. Coal Creek, Henry Bennett, E. Copelin and James H. Bashaw, — the election to be held at the house of VJ. G. Wimburn. The Board also levied a tax of ''twenty-three and one-half per. cent on each one hundred dollars" (so stated in the recor- officers under it. While Allen county took no part in the elections it was yet included in a large and rather indefinite district which was represented in the Territorial council of 1855 by Wm. Barbee, of Fort Scott, a brother of J. S. Barbee who figured in this count\', and in the lower house of the same legislature by S. A. Williams. In the second Territorial legislature, elected in October, 1856, this county was represented in the same vague way in the council by Blake Little, a notorious Border Ruffian, and in the house by B. Brantley and W. W. Spratt. The years 1855 and 1856 are noted in the history of Kansas for the Border Ruffian war which r4ged throughout the more thickly settled por- tions of the Territory, the first active outbreak of the irrepressible conflict between slavery and freedom which ended some years later in the slave- holders' rebellion and the final extinction of their peculiar institution on the continent. Invasion of savage hordes, armed with ballots and bullets, with which to subdue the country and make Kansas a slave State, bogus elections, pitched battles, marauding raids and midnight assassination.s, kept the northern and border counties in continual excitement and alarm. But only the distant reverberations of the conflict reached the peaceful val- ley of the Neosho. Isolated by situation and separated from the eastern and northern portions of the Territory by wide and naked prairies, our early settlers escaped the perils and anxieties of these troubled years. Amongst the pioneers of Allen county from the very first the Free State sentiment predominated, but they were mostly western men and as such rather moderate in their views on the slavery question. They allowed their pro-slavery neighbors to entertain their peculiar sentiments without moles- tation, and during the entire continuance of the troubles no instance of violence or outrage from this cause occurred within the limits of the county, or involving any of its citizens. And of the immense sums of money raised in the eastern States for the relief of Kansas settlers in 1856, amounting according to Wilder's Annals, to $241,000, it is not known that one dollar ever found its way into Allen county. But while the county fortunately escaped the horrors of border warfare, its early history is not without pathetic, and almost tragic incidents. One of the most pitiful of these resulted from the attempt to establish what was known as the "Vegetarian Colony", in 1855 a"cl '6. The colony was organized in some of the Northern States in 1855, its purpose being to form 14 .' H'f.STOKY OF" Al,I.I-:\ A'Xn ' a settle neitl'Eumevvhere in Kansas TeTitorv, the meinbers of 'vhicli shoiikl abst.iiii troiii the use of meat, tea, coffee, tobacco, or other stimulants, and who while owning some land individually should yet hold large tracts in common and should co-operate in many other ways to help one onother and to build up an ideal community. C. H. DsWolf, of Philadelphia, was president, Dr. McLauren, treasurer, and H. S. Clubb, of New York, secre- tary. In the fall of [S55 Dr. McLauren was sent out to select a location. The place chosen was on the left bank of the Xeosho river, about six miles south of Humboldt, designated in the literature of the promoters of the scheme as Neosho City. In the spring of 1S56 the secretary arrived with a number of the colonists, and others came later, through the months of April, May and June, until somewhat more than a hundred people reached the place. There appears to have been gross mismanagement, if not out- right peculation, 011 the part of the man igers of the colony. At least the promises they had made, among other things to have a saw and .grist mill constructed, and to have a large house built in which all the colonists could be siieltered until they should have time to erect their individual dwellings, were not kept. The result was bitter disappointment and much suffering. For the most part the settlers were eastern people, not versed in the exped- ients by which tho.se accustomed to frontier life learned to make themselves comfortable with few of the accessories of civilization. The food supply was .scant, and even the little they had could not be properly prepared for waul of stoves and utensils. There was but one plow in the entire settle- ment. When the summer came on clouds of mosquitos swarmed from the adjacent low lands, making the night time almost unendurable. The shallow springs which had been noteit as "inexhaustible" in the glowing prospectus of the company, failed and only the stagnant pools in the little creek, which ran by the settlement were available for drinking water, so that nearly all the people were stricken with chills and fever. The little fields of melons, squashes, pumpkins and corn which had been planted with infinite toil in the tough sod, and which had grown luxuriantly, were raided by neighboring bands of Indians and the products carried off or destroyed. It is little wonder, therefore, that the colony did not survive its first year. As the winter approached, those who could get away returned to their old homes or sought other locations where the conditions of life were not so strenuous, many died, especially of the children and the old people, while those who remained in the county located claims and fought their own way through to victory or defeat, without the "assistance" of a paternal company. So that before the following spring not a trace of the settlement survived, and the ill-starred venture has left no mark on the county except its name "\'egetarian" given to the small creek that flowed by the settlement. The story of the colony has been most graphically told by Mrs. Wm. H. Colt, who with her husband and tv^'o children and her husband's father, mother and sister, were among the colonists, in a book which bears the quaint and curious title "Went to Kansas", and it is one of the most touching and pathetic stories in all the annals of the State. During the summer and fall of 1857 large additions were made to the WOODSON" Cot^N^rES. 'JiAxgAS. I5 population of the county, so many new settlers arriving tiTataitis impossible to give the names of individuals. Up to this time the settlements had been fcxclusively confined to the timbered \alle\s of the large streams. ' But they now bei^an to encroach upon the prairies and the population became more generally distributed over the county, especialh" the western half of it, to which indeed it was mainly confined for many years> As a result of this large immigration Allen county during this summer 'experienced its first ■'boom". Times were flush. Money was abundant. Every new settler came with his pockets full of gold, and most of tlre^nl seemed to come with the idea that the thing to do was to build a cit"\i Towns were staked out everywhere, the most impossible locations were selected, high sounding names were adopted, lithographs were printed by the thousand and sent all over the country. Indeed so universal was the mania that the facetious S. N. Wood once proposed in the legislature to reserve by law a certain por- tion of the Territory for farming purposes. The Kansas ■'boomer" of later days comes by his propensity honestly; it was bred in him. Allen county did not entireh- escape this town building infection, though she suffered from it in a less degree perhaps than some other localities. Only two towns were started here during that year, Geneva and Humboldt, and although they have not realized the extravagant expectations of their founders, they have yet prospered in a reasonable degree, and their history is reserved for a subsequent chapter. Until the general election October 5th of this year, the affairs of the county were conducted by the original county board, Brown, Cowden and Owen, although it seems that Owen now seldom met with them. At their first meeting in 1857 January 5th, they again undertook to levy a tax. This time it was forty-three and one-third per cent on the $100. They ap- pointed Jacob B. vSherlock assessor, offered a bounty of twenty-five cents for wolf scalps, and allowed Barbee fifty cents hotise rent. On the 19th of Jantiarj' they had another meeting and appointed Nimrod Hankins assessor, vSherlock having refused to qualify. On March 30 the assessment roll, the first taken in the county, was returned and showed a total taxable propeity in the county $34,515.50. The board allowed the assessor twenty-four tloUars for his services. Having apparently discovered that forty-three and one-third per cent was rather a heavy tax, the board at this meeting rescinded their former action and levied a tax of one-sixth of one per cent, a ver\- con- siderable reduction. Having thus satisfactorily arranged the financial af- fairs of the cotinty, the board adjotirned, as the record qnaintl}- says, "tintil there is other business before the court." It seems that other business did not appear during the year, as there is no record of a subsequent meeting of the board, and it was succeeded by a new board chosen at the general elec- tion in October. The first census of Kansas was taken in April, 1857, under an act of the Territorial legislature preparatory to a new legislative apportionment and for the apportionment of delegates to the Lecompton constitution. By this census the population of Bourbon, McGee, Dorn and Allen counties was 2622, of whom 645 were legal voters. This gave the district which l6 HISTOKV 111" AI.I.I:n' AM) tiie-;L' counties comprise four delegates in the convention, and at the election held in June, 1S57, H. T. Wilson. Blake Little, Miles Greenwood and Ci. V. Hamilton were elected, J. S. Barbee. of Allen being defeated. The c.indidites were all pro-slavery, the Free State men refusing to recognize the proceeding in any way. In the legislative apportionment, the counties i4 Sliawntc, Richardson. Davis, Wise, Breckenridge, Bourlion. Godfrey, Wilson. Dorn. McGee, Butler. Hunter. Greenwood. Madison. Wilson. Coffey, Woodson and Allen, (how many familiar names do you note?) were allowed two members of the council, and in the House nineteen counties including Allen, were allowed three representatives. The election was called for Octo- ber 5, I.S57. and under the assurance of Gov. Robert J. Walker that it should b? fair and free, the Free State party now for the first time determined to muster their .strength at the ballot box. The result, after throwing out some illegal votes in Johnson and McGee counties, was a complete victory, nine Free State Councilmen being elected to four pro-slavery, and twenty-four Free .State representatives to fifteen Pro-slavery. The political comple.xion of .\llen county at this time is shown by the vote for delegate in congress as follows: Deer Creek. M. J. Parrott. P'ree State 33. E. Ransom, Pro- slavery i: Cofachique. parrott 20. Ransom 16: Coal creek. Parrott 12. Ransom ,^: total vote 85. Free State majority 45. At this election O. E. Learnard. then of Coffey county, now owner of the Lawrence Journal, and C. K. Holliday, of Shawnee, lately deceased, were elected to represent in the council the district of which Allen county was a part, and in the House the representatives were Christopher Columbia, John Curti.ss and Samuel J. Stewart. Mr. Stewart was the first citizen of Allen county who occupied a legislative position in the Territory, and his continued vigor, as well as his continued fjopularity. is shown by the interesting fact that at this writ- ing ( 1901 ) he is again representing his county in a similar pxisition. having been elected to the State senate in 1900. — forty-three years after his first experience in that capacity. At this election, in 1857. new county officers were also chosen as follows: J. I). Pa.ssmore. probate judge; Elias Copelin and T. J. Day, ccmnty commissioners: Jesse E. Morris sheriff. The new board met January 5. 185,8. and appointed James H. Signor clerk. Z. J. Wisner assessor. George .\. Miller coroner, and Cyrus Dennis. Cornelius O'Brien and Dan Brown constables. The only other meeting of this board which is any where recorded was >Larch. 1858. at Layton Jay's blacksmith shop in Cofachique. .\t this meeting they reorganized the precincts, for the first time designating them officially astownships.of which they made four. Deer Creek, Cofachique. Humtxildt and Cottage Grove. The board then adjourned to meet at Thurston's office in Humboldt, the legislature having removed the county seat to that place. There is here a hiatus of nearly a year in the record, the next entry l)e!ng dated February 8. 1859. when the board again returned to Cofachique. The probability is that that portion of the record made at Humboldt was destroyed in some of the raids that took place during tlic war. During the year 1858 the population of the county increa.sed very rap- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 1 7 idly and indeed at the close of the year was very little short of what it was at any time for nearly a quarter of a century thereafter. And the increase was by healthy and natural immigration. Tlie era of colonization and town building was about over, only one or two enterprises of the kind being inaugurated that year, and those of modest and unpretending character. A small colony from Johnson and Park counties Indiana had selected the pre- ceding fall the townsite of Carlyle, and left two young men P. M. Carnine and R. V. Ditmars, to prepare some cabins during the winter. In the spring and summer of this year several families arrived. T. P. Killen, J. M. Evans, S. C. Richards, David Bergen, J. W. Scott and Harmon Scott being among the first. The Carlyle colony had selected two quarter sections of land as a town site whereon they proposed to build a village, with church, school house, etc. They very soon di.scovered, however, that a town was not what they wanted, and the townsite was very wisely made (jver into farms. The church and school house were built, however, and the settle- ment, with its later additions, the Coverts, Cozines, Christians, Adamses, Smiths and many more, became one of the most thrifty and substantial in the county. In the course of time a post-office was established, and that in due course brought a store, and Carlyle is now a mode.st but thriving vil- lage, the center of a .splendid country community. About the same time that the Carlyle colony arrived another town was projected, called Florence, which was to be located north of Deer creek and east of Carlyle. J. B. Chapman, Harvey Allen, J. B. Justus, D. C. VanBrunt, D. Rogers, M. M. Haun, W. S. Eastwood, F. M. Power, R. B. Jordan and others were interested in it, and it was their expectation that the E. L. & G. railroad would pass through it. This expectation was not realized however, and the attempt to build another "city" was soon aban- doned. The site wliich it was to occupy is now known as the Strickler and Whitaker farms. The second mail route was established during the summer of 1858. It was to run from Eawrence to Humboldt, via Garnett, Hyatt, Carlyle and Cofachique. The service was to begin July i and a few days before that date J. W. Scott, J. M. Evans and Harmon Scott took a wagon load of poles and laid out and marked a trail from Hyatt to Carlyle. This trail is now the main wagon road leading from the county north and very near the route followed by the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston (now the Southern Kansas division of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe) railroad. Zach Squires was the first mail carrier, and for some time his weekly trips were made on the back of a small mule. Afterwards the service was made tri-weekly, and the little mule gave way to a two horse hack, then a jerky. or two horse stage, and finally an imposing Ov^erland coach which, in its turn was succeeded by the passenger train. The post-office for Carlyle was for some time kept at the house of J. W. Scott. Afterwards and for a number of years at the home of John Covert, in the house now occupied by Mrs. D. Adams. Since the advent of the railroad it has been kept at the store in the village. This was the era of elections in Kansas, when the people voted early iS iiisToKv OK ai.i.i:n and and often, and the year i; disaster. When one crop failed another was tried, each tt) meet with no better success than the first." It was a heart-breaking experience, and those who passed through it cannot speak of it even now without a shudder. It is no wonder that many of the settlers perhaps a majority of them, went back to their former homes, and that few of those who went ever returned. Those who remained suffered the extremest jirivatiou, and many of them were rescued from actual starvation only by the timely arrival of supplies sent out by the numerous "Kansas Aid" societies which were organized throughout the East. There have been hard times in Kansas since then; but compared with iS6o there has never been a year tliat was not one of abundance and good cheer. This year the county was divided for the first time into comnii.ssioner districts. The board elected at the special election in March were only to hold until the general election in November, at which time the following persons were elected commissioners: Henry Doren, H. D. Parsons and D. B. Stewart, with Vaucy Martin assessor, — the other county officers holding over. J. W. Scott was re-elected representative, Watson Stewart holding over in the Council. An attempt was made during this year to build a jail at Humboldt. Specifications were adopted by the county board and pro- posals received; but the times were unpropitious and nothing farther was done. The first regular census was taken this year and gave Allen county a population of 3120. The number of cattle reported was 5043, swine 2060, horses 951, mules 50 and sheep 710. This census was taken in June and shows a much larger population than remained at the end of the year. The following winter was very severe, and notvvith.standing the "aid" received, much suffering was experienced, especially by those who were compelled to make long trips after relief goods. These were mostly dis- tributed from Atchison through S. C. Pomeroy. afterwards United States Senator, and the journey, often made with ox teams, requiring a week or ten days, sometimes through the fiercest storms, was only rendered endura- ble by the absolute necessity ot the case. It was during this darkest period of her history, when the hearts of the bravest of her pioneers were heavy within them and the "Ad Astra" of the motto emblazoned on her shield seemed a bitter nu)ckery, that Kansas was ushered into the sisterhood of States. The bill for her admission was signed by President Buchanan on the twenty-ninth day ol January. 1861, and the Territorial Period was brought to a close. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. (Tbc Mar ll^crio^ As soon as the news of the breaking out of the Rebellion reached Allen County nearly all the able-bodied men hastened to enlist in defense of the Union. In 1861 the lola Battalion was formed, and from the county were three companies, commanded by Captains Coleman, Flesher, and Killen, which served in the Ninth Kansas. In the Tenth Kansas Regi- ment were two companies, one commanded by Capt. W. C. Jones, and the other by Capt. N. B. Blanton. The county being on the southern border of the State, it was consid- ered in danger of invasion from the Missouri guerrillas and the hostile Indians of the Territory. The scene of most of the military operations in the county were in and about Humboldt. In the summer of 1861 a company was organized there with N. B. Blanton, Captain; S. J. Stewart, F'irst Lieutenant. J. H. Signer was afterward Second Lieutenant. Capt. Isaac Tibbets organized a company of infantry, and Capt. I. N. Phillips a company of Cavalry. During the same summer a regiment was organized in Allen and Woodson counties. Orlin Thurston was Colonel; James Kennar, Lieutenant Colonel; and N. S. Goss, Major. This was the Sev- enth Kansas Regiment, for the defense of Kansas, and was under the com- mand of Gen. J. H Lane. While this regiment was with Lane in Missouri there were but very few men left at home to protect the settlements, and the most of the farming and other work for the maintenance of the families of the soldiers was done by the women and children. Sacking of Humboldt. — While the .\llen County soldiers were away with Lane, a raid was made on the unprotected settlement of Humboldt on September eight, i86r by a band of Missouri guerrillas, Cherokee Indians, and Osage half-breed Indians, under command of Captains Matthews and Livingstone. Matthews had been a trader among the Indians, had married an Osage squaw, and lived where Oswego now is. He had great influence among the Osages and incited them to take sides with the Southern Con- federacy. At Humboldt they sacked the stores and dwellings, carrying off all the money and valuables they could find without resistance, all the men being absent. Burning ok Humboldt. — At the time of the raid in September, Dr. George A. Miller was absent trying to obtain authority to organize a company of Home Guards. He succeeded in this, and on his return or- ganized a company of infantrymen in the town, which was composed of old men, boys, and a few of the militiamen who had returned to Humboldt as soon as they learned of the raid, to help protect their defenseless families. A company of cavalry was also organized in the neighborhood, composed 22 HISTORY ( )K AI.I.KN AND of farmers, aii'l oDnunanded by Caj)!. Henry Dudley. These comjwiiies accompanied by Col. J. G. Blunt, went in pursuit of the guerrillas, and succeeded in overtaking them, when a skirmish took place, during which the outlaw, Capt. Matthews was killed. The Home Guards returned, and for several days the cavalry was sent out regularly as a scouting party, it being feared that anotlier attack would be made on the town. The infantry remained at iicime and were always upon guard. Scjon, however, there appearing to be no danger, the cavalry were allowed to return to their hoints. Late in the afternoon of the Fourteenth of October, 1861, a body ()( Rebel Cavalry under command of Col. Talbott, dashed into Humboldt. The Home Guards, comprising less than 100 men, were taken completely by surprise, and it was impossible for Capt. Miller to get them together. The town was soon filled with armed men, who kept up a continual firing of guns and pistols. A few of the men b\- running succeeded in making their escape, but the others were soon captured and placed under guard. It was suppo.sed they would all be shot by the outlaws and the Indians who accompanied them. The only resistance offered was by Capt. Miller and Charles Halaud. The Captain finally gave up his arms, pleading that the women and children might be saved, even though he expected to be murdered. The town was then set on fire, but before this was done, the Rebel officer ordered his men to allow the women and children to remove their valuables and hou.sehold goods from their dwellings, and even ordered them to assist. The rebel officers claimed that Humboldt was burned in retaliation for the burning of Osceola, by Gen. Lane, and the killing of Matthews. Nearly all the buildings were then set on fire. The churches were saved, also the Masonic Hall. Of the other buildings not set on fire was the house of Dr. Wni. Wakefield, who, when he saw that he was in the power of the enemy, invited the officers to take supper with him. Among them was Capt. Livingstone. A few other houses were saved where there were women too sick to be moved. Among these was the residence of Col. Thurston, whose wife was unwell, and Mrs. Goodin, the wife of Hon. J. R. Goodin, who sent her to bed and told the Rebels she was too sick to be moved. The land office and court hou.se building was set on fire, but after the departure of the Rebels the fire was extinguished, but not until many valuable papers among the records were destroyed. Coffey's store was set on fire, but the Rebels had in their excitement pjured out a barrel of black molasses, thinking it to be tar, and this did not burn very well, besides which Mrs. Coffey had just been wash- ing, and the wet clothes were thrown over the burning portion, extinguish- ing the fire. The raiders did not stay long, departing early in the evening. The men they had captured were taken a short distance and then released. They returned in time to help save some of the burning buildings. During the entire lime the women behaved nobly. By their coolness they suc- ceeded in making the invaders believe an armed force was on the way from lola, therefore they hastened their departure. The land office had just been opened, with J. C. Burnett, Register. He managed to speak to his sister. Miss Kate Burnett, now Mrs. S. N. Simpson, telling her to save WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 23 $25,000.00 in land warrants that were in the office. Obtaining permission to go to the office for a candle, she secured the warrants and dropped them on the prairie in the high grass Judge J. R. Goodin and his wife had been absent all day, gathering wild grapes, and were just apjiroaching the town from the west. The Judge jumped out of the vehicle and told his wife to drive away, but instead of this she went to Mrs. Thurston's resi- dence and aided in saving it. Numerous other heroic acts were performed bv the women. The better portion of the town was entirely destroyed. There were only a few buildings left, and some of these were badly dam- aged by the f^re. The only man killed was a farmer, Seachrist, who was running away trying to save his mules. He was ordered to stop, but not doing so, he was shot and fatally wounded. All the horses that could be found were taken by the Rebels. Besides this but little property was stolen, and outside the town no damage whatever was done. The Rebel force numbered 331 men who were all well mounted and thoroughly armed. After the burning of Humboldt it was considered to be in danger, and a military post was established there. There were no events of note until the Price raia in 1864, The militia of the county was organized into a battalion, known as the Allen County Battalion, and was composed of six companies, three from lola and the northern part of the county, two from Humboldt, and one from the extreme southern part of the county. The officers were: C. P. Twiss, Colonel: Watson Stewart, Major. Among the Captains were J. M. Moore and G. DeWitt of Humboldt, and D. C. New- man, of the southern part of the county. This regiment comprised all of the able bodied men in the county, between the ages of sixteen and sixty years. The militia force of the entire Neosho Valley were commanded by Major General J. B. Scott, of LeRoy, and under him the Allen County Battalion was ordered to Fort Scott. At the military post of Humboldt a block house was built, and a small force of the eleventh Kansas stationed there under command of Major Haas. Besides this force. Captains Moore, DeWitt and Newman, under command of Major Watson Stewart, were left to protect the town against invasion. All remained at Humboldt except Captain Newman's company, which acted as scouts and was stationed at Big Creek. Major Haas ordered this company to come to Humboldt, which Captain Newman refused to do. This gave rise to considerable difficulty between the two officers. Major Haas had charge of the govern- ment supplies of rations, etc., which he refused to issue to the Big Creek company until it should, remove to Humboldt. The stores were kept at the German Church, in charge o a Sergeant. Newman's company being out of rations Major Stewart made a requisition on the post commander for five day's rations for the corapan}- which was refused. Major Stewart then ordered the Captain to help himself to the rations and receipt to the Ser- geant. This was done, upon which Major Haas ordered Major Stewart and Captain Newman under arrest. It was impossible, however, to carry out this order, as the militia all took sides with their own officers. After the militia disbanded Captain Newman was arrested but was released the 24 HISTORY OK AIJ.KN A.VU next day. After the companies under Major Stewart had remained in camp three weeks they were ordered to Ft. Scott, leaving Captain Newman and his company, and a few colored men under Captain E. Gilbert at the Humboldt post. During the entire period of the war there were a great many loyal Indians scattered over the county, they having been driven from the Indian Territory by the Indians who were in sympathy with the rebels. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 25 (Ihivtv^^fivc l^cars of ipcacc Nearly all the early settlers of Allen county wei'e young men and women, full of energy and ambition and hope, and with the return of peace they came back to the long deserted towns, to the weed grown farms, and bravely set themselves to build up the waste places, to repair the ravages of war and enforced neglect. With them came hundreds of other, many of them ex-Union soldiers, attracted by the heroic record the State had made duing the war and in the long period of border warfare that preceded it, and by the opportunity to secure free homes under the homestead and pre- emption laws. With ceaseless indu.stry and indomitable pluck the old settlers and the new comers applied themselves to the herculean task of subduing the fertile but rebellious soil and building up schools and churches and all the institutions of a free, self-governing community. The statistics presented elsewhere show the rapidity with which this work was accomplished. As in most of the other counties of Kansas, one of the first things to engage the attention and excite the feeling of the people was a fight over the county seat. As has been already stated, Cofachique was designated as the fir.st county seat by the legislature which organized the county. The first Free State legislature removed the county seat to Humboldt, and it remained there until after the war. It had to fight for the honor, however, almost from the beginning. The first battle occurred March 25, i860, when the matter was submitted to a vote of the people, lola being the principal competitor. Humboldt people proved to be the best voters, however, ca.sting (so the envious lolans declared at the time) twice as many votes as they had legal electors. The returns showed 562 votes for Humboldt, 331 for lola, 72 for Vernon, 4 for Center, and 2 for Cofachique, so Humboldt retained the prize. For the next four or five years, the people had other things to think of. But as soon as the war was over the agitation was resumed and on May 10 of that year another election was held resulting as follows: lola 243, Geneva 35, Humboldt 2 and Vernon 2. The county seat was accordingly removed to lola, where it has since remained. Prior to this l^.st election the legislature had moved the south line of the county some four miles north of the original location, thus throwing into Neosho county a considerable territory whose settlers would otherwise have voted for Humboldt. This fact, together with the fact that the .southern part of the county was not so thickly settled as the northern portion and that a considerable number of the citizen of Humboldt and vicinity had not yet returned from the army, doubtless accounted for the large preponderance of the votes in favor of Tola. The contest engendered a great deal of bitter- 26 IIISTUKV UK ALLEN AND uess at Uie time and the feeling continued tor many years afterwards. It gradually abated, however, and now, happily, little if any of the old antagonism remains. \Vhei! the county seal was removed to lola loo lots were donated by the t')wn company to the county to aid in the erection of public buildings. In July, 1866, bonds were \oted to raise funds to procure a court house, and a fninie building, located at the southwest corner of Washing- ton and Jackson avenues, where Shannon's hardware store now stands, was purchased from George J. Eldridge and fitted up for the use of the county officers. This building was used until 1877 when the present court house was bought for $i8jo and the old one sold for $500 to the school district. In 1868 $10,000 in bonds were voted to build a jail, and the stone structure still in use was erected the following year at a cost of $8400. In November, 187 1, a tax was voted of $5000 to purchase and fit up a poor farm. On February 12, 1872, a tract of land consisting of 160 acres in Carlyle town.ship vvas bought from David p-unkhouser for twenty-five dollars an acre, and Dr. J. \V. DriscoU was installed as the first keeper. The most notable event of the years immediately following the war was the coming of the railroads. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas vvas the first to arrive, building down the right bank of the Neosho and reaching Humboldt April 2, 1870. To secure this road the city of Humboldt voted $75,000 in bonds and a few of its citizens bought for $1,^000 160 acres of land (a fairly good price considering the fact that there were then thousands of acres of land in the county to be had from the Government for the taking! )in order to pro- vide the road with depot facilities and right of way. The price was not thought to be too great, however, for the luxury of a railroad, and the com- pletion of the track was celebrated with elaborate rejoicings. A few months later the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston. (now the Southern Kansas division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe) railroad entered the county from the north, and its arrival also was celebrated at lola and at Humboldt with much "pomp and circumstance", and there vvas no sugges- tion that the $125,000 in bonds which the county had voted to secure it was too high a price to pay. Those were "the good old days" in Allen county. New .settlers were coming in every day, money was plenty, crops for the most part were good and prices high. Various manufacturing enterprises were undertaken, the mostnotableof which perhaps was the King's Iron Bridge Company, to secure which the city of lola voted $[00,000 in bonds. Nobody seemed to think it incongruous or impossible that an industry which must import from long distances at high rates of freight both its fuel and its raw material and which was to manufacture a product for which there vvas no market, should be located here. And so the Company went to work in the summer of 1871 built enormous shops (now constituting the first floor of the main building of Works No. i of the Lanyon Zinc Company) brought in and set up expensive machinery and actually built a bridge or two. It failed, of course, and after a year or two moved its machinery to Topeka where another bonus was secured. But it made things hum at lola while it lasted. WOODSON COrxTIKS, KAXSAS. 27 For awhile town lots were held at enormous prices, and land adjoining the town was sold at figures which were not reached again for nearly thirtv years. Of course the bottom fell out when the sliops were removed, and the only pleasant thing to remember now in connection with the King's Iron Bridge Company is that the courts declared the $100,000 bonds voted to secure it forfeited, and that the building which it erected was ot material assistance a quarter of a century later in securing the location of an industr\- which is a benefit and a pride to the entire countx . The collapse of the local boom resulting from the withdrawal of the Bridge Company, was followed by the general panic of 1873, and that was followed by the drouth and the grasshoppers, — one disaster follc:)uing harci upon the heels of another. The people would have soon recovered from the collapse of the boom, if the panic had not struck them; the panic would not have hurt them much, if the drouth had not come; the drouth would soon have been forgotten if it had not been for the grasshoppers. But col- lapse and panic and drouth and grasshoppers all together hit us hard, bringing a long period of business prostration and actual destitution that will never be forgotten by those who passed through it. Only one other period in the history of the county can be comparetl with it, and that was the year of the terrible drouth, 1860, and that was worse only because there were fewer people and they felt more keenly their isolation and distress. As has been already stated, the collapse of the boom, the panic and the drouth, although bad enough, could have been endured. It was the grasshoppers that brought the people to their knees, helpless and well nigh hopeless. These pests appeared first in August, 1874. Coming in countless miriads, their gossamer wings fairly veiling the sun in their flight, they settled down upon the fields and within a month the scanty crop that remained after the unusual drouth of the summer was devoured. Not the green things only, such as the melons, pumpkins and all the veg- etables of the garden, but the dry blades of the standing corn and all the other field crops were destroyed. One who has not seen it cannot conceive how completely this avalanche of locusts swept the country of everything in the nature of vegetation. The result was that hundreds of families found themselves facing the winter with nothing to support the lives of themselves or of their animals. And so many of them sold their property for the little it would bring under such circumstances and left the county, while nianv others were forced to the humiliating necessity of accepting the "Aid" that came in response to the call that went out from Kansas for help. Societies were organized for the relief of the needy, and the county commissioners appointed Robert Cook and I. C. Cuppy togoto Ohio and Indiana and solicit food and clothing. Some of the later settlers in Allen county think they have occasionally seen hard times here; but they dont know anything about it! In lola the small frame building (then one of the largest in town,) owned by J. W. Scott on the corner now occupied by DeClute's clothing store, was rented by the commissioners for use as an "aid depot," and the writer of this remember well how the dejected farmers, driving scrawny horses, hitched often with rope harness to dilapidated wagons, used to 2S HISTORY OF AI.LKN AND drive up to that store through the dreary fall ami winter of 1S74 to have the little jag of "aid," as it was called, doled out to them, shamefacedly carry- ing home the few pounds ot bear.s and corn meal and bacon that was to keep their families from starvation. That is what the old settlers mean when they talk about hard timesi There was only one alleviation, and that was the prairie chickens! Whether they came because of the food supply furnished by the grasshojipers. or whether the>' were sent as the (juail were sent to the famishing Israelites in the wilderness it is not the province of sober history to speculate upon; but that they did come, and in unprecedented numbers, is indisputable. And they were exterminated! The people having nothing else to do, and in desjjerate need of the food they supplied and of the money they commanded on the market, trapped and shot them ceaselessly and without mercy. That was the beginning of the end of the prairie chickens in Allen county. In the spring of 1S75, the people, those that were left, plowed and planted as usual, but the grasshoppers reaped. The eggs that had been deposited in the ground in the fall hatched out in relays through the spring and early summer, so that whenever a fresh crop appeared, there was a hesli army of grasshoppers ready for it. Having no ivings the young 'hop- pers swept on foot over the country, leaving behind them — dust! The wheat, the corn, even the prairie grass, every green blade oi any kind, went into the insatiable maw of this remorseless army . All through the spring and into the summer this continued, and the people were in despair. And then, one day, early in June, there was a shimmer of gossamer wings in the sun- light, as there had been the August before. The army was departing. Whither it went is as little known as whence it came. By the middle of the month the last of the innumerable host had disappeared. The people plowed and planted again, and providence smiled on their courage and per- severance. The early and the later rains came in their .season, and the crops raised were so phenomenal that in the plenty of i''^75. the want of 1874 was well-nigh forgotten. In a self-governing community, economic conditions always influence strongly the political action of the people. Sometimes with, but oftener without reason, the party in power is held responsible for good times or for bad It is secure if times are good: and it is very insecure if times are bad. And so it happened in Allen County. From its organization, the county had been strongly Republican, and that party retained power al- most without an effort, until the panic and the drouth and the grasshop- pers came. And then, not perhaps because it caused these calamities to come, but because it was in power when they came — it had luuch trouble. Those who had been its strongest leaders, and many who had been its staunchest supporters in the prosperous days, deserted it. There was a tiiTie, in 1S74, when some, even of those who remained true to it, were so dis- mayed by the opposition against it, that they advised against putting a Re- publican ticket in the field. This timid counsel was rejected, and the bat- tle was fought, but after it was over, all the Republican party had left was honor and two minor county officers, the nearest to total defeat ever suf- WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 21) fered b\- that party in the history of the county. In that \ear Hon. John R. Goodin, of Humboldt, was elected to Congress on the "Reform ticket," the first man not a Republican to be elected to Congress from the Second District. For a number of years following the visitation of the grasshoppers, no events transpired of special importance or interest. A succession of aver- age crops soon rest )red noinal conditions and the people pursued the even tenor of their way, illustrating in the main the saying "happy is the people which has no history." There was a steady, although not a large stream of immigration, and the country gradually filled up with a splendid class of intelligent, self-respecting, law-abiding and industrious citizens. The his- tory that was made was chiefly that of the individual citizen, much ot which will be found in the biographical part of this work. In 1880, after a lively contest between Humboldt and lola as t(j which should gain the prize, a branch of the Missouri Pacific, at first known as the F~ort Scott, Wicliita & Western, was built through the county from east to west, pa.ssing through lola. and giving birth to the towns of LaHarpe and Moran. In 1888, the Kansas City & Pacific Railroad, (now a branch of the M. K. & T.) was built through the eastern part of the countv, cross- ing the Missouri Pacific at Moran and giving birth to the villages of Bay- ard, Elsmore and Savonburg. The years from 1882 to 1888, were marked by a great many deeds of violence, extending to even loss of life, and much litigation growing out of a dispute over the title to a large body of land in the eastern part of the county, mostly in the townships of Marmaton, Salem and Elsmore. These lands, many thousand acres in all, had been granted to and were claimed by the M. K. & T. , and the L. L. & G. Railroad companies, and nearly all of them had been sold to individual purchasers, although comparativelv few tracts were occupied by those holding the railroad title. The claim was made that the railroad companies had not complied with the conditions of the grant, and had. therefore, forfeited their rights to the lands. Acting on this opinion some three hundred men had entered upon the land, eacli one claiming a quarter-section as a homestead. These men formed an or- ganizadon known officially as "The Settlers Protective Association," but designated commonly as the "Land League." find began a strenuous con- test to make good their claim. Eminent attorneys were emploved and in many cases physical force was resorted to in the maintenance of what the settlers believed to be their rights. Fences built by those claiming under the railroad title, were destroyed, a number of houses were burned, two men lost their lives, and the growth of the entire county was materially re- tarded. Of course the matter got into the courts immediately , and for many years the "League cases" made up a considerable portion of the docket of the district court of Allen County. Case after case was carried to the higher courts, and it is only within the past year that final decision has been ren- dered in the last of them. To present all the details of the controversy would occupy a great deal ol space, and would serve no good purpose. Let it suf- fice to say in a general way, that the railroad title has been confirmed bv 30 HISTORY OF ALLEX AN'T) the courts, and the recollection of the unfortunrite contest and the distress- ing events that grew out of it, is rapidly fading away. Allen County had a very light attack of the "boom" fever that was so virulent in many parts of the State during the 80s. A few spasmodic ef- forts were made to inoculate it with the virus, but it did not "take. " Neverthele.ss, the county suffered with the rest of the State when the bub- ble burst and the reaction came. From 1890 to 1895 things were very quiet, indeed. The towns made no growth to speak of, and the population of the county showed little if any increase, although those who were here added steadily, if slowly, to their acquisitions, and were every yearin some- what better circumstances than the year before. In 1895, however, owing to the discovery and development of the the natural gas field, an account of which is made the subject of a separatechapterof this book, and to the result- ing location of large manufacturing enterprises, the county began to gain rapidly in both population and wealth. From that time to the present the advancement has been most gratifying, and, there is is perhaps not a county in the State that is now enjoying a greater degree of universal prosperity. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 3I ^be first alan^ Cities Settlement commenced in Allen county before an acre of land had been surveyed, and while the Indian title was yet unextinguished, although treaties for its extinguishment were pending. About two thirds of the county on the north belonged to the New York Indians, and the remaining one-third to the Osages. In 1855 Joseph Ludley, with a party of surveyors began the survey of the standard parallels of the TeiTitory, finishing it February, 1856, with the Fifth standard parallel, crossing Allen county a little north of Humboldt. The township and range lines were run during this and the following summer, but the subdivison was not completed until thesummerof 1859. In the absence of definite "corners" there was naturally much uncertainty as to the boundary and extent of territory that could be rightfully claimed by individual settlers. The fir.st settlers located in or adjoining the timber, and while professing to hold but a quarter section often claimed a mile square. The Territorial legislature enacted that each settler might hold two quarter section, one of timber and one of prairie. This was directly contrary to the laws of congress and gave rise to much trouble. To remedy these evils so far as possible the settlers in this county, as eleswhere, organized among themselves a,ssociations 'whose business it was to settle disputed claims and protect each others rights. The decision of these tribunals was always prompt, nearly alwaj'S just and equitable, and very generally acquiesced in so that actual violence was seldom resorted to in the.se cases. In the summer of i860 the public lands in the county that had been surveyed were opened up for settlement and offered at public sale in Nov- ember of that year, the homestead law having not yet been passed. Owing to the great destitution that year amoung the settlers, resulting from the failure of the crops, but few vi-ere able to purchase their claims, and to pre- vent speculators from bidding them off at the sale large numbers of settlers were in attendance and in most cases succeeded in preventing the sale of lands on which settlement had been made. They were not always able to prev^ent such sales, however, and the two or three tragedies which darken the early pages of our county's history resulted from this failure. One of these cases was that of a young man named Winn who in i860 settled on a claim a few miles west of Humboldt, and without filing on it went to Missouri to work. During his absence a man named Harris went to the land office at Fort Scott and bought the land at private entry. When Winn returned and ascertained the facts he immediately procured a revolver and proceeded direct to Harris' hou.se, on Deer creek and demanded a conveyance of the land. Some altercation 32 HISTORY OK ALLKX A.NMJ ensued and the two men started off together. Harris was found next day with a bullet hole through his head. Winn was arrested, charged with the crime. In the preliminary hearing before 'Squire Mattoon, of Geneva, he admitted the killing l)ut pleaded self-defense. He was held to bail, but popular sympathy was with him, and the war soon after breaking out, he enlisted in thearni}- and no trial ever took place. A similar tragedy came near being enacted between Anderson C. Smith and Anderson Wray, and for a similar rea.son. Wray bid off Smith's claim at the land sales at Fort Scott. Smith, who was at his place on Martin creek, heard of it late in the evening, and immediately mounted a pony and started for Fort Scott, swearing vengeance. He met Wray and his partj" in camp on Turkey creek about three or four o'clock in the morning, and without a word of warning or a moment's notice began firing at Wra^'. one or two shots taking effect before friends could interfere. Fortunately the wounds were not mortal. Wray recovered and the affair was afterwards amicably .settled. A number of .settlers had located on Osage Indian lands in the south part of the county before the Indian title was extinguished, and the Gov- ernment had ordered them to move off. The order was not obeyed to any great extent, and in several instances serious trouble with the Indians was narrowly averted. On September 29, 1865, however, a treaty with the Osages was finally concluded by the terms of which the white settlers then on the lands were permitted to enter 160 acres each at one dollar and twenty- five cents an acre. These lands were surveyed in i866-'7 and the settlers were enable under the treaty to secure a title to their homes in January, 1868, after a residence on the part of some of eleven years. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 33 Some of tbc **jru'5t" ^Ebimjs. The first school was opened in Humboldt in 1858, and was taught by S. W. Clark. The first wedding was that of George W. Young to Sarah Bennett, June 28, 1856. The first court in the county was held by Judge Cato, in November, 1855, in Cofachique. He held another term in 1856. The first death was that of an Englishman named Broadbent, one of the Vegetarian colony, which occurred in June, 1856. The first postoffice was located at Cofachique in 1856, but a regular carrying route was not put on until the year following. Nimrod Hankins made the first assessment of the county in March, 1857, finding taxable property to the amount of $3^,515.50. The first election was held at Cofachique, in the fall of 1856, seven votes being cast. Each voter paid a poll tax of one dollar before being per- mitted to vote. The first practicing physician who located permanently in the county was Dr. Burgess, who came in the summer of 1856, and took a claim two miles north of Humboldt. The legislature of 1855, known as the "bogus legislature," established slavery in Kansas by law, and it existed in Allen County in the first years of its history in fact, slaves being owned and held here by Henry Sater, Giles Sater, James Galbraith, a Mr. Hurlston and a Mr. Dunbar. Giles Sater was a free state man and soon set his slaves free. The other slave owners, finding the atmosphere unwholesome, returned after a short time to Missouri. 34 IIISTORV OK ALr.KX AND Zbc IKcminisccncc of an Ql^ Settler. BY I. B. LAWYER Oil the ist day ot April, 1857, W. F. Brooks, William Boyd and I started from Solon Iowa to go to Kansas with our own conveyance,, two horses and a wagon. When we got to Leavenworth we met a man who had surveyed a townsite down on the Neosho, they named Lerov, so we struck out for the Xeusho River. From Leroy we came on the west side of the river to Neosho Falls, thence down to what was afterwards called Law- yer's P'ord, (.three miles north-west of now lola). There we camped on Saturday evening, and on Monday morning we hought a claim of Mr. Au- gustus Todd. The land had not as yet been surveyed into sections, and when the government survey was made, it was close to the line where Mr. Todd had figured. The next news that came was that the land belonged to the New York Indians, and that we would all have to leave. This was not cheerful news to me as I had bought out my partner's (Mr. Brooks), interest for some eight hundred dollars, and as time passed on the land was offered for sale at the Fort Scott land oftice and hardly any of us had sufficient money to hid in our land which was sold at the mercy ot the speculators. There were but few speculators present at the sale, and our land was not sold. We now had an opportunity to file on our land, with the privilege ol twelve months in which to pay for our homestead, and by the time I bought a land warrant from L. L. Northrup, (then running a store at Geneva), and at that time land warrants being under par, I procured my land from the government for a little kss than one dollar per acre. When J. R. Young and I went to the land office at Mapleton to prove up, darkness came on before we got home, and coming in on the east side of lola, we were stopped by the pickets, (lola being under guard to keep the rebels out), and passing through the line into town, we had to get the password to get out of town again, and whe'.i we got to my house we ran amuck another outpost; so you see we had some thrilling times even in free Kansas. I well rememl)er the first four acres of corn I raised in Kansas, and that was in 1857. I readily disposed of it the following spring for seed corn at $1.50 per bushel — ^Joe Colburn buying the last of it at $2.00 per bushel. The money those days in circulation was gold and silver, with a five-cent piece for the smallest change. It may be of interest to some people to know what kind of game we had, and, while I think of it I must tell you a joke on myself: One Sun- WOODSON' Col'NTlKS, KANSAS. 35 day morning my wife and I were getting ready to go to J. R. Young's to eat some apples that he had brought from Missouri, and looking out the west window of the log cabin, I saw two deer in the brush. Not having any meat in the house, nor money to buy any, I, of course, thought of my rifle first thing, and picking same up dropped one of the deer, and tlie other deer stood there until I loaded my muzzle-loading rifle, and I dropped it too; but lo, when I reached the side of my game I found they botli had strings around their necks. Thej' were pets and had strayed away from their owner. Miss Fannie, daughter of Joe Parsons, (Jesse Parsons, now a resident of Chanute, was at the time a young man). They took it as a joke and said the deer had no l>usiness wandering so far from home, and for me to divide with my neighbors. I went home and, as luck would have it, Nimrod Hankins and Lawrence Arnold came to call on ns and helped me dress them. They were the only deer I ever killed. Wild turkey were abundant. I once saw twenty-six go to roost at the mouth of Deer Creek, and got one the following morning before breakfast. The log cabin we lived in was built by an Arkansas man and, of course, had an Arkansas chimney to it, built with .sticks above the fireplace, and daubed with mud; and, of course, it had to be repaired every fall. While inside that chimney repairing it one day, I saw some wild turkeys in a corn patch across the road. I went out and picking out one with a large head 1 dropped him. I told my wife to go and get it, and we found that the ball had gone through the one I aimed for and crippled one more, so we had two turkeys that weighed twenty pounds apiece, and only two of us to eat them and, of course, we divided among the neighbors. I killed nine the first fall r was here, and some of them were plenty fat to fry themselves. Prairie chicken were plentiful. They would come off the prairie to the timber to sun them.selves on the dead trees, and I could shoot two or three of them before they would fly away. In the summer of 1857 I heard of a colony that had settled up on In- dian Creek, and heard they had started a town and named it Eureka, (1 sup- po.se they thought they had found it), so I concluded one Sunday morning I would ride up and see the town, and get accjuainted with some of the peo- ple. I found the place and found that the town consisted of a hole in the ground, (where they had been digging for water), and the people were camped along the creek. I rode across the creek to where there was a log cabin that a Mr. Fuqua had vacated, and I saw the people gathering toward the cabin, .so I rode up to it and a Mr. Spicer, (now of Geneva), and Dr. Stone were sitting on a log talking, and I asked tliem if there would be preaching there? They said no, it was to be Sabbath school. 1 was wearing one of those two-story hats I had brought from the states, and they mistook me to be a preacher and asked me whether I was one. I told them no, but that I was a lawyer, but only by name, so there I was at my first Sabbath school in Kansas. Before I forget I must tell you that they afterwards changed the name of their town to Geneva. The first sermon I heard preached in Kansas was at the residence of Martin Brown, father of vSaihuel and Miss Ruth Brown, now of lola. It 36 irisToKV OK ai,i.p;n and was on the farm now owned bj- Mrs. Robert Furdom. I have forgotten the man's name now that preached, but he belonged to the cokiny that first started Geneva. Some years after my wife and I went to Neosho Falls to camp meeting with an ox team and farm wagon, took a man along to take the oxen home, and we camped in the wagon until the meeting was ov-er. We had plenty with us to eat and sometimes entertained the preachers. I don't know but what we enjoyed the meetings about as well as though we had gone in the finest style. I attended quarterly meeting at Leroy, and was there for the 9 o'clock love fea.st, traveling a distance of sixteen miles to get there. I have farmed it through drought, flood and gra.sshoppers and hail-storms, peace and war, and bountiful crops and failures; it would take many pages to tell it all, and I have been in many different states in the Union, and have even lived in Mis.souri, where the pure air of Heaven is contaminated with the fumes of whiskey; so that when I come over into Kansas, and the cars glide along over the beautiful prairies, it always seems to me as soon as I cross the State line, that I can smell the difference in the air we breathe. And, when it comes to genuine comfort, there is no place I have ever been where I would rather spend my remaining days or years than lola, Kansas. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. ^be lecncb an^ Bar When Kansas was admitted into the Union as a State on January 29, 1861, Allen countj' became a part of the fourth judicial district and vSoloii O. Thacher of Lawrence, became the judge of such district, and held the courts therein until October 1S64, when he resigned and D. P. Lowe of Ft. Scott was appointed to fill the vacancy, but Judge Lowe never held a term of court in Allen County. At the November election in 1864, D. M. Valentine of Ottawa was elected to succeed Judge Lowe and took the oflfice as judge of the fourth judicial district on January 8, iS6s. Judge Valentine held all the terms (jf the district court in Allen County during the years 1865 and 1866 — the several terms commencing as follows: May i, 1865, October .-,0, 1865, April 30, 1866 and October 29, 1866. By an act of the legislature which took effect March 4, 1867, Allen County was taken from the fourth judicial district and placed in a new district then created and numbered seven, and it still remains in the seventh judicial district. The 7th judicial district, as first formed comprised the counties of Anderson, Allen, Neosho, Labette, Woodson and Wilson. Hon. Wni. Spriggs, of Garnett, Anderson county, was the first Judge of the new district. He was appointed by Governor Crawford March 4, 1867, and held the office until January 13, 1868. At the general election in November, 1867, Hon. John R. Goodin, of Humboldt, Allen county, was elected for a regular term of four years, and succeeded Judge Spriggs. Judge Goodin was re-elected in i87i,butin 1874 was elected to Congress and resigned the judgeship February i, 1875. Shortly thereafter Hon. W. H. Talcott, of Tola, Allen county, was appointed by Governor Osborn, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Goodin. At the general election in November, 1875. Judge Talcott was elected for the term of four years beginning on the second Monday of January. 1875, and Honorable Peter Bell, of Woodson county, was elected for the "short term", that is to saj', the period inter- vening between the election of 1875 and the official canvass of the vote, and the beginning of the regular term on the second Monday of the following January. Judge Talcott was re-elected in 1879. At the general election in 1883, Leander Stillwell who then resided at Osage Mission (now St. Paul) in Neosho Co., was elected Judge, and was re-elected in 1887, 1891, 1895 and 1899. Upon the completion of his present term Judge Stillwell will have served twenty years on the bench of this district, a longer period of con- secutive service in that capacity than stands to the credit of any other man in the history of Kansas. With scarcely an exception the judges of this district have been men of character and ability. Among them all none has stood higher than ^S ffrsTOKV OP ALtt'N' A.vn Judge O. M. \'aleiitiiic, wlio was promated from the district Iti the Supreme Bench upon which he served with great distinction for a full quarter of a century. Since his retirement trom the Ijcnch, he has been in the active practice of his profession as the head of one of the strongest law firms in Topeka. Although far advanced in years his memory is unimpaired, and the publishers of this history are glad to be able to include in this chajiter the following contribution from his still facile pen; SiiCiic Walcntinc't' IRccoUcctioits. The first term of the District Court which I held in Allen County was iield in Humboldt, which was then the county seat, in an old church, which had previously and during the latter jxtrt of the war been occupied by Union soldiers as barracks. At this term J. H. Campbell was the county attor- ney. J. C. Redfield, sheriff; George A. Miller, clerk, and John Francis, deputy sheriff and bailiff for the court. All the officers performed their du- ties faithfully, and 1 have never seen a more faithful officer than John Fran- eis. He was afterwards clerk of the District Court of Allen County, and has .since held several important offices, among which were the offices of county treasurer and state treasurer. There were present at that court the following attorneys: J. H. Campbell, Eli Gilbert, Chas, I'. Twiss.John R. Goodin, Qrlin Thurston, Nelson F. Acers, W. S. Newberry and Joseph Bond, all resideiits of Allen County, the la.st three being admitted to prac- tice during the term. Judge Lowe, of Fort Scott, G. W. Smith, of Law- rence, and John G. Lindsay- of Garnett also attended that term. All the aforementioned attorneys generally attended the courts afterwards held in Allen County, and also the following attorneys generally attended the sub- sequent terms; H. W. Talcott and Mr. Sechrist, residents of Allen County. Judge R. M. Ruggles, of Emporia, and Joel K. Goodin, of Ottawa, also at- tended at lea.st one term of the court in Allen County. Other attorneys may also have attended whom I do not now remember. Col. Thurston had previously been a state senator from Allen Counl\ , and Col. Twiss was then a .state senator from that county. John R. Goodin was afterwards judge of the Seventh Judicial District, including Allen County, and was afterwards a member of congress. H. W. Talcott was also later the judge of that district and county. Judge Lowe was after- wards judge of the Sixth Judicial District, and afterwards a member of congress. Nelson F. Acers was afterwards a United States collector of in- ternal revenue for Kansas. Joseph Bond was also at that time editor of the "Weekly Herald," a paper published at Humboldt. As above stated, the first term of court which I held in Allen County, was held at Humboldt; but the next three terms were held at lola, the county .seat having been removed from Humboldt to lola in the meantime. A grand jury was con- vened and had a session during the first term, which grand jury found and returned several indictments. During the terms of the District Court which I held in Allen County, many humorous incidents occurred. Among them a prosecution for illegal- AYOOBSON CorXTIES, KANSAS. 39 ly selling intoxicating- liquor, was tried before a jury. The liquor sold was beer, and the defense was that the beer sold was not an intoxicating liquor. Evidence was introduced tending to show both that the beer was intoxicat- ing and that it was not intoxicating. Judge Gilbert was a witness in the case and testified tliat he had purchased several bottles of the beer, under a prescription from a physician, and had drunk the beer and that it did not in- toxicate him. The lawyers had considerable sport over this testimony, and one of them suggested that it was like the Dutchman, who said he could drink fifty or sixty glasses of beer without becoming intoxicated, but he did not know what effect it would have on a man if he should make a hog 0/ him.self. Judge Gilbert was a very good speaker before a jury. In one case he and Judge Ruggles each made an argument before the jury and while Judge Ruggles was an ex-judge of the Fifth Judicial District and an eminent lawyer, yet some of the lawyers who heard the argument expressed the opinion that Judge Gilbert made fully as good an argument as Judge Ruggles, if not a better one. The lawyers also had considerable sport over the manner in which Judge Gilbert talked to litigants who wished to em- ploy him to make an argument before a jury. The lawyers stated that Judge Gilbert informed the litigants that he would make ju.st a common speech to the jury for $25.00; that he would make a good speech for $50.00. but if they wanted him to make one of his " hell-roarin" speeches, they must pay him $100.00. Judge Gilbert had a few favorite phrases which he liked to repeat to juries. One was. in illustrating the purity or honesty of- a person, or the reverse, he would say that he or she was or was not "As pure as the icicle from the purest snow on Diana's temple," or would some- times vary this by saying that he or she was or was not "As pure as the purest snow on Alpine Heights." Col. Thurston also showed ability in trying cases. In one of his cases, which was for a breach of promise of marriage, in which he was for the plaintiff, and showed a great deal of feel- ing, he tried it extraordinarily well, and made an excellent speech to the jury. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $3,500 which, under the circumstances, the defendant not being a wealthy man, was con- .sidered a liberal verdict. At one time while the District Court was in ses- sion, a preliminary e.Yamination was had out of court before a justice of the peace, in which the defendants were charged with murder in the first de- gree. It was claimed that two or three persons had been guilty of stealing horses in that community, and that some of the people of the community had hanged them until they were dead. The persons charged with doing the hanging were then charged with murder. Judge G. W. Smith de- fended them. Among his suggestions was that the persons killed had, af- ter stealing the horses, been stricken with remorse and that they had hanged themselves, but in reply to this, it was suggested that that was im- possible for all the persons hanged had their hands tied behind them when they were hanged. But Judge Smith replied, as he said a Dutch justice in Pennsylvania, where he came from once replied, when it was suggested that a person assaulted who had lost his nose in the encounter, had bitten it ofi himself; and the other side suggested that that was impossible. But 40 {flSTDKY OF AI.I.KN AXU Ihe Dutch justice replieti that nothing was impossible "niit Got." During one of the terms of court wliich I held in Allen County, a person who was admitted to the bar, furnished to the bench and bar an oyster supper with the etceteras, and the beiich and bar generally attended and seemed to en- joy it and to have a good and jovial time. Many stories were told by mem- bers of the bar, and Judge John R. Goodin, who was a good singer, sang some good songs; but, to the credit of the Allen County Bar, I will state that no one of them appeared to become intoxicated. At the term of court held at Humboldt, an indictment was found against George W. Stamps for murder in the first degree. He was tried at that term and at the next term for this offense, and the jury at each trial disagreed. The evidence tended to show that he was a Union soldier, and during the war he had killed a man in that county who claimed to be and was a rebel sympathizer, and in those days it was difficult to obtain a verdict of guilty from any jury under such circumstances. At the third term he pleaded guilty of man- slaughter in the first degree and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was then permitted to travel over the county to obtain signers to a petition for his pardon. He obtained a very large num- ber of signatures to his petition and carried it himself to the governor at Topeka and obtained a pardon. He was never taken to the penitentiary. During the terms of the District Court which I held in Allen County many other humorous incidents occurred, which have now passed from my mem- ory . During those early times we had but few law books in Allen County. We had the Kansas Statutes, including the session laws and the compiled laws of 1862. We also had Swan's Pleadings and Precedents, Nash's Pleadings and Practice, Chitty's Pleadings, Blackstone's Commentaries, Kent's Commentaries, Parsons on Contracts, Greenleaf's Evidence, Whar- ton's Criminal Law, Wharton's Precedents of Indictments and Pleas, and a few others. We had very few of the reports of adjudicated cases. _ The first volume of the Kansas Reports was not published until about the close of the year 1864, and the succeeding volumes came later. The lawyers, however, in those days discussed the questions which they presented to the courts and juries, more upon general principles and the law as stated in the text books, and less with regard to decisions as found in the reports of adjudicated cases than they do now. At that time, which was just at the close of the war of the rebellion, there was a greater percentage of criminal cases, as compared with civil cases than there is now; and the percentage of prosecutions for assaults and batteries, assaults with intent to kill or injure, and for murder and manslaughter, was also much greater then than now. With these ex- ceptions the business of the Courts of Allen County in those days was very similar to the business of the courts in that county at present. D. M. Valentine. WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 4t IbuiubolCt Xawficie priov to ISSO. BV HON. L. W. KEPLINGER In all that engaged public interest, or went to make up her early his- tory, whether it were an incipent county seat contest, an election to vote bonds to aid railroads or build machine shops, or a scheme to evade such bonds already voted, the lawyers of Allen County were conspicuously at the front. To preserve their names in history, and more especially to trans- mit to future generations of .Allen County lawyers the memory of their pre- decessors who, during and prior to the seventies, drove angling across the unfenced quarter sections, of which it was composed, to talk politics in school houses, or try lawsuits before justices on the open prairie, is the ob- ject of this article. Strongly marked characters, full of ambition, for the most part of ex- ceptfional ability, schooled and moulded by the conditions which prevailed during the civil war, if not actual participants in that great strife, the law- yers of Allen County, during the period referred to, were a most interesting body of men. No one who knew them will doubt that men like J. R, Goodin, Orlin Thurston, J. Q. A. Porter, H. C. Whitney, G. P. Smith, J. C. Murray, J. B. F. Cates and H. M. Burleigh, fall easily in the class of those who, as congressmen and senators, or in other fields of effort, have at- tained distinction. The presence of the United States land office at Humboldt made that point the chief center of attraction for lawyers who came to Allen County. I was better acquainted with those who came there, and it is of the Hum- boldt lawj^ers I shall now speak. Orlin Orlin Thurston, who came from Ohio about the year 1857, Thurston, was the mo.st forceful character of the group, and the one most capable of influencing the community in which he lived, had his disposition been somewhat different. He was at one time during the war colonel of a regiment of State militia, which rendered efficient ser- vice on the border during the summer and fall of 1861. He was of medium height, strong physique and most resolute purpose, thoroughly practical and little swayed by sentiment. He was a most excellent judge of men and af- fairs, and never failed to impress others with confidence in his judgment and sagacity. As a speaker, though not an orator, he was earnest, forcible and impressive. He gave his attention largely to business affairs, outside of law, and seldom appeared in court. He once represented his district in the State senate, but his peculiarities of temperament and disposition debar- red him from the high career for which his strong qualities so eminently fitted him. His general deportment was that of a person of distinction. All old timers will remember the Colonel's stately going with driver and coach to and from his river-bank home, atmosphered as it was with unsavory legend, aristocratic and repellent. Few men ever so little cared for, sought after, or received the general good will of the public, especially in his later years. At the same time, 42 rnsTORY of Ar,r.EN and aiuoiij; those he considered his friends, he was the most courteous, genial and obliging of men. I am full\ persuaded some people thought ill of him because they disliked him vastly more than they disliked him because of any evil there was in him. To a very great extent, at least, the trouble was he was too much of the Corialanus type. If ever he broke a pledge, or spcjke the word that was not true, the writer who was closely connected with him for years, is ignorant of the fact and he now lifts his hat to the memory of his friend and former law partner, Colonel Orlin Thurston. John R. Here was a remarkable man, equally at ea.se in the presence GooDiN. of president or bootblack: good company for both and well inter- ested in either. He was certainly the most companionable of men. l''ew men, and no Kansan, ever had more of the elements of per- sonal popularity. Referring to his engaging manner, a client who had just come from paying him a fee, remarked in my hearing: " It just does me good to pay that man money." He was neither a mone\'-maker nor a money-saver. Utterly incapable of close application: never a student: he possessed to a remarkable degree the faculty of assimilating the researches of others. He never read a book so long as he could find any one to talk to, and this was always easy for so brilliant a conversationalist to do. At the same time and without the slightest effort, with both tongue and pen he framed most exquisitely worded sentences. The chance remark of a juror t)n one occasion called forth a half-dozen impromptu verses, which speedih' found their way through the eastern press. I noticed them in the editor's drawer of Harper's Magazine some j'ears later. He was a man of consummate tact, clear head, sound judgment and commanding presence. He specially excelled as a speaker. He did not orate, he just talked. But such talkl Imagine a Wendell Phillips, and the writer has heard Phillips, less learned, less cultured, more florid, in short more western, more given to anecdote, abounding in familiar illustrations and local reference, engaged in animated conversation with his audience, with an occasional and .sometimes a prolonged rise to the impassioned, and you have Goodin, the orator. Although a Democrat living in a district which was unanimously Re- publican, he was kept on the bench term after term until elected to con- gre.ss in 1874, in a district in which his partj' was largely in the minority. Failing of re-election he resumed the practice of law at Humboldt. In the later seventies he was a candidate for governor on the opposition ticket but was unsuccessful. Judge Goodin was born at Tiffin. Ohio, December 14, 1836. He received his education at Kenton, Ohio, and came to Hum- boldt in the spring of 1S59. He remained at Humboldt until 1883 when he removed to Wyandotte, now Kansas City, Kansas, where he remained in the practice of law until his death, which occurred in December, 1885. Eli Though not quite so early an arrival in Allen County, Eli Gilbert. Gilbert came we.st so early his eastern origin didn't count at all. He originated in Morgan County, Ohio, in 1821, and after- wards came to the then frontier in Iowa, where he remained until 1839 WOODSON COITNTIES, KANSAS. 43 when he came to Allen County. He, also was an orator, though not of the Wendell Phillips type, and for several years, over a wide extent of territory, his peculiar frontier oratory was largely a substitute for law libraries. To a new-comer and prospective client who wished his services, not to assist in the trial, but because of his reputed influence over juries, he thus grav-ely gave rates. " For a few sensible remarks I charge $10.00; for a speech $15.00: but one of my regular ' hell-roarers' will cost you $25.00." It may be added, however, tliat whichever variety was contracted for, it was the last mentioned which was always forthcoming. To the eternal envy of all future Allen County lawyers, let one inci- dent in Judge Gilbert's career be reserved from oblivion. The necessities of a case required that the jury should be convinced the prosecuting witness had bitten off his own ear. The Judge's eloquence rose to the occasion. Verdict, "not guilty." He was kindly disposed toward all men, convivial, full of jokes, stories and remiaisceuces, especiilly of a per-onal nature. Shakespeare's most pleasing character, who was in some respects a feeble imitator of the Judge, will never know how lonesome he has been all these years until Eli Gilbert comes to swap auto-biographies with him in the land of shade. Judge Gilbert was at one time Probate Judge of Allen County, He also represented his district one term in the legislature, where he voted lor the right man for United States Senator and, as a consequence, received an appointment as Receiver of the United States L,and Office, in the western part of the state. He is now uearing his end at Lawrence, Kansas, and all who ever knew him will wish him well. John John Porter, who came from Ohio in 1867, had left Q. A. PORTEK. Kansas about one year before I came. He was elected to the legislature in 1868 and, at the close of his term, for some mysterious reason, he never returned to Allen County. To this day, however, tradition assigns him a foremost place among the young men of promise and ambition who came to this country at the close of the war. He returned to Cincinnati, where he still continued to practice at one bar too many, which resulted in the usual wreck. In 1883 Porter came to Kansas City proposing to locate there. Instead he went to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was soon after found dead in the office of one of his old time Humboldt friends, then residing in that city. J. B. F. Here was an innovation. All others named came from north of Cates. the Mason and Dixon Line, but J. B. F. Cates came from the moun- tains of East Tennessee Having neglected to change politics when he crossed the political equinox, he Jet politics alone when he came to Kansas and gave his attention exclusively to law. He settled at Hum- boldt in 1867 and remained there in the practice of his profession until 1S78, when he removed to Kansas City, Missouri, where he speedily took rank among the foremost lawyers of that city. He continued in the practice there until 1884, when for some reason, for which he has never been able to give a satisfactory excuse, either to himself or his friends, he gypsied 44 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND away to Florida where he abandoned Greenleaf and Black.stone and be- came the man with the hoe. After exchanging several thousand dollars for a good stock of orange grove experience, he gravitated back to his first love, Kansas, and the Seventh Judicial District. Settling teinporarilv in Fredonia, he dividevl liis time bet.veen Kansas and Oklahoma, after which he came to Chanute, where he now resides within gunshot of old Allen, in which he will eventually be found. Being neither dead or othervvi.'^e ab- sent, but still on the ground, delicacy forbids that freedom of treatment, the subject of this sketch would otherwise receive from his former as.sociate, law partner and admiring friend. However, this much shall be said, though possibly not equal to some others in s )me respects, yet as an all- round lawyer, both in intellectual acumen and legal learning and skill as a practitioner, he easily stands the peer of any who came either before or after. The writer freely accords him the honor of being the best lawyer and worst [lennian in tlie whole grou]i. H. C. II. C. Whitney came to Humboldt at the close of the war. WniTNKY. Of all the lawyers who came to Allen County Whitney was the most ambitious and the writer, who was on close terms of intimacy with him, is still of the opinion that in man\- respects his abilitv justified his ambition. Prior to the war a young attorney of one of the outlying counties in E^istern Illinois, he was what might be termed a local partner of Lincoln. He evidently had the confidence of Lincoln,, and almost every biography of Lincoln contains correspondence between them. He was paymaster in the army during the civil war. At its close he came to Kansas for the purpose of becoming Congressman, Uni- ted States Senator and afterwards President of the United States. He was a man of phenomenal memory. The world is indebted to Mr. Whitney for one of Lincoln's famous speeches, the one delivered at Bloomington. Illi- nois, in 1856, which was reproduced by Whitney from longhand notes taken by himself. More than any man I ever knew, he was familiar with public affairs and public men. There was scarcely a man of prominence in the North during the Civil War whom he had not met and with whom he was not actually acquainted. Once alter Thurston had returned from a trip East, he made this criticism: "When Thurston goes Kast he never meets anybody but hotel clerks and porters." It was never that way with Whitney. Whitney's appearance and manner were far from being pleasin^:, especially to strangers. In this respect there was the strongest contrast between him and Goodin. He was at one time in the State Senate but being unsuccess- ful in politics he removed to Chicago about '75 or '76 and entered the practice of law in that city with W. B. Scates former Chief Justice of Illinois. He seemed to succeed exceptionally well for some years, but in the midst of a divorce trial in which his client was one of the leading bankers ot the city, he was all but fatally wounded in the head by a pistol shot fired by the opposing wife. It was years before he recovered and he never resumed his WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 45 practice. Though by no means an orator, lie was an exceptionally fluent and forcible speaker and writer. Since quitting the law practice he has written a work on marriage and divorce. Also a most interesting life of Lincoln of several hundred pages. He is now living somewhere in Massa- ■chusetts. Thom.as L- Bj-rne was another of those stTiking characters w'hom to BvRNE. have known briefly was to remember for ever. Light com- plected, flaxen haired, pale blue eyes, lithe as a cat, of most nimble wit, one of the kind that could keep the table in a roar, and with temper nimbler still. He came to Humboldt in 1868. I recall one incident which characterizes the man. Driving up to lola in a hack Goodin and Gilbert were regaling later arrivals such as BjTue, Barber and mj'self with stories of more primitive times. Finally Byrne broke in "Pshaw, that's nothing. Do you see that hill over there?" pointing to the Dave Parsons Hill south of Elm Creek whose demolition for cement purposes now furnishes employment for hundreds of men, "When I first came to Allen County that hill was nothing but a hole in ground." BjTne was alwaj-s prominent and quite active in all public affairs. His family consisted of a wife, a most estimable lad}' of culture and refine- ment, and several children to all of whom he was devotedlj- attached. In the spring of '71 without warning he dropped from sight and for no con- ceivable reason, and from that day to this "What became of Bj-rne? " has been a mystery which remains to be solved in generations to come by some literary genius of Allen County who chooses to interweave in thrilling romance the .stirring .scenes and picturesque characters of Allen County's earh' days. H. M. Here too was romance. The son of Matthew Hale Smith, Burleigh, a writer of national distinction, he disliked the name for .some rea.son and changed Smith for Burleigh. Though rather young for the position he served during the war on the staff of some corps commander, Burnside, I think, in the army of the Potomac with the rank of Major. His appearance was striking, of medium height, spare and straight, dark visaged, wicked twinkling black eyes, brisk, alert, with air and bearing sugge.stive of dash, rattle of sword and scabbard and jingle of spur, always neatly attired, in cold weather with a military cloak with the •cape jauntily thrown back to exhibit a trifle of its red flannel lining, such was the appearance of the man. One picture of Burleigh I shall never forget. An editor by an injudic- ious application of an epithet to a newly arrived lawyer converted the writer hereof into a prosecuting witness, and him.self into a defendant, in a crim- inal libel suit. Upon the trial Burleigh, who in addition to being County Attorney, was an excellent reader, for one solid hour read in evidence from Dickens to a jury of Allen county farmers, and from that day to this no Allen county editor has ever called an Allen county lawyer "Uriah Heap". Burleigh was an accomplished gentleman, somewhat literary, much above the average as a talker and very fair as a lawyer. Soon after the 46 HISTORV OF AIJ.EX AND incident referredto he went to Atliol, Massachusetts, where he practiced law (or some years. Then came an interregnum of mysterious disappearance coupled with piratical and sentimental romance. Afterwards he reappeared and practiced law in Athol until a few years since when he was found dead in his office. G. I^. Strongl\' touched with genius, versatile and visionary, active Smith and energetic, fearless and tireless, audaciously aspiring and thirsty for prominence and notoriety, of verj- e.Kceptional ability as speaker and writer, such was Colonel G. P. Smith. Probably no man was ever more on the alert for an opportunity to rise and address his fellow citizens, and few could do so on short notice with more credit. Lack of continuity, both as to occupation and locality, was his most notable characteristic. Ohio, Virginia, Eastern Illinois, Middle Illinois, Humboldt, Fredonia and back to Ohio. Doctor, soldier, editor, lawyer and farmer, doctor and farmer, editor, lawyer and always a politician, such was his hi.story. His career was strenuous, stormy and eventful. In '56 he was a leading spirit in organizing a Fremont Club in Wheeling and during the fall of that year he made an aggressive campaign in West Virginia. On one occasion an attempt was made to lynch him but he was rescued by friends though not until he had disabled several of his assailants with his knife. In '61 Lincoln app inted him collector of customs at Puget Sound, but the outbreak of the war offered employment more to his liking and he declined the appointment. Aide-de-camp on the staff of General Rosecrans with rank of Captain, Major of the 69th and Colonel of the 129th Illinois, such was his army career and in each of these positions his energy, force of character and courage won for him distinction. After the war he edited the Journal at Jacksonville, Illinois, for several years. In 1869 he settled in Humboldt, Kansas, as lawyer and farmer. Through the seventies he alternated in rapid succession between law, med- icine, farming, editorial work and politics and in fact at times combined all five. Though fond of mingling with people he was at the same time an indefatigable student of general literature, political economy and kindred subjects as well as philosophy. No hard day's work on the farm or in the office was ever tiresome enough to send him to bed before midnight when he had a good book to read, and he never read an inferior book. He held it to be the most inexcusable waste of time to read a good book when one better could be had. One of his poems entitled "The Gods and I are at Strife", written in moments of depression after the death of an idolized and ouly daughter and his phenomenally gifted son Byron, and after the utter failure of all his plans, may still be seen occasionally in the newspapers. His special excellence was as a campaign orator and as such he was always in demand. In '64 together with Ingersoll then unknown to fame, he campaigned over Northern Indiana. In '71 he represented his district in the State Legislature. As candidate for State Auditor he canvassed the State some yea'rs later but was on the wrong ticket. In about '85 he returned to his starting point in Eastern Ohio where he soon after died. ^TOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 47 L. W. Bjni in Morgan county, Illinois, in August, 1841, raised Keplinger on a farm, entered the army in August 1861, present with Company A of 32nd Illinois (of which John Berry of Erie Kansas, was afterward Captain) at the capture of Fort Donelson and wherever else the army of the Tennessee won glor\ , including the march to . the sea and the gr.ind review at Washington; mustered out in September 1865. He was a private until three days after the battle of Hatchie River, then first Sergeant until January 1865, then Second Lieutenant until mustered out. From the time ot receiving his commission until mustered ■out he was on staff dut\' -^s acting adjutant, or as aide de-camp on the staff of General W. W Belknap of the Iowa Brigade. He graduated at Wes- leyan University at Bloomington, Illinois in 1868; then with Major J. W. Powell's "exploring expedition" in Colorado; with Powell and W. N. Byers, then editor of the Rocky Mountain News, and some others made the first ascent of Long's Peak in August 1868, read law at Bloomington, Illinois, admitted to bar in December i86g, had trunk packed for Kansas in time to have been there before the close of '69 but was detained until a few weeks later by sickness of a relative, was therefore constructively present and one ot the sixties, opened office in Humboldt early in 70, first in partnership with G. P. Smith; then with Orlin Thurston: then with J. B. F. Gates; trom '83 in partnership with J. R. Goodin at Wyandotte, now Kansas City, Kansas, until Gooiin's death in '85, since that time and now in practice with Hon. C. F. Hutchings at Kansas City, Kansas. He was in the Legislature in 1877. Such is the history of the subject of this sketch. Keplinger was as different from each one of those heretofore mentioned as they were from each other. He was not convivial. He liked to be with books rather than with people. He shunned rather than sought after prominence. He had a horror of being called on to make a speech. He regarded sentiment as of pai'amount consideration and he sought to make up in earnestness and industry what was lacking in grace or eloquence. He brought with him to Kansas an uncertain quantity of political aspira- tion which however was hampered with the notion (which he still enter- tains) that the office should seek the man. After years of waiting, a little measly office that no one else in the party wanted, sought him. He was permitted to write his own platform. He put in this plank "When bad men secure nominations the mistakes of conventions should be corrected at the polls." The rest of the ticket was elected and Keplinger was defeated. But he had his revenge a few months later when the candidate on the State ticket at whom that plank in the platform was especially hurled, became a sudden inhabitant of South America But all the same the State never recovered the bonds he ran off with. For all that, however, and though now a resident of Wyandotte county, he accords Allen the foremost place in his affections and to her he ivill assuredly return when he dies. 4S HrSTORY OF AI.I.EN AND K. A. Mr. Barber was born August, 184S, in Morgan County, Illinois. Barber He remained on the farm upon which he was born until 1863 when his parents removed to Jacksonville where he graduated at Illinois College in 1868, standing second in his class; he was admitted to the bar in 1870 and in October of that year came to Humboldt where he at once entered upon the practice of law with exceptional i)rospects of success, but in 1875 he added banking to law, by going in basiness with B. H. Dayton under the firm name of D.iyton, Barber & Company, and soon thereafter he organized a National Bank which wholly engrossed his attention. The general financial disaster of 1893 numtjered this bank among its victims, although he continued the struggle until some years later. In 1896 he removed to Springfield, Missouri, where he now resides. George A. Mr. Amos came to Humboldt in 1868 or 1869 and went Amgs into the lumber business. The extermination of private en- terprise by consolidated capital which has since driven out pretty much all lumber yards conducted by private individuals, innuenced Amus to enter the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and continued in the practice there until 1889 when business connected with the settle- ment of his father's estate caused him to remove to Springfield, Illinois, where he remained until 1894. He then returned to Humboldt where he still remains engaged in the practice. His ability and energy as a lawyer soon gave him prominence at the bar and he was elected county attorney. That was a time when it was thought to be the proper thing for county attorneys to see to it that laws were enforced and Amos did see to it in such fashion that Mrs. Nation would have had no occasion to visit Allen county. Amos was chiefly responsible for one memorable event in Allen county's history. Humboldt's zeal in behalf of the famous "East and West road" outran her discretion. She not only voted but she also issued the necessary bonds but she never got the road. When payment of the bonds was demanded, to borrow the slang expression then current, which I trust the severe taste of the future Allen county bar w-ill excuse, she •'kicked". A city could be sued only by getting service on certain named officers. By a judicious selection of persons who were about to leave the State or the world, the municipal machinery was disintegrated beyond the power of a Federal Court mandamus to ever put it together again. In this way the city was placed and kept under cover lor nearly twenty years and until a favorable compromise was effected. Mr. Amos was chief conspira- tor in the scheme. W. J. Though hardly justified by his prominence at the bar, the L.\RiMER romantic incident which made him an Allen County lawer throw- ing light as it does upon the vicissitues of life on the frontier may excuse the insertion of Larimer's biography in a history' of the Allen County bar. The Larimer and Kelly families were among the early settlers in Allen County. Shortly after the close of the war they in company with several other families started in wagons for some point on the Pacific slope. While WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 49 in Wyoming Territory the train was attacked by the Sioux Indians. Larimer was badly wounded but escaped by hiding in the brush. Kelly was killed. Mrs. Larimer together with her young children also Mrs. Kelly were captured. Mrs. Larimer after being a prisoner about two days escaped. Mrs. Kelly remained a captive until ransomed about five months later. After her release she regained her friends the Larimers. Some time later Mrs. Larimer published a book as her own production and on her own account, giving a full story of the occurrence which was largely rnade up of an ac- count of Mrs Kelly's experiences while a captive. Thereupon Mrs. Kelly came to Allen County, attached land belonging to the Larimers and brought suit for damages, claiming that the manuscript was the joint pro- duction and property of both herself and Mrs. Larimer and was to have been published on joint account. This woman's quarrel became a matter of general public interest and was prolonged in the courts for several years with varying results until the costs equaled the value of the land attached, when it was adjusted. Larimer having nothing else to do during its progress read law and was admitted to the bar. He soon after wandered off to the Black Hills where he afterwards serv^ed a term or two as Probate Judge in one of the leading counties, after which he resumed practice until his death which occurred several years since. William Henry Mr. Slavens was born in Putnam county, Indiana, Slavens August, 1849, came to Kansas in 1S69, began the prac- tice of law at Neosho Falls, Woodson county, in 1870, removed to Humboldt in 1876 where he remained until elected county attorney in 1878 when he removed to lola. After the expiration of his term, he returned to Yates Center. He removed to Kansas City, Kansas, where he died in 1897. Mr. Slavens possessed in a high degree many of the qualities necessary for a successful lawyer. He was bright, genial and likeable, and excep- tionally influential with the jury. He represented Woodson county in the Legislature in 1884 and 1886. J. O. Mr. Fife was born near Plymouth, Ind., September 10, 1854, was Fife raised on the farm, was educated at the Indiana State University, came to Kansas in 1878 and began the practice of law at Humboldt in September of that year. Mr. Fife's qualifications entitle him to a place in the foremost rank of those who have been Allen county lawyers. He speedily became prominent. In 1880 he was appointed county attorney to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Slavens. In the fall of that year he was elected to the same position. In 1SS3 he removed to Kansas City Kansas, where he at once established an extensive practice. Though by no means wanting as a counsellor, his special excellence is as a trial lawyer. Mr. Fife takes an active interest in politics and appears as a prominent and influential factor in every congressional and State conven- tion of his party. Since his removal to Wyandotte he has been County 50 illSTOKV OF ALLEX AXD Attorney for one or two terms. Of late years he has been extensively in- terested in mining operations in Colorado, and contrary to the general rule his adventures in that line have been quite successful. MiLFORD H. Mr. Donoho was born in Macon County, Tennessee, in Do.N'OHO 1S44. came with his parents to McDonounh County, Illi- nois, in 1846, served three years in the 47th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. came to Allen County in 1868, was admilleil to the bar in 1876. From 1881 to 1889 he practiced law and edited the Pilot at Bron- son, Kansas. In 1889 he began the practice of law in Kansas City, Kansas. Sterling integrity, sound judgment, strong common sense and an innate love of justice coupled with a familiarity with the fundamental principles of law are his striking characteristics. He is now filling his second term as Judge of one of the city courts in Kansas City, Kansas, and has just been re-nominated without opposition for a third term with certainty ot election. ©tbcr alien Counts attornefis. The publishers of this History regret that they have not been able to command the services of so able a chronicler as Mr. Keplinger on behalf of the attorneys who came here since Mr. Keplinger removed from the county or who lived at lola during his residence at Humboldt and with whom he did not feel sufficiently acquainted to include in his article. In the absence of such an expert little more can be done than to set down here the names of tho.se who made for themselves a permanent place in the records of the Allen Countj- bar. J.\MES C. Mr. Murray held a prominent place among lola lawyers Murray for several years. He went from here to Missouri and is now at Harrisonville, Arkansas. C. M. Mr. Simpson practiced at the bar a comparatively short time. SiMPSOx but he holds a large place in the earlier history of lola for the reason that he was for several years clerk of the district court and afterwards for a number of years po.st-ma.ster, resigning the latter posi- tion, chiefly on account of his health, to go to Pasadena, California, where he now lives and where he has taken a prominent place at the bar and in politics, having been twice elected to the Senate of the State. J. H. Mr. Richards came to lola soon after the war as a young RiCH.VRDS lawyer and would probably be willing to admit that he had a hard fight of it for several years. When the Fort Scott Wich- ita and Western railroad, (now a division of the Missouri Pacific), was built through Allen County Mr. Richards, who had been active in securing right of way and other concessions, was appointed its local attorney. His work was so well done that he was soon advanced to the general attorney- ship of the road, with headquarters at Fort Scott where he has ever since made his home. While never holding or seeking political office, Mr. Richards has taken an active interest in politics and is now recognized as a strong factor in the Republican councils of the State. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 5 1 W. G. Mr. McDonald was perhaps one of the most ambitious McDoN.\LD men who ever tried to practice law in lola. He was a man of considerable natural ability, but his professional success was hampered by lack of early training. He soon gave up the law and after holding a subordinate office at the San Carlos Indian Agency in Ari- zona for a time, returned and started a newspaper at Kiowa. When Okla- homa was opened to settlement he "made the run" and located a claim in "D" one of the far western counties. In Oklahoma he engaged activelj' in politics and soon achieved a wide reputation for his radical and fearless utterances and for the unusual and picturesque oratory which he de- veloped. He was shot and killed one day on the road between his claim and the neighboring town, by a man with w'hom he had quarreled. The man gave himself up, admitted the shooting and claimed self-defense. As there was no testimony to disprove this claim he was never punished. The very general opinion was, however, that "McDonald of D," as he was known all over Oklahoma, was waylaid and shot in the back. J. K. Mr. Boyd will be remembered by the old citizens of lola as a Boyd little gray cheerful talkative man who seemed to have out lived his ambitions and his energy and was simply waiting around "killing time" with infinite good humor and patience. He rarely had a case in the district court but he was for many years police judge or justice of the peace and was much missed when he dieA R. H. Mr. Knight came here from Iowa in the earl)' eighties and en- Knight gaged at once in the practice as a partner of Oscar Foust. He was a man of great energy' and force and was considered es- pecially strong as a criminal lawyer. He removed to Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, some years ago, where he still resides, and where he has built up a lucrative practice. B. O. Mr. Davidson was first admitted to the bar here, but soon D.wiDSON removed to Hutchinson where he rapidly advanced well to- ward the front rank. He afterwards located in St. Louis where he now lives and is reported to be doing well. A. C. Mr. Bogle came to lola first as stenographer for the district Bogle court. He soon resigned that position, however, and engaged in the practice of law. He was a shrewd, well schooled lawyer, a most likeable man to his intimate friends, but with oddities of manner and dress that did not promote his success in gaining clients. Mr. Bogle was a southerner by birth and he never felt really at home in the North. After a few years, therefore, he went to Macon, Mississippi, where he was when last heard from by any of his lola friends. J. H. Mr. Fishercame to Kansas from Pennsylvania and began his first Fisher practice at lola. He was a man of tremendous energy and great determination, and speedily took rank among the first of the many bright young lawyers who were then practicing law in Allen County. 52 IIISTOKV OF ALLEN AND Becoming dissatisfied with the narrow field that lola offered at that time he went to Chaiuite and later to Conneant, Ohio, where he is now engaged in the snccessfnl practice of his profession. C. E. Mr. Benton also tried in lola his first lawsuit, coming here Benton from Illinois. He was thoroughly devoted to his profession and had perhaps the most distinctly legal mind of any of his associates at the bar. lie applied himself diligently and rose rapidly in his profession. He formed a partnership with J. H. Richards and when the latter was ap- pointed solicitor for the Fort Scott Wichita and Western railroad Mr. Benton was appointed as his assistant and went with him to Fort Scott where he has since made his home A. C. Mr Scott grew up in lola and after graduating from the Uni- ScoTT versity of Kansas and from the Columbia Law School, Washing- ton, D. C, he returned here and engaged in the practice of law in partnership first with J. H. Ricliardsand C. E. Benton, and afterwards with Mr. Benton alone. He went to Oklahoma City when that Territory was opened for settlement in 18S9 and continued there the successful practice of law. In 1898, failing health compelled him to relinquish the law and he accepted an appointment as Professor of English Language and Literature in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the Territory of Oklahoma. After one year in that position he w^s appointed President of the institu- ti(jn whicli place he has since filled. John C. Mr. Gordon grew up in Osage township, Allen County, and GORDO.N worked his way up to the practice of the law. He was a man of splendid physique and considerable natural ability and he soon acquired a good standing as a young lawyer of promise. He lacked continuity, however, and after a few years at the law drifted into the news- paper business for which he was not adapted. About 1890 he left lola and when last heard of by Allen County friends was teaching school in Illinois. Nelson F. Mr. Acers was one of a number of unusually clever yoting AcERS lawyers wdio came to lola in the later sixties. Handsome, delightfully companionable, a speaker of much more than average ability, he easily took a place well toward the front rank which he held as long as he chose to devote himself to his profession. He suc- cumbed to the allurements of politics, however, and after making an un- successful race for Congress as the candidate of the Democratic party, he was appointed internal revenue collector. For a few years after retiring from that office he devoted himself to mining enterprises. These failing to return the rewards promised he returned to lola and engaged in the real estate busine-ss which now occupies his time. Henry W. Mr. Talcott came to lola from the army, slight of figure but T.VLCOTT with rare dignity and courtesy and with a knowledge of law that speedily .sent him to the District bench and kept him there for twelve years. Upon his retirement from the bench he followed "WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 53 bis old friends, C. M. Simpson and R. H. Knight to southern California and is now engaged in the practice of his profession at San Diego. A close scrutinj' of the court records of the past thirtj- years would doubtless bring to light some names not mentioned in this rapid review, but it is believed that the names of all who really made a place for them- selves have found mention here. To comment on those who are now actively engaged in the practice of law in Allen County would seem to be hardly the province of history, and hence the editors content themselves with placing on record the following list of present day attorne^-s taken from the current docket of the District court: Amos, G. A. Gard, G. R. Atchison & Morrill. Gard & Gard. Bennett & Morse. Goshorn, J. B. Beattv, h. C. Hankins, W. C. Baker, J. E. Jacoby, M. P. Choguill, W. A. McClain, Baxter D. Campbell & Goshorn. Ritter, Chris. S. Cullison, R. E. Stover, T. S. Cotiley, A. B. Thompson, J. F. Clifford, B. E. Thompson, Harry. Ewing & Savage. Tudor, H. M. M. Foust, Oscar & Son. Thrasher, Geo. C. 54 HISTORY OP AU.KN AKr> m\t> development of IRatural Gas Natural gas has been kuown to exist in Kansas almost from the earli- est white settlement of the State, small quantities of it having been found in wells drilled before the war in Wyandotte count}' in search of oil. As soon as the war was over prospecting for oil was continued in several of the counties of the eastern border, and in many of the wells thus drilled small quantities of gas were found. Probably the most notable of these early gas wells was the one de- veloped at lola in 1873 by the lola Mining Company, of which Nelson F. Acers was president. This company had been organized to prospect for coal, and .so certain were they of finding it that thej- began at once sinking a large shaft. The work on this shaft attracted the attention of some of the officers of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston railroad, (now the Southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe), and they offered to bring to lola a diamond drill outfit with which the railroad company had been pros- pecting at different points along its line, and pay $500 of the expense of a deep well. The offer was gladly accepted, and the work was begun in the fall of 1872. At the depth of 190 feet a small flow of gas was struck. At the depth of 622 feet the drill suddenly dropped eighteen inches, and almost immediately the water which filled the space about the drill was thrown high into the air and a volume of gas followed which became lighted and did considerable damage before it could be subdued. The drilling was continued until a depth of 736 feet was reached. This was the limit of the apparatus in use, and the work was reluctantly abandoned. If this chapter were a speculation on what might have been and not a history of what has been, it would be interesting to try to conjecture what the past twenty-five years would have witnessed if that drill had gone a hundred feet deeper. But the work ceased and the drill was withdrawn. And then a singular spectacle was witnessed. Following the drill there came a great geyser of water, thrown many feet above the ground with a great gurgling and hissing noise. Presently the flow ceased and all was quiet for the space of a few seconds, and then the same phenomenon was re- peated. And so for more than fourteen years at intervals of from fifteen to forty-five seconds it continued to be repeated, and it was a remarkable and very beautiful sight, particularly when the gas was set on fire and the spraying water looked like a fouiUain of liquid flame. The fame of it spread abroad, and as the waters were shown to have considerable medi- cinal virtue "The Acers Mineral Well," as it soon came to be known, attracted many visitors and became quite a resort. In 1885, however, the Neosho river overflowed its banks and the Acers well was filled with sur- WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 57 face water, the weight of which was too much for the gis to lift and so the flow ceased. In 1886 the discovery of the great natural gas fields of Ohio and f ndi- ana and the remarkable growth of the towns of that region resulting there- from attracted general attention all over the West, and the people of lola recalled the Acers Mineral Well, and the long years that the gas which issued from it had signalled to them of the riches below. And so a local company, known as the lola Gas and Coal Company, of which J. W. Coutaiit w.is president, and H. L. Henderson secretary, was organized with a capital of $50,000, for the purpose of prospecting for gas. A fran- chise for supplying the city with gas for domestic and manufacturing pur- poses was secured, and with $2,500 raised by an assessment of two per cent on the capital stock, the work of drilling was begun. At the end of a year the money had been spent with nothing to show for it btit one or two wells with a small flow of gas. Hope was still strong, however, and the local feeling that gas might be found was such that $3,000 of cit}^ bonds were easily voted to continue the prospecting. With this sum two or three more wells were drilled, each of which developed a small quantity of gas, but in all the wells together there was hardly a supply for fifty cook stoves. At this jtincture Mr. Joseph PauUin, then as now a conductor on the Southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe railroad, and who had noted the prospect- ing with much interest, associating with himself Mr. W. S. Pryor, an ex- perienced deep well driller, appeared before the lola Coal and Gas Com- pany and propo.sed to buy its plant and franchise and continue the work. The sale was made under the condition that the new firm should drill at least six wells unless a sufficient quantity of gas to supply the town with fuel and light was sooner found. The work contintied, but very slowly, and it was nearl}^ five years before the six wells called for by the contract had been sunk. And the gross product of all these wells barely stifficed to supply one hundred cook stoves. It looked discouraging. Messrs. Pryor and PauUin were so firm in their faith that there was a big supply of gas somewhere in the vicinity, however, that they determined to sink one more well and sink it deep. In all the wells up to this date the gas had been found at a depth of from 250 to 350 feet, and in no case had the drill gone deeper than 450 feet. It was determined that the next well should go down a thousand feet if necessary before the long search was finally abandoned. And this determination had its reward. On Christmas day, 1893, at a depth of 850 feet the drill entered the long sought for "sand" and the first natural gas well in Kansas of any real value was opened. And so although the existence of natural gas in the State had been known for nearly forty years, Christmas day, 1893, may be remembered as the date of the discovery of the Kansas natural gas field. The fame of the new discovery spread rapidly, and in June, 1894, the Palmer Oil and Gas Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, sent representatives to lola, leased several thousand acres of land and proceeded at once to sink a number of wells. In nearly all of these wells gas was found, the rock pressure in each varying but slightly from 320 pounds, the volume ranging 58 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND from ^,000,000 to 14,000,000 cubic feet daily, and the depth at which the "sand" was found varying from 810 to 996 feet. The success of the Pal- mer Company attracted other investors, and within four years from the date of the original discovery the field had been practically outlined in the form of a parallelogram extending from lola eastward a distance of about eight miles, with a width of about four miles. Within these limits gas is regarded as a certainty, and the wells now drilled are supplying fuel for six large zinc smelters, three brick plants, one Portland Cement plant, and num- erous smaller industries, besides furnishing heat and light for perhaps three thousand private dwellings. Even with this enormous drain but an insignifi- cant proportion of the gas which the field is capable of supplying is required. It is perhaps not the province of this chapter to speculate upon the life ot the field: but it may not be without interest to state that a single well near lola has supplied all the fuel that has been required for a large smelter for more than three years, and as yet shows no signs of exhaustion. At the rate at which it is now being used it is the opinion of experts that the field will not be exhausted during the life of this generation, and perhaps not for sixty or seventy years. .\ number of wells have been drilled in the vicinity of Humboldt and gas enough has been found to supply the town with fuel and light for domestic purposes and for manufacturing to a limited extent. Nearly all the Humboldt wells have shown considerable oil and there seems good ground for the opinion that a profitable oil field may some day be developed there. As this chapter is going through the press Mr. j C. Noble is sinking the first prospect well in Salem township, where he has leased several hundred acres of land, and where he hopes to develop another paving gas field. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 59 Cburcbes an^ Scbools Among the pioneers of Allen County perhaps an unusual percentage were educated, Christian people, and among the very first of the things to which they turned their attention after providing for the immediate neces- sities of life was the organization of churches and schools. In nearly every neighborhood there was a minister of the gospel who had followed his parishoners from their old home, and "colporteurs" or missionaries of the various churches were frequent visitors. And .so it happened that al- most from the beginning religious services of some kind were held at some point in the county, at the home of one of the settlers or in the open air. The first church regularly organized in the county was the Congre- gational church at Geneva, which dates its existence from the summer of 1858. It has been in continuous and prosperous existence ever since that date. Probably the second organization was that of the Presbyterian church, June 25, 1859. It also has had a long, useful and prosperous life, and is now. as it has been for more than forty years, the center of the social as well as the spiritual life of the community. Other churches were organized as rapidlv as the increase of the popu- lation warranted. The Methodist Episcopal church has probablv the largest membership, followed closely by the Presbyterian and Baptist, although most of the other prominent Protestant denominations are well represented. The Roman Catholic church has but two organizations in the county, one at Humboldt and one at lola. although a considerable number of the communicants of the Piqua (Woodson county) church live in this county. As in all new countries, the "Camp Meeting" was one of the most important features of church work for the first twenty years of the County's history. These meetings 'were usually held in the summer or early autumn. A large and well shaded grove on the banks of some stream, where wood and water and the other necessities for comfortable camping could be found, was selected, and there the people would come in covered wagons or with tents, and spend two or three and sometimes four weeks. Three religious services were held each day and the degree of religious fervor excited was often very great. These annual meetings were but the earlier and cruder forerunner of the Chautauqua Assemblys which are now held annually in many parts of the country, combining religious worship and spiritual culture with rest, recreation and social enjoyment. Oc- casional meetings are still held in the various groves of the County, but the old-fashioned camp meeting, where a whole neighborhood, abandoning 6o HISTOkY OK AI.LKN AXD evervthiiig else except work of the most necessary character, came together and remained for weeks at a time, is a thing of the past. Wherever the Christian religion has gained a foothold there it may be counted as certain that the cause of education is firmly entrenched. The pioneers of Allen County lost no time in organizing school districts, build- ing school houses and employing teachers for the instruction of their children. In tin- beginning, as must necessarily be the case where the people are few in number and poor in purse, the school house was poor, (although it was usually the best house in the neighborhood), and rudely furnished, and the school term la.sted but three or four months in the year. But as fast as the ability of the people increased they improved their school facilities and extended the length of the term. It may not be amiss here to record that without doubt the best of the district schools maintained in the County from the j-ears.iSey to 1872 was that at Carlyle, taught by David Smith. Professor Smith was an ex-college professor who had been driven out of Tennessee during the war on account of his strong Union senti- ments, and after a few years in Illinois had come to Kansas. He taught first at the Academy at Geneva, and was then employed by the people of Carlyle on a contract requiring him to teach ten months each year for a term of ten years at a salary of fifty dollars a month. It required a heavy tax to meet this expense, for so high a salary and so long a school term were unheard of in the County at tliat time. But the result was a remark- able school, a school the curriculum of which ranged from the primer to the higher mathematics, Latin and Greek, and in which a morality as stern as that ever taught by 1;he most rigid of the Puritans was daily incul- cated. Having no patience with stupidity, stern to the verge of cruelty sometimes in discipline, David Smith reverenced learning almost as he reverenced his God, and there was nothing too much for him to do when the result was to push a bright boy forward. Declining health and unfor- tunate dissensions in the neighborhood compelled the cancellation of the contract before the ten years for which it provided had expired. But those who were pupils in that school during the few years while David Smith ruled it with the authority of an absolute monarch, count the experience now as a rare privilege. While the common schools of the County gradually improved, there was no attempt at grading them or bringing them up to a uniform standard until the administration of Mr. Ed. T. Barber as County Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Barber had received at the State Normal a thorough training in the most modern methods of teaching and school organization. He was a young man of fine executive ability, of untiring energv, of attractive personality, and with an allconquering enthusiasm, and upon his election in 1888 he entered at once upon the work of organiz- ing the common schools, and grading them to a uniform course of study. He introduced also the "grade privilege" which means so much to the teachers. During the four years that he held the office of superintendent Mr. Barber labored incessantly and with rare intelligence, and the result WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 6r was a stimulus to the common schools of the County that is felt to this da}'. Prior to Mr. Barber's administration, as the schools had not been graded there had been no classes graduated. The pupils simply went until they thought they had learned all the teacher could teach them or until they got tired, and then quit. The first graduation from the common schools of the County therefore took place in 1889. Since that time nine hundred and fifty bo3's and girls have been graduated from these schools. The course of study now includes a thorough training in orthography, reading, writing, grammar, history, arithmetic, geography, physiology and composition, so that the student who has successfully passed through the common school is prepared to enter the high school, which in its turn leads up to the freshman class of the University. Allen County as yet has no county high school, but the place is to a large degree filled by the ex- cellent schools of lola and Humboldt, the students from which are fully prepared for the University. The impetus given to the schools of the County by Superintendent Barber has been re-inforced by the excellent administration of the present incumbent, Mr. Grant Billbe. Mr. Billbe will be chiefly remembered as the originator of the Annual School Exhibit and Contest, which he in- augurated in 1900 and which was repeated in 1901 and will doubtless be- come a permanent feature of the school work. 62 HISTORY OF AIXEN AND Zbc Criminal 1Rccol•^. The early as well as the later settlers of Allen County were for the most part orderly and law abiding citizens, and in the forty-six years of its history its records have been darkened by' comparatively few crimes of so shocking and unusual a nature as to attract general attention and interest. The first tragedy to arouse public sentiment after the two or three homicides growing out of early land troubles and already recorded, was the lynching of E. G. Dalson which occurred on the night of June 27, 1870. Dalson lived in the south part of the County and was accused of the murder of his adopted son. He was brought to lola and placed in jail. Late in the night of the above named date three men appeared at the jail and demanded admittance telling the sheriff that they had brought a prisoner from Neosho county for safe keeping. Sheriff John Harris (still living in Ida), opened the door when a number of men crowded in and demanded the key to Dalson's cell. This was refused The mob quickly overpowered the sheriff, however, and the deputy who had come to his assistance, and placing a rope around the prisoner's neck they led him away. The next morning his body was found hanging in a deserted house on the old townsite of Cofachique. It was reported that before being hanged the old man had confessed the crime with which he was charged, but said that it was not intentional. He said that he had occasion to punish the boy and finding him hard to conquer had thrown him down and placed his foot on his neck, with no thought of doing him serious in- jury. On raising his foot he found the boy lifeless and fearing the consequences of his act he had concealed the body where it was found. Dalson had some friends and there was a good deal of indignation over his summary execution. Efforts to ferret out the perpetrators of the lynch- ing resulted in the arrest of R. T. Stephens, but he was released on bail and it appears that he never came to trial. As is stated elsewhere the dispute over land titles in the eastern part of the County, out of which grew the organization known as "The League" resulted in a number of crimes of a more or less serious nature. And the singular part of it is that the most serious of these crimes resulted from disputes among the Leaguers themselves. Perhaps the most noted of these cases was the killing of James Harclerode and Robert McFarland by Hugh, Isaac, Joseph and William Guilliland which occurred in 1884. All the parties concerned were members of the League. Har- clerode and McFarland were building a house on land which the Guillilands, father and sons, claimed. The latter went to where the two former were at work to drive them away and the quarrel which ensued WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 63 resulted as above noted. The Guillilands were brought to trial and were all convicted. Hugh Guilliland and two of his sons were sent to the peni- tentiary for life, and the third son was sentenced for three years. After serving a few years of their sentence all were pardoned and when last heard from were living in one of the central counties of the State. Shortly after the above occurrence one Columbus Carter, living in the same neighborhood, quarreled with an old man by the name of Grisham and in the fight which followed gouged out one of his eyes. A few daj-s afterwards Carter was waylaid and shot. It was very naturally suspected that a son of Grisham had done the deed, but no arrests were ever made. On December 8, 1884, A. W. Ashcraft, a constable, attempted to arrest one Voght, at Humboldt, on a warrant charging him with violation of the liquor law. Voght resisted arrest and was killed. Ashcraft was exonerated. On November 23, 1885, J. W. Browning shot and killed A. A. Earle in front of what is now the Hotel Thomson in lola. Earle lived at Bronson where Browning had been selling organs. Earle charged Brown- ing with the ruin of his daughter and forced him to come with him to Ida to be delivered over to the officers to stand trial for the crime. From the lola depot they drove to the hotel in an omnibus. Earle got out first, and as he did so Browning shot him twice, killing him instantly. Browning was tried and acquitted, claiming self-defense. He immediately left the State and has not since been heard of by any of his old associates. On July 9, 1896, the body of Delia Hutchison, a young girl, was found in a pond some miles east of Humboldt, nude and shockingly mutilated. Jacob S. Rogers, a farmer living near, was convicted of the murder, the testimony showing that he was the father of the girl's unborn child, the concealment of the lesser crime being the motive for the perpetration of the greater one. Rogers was sentenced to a term of twenty- one years in the penitentiary. On July 4, 1898, Byron Cushman was shot and killed by J. W. Bell at Humboldt. Both of the men were said to have been intoxicated. Bell was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary- for ten years. 64 HISTOKY OF ALLEN AMD leiection IRcturns an& ©tber Statistics As has been already indicated in previous chapters of this work, the earl}- settlers of Allen county were very largely Free State men and there- fore Republicans. The immigration of the years immediately following the war, made up as it was to a very great extent of ex-Union soldiers, strength- ened this sentiment, and it has persisted so strongly that Allen county has been regarded as practically a safe Republican county through all its his- tory. The Grange movement in 1874 resulted in the defeat of a few Republican candidates for county office, but the "Reform" wave soon sub- sided and the Republican party quickly regained its normal majority. Even the Farmers' Alliance storm, which swept Kansas as a State into the People's Party column in 1892 and kept it there for eight years, did not shake Allen county from its Republican moorings, and it was one of the very few Kansas counties that never returned a Populist majority. An occasional opposition candidate has of course been elected from time to time, even from the beginning, but such an event has always resulted from 1 personal and not a party vote. The politics of Allen county has been maintained, happily, on a hi.gh plane of honesty and decency. There has rarely been a campaign of bitter personal vituperation, and there has never been a serious charge of flagrant corruption of the ballot. The administration of the public affairs of the county has also been free from scandal, no officer in the history of the county hav'ing been called to account for the dishonest use of public funds com- mitted to his care. The publishers of this hi.story are indebted to Mr. H. M. Miller, ex- clerk of the District Court, for the election returns which follow, and to Mr. Melvin Fronk, deputy county clerk for the other statistics. It is believed that the election returns, showing as they do the name, date of election and politics of every county officer since the adoption of the Wyandotte constitu- tion, will be found of special interest and value. In the following table names of Democrats are marked by an *, names of Populists by a t. Names not thus marked are of Republicans. Bllen CountB Election IRcturns WYANDOTTK CMNHTITUTIUN Vote for 244 I Against LW HOMESTEAD CLAUSE Vote for 201 1 AKalnsi l.« Repbesentative iiTH District— Jno. W. Scott. November. 1859. FIRST ELECTION IN ALLEN COUNTY UNDEll THE CONSTITUTION DECEM liKU Charles Robinson WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 65 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR -I.P.Root --1T5 I *Jolm P. Slough .. --134 SECRETARY OF STATE ' J. W. Robin.son.-- ---175 | *A. P. WalUer laS TREASURER Wm. Tholen - - ; 176 I »Kobeit L. Pease 135 AUDITOR lm Francis Surve.vor ..J. M I'mv^in Coimty Clerk i .lin F'raneis Commissioner 1st Dist I. M. Mattoon Treasurer .lohu Harris Commis.sioner 2nd Dist H. D. Parsons Keiri.ster of Deeds .... .ITias. B*>land 1 Commissioner Srd Dist Peter Loni: Assessor-- --F. M. Power I NOVE.MBEB. 1866 -Votes cast 586 Sheriff Win Y. Crow j Supt. of Instruction MA. Simpson Clerk District Court John Francis I Surveyor G DeWitt Probate Judge .._ A. L Dornburjr i County Attorney - N. F. Acers November, 1867— Votes cast i56l Sheriff John Harris C ironer D. Horville Treasurer lohn Francis I Surveyor .-.G. DeWitt County Clerk W. F. Wairffoner Commissioner 1st Dist Z. J. Wisner Register of Deeds ..G. M. Brown j Commis-sioner 2nd Dist J. L. .\rnold Assessor ..lohn Paxson Commissioner 3rd Disc Peter Lon^' Ni>VEMBER. 1868— Votes cast 896 Probate Judge.- lohn Passon , Assessor J. H. Vannuys Supt. of Instruction M .ner 2nd Dist -L M . Gorrell County Clerk T. S. Stover Commissioner 3rd Dist . J. W. Christian Register of Deeds G.M.Brown Rept. 47th Dist J. L Arnold Coroner C. Gillihan Rept. 48lh Dist S. H. Stevens Surveyor G. DeWitt I November. 1876— Votes cast 1.t63 Clerk District Court C.M.Simpson Probate Judge W.G.Allison Supt. of Instruction Frank Root Rep. 52nd Dist J. L. Arnold County Attorney Pe'er Bell Rep. 53rd Dist- L. \V. Kepliuger ^■OODSON COUNTISS, KANSAS. NovEMBEK. 1877— Votes cast 1258 Treasurer - I. B. YoutiK I Coroner C. Glllihan ■Oounly Clerk T. S. Stover I Commissioner 1st Dist Peter Lodk Register of IJeeds Jesse Fast | Commissioner '2ml Dist J, D. Sims Sheriff - -A Hodgson I Commissioner 3i'd Dlst J. W. Christian Surveyor . G. DeWitt | November, 1878— Votes cast 1770 Clerk District Coart Wm Davis | Probate Judge W. G. Allison County Attorney W. H. Slavens i Commissioner 1st Dist Peter Long Supt. of Instruction- ,- . Frank Root I XovEMBEK, 1879— Votes cast 1575 County Clerk T. S. Stover I Surveyor G. DeWitl Treasurer W. H. McClure I Coroner A. J.Fulton Register of Deeds Jesse Fast I Commissioner 2na Dist A. J. McCarley Sheriff- J.D.Sims | November. 1880 -Votes cast 2427 Rep. 52nd Dist S. B. Stevenson I County Attorney J. O. Fife Rep. 53rd Dist I. W. Cox I Supt. of Instruction _ Frank Root Probate Judge \V. G. Allison I Commissioner 3rd Dist H. Lieurance <_'lerk District Court Wm Davis | XovEMBER. IS8I —Votes cast 1«79 Treasurer \V. H. McClure | Surveyor. G. DeWitl County Clerk T. S. Stover i Coroner A.J Fulton Register of Deeds J. T. Fast Commissoner 1st Dist G. W. Moon Sheriff D. Worst I NoVEtlBBB. 1882— Votes cast 22i>5 Clerk District Conn A.C.Scott I Probate Judge W.G.Allison ■I'ounty Attorney G.A.Amos Commissioner 2nd Dist A. J. McCarley Supt. of Instruction J E.Henderson I XOVEMBER, 1883— Votes cast 2302 Treasurer *H. H. Hayward I Surveyor F. Kelsey County Clerk .-. -R.W.Duffy | Coroner A. J. Fulton Sheriff * S. Riggs Commissioner 3rd Dist W.A.Ross JRegister of Deeds J. P. Duncan | XoVEMBEB. 1S84— Votes cast 3193 Probate Judge . - . W. G. Allison Clerk District <:oart - M. P. Jacoby Supt. of Instruction .1. E. Henderson | NoVEMBKK. l«8S-Votes cast 2M5 Treasurer » H. H. Hayward I Surve.vor ... --- G. DeWitt County Clerk _ R. W Duffy | Coroner A.J.Fulton Sheriff J L.Brown Commissioner 2nd Dist H. L. Henderson Register of Deeds J. P.Duncan | November. 1886— Votes cast 2391 County Attorney * C. R Benton | Supt. of Instruction *M. E. Chamberlain Probate Judge J.L.Arnold j Commissioner 3rd Dist - - W.A.Ross Clerk District Court M. P. Jacoby I November. 1887— Votes cast 2698 County Clerk- - - K. W Duffy | Coroner A. J. Fulton Treasurer Wm. Cunningham | Surveyor A.O.Christian Register of Deeds J. P. Duncan j Comimssioner 1st Dist C. C, Kelsey Sheriff D. D. Britton I November 1888— Votes cast 3332 Probate Judge .- J. L. Arnold County Attorney H. A. F.wiiig Clerk District Court-- M. P. Jacoby November. 1889— Votes cast 2417 Treasurer ..Wm Cunningham j Coroner W. H McDowell County Clerk -E. M. Eckley I Surveyor G. DeWitt Register of Deeds J. F. Nigh I Commissioner 3rd Dist D. R. Inge Sheriff L. Hobart | November, 1890— Votes cast 2909 Rep. 2lst Dist L. B Pearson I Clerk District Court M. P. Jacoby Probate Judge J. L. Arnold ] Supt. of Instruction E. T. Barber County Attorney H. A. Ewing | Commissioner 1st Dist tWm Braucher November. 1891- Votes cast 2725 Treasurer -G.M.Nelson | Surveyor G. DeWitt County Clerk E. M. Eckley I Coroner HA Urown HISTORY OF ALLEN ANI> Sheiifl L. Ilobarl I Commissioner 2nd Dist E. I. Croweil Register of rji-eds. I.l-'.Nisth | NoVEMBEB. 1S92 -Votes cast 30t)5 Rep. 19'.ti Dist L. B. Pearson I Supt of Instruction. H.H.Jones Probate .ludife J. L Arnold County Attorney 'A. H. Campbell Clerk District Court F.L.Travis | Commissioner Srd Dist E D. Lacey XoVEMBEU, ISM— Votes cast 2.i9S Treasurer ..G.M.Nelson I Coroner H. A Brown County Clerk Jas. WakeUeld I Surveyor G DeWitt Sheriff C. C. Ausherman Commissioner 1st Dist N. L. .\rd Register of Deeds I.e. Coflleld | November. I8114— Votes cast 2953 Rep. 19th Dist G. DeWitt 1 Clerk District Court 1". L Travis Probate J udjje J. 15 Smith 1 Supt. of Instruction HH. Jones County Attorney. R.H.Bennett 1 Commissioner 2nd Dist J. M. McDonald NovEMBEB lift") -Votes cast 2682 Treasurer M. L Decker 1 Coroner.. J. K. Jewell County Clerk Jas Waketield I Surveyor L. P. Stover Sneriff - C. C. Ausherman Commissioner Srd Dist . E. D, Lacey Register of Deeds.. J. C. Coflleld | NoTEMBEH. 1896— Votes cast 35:B ProbateJudge J. B Smith I Supt. of Instruction ...G. Billbi- County Attorney -+C. S. Ritter Commissioner 1st Dist tjas. Lockbart Clerk District Court H. M. Miller I November. 1897— Votes cast 3123 Treasurer. M. L. Decker | Surveyor L. P. Stover County Clerk c. A. Fronk | (Coroner .- J. E. Jewell Sheriff H. Hobarl 1 Commissioner 2nd Dist J. M. McDonald Register of Deeil- 11. P. Fowler I November. 1898— Votes cast 3192 (!lerk District Court. H.M.Miller ! Probatejudge I. K.Smith Supt. of Instruction G. BiUbe j CommLssioner 1st Dist .I.D.Christian County Attorney G. R. Gard | November, I89ii— Votes cast 3393 Treasurer Frances Wilson ; Surveyor G. DeWitt County Clerk C. A. Fronk 1 Coroner F. D. Teas Register of Deeds H. P. Fowler [ Commissioner 1st Dist +Jas. Lockhart Sheriff . H. Ilobart November. 1900— Votes cast 482.i County Attorney * J. F. Goshorn ! Supt of Instruction tHattie Olmstead Clerk District Court S. C.Brewster | Commissioner 1st Dist E. H. Tobey .judges WHO HAVE SERVED AX,I>EN COUNTY SINCE THE AOOPTION OF THE WYANIxn'TE CONSTITUTION! Solon O. Thacher.. December 6, 1859 to 1864 I Wm. Spriggs. March to November. ISBT D. P. Lowe I Mohn R. Goodin November, 1867 to 1.S74 One Term of Court. October .1864 I H. W. Talcott November. 1874 to 1884 D. M. Valentine Novetnber.1864 to 1807 i I,. Stillwell November. 1884 to WOODSON COrXTlES, KANSAS. 69 iScncva HY C. L. KNOWLTON Geneva is situated in the north-west part of the count}-, between Mar- itin and Indian creeks. The location is one of much natural beauty, and from its first settlement, the community- has been one of the most intelligent and thrift}- in the county. The idea of establishing a colony in Kansas territor}-, which resulted in the founding of Geneva, originated in St. Johns, Michigan. Dr. Stone and Merritt Moore were among the first to agitate the question there, and Mr. Moore went to Java, New York, his former home, where he aroused quite an interest in the proposition. In the .spring of 1857, ^ committee composed of Dr. Stone and Merritt .Moore of St Johns, Michigan, and Deacon E. Fi.sk of Java, New York, were sent to Kansas to select a location for the colony. After traveling over a considerable portion of the then famous Neosho Valley, the}- selected the site that is still the City of Geneva. Upon their return home and making their report, J. H. Spicer, Geo. F. Wait, E. J. Brinkerhoff, J. M. Mattoon, Frank Freidenberg and others from St. Johns, Michigan, left for Kansas. This advance guard of the colony, traveling of course by wagons, stopped on the bank of Indian creek and decided to call cheir town Eureka. After iurther consideration, however, the present name was chosen. During the following summer and fall, S. T. Jones, Dr. B. I. G. Stone, A. P. Sain, J. C. Redfield, J. M. Mattoon, W. E. Holbrook, Geo. Esse, H. R. Sommers, J. R. Stillwagon, P. P. Phillips, E. Fisk, Rev G. S. North- rup, P. A. Holman, P. R. McClure, Chas. Vanwert, Geo. Stevens, W. P. Samms, Mr. Demings, "Lawyer" Adams and the Stigen waits arrived. Among those w-ho settled near Geneva but were not connected with the col- ony were the Fuquas on the river south-west of the village, on the land now owned by D. R. Inge and J. F. Fry, both now of Neosho Falls, Kansas. Anderson Wray, located on Martin creek on the farm now owned by D. L. Hutton. He came in the spring of 1855. His daughter, Mrs. Geo. Hall, is still living in the township. J. K. McQuigg and his brother "Bob" located on the south bank of the river, on land now owned by Jacob Heath and parf of Mr. Jones farm. They came from Tennessee in the summer of 1855. J. K. McQuigg is still a resident of Allen County, living now in lola. A. C. Smith located on Martin creek. His sympathies were against the Abolition Colonists, and as he had the reputation of backing his opinion with his revolver, he was, a terror to the "Yankee Colonists." After the 70 rrisroRY of ai.len a.vd war he moved to Montana, where he studied law, and is still practicing hi* profession, making a living by shooting off his mouth instead of his revolvers, Jeremiah R. Sencenich settled on the farm east of Martin creek, novir owned by Mrs. Lura Leake. He served as second lieutenant in Company I), 9lh Kansas Volunteers, during the war. C. h. Colman located a claim joining Geneva on the north-east. He was captain of Company D, 9th Kansas, and made quite a reputation during the war as leader of scouting parties. Dennis Mortimer and his brother-in-law, Anthony Fitzpatrick , settled on farms south of the village, still occupied by their families. During the winter of 185 ■> and 1859, .\ustin Carpenter and his brothers, James and J. C. , came to the neighborhood. Austin moved to Johnson County, Kansas, after the war, and has held quite a prominent place in the politics of that county. J. C. went back to Pennsylvania, where he joined the army, serving during the war, holding every office from a private to colonel in his regiment. He is now state senator for the district south of this. James' family still lives on the farm .settled by him. William Denney, who has owned and improved more farms than any other man in Kansas, came about the same time. A. W. Howland, who has retired from active busine.ss life, having by hard knocks dug out a fortune from the soil he came near starving on, dur- ing the first years of his resideiK-e here, was among the early settlers. His brother, J, H. Howland, came with him. He still owns and lives on the farm he first settled and is now extensively engaged in the poultry business. Others of the early settlers whose names are readily recalled are G. M. Brown, who was several terms Register of Deeds for the county and whose death at an advanced age resulted from a railrtjad accident within a few yards ot his home in lola; his brother "Dick'" Brown: \Vm. A., Henry and Robert Hyde; Henry Grimm and his uncle, Daniel Grimm, who came from Nassau, Germany, and Win. Noble, whose daughters, Mrs. James Hersh- berger and Mrs. Oscar Myers, are now living in lola. Of the original set- tlers J. H. Spicer, J. M. Mattoon, J. P. Dickey and George Esse are still living in the village they helped to found. Rev. S. G. Northrup wrote to his brother, L L. Northrup, then en- gaged in the manufacture of woolen goods at Thorntown, Indiana, trying to get him interested in the colony, and with such effect that in the fall or winter of 1857 L. L. Northrup and J. T. Dickey decided to visit the pro- posed site of the colony and judge for themselves. Upon their arrival at Kansas City they could not procure any kind of transportation so they decided to walk, which they did, making the trip in about four days. While here Mr. Northrup contracted to erect and operate a steam saw mill on con- dition that the colonists should give him 160 acres of timber land and should furnish him all the sawing he could do at $15 per thousand, the first manufacturing enterprise in the county to be gi\en a bonus. The mill was erected according to contract on the banks of Indian creek, on the land now owned by C. N. Spencer. At the same time Mr. Northrup brought in a stock of general merchandise, the largest stock theu in southern Kansas. "WOODSON COrNTIES, KANSAS. 7l He continued to operate both mill and store until 1862, when he sold his mill to Goss & Clarke of Xeosho Falls. He then moved to Tola and started -another store, his brother Gilbert taking charge of the store here. After- wards L. L,. Northrup formed a partnership with J. M. Evans, (father of the Evans Brothers, of lola.) who managed tire store until Mr. Evans" death, which occurred in 1870. It had been the intention of the founders of the colony to establish a large non-sectarian college and academy. Elaborate plans had been drawn and part of their Professors were among the early colonists. Not one-fourth of the three hundred families that were expected came, however. The college was never built, yet notwithstanding drouth and famine in i860, and the ravages of war from 1861 to- 1865, the original idea was so far adhered to that the colonists never lost an opportunity of securing subscrip- tion to build some kind of an educational institution. They worked until they procured notes and cash to the amount of $2000.00 and the town com- pany donated i6o acres of Geneva town lots. In 1866 the Academy Board purchased a building then used for hotel purposes, and employed David Smith to run the institution. He proved to be one of the ablest instructors ■ever in Allen county, but on account of differences abotit the management of the institution he resigned and moved to Carlyle. where he taught until his death. In 1S67 J. M. Evans contracted with the Academy Board to erect the building according to their plans, taking for his compensation what cash and notes they hid, the building bought by them for temporary .school purposes and about eighty acres of their town lots. Just prior to making this con'ract the Academy Board deeded the ground upon which the Academy is erected to the Presbyterian church, from the erection fund of which they borrowed $500, with the understanding that the building was to be leased to the Academy Board for ninty-nine years for educational purposes. The building was completed during the summer of 1867, and it was generally understood that Mr. Evans had to go deep down into his own pocket to finish his part of the contract. The Board employed Rev. S. M. Irwin to take charge of the .school commencing September 1867. His man- agement was very suoces.sful for a number of years. H. L. Henderson with Miss Jennie Pickell (now Mrs. Dr. Fulton, of lola) as assistant, then taught for one year, and were followed by a Mr. Rhoades and Professors Thomp- son and Robertson who each taught one year. Then as an Academy it was lieard of no more. The building is still owned by the Presbyterian church and used by them for church purposes. Rev. S. M. Irwin is still their pas- tor, he having preached for them for more than thirty-four years. The original colonists were mostly Congregationalists. The first year after making their .settlement, they erected a frame church building on the land just west of the townsite. Rev. Gilbert Northrup was their first pas- tor. Mr. Northrup was one of the most energetic workers of the colony and it was principally by his work that funds for the erection of the Acad- emy building were procured, he having donated S500 towards that object. He aLso took the lead in raising funds to build the Congregational church. Mr. Northrup was succeeded as pa.stor by Rev. Henry Jones, who preached •J2 HISTORY OF ALtE.V XKXJ until 1S67. In 1866 the church erected a substantial stone edifice. J. P, Dickey was "boss" carpenter and Mr. Uptton laid the stone, tended by his"- son Joe Upton, the same J. B. Upton who was a f)rominent candidate for the nomination of Governor of Missouri four \-ears ago. After Rev. Jones' pastorate. Rev. Calvin Gray preached for several- years, then Revs. Reid, Norris, Tenney, Morse, McGinnis and Francis re- spectively, labored for the success of the church. Rev. Fred Gray is the present pastor. A postoflSce was established rn 1857 with Dr. Stone as postmaster and J. M. ^Iattoon as assi.stant. Dr. Stone held the commission for two years after which Mr. Mattoon was appointed, which appointment he held. for nearly forty years. During most of the time he served also as Justice of the Peace and was for many years County Commissioner. During Harrison's administration Postmaster General Wanamaker wrote to Mr. Mattoon stat- ing that he was one of four of the oldest postmasters in continuous service in the United States and requesting him to send his photograph and saying he would be pleased to have him make any suggestion that would be for the good of the Postal service. In reply the postmaster stated that he did not know of anything to suggest unless there could be some way to raise the salaries of the fourth class postmasters. After serving his country for forty years, at an average salary of about $100 a j'ear, it was not strange that he thought .some plan ought to be found to increase their pay. There was at first considerable controversy over claims and some vio- lence almost approaching rioting occurred. One of these took place when the Fuqua crowd met the colony to settle rival claims of George Esse and Len Fuqua to the land now owned by Geo. Lynn. Fuqua used his rifle as a club and Mr. Ksse's head still aches when he thinks of the biow he got that day. J. E. Redfleld also came in contact with this same gun barrel and for awhile it was thought he had received his death blow. Another afiray that came near ending fatally was when A. C. Smith got it into his head that Anderson Wray had wronged him. Smith owned the claims now owned by J. D. Sims, Wray owned the claims south of him and had gone to Ft. Scott for the purpose of entering his claim. Smith heard that he had also entered his. Just at sundown Smith saddled his mule, took his revolver and started to Ft. Scott. Next morning just at sun up. Smith rode into a camp near Turkey creek in Bourbon county and finding that Wray was with them he went into the tent where Wray was and shot him through the thigh before any of the bystanders could interfere. Dr. Stone was the first physician to locate here, He practiced until about the beginning of the war. After him Dr. Southard practiced for some years and then returned to LeRoy, Kansas. In 1866 Dr. J. F. Knowlton came and practiced until his death in 1S82. Since then Doctors Ganze, Campbell and Wilkins practiced here until they were called to take a higher seat in their profession. After J. M. Evans' death, T. L Elliot traded for the stock of goods owned by L L- Northrup and the Evans estate and did a good business until 1SS2 when he moved to Colonv. Since Elliot's removal, C. L. Knowl- WOtnjSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. -J T, Ion has been in the general merchandise business at the same old stand. D. D. Spicer has a good stock of hardware, and has succeeded to the post- mastership which his friends wish he may continue to hold as long as did Mr. Mdttoon. J. D. Leavitt has a grocei\v and feed store and is apparently doing well. R. B. Warner is ringing the old blacksmith shop that was built in i860 by P. R. McClure. Geo. Esse runs the hotel which he built with the e.xpectation of mak- ing his fortune boarding college students. While the extravagant expectations indulged by the founders of Ge- neva have not been realized, yet the village has been what they intended first of all it should be, and that is a moral, law-abiding. God-fearing town, "a good place to live in." •flola ( AcltBo^vlcdgement is jfratefully m;ide to Mr. W. A. L'ow;in for all tlv.it pirt iif ilie following sUetcli i-el.itinK' to the early history of lola. — Ediior.s) In the fall of 1858 the settlers on the Neosho River finding that on account of inability to get good well water, the town of Cofachique would prove a failure and believing that the county .seat of Allen County should be as near as practicable in the center of the county decided to locate a new town which should have as many advantages and as few disadvantages as possible. Accordingly in January 1859 a meeting of all those in favor of the new enterprise was called, the meeting being held at the residence of J. C. Clark near the mouth of Deer Creek. John W. Scott was elected president of the new town company, John Hamilton vice- president, J. M. Perkins Secretary, James McDonald treasurer, A G. Carpenter, B. I. G. vStone and H. D. Parsons, directors. Among those present at this meeting besides those above named were Wm. C. Keith, W. H. Cochran, J. C. Redfield. Daniel Horville, J. C. Clark, Simon Camerer, J. F. Colborn, L. E. Rhodes, James Faulkner, Eli Lorance, W. M. Brown, Nimrod Hankins, W. F. Brocks, John A. Hart, J. T. Cornell, Carlyle Faulkner, J. M. Faulkner, J. B. Lampkin, M. A. Simpson, J. C. Parsons, Rufus Perkins, H. D. Parsons, Wm. Lewis and Aaron Case. Two quarter sections north of Elm creek and east of the Neosho river owned by J. F. Colborn and W. H. Cochran were selected and A. G. Carpen- 74 HISTORY OK ALLEN AND ter, a brother of Honorable J. C. Carpenter, now of Chanute, was appointed surveyor. "lola" the Christian name of Mrs. J. K. Colborn was cliosen as the name of the future town, The land was surveyed and the newtownsite like many Kansas enterprises was on a broad g^uge. Four blocks were set aside as a public park on which the future Court House was to be erected, avenues loo feet wide surround it. The stock in the company was divided into fifty shares and each shareholder was to get twenty lots but he was not to get a deed to any until he had put up S300 worth of inipr )ve- ments. This was to prevent men from securing control of a great number of lots and holding them for speculative purposes without contributing to the support of the town. A block was set aside for school purposes, two lots at the south-west corner of the park were reser\-ed for a hotel, others for churches, a college, and to secure the location of the United States land office. One hundred lots were donated to the county to "permanently locate the county seat at lola," other lots were offered to any one who would build on them. The first house to be erected in town was built by Bolivar Buckner Bayne, a relative of Gens Bolivar and Buckner of Kentucky. This was a log house which di.sappeared several years ago but the frame addition to which yet .stands on South Washington avenue and is now occupied by Mr. Chase as a restaurant. It was bought by J. M. Cowan in July. i860, and still remains in the family. The first frame house was built by J. F. Colborn and became the birth- place of the first lola baby, Mi.ss Luella Colborn, now Mrs. \V. P. North- rup, of Wallace, Idaho. In i in iX VAI.UATHiN 18*11 -lO'lSS i(lu5iH5 |89'j I41S3 337P16" 1S82..-- 1109*< 23!ln7ll 1897 14441 _ :)362:!I5 1883 1'«>t2 . •i)774«S lf96 1S905 381871U 1S84 14173 . 2.V>lil6U 180,) 17483 , 408933: ia85 14540 . 264WI85 19C0 1992:) 56:)6:i-23 1886 1570H .. 2««9020 IOI.A I'lTV 1S79 966 t 1890 -. _ ._.l."iOS __. 2."i6U'5 1S80 ---10(11 1891 - - 1513 - :rMlr> 1881 814 189'.' 1621 ■.M994.'i 1882 U17U l«;)48n 1^9! 1433 245ll8:i 1S33 14811 .. 19)32U 1894 1585- 258970 1814 - - 15(i(l ... 220083 1895 15'j7 ... 2493f)5 18« IBIfl . 244952 18915 1800 - 24S570 1S83 ---1451 2<15;9 1897 2145 - - . 259210 !887 1712 2461)48 1898 3531 .-- -.-- 5(i73fi0 1888 l'8i 249120 1893 4112 549930 1880 ...1087 226767 19110 61,53-- 980430 fll>oi*an. BY MRS. H. L. HASSETT 111 the suiniiier of iSSi, the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company built the long desired railroad through Allen County. The citizens of Manna- ton township, eager tor improved facilities, at a mass-meeting in the Wal- nut Grove school-house, had voted the necessary bonds. This company agreed to locate a depot within a mile of the middle of the township, but it was uncertain for a time what site they w'ould choose. At first all trains stopped on the corner of N. G. Brown's section. Those living two miles west at Fair Lawn, were eager to have the station there, but largelj- through the influence of the late Dr. Henry M. Strong, the company decid- ed on the present location, midway between the two places. Where Moran now stands corn and oats were growing luxuriantly. James Meade and Win. Finley owned most of the land north of the track. These gen- tlemen, aided by Dr. Strong, P. J. McGlashan, C. P. Keith and others, advocated that site, but John A. Epling, Ezra Rhodes, James Armstrong and George McLaughlin, hoped to see the business part of the town south of the half section line followed by the railroad. The latter secured the services of G. DeWitt, and had their location surveyed and recorded as Moran, while the railroad company had their men do the survej'ing north of the track, and it w-as recorded Moran City. The blocks on the north side are smaller than those on the south, so the streets fail to connect. In WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 83 two or three years the business houses were all on the north side. When application for a postoffice was made it was named Morantown, and not until 1900 was that changed to Moran. L. M. West was the first post- master. Notwithstanding its variety of names, the new town had a healthy growth. David Mitchell opened a lumber yard, which in 1882 he sold to S. C. Varner, who still carries on that business. The Farmers' Restaurant, erected by West & Davis, was the first business building. Robert Dawson was the first merchant. His store was on part of what is now known as "the burnt district." E. F. DeHart & Son had a stock of general mer- chandise on the south side, and later enlarged their building and kept a ho- tel, known as the "Commercial House." The first hotel and livery on the north side belonged to Riley Daniels. They, too, were on the'burnt dis- trict. N. S. Smith built a livery barn, where that business is still contin- ued. It has changed hands several times, but is now owned by George Moore. L. H. Gorrell & H. B, Smith were the first blacksmiths. The site of their shop is still occupied by Mr. vSmith, who now deals in wagons and farm implements. L. B. Kinne, in the fall of i88i, opened a grocery and drug store. He has been and still is, one of the m^it public-spirited and successful business men in the place. J. E. Hobby opened a grocery about the same time, and is one of Moran's substantial business men. Old Mr. Southard bui-lt a store where the Moran Bank now stands, and dealt in general merchandise. In the low attic of that building his daughter, Miss Abhie vSouthard, taught the first private school in Moran. W. J. vSteele was the first hardware merchant to locate here. H. B. Adams and Chas. Mendcll purchased his stock and building in 1889. In 1895 Mr. Men- dell bought out .Mr. Adams, and the business is still continued at the old stand, but in far more commodious quarters, for Mr. Mendell in i -joo put up a new building on the old site, which is well adapted to his needs. The second floor is a public hall, and supplies a much-needed convenience. Mitchell and Housted were the south side hardware merchants. Af- ter changing hands two or three times, this stock of goods was purchased by S. C. Varner, who had already opened up a store of that kind, and who still continues that business. He also for years has engaged in other branches of mercantile business, and has done considerable building in dif- ferent parts of town. The first meat market was located in a small build- ing on the south side of the square. Its owner, Mr. Devons, soon became discouraged and quit. A little later, W. C. Carter and Wm. Finley opened a meat market, which after changing hands once or twice, was bought, in 1885, by Joshua Rumbel. He or one of his sons continued in the business until 1900, when W. J. Rumbel sold out to E D. Rapp. The elevator was built by Mr. Rosch, who soon sold it to A. W. Beck. It has had several proprietors, and is now under the management of Bailey Palmer. J as. Fuhvider was the first barber. His shop was in his residence, which still stands. The Misses Fairman were the first milliners, but the}' were not long left without rivals, as Miss Minnie Ross and Mrs. Seldomridge, each soon claimed her share of patronage. Union religious services were first held in the depot, .\fter the erec- 84 HISTORY OK A1.I.I;N AND tion of the school house it was used till the Presl>yteriaii cluirch was com- pletetl, when it was no longer needed for such purposes. Deceniljer lo, 1S92, the Presb> terian church was 0rg.Mii7.ed with nine- teen members, who were cared for by Rev. E. S. Miller, of lola. In i8Hf, they built a church which was dedicated July 20, 1884 The union S. S. had its home there until each of the denominations represented withdrew and established its own service. In 1895 a parsonage was built north of the church. The ministers who have served this cluirch are Revs. Ruther- ford, King. Wilson, Millarti, Hawkins, Evans, Cantrall and Barr. Rev. F. W. Mitchell, a graduate of Princeton seminary is now the pastor. His people are united in him, and the church is prospering. It has eighty- five members. In 1S84 the Methodist Prote.stant church was organized, with about twenty members. Their first pastor was Mr. Wayland, and largely through his persistent efforts, their church was the second one erected in Moran. Their parsonage, the second one in town, was built just south of the church. They have since sold it, and built one more commodious, on the east side. There are fifty names on their church roll. They have had as pastor Revs. Wayland, Voung, Brown, McAdams, Daley. Lane, Buck- iier. Chamlin, vSlater, Hinshaw and Mellors. Rev. R. H. N. McAdams who now has charge of the church has been here two years. He is earnest and faithful, and his work has been blessed. The Methodist Episcopal church was organized in 1882, and with thirty-five members. In the fall of 1884 they built a church which was dedicated free of debt, in 1889. They provided a parsonage in 1883 which has made a good home for some excellent ministers. Those who have Ijeen shepherds of this flock are Revs. Anderson, Stradforth, York, Swartz Means, Bruner, Emerson, Siess, Holtz, Howard, Riess, Moore and McNabb. The present pastor is Rev. G. B. Mehl, who has proved a zeal- ous, untiring worker. His labors have been blessed. The church now has one hundred and thirty-five members. In the summer of 1883 the Christian church was organized by J. Shively at the school house, with a membership of fifteen, and reorganized in the Presbyterian church in the winter of 1885, by Henry Martin, the first pastor. In 1887 they built a house of worship. They now have sev- enty-five members. They have had as ministers Elders Dunkleberger, Lamb, Porter, Moore, Cash and Klinker. The Baptists met and organized in the Presbyterian church. In 1892 they organized in the Christian church, with about twenty members. That same year they built, and built well. It is to be regretted that this church has been exceptionally unfortunate in losses, by death and removal. It is three years since they have had a settled pastor, and for a year they have not kept up regular services. They have enjoyed the ministrations of Elders Trout, Woods, Day and Collins. In the early days of Moran a German Reformed church was organized, but they never built here, and finally disbanded, most of their members identifving themselves with theii church at Allen Center. Rev. S. A. Alt \VOOr).SOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 85 was the faithful p.istor of this flock till 1889, when Rev. Mr. Skinner was his successor. Rev. L. S. Faust, ol lola, was iu charge when the church disbanded. All our churches have sustained heavy losses by death and removal. Most of them have active Sabbath schools, and live young people's organi- zations that are doing good work. In 1877 Dr. Henry M. Strong removed from lola to his farm, which is now owned b}' A. J. Eflin, and from that time to the fall of 1882 was truly a good Samaritan to any sick neighbor, refusing to accept any re- muneration for medical services. How many he helped and how deep was their gratitude eternity alone can reveal. In the fall of 1882, J. E. Jewell, M. D., located in Moran. In the spring of 1884, Dr. G. B. Lambeth loca- ted here. Again and again some third physician has tried to gain a foot- hold, but after a short time has sought some other place in which to prac- tice his profession. In the fall of 1882 a school house was built east of the square, and the first teacher was Mr. Ed. Muth. School opened with a larger number on the roll than was shown by the census taken in August. As the town grew the school building was found inadequate, so in 1884 the original building was removed to make A place for a main building of two rooms, and the original has since been known as the north wing. The school did good work, and its increasing efficiencj-, as well as the growth of the town, made it necessary in 1892 to enlarge its quarters, so the main building was raised. This gave five rooms, but as only four were then needed, the north wing was unu.sed for a year. In 1893 the need of a high school was so pressing that the proper steps were taken, and three years added to the course of study. That the school has done good work has been repeatedly demon.strated here, by the scholars who have left it to take their places among the respected workers and citizens of Moran. Not a few of its scholars have gone out to teach others what they learned here. Many a home is blessed by the influence that can be directly traced to the Moran school. Those who have gone to higher institutions of learning have proved without exception, that their Alma Mater was one of which to be proud, and she has had good reason to be proud of them. Prof. C. W. Kline is now its principal, and his efficient corps of assistants is made up of .Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Collins, Miss Keith and Mrs. Thomas. The school is a credit to the place. Those who have taught in it are Messrs. Muth, Johnson, Carter, Courtney, Coulter, Fogleman and Kline. Messrs. Ad- ams, Russ, Smith, Mayhu, and their wives; Mesdames Anderson, Millard, Barton, Collins and Thomas; the Misses Newman, Gay, Culbertson, Spen- cer, Brown, Pember, Ireland, Bryden, Corn, Donica, Esse, Rennells, Fuss- man and Keith. , An enterprising town like Moran early felt the need of a newspaper of its own, so a company was formed, in which prominent and public-spirited citizens took stock, and the Moran Herald came into existence. Henry Armstrong was its editor, and its first issue was in 1883.. Two or three years later G. D. IngersoU bought the paper, and later it changed hands 86 HISTOKV OK AI.I.KN AND several times, being successively owned by Leo. Fesler, \V. G. Allison. Smith & -Matthews, and Jay Matthews. In 1897 it was purchased by C. C. Thomas, who still owns it. His faithful efforts and careful attention to business, have secured for it a place in the front ranks of papers of its kind. In 1887 the M. K. & T. built a road that gave direct communication with Kansas City and Parsons. This was a distinct advantage to the town in many ways, and greatly increased the shipping facilities for stock raisers. In the matter of Ijanks, Moran hus been ([uite unfortunate. W'inans & Post, from Erie, opened and closed their bank in iS,S8. They paid up all tlieir liabilities. S. C. Varner established the Peiiple's Hank in 1888. which suspended in 1896 Later all depositors were paid. The Moran bank after five or six years existence went into the hands of a receiver in i8g8. It has paid up all claims with interest. In 1899 the Moran State Bank was incorporated, and a long and prosperous life is anticipated for it. The year 1897 was a disastrous year for Moran. Several fires did much harm, but the one most sweeping did its w )rk on Sabbath evening in August, when nearly all the buildings on the west side of .Spruce street ea.st of Randolph, were destroyed. Mauley's hall, Ross <.Sc Augustine's of- fice and store room, Stoddard & Young's millinery, Twineham's harness shop, the Virginia hotel, Stephenson's racket, Willoughby's furniture store. Young's real estate office and Strickler's restaurant, were left but smoking ruins. The burnt district still remains a sad reminder of that terrible con- llagration. There is no dearth of societies here. The A. O. U. W. and Degree of Honor, the M. W. A., Free Masons, Odd Fellows and Rebeccas, Knights and Ladies of .Security and Fraternal Aid, are all represented. The Home Coterie, a literary organization, has lived through eight happy and pros- perous years. A history of Moran which said nothing about its music would indeed be incomplete. Few towns of its size have possessed so many musical and music-loviuj; people. In 18S2 or 1883 the Moran orchestra was organized by P. J. McGlashan, who was at all times its leader. The charter mem- bers were P. J. McGlashan, first violin; Wm. Wheeler, second violin; S. N. Steele, cornet; H. H. Smith, bass viol; Miss Abbie .Southard, piano. After the marriage and removal of .Miss Southard, Miss Floy .McGlashan filled the position of pianist. In the early days of the town W. H. UeHart or- ganized a brass band, and a little later S. N Steele organized another. In about a year they consolidated. The orchestra and brass band gave their first concert in the Presbyterian church before it was plastered, and from that time it only needed to be known that the Moran Orchestra was purposing to give 4 concert to insure an interest far and wide. A full house on the appointed evening could always be assured, and in the audience could al- ways be found people from lola, Savonburg, and other places more or less remote. Those annual concerts were the musical events of the year, and it is a cause of siucere regret, that removals and death so lessened their num- bers that in 1900 the Moran orchestra disbanded. There have been several WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 87 nuisic teachers here, but for two j-ear.s Miss Floy McGlashan has held her place as first. Those who receive invitations to her recitals are counted fortunate, and on the rare occasions when her scholars give a concert, a large attendance is certain. The present Moran brass band, made up of young men, is a comparatively recent organization. Ever\' member has joined the M. W. A. The contrast between-^Moran eighteen years ago and now is marked. It looked then, like many another new town, as though a few dozen large boxes had been scattered about carelessly, in which the people were stay- ing a few days. Now the town shows that it is regularly laid out; two rail- roads pass through it, giving easy and swift communication, to it from all points; its school house is comfortable and convenient; there are five churches; two telephone companies have offices here, and one of them a central station. George Moore owns the livery, and is proprietor of the Pennsylvania House, a substantial brick building. The Moran State bank owns its commodious brick home. Oral Spencer and George Shopshire have each a restaurant. E. D. Rapp owns the meat market on Cedar street, and Smith & Knight are proprietors of the market on Randolph street. C. B. Keith handles coal and grain. L. B. Kinne deals in drugs and groceries. P. J. McGlashan and J. E. Hobby each handle groceries, boots and shoes. Frank Messenger carries a good stock of general merchandise. S. C. Varner keeps dry goods, groceries, hard- ware, queensware and implements, besides dealing in grain and lumber. F. E. Twineham keeps harness. Walter Lacey is the jeweler and watch- maker. H. B. vSmith deals in wagons and implements. Charles MendeU has a fine hardware and tinware stock. The Farmers' and Mechanics' Lumber Company are doing a good business. J. F. Willoughby deals in furniture. John Hurly is the blacksmith. George Shopshire and W. R. Dougherty have each a barber shop. Latham has an egg-packing estab- lishment. Mrs Cobb and Mrs. Homer Varner have each a millinery, and Mrs. Young and Mr.-^. Minnie Kinne are kept busy in their dress-making establishment. Moran has now a number of beautiful residences that improve its ap- pearance much; but best of all, it has many homes — homes in the truest sense of the word, from which goes forth an influence for good at all times, and in all directions. 88 IIISTOUY OF AI.I.KN AMP Savonbuvo. BY C. .A. Ki:VNOLDS. Savoiiburg is located in the extreme southeast corner of Allen county, one mile north ol the Neosho county line, and four miles west of the divis- ion line between Bourbon and Allen counties. The town was founded in 1879, at whicli time the post-office was established with John Keen as postmaster. Mr. Keen was the first mer- chant, and kept store until iSSi. when he was succeeded by A. Linville. In 1S83 Mr. Linville sold out to L B. Murray, who continued the bus- iness till 1888. In the eirly spring of 18S8, Chas. Nelson, who was destined to play an important part in the building of the town, rented the business room of L. B. Murray, and in the early part of May removed from Warnersburg, a school district three miles west, about one-half of his stock of general mer- chandise. Mr. Nelsi:)n enjoyed a good business from the start, which was greatly increased by the patronage of the various gangs of laborers engaged in the building of the Kansas City, Parsons & Pacific, now known as the M. K, & T. railway, which was completed to this point August ist of this year. About this time there came a corps of engineers, surveying a route for the Kansas, Nebraska & Western railroad, which was at that time the con- struction company of the .Santa Fe railway the line of definite location be- ing some 600 feet south of Main street. The engineers were seen followed by an agent, who came to secure right of way and land for a town site, and options were obtained upon .•'40 acres. Shortly after the Santa Fe encoun- tered the financial shoals which terminated in a receivership for the com- pany, and the project came to naught. In March, i88g, the options which had been secured by the company expired. It was then determined by the people of the vicinity that it would be advisable to organize a town com- pany, and proceed to the building of a town. Accordingly a charter was procured, and March 24, 1889, the Savonburg Town and Improvement Company formally opened for business, with an authorized capital of §25,- 000, and under the direction of the following officers: Chas Nelson, presi- dent; R. G. Cravens, vice president; L. B. Murray, .secretary; J. T. Bulter- field, treasurer. Board of Directors: Chas. Nelson, R. G. Cravens, W. T. Huff, S. Huff, Wallace Young, T. B. McGuire, D. Freed, D. W. Craddock and J. T. Butterfield. Twenty-five acres of ground were at once purchased and platted and money raised to erect three business rooms. Charles Nelson then sold his stock of merchandise to D. W. Craddock and. upon recpiesi of the Town WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 89 Compauj-, consented to give his time and energy to push the newly jilatted village, which he did zealously and with creditable results. As is characteristic of most new towns, Savonburg experienced many set-backs and met with no little discouragement, not only to the people al- ready here, but to prospective residents as well. The principal difficulty experienced at the beginning was the lack of a depot and other railroad fa- cilities, without which business was paralyzed and progres.sion greatlv handicapped. Nothing but a small platform 8x20 feet alongside the main track, and a spur switch 400 feet long had yet been provided, and rival towns were therefore privileged to make the assertion that no better facili- ties ever would be provided for "the burg" by the railway company. Notwithstanding these difficult problems and numerous other hard- ships, a little flame of righteou: indignition kindled within the hearts of the few brave residents — a flame which was never extinguished by its own reaction. In March, 1890, complaint having been made by Charles Nelson in behalf of the people to the State Board of Railroad Commissioners against the M. K. & T. Railway, the representatives of the railway were cited to appear and show cause why they should not be compelled to provide the needed facilities. It had been shown before the hearing that for eight months previous, the company's receipts at this place were $1,000 and over per month. The company very wisely decided to at once erect a depot, stock yards, sw'itch, etc., and never has it had cause to regret the money here invested, as Savonburg for the past ten years has borne the well-mer- ited reputation of being the best shipping point on the division. When these necessities had been granted by the M. K. & T. people, the town was, for the first time, squarely upon its feet, and upon equal terms wiih competing points. Rivalry was then laid aside, and all joined hands and worked together for the upbuilding of the town and community. Thus step by step, vSavonburg has advanced from an insignificant hamlet to a substantial country town of about 300 inhabitants, remarkable for her business interests, and particularly as a shipping point for live stock, grain and broom corn. The town enjoys an immense trade from the west, from the prosperous Swedish farmers of East Cottage Grove and Elsmore town- ships, and recei\es a large volume of business from the country tributary to the town in all directions. Many merchants and residents have come and gone within the past decade which has marked the town's career. Some have crossed the Dark River into eternity. Where others have gone, we do not know; and still, a goodly number of the pioneer merchants and citizens are with us today, most of them, happily enough, blessed with the comforts of life. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway officials manifest their interest in Savonburg by keeping pace with the rapid progress of the town, and making such improvements as are demanded from the business public from time to time. The recent remodeling and doubling in size of the depot at this point is evidence of this fact. The stock yards are also well equipped. go IIISTOKV OF AI.I.KN AND R. B. Oliver is the present local freight and ticket aiieiit; C. E. Aldrich night operator. The Savonburg Record was established April r, IS9''^. by C. A. Reyn- olds. The paper is wiiiely circulated, and prosjierous Previous to the es- tablishnient of the Record, the Trio-Xews, by E. A. Jordan, the Sentinel, by T. V. Campbell, and other newspapers suspended puldication, after a limited existence. The school house was built in 1889, and a few years later enlarged to its present size. The district has always employed the best teachers obtain- able, and as a consequence, is reputed to be one of the best graded schools in the county. U. R. Courtney principal, and Mrs. A. V. Lodge assistant, are the proficient instructors now in charge. There are two churches in Savonburg, the Methodist Epi.scopal, H. I. Dodsoii pastor, and the Friends' house of worship, L. W. McFarland, pastor. The members of the Christian church hold ser\'ices at the school house. The Mt. Moriah Methodist Protestant church is one mile south of town; James M. Frame is the local pastor. There are, perhaps, as many lodges in Savonburg as any town of com- parative size in the state — Masonic. Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, Rebekah, Workmen, Degree of Honor, Woodmen, Royal Neighbors, Knights and Ladies of Security, and A. H. T. A., all of which are en a sound basis, and have large memberships. vSavonbuTg is graced by the presence of man)- sihery-haired veterans of the civil war, than whom there are no better citizens. Savonburg Post No. 421 G. A. R., O. P. Matsoii commander, is a worthy and substantial organization. Since the building of the town her residents have all been, and are today, self-sustaining. It has never been the misfortune of any at this place to seek the county's aid for maintenance. Idleness is unknown, and loafers are conspicuous only by their absence. The question of incorporating the town has been but little agitated, and steps have never been taken in that direction, probably for the reasons that the best of order is maintained, and the streets and the walks are well looked after by the citizens who possess that sense of public pride which needs no prompting by a mayor or city council. lOI.A HIOH SCHOdL AIJ.KN COUNTY COURT HOUSE s ; 5 r\ JT ^ HUMIiOI.DT HICxH SCH(«1I. STONY LONESOME WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 9I 1butnbol^t. This is a thriving business town, situated in the southwest part of the county. The location is a desirable one, on the level valley land, on both the east and west banks of the Neosho river. The business portion of the town is on the east bank of the river, and about one-half mile from its bank. Coal Creek forms part of the southern limits. The two railroads are the Southern Kansas Division of the A. T. & S. F. on the east side, and the Missouri Kansas & Texas on the v,'e.st side of the river. The population of Humboldt is about 1400, and the town at present is about at a standstill, though there are prospects of increased progress in the near future. There are here some of the best business houses in the county, and the town enjoys a large and prosperous trade. The Neosho river furnishes an abundant water power, which has long been utilized for manufacturing purpo.ses. The citizens are of a substantial class and progressive. In the fall of 1856 B. M. Blanton, a Methodist missionary, in making a trip through southern Kansas, became impressed with the idea that this was an excellent point for the foundation of a town. He returned to Law- rence and told his brother, N. B. Blanton, and J. A, Coffey of this selec- tion, advising them to locate a townsite. In March 1S57, J. A. Coffey se- lected the site and with the aid of a pocket compass made a temporary sur- vey. He found an abandoned log cabin there; it had been built the spring before by some claimant who abandoned the country. In the fall of 1856 Charles Baland. who was sick, abandoned the claim near there, and moved into the cabin, where he spent the winter, and in the spring, intending to leave the country, he presented the cabin and his claim to the land to Mrs. E. H. Young, but finally decided to remain, and located another claim where his farm now is. Coffey finding a claim on the land paid $20 for it, to secure peaceable possession. He then returned to Lawrence, where he and Blanton met a Geruian colony, which was induced to help them form the town. The German colony was organized in Hartford, Connecticut, during the winter of 1856-7, and consisted of E. M. Serenbets, Jacob Schleicher, William Lassman, John Frixel, Franz Trontz-Landerwasser, A. Senner, H. Zwanziger and N. Kemmerer. All of these with the exception of the last named, who did not come until a year later, arrived at Lawrence in .March 1857. There they were met by Blanton and Coffe\% who induced them to locate on their townsite. The Humboldt town company was organized, and the town so named in honor of Baron \'on Humboldt. Among the members were J. A. Coffey, N. B. Blanton, F. M. Serenbets, J. H. and W. H. 92 inSTDUY <)I" AI.I.ICX AND Siguor, Dr. Hartniaii mul A. I). Searle. The German portion of the col- ony arrivfd May loth 1S57, an.i were soon followed by Coffey, Blanton and others. The first house built was of loos, bnilt for J. A. Coffey, at a co^t of $25. It was located on Bridge street, on the cast side of the river. The next house was built southwest of Coffey's in the summer of 1857, and was known as "Bachelor's Hall." It was occupied during the summer bv Dr. Cx. A. Miller, R. M. Works, J. W. Sperring, J. H. and H. W. Signor, B. H. Whillow and W. W. Pollock. During the same summer, a man by the name of Clark, built a two-story log hotel. In June J. A. Coffey opened a store in a cabin in the timber near the river. Tliis store was soon after sold to W. C. O'Brien. During the summer of 1857, Orlin Thurston, a yoiing attorney, was persuaded to locate at Humboldt, and put up a steam saw-mill He soon began sawing lumber, and then building began on the prairie portion of the townsite, where the business center now is. Before this most of the building was in the timber along the river. In the spring of 1858, Charles Fussman opened a tiushop, in a log cabin in the timber. The first frame building erected was on the corner of Eighth and Bridge streets, which was a residence and store of J. A. Coffey. It was af- terward part of a cigar manufactory of VV. H. Holtschneider, destroyed du- ring the fire of 1883. In the spring of 1858, a steam saw and grist mill was opened by W. C. O'Brien. The mill was hauled from Jefferson City, Mo., and required the use of nine yoke of oxen and one span of horses. It took fifty-four days to make the trip both ways. The mill was in operation by May ist, and had one run of burrs. It was the first grist mill in the county. During 1858 the town grew quite ripidly. Prominent among the set- tlers of that year was John R. Goodin, who afterwards distinguished himself as a district judge, and as a member of Congress. The first physician to locate in Humboldt, was George A. Miller, in 1857. His office was first in a tent, and his sign "physician and surgeon," was nailed to a jack oak tree. The postofiice was established in 1858, and A. Irwil appointed post- master. A postal route had been established froui Lawrence the same year. Before that time the mail was brought from Fort Scott by private carriers. Among them were S. J. Stewart and a young man named Dot- son. The mail was w-eekly until 1S65, when it was changed to tri-weekly, and not long after to daily. The first brick was made at Hutnbolt in 1859, on the place later owned by Capt. O. S. Coffin, adjoining the town on the south. Prior to the year i860, meetings of the town company were held at Lawrence, and some of the membeis never moved to Humboldt. On June 20th, however, the company reorganized and was incorporated under the name of the Hutnboldt Town Association, which was composed of N. B. Blanton, J. A. Coffey, J. H. Signor, George A. Miller and W. C. O'Brien. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 93 The townsite was entered on Nov. i6, i860, bv J. G. Rickard, in trust for the Town Association. In 1S61 the United States land office was removed to Humboldt from Fort Scott. N. B. Blaiiton had been elected a member of the first state legislature, and all his work had been in the interest of Humboldt. He voted for both Lane and Pomeroy for U. S. senators, securing from them the promise that the land office should be removed to his town. J. C. Bur- nett was regi.ster of the land office, and Charles Adams, son-in-law of Lane, was receiver. Senator Lane gave them orders to select a new location. Humboldt finally secured it, but the Town Association had to give 200 lots in order to obtain it. The removal was effected and the office opened for business September 23, 1861, in a building on Bridge street, the old red frame structure -Ahich was then used as a court house as well. From the foundation of the town to the summer of i860 its growth was quite rapid. There was then a population of perhaps 300, and there were about fifty buildings. The drouth of that year had such an effect upon the country that for the remainder of the year and earlj- in 1861, the town progressed very slowly. During all its earlier history, Humboldt was more prosperous than most of the Kansas towns, having such a large trade with the Indian tribes on the south and west. In 1 861 , the war broke out, and most of the able bodied men having en- listed in the army, but little building was done. Then in September of that year, the town was robbed, and about one mouth later was burned by rebel raiders. Only a few buildings were left, and until the close of the war, but few new buildings were erected. The first building of any consequence that was erected after the raid, was the "red store," on the corner of Bridge and Eighth streets, now occupied by E. W. Trego with a hardware stock. The lower storey was built by Col. W. Doudna, and the upper one by the Masonic fraternitj-. This was followed by a few more buildings. In 1866, the town began to progress quite rapidly, and a number of fine structures were erected. Among them were the school house. Catho- lic church, the brick block on Eighth street, and a number of other good buildings. During the next three years, the growth of the town was quite rapid. In 1865, a treaty was effected with the Osage Indians which permitted actual settlers to enter 160 acres each, at $1.25 per acre. This land was sold in 1868, and the landoffice being at Humboldt, brought an immense trade to the town, which made it for some time one of the most thriving business places in the state. On April 2nd, 1870, the M. K. & T. R. R. was completed to the townsite. To secure this road, the citizens voted $75,000 in bonds. The citizens also bought, for $13,000 160 acres of land on the west side of the river, of which the\- gave to the railroad company ten acres for depot grounds and right of way, and the remainder was divided into lots, of which the railroad companj' received one-half. In October 1870, the L. L. & G. R. R. (now the Southern Kansas divi- 94 IIISToKV Ol-- ALI.HX AND sioiiof the A. T. & S. F. )was fini.shecl to Humboldt, and the event was cele- brated the following month. The years 1870 and 1.S71, were marked by the rapid growth of the town. Large numbers of buildings were erected, some of them taeing constructed of brick and stone. Property greatly increased in value until it was almost impossible to buy lots. An iron bridge was built across the Neosho river by the Humboldt Bridge Company, which was composed of some of the leading men ol the town, and various other im- provements were made In 1872 the improvements of the town were not so rapid, and the in- flated prices of property began to decrease. In 187,^ the great financial crash seriousl\ effected the business of Humboldt, and this was followed by the general devastation of crops by grass hoppers the following year, which resulted very disastrously to the town, some of the merchants failing in bus- iness, while many of the citizens moved away. Then followed a dull pe- riod, but before it commenced the town had arrived at nearly its present proportions. For the last twenty years, while it is true that at no time has there been any great jirogress, Humboldt has always held its ground as a prosperous business town. vSince the burning of Humboldt by the rebels in 1861, noted in tlie his- tory of the county, there have been very few fires. The last serious one occurred on the night of January 1 1 , 1883. About 8 o'clock a fire was discov- ered in the brick building owned by Dayton, Barber & Co. . on Bridge Street. The lower floor was occupied by the grocery store of Charles Lehman, and the upper story by law offices, and the Independent Press printing office. On the same floor H. I). Smith and family and Mrs. Lydia Sniff resided. All had gone to church and left the lamp burning in the (printing office, and it is supposed it exploded. The building was soon in flames, and to prevent the fire from spreading further, the cigar factory on the east side was torn down. On the west was Curdy's double store, over which were law, in- surance, and real estate offices, as well as dental rooms. This building was soon co\ered with men who, by hard work saved the building. The greater part of the goods, furniture and fixtures, were carried from all these rooms, except Smith's private rooms and printing office, the contents of which were all destroyed. The damage to the goods, as well as to Cur- ily's building, was great, but most of the property, except Smith's, was in- sured for nearly enough to cover the losses. The ravages of the fire were soon repaired, and the town did not suffer any permanent .setback on account of it. The years that followed have been for the most-part, i|uiet and uneventful, marked by but slight changes either in the business or the population of the city. The discovery of gas has resulted in the establishment of a flourishing industry, the Humboldt Brick Company, and the discovery of oil, although as yet not in market- able quantities, leads to the hope that further prospecting may yet develop a large supply which will be of great commercial advantage to the town. For the present Humboldt remains, as it has always been, a good country town, enjoying a much better than usual trade on account of the excellent country around it, and affurding a delightful place of residence. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 95 (5as Cit\) 111 the summer of 1898 Mr. li. K. Ta3-lor, who owned a tract of land on the line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, sunk a well and developed a large flow of gas. He sold forty acres of the land to the Cherokee-Lanyon Spelter Company and twenty acres to the Prime Western Spelter Company. These companies at once began the erection of zinc smelters. Mr. Taylor then had the remainder of the tract laid out into town lots, naming the place Gas City and filing the official plat October :>7, 1898. The town has grown rapidly and several hundred people now make it their home. It has a post-office, and is connected with Ida by telephone. The Mi.ssouri Pacific suburban train service also puts it in close touch with lola, and it is on the line of the electric street railway which is projected as this chapter is written and will doubtless be in operation when this volume appears. TLalbarpc BY J. O. ROBERTS The building of the Fort Scott Wichita and Western (now the Missouri Pacific) railway was responsible tor the birth of the town of LaHarpe, the plal of which was filed in 188 1. J. C. Reeder was the first station agent, and he was succeeded by C. H. Hackney. The first businesss house in the village was built by Hackney & Sons, who engaged in the business of buying grain. For many years the growth of the town was very slow, and until 1898 it remained a mere hamlet, with a post-office and a few small stores. The discovery of gas, however, gave a splendid impetus to the town, and since then it has grown rapidly under the stimulus of the great zinc smelters of the Lanyon Zinc Company. By the spring of 1899 the in- crease in population was such as to warrant incorporation as a city of the third class, and the fir.st officers elected were the following: S. S. F'orney, mayor; C. H. Hackney, G. G. Fox, J. E. Stansbury, F. M. Davis, L. H. Daggett, councilmen; vS. Malcom, treasurer ; E. L. Runyan, clerk; J. Q. Roberts, attorney; E. C. Moore, police judge; Lee Chew, Marshal. In 1898 a new school building was built, a commodious structure re- placing the small district building, and excellent .schools are maintained. The first church building was erected by the Methodist Episcopal de- nomination in 1885. In 1890 the Presbyterian church was erected, and in 1 90 1 the Protestant Methodist church building was completed. All three societies are reasonably strong. LaHarpe is situated near the geographical center of Allen county, is apparently right over the strongest gas pressure in the state, is surrounded by a rich agricultural country, and her citizens feel that there is a bright future in store for their town. Why not? HISTORY OF ALLKX AN'IJ i£lsmorc KV JKSSE. P. ni'CKlCK. In the spring of 1887, the present busy little town of Klsniore was not in existence. At that time its site was an open prairie, and people who wanted more than a s ick of flour or a package of coffee, must necessarily go to Humboldt, Tola, or Fort Scott for their need^, or go without. The coun- try surrounding at that time was sparsely settled, mo.st of the land being owned by non-residents, and lying open and uncultivated, except now and then a leaguer had broken out a small patch, built a cheap box house and settled down to fight the railroad comp.iny through the courts for the land, believing, true or not, that the land hid never b-jen honestly earned by those claiming ownership, and that some day it would be opened by the govern- ment for settlement. At this time Old Elsmore was the center of attraction for people in Klsmore township They went there for their mail, to vote, to buy grocer- ies from the little country store that was run by different men at different times among whom were W. D. Cox and J. G. Kenyon, both of this place at the present writing. Along in the tall of 1886, the talk was heard that a railroad might be built from Kansas City to Parsons and that it would pass through Allen county, and forthwith the repre-entative men of Els- more township began to figure on gettin.g it through this township. After the usual preliminary survey, resurveys and talk of better routes, the pro- moters of the Parsons and Pacific Railway Company decided that if Osage, Marmaton and Klsmore townsliips would each vote to take twenty thous- and dollars of common stock in the company, at par and pay for ic in twenty year 6 per cent bonds, they might be able to build the road this way; any way, they would like for the people to vote on the proposition, and they did. The result was favorable to the bonds. Among the consider- ations, however, the Parsons and Pacific Railway Company was to build a depot and maintain a station, telegraph office and slock yards within one- half mile of the center of Klsmore townshiji, and when this agreement is consideied, it is easy to account for the present location and town of Kls- more. About Aug. 25, iS,S8, Messrs. W. D. Cox, H. \V. Cox, X. L. Ard, O. P. Mattson, J. L. Roberts and J. A. Nicholson, purchased of the owners of the S. K. quaiter ot section 7, 26, 21, twenty acres in the southwest corner of said land, and proceeded to lay off and plat the town of Klsmore. The first business to be established was that of W. D. Cox, who m<3ved his countrv store from Old Klsmore to the rii»ht of way near the southwest cor- WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 97 ner of town and sold goods of every dTScription to citizens ol the comiiui- nity, as well as furnishing the contractors who were building the road many of their supplies. As soon as the town site was platted, W. D. Cox moved his store to the place where he now carries on busine.ss. E. Peters followed with a little store on the south side and later built where the M. L- Decker residence now stands, and carried a verj- good general stock. The business changes of the town have been many , but in almost every instance the change has been to the advantage of the town. L. T. Donoho was the first post- master, J. L. Roberts the first hotel proprietor. The Fisher Lumber Co. were first to open a lumber yard, securing free lots from the town company, but losing them through failure to fulfil their part of the agreement. On their withdrawal came J. H. Osborn & Co., of Humboldt, who opened and maintained a yard that has been one of the strong firms of the town and at the present time one of our best firms. Winfield Samuel was our first drug- gist. Following him were ,Springer, Butler, Barton, Braden & Rees, and then S. H. Braden, who at present owns the fine brick building occupied with his large .stock, equal to that of almost au)'- store in the county. In the fall of iSgoThos Bettesbuilta block of four large business rooms, which were occupied by Lardner, Love Bros., general merchandise, E. Butler, drugs, and Martin & Adams, general merchandise. In 1892 J. P. Decker & Co. purchased of Martin & Adams their stock of merchandise and con- tinued in the Bettes block until 1895, when the Decker block on the south side of the street was built and occupied by them. By this time the town was making a strong growth and despite the hard times of '95, '96 and '97, new buildings were built and new firms con- tinued to locate until at the present time we have four general stores as fol- lows : Smith & Sons, McCaslin & Kincaid, the Elsmore Cash store, (J. P. Decker) and A. M. Tippie. W. D. Cox & Son now handle hardware and implements, grain, coil, furniture and undertaking goods. Krokstrom & Nelson have a large stock of hardware, implements, wagons, buggies, harness, etc. H. S. Richards is our harness maker and carries a good stock of goods. Mrs. H. S. Richards and Miss Carrie Rice each have a choice line of millinery. J. H. Ward does the barber and laundry work of the town; W. S. Samuels provides the soft drinks, candies and cigars to the trade and also feeds the hungry short order lunches. Mrs. Sparks conducts our hotel and enjoys a splendid trade; G. H. and H. E. Blakely recentl}' purchased J. G. Kenyon's livery business and combining it with that of the Star livery barn, built a large new barn and do a thriving business. Besides W. D. Cox & Son. W. W. Moffitt and W. L. Higin- botham each do a grain business and find plenty to keep them busy. C. W. Nelson, J. T. Barron and C. W. Mosier are our blacksmiths; C. H. Woodard and A. C. Snyder our carpenters; Milton Watson our painter; Palmer and Rogers, our masons. The fraternal societies of the town are the A. O. U. W., M. W. A., K. and L. of S., and the F. A. A., all flourishing insurance societies with a membership of about 250 persons. The Elsmore Creamery Company, composed of about twenty of our farmers and two or three town men, was gS HISTORY OF AI.LKX ANT) oigaiiized in 1896. H. F. I.iidlum was its first p;esi(lent and J. P. Decker its first secretary. At the present time J. M. Hill is president and J. P. Decker still continues as secretaiy. The company has • its main plant here and has stations at Hayard, Kansas, and vSlark, Kansas, and dues a large amount of business in a year. The State Bank ol Elsmcre was organized in 1899 and opened for business in August of that year. A. F. McCany, of Humboldt, was its first president and still retains that position. S. H. Braden was the first cashier, but resigned his po.sition January i, igoo, to better look after his drug business, Frank Goyette purchasing the larger part of his stock and becoming cashier, still retaining the position. 15. F. Ludlum is vice president and Mrs. Nannie Govette, assistant cashier of the institution, which is doing a conservative, safe busine.ss, its deposits at the present time exceeding $20,000, its loans about $15,000 and its surplus and undivided profits reaching about $600. The capital stock of the bank is $6,000. In the early days of the town the Elsmore Eagle maile its appearance and while a creditable country paper, did not pay its way and was finally allowed to die, the lola Register getting its subscription list. Mr. L. E. DeHaven was editor and publisher and made the money to keep it goin.g during its lite teaching the local school. In 1896 A. F. McCarty came from Mapleton and started the Elsmore Enterprise and it soon became popular with the people of the community and w.is doing a fair business, when in 1897 Mr. McCarty secured control of the Humboldt Herald, abandoned the Enterpri.se and moved to Humboldt. In February 1899 A. F. McCarty and J. P. Decker concluded to revive the Enterprise and formed the Enterprise Publishing Company, Mr. McCarty furnishing the plant and Mr. Decker managing and conducting the paper. In F'ebruary, 1900, Mr. Decker became owner and proprietor of the plant and paper and is conducting it at the present time, business being very good with him. The Elsmore mill, J. T. Ralston proprietoi , is another enterprise that is doin.g a successful business, dealing in grain and feed as well as doing grinding and a custom business. The trade of the town extends west half way to Humboldt, east into Bourbon county and north and south easily merts Moravi and Savonburg half way, doing an especially large grain, broom corn, produce and life stock business. A list of the leading business firms would include J. A. Nicholson who knows more about broom corn and hauls more of it than any other Allen county firm and Elsmore easily ships more of this commodity than all other t<>wns in the county and more than any two other towns in Southeastern Kansas, the shipments from here the past season being more than 400 tons. In 1S83 Wood Hull school district was organized, the school house being built at a location one-half mile south of the present town site and H. W. Cox taught the j'outhful mind such branches as are common to our country schools, and in 1889 the district voted for removal to I^lsmore and favorable to another room, which was built and L. E. DeHaven and Miss Etta Alford were the first teachers. (They afterward married ) Again, in 1895, the room for our young became too crowded and a third WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. gg room and teacher were added, new studies taken up and our school made rapid growth. In iSgg the patrons of the district realized that the schools might be impro\-ed and Prof. Ramsey, of Redfield, was employed. He at once took up the matter of a course of study thai could be carried on systematically, and prepared one which was accepted by the board of education and which, when completed, fits the graduates of the Elsniore schools for entering the State University. About the first of January, 1889, the U. B. society with Bro. Avling as pastor met and organized and elected a board of trustees and circulated a subscription paper for a church, but failed to get enough sub-icribed and the matter was dropped. The same spring they organized a Sunday school. Rev. Ayling was followed by Revs. Finch and Cleaver, when in i8gi another effort was made to build a church and failed till in the summer of 1S95 the corner stone was laid,, and under the Rev. Kirk- patrick the following Ma>' the U. B. church of this place was dedicated. The following year they built a parsonage under Rev. Christlieb who was followed by Rev. Stone. The first Methodist minister who preached at this place was R. S. Barber whom the Moran charge under W. Emnierson sent here as a supply in the spring of 1890. In the fall of the same year Bio. Barber resigned to go to school at Baker University at Baldwin, Kansas. By special request Rev. C. H.. Ganntz, of the Erie circuit, came in November of the same year and preached the remainder of the con- ference year, holding services on Saturday evenings. On the 9th of January, 1901, the Methodist church was organized with thirteen charter members, namely: C. D. Willoughby and wife, W. B. Tramell and wife, Timothy Hurlbert and wife, H. W. Cox and wife and daughter, Lizzie, G. W. Smith and wife and Marrv Bettes. The following members were elected as trustees: C. D Willoughby, W. B. Tramell, H. W. Cox, W. U. Cox and Timothy Hurlbert. It was decided at once to erect a church and, accordingly, Rev. Gramly and H. W. Cox were directed to solicit subscriptions which met with hearty response and in the following February the corner stone was laid, Rev. Brant, of Parsons, officiating. About the same time L. W. Keplinger, of Kansas City, Kansas, donated four acres of ground one half mile east of town to the M. E. board of trustees for a cemetery. Early in the same spring the cemetery was platted and ready for use and on July 10, 1891, Thomas Davis was carried there the first to his last resting place. September 27, 1891, the M. E. church, size 28x48, costing $1,300, was dedicated. President Ouayle of Baker, offi- ciating. The following Sabbath an M. E. Sunday School was organ- ized and has been an evergreen Sunday School. The following year under Rev. B. F. Cargy a parsonage, 24x24, was built at a cost of $200. By some delay and the sale of the parsonage, owing to a change in the circuit and the pastor residing at a more central point, the church was released from all debt in the spring of igoo and papered and repainted. The church has had the services of the following pastors: C. H. Gramlv, B F. Cargy, Wm. Leaser, J. K. White, J. S. Budd, J. H. Carter. The present pastor is H. I. Dolson. msi'imv (II' AI.I.ICN AND JBioovaphice LI'iON'ARI) I{. I'lvARSo.N. -11 IS :i vvfll allcsled niiixiin lliat tlu- ^icMtiR'ss ol a stale lies not in its macliiiR'i v ol government, nor even in its institulions, but in the sterling (|iialities of its iiulividiial citizens, in their ca])aeity for lii^;h and niisellish elfcit and their devotion to the [inhlic j;ood. The ^;oal toward which he has hastened diirinj; liis many years of loll and endeavor is that which is attained only l)y such as have by jiatriot- ism ami wise counsel j^iveii the world an impetus toward the j;ood; siicli have gained the right and title to have tluir names endiirinnly iiiseribeil on the bri^;ht pajjes of histor\ . Leonard H. I'earson, who is interested in a>;rienltural ])ursuits in Allen County, liis home beiii^; in Salem ti)wnship, was born July 2, 1.S32, in Jefferson conntx-, New York, and traces his ancestry back to one of tlie old Ouaker families of Couueclicul. In ii);,; Joliii I'earson was ilriven from Ivn>;land on account of his ieli;;ions belief. He lauded at lyynn, Mas- sacliusetts, and shortly afterward went to Rowley, Massachusetts, where lie estal)lislied the first tiillinn mills in America. vScveral families of the I'e.irsons also came from luiKland to escape the yiiaker persecution at about tile same lime and settled in the I'enn colonv. The early I'eaisous inter married with the families of Cowdrys, I'osters, Dexters, Morrow's and Kendalls. Ivdward. the >;randfaher of our subject, was a farmer. Two of his maleriiat uncles, Harmon, were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. One was killed in the battle of Cow]kiis. Mdward I'earson had four sons and four daujjhters: Austin was l)orn ia iSii and ilied a few years ago in New York, leaving a family; lyeonard, who m.ide liis home in Jelfersou county, New York, also passed away a few years ago, survived by his f.imily: Ira, the father ol our snbjecl; Ivdward, the youngest brother, died in TifVin, Ohio, leaving two children. Of the sisters, Hattie was born ill 170.1, Sally was born in 1794, Almira was born in 1747 aiul Anna was born in i.Sod. All have now passeil away, Ira I'earson, the father of our subject, was a native of Otsego county , New York. 1 1 is birth occurred October 11, 171)9. At the age of twenty- four he was united in marriage to Kli/a Ann Harmon who became the mother of five sons and two daughters. The father was a Democrat in earl\- life, but on account of his opposition to slavery he became a staunch .\bolilionist. He and Corte/. Overtoil and Chas. Dickev wrote their ballots VVOOI>SON COt'N'TIUS, KANSAS. |m| rtii'l iii'irclic-'l ill line tf) vote for liiniey for pre-,ifleiit, when to Ije an Aboli- tionist wart to incur ridicule. When sixty-four years of aj^e Ira Pearson offered his services in the defense of Washinjfton, hut on account of his advancerl years he was not received as a member of the army. Charles Ivdwin I'L-arson, his eldest son, was born September 2, 1826. Ihirinjj the Civil war he joinc. the Union army and was killed in the battle of Gett)s f>ur>; while faithfully sC-rvinx his country. Adelia, the second child, was born March 8, 1H2H, and died unmarried; Leonard 1},; I^ydia K. was born November f.5, 1834, and resides with hei brother I^eonard. Horatio C. was born Xovemf>er 28, 18.^7, and fell in the second battle al IJnll Kiiii August 30, 1862. Albert anrl Alfred, twins, were born March 22. 184 r, The former was wounded and ca]*tured at the second battle of Hull Kun, but was aj^ain with his rej^iment at Gettysburg. Soon afterward he returned home broken down in health by his experiences in a Confederate prison. Alfred died in 1874 at his home in Downer's Grove, Illinois. Leonard Hloomfleld I'earson, whose name introduces this review, spent his early life assisting his father in his blacksmith shop. In winter he attended the district scliool. His early privileges were supplemented by studying in the Helleville Academy in Jefferson county, New York, which he entered when twenty years of age, working his way through four years' of school by his own efforts. In i8^j2 he removed to Illinois and for ten years, at intervals, sailed '»n the great lakes. The family was noted for loyalt\ and during the progress of the war of the Rebellion Mr. I'earson of this review joined the boys in l^lue of Company C, One Hundred arul Thirty-second Illinois Infantry under Captain Haker, Colonel T. J. Pickett. It was suppwed when he enlisted that his soldier brothers were all dead and now he placed himself at the front willing to give his life, if need be, as a rans'jm to his country. He was srjon i>romoted to the rank of sergeant and was on duty in Kentucky and Missouri, being kept on scouting and out|)Ost duty until the time rjf his discharge in 1864. .Sof»n after he was discharged he was offered one thousand dollars to re-enlist, but he had entered the army from patriotic impulses and would not re-eidist for money. Returning to Illinois he was for some time a resident of l)\i I-'age county and on the i8tl) <>i November, 1870, he started from there to Kansas. He reached Allen county November 22 and located on the O. J. Johnson farm in Humboldt township. There he remained one year when he traded his team and wagon for an eighty-acre farm in Section thirty Salem township. When he took up his abode there the tfAal of his improvements was a ten by twelve box liouse. He now owns three hun- dred and twenty acres of valuable land, a greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding to him an excellent income. Many modern improvements and accc-ssories have been added to the i)Iace whi< li indicates his careful supervision. In 1867 Mr. Pearson was united in marriage to Jane C. Dixon, u daughter of Robert and .Mary (Wilson) Dixon. .She was b'^rn in Fer- manaugh 'ounty, Ireland, in 1839. Her father died of cholera at iVnvner's firove, Illinois, in IX'',? 'I"li<- (hil'ln-!! of Mr :ni<\ \Ir- !'■•:<: -,.,11 nrc- I02 HISTOKV oi' ArjJCM A.VIJ Alice K., wife of Frank Pettit, by whom she has two children, Charles; P. and Ralph, their home being in S.ilem township; Mary K., wife of Willis Pettit, brother of Frank, and a resident of Elm township; Grace E. and J. Stella who are still with their patents. Two children, Georj^e I. and Rarrie M., died in infancy. Mr. Pearson cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and has snpjiorted each presidential nominee of the Republican party since that lime. He is recognized as one of its leaders in Allen county, and has taken a deep interest in political affairs since long before he attained his majority. In i S90 his party honored him with a .seat in the House of Representatives. The Republicans were greatly in the minority and could carry tn rough no measure alone. He was placed on the railroad committee and introduced the alien land bill which passed both houses of the assembly and became a law. In 1892 he was re-elected and became a member of the "Douglas" house which House the "Populist House" locked and barred from the Capitol as their solution of the dual house question. Mr. Pearson carried the sledge with which the "Douglas House" battered down the House door and look forcible possession of the chaml)er, February 15, 1893. He was again placed on the railroad com- mittee and was chairman of the fee and salary committee, and al.so the committee of cities ot the first and second class. During this session of the legislature he introduced an amendment to the constitution that all taxes paid by the railroads for school and county purposes should be paid in monej' instead of work, and providing where municipalities, towns or counties had voted bonds in aid of railroads the taxes paid for school and road purposes should be divided among the districts, cities or counties, the money to be paid per capita in such manner as the legislature might direct. Mr. Pearson is still an earnest, honest conscientious worker for the good of his party and the upbuilding of the commonwealth. He has ever placed the party's welfare before self-aggrandizement and he is widely known as a patriotic citizen whose devotion to the general good is unquestioned. Over his public career and his private record there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil and he is justly entitled to the high regard of his many friends. KEVSICR. — This Allen county family is of recent date as to settlement in Kansas, having entered the .state for the purpose of a residence in March 1881. In May following Benjamin Keyser, the head of the family, brought his household to Allen county and established his home in lola. Benjamin Keyser had been reared a farmei in the east and to this pursuit did he devote himself the few years he lived in Kansas. He became the owner of a tract of land on Deer Creek, at Wise po.st office, and the last acts of his life were devoted to its culture. Once strong and of j)owerful physique Mr. Keyser was in the state of decline when he left WOOIJSON COfXTIKS, KANSAS, IO3 his native Maryland for the west. Kansas was too new for him at that date and his hopes and expectations were not as rapidly realized as he felt they would be and this condition induced a further and gradual decline in health. January 9, 1889, he was stricken with apoplexy while reading his paper and passed away without regaining consciousness. Benjamin Kej^ser was born in Frederick county, Maryland, October 24, 182 1. He was one of thirteen children and a son of Philip and Elizabeth (Cannon) Keyser. The latter's children and grandchildren are as follows: Sophia, who marrieil Samuel Heffner and died in Frederick county, Maryland, leaving Lewis, John and Sophia A. (Link); Margaret, who died single; Elizabeth, who married Joseph Crist and died in Frederick county, with issue as follows: Margaret, wife of Thos. Chilcote; Philip; Jo.seph: Charles; Henry; Celia, wife of Hens. T. C. Green, of Washington, D. C. ; Luther and Melsino, who married Clayton S. Smith: John Key.ser, who died in Frederick county, and left the following children: Ephraim; William; Mary; Charles; Eugene; John; Dallas; Lewis and Nettie; Lewis Keyser, who died near Harpers Ferrj-, Va., and left Fannie; James; Elizabeth; Naomi; Joseph; Charles; Martha; Ernia; John; George and Alice; Samuel Keyser, who died in Frederick county was the father of Walter; John; Margaret; Mary; Annie; George; Katie; Richard; Virgie and Cliffie; Jacob Key.ser, who died in Lincoln, Neb., leaving Philip, Mary, Annie, Jennie, Fannie and Lewis; Ann Catherine who married Daniel . Wachtei and died in Frederick county, with issue as follows: Margaret, Sophia, Elijah and Mary; Joseph Kej-ser, who died in southern Pennsylvania and had two sons, names not known; Benjamin Keyser; Cornelius, who died in Baltimore, Maryland, with no children; Sarah, who married Henry Wachter and died in Frederick with the following children: Nathan, Howard, Sidney, Isaac, David, Emma, Charles, Newton, Annie and Mary; Savilla Keyser, who married Jacob Siiook and died at Boonsboro, Maryland, left children as follows: A. Clayton, Scott, Marshall, Wallace and Harlin. Philip Keyser, the father of our subject, was born in Washington county, Maryland, in 17S3, was married there and removed to Frederick county where all his children were born. He was a blacksmith, but was engaged chiefly in farming and was a prominent citizen of his comuuinity. His success in business was of local note and his sons represented various lines of industry in their choice of livelihoods. He was a Democrat. Benjamin Keyser pa.ssed his first fifty-nine years in Frederick county, Maryland. He was married there March 24, 1846, to Fredrica Elizabeth Zeigler, a daughter of Michael and Johanna (Schaffner) Zeigler. Michael Zeigler was born in Germany in 1783 and his wife was born in the same coun- try in 1795. They were married in 1818 and the next year they came to the United States. They were accompanied by a sister of Mr. Zeigler and a brother of Mrs Zeigler (wife and husband) who settled near Philadelphia, Pa. Michael Zeigler settled in Frederick county, Maryland, and i)a,ssed the remainder of his life upon a farm. He died in March 1S52 and his widow died in November 1S63. Their children were: Hanna, who is a I04 HISTOKV OF AI.LKN AND maid and resides in Frederick county; Henry, who died in P'rederick City, Maryland, with issue as follows: Edward, Mary, Charles, Eugene, Clara, Kate, Annie, William, George, Clarence and Fannie: Fredrica, widow of Benjamin Keyser, born November i6, 1824; Susan, who married Isaac Wachter and died in Delaware, Ohio, left the following children: Annie, Alice, Frank, Lue an i Daisy; Christian Z;:figler who was killed in a railroad accident in the mountains of Pennsylvania in 1856, and died without heirs; Rebecca, who married John Hobbs and died at Nauvoo, Illinois, with a deceased daughter, Alice, as issue; Mary C, who married Ezra Staley and died near Frederick City, Maryland, with issue as tollows: Minnie, Annie and Charles; and Louisa M., who died in Frederick City unmarried. The childred of Benjamin and Fredrica Keyser are Chas. H., born March 25, 1847, resides in Pitkin county, Colorado; Milton \V., born April 29, 1849, married Mary C. Mitchell and is one of the large farmers of Edwards county, Kansas; Alice J., born January 2, 1852, resides in lola; Franklin A. , born June 29, 1854, resides in Mineral county, Colo- rado, and Anna M., wife of L. \V. Duncan, born March 9, 1S62. REASOX M. CUNNINGHAM is a representative of many important business interests of Allen county. Since 1885 he has been a resi- dent of Humboldt, where he has been the promoter of many enterprises which contribute not alone to his individual prosperity but also advance the general welfare by promoting commercial activity. A native of Indiana, he was born in Daviess county on the 22nd of March, 1856, his parents Ijeing Reason and Susan E. (Prewitt) Cunningham, the former born in Indiana in 181S, the latter in Kentucky in 1S21. The father was a farmer by oocupation. In 1870 he removed to Kansas, arriving in Humboldt on the 19th of April, after which he purchased a farm near Leanna in the southern part of the county. Both he and his wife are still living, their home being in Humboldt. The father has attained the age of eighty-two, while the mother is seventy-nine years of age. They were parents of eight .sons and three daughters, and two sons and one daughter have passed away. IClbethel B. was a soldier in the Civil war. He served for 'three years with Company I, Sixtieth Indiana Infantry, and then veteranized, remaining at the front until the cessation of hostilities. He participated in many battles but escaped the enemies' bullet, although he came nearly losing his life from the explosion of his ammunition box. The other children of the family are Mrs. Sarah E. Dickerson, who resides on a farm near Leanna; Robert H., an agriculturist; I. N., of Moline, Kansas; G. D. and W. S., who are residents of Mnmboldt, and Ollie, who is with her parents. In taking up the personal history of Reason M. Cunningham, Jr. , we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably WOODSON CtlUNTIES, KANSAS. I05 known. He was fourteen years of age at the time of hib parents removal to Kansas. After completing a common school education he continued his studies i!i the Fort Scott Normal and in the State Normal of Emporia. Kansas, providing the me.ms for his tuition and other expenses by teaching at intervals and by farm work in the summer. For fifteen years he followed the profession of teaching, and was regarded as an excellent educator, having the ability to impart clearly and impressively to others the knowledge he had acquired. In 1885 he came to Humboldt, where he engaged in teaching through the winter, while in the summer months he followed the insurance business. Ultimately he dropped his educational work and has since given his attention to the insurance and real estate business, in which he has met with very desirable success. He has con- ducted many important realty transactions and is the owner of considerable valuable property, having a farm of one hundred and sixty acres near Humboldt, together with his residence, and other business property in the city. He also owns the grounds and ice plant building on the banks of the Neosho river and is a stock holder and the secretary and treasurer of the Humboldt Telephone CimpAuv. These various interests bring to him an excellent income, which classes him among the well-to-do citizens of the county. Mr. Cunningham was married on the 27th of May, 1883, to Miss Nancy H. Booe, of Neosho county, a daughter of William Booe, who was a native of Indiana, whence he came with his family to Kansas in 1879. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have been born five children, four of whom are yet living: Gertrude L., Vera M., Clay D. and Helen E. The third child. Glen, died at the age of eleven months. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Cunningham removed to Erie and purchased lumber of A. L. Taylor to build his house. That was before the day of railroads in this localit}', and he had to haul his lumber by teams from Osage Mission. In his political views Mr. Cunningham has ever been a stalwart Republican, and takes an active interest in promoting the party's welfare. He has served as a member of the county central committee, and for three terms filled the office of township clerk, while at the present time he is notary public. As a citizen he is progressive, lending his aid to any movement calculated to prove of benefit along material, social, intellectual and moral lines. He has made marked advancement in his business career through the possession of those unyielding elements which ever conquer success. JOHN H. GARDNER, of Humboldt, whose connection with the " interests of that city date back to 1S70 when, he came to it from Wash- ington, D. C, was born in Ann Arundel count\-, Maryland, July 4, 1840. His parents, John and Anna Hall (Watson) Gardner, were natives of the I06 HISTORY or ALLKX AN'H same state, his father beiii^^ bom in Ann Ariindel county. His gniiid- parents were also native MarylaiKl people. John and Anna H Gardner were the parents of seven children, viz: Win. L., who died in Maryland in 1897; Ivlizabelh C, wife of James Crogen, of Washington, I). C: Charles T. , of Allen county, Kansas; Anna H., wife of Thos. J. Webster, died in Lis x\ugeles, Calilorni.i; J. H.; Richard and Abner, of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. John G irdner's first wife died in 1849 and by a second wife he reared seven children all of whom reside in Maryland. J. H. Gardner lelt the old Maryland home during the war and went to Washington, D. C, where he was in the employ of the Adams E.xpress Company during a period of the Civil war. .Succeeding this he engaged in the fruit and provision business in that city and was so connected in a business way till 1870 when he decided to come west. On the 6th of Max- of the last named year he came to Humboldt, Kansas. It was his intention to return to the Capital City but, seeing a good opening for carpenters — and having learned that trade in his youth and early manhood — he decided to remain and found work at once. He formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Webster, to engage in contracting and the firm had in their employ the first two years a half score of men. In 1872 he engaged in the meat business and for twentv-five years was the leading butcher and meat man in the city. He not only killed and cut up meat on the block but killed and cured and did a considerable business as a packer, as well. He was amply rewarded for every effort put forth in the line of his business hut as .soon as he stepped aside to aid his friends, by endorse- ments or by a lift on some enterprise with a doubtful future, he got into the mire. The harder he tried to extricate himself from these burdens the deeper their own weight carried him into the bog. In time he was forced to yield up his business and much of his accumulations to satisfy his creditors. Harry Gardner has not alone been prominent as a business man. He brought strong Republican proclivities with him from Maryland and as Allen was a strong Republican county he found use for his politics and real sympathy for his faith. He has been a formidable candidate lor a county office on more than one occasion before Republican conventions and was nominated for county treasurer in 18S7 but was defeated by a combination of circumstances for which his reputation was in no wi.se to i)lame. Mr. Gardner was married in Humboldt in 187S to Alice J. Smith, a daughter of Thos. D. and Julia A. (Maxwell) Smith who came into Allen county with her family from Illinois in 1S69. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner's children are: Charles R. , J. Thomas, Hazel, Mildred and Morris. WOODSON COl'XTIES, KANSAS. IO7 GEORGE W. MOON is one of the the most substantial farmers of Allen county and represents a line of business that contributes in a greater degree to the substantial growth and prosperity of the country than anv other calling to which man devotes his energies. He was born in Hamilton county, near Cincinnati, Ohio, on tlie 22nd of Dec.--mber, 1838. His father, Milton Moon was a native of New York, and by occupation was a farmer. His mother, Julia Mullen Moon, was a native of New Jersey, and a representative of a Quaker family. When twelve years of age Milton Moon accompanied his parents to Ohio, where he was reared and continued to make his home until his death which occurred in 1886, at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife died in 1866 at the age of sixty- five years. George Moon remained at home until about twenty years of age, when he began learning the milling business, serving as an apprentice under a Mr. Miller, of Union county, Indiana. He was emplojred in that capacity until the outbreak of the Civil war. He vi'as then yotmg, of courageous spirit and unfaltering loyalty, and in defense of the old flag he enlisted as a member of Company B, Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry. He was made first sergeant. He little imagined the hardships and privations that were in store for him, but wherever he was found he was alwa\-s loyal to duty and to the Union cause. The regiment with which he was connected was sent directly to the front and was engaged in several skirmishes. He participated in only two pitched battles, — the engagements of Stone River and Chickamauga. At the latter he was captured and he experienced all the horrors of the southern prisons. It was on the 19th of September, 1863, at the burning of Reel's bridge that he was captured and taken to Bell Isle, just opposite Richmond, Virginia. After remaining at that place for about two months he was transferred to Richmond, being incarcerated in Ivibby prison, a large tobacco house which the rebels had transformed into a place in which they might confine those who through the fortunes of war had fallen into their hands. The prison was very crowded and dirty and the soldiers only had about half rations, and though he considered the hardships very great, the conditions in Richmond were far better than those at Danville, Virginia, whither he was sent after three months spent in Libby prison. At Danville he remained for two months and was then transferred to Andersonville, where he remained for seven months. The conditions at that place were too horrible for description, for many of the prisoners were crowded into an open space with a high stockade all around with nothing to shelter them from the hot summer sun of the south. This prison was so crowded that they had hardly room to lie down. They had scarcely anything to eat and the sanitary conditions were the worst possible. The poor food and impure air brought death to many of the bo3's in blue. Sickness visited them and the sufferings were horrible. Mr. Moon entered that prison a strong man, but was almost a skeleton when he came out. He could hardly stand alone, but the bayonets and bullets of the guard forced him to move when the comtnand was given. The sufferings Io8 HIS'l'dKY i>K AI.LEN AND aiul horrors of that prison are beyoiul description and only those who experienced incarceration there can fully understand the situation. When the men were taken prisoners they were robbed by the guards of all the\ possessed, including tents, blankets and much of their clothing. .\ promise was given that these would be returned, but they never were. Mr. Moon was taken from Andersonville to Savannah where he remained for a few days and was then sent to Charleston, South Carolina, wliere, after a month spent upon the race track, he was transferred to Florence. He experienced there a repetition of the horrors of Anderson- ville. After remaining at that point for three months .\lr. Moon was taken to Wilmington. North Carolina. The Ihiion forces were so near, however, that the prisoners were rushed on to Goldsboro where relief came to them. After suffering everything tliat human nature could endure, the subject of this review was at length paroled, sent to Wilmington and passed through the Union lines. He was then taken to Columbus, Ohio, and given a thirty days' furlough that he might return home, as he was greatly in need of rest and of those necessities of life which contribute to health and strength. On the expiration of his furlough he reported at Columbus and was there vvlien the news of General Lee's surrender was received in May. 1865, and returned to his home with a record paralleled by comparativeU- few of the thousands of brave men who defended the nation in her hour of peril. Returning to his home Mr. Moon resumed work in the employ of the man with wliom he had learned his trade several years before. For three years he remained in this man's service as a most trusted and competent workman, and then started for the west, arriving in Humboldt on the ist of April, 1868. He purchased a farm two and one half miles west of the city and has since resided here, giving his time and attention to the devel- opment of his farm in Allen county, and has acqun^ed a comfortable competence for the evening of his life. He keeps the soil in good condi- tion by the rotation of crops and he is most progressive in all of his methods, while the neat and thrifty appearance of the place indicates his careful supervision. Mr. Moon was united in marriage in March, 1S67, to Miss Rachel Danzenbaker, a native of Indiana. Unto them have been born five chil- dren, but their eldest, Emma, died at the age of eighteen months. The others are: William, who is now married and living on a farm; Charles I. , who studied telegraphy, but is now farming; Frank, who is pursuing a course of study in the Wichita College, and also devotes a part of his time to teaching, and George, who is with his parents. Mr. Moon has always been a stalwart Republican and has been elected as county com- missioner, in which capacity he served for three years. He was township treasurer for two terms, and has also been township clerk. He received the nomination of his party for representative, but in that year the Fusion ticket won, he being defeated by a very small majority. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and in this way maintains associations with his old armv comrades. His has been a well spent life of activitv. ^^^^.^^^^y^^^-^^^^. WOOnSON CnT'XTrF.S, KANSAS. lot; energy and honesty in all of its relations. As a citizen he i*^ as trne to his country as when he followed the .stars and stripes on the southern battle- fields. His business methods have ever commended him to the jniblic confidence and support, and he is now regarded as one of the valued representatives of the agricultural interests of Allen county. FRED. J. HORTOX, .Allen county's famous gas driller, has been the direct cause of more supreme happiness on the part of Lola's "original set" than any other person, living or dead. A few references, only, will establish this claim beyond the pale of successful contradicdon. He is all but the discoverer of gas at Ida. It was he who opened the first great well at the "Northrup ford" and, for a few years, it was his drill, only, whose regular "thump" announced to the populace of Elm Creek valley the continued development of their gas field. At an hundred different points, in Allen and adjoining counties, has he penetrated the "sand" and more than sixty times has he brought to the surface that precious article, the greatest of Allen county's resources. In the discovery of the Ohlfest w-ell the citizens of LaHarpe were wont to believe their locality the center of the gas deposit in the valley and when the Remsberg "invincible," south of the city of Gas, burst forth both LaHarpe and lola felt a jealous pang and vied with each other in their claims to its jurisdiction. Fred Horton is a new-comer among the citizens of Allen county. He came to our state in the interest of the Palmer Oil and Gas Company and, for a time, was regarded among our temporary sojourners, only. His continued success in the determination of the extent of Allen county's gas territory led to his decision to take up his residence in lola, where he is regarded among the permanent and substantial citizens. Our subject was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1864. His father, Hector Horton, was a successful farmer. He was born in the town of Hector, New York, in 1819 and died in Tioga, county. Pa., in Juh-, 1807. In early life he moved down into Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and was there married. He was one of the prominent men of his communit}', lived an honorable life and left an estate at his death. He was married to Permelia Emmick, a daughter of William Emmick, whose early home was near the site of Morris, Pennsylvania. Seven children were born to this union, viz: Charles A., of Butler county, Pennsylvania; Frank, of Freeport, Ohio; Anna M., wife of A. C. English, of lola, Kansas; George E. , of Freeport, Ohio; Fred J., our subject; Mary J., deceased, and Bert L. Horton, who maintains the old home in Pennsylvania. The Hortons offer no apology for their Americanism. They were of the first families who left England for the Colonies and their de.scendants have filled our states and territories with some of the best blood of the no HISTORY OF ALLKN AND ages. Thos. Horton, grandfather uf Fred J. Hortoii, sjieiit his life around Seneca Lake, in Xew York. He was first a boatman on that lake and afterward a distiller, with his factory at the head of the lake. He married Miss Anna Cully and died in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, leaving sons and daughters, viz: Kli/.abeth, of Jackson county, Mich., is the wife of John Kimball: Hiram, who died in Tioga county. Pa. ; Susanna, of the same county, is Mrs. Jerre Houghton; Thomas, of same county; Hector; Sallie A., who married P. G. Walker and resides in Tioga countv, Pa.; Semantha, wife of E. H. Hastings, of Wellsboro, Pa., and K/ra Horton. who died in Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. Fred J. Horton was reared chiefly on the farm. Belore he reached his majority he had some experience in the lumber woods of his native state. The schools of the country district and those of the little clean county seat of Wellsboro gave him his educational equipment. He went into the Ohio oil field about 1885 and remained there eight years, as employe two years and as prospector and driller and in the business of development six years. At times he was associated with a brother or brothers and his efforts were productive of varying degrees of success. His operations were in Wood county and around I^ima, Ohio, and it was in that country that he came into contact with the Palmer Oil and Gas Company. The latter firm arranged with him to come into Kansas and develop their field and he reached Allen county in the fall of 1894. On October ist of that year he began erecting the first rig at the "Northrup ford" and at the end of a fortnight he had uncovered a flow of gas that fairly startled our people. Mr. Horton is not only a developer of our gas re.sources but an aid in the promotion of other enterprises as well. He owns an interest in the Brooklyn Park addition to lola and put in, and is the owner of, the gas plant, or system, in both Highland Place and Brooklyn Park. He is one of the directors of the Kansas Brick Company, with plant at Chanute, Kansas. In 1898 he erected a commodious residence in lola and the same year made substantial improvements upon his farm in Elm township, Allen county. March 16, 1889, Mr. Horton was married in Monroe, Michigan, to Minnie F^, daughter of James Carroll, of Waterville, Ohio. Their chil- dren are FIthel F". and Ruth Horton. The Hortons are Republicans in politics. Hector Horton, father of our subject, became a Republican early in the history of that party and his sous found it to their financial well-being to support the principles of the same party. The Knights of Pythias, the F:iks and the Masons have each a claim upon the social tendencies of our subject. WOODSON COUNTIHS, KANSAS. Ill ELMER C. REMSBERG. — Among the enterprising niercliaiits and progressive and reliable citizens of lola is Elmer C. Remsberg, who is now condncting an implement store. He was born near Middktown, Maryland, June 7, 186 ?. and his father, J. P. Remsberg, a native of the same locality, was born April 10, 1836. John Remsberg, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Maryland in 1796, the family homestead being situated about five miles from the battle-field of South Mountain, where occurred one of the sanguinary engagements of the Civil war. J. P. Remsberg was reared upon that place and there followed agricultural pursuits until 1876, when he came with his family to Kansas, locating in Elm township Allen county, where he made his home until the spring of 1900. He then removed to lola, w^here he now resides. On the 14th of Kebruarj-, 1861, he was united in marriage to Mi.ss Louisa A. C. Coblentz, who was born in Maryland June 7, 1838. She was a daughter of David Coblentz, also of Maryland, who was a first cousin of George A. Bowlus of the Bank of Allen County, at lola. Mrs. Remsberg died in Allen county July 19, 1890, leaving five children. Elmer C, Mary C, John D., Aaron T. and Simon, all of whom are living in this county. Elmer C. Remsberg spent the first fourteen years of his life in Mary- land and was then brought by his parents to Kansas, where he was reared. After completing his education he began teaching in the LaHarpe district in 1S82, and followed that profession continuously until 1892, when he secured a position with C. H. DeClute, for whom he acted as clerk, remaining in that establishment until April, 1899. In February of the following year he purchased of A. W. Beck the implement store and stock and has since carried on business along that line, meeting with good success. His business methods are commendable and therefore increase his patronage, and he is now enjoying a large and constantly growing trade. On the i6th of May, 1894, Mr. Remsberg wedded Miss Efiie Lemasters who was born July 10, 1871. in Johnson county, Indiana, and is a daughter of L H. Lemasters, a native of Indiana. To them have been born two children: Mary L- and Everett L. Mr. Remsberg is a member of the Reformed Church. In politics he is a Republican, takes a very active interest in the growth and success of his party, and has several times served as a member of the central committee. For one term he was a member of the city council, and is now clerk of the board of education, which position he has held for three years. He has been called to office l)y those who recognize his 'ability and in the discharge of his duties he has shown that the trust reposed in him is well merited. "C^LIAS BRUNER.— Actively identified with the industrial interests of -'— -' lola, Mr. Bruner has been until recently engaged in the flouring business in connection with W. E. and G. S. Davis, and in the 112 insTOKV OK .\i,i.i:n and iiiaini(acture and sale of lumber. He was born in Lancaster county. Pennsylvania, June 15, 1.S46, and is a son of Jacob Bruner, who was born in the same county, about the year 1814. The father was a wagon maker, following that trade in Reynoldsville. Pennsylvania. He married Louisa White, of Lancaster county, and died in 1849, leaving several children. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and took an active part in the work. About 1851 or 1852 his widow married Jacob Bender. By her first marriage her children were Mary, who resides in Annville, Pennsylvania; Elias; Elizabeth, wife of Henry Di.ssler, of Hphrata, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. There were also three children by the second marriage: Jacob, who was probably killed in the great strike in Chicago in 1886; Anna, who died in Annville, Penn- sylvania, at the age of twenty; and John, a blacksmith of Annville, Pennsylvania. The mother of this family died March i, 1897, at the ripe old age of seventy-three years. Elias Bruner began learning the machinist's trade at the age of thirteen years, serving an apprenticeship to his uncle, Peter Bruner, of Brunersville, Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen he went to Canton, Ohio, where he remained for one year in the employ of the Malleable Iron Works. After visiting Louisville and Indianapolis, he retnriud home and was again employed by his uncle, l)Ut after a short time there passed, he removed to Kokomo, Indiana, and soon afterward came to Kansas, arriving in this state in December, 1S65, having traveled the entire distance in a wagon. He settled near Erie, Neosho county, where he engaged in farm- ing and in working in a saw mill. When a year had passed he came to Alleu county and entered the employ of D. R. Hovey, who at that time operated a sawmill and planing mill near lola. After Mr. Hovey sold out to G. S. Davis & Company, Mr. Bruner continued as engineer in the mill. In 1S71 he purchased an interest in the plant, thus entering into partnership with VV. E. and G. S. Davis, continuing at the old place until iSSo, when they removed theit machinery to the more convenient site and building which they occupied until 1900 when they sold it, with all the water privileges attached, to the city of lola, and retired temporarily from actwi-e business. On the i;,th of January. 1872, Mr. Bruner wedded Miss Drucie Davis, daughter of K. S. and Drucie (AUcock) Davis, the former born in Augusta, Maine, in 1806, the latter in Marietta, Ohio, in 181 1. Mrs. Bruner is also a native of Marietta, born May 19, 1848. They now have four children: Lettie, who was born October 8, 1874, and is the wife of L. L. Northrup, of lola: Clara, born September 13, 1879: Freddie, who was born November 2X, 1S82, and died at the age of one month, and George, born September 20, 1890. The family is one well known in lola and the members of the hou.sehold enjoy the high regard of many friends. Mr. Bruner has been a life-long Republican, and as every true American citizen should be, is well informed upon the issues of the day and does all in his jjower to promote the growth and insure the success of the party which he advocates. WOOIX-iOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. II3 I . 'LIA.S W. ARNOLD, one of the well known and permanent mechanics -*— ' (jf lola, has passed a quarter of a century in Allen county, having come into it in 1875. He was an Ohio emigrant, from Wayne county, where he was born on the 9th of April, 1851. His father, George Arnold, was a farmer and carpenter, who was brough*; to Ohio when a child from the state of Maryland. The early residents of Wayne and Stark counties, Ohio, well remember George Arnold as a mechanic for he handled the saw and the hammer in the two municipalities nearly half a century. Daniel Arnold, our subject's grandfath-r, was the founder of the family in Ohio for it was he who crossed the AUeghetiies from Maryland just after the war of 1812 and began the initial work of opening up a farm in Wayne county. He died and is buried in the Buckeye state. George Arnold was an only child. He was born in 1812 and died in 1898. He married Mary Spake, whose father, John Spake, was from the state of Pennsylvania, and served in the war of 1812. Mary (Spake) Arnold died in 1900 at the age of seventy-six j-ears. She was twice married, her first husband being Jacob Plum. George Arnold was also twice married, his first wife being Mary Bowman. The family of Plum children were: John, deceased, who served in the 120th Ohio Infantry; Elizabetli, who married William Cordray, died in Wayne county, Ohio. The first family of Arnold children is composed of John Arnold, who resides in Wayne county, Ohio; Levi, of Blackwell, Oklahoma; Hiram and David, deceased. Eli and Hiram served in the 4th Ohio regiment, the latter dying in the service. The younger generation, which includes our subject, are: Elias W. ; Jennie, wife of Calvin Taggart; Mary; Amanda, wife of Jerre Houk, of Wayne county; Daniel and Charles, of Wayne: Jacob, whose whereabouts are unknown; and Elberta, who married John Trout, of Wayne county, Ohio. E. W. Arnold practically grew up in a carpenter shop. He had completed his trade by the time he had acquired a fair common school education and at the age of about twenty 3'ears he undertook the seriou.s side of life. He made no pretentions to any other calling before he came west and the first few years he was in Allen county he picked up a few dollars here and there as the opportunity occurred, in this waj'. Twenty years ago mechanics were more numerous in Allen county than jobs and Mr. Arnold found it necessary to employ other means, at times, to supply the wants of his family. Gardening and a little truck patch business here and there and doing odd jobs at anything and for anybody is not an exag- gerated statement of his experiences for a few years in Kansas. When he became able to buy a lot and improve it, and then sell, he struck his first money-making project. The town property he acquired in this way he finally traded for a farm which he moved onto and cultivated with some degree of profit, a few vears. In the spring of 1900 he erected a couple of residences in Jones' addition to lola, returned to the city and resumed his trade. Toward the development of lola he has built, on his own account, "4 IIISTOKV OK AI.r.MN AND seven lioiises not to say auj^lit of the nian\ he has been connected with merely as a mechanic. Jainiary 22, 1874, Mr. Arnold wa- married to Lonisa A., a dauH:liter of Aaron Altluid. The latter married Margaret Jones and died in Stark count> , Ohio, in December, 1S95, at th-r ajje ol sixty-seven years. His wife died in 1866 at the age of thirty-four years. The Altlands were from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio where they settled early. John Altland, Mrs. Arnold's grandfather, was born in 17C/1 and died in 1^71. He was a farmei and was married to Susan Kckroate, who died in 1875 at the age of eighty-one. Aaron Altland's children are: Louisa A., born July 20, 1853; and Andrew and Josiah .\. Altland, of Stark county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold's children are: Clark Warren, born August II, 1875: Edna, born May iS, 1884; Odella, born April 25, 1888; Almeda. born April 14, 1891. Three children, Aaron, Ethel S. and George S. Arnold, are deceased. Eli .\rnold has been one of the industrious citizens of his community. His sympathies have always been with the struggling, honest toiler for he felt that he was one of them. His life has been in every way honorably spent aiid he has done his best with the resources at his command. JASPICR S. TTRXER — In the early spring of i8Ssa new man succeeded Mr. AUaway in charge of the Santa Fe station at Ida. He was an eastern man but had absorVjed western ways and western customs in his association with the Iniilders of the Union Pacific Railroad from Junction City to Denver ami in his sub.seqnent association with men <.f the craft on other lines and in other departments of the work. The year 1SS5 marks his ad- vent to the service of the Southern Kansas Railroad Company, now the Santa Fe Railroad Company, and he was, consequently, in the probationary stage of service when he came to lola. We refer, in these preliminaries, to the person whose name introduces this review, Jasper S Turner. Mr. Turner was born in Medina County, Ohio, February 17, 1842, and passed his boyhood there. The country was all he had an opportunity to familiari/.e himself with as a boy and youth and his education was obtained amid such surroundings for the time being. In the fall of 186 1 he enlisted in Company B, 42nd Ohio Volunteers for three months and upon the ex- piration of his time reenlisted and was assigned to Company I, 103rd Ohio volunteers. His regiment served in the army of the the Tennessee and when his second period of enlistment expired he was in Ten- nessee, and there veteranized. He did not furlough home as was the prac- tice under such circumstances, and as the remainder of his company did. but continued on duty and remained in the field until the last gun had been fired and the last vestige of the Confederacy had been wiped out. The first year after the war Mr. Turner spent in attendance upon the Mennonite College at Wadsworth, Ohio. His experiences up to this time WOOIXStJN COUNTIES, KANSAS. II5 had been ample to enable him to co])e successfully with his i)e rs in the warfare of life and in 1867 he started west "to look for someUiinj^. " The developnitiit of the west was at that time in its incipient stages. The first ><;reat anery of domestic commerce to unite the Atlantic and the Pacific was then building and our subject drifted toward Kansas, the initial point in its ccjnstruction. He secured the clerkship with the vSuperintendent of con- struction and followed the road out to Denver and observed its completion to that point. He returned to .Manhattan, Kansas, next and entered the st-ition service of the same road, the "Kansas Pacific," and while here was injured and forced to retire from the service, going to Wyandotte, Kansas. He secuied a clerkship in one of the hotels of the place and there passed a period of six months. Returning again to railroad work he entered the service ot the Ft. Scott and Gulf road as clerk for the assistant Superin- tendent of con.struction. Leaving this position he went into the station de- partment of the North Missouri, now the Wabash Railroad, and remained with that system from the fall of !869 to April, i.SSt, when he left their employ at Plattsburg, Missouri. He joined the Southern Kansas company the same year and on the 1.3th of March following took charge of the station at lola. Mr. Turner's is one of the old .American families. His great-great- grandfather and his great-grandiather were born in the Fatherland and, on arrival in .\meiici, settled somewhere on the Atlantic coa.st. The great- grandfather served in the Colonial army during the wa: for Independence. He was probably a recruit from the colony of Xew Jeisey, for some of his jiosterity went from that State into Pennsylvania in the early part of the 19th century. John Turner, our subject's grandfather, emigrated from "Jersey" and settled on the Muskingum river in western Pennsylvania when his son, Alexander, was a youth. Some years afterward he moved over into Ohio and passed the remaining years of his life in Medina County. .Among his children was .\le.xander, the father of the subject of this sketch. The latter spent many years teaming between Pittsburg and Wadsworlh, (Jhio, served with the Ohitj troops in the Mexican war and finally settled down to the farm near Wadsworth, where both he and hi'; wife died. He married Betsey French, who died in November, 1870, just eight years be- fore her husband. Their children were Alonzo, of Halley, Idaho; James, deceased; Maria, deceased, who married Chas. Curtis; Chas. Wesley, de- cea.sed; Qaincy A., the ist. and Quincy A., the 2nd; and Jasper S., ist and 2nd, the latter being, of cour.se, the subject of this article. Jasper S. was married while he was in Plattsburg, Missouri, October 23, 1872, to M. Fannie Butler, a Kentucky lady. For many years Mrs. Turner has conducted the leading millinery and ladies tailoring establish- ment in lola and the Turner block on West Madison, is in a great measure, a monument to her skill and industry. In their relations to the social .side of lola Mr. and Mrs. Turner have been most fortunate and happy. They are a po]>ular host and hostess and they hold the confidence of their towns- men in a his.;li and permanent degree. ri6 HISTORY OK ALl.EX AXIi IRA E. PATTERvSON, o{ lola, in the business of phinibing. cornice work and general builders supplies, began his life in lola in 1882, as a clerk in the grocery of Richards & Lakin. The next year hejoiiied Ninirod Hankins in the same business, which pannership and business existed one year. Being a mechanic, he engaged in building work and followed his trade some ten years, and left it to engage in the lumber business with H. E.Thomas. Upon the dissolution of this firm their tinning and plumbing business was retained and Mr. Patterson succeeded to it. While at first it was a matter of small dimensions the growth of the city has justified its owner in extending and enlarging his business till its importance is second to none in Allen County. Mr. Patterson was born in Henry County, 111., March 30, 1865. He received a good common school education in the school at Annawan, 111. At the age of seventeen years he became responsible for his maintenance and support. He went into a carpenter shop with W. K. Brown, of Anna- wan, and became an efficient mechanic in due time. He came to Kansas a youth of eighteen with no capital except his industry and his character. How well he has exercised the former and maintained the lattei old lesi- dents of lola will amply testify. Mr. Patterson was married in lola October, 1889, to Susie B., a daughter of Henry Waters. Mrs. Patterson was born in Douglas County, Kansas, in 1868. Their children are: Arthur E.. Lyford M. and Helen R. Patterson. Mr. Patterson is known as an active Republican and as a leadirg member of the Methodist church. He has served the city as a member of her common Council and has served his church in its various departments of church work. IRA I). KELLEV is the jiroprietor of the only hack and baggage line in the cily of lola, and is doing an extensive and profitable business. His salient characteristics are energy and persistency of pu! po.se, aad as these form the foundation of all success his friends feel safe in predicting that he will become one of the prosperous residents of Allen County. He is yet a young man for his birth occurred June 3, 1875, the place of his nativity being Nev^ton Coiintv, Arkansas, and he is a son of William U. Kellev, of lola. Ira D. Kelley has spent twenty-five years in Allen County. At a very early age he commenced driving for his father in the transfer business and after a few years he purcha.sed the business, which he has since carried on with ever increasing success. He began with only one bus, and since that time has added a new wagon or carriage each year and has the only hack and baggage line of the city. On the i6th of May, 1896, Mr. Kelley was united in marriage to Miss Grace X. Smith, of Humboldt, Kansas, and their pleasant home in lola is ^vo(.MiSo^• corxTiEs. kaxsas. 117 justly celebrated for its charming hospitality. Mr. Kelley is connected with a number of fraternal and social organization; , including tlie Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Order of Elks. His genial man- ner and unfailing courtesy render him popular, and in business circles he sustains a high reputation. T^IylSHA JAY — For more than a third of a century Elisha Jay has been -'—'a resident of Allen County and during this period has carried on farm- ing, which Washington said is the most honorable as well as the most use- ful calling which man follows. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, October 23, 1837, his parents being Jonathan and Ann (Jones) Jay, al^o natives of the Buckeye vState. In 1850 the father removed with his family to Indiana, where he made his home upon a farm until his life's labors were ended in death in 1867, when he was sixty-two years of age. Elisha Jay was the third of six children in his father's family and was seventeen years of age at the time of the removal to Indiana. The common schools had afforded him his educational privileges and in his early life he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for some time, but dur- ing the greater part of his business career he has carried on farming and has found it a profitable source of income He was married in 1861 to Miss Hannah Palmer, a native of Montgomery County, Indiana, and a daughter of Daniel and Mahala Palmer, who were the parents of ten chil- dren. The father died in Fountain County, Indiana, on the 14th of Janu- ary, 1867, at the age of sixty-five years. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs, Jay has been blessed with four children, of whom three aie now living, namely: Albert, a resident of Galena, Kansas; Jonathan, who is living in Salem township and William B. Five years after his marriage Mr. Ja^ came to Kansas. Much of the land was .still unclaimed and the government offered homesteads at a nominal price to those who would cultivate and improve the wild prairie. Our subject thus secured a farm irve miles east of Humboldt, where h e still resides and by his industry, as time has passed, he has developed one of the best farms in Salem township, adding thereto all modern accessories and improvements. He is well known in the county and has a host of warm friends. His political support is given the Republican party and in religious work he has been quite active. He was made one of the trustees of the Maple Grove Methodist Episcopal church when that society was organized and still holds the position. In the interim this has grown to be a prosperous church, strong numericall>- and in its far-reaching influence. Throughout his life Mr. Jay has been found true to the principles in which he believes, and honesty and integrity are synonymous with his name. II.S HISTORY OK AI.r,E\' AND "\ 3\ 7 I I.Ll AM li KKLLMV, lola's leading drayiiKin and a gentleman * " who has established an enviable reputation for honesty, sobrietv and pul)lic s])irit, is a native of one of the southern states, having been born in Jackson County, Alabama, August 2.^, 1847. His ancestors were radi- cally southern, having resided in that section for generations and having been introduced therein at so early a date that it is not positively known. Eli. M. Kelley, our subject's father, was born in Walker County, Georgia, ill 182.^, and is a son of Marvel Kelley who died in that county in 1830. Eli M. Kelley has made the calling of his forefathers his life work. He resides in Butler County, Kansas, where he located in 1872 and is well known as a farmer and suljstantial citizen. He resided in Arkansas during the Civil war and, although in one of the hottest secession states he sided with the Union and entered the 2nd Arkansas cavalry and .served nearly two years in the western army. Circum.stances made him a Republican many years ago and he has not had occasion to depart from the faith. He married Elizabeth J. Reynolds in the State of Alal)ama. She died in But- ler County, Kansas, October 16, 1893, at the age of sixty-six years. She was a daughter of Calvin Reynolds, a southern planter whose family home was in Tennessee. Eli Kelley 's children are: V\'illiam B.; Marvel C, of Butler County, Kansas; John M., of lola: Pleasant S. , of Wes'.ern Kansas: Palestine, deceased, married John Hall and left a husband and one babe, George M., in Cowley County, Kansas. She died September 15, 1882 at the age of 21. William B. Kelley came to manhood's estate chiefly in Arkansas. His father resided for a time in Green County, Missouri, and there our subject got his education in the district schools. When he reached his majority he began the battle o) life as a farmer. He maintained him.self at this for some years, even doing a little of it after his advent to lola. He came to this point in 1875 and, although he claimed to be a farmer for fifteen years, he was not at all well known as such. In 1890 he saw an opportunity to en- gage in the dray- business, with some promise of return, and he did so. But tlie dray business at that date in Tola's history was very light. In fact it can hardly be said to have reached the dignity of a business. But some- how Kelley found enough to do to keep the wolf from the door of a fair- sized family. He hauled everything, from junk to baggage and kept in the field so that when his town finally started in her career toward the^skies he went with her. In a short time his single team was inadequate and he added another, and another, and finally two more until his yard and stables have something of the appearance of a metropolitan one. His original homestead has kept pace in the march of progress. At the beginning it contained one house and he has added more than one house for each team, on the same block. In June, 1869, Mr. Kelley was married in Newton County, Arkansas, to Susan A., a daughter of John T. Spears, of South Carolina, a farmer and trader. The children of this union are: John M., Levi S., Ira D., and Agnes J., wife of James Dunfee. WOODSON COUXTIKS, KANSAS. lie) LEONARD C. THOMAS, one ui the well-to-do farmers of Allen county, was born in Qiiincy, Illinnis, March 7, 1S59, of German parentage. His father, Fliilip Thomas, was a native of Germany, and came to America at the a;.;e of twelve years. He represented a family widely known for excellent business ability, its members attaining a high degree of prosperity. Two of his brothers yet survive. Casper Thomas, who came to America in 1849, located in California. He is now living in lu.Kury in Germany. Tobias, also went to California and is now li\-ing in Portland, Oregon. In early life Philip Thomas begjii working at the cooper's trade which he followed in this country with excellent success, thereby acquiring a very desirable competence. He married Elizabeth Herleman, who was born in Denmark, and came to America when nine years of age. She w'as a daughter of Jacob Herleman, a farmer, who died near Quincy, Adams county, Illinois, when in tiie prime of life. Her brother, Nick Herleman, made his fortune on a farm, and is now living retired in Quincy. Her sister, wtio married a Mr. Smith, and was widelj^ known as "Aunt Smith," died wealthy. The money making propensity of the family was manifest in Philip Thomas, whose business grew in volume and importance, so that he furnished employment to between one and two hundred men. By his marriage to Miss Herleman the following children were born: Mary, widow of Mr. Messerschinidt, who was a well-to-do saddler; Lysetta, who died in May, 1898, was the wife of Mr. Winter, who died in May, 1900. He served for four years and seven mouths in the Civil war, participated in the battle of Bull Run, and was seven times wounded. At the battle of Wilson Creek, General Eyons fell and he aided in carrying him from the field. In other engagements, Mr. Winter also sustained wounds. As soon as it became known that he was a boatman, he was detached from land service ani placed on a transport boat, where he served until after the close of hostilities. Albert Thomas, the eldest son of the family, was a sergeant in the Regular army and now is in the Philippine war. Philip C., who was born in June, 1853, has followed the coopering business all his life in partnership with his father. He has a son, a machinist, now in Denver, Colorado. Tobias, the youngest son of the family, is an engineer with the Pvlectric Weaving Company, of Quincy, Illinois. Leonard C. Thomas acquired a common .school education and received a thorough training at the cooper's trade, which he learned under the direction of his father, of whom he afterward became a partner. They took the trees as they were cut down in the forest and did all the work of manufacturing the lumber and making the barrels. Mr. Thomas, of this review, followed the business until November, 1883, when he came to Kansas. He has since carried on agricultural pursuits here. In Novem- ber previous he had wedded Miss Carrie .Smith, a sister of Judge J. B. Smith, of the probate court of Allen county. Her father, John Smith, was for four years sheriff of Sangamon county, Illinois, and was at one time mayor of Springfield, Illinois. He was elected and serveil for one term in 120 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND the State legislature, and was afterward appointed warden of the state penitentiary. When the war broke out he was in Springfield and there he formed a company and was appointed captain. He represented an old Kentucky family but po.sses.sed strong abolition principles. John Smith, however, was the only Republican in his family, and had brothers in the southern army. He was killed in a railroad accident between Chicago and Springtiel'.i, Illinois, while warden of the penitentiary. Two sons and one daughter still survive him. The third being Will Smith, a real estate dealer in Oklahoma. As before stated Mr. Thomas came to Kansas in 18S3. His wife had inherited two hundred and fifty-six acres of land on section 32, Salem township, and this induced him to take up the life of farming. Mr. Thomas broke all of this tract and all of the improvements on the place stand as monuments to his thrift and tuterprise. Here they have reared their three children: John, who was born June 26, iSS-; Charles, born in November, 1SS9, and Elmer B., born March 31, 1896. They are being provided with vjood educational privileges and well fitted for life's practical duties. Mr. Thomas has been a man of marked enterprise and excellent executive ability who.se sagacity and energy in business affairs have con- tributed in a large measure to his prosperity. JOHN H. VANXUYS, cashier of the Xorthrup National Bank at lola, an early settler in Allen county and a gentleman widely known and universally esteemed, was born in Johnson county, Indiana, September 20, 1S40. He is a son of Isaac Vannuys and passed his boyhood and youth upon the farm. He acquired a good elementary education in the country schools and in Hopewell Academy. Before he had undertaken to battle with the problems of life the Civil war burst upon the country and he attained his majority in the ranks of Co. F, Seventh Indiana Infantry. He enlisted lor three years in August and his regiment went at once into West Virginia and became a part of the Federal forces fighting the battles for liberty and union in that state. Two weeks attei leaving Indianapolis Mr. \"annnys was in the battle of Green Briar. Toward the latter part of the year his .service in the field was interrupted by sickness and he spent a part of ths first winter in the hospital at Cumberland, Maryland, before furloughing home. He returned to his command in time for the engage- ment at Port Republic and was in the field with it till after the second battle of Bull Run. His lying out in all kinds of weather brought on an attack of acute rheumatism and he was so crippled by it that he lay in the hospital nearly all the second winter. When the Confederates started north on their second raid and all the men were being pushed to the defense of Washington the hospitals were drawn upon for their convales- cents and our subject was given a gun with the rest. He was sent north with them to Columbia, near Harrisburg, on the Susquehanna river, WUODSOX C. 12 1 guarding the long bridiie. and he reached liis regiment again after the battle of Gettysburg had been won. He was able for duty the remainder of his term of enlist-inent and was in all the engagements of the regiment up to and including the fight in front of Petersburg, \'irginia. He received a bullet through the right thigh in that fierce engagement and was ren- dered incapably of further service to the regiment. He was discharged September 20. 1S64. and, upon returning home, he took a business college course at Indianapolis the following winter. In the fall of 1865 he was in the national bank at Croshen, Indiana, for a few months but severe illness forced his retirement and the following spring and summer he spent in the Secotid National Bank ot Franklin, Indiana. In the spring of 1867 he came to Kansas and spent his first two years here upon an Allen county farm. He was associated with James Christian in the cattle business, more or less, in which enterprise Mr. Christian was also a partner. In the spring of 1S69 he came to lola and associated liim.self with William Davis in the clothing business. Before this firm ceased to exist he went into the bank of L. L- Xorthrup, wliere he had had occasional employment, almost from the inception of the bank and was soon a fixture there. He dates his permanency with the bank from April 1S73. He has had such an extended connection with the institution that it seems this connection never had a beginning and never should have an ending. His relations have been so close to the guiding spirits of the institution and his attentions so unremitting to the institution itself that it can be said with propriety that he is a part of both. He has thought moie about his duty to his fel'.ows and to his Maker than to himself and has not profited by his opportunities as he might. Every charity, every benevolence crosses his path and everj- progressive movement for the substantial or intellectual improvement of his community is a beneficiary of his purse. Mr. \'annuys' connection with the Presbyterian church of lola has been long and constant. As Treasurer of the Board of Trustees his tenure of office runneth not, neither to his predecessor or his successor. His moral code is strict and unbending and his aesthetic nature is well cultivated. Isaac \'annuys, our subject's father, was born in Kentucky in 1813. His father and our subject's grandfather was probably born in Jersey City, Xew Jersey, went to Kentucky many years ago and, about 1835, settled in Johnson county, Indiana, wliere he died in 1846 at about seventy years of age. He married a Miss Demaree and reared a large family. His sou. Isaac, who died in 1844, married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Johnson. Elizabeth (Johnson) \'anniiys was born in Henry county, Kentuck}-, in 1S15. Her children are: Archibald C who died in 1861; Charity E., wife of H. C. Winchester, of Carlvle, Kansas: Julia E., widow of l.saac C. LaGrange, of Franklin, Ind.: John Harvey, our subject: and Mary C, widow of Richard T. Overstreet, of Johnson county. Ind. Our subject's grand ancestors on both the paternal and marernal sides were native born English. Scotch, Irish and German respectiveh . The political histon,- of Mr. Vannuys can be sunied up in a few words. 122 HISTOKV OK AI.I.KN ANll He joined the Republican party as soon as he became a voter and that public safeguard has since been his political refuge. Mr. Vannuys' first wife was Anna M. Overstreet, who died in lola Xoveniber 20, 187 1, without leavin.a; issue. In May. 1S74, he married Kmily A., daughter of the late L. I.. Xi,)rthrup Mrs. X'aiinuys died in April, 1885, without issue. A M. BKEMAX — Among the sons of the Empire State who have cast in -^^^their lot with the citizens of Kansas and are numbered among the representatives of Allen County is A. M. Beeman, who was born in Xew York, March 8, 1833. His parents were John S. and I'rsiila (Crooker) Heeman, the former born in Vermont in 18 12, and the latter in Connecticut in 1813. Our subject now has in his possession several mementoes of his wife's grandmother, among other things a ribbon belt which was worn more than a century ago. In 1836 Mr. Heeman's parents removed to Michigan, but after nine years returned to the Empire State, where the father died in 1888, — the mother having passed away in i83<.>, — leaving three children: Julia, wife of William Cobb; A. M. , of this review; and Emily, wife of Ira Allen. .\. M. Beeman was reared in Xew York with the exception of the nine years spent by the family in Michigan, and in the common schools he accjuired his education. In 1S67 he came to Kansas, — a young man of 34 years, — full of energy, determination and resolution. He secured a homestead claim of eighty acres, six miles east of Humboldt, and still re- sides upon that property, having made it a highly cultivated and productive tract. In his early life he learned the gunsmith's trade and during the Civil war worked in the gunshops, making Enfield rifles for u.se by the Union army, thus rendering effective service for his country. He was employed in this way in Canandaigua. Xew York, where he manufactured many guns used b)- sharpshooters. In 1867, the year of his removal to the west, Mr. Beeman was united in marriage to Miss Lydia A. Pomeroy. a native of New York. Her father, Chauncey Pomeroy, was born in that State, A ugust 26, 1813, and married Fannie Eli/a .\lger, a native of Ontario. Mr. Pomeroy's death occurred in July, 1848, but his wife, who was born in 1817, is still living. They were the parents of six children, as follows: Jane I)., William I., Lydia A., Catharine A., George W. and Henry T. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Beeman was blessed with seven children: Emma Ursula, Edwin A., Chas. Wesley, Mary Etta, John S., Martin O. and Benight M. The last named is now deceased. Mr. Beeman is a popular resident of his community. He has served as justice of the peace of his township, is now its treasurer, and in 1900 re- ceived the nomination of the People's Party for the office of towtiship tru.stee. He deserves great credit for svhat he has accomplished in life, for WOODSON" COUNTIES, KANSAS. 1 23 lie Started out to earn his living when only twelve years avis County, Iowa, and two years later married Miss Miriam \'. Cade, a native of that county. The marriage was celebrated March 12, 1868, and has been blessed with seven children: Louie F , now the wife of W. J. Roj'er; Mattie F. , wife of W. J. Kelso; Mary F. , wife of Lewis Anderson, of Kansas City, Missouri; Effie F., Myrtle F. , Bessie F. , and Jessie F. , all at home. Mr. Randolph continued to reside in Iowa until 1877, when he came with his family to Kansas and for five years was a resident of Wilson County. The spring of 1882 witnessed his arrival in Allen County, and lie purchased a farm in the southeastern part of Salem township, where he still resides, having a very comfortable home that stands as a monument to his thrift and enterpri.se, His life has been one of industry and honesty, and his career has been a useful and commendable one, showing what can be accomplished by determined purpose and serving as an example that is well worthy of emulation. 124 IlISTokV i)F AI.I.KX AND FRANK JACKSOX, of Carlyle township, is one of Allen County's pioneers. He w.is b >rn in lol i MHrch 31, i.S5i, an 1, with the excep- tion of four years spent in Cowley County, Kansas, has resided continu- ously in Allen County. His life has been devoted to the farn; and the re- 'vards of his industry have been never-tailing and constant. Beginning life as a mere boy and in a molest and unpretentious way he has come to be recognized as one of our most thrifty and successful small farmers. The Jacksons were among the first settlers of Allen County. Joel Jackson, father of the subject of this review, started west from some point in the State of Wisconsin with a yoke <}f o.xeu and a linchpin wagon. II i-- objective point was Kansas and he arrived in lola about 1859. On the journey out one ox died and a cow was substituted for the remainder of the trip. Farming was Mr. Jackson's occiapation and he had that vocation in mind when he came to this new State. He entered the army the first year of the Rebellion, enlisting in Company I>;, 9th Kansas, and was killed at the battle of Stone Lane, Missouri. Joel Jackson was an Ivnglishman. He was niarried to Mary Fleek. who died March 25, 1S97. Upon the death of Mr. Jackson his widow was left with a family of small children. They were: Niton Jackson, of Okla- homa; William, of Kansas City, Missouri; Jo.seph, deceased, and Frank The family remained in lola till i.Syo when the mother took a homestead northeast of town and moved her family and effects onto it. With the aid of her .sons she opened up a farm there and slowly accjnired the means to make them comfortable. All the sons left home, in time, but Frank. He >tuck to the farm, through hard times, poor seasons and poor markets and encouraged and took care of his mother, never losing faitli in Kansas. Our subject was married in Cowley County, Kansas, in November, 1S79. His wife was Miss Lizzie vSutliff, a daughter of Abe Sutliff. She was born March 31, 1862, and, as a companion, has borne her portion of the family responsibilities. She is really a "better half" and a genuine woman and a genuine man are at the head of their family. Their children are; Niley, Mile> , John. Kffie, Frankie and .Altie. As a farmer Frank Jackson has been a success. He has proceeded upon the theory that if he provided the labor and managed his affairs with wisdom Providence would do the rest. He never complains or fault-finds over a crop shortage, but takes a hopeful view of all things. He has a surplus when anybody has and often when others have not. From a team and a few cattle he has expanded to a one hundred and twenty acre farm, well stocked. Although he takes a fervent interest in politics he does so for the benefit of his party and not for himself. He has always been a Re- publican, has always practiced honesty and has the confidence and esteem of his fellow countrvmen. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I25 TOXATHAX M. MATTOOX.— The historic village uf Geneva in Allen " countN is yet rich in the personal presence of pioneers; men whose years had scarcely reached the quarter century mark when they established "hemselves in that community: men whose forms are now bent with years and awaiting tlie passing of the spirit to be laid away with the honored dead. When the names of Spicer, Dickey, Esse, Rowland and Mattoon have passed into the Great Beyond then will Geneva cease to turn to her first .settlers for her "first things" but place her reliance in recoi ds instead. J. M. Mattoon has been one of the characters of Allen county for nearly fort3^-five years. He came to the county in 1857 when the settle- ment at Geneva was being founded and cast his lot with the brethren of the east. He had started west eight years before he reached Kansas but spent the intervening years in Michigan where he was employed as a machinist. His place of birth was in Jefferson county. New York, and the date was December 17, 1813. Gershom Mattoon was his father anil X'ancy vSayer was his mother, natives of Connecticut and New Jersev, respectively. Of the nine children of these parents only two survive, viz: Our subject and a sister, Harriet Williams, of Warsaw, Michigan. Mr. Mattoon was married to Tracy Hancock and in 1849 went intcj Michigan. Eight years later he found himself on the Irontier of civiliza- tion and at the gateway to the great American Desert. Choosing mer- chandising as his vocation he engiged in it with little delay and manv \ ears passed ere he laid aside the liquid measure, the yard stick and the scissors. In 1858 he was appointed assistant post-master at Geneva and two years later he was appointed chief of the ofhce. He held this latter position through several administtations — from Lincoln to McKinley — until he had held the office more than forty years and was one of the oldest post- masters in the United States. In i860 Mr. Mattoon suffered the loss of his wife. She was the mother of eight children, two sons, both of whom served in the Civil War. and both of whom have since died. The surviving daughters are: Lucy J.; Matilda, wife of Henry Gray; Josena, wife of Louis Davidson; Cecil Carrv; Mav, wife of F'rank Campliell, and Adda, who married William Hyde. J. M. Mattoon has filled a place in the affairs of men. He brought with him to his new western home character and honor and has maintained them both untarnished and uuassailed. Honesty and integrity "blazed" his pathway and whether transacting his private business or representing his constituents in a public office his watchword was the same. T3 0BERT P'. WHITE.— One of the early settlers in Geneva township, -*- *- Allen county, and a gentleman whose prominence as a farmer and whose influence in public affairs is universally recognized, is Robert F White, of lola, He settled on the H. L. Spencer farm, on the Neosho 1 j6 iriSTOKY OK Al.I.KX AN'l) river, in 1.S66 and from that date till his rtceiit removal to Tola he was out- of the central figures of his township. He was born in Washington county, Indiana, November 20, .18.^4, but his parents removed to Hend- ricks county and there Mr. White was married and from that point he came into Kansas. He is a son of Maximillian White who was horn in North Carolina in March iSoi and whose parents settled in Washington countv, Indiana, in 1814. Caleb White, our subject's grandfather, was a shoemaker. He was born in North Carolina, belonged to the Quaker sect and passed his later life as a farmer. He married Parthena White and both are buried in Washington county, Indiana. The children of this pioneer couple were: Josiah, Ann, Sallie, Penelope, Margaret, Jean- ette. Caleb and Maximillian White. Maximillian White was one' of the prominent local Whigs in Indiana and wa.s married in Washington county to Ruth, a daughter of Lewis and Jane (Thompson) Woody. Jane (Woody) White died in 1841. Their children were: Anna, deceased, wife of Simeon Clayton; Asenas, de- ceasi.-d, who married Samuel Nixon; Eliza, deceased, was married to Edwin Pead; Lewis W., deceased; Robert P., our subject; Walter, deceased, and Martha White. Robert F. White is a typical countryman. His youth and vigorous manhood were passed amidst rural environments and his student days, proper, were confined to the district schools, finishing them with a term or so in an academy. He began life on a farm, when of age, and every other business is a stranger to him. He left Indiana in 1859 and settled on a farm in Lyon county. He was in the state militia during the war and was called out to chase Quantrell, Bill Anderson, and to repel Indian invasion and to defend Kansas against the Price raid. Mr. White was first married in 1854 to Estlier Hadley. She died in 1869 and in 1872 he married Elizabeth Odell. Mrs. White was a daughter of Isaac and Mary Odell, both from Tennessee. Mrs. White was born in Coles county, Illinois, in 1834. The other Odell children are: George W. . of Reno county, Kansas; James H., of Neosho Falls, Kansas; MoUie, wife of John W. Parker, of Coles county, Illinois, and Mattie D., wife of D. M. Smith, of Mattoon, Illinois. Robert F. White's children are: Jennie, deceased, wife of A. C. Settle: J. R. White, who died at twenty-one: F'rank 1). White, of (ieneva. who married Hester Saferight, and Ivnos White, who died at twenty-one. If R. F. White is well known for any one thing it is as a Republican. He was one of the first voters with the party but he did his first hallowing in a political campaign for Gen. Harrison in 1840. He has voted at every presidential election except the one in i860, when he was not a voter. He lias not aspired to serve the jK'ople in a jiublic capacity but did so as Trustee of his township, by ap])ointment. \V()(1I)S(_>X CntXTIKS, KANSAS. I27 CHARLES \V. HALL has spent his entire life in the Mississippi Valley and the progressive spirit which dominates this section of the country, and has led to its wonderful advancement is manifest in his business career. He was born in Belvidere. Illinois, on the 26th of October, 1852, and is a .son ot Edward and Helen (Wickes) Hah, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Michigan. From the Wolverine state they removed to Illinois, where the mother died in 1861, at the age of twenty-seven years. .She had two children, but Charles W. is the only one now living. When nine years of age Charles W. Hall went to the Empire state where he resided for a time, afterward living in Illinois and Michigan. He pursued his education in the common .schools supplemented by one term's attendance at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. From early youth he has made his own way in the world, dependent entirely upon his own resources for a livelihood. At the age of eighteen he began steamboating on the river, learned the work of a marine engineer and suc- cessfullj' passed the engineer's examination, given by Mr. Cole of Port Huron. He then spent three years as an engineer on the Saginaw river, and on leaving the water returned to Michigan, where he purchased a farm. Mr. Hall then completed his arrangements for a home by his marriage to Miss Florence Larnbie, in 1875. Their children are: Lottie, wife of Joseph Reynolds; Nettie, Mary, George and Grace, who are still with their parents. For eleven years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hall resided in Michigan, but in 1884 became residents of Denver, Colorado, where he carried on business as a contractor and builder until 1893, the 3-earof his arrival in Allen county, Kansas. In Allen county Mr. Hall purchased a farm of eighty acres in Cottage (^rove township, five miles south-east of Humboldt, and has erected upon it a nice residence, a good barn and many other improvements found upon a farm of the twentieth century. Depending entirely upon his own re- sources he has worked his way upward, brooking no obstacles that could be overcome by determined purpose and honorable labor. This has been the strongest factor in his success. While residing iu Denver he was appointed city inspector and held that position for four years. For .seven years he was chairman of the county central committee, and has alwa\s taken an active part in political work, doing everything in his power to promote the growth and insure t1ie success of the party in which he firmlv believes. DUNCAN — Among the settlers of Allen County who located along the Neosho River in the early seventies and who has maintained his home here since is James P. Duncan, ex-Register of Deeds of his adopted county. In November, 1870, he drove his teams and a small bunch of cattle onto I2.S IIISTOkV (iK AI.I.i:X AMI llie premises ol Win. I.. Z ink. three miles northwest of Hmnlioklt, where he made his first l)ul temporary home. He resided in tliis portion of old Humboldt township till 1 88 1, serving one-half of this tune as Trustee of tlie township, when he removed to Humboldt and it was from this latter point that he was appointed, by the Board of County Commissioners, Kci; ■ ister of Deeds to fill a vacancy" caused by the death of Jesse Fast. In this ])Osition he served nearly seven years, or until January, 1890. The subject of this review left the wooded country of Indiana in 1865 ,ind made hiN residence respectively in Cooper County, Missouri, Douglas County, Kansas, and in Grundy County, Missouri, before his arrival in Allen County, as above stated. He wa.s borii in Putnam County, Indiana, March 22, 1840, was reared "in the clearing," and "niggering off logs" and burning brii>li formed a goodly share of his youthful occupation. He was three times enlisted in the Civil w,ir, first in the 78th Indiana \'olun- teers; second, in the 115th Indiana Vulunteers, Colonel Hahn, and third, in the nth Indiaia Volunteers, Colonel Lew Wallace. He served in an humble capacity "with the bo>s" and when his services were no longer needed he was discharged and returned home. October 24, 1858, occurred the marriage of the subject o( this review. His wife was nee Mary Klleu Bailey, a notice of whose ancestrx will appear farther on in this article. Eight children resulted from this union, viz: Annie, who tlied at one year old; Lew W'allace; Nora C. and Dora C , twins, born November 3, 1863. The former married Orlando P. Rose at Humboldt. Kansas, June ii.), 1883, died October 21.), 1884, leaving a son, Ora D. Ro.se, of Kansas City, Mi.ssouri; Dora C. married the hu.sband of her sister, Or- lando P. Rose, and resides in Kansas City, Missouri; Horace Otho, who died October 30, 1886, at nineteen years of age; J. Edgar, who died in April, 1873 at four years of age; Harry Evert, born December 24, 1871, is practicing dentistry in Humboldt, Kansas and M. Agnes, born February 28. [874, married Ernest L. Brown and died July 22, 1898, leaving two daugh- ters, Nita and Lois. In an effort to trace up the Duncan genealogj', as in everj- other like effort, it will be necessary to bring in the names of heads ot families remote from the stibject hereof, but as this volume is devoted in a measure to the preserving of records along these lines, for the satisfaction and enlighten- ment of their posterity, none of the family names will be omitted from this record whose strain can be shown to have effected the subject hereof or his posterity. The earliest record ot the Duncans of this strain, finds them located in the counties of Culpepper and F'auquiei , Virginia. Out subject's great grandfather was one of two men, Charles or William Duncan, whose father, it is believed, was the Scotch ancestor who was responsible for the estab- lishment of one branch of this American family. Three children of this doubtful ancestor referred to above are known to have survived, as follows: Henry, the grandfather of James P. Duncan, Charles, who reared a family in Missouri, and a datighter who married a Covington, after whom the city of Covington, Kentucky, was named. Henry Duncan was born about VVOOnSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 1 29 1780, and during the last decade of the i8th century migrated to Bath County, Kentucky, where, about 1803 he married Polly Combs. Their children were: Matilda, who married Coleman Covington, her cousin, and a woolen manufacturer; James, father of our subject, born in i'. His twelve children were: John W. ; killed at Winchester, \'irjj;inia; .Mary E. who married our subject and died in lola, Kansas, January 25, 1893, was born April 14, 1S41; Sallie Ann (Bailey) Welch, born August 2, 1843, died at Lawrence, Kansas, September 11. 1S70; William F. , born August 24, 1845, served three years in the iith Indiana Volunteers during the Rebellion, resides in Topeka: Asbury H., born Augu.st 27, 1847, resides in Topeka: James M., born March 25, 1850, lives in Topeka, was married to Emma Clark and has a son Arthur; Lucretia M., deceased, married Chris Pickerell and left children: Hattie Fellows of Griswold, Iowa, and George. Lorenzo A. Bai- ley, of Colorado Springs, married Mary McCartney. He was Ijorn June 21. [854. Matilda J. (Bailey) Nordine, born November 3, 1856, has two sons and resides in Topeka; Zachariah C. Bailey, deceased, born May 17, 1859, was married to Florence Hart and left six children in Oklahoma; Eliza Charlotte (Bailey) Simcock, born Jatiuary 20, 1862, resides in Topeka and has four children, and Phebe Alice, who died single. L. W. Duncan of this sketch, was reared in Allen County, educated at the Kansas State Normal school, taught school for a time, made abstracts of title two years in Allen County, was with a surveying party on the resurvey of the Utah Central Raihvay in the spring of 1890, spent the fall of the same year on the flax inspection force of the Chicago Board of Trade and in August 1891, joined the Lewis Publishing Company, of Chicago, and was in their em- ploy in various parts of the United States for nine years. In igoo he engaged in the business of publishing histories. June 22, 1887. he was married to Annie M., a daughter of Benjamin and Fredrica (Zeigler) Keyser. Maryland settlers who came into Allen County in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan's children are: Edna L.. born May 25, 188S; Alfa I., born Mav 29, 1889: Lue W., born July 14, 1890, and Clifford Morrill, born Nov. 8. i894- September 20, 1893, James P. Duncan married Mrs. Margaret Swear- ingen, widow of the late well known old soldier, Joseph Swearingen, of lola. The latter left two children. Fuller Swearingen, who served in the 2oth Kansas in the Philippine Insurrection, and Miss Josie Swearingen. JOHN W. EDWARDS, the well known farmer and speculator of La- Harpe, Allen County, came into Allen County, permanently April 23. 1879. His native place is Kendall County, Illinois, where his birth oc- ctirred March 2, 1845. Thomas Edward, his father, was a Welchinan. born near Liverpool in 181 2, and receiived what was then termed a liberal yrisToKv of allrx axd X'icksburg to tlic purveyor of the department and report at Benton Barracks to be mustered out. Returninji lionie to Syracuse, Missouri, sick, he recuperated some time before engaging again in civil pursuits. He repaired his property, run down by destructive usage by the military forces, and undertook to re- build and re-establish himself in his old home. In 1868 he dispo.>-ed of his Missouri interests and became a settler on the prairies of Allen County, Kansas. Mr. Coe has been four times married and is now a widower. His first marriage occurred before he was twenty years of age, as has been stated, and the children of this union were: vSarah P,, Mary A., Arlena B. , Ann, Jesse and Harriet E. In September, 1855, Mr. Coe married Mrs. Mary (Knapp) Bell, from whom he separated in .Minnesota. In the year 1866 lie married Xannie B. Tease, of Syracuse, Missouri, who died in 1S6S. In 1S72 he married Mary Miller. She lived something more than ten years and again left him a widower. As a result of this sad incident Mr. Coe sold all his effects and spent some time on the road selling electric belts, medicines, notions and was engaged in this vocation when the election of 1896 occurred. With the assurance of there being a change in the post- mastership at LaHarpe. Allen County, he became a petitioner for the office and brought such influence to bear upon the department as to secure his appointment in April, 1897. He took the office the ist of May following. In his political affiliations Mr. Coe has ever been a Republican. Since 1856 when that organization placed its first candidate in the field for presi- dent he has espoused the party principles and has modestlj- given its candi- date his support. ASKPH H. WRIGHT, Assessor of the City of lola, and for many years buyer and shipper of stock, was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, December 15, 1840. His father, Ralph K. Wright, was a Conneaut township farmer, who was reared, lived and died in Ashtabula county, was born in Massachusetts September 5, 1803, and at the age of three years was brought to the Western Reserve. He was a son of Ralph Wright who opened out a farm in Conneaut township and died upon it about 1856 at the age of seventy-eight years. He was prosperous, thoroughly repre- sentative, a Free Soiler and then an Abolitioni.st. He married a Miss King and six of their eleven children lived to rear families: Ralph K., Abel K., Frank K., Sophia, wife of Seymour Stephens; Mary, wife of Conover Conover and Caroline who married Charles Simons, of Fairfield. Ohio. Ralph King Wright was a thorough-going farmer who was born in Connecticut in 1808 and died in 1870. He married Ann Griswold and their children were: Harriet A., whose second husband was Edward Brooks. .She resides in Conneaut, Ohio; Aseph Eugene; Josephine, wife of WOODSON* COUNTIPIS. KAXSAS. I3:; Luther Riplev, ol Detroit, Michigan; Armeua, of Detroit, is the wife of John Randall; Florence, of Conneaut, Ohio, is the wife of Lester Griswold; Vina, of Conneaut, Ohio, married Forest Wellman; Electa, of Ashtabula, Ohio, wife of Alonzo Randall. A. E. Wright secured a country school education and remained with the old home till twenty -three years of age. He earned his first money, as a youth, driving an ox team at thirty cents a day. He began life inde- pendently as a farmer, but was soon attracted to the Pennsylvania oil fields and spent a few j-ears there with profit. In 1862 he went to Huron county, Ohio, where he devoted himself to the farm and stock till his removal to Kansas. In 1871 he came to Allen county and made per- manent settlement on a farm in Elm township. Some years later he located in lola and engaged in the grocery business on the "Simpson corner,'" where the New York Store now stands. He was an lola merchant nine years and was succeeded, in 1887, by Port brothers. Mr. Wright engaged in the buying and shipping of stock some ten years ago. He has billed out many thousand head of both cattle and hogs and his face is a familiar one to the buyers and packers of Kansas City. Notwithstanding Mr. Wright has been busy he has taken time to help in the political battles of Allen county. He was elected Trustee of Elm township and served three years and served in the same capacity in lola township four years. He was elected Assessor of lola in 1889 for a term of two years. His frequent re-elections are a sufficient guaranty of the efficiency of his public service and only once has he suffered defeat at the polls. He is one of the staunch Republicans of the county and. whether in success or defeat, he is always a Republican. December 26, 1866, Mr. Wright was married in Ripley township, Huron county, Ohio, to Tacy P. Green, a daughter of William A. and Adah (Kebby) Green, who came into Ohio from Rhode Island. The Green children are; Eliza Green, Susan, George, Mary, Harrison, Tacy, Whitford and Rilla. Mr. and Mrs. Wright's, surviving children aie: Adah A. and Blanche Wright. Two sons, Herbert and Ralph, are dead. T AZILLIAM MERCHANT, of Wise, Allen county, whose residence " " in Allen county for the past thirty years has been mutually bene- ficial to the county and to himself and whose citizenship and patriotism is of a high and commendable order, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, October 9, 1825. His father was William Merchant who accompanied his widowed mother into Highland county, that state in 18 13. Berkley county, Virginia, was their native heath and there our subject's father was born in 1800. He was married in Fayette county in 1822 to Elizabeth Smith, a daughter of Isaac Smith who also went to Highland county from Berkley county, Virginia. Soon after his arrival in Ohio William Mer- chant the first was l^ound to a blacksmith in Greenfield and onlv became a 136 HISTORV OF AI.LEX AND farmer after many years spent at his tracte. He became one of the sub- stantial men of his community, was public spirited, and influential and was an "old side Methodist." His father, Abraham Merchant, belonged to one of the old families of the "Dominion" State. His origin and that of his paternal ancestors is not a matter of tangible record. Our subject's maternal ancestors were the Bulls of Virginia. Their history dates back to Colonial days and theirs were some of the Patriots who crossed blades with the British in the days of "seventy-six." Elizabeth Merchant died in 1893 at the age of eighty eight years. Her children were: Isaac, William, John, of Chicago, 111.; Jonah, of IvCesburg, Ohio; Abraham, who died in California in the service of his country; Xaham, deceased, was a soldier in California; Sarah, decea.sed. who married Jacob Kaylor, Rebecca, who became the wife of Hugh Snyder, and Nancy, who resides in Jay county, Indiana, is the widow of Charles Fishback. William Merchant, our subject, was schooled in the log cabin school houses of Ohio and grew up on the farm. July ly, 1.S49, he married Sarah, a daughter of John Breakfield, whose family was also from Berkley county, Virginia. Mrs. Merchant was born in Fayette county, Ohio, February 28, 1828. In 1850 Mr. Merchant left his father's place and took possession of a tract of his own purchase. This he cultivated till 1870 when he was induced to dispose of it and become a resident of Kansas. For twenty years he devoted himself to intelligent cultivation and manage- ment of his Ohio farm and his experience and his accumulations placed him in an advantage when located upon his Allen county farm. He pur- chased on Deer Creek the John Martin tract of 160 acres and out of his earnings both before and since 1870 he has added five other quarters mak- ing a total of 960 acres. His is at once a farm and a ranch for Deer Creek bottom excels in the production of grain while the prairies and hill land furnish fine range acce.ssible to the waters of the creek. The patriotism of the Merchants is noteworthy and unbounded. Wherever their country calls there they respond, even with their lives. During the Civil war William Merchant volunteered for the defense of Ohio and was one of the Morgan pursuers. Two of his brothers enlisted in the volunteer service and thus the cause of the Union was upheld and the loyalty of the Merchants demonstrated. In politics, as in war, our subject has been on the right side. 'His ancestors were Whigs and he cast his maiden vote for Gen. Taylor, and for Gen. Scott, the last two Whig candidates for the presidency. He was a Fremont man in 1856, a Lincoln man in 1860-4 3"<^^ ^ supporter of Grant, Hayes, Blaine, Harrison and McKinley. As for actively engaging in local political frays Mr. Merchant never does. His moral attitude leads him to the support of municipal candidates who stand for principle instead of spoils. His whole life is one long Christian example and moral lesson. He became a Christian in early life and h.as done much religions work in the home and in the pulpit. He is a licensed preacher of the Methodist church and his talks are filled with earnestness and Christian zeal. Mr. and Mrs. Mecrhant's children are; WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I37 EHza E., who married Bela Latham; Josephine, widow of Arthur Latham; Mary E. Merchant, and Nancy J., wife of William MofEt, of Folsom, New Mexico. William Merchant is one of the strong characters of Allen county. His distinguishing marks are his pronounced sinceiity, his unstinted honesty and his intense Christian simplicity. He is a man among men and a gentleman without taint or suspicion. T EVI LEE NORTHRUP.— The history of a community is largely -'— ' made up of the biography of a few individuals, and the history of Ida and Allen county can never be written without including also the record of L. L. Northrup, one of the pioneers of the county, and from the date of his arrival until the day of his death one of the largest factors in its business. L. L. Northrup was a son of Lewis Northrup, a brick mason, and of Eliz- abeth Lathrop, and was born in Geneseo county, New York, April 12, 18 18. There were three other sons. Rev. G. S., who died at Geneva, Kansas; Ezra L. , who died at Rippon, Wisconsin, and Charles Northrup whose whereabouts have been unknown since the period of the Civil War. When but two years of age, by the death of his mother, the family home was broken up and Levi L. Northrup was taken into the household of an uncle at Elmira, New York, by whom he was brought up. His schooling was only such as the very indifferent common .schools of that day afforded and his education was, therefore, limited. As he approached manhood he was put to learn the woolen manu- facturing tiade, and in 1840 he had saved enough out of his wages to be able to engage in the business on his own account, which he did at Albion, New York. His business prospered and the young factor seemed fairly started on the road to wealth when, in iS.t6, his factory was burned and there was little left of the accumulation of six years of work and care. Nothing daunted, however, the young man set to work again and it was not long till he was again engaged in the manufacture of woolen ' goods this time at LaF'ayette, Indiana. But the same misfortune overtook him here as at Albion for he had not long been in operation when fire swept away his plant, and his resources, for the second time, were ser- iously crippled. A third time he set up in the same business, the last time at Thorntown, Indiana, where an uncle became his partner and where, for "some years a thriving business was done and the foundation of a modest fortune started. In 1S5S, at the earnest solicitation of the Union Settlement Company, which had bought a large body of land in Allen county, Kansas, and had laid out the town of Geneva, he disposed of his interest in the 1 33 HISTORY OF ,\LLEN AND woolen mill aiul removed to this state, bringing, as his entire capital, a smiU stock of general merchandise and a saw-mill; the whole representing an investment of, perhaps, three thousand dollars. He located first at Geneva, but whtrn the town of lola was laid out, a year later, he estab- lished a branch store there. Three years later, the expectation of its founders, that Geneva would grow into a city, not having been realized, Mr. Northrup removed with his family to lola, and in 1869 he concentrated all his business interests in the latter town which ever afterward remained his home. Up to this time he had been engaged only in general merchandising, but he now established a bank, the first in lola, which soon became one of the most impoi'tant factors in the business life of the town. One of the few Kansas banks that lived through the panic of '73, it became steadilx- more strongly entrenched in popular favor, until its large business war- ra ited its re-organization in igoo as a National Bank. As the "Northrup Nitional Bank" it has become known and is generally recognized as one of tae leiding financial institutions of southeastern Kansas. It may be of in- terest to note in this connection, that the small two-story building originally erected for the u.se of the bank, and which was famed at the time as the fin- esf building south of Ottawa, has now given way to the Masonic Temple, the new bank having transferred its business to the splendid structure that bears its name. In 1877 Mr. Northrup practically turned the business of his store over to his oldest son, O. P. Northrup, who managed it with marked ability and success until failing health, which resulted in his death, in 1892, com- pelled him to give up his place to his younger brothers, in whose name the store has ever since been conducted. After relinquishing the management of the store, Mr. Northrup gave his entire attention to the bank, to the lumber business which he had established about the same time, and to large landed and other outside interests, continuing, until overtaken by his last illness, with marvelous industry and activity, to look after the least details of a great and always growing business. Mr. Northrup was married at Thorntown, Indiina, February 27, 1849, to Mary E. Pearce, a daughter of John S. and Jane (Code)Pearce who came to the United States from Rngland and of whose seven children four survive: Thos. E. and John A. Pearce, farmers near Edgerton, Kansas, and Mrs. C. E. DeVore, of Bushuell, Illinois, and Mrs. Northrup. Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Northrup but three survive: Frank Altes, Lewis Lee and Delmer Pearce Northrup, for many years actively and successfully engaged in business in lola. Although all his life an unremitting and indefatigable worker, Mr. Northrup enjoyed robust health until about three years before his death when he suffered an attack of lagrippe. He was present at his desk, not- withstanding his enfeebled condition, until a few months before his taking- away, March 3, 1896. Two days later, when the funeral services were WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 139 held, business in lola \va- suspended while the friends of a lifetime joined in paying tribute to his memory. The foregoing is a brief sketch of a busy, eventful and successful life. It is the story of a boy born in poverty and obscurity, orphaned in infan- cy, thrown upon the world with meager education and with no capital but his own brains and skill and industry and character, fighting his way step by step until he had amassed a large if not a great fortune. And this fortune was not made by any sudden or unworked for stroke of "luck," or by some fortunate speculation It was accumulated slowly and as the result of economy, good judgment and tireless industry. Mr. Northrup was intensely loyal to his town and was always counted upon as one of the large contributors to any enterprise th it was to be undertaken for the advancement of public interests. In the early days when it was a question whether the Missouri Pacific railroad shotild come to lola or go to a rival town, it was Mr. Northrup's open purse and active effort that did more than anything else to secure the prize for lola. He was especially earnest and effective in his efforts to have lola's natural gas field developed and utilized. In short he gave freely in. time, labor and money, to any and every undertaking that promised to advance the interest of lola. Next to the town in general, the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a lifelong member, was the most especial object of Mr. Northrup's interest and care. In the beginning, when the struggling church was occupying a little building on the corner of State and West streets, Mr. Northrup personally did the janitor work and attended to all the little "chores" that had to be done to keep the house in order and have it ready for the various meetings. And for a great many years, indeed from the time of its organization until his death, he bore one-fourth of the entire expense of maintaining the church. He was a teacher in the Sundav School for nearly a full quarter of a century, and as long as his health permitted he was a regular attendant upon all of the services of the church. The faith in the Christian religion, which prompted all these good works, was the faith'of a little child, unquestioning and undoubting, and it abided with him to the very end, so that he leaned upon it as upon a staff when he walked down, without fear and without repining, into the valley of the shadow. Like most men who devote themselves successfully to business pur- suits, Mr. Northrup cared little for society. In his own home, however, he was most hospitable to his guests and loving and indulgent to his wife and children. Always and in all things a modest man, there was never any display, any vain show of wealth; but the family home was alwaj'S the home of comfort and contentinent and true happiness. The large businesses which Mr. Northrup so firmly established, — merchandizing, banking and lumber, — have been most successfully con- tinued by his sons, who have shown in the management of their large estate many of the qualities of sagacity, industry, public spirit and un- swerving honesty that were shown by their father in its accumulation. So r40 HISTORY or ALLKX .VXD tliat ill the considerable city which lola has now become, "tlie Northrups" occupy the same relative position as their father occupied before them in the then modest village, and the family name stands now, as it has stood in lola and in Allen countj' for more than forty years, as the synonym for business enterprise, success and integrity. FREDERICK KETTLE— Among the practical, progressive farmers of Carlyle township, Allen County, is numbered Mr. Kettle, who was born in England, April 22, 1859, a son of Robert and Jane (Roland) Kettle. The mother died at the age of thirty-five years, but the father came to America in 1873, and is now living near lola, at the age of seven- ty-six years. Mr. Kettle, of this review, was reared in the land of his birth and at the early age of twelve years entered the employ of the Britania Rolling Mills, with which he was connected until the time of his emigration to America. These were the largest rolling mills in England, utilizing one thousand tons of metal each week. As his educational privileges were limited he attended night schools. In the year 1881 he crossed the Atlan- tic and has since been a resident of Allen County, Kansas. When he ar- rived here he knew nothing of farming, having never seen an ear of corn growing, or had hold of a cultivator handle up to that lime; but he possessed a resolute .spirit and readily adapted hiiiiself to his new surroundings. In 1882 Mr. Kettle was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Menzer, a native of Germany and a daughter of Conrad Menzer, a resident of lola, who came to Kansas when Mrs. Kettle was only twelve years of age. After his marriage Mr. Kettle began farming on his own account, renting land. He lived upon two rented farms, making his home on each for about nine years. He then purchased about eighty acres of land on Deer Creek and the rich, productive soil enables him to raise from fii^y to seventy-five bushels of corn per acre. One of the first things he learned m connection with his life in the new world was always to have the best of everything, and this he has loUovved in equipping his farm with buildings and machinery. His has been an industrious and active life and through his well directed efforts he has acquired a competence. He raises cattle and hogs, to which he feeds his corn, and in the sale ot his stock he has acquired a good income. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kettle have been born seven children, namely: Libbie and Lillie, twins; Agnes J., Hattie H., Florence M. , George F. . and Robert R. They have been trained to habits of indu.stry and are now very helpful to their parents. In his political views Mr. Kettle is a Re- ])ublican, and while he is thoroughly conversant with the issues of the day he has never sought nor desired office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business affairs. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. T41 SHERMAN G. ROGERS— Sherman G. Rogers is actively and prom- inently connected with educational interests in Allen County, his ability in the line of his chosen calling having won him prestige as an instructor. His life cannot fail to prove of interest, showing as it does the opportunities that lie before men of determined purpose, for at the early age of eleven years he started out to earn his own living and has since been depending entirely upon his own resources. Such a history is an exemplification of the lines of the poet who wrote: "There is no chance, no destiny, no fate Can circumvent or hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined soul. Gifts count for little; will alone is great: All things give way before it, soon or late." Professor Rogers was born in Adams County, Indiana, on the 23rd of January, ib68, his parents being James and Margaret (Pitts) Rogers, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, The mother died in 1875, leaving four children, of whom Mr. Rogers of this review is the youngest. He was then eleven years of age. In 1879 his father removed to Kansas, purchas- ing a farm in Osage township, Allen County, but was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, his death occurring about three months later. Sher- man G. Rogers was then left an orphan, and, receiving no patrimony, he was forced to provide for his own livelihood. Having acquired his pre- liminary education in the common schools he desired to further perfect his knowledge and to this end he pursued a two years' course in the Fort Scott Normal, meeting the expenses of his normal study with money which he bad himself earned. Subsequently he learned telegraphy at Moran and secured a position on the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad, but after a year he resigned in order to enter upon educational labor. He successfully passed the teachers' examination, received his certificate and secured a school in the district where he had acquired his education when a boy. For seven years he has been a representative of the profession, being employed in various parts of Allen County, and is now for the fourth term acting as teacher in the East Liberty school district. As a student he was thorough, fully mastering the branches to which he gave his consideration, and now he has the faculty of imparting clearly and concisely the knowledge he has acquired. At the present time he is devoting his leisure to the study of medicine, under the direction of Dr. 0'Fl}'ng, of Elsmore, perusing the medical text books after his day's work in the school room is ended. His strong force of character, laudable ambition and resolute purpose will en- able him to achieve success in whatever line of life he decides to cast his lot. He is also engaged in teaching several classes in vocal music, pos- sessing considerable talent in that direction. He is now serving as choris- ter and Sunday School superintendent in the Methodist Episcopal church in I£lsmore. It would be almost tautological in this connection to say that he is a man of broad mind and progressive spirit, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review-. Although he is a young 142 HISTORY OF ALLKN ANT/ man, his career is one worthj- of emulation, being characterized by marked fidelity tn duty, hy earnest purpose, by manly principles and sincere actions. LYMAN F. PALMER, lola's reliable marble and granite cutter, came into Kansas in 1893 and located for business in Burlington. He re- mained at that point until October, 1S95, when he saw the future of the gas belt and established himself in lola. He was formerly from Chicago, Illinois. T~r^ Ci. CillJiERT — Northeast Allen County, or what is now Osage town- -•— * ship, is fortunate in the possession of many of our splendid citizens. In the year i860 when the first settlers stole across the border and laid the foundation for homes and thereby established civilization within its Vjorders Edward G. Gilbert was of the few. He entered the southwest quarter of section twenty, township twenty-three, range twenty-one, built a cabin and returned to his home in Ohio. He reached there on election day and helped elect Lincoln the first time. The events leading up to the Civil war transpired rapidly and its outbreak caused him to delay his return to Kansas. He remained in Ohio, participated in some of the events which ended the war and then turned his face toward his new home. He took possession of his cabin near the river, furnished it with a peg bedstead, box cupboard and antiquated chairs and began a bachelor's existence. The work of reducing nature with art which he began then he has continued with such success and such profit as to place him among the large land- owners of the countj-. All that is left of the settlers of 1865 is Mr. Gilbert, the Tucker broth- ers and Charlie Ross. The Brays and the Manns, pioneers, are all gone, and the prairie which Mr. Gilbert predicted would all be settled in his time and which many thought could not happen, is all settled, improved and turned into one vast field and meadow. Mr. Gilbert came to Kansas from Champaign County, Ohio, He was born in Harrison County, West Virginia, December 9, 1832, and is a farm- er's son. Amos Gilbert, his father, was born in Buck's County, Pennsyl- vania, of Quaker parents. In about 1850 the latter came into Ohio where he died in 1854, at fifty years of age. His wife, who was Phebe Wilson, died in 1852. Of their seven children six survive, viz.: Edward G., Mary, wife of George Millice, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio; Ann E. , widow of N. B. Johnson, of Champaign, County, Ohio; Benjamin B., of Champaign, County, Ohio; George and Amos G., also of that county; Nellie, deceased, \vife of G. M. Nelson. Edward G. Gilbert acquired only a limited education. He began life WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. t43 without other than his physical resources and earned his first raonej- as a wage worker on a farm. He was induced to come to Kansas by an old ac- quaintance, Mr. Black, who settled in Anderson County in 1858, and he made the trip by rail to St. Louis, by boat to Kansas City, and by stage (for $11) to Mound City, Kansas. August 19, 1866 Mary E. Tucker became Mrs. Gilbert and took pos- session of his residence (a log cabin 14x16) and all its furnishings. Mrs. Gilbert was a daughter of Robert Tucker who came to Kansas from Missouri but was a Virginian by birth. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert's children are: Mary, wife of Rev. Geo. W. Trout, of Rochester, New York; Millie J., wife of Hiram Huffman, Robert E.,\vho married L. Harvey; Connej', deceased and Cora Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert went into the armv toward the close of the war. He enlist- ed in Company F. , 134th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, one hundred day service, under General Butler's command. He contracted lung fever and was warned that he would die if he entered the army but it did not deter him. Mr. Gilbert has been one of the most influential men in the politics of Allen County. He cast his first vote for General Scott and his next for Fremont and on down the Republican ticket to November 6, 1900. Thir- teen times has he presented himself at the ballot box to make his choice for President and only four times has he failed of his man. Mr. Gilbert po.ssesses, in a high degree, the confidence of his fellow countrymen which fact, alone, is worth a life time of active industry and personal sacrifice. TAMES WHALLON ROLL, successful farmer and highly respected citi- *-' zen of Carlyle tovvnship, Allen County, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, near Glendile, December 28, 1836. His father, Samuel V. Roll, w^as one of the pioneers of Hamilton County, going there in 1805 from Mendham, Morris Count\-, New Jersej'. The latter was born at Mendham in 1788 and died in September, 1885. In early life he was a saddle and harness maker. His father, Abram Roll, bought a large tract of land near Cincinnati(the 25th ward of that city)and opened a farm there. Samuel V. Roll lode over across the mountains into Ohio on horseback and was offered the square in Cincinnati where the Gait house stands, for his horse. Samuel V. Roll was a gentleman well known as a pioneer, took a conspicu- ous part in the affairs of his locality and the second Abolition ballot cast in Springfield township, Hamilton County, was cast by him. He married Nancy A. Whallon, daughter of James Whallon, a large farmer and a Jerseyman. Their marriage resulted in the following issue; Samuel, de- ceased; James W. ; Lavina, deceased: Nanc}', deceased; John, deceased and Benjamin, of Mt. Healthj', Ohio. James W. Roll grew up at Glendale and was educated in College Hill, Ohio. He taught in the public schools five j'ears and then entered the Cincinnati Business College as one of the professors. Following this con- j , HISTORY OF ALLEN ANO iiectioii he purchased a half interest in a business college in Zanesville, Ohio, and remained with it eight years. Returning to his first love, the farm, he remained four years on the old home and then disposed of his per- sonal effects and came west. Kansas, and especially Allen Countj', was absolutely strange to him when he entered it. He purchased a farm on the north line of the county and began its successful cultivation and manage- ment. Another farm, adjoining, in Anderson Couity, he own.s, and alto- gether his time and energies are in full demand. Mr. Roll was first married in Ohio, January i6, 1861, to Anna McCor- mick. She died in March two years latt-r. In October, 1865, he was married to Sarah J., a sister of Hon. James Neal, of Hamilton, Ohio. She died before their first anniversary and July 7, 1867, he was united in mar- riage with Susan M. Weatherhead, of Ogdensburg, New York, a daughter of Robert Weatherhead, a government officer. Robert H. Weatherhead, a leading druggist of Cincinnati, and Judson Weatherhead, of Chicago, are brothers of Mrs. Roll and Mrs. Fannie Church, of Chicago, is her sister. Mr. Roll's children are Samuel A. Roll, with the Electric Appliance Company of Chicago: Bessie, wife of Arthur Paine, of Chicago; Lillie M., head book-keeper fortheE. A. Armtrong ManufacturingCompany, of Chica- go and Robert Roll, of Allen County. The politics of the Rolls has been permanent and unchangeable. Our subject cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont and fol- lowed the Republican party on down to and including its late candidate. William McKinlev. GliORGE HARRIS, one of the practical and prosperous farmers of Deer Creek township, came to Allen County, Kansas, in company with his fellow countrymen, Busley and Robertshaw, in 1880, and purchased a tract of eighty acres on the broad and untamed prairie in section seventeen, township twenty-four, range twenty. He was a young Englishman with scant means and he came to the State to provide himself, with his labor and his native tenacity, a home for his growing family. He had worked as a farm hand in Livingston County, New York, and, at $25 a month, he had laid by sufficient means to pay for his land and to begin the initial work of its cultivation and improvement. His first cottage, 16x12, fur- ni.shed him with a home for eight years and in that time his prosperity enibled him to erect a comfortable and more commodious residence, a mod- est barn, and to add forty acres to his original farm. Before coming to Kansas Mr. Harris resided in New York seven j'ears, coming there from Lincolnshire, England, where he was born July 31, 1849. His father, Thos. Harris, was a farmer and William and our subject were his only heirs. William Harris resides in England still. Thos. Harris niatritfl .Susanna Hilton, who, after the death of her husband married WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I45 James Hill and reared a second family of four children. George Harris attended school at Keebj% lyincolnshire. In his youth he learned farming by actual experience and worked, also, in the iron mines. November 13, 1874, Mr. Harris was married at Rochester, New York, to Elizabeth Lyttle, a daughter of Joseph Lyttle, a settler from the north of Irelar.d. Mr. and Mrs .Harris' children are: Alice, wife of Geo. M. L,ove, of Kansas City, Missouri; Mary, Clara, Hilton and Nellie. Mr. Harris became a voter in 1880. He cast his first presidential ballot for the Republican candidate of that year, but four years later he supported Mr. Cleveland. For ten years he has been identified with the Republicans and his support of their candidate in 1896 and in 1900 was both earnest and enthusiastic. \ A iTILLIAM T. STOUT, who is recognized as one of the substantial ' '^ of the moderate farmers of Deer Creek township, has been a citizen of Allen county twenty years. He came to the county in 1880 and first settled upon section 5, township 24, range 20. For seventeen years prioi his home was in Ijnn county, Missouri, to which county he went from Bond county, Illinois, the year following the close of the Civil war. Mr. Stout was born in Bond county, Illinois, November 29, 1844. His father, Harvey E. Stout, was born in the state of Illinois and was a son of Thomas Stout, whose life was passed as a miller and later as a hotel man in Greenville, that state. He was of German stock and went into Illinois as a pioneer. His son Harvey was born in 1820. The latter was reared in Illinois, learned the carpenter trade, married Minerva Young, a daughter of William Young, and went into Wappelo county, Iowa, some years before the Rebellion. He died in 1S65 and is buried at Agency City. Wappelo county. His wife, the mother of our subject, died in 1846. William Stout is her sole surviving heir. Another son, Richard E. Stout, died in Denver, Colorado, in 1894, leaving a son, William. Our subject spent his youth upon the farm. The war came on before he reached his majority and he enlisten in 1861 in Companj' E, 22nd Illinois, Capt. McAdams and Cols. Dougherty and Hart, in their order, and finally Col. Svvanrick. He was mustered in at Cairo, Illinois, and left the command for a scout after Jeff. Thompson whose men he met at Bert- rand, Missouri. In the spring of 1862 his regiment was sent across Missouri to New Madrid to aid in cutting off the rebels. It went down to Fort Pillow and was ordered back to Shiloh to re-enforce Grant. The siege of Corinth followed and the 22nd was in it. Comp.^ny E was camped near a railroad bridge, guarding this thoroughfare during a portion of its stay around Corinth. Following Corinth came Stone River, Chicka- mauga, Missionary Ridge and Chattanooga. Mr. Stout was in east Ten- nessee when his term of enlistment expired and he re-enlisted in the 42hd Illinois and furloughed home for thirty days. He joined his regiment — a 14' HISTORY (IF ALI.KN AND \y,irt ot tlie 4ch corps — just before the Atlanta cainpaisii and, folkwinii close upon the heels of that, his regiment was a part of the army at Scho- field tiiat whipped Hood at Nashville. The 42nd was ordered from east Tennessee and had something to do with the demoralization of the Con- federate troops in that region. Later it was ordered into Texas and was stationed at Port Lavaca, that state, when Mr. Stout was discharged in the winter of 1865. Notwithstanding the long, continuous and dangerous sen-ice Mr. Stout was exposed to he esc.iped serious injury, He was only one of many thousand who accomplished this feat but this fact does not detract from the value of his service nor from the spirit of patriotism which prompted it. At all times he fulfilled the requirements of a soldier — he obeyed orders. On September 19, 1867. Mr. Stout was married to Sarah E. Warren, a daughter of Thomas C. Warren, from Kentucky. Their children are: Mary, wife of Thomas Wollard; James W. Stout, who married Lily Wagner; Ola J., widow of Carl Stickney; Ida, who married Thomas L. . Dickerson; Thomas Stout, who married Mattie Trout; Nora E., wife of Ralph Sprague; Lucy Elva, wife of Thomas Jackson; George A., Albert, I^eonard, Raymond and Quincey, all residing in Allen county. William T. Stout came to Kansas with a large family and little means Fifty dollars covered his cash possessions, and with body fdled with industry he rented land and went to work. He bought a forty acre tract in Osage township the second year, or arranged to buy it, and later on another fort}- (railroad land) and his start uphill dated from that time. He .lold his Osage possessions and located in his present place in 18S3. As a citizen he is regarded with confidence by his neighbors and fellow towns- men and in politics, in his somewhat limited sphere, he stands for the principles of Republicanism as expounded in the Philadelphia platform of 1900. JOHN D. CHRISTI.\N is one of the leading farmers of Carlyle town- ship, and one of the reliable citizens of Allen county, on whom have been conferred positions of public trust and responsibility. He was born in Parke county, Indiana, October 15, 1847, his parents being Robert and Mary M. (Gilkerson) Christian, both of whom were natives of Augusta county, \'i:ginia. In 1835 they removed to Indiana, locating on the old homestead farm which is now in pos.session of their .sons, John D. and Gilbert M., who are the only survivors in their family of five children. The latter resides in Rockville, Indiana, The father died in 1S55, at the age of sixty-three years, and the mother's death occurred in 1898, when she had attained the advanced age of eighty-two years. John D. Christian spent his boyhood days on the home farm and was educated in the common schools. He remained with his parents until he had attained his majority, when with the restless spirit of energy he WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 147 resolved to seek a business opening in the west, and made his way to Kansas in 1869. He found employment on a farm in Carlyle township, Allen county, and later was employed to herd cattle, following that pursuit until he had saved some money, when he entered into a partnership for the purpose of buying and selling cattlt- on his own account. He was thus engaged for eight years, during which time he had acquired through his own exertions a sum sufficient to enable him to purchase a tract of prairie land. This he at once began to improve and from time to time he has added to his first purchase, until now within the boundaries of his farm is comprised a tract ot two hundred and forty acres, situated in Carlyle town- ship, eight miles north of lola. His place is well improved with modern accessories and conveniences, although not an improvement had been made upon the farm when it came into his po.ssession. The entire place is a monument to his enterprise and the buildings stand in material evidence of his energy and diligence. Mr. Christian was married in 1S74 to Miss Rachel Dennis, but after three years of married life she was called to her final rest. In ielf to the farm. He has resided in Missouri, and in Miami and Allen counties, Kansas; has worked by the month and has farmed on his own account but not until 1889 did he settle down near Carl3'le upon his own farm. He was never married and, until his sight failed him, he took a warm personal interest in local public affairs. He is one of the well known Republicans of Carlyle and is de- scended from a long line of Whigs, Free Soilers and Republicans. His first presidential vote was cast for Grant in i86S and his last one for McKinley. T EWIS L. NORTHRUP is a native of lola, having been born June ■*—' 23, 1864, in the old Northrup home now owned and occupied by Dr. A. J. Fulton. His family history has been already given in the sketch of his father, Levi L. Northrup. After concluding the course of studj- in the lola city schools he spent two years in the Ponghkeepsie Business 152 niSTOKY OF ALLF.X AND College, where he received a thorough technical business education. Returning home he joined with his brothers, F. A. and D. P., in the propriet >rship of the dry-goods house which is still conducted under the firm name of Xorthrup Brothers. From the first, however, he gave but little attention to the dry-goods business his assistance being needed by his father in his bank and in looking after his numerous other outside inter- ests. It thus naturally came about that upon the death of his father Lewis L. , assumed the active management of the bank and of the general affairs of the e>tate, although the responsibility of these affairs is shared by his mother and his brothers. Mr. Xorthrup not only succeeded to the work his father had done in the management of the large estate of the family, but he inherited also his father's aptitude and liking for business, his public spirit and his pride in lola. The Xorthrup business is as large and dominating a factor in the city of lola as it was in the village of lola. The Xorthrup support of any public enterprise is as much relied upon, and is as generous and ready as it ever was. It has given to lola the finest business building yet erected here, and it has contributed with a lavish hand to every enterprise planned and carried out for the good of the public. It nearly always happens that the possessor of large wealth, particu- larly in a small town, is personally unpopular, but that rule does not hold good with "Lute" Xorthrup. His public spirit, his generosity, his un- selfish willingness to serve his friends and the public, his absolute honesty, are so well e.stablished that it is not too much to say that he holds not only the good will but the regard of the entire community. This is sufficiently attested by the fact that he has repeatedly been elected — often over his protest and never at his own suggestion — to various city offices, being at the present time the representative of his ward in the city council. Mr. Northrup was married October 25, 1894, to Miss Lettie Bruner. Three children have been born to them, of whom Roswell Bruner Xorthrup and Laverne Lee Xorthrup are now living. X A riLLIAM T. DAUGHTERS— One of the most important families ^ " in eastern Allen County and admittedly useful and favorably known is that headed by the subject of this mention. Its founder came into the county in 1877 and located upon section 34, town 25, range 21, and, reared trained and educated his large family from there. He is an Indiana emi- grant, having come from Dearborn County, that State, where he was born .-Vugust 8, 1S34. He is a son of James Daughters who settled in Dearborn County in 1824, at a time when the woods were so thick and heavy that he was compelled to blaze his way from his home to the .settlements sixteen miles away. James Daughters died in Dearborn County in 1843 at the age of fifty-four years. He was born in Maryland in 1789 and was a sea cap- tain on the Chesapeake and Atlantic in his early life. He was a son of WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 1 53 Hudson Daughters, bom and reared on th2 eastern shore oi Mar\laiid. The latter was a Revolutionary soldier and was of English stock. His sons were: Gilbert Daughters, who reared a family in Ripley Countj-, Indiana; Samuel Daughters, who spent his life in Maryland; Hiram Daughters, who reared a family in Mopport, La., Randolph Daughters, who left a family in Riple,v, County, Indiana, and James, father of our subject. James Daughters married Sarah, daughter of an Englishman, James Philips. Their children were: Kitturah, deceased, who married Joseph Collins and reared a family in Louisv-ille, Kentucky; James Daughters, died in California in 1879; Franklin Daughters, who died in Dearborn County, Indiana; Elizabeth, wife of N. H. Tuck, of Dearborn County, Indiana; Andrew P. Daughters, physician at Moores Hill, Indiana; William T. and Sarah R., wife of John Welch, of California. William T. Daughters came to manhood in the log cabin country of Indiana and his schooling was limited to about two months in the year. He became one of the sustainers of the family at an early age and there was no opportunity for mental drill after that. He went to work on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad in the shops at Cochran and later at Vincennes, Indiana, and learned the machinists trade. He became an engineer and pulled a train over all parts of the system for twenty years. He left the road in 1877 to come to Kansas. March i, 1858, Mr. Daughters was married to Elmira Heaton, daugh- ter of Eben Heaton, who went from Green County, New York, into Dear born County, Indiana in 1819. The latter was born August 20, 1797, and was a son of a farmer and married to Sarah Streeter, of New Jersey. She was born in May, 1801, and died, with her husband, in Dearborn County, Indiana. Their children were: Mary, deceased, married Reason Hines, William, deceased, married Eliza Dickinson; Thos. , deceased, mar- ried Jane Stage; Julia A., widow of Henry Gaston; Philip, deceased, married Elizabeth Graves of Ripley County, Indiana, Eben, deceased, whose wife was Jane Lamberson; Richard, deceased, married Mary Cole; Freeman Heaton, of Seymour, Indiana, is marrietl to Altha Hines; and Mrs. William T. Daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Daughters' children are: Rosalin, wife of L. A. Stafford, of Bourbon County, Kansas; Eben J., an attorney of Cripple Cieek, Colo- rado; Nelson, of Minnesota; Trena, wife of of L. A. Biebinger, of Des Moines, Iowa; Grant, a student in the Kansas City Medical College; Turpen A., rector at Colfax, Washington; Freeman R. , rector in Wallace, Idaho; Elmira, wife of Grant Lowe, of Bourbon County, Kansas; Britania, R., student in Nebraska University; Pearl, deceased; and Milo, a student in the University of Nebraska. One especially good feature in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Daughters is the spirit with which they have left nothing unturned to educate their chil- dren. Neither of them had the advantage of modern educational times and the}- have moved in the matter on the theor\- that an education is a resource that one can not be deprived of and that it would be worth more to their children than all things else. As fast as the children were competent they ■54 HI.STORV OF ALLEN AND engaged in teaching, and their parents look with pardonable pride, upon the fact that nine of them engaged in that useful and laudable calling. \\'hatis better still, they were not ordinary teachers but were among the most suc- cessful and intelligent of their county. The sons who are ministers are graduates of the Divinity School in Philadelphia and represent the Episco- pal denomination. Politics is something that has not disturbed Mr. Daughters greatly. His interest in elections is all that a citizen's should be but he has never seen any advantage to himself in spending his substance in the interest of local politicians. He is a Republican. JOHN N. SAPP — One of the leading farmers as well as early settlers, of the township of Marmaton is John N. Sapp. He entered the southeast quarter of section 5, town 25, range 21, in the "three mile strip," in 1S74, and has created out of it one of the productive and desirable farms in the township. Mr. Sapp came to Allen County from Knox Count)-, Illinois. He had gone there only three years before from Circleville, Ohio, in which county, Pickaway, he was born August 16, 1840. His father, James Sapp, a cooper by trade, carried on his business in Circleville and was succeeded to it by his son, George. He went intoOhioiu 1S62, when twenty years of age. He was born in Pennsylvania and was a son of John Sapp. James Sapp married Margaret McAlister, and both died at Circleville. Their children were: George Sapp; John Sapp; Caroline, wife of Joseph Redmond, of Louisville, Kentucky; William Sapp, of Cleveland, Ohio; Edson Sapp, of Circleville, and Mollie Sapp, of Louisville, Kentucky. John N. Sapp began his life at the tinner's bench. He was sixteen years old when he went to the trade in Circleville. He completed it and was working at it when the war came on. In August 1862 he enlisted in Company B, 1 14th Ohio Infantry, Col. John Cradlebaugh, and later on Col. Kelley. The first active service oi the regiment was at Chickasaw Bluffs from which point it continued south with Sherman's army to Young's Point and \'icksburg. Mr. Sapp participated in the battles of Raymond Big Black and the final capture of Vicksburg. He went with his regiment, then to Xew Orleans, at which place, and at Algiers, it was in camp some time, eventually embarking on a gulf steamer for Texas. The winter of 1863 was passed in entrenchments at Indianola. Texas, and in the spring the command returned to New Orleans and was shipped up Red River to help Banks' army out of its difficulty. The latter was relieved at Alexan- dria and while this operation was in progress the river lowered and the fleet could not be gotten down. The obstacle was removed by the con- struction of a dam which gathered sufficient water to float the boats over the riffles and thereby get out of the enemy's stronghold. The trip back to Morganza Bend on the Mississippi River was under fire of Rebel batteries. The command rendezvoused at Morganza till the fall of 1864 WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 151^ when it was ordered to Lake Pontchirtraiu where it too'c boat for Ft. Pickens, Fbjrida, and marched on to Pensacola where the work of con- structing a pier was done. The 1 14th marched back to Ft. Blakely and aided in its reduction. This last act cleared up the Alabama River and the Federal wounded were taken down from Selma. The regiment then re- turned to New Orleans and again went to Texas and was mustered out at Galveston in August 1865. Mr. Sapp was discharged in Columbus, Ohio. The war over Mr. Sapp located at Oneida, Illinois, where he engaged in the tin and stove business. He prospered there fairly well but the de- sire to go west became too strong to resist and he came to Allen County, Kan.sas, the year before stated. In Allen County Mr. Sapp's progress has been steadily upward. His accumulations show themselves in the increased acreage of his farm and in the substantial improvements to be found thereon. He owns a tract of 400 acres well watered and well stocked. It lies on the east side of the Marmaton River and a large part of it was clearly visible from his home site when it was first located. Mr. Sapp was married in 1867 to Rebecca, a daughter of Andrew Cul- bertson, who came to the United States from County Tyrone, Ireland in 1S48 and stopped first in Jersey City, Xew Jersey. Ha resided for a tiras at Galesburg, Illinois, and came to Allen County, Kansas, in i86g. He was the father of thirteen children, seven of whom survive: Elizabeth, Jane and William Culbert.son, Mrs. Margaret McGuire, Samuel Culbert.son and Mrs. Sapp, all residents of Allen County. Mr. and Mrs. Sapp's children are: Laura, wife of Ray Smock; May and Ethel. Mr. Sapp's ancestors were Democrats. The issues of the Civil War made his father a Republican and he, himself, became a Republican and cast his first Presidential vote for Mr. Grant. He is a member of the Bronson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and a person of high standing in the confidence of his countymen. A LEXAXDER M. WRIGHT, President of the Board of Education of -^^^Moran and a self-made and prosperous farmer, of Marmaton township, first located in Allen County in 1876. He came from Pike County, Illinois, where he was born September 10, 1852. He was a son of Abiah Wright, a Pennsylvania!!, who went into Illinois early and settled a Pike County farm He became one of the well known and highly respected citizens of his county and died in 1884 at the age of seventy-five years. He married a Pennsylvania lady, Catharine Fisher, who died in 1S96, aged eighty-three years. Their children were: Elizabeth, wife of David Hester of Barton County, Missouri; Barbara, wife of Ed Bowers, of Pike County, Illinois; John Wright, of Pittsburg, Kansas; Bela Wright, of Barry, Illinois, 156 HISTORY OF ALLKX AND John Wright, a prominent and prosperous fanner, of Carlyle township, Allen County, and Alexander M., our subject A. M. Wright was educated sparingly in the old log school house of Illinois during and after the war and at about eighteen years of age he abandoned the "academy" to begin life's real battles. Farming is what he undertook then and farming is what he has continued. He was married in Pike County, Illinois, October i, 1876, to Anna Blake. Jerre Blake, Mrs. Wright's father was an early resident of Pike County and went there from Maine. He married Almira West and was the husband of seven chil- dren. The first two years Mr. Wright passed in Allen County were spent north of lola on the Wizner place. His circumstances were most ordinary and it can be truthfully said that he was not far from poverty at times. To begin farming he bought a horse and borrowed another of his brother and his implements lie borrowed from his neighbors. He paid $2.50 for a chain harness. His first crop the grasshoppers took and his second one drowned out. The third year was a good season and he .started upgrade again. In the fall of '77 he bought a farm of sixty acres in the vicinity of Moran and January 14, 1878, he moved onto it. This he succeeded in pa\ing for, and in 1881 sold, and purchased in 18S3 the northwest quarter of section 24, town 24, range 20, his present home. It was a piece of land that had been entered under a soldier's Indian war land warrant by King. There was nothing but the soil there when Alex Wright took possession. How well he has accounted for his time in the past seventeen years his farm will testif}'. Cattle and horses have supplemented the earnings of his plow and sickle and he has reached that point at which it is a pleasure to live. Mr. Wright's children are: Bela F. , a student in Emporia College, Edwin, a junior in the Moran high school; Mina, who is in the same class, and Eva, a student in the same schools. It is noticeable that Mr. Wright is interested in advanced education. He feels the need of it in his own case and since circumstances have so conspired to arrange matters favorably he is losing no opportunity to give his children these advantages. He has been a member of the Moran .school board three years and his elevation to the chairmanship of the body is a compliment to his warm personal interest in education. JOHN M. EVANS was one of the early settlers of Allen county. He was one of the leading spirits among a few pioneers who chose the broad and undulating prairies in the valley of the Neosho for their abiding place. In 1857 Thomas P. Killen, Dr. John W. Scott, Peter M. Carnine, Richard V. Ditmars and others from Johnson county, Indiana, formed a colony for the purpose of emigrating to Kansas and asked Mr. Evans to join them. He did so and in October, of that year, they came to the terri- tory in search of new homes. At the time of the removal Mr. Evans was /7^^-^^^ ^fe^-^^^ WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 157 living ill Montgomery county, Indiana. Tliey came without any purpose other than to search out a location where hone.st tillers of the s.>il au-l earnest Christian people could establish themselves, build homes and plant the seed of a moral, intellectual and religious communitv. After traveling over the countiy for some time thej^ decided to locate on the high prairie north of Deer creek, which is njw the iieighbarho,)d of Carlyle. Each member of the colony selected a quarter section and held it as a claim until the land came into market. Mr. Evans c'no-ie the quarter section which is now the Allen county Poor Farm. With the assistance of the company he built a round log cabin on his claim. Carnine and Ditmars remained in the territory that winter and occupied this cabin, which was the first one built in the colony. Tile other members of the party returned to Indiana. On the 19th of A])ril, 1858, howevc-r, with his wife and three children, Mr, Evans started from Waveland, Indiana, for their new home on the Kansas plains. Thomas P. Killea, with his wife and two childien, started at the sanu time and traveled in company with them. The journey from Waveland to Terre Haute was made in wagons, by rail from Terre Haute to St. Louis, from the latter place to Kansas City by steamer, and from Kansas City to Allen county by wagon again, over rough prairie roads and across deep unbridged streams. They reached their new location on tlie loth of .Vlav, at lo o'clock in the evening. They all camped in Carnine's cabin that night and the next afternoon Mr. Evans removed into his own cabin and began housekeeping in true pioneer style. After supper was over and their beds made ready on the floor Mr. Evans read a chapter in the Bible and they knelt together in prayer the first time since leaving their home in Indiana. It was a happy, restful hour and never had they so full\- realized the true meaning of the poet's lines, "Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home," as they did that night. .Samuel C. Richards, a nephew of Mr. Evans, and Miss Sarah P. Newell, a sister of Mrs. Evans, came with them and made their home with them for some time. The colony at this tini'j numbered thirteen, eight adults and five children. The adults were all members of the Presbyterian church and all Republicans. Other mem- bers of the colony arrived latei. These settlers proceeded to the business for which they came west at once. The work of supplementing nature with art was carried on as rapidly as their individual capabilities permitted and in a few years a house of worship and a primitive school house were a part of their achievements. In those days Lawrence was the headquarters of the mail service for tliat section. Cofachique, an Indian trading post, eight miles south of the new colony, was the nearest post-office. "Little Billy," the mail carrier, 0.1 his Indian pony, made the trip once a week from Lawrence, by way of Hyatt, Fort Scott and Humboldt to Cofachi({ue, returning by the same route. It was the only road into the Deer Creek settlement from the north and was a long circuitous route. The new colonists decided to shorten it and about the middle of July, Mr. Evans, Harmon Scott, T. P. Killen and P. M. Carnine surveyed and staked off the route from their new location t^H IIISTOKY OK ALI.HX AMI north to~ Hv'att, a distance of sixteen miles, and thus shortened the way many miles. The next week Mr. Carnine mounted on Mr. Evans' little Kentucky mare, Becky, rode to Hyatt, met the mail carrier and piloted him oviL-r the new route to Cofadiiiiue. In passing tliou)j;h the new loc.i- tion they stopped at Mr. Ivvans' cabin f )r water and "Little Billy" said to Mrs. Evans, "I'm miu;hty ,ii;lad you folks moved out here and made this new road, for it will save me so much hard ridinj^. " Mr. Evans was reared a Whig. He was a strong' opponent of slavery uul came to Kansas to help make this a free state. When the war began lie was anxious to join the regim.-ut with his neighbors, but his wife being a cripple at that time it was impossible foi him to leave home. It was necessary, especially on the frontier, that some measure of protection be accorded to the settlements from inroads of the Confederates and the in- cursions of thieves and marauders, and this protection was extended through the Home Guard. It was made up largely of m;;n who were near the age of exeaiptiou from military duty and without the physical retjuire- ments lor the arduous campaigning of the regular service, but with the same courageou-; and patriotic spirit which actuited uu-n of all arms. Mr. Ii)vans belonged to the state militia and endured some hard service. Dur- ing the Price raid he and a comrade were detailed as scouts on the western border of Missouri and were in the saddle from three o'clock in the morning until six in the afternoon without a mouthful of food. In politics Mr. Evans was a pronounced Republic m witli no political aspiration-; what- ever, but in the fall of 1S63, at the urgent request of his friends he accepted the nomination and was elected state representative. During the session he became one of the substantial and useful members of the house. The Carney fraud was perpetrated during that session and Mr. Evans was a bitter opponent to the nii)vement to elect Carney to the United State senate a year before the proper time, which was done because Carney was sure of his election by that body. Mr. Evans was not less prominent in spiritual than in temporal mat- ters. He was an elder in the Carlyle and Geneva' churches, was one of the committee who organized the Presbyterian churches of lola, Neosho Falls and Geneva, and his mind was not only a directing force in their organiza- tion, but his sub-tantial aid was fully as potent a factor in their mainten- ance during their early years. In 1865 Mr. Evans' health failed and he had to give up farm work. He had been engaged in the dry goods business before coming to Kansas and when L. L. Northrup offered him a partnersiiip in his store in Geneva he accepted it and moved there in 1866. Geneva had been located and settled by an eastern colony who came there with the intention of founding an institution of learning at that place. The citizens of the surrounding country united with them and subscribed liberally for the erection of a building for that purpose. In 1867 Mr. Evans, acting on the advice of the Rev. G. S. Northrup, Rev. Austin Warner and Rev. E. K. Lynn, took the contract and erected the Geneva Academy building with his own money, and thus established aii institution which they all thought would be per- WOOIJSON COUNTIRS, KANSAS. 159 iiiaiient, but they were disapnoiiite 1. Rev. Northrup died just as the work was be.nun. lu less than three \ears Mr. ICvans died, and throu:.^h mis management after his death the enterprise pnjved a failure and the l)LiiIding now stands as a monument to the earnest efforts of tho-ie noble, Cliristiaii pioneers. Mr. Evans was born in Owen county, Indiana, May 9, 1825. His father, Jesse ICvans, was born in East Tennessee in ly.Sy. He emigrated to Pulaski county, Kentucky, and in 1S12 married Esther M. Newell. In 1S18 he removed to Owen countj% Indiana, living in Owen and Mont goniery counties until 1868 when he came to Kansas, dying in lola in 1875. His wife died in Wavelatid, Indiana, in 1854. His father, Andrew Evans, the grandfather of our subject, was born in North Carolina, re- mov^ed to Tennes.see and there married Elizabeth P'ain, of French descent. The early .settlers i>{ that stale were fretjuently attacked by the Indians and at such times would take refuge in the block-houses. During one of these attacks Mr. Evans' supply of lead gave out and his wife melted their pewter plates and moulded bullets which he shot through the portholes, thus keeping the Indians from setting fire to the block-house. In so doing he saved their lives with their dinner plates. Mr. Evans afterward moved to Kentucky and later to Owen county, Indiana, where he died in 1842. His wife died in the same state in 1846. His ancestors were Welsh people who settled in the south at an early date. Since then, by intermarriage, the blood of the Scotch, Irish and French have been introduced into its own strain. Esther M., the wife of Jesse Evans, was Scotch-Irish. She was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, iti 1783. Their children were: Elizabeth F., wife of Reziii Richards; Samuel N.; Jane M., wife of Milam Kno.x; Andrew H.; Margaret IC. . wife of Andrew Coucliman; Harriet N., wife of Samuel vSteele, and John M., the subject of this review. John M. Evans was married in Owen county, Indiana, May i, 1851, to Jane Newell, the eldest daughter of William Tell Newell, who was born in Pulaski county, Kentucky, in 1803, and in 1830 went to Owen county, Indiana. He married Paulina Fain, a daughter of David Fain, of French descent and who>e wife was of English lineage, David Fain was a colonel in the second war with England. He was a man of fine taste, high aspira- tions and a devoted Christian. He died in Oa'ch county, Indiana, in 1857, and his wife died in Monroe county, Iowa, in 1874. The children of William and Paulina Newell were Jane N., wife of John M. Evans: Harriette A., wdio died in girlhood: Mary li. , wife of Martin Giltner; Samuel A.; Sarah P., wife of William Crawford; Martha E. , wife of Whitfield Woods; Clarinda A., wife of Marcus Hennion; Hester L., who died in infancy; William M.; David F'. ; Alice J., wife of William Hay. Mr. Newell died in 1851 in Monroe county, Iowa, and his wife died in Albia, Iowa, in 1891 His father, Samuel Newell, was of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in West Virginia in 1754 and in 1780 he married Jean Montgomery, a descendant of the poet Montgomery. She was born in West Virginia in 1764 and was of Scotch descent. .Samuel Newell was a colonel of the Tennessee cavalry in the Revolutionary war and saw much r6o HISTORY OF ALI.KN AND of the arduous service incident to the war. He was in the battle of King'K Mountain, aided in winning the victories of Cowpens and Yorktown, being, present at the surrender of Cornwallis. At the battle of King's Mountain he was wounded in the hip and rode all day without stopping to dress his wound or take any food. Before starting out in the morning he had roasted a large sweet potato, which he carried in his knapsack for lunch, but when he stopped to eat his potato he found it saturated with his own blo; he has been an important factor, his active co-operation in all measures for the general good being of immense benefit. On the 1st of March, 1896 he sold his stock of goods and returned to the farm, to the operation of which he is now devoting all of his time and at- tention. The home of Mr. and Mrs. XeLson has been blessed with eleven chil- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 173 dren, eight of whom are now living, namely: Estella M., who is a graduate •of the grammar schools and is now teaching in lola; A'ictor C, John F., Gertrude V., Carl Inez, Gladys and Virl. The family is one of prominence in the community, the members of the household occupying leading posi- tions in social circles. Mr. Nelson gives his political support to the Democracy and keeps well informed on the issues of the day. Socially he is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Savonburg. His life has been a busy and useful one and while he has added to his own prosperity he has at the same tima been numbered among the substantial citizens and also contributed to the general good. ■jVTEWTON THOMPSON, of Marmaton township, of Allen County, -^ ^ who owns the northeast quarter of section 22, town 24, range 20, came to Kansas from Carroll County, Missouri, but he was born in Carroll Coun- ty, Indiana. His birth occurred near Delphi October 15, 1856, and he is a son of George R. Thompson, a resident of Moran, Kansas. The latter spent many years of his life as a blacksmith in Delphi, to which point he went from Washington County, Indiana. In 1866 he emigrated westward to Saline County, Missouri, and resided there and in Carroll County, th^t State, till 1879, when he came to Kansas He was engaged in burning lime in the two Missouri counties and in the latter one he purchased and operated a farm. The first years of his residence in Allen County were passed in the country and he improved a farm in section 23, town 24, range 20. Mr. Thomp.son is directly traceable to the Irish. He is a great grand- son of Thos. Thompson, born and reared in Ireland. The latter came to America prior to the Revolution and settled in Kentucky as a pioneer. There he reared his family and, at Frankfort our subject's grandfather was born in 1775. Thos. Thompson died in Franklin township, Indiana, in 1828, at the age of seventy-two years. His son, Robert Thompson, our subject's grandfather, died in Washington County, Indiana, in 1864. He was a pioneer to Indiana and among the first settlers of Washington Coun- ty. Thos. Thompson was a soldier of the American Revolution, as were three of his sons. Robert Thompson was a captain in the War of 181 2 and was engaged in the battle at New Orleans. He married Elizabeth Robinson and George R. Thompson is the ninth of ten children in his family. George R. Thompson was born in Washington County, April 10, 1824, and at the outbreak of the Civil War enli.sted in the 2nd Indiana cavalry, a rather independent organization, under the command of General Ed. Mc- Cook. He participated in every engagement of cavalry from Atlanta, in the fall of 1863, to the close of the war. His division went in advance of Sherman to and away from Savanah and saw the war ended at Jonesboro, 174 HISTORY OF ALLEX AN'D North Carolina. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, July 26, 1865. Our subject's mother was Emily Perdue. She bore eight children and our subject is the sole survivor. J. Newton Thompson was schooled in the country and has practiced nought but farming. He was married in Allen County in February, 1880, to Liota Biutj, a daughter of William Banta. Mrs. Thompson was one of the early and successful teachers of the county and was a boarder in the home of Hon. E. H. Funston, whose oldest son, the General, was one of her pupils. The Bantas came to Kansas from Brown County, Indiana. William Banta was born in the state of Kentucky in 181 7 and died in Allen County in 1897. He married Eleanor Coffland and was the father of Mrs. Thomp- son, Byron Banta, of Oklahoma; Rhoda, wife of Geo. W. Smith, one of the leading teachers of Allen County; Albin Banta, of Kansas City, Kansas; Mrs. Alice Jones, wife of Rev. L. S. Jones, of Westphalia, Kansas; Elijah Banta, of Allen County, and Mrs. Pearl Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson's children are: Addie Thompson, born 1880, is a graduate of the common schools and a teacher; Minnie Thompson, a graduate of the common schools; Rothwell, Clair, Arthur and Glenn Thompson. "Newt" Thompson is one of the enthusiastic Republicans of Allen County and holds a membership in the Presbyterian church at Moran. GIvORGE Mclaughlin.— Our attention is directed in the following brief sketch to a family who have done no little toward the moral, educational and material advancement of Allen county. Its establishment here dates from the year 1871 and its worthy and industrious head is the subject hereof. When George McLaughlin located upon the north-west quarter of sec- tion 8, township 25, range 21, there were few persons who could now be termed neighbors. The Sapps, Culbertsons, Moores and the Armstrongs were among the nearby settlers and the neighborhood was considered to extend as far away as Nortons, west of Moran. The post-office was old Elsmore and there was naught to prevent one from taking the shortest cut to any desired point. Mr. McLaughlin erected, or moved into, an old stone house layed up with mud, built by an old bachelor settler, Lindsey. This the family used as a residence till 1S79 when the present family cot- tage was erected in the center of the section he now owns. The first years in a new country are not infrequently years of occa- sional trials and hardships. This is particularly true of settlers who are without means, save as they gather them from their fields in the harvest times. The McLaughlins were poor. They had settled in a new country because of that fact and when it is stated that a failure in their crops VVUV.. ^ WlAA ,^^LcAx^. mxi lo^AA-oX^JUrn, WOODSON COrNTIES, KANSAS. 175 'brought suffering, both mental and physical, it is no exaggeration. There "vvas one barrier between the family and actual distress, at times, and that ■was education. Mrs. McLaughlin had superior educational facilities. At the age of sixteen she was a classical graduate of the Macedonian Institute at Alexandria, Kentucky, and was immediately tendered the chair of English Literature in the Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Female Seminary, which she declined. Her first teacher's certificate was granted by Colonel Jacob Amnion, a close friend and old teacher of Gen. Grant. When Mrs. Mc- Laughlin was acquiring an education it did not occur to her that said education would some time save a little settlement on the frontier and pre- serve it for good in the development of a great state. But it so happened. When the hard years came and the family larder ran low the wife of our subject taught school. Roclclow atid Union and Stony Point have all been garrisoned by her and a small band of America's j'outh and those times are now regarded as among the events of her life. As the years wore on and crop conditions became more favorable and the growing of cattle profitable the material prosperity of the family be- came apparent. This condition of financial ease exemplified itself in a regular and steady increase in area of the family homestead. Eventuall}' its boundaries extended to and included all the eighties in section eight, save one, and its shortage is made up in another section. To dig a section of land out of itself is not done without great industry and perseverance and the McLaughlins are to be congratulated, in view of their earl/ difficulties, in accomplishing the task in a quarter of a century. Mr. McLaughlin came from Browft county, Ohio. He was born there Ma}' 12, 1835, and his wife April 25, 1844. The latter was A bbie J., a daughter of Thomas Pickerell, who cut off with his own ax three hundred acres of Ohio timber land. Mr. Pickerell was born in Mason count}', Kentuck)', March 12, 1800, and died in Brown county, Ohio, April 16, 1S71. His father, Samuel Pickerell, enlisted at twelve years of age in the Colonial army for service in the war of the Revolution. He was a drum- mer and served through the war. He was with General Washington at the crossing of the Delaware and in the service his feet and hands were so frosted that parts of them were necessarily removed. He was a farmer and bought the old Pickerell place on Eagle Creek, Bird township. Brown county, Ohio, upon which the first church of the Campbellite faith was erected, in 1817. The Shakers had once occupied the site but had abandoned it and the early Campbellite leaders gathered and perfected their organization there. Samuel Pickerell died at the age of ninety-eight years. He was married and reared the following children: Dennis, who reared a family in Brown county, Ohio; Richard, Samuel, Lovell, Thomas, William, Betsy, who married Samuel Dunham, Jennie, who married James Beatty; Mary, who became the wife of Mr. Harbaugh; Sallie, wife of Mr. Gillespie; Mrs. Thomas Reese; and Lucy, who became Mrs. Samuel Bartholomew. Thomas Pickerell married Alice Mann, a grand-daughter of David DeVore, born in Alsace, France, now Germany. She was Mr. Pickerell's second wife. He reared two families; in the first eight children fj6 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND and ill the second five. Those surviving are: Thomas Pickerell, of Rice county, Kansas; Addison Pickerell, of Carthage, Illinois- Alexander O. I'ickerell, of Arkansas: John F. Pickerell, of Ripley, Ohio; Mrs. Mc- Laughlin; Sarah, widow of Samuel Peck, Dover, Kentucky, and Ella, wife of John McKee, of Ripley, Ohio. William C. Pickerell, deceased, was the first settler on the townsite of Topeka. He was a brother of Mrs. Mc- Laughlin who went out the Kaw river above Kansas City in 1S53 and took the claim that much of the State Capital stands on. He enlisted in Jameson's command and served through the war. His twelve-year-old son, Thomas, rode ninetj- miles without saddle or bridle and without eating to a military post to carry out his determination to get into the service. He went through the war as buglar and resides in Ness county, Kansas, at present. Mr. McLaughlin's father was David McLaughlin, a pioneer settler in Brown county, Ohio. He was born in Pennsylvania but was reared in Mason county, Kentucky. He was a son of John McLaughlin and the farm where he first settled is still in the family, owned by our subject's youngest brother. David McLaughlin was a soldier in our second war with England and was in the garrison at Detroit when Hull surrendered it to the British. He died in 18S0 at the age of eighty-four years. He married Reebcca Ramey who died in 187,^. Their children were: John R., of Brown county, Ohio; Lydia, deceased, married R. P. Fisher; George McLaughlin; Josiah C, who died in 1863; Frances, deceased, and Law- rence McLauglilin. George McLaughlin served in the hundred day guards called out dur- ing the war to protect the border from Rebel invasion. He left Ohio in 1866 and came west to Jackson county , Missouri. He resided there three years and took another step westward into Brown county, Kansas. In 1871 he left there and came down into Allen county. He was married May 2, i860, to one of the successful teachers of Brown county, Ohio. Their children were: Herschel, deceased; T. Hamer; Josiah C, of Kansas City, Kansas, married Cora Holman; Anna, widow of J. L. Edsoii, resides in Kansas City, Missouri; Alice, wife of Will Shank of Bronson, Kansas; Chilton W. , of Kansas City, Kansas, assistant surgeon St. Margaret's Hospital; Rose, wife of W. L. Stahl, with Kansas City Journal, and Leona and Myrtle McLaughlin, successful teachers of Allen county, and Horace McLaughlin, at home. Mr. McLaughlin is a Democrat. He was reared one and there has been no time when he felt warranted in changing his faith. JEROME. W. DELAPLAIN, who for almost a third of a century has made his home in Allen County, traces his ancestry back to France and finds that many representatives of the family are living in various sections of this country. The orthography of the name has undergone many WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I 77 changes, some spelling it as dwellers of the plains, De I^a Plain. vSamnel Delaplain, the grandfather of our subject, was born about the 7th of November, 1781, and served in the War of [8r2. He married Jane Mc- Fadden, a descendant of a patriot of Irish birth who served for seven years in the war of the American Revolution. Some time in 1808 Samuel Dela- plain, accompanied by one of his brothers, made the journey on horseback from Ohio to Illinois, also accompanied by their aged mother, a wScotch woman, who died a; the age of one hundred and four years. The grand- father was a pioneer Methodist preacher and crossed the Mississippi River to a French village where the city of St. Louis, Missouri, now stands. He was also a carpenter and took a contract to build the first market hou.se there, going to the forest and cutting and hewiifg the timber and making the boards from which to construct the building. The old French market house long stood as a landmark of that locality. While Samuel Delaplain and his wife Jatie were occupying the French claim in 1S12, Joshua P. Delaplain was born unto them, being the fifth of their eleven children. Shortly afterward the family again crossed the Mississippi River, settling on a farm four miles north ot Alton, Illinois, where the son Joshua grew to manhool. We find him early taking an active part in the work of the Methodist church, of which he remained an active and consi.stent member until his death in 1875. Holding a commis- sion from Governor Reynolds of Illinois in a company of State militia when the Black Hawk war broke out, he resigned his military office and enlisted as a private in a company of Independent Mounted Rifles, .serving until the old chief and his followers were subdued. On the 9th of October, 1836, Joshua Delaplain was united in marriage to Mary O. Copley, who was born October 7, 1818, at Oneida, New York. Her parents were of English ancestry. Of this marriage were born the following named: Jerome W. , Eugene W., now of Logan township; John B., of Kansas City: Charles L., deceased; Emma J., who in 1871 married George D. IngersoU, then a raerchaut of lola, and died in Moran, Kansas, in 1886, leaving three children; and Ellis P., of Elm township, who come pletes the family. In 1868 Joshua P. Delaplain and his eldest son, Jerome W., made a prospecting tour to Missouri and northern Kansas without finding just the location they wanted, and after considering the future of Galveston, Texas, as an outlet for the produce of Kansas b^- the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston railroad, then talked of, the father in the early summer of 1868, came to Allen County, Kansas, spending the first night after his arrival at the Rodgers farm, southeast of Moran. The next day he met William Buchanan of lola, who showed him the Snodgrass farm of one hundred and sixty acres, one mile south of Gas City. The farm was purchased and Mr. Delaplain went east for his family who came overland in the last of Sep- tember, 1868. Previous to this time, Jerome W. Delaplain, on the i6th of May, 1866, had married Sue F. Gifford, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and whose parents were of English and German descent. Jerome Dela- 178 HISTOKV OF AI.I.KN" AND plain and his wife came with the family to Allen County and purchased of Oliver Redfern the southwest quarter of section five, township twenty-five, range nineteen, then a part of lola township, of which James McDonald was trustee. Houses were few and far between and were scattered along the streams. Prairie fires were frecjuent and often destructive, much time being consumed in guarding against and fighting them. The blanketed Indian still hunted over the prairies and sometimes would get the deer the Delaplain boys were after. Soon, however, the country became more thickly settled with the white people, who purchased farm lands of specu- lators, railroad companies or of other settlers. The Pickells, Ohlfests, Monforts, Krinks, Johnsons, Crowells, Ports, Remsbergs and others came. During the period of these arrivals petitions, at fir; t unavailing, began to find their way to the county commissioners asking for the establishment of a new township. Finally, as the result of the earnest effort of Mr. Pickell, the petitions were granted. At the Jacob Sikes school house on Him Creek, a half mile north of the pre.sent site of the Allen Center school house, a general gathering of the voters was held. John Woolems, a Dem- ocrat, was nominated for trustee and J. W. Delaplain, a Republican, for township treasurer, but the latter did not like the idea of a fusion ticket, and at a consultation which was held it was decided to cut loose from the fusion movement and put a straight Republican ticket in the field. Ac- cordingly notices were posted for a primary of Republican voters at the old log schoolhouse on the Riley farm about three-fourths of a mile east of the I. N. Port corner. At that primary J. \V. Delaplain, refusing any place on the ticket, his father, J. P. Delaplain, was nominated for trustee, J. L. Arnold for treasurer and Alvin Harris for clerk. They were all elected and Mr. Delaplain served for two terms in that office and one term as jus- tice of the peace. In 1874 Jerome Delaplain was appointed township treasurer to fdl out the unexpired term of George Hopkins and bj- re-elec- tion held the office for eight years, when he refused to again become a candidate. The subject of this review passed through the usual experiences of pioneer life. The house which stood on his one hundred and si.xty acre farm was a log structure, sixteen by sixteen feet, with rough board doors and one small window, while a spiit board roof was held in place with the weight of rocks and poles. Between the rough boards of the floor rattle- snakes sometimes made their way into the cabin, and the first winter a small, striped perfumed cat got in. The large rock fireplace in one end of the room, together with a cook stove in the center of the room, did not prevent the young wife's feet from getting badly frosted. Such were the hardships of pioneer life in Kansas! Times were very hard. On one oc- casion they were eating their last loaf of bread, not knowing how or where to get more, yet it came without calling for "aid." Mr. Delaplain's mother, now eighty-three years of age, 3'et resides with him. Unto him and his wife, while they were living in the old cabin, a son was born. May 15, 1869, to whom they gave the name of Charles W. WOODSON COUNTIES, KAiNSAS. 1 79 He lived to j-ouiig manhood and then died. Another son, Alfred G. Dela- plain, was born December 5, 1874. In March 1891, Jerome W. Delaplain purchased thirty-one and a fourth acres of land near lola, now in Brooklyn Park, and moved from Elm to lola township that the children, Alfred and the adopted daughter, Nellie, now Mrs. C. D. Eakin, of Gas City, might have the advantages of the lola schools. There he resided for six years, and about the time of the beginning of lola's prosperity he sold his prop- erty at an advance and, crossing East street, purchased the Chatiield prop- erty, little dreaming that it would ever be a part of the new city of Ida. During the last three years of the great rebellion, J. W., E. W. and J. B. Delaplain served their country as enlisted members of Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-Second Illinois Infantry, which formed a part of the Sixteenth Army Corps, which marched, starved, feasted and fought according to the fortunes of war and all the time loyally promoted the cause of the Union. While a resident of Elm townphip J. W. Delaplain was a worker for the Republican party, often serving on central committees orfs a delegate to the different conventions of county or district. He was prom- inent in the school work of his district and altogether has held rather more than man's share of the minor ofiices of district or township — a fact which indicates his high standing among his tellowmen. TDARTHOLOMEW A. LONGSTRETH, one of the substantial and -' — 'representative farmers and early settlers of Deer Creek township, came into Allen County, Kansas, October 2, 1869, and became a permanent settler. He purchased the northeast quarter of section 21, township 23, range 19, one of the "settled" places, with log cabin (fit only for firewood) in which he was glad to make his home. Looking about for the settlers who were here then, Adam Maier. David Funkhouser, Al Weatherman, Thos. Day and William Wise are all gone. Liztovvn, then a trading point near thr county line, has long since passed out of existence and the new- towns of Colony and Lone Elm have profited by its demise. Settling the frontier was no new business to Mr. Longstreth for he had passed some years in the wilds of Kansas before the Civil war and was familiar with the hardships and trials incident thereto. Upon coming of age he journeyed into Wisconsin and from that State across into Leaven- worth County, Kansas, on an exploring "voyage." It was 1857 when he went to Leavenworth and an opportunity to join a party of surveyors pre- sented itself and he accepted it. Kansas was then being sectionized by the government and the party to whom he belonged did the work of running off the lines and setting the corners up the Smoky Hill River almost to its head, and to the Nebraska State line. D. L- Lakin, of Alabama, had charge of this party and our subject acted as chainman. The latter was out among the buffaloes and coyotes from July to December, in the per- l80 HISTORY OF AI.I.EN AND formerance of his cliuiL-s, and coniimininjr with nature in her homely garb. In 1858-9 Mild i860 Mr. Longstreth was engaged as a farm hand or in get- ting out logs and lumber around Leavenworth. Following this he re- turned to Ohio and was married and engaged in farming. Upon his return to Kansas with his famih' he came by train to Ottawa where he provided himself with implements, furniture and otlier effects necessary to supply a cabin and to cultivate a small farm and paid $20 to have it all freighted down to David Funkhouser's near Carlyle. He took possession of his farm and began his third of a century of successful cultivation ot Allen County soil. B. A. Longstreth was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, August 10, 1834. He is a son of Philip Longstreth, born in Pennsyivania, settled in Ohio as a boy and died in Muskingum County in 1886 at the age of eighty-three years. His father. Philip Longstreth, went into Ohio in the first years of the 19th century and opened a farm in the Muskingum valley. Our subject's mother was Anna Giger, still living at eighty-seven years of age. Her children are: Bartholomew A.; Catharine, wife of Philip Vance, of Morgan County. Ohio; Daniel Longstreth, of Muskingum, County; Mary Ann, who resides in Zanesville, Ohio; Julia, wife of Mr. Shreir, and Priscilla, wife of Mr. Clager, both of Muskingum County, and James Longstretli. Mr. Longstreth acquired little education. He was the oldest child and he was looked to to help clear the farm. He applied himself faithfully in the aid of his parents till his twenty-first year when he started on the western trip which brought him his frontier experience. In .\ugust, 1863, he was married to Lorena Stoneburner, a daughter of Israel Stoneburner and Miss Busch, the lattei of whom cro.ssed the Atlantic from Germany. Mrs. Longstreth was born in Ohio and is the mother of the following chil- dren: Anna, wife of C. H. Wilson, County Surveyor of Xoble County. Ohio; Laura, wife of C. E. Walters, of Colony, Kansas; Frank; Fred, of Anderson County, Kansas, who married Clara Delp, and Delia and Floy Longstreth, in the family home. The interested searcher for the political history of the Longstreths will find the early ones Democrats. B. A. Longstreth espoused that faith until his advent to Kansas. His observation of matters political, then, caused him to change front on the two great parties and he has since voted and worked with the Republicans. Mr. Longstreth 's applied industry for nearly a third of a century in Allen County has brought its reward. The raising of grain and stock and the investment of his surplus in real estate has expanded his acres and makes him the owner of one of the most de- sirable stock farms and feeding-grounds on the creek. His record as a citizen has kept pace with that as a farmer. He enjoys the confidence of a wide circle of friends by whom he is regarded as an honorable, public- spirited and successful citizen. WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. iSl X A /"ILLIAM J. RUMBLE, one of the well known farmers and stock ^ ^ men of Marmaton township, came to Allen county January 13, 1882. His location was upon section 35, township 24, range 20, one of the first class tracts of land in Allen county and of which he owns the north- west quarter. As a resident of Kansas he has been engaged extensively in the beef cattle business and is widely known as a feeder and furnisher of butchers stuff. For sixteen years he was proprietor of a meat market in Moran, a business which he conducted as an adjunct to his other and reg- ular business of supplying beef cattle to butchers. vSince his retirement from the "block" the management and cultivation of this farm and of the north half of section to, same township, have required much ol his per- sonal supervision. During the /ear of 1900 he handled about 500 head of fat cattle and as a feeder his herd numbers into the hundreds of head. Mr. Rumbel was born in Schuykill county, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1864. He was educated in the country schools, and learned the butchers trade in his youth. He is a son of Joshua Rumbel, of Moran, who was also born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1832. He is a grandson of Henry Rumbel, a farmer, born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. The latter followed lumbering, farming and kind- red businesses, and was successful. He moved into Schuylkill county at eleven years of age with his father, Jake or John Rumbel. Henry Rumbel died in the county of Schuylkill in 1875 at the age of sixty-nine years. He married Salane Andress and their children were: Henry, Rebecca, Daniel, Joshua, John P., Jacob and Mary, wife of G. T. Reber, of Berks county, Pennsylvania. Joshua Rumbel grew up on his father's Schuylkill county farm and was educated in German in the country schools, but picked up an English education. He began life as a farmer and lumber manufacturer and con ducted a large business and acquired some wealth. He disposed of his interests in the east and came to Kansas and invested in lands and stock. He was one of the organizers of the Moran Bank and was connected with its affairs till its failure in 1898. Joshua Rumbel was married first in 1853 to Louisa Singley who died from the effects of an injury at the hands of the Kansas and Pacific Rail- road Company. Their children are Albert H., of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania; Josiah, of Parsons, Kansas; Lawrence, of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania; William J., our suVjject; Mary A., deceased; Richard, de- ceased, and Emma N., wife of C. R. Richard, of Greensboro, Maryland. William J. Rumbel was married in Allen county. Kansas, November 9, 1886, to Dessie M. Keith, a daughter of C. P. Keith. Their children are Neta, Vernie and Oliver. From the earliest time the Rumbels have been Democrats. The rare departure was when Joshua Rumbel supported Abraham Lincoln for President. Our subject was schooled in the principles of Democracy and has kept the faith. He is one of the active party leaders and conventions of the "opposition" without his presence, are rare indeed. rS2 IIISTOKY OF ALLEN AND GEORGE MAN VI LLE HROWX was born in Otsego, New York, on the 9th day of January, iHt.^. He lived on a farm until he was thirteen years old. At that time his parents moved out to the western part of the state and he went to live with a brother, supporting hitnselt and at- tending school. His school work was prosecuted with such vigor and success that at the early age of seventeen he became a teacher, an avoca- tion which he followed for upwards of thirty years. In 1857 he left New York and came to Kansas, locating in Geneva township, Allen county, where for ten years he farmed the land now occupied by Mr. B. O. Miller. In 1S71 he was elected Register of Deeds and removed to lola which has ever since been his home. He held the office four years, and then after a vacation of two years, he was again elected and served four years more. Since retiring form office the last time he has not been actively engaged in business but has devoted his time to managing the property he had ac- (juired. Mr. Hrown was married at the age af twenty-two to Miss Caroline Griswold, dccea.sed, of Bath, New York. Five children have sprung from this union, of whom but two, Mrs. D. D. Spicer, of Geneva, and Miss Flora Brown, are still living. During the long years he h.as been a resident of lola and Allen county Mr. Brown has had the un([ualitied confidence of all who knew him. And during the later years of his life, this confidence deepened into affection. He was an honest man, who feared God and loved his neighbor and did his duty; ;ind he had his reward in a serene and cheerful old age and in the love of troops of friends. No man was ever more ready for the great change, and few men have left behind them a more fragrant memory. W 'ILLIAM BUCHANAN, among the representative citizens of lola, is a son of Irish parents, Robert and Mary A. (Craig) Buchanan. The latter came to the United vStates in iSii and chose Kentucky as their place of residence. Bourbon county became their permanent home and in that municipality he plied his trade of coverlet weaver. He went into Rush county, Indiana, and took a "claim" in the Rushville swamps. He died at Riddles Mills, Kentucky, in 1827 at about forty years of age. His wife died in Rush county, Indiana. Seven of their children grew to be men and women, viz; Mary, who died in Earned Kansas, was the wife of Joseph David; John, who died in California in 1849; James, who died at Garnett, Kansas, in 1890; William; Robert, who died, also, at Garnett, Kansas; Samuel, who died at Welda, Kansas; Jennie, wife of William W. Innis, of Rushville, Indiana. William Buchanan was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, in 1820. He spent the first seventeen years of his life in Kentucky doing farm labor in the tields with the blacks at twelve and a half cents a day. He got as little education, in a school house, as it was possible for a boy to get and he was convinced early in life that his hands would be his capital. When WOODSON COrXTIES, KANSAS. I S3 he went into the beech woods of Indiana and grubbed and chopped in the clearing he got ten dollars a month for his labor. By this means he man- aged to get together an ox team with which, in 1S42, he crossed the prairies to the new state of Iowa. He decided to settle with the Sac and Fox Indians at Princeton, ir, Kishkekosh county, afterwards Albia, Monroe county. This he did finally and remained in that state thirty years. ' Mr. Buchanan quit farming ultimately and engaged in the dry goods and grocery business in tne same town. He purchased the only flouring mill in the city of Albia and operated it twelve years. This period covered the Civil war era and many were the soldiers' widows and soldiers' wives who were the recipients of his benefactions. He disposed of his Iowa interests in 1866 and came to Allen county the next year. He located in lola and engaged in the manufacture of furniture. His factory was located on the lot just north of the Presbyterian church and he oper- ated it two years. He erected the first fine house in the city of lola and was just prepared to enjoy life when financial reverses overtook him and he was left nearly penniless. He started again, with his raw steers, renting a piece of grub land on the river. He raised his first crop on supplies pur- chased on time, — corn one dollar a bushel. After his second marriage he located on the tract north of lola, where he lived so long, and continued to repair his financial losses. Mr. Buchanan was married first, in 1842, to Mary A. Stephenson. She died in 1869 and in 1S72 he married Harriet M., a daughter of vStark Edwards. The Edwards were originally from Connecticut, but more re- cently from Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Buchanan was one of the early teachers of lola and she died here in Februar}' 1S97. Her only heir is Don C. Buchanan, one of tola's young business men. He is married to Mary E. Dugan. William Buchanaa's first children are: George, a soldier, who died in 1867; Melissa, relict of \V. Morgan Hartraan, of lola; Jessie, wife of \V. J, Evans, of lola; Maggie, who married H. H. Funk and resides in lola; John Buchanan, who married Cynthia Zinc and left a family, at death, in Bourbon county, Kansas. Mr. Buchanan's first presidential vote was cast for Willian H. Har- rison. He remained with the Whigs until it merged into the Republican party and he has since been a loyal and constant supporter of it. E^LLERSLIE W. TREGO— Men who change business in middle life are, -'—'as a rule, in the .^ame predicament as the men who swapped horses while crossing a stream. Rarely do men, after their business habits are formed and their success in a given line demonstrated, change the course of their training without handicapping them.selves or meeting with serious and and positive reverses. Especielly is this true where the successful farmer deserts his post and embarks in the mercantile fjusiness. Ellerslie W. 1^4 HISTORY OK \LLEN AND Trego was a successful farmer in Ailen County for many years. When anything was accomplished on tlie farm in his county he deserved credit for a part of it. His industry and tenacity overcame difficulties that wouhi iiave defeated a le.ss i:etermined soul and as the years went by lie found himself climbing steadily up the ladder of succe.ss. But he was not doing as well as he wished. He was ambitious to accomplish more and in a different line. In his case "old man well enough" was not good enough and his old (|uality of determination prompted him to change his business. There seemed an opening in Huinb(jKit for a hardware business, in addi- tion to the two already established there. Merchandising is directly oppo- site in business principles to that of farming and this few farmers readily realize. Mr. Trego must have discovered this for his entrance upon it was signaled with success from the start. He purchased the small stock of C L. Rice who was doing a fair business with a new stock, and engaged in business in December, 1S98. To the surprise of his farmer friends Mr. Trego attracted business. Each quarter showed an increase over the pre- ceding one and each year a greater volume of business than the one before. It was soon discovered that E. \V. Trego was not only a successful farmer l)ut that he was a succe.ssful merchant as well. He even surpassed, in sub-'tantial earnings, his achievements upon the farm maintaining the same good credit and the same business integrity that characterized him as a farmer. E. W. Trego was born in Bucks County. Pennsylvania, July 4, 1861. He is a son of the late Dr. Albert Trego who came to Allen County in 1878 and settled upon a farm in Salem township. The family started to Kansas from Mercer County , Illinois, but set out for the west from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. For many years the Tregos were identified with the Keystone vState, Lewis Trego, our subjecs's grandfather, being born therein. Dr. Albert Trego was born in 1S26. He was liberally educated, prac- ticed medicine from his farm in .-Mien County and died June 6, 1893. He was a man of good address, with an intellect .veil balanced and well ia- fjrmed and was one of the leading uitru of Allen County. He was an active Republican for many years and his name was mentioned in connection with the nomination for the State Legislature He married Mary Etta Linton, who survives him. Their six children were: EUerslie W., .\lbert, of Leadville, Colorado; Anna, wife of Mahlon Trego, of Harvey County, Kansas, and Mrs. Minnie Kirk, of Bucks County, Pennsylyania, surviving. Two are deceased. E. W. Trego was educated in the common schools. His life, until his entr}' into the mercantile business, was entirely rural, where he learned and practiced the principles of industry. He conducted the farm operations in Salem township twenty years and took up his residence in Humboldt to be near his business. He was married July 19, 1885, to Miry E. Yeager, daughter of Champ C. Yeager, of Allen County, whose ancestors were iden- tified with Shelby County. Kentucky, but were originally from Madison County, \'irginia. Mrs. Trego was a successful teacher in Allen County WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. I85 Tnany j'ears and was one of a family of tliree surviving cliildren. Mr. and Mrs.' Trego's children are: Willis A., lulvvard C. , Homer, Linton I^. and Elma. As a citizen of Allen County Ellerslie Trego is one of the best. He inherited a desire to be in politics and he has permitted no opportunity to pass for its gratification. Until the reform wave swept over Kansas he was a Republican, as staunch as the UKJst unyielding, but his opinions on pub- lic questions changed in 1891 and he joined forces with the Peoi)les party. He was elected trustee of his township four times and was the nominee for County Clerk on the Populist ticket in 1893 and made the race against James Wakefield. He has been one of the chief advisors of his party, in county matters, during many campaigns. JOHN MANBECK — Pennsylvania has furnished Allen and other coun- ^J ties of Kansas with many sturdy and industrious citizens who.se efforts have added much toward the development of the State and in few instances, in Allen County, has such citizenship been more conspicuousl)' apparent than in that of John Manbeck, of Marmaton township. It is scarce twenty years since he settled his family upon the northeast quarter of .section g, town 25, range 20, then a piece of unbroken prairie, and now his is one of the attractive, homelike and productive farms in the county. Mr. Man- beck was iKjt enjoying a great degree of financial independence when he came to Kansas and he paid the railroad for his land in installments. At a time when he was nearing the plane of independence and was well ahead of his pursuers in the race of life, fire destroyed his barn and contents and struck him a paralizing blof Marma- ton township, Allen county: Hugh N. Lambeth, near Blackwell, Okla- homa, and J. Braxton Lambeth, of Allen county. Dr. Lambeth was a student in the district schools of Bourbon county in his j'outh. He was a farmer till he passed his majority, when he .selected medicine as a profession. He read with Dr. A. L. Fulton, now a prominent surgeon of Kansas City, Missouri, and did some practice even before he finished his three j-ears' reading. He entered the St. Louis Medical College in 1876 and spent four years there. The year 1888-9 he attended the Kansas City, Mis.souri, Medical College and finished its course to graduation. Dr. Lambeth located in Moran and opened an office in 18S4. He took rank early as a successful practitioner and, w^ith the lapse of time, his practice has extended to all the country, for miles around Moran, and with it his reputation as a genial and pleasant gentleman. Dr. Lambeth was married in Bourbon county, Kansas, July 2, 1884, to Mary G. Tennyson, a daughter of the pioneer Rev. Rutherford Tennyson. The latter was born January 10, 1804, and died in 1872. He came into Kansas from Tennessee and was married to Marv T. Robinson. Their children are: Wesley Tennyson, a prominent and successful farmer near Ihiiontown, Kansas; Levi Tennyson, of Prairie Lee, Texas; Mrs. S. B. Holt, of Bourbon county, Kansas; Mrs. L L Brown, of Ozark, Missouri, and Mrs. Lambeth. Mr. Tennyson came to Kansas in 1855 and his family was one of the most widely known and honorable in Bourbon county. The Dr. and Mrs. Lambeth's children are: George S., Alfred T.. Phyllis J., Hugh W. and Ksther. AlH.son G. Lambeth, politically, allied himself first with the Whigs and then the Republicans hut his last presidential vote was cast for the candidate of the Chicago platform of 1896. Dr. Laml)eth first trained with the Republicans. In 1884, when modern Democracy first triumphed, he WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I9I voted the Democratic ticket and has espoused that cause since. He was appointed a pension examiner for Allen coixnty and served through Cleveland's second administration, and, for twelve years, he has been local surgeon for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Raihvay Company. T~AOITGLAS ARNETT, of lola, father of the lola Telephone Company -' — ' and one of Allen county's pioneers, came to Ida in the fall of i860. He was then a child of two years and was, then, the youngest member of his father's family. James B. Arnett, his father, began his westward migration from Pike county, Illinois, a few years before the Civil war, and went to Fort Smith, Arkansas. In this city our subject was born Novem- ber 21, 1858. Being a man of the North the near approach of hostilities between the two opposing .sections of our country caused him to return to the object of his sympathies hence, his advent to Kansas. J. B. Arnett was born in Pike county, Illinois, November 8, 1834, ^nd was essentially a farmer until his removal to the Rocky Mountain country where the stock business has engaged his attention. The paternal grandfather of "Doug" Arnett was John B. Arnett, who died in Fort Smith, Arkansas. His native state was probably Virginia. He emigrated westward to Pike county, Illinois, early in the history of that state and in 1858 took up his residence at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Of his ten children James B. Arnett was the tenth. The latter married, in Pike county, Illinois, Mary A., a daughter of William .Mitchell. Mrs. Arnett died in lola in September 1863, leaving an only child, J. Douglass Arnett. J. B. Arnett married for his second wife Hattie Barton. Their children are: Carrie, wife of William Mason, of Walla Walla, Washing- ton; Ella, who married Jesse Brown and resides in Arizona, and Adda, wife of John Whitlow, of Arizona. Doug. Arnett has carved out his own destiny. He has taken care of himself since he was fifteen years of age. He was small of his age, and fond of horses, and for a livelihood he rode races at the fairs and old .settlers will remember the two familiar faces who jockied the steeds at Allen county's first fairs, viz: Doug. Arnett and Rice Todd. Whatever came in Doug's way to do whereby he could turn a dollar legitimately he took ad- vantage of. While he worked he schemed and between the two he found it not a difficult matter, this bread-winning contest. At twenty-one years of age he married — made the only mistake of his life — and moved onto a farm in Linn county, Kansas. This vocation was too slow and plodding for his makeup and he returned to his old home and engaged in the dray business. Arnett's dray was about the first regular one on the streets of lola. It was only an ordinary affair, for the business didn't justify any other, and he did the driving, loading and coUectinj; all himself and was not at all busy. He engaged in the livery and bus business, later, and followed the two with some profit about fifteen months. He then took the 192 HISTORY OF ALLKN AXI) agency for the Standard Oil Companv at lola and expanded tlieir business in Ailen and adjoininj:; connties for nine years. Before severinj^ his rela- tions with the Standard people he had conceived the idea of establishing a telephone sy: teni in lola and had actuallv installed the plant in 1898. He secured the franchise for the company in 1897 »"cl started his exchange in his residence, on West Madison avenue, with forth-three 'phones. The grocery of C. M. Richards was the only patron in that line of business when he first started but the rapidity with which all the merchants got into line was remarkable. The business of the companay grew so rapidly that the domestic quarters were sonn found to be too cramped and the exchange was moved into the Apple building on South Washington. It has now two bundled and fifty working 'phones and is keeping pace with the growth and extension of the city. In 1900 Harmon Hobart purchased a half interest in the system and the two partners constitute a worthy and popular company. Mr. Arnett married his second wife, Lillie McKinley, in October 1897. Her father, J. B. McKinley, came from Pennsylvania to Kansas before the war and was a soldier in the Ninth Kansas. Our subject is an Odd Fellow, a Pythian Knight and a Rebekah. His belief in woodcraft has led him to join that order, also. Doug Arnett has been one of Ida's tenacious citizens. His efforts have always been rewarded here and aside from this fact he has always felt an interest in the city and her people. While he is in business for profit his earnings are not all devoted to his own use. He regards money only for the good that it will do, and, while he is not prodigal in his expendi- tures, any enterprise promising good for lola receives his substantial support. SAMUEL H. EVANS, a traveling salesman residing in Pleasanton, is numbered among the native sons of Kansas. He was born April 12, 1S61, the second son of the late honored pioneei , John M. Evans, of Allen county. Reared in Geneva and lola, he secured a common school edtica- tion and then began work at herding cattle on the prairies near Geneva. After the faniih' removed from that place to lola he secured a clerkship, which was his first experience as a salesman and gave him the foundation knowledge and training which now fits him for his present business duties When the Missouri Pacific railroad was being builded through Allen county he worked with its surveyor on construction work, and later he was for a time with the firm of O. P. Northrup & Company, of lola. Subse- quently he secured a situation as manager of a store in Bronson, Kansas, and afterward filled similar positions in Blue Mound, Kansas. Eventually in 1 888 he accepted his present position as traveling salesman with the Ridenour Baker Grocery Company, of Kansas City, Missouri, and is now upon the road, being one of the trusted and capable representatives of that house. In March, 1884, Mr. Evans was married, the lady of his choice being WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I93 Miss Carrie Ellis, of lola, a daughter of Seaman T. Ellis, who now resides in Oklahoma. Unto our subject and his wife have been born the following children: Brett M., Bruce E., Harr^- D., Margaret and Melvin, twins, and Robley D. They also lost twin daughters, Ruth and Reaa, who died in infancy. Mr. Evans, whom everyone knows as "Harry," has become popular with many of the patrons of the house which he represents and also has many friends in the city of his residence. His manner is genial, courteous and kindlj', — qualities which always win regard. '^ T^riLLIAM F. YOUNG, of Moian, Allen County, was born in Darke " ' County, Ohio, on the 7th of January, 1856. His father, Elias Young, was born in Maryland, April g, 1811, and married Sophia Edwards, a native of Ohio. When a young man he learned the plasterer's trade,, which he followed for several years, after which he engaged in the milling business but followed farming many years previous to his removal to Kan- sas, in iSyo. He located on a farm in Osage township, Allen County, three miles north of Moran, where he resided until his death, which oc- curred in February, 1900, when he was eighty-nine years of age. His wife still survives him at the age of seventy-seven years, and is living on the old homestead. They had five children, namely: Martha, wife of Theodore Wright; Leanida, wife of W. C. Carter; Rebecca, wife of W. D. Young; and .Martin A., who is living with his mother on the old home- stead, while W. F. is the youngest of the family. Mr. Young, of this sketch, spent the first fourteen years of his life in the State of his nativity and then accompanied his parents to Kansas. He remained with his father until eighteen years of age and then went to Fort Scott to complete his education in the high school. He also attended the high school at lola and the academy at Geneva, Kansas, working on the farm by the month in the summer and, after completing his own mental training, teaching school in the winter. He followed that profession about three years. On the expiration of that period he went to Las Animas, Colo- rado, where he was engaged with a hardware, lumber and furniture firm for two years. Returning to Kansas he began business for himself in Moran as a dealer in groceries, feed and coal, carrying on that enterprise for nine or ten years. Since that time he has engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business, and now handles much valuable property and writes a large amount of insurance annually. On the 17th of March, 1886, Mr. Young was united in marriage to Miss Mary Rucker, a native of Indiana, who came to Kansas with her parents. They have two children, Louis, a bright little daughter born January 9. 1S87, and Russell, born February i, 1890. In his political affiliations Mr. Young is a Republican and socially he is connected with Moran Lodge, No. 459, I. O. O. F. , and with the Knights and Ladies of Security. He and his wife have worked hard to .secure a good home of 194 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND their own and are now comfortably situated, being able to enjoy many of tl'.e luxuries of life. Without the aid of capital or influential friends he -tarted out upon his business career and has steadily worked his way up- ward through determined and earnest purpose until now he occupies a creditable position among the honorable bu-iiuess men of his adopted county. JOHN R. ANDERSON, one of the large cattle dealers of Allen and Bourbon counties and a member of the firm of Love & Ensminger, is one of the pioneers of Kansas. In April 1856 his father brought the family to Bourbon county and took up land in Franklin township. He was from Green county, Missouri, but was originally from Lee countv, \'irginia. In the latter place our subject was born October 4, 1839. His father, Charles Anderson was born in Tennessee in 1807 and died in Bourbon county, Kansas, in 1863. The family left Virginia in 1853 and made the trip to Missouri with a yoke ol oxen, being two months on the road. The original Anderson, and the one who established the family in America, was John Anderson, an Irishman and a blacksmith. His burial place is unknown but his wife is buried at Xenia, Kansas. Charles Anderson married Anna Hester who died in 1893 at the age of eightv-one years. Her children are: Mary, widow of T. L. Charles, of Lamed, Kansas; William C, of Xenia, Kansas; Catherine, deceased, mar- ried Mr. Adkinson; John R.; Elizabeth, wife of A. Williams, of Xenia, Kansas, and Letitia, deceased, who married J. F. Davis. Our subject was .seventeen years old when he came to Kansas. He aided his father in opening a new farm and herded and drove cattle for several years. He totik a claim himself when he reached the required age and was interested in its initial development and improvement when the war broke out. He enlisted first October 10. 1861, in Company I, Third Kansas Cavalry and was transferred to the Sixth Kansas. He was mus- tered out of the latter regiment in September 1862, and, a year later, re- enlisted in the Fourteenth Kansas. During his first enlistment Mr. Ander- son fought bushwhackers in Missouri and the Indian Territory. While with the Fourteenth he was in the battle at Prairie DuChene, Arkansas, the chief one in which he participated. He was mustered out of service in June 1865 and returned to his home in Kansas. His history for thirty- five years can be told in a few words. His early training led him into the stock business soon after the war and for many years nothing else has claimed his attention. When the firm of which he is a member was formed he was chosen for the active management of its affairs. So extensive has been its operations and so closely has Mr. Anderson been confined to duty that the strain is telling upon him and the year 1901 will close his connec- tion with the business and he will rest. In politics Mr. Anderson is a Democrat. He became a follower of the WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I95 faith when it required courage to be a Democrat, but he outrode the storm and has seen his party in full control of National affairs since the war. His first presidential vote he ca.st for Douglas and he cast his second vote for Mr. Lincoln because he did not think it a good plan "to swap horses in the middle of a stream." He has been County Commissioner, a position he filled with ability and credit. Mr. Anderson was first married in Bourbon county in 1866. His wife was Louisa Williams. She died in 1889 with twelve children surviving: Marsh D.; Elsie, widow of George Johnson; Allen T., of Nebraska; Robert and Cannon D., of Bourbon county; Warren, of Nebraska; Ralph and Ronald B., of Bronson, and Alma Lean and Grover C. Anderson. In 1890 Mr. Anderson was married to Lizzie Campbell, his present wife. Mr. Anderson is a Workman, a Mason, an Eastern Star, a member of the order of Knights and Ladies of Security and of the G. A. R. post at Bronson. IV yTICHAEL F. KERN, of Humboldt township, Allen county, was born ^^■*- in the province of Wurtemberg, Germany, July 2, 1833. He was a son of John Adam Kern, who emigrated to the LTnited vStates in 1859 and settled in the state of Michigan. In Washtenaw county his parents died, the mother in 1869 and the father ten years later. Eight children were born to this worthy couple, four of whom survive, viz: Lena, who married Carl Haddock and resides in Lawrence, Kansas; Catherine, wife of Andrew Reule, of Ann Arbor, Michigan; John M. and Michael F. Kern. The subject of this sketch resided five years in Michigan and then set out for the frontier. He came down into Allen county during the war and preempted the land upon which he has since resided. He was acquainted with the methods of successful farming and began at once to devote him- self thereto. The improvement of his premises also received his attention and in his thirty-five j-ears of citizenship he has expanded and developed materially to the extent of a substantially improved, high-cultivated and exceedingly productive two hundred and forty acre farm. As a feeder and grower of cattle and other marketable stock Mr. Kern is well known in southern Allen county. For many years his farm has furnished a market for much surplus grain of the community and his ex- tensive interests demand the employment of labor throughout the year. His home presents the appearance of neatness and cleanliness. Everything has its proper place and, when not in use, is found in its place. He planned his improvements for convenience and the arrangement of his barns, sheds and fences indicate the perfection he attained. Michael F. Kern was married in October 1865 to Sarah W. Schmidt, whose father, Henry Schmidt, was born in Hanover, Germany. Mrs. Kern was born in Lafayette county, Missouri. During the war Mr. Kern belonged to the state militia, doing guard 196 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND duty along the border, and upon several occasions was called into the field to drive out the invading rebels ami bushwhackers. In politics he has been without aspirations. While he has been interested in all political controversies it has been the interest of a citizen and not of a candidate. He affiliates with the Republicans and is regarded in some measure as a controUina' influence in local elections. C.\RLOS P. KEITH, of Moran, whose advent to Allen county num- bers him with the pioneers of Marmaton township, made settlement upon the broad prairie on section 30, township 24, range 21, then within the municipal boundaries of Osage township. October 24, 1S6S. was the day he drew up to his future abiding place and the dwelling he moved into was one of his own construction and measured 16x24 feet, one story, a com- modious and inviting structure at that time. Mr. Keith came to Kansas from Illinois. He was born in Huron county, Ohio, December 2, 1837, ^"'' '" ^^he spring of 1854 went into Ogle county Illinois, from w'hence he came to Kansas. He is a son of Carlos Keith who was born November 13, 1797, at Barnard, Vermont. The latter accompanied his parents into Ohio at a very early date and was there mar- ried April 22, 1824, to Elvira, a daughter of Munson Fond, born in Bridge- port, Vermont, October 5, 1806. The Keiths are among the original Americans. They are descended from Scotch ancestors who settled in New England and whose posterity aided in the establishment of inde- pendence in our country. The Ponds also possess this military distinction for Munson Pond was of that band of patriots who marched from Lexington to Yorktown in the days of "seventy-six." Carlos Keith was a soldier of the war of 1812. In civil life he devoted his energies to the farm. He followed his son to Kansas and died in lola December 21, 1S72. April 4, 1S70, his wife died. Of their children Carlos P. is the fourth child. OTir subject had fair opportunities as a boy. His father operated a grist-mill on the head waters of Huron River, in addition to his farm, and in this Carlos Keith spent some of his early life. He was educated, liber- ally tor his day, in the countr}- schools and did not separate from the parental home till he was married. Until his semi-retirement from the farm his was a life of persistent and continued activity. The farm and its auxiliary enterprises have received his greatest care and most strenuous efforts. December 24. i860, Mr. Keith was married to Lnccna Shoemaker, a daughter of Benjamin Shoemaker, from Perry, New York, a blacksmith and farmer. The surviving children of this union are: Dessie, wife of William J. Rumbel of Moran; Harold E., one of the young farmers of Marmaton township, and Miss Mabel C. Keith, a teacher in the Moran schools. The year 1868 would seem not to have been an opportune time for WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. I97 ■settlers without means to enter a new country. The necessities of life were almost beyond the reach of the poor and life in those families could be sustained by the most ceaseless and interminable labors. Corn was worth two dollars a busliel, kerosene seventy-five cents a gallon, flour six dollars a hundred, poor hay nine doUans a ton and such a luxury as calico was almost too high to indulge in. Mr. Keith was one of the poor settlers. His inventory, upon his arrival in Allen county, included a team and wagon, a few dollars and a wife and three children. While engaged in the initial steps in the improvement of his own farm he earned the wherewith to buy supplies for his family by aiding other old settlers in doing theirs. He was not particular as to the kind of work, nor as to the price, but both were generall}' to his liking. As time went on his claim took on the ao- pearance of a home and when, in late years, he erected his substantial and permanent buildings the whole farm of one hundred and eighty six acres presented an appearance unexcelled on the Fort Scott road. In 1892, after a residence of twenty-four years, Mr. Keith left the farm to the care of his son, Harold E., and took up his residence in Moran. Here, on November 22, igoo, Mrs. Keith died, suddenly. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and was a loyal companion of a worthy husband for nearly forty years. In politics C. P. Keith is a Republican. His first presidential vote was for Lincoln and he has continued in the faith of the fathers till the present. He affiliates with the Masonic fraternity and is regarded wher- ever known, as a gentleman of truth, character and patriotism. TAMES WILSON — To say that a man is self made indicates in a few *-' words a career of usefulness and activity, and it suggests a youth in which few privileges have been enjoyed and a manhood of active effort in which the trials and obstacles of life have been overcome by determined purpose. Such indeed has been the career of James Wilson, one of the successful farmers of the county, his home being in Logan township. He was born at Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio, February 3, 1841. His father, James Wilson, was a native of Dover County, Pennsylvania, and married Miss Elizabeth Donahue, a native of Ireland ,who came to America during her early girlhood The father followed the occupation of farming as a life work, and died September 21, 1880. at the age of sixty- eight years. His wife passed away in 1863 at the age of forty-four. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are yet living, namely: Mary Ann, the wife of Robert McClure, of Ohio; Jesse, who is living in Allen County; James; Mrs. Margaret Turner, of New Falls, Ohio; Andrew, who is living in Minnesota, and Leanna Wilson, of Ravenna, Ohio. Those who have passed away are Ellen J. and William. The latter was a mem- ber of the regular army and was killed by the Indians in Dakota, in 1S66, Mr. Wilson of this review spent the first nineteen years of his life in I<)S HISTORY OF ALLEX AND the State of Illinois where he secured work as a farm hand, having gained practical experience in the fields by assisting his father in the cultivation of the old home place. He was thus employed until the Civil war broke out when in June, 1861, he enlisted for three years' service as a member of Company D, Twenty-fifth Illinois infantry, being honorably discharged in September, 1864. He participated in many of the most sanguinary en- gagements of that struggle, including the battles of Missionary Ridge, St )ne River, Chickaniauga, Keuuesaw nijuntain and Peach Tree creek. He went to Knoxville with Sherman to relieve Burnsides, and again joined the main array at Resaca preparatory to entering upon the Atlanta campaign. When the troops reached Atlanta the term of service of his regiment had expired and with his comrades he was sent home to be dis- charged. He was exceptionally fortunate in his military e.xperiences, being never wounded or captured throughout the three years of his association with the boys in blue upon the battlefields of the South. After the war Mr. Wilson went to Ohio and visited his parents, and then returned to Illinois. The year of 1869 witnessed his arrival in this State where he secured a homestead claim of eighty acres upon which he has since resided, although its boundaries have been many times extended by additional purchases until he is now the owner of seven hundred and forty-nine acres of land. He grazes his cattle on the fine pastures of his own domain and he has ample sheds which shelter grain and stock. He has one of the finest farms of the county and is pleasant!}- 1 )cated five miles west of Humboldt. He carries on his farming pursuits on an extensive scale and is feeding about one hundred head of cattle and hogs each year. He has been very successful in the raising of cattle, and his large opera- tions along this line have enabled him to not only utilize as feed all of the crops which he raises but also to furnish a good market to his neighbors, buying from them much of their corn. Mr. Wilson was married on the 4th of January, 1880, to Miss S.irah A. Berger, a daughter of Darius and Elizabeth (White) Berger, natives of Virginia and Indiana respectively, the former born March 21, 1S12, and the latter on the ist of January, 1816. The mother died in Iowa on the i6th of August, 1872, and soon after the father removed to Butler County, Kan- sas, where he died on the 12th of March, 1878. In their family were ten children: Mrs. Mary Lytle, w-ho is living in Toronto; Mrs. Elizabeth Richey, of Augusta, Kansas; Rebecca, wife of Robert Musgrave, of Hum- boldt. The deceased are: Charlotte, wife of W. J. King; Dr. J. Berger: Martha, wife of John King, and Daniel Berger who died in the army. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been born three children: Willie J., born May 28. 1881, died in March, 1901; Florence L., born July 1, 1884 and Mary, born October 7, 18S8. Mr. Wilson is a Republican and has served as treasurer of his town- ship, but has never been an aspirant for the honors and emoluments of public office. He is a member of Vicksburg Post, No. 72, G. A. R., and thus maintains a pleasant relationship with his old comrades who wore the blue when the perpetuity of the I'nion was endangered. He is surely a WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 1 99 self madi; man and as the architect of his prosperity he lias builded wisely and well. His business ability is widely recognized and has insured him a very ere litable position in financial circles, while his honorable course has commanded the respect, confidence and esteem of his fellow men. OTARLING D. BRANDENBURG— For more than a quarter of a ' — ' century has Starling D. Brandenburg tilled the soil and reaped the meadows of Allen County. He moved into a board shanty on practically a raw piece of land in section 16, township 25, ran^e 21. on the iSth of October, 1872, and began the initial -work of developing a farm. How well he has succeeded will be seen when it is stated that his farm is bound- ed by half section lines and its improvements exceed those of many of the largest farms in Allen County. Mr. Brandenburg came to Kansas from Tipton County, Indiana. He was born in Union County, Indiana, Nov. 5, 1840, and passed some of his early years in Wa\ ne County. His father was John Brandenburg, born near Baltimore, Maryland, March 22, 1809. In 1830 he came west and engaged in merchandising in Philomath, Union County, Indiana. He removed, some years later, to Wayne County and died near Centerville, November 6. 1861. The Brandenburgs of this branch were introduced into the United States by William H. Brandenburg who was born near Berlin, German}', emigrated to the new world and settled near Baltimore about 1780. In 1801 he moved westward to Warren County, Ohio, and died near Lebanon in 1805. The mother of S. DeWain Bradenburg was Elizabeth Kidwell. Her father, the Rev. Jonathan Kidwell, was a Welchman and the original Universalist preacher of his district in Indiana. He issued three publica- tions devoted to the propagation of the doctrines of the Universalist church , one at Philomath, one at Cincinnati, Ohio, and one at Terre Hante, Indi- ana. The children of John. and Elizabeth Brandenburg were: Ann, wife of James Chapman, of Winchester, Indiana; Sarah J., of Chanute, Kansas; Emily, wife of Aaron Jones, of Chanute, Kansas; Starling D.,and Rebecca, who married James Jones, and resides in Neosho County, Kansas. Our subject received only a country school training in the woods of 'Indiana. When the family home was broken up by the death of the father the son married and started life for himself. A pony and a sleigh, the resources of his days of frolic and courtship, were the sum total of his property with which to begin business. In the ten years which elapsed from his marriage to his advent to Kansas he had accumulated eight hun- dred dollars. With this and with his abundant energy he has maintained a steady increase from year to year. His large, room,' and handsome resi- dence, which he erected in 1898, his barns and his orchard and his pens of 200 HISTORY OF AULKN AN1J Stock testify to the inanner in which lie has disposed of his time the past twenty-eight years. J.inuary i, 1S12, Mr. liran leiibiirg w.is nurried in Wayne County, Indiana, to Nancy Hehns, a daughter ol James Hchns, who, with a son. served through the Civil war. James Hehns married a Cleveuger, for his first wife and five of their children survive. By a second marriage three resulted. Isaiah Helms, of Hronson; Lacina Recknor, of Allen County; Samuel Helms, of Allen County, and Susan Laws, of Calaway County, Missouri, are some of these children. Mr. and Mrs. Brandenburg's children are: Melvin F"., of Allen Coun- ty; William L.; Emma L,. , wife of John Tillery, of Allen County; Myrtle I. and Ivy May Brandenburg. The Brandenburgs were Democrats in politics, at all times, till the Peoples party was organized in 1S92 at which time our subject espoused their cause and has since acted with it. MRS. XAXCV H FISHER is one of the wealthy residents of Allen county and is numbered among its pioneer citizens, having come to this portion of the state at an early period in its upbuilding. She was born in Franklin county, Illinois, on the 13th of June, 1840, a daughter of Aaron Meal, a native of \'irginia. Her father was born April 28, 181 1, and in an early day he removed to Illinois in company with his parents, finding the Prairie state almost one vast undeveloped tract of land. The city of Chicago, whose growth is regarded as one of the miracles of the age, was then undreamed of, Fort Uearborn standing on its site as a protection against the Indians for the few white settlers who resided in that section of the country. Mr. Neal was reared upon the frontier amid the wild scenes of pioneer life, and after arriving at years of maturity married Elizabeth Clamppett, who was of Irish lineage. He was the owner of a horse and a sled and with them he hauled his few household effects to his little cabin on the frontier. He and his bride began their domestic life in true pioneer style. He was a very industrious and energetic man, and before his death had accumulated ten thousand dollars, which was considered a handsome competence in those days, and he was regarded as one of the rich men of his neighborhood. He died in the prime of life, passing away in 1855, at the age of forty-four years. His wife lived to the age of sixty and was called to her final rest in 1S75. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, of whom two died in early life. The others were Moses, who is well known throughout Kan- sas and is a leading politician of the west, his home being now in Okla- homa; Mrs. F'annie Whiteside; Thomas J., who died in 1862; John A., who resides in Missouri; Mrs. Fisher; William, al.so a resident of Oklahoma; Mrs. Sarah Todd, deceased, and Robert, of Washington. Xancy E. Xeal, the fifth of the family, spent the days of her girlhood WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 201 in the state of her nativity, and pursued her education in one of the old- time, log school houses, conning her lessons while sitting upon a rude bench without aback or a desk. When a \ oung lady of twenty years she came to Kansas to visit her Ijrother Mo.ses, who was then living in L,eaven- worth, and while there she became acquainted with Paul Fisher, a young man who had removed from Texas to Allen county, Kansas. They were married in 1862. A married life of thirty-five years was vouchsafed to them, Mr. Fisher taking his bride to his farm, three miles west of Humboldt. Mr. Fisher was a native of Ohio and removed from that state to Texas, whence he came to Kansas. F^or seven years he and his wife resided upon one farm, after which they spent three years in Humboldt. On the ex- piration of that period Mr. F'isher purchased a farm a mile from the town, on the river bottom, and for twelve years it was their place of abode, after which they again became residents of Humboldt, occupying one of the finest dwellings in the place. Mr. Fisher was a man of marked diligence- and executive ability and his indefatigable labor, guided by .sound judg- ment, enabled him to acquire very extensive realty holdings, so that he left to his family a handsome estate. He died on the 30th of December, 1897, at the age of seventy-five years, and thus the community lost one of its reliable and valued citizens, and his neighbors a faithful friend. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fisher were born six children, but three died in early childhood. The others are Katie, the wife of O. H. Stewart, presi- dent of the State Bank of Parsons, Kansas; Maggie, wife of L. P. Stover, County Surveyoi of Allen county; and Nannie, the wife of A. F. .McCarty, of Humboldt. Mrs. F'isher has always been a very energetic woman, and since her husband's death has given evidence of the possession of superior business and executive qualifications. She has very important business affairs, superintended by Mr. A. F. McCarty, and her efforts are attended with prosperity. After the estate was divided each of the daughters had one thousand acres of land while there remained to Mrs. F'isher, in addition to her larue farming interests, considerable business property in Humboldt and lola and her beautiful residence in Humboldt. She is one of the old- est residents of Allen county in years of continuous connection with this portion of the state, for she has lived here through thirty-nine years. She has therefore witnessed almost the entire development and upbuilding of southeastern Kansas for at the time of her arrival the homes were widely scattered and Indians were freciuently seen in. the neighborhood. Great changes have since been wrought, and as the population has increased the circle of Mrs. Fisher's acquaintances and friends has been continually en- larged. She enjoys the warm regard of many with whom she has come in contact, and well deserves representation in this volume among Allen county's leading citizens. 202 HISTORY OF ALI.EX AND T UCIUS B. KIXNE, Moran's efficient post master and for many years -'— ^ a leading merchant of that city, is among the substantial and sterling citizens of Allen county. It is almost a score of years since he came amongst the people of Moran and since that September day in 1881 when he became an inhabitant of the town his life has been one even and straightforward career, devoted not only to his private needs but to the public interests, as well. He established a drug and grocery store in Moran when that village was in its infancy and became at once one of the central figures in the development and growth of one of the business centers of Allen county. By training Mr. Kinne is a western man, but a native of the east. He was born in Livingston count}\ New York, August 5, 1850. He was trained a merchant, for his father, Elias G. Kinne, passed a lifetime mer- chandising. In 1851 the latter moved his family to Van Buren county, Michigan, and resided in Paw Paw many years. In 1882 he died in Kala- mazoo count}-. He was born in the same county in New York as our subject, in 1815, and was a public spirited man and much interested in public affairs. He was a useful and honorable citizen and while his maiden vote was ca.st with the Democrats the issues of the war changed his opinions and he was ever afterward a Republican. The Kinne name was imported into New York from Ireland by Lyman Kinne, our subject's grandlather. He accompanied his children from New York to Michigan and died at Albion in 1864 at the age of ninety years. He was the father of two sons, Allison and Elias Kinne, and of the follow- ing daughters: Clarissa, who married Jonathan Rogers; Hannah, who married IClisha Goodrich; Phebe, wife of E. J. House, and Mary, who be- came .Mrs. Jedediah Holmes. Elias G. Kinne married Amanda Alvord, a daughter of Phinneas and Rachel (Lemon) Alvord. Their two children were sons; Lucius B. and Frank E. Kinne, deceased. Lucius B. Kinne grew up at Paw Paw, Mich- igan, and acquired his education in the public schools. Among his first efforts were those of a farmer, first as hired man and second as a tenant. He was engaged in business as a druggist in Texas, Michigan, for a time and upon coming to Allen county he put in the first stock of drugs in Moran. Mr. Kinne was early recognized as a man of sound judgment and of correct business principles. In spite of the opposition and of jealousy en- gendered because of success, he prospered and maintained his commercial standing unimpaired. This record, together with his known integrity had much to do with securing his appointment as receiver of the Moran Bank in 189S. His political activity and his intense loyalty to Republicanism and to McKinley, especially, placed him in line for the appointment as post master and in June 1897 he succeeded Charles Mendell as chief of the Moran post office. For many years he was a member of the Republican WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 203 County Central Committee and the direction of matters political for Marma- ton township has been left to the care of him and his advisors. February 15, 1876, Mr. Kintie was married in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Esther, a daughter of John S. Harrison, of the line of the first Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia. Mr. and Mis. Kinne's children are: Clare B., born October 7, 1877, is a registered pharmacist and looks after the drug depart- ment of the store; Lulu, born April 23, 1881; Bessie, born June 22, 1885, and Verle, born June 17, iSgo. In reviewing the life of a citizen for this work it is only possible to touch upon the chief events therein and to impress posterity with the domi- nant elements of his mental makeup. It will be seen that Mr. Kinne was a son of respected and honorable parents and that industry was his capital from early manhood. His accumulations have come by dint of toil and prudent management and his reputation established by right living and right conduct toward his fellow man. T TIRAM M. BURTIS— In New York the Burtis family has taken root -'- ■*■ and in the years which have followed since the original one landed in this country the family name has spread over the west. Piatt V. Burtis, one of this numerous family, was married to Miss Mary A. Freeman. Two children were the result of this union, Hiram M. Burtis, the subject of this sketch, born in Saratoga County, New York, August 8, 1848, and Margaret A. Cowles, now living in Harper County, Kansas. Piatt Burtis was one of the largest business men of his section of the State. His grandfather had been a large slave owner, but becoming convinced that slavery was wrong manumitted his slaves and allowed those who wished to to remain on his land until they accumulated enough to get a start in life. Piatt Burtis embarked in the carrying trade of the canals and soon owned a large num- ber of ves.sels which did a part of the carrying trade of the Erie canal. The panic coming on he was crippled seriously and, after paying all his obliga- tions, suspended business and with the remnants of his once ample fortune turned his face toward the west, settling in Illinois on a farm. The busi- ness reverses through which he had gone undermined his health and he was forced to turn over his property to his son. The wreck of his health found him also completely wrecked in fortune and the only heritage he was able to give his son was a good constitution and a debt. Young Hiram Burtis was not daunted by the prospects before him. He went to work with manly vigor to pay his father's debts and redeem the name. He went to woik in Kankakee County, at once farming and stock raising and after some years disposed of his effects and rnoved to Ottawa, Illinois, where he engaged in the hardware business. Three years afterward, in 1880, he sold out the business and moved to Hastings, Nebraska. Here he lived but a short time and then came to Kansas, purchasing farms four miles southeast of lola. He lived here but two years when he moved to 204 HISTORY OK AI.LEN AND Humboldt and again engaged in the implement and real estate business. In this business he was fairly prosperous and built up a good trade. In 1892 he disposed of his implement stock and entered the real estate busi- ness and in this he is still engaged. Mr. Burtis has been a successful business man and although starting in life with the burden of debt he has succeeded in accumulating enough of the world's goods to place liim in easj- circumstances. January 26, 1869, Mr. Burtis was married to Miss Helen E. Snyder, a native of Illinois. Mrs. Snyder's father lives with them and is hale and hearty at the ripe age of eighty-three. To them have been born four chil- dren: Maggie A., wife of A. F. Fish; Chauncey H., married Irene Moore; Edith Maud, wife of S. S. Jackson, and Walter. Mr. Burtis is a member of the Fraternal Aid Society. Politically he is a Republican. FREDERICK \V. FREVERT— One of the successful business men of Humboldt is Frederick W. Frevert, whose father is Frederick Fre- vert, one of the pioneers of Woodson County, Kansas, whose history ap- pears herein. Our subject. is the eldest child and was born in Lee County, Illinois, March 20, 1857. A year after his birth his parents removed to Kansas, .settling in Wooason County. Mr. Frevert grew up on the farm and re- mained with his parents until he was twenty-six years of age. At this date he went to Humboldt and secured a position with the well known merch- ant, Moses Xeal, in his dry goods store, working two months for his board, when he was given a small salary. He remained with Mr. Neal six months when he secured a position as deputy postmaster under Mrs. Ella Kimball, and remained in the office during her term of office. Afterward he secured a clerkship of B. S. Smith with whom he remained for two years. He then formed a partnership with A. Wedin in the grocery business and the firm existed about two and a half years, being dissolved by the retire- ment of Mr. Wedin. Mr. Frevert has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Frevert was married in the fall of 1888 to Mrs. Ella Kimball, under whom he had served for six years as deputy postmaster. Mrs. Kimball is a daughter of E. C. Amsden, of one the early sheriffs of Allen County. Two children have been born to them, Frederick and Robert. Politically Mr. Frevert is a Democrat, but further than casting his ballot he has never taken any part in politics, TTONORABLE EDWARD D. LACEY, of Marraaton township, ex- -*- -'- Representative to the State Legislature and ex-County Commission- er has been a citizen of Allen County more than twenty-one j-ears. He ~7^c WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 205 came amongst us in the fall of 1S79 and purchased the northwest quarter of section 23, town 24., range 20, a piece of wild prairie belonging to the "Peck land." He was from Illinois and Illinois emigrants possess the energy and the industry to successfully combat the trials and obstacles always encountered in the settlement of a new country. Then it is not a matter of wonderment that his one-time pasture should rapidly take on the appearance of a well managed and well-improved farm. Mr. Lacey migrated to Kansas from Champaign County, Illinois, to which State he moved some time after the war. He was born in Jackson County, Michigan, June 23, 1843, and was reared in Licking County, Ohio. He was a son of Sandford Lacey who went into Michigan from New York and died in 1855. He married Louisa Parmelee and our subject is their first child. The latter grew up in the country and was educated in the district school. The elementary principles of an education were about all that could be acquired from that source, in the days before the war, and these Mr. Lacey secured and supplemented with practical experience in the warfare of life. His first efforts in the direction of individual independence were put forth the first year of the Civil war. He enli.sted August 12, of that year in Company A, 17th Ohio infantry. Col. J. M. Contiell. His regiment was mustered in at Zanesville and was ordered into Kentucky. Its second important engagement was the one at Prrryville, Kentucky, in October, 1862. Mr. Lacey was in the battle of Shiloh and in the Murfrees- boro fight, where he received a wound through the right thigh in the second day's engagement. He lay in the field hospital three months and was then sent to hospital No, 7, at Nashville. LTpon his recovery he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps by orders of the War department. His command was the 15th regiment. Company F, and he wa'- Clerk in the Provost Marshal's office for nearly one year He was then transferred to Washington, D. C. , and, soon after, was ordered to Chicago where he acted as drill-master till his muster out of the service September 25, 1S64, The following lettei explains itself: "To All Whom It May Concern: 'T cheerfully recommend Corporal Edward D. Lacev as an honest and upright young man, smart, intelligent, devoid of all bad habits, and in every respect a soldier and a gentleman. He has served in ray Company for ten months, the most of which time he has acted as sergeant. He has always performed his duty with credit to himself and the Company. He has been highly spoken of by all the ofiicers he has served under, is well posted in tactics, is a good drill master and would do honor to the service as a line officer. His descriptive list from his former Company, Company A, 17th Ohio infantry, shows that he was wounded in the right leg at the battle of Stone River, January i, 1863. Samuel McDonald, Second Lieutenant, Commanding Co. F, 15th Reg. V. R. C. Dated Camp Douglas, Chicago, 111., October 26, 1864." Having served his country in time of war more than three years, Mr. Lacey was content to return to civil life. He re-engaged in farming in Iro- quois county, 111., to which point his mother's family had removed during 2o6 HISTORY OF ALLEK AND his absence. He w.is married there January 31, 1S67, to Mary E. Culbert- .son, a daughter of Joseph Culbertson, now a resident of lola. Mr. Cul- bertson was born in Ohio, in 1821, and was married to Pernetta Matthews. Mrs. Lacey is the fifth of eight children. Mr. and Mrs. Licey's children are: Joseph Lac;y, pastmister of Savonburg, Kansas, is married to Claudia Southard; Emma Lacey, who is the wife of Harry Keith, of Marmaton township; Reuben C. Lacey, of Marmaton township, is married to Rose Evans; Quincy E.. near Moran, is married to Daisy Eflin; Melvill, Pearl G. , and Bulah are with their ])arents. Edward D. Lacey became a Republican long before he could vote. His first vote was cast while in the army. One of the first things he did upon reaching Allen County was to identify himself with the Republican organization of the county. His frank and earnest manner and his in- telligent bearing made him a valuable acquisition to the party and he soon took rank as one of its leaders. He was urged forward as soon as he could be prevailed upon to accept a nomination and was elected township trustee three terms. So conspicuously efficient were his services in this capacity that he was earnestly supported in his candidacy for the Legislature in 1887. He was elected by a good majority and re-elected in 18S9, serving four years in all. He served on some of the important committees of the House and introduced House Bill No. 91, providing for the care of old soldiers, in indigency, outside of the Alms house. He was the alithor of some measures of local importance, only, and was always on the alert in the interest of wise and wholesome laws for the State. He was on the Joint Committee with Murray in preparing the Prohibition law, now in operation, and was one of its earnest supporters. The .same year he retired from the office of Representative Mr. Lacey was nominated by his district for County Commissioner and was elected. He was again elected in 1895 and was the Board's Chairman the last four years of his .service. One thing was especially characteristic of Mr Lacey's public service. He was always well enough informed to have a decided opinion on matters of public policy and whenever called upon for it it was always forthcoming. He wa; a guiding spirit of the County Board while an incumbent of the office of Commissioner and if he was unpopular with a fe^v it is accounted for by the fact that they were not his invited advisors. As a business man Mr. Lacey is successful and conservative. He has extended his domain materially by the addition of another eighty to his original tract and his individual prosperity is noted in other lines of indus- try. He is a member of the Methodist congregation of Moran of which bodv he is one of the Trustees, being Chairman of the Board. JAMES McKINNEY WILLIAMSON, who was for years engaged in the harness and saddlery business in lola, and but recently retired, located in Allen county in 1883. His first years in the county he pas.sed WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 207 ou the farm, but, having served his apprenticeship, without being bound, at the saddlery and harness trade and having an opportunity to ac- quire the business exclusive, in Ida, he purchased the Hart stock and conducted an honorable and profitable business till 1900 when "William- son & Son," the successor of J. M. Williamson, sold its business to Mr. Hartung. Mr. Williamson came to Kansas in 187 1 and took a claim in Butler county. From this claim he moved to the city of Eldorado and was a resi- dent there at the time he removed to Allen county. His native place is Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he was born August i, 1840. His father, John L. Williamson, was a farmer and, to some extent an iron ore dealer. He was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, but reared in Mercer county. He died in Butler county, Kansas, in 18S2 at the age of eighty-two years. In early life he was in line with Democracy but in [848 became a Whig and later a Republican. George Williamson, a soldier in the- Revolutionary War, and a son of Thomas Williamson, passed his active life at farming in Northumberland countv , Pennsylvania. He is buried at Salem church in ?>Iercer county. His forefathers were of Scotch and Irish extraction. John L. Williamson married Rebecca McKinney, a daughter of Samuel McKinney, who was born and reared in Center county, Pennsyl- vania. He was a farmer, a wool-carder and an ex soldier of the war of i8i2. He was awarded a medal by the state of Pennsylvania for gallantr,' in the battle of Lake Erie. Rebecca McKinney Williamson died in 1840. Her children are: Mary J., wife of Fohnestock Lightner, of Knox county, Iowa; Rachel E.. wife of John Naix. of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and James M. Williamson. Until he became old enough to care for himself Mr. Williamson made his home with his grandfather McKinney. He hired out as a day work- man and by the month, as the opportunity offered, until beginning his trade. He left the bench to enter the Union army in August 1861, joining Company A, Seventy-Sixth Kej'stone Zouaves. For some months prior to the close of the war he was enrolling officer, being; employed as such after his discharge from service in the field. The Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania Zouaves rendezvoused at Camp Came- ron, Harrisburg, and was ordered to the front at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and on to Hilton Head, South Carolina. It participated in the capture of Fort Pulaski, was in the fight at Pocataligo, and, in the spring of 1863, Mr. Williamson was discharged from it and soon thereafter was commis- sioned as enrolling officer, as above mentioned. Mr. Williamson engaged in merchandising in a country store in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, upon resuming civil pursuits and followed it and farming three years each. He then came to Kansas in search of cheap lands and the claim he took in Butler county proved to be the dearest piece of real estate he ever owned. June I, 1864. Mr. Williamson married Lizzie L. , a daughter of James Brandon. Mrs. Williamson died in 1873. Her children are: Mary J., 208 niSTORV OF ALI.KN AND who murried J. F. Shidely, of Fairhaven, Washington; Austa, wife of Charles Cadwell, of Harvey county, Kansas; and John H. Williamson, of lola. In 1875 Mr. Williamson married Mary M., a daughter of Hansford Jones, whose original home was in West Virginia. The children of the marriage are: Horace Carl Williamson, who is married to Emma Butler and is one of the substantial j^oung business men of lola; Arthur Leroy, Earnest Wiley, James and Ruth Esther Williamson. Mr. Williamson's first national ballot was cast for Lincoln for presi- dent. In 1872 he got into the Greeley movement but supported Hays in 1876 and has since been one of the staundiest advocates of Republican policies and Republican candidates at the pwlls. He was elected coroner of Butler county, Kansas, held many minor offices there and in Allen county, including councilman for the city of lola. He is a member of the Grand Army and Past Commander of the Post, a director of the lola Building and Loan Association and, above all, a citizen above reproach. H EN RV C. ROGERS— The late Henry C. Rogers, of Bronson, was one of the characters of eastern Allen County, not alone because he was an honorable citizen but because he represented the age of pioneering in the county and because his death closed the chapter devoted to the liv- ing pioneers. He came to the county at a time when white men were a curiosity on our eastern border and when any piece of prairie from Rock Creek to the east line of Allen County might have been preempted or home- steaded. The settlements adjacent and tributary to where Mr. Rogers and his uncle settled were around the Turkey Creek post office and at Ira Hobson's mill on the Osage River, in Bourbon County. Prior to the Civil war the land between Moran and Bronson belonged to the Indians but thev did not occupy it. They had, no doubt, abandoned it to whoever might settle it as per an act of Congress providing for the disposition of the public domain. To the few settlements made prior to the war, to the events affecting this locality during that struggle and to the period of settle- ment succeeding the war, including the fencing of the la.st tract of prairie "lying out," Mr. Rogers was an eye witness. He not only saw it all but he was a distinct part of it all and could his reminiscences have been gathered while in his physical and mental vigor they would have added much to the completeness of the story of the settlement and development of Allen County. It was November 10, 1S58, when Henry C. Rogers and D. V. Rogers, his uncle, stopped on the creek southeast of Moran. They were seeking a location and the uncle claimed the "Uick Gilliam" place and died on it in 1875. Young Henry remained with his uncle till old enough to enter land when he took up the south half of the southwest quarter of section 10, township 25, range 21, Marmaton township, and there resided till about r> ^, ni cr-G^^eAA WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 209 1880 when he sold and located on the county line soutli (jf Bronson two miles. The settlements on the prairies of Kansas in an early day were chief! > disturbed by the devouring flames of a prairie Ore. This scourge visited every settler who made his abiding place in Allen County from the earliest time to 1880, and many of them more than once. It was no unusual thing to see everything swept away and a family left penniless after a hard summer's work. Thieves and marauders made occasional sallies into the settlements and plied their trade effectively but the vigilantes took frequent charge of them and left them alone in their solitude. The drouth of i860 was a calamity visited upon the frontiersmen and, had not the winter fol- lowing been as mild and as gentle as that of Florida, great suffering among man and beast would have ensued. During the war the Bushwhackers and Butternuts did not disturb the peace and repose of eastern Allen County. Its able-bodied men all belonged to some military regiment and were called out only when the State was threatened with invasion. Mr. Rogers was a member of Col. Orlin Thurston's regiment of State guards which rendez- voused at Ft. Scott during the last Price raid. H. C. Rogers was born in Vermillion County, Indiana. He started to Kansas from Vermillion County, Illinois, but his parents settled in Ver- million County, Indiana, and it is probable that there was where his birth occurred February 23, 1842. His father, Daniel Rogers, who left Vermont when young, was a pioneerto the above Indiana county. His parents no doubt accompanied him to the west for his father, Allen Rogers, resided in Indiana, Illinois, and lastl3' Iowa, where he died and is buried. His sons were: Elisha, Minor, John, Daniel and Jobe Rogers, all of whom reared families. Daniel Rogers married Mary Baldwin who died in Perryville, Indiana, in 1853. Daniel also died early in life. Their children were: Henry C; Hannah, wife of Richard Davis, of Altaraont, Kansas: Nettie, deceased, wife of Mr. Blair, of Neosho County, Kansas. Henry C. Rogers was not an educated man. The circumstances of his time were such as to preclude the acquirement of more than the primary elements of an education. He was only sixteen years old when he assumed the responsibilities of a citizen in Allen Count}-, where schools were the scarcest of necessities. Whatever ot success has attended him has been the result of his efforts with stock and the farm. He was married June 10, 1865, to Miss Ruth Main, a daughter of John Main, a pioneer to the we.st from Virginia. Mrs. Rogers was born in Mongoha, Virginia, June 23 1846. The children of their marriage are: Charles, married to Cora Thompson, resides nearby: Henry C. Jr., married to Mary Goodm, resides on the homestead; Dora E. , wife of Elijah Hodge, of Bronson, Kansas; O.scar V., married to Maggie Thomas, of Bronson, Kansas; Bertha May Rogers, a teacher; William and Roy. Mr. Rogers' political affiliations were with the Republicans. In 1872 he espoused the Greeley movement but, using his own words, "never got into the Democratic party." He never took a very active part in local 2IO HISTORY OF ALLK.V AXI) politics and the only office in which he consented to serve was that of school director which he held for twenty years. When the day shall come when the contemporaries of the pioneers sliall all have passed away and their lives and deeds are known only in history, then will their posterity come to a full realizatioti and a just appre- ciation of them and their efforts. A word from tho.se "who saw and did" is more to be desired than a volume from those who were not there and only heard. Mr. Rogers' last illness was of long duration. He died November 30, 1900, and was laid away in the 59th year of his age. GEORGE G. MAPES. — Few men are more widely and favorably known to the citizens of eastern Allen county than George G. Mapes the commercial traveler, farmer and stock man of Marmaton township. His home, "Shady Slope," just southeast of Moran, is one of the attractive farmsteads of the county and is the handiwork of its progressive and pros- perous proprietor. G. G. Mapes was born in Princeton, Illinois, April 20, 1S54. He was educated in the public schools of that city and graduated from the high school. His father, George W. Mapes, was born in the state of New York ill 1828 and died at Des Moines, Iowa, February 2, 1898. In an early day the latter went into Ohio and later came westward to Laporte, Indiana, and was there married to Martha E. Denni.son, a New York lady. Not long after their marriage the couple emigrated to Bureau county, Illinois. George \V. Mapes was educated and equipped for the ministry. He filled the pulpit of the Christian church in Princeton many years, following this service up with a like one for a period of years in Des Moines, Iowa. He was a gentleman of much force of character and a preacher with great power and conviction. He was highly educated, abreast of the progressive a^e in all literary and scholastic matters and was the iustrument in the hands of Providence which built up a large congregation, numbering nearly fifteen hundred members, in the city of Des Moines. His widow- survived him till July 27, 1900, dying at the' age of seventy years. Their wedded life covered a period of nearly fifty years. A half century of con- tinuous usefulness, of wedded bliss, walking hand in hand and doing all things to the glory of God. Of their six children, five survive: Wheeler M. Mapes, of Redfield, Iowa, the first conductor to run a vestibuled car out of Omaha, and for twenty-three j-ears in the service of the Rock Island Railway Company as conductor; Ro.sella F. , wife of M. A. Hitchcock, of Des Moines. Iowa; George G. Mapes; Charles Mapes, of Hutchinson, Kansas, traveling for Selz, Schwab & Co., of Chicago, and Frank H. Mapes, a druggist of McComb, Illinois. When George G Mapes began his career as a business man it was in the notion business. He covered the state of Kansas for five years selling WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 211 notions to the merchants out of a wagon. His success was so marked that at the end of this period he established a wholesale notion business in Topeka, Katisas. In 1S7S after four years of unremitting watchfulness and attention in the upbuilding of his business, he disposed of it and took a position with Florence, Jansen & Company, of .Atchison. He represented them as a traveling salesman and remained with the house till i8Si when, on the first of July, he accepted a place with the Grimes Dry Goods Com- pany, in the same city, and was with them nine years as salesman on the road. Resigning this position he entered into an arrangement with the Hood-Brownbright Wholesale Company, of Philadelphia, to travel for them, which position he resigned after three years of service, to take charge of the Pennsylvania hotel at Moran, Kansas. Soon after this date he was offered the position of cashier of Varner's Bank in Moran and accepted, remaining with the institution five years and conducting the hotel at the same time. In 1894 he exchanged the hotel for "Shady Slope," a quarter section of land two and a half miles southeast of Moran, to which he moved his family and where he spends his time when off duty as a drummer. In 1895 h^ engaged with the Smith, McCord Dry Goods Company, of Kansas Citv, and nvc davs in the week his time and enerj;}' is e.Kpended in their behalf. The well known farm, "Shady Slope," is not one of those common- place resorts where the production of corn and hay are the chief source of revenue and the center of interest season after season. It is a place where there is intense activity the year round. First of all it has expanded from one hundred and sixty acres to four hundred acres in area and has taken onimprovements commensurate with the growth and resources of the farm. His herd of sixty registered Herefords, his string of trotters and the mis- cellaneous animals necessary to a well regulated stock farm furnish splendid evidence of the profitableness of intelligent farming and at the same time show Mr. Mapes to be a leader and not a follower in his under- taking. His horse flesh is among the best bred anywhere. One of them, "Betsy King" at twenty-tvvo years, is the mother of nineteen colts, four of which have brought the sum of $6,000 and two others give promise of de- veloping into horses of much merit. "Shady Slope" and its attendant and accompanying interests are the fruits of the individual efforts of G. G. Mapes. In the beginning, and when he loaded up his first notion wagon, his capital was too small for any other busine.ss. It was his all and upon his merits as a salesman and his integrity as a man did he stake his future. Shady Slope answers how well he has done. Years of push and good manageaient have counted for much and when the inventory is taken it will be found that he has been the maker and his wife the saver. Both are admirable traits and both go hand in hand to financial independence. July 6, 1881, G. G. Mapes was married to Laura E. Kindig, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (McCord) Kindig. The father was born in Virginia in 1816 and died in Washing- ton, Illinois, in 1892. His wife, a native of Tennessee, and Mrs. Mapes' mother, died at Washington many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Mapes' chil- 212 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND dren, surviving, are: Pluma, Ijorn April i, 1884; Opal, born Februarv 19, [886, died at fourteen months; Ruby, born August 14, 18SS. Mr. Mapes has made no record in politics except for voting the Repub- lican ticket. He w^s elected to the City Council in Moran almost unani- mously and, as a lodge man, affiliates with the Masons and Workmen. HENRY B. SMITH, of Moran, leading implement dealer and worthy citizen, came to Kansas in 187S and stopped first in Atchison. Re- maining there a short time he went into Norton county, Kansas, took up a claim and tried farming in the short grass country eighteen months. Leav- ing the west he went to Parsons, Kansas, and spent one \-ear there. Allen county was his next objective point and to this locality he came in 1S81. He was in the count> about three months before he entered the neighbor- hood of Moran. His fir.st entrance into the town was in ci mpany with L. H. Gorrell with whom he soon after engaged in the implement business. Tlie firm was Gorrell & Smith and it continued in business till 1887 when Mr. Smith purchased the interest of his partner and has since conducted the firm's affairs. Our subject was born in Clayton county, Iowa, September 8, 1S55. His father's name was John Smith and the latter went into that state from Pennsylvania in 1850. In 1857 he returned to his oiiginal home in Latiobe, Pennsylvania, and there reared his family. He was a carriage maker and was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1824. He was a son of Jacob Smith, a wagon maker. John Smith married Adeline Cook who died in Pennsylvania in 1893. Their five children are: Henry B.; George C, of Jamestown, North Da- kota; Emeline, wife of Peter Albaugh, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Blanche, wife of Clark Thomas, of Moran, and Grant Smith, of Chicago, Illinois. The father. of the family resides in Jamestown, North Dakota. H. B. Smith left Pennsylvania before he came of age and returned to the state of his birth. He had learned his father's trade and this he made his means of support for some years. He worked in Clayton and in Mc- Gregor, Iowa, before his return to the Keystone state. He remained a year in Latiobe, Pennsylvania, and then made his final trip west. He spent a few months at his trade in Atchison, Kansas, and was induced to desert it for a time, by visions of a free home in the west. May 2, 1S83, Mr. Smith was married in Moran, Kansas, to Miss Orpha Iv DeHart, a daughter of Elisha DeHart, who came to Kansas from Morgan county, Indiana, and who is a well known, industrious and re- spected citizen of Moran. Mr. and Mrs. Smith's children are: Leroy, Pearl B. and Ralph. As a citizen Mr. Smith is modest and unassuming, yet alive to his own interests and to those of his town. He is a member of the township board and has spent nine years on' the school board. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 2r3 JOSEPH CLARENCE NORTON, Allen County'spractical and theoretical ^ Agriculturist, and a fanner whose fame extends beyond the confines of his own State, came into the county in 1872. His father, Joseph G. Norton, came out to Kansas in 1871, as a representative of a colony of Ohio emigrants and purchased for them a tract of land in Anderson County, of John W. Scott, agent of the L. 1/. and G. Railway Company. The colony came out and settled their new purchase and called their station on the line of the Santa Fe road "Colon}-." The town which this name was given to was called by the old trailers, to and from Lawrence "Divide." Colony was applied to this high point about 1872 when the.se Ohio soldiers took possession of their lands. Mr. Norton was not pleased with this location and the same year went into Marmaton township, Allen County, and pur- chased a tract. In company with Mr. Norton were other Ohio settlers, Mr. Schlimmer, Mr. Whitney and Fred Wagoner who also located in Allen Comity. The first postoffice was Johnstown which in a few years gave way to the Fairlawn postoffice, established in the house of Mr. Fehlison who looked after its affairs and the mail matter of the neighborhood till Moran was founded, when it was discontinued. Mail was delivered by pony carrier twice a week and the settlers felt themselves fortunate in receiving such favors at the hands of the government. J. Clarence Norton was born at Montville, Waldo County, Maine, December 28, 1857. His father was born at Castine, Maine, April 21, 1824, and his environments in youth were entirely rural. His father, David Norton, had charge of the County Poor Farm for many years and was a local official for a long period. He was born in Maine and died in Des Moines, Iowa, and was a son of Joseph Norton, an old whaling-shipmaster. The latter had made several trips around the world before the Revolutionary war and sailed into the harbor of Sm Francisco and shot buffalo where the Presideo now is located and used water from the spring at the Golden Gate. The original Nortons were aboard the Mayflower and are buried at Plymouth, the site of their settlement. Joseph G. Norton married Jane Cram, who died in Allen County in 1886. Their children were: Ida; deceased wife of John Carter of lola; Ada, wife of George S. Davis, of lola; Joseph Clarence: Etta, wife of George Mausy, of Rushville, Indiana. Joseph G. Norton passed his early life as a boot and shoemaker. He left Maine in 1862 and located in Covington, Kentucky, but worked in Cin- cinnati, Ohio. Before reaching Cincinnati he lived in Quincy and Brain- tree, Massachusetts, and spent some time in Columbus, Ohio, upon his ar- rival in the State. Clarence was a lad of fourteen years when he came to Allen Coutity. He had had ample opportunities for education and graduated from the Covington high school, the j'ounge.st in his class. He earlj- developed a talent for newspaper work and got his first experience on the lola Register. Its editor, Mr. Perkins, retained him as a paid correspondent, the first of the kind in the county. The subject of farming attracted him and he has iJJj. HISTORY OF AtLEN ANO done much of it in an experimental way. His discoveries he has made known from time to time in his letters to the Kansas Farmer and The Rural New Yorker to which publications he contributes as a pay corre- spondent and at good pay. He was the first to bale corn fodder and to in- vent a machine for baling, a description of which operation was published fn Coburn's "Forage and Fodder" and he was the fiist to discover a meth- od of preserving and keeping Irish potatoes two years. His articles have attracted a wide interest among professional and e.Kperimsntal fanners and he has addressed the State Board of Agriculture of Kansas, as the inviteti guest of the Secretary on different occasions when officers of Agricultural societies of other states were in his audience. Mr. Korton is also a student of farm stock and all his property of this description is registered. Mr. Norton has kept weather records for thirty years and for the last six years has kept the United States oiBcial records for this county, being a regular weather bureau observer and supplied with government instru- ments. There are instances where his records have been called to settle damage suits with railways. He wrote a book on Weather Talks that was published in the Register in the winter of 1895-6. Also another book pub- lished in the Kansas Farmer on Potato Growing, and he has for two years been at work on the Kansas Farmer's H mdy Guide which is now running in the Kansas Farmer and will be out in book form early in 1902. It is a reprint of a collection of thirty j^ears from all the leading farm papers in the world. Mr. Norton ha^ been quite a sportsman and has hunted all over the northwe.st. In 1S83 he brought from the Cascade Mountains a cap- tured bear cub and that a year later he gave to the St. Louis Zoo, the largest bear they ever had. He also gave to tlie Smithsonian Institute at Wash- ington, D. C, the only specimen the world ever heard of in its life — a Maltese skunk — a hybred cross between a white skunk and a mink and its value is beyond e.stimate. This animal was captured on his farm in Allen County, Kansas. Mr. Norton has for .several years been an introducer of worthy farm machinery through the Kansas Farmer and he has a valuable collection. He introduced the Early Kans:is potato that was originated by William Hankins of lola, and it is favorably known all over the United States, being one of the best yielders at the Rural New Yorker's testing trials, among one hundred other varieties. Also the Kansas Snowball, a new seedling from the Common No. i potato. Mr. N'orton w:us married to Frances Coe, of Ashtabula, Ohio. She died in 1892 leaving a son, Louis Norton. Mr. Norton then married (in 1893) Elba Ashcraft. Their children aje: Everett and Annie P. In politics the Nortons have all along been Republicans. The St. Louis platform did not conform to the ideas of our subject on the finance (juestion, in 1896, and he supported the candidate of the Democratic party. The question of expansion being of more personal concern and of greater national importance he supported Mr. McKinley in 1900 on that issue. Outside of questions of citizenship he takes no special interest in local affairs. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 5l5 DOCTOR JAMES E. JEWELL, of Moran, a member of the Board of Pension Examiners for Allen County and for two terms Healtli 'Officer of the county, is a gentleman most honorable, and highly esteemed. His attitude and bearing are in themselves a moral lesson and his pro- fessional integrity and professional competency are matters of general recognition. Dr. Jewell came into Allen County permanently Oct. 9, 1892, and located in the new village of Moran. He came from McMinn County, Tennessee, where he had located in 187 1. In 1868 he went into the South with his father-in-law and engaged in the saw-mill and lumljer business in Talledego, County, Alabama. After he had remained there three years he went into East Tennessee and was located near Athens eleven years. Dr. Jewell was born in Chenango, County, New York, not far from Norwich, December 26, 1846. His father. Dr. James Jewell, was born at Durham, Green County, New York, December 6, 1818, and died in Catskill, N. J., May 15, 1884. The latter was schooled and trained for an educator and graduated in the Vermont Medical College. He was engaged in regular practice, in New York, from graduation to his death. He pos- sessed a fine intellect and an inordinate love for his profession and his entire makeup rendered him one of the marked men of his county. He was descended from Massachusetts stock and from Revolutionary ancestors. His father was a Congregational minister. Among the Revolutionary patriots who aided in the capture of the first British soldiers who ever surrendered to Americans was Seth Clark, our subject's great-grandfather. He was one of General Warren's men at Boston and, while awaiting the turn in events which forced the English to hand the city over to the Americans, he made, and decorated with Boston scenes, a powder-horn which our subject possesses and which is to descend to successive generations of the family. Dr. James Jewell married AlmyraDay, a lady of New England stock, but born in Schoharrie County, New York. Her birth occurred in 1818 and her death the year of her husband's. Both lie in Moran cemetery. Their children are: Dr. J. E. Jewell; Mary A., wife of Henry L. Bassett, of Moran; Rev. Stanley D. Jewell, of Butler, Missouri, and the late Anson Jewell. Dr. Jewell's youth was passed chiefly in school. From fifteen to twenty years of age he was a photographer in Catskill and Prattsville, New York. February 11, 1868, he married May R. Coe, whose father, Daniel Coe, founded and endowed Coe College at Cedar Ripids, Iowa. He was a successful farmer in the Catskills of New York and died in Talledego, County, Alabama. He was twice married, his second wife being Mrs. Mercy (Wattles) Cowles, the mother of Mrs. Jewell. It seems but natural that our subject should become a physician. His father's prominence and success in the craft and his own associations with the latter during his bringing up led him to a determination to pre- pare for a life of medicine. It was rather late in life that he began the 2l6 HISTORY OF AI.LKN AND actual work of preparation but it was belter, tlius, on the whole, for hi.s faculties were then fully developed and matured. He entered the College of Physicians and Sur>;eons in Jialtimore, Maryland, and took the highest honors in a class of one hundred and forty-three at graduation. In appre- ciation of this mark of excellence the faculty presented him with a gold medal, properly inscribed, which is his constant companion, as it were. The Doctor completed his course in i88i aad opened an office first at Athens, Tennessee, where he remained until his location in Moran. Dr. Jewell's only surviving child is a son, James Ralph Jewell, a student in Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A son, Walter Jewell, died in Moran in 1S92 at the age of twenty-two years. The Presbyterians of Moran have had an active aid in Dr. Jewell. He has been connected with that church officially many years and much of its substantial progress has been due to his efforts. The Republican party of Allen County has felt the beneficent effect of his influence and cooperation and has honored him twice with election to the office of Coroner. His oivn little city has called him to the Mayoralty and all his official acts have been inspired bj' a desire to do absolute and accurate justice at all times and to all men. SAMUICL C. \'ARXKR is one whose name is inseparably interwoven with the history of Moran. He belongs to that class whose ability and character are making a deep impression upon the life of this rapidly de- veloping town. In tliis broad state with its abundant room for individual enterprise with its he.irty appreciation of personal worth and its splendid opportunities tor individual achievement, the man of ability finds the very largest sphere for usefnlne.ssand the gratification of personal ambition. His abilities will be discovered, his integrity will find appreciation, his public spirit will mt-et with recognition, and he cannot but become prominent. Mr. X'arner is an illustration of this fact. He has done much to advance the material interests and substantial upbuilding of Moran. A representative of sturdy Pennsylvania ancestry he was born in Monongahela, Washington county, that state, December 10, 1845. His parents, John M. and Lucinda (Collins) Varncr, were also natives of Pennsylvania. During his boyhood he accompanied them to Canton, Illi- nois, and from 1856 until 1S67 his home was in the "Prairie State." Dur- ing a part of that time he pursued his education in the public schools. When the war broke out he entered the army and served with distinction in the Sixty-seventh and One Hundred and Forty -eighth Regiments of Illinois Infantry, receiving well merited promotion He enlisted as a pri- vate of Company B, in the One Hundred and P'^orty-eighth, was promoted to first lieutenant and held other responsible positions by appointment. When the stars and stripes had been planted in the capital of the southern confederacy and hostilities had ceased he returned to his home. In 1867 Mr. Varner removed to Iowa and in 1880 came to Kansas, WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 217 locating in Colony. Being of an earnest, self-reliant nature, he was fully prepared for business and at once took a leading position in commercial circles. He made his lumber yard at that place one of the leading enter- prises of the time in .\ticlerson county. Quick to note an opportunity offered and with a mind trained to take advantage of favorable business possibilities, his lumber business was a success in every particular. Be- lieving in the future of Moran he determined to locate at that place and extend the field of his operations. Accordingly in 18S3 he opened his lumber yard there and also embarked in the grain business. Two year- later, in 18S5, he extended the field of his labors by adding a hardware store, placing his stock on sale in a small frame building on the east side of Cedar street. That was the modest commencement of his present mam- moth commercial enterprise. Soon those quarters becam; too smill and in 1888 on the west side of Cedar street he erected the first brick building in the city. His hardware store soon took first rank in the countv and would be a credit to any city in the state. Again he extended the field of his labors by organizing the firm of J. J. Varner & Company and opening an extensive store with a complete stock of merchandise. In r888 Mr. Varner established what was knov\-n as the S. C. Varner Bank, which in 1892 was re-organized under the name of tlii Pejples Bmk with Mr. Varner as president. In 1890 he completed the magnificent brick block which stands as a monument to his activity, energy and suc- cess. Giving personal supervision to his varied busines-i enterprises he has at all times been master of the minutest details of eich, so that he is ever able to thoroughly meet every call of an immense business that would ordi- narily require the combined skill of the individual members of a strong company. Although the year 189.5 was a period of financial depression in many departments of trade, Mr. Varner, owing to his careful management, found that his business not only held its own but was increasing, making necessary additional room. He therefore erected the opera house block on the east side of Cedar street, utilizing the first floor a: a ware-room. This is a handsome brick structure which is certainly a credit to the city. Mr. Varner's public spirit, his pride in his adopted city and his faith in its future led him to believe that his investments in improvements would be appreciated. Having earl)' established his commercial standing, which was recognized by all the leading houses of the country, Mr. Varner con- tinually added to his business, carefully managed its interests, and maintained unassailed his reputation for commercial integrity, so that when the period of financial depression came upon the countr)', he still enjoyed the public confidence that had been earned by honest effort. The words of commendation which he now receives from the leading wholesale houses of the country are well-deserved tributes to his ability and his high standing. On the 27th day of September, 1863, Mr. Varner was married to Miss Annie McCord, a highly accomplished lady of Canton, Illinois. They have never had any children of their own but adopted a daughter whom they reared to adult age. Mr. Varner exercises his right of franchise in 2l8 HISTORY OF AI.I.KN AND support of the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never sought or desired office. He was elected mayor of Moran in 1896 and his administration was one of worth to the city. Socially he is a Knight Templar, Mason and also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Order of the United Workmen and the Grand Army of the Republic. Men with minds that are as alert and broad as his are never narrow: and men who, like him, view public questions, the social organi- zation, politics and all the relations of life comprehensively and philo- sophically are magnificent supporters of the best interests of humanity. JESSE H. COFFMAN — One of the successful and representative farmers of Allen County is Jesse H. Coffman, of Moran. He came to the county in 1884 and purchased the old "Fair Lawn" farm, the northeast qua:ter of section -4, town 24, range 20. He was a pioneer to Neosho County, from which point he located in Allen County. In 1868 he pre- empted a claim on the Osage Ceded lands and was a party to the famous law-suit which arose over the title to that land, much of which lay in Neosho County. Mr. Coffman came west from Adams County, Indiana, where he was reared from boyhood. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, December '7. '839. His father, David Coffman, was born in the same county in 1S09 and was there married to Rebecca Hughes, a daughter of Jesse Hughes, a soldier of the War of 1812. Mr. Hughes cam; from Pennsvlvania into Ohio as a pioneer and David Coffman came through that State from Vir- ginia on his way to Ohio. The Coffmans are one of the old American families and some of them were patriots of our Revolution. Our subject's great-.grandfather was one of them and he ivas killed while in the service. David Coffman died in 1S72 at the age of sixty-three years His wife died the same \ ear. Their children were: Mary E., who resides in Adams County, Indiana, is the widow of the late Basil Hendricks, her second husband: Sarah A., wife of Henry Steele, of Pleasant Mills, Indiana. Harriet O., widow of Alexander Flichar, who resides with our subject: Jesse H.: Isabel, wife of David Springer, of Van Wert County, Ohio, and George M. Coffman, of Erie, Kansas. In 1861 President Lincoln appointed J. H. Coffman postmaster of Pleasant Mills, Indiana, which office he resigned in 1862 to enlist in Cora- pmy E, loth Ohio c.ivalry, Ciptiin Fehlisjn and Colonels Snith and Sanders. The regiment was under Kilpatrick and took part in the cavalry work around Atlanta and Savannah. It returned north through the enemy's country to Richmond, \'irginia, where it was embarked on a transport for Baltimore and from that point was shipped to Cleveland, Ohio, where it was mustered out of service in August, 1S65. Mr. Coffman took part in all the serious engagements with which his division was concerned and notwithstanding the frequency with which he was under fire during his WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 219 three j'ears' service he received no wounds. He was muhtered out as first duty sergeant of Company E. The three years intervening between his discharge from the army and his advent to Kansas Mr. Coffman spent at farming in Adams Counts', In- diana. He made the trip to Kansas in a wagon coniaining, besides his family, his personal effects. He disposed of his Neosho County farm at a fancj' price and invested the proceeds in laud near Moran. His farm comprises 330 acres conveniently situated and well stocked ynd well tilled. Mr. Coffman was first married in 1867 to Anna R. McLeod who died in 1879, with issue as follows: May, wife of Marion Lee, of Los Ati|eks County, California; Edith I., wife of Chas. 'Weast, of Neosho County. In 1884 Mr. Coffman married Laura E. Coe, a daughter of Orville L. Coe, of Geanga County, Ohio. Their child is Harold C. Coffman. Mr. Coffman is a well known Democrat and is one of the party leaders in Allen County. He frequents county conventions and enthuses his coun- trymen in the faith in every political campaign. A A /"ESLEY N. JONES, of Marmaton township and a pioneer Kansan, " ^ has resided upon the southeast quarter of section 22, town 24, range 20, for the past ten years, having come into Allen County from the adjoining county of Anderson in the spring of 1890. In 1865 his father, John M. Jones, settled in the valley of Deer Creek, near Colon\ , Kansas, and became one of the substantial farmers of Anderson County. He emi- grated from Montgomery County, Illinois, where he was reared and married. He was born in Tennessee in 1826, was a son of Hugh Jones, and died near Colonj' in 1894. Hugh Jones left Tennessee about 1836 and improved a farm in Montgomery County, Illinois, where he settled permanently and died. John M. Jones married Frances Grisham, a daughter of Spartan Gris- ham, who survives her husband at the age of sixty-nine years. Her chil- dren are: Mary, wife of W. H. Quiet, of Anderson, County, Kansas; Wes- ley N.; Emma, wile of Jesse Day, of Chase County, Kansas; Hugh Jones, of Boston, Ma.ssachusetts; a lawyer and a telephone proinoter. Wesley N. Jones was born in Montgomery County, Illinois, in May, 1854. He consequently grew up in Kansas from his eleventh year. His education was obtained in the early schools of Anderson County and he be- gan life as a farmer. In 1877 he was married in Allen County to Ella, a daughter of George H. Bacon, of Elsmore township. The children of this union are: Jesse M., Laura, Charles, George, May, Roy and Junia. Mr. Jones made farming a success in Anderson County for several years and when he came into Allen County he purchased one of the good farms of his township. It is two and one-half miles northwest of Moran and was the "Snyder League claim." His surroundings present the ap- pearance of thrift and a degree of prosperity not uncommon with men of 220 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND industry and ambition He is growing into the stock business and is reaching a plane of financial independence most desirable in the evening of life. The Jones' have a reputation for staunch Republicanism. Our subject cast his first presidential vote for Mr. Hayes and his last one for William McKinley and the Republicans of Marmaton selected him for the candidate for Trustee in 1900. GKORGE L. MERRILL, of the lumber firm of Adams & Merrill, of Moran, came to ."Mien County in 1883. At that time he located in the new and growing town of Moran, engaged in the business of contracting and building and for seventeen years has been regarded as an active mov- ing spirit in the affairs of his town. Mr. Merrill was born in Concord, Morgan County, Illinois, May 10, icS6o. His father, Spafford Merrill, was a mechanic. He crossed the plains in '49 and remained on the Pacific coast .several years, residing among the Indians and resting here and there alone, and without the sight of a white man for years. He made his way up into Washington and was one of the parties to name the city Whatcorab. He returned to Illinois with the proceeds of his trip, before the Rebellion, and engaged in mercan- tile pursuits in Concord. He joined the loist Illinois infantry as a private soldier and served over two years. Spafford Merrill was born in New York February 5, 1825. His father was Aaron Merrill, born in Geneseo, New York, in 1798. The latter left Nevv York with his family in 1829 and settled in Mahoning County, Ohio. He continued his westward trip in 1871 and died in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1874. He married Electa Wright and his children were: Mar- garet, Charles, Spafford, Benson, George, John and Emily, wife of W. H. McCartney, of Hopkins, Missouri. Benson resides in Jacksonville, Illinois; the others are dead. Spafford Merrill married Athalia Rush, of New York. She died February 28, 1878, in Morgan County, Illinois. Their children were: O.scar R., of Moran, Kansas; George L. and Eva, wife of Charles Orwig, of McDonough County, Illinois, Robert Merrill, of Warren, Ohio, is a half brother of our subject. George L. Merrill put himself to the carpenter trade in Concord, Illinois, at an early age. By the death of his parents he was without a home at the age of thirteen j'ears. He remained about Concord till 1883 when he started west and soon brought up in lola, Kansas. He was in company with W. H. Berkihiser, known in Moran, and found work in that town at once. He followed his trade till 1890 when he engaged in the lumber business with Honstead & Berkihiser. The firm changed to Merrill & Honstead some months later and finally, in 1896, to its present name. On questions of public policy, in Nation andS»-.ate, the early Merrills WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 221 were Republicans. The faith of his fathers our subject has espoused and his politics is well known in Moran, where he has served as Clerk of the cit3\ November 30, 1884, Mr. Merrill was married in Moran to Ida M. Cox, a daughter of Peter Cox, of Vigo Countj-, Indiana. The latter died in Moran and left two children-, viz.: Amy, wife of A. Lisenbee, and Mrs. Merrill. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill's children are: Oscar L., Alma M. and Amy E. Mr. Merrill is a Workman, an Odd Fellow, a Rebekah and a member of the ladies auxiliary to the Workman — the Degree of Honor. 1^ 'ZRA N. WILLETT, of Moran, is one of the pioneers to ea.stern Allen -"— ^ county. He came to the county with his parents in 1868 and has been a resident of it since. His father, John Willett, located three and a half miles ea.st of lola, on the farm adjoining Gas on the east, and was a resident of the county till 1880 when he took up his residence in Parsons. Kansas. He, however, died in lola in 1882 at the age of seventy-eight years. John Willett was born in the state of Pennsylvania, reared there and came west by degrees to Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and finally to Kansas. He was married to Nancy L,andis in the state of Ohio in the year 1835 and his widow resides with the subject of this review. The latter was born in 1818 and is the mother of: Wesley Willett, of Seattle, Washington; Sam E. Willett, of Malone, New York; Ezra N., our subject, born January 20, 1S56; Ira Willett, of Miami, Florida; Lew E., wife of C. A. Sensor, of Denver, Colorado; Mary, wife of Jacob Fitzpatrick, of Wichita, Kansas, and Cynthia E. , of Denver, Colorado. Ezra N. Willett has passed all but twelve years of his life in Kansas. He was born in the state of Illinois, Pike county, was educated in the common schools of Kansas and is responsible for his own financial and social standing. He remained with the family neai lola till nearing his twenty-first birthday when he identified himself with the eastern portion of the county by entering a piece of the indemnity strip, his claim, now his farm, being the southwest quarter of .section 19, township 24, range 21. His early efforts at farming and farm-improvement were very crude and the first two years he spent on the claim were years of not the greatest possible prosperity. He hauled coal from Fort Scott to lola to earn some of the means to sustain him and in other menial ways he maintained an honor- able existence till his farming venture was made to pay. His first house was a ten by twelve box and his second one twelve by sixteen which gave way, in 1889, to his present farm cottage. In 1878, February 28, Mr. Willett was married to Amy McNaught, a daugliter of the late James R. McNaught, of Moran. Their children are: Zella and Ethel, aged sixteen and eleven years, respectively. 222 HISTORY OI" ALI.K.V .WD A /TKLX'IN L. LACEV. — The I^acey famih- is one of t]ie conspicuously -'-"-*- promiueiil ones of Allen county. It was established here more than a score of years ago and the heads of its numerous households are men of integrity, of great resjiect, ability and undoubted personal honor. One of their number is the subject of this brief sketch, Melvin L. Lacey. He was born in Jackson county, Michigan, March 7. 1S53, and is a brother of Kdward D. Lacey, of Allen county. He is the youngest of six children, the others being: Anna, deceased, wife of James Wright; Mary J., wife of William Harper, of Champaign county, Illinois; Edward D., William H., of xAllen county, and George W., of Moran, Kansas. M. L- Lacey began life, really, in boyhood. He learned farming and engaged in it for some years, as a hired man. He was married in Iroquois county, Illinois, in 1874 to Ivy Robinett, a daughter of Elcaser Robinett. an Ohio farmer, who went into Illinois from Pickaway county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lacey's children are: Arthur, married to Mattie B. Green, resides in Blue Mound, Kansas; Archie F. and Harry E. Lacey, young farmers of Marmaton t(nvnship. Mr. Lacey came to Allen county in 1887 and spent twelve years in Moran where he controlled the transfer and express business of the town. In 1899 he moved to his farm, the south half of the south-east quarter of section 19, township 24, range 20, one of the desirable and fertile tracts of -Allen county. In politics our subject is in line with the conduct of his elder brethren. He is well known as a Republican and served in the city of Moran three years in the council and as its city marshal. He is a member of the dis- trict school board and holds a membership in the Methodist church. A LLEN B ISAAC, well known as a citizen and farmer of Marmaton ■^^^- township, Allen county, came to Kansas in 1877 and located in this county. He spent the first year in Humboldt and, having cast about over the county foi a satisfactory location he chose Marmaton township and took up his residence therein. He settled section fifteen, on the south line of the township, improved a good farm and has resided in that vicinity, almost continuously, since. Mr. Isaac came to Kansas from Illinois. His father, Elias Isaac set- tled in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1833, going there from Washington, Indiana. At this latter place our subject was born May 30, 1826. Elias Isaac was born in North Carolina in 1804. He was a son of John Isaac, who left the "okl Tar Heel" state in 1808 and went into Daviess county, Indiana, where he died. He had five sons, Samuel, John, Elijah, Allen and Elias. Allen spent his life about Beardstown, Illinois. John died in Ivlgar County, Illinois, and lUias died in Bureau county, Illinois, in 1890. The last named learned tanning in his early life, followed it to some ex- lent but drifted into farming and made that his life work. He was dis- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 223 charged from the ranks as a soldier of the Black Hawk war for disability. He married Mary Black whose parents were from Kentucky. She died in 1893 at the age of eighty-seven years. Elias and Mary Isaac were the parents of Allen B. ; Ardilla, married Aaron Stephenson and died; John M. Isaac, of Maiden, Illinois; Mahala, wife of John Winans, of Garson, Iowa; William Isaac, of Maiden, Illinois, the oldest white child born in Bureau count> ; Mary E., widow of John Cass, of Bureau county; James W. , of Hastings, Nebraska, is deceased, and Nancy, deceased, who married Marion Hite, of Bureau county, Illinois. Allen B. Isaac spent his youth on the farm and acquired his education in the country districts. He engaged in mercantile pursuits on reaching his majority and his interests were in a general store in Maiden, Illinois. Twelve years in the store sufficed and he left the counter for the plow. He was on the farm, still, when his attention was drawn to the advantages of the west. This he heard through Ross and Knox, who were then engaged in the emigration business, and he came out, saw, was pleased and located. May 3. 1853, ^Ir. Isaac was married to Paulina Seger, a daughter of Andrew Seger, who came into Illinois from Ohio but who was formerly from near Syracuse, New York. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac are: Charles L. , of Allen county; Lincona, wife of Al Moore, of McLoud, Okla- homa, whose first husband was A. B. Bainum. The Bainum cliildren are: Neal, Genie, Claude and Eva; Clayton Isaac, of Allen county; Dres- den Isaac, of Allen county; Ada, wife of Thomas Thore, of Choctaw, Oklahoma; George Isaac, of Chicago, Illinois, and Clifford Humboldt Isaac, born at Humboldt, Kansas, resides with his parents. Mr. Isaac became a Republican with the earliest of the party voters. His first presidential ballot was cast for Hale, the Free Soil candidate and with the Republican party he has acted since 1856. His adherance to the party tenets has been steadfast and his belief in them constant and un- faltering. He took a prominent part iii county politics from the first in Kansas and his name has been associated with others, in time past, as a suitable candidate for public trust. TAMES L. HOSLEY — The beautiful home of James L. Hosley is located " in Anderson County, but much of his land lies in Allen County. His possessions are a monument to his enterprise, unflagging industry and capable business management. He owns twelve hundred and thirty-five acres of fine land in the two counties, but at the time of his marriage he did not possess a dollar. His life history so clearly illustrates the possibilities that lie before men of determined purpose who are not afraid to work that it should serve as a source of inspiration and aid to all who are forced to start upon a business career empty-handed. James L. Hosley was born in Barry County, Michigan, on the 13th of 224 HISTORY OF ALLKX AND November, 1S43. His father, Jonathan Hosley, was a native of Massa- chusetts an 1 at an eirly period in the development of the Wolverine State emigrated westward, taking up his residence there. He was united in marriage to Miss Lima F. Fisher, and upon a farm in Michigan they re- sided until 1S59, when they came to Kansas and settled in Osage town- ship, Allen County. The father died here in 1878 and the mother, surviv- ing him for many years, passed away in 1894. Of their six children, four are yet living and are residents of Kansas. James L. Hosley, the third in order of birth, pursued his education in the common schools of Michigan. When a youth of sixteen years he came with his parents to the Sunflower State and assisted his father in the opera- tion of the home farm until after the inauguration of the Civil war. His patriotic spirit was art)used by the attempt of the South to overthrow the Union, and donning the blue he joined Company E, of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry on the 5th of December, 1861. He served throughout the remain- der of the war, participating in many battles and skirmishes. Among them were those of Clear Creek, Coon Creek, Ft. Gibson, Lindsay's Prairie. Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Maysville, Newtonia, Waldon and Mazard Prairie. All those battles occurred in Arkansas and were most hotly con- tested. Mr. Hosley was captured at the last named on the 27th of July 1864 and was e.Kchanged on the 22nd of May, 1865, alter being held as prisoner of war for ten months. He will never forget the first day, which was one of the saddest of his life, nor the d ly of his release, which brought great happiness, for his experietice as a Rebel captive was anything but pleasant. He was sent to Tyler, Texas, and there remiined until the close of hostili- ties. During the entire period he had to sleep upon the ground and his rations were limited. He would much have preferred to take his chancer -.vith his comrades upon the field, facing the enemy in battle, rather than remain in inactivity in the far South, enduriu^ trextment thit was, to say the least, not enviable. F'or days he had nothing but a pint of meal in which the cob of the corn was also ground Upon being exchanged he was sent to Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, where he received an honorable discharge on the 21st of June, 1865. Although in a number of important engage- ments he was never wounded. With a most creditable military record he returned to his home, conscious of having faithfully performed his duty as a defender of the old flag. On again reaching Kansas Mr. Ho.sley began farming and dealing in stock on a small scale. He completed his preparations for a home by his marriage to Miss Kmeline West, a native of Ohio, who came with her parents to this State in 1858. The wedding was celebrated in 1868, and the lady has ever proved to her husband a faithful companion and help- mate. At the time of their marriage Mr. and Mrs Hosley had only money enough to buy a package of soda, which cost fifteen cents, but they began work with a will and the fruits of their labor aie seen in the extensive landed posse.ssions which now constitute the Hosley estate. As his financial resources have increased Mr. Hosley has continually added to his propel ty until now he has twelve hundred and thirty-five acres of rich. WOODSON C(JI;NTIKS, KANSAS. 225 productive land in Allen and Anderson counties. He has this well stocked with hor.ses and cattle, keeping about one hundred and fifty head of cattle and a large number of horses. He has only good grades of stock and therefore has no trouble in securing a ready sale on the market. His resi- dence is just across the line in Anderson County. It is a beautiful struc- ture, and its tasteful furnishings and attractive exterior make it one of the most pleasing homes in all the county. He certainly has every reason to be proud of his business record. He does not owe a dollar to any man and his possessions have been acquired entirely through his own efforts and through the assistance of his capable wife. Honesty has characterized all his dealings, and added to this has been indefatigable energy that has overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path, enabling him to gain a plane of affluence. In his political views Mr. Hosley is a stalwart Republican. He joined the party when he became a voter and has never wavered in his allegiance to its principles. He maintains a plea.sant relationship with his old army comrades through his membership in Major Rankin Post, G. A. R., at Kincaid, and delights in recounting and recalling the scenes of life on the tented field or upon the field of battle. He possesses the true western spirit of enterprise and progress that has been such an important factor in the substantial upbuilding and development of the middle west. T TARVEY OLMSTEAD.— There are no rules for building character; -'- -'■ there is no rule for achieving success. The man who can rise to an enviable position in a community and in the business world is he who can see and utilize the opportunities that surround his path. The conditions of human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly, and when one man passes another on the highway and reaches the goal of prosperity before others who perhaps started out before him, it is because he has the power to use advantages which probably encompass the whole human race. There have been no exciting chapters in the career of Mr. Olmstead, but an untiring industry and a steadfastness of purpose have enabled him to work his way steadily upward and gain a position of affluence among the substantial agriculturists of Allen county. He has the distinction of being the first white child born in Fairfield towaship, Bureau county, Illinois, the date of his birth being the ist of May. 1842. His father, Elijah Olmstead, was a native of Canada and married Electa Hall, a native of Ohio. In 1842 they removed to Illinois, locating in Fairfield township. Bureau county, among the first settlers there. The father was not permitted long to enjoy his new home, for death claimed him in 1846, when he was forty-eight years of age, and his wife survived only until 1848. They had two children, Harvey and J. F-. Olmstead. The subject of this review remained in Illinois until eleven years of 226 HISTORY OF ALLKN AM) ajje. His parents having died, he went to live with his grandparents and they removed to Hamilton county, Iowa, where he acquired his education in the common schools. In the fall of 1856 he became a resident of In- diana, where he was employed as a farm hand until 186 1. In that year the troubles between the north and the south culminated in civil war and his sympathy with the Ui'ion cause prompted his enlistment as a member of Company A., Twenty-t'irst Indiana Infantry, with which he served until the fall of 1862, when he received an honorable discharge. The following year he re-enlistea and became first sergeant in Company C, of the Twelfth Indiana Cavalry. He w^as then at the front until after the star-spangled banner had been planted in the capital of the southern confederacy. Re- turning to his Indiana home he there r«mained until the month of Decem- ber, when he went to Illinois and secured work as a farm hand, being employed in that capacity for two years. He was then tnarried and began farming on his own account, upon rented land, remaining in Illinois until 1882, when he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Osage township He first purcha.sed eighty acres and subsequently added to it another tract ol eighty acres, so that to-day he owns a valuable quarter section. On the 6lh of October, 1S67, occurred the marriage of Mr. Olmstead and Mis> Mary Oviatte, a native of Summit county, Ohio. Unto them were born four children: Frank H.. a book-keeper in Hot Springs, Arkan- sas; Hattie A. , Fred E. and Vera. The elder daughter was born in Sum- mit count}-, Ohio, and accompanied her parents to Iowa, there residing until twelve years of age when she came to Kansas. She acquired the greater part of her education here and spent one year as a student in Stan- berry College, Stanberry, Missouri. At the age of eighteen she began teaching school and for twelve years she followed that profession in Kansas while for two years she was principal of the Withington schools at Hot Springs, Arkansas. She is also numbered among the popular teachers of Allen county. In June, 1900, she received the nomination on the fusion ticket for the office of county superintendent of schools and was elected by a majority of two hundred and eighty-two votes. The election was cer- tainly- a triumph for she overcame the usual Republican majority of six hundred and fifty. The Olmstead family is one of prominence in Allen county, its members enjoying the high regard of many friends. The career of our subject has been both commendable pnd gratifying, for along legiti- mate lines of business he has won success and at the same time has retained the confidence and good will of his fellow men by reason of his honorable methods. TOSICPH C. BEATTY, one of the large feeders and farmers of Allen *-' county, came to Kansas in 1877 and settled in Osage township. At that date Humboldt w^as the county metropolis and many of our leading settlers were located from that point, being located by the well-remem- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 227 bered real estate man, G. \V. Hutchinson. Mr. Bealty was one of the.se settlers. He chose the valley of the Osage river, bought a farm therein and has since called it his home. For some years beginning with 1880 Mr. Beatty was not an active farmer. He engaged in the butcher business in lola, being interested with "Beatty Brothers," and later their interests were transferred to the furniture business there. In 1S86 he became a part- ner in the Fort Scott Wholesale Grocery Company and remained with the concern till 18S8, at which date he returned to the Osage River farm. In the conduct of the farm Mr. Beatty has given the stock business the chief place in his affections. This branch of industry calls for a genius not common to the average farmer and its successful conduct, upon a large scale, is con.sequent upon the especial adaptability of its promoter. The growth made in this industry by our subject within the past dozen years marks him as one of the successful feeders and the extent of his operations gives him a wide acquaintance through Allen, Anderson and Bourbon counties. By nativity Mr. Beatty is an Irishman. He was born near Belfast July 8, 1854, and was a son of David Baatty who left Ireland in 1855 and took np his residence near Kincarden, Canada. In 1869 the family took another jump westward, this time locating in Sonoma county, California. David Beatty, father of our subject, was married to Mary Crawford, whose death occurred in Allen county in 1880. Their children were: William, who died in California; John C., of Los Angeles, California; Elizabeth, wife of William Caldwell, of Cloverdale, California; Mary J., widow of R. A. Kerr, of Los Angeles, California; Joseph C. ; James T. , of the Fort .Scott Wholesale Grocery Company, and David R. Beatty, of Beaumont, Texas. Joseph C. Beatty was equipped for a career of business in Healds Business College in San Francisco, California. He began life in the sheep business in Sonoma county and drifted from that into the cattle business, on a moderate scale. The conditions for handling cattle e.xtensively were not so favorable in California and he was induced to return east, to Kansas, where there was a prospect of acquiring cheap land and greater range for stock. In Allen county the area of his farm and ranch has kept pace with the extent of his herds and his six hundred and twenty acres comprises one of the desirable pieces of property in the county. Mr. Beatty excels not only as a man of affairs but as a citizen. His conduct has been, toward his neighbors, of such a character as to win and maintain their confidence, commercially, socially and politically. He has been identified with county politics, as a Republican, for many years and, as an intimation of the weight of his opinion it is onlj' necessary to say that candidates for office are always anxious to know "how Beatty stands" with reference to them. July 29, 1880, Mr. Beatty was married to Mrs. Mattie Fielding, a daughter of W. W. Neville, of Garnett, Kansas. The Nevilles were from Hart county, Kentucky, to Illinois and from Illinois to Kansas in 1870. Mr. Neville married Catherine Conover who bore him four children: John, of Lawrence, Kansas; Mrs. Melissa Hunley, of Garnett, Kansas, and Mrs. 228 HISTOKY OF VLLEX AND Beatty. All are surviving. Mr. Neville died in 1895 at the age of seventy-five years while his widow makes her home with Mrs. Beatty. Mr. and Mrs. Beatty's children are: Luretta May, Sophomore in University at Ottawa, Kansas; Clarence N., a student in the Moran high school, and Joseph Harold. The family are members of the Baptist church. CHRISTOPHER K. MILLS, of Deer Creek township, the well known Irish- American farmer and stock man, has passed a generation, a score of years in Allen County. He came here in 1880 with plenty of means and bought land in section 17, township 24, range 19, one-hall of the section, and improved and brought the large farm under cultivation. The stock business he was made familiar with in his youth and it was but natural, under favorable circumstances, that he should turn his attention to it when settling upon the broad prairies of Kansas. As the name would indicate, Mr. Mills is an Irishman. He was born in County Roscominon, Ireland, December 25, 1829. His father, Thos. Mills, died in the Emerald Isle, leaving a family of five sons and six daughters, of whom Christopher K., was the oldest son. The latter 's ad- vantages as a boy were those only of the country lad with poor but respect- able parents whose chief aim from day to day was to do a bigger day's work tomorrow than they did todty. The practice of this plan taught all the children to work, especially the eldest son, and so when he lelt Ireland to join the vast throng of his countrymen in the United States he did so, well equipped with the elements that win success. He boarded a sailer at Liverpool and after eleven weeks put into New York harbor He cast about for a hold and took any honorable employment yielding a revenue for his support. He went into the country about Kingston, New York, and hired for seven dollars a month with a promise of more as he earned it. Upon leaving New York State he went into western Penusyl- vania and made his home about Pittsburg for twenty years. He invested his wages in a team as soon as he could purchase one and engaged in teaming and freighting. To this he added farming, also, and ere many \ears found himself in possession of the implements and the experience to win a fortune. With the proceeds of his years of toil in cash Mr. Mills brought his large family to Kansas where he could the better utilize the labor of his sons and where a promise of greater reward awaited his coming. The sons remained with the homestead in Allen County till things were well started when they .scattered here and there as each reached the period of his majority. Seven of the eleven children of Thos. Mills came to the United States. Tho.se surviving in addition to our subject are: James, of Clark County, Missouri; Patrick, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; Michael of south- east Mi.ssouri, and Bridget, wile of Thos. Convoy, of Denver, Colorado. C. K. Mills was married to Mary Convoy who died in Allen County, WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 229 Kansas, March 17. 1898. She was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, and was the mother of: Thomas Mills, who died near Edmund, Oklahoma, and left two sons: John Mills, of Oregon; James Mills, of lola; Marv, wife of George Silvers, of Kansas City, Missouri: Lizzie, who married A. T. Kennedy: Agnes, widow of Frank Cain; Cristopher K. Jr. , of Oregon; Samuel Mills; Julia, wife of Edward Marsoth, of lola; Kate, wife of Alfred Nelson, of Allen County; William Mills: Rosa, wile of James McKaughan, of Allen County, and Isabel, wife of William LaVell. A,/rRS. MARV M. BROWNING, of Savonburg, was born in Franklin -'-"-'- County, Illinois, April 3, 1853. Her father. Colonel James J. Dowlins, was also a native of that State, and there married Susan Ann Hartley, who was born in Kentuckj^ and went with her parents to Illinois when a maiden of twelve summers. The Colonel was a prominent and in- fluential citizen of his community, and for a number of j-ears officially served as county clerk of Franklin County. When the Civil war broke out he resolved to aid in the preservation of the Union, and in August, 1861, enlisted in the Eighty-first Illinois Infantry, of which he was com- missioned colonel. After serving one year and nine months, during which time he had participated in the battle of Fort Donelson, and had sustained a severe wound in the head at the battle of Shiloh. he proceeded to Vicks- burg, where on the 22nd of May, 1863, he laid down his life. on the altar of his country, a minie ball causing his death while his regiment was making a charge on the enemy's works. Thus fell one of the most gallant, brave and noble commanders in the Federal army. He was then but thirty-one years of age. He had the confidence and friendship of his superiors, and the love and respect of those who served under him. From the pen of R. M. Wheatley, of DuQuoin, Illinois, familiarly known as "Hardshell," came the following poem, "written in honor of James J. Dowlins of the Eighty-first Illinois Infantry, who fell on the 22nd of May, 1863, while leading his band in that memorable charge ou the rebel works at Vicksljurg; ' ' "Onward to victorj'," nobly he cried, "Onward to victory," onward till he died. In arms the rebel phalanx stood Behind their works of earth and wood. "Give us vict,ry or give us death," Brave Dowlins cried with his last breath; And "Onward" was the last command That Dowlins gave his gallant band. Through whizzing shot and bursting shell, Onward he charged until he fell; A fatal ball had pierced his head And made the gallant colonel dead. 230 HISTORY OK ALUKN AXD May holy reverence mark the grave Where ]ie,s DoUins, the leader brave; May holy angels guard his tomb And heavenly spirits watt him home. Five children were left to mourn the loss of the gallant colonel and three of the number are now living, as follows: Mrs. Browning, Mrs. Delilah A. Swafford, and Joseph L. Dolling. The first named spent her girlhood days in her parents' home and in 1872 she gave her hand in marriage to Joseph B. Martin, a native of Illinois, who like her father had served as a soldier in the Civil war. He was a member of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Illinois In- fantry, and died in 1S79, from wounds received in the army. They had two children: John W., now a resident of McCune, Kansas; and Mrs. Ida May Smith, of Chanute, Kansas. Mrs. Martin was married to Joseph Browning, a native of Illinois, and by her second marriage had five chil- dren, of whom four are now living, namely: .Mrs. Maud P. DeHart; IdaG.. wife of Homer McCallen; and Fred and Fay who are with their mother. In 1S80 Mrs. Browning came to Kansas, f>nd for some time resided on a farm at McCune. Later she purchased a farm near Chanute, where she remained for twelve years, and then sold that property. CETER jSI. IJNQUIST, a farmer of Elsmore township, was born in -*- Sweden on the 3rd of June, 1834, ^ son of James P. and Mary (Pet- erson) Linquist both of whom spent their entire lives in Sweden. The subject of this review remained in that country until twenty-three years of age, when hoping to find better opportunities than were afforded in the old countries of Europe, he crossed the Atlantic to America, arriving in Henry county, Illinois, in 1.S57. There he began working by the month for he had no capital, and it was necessarj' to depend upon the labors of his hands for his support. It was after his arrival in Illinois that he was married to Miss Edna Carlson, a Swedish" lady, who came to the United States with her parents in 1852, locating in Illinois. Mr. Linquist re- moved to Warren county, Illinois, where he was employed for three years and then returned to Henry county, there purchasing a farm of one hun- dred and sixty acres, making it his place of residence for seven years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Moline, Illinois, and through the seven succeeding years was in the employ of the John Deere Plow Com- pany. The year 1879 witne.ssed his arrival in Kansas. He took up his abode in Elsmore township, Allen county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and began the improvement of what is now one of the fine.st farms around Savonburg, supplied with modern accessories and conveniences. His fields are highly cultivated, and in ad- dition to the raising of grain he handles all kinds of stock. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Linquist have been born eight children, as follows: Ro.sa, wife of Olaf Swanson, now in Kansas City, Missouri; Emma H., wife of John Johnson; Nellie and Caroline, at home; Esther, who is engaged in teaching school in Savonburg; Peter S., George and David, who are still with their parents. The three last named possess considerable musical talent, a love of tlie art of music being a characteristic of the family. By his ballot Mr. Linquist supports the Republican party. He has filled the office of township treasurer for a number of years, and in November, 1900, was elected township trustee. His marked fidelity to the duties of citizen- ship is a guarantee of faithful service. Mr. Linquist's hope of benefitting 2^2 HISTORY OF ALLEN' ANIT his financial condition in America has been more than realized. Improv- ing his opportunities he has placed his reliance upon the substantial quali- ties of diligence and perseverance and has therefore acquired creditable success. "X A 7"ILL1.\M F. I'^XOS, who is engaged in l)lacksmithing in .Savon- ^ " burg, is numbered among the native sons of Wisconsin '.vho have sought homes in the Sunflower state. He was born in Evansville, on the 14th of November, 1847. His father, John Enos, removed from Indiana to Wisconsin and was married in that state to Miss Hulda Griffith. They spent their remaining days in the Badger state, being people of the highest respectability and held in warm regard by their many friends. I'nder the parental roof the subject of this review was reared, and in the common schools near his home he conned the lessons that gave him a knowledge of the branches of English learning. At the age of si.^teen he enlisted in the naval service of the United States, taking passage on a vessel at Chicago on the 2nd of April, 1S64. He served for nine months on the United States man of-war Benton, in the Sixth Division of the Mississippi Squad- ron, and was then transferred to the warship Brilliant where he remained until honorably discharged at the clo-ie of the war. He was very young when he entered the service and as hostilities ceased not long afterward he did not engage in many important naval battles, but his bravery and valor were tested and found to be equal to that of many a time-tried veteran. At the close of the war Mr. Enos returned to Wi.sconsin and began learning the blacksmith trade which he followed until twenty years of age. He then left the Badger state for the district west of the Mississippi river. removing to Iowa where he was employed for three years. On the expira- tion of that period he once more became a resident of Wisconsin where he followed blacksmithing until 1893, the year of his removal to South Da- kota. After a year devoted to farming in that section of the country he went to Crowley, Louisiana, where he was engaged in the cultivation of rice until 1896, when he came to Kansas and made his home at Stark till 1898. He has since been a resident of Savonburg and has con- ducted a blacksmithing and wagon-m iking establishment. He ha^^ a good location and enjoys a liberal pationage. He al.so conducts a farm and both branches of his business are proving to him a profitable source of income. On the 26th of September, 1868, Mr. Enos was united in marriage to Miss Lucy W. Haywood. Unto them have been born eight children, as follows: William H., a resident of Joplin, Missouri; Cora M , the wife of Charles Benson, of South Dakota; Archie, who is employed in the shop of his father; Carrie B., the wife of John Benson, of South Dakota; Pearl, the wife of Perry Huff, of Savonburg; Edith, the wife of John Rid^eway; Katy P., who is in Louisiana, and Clarence and Raymond, who are still under the parental roof. A consideration of the political questions of the day WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 233 have led Mr. Enos to give his support to the men and measures of the Re- publican party. He is now a member of Savonburg Post, G. A. R., and this relationship indicates the time when among the boys in blue he loyally served his country in order to perpetuate the Union. At all times his duties of citizenship are faithfully performed and he withholds his sup- port from no measure which he believes will contribute to the general good. STEPHEN H. WEITH.— Numbered among the most energetic and progressive farmers of Elm township is S. H. Weith, whose farm is supplied with all modern accessories and conveniences while the well-tilled fields give evidence of the careful supervision of their owner. As he is well known his life record can not fail to prove of interest to many of the leaders of this volume. Stephen H. Weith was born in Peoria county, Illinois, January 13, 1850. His father, George Weith, emigrated from Germany at the age of twenty-four years, and took up his residence in Peoria county, Illinois. It was in 1838 that he settled in that western countrj', then being filled up with some of the best blood of all nations whose posterity have made rich the pages of history in the professions, statesmanship, science and the mechanical arts. Our subject's father was offered a block of land, now almost in the center of the city of Peoria, for two months' work but de- clined, to give his labors to some enterprise then more promising of im- mediate reward. He located in Hollis township that county and engaged in farming and teaming. George Weith married Elizabeth Walters who was born in Switzer- land. During her childhood the latter came with her parents to the United States and became settlers of Peoria county, Illinois. The union of this couple was productive of three children, John, Stephen and Rose. John Weith died in lola, Kansas. He came to Kansas in 1870, was a black- smith — a fine mechanic — and was one of the worthy men of his adopted city. George Weith was one of a family of five sons. Two of his brothers survive and are in the Fatherland. George died in 1853 and his widow be- came the wife of a Mexican soldier, Kobler, residing in Peoria county, Illinois. Stephen W^eith, the subject of this review, was thirteen j'ears of age when his mother died. He was thus thrown upon his own resources at a tender age. All that he has achieved has come as a reward for his indi- vidual labors. In January 1877 he visited Allen county, Kansas, and the next month purchased a large tract of land in Elm township and soon thereafter began the work of developing a farm from the treeless w'aste of prairie. In the little more than a score of years which have elapsed since his advent to the county Mr. Weith has brought into existence fields and 234 HISTORY OK ALLIvX AND orchards and barns and a commodious residence and his is one of the attractive homesteads of the township. As a companion Mr. Weith chose Ella Shanklin. The wedding oc- curred just before their removal to Kansas and their marriage has been blessed with the following surviving children: George, Archibald and Josie. In politics Mr. Weith is well known as a Populist. He espoused the "cause ot the people" in 1890 and has lent his influence in support of the principles enunciated by his party. He is one of the leaders of Elm township in that organization and has filled the office of Township Trus- tee and director of the school board. Mr. and Mrs. Weith are members of the Presbyterian church of lola and all who know them hold them in high re engage in the coal business in Philadelphia. In 1870 he came to Kansas for the purpose of engaging in the cattle business. He located first in Neosho county, near the town of Osage Mission (now St. Paul) establishing an extensive ranch on Walnut creek. In 1882 he came to Allen county, purchased the J. W. Scott homestead in Carlyle township, and made his home there until iSgo when he came to lola, purchasing the Cider and Vinegar industry then carried on by the firm of Potter Sn Mc- Clure, in the building now used by the lola Creamery. He soon removed the machinery to block 115, where he erected new buildings, put in a larger plant and greatly extenaed the business. Under careful and intelli- gent management the industry grew rapidly and had already become one of much importance when, in iSgS, the buildings and plant were totally de- stroyed by fire. Not daunted by this disaster Mr. Claiborne secured a tract of land just east of the city, erected there a new and larger plant, and is rapidly regaining the ground lost by this unhappy misfortune. Mr. Claiborne was married in February, 1872, at Bridge Water, Mas- sachusetts, to Elnora Bartlett, a daughter of Joseph and Mary E. Bartlett. The two children of this union are Clarence Elder Claiborne, born m 1873, and George Ross Claiborne, born in 1876 and married in 1899 to Edith Emerson of lola. During the nearly twenty years Mr. Claiborne has lived in Allen county he has so conducted himself as to win the respect and the cordial esteem of all who have had either business or social relations with him. Of polished manners and excellent education, with a fine sense of personal honor, he has maintained the reputation of the distinguished name he bears and has made a record that well entitles him to a place among the representative men of Allen county. TTENRY A. BROWN, M. D.— Men of marked ability, forceful charac- -'- -*- ter and culture leave their impress upon the world written in such indelible characters that time is powerless to obliterate their memory or 236 HISTORY OK AI.I.KN AND sweep it from the minds of men. Their commendable acts live long after they have passed from the scene of their eaithly careers. Dr. Brown is one of the strong characters who have become an integral part in the bnsiness life of Humboldt and has gained marked prestige as a representative of the humane calling to which he devotes his energies. He was born May 15, 1S51, near Burlington, Iowa. His father. Sydney Brown, was a native of Ohio, and married Miss Jane Hawkins, also of that State. A ifarmer by occupation he removed to Iowa in 1850 and operated a tract of land near Burlington for a few vears. He then went to Cincinnati, Iowa, where he and his wife spent their remaining days, the father passing away in 1894, at the age of ninety-four years, while the mother was called to her final resting place in 1889, at the age of liftv-nine. They were the parents of four children: Mrs. Mariam Pritchard and Mrs. Rebecca Corder, who reside at Cincinnati, Iowa; Mrs. Isabella Atherton, of Hannibal, Missouri, and Henry A. The doctor pursued his education in the common schools until twelve years of age, when he entered a drug store, where he was employed for some time. Resuming his studies he was graduated in the high school in Cincinnati, and with considerable knowledge of the drug business he de- termined to enter upon the study of medicine and make its practice his life work. He became a student in the office and under the direction of Dr. J. M. Sturdevant, and later entered the medical college at Keokuk, Iowa. On completing his course in that institution he returned to his old home in Cincinnati, where he opened an office and began practicing in 1S76, re- maining there until the spring of 1879, when he sought a new field of labor in Iwrlton, Kansas, He represented the medical fraternity of that city for ten years and in iSSgcameto Humboldt where he has since resided, building up a large and constantly increasing practice He exercises great fraternal delicacy in his work and has strict regard for the ethics of the professional code. His knowledge of the medical science is comprehensive and exact, and thus he has attained a prominent position in his chosen calling. His broad humanitarian spirit prompts his response to every call, no matter what hardships are entailed in making the visit. He never refuses to visit a patient even wlien he knows that no pecuniary reward may be expected, but he also has a large patronage from among the more substantial class of citizens in Humboldt and the surrounding country. Dr. Brown has been twice married and by the first union had one daughter, Mrs. Ivlla Bordenkircher, of Chanute, Kansas. For his second wife the doctor cho.se Mi-^s Minnie, daughter of Eli and Mary Neff, who are residents of Humboldt, Mr. Neff being one of the largest stock traders in both Allen and Wilson counties. The doctor is a member of various in- surance orders, and fr.itern.il and medical .-iocieties. In politics he has al- ways been a stalwart Republican and has twice been elected and .served as coroner of Allen County. He has, however, never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to give his attention to his busine.ss affairs. WOODSON COUNTIliS, KANSAS. 2,-^7 "^^ 711-1, lAM DAVIS — Among the conspicuous characters and success- " ^ lul farmers of Allen County is William Davis, of Marmatou township. He has been in the county more than a generation, for he came to it in April 1878, and, as is well known, settled upon a piece of the dis- puted land. He aided for twenty years in carrying on an honest and ag- gressive legal fight for land which he believed the settlers were entitled to and only ceased when tlie court of last resort said he was in the wrong. His home place, the southeast quarter of section 19, township 25, range 21, presents such an appearance of unusual development as to warrant a passerby in believing it an old-settled, pioneer place. While it is a new farm practically, yet it is an old one for there hadn't been a plow stuck into it nor a post driven on it before Mr. Davis took pos.session of it. Mr. Davis came into Allen County from Appanoose County, Iowa, to which point he went two years after the close of the Rebellion. He was l)()rn in Noble County, Ohio, May 21, 1844. His father, IClijah Davis. was also reared in Noble County, Ohio, but was born in Virginia. He was married to Mary Buckley in Noble County and died there in 1887 at the age of seventv-nine years. He was a successful and prosperous farmer, was identified with the Republican party and maintained himself, as a citi- zen, honorable before the world. Our subject's paternal grandfather was Thomas Davis. He was a schoolteacher and farmer and was a native of the "Old Dominion', state. He died about 1854, aged seventy years and was descended from Scotch ancestry. Mr. Buckley, grandfather of our subject, died in the military service of the United vStatts in the War of 1812. He went into the service from the state of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Elijah Davis died in 1897, leaving the following children: Catharine, who married William Fowler, resides in Noble county, Ohio; Levi Davis, of Taylor County, Iowa; William, our subject; Eli Davis, of Noble County, Ohio; Thomas Davis, of the old home county, and Mary, wife of Lowry Smith, of the same point. Those who passed away in early life are: Joseph, died in Appanoose County, Iowa; Abraham, died in the army, and Leroy, died in Ohio. William Davis acc|uired no more than a country school education. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 92nd Ohio Infantry, Captain E. G. Dudley and Colonel B. F. Ferring. He was mustered into the regiment at Marietta, Ohio, and it was ordered up the Kanawa valley. Among the important things done, uuoflficially, on that trip was the raiding of apple orchards and cliicken roosts. The regiment was ordered b\ boat from Charleston, to Nashville, Tenn., where it went into camp for a time. From this point it proceeded to Carthage, Tenn., where it guarded the river a few months. Actual hostilities with the regiment began at Chicainaugua. Then followed Missionary Ridge where Mr. Davis lay at the foot of the hill and watched Hooker drive the Rebels off of Lookout Mountain. His own command helped drive them off the other side of the mountain. About this time Mr. Davis was called in for a detail and he was informed that he was 2^8 HISTOKY OK Al.l.K.N AND the only man who had not been off duty in his company or on detail. The special service detail which he got took him away from his regiment perma- nently. He did not again see it till all were mustered out, in June, 1S65. Mr. Davis took up the serious responsibilities of life when he left the army. He went back to the farm and was married Xovember 1 , of the same year to Eliza J. Nicholson. They remained in Ohiti till 1867 when they moved out to Iowa as previously stated. Mr. and Mrs. Davis' children are; Abraham L-, "f Stroud, Oklahoma: Mary C. , wife of A. Morris, of Pawnee, Oklahoma: Margaret, wife of Chas. H. Ford, of Allen County; Joseph M. Davis, whose wife was Rachael Cul- bortson; Thomas E. Davis, whose wife was Ethel Wood; Minnie, now wife of Frank Miller. AIJiERT L. DANIELS, a resident of Carhie township, .\llen County, since 1881, and one of the substantial and progessive farmers of the county, came to the State of Kansas from Ford County, Illinois. In 1864 he went into Woodford County, that State, and resided in that county. Champaign, and Ford for seventeen years, or until his eniigradon to Kan- sas. Mr. Daniels was born at Woodbury, \'ermont, January 26, 1844. His father, Luke Daniels, was born at Danville, Vermont, in 1802 and died in Woodbury in 1871. His father, the grandfather of our subject, was one of the early men and settlers of Danville, as was Luke Daniels. Their occu- pation was farming and these early ancestors wereof the strong, rugged and honorable people of the community. Luke Daniels married Maria Keniston, a ueice of two Revolutionary soldiers, and a daughter of a soldier in our war for independence. Mrs. Daniels died in 1874 and was the mother of: Noah, who left Vermont a young man and was ne\-er heard from more; Alanson, of Vermont: Lovisa, wife of William Cook, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire; Samuel, who died in Vermont in 1898; George, of Vermont; Lovina, of Paxton, Illinois is the wife of H. H. Atwood, and Albert L., the subject of this sketch. At twelve years of age A. L- Daniels was bound to a brother for eight years. He was liberally schooled and became competent to teach before his apprenticeship was ended. He paid liberally for the time he taught until his majority and made teaching a business till he was thirty-three vears of age. He canied on farming on a modest scale the latter years of this period and between the two vocations he laid the foundation for a good degree of financial independence. As a teacher he was most proficient and successful and the five year season in the Swede settlement in Ford County, Illinois, marked an era in his career in the profession. Mr. Daniels brought with him to Kansas a limited amount of capital. He purcha.sed an eighty acre tract in section 17, township 24, range 19, and began its improvement and cultivation. Hi-~ record as a farmer and WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 239 Stock grower has come to be known, for his efforts at both have been reasonably and properl)- rewarded. The breeding and growing -of fine liogs has claimed a share of his attention and the business has long passed the experimental point with him. The area of his farm is three times the original one and there are greater opportunities for him in the future. Mr Daniels was married in Woodford County, Illinois in 1868 to Clara Robinson, a daughter of Rev. Sumner Robinson, a resident of Benton, Kansas. Mr. Robinson is a native of the State of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels' children are: Lula, wife of Hervey Bowlby; Erta, wife of Newton Reno, of Vates Center; Fred, who married Jane Busley; Cordie, Walter and Floy. In their political affiliations our subject's forefathers were Whigs. His father espoused Democracy but the sons all became followers of Fre- mont and Lincoln and later Republican lights. In religious matters Mr. Daniels is an earnest advocate of Christianity and holds a membership in the Baptist church of lola. JOHN ELLISON POWELL, of the firm of Henderson & Powell, of ^ lola, is a son of John Powell, one of the early settlers of Carlyle town- ship, Allen county. The latter came to the county in i860 and located upon a claim in section 34 where he opened a farm, improved it and has since resided upon it. He came to Kansas, directly, from Macon county, Illinois, previously from Madison county, Indiana, and starting his migra- tion to the westward from Sciota county, Ohio. He was born in that county Janu.iry 31, 1826, and his father was John Powell, a farmer, who died at an early age. The latter's mother was the first white child born in Lawrence county, Ohio. John Powell, our subject's father, married Rachel Quick, a daughter of James Quick, who was one of the first settlers of Carlyle township and emigrated from Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. The Powell chil- dren of this union are: Dora, wife of Orrin Lake, of Round Valley, Cali- fornia; P. Jasper Powell, of Anderson county, Kansas; Celena Powell, who married M. E. Hutchinson, of lola; J. Ellison Powell; Mary Powell; Ada, wife of James Carter, of lola; Emma and Cora Powell, teachers of Allen county. J. E. Powell was born in Allen county, Kansas, June 4, i860. He was schooled at Maple Grove and finished his education at the Fort Scott Business College. When he left the parental roof at the age of twenty-five years it was to engage in the real estate busine.ss at Buffalo. Kansas. Later he became associated with H. L. Henderson in the same business in lola. The press for business in that line became so great in lola that farming seemed more profitable and Mr. Powell retired to his farm in Geneva. Three years later when prosperity dawned upon our city and 240 HISTORY OF AI.I.EN AND activity centered in real estate Mr. Powell again joined Mr. Henderson and the firm has been one of the prominent ones of Tola. Junes, 1891, Mr. Powell married Dora, a daughter of Samuel Full- wider. Mrs. Powell was born in Anderson county, Kansas, June 15, i the p-rson referred to in the introduction hereto. While on a visit to a sister in Ellsmore township, Allen County, in 1896 he heard of Ida's gas find and decided to investigate its strength and merits, as fuel, etc , in the hope that he would find a desirable point for his employers, the Lanyons, to re- engage in the smelting business. After convincing himself that the volume of fuel necessary to operate any factory enterprise indefinitely, was under the city he consulted L. L. Northrup to determine whether any induce- ments would be offered to manufacturers to locate in lola. Finding a readiness on the part of the latter gentleman to go to great lengths and sacrifices to inject a breath of real life into his town Mr. Turner reported the result of his find, with recommendations, to Robert H. Lanyou who visited lola and verified the report. Negotiations weie soon set in motion which resulted in the erection of the Lanyon Zinc Company's works No. i , the pioneer smelter in the gas belt. William Turner's part in the development of the gas field was in the ca^iacity of supervising constructor of the Robert Lanyon's Sons two large smelters at lola and LaHarpe. Having done this and completed the work of building for that company he was placed in charge of the LaHarpe plant and was undisturbed in his position when the Lanyon interests went into the great consolidated company. Mr. Turner's career as a smelter man extends over a period of ten years. He became connected with the Lanyon's at Nevada, Mis.souri, in 1890, in the capacity of mill-wright and was With them two years there. In 1S92 he was .sent by them to Wauke- gan, Illinois, where he remained repairing and constructing four years. Upon leaving this point it was to take a vacation and visit his sister in K.insas, resulting in the discovery of the gas field and the construction of the first lola >melter. Mr. Turner wa- born in Delaware County, Indiana, April 17, 1852. His lather was Jonas Turner who entered land in that county The latter settled eight miles south of Muncie and resided there until his death in 1S66. He was born in Green County, Ohio in 1812 and was a son of a wheel-wright, George Turner, who settled near Xenia, Ohio, very early and afterward went into Delaware County, Indiana. Walter Turner, father of George Turner, came to America during the French and Indian war as a soldier with the King's army. He felt his duty to his king greatet than those to his adopted country and he did not serve with the patriots during the Revolution. He died near Xenia, Ohio, leaving as many as six sons: Joseph, Jonathan, Robert, Ambrose, Isaac and George. The latter married Fanny Oaks and died in Delaware County, Indiana. Their children were: Joshua, Jonathan, Jonas, George, Riley, Robert and John, all of whom reared families. Jonas Turner married Patsy Gibson, whose father, William Gib.son; wa.s a southern man and a preacher. Mrs. Turner died in 1S89 at the age of seventv-six years Their children were: John, who died in iS!S^: Sirah, deceased, was the wife of William Felton; Jonathan Turner, of Delaware WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 245 Ccninty, Indiana, a farmer; Phebe, deceased, left children by 'two husbands (James Lacey and Lasley L. Herold): Jnie, wife of Joel Canady, of Els- niore, Kansas; Philip Tnrner, of Delaware County, Indiana, and William, our subject. At the age of sixteen William Turner began learning the machinist trade in Muncie, Indiana, in the old Phelps Foundry and Machine Shop. Before he had completed his term of service the shop closed and our sub- ject took up the carpenter trade. He worked in and around Muncie and practically, completed the trade. He followed it many years, together with milf-wrighting, in Indiana and Wisconsin. He was located at Richland Center in the latter State and was in a saw-mill and furniture factory there for a time. From this point he went to Irving, Illinois, and resided five years. All the time he was on the road putting up mills of all kinds and because of this fact he was first induced to come to Kansas. He went to Humboldt in 1884 to put in the machinery of the Lindsay flouring mills. He put in a paint mill at Deep Water, Missouri and from this point went to Nevada where, after an elapse of time he became associated with the Lanyons. August 15, 1875, Mr. Turner was married at Irving, Illinois, to Mary J. Carriker, a daughter of John Carriker, an early settler of Montgomery County, Illinois, and from North Carolina. Their only son is John Turner. .who is married to Lne Ricketts and is a foreman for the Lanyon Zinc Com- pany. Josie Turner is the only daughte'r of our subject. Mr. Turner is a Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk, Woodman and a Republican. /'^LAUS BARNHOLT, of LaHarpe, a successful farmer and one of the ^— ^ early settlers of Elm township, is a character among the substantial men of his community. He -vvas born in Holstein, now a part of the Ger- man Empire, March 21, 1836. His parents were in humble circumstances and his father supported his family at day labor as a timberman or woods- man. The latter was Henry Barnholt, who died in Germanj^ in 1884. He was born with the century and was first married to Annie Timm, who died in 1838. Their other two children were Annie, wife of Hermann Hatz, and Hans Barnholt, both in the Fatherland. Henry Barnholt's second wife was Lina Ohlfest, a sister of John and Carl Ohllest, prominent and in- fluential farmers of Allen county. The children of this marriage were Catherine, widow of Carl Heeley, who resides in LaHarpe; Henry Barn- holt, of Holstein, Germany, and Carl Barnholt, of LaHarpe, Kansas. Clans Barnholt came to the United States in 1868. He sailed from Hamburg on the "Itonia" for New York and located first at Valparaiso, Indiana. He had been accustomed towage working in his native land and this was what he took up in America. He remained about Valparaiso two years and, in 1870, came to Kansas with the Ohlfests. The first five years in Allen county he passed as a farm laborer, working for the old and sub- 246 HISTORY OF ALI.KN AXD staiUial citizens of Elm township, including Tobc-v, Pickell, etc. In the spring of 1S75 he bought an eighty in section 2, township 25, range 19. and put into it tlie wages he had saved since his arrival in the United States. His success in farming and, to a limited extent, stock raising, has brought him to a position of financial ease not always achieved by the average farmer. He has added eighty acres to his first purchase giving him a quarter section of land. Claus Barnholt has known nothing but w^ork. It is one of the char- acteristics of his race. Reaching maturity vvitli no special opportunities and no talent resources his capital was his industry. The world was be- fore him and it is always kind to the honorable .son of toil. In the vigor of manhood did he put forth his greatest efforts and what he achieved will supply his wants in old age. He is a Republican. HENRY BUSEEV, of Elm township, Allen county, successful farmer, and thrifty and progressive citizen, has passed a full score of years w^itlvin the confines of his county and is a gentleman worthy to be known and trusted. He came amongst us almost a raw English emigrant and purchased a small farm in section 23, township 24, range 19. He reached lola on the 4th of March, 1880, and the next day was driven into the countr> by George A. Bovvlus, lola's genial banker, then an ordinary land agent. He sold Mr. Bu.sley the tract above mentioned and the latter brought his family to his new home at once. Mr. Busley was born in Lincolnshire, England, May 29, 1845, and was left an orphan by the accidental death of his father, Samuel Busley, two years later. There were six children in the family and Henry is the only one who ventured acrcss the Atlantic. Jane Scotney was our subject's mother. Her other children were: John, William, Samuel, Ann, Sarah, and George, Joseph and Jane Reed, the last three by her second husband. Henry Busley was strictly a fanner boy and at eleven years of age began the task of finding his own keep. He worked seven years for one man at four pounds the first year and at ten pounds a year the last two years. The following four years he spent with another farmer at sixteen pounds per year. The last tour years in England were spent as foreman over a farm. In this position he acquired a valuable and accurate know- ledge of caring for all kinds of stock belonging to the farm. On reaching the United States Mr. Busley located in Livingston county, New York, and spent seven years there. He became foreman of a large farm belonging to Mr. William Hamilton, a leading man of that county. He was induced by Arnold and Kemp, emigration agents, to make a trip to the west with the result as above mentioned. Farming in the west Mr. Busley has found to be different to farming in England or New York. He has been able in the years he has cultivated Kansas soil to not only improve his original home but to add to it a li.ilf <^4^5^^-2-^2-*^ ^^^0-t>K:) '-.^-^-2x7.-^ (i^o--x^^t^ ^e ^ WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 247 section of land and to properly improve and till the same. In hi.s case agriculture includes the growing and handling of stock. Much of his ac- cretions have come from this source and when conducted with wisdom it produces the easie.st money a farmer makes. For three years Mr. Busley has given much of his time to the interests of the L,anyons and their successors. The leasing of territory for pro.spect- ing for gas and the renewal of leases in the territorj' of L,aHaipe are mat- ter which the company has entrusted to him and the fidelity with which he performs his duties is a matter of common recognition. He has a personal interest in the development of the gas fields of Allen county for his' land is all within the territory and the "Busley well" is the farthest north, yet discovered. Mr. Busley was married in 1868 to Sarah A. Green and their children are: Sarah Elizabeth, wife of William Higgins; Mary Jane, wife of Fred E. Daniels; and Annie G., John W. , Emily, Thurza E., George H., Nellie, Harry and Albert J. Busley, all in the family home. In matters of public policy Mr. Busley is a Republican. His first presidential vote was cast for the lamented Garfield and his voice and vote have gone to each Republican nominee since the campaign of 1880. As a citizen Mr. Busley is honest, energetic and industrious. As a business man he possesses the utmast integrity and practices only the recog- nized principles of business. As a neighbor he is accommodating and helpful, encouraging the timid and lending substantial aid to the weak. P^ELIS P. DELAPLAIN is one of the early .settlers of Elm township, -'—'Allen County. He dates his advent to the county from the year 186S when his father, Joshua P. Delaplain, emigrated from Macoupin County, Illinois, and became a permanent resident of this new country. Ellis Delaplain was born in Madison County, Illinois, January 3, 1850, and fin- ished his education in the Brighton, Illinois, high school. Tilling the soil has engaged his attention here for nearly thirty-two years, continuous- ly, and when, at two different times, he tried to settle to be content else- where, he found it impossible and each time returned to the fertile plains of Kansas. Mr. Delaplain was married in lola May 14, 1871 , to Jennie Peiin, whose father, John Penu, settled in Macoupin County, Illinois, in an early day. He was a native of St. Clair County, that State, and was married to Catherine Bates. The other Penn heirs are: Charles, Joseph, Benjamin and Samuel Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Delaplain's children are: Hairy J. ; Herbert W. ; and Earl L. Delaplain, all of whom inhabit the family home. Mr. Delaplain has been, for some years, one of the well known stock handlers of his township. He is one of the extensive farmers of the county ^4>S IIISTtWY OF ALLKN AXU and with the aid of his sons is operating the large tract of George G. Kox near LaHarpe. The political affiliations of the Delaplains are well known. Their Re- publicanism is not a subject of doubt or question and their interest in lionest and wholesom; municipal government is constant and unflagging. Our subject has served his to'.vnship efficiently as trustee as well as its con- stable and his conduct of botli offices marks him as eminently fair and scrupulcjus in his execution of the law. JOHN WKSLEY LAURY, Marmaton township's successful fanner and popular citizen, was born in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1853. Godfrey Laury, his father, was born in Lehigh County, in 1823, and was a Pennsylvania Dutchman. His early life was pa.ssed as a merch- ant at Mahanoy in Schuylkill County, but the last twenty years of his life were spent with our subject on the farm. John Laury, our subject's grand- father, was one of the successful farmers of Lehigh and Northampton Counties. Pennsylvania, in the former of which he died in 1832. His son, Godfrey, served under General Albright in the defense of Washington when the Rebels were marching on the ca[)ital in the summer of 1863. Godfrey Laury married Anna Maria Dreisbach, a daughter of Daniel Dreisbach, a Carbon County Pennsylvania farmer. Mrs. Laury died in Allen County, Kansas, in 1866, at the age of sixty-three years: while her husband died .March 29. 1897. Their children are: John W., our subject: Emma, wife of Theodore Maxson, of Elm township, and Ella, who married J. O. Eagle, of Allen County. The Laurys came to Kansas in 1878 and settled upon section 9, town 26, range 20, which our subject has succeeded in reducing to a productive farm and a comfortable home. A few years after his advent to the county he tliscovered an opening in his community for a country butcher and he fitted out a store-on-wheels and engaged in the business. Fourteen years is almost a generation but it is that long since this venture was under- taken and its success has been ample and more than its projector anticipated. May 18, 1882, John W. Laury was married to Alice McCray, of Wil- son County, Kansas, a daughter of William McCray who came to Kansas from Hancock County, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Laury's children are: William G., Charles McCray, Clara Olivia, John W. Jr., Emma Alice, George Aldridge. Raymond H., Everett M., and Ruth Jane. With nothing has John Laury been more familiar and taken a deeper in- terest in .Allen County, than its politics. The time was not when he was not a Republican. He inherited the spirit from his ancestors, breathed it from the air in which he was reared and practiced it from the time he reached his majority. He cast his first Presidential vote for Rutherford B. Hays and he has felt it a great privilege to be permitted to aid in choosing for the WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 249 Presideiic\' such men as Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley. Mr. Laury's convention record, as a delegate, is a long and almost unbroken one. His influence is of far-reaching ani weighty character and the candidate whose cause he espouses finds him enlisted for the war. He has been urged for the County Treasurership, which office he is admirably adapted to preside over, but the opportunity has not yet arrived. Were all the elements of our composite citizenship as indu; trious, as energetic, as honest and as patriotic as John \V. Lauiy there would be no need of court or juries or lawyers. JOHN GWII.LIM — In March, 1871, John Gvvillim took up his residence " in Allen County. He owns the north half of the southeast quarter of section 6, town 25, range 20, but settled upon section 29. town 24, range 20. He came from Herefordshire, England. 'where he was born ^iarch 3, 1846. His father died in Herefordshire in 1897 at the age of eighty-two years. The latter was married to Harriet Lloyd and their children were: John, Mary, William, Robert, of England: Thomas, of Wallowa County, Oregon: Martha and Elizabeth, both in Oregon, and Ebenezer Gwillim, who still clings to his English home. John Gwillim was reared on a farm and left old England 'at the age of twenty-four years. He had sufficient capital to begin business on in Kan- sas and, after spending a year in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, he came liither and added his name to the list of prairie farmers of Elm township. He was married before he emigrated from England to Ann Watkins, who died in 1877, leaving a daughter, Annie, who is her father's companion. Mr. Gwillira's first presidential vote was cast for Garfield and his fealt)' to the Republican party has remained constant. He is in no sense a work- er, in part\- parlance, but his knowledge of policies and men enables him to cast an intelligent and patriotic ballot. T A /"ALTER A. KERR, of Elm township, one of the energetic and " " substantial young farmers of his community and a son of our worthy countryman, Obed Kerr, was born in Pennsylvania October 9, 1869. He came into Allen county at the age of nine years and has been reared and fairly educated here. His life has been that of a farmer and stockman and he remained under the parental roof till near his twenty-ninth year. He was married May 13, 1898, to Miss Alice Brookins, a daughter of Prof. W. E. Brookins, one of the effective educators of Kansas, now located at Blue Mound. The latter was born in New York, is married to Libbie Gay, and Fred Brookins and Mrs. Kerr are his two children. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr's only child is Bessie V. Kerr born May i, 1899. Mr. Kerr manages the east half of section 13, town.ship 25, range 19 250 HISTORY Ol- ALl.KN AND one half of which he owns, and he is gradually and surely coming to be one of the successful cattle growers and dealers of Elm township. He takes a citizen's interest in the management of public affairs, and while he has no inclination toward politics he keeps abrea>t of current events and manifests a keen concern foi the success of Republican principles at the poles. CHARLES W. SMITH, one of the foremost young farmers of Elm town- ship, whose unquestioned reputation has been established in Allen county in the past twenty years, was born in Peoria county, Illinois, Octo- ber iS, 1X53. He was reared on the farm of his father, Samuel \V. Smith, who died in Allen county, Kansas, in 1886, at the age of sixty-three years. The latter was born in Pennsylvania, came to Illinois early in life and was married there to Sarah H. Bodine. Mrs. Smith was born in New Jersey in 1S31 and is a resident of LaHarpe, Allen county, Kansas. Her children are: Josephine, wife of Charles Cole, of lola, Chailes W., our subject: Addie, wife of \V. H. Baker, of Cherryvale, Kansas; Henry B. Smith, of Moran, Kansas; George C, of LaHarpe, and Luella May, wife of Andrew Smith, of Withita, Kansas. Charles \V Smith was married at twenty-one years and started in life as a farmer. He came to Kansas about that date and. with a small amount of capital, purchased eighty acres of land north-east of LaHarpe and began its improvement and cultivation by degrees. He worked by the day near Moran for Peter McGlashan who paid him twenty-five cents more for a day's work than any one else was getting, and he earned good wages with Vandegrift and Paske who paid hands in proportion to what they vvere worth. By this method he acquired the means with which he sustained himself and family while the initial strokes of farm improvement were being made. When he got some land broken and a shanty erected our subject was well on his way toward independence, and when he had accumulated a small bunch of cattle and gotten his income to exceed his expenses by some fold pro.sperity had really set in. Since he made his first crop of twenty acres of broom corn his farm could be relied upon to produce suf- ficient for the family needs. Mr. Smith's energy is not the kind that would permit him to go back- ward instead of fot ward. Whatever he planted he reaped a crop from, if weather conditions did not interfere, and if his crop was small one year he retrenched just as much in proportion to bring the yearly balance on the right side. He is the owner of a fertile one hundred and sixty acres. Beyond his father, little is at hand as to the Smith ancestry. Samuel W. Smith was an only son and his widowed mother married an Aby, and two of tlieir their children survive: G. H. Aby, of Harper county, Kan- sas, and Rebecca, wife of Xelson Milles, of McDonough county, Illinois. March 23, 1S79, Charles W. Smith was married to Louisa, a daughter WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 25 I i)( Jonas Johnson, deceased, of Kiiox county, Illinois. The latter reared eight children, six of the surviving ones being in Illinois. Our subject's children are: Herschel W., Claire H., Helen Marie and Nola Belle. Mr. Smith is a Republican without compromise or apology. He has given his services in a modest way to party affairs in Allen county and is a delegate to nearly every County convention held. He looks back over his modest political history and feels gratified in the belief that he has never been on the wrong side in a national campaign. A LFRED C. KOHLER. — Elm township, Allen county, contains few ■^^^ farmers who are more enterprising and progressiye than Alfred C. Kohler. His industry and thrift are subjects of common report and his pride in farm-improvement, and thus in county-development, is very ap- parent to the passerby. It is onl}' sixteen years that he has dealt with con- ditions in Kansas, for he came here in 1SS4, and in th.^t space of time Pennsylvania energy and perseverance have done effecti\'e work. November i, 1845, A. C. Kohler was born in Lshigh county, Penn- sylvania. A son of Dr. W. S. Kohler and a grandson of Peter Kohler he was reared in Lehigh and Northampton counties. His ancestors were of the first settled families in that region and Peter Kohler was one of the l.irge land owners in his county. He was a Whig and later a Republican while his ancestors were P'ederalists. He married Catherine Steckel and died in 1872 at the age of ninety-three years. Of his eight children five were sons of whom Dr. W. S. Kohler was the eldest. The latter spent forty years in the practice of medicine and died at the place of his birth, now Egypt, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in 1870 at the age of sixty -six years. His first wife was Miss Kern who bore him thvee children only one of whom died with issue. Dr. John P. Kohler, who left two children. His second wife, and our subject's mother, was Catherine Laury, a daughter of a Lehigh and Northampton county farmer, John Laury. Of the issue of this last marriage Alfred C. Kohler is the eldest. The other children are Sarah, Martha, wife of Dr. Erdman, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Silas Kohler who resides in Lehigh county. A. C. Kohler secured little more than a common school education. He was a country youth till his seventeenth year when he went to Phila- delphia to clerk for S. H. Bibighaus, a prominent hardware merchant, and he remained in the city two years. In 1864 he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Ninety-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel W. R. Thomas. The regiment was ordered to Fort Mc Henry and later to John- son's Island where it served for a time as prison guard. From this point it was stationed at Galipolis, Ohio; Parkersburg, West Virginia, and finally returned to Philadelphia where it was mustered out of service. For three years succeeding the clo-se of his army service Mr. Kohler was in a mill at Copley, Pennsylvania. In 1868 he was married and en- 252 msTOKV OK AI.I.KN AMI imaged ill farming in Northainptoii count> . His wife was Sarah Laubacli, a daughter of John Laubach, a Pennsylvania German and a larmer. Mrs. Kohler was born in 1850. Their seven children are: John P., who married Nannie Mitchell and has two children, Helen and Bulah; Esther Kohler, who married Charles Rebman and is the mother of three children, Clara, Esther and Sarah; Irene, Richard, Bulah, Charles and Sadie Kohler are all on the homestead. When Mr. Kohler came to Allen county he located upon the north-east quarter of section 17, township 25, range 20, and is now the owner of three (juartersof the section less eighty acres. His farm is well stocked and he is otherwise admirably situated for reaping a profit from his labors year after year. In matters of religion the family are members of the Reformed church. TAT" E. SLOAN, a well known and prosperous farmer of West Hum- y ^ ' boldt. was born in Butler countj^ Pennsylvania, September 29. KS55. His father was James F. Sloan and his mother was Martha Oli- phatit, both nativ'es of the Keystone state. W. E. Sloan was their third child. He was one of thirteen children and was reared in the state of his birth. He came to Kansas in 1880 and took a claim in Harvey county. He dispo.sed of this in 1884, came to Allen county and purchased a farm four miles north-east of Humboldt, which he yet owns. He resides on and cultivates, as a tenant, the old Thurston farm just west of Humboldt and is regarded as a liberal, progressive and thrifty citizen. In August 1880, Mr. Sloan was married to Miss Ella Scott, a daughter of M. E. Scott, of Marion county, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Sloan's mother was Miss E. J. Scott, and the state of Pennsylvania was the home of the Scotts. Mrs. Sloan was born February 11, 1865, and is the mother of five children, viz: Wilbur, Austin, Edward Henry and Fiank. In his early manhood and to gain a sum with which to engage in farm- ing Mr. Sloan was a wage earner. He was inured to the duties of the farm and upon this did he become a hand when he became accountable for his future. Whatever he is and has has resulted from the effort of his own hands. His political history is told when it is said that he votes the Re- publican ticket. He came from a patriotic state and was conceived by loyal antecedents and that he is both patriotic and loyal is not a subject of wonder. T A 7"ILLIAM GWILLIM, of Elm township, who settled in Allen * " County, in the spring of 1871, was one of the first of the English colony to locate in his township and he came to it from Jo Daviess County WOODSOX COfNTIES, KANSAS. 25-? Illinois. His .sojourn in that State was only temporary and while there he was a visitor of a friend of his father's, hoping to get some information with reference to Kansas, in which State it was his intention of making a home. Mr. Gwillim was born in Herefordshire, England, October 24, 184S. His father was John Gwillim, a representative of one of the old families of Monmouthshire in which shire they were farmers as far back as memory serves. In olden times the custom was to give the oldest son the Christian name and property of the father and in this family the practice prevailed yet in modern days. Our subject's grandfather was John Gwillim and his great grandfather bore the name of John. William Gwillim is the third child of his parents and left Liverpool, England, on the steamer City of Paris in th; mDiitli of .May bound for New York. He was twelve days at sea and was accompanied by his brother's family. Upon coming into Allen County he purchased, on contract, a quarter section of railroad land, but when the League seemed in a fair way to win their contest for land in the odd sections he joined his fortunes with that organization and let his contract forfeit. When the railroad title was declared good he again purchased the land and owns now the west half of section 29, town 24, range 20. Cattle raising became one of Mr. Gwillim's industries and he has become known as a "feeder" in a small w^ay. His premises present the appearance of thrift and financial in- dependence and add greatly to the settled and matured condition of his township. Mr. Gwillim was married April 5. 1870, to Sarah Farr, a daughter of James Farr, of Herefordshire, England. Their children are: Albert J., Sarah J. and William Frederick. In National and State politics Mr. Gwillim is a Republican. He has been a member of the school board of Pleasant Prairie many years and is clerk of the board. In religious matters he is a Methodist. T TACKNEY & SON — The firm whose name appears above is one of -*- -*- prominence in LaHarpe, actively identified with its commercial in- terests. Its members are men of marked business enterprise, excellent ex- ecutive ability, keen sagacity and determined purpose. Every well con- ducted business concern is of value to the community in which it is located, for the welfare, progress and upbuilding of every town or city depends upon its commercial activity. Those who control a paying business enterprise are therefore representative citizens, and among the number in La- Harpe are the two gentlemen, W. J. and Canby H. Hackney, who consti- tute the well known firm of Hacknej' & Son. The senior member. W. J. Hackney, is a native of Frederick Countv, Virginia, his birth having occurred in Winchester, in 1821. When three years of age he became a resident of Ohio, and in 1854 he took up his abode in Iowa, where he became interested in manufacturing, successfully carrj-- 254 HISTORY OF AI.I.KN AND ing OH business tht-rc until the financial panic of 1S76, when he lost all that he had made. In iSSi he came to Allen County ond here entered into business with his sons, E. L. and Canby H. In LaHarpe they established the enterprise which has since been conducted by the firm whose name in- troduces this review. The association was maintained as first organized until 1S90, when E. L. Hackney withdrew. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary K. Blodgett, whose mother was one of the early settlers o( .\llen County, and they are now prospering upon a ranch in the White river valley of Colorado. The business was continued by W. J. and Canby H. Hackney and has grown to be an important enterprise in LaHarpe. In the year 1843 w-as celebrated the marriage of W. J. Hackney and Miss Susan D. Canby, a native of ICUicot's Mills, Maryland. Unto them were born four children and they had been married for half a century be- fore a death occurred in the family. Although fifty-eight years have passed since they started upon life's journey together, they are still enjoy- ing good health and are quite vigorous. Of their children, one daughter, Mrs. Russell, is now deceased. The other daughter, Mrs. Happersett, formerly a resident of lola, is now living in Illinois. The elder son, as stited above, is a resident of Colorado. In his political views the father has long been a stalwart Republican, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him, his support to the party being freely given because of his belief in its principles. Canby H. Hackney, the junior member of the firm, was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1856, and spent his boyhood days in his parents' home. He was a hard working lad, in early life, showing forth the elemental strength of his character by his energy and close application. He pursued his preliminary education in the common schools and in Howe's Academy of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He then entered upon his business career, re- maining in Iowa until 1S81. With his father he then came to Allen County without a dollar, but with a clear conscience, knowing that they owed no man anything. In Kansas Canby H. Hackney entered upon a career which has made him widely known and has gained for him the un- (|ualified respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. The firm of Hackney & Son are now engaged in dealing in hay, grain and farming implements at LaHarpe. They began operations on a small scale and gradually from year to year their business has increased until it has assumed extensive proportions. In the employ of the firm is a young man, (^riu Hartley, who was left an orphan and came to them when a small boy. He has always been honest and diligent and has aided materially in win- ning the splendid reputation of the firm. In addition to his interest in the store Canby H. Hackney now owns considerable property, having made ju- dicious investments in real estate. In the year 1892 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna M. Uonnan, a native of Livingston County, New York, and a sister of W. J. Donnan, one of the substantial settlers of Allen County. The hospitality of the best homes of LaHarpe is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Hackney and many friends enjoy the good cheer of their ple.isant home. Since attaining his majority WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 255 C mby H. H.ickney has exercised his right of francliise in support of men an! measures of the Republican pirty. but has never been an aspirant for office. His attention has been closely given to business and his reliability, keen discrimination, and unflagging purpose have enabled him to advance steadil}- on the highroad to success. He comes of a family of the Quaker faith and the honesty and uprightness so proverbial of that people are mani- fest in his career. T3OYAL S. COPELIN, a representative of the farming interests of -'- *- Allen County, was born in Oneida County, New York, on the 14th of February, 1856, and is of English lineage. His father, John Cope- lin, was a native of England, and during his boyhood came to America with his paren'-S. He was born in 182 1, and in 1854 was united in marriage to Sarah Ann Perry, a native of Xew York. By trade he was a miller and fallowed that pursuit for some time, but subsequentl)' turned his attention to finning. In i86o he removed to Illinois, miking his home in Kanka- kee, County, until his death, which occurred July 22, 1883. His widow still S'lrvives him and is living in Kankakee County, at the age ol sixty- three. They were the parents of three children: Eliza, wife of John Coa?ch, of Wilmington, Illinois; RoyalS., of this review, and Julia, wife of Patterson Patchett, of Kankakee County, Illinois. Mr. Copelin, whose name introduces this record, accompanied his parents on their removal to Illinois when he was four years of age, and acquired a common school education in that State. He was reared 'upon the home farm and assisted his father in the cultivation and development of the fields until twenty-four years of age, when he was married and be- gan farming on his own ace junt. On the r4th of February, 1880, — his twenty-fourth birthday, — he wedded Miss Alice Amelia Armitage, who was born in Kankakee, Illinois. Her father, James A. Armitage, was a native of Pennsylvania, born April 22, 1826, and is still living. He wedded Miss Margaret E. Gruer, a native of the Empire State and they became the parents of nine children, namslv; Agnes A., Albert A., Authon A., Alice A., Winfield S. , Charles W. , Mary A., Jessie J. and James H. The fami- ly circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Copelin have been born two children: Stella Maud, a young lady of nine- teen years, and Perry A., a lad ot seven summers. Mr. and Mrs. Copelin began their domestic life upon a farm in Illinois, and there remained until 1887, when they removed to Colorado, locating on a ranch of five hundred and sixty acres in Kiowa County. There our subject engaged in the cattle business, buying, raising and ishipping cattle on an extensive scale, meeting with very creditable success in this venture. After he had lived in Colorado three years, hs sold his Illinois farm and invested the money in his business in Colorado. He was there elected count)- commissioner of Kiowa County for a term of three years. The 2^6 IIISTOKY OH .\IJ.?:n AND county was thirty-seven liy eighty-eight miles in extent, and the office of commissioner is one of importance, paying a salary ot five hundred dollars and mileage per year, but Mr. Copelin's family were not satisfied in Colora do, and, consequently, he sold his ranch and came to Allen County, Kan- sas. Here he purchased the excellent farm which he now owns, buying the property of C. H. Pratt. It is located a mile and a half northeast of Humboldt and Mr. Copelin has placed it under a very high state of cultiva- tion. To the north of his pleasant residence is a beautiful grove and drive way leads from the main road to his home, standing on an eminence, com- mnnding an excellent view of the surrounding country. He trades, buys and ships both cattle and hogs, and thus annually augments his income. He votes with the Republican party, but takes little part in public affairs, his attention being directed to his business interests. CH.\RLlv.S B.\L.\Xr), one of the few old settlers that remains in Allen county, was born in Sweden December 5, 1S16. He came to Kansas in 1859 and took a claim on Coal Creek, three miles east of Humboldt, and has gone through all the hardships that go to make up a man's life in a new country. Mr. Baland served in U. S. Grant's company in the Mexican war, a distinction of which he is justly proud. He was also in the army in the war of the Rebellion, which makes him a veteran of two wars. He has been one of the leading men in this county, serving as Register of Deeds for three terms. He has served almost continuously for thirty-five years as Justice of the Peace of Humboldt township and was p;jst-master of Hum- boldt for many years. SIMEON B. WIIXHITE is one of the substantial farmers of Allen county, his home being in Humboldt township, where he owns three hundred and twenty acres of fine land. He is a western man by birth, and possesses the true western spirit of enterprise and progress. A native of Missouri, he was born in Clay county, on the 15th of January, 1832, and was the eldest in a familj of nine children. His father, Henry Willhite, was a native of Kentucky, and married Sarah P'lora, a native of that state. Soon afterward they removed to Missouri and became early .settlers of Clay county. The father died in 1871, at the age of sixty-two years. Seven of his nine children are still living, namely: Simeon B. ; Albert and James, of Oklahoma; Henry W., whose home is in Barton county, Missouri; Mrs. Margaret Aiken, of Olathe, Kansas. Those deceased are James M. and Donelson Willhite, M. D. The subject of this review was reared in Missouri, and the public WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 257 schools afforded him his limited educatiinal privileges. At the time of the Civil war he did not enter the service as a volunteer, but participated in the battle of Le.xington. When he heard that the Confederates were ad- vancing on that town, he went down to help defend it, was given a gun and with the others participated in the engagement. January 3rd, 1851, Mr. Willhite was united in marriage, in Missouri, to Miss Martha Elliott, who was a native of that state. She long proved to him a faithful companion and helpmate on life's journey but was called to her final rest December 13, 1899. Sixteen children were born unto them as follows: A. Robert, who is living in Allen county, James M., of Okla- homa; Henry, of lola, Jesse H. , who resides in California; S. Walter and John P., at home; Octavia; John, of Allen county, Kansas; Kate Marshall, who died leaving two children, Frank and Edith who are with their father in Worth county, Missouri, Mattie, wife of Eli Ellsworth, of Gas, Kansas; Sida Clara Veer Laveer, at home; and Mahala. wife of Riley Moore, of .\llen county. Mr. Willhite came to Kansas in 1880 and purchased the farm on which he now resides. At the time of his marriage he owned but one horse, and on this both he and his wife rode when they went to visit their neighbors. This horse he used for plowing and cultivating his land for two years Ijefore he was able to buy another. Eventually success attended him and as the years passed he has added to his possessions until he is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of well improved and valuable land. He has upon his place good grades of stock and his fields are under a high state of cultivation. His home is a nice country residence, sur- rounded b}- fine shade trees, and everything about the place indicates his careful supervision. His capital is now sufficient to enable him to put aside the more arduous duties of life. In politics he has been a Democrat since casting his first presidential vote for Buchanan, but he has never sought or desired ofBce. preferring to devote his time to his Inisiness affairs, in which he has met with signal success. T A TTLLIAM OVERHOLT was born in Hancock county, Ohio, June " ^ 4, 1857. his parents being Henry and Sarah (Fritz) Overholt, both natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The father was a farmer by occupation, following that pursuit throughout his active life. He died during the early part of the Civil wai at the age of forty-five )-ears. His widow, however, is still living in Ohio, and has now attained the ripe age of eighty one. They had two sous who loj'ally entered the Union ser- vice during the war of the Rebellion, one of whom was taken ill soon after joining the army and died, giving his life as a ransom for his country's preservation. David served throughout the entire struggle and is now living in Ohio. John C. and Henry are also residents of that .state. William Overholt, the j-oungest of the five children, was reared under 258 HISTOKY OF ALLKN AXI) the parental roof and as a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Gertie Redfern, also a native of Hancock county, Ohio, and a daughter of Peter C. Redfern. Her mother bore the maiden name of Frances Wineland and was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Redfern died in 1.S93 at the age of fifty-four years, and his widow is still living at the age of fifty-four. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Overholt has been blessed with five children, namely: Floyd L, Alma Kdna, Willie E. , Merle R. and Orpha H. I. Overholt. The initial letters of the youngest daughter spell Mr. Overholt's native state — Ohio. In the year 1889 our subject came with his family to Kansas, and after lesiding in Humboldt for a short time purchased the Maple Grove farm in Salem township, comprising two hundred and forty acres of rich land, which he placed under a very high state of cultivation, there residing for seven years. He then rented his farm and came to Humboldt, where he is now engaged successfully in operating a corn sheller. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, and for one term served as trustee of Salem township. Both he and his wife are members of the Knights and Ladies of Security and in Humboldt and the surrounding country they have a large circle of friends limited only by the circle of their acquaintances. Classified among the substantial citizens of the community Mr. Overholt owes his creditable position to his well-directed efforts in busine.ss and his indefatigable energv. W 'ILLIAM A. CHOGUILL, a practitioner at the bar of Allen county, recognized as one of the most prominent representatives of the legal fraternity of Humboldt, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, March 25, 1848. His father, Samuel Choguill, a contractor and builder, was born in the Buckeye state in 1823. He married Sybilla Todd, an Ohio lady, and in 1884 removed to Kansas, where his death occurred in 1890. His widow still survives him, and is living on the home farm in Woodson County at the age of seventy-two. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are: Sarah E. , who is living with her mother; Louis G., who resides on the home farm in Woodson County and William A. William Alkanzor Choguill is indebted to the public school system for his early educational privileges, which were supplemented by study in the Hopedale Academy in Jefferson County, Ohio. Later he entered- the Lebanon Normal School in Warren County, Ohio, where he completed his education and then served an apprenticeship in a drug .store. Subsequent Iv he matriculated in the Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio, in which institution he was graduated in 1S70. After this he studied law with the firm of Stewart & Metcalf and was admitted to the bar in McConnells- ville, Ohio, in 1879. Believing that there was a better field of labor offered to young men in the west where competition was not so great he .started for Kansas, arriving in Humboldt on the fifth of March, 1880. He purchased WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 259 a farm in Woodson Count)", a few miles west of Humboldt, made it his place of residence and engaged in its cultivation for three years at the end of which time he took up his abode in Humboldt where he has since engaged in law practice, rapidly winning his way to a foremost place in the ranks of the legal fraternity. In 1874 Mr. Choguill married Miss Laureta M. Millner, of Ohio, and the hospitality of many of the best homes of the locality is cordially extend- ed them. Mr. Choguill is independent in his political views, supporting the men and measures th^t he thinks will best promote the country's wel- fare. He is, however, a man of superior oratorical power, an eloquent and convincing speaker, and on more than one occasion he has entered into the campaign work, delivering addresses both in his adopted and in his native state. In his fraternal sentiment he is connected with the Odd Fellows and the Maccabees. Mr. Choguill's career has been one of untiring industry. During the years of his residence in Allen County he has championed e\-ery movement designed to promote the general welfaie; has supported every enterprise for the public good and has materially aided in the advancetnent of all social, educational and moral interests. His knowledge of law, his ability in argument and his masterful treatment of the intricate problems of juris- prudence have resulted in gaining him a creditable standing among his professional brothers. C^AMUEL G. CECIL, one of the prominent builders and contractors of *^ — ' lola, and a citizen whose interest in the public affairs of his citj' are positive and constant, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, March 12, 1853. His father. B. Cecil, was a teacher and was engaged in educational work in Belmont County many years and was, himself, born there in 1824, dying in 1854. He was descended from French parents, his father having emi- grated to the United States from the Kingdom of France at an early period. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a farmer and is buried in the county of Belmont where he .seems to have settled. B. Cecil married May Jordan, a daughter of Abel Jordan, a Quaker, whose abiding place was once Mayfield, Pennsylvania, and whose calling was that of a cabinet maker. Mrs. Cecil died in 1881 leaving two children: John E. Cecil, who died in 1880, leaving one child at Berea. Ohio, and Samuel G. Cecil, our subject. S. G. Cecil spent his youth on a farm till his sixteenth year. At that age he undertook the task of learning the carpenter trade, around Urichs- ville, Ohio, and finishing or completing it, in Cleveland, Ohio. He re- mained with his native State till 1884 when he came west and located in Larned, Kansas. In that western town he took up contracting prominent- ly and remained in that section until 1897 when he became a resident of lola. In his last location he has been as prominently identified with the 26o IIISTOKV OF ALLEN AND building interests as any of his cumpetitors, as many of the buildings he constructed will serve to show what class of work, in a measure, he has been identified with. Mr. Cecil married first in Urichsville, Ohio, in 1878, Anna Harris, who died in 1890. Her children are; Harry H. and Ralph E. Mr. Cecil was again married in 1S95, to Sarah E. Tabor. The Cecils are Republicans, early and late, and our subject has evinced an active interest in local public matters wherever he has resided. In Lamed he was the city's public servant for a time and soon after locating in lola he was called to the city council. While he is a gentleman with positive convictions he is not an extremist to such an extent as to prejudice and bias his usefulness as a public officer. During his membership of the council while the "gas question" was uppermost his position was rather that of a mediator atid pacificator, or harmonizer, ol the two strongly an- tagonistic factions. In iSgg he was elected a member of the board of edu- cation for the first ward of his city. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. WILLIAM J. IHRIG, one of the best known masons and plasterers of Allen County, and a citizen who has spent more than a gener- ation as a resident of the county, came here in March 1879, from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is a native son of the Keystone State, having been born in Philadelphia, Pa. .January 21, 1842. His father, Adam Ihrig, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1811 and, about 185,^, came to America with his family and located in the city of Philadelphia. He was known among the early hotel keepers of Strasburg, Alleghany City, and in the counties of the Oil Region and his last years were passed in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Margaret Ihrig and died in 1894, his wife dying at Cleveland in 1872. Their children are: William J., the first to grow up; Catherine, wife of John Meyer, died in Cleveland in 1898: and Adam Ihrig, of the city of Cleveland. W. J. Ihrig 's boyhood was passed in the manufacturing districts of Pennsvlvania, in the counties of Schuylkill, Alleghany and Lancaster. He was schooled in both English and German and remained under the parental roof till his enlistment in the army. September 12, i86i, he became a member of Company C, 79th Pennsylvania \'olunteers. Col Hambright's regiment. He belonged to the Army of the Cumberland and began his active service at Louisville, Kentucky. The 14th corps, to which he belonged, was in the battles of Perry ville, Nashville, Murfrees- t)oro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and in the Atlanta campaign. In this campaign our subject was wounded at the battle of Kennesaw Moun- tain, and taken prisoner. He was confined in Andersonville nearly four months, was transferred to Florence, vSouth Carolina, where on the eve of an exchange of prisoners, with two others he made his escape. They fell into a squad on detail for wood and when outside broke the guard line and fled. They were piloted througli the strange country by negroes anc WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 26I reached tlie Ihiiuu lines some six weeks after their escape. A pass was issued to Mr. Ihrig to enter a parole camp at Alexandria, Virginia, where he found his regiment, and he returned home with it in June, 1865. From the battle of Murfieesboro Mr. Ihrig was on detail in the 4th Indiana Battery, serving a gun, till after the battle of Lookout Mountain. He then returned to his regiment. On coming out of his long army service Mr. Ihrig's first work was in the oil fields as a driller and he followed this work much of the time till he left the State. He conceived a desire to see the west and left Lancaster in 1879 on a prospecting tour. He met with our townsman, Henry F. Travis, on the train and, upon their reaching Kansas City they decided to run down the Santa Fe Railway and see lola. Their coming settled the fate of both, for Ihrig bought the Perkins place (the Goodner property) and Travis located in Elm township and both brought theii families out the next year. Mr. Ihrig learned the masons and plasterers trade in Lancaster, Penn- sylvania, and he has practically folio A'ed nothing else in Kansas. He has worked on nearly every good brick or stone building in lola and his pros- perity has enabled him to build a house for himself every year for the past ten. With the end of 1899 he sought retirement and is in ample financial freedom to remain so. July 26, 1865, Mr. Ihrig was married in Lancaster, Pa., to Mrs. Annie Gminder, a daughter of Archibald Warren, one of Lancaster's merchants. One of his sons, William Warren, served in the regular army and was stationed in some of the western posts. He went to South America when his enlistment expired. A daughter, Lizzie, married Peter Frank and re- sides in Saginaw, Michigan. George Pinkerton. of Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania, married Amanda Warren and Susie Warren married James Buchan- an, of Philadelphia. The youngest, James Warren, is still in Lancaster. Mrs. Ihrig has a son, Harry Gminder, by her first marriage. The Ihrig children are two sons, Albert W., who married Maggie Duncan and has six children: Annie, Bertha, Lillian, Lloyd, Eugene and Charlie. Arthur Eugene Ihrig was born in Ma}', 1871, and is W. J.'s younger son. He was married to Nellie Bean in lola and has no children. Harry Gminder married Emma Riggs and resides in Concordia, Kan- sas. Their three children are: Anna, Lillian and Edna. As a citizen W. J. Ihrig is one of our most pronounced and positive in his views. There are no more staunch Republicans than he and his in- terest in and connection with McCook Post, G. A. R., is especially strong and permanent. He is a member of many of our mutual insurance orders and is, on the whole a social and agreeable gentleman. A NDREW D. INMAN, of Osage township, Allen county, has passed -^^^ twenty years within the boundaries of the count}'. He came to it in April 1 88 1 and settled upon one of the old pioneer farms of eastern Allen 262 HISTORY OK ALLKN AND cmiiity. It is the southwest t|uaner of section iS, township 24, range 20, and there Mr. Innian has maintained a continuous and honorable resi- dence. Mr. Inman came to Kansas from Benton county, Indiana, but he was born and reared in Blackford county, that state. Hi> birth occurred January 12, 1849, and his training and education were entirely rural. He is a son of Samuel Inman, who was reared in Ohio, but whose active life was spent largely in Blackford county, Indiana. He was married to a lady of Scotch descent, Abigail Dickson. A streak or strain of Irish also coursed through her veins for her ancestors were from the north of Ireland. Samuel Inman was married in Ohio and died in December 1876 at the age of seventy-.seven years. His wife died in 1856. Their children were: John, who died in Blackford county, Indiana and left a family; Elizabeth, wife of Solomon Geyer, of Piqua, Kansas; Mary, wife of John Waters, of Moran, Kansas; ICli, of Blackford county, Indiana; Sarah, deceased, was married to Jacob Clapper and left a family in Indiana: Isaac, of Lawrence- burg, Tennessee; Jane, deceased, wife of Daniel Daily, and Andrew D., our subject. Andrew D. Inman acquired the necessary elements of an luiglish edu- cation and became responsible for his proper conduct and personal main- tenance in his sixteenth year. For some eighteen years he was a laborer, by the month or day, and on December 23, 1880, he was married at Mound City, Kansas. In September, 1871, he left Indiana and spent the years intervening, till 1880, in Allen and Linn counties, Kansas. Upon pur- chasing, or arranging the terms for his farm, he found it necessary to mort- gage it in order to provide himself with the implements and other adjuncts nece.ssary to cultivate it. His twenty years of residence upon, and cultiva- tion of, an Osage township farm have been both pleasant and profitable to him. His ide?, that everything was wrought by industry and nothing without it, was the proper one and he and his loyal wife have witnessed their labors bear substantial fruit. Mr. Inman married Miss May Dow, a daughter of Isaac Dow, who was born in New York state in 1832. The latter was from Vermont parents, a thrifty and industrious people. Mr. Dow was a mechanic, came to Kansas in 1866 and settled in Linn county. He married Phebe Daggett, a daughter of Harvey Daggett, of Massachusetts. Mr. Dow belonged to Company IJ, Fourth low^a Cavalry during the Rebellion and served three years in the western department. He received a sun stroke on the battle field, was discharged on account of it and it finally caused his death, April 1899. The Dow children are: Mary A., wife of our subject, born November 5, 1S60; Frances, wife of A. B. Houser, of LaHarpe, Kansas; Loren Dow, of LaHarpe, and Miss Bulah, with her widowed mothei at LaHarpe, Kansas. The politics of the Inmans, early, was Democratic, that of the Dows Republican. Andrew Inman voted with the Democrats till 1884, since then he has been a Republican. Our subject's only child, Charles, was born January 29, 1885. WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 263 ""pHOMAS B. SHANNOX.— One of the enterprising merchants of Ida, J- successful!}' conducting an extensive hardware establishment is T. B. Shannon, who since 1897 has been a well known factor in commercial circles in this city. He was born in Attica, Indiana, Januars' 28, 187 1, and is a son of G. \V. Shannon, whose birth occurred in Virginia, May 31, 183,5. The grandfather. Thomas Shannon, was also a native of the Old Dominion, born at Sharon Springs, Bland county, March 20, 1817, and in that state the father of our subject resided until 1S55. making his home upon a farm. He then removed to Fountain county, Indiana, \vhere he again followed farming until the spring of 187 i, when he came to Kansas, settling in Woodson county, on the present townsite of Vernon. In 1873 he removed to Neosho Falls, where he learned the tinner's trade under the direction of ex-Governor Finne}-. In 1880 he engaged in the hardware business in Toronto, Kansas, where he remained ten years, and in the fall of 1S90 he became a resident of Anacortes, ^^'ashington, where he is now successfully conducting a hardware establishment. He was married in Wythe county, Virginia, to Miss Callie Brown, who was born in Wythe county, Virginia, October 7, 1831, a daughter of Josiah Biown, also a native of Virginia. She died in Neosho Falls, Kansas, August 26, 1874, leaving two children, namely: T. B., of this review, and G. D., who is connected in business with his father in Anacortes, Washington. The subject of this sketcli is indebted to the public school system for his educational privileges, and in his youth he became familiar with the hardware trade in his father's store. At the age of nineteen he entered upon an independent business career in Blaine, Washington, as a dealer in hardware, since which time he has been connected with that line of com- merce. In the .'spring of 1897 he disposed of his store in Blaine and came to lola, where he entered into partnership with Frank M. Horville under the firm name of Shannon & Horville. This connection was maintained until September 1898, when Mr. Shannon purchased his partner's interest and has since carried on business alone. During the summer of 1900 he remodeled and added to his store building and now occupies both floors and an eighty foot basement with his large stock of shelf and heavy hard- ware. He carries everything found in a first-class establishment of the kind, and in the rear of the store he has a tin and plumbing shop, doing all kinds of work in those trades. He deals in buggies, wagons and farm- ing implements in addition to hardware, stoves and ranges, tinware, paints and oils, guns and cutlery, and his patronage is constantly increasing. On the 30th of November, 1892, Mr. Shannon married Mi-^s Lulu Brewer, of Greenwood county, Kansas. She was born in Colorado, Janu- ary 8, 1873, a daughter of E. J. Brewer, a native of Massachusetts. Their only child died October 25, 1894, and the mother passed away on the 12th of December, following. On the ist of February, 1899, Mr. Shannon was again married, his second union being with Miss Agnes Mitchell, who was bom in Franklin county, Kansas, Februar}' 12, 1872, and is a daughter of David H. Mitchell, a native of Missouri. Their home is now blessed w-ith 264 HISTORY OK ALLEN AND ihe presence of a little daughter, Winifred, born July ."^i, u)oo. Mr. •Shannon is connected with the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the B. P. O. Elks, and he and his wife are well known and highly respected resi- ilents of Ida, the hospitality of many of its best homes being freely ex- tended to them. T AMKS W. DRAKE. — Among the substantial farmers of tola townshij) ^ is James W. Drake, who was born near Louisville, Kentucky, January 26, 1831. His father, James Drake, was born in that state in 1781, while the red men still roamed the forest. In the early days he was more than once called to leave his work on the farm to defend himself or his friends against the attacks of these wild neighbors. He related many stories of engagements with the Indians, of the captures they made and of the res- cues performed within the limits of the "dark and bloody ground." In I S32 he removed to southern Indiana, locating on Whitewater river, not far from Cincinnati, where he resided until 1834, when he removed to Kosciusko county, Indiana, still following his occupation of farming. There he died in 1845. He served his country as a volunteer soldier in the war of 18 12. While in Kentucky he married Elizabeth Dickerson, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1787 and died in Indiana in 1842. Her father was John Dickerson, a native of Scotland who emigrated to the new world in the latter part of the eighteenth century. To Mr. and Mrs. Drake were born twelve children, eight of whom reached maturity, while three survive. Those who attained adult age were William, now deceased, whose family lives in Linn county, Kansas; Martha, deceased, wife of Isaac Masters, of Kosciusko, Indiana: Kelley, who died near Cedar Kapids, Iowa; Nathan, who died in Kosciusko, Indiana; Mrs. Jane Carter; Ira, who resides in Kosciusko, Indiana; James W., of lola, Kansas; and Homer, who resides in Champaign cnunnty, Illinois. Mr. Drake, of this review, accompanied his parents to Indiana, and remained with them until they died. In 1S54 he went to Illinois, but re- turned to the Hoosier state, and in 1S56 removed to Iowa where he resided two years. The year 185S witnessed his arrival in Allen county, and he secured a claim in lola township, upon which he has since lived. He has toUowed farming throughout his entire life, and is now numbered among Allen county's best known and prosperous pioneer agriculturists. At the time of the Civil war he put aside personal considerations, enlisting as a private of Company E, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, under command of Captain Henry Fletcher and Colonel Lynde. He participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Johnstown, Stone Lane and Westport, besides numerous smaller engagements, and was honorably discharged in November, 1865, at Duvall's Bluff, having sjerved for three years and three months. When the country no longer needed his services, Mr. Drake gladly returned to his family. He had been married in i86i to Miss Mary A. WOODSON COUXTIKS, KANSAS. 265 McKenzie, who was born in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Joseph McKenzie, of Irish lineage. Mr. and Mrs. Drake have become the parents of seven children, namely: Elizabeth, wife of Frank Bliss; Minerva, wife of Nicholas Burton: Viola, wife of John Harris: Dora, wife of George Strawderman; Nora, wife of Fred Baker; Cora, who resides with her parents, and Frank, at home. Since 1866 Mr. Drake has been a member of the Masonic fralernit\-, and in his life exemplifies its principles of mutual helpfulness and kind- ness. He supported the Republican party until 1867, since which time he has been an advocate of the Democracy. His attention has been closely given to its interests, though he has never sought public office, but he is as true to his duties of citizenship today as when he followed the stars and stripes on southern battle fields. /'"^ONRAD HEIM has spent his entire life hi the Mi.ssissippi valley, and ^-^ the true western spirit of progress and enterprise has colored his career. He was born in Quincv, Illinois, on the first of August, 1850, and is a son of Adam and Barbara (Stumpf) Heim, natives of Baden Baden, Germany. The father was a brewer by trade, and after emigrating to America in 1836 he carried on that basine^s in Quincy. Illinois, where he died in 1872, at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife survived him for some time and died in Quincy in 1893, at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. They were the parents of four children, the subject of this review being the eldest. The others are Anton, a resident of Quincy, Cararma, who is married and lives in Southern California, and Anna, who makes her home in Portsmith, Ohio. During his boyhood Conrad Heim learned the butcher's trade and after reaching adult age he went to the west where he was employed for a time. Subsequently, however, he returned to Quincy and there was united in marriage to Miss Anna Enghouser. Four children were born unto them, of whom three are living, namely: Mrs. Anna Nelson, a resident of Parsons, Kansas: Maggie, wife of William Hess, a druggist of Humboldt, and Mrs. Emma Kelley, of Humboldt. After our subject's arrival in the Sunflower State he purchased a farm in Salem township and there resided for several years, devoting his atten- tion to the cultivation ol the fields and to the raising of stock. He then came to Humboldt, where he embarked in the butchering business and also began buying and shipping horses and cattle. He feeds considerable stock during the winter and his business efforts have been attended with a verj' gratifying degree of success, for when he came to the county he had no capital and now he is in possession of a profitable business, which annually increases his bank account. He today owns a good farm and some business property, togetlier with three residences in Humboldt and three in Chaiiute. His identification with the Democracv dates from the attainment of his 266 HISTORY OF AI.I.EN AND 111 ijority, while of two civic orders he is a representative, being connected with the Knights of the Maccabees and the Catholic Mutual Benefit Asso- ciation. He has a wide acquaintance in Humboldt, where he is held in uniform regard as a reliable busines-; man and public-spirited citizen. FR.\NKI-IX RICHARDS, M. D.— .\lthough one of the youngest mem- bers of the medical fraternity of Kansas, Ur. Richards' years seem no bar to his success, and in LnHarpe, where he is located, lie has gained a liberal patronage that indicates coufideuci reposed by the public in his >kill and ability. The Doctor is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Canton, on the 17th of March, 1874. He belongs to one of the old families of that place, his ancestors for several generations having resided in that city. His father removed to Nebraska in 1S87, and engaged in the drug business with his eldest son in Shadron, where he is still located. He was a man o f practical common sense and sound judgment who believed in preparing his children for the responsible duties of life and thus Dr. Richards was trained to habits of industry in his youth. He completed his literary edu- cation in the high school of Milford, Nebraska, after which he began the study of medicine with the intention of making its practice his life work. Tliis resolution probably had its beginning with him when he was very young. W'iien a little lad of four 3'ears he was crippled through an acci- dent and the old family physician who attended him told him that he must become a doctor. Franklin never forgot the advice of this worthy man and after completing the high .school course he began the study of medi- cine in the fall of 1893 as a student in the Eclectic Medical College of Lincoln, where he remained for two years. Subsequently he entered the Williams .Medical College of Kansas City, Missouri, but was graduated in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1S97. He is now a member of the State Eclectic SocietN of Nebraska. After his graduation Dr. Richards located in Ceuterville, Linn County, Kansas, remaining two years, when he removed to LaHarj)e, Allen County, in 1899. He has since gained a large and lucrative patronage and the profession and the public acknowledge his worthiness. He is a close and discriminating student and by perusal of medical journals he keeps in touch with the progress that is being continually made in the medical fraternity. On the 23rd of December, 1893111 Lincoln, Nebraska, Dr. Ricliards was united in marriage to Miss Emma Bowman, of Magnolia, Ohio. She is a daughter of L. D. Bowman, a leading stockholder in the Magnolia Oil & Gas Company, which controls one of the principal industries of that sec- tion of the country. Another member of the Bowman family is a promi- nent attorney of Canton, Ohio, and is now mayor of that city. Dr. Rich- ards and his family have always been staunch Republicans, unswerving in their advocacy of the partj-. They have always been earnest adherents of WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 267 Christian principles and belong to that class of representative Ani;ricins who labor for the advancement of County, State and Nation along the lines of o-reatest y:ood. TB. HARRISS, who is numbered among the veterans oi the Civil • war, and is now one of the esteemed residents of Allen County, was born oa the 1 2th of October, 1826, near Nashville, in Holmes County, Ohio. He is a son of Jonathan Harriss, who was born in Brooks County, Virginia, in 1801. His great grandfather, John Harriss Sr. , was of Eng- lish birth, and came to America duiing the war of the Revolution. He then joined the American army and valiantly aided in the struggle for inde- pendence. His wife was a native of Scotland. Their son, John Harriss Jr., was born in Maryland, and became a farmer by occupation. He aided his country in the war of 1812, mainly acting as scout and guide. He, too, married a Scotch lady, who became a resident of Maryland during her girlhood. Tiiey removed to BroDks County, Virginia, where the father of our subject was born, "spending his boyhood days on a farm in the Old Dominion. The latter acquired an education such as the common schools of that di)- aff_5rd;i and at an early period in the development of Ohio re- moved thereto where he worked at the carpenter's and shoemaker's trades for about thirty years. In early life he voted with the Whig party, but joined the Republican party upon its organization He married Sarah Bii den, who was born in Rhode Island, in 1805, a daughter of Thomas Birden, who was also a native of Rhode Island aud was a sea captain. Jonathan Harriss pa.ssed away at his home in Ohio in 1877. In his family were the following named: T. B., of this review: Bradford and John W. , who died during the Civil war; Allen, of Mansfield, Ohio; Henry, who is living in Nashville, Ohio; Mrs. L,uc3' A. Gill, who died leaving a family in Nashville, Ohio, (one of her sons being a banker in Millersburg, that .State); and Mrs. Abby Remington, of Nashville, Ohio. On a farm in Holmes County, Ohio, T. B. Harriss spent his boyhood and youth and conned his lessons in an old log school house, where the curriculum was limited aud the method of instruction was of primitive char- acter. He entered upon his business career at the age of twenty-two upon a farm in his native county, and later he engaged in business ao a railroad contractor. Next he purchased a sawmill, which he operated for five years, after which he sold that property and engaged in the stock business until after the inauguration of the Civil war. When the country was calling for the support of her lo3-al citizens to aid in the preservation of the Union, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty- third Ohio Infantry, and with that command served during the years 186 1-2. In the latter year he was wounded, and in consequence was discharged, but after his recovery, in the fall of 1863, he re-enlisted, joining the boys in blue of Company G, of the One Hundred Second Ohio Infantry , with 26S HISTOKV UK ALLKN AND which he was connected until ifter the stars and stripes were planted in the capital of the Confederacy. His regiment took part in the engagement at Murfreesboro and was afterwards stationed at Xashville, Tennessee. He received an honorable discharge in Louisville, Kentucky, in November, 1865. On the first of February, 1S49 Mr. Harriss had been unittd in marriage to Sabrina Gray, who was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, August S, 1824, and is a sister of Hiram P. Gray, of lola, Kansas. Her people were natives of Connecticut. To Mr. and Mrs. Harriss have been born ten chil- dren, but only three are now livin:(: Jonathan E.. an engineer on the Santa Fe railroad, now residing in Winfield, Kansas: Mrs. Laura Kirkland, of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Lovie E. Hill, who is living in lola. Mr. Harri.ss ca.st his first presidential vote for William Henry Har- rison, and was a supporter of the Whig party until he joined the ranks of the Republican party, of which he has since been an earnest advocate. Since 1S57 he has been a member of the .Masonic fraternity and in his life lias exemplified its beneficent principles. He has passed the seventy- fourth milestone on life's journey, but still maintains an active interest in affairs of general importance, and is a valued citizen of Allen County. JOHN M. BROWN. — The prairies of Kansas are dotted here and there with pioneers who have passed through the discouragements and ad- versities incident to life on the frontier and a few of this class, the more resolute and industrious, have exemplified the adage, "time is money," in making the years roll up each a new and larger balance on the credit side of the ledger. One of the early settlers on the prairies of eastern Allen county whose circumstances place him with the exceptional but thrifty class above referred to is John M. Brown. The pioneer days of eastern Allen were about ten years later than those days along the Neosho, and while the settlements along the river were thickening up the expanse to the east of it was still barren and unbroken with the cabins of home-seekers. Mr. Brown's first trip to the county was made in 1871 when he came to learn whether he could eke out an existence upon a tract of land he had bought here in 1864, "sight unseen." He decided that he could make the land provide a living for one and in 1872 he brought his effects out from the east, permanently to remain. He turned the sod with his oxen and got things to appearing, to him, somewhat homelike so that in twelve months he felt warranted in having his family venture out. His land was one of the prime quarters of the section. It is situated in the "Golden Valley" belt of Allen county and now approaches, in fertility and improve ment, a well-conducted Illinois or Indiana farm. The proceeds of his early years' efforts Mr. Brown turned into land and his farm compri.ses five hundred and twenty acres of this rich and productive region. His first WOODSOX COrXTIES, KANSAS. 269 abiding place was a shant}' 13x15 feet and in this he resided troin 1873 till ,[882 wlien he built extensively and permanently. Mr Brown was born in Reaver county, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1S43. His father was Alexander Brown, a farmer, who died at the home of our subject in June 1900. The latter was born in County Derry, Ireland, town of Kihvray, in 1819. He emigrated to the United States in 1827, with his father, William Brown, and settled in Pennsylvania. In 1852 Alexander Brown went to Grundy county, Illinois, and there his father died. Alexander Brown married Sophronia Murphy who was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1819 and died in Allen countj-. Kansas, in 1897. Their children were: John M.; William, of Little Rock, Arkansas; Charles, of Polk coitnty, Nebraska; James and Daniel, of Portland, Oregon; Her- bert, who died in Texas in July 1S99. John M. Brown was married in W^oodford county, Illinois. He mar- ried Amy A. Phillips, a daughter ot James Phillips, who went into Illinois from Tennessee. The Phillips children were; William F. ; Margaret, de- ceased, who married James Brown; Paulina, decea.sed, married Mr. Dan- iels, of Neodesha, Kansas; Elizabeth, wife of John Grim, of Ford county, Illinois; Almyra, wife of Mr. Snyder, of Pasadena. California; Manala, who married A. C. Brown, of Champaign county, Illinois; Eli Phillips, who died in McLean county, Illinois, in 1900; Mrs. E. Brown, of Pasadena, California, and Albert Phillips, of the same point. The heirs of John M. Brown and wife are: Edgar A. Brown, with the Swift Packing Company, Kansas City, Missouri, who is married to Alice Woodward; Hannah; J. Oscar; Albert, and Herbert Brown. Four of the children are common school graduates and, in addition, Albert and Oscar are graduates of the Moran High School. These young men are especially gifted with bright and active intellects and. with their industrious habits and energetic composition, are admirably equipped for a successful and useful career. The Republican proclivities of John M. Brown are well known. He has taken some active interest in Elm township politics for many years and has served as its Treasurer. His educational equipment is not of the highest order but it is ample for the efficient conduct of all business per- taining to his community or his farm. He enjoj's the unalloyed confidence of those of his acquaintanceship and permits no man to outdo him in matters pertaining to the moral or educational wellbeing of his county. T TOWARD B. ADAMS, of Ida, whose business interests are at Moran, ■*- -*- Kansas, and who has spent nearly thirty years in Allen countj-, was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Januarj* 12, 1845. He is a son of Charles K. Adams, M. D., who was a native of Keene, New Hampshire, born 18 1 2, and died in Maries county, Missouri, in 1870. He received his pro- fessional training in Xew York state and went from school to Ohio and 270 IIISTOKV OK AI.I.KN AND hej^an practice. In 1S47 he went to Green cdiinty, Wisconsin, and after some years spent there, went to Stephenson county, Illinois, and from there to Missouri where he died. He was a strong sympathiser with pub- lic education, took an active interest in politics, as a Republican, and be- lieved firmly in the efficacy of the church. He died a Methoilist. He marrie i Jerusha B. vSwain, a daughter of William Barrett .Swain and grand- d.iughter of Joseph Swain whose ancestors were among the passengers abi)ard the "Mayflower." John Tilley and wife and Elizabeth, daughter of John Howland, came to America in that historic little craft. The mother of Joseph Swain was a Chipman, a daughter of John Chipnian and Hope, a daughter of John Howland. John Howland married Ivlizabeth Howland. The mother of our subject was born in Athens, Pennsylvania, April S, 1S20. She died in Dane county, Wisconsin. She was the mother of: Charles E. Adams, who died in 1.S61, leaving a family; Ellen L., wife of William B. Payne, of Jefferson City, Mi.ssonri: Olive J., widow of Ellijah L. We.ston. of Shenandoah, Iowa, and Howard B. Adams. Green county, Wisconsin, was the scene of our subject's boyhood. He attended the city schools till eighteen years of age when he entered the Federal army, enlisting in Company B, Eighth United States Infantry. He was mustered in on Governor's Island, New York, and joined his regi- ment just after tiie battle of Antietam. His regiment remained a part of the Arm\- of the Puiomac and he participated in the great battles of Gettys- burg, Chancellorsvillc, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, and Spottsylvania Court House. The last year of his service he w is on detail and was discharged in Baltimore in June 1865. Upon his return to Illinois, where his people had removed, Mr. Adams engaged in teaching school in the country and made it a part of his busi- ness for a time. He came to Allen county in 1S72 and located upon a farm east of Humboldt and here engaged in farming as well as teaching. In i,S8o he went to the Paola Normal College, an efficient educational insti- tution and teachers' training school under the leadership of Profes.sor Whirrell, to better prepare himself for the work of higher education and, in 18S3, he received a certificate of graduation. He taught in Geneva and com])leted his educational work with four years of service as principal of the -Sloran schools. Mr. .^ilams turned his attention to merchandising in 18S8, succeeding W. J. Steele in the hardware busine.ss in Moran, with Charles Mendell as partner. Disposing of this business he established himself in the lumber business and the firm of Adams & Merrill is one of the prominent and pop- ular ones of the city. Mr. Adams has served Moran as Mayor, on its Council, as City Treasurer and on her Board of Ivducation. Mr. Adams was first married in Stephenson county, Illinois, in 1867 to Ruth A. Harris. The Harris's were from near Lake Champlain, New York, and Ruth was born in 1840. She died in 1892. She was educated ill Plattsburj:, New York, taught in Stephenson county, Illinois, and many vears in Allen county. Kansas. Her surviving child is George I. Adams, WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 271 who was horn in their Illinois home Auj^ust 17, 1870. After leavinjf the connnon schools George spent four years in the Kansas State Normal and after his graduation there he took the Bachelor's degree in the State Uni- versity and later the Master's degree, in the same institution. He entered, ■ next, Princeton College took the degree of Master ol Science. During his career as a student he did some teaching, at lunporia and in normal insti- tutes in Kansas. Leaving Princeton Mr. Adams spent a year in Germany, at Munich, taking lectures and perfecting the German language. Soon after liis return to the United States he was appointed to a position upon the geological survey of Kansas. He spent two years at tliis and the fol- lowing two years as assistant geologist upon the United States Geological survey. In May 1900 he successfully ])assed the examination for jierma- nent appointment with the United States Geological .Survey and is stationed at Washington, D. C. H. B. Adams' .second marriage was to EmmalC. a daughter of James R. McNaught, of Allen county. Mr. McNaught was born in Morgan county, Indiana, in 1828 and came to Kansas in 1870. He married Rebecca Adams and Emma E. is their fourth child. Mr. McXaught died in March 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Adams' children are: Charles H., born in 1894: Scott Mc- Kinley, born in 1895; Grace E., born in 1897, and Ruth Eddy, born in 1900. Mr. Adams erected, in 1900, one of the handsome cottages of lola, located upon the north eminence overlooking the city and here he is resting from an active and well-spent life. r^ EORGE FREEMAN— Among the young educators of Allen Connt\ ^-^ who have endeared themselves to the school patrons and who have established a reputation for efficiency and honesty of purpose is the subject of this personal reference, George Freeman, principal of the first ward school in lola. Mr. Freeman is distinctlj' of Allen County. His biith oc- curred here, he was educated here and his entrance upon the serious phase of life has occurred here. He was born in Salem township April 8, 1875, and his first years of school age were passed in the country. At the age of twelve years his parents moved into lola and aluKJst since that date George Freeman has been more or less known to the citizens of this town. Charles Freeman, our subject's father, came to Kansas in 1K68, from New London, Canada 'West. He was a carpenter by trade but he deter- mined to secure a free home upon the plains of .\llen County and he home- steaded a quarter section in Salem township. He laid aside his trade, as a busine.ss, and devoted himself to improving his claim and bringing it grad- ually int(j the appearance of a farm. He remained with it till 1887, when he came to lola. Mr. P'reeman is a son of George Freeman, who with his wife, Siirah, nee Faulkenburg, emigrated to the new world and located in Canada West. They died there in 1884 leaving their son, Charles, as their sole American heir. He was reared by Mr. McKenzie. He had learned 272 HISTOKV OK Al.I.KN' AVTi his tiMck' by the time lie reaclieil his majority and. duriiii; tile war lu- went into the Pennsylvania oil fields and became a small operator, with some pros- pect of success, but unexpected reverses overto(jk him and left liini financially exhausted. He was married in Logan township, -Allen County, in 1S67 to Xaiicy E. a daughter (jf William Hartley. Their children are: Minnie. Arthur W., M. Louise, George, Fred F.. Samuel S. and Josie. George Freeman entered the 7th grade of the lola schools, and finished the high scliool course in 1893. He taught his first school in his old .Salem district and, with the exception of the year iphus, and was sick near unto death. I'pon recovery, and being discharged from the army, he went back to his native county and passed a year upon the farm. The next year he spent in New York City and, upon his return west, he took up his resi- dence in Shelby County, Illinois. He engaged in farming there and con- tinued it until the war of the Rebellion called him to arms. He enlisted in the 115th Illinois Infantry, Colonel Moore, and served three years. F-foni the year of his muster out of the .service till 1869 he passed in Illinois on a farm. The latter month and vear he journeyed to Kansas and settled in Cottage Grove township, .\llen County. He secured a homestead four :md a half miles "south of Ilumtioldt which he iinjiroved and ni)on which he WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 273 made his home many years. The first year Isaac Nigh spent in Kansas he was engaged much of the time in freighting goods from the nearest rail- road points along the Kaw River, Lawrence and Kansas City, Missouri, to Humboldt. In this way he was able to the better provide for his family while the initial steps toward farm-improvement and farm-cultivation were being taken. I^aac Nigh was married in 1853 to Ann Phillips. Mrs. Nigh was born January 6, 1S35, in Shelby County, Illinois. She was a daughter of Bryant Phillips and is the mother of two sons and a daughter: Sam- uel C. Nigh, who died at Chanute, Kansas, in 1894; i^Iary J,, wife of E. A. Gleason, of Humboldt, and J. Frank Ni^h, our subject. At ten years of age Frank Nigh came into Allen County. He began contributing toward his own support upon entering his 'teens and learned the lessons of independence and self-confidence long before he saw his twenty-first birthday. He was schooled passabl}' well in the district schools and this, strengthened by the efficient school of experience, has equipped him for a successful career in life. To enter the railroad service was among the first acts of our subject upon reaching man's estate. He learned telegraphy with the L. L,. and G. Railway people and was in their employ at stations along their line till 1886. Leaving the road he located upon a tarm along the Neosho River and has ever since dubbed himself a farmer. In November 1889 Mr. Nigh was elected Register of Deeds of Allen County and was again elected in 1891, each time b> a majority largely in excess of the regular Republican ticket. He performed his official duties with fidelity and efficiency and was regarded as one of our reliable and honorable public servants. November 16, 18S4, Mr. Nigh was married to Miss Lou Hubbard, a daughter of the late pioneer, Samuel F. and Parmelia Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard were from North Carolina and came into Allen County in 1S57. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Nigh; Edna L., Claude H., Matilda M. and James P. Frank .\igh has acquitted himself well wherever he has been tried. He served his employers faithfully when in the railroad service; nothing was left undone bj- him as a public official, which jeopardized the public, or private welfare of his constituents; as a farmer he is broad-gauged and progressive, practicing industry and honesty before all men, and as a citi- zen he is unassailable and his character stands nnirapeached. Being a firm believer in the efficacy of Republican principles he is a loj'al and un- swerving supporter of the party of his choice. He is a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow and a laborer in the cause of Father Upchurch. "CD OBERT NELSON.— One of the successful farmers and well known -*- *- citizens of Deer Creek township is Robert Nelson whose residence in .\llen county has spanned a period of almost a score of years. He located 274 HISTOKY OF ALLKX ANIJ upon section i6, towiisliip 2-| , range 20. a raw ami unimproved piece of school land in 1882, and since that date he has devoted his time and energies, not only to the proper care and support of his family but to the developnicrnt and improvement of a farm and to the task of reaching a con- dition of financial independence, both warrantable and creditable. The place of his first settlement he made sale of as did he of the settlement made in section seventeen where he repeated, on a larger scale, his efforts upon the first farm. Mr. Nelson was born in Adams county, Illinois, September 18, 1846. His father, Zenas B. Nelson, was born near Louisville, Kentucky, in 1819 and, in 1832, left th-'t state and became a citizen of Illinois. He accom- panied his father, James Nelson, whose origin, or birth, occurred in Vir- ginia. The latter died in Illinois in 1846 at the age of seventy years. His military experience was gained as a soldier in the war of 18:2 and, as a civilian, he was devoted to agriculture. He married Elizabeth Allen and was the father of fifteen children, fourteen of whom lived to grow up and marry. Zenas B. Nelson's militarj- service consi-ted of a connection with the Illinois militia when called out for the purpose of suppressing the disturb- ances with the Mormons at Nauvoo. He was married in 184310 Delilah Hopson, a daughter of Robert Hopson who was a Scotchman, kidnapped in boyhood by some sailors, while hauling logs in the wood near the seashore. While the ship of his master was in harbor at New Yoik he stole away and made his way to Ohio. He was married in that state to Narcissa Pierce, which union was productive of fourteen children. The children of Zenas and Deliah Nelson were: Alfred and Robert Nelson, of Allen county; Olive, wife of Martin Cray, of Woodward county, Oklahoma; Harriet, wife of Edward Wade, deceased, of Clark county, Mis- souri, Ann, who married Thomas Lowry, of Adams county, Illinois; Ida, wife ol Chauncey Owens, of the same county; Deliah, wife of Sanford Graham; Charles and Philip, all of Illinois. Philip Nelson is one of the leading architects of the state. He is widely known throughout the state and has done much work of a high character and received the plaudits and commendations of architects and builders alike. Robert Nel.son passed his childhood and early manhood with the family home. He left the parental roof at twenty-four years of age and was married and engaged in farming. His wife died soon thereafter and centennial year he was again married and, with .scarce an intermission, has continued his connection with the farm. Mr. Nelson was first married February 3, 1870, to Sarah Se.ils, who died in 1873, leaving a son. Alpha, who is married to Catherine Mills and resides in Allen county. January 26, 1876, Mr. Nelson was married to Mary O. Treatch, a daughtei of George W. Treatch, a German and from Darmstadt. The latter came to America with his family in 1840 and set- tled in Illinois about 1841. He was a miller by trade and was the father often children. Those living are: George Treatch, Catherine, wife of George Randolph, both of Illinois, Mrs. Robert Nelson; Kate, wife of Wil- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 275 liaiii Crabtree, of Adams count}'; Matilda, wife of Wilson Jones; Fred Treatch, who married Maggie Seals and resides in the home county; Henry, who married Rosa Hill, residing in Adams county, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson's children are: Gertrude, who is the wife of George Myers, of lola; Ona, wife of Lindsey T. Gillenwater, of Allen county, and Cora, Jessie and Clark, about the domestic hearttistone. In politics the early Nelsons were Whigs. L,ater on the voters of the family were divided as to parties and our subject became a Greenbacker, then a Union Labor man and finally a supporter of the Peoples Party. JOHN B. FERGUS, of Deer Creek township, well known in horticulture *-' and floriculture in Allen county, settled upon the west half of the north- east quarter of section 29, township 23, range 20, his present home, in January 1889. He was a resident of .Anderson county before coming into Allen and prior to that time occupied the old Younger home.stead in Jack- son county, Missouri. He was a resident of Missouri from 1879 to 1882 when he to )k up his residence in Anderson county, Kansas. Mr. Fergus was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1858, and is a son of Thomas P. Fergus, of the same county and state. The latter was born in 1832, was engaged in the calling of a firmer and in [S79 went into Missouri. His last years were spent in Anderson county, Kansas, where he died in 1888. He married Abigail Bradford, a daughter of John and Annie (Hamilton) Bradford, lineal descentants of the famous Massachusetts family of Bradfords. John Bradford of this mention was a soldier in the war of 1812, was born in Pennsylvania and died near Dayton, Oliio. The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Bradford are: Elizabeth Friend, of Wyoming, Ohio, aged eighty-two years, still living; Margaret Ser- vice, of Dayton. Ohio, eighty j-ears; Martha Jane Hamilton., Ft. Wayne, Indiana, seventy-eight years; Rev. D. G. Bradford, Springfield, Illinois, seventy six years; James H. Bradford, Bellbrook, Ohio, seventy-three years: Ebenezer E. Bradford, Centerville, Ohio, seventy years; Annie C. Ewing, missionary in Cairo, Egypt, sixty-eight years; Abigail Fergus, Glenlock, Kansas, sixty-six years; Agnes Andrews, Bellbrook, Ohio, sixty-three years. The Fergus' are of Scotch lineage. Thomas Fergus, our subject's paternal grandfather and a Scotchman, sought the United States about 1803, stopped a season at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, but maae his permanent home in Washington county, that state. His sons and daughters were: Martha, who married James Taggart; Margaret, wife of Thomas McCall; Sarah, who married Joseph Donaghy; Nancy, who became Mrs. James White; Hugh; John and Thomas P. The surviving children of Thomas P. and Abigail Fergus are: Anna, wife of Alexander McKitrick, of Ander.son countv. Kansas; J. Bradford, our subject; Samuel and Hugh, of Anderson county ; Sadie, wife of Robert Furneaux, of Allen count}-, and Thomas, of Reno county, Kansas. John B. Fergus has passed his life a student of the field and farm. 276 HISTOKV OF Al.I.EX AN'D His first iiulependeiit eiiterpiise was one calculated to make him a sheep j^rovver and he came into Allen county in 1881 and bought land for the ])urpose of ranching it with sheep. The year happened to be a dry one and the venture proved a failure. He sold out what remained of his stock and for the next five years "knocked about." He was married in 1887 and the next year, but one, moved to the farm that is now his attractive home. General farming and horticulture with a recent entry upon the fine cattle business are matters which claim all his time. P'roni a modest be- ginning he has gained on the world steadily and surely and has not only demonstrated his success with the soil but has established and maintained a public confidence that is worthy of emulation. May 20, 1887, Mr. Fergus was married to Hinnia Z. Nicholson, a daughter of Cornelius J. Nicholson, who came to Allen county in 1866 and settled in the valley of the Little Osage. He emigrated from Pike county, Illinois, where he was married to Sarah Hoover. Their children were: Scott \V., deceased; Uavid and Emma Z.; Robert, and Hattie,. wife of Robert Richardson, of Ripley, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Fergus' children are: T. Earl: Ruth, deceased; Hugh; Fanny p-ern, and Lou J., since deceased. The Ferguses are among the staunch and active Republicans. THEODORE THOMPSON ANDERSON, whose residence in Allen County dates from the pioneer settlement of the county and whose personality is among the best known of all her citizens, was born at Ripley, Oiiio, August 15, 1844. His father, Levi V. Anderson, died in Brown County, Ohio, in 1849. The latter was a son of John Anderson, an old Scotch schoof teacher who lived to an advanced age and died in Linn County, Missouri, in 1867. He was a most pronounced Abolitionist and was ordered to leave Missouri by Rebel sympathizers, as a rebuke for his altitude, but he took down his rifle and defied the "Secesh" element. He was married to Mary Van Camp. Their children were: Levi \'., our sub- ject's father, who died of smallpox; John, who served in the Civil wir with a Missouri regiment, and one other. Levi \'. Anderson married Caroline, a daughter of George T. and Hannah (Middleswart) Reynolds. George Reynolds is a Pennsylvanian and is buried on the hill north of lola, near the Robinson home. The Anderson children were: Mary J., who married ^L F. Warner and is buried at lola; Theodore T. ; Lavina A., wife of John McDonald, of lola; George T. , of Baxter Springs, Kansas. Caroline Anderson removed from Ohio to Livingston County, Illinois, with her family and while there she married our well remembered pioneer, Lyman E. Rhoades. Their only child was Rhoda, deceased, wife of the late Lafe McCarley. Lymun Rhoades was bcjrn in Ohio and died in lola in 1892 at the age of seventv-five years. He had two children by his first marriage and was a WOOIISON COrxTIES, KANSAS. 277 l.illier to the children orplianed hy the death of Levi Andei>on. In com- ing to Kansas he put into execution a desire to locate in the west and he started overland on the journey hither in 1855. He meandered across the State of Missouri and stopped in Barton County where he raised a crop in the year 1856. The next spring he drove over into Kansas on a tour of inspection and decided to locate in Allen County. He brought his familv immediately and located on the claim where the lola mineral well is, in 1S57. He was a prominent factor in the preliminary steps leading up to the organization of the town and remained one of its substantial and in- fluential citizens for many years. Rhoades' Addition to lola was laid out by him, the tract where the Northrup homestead is located was once his jiroperty. His last residence was on Sycamore street just north of the city limits. As a genuine man he was one to be remembered. His nature was in full sympathy for the needy and distressed and the testimony of the worthy poor of lola would be to the effect that he divided his substance with them and kept them from want. He served lola as Justice of the Peace and was one of the prominent local Republicans hereabout. T. T. Anderson got a smattering of an education attending a subscrip- tion school in lola. Joel L. Jones was one of the first teachers to visit lola, and he kept school in a rude building prepared for that purpose and situat- ed onthe Delap farm, northeast of town. Mr. Anderson also attended school in Tola's first school house, on lot 7, block 7?. In i860 he went back to Illinois on a visit and while there the war broke out and he decided to enter the Union army. In 1862 he joined the Third Illinois Cavalr)-. He joined his regiment at Helena, Arkansas, and took part in the Missis- sippi campaign. His first fight was at Chickasaw Bluffs and the number of engagements before the surrender of Vicksburg, in which he participated were twenty-two. The Third cavalry was ordered to aid in the reduction of Arkansas Post, after which it went south to New Orleans, taking part in the battle of Port Hudson. A considerable force of Union troops was sent to Texas in 1863 and Mr. Anderson's was one of the regiments to go. After a few exploits in the west the regiment, with others, went into Ten- nessee and was engaged in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. It re- mained in that vicinity the residue of Mr. Anderson's term of enlistment. He was discharged at St. Louis, Missouri, after serving two years, ten months and eleven days. When he left the army Mr. Anderson returned to Illinois, and without much delay came back to Allen County. Kansas. He purchased a farm on Elm Creek which he was deprived of, some time later, through the "securi- ty channel." Being much reduced in circumstances he brought his family to lola and for many years has maintained his residence here. For years Mr. Anderson held clerkships with some of lola's lead- ing merchants and his service was always marked for its faithfulness. His connection with the Ancient Order of United Workman in lola has brought him conspicuously into the public view and if there is a youth in lola who does not know him it would be a new-comer indeed. In 1865 Mr. Anderson was married in Livingston County, Illinois, to 2-S HISTORY OF ALLKX AXI> Nancy M. DeMoss. a daughter of John and Mary DeMoss. She died in [867 and in 1871 Mr. Anderson was married in Tola to Cinderella M., ^ daughter of William and Adah Green, of Huron County, Ohio. Ta-o daughters were the fruits of this union: Carrie Estella and Pearl Adell. Carrie K. died in the eighth year of her age Miss Pearl, with the lola Racket, is the only living heir ot this union. Our subject became a Republican when ab)y and cast his first vote for the party in 1868. He is proud of the fact that he never voted for but one Democrat in his life. In the fraternal world he is one of the charter mciubers of lola lodge No. 98. A. O. IT. \V. , of which he has been Financier many years. GEORGE M. NELSON — Among the most energetic, reliable business men and entesprising, public spirited citizens of Allen County is numbered George M. Nelson, who now resides in Brooklyn Park, lola. Since his arrival in Kansas he has taken an active and commendable inter- est in public affairs and his laljors have been of valuable benefit to the county. A native of Ohio, Mr. Nelson was born in Highland County, on the 7th of April, 1846. His f.ither, William .\. Nelson, was born in Hillsboro, of the same county, while John M. Nelson, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Stanton, Virginia, whence he emigiated to Ohio in an early day on account of his views on the slavery question. William A. Nelson spent his early life in Hillsboro, and acquired his education in its public schools. After his marriage to Katherine Kibler, a daughter of Joseph Kibler of Hillsboro, he developed and improved a farm in Highland County, the land having been granted to his grandfather. Captain Trimblt, in recognition of his valued service in the American army during the war of the Revolution. The farm is still in possession of the family, by whom it has been owned for more than a century. Upon the homestead which he developed. William A. Nelson resided until his death, which occurred in 1883. Hy his first marriage he became the father of six children, the eldest of whom died in infancy. The others are; Cary L., who died in 1899, at Albia, Iowa: Jennie li. , who is the widow of Robert Bishop and resides in Paris, Illinois; Joseph K., of Chelsea, Butler County, Kansas; George M., of this review, and Katherine A., wife of Henry Bishop, a journalist of Kansas City, Missouri. The mother of these children died in 1849, and Mr. Nelson afterward married Miss Margaret Kelley, of Rockbridge Coun- tv, Virginia, daughter of John Kelley. To them were born six children, five of whom reached maturity, namely: William C, a practicing physician of Sycamore Springs, Kansas; Anna V., wife of Marion Meyers of Paris, Illinois, who removed to California where Mrs. Meyers died in 1898; Charles Q., a medical practitioner of Albia, Iowa; Lena, the second wife of Marion Myers, who is now in Pasadena, California, and is the State Secretary of WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 279 the Young Men's Christian Associalioii, and Thomas H., who occupies tin- old homestead at Hillsboro, Ohio. George M. Nelson, in whom the citizens in Allen County are especially interested, acquired his preliminary education in the schools of Hillsboro, Ohio, after which he pursued a classical course in the National Normal school in Lebanon, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1868. During the following )-ear he served as deputy postmaster in Lebanon, and later he purchased and operated a farm in Brown County, that State. He also en- gaged in teaching in the common schools there. He was for a year a member of the laculty in the Harrisburg Academy at Harrisburg. Kentucky, after which he emigrated to Kansas in 1SS3, locating in Butler County, • where for one year he was engaged in the stock business in connection with his brother, J. K. Nelson. In 1884 he purchased a farm a mile and a half north of Moran, Allen County, and took up his abode thereon in April of that year. For some time he successfully devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. His fellow townsmen recognizing his ability and trustworthiness have frequently called him to public office, his first service having been the discharge of the duties of trustee of Marmaton township. He remained in tliat office for a year, and in 1890 he was made census enumerator. In 1 89 1 he was elected county treasurer, and so acceptably discharged his duties that he was re-elected for a second term. On his retirement he entered into partnership with J. M. Mason in the real estate business, in which he is now engaged. The firm has conducted a number of important realty transactions, handling considerable valuable property, and tlieir business methods commend them to the confidence and pratonage of all. Mr. Nelson's lellow citizens, however, are not content that he should retire wholly from public office for his services have ever been of value, and at the present time he is acting as president of the board of education of lola. He has always supported the Republican party, and for a number of years has been a member of the Republican central committee. Mr. Nelson was married in 1S69 tf) Miss Clara A. McFadden, of Brown County, Ohio, a daughter of Joseph McFadden, who was a native of Virginia. She was a graduate of the Lebanon Normal School of the class of 1868, and for some time followed teaching with excellent success. Four children were born of their marriage, but only one is now living, Wilfred \V., who is now engaged in the furniture business in lola with A. W. Beck. He enlisted as a private in Company D, Twentieth Kansas In- fantry under Colonel, afterward General, Fred Funston, and served for eighteen months in the Philippines. He was promoted to the position of (juartermaster sergeant, and as such was discharged. After the death of his wife in 1881 Mr. Nelson married Miss Phoebe E. Gilbert of Champaign County, Ohio. She died in 1886, survived by one of their two daughters — Grace G. Mr. Nelson's present wife bore the maiden name of Miss Elozia C. Strong, of Moran, Kansas a daughter of the late Dr. Henry Strong. Of four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson two are yet living, Alfred and Lawrence. Mr. Nelson's military service began through connection with the Ohio 2.SO rrisTuKY of ai.lkx anh State Miliiia, and with his regiment he was nuistereil into tlie United States service May 2, 1864, as a member of Company H, One Hundred Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry. After assisting in repulsing Morgan on his last raid and engaging in the battle of Cynthiana, Kentucky, the regiment was mostly on guard and patrol tluty until mustered out at Camp Dcnnison, Ohio, September S, 1864. Socially Mr. Nelson has been connected with the Masonic fraternity since 1880 and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1893. He has been a life long member of the Presbyterian church — a man of upright principles and of sterling worth, his character being tjuchas commands respect and admiration in every land and clime. JAV McCARLEY— The late A. Jay McCarley, of lola, among the best known cattle men of lola and ex-County Commissioner of Allen Coun- ty, came to the county in i860. He had resided in McLean County, Illinois, just prior to his entrance to Kansas, having taken up his resi- dence there in 185,^. He was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, and was a son of Samuel and Celia (Harris) McCarley. He was one of seven children, as follows: Mary, wife of Holman Dean, residing in Kentucky: Sarah, who married J. C. Todd and lived in lola; Samuel McCarley, re- siding in .San Jose, California; James McCarley, of California; Eliza, married Dorus Stevens, of Lexington, Illinois; A. Jay, and LaFayette C. McCarley, deceased. Jay McCarley received only a passably good education and began his life work as a farmer. He entered into a partnership with his brother, Lafe. at an early date and the two were engaged prominently in dealing in stock until death separated them. They owned farms adjoining, had the fullest confidence in each otlier and had no differences except in politics. A.J. -McCarley was elected Commi.ssioner of Allen County in 1879 and was re- elected in 1882, serving two full terms. He made a most conscientious and efficient official. With county matters he was as devoted as to his private matters, and when his services ended it was with a consciousness of having merited the plaudits of his whole county. Jay McCarley was no ordinary man. Coming here when a young man of twenty-three he was, during all the years that passed, a prominent, respected and influential citizen. He was a fine business man, as his suc- cess in farming and dealing in stock testified, and he was generous and public-spirited to a marked degree. He had no political ambition, but up- on the demanti ot the people he .served his county two terms in one of its most important offices. He brought to the Board of County Commissioners the same energy, zeal and clear-headed sagacity that marked the manage- ment of his personal interests. He had no religious professions but was a friend to the widow and the fatherless. His door stood open for any whose condition made them seek shelter there, and his purse was never closed against the appeal of the distressed. His hand was never withheld when WOODS'ON COUXTLES. KANSAS. 28 1 its Strength was needed to sustain the weak. He never defrauded any man; he never went back on a friend. .Many loved him and all his ac- quaintances liked him. Mr. McCarlev was married October i8, 1863, in Neosho Falls, Kansas, by Squire Phillips to Hannah Goff. J, R. Gofi, Mrs. (McCarlev) Robert- son's father, was born in Maine, was married to Cynthia Noyes and died at Stillwater, Minnesota, in 1884. Their children were: .Sidney, Eliflet, Rufus and Horace Goff, of Stillwater, Minnesota; Mrs. Eli Ratliffe. of lola; Diana, deceased wife of Henry Clark, of Superior, Wisconsin; and Mrs. Robertson. The last named was born in Piscataquis County, Maine, Janu- ary 8, 1839. She was married to C. T. Robertson in 1893. Jay McCarlej' died April 9, 1892. He left no heks but was fond of children and he and his worthy wife reared two children of his sister, Mrs. Todd, viz.: Rice Todd and Mary, widow of John Beggs, of Chicago. Willie Briggs and Emma Lucas were also members of this hospitable house- hold. Alfred, Luther and Ella McCarley, children of Lafe McCarlev, make their home with Mrs. Robertson since the death of their parents. TOSIAH F. and lOLA COLBORN.— The venerable and revered pioneers '-' whose names introduce this review possess a history so closely and peculiarly identified with the county seat of Allen county that it is of in- terest and importance to enter at some length into the circum.stances of their settlement, the incidents following, and the substantial facts of their family history. While many other pioneers were intimately connected with the founding of and early hi.story of lola, and rested their hopes upon its future, we are warranted in asserting that there was not that pe- culiar, sincere and burning attachment existing as reallj^ po.ssessed Mr. and Mrs. Colborn, from the very circumstances of the case. J. F. and lola Colborn left Lewisville, Illinois, about the 20th of September, 1857, for Allen county, Kansas. An ox team was hitched to their effects and it "polled" its way across Missouri and into Kansas, reaching lola October 24h, following. In Jtme prior Mr. Colborn had made a trip of exploration and discovery in Kansas and had purchased a claim on the Xeosho river, embracing the land occupied by the Otten country home, the fair grounds and a large portion of the cit}' of lola. His cabin rested in the wood (on the site of the Otten residence) by the river and to this our settlers proceeded upon their arrival at their destina- tion. To prepare the cabin for the proper comfort of his family Mr. Col- born put in a floor, "battened" the door, etc., and when all was done about the house began the task of making the rails with which to fence forty acres of his farm. This tract included about half of what is now the public square and was enclosed eight rails high. He broke it out the ne.Kt spring, planted it to corn and soon after returned with his family to Illinois 282 IIISTOKY OF AI.LKN AND fur a visit. He ex])ected to find a good crop of sod corn on his return but his experience with Kansas was too brief to take into account the prob- ability of a drouth (which ensued) and the sod corn was without ears or fodder. In 1858 the question of a town for the Neosho River and Rock Creek colony became to be agitated. The old (and first) county seat below the mouth of Elm Creek was not advantageously situated for a town and now that Humboldt had secured legislation which deprived the former of the county seat it was not thought wise to try to revive the old Indian town. An inspection of the country round about Elm Creek and the Xeosho dis- closed the fact that the Colborn claim was the ideal one for a townsite and in due time it was selected and purchased for the purpose. The movement in favor of a town on Elm Creek took subst uitial form in the organization of a town company, composed of fifty pioneers, of which Dr. John W. Scott was chosen president. The latter rcr^i' led in Carlyle at that time but became interested in the town propo.-^ition and became one of its chief and most powerful promoters. Weekly meetings of the company were held in a little school house out near where the "Horville" school house now stands and, at one of these meetings and when the business of the company had proceeded to the point of choosing a name foi the town, an assortment of hall a dozen or more were proposed. Noah Lee propo.sed Caledonia, as he was from Caledonia, Ohio; Mr. Colborn proposed Elgin and other favorite names, none of which seemed to "catch the ear" of the company. Finally Lyman E. Rhoads in a short and complimentary speech proposed the name of "lola" in honor of the wife of the former owner of the site of the town. This suggestion prevailed as "a motjou be- fore the house", adopted January 1859. It may interest some student of history to learn the origin of the name "lola" and while the information is accessible, sufficient for our purpose, it is here asserted that the name is of French origin. George Collins, a great uncle of Mrs. Colborn, married a French lady whose Christian name was lola. Thomas Friend, Mrs. Colborn's father, married Emily Collins, a neice of George Collins, and their first child was christened "lola." Returning to the personal history of Mr. Colborn — he was a farmer l)Ut one year in Allen county. After selling his claim he opened a shop and followed blacksmithing until .some time in 1862 when he began a clerkship with Brinkerhoff Brewster. He continued with him and with Scott Brothers, his successor, till 1865 when, in company with Nimrod Hankins, he opened a general store in lola. His w-as a popiflar place — the corner where Coutunl's hardware now stands — and he carried on his business with profit so long as lie remained there. Early in the eighties he sold his business corner and conceived the idea of introducing life into the "north side of the squre." He erected the first store-room on that side (the Shannon block) and opened a dry goods business. This venture was disappointing in its results. Trade could not be induced "to leave town," as cro.ssing the square seemed to be doing, but spent its surplus with niL-rchants about their "old haunts" and left the "north side" to WOODSON COrXTIES, KANSAS. 2iS3 (.Iwiiidle and decay. Mr. C:)lborii continued l)u-ine.ss till 1896 when he closed his doors and retired. Fr'ini his earliest ad\-eiit to the county and for more than thirty-five years Josiah F. Colhorn was a conspicuous figure in the affairs of lola. When the county was first organized it was done under the "town-;hip plan." Each township chairman was, by virtue of his office, a member of the Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Colborn was chairman of lola township and took part in the business of the first boa'd of County Commis- sioners. Down through the years he filled township and town offices, as called upon to do so by the voters at their annual elections, and all his official acts were performed with that painstaking care and consideration for the public good which characterized his personal intercourse and busi- ness relations with human kind. Ouiet, and without show or fuss, he has passed almost across the stage of acticn in lola and has maintained, for fort3"-five years, an unblemished, spotless reputation. In Masonic work he has been a part of the Allen county structure from the beginning. His first work was done in Kansas with Pacific Lodge at Humboldt when there were only eight Masons in the county. The lodge at lola was instituted in 1863 and he was appointed its first master. By election he served till 1865, and was called to the chair again in 1870. In this, as in other things, he has done his duty conscientiously and is held in the highest esteem by the brethren of the craft. In politics, while his forefathers and many of his brothers were Democrats, he became a charter member of the Republican party, and is well known as such now. Josiah F. Colborn was born near Xoblesville, Hamilton county, In- diana, February 7, 1829. His father, Robert Colborn. went into that sec- tion about 1825, .settled a farm and remained till the latter part of the thirties when he removrd to LaFayette, Indiana, to execute a contract for a piece of work on the Illinois and Michigan canal. This work completed he settled in Clay county, Illinois, where he "look up" land, prospered as a farmer and died in 1855. He was born in Perry, county, Ohio, in iSoi and, in 1821, married Rosanna West who died in Clay county. Illinois, in 1872. Robert Colborn, the ist, was our subject's paternal grandfather. He emigrated from .Somerset county, Pennsylvania, to Perry county, Ohio, soon after the close of the war of the Revolution and removed from Ohio to Hamilton county, Indiana, in 1823 and there died. He was the father <^f five sons, viz: Johathan, Robert, Jesse, Perry and Harrison. Robert and Rosanna Colborn's children were: Levi, who died in Clay county, Illinoss, in 1899; Samuel, who died fn Richland county, Illi- nois, in 1885, George W., of Clay county, Illinois; Mary Jane, who mar- ried Crawford Lewis, died in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in iSgS; Josiah Francis: Elizabeth, who married Jonathan Lewis, died in Texas: Robert, of Rich- land county, Illinois; Martha, who married Mr. Hadden, is believed to reside in Arkansas, and John W., who was one of the early residents of lola, served on General Logan's staff in the Rebellion, as first lieutenant, went into the southwest from lola and was never heard of again. J. F. Colborn was married to Tola Friend on the 12th of September, IIISTOKY OF AUr.EN AND 284 1857. The latter's father was Thomas Friend whose ancestors were Dutch and whose wife's antecedents w^ere Scotch. He married Emily Collins, as elsewhere stated, and their four children to reach maturity were: lola, born Januaiy 13, 1832; Mary B., of lola; Marshall D., of Chirago, Illinois, and Wellington M., deceased. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Colborn are: Mrs. Alice Scott; Luella, the first child horn in lola, is the wife of William P. Northrup, of Murray, Idaho; Effie J., wife of Edward Moffit, ol Wallace, Idaho; Madaline Jo., wife of David M. McKissick, of Wallace, Idaho; Nellie Colborn, of lola, and George M., of Spokanne, Washington' Gl{ORGE J. IvLDKIDCiE — Those who lived in the vicinity of lola as early as the year 1850 recall the appearance, one July day of a little English- UKiii driving a yoke of oxen across the prairie and into the village. Behind this primitive team was a young wife and son and all the worldly effects of the travelers. Th.it they were settlers was early made known and that they were poor was at once apparent. They had made the journey all the way from McHenry County, Illinois, to lola and were just finishing their triii that 27th of July. Their resources, aside from their team, wagon and camping outfit, amounted to $40. The head of the family was a wagon- maker and the hope of their future welfare lay in his ability to provide life's necessities from his trade. He built a small cabin on the site of the Hart livery barn and took possession. If his wagon shop was not the first in town it was one of the early ones and he plied his trade .as the main means of existence from that date till 1868. The few foregoing facts are sufficient to identify the subject of this review, George J. Eldridge. He was born in East Kent, England, Mary 19, 1833, and was a son of Richard and Mary (Bone) Eldridge. The p;irents had six children, two of whom survive: Mrs Peter Adams, of Cald- well, Missouri, and the subject of this notice. Although his father was a shoemaker George Eldridge left England without a trade. He went aboard a sailing vessel at London, in company with an uncle and family, and after five weeks of .sea life landed in Castle Garden. The little com- pany located in Wayne County, Xew York, and there, at the age of eighteen years, our subject took his first lessons in wagon-making. In 1,856 he came on west to McHenry County, Illinois, residing three years, and while there marrying Miss Martha J. Hopkins, a lady born in Alle- ghany County, New York. She was a daughter of William and Mary Hopkins whose children .she and Mrs. Catharine Washburn, deceased, of IClgin, Illinois, are. Two of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge survive: Mary, wife of John Cloud, of Allen County, has a son. Glen; and Richard A. Eldridge, still under the parental roof. I i George Eldridge had been in America ten years when the Rebellion II broke out. He felt the same patriotic zeal for the preservation of the Union WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 285 under the southern sun of Kansas as in the free and invigorating air of the northern clime. When the second call for troops was issued he enlisted for three years or during the war. He entered Company E, 9th Kansas Cavalry Colonel Lvnde and Captain Flesher. on the 19th of October, i86r. The Company joined the regiment at Lawrence, Kansas, and in the course of events was sent south into the Territory. It took part in the battle of Prairie Grove and in many smaller engagements and skirmishes in Mis- souri and Arkansas. Mr. Eldridge was discharged at Duval's Bluff, Ar- kansas, in January, 1855. having served his three years. In 1867 Mr. Eldridge purchased the tract of land which is his home- stead. It is the northwest quarter of section 36, township 24, range 17, and cost him three and a half dollars per acre. The first years of his career as a farmer was something of a struggle for little more than existence. Like all settlers without means it was a slow process to do more than the natural improvement the first ten years. After this his progress was steady and sure and as the circumstances warranted he extended the area of his farm. As is well known he is one of the substantial men of his community, and a gentleman whose social and political integrity are undoubted and above reproach. He is a Republican pioneer, having joined the party in 1856 as a charter member. His first vote was for John C. Fremont and his last one for William McKinley. He has aided in an official capacity the conduct of public business in his township and does his part as an in- dividual toward the promotion of Republican principles and Republican success in political campaigns. JOSEPH P. ROSE, of Elm township, Allen County, was almost a '-' pioneer to Woodson County, Kansas. He homesteaded a tract of land there, in section eight of Liberty township, and remained a citizen of Woodson till 1895 when he became a citizen of Allen. His farm is the northeast quarter of section 19, town 25, range 19, and in early days it was the Zike propert}'. Mr. Rose was born at Kingston, Ontario, October 30, 1.S47. In 1853 his father, Stephen R. Rose, left Canada and located at Rockford, Illinois. The latter was a hotel man at Kingston, Canada and followed railroad and carpenter work in Rockford, Illinois. He was married to Elizabeth Adget who died in Rockford, while he died in Eredonia, Kansas, in 1897 at the age of eighty seven years. Their children are: Sarah J., wife of Lorenzo Bissell, of Winnebago County, Illinois; D. W. Rose, of Detroit, Michigan; Annie, wife of Fred L. Horton, of Chicago, Illinois; Joseph P., oursubject, and Cyrus Rose, of the Indian Territory. The Rases were originally from York State. Our subject's father was born in the Empire State and migrated to Canada in early life. In 1866 he came onto the prairies of Kansas and settled in the county of Woodson. J. P. Rose began life as a newsboy. He carried the News and Times 286 IIISTDKY OK AI.LKX AND in DuBiuine, Iowa, and later worked in the lead mines at that place. With the exception of the year 1886 he has resided in Kansas, Woods(3n and Alien Counties. He spent the year 1S86 in Pomona, California, where he was toll-keeper in a mill. But he had lived too long in Kansas to be con- tent with a new place, so he came back to Wood.son County and took up farm- ing, where he left off, and is today one of the well known citizens of Elm township), Allen County. In January, 1S81, .VIr. Rose was married to Emma Crabb, a daughter of Henders(5n Crabb, who came to Kansas in 1866 and was once the pro- prietor of the Pennsylvania Hotel in I ola. His wife was Mary Beach, who resides in Pomona, California. Mr. and Mrs. Rose's children are: Albert R., who died in 1897 ^t the age of sixteen years; Richard; W. Darwin; George Beach; A. Orville and Lillian V. The Roses are Republicans and Methodists. Our subject is leader of the class in the LaHarpe charge and is otherwise one of the active members. MILI.Akl) KIL.MORKSICKLV was born in Livingston County, New York, January 11, 1852. His father, Robert Sickly, a farmer by occupation, was born in New Jersey, and married Elizabeth Gray, born in the same .State. .A brother and sister of Mrs. Sickly are still in the Empire State, William T Gray and Mrs. Mary Morris. The boyhood days of our subject were spent on the old family home- stead, where he assisted in the labors of field and garden until he was twenty-one years of age. He then went to California, remaining in the Golden State for a yeai. Subsetjuently and for a period of five years he en- gaged in merchandising in New York. In 1880 he came to Allen County, Kansas, remaining in lola while a house was being erected-on the farm in Elm township which he had purchased. As soon as the new home was completed he took up his abode therein and as the years have passed his labors have wrought great change in the appearance of the farm through the improvements he has added. His w-ork has annually augmented hi.s income and he now has a very desirable property. Mr. Sickly's brother, .\ltred, the only other surviving member of the family, is living in the Empire State. In 1879 -Mr. Sickly was united in marriage to Mi.ss Annie L. Bearss, a native of Livingston County, New York, where her people were also born. Her mother belonged to the well known Jerome family of that St-^te, Mr. and Mrs. Sickly have four children: Dumont, Clyde, Bertha and Glenn. Mr. Sickly exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party although his father was a Democrat. He spent his early life on the Atlantic coast, passed one year on the Pacific coast, and is now contentedly living in Kansas, his labors having brought to him creditable success, so that he is now the possessor of a good home here. WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANS\S -,0- 2b/ QIMOX KLOTZBACH.-Perhaps the historv of few men i„ Alien count.v exemplifies more forcibly the power of determination couraj-e and industry in achieving success than does that of Simon Klot/bach u, honored pioneer of Allen county. He was born in Hessen Germanv March ID, 1848, and ,s a representative of a family that was prominent both m political and military affairs there. His grandfather. Martin t^inn?h K-T'' •""i^"' N^^P°1"^" i" the battle of Wagram in .809, and two of his brothers-iM-law went to Moscow under that officer. The rounder entered the army at the age of fifteen and served under the Corsica.. 4i.- era! for fifteen years. He was a "Tryrom/'-a man that batters d^ wn doors.-unt.l that pos.t.o.. was abolished by the use of cannon, alter which he was a sharpshooter and also served on outer picket dutv GeorgeKlotzbach, the father of our subject, was born in 1802 and in the 6os^ came to America where he took up farming as an occupation. He ollowed that punsu.t for several years in Pennsylvania, removed to Illinois IL^riliJ 'a V\ ?'"t *" ^^""T' '^"""g^ °" ^ f^--"^ °» which Simon now reside., and which he homesteaded. His widow and daughter Ma- tilda are now i.v.ng vy.th the subject of this review, and the mother althouP'h ninety years of age, is still en,oying good health. The other sur^ viving member of the family is Mrs. Kate Malone, who lives in Iowa bimon klotzbach of this review spent his early youth in the fatherland and accoinpanied his parents on their emigration to the new world He came to Kansas .n an early period in the development of Allen cou..tv and soon after h.s arnval heie he attempted to purchase his supper at a 'l ouse he h^VTh K^"'/",'^'n""' "^ '^'' ''''"'y °f f°^d was refused, although InH hIL fr^ .T f '^°""''' '" ^''' P°'-^'^^'- "^ ^"ffer^^ »''^"^- hardships and d.fficult.es those first years m Kansas. Twice the grasshoppers de- stroyed all his crops, and he has at several different times lost aU his ho's by cholera and once by cockle burrs. His first loss amounted to abou tuelve hundred do lars, and the next spring and fall he lost at each time about sixty head. In ,897 he lost about one hundred and fiftv head of hogs; ni 1898 o.ie hundred and forty; and the following winter between ort3_ aijd fifty and at one time he lost probably one hundred head of cattle ZO^^ ^ ^■'^"■• ^ ^' '" f ?■'"' °^ ^^^ ''"' ^^ h^« prospered and he to-dav owns five eightv acre tracts of land, of which one hundred acres are planted IZre:"^ '''' h'':;' '-^''l^ '.""^"^ '^'^ ^^'"^^ '" °"^ Pl-t- He follows ^ °0,T h. T fn / K ^" ^''■'"'"^^' ^"^' "^"^"^^ « '^'gh degree of success. On the 7th of October 189,, Mr. Klotzbach married Miss Dora Strup- hart whose w-idowed mother ,s now living in Chanute, Kansas. Her Mrs k''li°KPv,'''"'''T'"^-'^'"V"^"''''''P' ^"<^" '^"^"^'y- Unto Mr and Mrs Klotzbach were born five children, viz; George, Willie, Mary Mar- garet and Irank, who died at nine months. • > ■ During the Civil war Mr. Klotzbach manifested his loyaltv to his adopted comitry by enlLsting in the Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and with Sherman participated 111 the celebrated march to the sea While at the front he suffered a very severe attack of typhoid fever and it was be- 2SS HISTliKY OF ALLKN AND lieved that he could n )t recover. To all duties of citizenship in times of peace he is as true and loyal as when he defended the stars and stripes on southern battlefields. T~>R. S.-\MUKL H. KELLAM, who located in LaHarpe about three -'— ^ years ago and who already enjoys a large and lucrative patronage in the line of his profession, was born in Shelby county, Illinois, May 6, 1865. His father, Nathan Kellain, was a farmer and stock raiser of Elk county, Kansas. He, too, is a native of Shelby county, Illinois, his birth having occurred there in 1827. In the place of his nativity he continued to reside until i88d, wheu he took up his abode in Kansas and has since become a prominent stock raiser and shipper of Elk county. Having acquired a comfortable competence he is now retired. He is a leading representative of the Democracy in that locality and is respected by all who know him. He married Ellen Vantis, a daughter of Isaac Yantis, a farmer of .Marion county, Ohio, who at an early day removed to Illinois, carrying all his personal effects in a red handkerchief. In the Prairie state the latter pros- pered, becoming well-to-do. The paternal grandfather of our subject was born in Kentucky in 1790, and he also became a pioneer of Illinois, mak- ing the journey to Shelby county in a two wheeled cart. There he began the arduous task of transforming the wild land into a good farm. He mar- ried Nancy Smith and they became the parents of five sons and two daughters, namely: Samuel, William, Nathan, Logan, John, Mrs. Leran, James and Mrs Matildi Hauderly, the last mined being still a resident of Shelby county. The Kellam and Yantis families were united through the marriage ot Nathan Kellam and Ellen Yantis. Their union was blessed with si.K children wiio are still living: Flora, wife of \V. T. Calon, of Elk county, Kansas: Sarah, wife of J. W. Donnell: William J., wIkj died in 1892; Nora Belle, wife of J. G. Yantis, of Elk county; Metla Blanche and .■\ulIendore, who are also residents of Elk county. Into the mind of Dr. Kellam of this review were early instilled lessons of industry. When quite young he began work on liis father's farm, remaining there until he was twenty-one years of age. His father retired and for four years he managed the ranch. In the meantime he secured a good foundation for his professional knowledge by a thorough English course, supplementing his prelim'inary .studies by a course in the Howard high school, of which he is a graduate. For some time he occupied the position of department foreman of the .\rmour Packing Company, of Kan- sas City, but wishing to make the practice of medicine his lite work he began reading in the office and under the direction of Dr. Strunen, with whom he remained for two years. Later he was graduated in the Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons and received practical training while acting as assistant in the free dispensary hospital at Bethany. Prior to coining to LaHarpe he practiced medicine in Kansas City for three WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 289 years, but since 1897 has been a valued member of the medical fraternity of Allen county. Doctor Kellam married Miss Hattie Graham, who was born in Ohio in 1.S67, a daughter of James Graham, now a farmer oi Elk county, Kansas. Two children grace their union: Marvelle and Lillian. The IJoctor and his wife have many friends in Allen county where he is enjoying an ex- cellent practice, having a patronage that many an older representative of the medical fraternity might well envy. As a citizen he is public spirited and progressive, and is therefore a welcome addition to LaHarpe. /"^OLUMBUS L. RICE.— On the roll of the business men of Humboldt ^-^ appears the name of Columbus L,. Rice. He was born in Jasper county, Missotiri, on the 12th of September, 1854. His father, George D. Rice, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a \'0ung man removed to Ohio, where he was united in marriage to Eleanor Taylor. On leaving the. Buckeye state he took up his residence in Missouri, and the year 1S62 witnessed his arrival in Allen county, Kansas. Soon afterward he joined the Union army as a member of the Ninth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers, and served throughout the remainder of the war, loyally aiding in the preservation of the Union. During much of his life he followed farming, but in later years he located in Humboldt, where he was engaged in the coal business until his death, in July, 1899, when he was seventy-three years of age. Columbus L. Rice was reared upon the home farm and through the sunny days of early spring followed the plow as it turned the furrows for the planting. He afterward engaged in farming on his own account for a short time, when he entered the machinery department of the business of Johnson & Bragg at Humboldt, being thus employed for nine and a half years. On severing his connection with that firm, he entered the employ of William Rath, who was in the same line of business, and with whom he remained for seven and a half years. While there he learned the trade of a tinner and gas fitter. Subsequently he opened a hard^vare store of his own, conducting it for two year^, when he sold out to E. W. Trego, with whom he has since remained in the capacity of tinner and gas fitter. He has always been an industrious and energetic man and has never had trouble in keeping himself employed. Mr. Rice was married on the 23rd of March, 1S79, to Miss Lydia Ann Shellman, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Shellman. She was born nea: Bloomington, Illinois, and in 1872 came to Kansas with her parents, who settled in Humboldt, where her father was proprietor of the Sherman House. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rice has been born a son, Robert Charles, whose birth occurred in October, 1880. In his political affiliations Mr. Rice is a Republican, but though he keeps informed on the issues of the day he has never been a politician. He is connected with the Modern 290 HISTOKV OF AI.I.HX AM) Woodmen of America, and is well known in his coniraunity for those traits of character, which in every land and every clime command respect. THOMAS M. FITZFATKICK.— A history ot Allen county would be incomplete without the record of Thomas Marion Fit/.patrick for he is one of her native sons, a distinction of which verj- few men of his age can boast. He was born in the county in i860, before the slate was admitted into the Union. His father was one of the pioneers of Kaii.sas who came hither locating in Osawatomie in i /^HARLES F. HELLE — In Humboldt township is a well developed ^— ^ farm which is the property of Charles F. Helle, one of the most prosperous agriculturists of the county. He was born in Allen County, Indiana, on the 20th of November, 1843. His father, Frederick Helle. was a native of Prussia and in that country married Celatara Pence. With his young wife he sailed for America in 1841, and after a short time spent in New York continued his westward journey until he established his home in Allen County, Indiana. He was a passenger on the first canal boat that was ever taken through the Erie Canal. By trade he was a tanner and worked with General Grant at the tannery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The friendship formed between them at that time continued throughout their remaining days Mr. Helle was also an engineer and during the latter part of his life was employed in that capacity in the foundry of Stacy & Bouser, at Fort Wayne. He died in 1876 at the age of sixty six years, and his wife pas.'^ed away in 1S70 at the age of fifty-tive years. Tliey were the parents of only two children, the daughter, Louisa Uolman, being now a resi- dent of Allen Cjunty, Indiana. Charles F. Helle was the elder. Although his p.^rents were natives of the fatherland he never learned the German language. He associated with boys who spoke the English tongue and has always been an American in thought, purpose and teeling. His time in \ outh was devoted to the studies of the school room and to different employments that would contri- bute to his livelihood. In Allen County, Indiana, he was united in mar- riage to Miss Amanda Bishop, the wedding being celebrated November 3, 1862. The lady was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and was afterward a resident of Ohio, but later moved to the Hoosier Slate. Unto ihem have been born seven children, namely: Charles F., who is engaged in the transfer business in Chicago; Lizzie, the wife of J. W. WheatJey, a resident of lola; John, at home; Warren, who is also engaged in business in Chicigo; F^rank, who has business interests in Kansas City; George and Daisy, who are with their parents. Thinking to find better opportunities in the west where 'there was not such great competition, Mr. Helle removed from Indiana to Allen County, Kansas, and purchased three hundred acres of land a mile and a half north of Humboldt. Tu his property he has added until now he has land aggre- gating seven hundred and fifty acres, a rich farming tract in this section of the State. He raises wheat, oats and corn on an extensive .scale, and has large numbers of horses, mules, cattle and hogs, and everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance and modern in appointment. H is residence occupies a commanding building site, standing on a bluff of the Neosho river in the midst of a beautiful grove of natural forest and cedar trees. In politics he is independent, voting for the man he regards as best qualified for the office. His business career has surely been a most success- ful one, due to his well directed, earnest and indefatigable efforts. He has made a good record as a business man and citizen, being at all times reliable and upright. His name is high on the roll of Allen County's most WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. prosperous agriculturists. His code of morals is such as to in„..i i ■ . just consideration of the rights of all with whL ,7 Tn K ^ k "l^" " contact and a couscientious%bservance"o; ai;Vhr;nrpriet;;^o1 Hfe ""^''^ '" QLIVER H^ STEWART-Although Mr. Stewart does not make his home ,n Allen County at the present time, he is one of the native He occupies an enviable positiou^in fmancS circles ot ,ll ""^ ''''^"''- Mr. Stewart was born in this countv on the fith Hqv ^f -nt , iS6i, a representative of one of the leading, p oneer amilies u^°''''''^'l^ having settled in what is now Allen Countv .Mn! I a' i ^^'^l^"" Indians ,,„der the control of the Sac and fI.x A^encv in ,hj Cdia^ t '"" tor, and defiled as an expert acconntant to thj Sac and F^x LeScv" .en-irriSha^di, ,?d"li:;tSrZa.S ''r„.S;er'TSTrJ^^^ ni the organization of The State Brnk of Arsons w,,A"'''' ""'''T^^ business on the 7th day of .Vovemher A n ^^'^■'°"-'' " "^^'^ ""^'^ opened for mmmmmm they are classified amnno- fh. i.fl^ ^^ P«'''«o"al attention, and He and Mr!%tT % safe financial institutions of the State. of Aife!: ct n ••; m^L^tire"s:if in?/.? ?r^^? °^"'"^ • ^""^'^^'^ ---^ ^^^s:; r xv;i ^ c:^isiie-nSr:;rSif c^^ir^-"' «-■>■ -- Ellsworth F ' Harold K ..tn p i^. ^ ''^'''^ ^°"'' ^°"«- Lyman O., and.nevear Mr an^'Mrs St'i -^P'^ respectively twelve, ten, five >ear. Air. and Mrs. Stewart have many warm friends in Allen 2g(, HISTORY OK AI.I.KN AND Cninty as well as ill the city of their present residence. In his p .litical drfiliitions he has ahvays been a Republican. He has served as president of the Board of Education of the city of Parsons, and member of the City Council of the citv of Humboldt. Fraternally he is connected with the Royal Arcanum. ' Both Mr. Stewart and his wife are members of the First Presb\tevi- make him ^02 HISTORY <)l- AI.I.ICN AM) an admirable public servant. He served Cottaije Grove township in ari official capacity and was elected County Commissioner for a term of thiet- years. His political affilations are with the Republican party. In his business and social relations Mr. Braucher is the prototype of honesty and sincerity. His practice of meeting his engagements promptly and otherwise maintaining his good name are matters of common report. He is courteous and affable antl is without the objectionable qualities of manner too often present with the business and professional men of our day. WI'. McGRKW. — Among the native sons of the Sunflower slate • W. P. McGrew is numbered, while in the business circles of Humboldt he is recognized as an important factor. He was born in Doug- las county, Kansas, February lo, 1862. His father, William McGrew, was a native of Indiana and married Lucinda Dickey, who was also born in that state They arrived in Kansas in i860, and the following year the father enlisted for service in the Union army as a member of the Eleventh Kansas Infantry, with which he was associated until victory crowned the northern arms and the sound of musketry was no longer heard in the land. He died in 1896 at the age of fifty -six years, and his widow is now a resi- dent of Chetopa, Kansas W. P. McGrew was the second in order of birth in their family of nine children, and learned the plasterer's trade under the direction of his father, following that pursuit for about sixteen years. He then went to the In- dian Territory, where he worked in a cotton gin in a custom mill for some time, after which he returned to Chetopa, Kansas, and entered into part- nership with Mr. Bartlett. They purchased a flouring mill which they still own and operate, the plant having a capacity of thirty barrels per day. Wishing to enlarge their business, in 1896 they purchased the mill site in Humboldt and built a large flouring mill with a capacity of fifty barrels per day and equipped with the latest improved machinery. In February, 1900, Mr. McGrew came to Humboldt to supeivise and conduct the intei- ests of the firm at this place. In 1893 was celebrated his marriage to Miss Cora Orm, a native of Labette county, Kansas, and a daughter of Robert Orm. They have two children. Marguerite and Elinor. Already they have gained warm friends in Humboldt and enjoy the hospitality of many of the best homes here. Socially Mr. McGrew is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, while politically he is a Dem- ocrat. He had no special educational advantages and was without the a.ssistance of influential friends in his early business career, but steadily he has advanced step by step until he now occupies a creditable position on the plane of affluence. -WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 305 GEORGE W. HESS, well known and highly esteemed in Humboldt, and one of the recent additions to her citizenship, was born in Canton. Ohio, July 27, 183H. His father. Christian Hess, was born in Baden, Ger- many, and came to America with his parents when seventeen years of age. He was married to Barbara Shutt in Canton, Ohio, a lady born on ihe line between Germany and France. Christian Hess followed shoe- making and died in December in the year 1861, ao;ed forty-eight years. His wife died in 1891 at the age of seventy years. Six of their children survive: Mary, wife of J. B. McBroom, resides in Defiance. Ohio; John Hess, of Defiance, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Joseph Blanchard, of Defiance: Frances, wife of W. St. Amont, of Defiance; Rosella B. Hess, of Defiance, Ohio, and G. W., of Humboldt. For a number of years Mr. He.ss was in the grocery business in Defi- ance, Ohio. While there he married Frances Kestler, born in Henry county, Ohio, and a daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Fonder) Kestler, both German born. Mrs. Hess was born Februarv 19, 1844, and was one of five children, viz: Elizabeth P. Sterns, of Belphis, Ohio; Adam Kestler of Nevada, Missouri; Maigaret, wife of John Schwartz, of Defiance; Mary, wife of John Bohman, of Ludlow Grove, Ohio, and Mrs. Hess. Mr. Hess came to Kansas in the spring of 1872 and took a claim in Butler county. At that time there were plentj^ of indolent and loafing In- dians in the county and they made regular pilgrimages about the country begging flour (not corn meal) and meat and in this way provided largelr for their physical needs. In 18S4 Mr. Hess sold his Butler county farm and moved into Allen county. He purchased a small farm joining the townsite of Humboldt and has builded up one of the beautiful and attract- ive country homes of the township. He devotes his time to the growing of fruit and "small farming," generally and everything is kept in perfect order. Mr. and Mrs. Hess' family of nine sons is one of the remarkable cir- cumstances of their lives. Thev are Frank E., of lola, Kansas; Joseph F. , of Humboldt, Kansas; Charles A. and William A., of Humboldt, of the Hess Drug Company, (the latter is married to Maggie Heim) ; George J. , of Telluride, Colorado; Henry J., of lola; Frederick A., Walter I. and Lewis B. are at home. Mr. Hess has demonstrated his business success as a citizen. He has reared his large family, educated them liberally and has amassed a com- petence sufficient to provide him against want in his decline. He has not preached politics nor entered into serious advocacy of the cause of any local politician but he does vote and, in national affairs, the Democratic ticket. JOHN W. SAVAGE, of Humboldt, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ^ October 25, 1842. He is a son of Charles Savage. and Nancy Smith, the former of Geneseo county. New York, and the latter of Canada. The 304 HISTORY OF ALLKN AXU parents emigrated to Milwaukee where the father was connected with tht city's affairs, as an official for some years. The mother died in 1844 and the father two years later. They left several children four of whom sur- vive, vi/.: Mary A., Ruth E. and James t^., all residents of Great Bend, Kansas, and John W., our subject. Mr. .Savage was sent to New York upon the death of his parents and grew up in the comprany of his relatives. He was educated in the common schools and, when the war began, enlisted in Company H, Second New York Infantry. He spent two years in that regiment and then enlisted in the Tvventy-fir.st New York Cavalry and served about two years in that command. He saw the war from first to Isst and was in many of its fiercest engagements He was in the seven days fight on the Peninsula, the bat- tles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the second battle of Bull Run, went through the campaign in the Shenandoah and was wounded on the 22nd of November, 1864, in the battle of Rhoads Hill. After the war he volunteered for service in the regular army and served thirteen months longer. He was discharged for disability. In rSjo Mr. Savage moved to Illinois and was a resident of Lake county, that state, till 1.S77 when he came to Kansas. He settled first in Barton county, Kansas, and remained in the wheat belt seven years. In 1S84 he came to Allen county and took up his residence in Humboldt. Mr. Savage was married March 25, 1872, to Catherine Miller. She died February 8, 1897, leaving two children, Charles and Lizzie Savage. Februarv 4, 1900, Mr. Savage was married to Ida M. Wilson, a Georgia lady. In business circles Mr. Savage devotes liis time to real estate and the e.xecution of legal papers. He is serving Humboldt as Police Judge to which the people have chosen him. For fifteen years he has been Post .Adjutant of Vicksburg Post Grand Army of the Republic. He is a Demo- crat, is a lover of his country and of the flag he helped defend. He served one vear as Po.st Commander. ADDKSON SLEETH— The forefathers of the subject of this review were among the pioneers to America. They settled in the colony cjf Virginia, and did their share in the establishment of a civilization, the highest and most progressing and enduring of the age. The paternal great grandfather of our subject, like most of the other colonists, had been taught to love liberty and justice, and when British tyranny and British encroachment became unbearable, and the colonies said they were, "and of right ought to be free and independent states," he enlisted in a \'irginia regiment and served seven full years as ensign in our struggle for independence. About the first of the 19th century a son of this soldier of "The Ameri- can Revolution" settled in Ohio, where John Sleeth, our subject's father, WOOUSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 305 was born. When he was six j-ears old the family again moved west, locat- ing in Shelby County, Indiana, where he grew to manhood and married Rebecca Talbert, who was born in North Carolina and came with her parents to Indiana when a child. They were tillers of the soil, and brought up their children in the paths of sobriety and industry. Their children were seven in number and Addison, their second son, was born April 29. 1842. The mother died in Shelby County, Indiana, in 1S83 at the age of sixty-five years, and the father died in 1889 at the age of seventy-four years. Their three sons and four daughters survive them and are still living. Addison Sleeth spent his youth on a farm, attending the country schools during the fall and winter months, till he was eighteen y-ears of age. Desiring the advantages of a higher education, he entered Asbury University at Greencastle, Indiana, but had been a student only a year when the vSouthern Rebellion threatened to overthrow the government. He enlisted in Company G, 52nd Indiana Volunteers, on the 28th of October, 1861, for three years. He then veteranized and .served till the war closed. The regiment participated in a number of battles and skirmishes, beginning with the capture of Fort Donelson, in February, 1862, and ending with the capture of Mobile, in April, 1865. As a member of the regiment he traveled ten thousand miles during its forty-three months active service in the field. September loth, 1865, his regiment was mustered out of the service at Montgometj', Alabama. The war over, Mr Sleeth returned home and engaged in farming and teaching. He was married August 11, 1868, to Margaret Joyce and became a citizen of Allen County, Kansas, in the year 1S74. In 1877 Mrs. Sleeth died leaving two children, Grace G. and John J. Sleeth. Both are well educated, the former having pursued some of the higher branches of learning, and the latter having completed a course in the Humboldt high school. In 1878 Mr. Sleeth married his present wife, Phebe C, a daughter of S. M. and L. A. Partlow. As a citizen of Kansas Mr. Sleeth is thoroughl}^ representative and honorable. He goes through life without interference with the affairs of others and for thirty years has maintained himself blameless in the estima- tion of his fellow countrymen. In politics he is Republican and is a frequent attendant of county conventions in a delegate capacity. up H. LEITZBACH was boin in Litchfield County, Connecticut, -•——'• August 6, 1864. His father, N. Leitzbach, a native of Germany, emigrated to America in 1857. His mother, also a native of Germany, makes his descent distinctly German. Mrs. Leitzbach's maiden name was Esslinger. Three children were born to them: Anna, Augustus, a prac- ticing physician in Fairmount, Illinois, and the subject of this, sketch. The elder Leitzbach was a cabinet maker by trade and followed this business for many j-ears in his New England home. E. H. Leitzbach attended the schools of his native city and when old 31)6 HISTOKV (5F AI.I.KN AX I) eiiougli entered the high school where he completed his education. Alter graduation at Winstead, Connecticut, he entered a furniture store where he thoroughly learned the business. Here he worked for three years and. in rSS5, he came to Kansas. Purchasing a half interest in the Utterson & McLeod stock of furniture, he began a business which he has since conducted with signal ability and success. Three years after beginning business in Humboldt he purchased the remaining interest in the firm and has since conducted it alone. His thorough knowledge of the business and his untiring industry have comViined to build up a business which is one of the largest of its kind iir this part of the State. He is very popular with the people in the county aiid has always had the rejnitalion of dealing with them in the fairest manner. Mr. Leitzbach wms married to Miss Ona Cox. of Elsiuore, Kansas, in [S99, and their's is one of the handsomest homes in the county. Mrs. Leitzbach is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Co.k, of Elsmore. and is a native of Allen County. Politically Mr. Leitzbach is a Republican and has always been an active worker for party success. He has served two terms on the city council of Humboldt. OSCAR C. BRETT — One of the most prominent business men of Allen County is Oscar C. Brett, of Humboldt. From a modest beginning he has built one of the largest and most prosperous mercantile businesses in the county. Twelve years ago he purchased a small stock of goods in Humboldt. In order to do this he was compelled to borrow $200. To the building up of this business he gave his entire time and the most patient industry. Gradually he saw his little business grow. Soon he was able to repay the borrowed money and add materially to the small stock. As his trade grew the slock gre.v. Soon he was able to occupy a larger store than the one in which he began business. A few years more found one store room too small for the needs of the establishment and an adjoining room was added. Today both rooms are filled with goods and his trade has reached proportions seldom attained in the smaller towns. His success has been largely due to industry, but to this he has added a ripe judgment and correct business methods. Mr. Brett was born in Macon County, Illinois, April 29, 1S63. His f ither was born in Virginia in 1S22 and came to Illinois when but a child. Settling on a farm he followed that business the rest of his life. He was married to Miss Martha Co.x and to them were born seven children, of whom James, Oscar, Grant, -Otto, Julia and Grace still survive. The subject of this sketch was able to secure little .schooling but the little he had was well learned. Until he was twenty-one j-ears old he worked on tlie farm with his father. Coming to Humboldt he entered the large store of S. A. Brown & Co., where he worked for a year and a half. When the company WOonSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 307 burned out and discontinued business he went to Kansas City where he secured a place in the Boston Dry Goods Co. 's store and there he remained a year. City life was not to his taste and he moved back to Humboldt and engaged in farming. A single year sufficed in this business and he again moved into town and established himself in a small Racket business on the north side of the square. From this small beginning he has grown into his present immense establishment. While living in Kansas City Mr. Brett was married to Miss Jennie McKnight, a resident of Humboldt. One child, a girl. Hazel, eight years old, was the result of this union. Mr. Brett has always taken an active interest in politics and has con- tributed much toward the election of Republican candidates. Never an office seeker he has filled many positions under the city government of Humboldt and has been identified with every effort to aid the town and country. He is a member of the Masons, M. \V. of A. and has filled different offices in each lodsre. TAMES PEERY. — When .Samuel Peery came to Vigo county. Indiana, *-* in 1776, the country was a wilderness. The French colony which had settled there had few members but these were hardy pioneers and the soli- tude of the forest and inhospitible character of the savages did not deter them from founding a colony that eventually brought civilization to the country and cultivation to the soil. In this state four generations of Peerys were born. George W. Peery, born in Marion county, Indiana, was married to .Miss Margaret A. Myers, and to them ten children were born. In i,S69 he moved with his family to Allen county, Kansas, where he died in 1891, followed in 1897 by his wife. In 1868 James Peer\', the subject of this sketch, born in Monroe county, Indiana, April lo, 1843, came to Kansas, settling in Jacksonville, Crawford county. Here he lived for five years, moved thence to Labette county and after a few years there removed to Missouri. In 1882 he re- turned to Kansas this time settling in Humboldt where he has since made his home. When he came to Humboldt he entered the mercantile busi- ness and has been engaged in some branch of that business since. He is one of the most extensive broom corn buyers and shippers in this part of the state and gives it his chief attention. He has been eminently success- ful in the business and has built up a large and lucrative trade. Mr. Peer\'s early life was spent on the farm on which he was born. He lived with his father, getting such education as the limited facilities of that day and region afforded and when the war came on he enlisted in the Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteers and served throughout the war. His regiment participated in many of the hardest fought battles of the war and he looks back over those days with great pride. He was in the battles of Corinth, Nashville. Perryville, .Stone River and Murfeesborough. He was ^OS inSTOKV Ol Ml. I.N AM) vvomuk-il ;il l.ibiily O.ip, TcinK's-^vo. in ouo of the mniK-rous eugajicniciits ot lii.s lOf^inKMU. Ho was invaliileil the latter part ot his service ami was uuislereil out near the close ot the war. Returning to his home he was mariieil October Jo, 18(14, to Miss Carrie Antliony, ol Paris, Illinois, anil to them have been born ten chiKlren, four ol wluun are still living: George H., Maggie, M.ibel and liverett. Mr. reer\- has alw.iys been a prominent Republican ami has been several times iuuioreil by his party with important offices. During his resilience in Crawford county he was elected County Commissioner and Trustee o( his township, and he has tilled the office of Justice of the Peace in Humboldt. In iS>.h) he was elected Mayor of IhunboUlt. JOHN M. ASHHKCH^K. was bom in Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 26th of July, 1851.). His father, Absalom Ash brook, was a native of Penn.sylv.iuiit and during his boyhood renioved to Ohio with his parents. His second wife was Mrs. h'ranccs (W'esenhonvcr) Hrinker, a native of the lUickeye state, and in iS;^ he died, at the age of sixty-four years, leaving his wife and son, the subject of this review. In 1865 they came to Kansas, locating upon the farm to which Mr. Ashbrook has since devoted his energies, making it one of the valuable properties in Logan township. In the spring of 1884 he was united in marriage to Mi.ss Li/./ic Defen- baugli, a native of Ohio and a daughter ot Henry Defenbaugh. During her early girlhood Mrs. Ashbrook's parents removed to Illinois. Her mother died in 1900 at the age of si\ty-six years, but her father is still living at the age of seventy-three years. When Mr. Ashbrook came to Kansas with his mother he purcha.sed one liundred .tnd sixty-six acres of laud which his industry has improved until it h.is re.ichcd a state of con\mend.d>lc ikvelopnicnt. In all his work he has been successful and ranks among the progressive farmers of the county. In his political aftiliations Mr. Ashbrook is a Republican and has l>een honored with local posit^ions of public trust. He has served as town.ship trustee and f(.SON COrNlMlCS. KANSAS. _;0») the ii.iiciu> ol SIX oliililion, live ol whom aro now living, three being losi- deiits ol America, namelv: IVter, a resitleiU tanner ot .-Mien eimiit\; Ivva Jarel, ot Illinois, ami Anilrew. The lather ilied in iS.So, at the age ol seventy-three years, while the mother p.issed away in i.s.s^), at the age ol seventy-nine years. Andrew W'odin pm-sneil his education in Sweden, attending the com- mon .schools and si>ending one term in a college there. He came to Amer- ica in iSfii), l.mding in New York on the loth of .-Vpril, when twentv -two years ot age. Alter one year spent in Chicago, Illinois, and a short time l>as.sed in Iowa, he arriveil in llnmholdt in the lall ot 1S.70, and with char acteristic energy began life in the west. America offers a broad tieUl to ambitions and energetic young lueti, anil Mr. Weilin soon took his place among the leading business men of his comnmnity. He has been connected with the grocery trade since iS,s_^, in which year he eiUereil into partner ship with F. W. Frevert. That connection was m.\intained lt)r three years, when Mr. W'ediu .sold his interest to his partner and established an inde pendent grocery and provision store in which he has since conducted a l.irge and con.stantly growing traile, his business annually anmunting to from sixteen to eighteen thousand tlollars. He also owns a farm a few miles west i>f Humboldt. Mr. W'edin w.is united in marriage to Miss May Johnson, a native (4 Sweden, who came to .-Vmerica in 187.'. They had two children but both are now deceased. Our subject exercises his right of franchise in support of Republican principles, but otherwise takes no active interest in politics. He belongs tv> the Masonic tr.iternity and the Odd Fellows Lodge, and in the latter h.is lilleil all the otlices and .set ved as representative to the grand lodge. He is deeply interested in evet;ything pertaining to the welfare ot liis connuunity and has ever cheerfully given his support to those enter prises that tend to public develoinuent. His tiame is synonymmis with honorable dealing, and he has probably m>t an enemy in Allen county, for he is ever straighlKM w.ird in commercial transactions and is most reliable and faithlnl in his friendships. ■ppi.XATllAX \. Wl'RT. ol IlnmboKit, was born in Cincinnati, (^lii.>, -'— -^ on the -Mth ol J.inn.iry, ^,S,^), ,ind was the third child born unto Richard IX and Amanda Wert. His lather was born in Oermany, March 10, iSio, and with his parents came to America in 1S13, landing at Jersey City, residing there two vears anil snbsenuently removing to Cincinnnti. In early life he learned the coopei's trade, but afterward engaged in farm- ing. In iS,^o he married Miss .\mand,i Compton, a native of Ohio, and removed to Indiana, .securing a honiestc.id near Crinvfordsville, where he made his home until his death, which occurred in iSi),v His wife passed away in Junnary, iSt>5. They h.id six sons and six daughters, all of whom re, idled years of maturity. Iv. N. Wert spent his \onth in Monl;;omer\ oounty, Indi.m.i, where he 3IO HISTOKV i)r ALLXN ANTI attended the common schools, after which he spent two years in Waba-^h College of that state. When the war broke out he enlisted in 1861 for three months' service as a member of Company B, Tenth Imiiana Infantry, and participated in the battle of Rich Mountain. When his term had ex- pired he received an honorable di.scharge, but re-enli.sted for one year's service in Company B, Sixty third Indiana Infantry. He was detailed for duly in the .secret service and received a lieutenant's pay. On the ist of Septembet, 1863, he resigned, but soon afterward was appointed recruiting officer and recruited sixty-four men, with whom he joined Company B, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Infantry, being assigned to the pasi- lion of corporal. Successive promotions came to him as orderly sergeant, second and first lieutenant, and he was detailed to act as General Cox's body guard with the Third Division and Twenty-third Army Corps, thus .serving until November 30, 1865, when he was discharged under general orders at David Island in New York harbor. He was ever a loyal soldier, true to the stars and stripes, but when the country no longer needed his services he gladly returned to his home and family. Mr. Wert was married on the 22nd of January, i860, to Elizabeth Copner, a native of Indiana. Aftei following carjjentering in the Hoosier state until the fall of 1867, he brought his family to Kansas, arriving in Humboldt on the 22nd of October. Here he secured a clerkship in the ITnitcd Slates land office, under Colonel Goss, with whom he worked for three months. He then secured a homestead three miles north-east of Humboldr. residing thereon until December, 1869, when he returned to the city and entered into partnership with Messrs. Gilbert and Suits in the law and real estate business. This connection was maintained until 1873. when Mr. Wert sold out and becims traveling salesman for the Singer Sc'wing Machine Company, which he represented on the road for ten years. He went into the livery business in Humboldt and traded his livery stock for a Woodson county farm which he moved to and operated some years. On selling that property he becune owner of eight hundred acres in Gove county, Kansas, where he engaged in general farming and stock raising for four years. On the expiration of that period he disposed of his land, pur- chased property in Humboldt and has since made his home in this city. On the i6th of August, 1S69, he was called upon to mourn the lo>s of his wife, who died leaving three children, but William and James are now deceased. Xettie, the only surviving child is the wife of John Dorn- burg, of Allen county. For his second wife he chose Frances E. Scan- Ion, their marriage being celebrated September 19, 1878. Mr. Wert has always been an active worker in the Republican party since attaining his majority. He was deputy sheriff for four years, filled the office of ju.stice of the peace, and in both positions discharged his duties ill a very commendable manner. He is a valued member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Humboldt, in which he has filled all the chairs. He also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and was a delegate to the national encampments in .San Francisco and Columbus, Ohio. In his early life he twice sailed round Cape Horn as a cabin boy, the voyage, in those ■WTJODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 3II \ia\s of primitive navigation, consuming six months. He lias visited every state and territory of the Union, gaining that experience and knowledge which only travel can bring. His has been an active, useful and honor- able life and now he is enjoying a well-earned retirement from labor, occu- pying a pleasant home in Humboldt, where he has the warm regard of a large circle of friends. T A /"ILLIAM J. CAMPBELL— In reverting to the settlers of the olden " ^ time who bared the breast and braved the storms of adversitj' in order that tb.ere might be a community of enlightened citizens instead of a camp of government wards, our minds cling to the memory of those along the Neosho River, where the very first settlements were made. Conspicu- ousamong them was a young Kentuckian, full of life and hope and young in years, who wandered into Allen County as early as 1855. That date was almost, if not quite, the beginning of the era of white settlement in the county. There was then no Humboldt, no lola, a trading post, perhaps, at Cofachique and a military post at Ft. Scott. At that time the Red Man roamed the prairie and forest at will and thought little of the encroachment of his pale-faced brother. Our Kentucky pioneer dropped down upon a piece of land three miles southwest of Humboldt in the midst of a band of Indians. At first they swarmed about him thick out of curiosity and a de- sire to learn his intentions. Being convinced that his mission was a friend- ly one they became his fast friends and would have protected him with their lives. In this community and upon this claim did our subject, the late William J. Campbell remain till death. We have refeired to Mr. Campbell as a Kentuckian for the reason that his birth occurred in the vState of Daniel Boone. He was born in Hopkins County, March 11, 1833. He was a son of William Campbell, a native of the State of Kentucky and was the youngest of six children. His educa- tion amounted to but the rudiments of English and his life till his emigra- tion westward was passed as a farm hand. It will be noticed that on com- ing of age he left his native State and went into Missouri, stopping near Mt. \'ernon, Lawrence Count}'. He remained there one year and continued his journey to Kansas. Alex. H. Brown, of lola, is the only other .settler, now in the count}-, who came the same year. Mr. Campbell was two years in advance of mcst of the Humboldt pioneers and his life spanned a period of two generations of western settlement and development. February 29, 1856. Mr. Campbell returned to Missouri and was married to Caroline Bashaw, a daughter of Thomas Bashaw, and a lady born in Caldwell County, Kentuckj-, August 27, 1840. The husband and child wife returned to his new possessions along the Neosho, in the wilds of Kansas, and settled down to the task of clearing up and improving their home. For two years during the period of the Rebellion Mr. Campbell was ^r3 inSTOKV OF \LLF.N AXD away from his farm and residing iti Nebraska. While away he was engaged in freighting across the phiiiis to Colorado, carrying supplies and jirovision.s to Denver. Returning to Allen County in 1865 he took permanent posses- sion of his farm. Raising grain and hogs and horses was his chief busi- ness. A good horse was an object of adoration with him and he always owned them. Industry and steadiness were traits which characterized his every day life and in consequence his accumulations were certain and con- tinuous. He made his family comfortable while he lived and left them so at his death. He was devoted to his wife and children and their joys and sorrows were his own. He reared his children to habits of industry and to become persons of honesty and integrity. He enjox ed the society of his neighbors and friends and his hospitality was proverbial and unbounded. He took little interest in affairs not connected with his personal or family welfare and to talk and vote was as far as his interest extended in public matters. He was a Democrat of the old school and hewed to the line in State and National politics. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell's surviving children are: Sarah J., widow of Archibald D. Young, whose two children are George W. and Gracie May; Mary E. Campbell; Lucretia (Campbell) Cox, wife of John F. Cox. a pop- ular clothier of Cherryvale, Kansas; and James Campbell, whose wife, nee Minnie Ladd, died F'ebruary 27, 1900, leaving two children, Olive Blanche and Ralph Augustus William J. Campbell was a strong robust man till late in life. A can- cerous trouble developed some years ago and grew slowly but surely, sapping his vitality at every turn and baflling the skill of the medical fraternity in their efforts to destroy it. The end came on March 10, 1900, and a good and true man passed to his reward. "V A WILLIAM H. ANDREWS— There is, in the anxious and laborious ^ ' struggle for an honorable competence and a solid career of the business or professional man fighting the every-day battle of life, but little to attract the idle reader in search of a sensational chapter, but for a mind thoroughly awake to the reality and meaning of human existence, there are noble and immortal lessons in the life of the man, who, without other means than a clear head, a strong arm and a true heart, conquers adversity, and toiling on through the worka-day years of a long career finds that he has not only won a comfortable competence, but also something far greater and higher. — the deserved respect and e.'^teem of these with whom his years of active life placed him in contact. Such a man and one of the leading citizens of Humboldt is William H. Andrews, who was born on Long Island, in Queens County, New York, on the 19th of September, 1829. His father, James Andrews, was also a native of Long Island and was there married to Miss Hulda Jackson, a native of the same locality. The former died in September, 1S56, atthe WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 3 1 ^ age of fifty-six years, but the mother long survived him, passing awav in 1896 at the extreme old age of ninety-six years. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom are yet living namely: Mrs. Margaret Bislev. of New York; Isaac R., who is living in Virginia; Mrs. Jane Alger, of Xew York, w'lose husband laid out Alger's addition to the city of Humboldt; William H., of this review; Lucj', who is living in Pennsylvania; James, -i resident of Long Island; and Mrs. Sarah Merritt, who is also living on Long Island. William H. Andrews spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and mastered the branches of learning taught in the common schools. When nineteen years of age he began to learn the carpenter's trade, which he followed in the Empire State until 1852 when he removed to Ohio, there following the same pursuit until after hostilities were inaugurated between the North and the South. A loyal advocate of the Union cause, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Nineteenth Ohio Infantry, and was afterward promoted' sergeant of his company. He experienced many of the hardships of war, having participated in numerous skirmishes and several of the most hotly contested battles, including the engagements at Shiloh, Crab Orchard, Chicamauga and Mission Ridge. He was never captured or wounded but had many narrow escapes for he was always found at his post of duty, which frequenth' led him into the thickest of the fight. He received an honorable discharge, at Marietta, Georgia, October 17, 1865, for the flag of the nation had been planted in the capital of the Confederacy and the services of the loyal Union soldiers were no longer needed. Mr. Andrews returned to his home in Ohio, but in April, 1866, came to Humboldt, Kansas, and has since been actively identified with its inter- ests alon^ many lines which have contributed to the public good. His fellow^ townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have frequently called him to public office, and he has filled various positions of trust. He has been police judge, was justice of the peace for several years and has been trustee of his township for twelve years. He has always retired from office as he has entered it — with the confidence and good will of the public. Whenever nominated, election has been accorded him and although he has always been a Democrat he has many friends in Republican ranks who give him their support. In 1854 Mr. Andrews was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Redfield, of Ohio, who has been to him a faithful companion and helpmate on the journey of life. They have two sons: James H., who is now one of the leading musicians of Kansas City, and Oriti S , who is a member of a New York City orchestra. The sons have exceptional musical talent, which, having been cultivated, has placed them in prominent positions in musical circles. Socially Mr. Andrews is a man of genial nature and one who is most appreciative of the amenities which go to make up the sum of human happiness. He has therefore identified himself with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Blue lodge, the Chapter and Commatidery and he has filled one of the chairs in the Grand Chapter of the State. He is a valued 314 HISTORY OF VLLEN ANI> member of the Grand Army of the Republic and thus maintains pleasant relationships with his comrades of the blue. He has been (luartermaster of \'icksburg Post, Xo. 72 for a number of j-ears He is now sevent>-one years of age, but still manifests a commendable interest in public affairs and is recognized as an esteemed citizen and honored pioneer of Humboldt. MRS. CiajA H. .STEKL.MAX is a native of the Empire State, her birth having occurred at Gloversville, New York, on the 28th of September, 1846. She is a daughter of Abraham Gulick, who was born in Xew York, in 18 14, and was married on the 25th of November, 1841, to Miss Maria Mitchell, whose birth occurred July 2nd, 1816. Their union was blessed with three children, but only two survive, namely: Mrs. Steel- man and Andrew. The latter was born July 12, 1844, and is now living with his sister. Mr. and Mrs. Gulick became residents of Kansas in 1880. In the State of her nativity Celia H. Gulick spent her girlhood days in acquiring her education in the public schools. In i86g she gave her hand in marriage to J. F. Wing, who was also born in New York, in which State they began their domestic life. They removed to Minnesota, where they remained for three years, and in 1874 they came to Kansas, locating in the northern part of Allen County where Mr. Wing purchased a large farm. They remained upon the farm for three years, and then took up their abode in lola, which was their place of residence for about eight years, when their home was given in exchange for Humboldt property. In 188S they located in the latter city and Mr. Wing purchased business property there. He was identified with the business interests of the place until 1S90, when his life's labors were ended in death, he being then fifty- seven years of age. Mrs. Wing remained a widow for two years and in 1892 was married to David Steelman. Theirs was a short but happy married life, terminated by the death of Mr. Steelman in i8g6, when he was seventy-seven \ ears of age. Mrs. Steelman and her brother now reside in her pleasant home in Humboldt. She owns two nice residences in the best portion of the city and has other property which yields to her a good income. In no field of endeavor requiring intellectuality has womati failed to demonstrate her equality with man. and her business and executive powers, when brought to a practical test, are found equal to his. Mrs. Steelman show.-; decided ability in the care and supervision of her property interests. For twenty- seven years she has been a resident of Allen County and is now widely known in this portion of the State, where her estimable characteristics have gained for her the sincere friendship of tho.se with whom she has been associated WOOIJ.SON i;oUNTIKS, KANSAS. 315 JAMES T. TREDWAY— While the race is not alwa3-s to the swift iior the battle to the strong, tireless energy, resolute purpose and sound judgment never fail to gain success, and though Mr. Tredway spent his youth amid rather unfavoring circumstances and has had to depend entire- ly upon his own labors, he has risen to a position of affluence and is classed among the substantial citizens of Allen County. He was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, April 10, 1849, and is of English lineage. His parents, however, were natives of Maryland, and were married in Wheeling. West Virginia. The father died when James was only two years old. The sur- viving members of the family are: Mrs. Olivia B. Littell, whose husband was a captain in the Civil war and later was captain of police in Cincinnati; Thomas Albert, who is married and lives with his family in Kentucky; John W., who is general manager in the offices of theSelmer Hess Publish- ing House, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; James T.; and Almira E. Nes- bitt who resides at the old home. Of the sons, Thomas served as one of the boys in blue in the war of the Rebellion. At the father's death the mother was left to caie for her six small chil- dren, but she nobly took up the work and ably prepared them for the practical and responsible duties of life. She gave them good educational privileges, and after attending the common schools James T. Tredway continued his studies in Clermont Academy in Ohio. When still young he went to Cin- cinnati, where for five years he served as a street car conductor in summer and stencil cutter in the winter season. He also spent two years in St. Eouis, Missouri, as foreman in the stencil and steel-stamp establishment of J. G. Harris & Company. He resigned this position and returned to Ohio to wc^d Miss Josephine Brede, of Cincinnati. She was born of German parents. Her father served in the war of the Rebellion and was taken prisoner and spent many months in Andersonville and other southern prisons. He returned home after the war but in a few j'ears died from the effects of prison life. Her mother is still living with Mrs. Tredw^ay on the farm at the age of seventy- five years. They began farming in Ohio and after several years of up hill work concluded to go west and were attracted to Allen County by circulars of George A. Bowlus, real estate agent. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tredway have been born five children, who are a source of great comfort to the parents. Guy, the eldest, is a graduate of the State Normal College, at Emporia; Charles is among the first teachers of Allen County ; Edna is a graduate of the Ida high school; John is a student in the Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas, and Alt at four- teen is still with his father on the farm.. In his business career Mr. Tredway has experienced manj' difficulties, but the obstacles in his path have served as an impetus to renewed effort. When he came to Kansas he had nothing but a team of mules, and, renting a farm of Jacob Zike, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. The firm of Scott & Goforth, of lola, furnished him with provisions for a 3l6 HISTOKV OK Al.LKN AND yeiraiul with characteristic energy he bej^an his work, wlaich lirou-^ht to iiim a good return. He purchased his farm without paying a cent down, hut soon discharged liis indebtedness and bought an adjoining eiglity. The building which is now utilized as a barn served as his house for eight \ cars, but as the years passed he added substantial improvements to his properly and has made it a very desirable and attractive place. All of which has been made possible only by the aid of his dutiful wife. In politics Mr. Tredway has always been a Republican, has taken an active jiart in the work of the party and has been chairman of the county cc\itral committee. He has. howevei, never sought office as a reward for his .service, which has been given because he believes earnestly in Republi- can principles. He has been elected president of the County Farmers' In- stitute for several years and has been twice elected president of the County Sunday School conventions. He and his family are members of the Re- formed church. His life demonstrates most clearly what may be ac complished by determined purpose and shows that success does not depend upon fortunate circumstances, upon inheritance or the aid of influential friends, but upon the man. His career is creditable and honorable and should serve as a source of inspiration to others who are forced to begin life empty-handed, as did Mr. Tredway. JOHN S. LEHMAN. — It is a well proven assertion that the history of a county is best told in the lives of its people, for it is individual enter- prise and effort that bring about the upbuilding and advancement of a community. One of the energetic and reliable merchants of Humboldt is John S. Lehman, who is now connected with the grain trade. He was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the i6th day of May, 1850. His father. Christian Lehman, was a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio when he was only six years of age. After reaching years of maturity he married Susannah Shank, a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, who was a little maiden of five summers when her parents became early settlers of the Buckeye state. The father of our subject was a farmer by occupation and died in Ohio, in 1895, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife pa.ssed away some time previous, her death occurring in 1866. He was a second time married. I^v the first union he had eight children, and by the second, one. John S. Lehman, our subject, is the eldest of the family, the others being David, a minister residing in Columbiana county, Ohio; Jacob, a farmer of that county; Henry, who is a horse buyer and shipper of Hum- boldt; Christian, who is conducting a planing mill and lumber business in Cjlumljiana county, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Miller, of the same place; Mrs. Susan Hurst, of Wayne county Ohio; and Mrs. Rebecca Culler, of Colum- biana county. P'rances L. Lehman, the half-sister, died in 1S93. After John S. Lehman completed his common school course he pur- WOODSON COrXTIES. KANSAS. 3 17 sued his studies through one term in the FoUancl .Seminar}- Union, and afterward organized the Columbiana Lumber & Coal Company, with which he was connected ior eight 3'ears, serving for two years as its manager. In 18S4. he came to Kansas, locating on a farm in Allen county, north-west of Humboldt. There he engaged in the cultivation of grain and the raising of stock foi seven years, and in 1893 took up his residence in this city, where he engaged in buying and shipping live stock, an industry to which he devoted his energies for about three years. He was then appointed bv Governor Leedy, to the position of superintendent of the public grounds and state house, thus serving until he was relieved by the Republican gov- ernor. After his return to Humboldt he opened a grain and feed store, buying and shipping all kinds of grain, vegetables, seeds and flour. Before leaving Ohio Mr. I,ehnian was married in 1876 to Miss Mary A. Kistler, of Lordstown, Ohio, and to them have been born eight children: Gertrude, wife of Edward King, who is now foreman of a blacksmith shop in Topeka, Kansas; Cora, who is living with her sister, Gertrude; Allen, wlio died in 1897; Arden; Leslie; Ethel, who died in 1888, and Harney and Floyd, at home. Mr. Lehman is a stalwart advocate of the Populist party and his deep interest in political affairs has led him to give an earnest support to its principles and to labor untiringly for its success. Socially he is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. As a citizen he has always been true and faithful to every trust reposed in him and is a worthy representative of that class who lead quiet, industrious, honest and useful lives and constitute the best portion of a community. A SA M. WOOD. — Although one of the more recent arrivals in Allen -^^^ county, Asa M. Wood is already widely known and has made for himself a place among the practical and progressive agriculturists who have made Elm township to bloom and blossom as the rose. He was born in Harrison county, Missouri, August 14, i860, and is a son of John Irwin and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Wood. His paternal great grandfather was a native of England and became the founder of the family in America at an early period in the development of this country. George Wood, the grand- fatlier, was born in Kentucky during the pioneer epoch in the history of that state, and there occurred the birth of John Irwin Wood in 1816. Hav- ing arrived at years of maturity he wedded Elizabeth Bartlett, who was born in Tennessee in 1818. She has a brother Nathan who is living in Mississippi, and a half brother, Daniel T., who is also a resident of that state. (Her father was married twice.) Mr. and Mrs. Wood became the parents of seven children, namely: Asa M.; D. C, a ranchman of Seward county, Kansas; Joseph, a farmer of Mi.ssouri; Amanda and Martha, who manage the home.stead in Harrison county, Missouri; and Mrs. Arazilla Easton, who is also a resident of Harrison countv. Robert H. died in 1874. On his father's farm Mr. Woud, of tliis review, spent the days of his 3lS HISTORY OF ALLEN AXD boyhood and \oiith. and at the age of twenty-six went to Colorado, where he remained for two years engaged in ranching. Returning to Missouri he spent the two succeeding years in his native state, and then again located in Colorado, but after tour years he came to Kansas and in 1S96 purchased his present farm in Elm township, formerly owned by Mr. Swartzinan. Since that time he has been engaged in the cultivation of his fields and in stock raising. He con Aucts both branches of his business profitably for he follows progressive methods and in all his dealings he is strictly reliable. In 18SS, in Missouri, Mr. Wood was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Frisby, whose people were from Ohio. H=r father, J. C. Frisby, is still living, and spends the summer months in Kansas, while in the winter season he makes his home in Missouri. Mrs. Wood has two brothers, Adna H. and E. H., who are residents of Missouri. Our subject and his wife have two sons, Glenn and Kirk, aged respectively eleven and five years. Mrs. Wood is a lady of considerable business ability, who is now contributing to the family income through the raising of poultry on an ex- tensive scale. In his political views Mr. Wood is a stalwart Reiniblican. unswerving in his support of the principles of the party, and on that ticket he was elected to the office of township trustee of film township, in which capacity he is now serving. He is a western man by birth and by inclination and is thoroughly imbued with the western spirit of progress and enterprise. GEORGE G. FOX — Not in desultory fashion that renders effort un- profitable and labor without satisfactory result has Mr. Fox prose- cuted his business career for he is a man of markecl energy and strong determination who has steadily worked his way upward to a position of affluence. He now resides in LiHarpe, where he is successfuUj' engaged in real estate dealing. A native of the Empire state. Mr. Fox was born in Livingston county, New York, June 23rd, 184^, and is a son of John and Hannah (Hillnian) Fox, tlie former born in Connecticut in 1803, the latter in New York in iSoS. They had ten children — five sons and five daughters. Two of the sons loyally served the Union during the Civil war. George G. Fox ac- quired his education in the common schools of his native county and in an academy at Geneseo, New York. In his early business career he engaged in the manufacture of cheese for eight years, and was also proprietor of a general mercantile establishment for twelve years. Prominent in the com- munity in which he resided, he was elected and served for one terra as township clerk in Livingston county, and was also postmaster at Ea.st Groveland, New Yoik. The year 1883 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Fox in Kansas, and for seventeen years he has made his home in Allen county. He first located on a farm nhe came out of the army. Hearing of the advantages offered young men in America and thinking to better his financial condi- tion on this side of the Atlantic he crossed the brinj- deep in 1857 and took up his residence in Valparaiso, Indiana, where resided his brother Carl, who had come to America the 3-ear previous and who sought a home in Kansas in 1870. He is now a neighbor of our subject. The latter engaged in the butchering business in Valparaiso, Indiana, and was married there in 186 1, to Anna Dora Urbahus, who was also born in Holstein, Germany, and came to the United States in 1858. The year 1870 witnessed the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Ohlfe.st in Kansas, and since that time he has de- voted his energies to the development of his farm, which, at the time of his purchase was a piece of raw prairie land, entirely destitute of improve- ments. Xot a furrow had been turned, but he at once began the work of plowing and planting, and in the intervening years he has developed a valuable property, complete with all the accessories and conveniencies of a model farm. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ohlfest has been blessed with six chil- dren, namely: Mrs. Mary Davis, who is living in LaHarpe: Otto, a railroad employe located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was a soldier in the Span- ish-American war. Company I, r57th Indiana Volunteers; Minnie, who is at home; Emma, wife of Dr. Hooper, of LaHarpe, and Albert Frederick, who is also under the parental roof. John died in 1877 at the age of eight vears. The familv have manv warm friends in the commnnitv and their .^21) HISTORY OF Al.UeX ANH circle of acquaintances is an extensive one. Mr. Olilfest has always given liis political support to the Republican party, and keeping well informed on the issues of the day is able to support his position by intelligent argu- ment. In religious belief he is a Lutheran. He left the little (lernian lionie acro^■s the sea to become identified with American interests and in the new world he has found the opportunity he sought for advancing in life to a position among the substantial citizens of the community in which his lot has been cast. "Tj^UWIX IRVING CROWELL.— At a period m the pioneer develop- -*— -* ment of Allen county, Edwin Irving Crowell came to Kansas, and tor many years was identified with agricultural interests in Elm township, becoming one of its most prosperous farmers. The years of his active labor annually augmented his income, and now with a handsome compet- ence acquired, entirely through his own efforts, he is living retired. He has watched with interest the progress and upbuilding of the county and has aided in its advancement and progress along the lines which have con- tributed to its substantial improvement. A native of the Buckeye state, Mr. Crowell was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 9th, 18,^9. It is believed that the family patronymic was originally Cromwell and that the ancestors of our subject were direct connections of Oliver Cromwell, changing their name to its present form when they fled to America in order to escape the persecution brought upon tliem by reason of their connection with the attempt to establish a pro- tectorate government in England, and thus end monarchial rule. .Samuel Crowell, the great-gramifather of our subject, was born in Massachusetts in 1742, and was married in 1770 to Jerusha Tracy, by whom he had four sons: William, Samuel, John and He/.ekiah. Of this number Samuel Crowell became the grandfather of our subject. With a colony he emi- grated westward, locating in Ashtabula county. Ohio, where he was known as a thrifty and enterprising farmer. By trade he was a tanner, having served an apprenticeship of seven years, as was required in those days, but in later life he devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. He served as a soldier in the department of the east in the war of 181 2 and held a cap- tain's commission. He was born August 5, 1773, and died August 22, 1864. The early Crowells were Whigs, but on the formation of the Repub- lican party representatives of the name joined its ranks. George Crowell, the father of our suliject, was born in Connecticut in 1S59, and in his youth accompanied his parents on their removal to Ashta- bula countj', Ohio. There he reared his family, and his eldest son, lidward I. Crowell, after attending the common schools, continued the acquirement of an education at Grand River Institute at .\ustinburg, Ohio Subsequently he engaged in teaching school for two years, and then turned his attention to farming which he followed in the state of his nativitv until WOODSON COrxTIES. KANSAS. 32 1 his removal to Kansas in October, 1870. In the meantime, however, h^- had spent a few months in Greeley, Colorado, after which he took up his abode in Doniphan county, Kansas, removing thence to lola. His farm in Kim township which he came to in 1875 was entirely a tract of raw prairie, but with indefatigable industry he began its development and for twenty- fi\-e years has continued its cultivation, making it one of the most highly improved and desirable farm properties in the county. In connection with the raising of grain he has engaged in the breeding of graded hogs, and has found this a profitable enterprise. In December, 1866, Mr. Crowell led to the marriage altar Miss Sarah E. Crosby, a daughter of Elijah Crosby, who was originally from Connecticut, but removed to Ohio with the colony of which the Crowells were members. His wife bore the maiden name of Eliza Chester, and their surviving children are Mrs. Crowell; Albert C, who is married and lives in Delta, Michigan; Alice, who was formerly a school teacher of lola and is now- teaching in the Indian Territory; Carrie, who is widow of Elton Stiles, The children of Mr. and Mrs. Crowell are Newman I., who is married and lives in Elm township; Oriette B., wife of Rev. L. S. Faust, of Emporia, Kansas; George T. and Walter C, who are still at home. They also have three adopted children, Hattie, Sarah and Nellie. Mr. Crowell served for several years as justice of the peace in Elm township and was frequently called upon to perform marriage ceremonies as well as settle litigation. He was commissioner of Allen county in 1891, and is now filling the office of justice of the peace, discharging his duties in a manner which has won him high commendation. He is one of the leading and influential members in the Presbyterian church, in which he has served as elder for twenty years, and in all life's relations he has been found true to manly principles. His word is as good as any bond solemnized bv sig- nature or seal, and among those who know him his honesty is proverbial. In all his business dealings he has been straightforward, and this is doubt- less one of the salient factors in his success. His life record is well worthy of emulation, and being closeh' interwoven with the history of Elm town- ship it certainly deserves a place in this volume. SAMUEL E. DOWNS passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten. He was an honored veteran of two wars and one of the pioneer settlers of Allen county, having long been identefied with the work of improvement and development in Cottage Grove township. He claimed Virginia as the state of his nativity, his birth having occurred in Culpepper county, on the i4.th of February, 1825, his parents being William H. and Cynthia (Bean) Downs. The father died in the Old Dominion, and the mother afterward removed to Illinois when her son Samuel was ten years of age. Amid the wild scenes of frontier life in the Prairie state. Mr. Down*; 322 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND was reared and after arriving at years of maturity he was married, on the 15th of October, 1857, to Martha A. Savage, a daughter of Moses P. Sav- age, who was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, and who wedded Sarah Lee, a native of Virginia. He died in 1885, at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife passed away when seventy-six years of age. They were the parents of tliirteen children, of whom seven are now living, as fol- lows: F. M., who is in the Indian Territory; C. A., of Danville, Illinois. Mrs. Etta Nye, of Chanute, Kansas; Mrs. Laura Bans, of Saybrook, Illi- nois; Mrs. Florence Howe, of Bloomington, Illinois; and Mrs. Downs. By the marriage of our subject and his wife eight children were born, the living members of the family being Mrs. Laura F. Matsler, of Chanute; Charles L. ; William E., now of Lafayette, Indiana; Harmon E. of Hum- boldt, Kansas; Nettie J., and W. H. Savage, a resident of Allen county, Kansas. Mr. Downs followed farming in Illinois until after the inauguration of the Civil war. He entered the service with a knowledge of military tactics, for he had been numbered among the loyal defenders of his countrj- throughout the Mexican war. When the South refused to acknowledge the supremacy of the national government at Washington, he joined the army for the preseivation of the Union, becoming p member of Company C, One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Infantry, in which he served for three years, participating in many hard fought battles. He was for four months under constant fire, though many bullets pierced his clothes he escaped without wounds or injur\-. Truly this was a remarkable record. He was never absent from the regiment until the war was over, and par- ticipated in all of the engagements down the Mississippi river and through the south to Nashville. When the stars and stripes were planted in the Southern Confederacy he received an honorable discharge and returned to his home. Soon afterward Mr. Downs started with his young wife for the new- west, arriving in Kansas in the fall of 1S65. He secured a claim on Vege- tarian creek, five miles southeast of Humboldt, and has continually made his home here, having one hundred and twenty acres of good land under a high state of cultivation. Prioi to the war he voted w-ith the Democracy, first supporting James K. Polk, for the presidency, but since the Civil war he has been unfaltering in his advocacy ot Republican principles. His life has been an active and useful one, characterized by fidelity to duty in all relations and he justly enjoyed the esteem and respect of his fellow men. Mr. Downs died April ist, 1901. MRS. ELIZABETH HECK— Well known in social and business circles in Humboldt. Mrs. Heck enjoys the warm regard of many friends and well deserves representation in this volume. She was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 4, 1872, and is a daughter of Matthew B. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 323 Mullany, a native of Ireland. When sixteen j-ears of age her father left the green isle of Erin, crossed the broad ocean to the new world and be- came a resident of Virginia. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bates, who was born in New York City, but her parents were natives of England. When Mrs. Heck was a little child of two summers her parents left the Old Dominion for the Nation's capital, and the father engaged in business in Washington. Subsequently he removed to Quincj', Illinois, where he conducted a grocery store. In 1876 he came with his family to Humboldt where both he and his wife spent their remaining days. The father died April 25, 1898, at the age of sixty-eight years, while the mother passed away the loth of June, 1900, at the age of fifty-six. They had three children, but two died early in life. Elizabeth Mullany, the only surviving member of the family, spent her girlhood daj's in Washington, D. C, Quincy, Illinois, and in Hum- boldt, Kansas, and the public schools afforded her the educational priv- ileges which she enjoyed. When she had attained womanhood she gave her hand in marriage to Henry Heck, the wedding being celebrated in 1890. Mr. Heck was a native of Germany and a man of considerable means, his attention being given to the management of his securit}' inter- ests. His health failed him, however, and after two years of married life, in 1892, he passed away. Mrs. Heck maintains her residence in Hum- boldt where she looks after her real estate interests and other investments which she has here and which yield to her an ample income. She pos- sesses good business and executive ability and at the same time manifests in her life those true womanly qualities which ev^erywhere command respect. Having long made her home in this portion of the State, she has a wide acquaintance and her circle of friends is very extensive. TAMES L. CHRISTY — One of the most highly esteemed and prominent ^ pioneers of southeastern Kansas is James L. Christy, who came to to this portion of the country during territorial days and took part in the exciting events which formed the history of Kansas prior to the Civil war. With the era of progress and improvement he has also been connected, bearing his part in reclaiming the wild land for purposes of civilization. No history of Allen County would be complete without the record of his life. He was born in Rowan County, Kentucky, July 12, 1840, the eldest son of John A. and Nancy Christy, who came to Allen County in i860. The mother died June 25, 1870, at the age of fifty-four years, and the father passed away July 29, 1897, ^^ the advanced age of eighty- five years. James L. Christy accompanied his parents on their removal to Illinois during his eaily- boyhood and also went with them to Missouri. In 1855, thinking that he would like to see more of the wild west he came to Kan- -24 HISTORY OF AI.LEX AX!) sas, locating first in Bourbon County, where he was employed on a farm. There he woiked for till ee years, during which time the border troubles hioke out and he joined John Brown's party. He was right in the midst of the border difficulties and saw service under Generals Montgomery and Lane, participating in the battle of Osawatoniie. He was well acquainted with John Brown, the Abolition leader, whom he says was a very good man and used to preach to his followers every Sunday. When the trouble was over Mr. Chri.sty returned to his work. He was a great hunter and would often accompany the Indians on their hunting expeditions. He also killed, December 27, i^93. the last deer ever shot in this county. When Captain Gordon, the LInited States surveyor, divided the county into sections, Mr. Christy drove the ox team hauling the stones used in the corners of the sections. In 1850 he returned to Missouri on a visit, but in I S60 again came to Kansas, where he watched with interest the oncoming tide of events that involved the country in war. Upon reflection and in the rehearsal of incidents and events connected with the fir.st years of Allen County Mr. Christy adverts to the fact that the first blacksmith shop in the county was located in section 5, town 24, range 18, and that it w-as established by Reuben Benbow. The first death in tlie county of which the public and society took notice was that of Tommy Keith. He was buried on the Carpenter place which was. necessarily, the first opened cemetery in the county. The first school hou.se was named for "Uncle Jimmy" Carpenter and was erected on his premises. In the days of disorganization and before the establi.shment of Terri- torial regulations for the county the few .settlers were distressed by thiev- ing Indians and white men and were driven to take matters into their own hands. They formed an organization for mutual protection and chose the first ofiicers and established the first seat of government for the count>-. Cofachique was selected as the county seat and the officers chosen were: A. W.J. Brown, Probate Judge; Jesse E. Morris, Sheriff and William C. Keith, Justice of the Peace. Frank Morris, son of Jesse, was selected to repre.sent the county in the Lecompton Constitutional Convention. These scenes are long past and few are alive who remember them. Elijah Brown, .son of the pioneer Isliam Brown, who resides in Neo.sho County, Kansas, and Robert McQuigg, of Roseburg, Oregon, were among the active participants in these events. On the 24th of July, 1861, Mr. Christy enlisted in Company F, Third Kansas Infantry, and soon afterward the Third, Fourth and Fifth regi- ments consolidated to form the Tenth regiment, with which he served for three years, experiencing all the hardships and rigors of war. He partici- pated in nineteen engagements, including .some of the most hotly contested battles, among which were Wilson's Creek, Locust Grove, Dr^- Wood, Newtonia, Ray's Mills, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, Chattanooga and the .storming of Fort Blakely. He was taken ill and was forced to remain at Salem, wdiere he was captured by the Rebels, but after two weeks he managed to make his escape by running through the guard lines. He I c-e-^*- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 325 laithfuUy ck-feiidt'd the stars and stripes and the cause they represented, but when the war was over he gladly returned to his home. In 1S67 Mr. Christy was united in marriage to Miss Martha E- Morris, a native of Missouri, who came to .^llen County in 1855 with her parents. She is the second daughter of Jesse and Elizaljeth Morris, who located on Deer Creek, in Geneva township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Christy have been born nine daughters: Louisa IC. died at the age of four years; Emma, wife of George A. Smith, of Chandler, Oklahoma; Cora, who died at the age of sixteen years; Mamie, Ruby, Lora, Mattie and Lizzie, twins, and Jessie, the youngest, all at home. Ruby is a teacher in the county .schools.. Mr. Christy has held a number of responsible positions in Allen Coun- ty. He was deputy sheriff under J. C. Rcdfield and also under Charles P. Twiss. He has also served for seveial terms as justice of the peace and con.>^table of Geneva townshij), and discharged his duties with marked fidelity and proni|)tness. In his political affiliations he is a Republican. Whether on the field of battle, in public office or in the walks of private life, he has ever been true to his duties of citizenship and has commanded •and enjoyed the high regard of those with whom he has been associated. TONATHAX II. SPICER has i)assed the eighty-fourth milestone on life's " journej' and his has been an honorable record, the history of his life containing no esoteric chapters. Manly and sincere at all times he has commanded the respect and confidence of those with whom he has associ- ated, and he now receives the veneration and regard that should ever be accorded those wdio have reached advanced age. Mr. Spicer was born in New Hampshire, on the 12th of April, 1816. His father, Jabez Spicer, was also born in the old Granite vState and married to Miss Mary Huvey, a native of Connecticut. The father won the degrees of D. D. and M. I). He pursued both the classical and theological course in ths Dartmouth Theological College, and though he prepared for the medical profession he never engaged in practice, believing that his duty called him to the mini.sterial field. In an early day he removed to Michigan where he enteied upon the often arduous life of a home mission- ar_\ , and during the greater part of his career he was thus engaged in work in the west, carrying the gospel tidings into settlements where church privileges were little known. When he arrived in the Wolverine vState it was a largely undeveloped region, the Indians being far more numerous than the white settlers. He took a very active part in planting the .seeds of truth in the new communities and his influence was manifest in the upright lives of those among whom he lived and labored. He died in Michigan on the 25th of December, 1S47, at the age of sixty-two years, and his wife passed away three years later when sixty years of age. They were the parents of ten children, but onl\- two are now living, the other being Charles R, Spicer. J. H. .Spicer of this review was the third in order of birth. He spent 326 HISTORY OF ALLEN AXC tiiuch ot his boyhood in the Empire State and received a coiuinon school education. When a young man he went to Vermont where he engaged in teaching school and also worked on a farm. Subsequently he returned to New York and later made his way to Ohio and afterward to Michigan, where he met a httle black-haired maiden of attractive appearance and pleasing manner. Their acquaintance ripened into love and on the 3rd of September, 1842, Emily Finney became his wife. She, too, was a native of the Old Granite State, a daughter of Seth and Lydia Jane Finney, the former born in New Hampshire and the latter in Connecticut. Her father's birth occurred May 27, 1791, his death October 34. 1S72. Mrs. Finney was born November 26, 1792, and deputed this life May 25, 1852. They were the parents ot seven children, but Mrs. Spicer is the only sur- vivor of the family. She was born April S, i82i,and for sixty one years (September 3, 1900, the 6ist anniversary) she has traveled life's journey by her husband's side, sharing with him in all his pleasures, sorrows, his adversity and prosperity, and ever proving to him a faithful companion and helpmate. A few years after his marriage Mr. Spicer remov*ed from Michigan to Kansas, arriving in this State in 1857 with a colony that took up their abode at Geneva. He preempted a tract of land just north of the little village and his experience on the frontier of Michigan well fitted him to meet the liardships and trials of pioneer life in the Sunflower State. The Indians were still numerous in this .section of the country and there was much discussion as to whether Kansas would or would not permit slavery within its borders. It was decided to settle the question by popular suffrage, and the South, anxious to retain Kansas as slave territory, sent many squatters who, says Mr. Spicer, gave the permanent settlers more trouble than all the Indians. Not long afterward the country became in- volved in civil war and loyal to the North, Mr. Spicer enlisted as a member of the Ninth Kansas cavalry, being made quartermaster sergeant of his regiment. He went to the front and served throughout the war, while his young wife and little son remained alone in the wild country. Mrs. .Spicer relates many interesting instances of her experience in Kansas and ^Iiclligall, living in both States when they were the haunts of the red men. When they located at Geneva their nearest post office was Kansas City, Missouri. For many years they resided upon a farm, but about 1886 took up their abode in Geneva where they have a pleasant home. They are Hearing the end of life's pilgrimage, but can look back over the pist with- out regret and forward to the future without fear. Duane D. Spicer, the only son of J. H. and Emily Spicer, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, December 4, I845. and with his parents came to Kansas when twelve years of age. This was in 1S57. He was reared upon a farm and the experiences and duties of agricultural life early became familiar to him. His education was acquired in the schools at Emporia and later at the Academy in Geneva. On the 15th of June, 1S69, he was united in marriage to Miss Ella G. Brown, a daughter of G. M. and Caro- line Brown. Thev had been reared in the same neighborhood and attended "WOOUSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 327 the same school, and now they are traveling life's journey together in a happy married relation. Their home has been blessed with three children, namely: Fred Brown, a resident of Neosho Falls; Flora E., the wile of Robert B. Warner, of Geneva, and Herbert R. , who is still with his parents. Duane D. Spicer continued farming until 1885, when he sold his land and entered into partnership with C. L,. Knowlton in the conduct of a general mercantile enterprise in Geneva, They carried on business together for fourteen years when Mr. Spicer sold his interest to Mr. Knowlton and established a hardware business which he is still conducting. In 1899 he was appointed postmaster of Geneva and is now filling that position with credit to himself and satisfaction to his con.stituents. In 1887- he was ap- jiointed on the board of county commissioners, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Inge, and in 1891 he was elected to that ofiice where he served for two terms, retiring Irom the position as he had entered it, with the confidence and good will of the public. His political support is given to the Republican party and he keeps well informed on the issues of the day. His prosperity is the reward of his own unaided and well- directed efforts and toda}- he ranks among the representative residents of his adopted village. JOHN CORNELL.— With the history of the development and upbuild- *-• ing of Allen county the name of John Cornell is inseparably inter- woven, for he has long been a potent factor in the progress and advance- ment of this portion of the state. He was born in Fountain county, Indi- ana, October r, 1827, and is of Welsh descent, his paternal grandfather having come to America from the little rock-ribbed country of Wales about 1750. Daniel Cornell, the father of our subject, was born in Canada, and during his boyhood removed to New York, where, after attaining to adult age, he was married to Marry E. Tracy, a native of Kentucky. About 1810 he removed to Indiana, becoming one of the first settlers of the Hoosier state. His death occurred when he had attained the age of seventy-four years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-seven. They were the parents of ten children, of whom six are now living, namely: Dessie B., George, John O., Samuel, Martha and Sarah Jane. John Cornell was reared on the old homestead farm in Indiana, and like most boj's who spend their j^outh in frontier settlements, his educa- tional privileges were quite limited. In his native state he wedded Mi.ss Phoebe Boca, and in 1858 removed to Kansas, securing a claim which ad- joins the present town site of Ida, and is now known as the Delap farm. He made many improvements upon that claim and there lived for several years, it being his home when the lola Town Company was organized. He became a member of the company and drove the first stake used in laying out the town. Aftei some time he sold his first claim and purchased a tract west of the river, about nine miles northwest of lola. This was 32.S HISTOKV 1)1- M.l.KN AXP prairie land au.l he soju leanisd to know tint it was not as profer.ible for fiirniiiig purposes as river bottom land lyina; near him, which was covered with a heavy growth of timber and which no one seemed to want, so he suld his upland and purchased a farm in the river bottom amid the green woods. With characteristic energy he began to clt-ar this, and to-day he has a valuable tract of land worth one hundred dollars p,;'r acre. Its im- provement, however, represents much hard labor, but it is now a very pro- ductive ti act and yields to him an excellent financial return for the care he bestows upon it. In 1S99 Mr. Cornell was called up):i to mourn the loss of his wife, who died June 30, at the age of si.Kty-seven years. They were tlie parents ot ten children, eight of whom are no»v living, namely: Mary E. , wife of K. Goff, of Minnesota; D.miel, a resident of Clianute, Kansas; Ashpet W. C. , of Hourbon county, Kansas; George, of lola, Olive, wife of Wellington Oiborn, of Allen county; John C. and All)ert O.. who are on the home farm; and Minnie, wife of Thomas Heffern, of Woodson county, Kansas. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Cornell was called out with the State Militia and went to Fort Scott, for Price was then making his raid into the state. He served on guard duty on the border for about six weeks and tlien returned to his home. Hi his served as deputy under Sheriff Brown and later was elected constable of lola township. He discharged his duties without fear or favor, and it is said that he always secured the prisoner he was in search of. Ha is widely known throughout .\llen county as "Uncle" John Cornell and enjoys the high regard of many. He belongs to the class of honored pioneers w'lo laid broad and deep the foundation for the present prosperity of this part of the st Ue. TOIIX vSHlCIJiV — ..\niong the enterprising and progressive young '-' farmers of Allen county is John Shelby, who has already attained suc- cess that many an older man might well envy. He was born in Circle- ville, Pickaway county, Ohio, es F., Ray Caswell, Mark Weisner and Loren Clil'ford. The eldest son has completed the high .school course and for two years has been a student in Baker Ihiiversity at Baldwin. Mr. Pickell votes with the Republican party, but aside from casting his francliise in support of its men and measures he takes no active part in politics, preferring that his attention shall be given in an undivided man- ner to his business affairs. He started out in life with a very limited capi- tal, but the years have brought him success as a reward for his efforts and prominence in commercial circles is assured and enviable. ^ ^^-^A^ WOOD.S(.)N COUNTIES, KANSAS. 335 TOHXP. DICKEY has been the architect of his own fortunes and has *-* builded wisely and well. His life affords an illustration of the viccisi- tudes of business under modern conditions; it emphasizes the importance of doing the right thing at the right time and it teaches a lesson of patience under difficulties and perseverance again.st obstacles, — a les.son that might be profitably followed by many. Mr. Dickey was born in Scott County, Indiana, on the 26th of Feljrn- ary, 1824, and is a representative of one of the old families of the South. His father, Rev. John Dickey, was a native of North Carolina, and re- mo\-ed to Kentucky when ten years of age, being there reared to manhood. He was licensed to preach in the Presbytery of that State, and in an early day removed to Indiana, being the first Presbyterian minister ever in.stalled in that commonwealth. He had charge of one church for thirty years and was one of the organizers and founders of the Presbyterian Academy in Hanover, Indiana. As an educator he possessed exceptional ability and throughout his life he devoted his time and talents to imparting knowledge to others or to preaching the gospel, carrying the glad tidings of great joy into many a hou.sehold upon the frontier. Rev. Dickey preached the first anti-slavery sermon and the first tem- perance sermon in the synod of Indiana. He was without college educa- tion or theological training, like Uncle Tom, of a meek and quiet disposi- tion, yet he was first and foremost in all the reforms of the day. Mr. Beecher was a member of the same synod with Mr. Dickey. Harriet Beecher Stowe says the life of Rev. Mr. Dickey gave her the in- spiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin. He was the first installed pastor in the State, and probably the third minister in the State of Indiana. When Birney run on the ticket for anti-slavery Mr. Dickey was the only one who cast a vote for him in Clark County, Indiana. He married Miss Margaret Osboin Steele, a native of Kentucky, and they instilled into the minds of their eleven children lessons of industry, honesty and morality. The father died in 1849 at the age of fifty-nine years, and the mother passed away in 1847, when fifty years of age. Four of the children are yet living, namely: James, a resident of lola; Mrs. Mary Haines, of New Albany, Indiana; William, now living in Oregon, and John P. of this review. The last named was reared upon his father's farm during the early development of the State of his nativity. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools. He learned the carpenter's and wagoninaker's trades as a preparation for life's practical duties, and as a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Martha E. Matthews, a native of Kentucky, the wedding being celebrated in New Washington, Indiana. After the death of his first wife he was again married in 1865, his second union being with Miss Amanda D. Dickerson, a native of New York, and a daughter of John Dickerson. Her father was born in the Green Mountain State and when he had arrived at the years of maturity he wedded Miss Mary Bacon, a native of Connecticut. In 1864 336 HISTORY OF allex and they came to Kansas, locating in Geneva, where Mr. Dickerson died in 1S56, at the age of seventy-five years, while his wife passed away in 1885, when eighty-five years of age. In their family were iix children, three of whom survive, namely: Mrs. Maria L. Williamson, who resides with Mrs. Dickey: Lewis I. Dickerson and Mrs. Dickey. In the year 1S57 Mr. Dickey arrived in Kansas, which was then a territory having not yet assumed the dignity of Statehood. He secured a claim on Martin Creek and there resided until his country's call lor aid prompted his enlistment as a member of Company D, Ninth Kansas Cavalry. He served for three years along the border of Missouri and Ar- kansas, escorting trains as they passed to and fro. His command was mostly engaged in guard duty, but occasionally met a band of bushwhack- ers, which would be followed by a skirmish. At the close of the war the subject of this review returned to his adopted State, locating in Geneva where he was identified with its building interests. He had the honor of building the first school house and the first church ever erected in Allen County, the location being in district No. i of Geneva. In 1867 Mr. Dickey removed to his farm and has since carried on agri- cultural pursuits with marked success. He owns one hundred and sixty acres of rich and arable land and has developed a valuable property. In front oi his commodious residence is a wide lawn on which stand beautiful shade trees protecting the home from the hot rays of the summer sun. His extensive barns and outbuildings furnish shelter for grain and stock. When he arrived in Kansas he had only twelve dollars in money, and that served as a nucleus for his present comlortable compe- tence. His success was assured from the beginning because he possesses those qualities which contribute to prosperity. He has always been a staunch advocate of Republican principles, voting with the party since he cast his first ballot for General John C. Fremont. In all life's relations he has been found true to duty, whether it has been in the fields of indus- trial or agricultural business, in military circles or in the walks of private life. There has been manifest in his career a persistency of purpose that when guided by sound judgment never fails of reward. CHARLES L. KNOWLTON was born in Clark County, Indiana, on the 23rd of June, 1849. His father, James H. Knowlton, was born in 8hrew.sbury, Massachusetts, in i3io, and in 1836 became a resident of Hanover, Indiana, where he began the study of medicine. He was gradu- ated in the Cincinnati Medical College and entered the professional ranks where he soon won prominence, his skill and ability gaining him marked prestige. In 183S he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Dickey, a native ot Kentucky, who was born in 18 14 and was a daughter of John and Margaret Dickey. Mr. and Mrs. Knowlton became the parents of six children, of whom three sons are now living: John D., Charles L. and WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 3-^7 Howard N. Two sisters, Olive and limma, married George Tathaiii, tin- latter becoming' his wife after the death of her sister, and she, too, has passed away. Dr. Knowlton continued to practiee medicine in Indiana until the in- auguration of the Civil war. Wlien rebellion threatened the destruction of tiie Union, from every walk of life there came men of loyal purpose and undaunted spirit who offeied their services to the government, and among the Union troops of Indiana Dr. Knowlton was numbered, joining the P^ifty- second Indiana Infantry, of which he was appointed assistant surgeon. He rendered great aid to the sick and wounded men of his regiment and served in that capacity until his own health failed, when he resigned and returned to iiis home. He afterward removed to lUincjis where he engaged in prac- tice several years and in 1.S66 he came to Kansas, locating in Geneva where he followed his profession through his remaining days, his death occurring in 1882. Seven years later his wife passed away, being then seventy-five years of age. Like many other energetic y due in no small measure to him. In business circles he enjoys an unassailable repu- tation for he follows correct methods and honorable principles and at all times he is possessed of that progressive spirit which seeks not alone his own good, but is alive to the advancement of city, county and State, and his place in Geneva would be difficult to fill. MRS. CLARA M. MABIlv is one of the highly esteemed ladies of Allen county and lesides upon one of the fine farms of southeastern Kansas. She was born in the county which is yet her home, on the 22nd of April, 1862, and is a daughter of George and Mary A. Es.se. Her parents are still living, their home being in Geneva. Her father was born in France near the city of Metz, on the 12th of December, 1827. His father, John Esse, was a Frenchman, but his mother, Mrs. Mary E.sse. was of German birth. When twelve years of age George Esse came to America and resided in New York until he had attained to man's estate. He was n)arried there to Miss Mary Ann Ikins, an English lady who came to the United States in 1845. In 1867 they emigrated to Kansas, locating on a farm near tlieir present home. There the father carried on agricultural pursuits for a number of years, but he has since disposed of all of his land with the exception of a small tract, not caiing to be burdened with a greater amount. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Esse were born two children: Eugene C. and Clara, the former a resident of lola. Clara M. Esse spent her girlhood days under the parental roof and pursued her education in the public schools. When eighteen year^ of age she gave her hand in marriage to Edward R. Mabie, the wedding being celebrated on the 27th of May, 1880. Mr. Mabie was born in South Wes- ley, New York, August 25, 1838, was reared there and was graduated at WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 3-^9 tlie high school in Albany, New York. When the country became in- volved in Civil war he joined the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh New York Infantry, at Rome New York, serving for three years. He partici- pated in the battles of Shiloh, Richmond, Antietara, Vicksburg, Atlanta and many others which led to the successful termination of the Rebellion. On one occasion he was wounded by a minie ball which grazed the back of liis neck, and he incurred diseases that finally terminated his life. In 1866 Mr. Mabie came to Kansas and secured a claim of eighty acres on Martin creek, two miles east of Geneva, where he resided until the time of his death. He added to his farm as opportunity offered until he became the owner of three hundred and twentj'-five acres of land which he placed under a high state ot cultivation. He erected thereon a good resi- dence and barn and the home is surrounded b\- beautiful, native forest trees which protect it from the hot rays of the summer sun. He also set out nine miles of hedge fence, and forty gates furnish entrance to his fields and pastures. His labors resulted in making his property one of the best farms in Allen county. He died October 20, iSgg, at the age of sixty-two years. He was a loving and devoted husband and father, a faithful friend and a loyal citizen and thus throughout the community his loss was deeply felt. Mr. and Mrs. Mabie were the parents of eight children: George E. , Frank C, Harris R., Alice E. , Maud P., Clara B. and Ed. T., seven of whom are under the parental roof. Mrs. Maoie, with the assistance of her eldest son, George, is conducting the home farm, which is kept up in the same excellent condition in which it was found when under the super- vision of the husband and father. Mrs. Mabie possesses excellent business and executive ability, in addition to those true womanly qualities which have gained her the high regard and friendship of many with whom she has been brought in contact. r~>HARLES A. STEWART is a representative of one of Allen county's ^-^ honored pioneer families, and is one of her native sons, his birth hav- ing occuned on the 5th of June, 1870. He was reared on the farm which is now his home, the residence being situated within two hundred feet of his present dwelling. His parents were Samuel J. and Emma A. Stewart, and he is the eldest son of their seven children. Daring his youth he at- tended the district schools of the neighborhood, and in the summer months assisted in the plowing, planting and cultivation of the fields, early becom- ing familiar with all the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, which event in his life occurred on the 3rd of April, 1892, Miss Freelie E. Duncan becoming his wife. She was born in Indiana, and is the second child of John W. and Elizabeth Duncan, with whom she came to Kansas during her early girlhood. Her parents were also natives of the Hoosier state, and her 340 IIISTOKV Ol- AI.I.KX AND mother bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Owen. In 1S7S they came to Allen county, settling four miles south of Humboldt, where Mrs. Duncan still resides. Her husband died February 8, 1S9S, at the age of fifty years. During the Civil war he lovally served the Union as a member of an In- diana rejiiment. Hy their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Duncan became the parents of seven children, namely: O. P., who is. living in lola; Mrs. Stewart; Emmert, a resident of Oklahoma; Othella, wife of \V. H. Booe, a resident of Fountain county, Indiana; Bertha, Bulin and Olin, who are with their mothei. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart began their domestic life upon a farm of seventy- seven acres, whi.'h he purchased, erecting thereon a cozy little residence, to which he has since added a stone addition. He has increased the beauty of the place by planting trees, has set out a nice vineyard, erected a good barn and other outbuildings and now has one of the desirable farms in the southern portion of the county. The fields are under a high state of cultivation and their rich products find a ready sale on the market. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart has been blessed with four chil- dren, namely: Alma, Gladys, Harlan and Glenn. Mr. Stewart is a Re- publican, and though he never seeks office for himself he has just regard for the duties of citizenship, keeps well informed on the issues of the day, and attends the conventions of his party, doing all he can to support his friends and to secure the adoption of Republican principles. He started upon his business career as many others have done, without capital, and his earnest labor, guided by .sound judgment in business affairs, has brought to him all that he now possesses, making him one of the substan- tial residents of the communitv. FRANK S. DENNEV. — The Denney family is of English lineage and was founded in America b)- the great- grandfather of our subject, who was born in the city of London. While on the ocean, at the time of the Revolutionary war, he was captured and brought to this country and being well pleased with his new home he never returned to his native land. His son, James Denney, was born in Pennsylvania, and having arrived at years ■)f maturity married Sarah Lucas, also a native of the Keystone state. Of their children William Denney became the father of our subject. He was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1823, and was married in Ohio in 1S45, to Miss Emily Melick, a daughter of James and Anna (Duncan) Melick, the former a native of Kentucky. At an early day William Denney removed from the Bucke^-e state to Green county, Wis- consin, and in 1859 came with his family to Kan.sas, where he has since resided. Both he and his wife are yet living and have enjoyed a happy married life of fifty-five years. Their farm is situated on Indian creek, a mile northwest of Geneva. They are numbered among the honored pioneer settlers of the Sunflower state, having resided here for forty -one y^ars, ami W'OODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 34 1 they relate many interesting incidents of the earl)' development of Allen county when its farms were in their primitive condition, when the now thriving towns and villages were unfounded and when the Indians were still very numerous. Great changes have since occurred and they have borne their part in the transformation that has been wrought. Frank S. Denney, their sixth child, was born in Green county, Wis- consin, on the 28th of March, 1857, and was therefore but two years of age when brought by his parents to Allen county in the fall of 1859. The days of his youth were passed upon the home farm, and in the schools of Geneva he acquired his education. In 1884 he wedded Miss Alice White, of Colony, Kansas, a daughter of George and Mary White. Her father died in 1890, but her mother is still living. Mrs. Denney came to Kansas in 1881. Three years previous to his marriage our subject entered a general mercantile store in Colony as clerk and held the position for seven years, after which the stock of goods was sold and he returned to the farm, pin-- chasing one hundred and sixty acres of land a half mile south of Geneva. Here he has since made his home and is engaged in raising and selling cattle and hogs. He never sells any of his grain but feeds it to his stock, and is regarded as one of the prosperous stock raisers of this locality. He has been very successful and has made all that he has by his own industry and good judgment. ITnto Mr. and Mrs. Denney have been fjorn three children: Roy, Delta and Alta, who are still with their parents. The youngest is a bright- eyed little maiden of seven years and very small for her age, but she had the honor of winning the first prize at the Allen county oratorical contest held in lola in January, 1900. The best talent of the county participated, including men and women, and there were twelve contestants, but Alta Denney was awarded the prize, an unabridged dictionary valued at ten dollars. Her parents certainly have every reason to be proud of her. The family is one of promince in the community and they enjoy the warm regard of many friends. '^AR E. BENNETT — Inscribed on the roll of pioneer settlers of sonth- ■^— ' ern Kansas appears the name of Zar E. Bennett, who came to this county at a very early period in its development. He was born in western New York, June 15, 1853, and when five years of age came with his parents to this State. He belongs to a family noted for longevity. His father, Zar Bennett, Sr. , is yet living at the age of ninety-three years, and is a resident of lola. He was born in Connecticut, and after arriving at years of maturity wedded Sarah J. Hinman, of New York, whence they removed to the Sunflower State in 1858. Mrs. Bennett's death was occasioned by accident. Her clothing caught fire and burned her badly, and this, to- gether with the nervous shock, terminated her life December 25. 1898, when 342 HISTORY OK AI.I.KN AND she was seventy-one years of age. They had three children: Zar Iv, Fred S. and Leslie, both of Ida. The subject of this review was reared on the home farm and early be- gan work in the fields, assisting in the work of plowing, planting and harvesting. When crops were garnered in the autumn he was allowed the privilege of going to school, but the educational advantages in Kansas at that time were rather meager, owing to the unsettled condition of ihe coun- try, but through study in the school-room and in his leisure hours, Mr. Bennett prepared himself for teaching and followed that profession for five years, thus gaining capital sufficient to enable him to get a start in life. .As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey he chose Miss Libbie M. Reno, a native of Indiana, the wedding being celebrated in 1S75. The lady is a daughter of P. G. and Lucinda (Clark) Reno, the parents being natives of Indiana, whence they came to Kansas during the early girlhood of Mrs. Bennett. They have five children now living, namely: W. C, of Richmond, Kansas; Mary J., wife of M. M. Hart, of lola; Mrs. Eliza Cook, of Oklahoma; S. D., of Kingman, and Libbie M., the honored wife of our subject. Although Mr. Bennett started out on his business career at the very bottom round of the ladder he has steadily worked his way upward and now stands on the plane of affluence. He has always followed farming with the exception ol a short period devoted to conducting a meat market in Ida. in partnership with M. M. Hart, but not being satisfied with that enterprise he returned to his farm on Deer Creek. Subsequently he sold his land in the river bottom and purchased one hundred and fifty-three and a half acres on Martin Creek where he has developed one of the best farms in Geneva township H^ has plenty of bottom land for cultivation, while his residence stands on an elevation, commanding an excellent view of the surrounding country. His home stands in the midst of richly cultivated fields and it is eviilent to the passerby that the owner follows progressive methods in his farming operations. Politically Mr. Bennett is a stalwart Republican and has twice served as trustee of Geneva township, leaving the office as he entered it with the confidence and good will of the public. The history of Allen County is familiar to him from pioneer days and his support and eo-operation have been given freely to many measures which have contributed toward the general good and to the upbuilding and pros- perity of the county. JAMES W. HAM.M, one of the enterprising young business men of Humboldt, was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1S65. His father, William B. Hamm, was also a native of the Keystone State, and was a carpenter by trade, following that pursuit for many years in Pennsylvania. In 1S7S he removed to Kansas, locating on a farm five miles northwest of Humboldt, in Woodson County, where he carried on WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 34.3 agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1887, when he was fifty-five years of age His widow still survives him and is now living in Humboldt. Slie bore the maiden name of Catharine M. Servey, is a native of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1S52. By their union were born six children, one of whom died in childhood, while five are yet living, namely: Mrs. Mary Weckerly, of Yates Center, Kansas; John C, one of the leading attorneys of Evanston, Wyoming; Sadie, now Mrs. Kesterson, of Portland, Arkansas; James \V. of this review and Albert, who is living with his mother. James W. Hamm pursued his education in the public schools of Penn- sylvania until fourteen years of age and only attended school for six months after coming to Kansas. He was, however, an extensive reader of news- papers, and thus in the evenings, after the day's work was done, became familiar with the events that mark the world's history. He worked upon the home farm until 18S6, when, in connection with his brother, J. C. Hamm, he purchased the Allen County Courant. a Democratic paper pub- lished in lola. They continued to issue that journal for two years, when they sold the plant to A. C. and W. W. Scott, who removed it to Okla- homa and established there the Oklahoma Journal. After disposing of his interests in that journal Mr. Hamm spent some time in travel and was for a short time a resident of Kvanston. Wyoming, but in 1890 returned to Humboldt, and in that year was married. After his marriage he settled on a farm north of the city, and there still resides, giving a part of his time to agricultural pursuits in connection with other business affairs. He was for some years general agent for the Page Woven Wire Fence Company of Adrian, Michigan. In 1897 he engaged in the ice business, erecting a small plant which he operated in connection with an ice house on the bank of the river, the building having a capacity of seven hundred tons, which he fills with ice sufficient to supply a large patronage through the hot summer months. He has recently added to his manufacturing enterprises a sorghum mill and evaporator, which is operated by steam and has a capacity of two hundred gallons per day, also a hydraulic cider press, the name of the firm now being Hamm Bros. On the 22nd of February. 1890, Mr. Hamm vv'as united in marriage to Mi.ss Ella Works, a daughter of the pioneer R. M. Works. Three children have been born of this union: Robert, Helen and Mildred. Mr. Hamm votes with the Democracy, but takes no active part in politics. Socially he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The business interests of Humboldt are well represented by him, and whether in public or private life he is always a courteous, genial gentleman, well deserving the high regard in which he is held. JOHN GRIMM, who follows farming in Geneva township, was born in " Prussia February 5, 1839, a son of John H. Grimm, who died in the fatherland at the age of sev^enty-four years, while the mother also pa.s.sed 344 HISTORY OK AI.LHN AN]> away in that country. Their two children, Henry and John, are both resi deius ot America. The latter was reared in the land of his nativity an;l after entering upon his business career secured a situation in an iron foundry where sheet iron was manufactured. He was thus employed until, according to the German laws, he had to enter the regular army. He was a member of a sharp-shooters company and remained in the service for seven years, but as the country was then at peace the soldiers had lit'le else to do but drill. One regulation of their army life was that they were retjuired to learn to swim, spending an hour thus each day in summer months and continuing the practice until they were enabled to swim across the River Rhine, which is a mile and a half in width. Another regulation was that the soldiers could not marry until they had served their seven years in the army. After being released from military .service, Mr. Grimm was united in marriage, in 1S67, to Miss Eliza France, and in 187 1 they came to the United States, casting their lot with the citizens of Allen county, Kansas. At the time of their arrival Mr. Grimm's cash capital consisted of only a few dolUrs, but he resolutely set to work and when he had earned more money he rented a small farm, continuing its operation for six or seven years, when with the capital he had acquired through his own efforts he purchased a small farm, to which he has added from time to time until his landed po.ssessions now aggregate one hundred and twenty acres. There were no trees upon the place, but now a beautiful grove surrounds his farm. He has a good residence and barn, well tilled fields and a fine oichard containing seventeen varieties of apples. Mr. Grimm served as justice of the peace of Geneva township for one term and then declined re-election. For about twelve year.s, however, he has served as school director, and the cause of education has found in him a warm friend. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party and is veiy earnest in his advocacy of its principles. All that he is in life and all that he has accjnircd, are due to his own efforts. Though he came to America empty-handed, unfamiliar with the language of the people and their customs, he readily adapted him- self to his new surroundings, and to-day is numbered among the substan- tial citizens of his community. GliORGH McKIXLKY, agent of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company at Humboldt, is a worthy citizen of Allen county whose business life has been passed within its borders. He was born in Fairfield, county, Ohio, December 8, 1S61. He is a son of William Mc- Kinley who came to Allen county and settled west of Humboldt, on Owl creek, in i.S.So, and improved a bottom farm. His is one of the large bodies of cultivated land in the county and in his relation with his fellow countymen he has maintained himself with honor, dignity and uprightness. William McKinley was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1S30, and WOODSnX COUXTIES. KAXSAS. 345 was the son of an Irishman by the same name. His mother was Bett}- Herring, born also in Ireland. They came to the United States in 1820 and settled a farm in Ohio. They reared a family of fiv^e children to be- ci)me industrious and honorable men and women. When William was married, January 20, 185.S, he continued the occupation of his father and maintained a substantial and progressive establishment from the first. The proceeds of the sale of his Ohio home he invested in land and its im- provements near Humboldt and the same thrift and expansiveness which characterized him in the east he has maintained in the west. Mr. Mc- Kinley married Grace Mounts and eight of their ten children are living: Mary, wife of Monroe Ashbiook; George; Alice, wife of Charles E. Reeber. of Independence, Missouri; William, of Carlinville. Illinois; Cliarles, of Hutchinson, Kansas; Scott, John and Josepli, the last two with the Wells- Fargo Express Company at lola. George McKinley was almost grown when he came to H\imboldt. His enviroment in early life was entirely rural and his education of the common school sort. When he decided his fate and selected his life work railroading was his choice. In 1884 he entered the office at Humboldt under the instruction of C. E. Blackmar and learned telegraphy. His first position was that of operator with the Santa Fe Company at Piinceton, Kansas. He was employed at points on the system for some years and was then given charge of the Humboldt station. This position he has filled fourteen year^ and with what acceptibility his tenure of office will answer. December 29, 1885, Mr. McKinley was married to Flora Deffenbaugh, a daughter of Henry and Susan Deffenbaugh, of Peoria, Illinois. The children of this marriage are Susan, Benjamin and George McKinley, Jr. It would be a strange departure to announce the politics of the Mc- Kinleys as anything but Republican. They have ever maintained an interest in public affairs and their voices not infrequently respond to the roll-call in party conventions. T AMEvS M. YOUNG. — For twenty-two years James M. Young has re- '-' sided in Allen county and his farm in Logan township is one of the valuable properties in that locality. He was born in Jackson county, Ind.. on the 5th of December, 1840, his parents being George W. and Susanna (Erma) Young, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. When a young man the father took up his abode in the Hoosier state and, when our subject was a lad of ten years, removed with his family to Iowa, where he made his home until the spring of 1857, when he came to Allen county, Kansas, here making his home until his death. Mrs. Young still survives and is living on the old homestead. They were the parents of nine children, and with two exceptions all are living in Kansas. James M. Young spent the first ten years of his life in the state of his nativity and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Iowa. He 346 insTOKV (IF AI.I.KN AND came to Kansas in the fall of 1S78 and purchased a farm in the south- western corner of Allen county, in Logan township, on the southern boundry line and a mile from the western limit of the county. It was school-iand and he became owner ol one hundred and sixty acres. With characteristic energy he began its development and from time fo time ex- tended its boundaries until his farm now comprises two hundred and forty acres, constituting one of the fine farms of Logan township. A nice resi- dence is surrounded by beautiful shade trees, sheltering the home from the hot summer sun; large barns and sheds furnish protection for grain and stock and all the modern improvements and accessories of a modern farm are there found. He raises horses, cattle and hogs and feeds all of his grain to his stock. While in Iowa Mr. Young married Miss Mary Esther Turner, a native of Illinois, and unto them have been born four children, two of whom are living. W. T. Young, the elder, married Florence Schooley and resides in this county, while Robert O. is at home and assists his father in the opera- lion of the farm. In politics Mr. Young is a Democrat, voting for the men and measures of the party, but never seeking or desiring office, as he pre- fers to give his time and attention to his business affairs These have been carefully managed and his diligence and sound judgment have enabled him to accunimulate sufficient capital to cany him through the evening of life, whether his remaining davs be few or many. CH.ARLES HOUSER — On scores of farms in Kan-as are men who were educated in the trades. In many cases they are men who were high up in their occupations and able to command the best wages, but they preferred the free life of the farm rather than the uncertain, and oftimes precarious life in the factories. Among the men who lelt positions of trust and profit as a mechanic to found a home on the prairies of Kansas is Charles Houser, of Humboldt township. Born in Germany October 16, 1.S39, he came to America in 1S64, and at once secured employment at his trade of cabinet maker. His ability soon secured him a good position with a railroad company in Buffalo, New York, where he worked for many years. In 1868 he moved to South Bend, Indiana, and worked at his trade there. Two years later he followed the great tide of immigration to Kansas, stopping at Humboldt. Here he resumed his trade, carefully saving his money and investing it in an So acre farm. For years he alternated with work on the farm and in the cabinet shops. He has added largely to his land holdings and now he has one of the splendid farms in the county. It consists of 320 acres of well improved land, with ample shed and stable room and a comfortable residence. The same careful attention to his work that made his services as a cabinet maker always in demand has been applied to the work of improving and cultivating his farm and it has brought him the success which such efforts always insure. Mr. Houser has ahv.ivs devoted much attention to the raising of WOODSON COUXTIHS, KANSAS. 347 horses and in spite of the low prices which they have commanded for the past few years he succeeded in making the business profit-ible. To this has been added the raising of cattle and hogs. When Mr. Houser came to America the civil war was still racing and he was offered $r,ooo to go as a substitute for a man who had been drafted, but the five years he had spent in the army in his native country- » had left a distaste for army life which he could not overcome and the offer was de- clined. But he has great love for his adopted country and should they ever need his services as a soldier they will be cheerfully given. Mr. Houser was married to Louisa Wolf in Buffalo, New York, in November, i8f6. She is also a native of Germany. Five children have been born to them: Charles W., David M., Fred, Henry and Christiane. Mr. Houser has always been an earnest advocate of Republican prin- ciples and has always affiliated with that party except that he is nut in harmony with the prohibition law. IV /TARTIN FEELEY, one of Allen County's most prosperous farmers, ■^^-^ was born in Lockport, New Yoik, October 24, 1854. His father a native of Ireland, and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Cox, also a native of Ireland, came to America in 1845 and settled in Lockport, where they lived until Mr. Feeley's death in 1884, at the advanced age of sixty-nine years. Mrs. Feeley still lives in r.,ockport. Eight children were born to them: Daniel, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Mary O'Shaunecy; Jennie Johnston and Anna Riley, all living in Lockport and Martin. The other children are deceased. Martin Feeley lived in Lockport, New York, until he. was twenty-five years old, when he moved to Indiana. Before leaving his native State he learned the cooper's trade at which he worked for several years, and when he came west he continued it. He saved money enough in New York to purchase a farm in the west. In 1884 he settled in Carlyle township", Allen County, but in the spring of 1889 he sold his farm there and purchased a better one near Humboldt where he has since lived. He owns 120 acres well improved and stocked, and everything about the farm denotes the presence of a careful and successful farmer. Before leaving New York Mr. Feeley was married to Miss Julia Johnston. Eleven children have been born to them, all of whom are still living. They are: Mary, Francis and Rhoda, living in Kansas City; MoUie, Daniel, Viola. Julia, Clara, Florence, Emma and Regina, all at home. The family have had the rare good fortune not to have had a death, nor any serious illness. In politics .Mr. Feeley has always been a Democrat, but has taken no active part in political campaigns. He has allowed his judgment as to the best man for the office to rule him. 34 « IlISTOKV OF AIJ.KN AND T VLE A. GARRKTP — Xature has evidently intended that man shall J — ' enjjy a period of rest in the evening of life. In his early manhood lie possesses great energy, vigor, strong purpose and ambition and fears not the arduous labor necessary toward the ac.juirement of suc:;ass. In the prime of life his powers become ripened and mature, and his efforts may be discerningly directed along well defined lines If a man therefore im- proves his opportunities through the years of early and middle manhood he will find that in the evening of life he is the possessor of a competence sufficient to supply 'um with all the uecessitiei and many of the luxuries which make existence a pleasure. Such has been the case with Mr. Garrett, who is now living retired in his pleasant home in Humboldt. He has steadily worked his way upward and the competence that crowns his labors is well merited. A iiatiye of Ohio, he was born in Highland County, on the iSth of .March, in 1823, and is a son of William Garrett, whose birth occurred in South Carolina, in 1798, Having arrived at the age of maturity, however, he wedded Miss Mary Dean, a native of Pennsylvania. He had accom- panied his parents to the Buckeye State when ten years of age, and the Deans had al.so located there at an early date. The Garrett family was of Scotch-Irish lineage and the original American ancestors came to this coun- try from the north of Ireland. Many of the sterling characteristics of the two races William Garrett manifested in his career. He began farming in Ohio ill 1809 and in 1847 he removed to Des Moines, Iowa, where he made his home until 1870, in which year he took up his abode in Kansas Citv, Missouri. He died at the home of his son in Allen County. Kansas, in 1 8g I, at the age of ninety one years, but his wife passed away in Kansas Citv in iS8t, at the age of eighty years They were the parents of ten children, of whom four are now living, the daughters being: Mrs. Elizabeth El.son, of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Alma Murray, of Ohio, and Mrs. May Evans, of Spring Hill, Kansas. Lyle A. Garrett, who was the eldest of the family, resided in Oiiio until his twenty-fourth year and was married in that State to Miss Eleanor B. Stevyart. Two children were there born to them. The son, Cyrus W., grew to manhood and became a soldier during the Civil war, serving with the Ei,ghth Iowa Cavalry. The mother died in Iowa in 1849, the daughter passing away only three days previous at the age of three years. Mr, Garrett was married again in 1858, his second union being with Miss Mary Hamilton. In his early business career the subject of this review followed farming in Ohio, and in 1847 removed from that State to Des Moines, Iowa, which was his place of residence until 1852. About that time the country became excited over the gold discoveries of California, and the fortunes that were rapidly acquired by men in the mines on the Pacific coast, so that our subject, in company with his brother and Dr. Mordice, fitted out an ox team of four yoke of oxen. They also had four cows, and thus equipped, they crossed the jilaius and mountains which lay between them and Cali- 'K'OOD.SON COtlXTIES, KAN'SAS. 349 foriiia. After traveling four months thes- reached their destination and Mr. Garrett enj;aged in mining and prospecting fonr years. He returned home by way of the Isthmus of Panama, riding on a train for the first time when making his way across the isthmus. By steamer he proceeded to Xew York and thence returned to his home in Iowa. He remained there until 1867, the year of his removal to Kansas City, Missouri. In -the latter locality he engaged in fruit raising for twelve years. On the expiration of that period he came to Allen County, locating southeast of Humboldt, on a farm which he purchased and which he still owns, comprising five hun- dred and forty five acres of fine land. He carried on general farming and stock-raising, keeping about one hundred head of cattle and about the same number of hogs. In 1896, however, he put aside the arduous cares of business life; rented his farm, and is now spending the evening of his da\ s in a fine residence in Humboldt, surrounded by all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Garrett earnestly espoused the cause of the Union and manifested his loyalty in 1862 by enlisting as a member of Company C, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry. He went into the service as a private, but at Vicksburg he was promoted for gallantry to the rank of first lieutenant. He participated in many hard fought battles, and skirmishes of lesser importance, the banner of his regiment being pierced by the bullets of twelve hotly contested engagements. He was in the siege of \'icksburg, the battle of Fort Gibson and Fort Spanish thirteen davs and nights, yet he was never wounded nor taken a prisoner. He lay in the trenches at Vicksburg from May 18 until July 4, 1863, getting rest and sleep at odd moments, and never being able to take off his clothing in all that time. He crossed the Gulf of Mexico on five different occasions dur- ing his service and was ever found where duty called, loyally defending the starry banner of the nation. In the fall of 1865, when the war was ended and the country no longer needed his services, he was discharged from the army in Texas. He immediately returned to his home in Iowa and resumed again the pursuits of civil life. When Mr. Garrett started out upon his business career he was the possessor only of a horse. His father allowed him the use of a field, free of rent for the first year, but from that time he made his way independent- ly, adding to his accumulations as the years have passed by. He has met many of the hardships, trials and difficulties of life, but has overcome these by his determined purpose. In all his business relations he has com- manded the confidence and good will of hisfellowmen b}^ his honorable and systematic methods, his force and his enteiprise. ROBERT M. WORKS. — Fourty-four years upon the plains of Kansas, more than four decades a resident of Allen cotmty and above two score of years a central figure in the industrial sphere of his commonwealth 350 HISTORY OF AI.I.KN AND ui.irks the rocorcl ot our worthy pioneer, Robert M. Works. A litetiiue of intense and profitable activity along the banks of the placid Neosho and tile last of a race of determined and indigent pioneers express to the world in A few words his physical achievements. If tliere were no substantial rewards ior industry, it there were no appreciation for things done and tasks accomplished, how, then, could the world repay her planters of civilization and establishers of society for the hardships and misfortunes they have endured. Tenacity is tht chief ingredient in the mechanism of a typical pioneer and the few who have possessed this trait to a marked degree are the few who answer to roll-call after a quarter ot a century of prosperity and adversity, of successes and reverses, each in allopathic cases. The time .seems never to have been when R. M. Works was not a citi/en of Humboldt township. He .settled on the river near the old county seat at a date farther back than most men now remember — 1S57 — and be- gan the task of opening a farm. The most that was known then about Kansas soil w.is that the best land lay near the streams and in this know- ledge Mr. Works was particularly fortunate. His homestead all lay in the bottom and when its wild nature had been destroyed and the abundance of its yield beheld, the prosperity of its owner was no longer a subject of wonder. As a grain farmer and as grain producers Mr. Works and his broad acres are unequaled in Allen county. Awav back in the seventies when the prairies were settling up and when the grass-hoppers and floods made it impossible for tlie new men to tide over on their crop they called on "Uncle Robert" and p.iid him in money and in notes, a dollar a busliel for big white corn. There .was always one place where corn or wheat could be had, in the olden time, and what was tiue of that farmer then is true of him still. Mr. Works absorbed acre after acre of land adjoining him till in all fourteen hundred acres along and near the great Neosho X'alley represent the partial fruits of his labors. M eleven years of age Robert Works was thrown out upon the world to b.ittle with tire elements. He was left an orphan at .seven years of age by the deatli of his father and it was as a farm hand and at other forms of hard work that he started in life. He was born in Essex county, New York, February 20, 1831, and was a farmer's son. His father was George Works and his mother, who died in 18S0, was Julia CoUidge. The father was born in Ma.ssachusetts in 1803 and his mother's birth occurred in 1805. They were tlie parents of four children: George, Robert M., Clark and Obadiah Works. George and Clark are in ."^ew York and Obadiah is in Wisconsin, near Ran Claire. In 1S38 the Works family passed through the Erie canil bound for Illinois. Soon after reaching their destination the father died and the mother took her children b.ick to New York state. The indigency of the family made work necessary and placed education beyond the reach of young Robert. Having tasted of the western air he longed to try his for- tunes there and in 1855 he went into Iowa. He spent two years there in the employ of farmers and while there heard of Kansas. Following a de- WOOUSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 35T sire to see and know the new Territory himself he came hither and "took n])" the best tract of land in Allen countj-. The first ev^ents of the Civil war found Mr. Works busy with liis new farm. When the L'OLintry called he was not too busy to help put down rebellion against the flag. The second call for troops brought him to the proper officer to subscribe his name and to offer his services, and his life, if need be, that we might be preserved a nation and not a league of states. He joined Company G, Ninth Kansas and was in the field three years and four months. The regiment's marches through Arkansas and Missouri and the battles and skirmishes incident thereto furnish many of the excit- ing remini.scences of Mr. Work's life. When the war ended Mr. Works returned home and was married the same year to Mrs. Caroline Butterfield, Two children were the result of this union: Julia E. , wife of James W. Hamm of Humboldt, and C. Wilbur Works, the active young aid to his father's large enterprises. The latter is married to Alice Michael and has two children. In 1872 Mr. Works lost his wife by death and in 1S74 he was married to Mrs. Frances Parker, a daughter of John Woodin. Of the four children of this marriage three survive, viz: Robert L., George C. and Mary Works. In June, 1892, Mr. Works lost his second wife. Throughout all the years of his active, and somewhat eventful life, Mr. Works has maintained himself pure and righteous among men. The taint of suspicion or reproach has not pointed in his direction and in his quiet and unobtrusiv'e manner he has made and retained warm friend- ships at every turn. His whole life illustrates the adage that one should never weary of well-doing. T.^MESS. McKAUGHAN settled in Elm township. Allen county, in " 1881. He settled upon a piece of prairie land and began its cultivation and development with a team and a small bunch of cattle. His success is observable in the ownership of a half section of land, instead of a quarter as at first, and in the fact that his place is improved and stocked. Labor, alone, has brought about this gratifying condition. The element of man- agement, of course, is a valuable aid to industry in the accumulation of wealth and both these characteristics are abundantly present in the compo- sition of "Jim McCoin." Mr. McKaughan was born in Lewis county, Illinois, August 14, 1863, He is a son of the late Edward McKaughan who died at the home of our subject August 24, 1899. The latter was born in Pulaski county, Ken- tucky, in 1819. He w^as married there to Eliza Noflet who died in John- son county, Kansas, in 1880, at the age of sixty years. Their children are: John McKaughan, of Johnson county, Kansas; Harvey McKaughan. of the same county : Elizabeth, wife of Abe Larick, of Johnson count)-, Kansas: Eliza, wife of Levi Williams, of Butler count\-, Kansas: .Serena. 35^ HISTORY (iK Al,I.i:.\ AND deceased, wife" of Spencer Sliiaii: Rlioda, wife of Hd. M<>n*j;omery, of Cot^eyville, Kansas; Lissie, who married J. li. Williams, of Allen county, and James S., our subject. James McKaughan was schooled in the country. He was brought up in Johnson county, Kansas, and received his first lessons in farming there. He was married in Allen county in 1884 to Rosa Mills, a daughter of C. K. Mills, one of the well known fanners of Deer Creek township. The children of this marriage are: Jay and Pklitli McKaughan. James McKaughan has filled an important niche in the citizenship of .Mien county. He has not only done his share in local development and improvement but in other ways has he shown his interest and pride in his county and patriotism on public ciuestions. He has trained with Democ- rac\ because he believed its policies to be best adapted to the needs (jf our country but a conviction to the contrary would cause him to hold personal interest above party and to ca.-^t his ballot accordingly. J .\MI{S \V. LOCKH.\RT, County Commissioner of Allen County, and one of the well known farmers of Humboldt township, was born in Mercer County, Illinois, May i, 1852. His father. Josiah Lockhart, one of the characters of Allen County for nearly thirty years, was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, in 1815, and died in Allen County, Kansas, March 20, 1S94. He was married in the State of his birth to Elizabeth I.,emon, who died at the family homestead .\iigust 5, 1900, at eightysi.K years of age. In 1S43 Jo.siah Lockhart and wife moved into Mercer County, Illinois. He resided there till his advent into Kansas in 1866. He devoted his life to the farm and to stock and when he settled in Allen County it was three mile-- southeast of II'.iml)oldl that he purchased his farm. The daytime of his life was all activity. He was one of the old school of citizens, with no pretense toward religion, with little regard for sacred things and with, apparently, a strong belief in the doctrine of "eat, drink and be merry" in its literal sense. He was a conspicuous character at all public gatlierings and when his friend was with him he was paUicularly jocular and pointed. James W. Lockhart was the sixth of seven children. When of age he went to Texas and spent six years. He passed another year in the Indian Territory. He returned then to the family hearthstone and took charge of the farm and supported his parents and provided for their comfort in their decline. In 1S89 he was married to Clara Wiggins, a daughter of William and Sarah Wiggins. Mrs. Lockhart is a native of Pennsylvania and ac- companied her parents to Kansas in 1SS4. Her children are two daughters. Myrtle and Sylvania, respectively seven and four years of age. .\s a farmer Mr. Lockhart is one of the progressive and successful ones in his vicinity. His property he maintains in good repair and order ar.d his fai m is (jne of the old and attractive ones along the highway. His WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 353 standing with his fellows is unusually high, for he maintains a business .•md social honor not easily assailed. It was this popularity that gave him the nomination for County Commissioner in 1896. Notwithstanding the Republican majority in his district he was elected. After a service of three years his worth was fully recognized and he was re-elected as the candi- date of the F'usionists. His official conduct has been fair and honorable and has been as free from partisan bias as the exigencies of the case permit. First of all Mr. Lockhart is an American and when it comes to matters of public policy in Nation or State his views coincide with modern Democratic ideas. He is a Democrat with a friendly feeling for other parties. "I \.WID T. NASH — For almost a third of a century David Thomas -' — ' Nash has resided in Allen County, the period of his connection with agricultural interests of Elm township covering thirty years. He was born in Delaware County, Ohio, July 18. 1839, and was the second son of Samuel L. and Catherine (Early) Nash. His paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland and located in Pennsylvania at an early daj'. Both he and the maternal grandfather served their country in the war of 1812. Samuel Nash was born in Pennsylvania in 1801. Going to the South he became overseer of slaves on a Kentucky plantation, and while in that State he married Miss Early, a relative of General Early, of Civil war fame. Subsequently he removed to Ohio, and there reared his family upon a farm in Delaware County. He had two sons and two daughters, David T. ; Henry, a resident of Delaware County, Ohio; and Mrs. Amanda Gregory and Mrs. Anna Hall, who are also living in that county. Upon the home farm David T. Nash aided in the labors of field and meadow until he had attained his majority, when he responded to the country's call for aid to crush out the rebellion, and enlisted as a member of Company C, of the Fourth Ohio Infantry. He served for three years and three months and was ever found at his post of duty, loyally defending the stars and stripes. His regiment was organized under Colonel Andrews who three months later was succeeded in the command by Colonel Mason. It was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and Mr. Nash participated in twenty-one engagements. On one occasion he could easily have shot General Robert E. Lee, but not daring to expose himself he remained concealed until the General had passed by. In 1864 he was mustered out of the service and with a creditable military record returned to his home. He continued farming in Ohio until 1870, when he came to Kansas. After spending a year in Ida he located upon his present farm in Elm township, and has since devoted his time and energies to the further cultivation and improvement of his land. His home is presided over by a most estimable lady, who in her maidenhood bore the name of Louisa E. Gunn. She was born in Edwards County, Illinois, in 1845, a daughter of Tyler and Jemima (Root) Gunn, the former a native of Massachusetts. i54 HISTORY OF AI.I.KN AN!) Their three childreh are: Mrs. Nash; Heiir\-, ol Perkiiis\iUe, Indiana, and Nelson B., of Elmvvood, Indiana. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nash was celebrated in 1865, and unto thenl have born born seven children: Mrs. Rosa E. Walker, of Coffey ville, Kansas; Mrs. Ada Lemaster, of Carlisle, Kansas; Samuel L., a locomotive engineer, of Springfield, Ohio: Mrs. Ida F. Ellison, of Dre.xel, Missouri; Mary E.; Lulu Pearl and Nelson Ray, both at home. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church, to which Mr. Nash has belonged for eighteen years, while his wife has been a member for nearly forty years. For five years he served as trustee ot Elm township. His long continuance in that office indicates his faithful service and the confidence reposed b,>- his fellow townsmen in his ability and tu>trworthiness. BENJAMIN L. WALLIS— The arrival of few of the citizens of Allen County antedates that of Mr. Wallace who came to it in 1856, locat- ing north of lola. In the years of his residence here he has watched with interest the progress of events which have placed this county on a par with many counties of the older east and to measures which have contributed to the material upbuilding and substantial development of the community he has given endorsement and support. A native of Virginia he was born 'in Lee County, in 1833. His paternal grandfather emigrated from Scotland to the Old Dominion at an early day and the maternal grandfather left h.is home in Holland to take up his abode in the new world when Virginia was a part of the colonial possessions of England in America. The parents of our subject were both born in Lee County in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and in 1834 removed to Indiana, locating on a farm where they spent their re- maining days. Benjamin L. WaJlis spent his boyhood days in hard work upon his f:Uher's farm and as he lived in a new settlement he had but limited oppor- tunity to secure an education. He learned the carpenter's trade and in 1856 came to Kansas. Here he followed carpentering for six years, and in 1862 he returned to Indiana, there to enter his country's service as a mem- ber of the Forty-sixth Indiana Infantry, which was attached to the Western army. He served under Generals Hovey and McClarran, and participated in many important engagements, including the battles of New Madrid, Fort Pillow and St. Charles. In 1864 he was mustered out of the service. During the term of his enlistment he was always found at his post of duty, faithfully defending the old flag. In 1865 Mr. Wallis was united in marriage to Miss Sophia McCool, whose parents were born and reared in Ohio, and removed to Indiana in the early '50s. Mrs. Wallis has two brothers, Jacob and John, who are married' and reside with their families in Fountain Countv, Indiana. Mr. Wallace also has two brothers, John and WUODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 355 Henry, who, with their families, reside in the Hoosier State. His sisters are Mrs. Louisa Grubbs, a widow now living in Muncie, Indiana; Susan McKiiiley, also of Muncie, and Mrs. Nellie Shipley, of Tippecanoe County. Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. W'allis have five children: William'C, who is with his parents; Scott A., blacksmith in LaHarpe, and is married; Charles B. , who is a member of the Thirty-fifth regiment of United States Volun- teers, in the Philippines: Mrs. Emma Morrison of Moran, and Mrs. Gertie Wooten, who is living near lola. For a number of years after his return from the war, Mr. Wallis resided in Indiana, but like most people who have once lived in Kansas, he desired to return to the Sunflower State, and in 1879 took up his abode once more in Allen County. He puichased a farm south of LaHarpe and although it was then a tract of open prairie, he made it one of the best im- proved farms in the county, continuing its cultivation until February, 1899, when he put aside the more arduous duties of farm life and moved to La- Harpe. He is a staunch advocate of the Populist party, and since his boyhood days has been a consistent member of the Christian church. His advancement in the business world has resulted from his own energy, prompted by a laudable ambition, and his prosperity has been well and worthilv achieved. A RCHIBALD J. FULTON. M. D., of lola, Kansas, was born on the -^""^ i8th day of October, 1847, o" ^^^ father's farm, near Port Stanley, in the county of Elgin, Ontario, Canada. His father, Samuel Fulton, was born at Ballmaena and educated in Belfast, Ireland. His mother, Jean (McDearmid) Fulton, was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. The two families emigrated to western Canada in an early day, where Samuel Fulton and Jean McDearmid were married, purchased heavily timbered lands, chopped, logged, cleared and cultivated the same, at a time when their machinery consisted of the cradle, hand-rake and flail and they were obliged to travel sixty miles by ox wagon to have their wheat ground into flour. Yet they labored successfully and lived to see their neighborhood populate and flourish. To them were born five sons and one daughter. Of these, three sons, John Fulton, Andrew L. Fulton and Archibald J. Fulton, took up the profession of medicine and surgery. Dr. Jolin Fulton (now deceased) was professor of surgery in Trinity Medical College, of Toronto, Canada, for many years and was rightly considered at the head of his profession in Canada. He had taken degrees in London, Edin- burgh. Paris, Heidleburg and Berlin. Dr. Andrew L. Fulton gratuated at Trinity Medical College of Toronto, Canada, and Bellevue Hospital Med- ical College of New York City. He has been professor of surgery in the Kansas City Medical College, of Kansas City, Missouri, for a number of years, and for two years has been dean of the faculty of that college. Dr. A. J. Fulton grew to manhood under the healthful enviroment of 356 HISTORY OF ALLEN AXIJ a country life, and after receiving the education obtainable at the country log school house in those early days he took a course in the Loudon (Cin- ada) Commercial College and graduated m class A in 1866. He then be gan the stndy of medicine and surgery under the able guidance of his brother, Dr. Andrew L. Fulton, spending one session in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York, and giaduating from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in March, 1874. He imiuediatel} began the practice of medicine at l^niontown, Bourbon county, Kaubs, but after a few months, in the fall of 1874, he removed to lola, Kansas. On the 5th day of May, i38o, he was married to Miss Mary J. Pickell and to them were born two sons, Fred Robert and Harold John Fulton For eleven years Dr. Fulton discharged the duties of Pension Ex- aminer. First receiving the appointment as a single examiner and after- ward, under the administrations of Presidents Harrison and Cleveland, he was one of the three members of the board, first acting as president and lastly as secretary of the board. He was elected coroner of Allen county, Kansas, in November, 1885, and succeeded himself in 1887, holding the office for four consecutive years. He served the City of lola as councilman for two consecutive years. In 1898 he was elected a member of the Board of Education and was chosen president of that body for two consecutive years. In 1897 he received the appointment of surgeon to the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and is still in the discharge of the duties of that office. In fraternal matters he has held continuous membership in the order of A. F. & A. M. since twentv one vears of age; is at this time a member of the M. W. of A.. R. N. of A.', K. ^S: L. ot S., A. O. U. W. and the Triple Tie Benefit Association. T PARSONS. — Not only has the subject of this sketch seen Allen -'— '• county grow from a comparatively wild district with only a few white inhabitants, to a rich agricultural country containing thousands of good homes and many thriving towns, inhabited by an industrious, pros- perous and progressive people, but he has participated in and assisted with persistent work the development which was necessary to produce the change that has placed this county among the foremost in the connnon- wealth. For many years he was identified its with agricultural interests, but is now living retired, although he still makes his home upon his farm. Mr. Parsons was born in Hamilton cotinty, Indiana, on the 8th of August, 1838. His father, Jonathan Parsons, was a native of V'irginia, and during his boyhood removed to Ohio, whence he made his way to Indiana. In that state he married Miss Sarah Flanagan, a native of Ken- tuckv. Throughout his life he engaged in farming, making it a source of livelihood for his family. He died in Kansas in 187 1, at the age of sixty- seven vears, while visiting his son, and his wife, long surviving him, WOODSON COrXTIES, KANSAS. 357 passed away in 1892, at the age of seventy-four. They were the parents ol thirteen children, of whom seven are now living, natnelj-: Peter, who makes his home in Ashland, Dakota, L. . of this review; Marj', the wife of Richard Healey; Ephraim: John^ Frank, and America Hines. Mr. Parsons, of this review, spent the first seventeen years of his life under the parental roof in Indiana. He then went to Minnesota with his parents where he remained for three years and then returned to Indiana. The year iSjo- witnessed his arrival in Kansas, and with the interests of Allen county he has since been a.ssociated. He located two miles east of Savonburg, pre-empted eighty acres of laud and afterward secured one hundred and sixty acres. At a later date he again extended the boundaries of his farm so that it now comprises three hundred and five acres of arable land. It was a tract of raw prairie when he took possession of it, but with characteristic energy he began its development and soon transformed the wild place into richly cultivated fields which brought to him a good income as the years passed b\-. Thus he gained a comfortable competence which now enables him to live retired, his toil in former years supplying him with a capital sufficient to meet all his wants at the present time. On the 22nd of December, 1864, Mr. Parsons was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe Fausset, a native of Indiana, who proved to him a faithful companion and helpmate on the journey of life for more than a third of a century, but in 1900 they were separated by death, Mrs. Parsons being called to the home beyond on the 29th of June, of that year, at the age of fifty-nine. Eight children had been born to them, namely: John F. , who is now a resident of Oklahoma Territory; C. X., who is a teacher in Bethel College, at Xewtoi;, Kansas: W. J., who is a graduate of the State Normal of Texas; James M., Ora and O. H.. all at home; A.C., who is engaged in teaching in the home school in Allen county, and is also a Xornial and Business .College graduate; and Flora, the wife of Elmer Price, who resides near the family homestead. Mr. Parsons evercises his right of franchise in support of men and measures of the Democracy, but has never sought the honors or emolu- ments of public office. He has been an ardent supporter of educational institutions and has lived to see three of his sons, C. X., W. J. and A. C, finish their college courses. He has kept super\-ision over the doings of his farm that it may be alwaj^s properly conducted. He is engaged in stock raising and his keen discrimination in business affairs and his un- flagging industry made him one of the well-to-do citizens of the community. TTEXRY F. RICE, one of the early settlers of Kansas, was born in -*- -•- Marion county, Kentucky, August 1816. At an early age he went with his parents to the southern part of Illinois and helped to cut and hew the logs that built a cabin for a home for the family in that heavily tim- bered country. There were no school ad%-antages except subscription 35S FflSTOKY OF ALLKX AXT7 schools ami our subject only received about six months schooling in his- life. Add to this the home instruction and he came to maturitv with a good practical education. When about twenty-five years of age he mar- ried Miss Mar\- K. Thompson, of Hopliinsville. Kentucky, and settled near Marion, in that state. He and his wife were devoted members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Rice was a stone-mason by trade, but lived upon the farm. He and his wife lived happily together for twelve years, when" death claimed her. Mr. Rice conceived that it would be better to take his little ones to his widowed mother and both give and receive help and comfort, and so taking the two oldest children, seven and nine years old, on horseback they started on their journey of sixty miles. He singing "Guide me. Oh though great Jehovah. Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak. But Thou art mighty: hold me with thy powerful hand." -After passing through many trials and misfoi tunes his family were beginning to scatter. The father's love was so strong as to keep him with them thirty years. He remarried and some years afterward sold his beau- tiful home in Illinois, gathered his family together and emigrated to Kan- sas. In May, 1867, six covered wagons drove up and halted near Rufus Perkins' home in lola, (now known as Mrs. Canatsey's). .\fter stopping there a few days to look around Mr. Rice bought the Barry farm about five miles south of lola. Reaching Kansas the year after the grass-hoppers came (in i8f6) times were very hard, but the brave man who had endured so much only laughed at the discouragements which made others despond- ent and leave the country. By lending a hand here and giving a kind, encouraging word there and more substantial help to those who needed he endeared himself to those who knew him. The last fifteen years of his life were spent on his Kansas farm in the company of his single daughter. Miss Saiah Rice. He was public spirited, generous hearted and an earnest consistent Chiistian. helping in all good works. He died at his home in June, 1880, of heart failure, leaving three children: Miss Sarah Rice, afterwards Mrs. Sarah Toop, of Ulyses, Nebraska: .Mrs. .M. J. Barth. of lola, and C. .M. Rice, of Bentonville, Arkansas. The remains were laid to rest in the lola cemetery. JOHN G. Kl'IN'VGX, who is the owner of one of the good farms of .\llen County, and is now engaged in the livery business in lilsmore, was born in Rhode Island, October 7, 1840. In that State he remained until eighteen vears of age where he removed to Wisconsin, residing for four ye'ars. Returning to the State of Rhode Island he remained for two years. He was married in Filmore County. Minnesota, of which State he had al- ready become a resident, on the 4th of May 1S61, to Miss Elizabeth H. Larkin, also a native of Rhode Island. In December. 1861, in response to the call of the President, he enlisted in the Union army for three years. WOODSON COrXTIES, KANSAS. 359 On reaching St. Louis, however, he was taken ill and later, was discharged on account of disability after one year's service. Returning then to Minnesota Mr. Kenyon engaged in farming until i866 when he removed to Hrookfield, Missouri where he resided until 1870. That year witnessed his arrival in Kansas. He took up his abode on a farm of three hundred and twenty acres, located in the southeastern part of Elsmore township and for nineteen years continued its cultivation, making his home thereon until 1889. when he came to Elsmore and established his livery stable which he has since conducted with great success. He has been a prominent factor in the public affairs of the town, serving as post- master under President Harrison. For about fifteen years he has served as justice of the peace and his decisions have ever been fair and impartial, winning him golden opinions from all classes of people. In 1897 Mr. Kenyon was called upon to mourn the lo^s of his wife, who died on the 23rd of July of that year, at the age of fifty-six. She had many warm friends and her death was therefore widely mourned. They never had any children, but reared an adopted daughter, Daisy, who is now at home with her father, a young lady of seventeen years. Mr. Kenyon exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican partj-, and has ever manifested the same loyal spirit of citizenship that he displayed when in 1861 he offered his services to the g^overnment in defense of the stars and stripes. 1^ 'RIC D. ERICSOX, who is numbered among the prosperous and self- -'— ' made men of Elsmore township, Allen Count}-, was born of Swedish parentage in Knoxville, Kno.x County, Illinois, on the 2nd of November, 1855. He is a son of Ole and Elna Ericson, both of whom were natives of Sweden, whence they came to America in 1852, locating in Knoxville. In their family were nine children, of whom Eric D. is the fourth in order of birth. He was reared in the place of his nativity and during his boyhood pursued his education in the common schools. He worked at home until nineteen years of age and then started out in life for himself, securing em- ployment as a farm hand. He also worked in coal mines, giving his time to those two pursuits until he had secuied a capital of about five hundred dollars. Believing that this might be profitably invested in the west, in the spring of 1S83, in company with his brother Jo.seph, he came to Kansas, locating first in Bourbon County, where he rented a farm for one year. In 18S4 he came to Allen County and in connection with his brother purchased a league claim. He gave all of his money for the property and soon aterward found that he had no title to the land, nor could he acquire one. He thus lost all that he had paid. Such an experience would have utterly discouraged many a man of less resolute spirit, but with a de- termined purpose and a strong heart he set to work to retrieve his lost posse.ssions. Again buying that tract of land, with characteristic energy he ^6o HISTORY OI- AI.I.KX AND commenced improviiit; it, erected a good residence, planted shade trees and otlierwise added to the vahie and attractive appearance of the place. He today owns three hnndred and twenty acres, and the rich, productive soil yields to him excellent returns for the labor he bestows upon it. The entire farm is improved and much of the ^ra'in he raises he feeds to his stock, which upon the market finds a ready sale. On the i2th of April, 1SS3, Mr. liricson was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Freeburg, who was born in Sweden, on the 3tst of May, 1863, and came to America with her parents when five years of age. She is a daughter of John and Ingar Freelnirg, who crossed the Atlantic to the new world in 1869, settling near Paxton. Illinois, whence they came to Kansas in iS.S^. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Ericson has been blessed with five children: Hattie, George, Alvin. Harley and Earl, aged respective- ly sixteen, fifteen, ten, eight and four years. Mr. Ericson is a member of the A. O. U. W. at Elsmore, and of a mutual insurance com- pany at Galesburg, Illinois. He is also a stockholder in the State Bank of Klsmore and is at present one of the directors of that institution. In poli- lies he is a I'opnlisl, but has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to give his attention to his business affairs. He has served as a school officer for a number of years and the cause of education in his district has found in him a warm friend. Otherwi.se he h.as held no other political prefer- ments, for the work of the farm claims his industry and enterprise. How- ever, he has met with reverses, but has overcome all the difficulties and obstacles in his path by a resolute will and unflagging perseverance, and today he is classed among the substanial agriculturists of his adopted countrv. Ji;SSK F. DlvCKlvR, of IClsmore, Allen county, editor, merchant and politician, has, through these and other channels of public intercourse, acquired a promince and a leadership in cistern Allen county which be- speak for him the confidence of his fellow townsmen. This confidence and regard he has merited and drawn to himstlf in the brief period of eight years, for he has been a resident of Allen county only since 1892. Being born so close to the county line and being a son of one of Allen county's pioneers Mr. Decker is almost entitled to be regarded as one of our old citizens. He was born in Xenia, Bourbon county, September 10, 1865. He is a son of ex-County Treasurer M. L. Decker, of lola, and at the age of six years was taken into Leavenworth county, Kansas, and there resided during his youth and was there educated in the common schools. On coming of age he returned to his birthplace and engaged as a clerk in the store of his uncle, John Decker. For two years he was so employed and then opened a store on his own account. In April 1S88, he was appointed postmaster at Xenia, but resigned after some months' service to better look after other business. In 1892 he dispo.sed of his stock and business WOODSON COUNTIKS. KANSAS. 36 r Jiiifl, after some prospecting, located in Ivlsniore where he opened a general store in June of that year. In February, 1897, he sold his business ar.d engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business. This year he was appointed post-master at Elsmore which position he still occupies. In I goo he reengaged in the mercantile business and his is one of the con- spicuous and popular enterprises in Elsmore. In February, i.'-igg, Mr. Decker purchased the "Elsmore Enterprise," a weekly newspaper devoted to the interests of Elsmore and Allen county and a publication with a strong declaration of Republican principles. With the active management of this journal, with the supervision of the mail matters of Elsmore and with the conduct of his general store Mr. Decker manages to keep fairly busy. .Mr. Decker's interest in the development of Allen county is a matter of public notoriety. When there is anything proposed for the good of the town if he is not at the head he is alvvaj-s in. If some important move is on foot touching the welfare of his community and requiring tact and ability to execute Jesse Decker is one to help do the work. In anj' part of our countv when a bit of inf)rmation is wanted at Elsmore or some im- portant work :o be done it is usually Jesse Decker who is asked to do it. A Republican convention finds Mr. Decker always with his working clothes on. He is rarely absent from any meeting of his party committee or convention and the delegation from "North Elsmore" honors him with its chairmanship on every occasion that he will accept it. For a number of years he has represented his precinct on the County Committee and in 1900 was one of the assistants to the .secretary of the committee. Mr. Decker was married November 14, iS.Sg, to Miss Nellie Steven- son and May 18, 1890, Mrs. Decker died. June 17. I'Sgi, Mr. Decker married Miss Sadie Cutter, of .A.llen county. Their children are: Nellie, Ruth, Martin and Je.sse Decker. Mr. Decker is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at vSavonburg and to the Scottish Rite bodies at Fort Scott, a member of some of the popular insuiance societies and holds advanced and progressive opinions on all public questions. /'^ARL A. REYNOLDS— Among the newspaper fraternity of Allen ^-^ County is the editor of the Savonburg Record, Carl A. Reynolds. He is one of the self-made men of our day and has risen from comparative obscurity to a position of importance and usefulness in a community of in- telligent and progressive citizens. .Mr. Reynolds was born in vShelby County, Iowa, August 14, 1876, and is a son of Frank Reynolds and Martha Whitinger. His parents were born in Indiana and his widowed mother resides with our subject in Savonburg. Carl Reynolds was left fatherless in 1880 and was forced by that event 7,62 IirSTOKV OI- ALLKN AND to make some effort towiird the support of the family very earlv in life. He went to the printers trade at eleven years of age, and while his days were given to his employer, his nights were spent over school books, acquiring an education He learned his trade in Iowa, and upon its completion, went to Chicago where he was employed in some of the large print shops of the city. He drifted about the city in this way and finally reached the great establishment of Rand. McNally & Company. He spent three year.s in the service of this company and laid by his net earnings. Longing for a busi- ness of his own he returned west in the expectation of coming against a location. He went to work on the Vates Center Advocate in 1896 and during his stay there made a visit to Savonburg which led to his locating there. He laid in a supply of the best material, type, press and other paraphernalia, and April i, 1898, he founded and i.ssued the first copy of the Savonburg Record. The general business of his office has met his expectation. His editorial efforts are appreciated and encouraged with a satisfactory subscription list and the job work department is meeting the demands of its patrons with artistic work on a paying basis. Mr. Reynolds was married June 26, 1900, to Carol E. Kimbell. of Yates Center, Woodson County, and a daughter of R. Kimbell. Mr. Reynolds is one of four children, viz.: Oscar Reynolds, of Harlin, Iowa; E. A. Reynolds, of Chicago and Mrs. F. P Taylor, of Savonburg. In politics our subject is radical in support of the administration of President McKinley. His training and political associations have been Repul)lican and his paper is one ot the political educators of Allen County. T EWIS HUFF, JR., is actively connected with business affairs in Els- -'— ' more township, Allen Couutv. as a farmer, contractor and builder. He was born in Hancock County, Ohio, July 3, 1S46, his parents being Lewis and Elizabeth Huff. The father is a native of Virginia and when seven years of age accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio wheie he resided for about forty years. In 1S70 he came to Kansas, settling in the southeastern portion of Allen County, near the southern boundary line, and upon the old homestead he is still liv.in.g at the advanced age of eighty-six years, a venerable and highly respected gentleman. His wife died in 1S94 at the age of seventy-four. They were the parents of ten children, nine of whom are living, while eight of the number are sons. The record is as follows: S. S., of Fort Scott, Kansas; \V. T. , who is living in Buffalo, Kansas; T. G., whose residence is near Savonburg: Lewis: Sylvester, a practicing physician o( Mound \'alley, Kansas; Pleasant, the wife of D. Freed; Albert, of Allen County; Joseph, lives in Baldwin, Kansas, and Martin, who is living in Allen County. Four of the sons were soldiers in the Union army and their record is one of which the family has every reason to be jiroud. Lewis Huff Tr. , whose name introduces this review, was reared and WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 363 educated in Ohio, and after arriving at the years of maturity he wedded Miss Mary S. Hodges, a native uf that State. In 1865, when eighteen years of age, he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting as a member (A Company B, One Hundred and Niuety second Ohio Infantry, in which he served for nine months, when he was honorably discharged, for the war was ended and the stars and stripes floated over the capital of the southern Confederacy. Mr. Huff contined to make his home in the Buckeye State until tlie spring of 1870 when he came to Kansas and secured a claim in Neosho County, a mile and a half .south of Savonburg. He there resided for six years, continuing the operation and improvement of the land, after which he sold the property and secured another claim, including the site of Savon- burg. To the development and cultivation of that tract he devoted his time for about six or seven years vv.ien he agiin dispa^sd of the property and bought a farm two miles east, living thereon until he sold and removed to Fort Scott. In that city he began work at the carpenter's trade, which he followed for five years, when he returned to Allen County and purchased ten lots in Savonburg. He erected three houses which he afterward sold and next purchased a farm half a mile south of town and built thereon a good residence. He has improved his little farm and at the same time has continuously followed carpentering, doing a good business as a contractor and builder. He has erected more houses tlian any other man in Savonburg, and in other portions of the county stand buildings which are monuments to his skill, thrift and enterprise. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Huff have been born four children: Nora Huff; lilva, the wife of Ed Belcher, of Kansas City, Missouri; Winifred C, who died at the age of sixteen years, and Elmer M., at home. Mr. Huff be- longs to Savonburg Camp, No. 1271. M. W. A. In his political affiliations he is a Republican, warmly espousing the cause of the party. A life of industry and honesty has brought to him gratifying success. With no special advantages in his youth, with nothing but a determined purpose and willing hands to aid him as he started out for himself, he has worked his way steadily upward ani today is known as one of the sub- stantial and reliable citizens in his portion of Allen County. rOHN H. SMITH is a well known merchant of Allen County, aiding in " the successful conduct of a large enterprise in Savonburg where his labors have brought him prominence in connection with commercial pur- suits. A native of the Hoosier State, his birth occurred in Dearborn County, Indiana, on the 17th of April, 1869, and he is a son of O. H. .Smith who is represented elsewhere in this volume. His boyhood days were spent upon the home farm and from the time of early spring planting until the crops were harvested in the autumn he assisted in the work of the fields. In the winter months he was a student in the common schools and 364 HISTORY OF ALLKN AND liuis his time was passed until his fifteenth year, when he left Indiana with his parents and caiue to Kansas. He continued under the parental roof until he was eighteen years of age w^hen he became a student in the academy at Parsons, and later he completed his education in the Sedalin Business College, in which he was graduated with the class ol 1890. Mr. Smith taught school for two years and then entered the grocer\' and queeuswarc busini^ss in St. Paul, Neosho Countv, in connection with a Mr. Post. This relationship was maintained for a short time and then Mr. Smith entered into partnership with his father, under the firm name of Smith & Son. They have since been associated in business and continued thtfir enterpri.S'.i in St. Paul until 1S95 when they came to Savonburg, enlarging their field of operations by adding a stock of general merchandise. By the admis-ion of the second son of the family the firm s^tyle has been changed to Smith & Sons. They carry a very large stock of merchandise which is displayed in two large storerooms and they also have a branch store at Elsmore under the control of Frank E. Smith, the youngest partner. Their business now- amounts to forty or fifty thousand dollars annually and is constantly growing under the capital management of the partners, who are reliable business men. Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Irene Blake on the 27th of December, 1.396. She is a native of Bartholomew^ County, Indiana, and a daughter of Allen and Lettie Blake of that county, who came to Kansas with their family in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one little daughter, Eva May, who is two years of age. He is a prominent church and Sab- bath school worker and is superintendent of the M. E. Sunday School of Savonburg, which position he has held for the past five years. Mr. Smith is a member of the Odd Fellows society in Savonburg and has filled all the chairs in the order. He also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America in which he has served as clerk for a number of years, and of the Royal Nieighbors he is a representative. He is one of the prominent supporters of the Republican party in this portion of the State and a member of the county central committee. He keeps well informed on the i.ssues of the day and is in hearty sympathy with the administration. He has entered upon a prosperous era in his business career, and although a young man he has already won success that would be creditable to one many years his senior. He is favorabl}- located, his store being situated in the midst of a rich farming community. His genial manner, courteous and obliging dis- position have gained him the respect of all with whom he is associated, have made him many friends and won him a liberal patronage. 1 \R. WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN. whose prestige as a medical practi"- -' — ' tioner is an unmistakable evidence of his ability, was born in Scot- laud, on the 20th of August, 1864. His father. James Littlejohn, was also a native of the land of hills and heather, as was his wife, who bore the WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 3(55 ■iiiaiden name of Elizabeth Walker Scott. The father was a uiiaister of the ■old-school Presbyterian church, and devoted his entire life to that holy ■calling. In 1S96 he came to America to visit his children who had pre- ceded him to the new world, and died in Missouri in the winter of 1899, ^t the age of sixtj'-nine years. His widow still survives him, and now re- sides in Chicago with her sons. They had eight children, of whom five are now living, namely: William, of this review; John Martin, a promi- nent medical practitioner of Chicago; James B., who held the position of surgeon under the British government five years; and David, who is also a member of the medical fraternitj-; and Elizabeth M., wife of Thomas Anthony, a resident of England. Dr. Littlejohn, whose name introduces this record, was reared and educated in Scotland, and was afforded excellent educational privileges, studying both theology and medicine in the Glasgow University. He was ordained to preach the gospel in 1S86, and in 1888 came to America, set- tling in Iowa, where he was engaged to fill the pulpit of some of the best churches in that state. In 1895 he came to Kansas to accept the pastorate ■of the church in Denison, Jackson county, where he remained for four years, on the expiration of which period he removed to Topeka. Having his degree of M. D. and his diploma from the Glasgow University, he then gave up the ministry and after taking a post-graduate course of study entered upon the practice of medicine in Topeka, where he remained three years. Since that time he has resided in Savonburg, and his patronage is all that he can conveniently attend to. His ability, both natural and ac- quired, well fits him for the responsible duties of one who devotes his life to the restoration of health and to the alleviation of human sufferings. Dr. Littlejohn was married in Iowa to Miss Maggie A. Orr, of Medi- apolis, a daughter of William M. and Catherine Orr. The Doctor and his wife now have two children: Catherine Elizabeth and James Martin. They are members of the United Presbyterian church, and the Doctor belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ro3'al Neighbors, at Savonburg. He is a man of scholarly attainments, of broad culture and of strong mentality, and his thorough preparation for his cho.sen calling well qualifies him for the successful practice of medicine. JOHN O. NYMAN occupies a leading position in business circles in ^ Savonburg. He wa-j born in Clay county, South Dakota, on the r4thofJune, 1873, and is the second son of August and Matilda Nyman, who are mentioned on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of C. W. Nynian. In 1877 he came with his parents to Allen county, bsing then but four years of age, and was reared on the home faira , early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. Mr. Nyman entered upon an independent business career with little 366 HISTOKV OF ALLEN AND cipital, becoming a real estate, loan and insurance agent at Savonburg,. l>ut his patrona.^e has stea'iily increased, and he has conducted some im- portant real estate transactions and made some judicious ana profitable investments (or hiniself. His business qualifications are such that he has already won a good competence, and his friends predict for him a very suc- cessful future. He has become one of the directors and stockholders in the Sdvonburg State Bank, owns the building in which the bank is located, and has several lots in Savonburg, together with his residence. On Christmas day of 1S95 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Nyman and Miss Ella Morgan, a native of Kansas, and a daughter of George M. and Rebecca Morgan of Neosho county. They now have a little daughter of one year, named lone. Mr. Nyman is prominent in fraternal circles. He belongs to the blue lodge of Masons at Savonburg, and has attiined the thirty second degree of the Scottish Rite in the consistory at Fort Scott, Kansas, and is a member of Abdallah Temple, Leavenworth, Kan- sas, Ancient Arabis Ordei Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Savonburg Lodge, No. 467, L O. O. F., and Savonburg Camp. No. 1 27 1. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the Republican party, believing that its platform contains the best elements of good gov- ernment. Almost his entire life has been jxissed in Allen county, and that many of his friends are numbered among those who have known him from boyhood is an indication that his career has ever been an honorable one. ANDREW J. McCLUNG. — Virginia, which was the first settled colony in the new world, has sent forth its representatives to every .state in the Union, its sons having aided in founding the many great common- wealths which go to make up the nation. Among those who claim the Old Dominion as the state of their nativity i.-; Andrew J. McClung, an es- teemed resident of Allen county, his home being in Elsmore township. He was lx)rn in the Shenandoah Valley in Augusta county, Virginia, on the 28th of March, 1841. His father, Samuel McClung, was a native of Rockbridge county, that state, while the mother of oui subject, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Haffner, was born in the Shenandoah Valley. For a number of years alter their marriage they remained on the Atlantic coast, but in 1852 sought a home in the Mississippi valley, taking up their abode in Illinois, where they spent their remaining days, the father dying on the 3rd of April, 1891, when seventy-six years of age. His wife sur- vived him until 1896 and passed away at the advanced age of eighty-two vears. They were the parents of four children of whom three are now living: Granville, who resides in Astoria, Illinois; Mrs. M. E. Merrill who resides near the same town; and Andrew J., who is the first in order of birth. T.irough the first eleven years of his life Mr. McClung of this review WOODSON COUN'TIF.S, KANSAS. 367 remained in Virginia and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Illinois in 1S52. There he pursued his education in the common schools and after putting aside his text-books he entered the school-room as a teacher, following that profession through the winter months, while in the summer he engaged in farming for twenty years. He was united in mar- riage to Miss Epurvey Ward on the 21st of April, 1862. a lady who is a native of Xorth Carolina, born January 20 1841, and when a little maiden of six summsrs went to Illinois with her parents, Lindsay and Meca Ward. After their marriage Mr. McClung and his bride began their domestic life upon a rented farm which he operated through the summer months, while in the winter he continued teaching. Until 1883 he was a resident of Illinois and that year witnessed his arrival in Kansas. He came with his family to Allen county, settling in Elsmore township where he con- tinued to operate rented land until [896, when he invested his earnings in a tract of eighty acre? a mile and a half east of the town of Elsmore. On this place he erected a pleasant and comfortable residence and a good barn. He has developed an excellent farm, and in connection with the raising of cereals best adapted to this climate he gives some attention to stock-raising. His methods are progressive and practical and a glance at the place indicates to the passerby the careful supervision of the thrifty and energetic owner. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McClung have been born eight children of whom seven are now living, namely: Margaret, the wife of Thomas Hartle}^ a resident of Illinois; Henry, who makes his home in Kansas City, Missouri; Charles, who is living in Moline, Illinois; Edwin and George, who assist their father in the operation of the home farm; and Mary, the wife of Charles Roedel, near the old family homestead. The first member of the family was William, who died in 1894 vvhen thirty-one years of age. Mr. and Mrs. McClung are members of the Knights and Ladies of Security. In his political affiliations he has always been a stalwart Repub- lican. He was elected and served four terms as township trustee of Els- more township, and was appointed by the government to take the census of his township in 1900. He has ever discharged the duties of the offices which he has been called to fill in a manner with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. When eighteen years of age Mr. McClung suffered greatly from rheumatism and lost the use of his right arm. While this would have utterly discouraged many a man of less resolute will, he has worked steadily year after year making the most of his opportunities and to-day he is known among those whose labors have brought to them the comforts of life and won for them a place among the substantial citizens of the community in which they abide. Mr. McClung uniformly bears himself as a gentleman. Mentally he has grown strong through his wide reading. He has quick apprehension and readily comprehends all the business affairs with which he has to do. He is domestic in his habits and as a husband, father and citizen his example is well worthy of emulation. 36s HISTORY OF ALLEN AXD UR. COURTNEY is one of the successful educators in Allen county • and throughout his entire business life he has devoted his attention to tlu work of the school-room. This profession ranks hitjh among the call- ings to vvhicii men devote their energies. The student does not alone ac- quire a knowledge of the te.Kt-book placed in his hands, but develops the power of mental concentration which becomes an active factor in his later life and at the same time forms habits which color his future career. It is therefore of the utmost importance that the teachers should be people of sterling worth as well as of high mental qualifications, for the impress which they leave upon the minds and characters of their pupils is ineradi- cable. Very successful has Mr. Courtney been in his chosen calling and well he deserves representation in this volume. A native of Indiana, he was born in Newton Stewart, on the 30th of July, 1867, and resided in that state until seven years of age when he re- moved with his parents to Illinois. There he resided for three years. He is the eldest son of Dr. Courtney of Leanna. In 187S the father came to this state settling on a farm near Leanna, and the subject of this review completed his education in the public schools, and, at the age of nineteen, began teaching. He has since continuously followed that profession, with the exception of a period ol one year \vl en he was employed in the capacity of a book-keeper in a large hardware store owned by Mr. Bragg, of Hum- boldt. He has for some time been recognized as one of the most popular and capable teachers in the county, having been employed in many schools in this portion of the state. He has never failed to continue as a teacher in a given locality if he desired to remain there, for his services were ever commendable and received the support of the intelligent public. In 1892 he came to Savonburg where he engaged in teaching for four terms, after which he removed to Humboldt, as before stated. After a year, however, he went to Elsmore and was engaged in teaching in that locality for two years, spending one year in the city .schools and one year in the Old Els- more district school. In 1899 he returned to Savonburg where he now resides, being employed as principal of the schools in this place for the year 1899-1900. He also po.ssesses musical talent of a superior order and has given considerable attention to the teaching of vocal music, having had charge of .some very large classes. On the 2oth of April, 1890, Mr. Courtney was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Williams, who was born in lingland and in 1886 came to the United States with her parents, James and Elizabeth Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Courttiey have had five children, namely: Maud, Reginald, Ruby, Marie and Roy, but the last named died in infancy. Mr. Courtney gives his political support to the men and measures of the Republican party and does all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of Republican principles. He has given his entire time to his educational work, either as a teacher in the public schools, or as a teacher of vocal music and in both departments he is proficient, having ranked among the mo.st successful teachers in this portion of the .state. WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 369 T IXCOLX PIN KSTOX.— Since five years of age Lincoln Pinkston has -^— ' been a resident of this state, and has been an interested witness of its growth, development and progress. He was born in Scott county, Vir- ginia, on the 27th of January, 1863, a son of J. W. and Rachel (Groves) Pinkston, natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. In 1868 they left the Old Dominion for the Sunflower state, taking up their abode in Cherokee county. Mr. Pinkston secured a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. He engaged in its cultivation for fifteen \-ears and then .sold the property, removing to Texas, but not being pleased with the Lone Star state he remained for only a year, after which he returned to Kansas, settling in the southeastern portion of Allen county in 1884. There he bought two hundred and forty acres of land and began the development of the farm, but death ended his labors in 1894, when he was seventy-five years of age. His first wife had died many years before and he has been the second time married, his widow surviving him. He also left four children. Lincoln Pinkston was reared in the state which he now makes his home and received limited educational privileges, yet by reading, ex- perience and observation he has become a well informed man and is familiar with all the questions of general interest. He remained with his lather until the latter's death and afterward continued upon the old home- stead. He was married on the 15th of January, 18S8, to Miss Ella Louisa Mashburn, a native of North Carolina, who came to Kansas with her parents when only two years of age. Her father, John Mashburn, was a native of North Carolina and came to this state in 1870, but is now living in Polk county, Missouri. Mrs. Pinkston is the eldest of ten children. By her marriage she became the mother of five children; . Belle, Grace, Elmer, Robert and Roy, twins. The subject of this review is now operating and managing two hun- dred and forty acres of land belonging to him and his heirs and has de- veloped it into a very valuable property. He handles cattle, hogs and horses, watches the market prices and sells to good advantage, thus an- nually augmenting his income. He is independent in politics, studies the questions and platforms and then gives his support to the principles which he believes contain the best elements of good government. His worth as a man and citizen is widely acknowledged and among the substantial residents of Allen countv he is numbered. /^^ H. SMITH, who is promi;ient in commercial and fiaternal circles ^—^ • in the county of his adoption, his home being in Savonburg, was born in Dearborn Countj% Indiana, April 6, 1843, ^"d upon a farm in the Hoosier State spent his boyhood days performing his share of the work in field and meadow. He acquired a good school education and remained with his parents until after he had attained his majority when he started 370 HISTORY OF ALLEN' AND wut upon an indt-peiideiit tnisiiiess career, and as a coinpaiiioii and hel])niate on life's journey he chose Miss Nancy A. Herbert, of Johnson County, Indiana. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm which he had previously purchased in Dearborn County and there resided until 1884, his labors as an agriculturist being crowned with a gratifying degree of success. Having a family of growing .sons he thought that he might secure better opportunities for them in the west where the population was not so great and competition in consequence not so marked. Accordingly he sought a home in Kan.sas, bringing his family to the Sunflower State in 1884. They located five miles north of Parsons, in Neosho County, where Mr. Smith purcha.sed a farm of one hundred and sixty acres of lich, , arable land which he still owns, the tract constituting one of the valuable farming properties of the county in which it is located. He has excellent improvements upon the place and everything is in good condition. There he resided for eight years when, having acquired considerable capital through his labors as an agriculturist, he concluded to abandon the plow and enter into commercial pursuits. Accordingly he located in St. Paul where he and his eldset son established a grocery and queensware .store in 1 89 1, under the firm name of Smith & Son. They remained there for four years when they sought a broader field of labor by removing to Savon- burg in 1895. Here they enlarged their stock, adding general meichandise, • and they now have one of the most extensive general mercantile establish- ments in the county, carrying a large line of goods, such as is demanded by the town and country trade. They also have a branch store at Elsmore and their business has now reached proportions represented by sales that amount to forty-five thousand dollars annually, the firm of Smith & Sons ranking high in commercial circles. O. H. Smith is the owner of a nice residence on a pleasant corner in Savonburg and there he resides with his wife and the children who are still under the parental roof. Six sons have been born unto them; John H., who is now in partnership with his father; Frank E., who is also a member of the firm and has charge of the store in Elsmore; Lawrence O., who is a student in school; Charles Otto, at home; Oliver, who died at the age of four years, and Claudius, who died at the age of two. Mr. Smith takes a great pride in his family and has provided his children with excellent educational privileges, that they may be well fitted for life's practical and responsible duties. The eldest son is a graduate of the Sedalia Business College and the second son of the Fort Scott Business College. In political views Mr. Smith is a stalwart Republican and has voted for each presidential nominee of the party since its organization, when John C. Fremont was placed at the head of the ticket. He is one of the oldest, if not the oldest Odd Fellow in the State, having joined the order in Indi- ana in 1856. Throughout the passing years he has been an exemplary member of the fraternity and his life shows forth its beneficent principles. Several times he was a representative to the grand lodge in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has filled every chair in his local lodge. He is conducting WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 37I his b'.ishiess on systematic and methodical principles and an idea of the suc- .cess which has attended the enterprise is indicated by the greatly increased facilities. He is now numbered among the prosperous merchants of his community and his position is the just reward of meritorious and honorable effort which commands the respect and admiration of all. In this connection it will be of interest to know something of the tamily of which .\Ir. Smith is a representative. His father, Richard Smith, was born at Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire, England, and when sixteen years of age he entered the English army, serving for seven years under Sir Arthur Wellesley. He participated in the battle of Waterloo. His command en- tered the engagement eight hundred .strong and left the battle-field with only thirty-two survivors. Mr. Smith was one of those who fortunately escaped with his life. His son, O. H. Smith, is now in possession of his father's discharge papers, also a clothes brush which he carried through that war. .\fter retiring from the army Richard Smith determined to seek his home in the land of the free and bidding adieu to his native country sailed for America where he arrived in March, 1817. He was married in this country to Miss Mary E. Harbert, a native of Pennsylvania, and unto them were born ten children, four of whom are now living. Jnamel y: Richard H., •a resident of Dearborn County, Indiana; Henry K., who resides in Arkan- sas; Mrs. Maria L. Butt, of Shawnee County, Kansas; and O. H. Smith, the popular merchant of Savouburg. "|V TEWTON L,- ARD, one of the well known and highly esteemed citizens -l- ^ of Allen County, resides in Elsmore township, where he has a valu- able farm of two hundred and forty acres. He was born in Morgan Coun- ty, Missouri, July 3, 1845, while his parents, Charles C. and Susan (Borrow) Ard, were natives of Kentucky. On leaving that State in 1840 the\- emigrated westward to Missouri, where the father carried on farming for twenty-one years, and on the expiration of that period came to Kansas in 1 86 1 , settling on Big creek in Elsmore township. He was not long per- mitted, however, to enjoy his new home for his death occurred in 1864, when he was forty-five years of age. His wife died the same year, and also at the same age. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom ten are now living. Newton L. Ard, the third in order of birth, came to Kansas with his parents in 1861 After their death he remained with the other children, the family continuing together until all of the sons and daughters had attained an age where they were capable of caring for themsek-es. The subject of this review secured a claim near the old homestead and has since engaged in its cultivation. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey Mr. .A.rd chose Miss Sarah Ann Burns, their marriage being consummated on the 30th of March, HISTORY OF ALLICN AND i.syi. She is a native of Pennsylvania, and came to Kansas -.vith her parents in i860. They have had ten children, namely: Mark, -Myrtle, wife of William Hoil: Olive; Jame>: Elbert; Charles, w'x) died at the age of seven years; Herscliell; Hazel, Xellie and Edna. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Ard served in the First Brigade of the Kansas uiiliiiu. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and in politics is a stalwart Republican. He is a recognized leader of his party, and for several years he has served as trustee of Elsmore township. In i.Si)4, when his district was stront;ly Democratic, he was elected count v commissioner by a large majority, having been nominated for the office by his friends who knew that he was the only man in the district who could defeat the Democratic nominee. He served for three years, filling the office with credit to himself and satisfaction to hi.= constituents. He is extremely popular and well deserves the high regard in which he is uni- formly held and at the same time justly merits the success that has come to him as the reward of his energy in busine.ss. HIR.\M A. MYERS has been a witness of the development of Allen County from its pioneer epoch, has seen its wild lands transformed into beautiful homes and farms, while the work of progress has been carried forwaid in city and village and the county has taken rank with the best in the State. His residence here dates from 1870, and thus through three decades he has been numbered among its worthy citizens. Mr. Myers was born in Boone County, Indiana, .March 10, 1S41, and his parents, James and Evnline (Stoker) Myers, were both natives of Kentucky. When a young man the father removed to Indiana, where he was married, and in 1S52 took his family to Iowa, coming thence to Kansas in 1857. In this State he settled in Jefferson County, where he died in 1882, at the age of seventy-nine years, while his wife passed away in iSgo, at the ripe old age of eighty three. They celebrated their sixtieth wedding anni- versary, and at that time thirteen of their iilteen children were living. The following named were born unto them: Elizabeth A., wife of Frank John- son; Mary, wife of Horace Gibbs; Ellen, wife of Perry Dale; Sarah, wife of Thomas West; Eliza, who married Squire Buriies; Harriet, who wedded Thomas Pucket; Sophrona, wife of Alfred Quackingbush; Martha, wife of A. L. Rivers; Louisa, wife of James Clements; Flora and Reuben, both decea.sed; Jonathan, who was killed in the army; Thomas, now in Jefferson County, Kansas; H. A., of Allen County, and James of EUwood, Kansas. There were five brothers in the army. One of the number made his escape from the Indians at the time of the massacre on the Piatte river. He was also of the party of men that rescued Mrs. Larimer from the Indians, by whom she had been held captive for one year. Hiram .\. Myers, whose name begins this review, came to Kansas in 1857, ^'"^ remained with his parents on the home farm until twenty years "WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 375 'ol age, when, prompted by a spirit of patriotism, he volunteered as a Union soldier on the 17th of September, 1S62, enlisting in Company D, Eleventh K.uisas Mounted Infantry. He saw some very arduous service, participated in the battles of Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Van Buren, Prairie Grove and Cro.ss Hollows, and was at Lawrence at the time of the Quantrell raid. He also aided in repelling the Price raid, and at the close of his term wa.s honorably discharged February 22nd, 1865. Returning to his home Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss L. E. Young, who was born in North Carolina and came to Kansas in i860. In March, 1870, they removed to Allen County, locating on a farm in Elsmore township, where they lived for several years, Mr. Myers raising. Inlying and selling stock. He now resides in Savonburg, and for the past twelve years has been traveling agent for a stock company of Kansas City. In 1898 Mr. Myers was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died leaving five children: Cora Alice, Oliver J., who is a guard in the Kansas penitentiary and who served in the Spanish-American war with the First Territorial Infantry, Company M; Delia I.; Lillian D. ; Julia A. ; Clara E. and Gilbert O. , the third and fifth members of the family, are now deceased. Since attaining his majority Mr. Myers has been a stalwart Re- publican. He belongs to Savonburg Post, G. A. R. , and is as true to his duties of citizenship today as when he followed the stars and stripes on southern battle-fields. /"CHARLES W. DANIELS.— One of the successful farmers of Allen ^^ count}' is Charles W. Daniels. He claims Virginia as the state of his nativity, his birth having occurred in Birbara county, of the Old Dominion o!i the 22nd of February, 1S65. His father was Elmore Daniels, also a native of Virginia and in which state he was reared, spending the days of his childhood and yo ith in the usual manner of farmer lads of that period. After arriving at years of maturity he married Miss Rebecca Coopsr, also a native of the same state, and after residing there a number of years suc- ceeding their marriage they came to Kansas, emigrating westward in 1877. In Bourbon county they took up their abode on a farm, and to the further improvement and development of the land Mr. Daniels devoted his time and energies until his life's labors were ended in death. He passed away in 1888 at the age of seventy years and the community therebj' lost one of its valued citizens, for he was a man faithful to every trust reposed in him, honorable in business and well worthy of the esteem in which he was uni- formly held. His widow still survives him and is now living in Baldwin where her son Edwin is attending Baker University. In their family were twelve children, and with one exception all are yet living, namely: F.ugene, John, Alice, Jennie, Elizabeth, May, Charles W., Anna, Grace, Ed and Frank. Jessie, who was the eleventh in order of birth, died at the age of twenty-three years. In taking up the personal history of Charles W. Daniels we present to 374 HISTORY OF ALLEIsT AXIJ' our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in' Allen county. He spent the first twelve years of his life in the state of his nativity and then accompanied his parents on their westward journey to Kansas where he has since made his home. He remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority and during that time he acquired his education in the common .schools, mastering the branches of English learning which usually formed the curricnlum in such an institu- tion. During the summer months he assisted in the work of the fields from the time of the early planting until the crops were harvested and thus he gained practical experience in the work he has followed as a means of livelihood since attaining his m;ijority. After he had reached man's estate he left the parental roof and entered upon an independent business career, and rented a farm which he operated for three years. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Lottie Lorrick, a native of Ohio, his preparation for a home being consummated by their marriage in i8S6. The lady is a daughter of John and Mary Lorrick. also natives of the Buckeye state. John Lorrick died in Charleston, Coles county, Illinois. The widow and family .settled in Neosho county, Kansas, in 1S69, where she now resides. After his marriage Mr. Daniels continued to operate a rented farm for five years and during that jjeriod, as the result of his industry , economy and capable management, he acquired money sufficient to enable him to purchase eighty acres of land in Bourbon county, and there he resided for two vears, after which he sold the eighty-acre tract and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw land in Allen county, the place being three miles east of the town of Elsmore. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made on the place, but through his energetic efforts he has developed a very desirable farm property. The fields are well tilled and give promise of good harvests. He has also made many improvements, erecting a nice residence, a good barn and all the necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. As time has pa.ssed and his financial resources have increased he has made judicious investments of his capital in more laud, extending the boundaries of his farm until it now comprises three hundred and sixty acres. He also handles stock to a considerable ex;tent, feeding ho^s and cattle, and thus he utilizes all the corn which he raises. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Daniels ha^'e been bom six children, namely: Klniar, Gerard, Zola, Leonard, Jessie and Edna. Mr. Daniels is a member of the Masonic lodge of Savonburg and also has membership relation with the Modern \Voo\lmen of America, belonging to the camp in Elsmore. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat. Not many men of Mr. Daniels' years have met with such succe.ss as he has achieved, but his prosperity has all been won along legitimate business lines. He has followed closely the old time-tried maxima such as. "Hon- esty is the best policy." and "There is no excellence without labor." He had to incur indebtedness in order to buy his first far(uing implements, but his successful management has enabled him to work his way steadily up- IVOODSOT^ COUNTIES, KANSAS. 375 ■^vard and to day he is numbered among the substantial citizens of hi- community. I TTENRV A. RICHARDSOISr was born in Ripley county, Indiana, -L -^ February 18, 1859, and was the eldest of the six children of M. A. and Eliza Richardson. His father was born in Onondaga county, New Tork, March 12, 1835. The grandfather, Asa Richardson, also a native of the Empire state, married Barbara Babcock, and died in 1870, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife passed away at the age of thirty-five years. M. A. Richardson, the father of our subject, became a resident of In- diana during his boyhood, and there resided until his removal to Kansas. In the meantime he married Miss Eliza Wylie, a native of Ohio, the wed- •ding being celebrated in 1858. Feeling that his duty was to his country at the time of the Civil war, he enlisted on the 12th of August, 1862, as a member of Company A, Eighty-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, serving for three years, in which time he participated in the battles of Arkansas Post, Helena Arkansas, Chickamauga, Grand Gulf, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, both charges of Vicksburg, the battle of Jack- son Mississippi, and many smaller engagements, displaying his bravery and valor on many occasions. After the .stars and stripes were planted in the capital of the Confederacy he received an honorable discharge, August 27, 1865, and returned to his Indiana home. In 1S72 he came to Allen ■county, Kansas, settling on a farm, and both he and his wife are now resi- dents ol Savonburg. He is still a vigorous and energetic man and assists his son Henry in the conduct of his busine.ss. This worthy couple are people of the highest respectability and have reared a creditable family of six children, namely: Henry A.; Mary, wife of William H. Allen, of Colorado; Lida, wife of William Pullum, of Argentine, Kansas; L,ucy, wife of C. H. King, of Bloomington, 111.; V. B., of Colorado; and Josie, wife of N. W. Mills, of Kansas. Henry A. Richardson spent the fir.st fourteen years of his life in In- diana and then came with his parents to Allen county, living near the south line in Cottage Grove township. His boyhood days were spent in the work of the farm or in attendance at the distiict schools. He was mar- ried August 5, 1880, to Alice C. Reed, a native of Kentucky, who came to Kansas with her parents in 1870. Mr. Richardson then purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he owned and operated until 1886, when he sold out and became identified with commercial interests in Leanna, dealing in all kinds of produce there until 1895, when he removed to Chanute. A year later he took up his abode in Savonburg, and for eight months conducted the City Hotel, but later bought a business prop- erty, and has since engaged in dealing in produce with excellent success, his business now amounting to from fifteen to twenty thou.sand dollars annually. He has always paid the highest market price for produce and 376 HISTORY OK ALLKN AND ships in car loads to the city markets. He has won the confidence of alT with whom he has thus come in contact, by reason of his honorable busi- ness methods. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have been born six children: Ada, now the wife of August Schwardt, a lumber merchant of Savonburgr Blanche, Edith, Nellie, Flora and Homer, all of whom are still with their parents. Since casting his first presidential vote Mr. Richardson has been a stalwart Republican, and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have called him to office, so that he is now serving for the third term as constable of his township. He is a member of Savonburg Camp, No. 1271, M. W. A., and is prominent in business, social and political circles. WfLLIAME. ALEXANDER was born in Ringgold County, Iowa, on the 24th of April, 1859, and his childhood days were spent upon a farm. At the age of eleven j'ears he accompanied his parents on their removal to Mi.ssouri where Ihey remained two years, and in 1872 they came to Kansas, William E. then being a youth of thirteen summers. Throughout the period of his boyhood he attended the public schools near his home. The family located at Austin, Kansas, and he resided with his parents until seventeen years of age, completing his education in the .schools of that town. He then began teaching and successfully followed the profession for five years. After his marriage he began farming, oper- ating a tract of land for three years. His next venture was in a com- mercial line. Removing to Chanute, Kansas, he accepted a position as salesman in the hardware store of A. H. Turner with whom he remained for si.\ years when he entered the employ of F. W. Jeffries of the same place. There he remained for two years when he took up his abode in Big Creek township and once more engaged in (aiming and threshing grain. He operated a threshing machine for six years and in the meantime operat- ed a mill at I.,eanna. In 1898 he became a resident of Savonburg, where he purchased a residence and five acres of ground in the east edge of the town. He has gradually improved his place and has now one of the most attractive little homes in this section of the county. In 1898 he entered into a partnership with M. K. Hunter, known as the Savonburg Milling Company, and erected a mill for the purpose of grinding meal and feed. They have since conducted this enterprise and are the proprietors of a well equipped plant supplied with good machinery and modern proces.ses. They make a .specialty of the luanufacture of graham flour and are doing a good business, owing to the excellence of their product and their reliable and tru.stworthy business methods. When Mr. Alexander once secures a patronage he has no difficulty in retaining it, owing to his well known honesty, to his obliging manner and his courteous treatment of his patrons. In 18S1 w'as celebrated the marriage of William E. Alexander and Miss Ida Cochrin. of Missouri. They now have t.vo interesting daughters. WUUUSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 377 Ilia B. and Hallie, aged respectively fuurteen and ten years. In his politi- cal affiliations Mr. Alexander has been a stalwart Republican since casting his first presidential vote for James A. Garfield. He was elected and served IS trustee of Canville township, Neosho County, in April, 1884, and proved an acceptable officer. He was chairman of the McKinley and Roosevelt club at Savonburg during the campaign of 1900. He belongs to Savonburg Camp, No. 1271. M. W. A., and for two years held the office of venerable consul. While at Leanna he served two years as venerable consul of Camp No. 3750. Mr. Alexander is a man of strong force of character, true to his honest convictions, trustworthy in business relations and reliable m citizenship. With him friendship is inviolable, and by all who know him he is esteemed for his genuine worth of character. "T^RANK GOYETTE is the popular cashier of the Elsmore Bank, and -'- the success of the institution is attributable in a large measure to his efforts. Banking institutions are the pulse of a commercial body and indi- cate the healthfulness of trade. In times of financial panic all the world looks toward the banks of the country and any weakness or uncertainty therein displayed immediately bring about disastrous results in the com- mercial circles, while the bank that is known to be reliable and in the hands of substantial business men will do more to establish the public confidence than any other one interest or enterprise. The Elsmore Bank has a reputation for reliability that is indeed enviable and at its head stand men of known worth and ability, of high business honor and un- (juestionable integrity. The cashier of the institution was born in Canada, on the r3th of September, 1846. His parents were also natives of the English province whence they came to the United States when their son Frank was but five years of age, taking up their abode in Kankakee County, Illinois, where the subject of this review was reared to manhood. The family was in limited circumstances, thus his educational privileges were meager, but he had a desire to broaden his knowledge, realizing the importance of an edu- cation in the business world. By study at night he became well informed, and as the years have passed his knowledge has been continually broadened through experience, observation and contact with the world. When seventeen years of age Mr. Goyotte responded to his country's call for aid, enlisting in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Infantry, with which he served six months when he was discharged, the war having ended. Returning to his home he accompanied his parents on their removal to Iroquois County, Illinois, where he began work by the month, giving his father his wages. He was thus employed for five years and then rented a tract of land in order to engage in farming on his own account. Through the succeeding five years he carried on agricultural pursuits in the Prairie State and in 1S79 became to Kansas, locating in 378 HISTORY OF ALLEX AND Salem township, Allen Countx', where he made a claim on what he sup- posed was government land, l)ut it afterward proved to be railroad property and he was therefore obliged to purchase it. Carrying forward the work of cultivation and development, he has now one of the finest farming proper- ties in the township, improved with orchards, groves, a good residence and substantial barns and outbuildings. Everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance, indicating his progressive spirit and careful supervision. Having acquired considerable capital, he determined to enter into business in Elsmore and in the spring of 1900 took up his abode there, l)ecoming one ol the leading stockholders in the Elsmore Bank, of which he was made cashier. On the 29th of March, 1883, occurred the marriage of Mr. Goyette and Miss Nannie Boman, of Illinois, who came to Kansas with her parents in 1S78. They have now six children, namely: Freddie, Omar. Clarence, David, Lucy and Edward. In the community their circle of friends is extensive and their own home is celebrated for its hospitality. Mr. Goyette is a Democrat in his political affiliations. Socially he is identified with the Knights and Ladies of Security in Elsmore. He certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished in life, for all that he has is the reward of his own labors and has been acquired since his arrival in Allen County. SAMUEL A. GARD — In America, labor is king and is the only sovereignty which our liberty loving people acknowledge. The world instinctively pays deference to the man who through his own efforts, has ari.sen from a humble position to occupy a place among the prosperous citizens of his community, and who has through an active business career ever commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow men by honorable methods. Such a one is Mr. S. A. Gard, who has embraced every oppor- tunity for raising himself to the position indicated by his laudable ambition. A nafive of Illinois, he was born on the 3rd of October, 1S64. in a little log house near Hazel Dell, in Cumberland County. In early life he learned the lessons of industry and perseverance which have proved such potent factors in his later success. He is the eldest son of Jacob Gard, and upon his father's farm he was reared to manhood. He spent his youth in assisting in the labors of the fields on the old home place, and in working as a farm hand in the neighborhood. He also had a liberal common school education, acquired in the common schools, and was imbued with a true sense of right and wrong, having received excellent moral training from his parents. Beyond this his knowledge of the world was meager. He grew to manhood an upright lad, true to his convictions. At the age of nineteen he determined to leave home and seek his fortune else- where, and accordingly made his way to Allen County, Kansas, in 1S84, reaching his destination with $2. 00 in his pocket. With a determination to succeed, and wishing to make the practice of law his life work, in 1888 WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 379 he entered the office of Milford Doiioho, attorney at Bronsoii, Kansas. When he had mastered many of the principles of the science of juris- prudence he was admitted to the bar May 13, 1S90. Previous to this time be bad attended the Normal College at Ft. Scott and had received a teacher's certificate, but had never engaged in teaching. After his admis- sion to the bar he practiced law in Bronson until 1892, when he removed to lola where he has since made his home. Here he has practiced ever since, and in 1898 formed a partnership with his brother, G. R. Gard, who moved to lola from Humboldt, and who was elected County Attorney in November, 1898. In bis chosen profession Mr. Gard has made creditable success. He has won for himself very creditable criticism for the careful and systematic methods which he has followed. He has remarkable powers of concentra- tion and application, and his retentive mind has often excited the surprise of his professional colleagues. As an orator he stands high, especially in the discussion of legal matters before the court and jury, where his compre- hensive knowledge of the law and human nature is manifest, and his appli- cation of legal principles demonstrates the wide range of his professional acquirements. The utmost care and precision characterizes his preparation of a case, and has made him one of the most successful attorneys in Allen County. Mr. Gard was married in 1S94 to Miss Lulu Ireland, of Allen Count)'. She is a lady of culture and refinement, who for several years prior to her marriage was successfully engaged in teaching. Her father, W. H. Ire- land, is a farmer in the eastern part of Allen County, whither he removed from Illinois some years ago. Mrs. Gard is the eldest of a family of seven children, one of whom, Thomas, was a member of the 20th Kansas regiment, and served in the Philippines. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gard are well known in lola and Allen County. Their worth and intelligence are re- ceived as pa.ssports to the best society. He certainly deserves great credit for his success in life, as from an early age he has been entirely dependent upon his own resources. Pleasant and agreeable in manner, he has a large circle of friends and is popular throughout the county of his adoption. / ' ASSIUS M. EDSON, late councilman of the city of lola, representing the ^— ^ third ward, is one of lola's new men. Prior to 1897 he was unknown ti5 our people but in the four years he has resided in Allen county he has come to be one of the best known of our townsmen. Mr. Edson was born in Richland county, Wisconsin, April i, 1861. His father, James Edson, was one of the pioneers of that state, having settled there as an emigrant from the state of New York. He was born in the famous Cherry Valley in 1819 and died in Greenfield, Missouri, in 1875. His occupation was tl at of a carpenter and in 1871 he located in Missouri where he died. He offered his services to the Union at Lone ^So HISTORY OF ALI.ICN AND Rock, Wisconsin, but was rejected on account of physical disaliility. Five of his brothers were in tlie army, two of whom were killed at the bat- tle of Chickamauga. He was one of eight sons and seven daughters ot l\. B. Edson. The last named went into Cherry Valley,. New York, from some point in old luigland where he was married to a Scotch hidy. James Hdson married Dorcas K. Wood, a daughter of Samuel Wood, who as well as E. 13. Edson, lived to be ninety years of age. Three chil- dren were the result ol the marriage of James and Dorcas Edson: Cora, wife ot Charles Wilman, of Joplin, Missouri; Cassius M., and Mark Edson, an electrician of Chicago, Illinois. "Cash" lulson's youth was passed in the country, on the fanu in summer and in school in winter. At fourteen years of age he worked for wages, contributing to his own maintenance, and at seventeen years of age he became a teacher. He taught a term each in Missouri and in Crawford county, Kansas, and at the clo.se of his last term he secured a clerkship with S. H. Lanyon & Company at Pittsburg, Kansas. The Rogers Coal Company were also his employers and, finally, T. P. Waskey, of Pittsburg and Frontenac, secured his services. While with this last firm he received the appointment of post-master of Frontenac. He remained with the olTice through the H'arri.son administration and through Cleveland's second ad- ministration and was not molested till McKiuley had served six months. He left the Mount Cirmel Mercantile Company in September, 1S97. to locate in lola. He purchased the post-ofRce news stand of the Miller Brothers and was its proprietor till the ist of October. 189S. While the history of this branch of the Edson family shows the early voters to have been Republican "Cash's" first vote was cast for Cleveland in 1SS4. He has persistently and repeatedly espoused the cause of Denioc- racv, and its Fusion successor, and .August 5, 1900, he was nominated at Yates Center by the Fusion forces for Stale Senator. In politics and religion Mr. Ivdson stands for the most liberal notions and the greatest personal freedom and liberty of action. He holds that the proper n\ethod of controlling the liquor and other moral questions that enter the politics of live municipalities is to license them for revenue and permit the judgment of men to control their desires and appetites. Legislative restraint should not be placed upon any business which lioes not take from the public their unwillijig dollars and which furnishes it with that which pleases the eye and gratifies the soul. Mr. Edson was nuirried July 20th, 1SS7, at Girard, Kansas, to Kate Cox, a daughter of David Cox, of Hillsboro, Iowa. Cora, Melvin and Dorothy Edson are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Edson. Mr. F'd.sou is an IHk, a Woodman, a Knight of Pythias, a Master Mason and an A. O. V. W. HARMON HOBART.— In all ages and enlightened places the admin- istrative officer of the court has been fraught with serious and weighty responsibilities. He is the agent of the court and stands between the ■TS^OODSON COUXTIES, KANSAS. 7,Hl 'citizen and the seat of justice. Tlie mandates of his authority he executes without favor and this execution requires not onlj' superioi intelligence Tnit must be done without timidity or lack of cournge. The sheriff's office. like all others in a county, has its clerical duties to be performed, but unlike other offices, it furnishes ample opportunity for the exercise of native ingenuity and tact, elements not universal in the mental composition of a man. But once in the past quarter of a century has Allen county cho.sen a man for high sheriff who was not only lacking in clerical ability but was woefully short on courage. For sixteen years the county has placed men in the shrievalty possessing prime qualities- for court officers. The)' have been men who knew the meaning of duty and were only satisfied in its performance, men who were gi)od citizens as well as good officers and whose history will reveal the incumbency of the sheriff's office as the lead- ing chapter of their lives. But of all the court officers of Allen county none has excelled inj ability or official integrity the present incumbent. Harmon Hobart. The element of training foi any business is one to be considered from the standpoint of efficiency and if our subject has not erred, in any manner, during his administration it is due to his bringing-up in the office. Harmon Hobart was born in Cottage Grove township, Allen county. September 4, 1S69. He is the son of ex-Sheriff Lewis Hobart, and was a country youth up to his twentieth year. Hisfathei was born near Oswego, New Y(jrk, in 1840, and his grandfather was born in Dublin, Ireland. The latter Edward Hobart, owned and operated a steamer between the ports of Liverpool and Xew York and upon settling in the United States took up his residence near Oswego, in the limpire state. Some time prior to the Civil war he removed to MaComb, Illinois, where he died at the age of eighty-nine years. Lewis Hobart was reared on his father's farm in McDonough county, Illinois, and when the war came on he enlisted in the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. After his discharge he attended Bryant & Stratton's Business College, in Quincy, Illinois, and graduated. He came to Kansas at once and worked as a farm hand till 1867 when he married Eliza J., a daughter of William Bartley, of Champaign county, Illinois. Mr. Hobart took a claim five miles .south of Humboldt, improved it and resided upon it as a farmer and stock raiser till i.S.Sg when he assumed the sheriff's office to which the Republicans liad elected him. He served two terms and has, since his retirement, been occupied with his large private interests and with handling real estate. Harmon H(jbart is one of a family of seven children. His education was acquired in the schools of his native county. He took the position of jailer and under-sheriff when his father became sheriff and filled the posi- tion with exceptional ability through his terms and those of his successor. Sheriff Ausherman. He was slow to become a candidate for the office and did not announce his willingness to accept a nomination till other candi- dates believed they had the prize well in hand. His nomination, the first time, came to him without a great contest and the second time without 382 HISTORY OF AtLKX AXD conipelition, and each time he was elected by majorities much in excess of the head of the Republican ticket. When Mr. Hobart was elected sheriff he was twenty-eight years old. the youngest sheriff the county ever had. His entrance upon his first term. was no experiment. He had deuKjnstrated his competency when deputy sheriff and the fact that all went smooth and without a jar was no surprise to the public. His administration will pa.ss down into the archives as one of the most able and successful in the county's history. In iqoo Mr. Hobart became a partner with J. D. Arnett in the lola Telphone Exchange. When he has retired from public sevice the exten- sion and improvement of the telephone service will clain^ his time and attention. February 23, 1898, Mr. Hobart was married to Estella, a daughter of George S. Etavis, of lola. Mrs. Hobart was educated in the lola public schools and is an accomplished musician. She was born March 3, 1S75. Hairmon Hobart is prominent in fraternal circles. Odd Fellowship, Pythianship and Masonry have claims upon him superior to none, save the domestic circle. MJ. CliOLLETTE.— The late Cornelius M. Chollette, of lola, who • will Ije remembered with pleasure by the old settlers of this city, was born in the state of New York March 1 2, 1834. He was the last of seven children, four sons and three daughters, and was a son of Henry Chollette, whose ancestors were French. The identity of five of Henry Chollette's heirs is as follows;- Jonathan, who died in Wahoo, Nebraska, in 1896: William, Henrietta, Anna and Frances are residents of Galva. Illinois. At the age of tliirteen years Cornelius Chollette went into New York City and there learned the cabinet makers trade with his brother Jonathan. He remained there five years and came west to Henry county, Illinois, He followed his trade in that state till the latter part of the fifties when he returned to his native heath in New York, remaining till i860. The year before the outbreak of the war he went into Pennsylvania and the next year enlisted in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, three months' service. He re-enlisted in the Fourth or Fifth United States Artillery and in the battle of Gettysburg fought near General Hancock's headquarters. He reached the rank of First Lieutenant and was for a time in command of his battery. He was in Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign and in the famous battle of Cedar Creek. At ths expiration of his term of enlistment in the artillery he rejoined the army, this time becoming a member of Com- pany E, Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania. He was discharged in the autumn of '1S65, having completed, in all, fifty-foui months of active service. Mr. Chollette returned to Henry county, Illinois, after the war, to which point his mother had moved, and he took care of her till her death. March 6, 187 1, he came to lola. He engaged in the lumber and furniture f ^PW ^w^^ w^ •f Ai^ "\VOO"DSO>r COUNTIES, KA^N'SAS. 38.'? i^)usine,ss with Mr. White and continued it some ^ears. He sold his busi- ness to S. A. Brown, who was establishing yards all over eastern Kansas, and retired permanently from active business. Maj' 4, 1872, Mr. Chollette was married at Geneva, by Rev. S. M. Irwin, to Marj' J. Hopkins, a daughter of William and Louisa Searles. Mrs. Searles homesteaded the place in Geneva township owned by Loftus Searles and died in lola in 1872. The .Searles went from LaGrange county, Indiana, to Springfield and in 1867 settled on the homestead in Geneva township. Mrs. Searles' children are: Charles W., in Tola; Loftus, Oscar, Orin Adelbert and John. Mr. Chollette was a staunch Republican and was an enthusiastic Grand Army man. He attended many of their encampments and was fore- most in many things tending to awaken an interest in the local post. He •died February 28, 1889. T TRNRY L. HENDERSON.— The subject of this sketch was born in -'- -•■ Holmes county, Ohio, November i, 1847, the son of Elisha Hender- son, a carpenter and weaver. Thrown on his own resources at the early age of thirteen years, he worked his way through the common schools, the academy and the college, graduating in 1871 from the University of AVooster, Oliio, with the first class of graduates from that school. The j'ear following his graduation he conducted the Vermillion Institute, and the next 3'ear he was engaged as Assistant Professor of Latin and Science in the Wooster University. After holding this latter po.sition for one year Mr. Henderson removed to Geneva, Kansas, where he conducted the Academy for one year, removing at the end of that time to lola to take charge of the public schools of that city. The year following he accepted a flattering offer to take the chair of Latin and Mathematics in the Golden Gate Academy, Oakland, California, a position which he held until he reached the determination to exchange the teacher's profession for the mercantile business. Returning to lola after teaching the city schools one year he engaged in the hardware business in which he continued until 1883. He then disposed of his interest in the hardware trade and engaged in the grocery business which he conducted for two years, leaving it to take up real estate, loans and insurance, to which he has ever siiice devoted most of his attention, being associated at present with Mr. J. E. Powell, under the firm name of Henderson & Powell. Although never an office seeker Mr. Henderson's interest in the Re- publican party and his availabilitj' as a candidate on account of the high reputation he has always borne for integrity and busine.ss abilil}' have com- pelled him to engage more or le.ss actively in politics. Most of his work has been done for others, but in 1885 he reluctantly consented to become a candidate for county commissioner and held that office for two terms, a period of six years. In 189S, again at the solicitation of his friends, and 5^4 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND not upon his own initiative, he accepted appointment as post-master of lola, which oflSce he still holds. Before coming to Kansas Mr. Henderson was married to Mrs. Laura Leidligh. Four children liave been born to them, of whom John H., Willis E. and Henrietta survive, and all of whom are graduates of the Kansas State University. The foregoing is but a bare outline of a busy, active, honorable and successful life. A life that well illustrate.s the possibilities of American citizen.ship, proving as it does that poverty is no bar in this country to edu- cation and culture, and that success rests upon character, capacity and industry and not upon inherited wealth or social position. Mr. Henderson commands the unqualified respect of the people among whom most of his mature life has been spent because he I'as been faithful and efficient in every position of public trust, because he has conducted his own business with a careful regard for the right of others, and because in small matters as well as large he has ob.served the Golden Rule and told the truth. CHARLES HIRAM BOULSON.— Stamped indellibly upon the mem- ories of the citizenship of Allen county is the life of one who filled an honorable place in one of the great professions, whose great sympdthy for humanity effervesced from every pore and who.se power for good was lim- ited only by the area of his experience and the boundaries of his oppor- tunities. A pioneer in the practice of homeopathy in Allen county he saw his favorite school grow in the favor of the populace and his practice ex- lend to the uttermost parts of the municipality. Both as a man anil a physician Dr. Boulson was loved for his integrity and for the great warm heart which throbbed in unison with that of the common people. His genial and kindly nature and his Christian character won him the uni- versal respect and confidence of his fellow county people. Charles H. Boulson came into Allen county in 1877. He established himself in lola where he was ever afterward one of the leading citizens. In the vigor of manhood he launched into practice and pursued it with energy and enthusiasm, day and night, for a quarter of a century and only loo.sened his hold upon his country work when the infirmities of age seemed leaning upon him. In early and middle life to call meant to secure his services. The matter of a fee was an after consideration so long that when he died he was a great creditor. In this practice he did himself an injury. Witli a correct accounting of all his earnings and a business-like and system- atic collection of the same he could have passed his last years in ease and independence. But his desire to relieve suffering wherever and whenever found was too strong to be overcome by mercenary motives, purely, and he died "in the harness," so to speak. Dr. Boulson was born in Hanover, Germany, Novemlier 16, 1832. He was a son of a blacksmith. Hiram Boulson, who brought his family to the WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 385 United States in 1846 and passed some ten ye?r.s of his life in New Jersey. He emigrated from there just before the war and became a pioneer of Anderson countj'. Kansas. During the Civil war he was employed by the Federal Government as a horse-shoer and as such he died before the war closed. He is buried in Anderson county. Hiram Boiilson was twice married, his first wife being the Doctor's mother. Of the five children of this union Edward Boulson, of Omaha, Nebraska, Henry Boulson, of Woodson county, Kansas, and Mrs. Mary Starkey, of Oklahoma, survive. Five children b>- a second marriage survive, viz: Dr. Isaac Boulson, ot Oklahoma, Klmer W. Boulson, of Allen county, Kansas, Elijah and Harrv Boulson, farmers of Anderson county, Kan.sas, and Mrs. L,ibbie Rogers, of that county. Dr. Boulson was educated in childhood in the German schools of Han- over and his youth was spent in school in N^ew Jersey. He chose medicine as a profession in early life and pursued his studies to that end in Pennsyl- vania. He attended an Homeopathic College in Philadelphia and was there prepared for entrance upon the serious duties of his profession. He went to Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, to engage in practice, reachin"- there in his twenty-second year. While a resident of New Castle he made the acquaintance of Mi.ss Sallie White whom he married Augu.st 9, 7855. Mrs. Boulson was a daughter of James and Ellen (Graves) White, old residents of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and the parents of ten children. Dr. Boulson practiced in New Castle and in Birmingham, Pennsyl- vania, each about six years and was induced to join his brother-in-law. Dr. White, in a sanitarium venture in LaSalle county, Illinois. Matters so shaped themselves later on that Dr. Boulson turned his interest in the re- sort over to his partner and made his final move westward. lola was a struggling little prairie town when Di. and Mrs. Boulson cast their fortunes with it. The undeveloped condition of the country, alone, sufficed to warrant the doctor in deciding to remain here. The set- tlements along the streams thirty years ago were tolerablj^ numerous but tho.se on the prairies were scarcely visible to one another. The storv of his experiences in his early pracHce here would be a repetition of the ex- perience of pioneer physitians of all ages and places. He drew rein at the door of all and out of it all came his unblemished and untarnished reputation. Dr. Boulson fraternized with many of the popular societies. He was prominent as an Odd Fellow, which society cared for him so tenderly dur- ing his last illness, of the .Ancient Order of United Workmen he was a faithful and valuable brother, and of the Select Knights and Select Friends. He believed in Republicanism and supported its principles through all the history of that party. He became a member of the Methodist church in early life and was a deep student of the spiritual as well as the material life. Through all his illness he never once flinched from his great re- sponsibility. He suffered intensely for weeks and his only complaint was that he could not pass over sooner. When the end came on Sunday even- 386 HISTORY OF AI.LKX AND ing, October 7, 1900, he passed away peacefully and quietly in the assur- ance of that rest promised the people of God. Dr. and Mrs. Boulson reared only one child, a son, the late James Boulson M. D. The latter died May 27, 1885, leaving a .son, Kenneth Boulson, who resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. An adopted son, Clyde Bnilson, is a promising young man of Tola, and a companion and counsel- lor of his widowed mother. |_J KV. LEWIS I. DRAKE. — A man of ripe .scholarship and marked -*- '-.executive ability whose life has been consecrated to the cause of the Master and the uplifting of men, there is particular propriety in here di- recting attention to the life history of the Rev. Lewis L Drake, who for nine years served as pastor of the Presbyterian church in Humboldt and is now connected with the field of missionary labor in Neosho Presbytery. He has devoted himself without ceasing to the interests of humanity and to the furtherance of all good works. His reputation is not of restricted order, and his power and influence in his holy office have been exerted in a spirit of deepest human sympathy and tender solicitude. There has not been denied the full harvest nor the aftermath whose garnering shall bring sure reward in the words of commendation, "well done, good and faithful servant." Lewis L Drake was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, August 7, 1S26, a son of Jonathan Drake, who was born in New Jersey in 1782, a native of Huntington county. When nine years of age he accompanied his father, William Drake, of New Jersey, to the Buckeye state. The family located near Cincinnati, and when Jonathan Drake had attained to manhood he began business for himself by shipping flour and pork down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, by flatboat, to New Orleans. He afterward engaged in farming in Ohio, following that pursuit until his death, which occurred when he was forty-seven years of age. He married Miss Eliza Mead, of Connecticut, who was born June 10, 1793, a daughter of Jeremiah Mead, of the same .state. Her mother was a descencant of "the Pilgrims who made the first settlements in New England. To Jonathan and Eliza Drake were born five children, two of whom are living: Harriet A., wife of Dr. H. J. Cox, of Tamaroa, Illinois, and Rev. Lewis I. Drake. Jeremiah M. Drake, who was a Presbyterian minister, died in Lima, Indiana, in 1S73. The mother passed away the same year. The father was a Whig in his politi- cal affiliations, and in his religious belief was a Presbyterian, rearing his children in the faith of that church. Rev. L. I. Drake spent his boyhood in Springdale, Hamilton county, Ohio, near Glendale, was graduated in the seminary of that place and after- ward continued his studies under the guidance of his pastor. At the age of seventeen he began teaching in the academy of which he was a gradu- ate and afterward followed the same profession in other places. Later he <«^t.o.r:zV */o25Vz2>%<_ \> >.• '- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 387 devoted some time to the stud}' of medicine. When about tvventj' years of age he resumed college work in Hanover and was graduated in 1852. He is also a graduate of the McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago, and therein was prepared for the high calling to which he has devoted his en- tire life. Alter being ordained to the ministry he accepted the pastorate of the Presbj'terian church at West Liberty, Logan county, Ohio, where he remained for thirty years, greatly beloved by his people and held in the highest esteem by those of other denominations. He afterward spent two years as the minister of the Presbyterian church in Holden, Missouri, and then resigned, accepting the pastorate of the church in Humboldt, Kansas, where he continued for nine years, doing effective service in the upbuild- ing of the church. He was formerly connected in a prominent manner with educational work in Ohio. He aided in establishing a college in Yelh.iw Springs, that state, and in connection with ex-Piesident Hayes was a member of the board of trustees of Wooster University, of Wooster, Ohio. In 1880 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Han- over College. In 1895 he resigned his charge in Humboldt and removed to his farm four miles south of lola, since which time he has been engaged in missionary work in this presbytery. Rev. L. I. Drake was manied in Mt. Pleasant, Hamilton county, Ohio, May 10, 1849, to Miss Mary Ann Gaston, who was born May 9, 1830. Her father, David B. Gaston, was born in Hamilton county, No- vember 29, 1803. Our subject and his wite have become parents of ten children, four of whom are yet living: John W. , a dentist now practicing in Ciiillicothe, Ohio; Mary, wife of J. B. Chamberlain, formerly of Hum- boldt, but now of Chicago; Mrs. Esther E- Aspiuall, of lola, and Ralph R. , who has resided in Allen county since 1884. Ralph was born in West Liberty, Ohio, February 24, 1864, and drove alone in a wagon from the Buckeye state to Kansas. He has been twice married. He wedded Blanche Cain, of Ohio, and to them were born two children, — Hazel and Lewis. After the death of his first wife, he wedded Agnes Wagner, of Toledo, Ohio, formerly of Pennsylvania. Their children are Margaret and Frederick. Both Ralph Drake and his father have been lifelong Repub- licans. Our subject has never failed in any duty of citizenship, and has ever kept well informed on the issues of the day. He is a man of strong convictions yet of an abiding sympathy. As a speaker he is forceful and eloquent and his every utterance rings with sincerity and honest convic- tion. His mind, carefully disciplined, analytical and of broad ken', his deep perception and quick and lively sympathy, make him a power in his field of labor. \ A WILLIAM LEWIS BARTELS, retired, of lola, whose presence has ^ " been conspicuously recognized in the business and social world of Allen county for the past forty years, is one oi the remaining pioneers of 388 IIISTOKV OF ALLEN' -VXD Kansas whose business career almost spans the history of his county and whose life, filling with years, has been crowned with the reward of honest, earnest and intelligent effort. He has not simply been in the county but distinctly of the county and, while he has witnessed most of the events of importance that have happened here he has caused some of them to happen and knew that others were going to happen. He had arrived at the age of responsible citizenship when he first saw Allen county and was equipped with a fair education, a good constitution, an abund.ince of energy and a good name. This combination, carefully guarded, will win in the race of any life and, when its cares have been laid aside, it can not be said that "it was all in vain." "Lew" Bartels was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, May ii, 1842. He is a sou of Christian Bartels, born in Hanover, Germany, in i8o8. The latter was a miller's son and, in 1835, came to the United States. He has a brother, Lewis, who resides at Gypsum, Kansas, and another brother. Henry, who remained in Germany. Christian Bartels learned the tailor's trade in his youth and his first work in this country was done in Phila- delphia. He located at Zanesville, Ohio, about 1840 and was there mar- ried to Sarah Pryor, whose parents were among the first settlers of that community. In 1S51 he went to Bureau county, Illinois, and located in Sheffield. He had undertaken farming in Illinois and, feeling cramped for room and with the expectation of getting a "claim," he came to Kansas m is6o. He pre-empted a quarter section on Onion Creek, on the south line lit lola township and tlied there in 1878. His widow died in lola in 189S. Their children are: Amelia, widow of Jesse VanFossen, of Humboldt; Mary, died single; W. L. ; Margaret, wife of D. B. Stephens, of lola; Sarah, who married Robert L- Travis, of Humboldt, Kansas; Thomas M., a leading merchant of lola. Among the first things that Lew Bartels encountered on coming to Kansas was the Civil war It was no trial for him to meet his obligation in this matter for he was a strong believer in the union of the states and cow- ardice was not a part of his makeup. He enlisted x\ugust 10, 1861, in Company G, Ninth Kansas, Colonel Lynde; and the first thing that was done was to raid the Rebels and Bushwhackers who sacked Humboldt. They were overtaken at Cabin Creek and a battle ensued. The fellows who burned Humboldt also came in for a raid and the Ninth did its duty toward them. The Ninth spent the winter of 1861 on post duty at Humboldt and the next spring it was marched to Leavenworth, Kansas, and mounted. It took the Santa Fe trail f jr Fort Uuicai, New Mexico, guarding the over- land stage line against the Indians and Rebels. The regiment returned to Leavenworth the same fall and Company G did provo.st guard duty around the city till the spring of 1863. The regiment guarded the southern border of the state and chased Quautrel's baud of guerrillas in Missouri the greater part of the year. General Joe Shelby's men were encountered at different times in his feints on Kansas City and north Missouri. The spring of 1864 the Ninth Kansas was ordered toward Little Rock and had many brushes with the Confederates in Arkansas. Our subject enlisted as a private and r> ^. ■WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 589 \vas discharged at Duvalls Bluff, Arkansas, January i6, 1855, being a sergeant and having seen three and one-half years of service. Mr. Barteis tilled the .soil the first four years succeeding the war. He went into Degenhart's harness shop at Humboldt, learned the trade and the business and spent three years there. He came 10 lola in 1874 and opened a shop and did a thriving business in the old building on his present busi- ness corner till 1S85. He was then appointed Deputy Revenue CoUectoi for fourteen eastern Kansas counties. He officiated in this capacity four and a half years and acquitted himself with credit to himself and with great .satisfaction to the government. Upon the election of Harrison the Deputy foice resigned in a body and, in reply to his letter of resignation his chief ^ent Mr. Bartels the following: "In terminating our official relations I desire to say that I have always •considered the business of the Second Division in safe hands, and to thank you for your care and fidelity in the discharge of your duties. Your selec- tion and appointment has never caused me a regret. I hope your pros- perity and happiness in future may equal your individual merits." Retiring from the revenue service Mr. Bartels established himself in the hardware business and his house became one of the popular places of business in Allen county. He conducted its affairs most satisfactorily till April 1899 when he sold his stock and retired from active business. Dur- ing the year iSqS he erected the "Bartels Block," a two .story brick 22x120 feet with basement and the following year his brick residence, on East Madison avenue, was erected, and he thus becomes the owner of two of the most attractive and substantial structures in the city. March 22, 1863, Mr. Bartels was married in Allen county to Sidney, a daughter of John B. Tibbetts, who was driven out of Missouri in 1861 by the Rebels and came over into Allen county. Mr. Tibbetts was a shoe- maker and was born in Massachusetts. He married Miss Amy Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Bartels' children are Ida H., wife of Eli Wharton, of lola, Kansas; Josie, wife of B. C. Potter, of lola; Rosie, wife of Edward Langford, of lola; William Z. Bartels, who married Jessie Webb; OUie, Maud and Jessie Bartels. The Democracy of the Bartels' is proverbial. Their adherence to the ])rinciples of the ancient and honored faith is constant. William L- has been twice honored with election to the office of Mayor of lola, first in 1882 when he was chiefly concerned in getting the Missouri Pacific Railway to build into lola, and second in 1892 when he gave the city a business administration. FAMES SIMPSON, who was prominent as a citizen and contractor in "^ lola a decade and a half ago and who died there September 6, 1889, was a native born Englishman. He was born near York October 18, 1827, and was one of fifteen children. His father, Robert Simpson, was a farmer 390 HISTORY OF ALLEX AND and young "Jimtny" passed his youth at such work as would aid in niniu- taining the household. He was apprenticed at an early age and spent six years at the carpenter and joiner trade. He was some twenty- five ye?.rs old when he came to the United States. He landed at Xew York but went direct to Canada. He was in company with his brother, Thomas, but Charles and Mark, brothers also, reared families and died in America. Thomas died in Canada, Charles died in Philadelphia and Mark died in Decatur, Illinois. James Simpson returned to the United States and found his first em- ployment it his trade in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked in Jacksonville and Decatur, Illinois, going to tlie latter point about 1S67 from the former. He came to lola in 1879 and was a thorough-going and properous citizen to the end. He adhered to the Democratic faith and was an Episcopalian in spiritual matters. He was well informed, ready and alert and was a genial and companionable gentleman. He was married at Jacksonville, Illinois. September 12, 1852, to Sarah Sprowell, whose father, Robert Sprowell, was also an Englishman. The Sprowells were from Lincolnshire as was Betty Wilson whom Robert Sprowell married. William G. Sprowell and Mrs. Simpson are their surviving heirs. "Uncle Jimmy" Simpson and Mrs. Simp.son manifested a warm per- sonal interest in orphan children. They were childless, themselves, and many of these unfortunates found comfortable homes with them. Those who have enjoyed their hospitality and profited by their friendship are: Charles Dunavan, the late Mrs. Ada Bartlett, Mrs. Jennie Xelson, of Springfield, Illinois, George Simpson, of Decatui , Illinois. Mrs. Eva Rob- in.son. of St. Louis, Missouri, and Sarah Metcalf. For twenty years Mrs. Simpson was engaged in the millinery busines-^ in lola, retiring July 4, 1889. The old Simpson corner she has adorned with a splendid two story brick business house, and the new Episcopal church edifice owes much to hei for its early erection. She and her hus- band seem to have lived for the good they might do and all worthy enter- prises and proper charities participated in their benefactions. JOSHUA HUTLER, Ida's enterprising and thrifty larnier, feeder and stock shipper, has passed more than thirty years within the limits of Allen county. He entered it early in November of 1869 and, on Sunday morning, the 4th of the month, he drove into town from the east, having arrived at his destination after a drive of several hundred miles. He ended a journey that began in Coshocton county, Ohio, in October, by steam- boat, "Champion," from Cincinnati to St. Louis, and was finished with an overland trip from that city. Mr. Butler was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, September 17, 1845, and was a son of an early settler there, Harrison Butler. The latter was born and brought up in Culpepper county, Virginia, where he owned WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 39I ■slaves and was one iif the thrifty planter^ of his communit3\ His birtli oc- ■curred in 1785 and he died in 1S68. He was one of the intensel}- indus- trious men of his time and place and his industry was liberally rewarded. The children by his first wife were: Ann, who married Michael Carrol and died leaving a daughter in Coshocton county; Mary Butler, who died young; Frances, who married Chrispum Foster and died in Allen count3^ Kansas; Luciuda, who died single; and William Butler, well known to early settlers west of the Neosho river in Allen count}-, who died in 1879. The mother of our subject was Margaret Nellineer. Her children were: Henry Butler, of Akron, Ohio; Caroline, wife of William Valentine, of Ida: Joshua, our subject; Charlotte, wife of John Porter, resides in Colum- bus, Ohio, and Sarah J., who married Isaac Bible and resides in Coshocton count}', Ohio. Joshua Butler has been nothing short of a shrewd, industrious and thrifty farmer from boyhood. He received little in the way of an education and, at the age of thirteen years, he can be said to have "started" in life. He relates that he hadn't clothing fit to wear to Sabbath School for two years at a time and he worked out by the day and month for five years. Although his father was thrifty he did not lavish any of his sub- stance upon Joshua, assuming it to be the better plan to compel him to gain experience by practice while young. Joshua Butler earned many an honest dollar at the pitiful sum of $ir.oo a month. One three months' work he invested in seed wheat, sowed it and lost it by the weevil. An- other sum of money, earned as wages, he bought calves with and doubled his money. He was not more than a youth when he bought a mare which he expected to sell to Dan Rice's show but a shipper came along and offered him §45 more than he paid and she went south. On a Sunday morning he bargained for a hundred head of sheep at $400 and sold them in a short time for $507.50. This sort of speculation and his wages enabled him to pay for three shares of the old home in five years. One of the heirs petitioned to have the place sold and our subject bought it in on Saturday and sold it again, at once, at a profit of $400. Feeling the need of better educational equipment he spent two years in school. In 1868 he was married to Clementine Foster and remained the first year in Roscoe. The first thing he did upon coming to Allen county was to purchase forty-six acres of land west of the river and the next fall he added eighty acres to the west of i1, creating a debt of S400.00. As he became able he added another eighty and then one hundred and sixty-five acres, and more re- cently one hundred and fifty-eight acres. He rested, as it were, ten years till he paid out and sent two of Ms children to Lane University two years. He moved into lola in 1893 and purchased the southeast corner of block ten upon which he has erected two large houses. He built one of the handsome store buildings on the south side of the square in 1894 and his income from rentals is one much to be desired. As a feeder Mr. Butler handles one hundred head of cattle and several car loads of fat hogs yearly. In 1881 Mr. Butler lost his first wife. Her children were: Ebenezer, who married Ada Johnson and resides on the farm; Emma, wife of H. C. .V;-' HISTORY OF ALLEX AXD Williamson, of lola, and Xellie, who married James B. E\vnrt, of Vernoir county, Missouri. In [883 Mr. Butler married Mary Williams. Their children are: Edna, Stuart. Flossie and Iva Butler. No man about lola is better known than Joshua Butler. No man ot his age and length of residence in Allen county has produced more sub- stantial results from actual hard work than he. In his youth he learned th It it always paid to be honest, and this old adajje he has followed to the letter in latter life. As a stock man he possesses e.^ccellent juds^iinent and oiv all his varied interests he keeps a close tab. CAPTAIN G. DeWITT \va,s born in Gallia county, Ohio, February 28, 1834, where he lived until about fourteen years old when he moved with his parents to Franklin county, Illinois. Here he grew tO' manhood, choosing farming and school teaching as his vocation and fitted himself for a civil engineer. In i860 he enlisted in the Civil war as an Illinois volunteer in the i loth Regiment where he served as captain eighteen months, when he was honorably discharged on account of poor health. In 1863 he moved with his family to Humboldt, Kansas, where he served in the militia about two years. He bought a farm two and a half miles we.st of Hifmboldt upon which he lived for thirty-seven years. He was quite a public spirited man, taking a very active part in all public issues. He was ever a true Republican and by this party was elected to Ehe office of County Surveyor which he held almost continuously for thirty- five years. He held the office of County Superintendent one term and rep- resented his county two terms in the State Legislature. These offices he filled with much credit to his constituents. There was hardly a square section in the county which he had not surveyed and knew fully as well a.s the owner himself. He was a man of sterling integrity, a deliberate thinker — never jump- ing at conclusions and seldom ever losing his point in an agument. He united with the Missionary Baptist denomination wlien quite a young man and clung very tenaciously to this belief until his death which occurred April gth, 1901. JOSEPH TERRELL RENO, of lola, was born in Schuyler County, Illinois, October 5, 1845. His father was the Rev. Joseph Reno, United Brethren, whose ministerial work in Linn and Bourbon Counties. Kansas, many years was both important and effectual. He did much to- ward the establishment of that faith in thoee counties, and at his death in 1876, left the work in a healthy, encouraging condition. He was born in East Tennessee in 1807. and went to Illinois in the early settlement of that WOUUSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 3g^ State. He secured an education that made his life a success, and at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, 1834, he enlisted and served his State in quelling the disturbance. Although he was a sell-made man, few with his opportunities could have done more in the cause of religion as a pioneer preacher than he. In politics he was a Republican, coming into that party from the Whigs. Jonathan Reno, our subject's paternal grandfather, was a Virginian. He was descended from French stock, was a farmer and was killed in Springfield, Missouri. Sarah Skyles married Rev. Joseph Reno. .She was a daughter of Mr. Skyles, of East Tennessee. Mrs. Reno resides in Allen county, Kansas, and is the mother of Joseph T., Charles, of Piqua, Kansas; William O., of lola; Adda, wife of Frank Smith, of Allen county and Jeanette, wife of I. Helms, of Bronson, Kansas. Joseph T. Reno was near twenty-one years old when he came to Kan- sas. He was reaied on an Illinois farm and educated in the district schools and before he was eighteen years of age he enlisted in the army. His regi- ment was partially raised in McDonough county, Illinois, and his command was Co. A, 8|th Infantry. His regiment was placed first in the 4th corps and later became a part of the 14th corps. He began service at Louisville, Kentucky and was in the fight at Perryville, that state. In their order Mr. Reno participated in the engagements at Chicamauga, Atlanta campaign, (Ringgold Gap, Buzzards Roost, Kennesaw Mountain,) Jonesboro, Nash- ville and Franklin. He served as a private and through all these, some of the most bloody battles of the war. he passed without injur\'. He was dis- charged at Camp Harker June 8, 1865, and cultivated his crops in Illinois that year. He came to Kansas in the fall and located on a farm in L,inn county. In 1879 he came into Allen county and located a farm near Bron- -son and resided in that vicinity for ten years. In 1889 he located on a farm near Carlyle and four years later he took up his residence in lola. Mr. Reno was first married in Linn county, Kansas, in i,S68 to Emma Saddler, a daughter of James Saddler, one of the pioneers to Linn county. In 188,3 Mrs. Reno died, leaving five daughters: Laura, wife of Andrew Price of Lordsburg, New Mexico; Mary E. , wife of Dallas Gillespie, of Missouri; Dora, widow of Simon Brillhart; Cora, who married Charles Cain, of lola, and Lettie. Mr. Reno was married the second time in 1883. His W'ife was Sadie Kenady, a daughter of Valentine Brillhart. She died in 1898 and in April 1900 Mr. Reno married Emma L. Prather, a daughter of Randolph B. Tucker, of Clermont county, Ohio. Mr. Reno added his mite to the expansion era of lola. In 1899 he platted Reno's additioti to lola, much of which has already been disposed of and improved. ^ A7ILLIAM MORGAN HARTMAN, deceased, was identified with ^ " the mercantile and financial interests of Tola during its childhood and early youth. He came to Allen county in 1865 and w-as first en- 394 HISTORY OF ALLEX AND gaged in the stock bu>iness with the pioneer. John McCliire, his lather-in- law. When the prairies began to settle np and the village became a town "Morg" dropped out of the stock business and entered the field of merchan- dise. He clerked for L. L. Xorthrup. conducted a furniture business with Xorris and a hardware business with Jacob Casmire, and was one of the popular merchants of the city. He prospered as time pa.s.sed and when he reached middle life the thought of establishing a banking business in lola took serious hold upon him. He became associated with Geo. A. Bowlus in the loan business and the two formed a partnership and started the Bank ol Allen County. To the success of this institution he devoted his few re- maining years, for he died October 6. 1SS7. \V. M. Hartman was born in Indiana June 4, 1S34. He was a sou of William Hartman who established his family at Ridgefield, 111., and died there. His mother was Agnes Gibson, who is also buried at Ridgefield. 111. Her children were: David, who was a Union soldier, died during the war; Gibson, at Ridgefield, 111: W. M., our subject: Isaac, of Chicago: Lem H., who died in Minneapolis, Minn., and was once a resident of lola: Sophia, wife of Joseph Wayne, of Center Point. la.. Lizzie, wife of William Morey. of Ridgefield. 111., and Gussie, who died at Ridgefield. Morg Hartman acquired a fair education in the district schools, was all his life a great reader, his fine memory enabling him to give quotations from the Bible or Shakespeare to fit ever\- occasion. He was very fond of poetry, often reciting whole poems which he had learned when a boy. He was a lovei of nature — birds and flowers especially. His lather moved to Ridgefield. 111., about 1S34 and Morg grew up on a farm. His first wife was Mary McClure, whom he married at Ridgefield. She died in 1S62 leaving one child Gertrude, uow the wife of Benjamin Throop, of Crystal Lake, 111. Agnes Throop is the only grandchild. On April 16. 1S74 he married Melissie, a daughter of William Buchanan, of lola. In politics he was an independent, voting for the man or the principle. He read all sides, forming his opinion and voting as he thought right. He was public spirited, giving liberally to every good enterprise. He was a member of the Masons and Odd Fellows fraternities and al- though not a religious man in the usual sense of the word he thought deeply on spiritual matters. He did his whole duty toward his fellows. His sym- pathy extended to the poor and he heijjed men when they knew not the source of their benefaction. FRANK GAY — The citizens of '-the west side" in lola township recognize no more industrious or worthy farmer than Frank Gay. He has been in Allen County more than thirty years, nearly all of which time has been spent in the vicinity of his present home. He was born near Montgomen' Alabatua. December 16. iSs2, and is a soil of WOOnSOX COl'XTIHS. KAXSAS. 3Q3 Jasper N. Gay. The latter left Alabama before the Civil war came on ami passed that period in the State of Arkansas. He was born in Georgia in 1S15 and was a planter's son. In iSog he came to Allen County and locat- ed upon the Golorth place, west of lola. He died there in 1871. His u-ife was Sarah Gillaiui who is residing with her son, Frank. Their children are: Frank Gay: Kmma, wife of John H. Beahm: John Gay, of Hillsboro, California: George Gay, a soldier in the regular army .ind now in the Philippines: Jeff Gay of Colorado, and Edwird Gay, of Washington. Frank Gay went to school where .'^chool facilities were poor. He deplores the fact that his educ;'tional equipment is so scant and has a warmer side foi a lil>eral education on this account. Labor has been his strong card and he has engaged in it persistently and unceasingly since his sixteenth year. For five years he was a wage earner on the farm and out of these earnings he purchased his first piece of land near the Neosl o Valley school house. He purchased and disposed of another farm in the same section before he located in section 5, town 24, range iS. His pres- ent place was, only a few years since, an expanse of wild land fit only for the grazing of roaming herds and attractive to the eye of no man. Under the unyielding pressure of his industrious hand it blooms and blossoms and produces abundantly. Mr. Gay was married May iS. iSSo, to Eliza, a daughter of David Beahm. The issue of this marriage are: Earl. Josie, Willie, Charley, Orby and Ira. Ml. Gay is a Prohibitioni.st with Democratic leanings — his ancestors havina been Democrats — and is a member of the Advent church. ■ 7 0HX C. HOLTZ. of lola, retired farmer, was, tor many years, one of '-' the progressive and successful farmers of Woodson County. He locat- ed just east of Neosho Falls in 1SS4, where he purchased a farm and where he is yet a large land owner. The business of grain and stock raising he has carried on during his active lite mast succe.ssfully and when he retired, in 1900, it was in the po.ssession of a surplus sufficient to maintain him and his in the years of theii decline. 'Mr. Holtz was boni in Mecklinburg-Schwerin, September 14, 1S37, and was a son of Frederick Holtz, a farmer, who left Germany early in the fifties and settled his family in West Virginia. He remained in that State till death in 1S75 and is buried in Wood County. His wife was Christina Kruger who died in the same county ten years before her husband. Their children were: Lewis, of Parkersburg, West Virginia; John C; Sophia, wife of William Karnhoff, of Covington, Kentucky, and "Stina," wife of John Moseman, of Parkersburg, West \"irginia. John C. Holtz was a lad of sixteen when he left the Old World and became a \'irginia youth. The ves.sel which brought him was a sailer out of Hamburg, bound to Xsw Vork. His opportunities were meager for 396 HISTORY UF ALLKN AND educational equipment, but he managed to secure the ruJim„Mits ur ri'.>t principles, and was about embarking in an undertaking when tlie Civil war came on. He enlisted in Companj' C, West \'irginia cavalr)-, first regiment, Col. Capehard. His regiment was a part of General Sheridan's command and the Rebels were right handy when they were wanted. lu all the important field service of West \'irginia,. Virginia. Maryland and Pennsyl- vania Mr. Holtz tojk part. He vvas captured at Winchester, Virginia, but escaped from the Rebel field prison in fourteen days and rejoined his regi- ment. Mr. Holtz witnessed some of the closing scenes of the war and was near the Capitol when Lee surrendered. He was discharged in June, 1865, having served in all the four years of the Civil war. Almost upon his release from the army Mr. Holtz came to Kansas. He gathered together a small amount of cash and, upon his arrival at Lawrence he purchased a forty acre tract of timber of a Delaware Indian and proceeded to get out ties for the Union Pacific railroad, then building. He spent the lirst winter around Lawrence at this work, boarding with the Indians, and when spring came he went south into Franklin County and bought a farm eight miles east of Ottawa. He returned to Lawrence in the spring of 1S67 and was married to Margaret Lewis, a daughter of James Lewis, from Ohio, who settled at Cherokee, Kansas. In 1S6.9 Mr. Holtz moved over into Coffey County, near Burlington, and there carried on his farming and stock raising till 1884, as previously explained. With the aid ol his sons in operating his large farm and with his own expert management Mr. Holtz's prosperity, as an agriculturist, has been posi.tive and enduring. His sons are: Lewis, of Allen County, is married to Mary Dice; James, of Woodson County; Frank, of Woodson County, and John, of lola. In politics Mr. Holtz is a Republican. His first Presidential vote was for Lincoln in 1S64, and he has voted for every Republican candi- date since. H EXRY W. WILLIAMS, of lola, one of Tola's early Police Judges and for some years a grain and coal dealer in the city, came into Kansas in 1S78 and settled on the frontier in Pawnee county. He mi- grated there from Cumberland county, Illinois, where he was born Feb- ruary I, 1S33. He passed his boyhood in Coles and bis youth in Cumber- land county and was a son of Harry Williams who went into Illinois in 1S30 and settled in Coles county. The latter was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, in 1809. and left the state three years later with his father, Zaben Williams, to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Hardin county, and was reared there almost to manhood. In 182S he crossed the Ohio river and invaded Crawford county, Indiana, where he married Lucretia Beals and. soon after moved over into Coles county, Illinois. Lucretia was a daughter of David Beals and Philine^- Haves, a niece of ex-President Haves, "WOODSON COUiVTIES, KANSAS. 39^ for her father, Oliver Hayes, was the President's uncle. Tlie Beals were .from near Saratoga, New York, from which point they settled first in the Miami country above Cincinnati and afterward in Crawford county, Indiana. Zaben Williams was born and reared at William.>town, Massachusetts, and was a son of one of the founders of the town and a nephew of the other. These brothers were men of affluence and their generosity prompted them to found and endow the college at Williamstown. Zaben Williams' three children were: Harris, Constant and Harry, whose forefathers were pat- riots in the American Revolution, in the person of the founders of Wil- liamstown College, both of whom died in the service. Harry Williams' children were: Mary J., who married Josiah Good- win, of Cumberland county, Illinois; Henry W. ; David B. , of Sullivan county, Missouri; Lucj" E., deceased, w-ife of W. J Vinson, of Cumberland county, Illinois; Jesse M., of the same county; Larinda C, wife of J. T. Jone^, of Coles countj-, Illinois, and William F. Williams, of Cumberland county, Illinois. Our subject spent his early life on his father's farm. He went to school three months in the year and at the age of seventeen bargained with his father for his time. He made and handled saw-logs and rails and from this he dropped into farming. He was married in October, 1S50, to Nanc\' J. Stone who died October 10, 1S65, leaving: Frances, wife of William J. Newman, of Mattoon, Illinois; Lewis B. Williams, of .lllen county, and Chauncey L. Williams, of Coles county, Illinois. In 1S66 he was married to Amanda F. Kellej-, who died in lola July 17, 1899. Her children are: Orville K. , one of Allen county's successful teachers; Oscar L. ; Charles; Mary E. , wite of W. Rutledge; Amanda L., wife of Oscar L. Cowan; Harry, Olive and Fred Williams are with their father. January 21, 1900,' Mr. Williams married Mattie Dailey, a daughter of Amos Dailey, one of lola's early settlers. In western Kansas Mr. Williams was engaged in both carpenter work and farming. He resided in Pawnee Rock and later in Larned and from that city he came to lola in i888. He purchased a half block in the first ward of lola which he has improved by covering it with residences and has thereby contributed his part in the city's development. In the spring of 1900 he went out of active business and is concerned now only with the proper rearing and education of his \'ounger children. In political training the early Williams were Whigs. Upon the disso- lution of that party they became "Know Xothing" and when the Repub- lican party was christened the}' joined it and helped swell Fremont's popular vote. Our subject's first vote was cast for that candidate for the Presidency and he has never missed an election in all these forty-four years. He has great faith today in the ability of that part}* to do things and to conduct the affairs of our countrj- with wisdom and prudence and to lead our citizens along a high plane of morality, patriotism and civilization. Mr. Williams enlisted at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, October 1861, for three years and his regiment was McClelland's advance guard along the 39S FTISTORV OF AtLEN' AJTD Potomac river in 1861 and 1862. He was discharged at Cumberland', Maryland, for disability and returned to Illinois, and in Febnuuy, 1865, joined the One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois and was transferred to Sixty-first Illinois, from which he was discharged October 19, 1865. He was detailed on duty to turn over deserters to the army, who returned under the President's firoclamation, during the end of his second enlistment and the close of the war found him so entjaged. FRAXKLIX ROOT— The late Franklin Root, ex-County Superintend- ent of Public Instruction of Allen county, was one of the noble characters and honored citizens of his county. Few men possessed, in as- high degree, the confidence and esteem of his townsmen and few men more sincerely merited that confidence so extended and so marked. While in Allen county Mr. Root made himself as much a part of the county as though he had been born here and his life of usefulness to it be- gan from the week he set foot upon its soil. As educator, as Christian gentleman and as model citizen he performed his pmrt and well and effect- ively it was done, leaving the impress of his beautiful life and stainless character wherever he mingled in business or society. Frank Root was born in Pekin, New York, May 4, 1826. His earU' life was rural in environment, for his father, Elias Root, was a farmer. The latter was born in .Vlansfield, Connecticut, June 8, 1781, and was there married to Anna Belding, who was born in Conway, Massachusetts, July 12, 1790. Of their seven children Frank was the only one who identified himself with the West. In preparing himself for the duties of life Franklin' Root attended the Lewiston, New York, Academy and the Lockport Union School. He en- gaged in teaching and continued the work several years, finally abandon- ing it when he was appointed to a position in the revenue service at Sus- j)ension Bridge, New York. He spent eight years in the customs service and was as efficient and popular as a customs collector as he was as a teacher of the American youth. In 1S71 he came to Kansas and took the school at Geneva, Allen county. His success there, and his apparent personal fitness for the office, led the Republicans of the county to name him (or county superintendent. He was first appointed to fill an unexpired term and was then elected to fill the remainder of that term and twice to fill full terms of two years each. It is doubtful if any public officer held the universal esteem of his constituents to a greater degree than did Mr. Root. To the teachers he was a fatherly adviser and a tower of strength and to the district board and patrons he was a wi.se counsellor and sincere friend, and all worked in practicil harmony together. Upon retiring from office Mr. Root was associated with H. L. Hender- son in the hardware business, afterwards with W. A. Cowan in the grocery business. The last years of his life he was with A. W. Beck as his •WOODSON cocxtie:;, kansas. 399 book-keeper and so long as he possessed the strength he filled this posi- tion. He was a long sufferer from asthma and this finally terminated his life. He died at Hot Springs, Arkansas, May 29, 1886, and was buried at lola. April 18, 1867, Mr. Root was married to Lucinda Fletcher, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Fletcher. They had no children, save those they adopted and elsewhere referred to herein. HTELL EVANS, a member of the drug firm of Evans Brothers, is a • .son of one of Allen county's pioneers. His father was Hon. John M. Evans, who represented Allen county in the State Legislature near the close of the sixties and who was, at the time of his death and for some years prior, a prominent merchant of the county, doing business at Ge- neva. The latter was an Indiana settler and came into the county in 1857. He entered the quarter section in Carlyle township known now as the "County Poor Farm" and resided upon it till the \'ear following the close of the war when he went to Geneva. He was associated with L. L. Xorth- rup in a general store and was stricken down in the prime of life thirteen j-ears after his advent to the county. H. T. Evans is the fourth of a family of six surviving heirs of John M. Evans. He was born at the old homestead in Allen county January 29, 1863, just two years after Kansas' natal day. The early part of his life was passed in Geneva and since 1876 he has lived in Tola. He secured an ordinary training in the common schools and in his youth he engaged to learn the carpenter trade.' He worked many months with the late S. P. Overmyer and it might be said that that odd character taught him the prime mysteries of the craft. One of the last acts of our subject, as a me- chanic, was to erect the frame work and do the finishing on Evans Brothers' store. When Mr. Evans first engaged in business it was as a partner with M. L. Miller, the firm being "Miller & Evans, undertakers." Two years after the formation of the firm he purchased the interest of Mrs. Miller and conducted the business alone. The disastrous fire of 1891 swept away three-fourths of his resources and wiped out a business that had been estab- lished only four }-ears. The firm of Evans Brothers grew out of that con- flagration. Tell and William J. found it necessary, from force of circum- stances, and mutually helptul to unite their shattered resources in an effort to regain a place in the business world of lola. They purchased the lot upon which v\-a.s the old Stevenson drug store and erected lola's first hand- some business house. In 1892 the firm opened their, now famous, drug and stationery house, one of the conspicuously attractive places in lola. Realizing the late start in a new business, he took up the study of pharmacy with the determination to win. And though studying only at liome, with the assistance of other members of the firm, and taking the 40O HISTORY OF ALLEN .VXD currespomkncf course of the National Institute of Pharmacy, of Chicago^ Illinois, (<,)f which he has a diploma) was ready for the State Examina- tion oi Pharmacists, in the minimum of time of experience, as prescribed by the Kansas laws, and was passed by the board at the head of a class of fifty-five. September 29, i8g6, Mr. Evans married .-Mine Peterson, a lady of social and mtisical prominence who located in lola in 1S86. She was born in the city of Chicago and reared in Plattsburg, Clinton county, Missouri, and, in 1895, took a course in the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. The children of this union are Telline and Emily J. Evans. Mr. Evans began the exercise of his elective franchi.se in 1S84 by cast- ing his presidential ballot for the "Plumed Knight," the great Secretary Blaine. His party fealty never suffers by defeat. Twice has he seen the r)anner of progress and prosperity fall into the hands of his political com- petitors and as many times has he helped to reclaim it and to restore it to its own. In local matters he has done only that which would tend to the best public service for lola. Being in strict accord with the spirit of pro- gress in public education he was nominated for the Board of Education in 1900 from the Fourth ward and elected. He is one of the first members of the Ancient Order ot I'nited Workmen and has represented the Tola liodN" in the State Grand Eodge. fUDGE ALEXANDER WILLI A.M J. BROWN, the late pioneer and " Captain of Company F, Sixth Kansas, war of the Kebellion, was one of the locally conspicuous characters on the Kansas frontier. His prominence lies in his being a settler at such an early date and from his various rela- tions to the settlers along the Neosho and its tributaries in Allen county. He, in company with his son, Alexander H. Brown, left Saline county, Illinois, in the month of May, 1855, with an ox team for Kansas. They crossed the Mississippi at St. Louis, the Missouri at St. Claries and at Rock Port, keejiing the western trail to the Kansas line twelve miles south of Kansas City. They were headed for the Neosho Valley but soon after they entered the Territory the road disappeared and their last fifty-five miles was made without pilot or guide other than the sun and stars. On entering the county the little caravan went into camp a half mile north and about two hundred yards east of where North Maple Grove school house now stands. It was the month of June and the heavy rains had swollen Deei Creek so that it could not be forded. Some settlers were discovered to \)Q on the south side of the creek and, while delayed, they were "hel- loed" over and found to be of the same family, but of the tribe of Isham. Isham Brown and Dallis Martin on Deer Creek, Moses Followell on Elm Creek, the Baker brothers on the Neosho River and Mr. Ferguson on Rock Creek, were the persons who reached this locality ahead of Judge Brown. The latter crossed the prairie from Deer Creek to Rock Creek and WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 4OI there located by purchasing Mr. Ferguson's interest in a cl?im for $roo in gold, a yoke of cattle and a wagon. His was the first permanent settle- ment on Rock Creek and the second permanent settlement in the northern pnrt of Allen county, for none of those mentioned above, except Dallas Martin, remained amongst us till a very recent date. The condition of our subject was a trifle extraordinary and very un- usual for he came to the county with sufficient means to count him as a wealthy man, whereas, the average pioneer found himself exhausted in parse by the time he had passed the first winter in his new home. This fortunate condition of the Judge's was turned to the public as well as to his personal good. It enabled him to confer acts of charity where it was most deserving and appreciated and in many ways did his benefactions contri- bute to the comfort and happiness of the first settlers of his locality. There was the largest possible opportunity for engaging in the cattle business and this our subject did in connection with the subjugation and improvement of his farm. He was one of the successful men of his time and was one of those men whose opinion is sought and valued for its wis- dom and a gentleman whose interest in any public matter assured the more unanimous co-operation of the citizens. He was one of the early Probate Judges of the county and he performed the first marriage ceremony in Allen county. His selection to the captaincy of a company in the volunteer service shows him to have been in accord with the patriots of ">i. His regiment, the Eighth, was made a part of the Sixth Kansas and was ren- dezvoused at Fort Scott. The Judge resigned in less than a year and re- turned to civil pursuits. He died in 1866 at the age of fifty-two years. A. W. J. Brown was born in Kentucky. He went into Saline county, Illinois, with his mother and stepfather, Mrs. and Mr. Daniel Coy. He was limitedly educated, was fond of books, a student of history — ancient as well as modern — and, while interested in politics, was not a politician. His three half-sisters were Rhoda, Elizabeth and Martha Coy. They married David Evans, Samuel Miller and Jacob Barker, respectively, and passed their lives in Illinois. Our subject's first wife was Eliza Barger who died near lola in 1861. F'or his second wife he married Mrs. Margaret Robinson, a daughter of the pioneer physician Dr. John Hart, who came to Allen county in 1857. I'he children by his fir.st wife were: John L,., deceased, ex-sheriff of Allen county; Alex. H., born March 12, 1840; Lottie, wife of John H. Harris, also one of our pioneer citizens; Julia, who died young; Eliza, recently de- cea.sed, wife of John E. Thorpe, an lola patriot and a pioneer; William, Albert and Mattie, wife of Lee Patton, of Indiana. A son by his second marriage is Orlie Brown, of Oklahoma. Alexander H. Brown has, with the exception of two winters, been a resident of Allen county for a term of forty- five years. This is a longer term than an}' other man now in the county has to his credit. He was a farmer and stock man and trader till 1884 when he took up his residence in Tola. He has been identified with the "ins and outs" of county matters nearly ever since the war. Whatever he could do in any way to advance 402 HISTORY (IF Al.LKN AND the general interest of his town or county he has done, or in whatevtr wax- he could assist a neighbor in distress or help i brother over a piece of "corduroy" his hand was ready. In 1S85-6 he was Deputy Sheriff of Allen county. Like his father, his Republicanism is of the .staunche.st variety. He was married March 20, 1S64, to Annie L., a daughter of Jou;Uhan Masterson, who came to Kansas from Blooniington, Illinois. .Mrs. Brown was born July 17, 1S45, ^"'^' "■^'^'-^ October iS, 1900. Their chiUiren arc: Minnie, wife of P. L .-\.u>;u^tinu: Hattie. wile of George Frver, and Miss Ella Brown. JOHN A. RICHESON — One of the unique characters, whose life was spent in lola and whose original traits will remain fresh in the minds of his acquaintance? and friends, is the late John A. Riche.son. He passed twenty-four years in Allen County — the most of them around lola — and he demonstrated that his ch.ief quality was industry. He was born of humble parents and his child opportunities were those of the wage earner at what- ever came in his way. He learned no trade and seemed to have no genius or special adaptation for mechanics. He drifted along through life from place to place — till he reached lola — having little more of life's riches than would su,-~tain life. His notions of industry were that it should always be practiced. It was the corner stone of comfort and riches and the promoter of good health. He loved to work at good pay, hut if he could not get such a berth he took one with poor pay rather than none. When jobs around lola were scarce he plied the trade of fisherman. This occupation no doubt, sustained his family and supplied his few personal w'ants many times in the absence of steady employment. Another, and a favorite, occu- pation of his was selling soda pop. His voice was heard at nearly every fair, picnic and show at lola crying the sale of these goods. He possessed peculiar and successful qualities in the conduct of such a business and the profits he reaped always went to the support of his well trained and honora- ble family. Johnny Richeson was born at White Hall, Indiana, March 4, 1S52. He was a son of William Richeson, an early settler in Indiana and an old soldier. His business was that of shoemaking and he died at Renssalaer, Indiana. William Richeson married Lizzie E. Jackson, who was Johnny's molher. The latter came to Kansas, and to Allen County, many years ago and it was her last sickness that brought her oldest child, our subject, to the State, August 4, 1875. December 24, 1878, Mr. Richeson was married in lola by Judge Boyd to Roena Wright, a daughter of Amos Wright. The Wrights came to Allen County from McLean County, Illinois, in 1869. The Richesons finally located on State street where Johmiy purchased a small amount of property and erected a modest dwelling. His surplus earnings were de- voted to the improvement of and betterment of his home and when he died. I €fFy<^-^^^~'C^>^*jed as teacher for the winter term of school. Rocklow was then famous for one thing, that was its big bad boys. John Ritter secured a position with William Davis and Sam Stout to help them run their threshing machine. At that time the millet was not threshed until during the winter for granaries and barns vvere unknown. Grain was kept stored in the stack until a market was found for it. In the following January while threshing millet on the farm of D. W. Youngs, in Spring Valley, John Ritter accidentally had his right hand torn off by 4>4 HISTOKV OF AI.LKX AXTi gfttiiig it caught in the side gear of an old horse power machine. He was; then but a boy, six hundred miles from home and among strangers Boys with less pluck and determination would have given uji the battle in the West and returned to the parental roof, but not so with John Ritter. During the next summer and even before his wounded arm had en- tirely healed he secured work on the farm and continued in that capacity for several years. In about i8qo he together with his brother Chris bought a livery stable in Bronson and he entered into that business which he fol- lowed very successfully for several years, afterwards buying a livery stable in lola. He moved to that city and has been in the livery business ever since. In 1S91 he married Dclana Evans, a daughter of Jesse Evans, for years one of the leading men of Bronson. Chris Ritter taught school in Rocklow and Stony Point, the adjoining district, for four years. He farmed during the summer season and in iSSS quit leaching and devoted himself eiitirely to farming and stock raising. When the Alliance and kindred Farmer's organizations were organized in 1.SS9 and 1.S90 he took an active part and was President of the first County Alliance of Allen county. During the summer of 1S90 when the Farmer's Alliance movement began to take shape as a political organiza- tion, he together with "Doc" Aitken issued a call for a mass convention iir lola to organize the Peoples Party in this county. When the party was organized in the Second Congressional District he was the only delegate from Allen county to that convention which was held in Fort Scott. In September, 1S90, Chris Ritter sold his farming outfit and stock and moved to Bronson to take up the study of law. He was elected Justice of the Peace in the election that fall and when the town of Bronson was incor- porated as a city of the third class the following spring he was elected Police Judge. In September, 1S91, he was admitted to the Ixir in the Dis- trict Court of Bourbon county of which Hon. S. H. Allen, afterwards Jus- tice of the Supreme Court, was then Judge. During the winter of 1891 he made a trip to Oklahoma to look up a better country to settle in but came back satisfied that lola and Allen county were good enough. In April, 1S92, he moved to lola and opened up a law office. At that time the F'armer's Friend, the Populist newspaper, was in hard lines and the pub- lishers, Wixon Brothes, had announced their intention to discontinue tlie paper. Mr. Ritter at once realized that the Peoples Party in Allen county needed the Farmer's Friend. . He had some newspaper experience, having done considerable work on the local paper at Bronson while he lived there. Largely through his efforts others were interested in the Farmer's P'riend and its publication continued with S. D. Bartlett as editor and himself as- sociate editor. Mr. Bartlett severed his connection with the paper later on and Mr. Ritter assumed charge of it. The Allen County Herald, a Democratic paper published in lola at th.it time, was absorbed by him and consolidated with the Farmer's Friend. The business of a Populist lawyer and weekly newspaper of the same political faith .seem to go well together and Mr. Ritter continued them for many years. In 1896 he was nominated by his party for WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 415 County Attorney and endorsed by the Democrats and elected. After his ierm e.^pired he again took up his private practice and newspaper work ar.d is still at it. Among the young ladies who attended the Rocklow .school during the •time Mr. Ritter taught it was Miss Hattie Welker. In 1893 Mr. Ritter made a trip to Minnesota where Miss Welker was visiting relatives and ;they returned married, very much to the surprise of their friends and rela- tives here. They have two girls, Neva and Casandra. They live in a pleasant home at the corner of Broadway and South Elm, in lola. T~^ELMER PIERCE NORTHRUP, chief ol the mercantile interests of -' — ' the Northrnp estate and son of the late L. L. Northrup, was born in lola July 20, 1867. His birth occurred in the house which is the residence of Dr. Fulton on Xorth street, and all the years of his youth and middle life have been pa.ssed in lola. He passed through the grades of the city schools, almost to graduation, and, at the age of eighteen, took a permanent position in the store of O. P. Northrup & Company. This was not a new ■experience for him for his father had been a merchant many years before and either conducted a business or had an interest in one all the years he lived in lola and thus his sons grew up in the business. When the Northrup interests were separated into distinct departments our subject became the head of the drygoods division. He was amply equipped to ac- cept the responsibility and "Northrups" has continued to be, as in the past, the popular trading point in the gas belt. The firm of Northrup Brothers came into existence in 1S90 as succes- sors to O. P. Northrup & Company and is composed of F. A., L. L. and D. P. Northrup. The special educational equipment of our subject for any line or department of the Northrup interests was secured in Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He took a course there in 1885 in which he secured that thorough drill necessary to convert theory into practice. Mr. Northrup's interest in matters pertaining to lola is a lively and growing one. His mind is on his store by day, with his family at night and on lola all the time. He has aided liberally any movement to adver- ti.se his town or to make it bigger and better. He is fond of sport and he enthuses over baseball and the fair. He is interested in the cause of labor and encourages its efforts and entertainment in lola. He believes in high- er education and represents the third ward on the Board of Education. He is in sympathy with fraternities and is in good standing with the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. He is a man with strong likes and dislikes and while his friends are legion you can count his enemies on the fingers of one hand. In politics he is a Republican in State and National matters but in local affairs his ticket often suffers some modifiation to adjust it to his 4l6 friSTDRY (IF ALLEN ANTl views. His universal popularity is attested by his election, without oppo- sition to a place on the Board of Education in 1899. October 9, 1889, Mr. Xorthrup was married in Tola to Docia, daui^hter of Riley Young. Mrs. Xorthrup was born in Allen county June 9, 1S69. The children of this union are: Gladys Younj;, born July 29, 1S90; Lewis O., born January 28, 1893, and Lillian, born June 29, 1896. CONSTAXTINE G. MULL, is one of Allen county's early .settlers. He came amongst the pioneers of this county in 1866 and settled in Carlyle township on a farm in section 25, township 23, range 18. He was reared a farmer and wlien he established himself in the new west it was but natural that he should turn his attention to the farm and field. He had had ample training and it was not surprising that he should succeed. He remained with the farm for nearly thirty years, leaving it only when tlie death of his wife deprived him of a companion and rendered the old home dreary and depressing. Mr. Mull was born near Rockville, Indiana, October 3, 1842. His father was Jacob Mull, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and a country school-mate of James Buchanan, the fifteenth President of the United States. Mr. Mull was born Xovember 5, 1805, was married in Lancaster county about 1836 and removed to Columbiana county, Ohio. In 1S40 he settled in Parke county, Indiana, where he became one of the prominent and successful fanners of his day. He spent his last years in Rockville, dying there in 1874. He was a son of Xicholas Mull, a German by birth who died near the place of his settlement in Pennsylvania. He seems to have had an only son, Jacob, who.se sons, alone, bear the f.unily name of this American branch, Jacob Mull married Mary A. Durrah, whose father, William Durrah, was a tailor in Columbiana county, Ohio. Mary A. Mull died at Rock- ville, Indiana, in 1885, at the age of seventy-three years. Her children are: Elizabeth, wife of Henry Burford, of Marshall, Indiana; Lucinda, widow of J. F. Clark, of Rockville. Indiana; Susan, deceased, mairied William Snell; William D. Mull, who was killed by a maniac while sheriff of Parke county, Indiana; David H. Mull, of Mercer county, Missouri; Con G.; Martha, widow of William Elliott, ot Rockville, Indiana; John, who died in Montgomery county, Kansas; Henry, on the old home in Indiana, and Martin Mull, who was killed at Ingalls, Kansas, by an accidental shot. Our subject possessed the advantages only of the country' youth of the early days in Indiana. When he left home it was to go into the army. He enlisted in Company F, Eleventh Cavalry, Colonel "Bob" Stewart, of Terre Haute. He was mustered in at Indianapolis and his regiment was sent south to General Thomas' army. His company was so situated that his fir.st year or more was spent fighting Bushwhackers. The first Rebel WOODSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 417 commander to engage their attention was General Joe Wheeler. The main campaign in which the Eleventh was engaged was the one at Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, and at the latter place Mr. Mull was discharged after two years of service. This military experience served to stimulate in him a desire for other similar service later on and when the opportunity came to join a Kansas regiment to fight the Indians and recapture tlie white woaien who had been taken by them he enlisted in the famous Nine- teenth Kansas. He was on the march through Texas and the Territory where their mi.ssion was accomplished. The women were surrendered and tlie campaign ended with the close of winter. The winter of 1868 was a long and cold one and those who saw service in the marching across the trackless plains, through snow and ice and under the protection of Heaven alone, are t4. He was a strict Presbyterian and his son. Rev. M;irk B. Taylor, is a prominent Congregational clergyman, of Brooklyn, New York. He married Eliza M, a daughter of Asa Barnes, of Jefferson county. New York. Mrs. Taylor resides in Ottawa, Kansas. She was born in 1810. Clinton G. Taylor was the father of Mrs. F. A. Col^b, of Ireton, Iowa: Mrs. A. P. Gibson, of Xeosho county, Kansas; Rev. Mark B. Taylor, Past Chaplain of the National Grand Army of the Republic: Arthur L. and Mrs. Ella Tabor, of Ottawa, Kansas. Arthur L. Taylor spent the first twenty-one years of his life on the farm and was .schooled in such institutions as were common to sons of farmers trom 1S55 to iSt)5. With the money he made at farming a rented place the year he became of age he attended Bryant and Stratton's College at Davenport, Iowa. He spent the following season at farming atid, deciding to come to the western prairies, he drove a mule team through, in 1S69, to Neosho county, Kansas. The first three years in Kansas were devoted t(> farming — at that time his favorite calling. He had the experience of every country youth in Kansas in the early 70's, that of breaking prairie with Texas steers. To this he owes the cultivation of his wonderful stock of patience, and, if he has departed from the training which he received at his mother's knee, it was this that caused it. In 1872 he was appointed Deputy County Clerk of Neosho countj- and served as such, and as Deputy County Treasurer, lour years. In these capacities his natural business abilitv was given an opportunit\- to shine. His familiarity with the affairs of the county and his pronounced views with reference to the proper con- duct of the public business rendered him a formidable candidate for County Commissioner without his encouragement or consent. In 1876 he was elected to that oiSce and served the county ten years, continuously, with great ability and fidelity. Mr. Taylor was a Republican the first five years of his majority but he fell out with the tariff, believing it to be "legalized robbery" and he became a Democrat. His election as County Commission- er occurred in a Republican district and while serving as such he was in the lumber business at Osage Mission, now St. Paul, Kansas. In iSSS Mr. Taylor bought the S. A. Brown lumber yard in lola and that vear began a residence there which has been mutually profitable and pleasant to himself and his townsmen. Two years after his advent to the citv he was elected to the Council and was chosen Mayor in 1S97. He is one of the active members of the Commercial Club, and its President, and is the shaft which drives the machinery of the Allen County Fair As,socia- tion. This latter not only requires days of unremitting toil but nights of worrv and unrest, besides a yearly financial outlay. He has witnessed its periods of temporary adversity and has beheld its era of great success and popularity. Mr. Taylor was first married January i, 1874, to Annie, a daughter of Dr. G. W. McMillin, whose former home was in Lexington, Kentucky. Mrs. Taylor was born in Lexington in 1S51 and died in lola Januarj- 23, WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 419 1893. Her children are: Ella, wife of Adlai Ewing, was born August i, 1875; Clinton G., married to Pearl M. Harkness, was born September 15, 1.S77, and is associated with his father in business; Ray, born July 9, 18X3; Irene, born November 8, 1886, and Genevieve, born June 18, 1891. Mr. Taylor was married June 24, 1896, to Mrs. Julia Archibald, a daugh- ter of W. B. Alcock, of Marietta, Ohio. Mrs. Taylor was one of the suc- cessful and popular teachers in the lola schools foi some years. /-^HAKLES CALVIX AUSHERMAN, of lola, junior member of tlu- ^-^ well known firm of Cowan & Ausherman, and Allen county's popu- lar ex-sheriff, came into the county in iSSo, a young man ju.st turned twenty-one. He was born in Frederick county, Maryland, March ii, 1859, and spent his first sixteen years in the famous Middletown Valley. The Aushermans were among the early and thrifty settlers of that valley and were, as the name indicates, of German origin. The growing of grain and the raising of stock took up their time and .ittention and their prominence as such was a matter of common report during the first half of the present century. They were Whigs in politics and Dunkards in religion. John Ausherman, our subject's grandfather, was born in the Valley and died there in 1864 at the age of seventy two years. His wife was Ldiay Arnold, and his children were twelve in number. John Ausherman's father was a German who settled in Middletown Valley during the closing vears of the i8th century and his children were: John, Henry, David and Mrs. Slifer. Samuel Ausherman, our subject's father, was born near Middletown, F'ebruaryi, 1834, and died in Bourbon county, Kansas, September [5, 1891. He was married in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1S56 to Malinda C, a daughter of Daniel Leazer. In 1875 Mr. Ausherman left Maryland for the west and located near Springfield, Missouri. In 1880 he came to the vicinity of lola and in 1887 removed to Berlin, Bourbon county, and there died. Like his ancestors, Mr. Ausherman devoted himself to the farm and kindred enterjirises and at times made money and at times lost. He became a Republican early in the history of that party and was a man of positive and outspoken convictions. His son." are holding up the banner with credit to the family name and are honored citizens of their respective communities. The Leazers were also German. Daniel Leazer, or subject's maternal grandfather, was a well known blacksmith of the Valley and married Mary Gaver. Of their seven children Malinda C, was then seventh. She was born in 1838 and resides in lola. Her children are: Ella, wife of J')hn Moore, of Bourbon county, Kansas; Charles C; Benjamin M., a leading lawyer of Evanston, Wyoming; Alta May, wife of Henry W. Lambeth, of Allen county; Will C. , a grocer in Salt Lake, Utah, and Miss Kate Ausher- man, one of lola's talented teachers in the public schools. Charles C. Ausherman received a common school education. He (.•(I iiisToKv 111'' .\i.i.i-:n' and knew IK) Imsino.'^ but l:uiiiiii>; till he was twi-Mity-fivi.' years old. He l)ej;aii liis career as a intTchaiU in lola, with Hart & Wck-li. His next employ- er was I). H. Stephens aiul. finally, he became the trnsted clerk of Cowan & Marsh. When Cowan & Norris entered into a partnership Mr. Ausher- nian's name became second in the firm. In iS.Sj the firm of Cowan & Ausherinan was formed and is one o( the substantial concerns of the city. Mr. Auslurman is the active head of the institution and to his popularity i- due, in yreat measure, the prosperity and perpetuity ol the firm. The fact that C. C. Ausherinan got into politics when he became a voter and immediately acipiired a following seems "a matter of course." His personal magnetism and his evident sincerity of purpose are the (|uali- lies necessary to leadership and it is hut natural that he should become a inoininent factor in the manipulation of party affairs, He was township clerk some years ago and w'hen the county campaign of 1893 approached his friends insisted upon his candidacy for the office of Sheriff. He ulti- m.itely consented and won the nomination easily, and the election by a majority of 234 votes. His idniinistration of the office was so efficient as to win liiin a second election by a majority of 913 vcHes, and he left the otViee the most pojnilar ex-Sheriff of Allen county. He has served on the lola city Council, both before and since its charter as a second class city, and represented the first ward till 1900. His attitude toward his city is that of a public-spirited and progressive citizen. Worthy enterprises ap- l>eal to his liberality and worthy charities his financial supjiort. He is well know as an OiKl l-'ellow and is prominent in tile " Knights and Ladies" order. Mr. Ausherman was niurried December 20, 1S93, in Coffey ville, Kan- sas, by Rev. Freed, to Sadie J. Proctor. Her father was Richard Proctor and her mother, Elizabeth Hratton. They were Kentucky jieople and came to Allen county in i8,Si. Mrs. Ausherman was born March 22. 1S70. Harold P. Ausherman, our subject's only child, was bcMii February 8, 1S9S. JOHN SCHLIMMFR. one ol the .substantial ()erman-.\mericans of Mar- maton township, has passed a quarter of a century in Allen county, upon section 3, town 24, range 20. He came to Kansas in 1S75 from Hamilton county, Ohio, and was in company with a colony of settlers who located in both Allen and Anderson counties. He was not a farmer by training but conditions in this new country pointed to success in farming, if the priiper energy and industry were present, ami knowing that he pos- sessed lioth the.se qualities Mr. Schlimmer did not hesitate to lr\ the ex- periment. With what success he has met it is sufficient to note the increased acreage of his farm and the improvements and the stock that are found thereon. Mr. Schlimmer was born in Kur Hessen, Germany, October 24, 1S39. He was a \'outh of seventeen when he started for the United States and liis WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 42 1 destiiialioii was Cincinnati. He worked as a journeyman blacksmith for Mr. Stacey, on Walnut Hill, Cincinnati, five years and then established a blacksmith and wagon shop on the same hill. In the fifteen years that he conducted it he accumulated the surplus cash he invested in his Kansas farm. Mr. Schlimnier left Germany alone with only scant means to pay his passage but a fair knowledge of tlie trade he expected to follow. He sailed from Bremen aboaid the Harmonia, bound for Baltimore. He stopped a week in Frostburg, Maryland, to visit friends and then con- tinued his journey to Cincinnati. Mr. Schlimmer's father, John Schlimmer, was a farmer and three of his six children are in the United Stales, viz.: Adam, of St. Joe, Missouri; John, and Henry Schlimmer, of Ansonia, Ohio. Mary, Elizabeth and Christ Schlimmer are in Germany. Our subject was married in Cincinnati in 1861 to Elizabeth Neibert, who-was born in the same locality with her husband. Their children are: Mary, wife of Fred Bratts, of Moran, Kansas; Conrad and Elizabeth Schlimmer. Mr. Schlimmer's first vote was cast for Mr. Lincoln in i860 and his ballot has been counted at each Presidential election since. ROBERT ZIMMERMAN— The subject of this sketch furnishes a strik- ing example of what energy, coupled with tenacity and good judg- ment, can accomplish upon a Kansas farm. Twent}' years ago Robeit Zimmerman was not a citizen of Kansas. He was a poor laborer struggling with adversity in the mining district of Bureau county. Illinois. He came to the l.'itter place an ignorant, inexperienced young .Swiss in the hope of improving a condition of perpetual servitude in his native Switzi rland. He was born of poor parents May 6, 1845, and had acquired such school and othei advantages, at his twenty-first year, as were common to children in his station. His father, Jacob Zimmerman, died when our subject was a small boy and the needs of the family could only be provided for through the diligence and industry of the children. Robert was one of four and next to the youngest child. In his youth he got into the silver mines of Switzerland and eked out an existence for some years. At the age of twenty-three he decided to come to the United States, if he could make arrangements for the passage money. He secured a loan from a friend upon the promise that it should be returned out of the first money earned in America. He reached this country in r86g and went direct to the Illinois coal fields and secured work in the LaSalle mines. When he had repaid his passage money he laid by his earnings and soon brought over the mother, one sister and two brothers. The family circle was again united and he devoted his energies to providing the means for a permanent home. By the year iS.Si he had amassed a modest sum and with it he came to the friend of the poor man, Kansas. He purchased an unimproved 422 HISTORY OF ALLKX AND eighty cheap and from thenceforward was a farmer. His beginnings were- very humble and his first yeirs in Kansas were in the nature of a struggle- for comfortable existence. He laid then the foundation for the comfortable surroundings, which are his in the years of his decline, and solved well the first problems in American agriculture. Each year found him a trifle in advance of the year before. His accumulations were invested in more land, from time to time, and he now pays taxes on a half section, one of the good farms on Big Creek. With his surroundings he presents, to a nrarked degree, an appearance of thrift and comfort. His cribs and mows are filled with the products of the farm, and his yards of stock indicate from whence comes the reward for his toil. By close application he has reached a condition of financial independence exceeded by few farmers in his town- ship and he is reganied as one of the full-handed farmers of Elsmore. In 1 87 1 Mr. Zimmerman was married to Christina Thomas. Their family is a large one, twelve of their thirteen children being alive. They are Christina, Mary, John, Lillie, Clara, Thomas, Ella, Victoria, Olga, Julia, Nellie and Eva. Nine of the number are with the family home while three are married and building homes for themselves. GAYLORD ROBINSON, highly regarded among the busine.ss men of lola, and universally respected as a citizen, came to Allen county March i, 1S70. He came out of Illinois, his native state, being born in Peoria county, November 21, 1841. His father, George Robinson, wa,s a farmer who located in Peoria county in 1S35 and opened up a pre-emption claim upon which he reared his family. He was born in Otsego county. New York, and the .son of an Irishman. His birth occurred in 1794 and his death on his Illinois farm in 1S72. He was a plain quiet citizen, with- out fuss or show or desire for place. He was reasonably successful in his vocation and brought up his children to be useful men and women. His brothers were: Thomas, John, David, Matthew and Charles. Thomas. David and Charles left no families. George Robinson married Maria Gaylord who died in 1873, leaving the following children: William, of Brimfield, Illinois; Thomas, deceased; Abigail, deceased, wife of C. C. Cady; Eliza, wife of N. Dunlap, resides in Dunlap, Illinois; Harriet, now Mrs. J. M. Miller, of Galva, Illinois; Charles, of Memphis, Tenne.ssee; Lucy, wife ol J. A. Nelson, of Benton, Iowa; Fannie, of Webb City, Missouri, wife of R. L,oeb; David Robinson, of lola; George, of Webb City, Missouri; M. Gaylord; Emeline, deceased, married the late James L. Woodin, of lola. Until his entering the volunteer army Gaylord Robinson was a farmer. He enlisted August 11, 1S62, at Peoria, Illinois, in Company G, Seventy- seventh Illinois Infantry, Captain John D. Rouse, Colonel D. P. Greer. 13th Army Corps. His regiment was in the Aimy of the Tennessee till the surrender of Vicksburg when it was placed in the department of the Gulf. "WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 423 His division was the first to cross the Mississippi river when Grant's army ' -was getting into the rear of Vicksburg. His first battle was at Arkansas Post, then followed Port Gibson and the other bloody ones leading up to ;the capture of Vicksburg. The Seventy-Seventh went to Matagorda Bay, Texas, late in the summer of 1863 but returned east in time to take part in Banks Expedition. At the battle of Sabine Cross Roads in this campaign our subject was captured and was confined in the Confederate military stockade at Tyler, Texas, till the end of the war. He was turned over to the Fedsral authorities in May and was mustered out July 6, 1865. He returned to civil pursuits in Illinois at once He took up the trade of wagon-maker at Galva, with his brother and left the shop there to come to Kansas. He reached lola with a capital of about thirt)--five dollars. He did some building that summer but in the fall went into the wagon shop of Winans & Xaylor. He was associated with L. H. Gorrell for a time in shop work and was joined by Weith & Cozine some years latter. The next five years Mr. Robinson spent on a farm near lola which he traded, in 1885, for his lola residence. He owns the west half of block 59, some of the. most valuable property in the city. Mr. Robinson was married in lola March i, 1876, to Elnora I. Proctor. Their children are; Agnes, wife John Thompson, and TheoP. Mr. Robinson has taken a prominent and sinceie interest in public affairs in lola, having served on both the City Council and the Board of Education. He is a reliable and conservative business man and it is well for lola that his lot has been cast with her. JACOB H. L.-^DD,— The late Jacob H. Ladd, of lola, was born in I^ee.,- burg, Highland county, Ohio, February 23, 1843. He was a farmer's son and resided on the family homestead until November g, 1868, when he started for Verdi, Kansas. He remained there onU' temporarily and came to lola in December following. He was a carpenter and wagon makei 'and engaged in that business in this city. He died March 6, 1884. He was married December 7, 1871, to Amelia DeMoss, a daughter of Dr. Morton DeMoss, one of the early phj^sicians of lola. Mr. L,add's children are: Delia Ladd, of lola; John Ladd, of Sheridan, Wyoming; Mabel L., wife of L. C. Beaity, of lola, and Jacob Ladd, of lola. ALTES H. CAMPBELL. — Conspicuous among the attorneys at the bar of the Seventh Judicial District of Kansas is Altes H. Campbell. Born in Allen county, two miles east of Carlyle, on the 4th of May, 1862, he is all but a pioneer. His father, James H. Campbell, located in that county in i860, settling on Deer Creek where, between farming and law, 424 HTSTOKY t)K ALLKN AXD he reared and mainlaiued his family. He was an emigrant from Switzer- land county, Indiana, where he was born in iSiS and reared and educated. He was a son of William Campbell, a relative of Colonel Harrod, who founded Harrodsburg, Kentiicicy, and with others came from Soutli Caro-- Una to aid in the founding of that city, about the time of Boone's period of greatest adventures. James H. Campbell was admitted to the bar in In- dima. In 1.S66 he was elected county attorney of Allen county and when his term expired he was sent to the Kin-iis St.ite Legislature by the Repub- licans of his county. He practiced la»v till 1872 when he engaged in farm- ing and stock raising in Anderson county, Kansas, afterwards removing to Colony, in that county, and later to lola where he died in 18S9. In i86o Bertha A. Simpson became the wife of James H. Campbell. She was a daughter of Mitthew Simpson, a cousin of Bishop -Simpson, of the Method- ist denomination. Matthew Simpson was one of the early educators of Allen county and was, for a time. Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was a man of strong personality, was a pioneer among teachers and impressed the boys and girls of the early seventies, in .\llen county, with the seriousness of his cause. Of the seven children born to James H. and Mrs. Campljell only three survive: Altes H., Miry J. an 1 James H Campbell. Tiie last named is one of the firm of Campbell & Burrell, druggists, of lola, and the mother, brothers and sister all live in the same yard. A. H. Campbell passed his early life amid the environments]of the farm. The common schools are responsible for his education and when he left the farm it was to take a clerkship in Colony, Kansas. Following this employ- ment he was placed in ch irge of a steam hay-press and operated it till 1S82 when his uncle, "Cy" Simpson, appointed him to a position in the lola post office. His preparation for the law liad been going on all the time he was baling hay around Colony and his spire hours while in the post office were passed pouring ovei Blackstone, Walker's American Law etc. In 1884 he left the post office and went into the office of A. C. Bogle, a leading attorney of lola at tiie time, and under his direction carried on a course of systematic reading, continuing the same later with Hon. Henry A. Ewing, a prominent member of the bar of Allen county. In August 1885 he was admitted to the bar before Judge Leander Stillweil. "Alt" Campbell was poor, almost to poveity. when he was struggling for admission to the bar, and after his admission found it necessary to sup- olement his legal earnings by taking employment outside of his profession. He mastered stenography by study from the book without a teacher and did considerable court reporting. A few months he was cashier of the Bank of Allen County and when lola took on her first Democratic post- master he was invited into the office to give direction to the initial move- ments of the office force. Among the first acts in his professional career was to form a partnership with Hon. Charles E. Benton, then of lola but now Assistant Attorney of tlie Missouri Pacific Railroad with office at Fort Scott. The firm of Benton & Campbell gave way and that of Campbell & Hankins succeeded it. Campbell & Porter followed and was terminated WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 4^5 by the uiitinifly death of John Porter. In 1900 .Mr. Campbell associated with him John P. Goshorn, County Attorney of Allen countj'. Mr. Campbell is admitted to practice before all the courts of the state, and in the United States Circuit and District courts. From i S95 to 1897 he served as County .\ttorney, beiii-^ elected as a Democrat, and has filled the ofEcj of City Attorney of loU three terms and was elected Mayor of the city in April 1901. Politically he was always a Democrat until the adop- tion of the Chicago platform in 1896 when he left that party and cast his lot with the Republicans. June 12, 1888, Mr Campbell married Mrs. Mary Jeanette English, a daughter of Cyrus S. Potter, one of the well known citizens of lola and formerly of Watertown, New York. Mrs. Potter was Miss Adelaide E. Wafiel and their children are: "Xettie" Campbell, wife of our subject; Bert Potter, of lola; Irwin Potter, of Coffey ville, Kansas, and Rev. Leslie Potter, Rector of Grace Church in Kirkwood, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell's children are Leslie J., Carl B. and Helen. In summing up the life of one whose race is only half run it is our privilege to touch slightly upon the attributes which form the mental com- position, and thus the character, of him whose name introduces this review. Reared without wealth, but in honor, Alt Campbell chose the paths of rectitude and virtue. He was ever a gentleman and when his preparation for life had been completed and he took his station among the men of his county it was with the determination to shun duplicity and avoid dishonor. In his profession his clientage has been drawn to him not onlv because he was learned in the law but because of his sincerity as a counsellor and of his standing and ability before the court. As a citizen of lola Mr. Campbell has an abiding faith in the future of his town and whatever aid he can render is done without e.xpectation of reward. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow, a Workman and a member of other fratern:il a.ssociations. In the business circle of his community his substantial worth is a matter of common recognition, and in his home his family possesses a loyal, indulgent and devoted head. "jVTIMROD HANKIXS, of lola, among Allen county's venerable pio- -L ^ neers and a gentleman who has performed his part in the moral, material and political upbuilding of his county, was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, .March i, 1851. He is a son of Fielden L. Hmkins, a Virginian, and a larmer and soldier of the war of 1812. The latter was married to Miss Fannie Drury, a lady of Virginia birth and of the age of her husband. This union was productive of eight children, three sons and five daughters, viz: Deborah Hays, who died in lola in 1895 at the age of eighty-four; Davis Hankins, who died in Andrew county, .Missouri, at the age of si.Kty years; Wesley Hankins, who died in McDonough county, Illinois, in 1S85; Emily Hays, of Leon, Kansas; .\ndrew J. Hankins, of 426 HISTOKY OF AI.LKX A.ND Good Hope, Illinois; Rc\-. William Hankiiis, of lola, and Ninirod, our subject. Grandfather Druty was a Methodist minister in \'irginia, Tennessee and Kentuckj-. His wife lived to be near one hundred years of age. At the age of seventeen years Ninirod Hankins began life as a farmer and continued it in Illinois, and in Kansas till recent years. He left Illi- nois in 1S56 and came to Allen county, Kansas. He located near lola in the fall of the same year. When the war broke out he enlisted at lola in Company E, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, October 17, 1861. The regiment was commanded by Colonel Lynde and the company by Captain p-lescher. He enlisted as a private but was soon promoted to Orderly Sergeant and later to First Lieutenant and for six months he was on detail as recruiting oflicer. His .service was spent largely in running down Bushwhackers, one year of his enlistment being passed on guard duty along the Missouri and Kansas line. The regiment was sent south toward the end of the war into Ar- kansas, stopping at Fort Smith and Little Rock, spending several months in that state. The regiment was disbanded at Duvalls Bluff and there our subject was mustered out. November i, 1S55, Mr. Hankins was married to Elizabeth A. Case who was born November 20, 1844. She was an Allen county teacher and a daughter of Aaron and Amelia Case who came to Allen county in 1857 from Franklin county, Kansas. Mr. Case came to Kansas in 1853 and was a trader among the Sac and Fox Indians on the Marias des Cygnes river. He erected one of the first store buildings in Cofachique and, when that place seemed destined to die he removed his stock to lola where he fol- lowed merchandising till his death, December 1862. Mr. Case was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1822, and was married in 1843 to Amelia Foster who was born in Clay county, Missouri. His widow resides in Fre- donia, Kansas. Their children are: William E. Case, a leading merchant in Freilonia, Kansas; Mrs. Nimrod Hankins; Mrs. Laura E. Hunt, of Fre- donia; Mrs. Louise J. Hudson, of Fredonia; Mrs. Belle Lakin, of Fort Scott, Kansas, and Richard Case, of F'redonia. Mrs. Nimrod Hankins taught a subscription school in Cofachique in 1859, the fir.-t school taught there. Afterward she spent three years in the public schools of the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Hankins have been born six children, four of whom survive: William C. Hankins, an attorney and abstracter of lola; Miss Olive Hankins; Richard N. and George D. Nimrod Hankins is well known as a Democrat. His ancestors es- poused the principles of the old time faith and when he came to responsi- bility and citizenship he followed in their footsteps. His political life has been as quiet as his social life. He filled the unexpired term of J. L. Arnold as Probate Judge, by appointment of Governor Lewelling, which is the sum total of his official service. He is slow of speech, pleasant and affable in manner, droll at times and full of dry humor. He measures to the full height of our standard of citizenship and possesses the entire con- fidence of his neighbors and friends. WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 427 CHARLES F. J. B.\RTH. — In connection with the pioneer develop- ment of the state Charles Frederick Jacob Barth, now deceased, is worthy of honorable mention. His name is insepaiably interwoven with the early history of Allen county, and through the years of his rtsidence here he was a valued citizen who contributed in appreciable measure to the upbuilding and progress of his community. A native of Germany, he was born in Udenheim, in Rhine-Hessen, January 18, 1837. His father. Charles Frederick Barth, was principal of tlie high school of that city, and was a man of strong character and marked intellectuality. His eldest son, George Barth, is a banker in Frankfort-on- the-Main, in Germany. Another son, Philip, is a carpenter of New York City. Their mother was Phillipena Barth. Charles P". J. Barth, of this review, spent his early boyhood in his native land, and there served an apprenticeship to the cabinet-making and upholstering trades. At the age of fourteen he became a member of the German Reformed church and for a time served as its pianist, having been well trained in music. At the age of fifteen he >)ecured his father's permission to come to America and sailrd for New York city. There and in Passaic, New Jersey, he followed tlie pursuits with which he had become familiar in his native land, and as he journeyed westward he followed various occupations. In Missouri and Wisconsin he engaged in farming. He was in the former state at the time of the Civil war. He responded to the first call for volunteers and served for several months in the Mi.ssouri State Militia. He afterward enlisted in Company I, .Si.xth Kansas Cavalry, and was a comrade of Dr. Gillihan, of lola. During the early part of his service he was at the front on the field, but afterward was promoted to hospital steward. He had previously studied medicine and had been clerk in a drug store and those qualifica- ti(jns secured him his positions in the hospital. He received an honorable discharge at Leavenworth, Kansas, at the close of the war, and immedi- ately afterward went to White county, Illinois, locating there in August, 1865. The following year he came to Allen county, and in 1868 took up his residence on the farm where his family now reside. At Duvalls Bluff, Arkaiisas, he had made the acquaintance of Miss Martha J. Rice, of Carnii, Illinois, who was engaged in teaching at the former place, and on the 13th of September, 1865, they were married. The lady was born in Kentucky, December 15, 1843, and is a daughter of Henry F. Rice, of Carmi, that state. Her father was born in Marion county, Kentucky, and died near Tola in r88o, at the age of sixty-two. His wife was, in her maidenhood, Mary Kertley Thompson, of Hopkins- ville, Kentucky. vShe died in Marion county, Kentucky, in 1852. Unto our subject and his wife have been born five children: Margaret A., de- ceased; George H., of lola; Willie C., who is agent of the Rock Island Railroad, at Broughton, Kansas; Charles F. and Anna E., who reside with their mother. After coming to Allen county, in 1868 Mr. Barth homesteaded the east lialf of Lhe southeast quarter of section twelve, lola township, and through- 42S HISTORY ()1- AI.I.l-.N AM> out liis rcinaiuiiig days he devoted his energies to fjrining, cultivating his fields and improving his place until his life's labors were ended in death, January 29. 1900. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, in lola, and possessed sterling principles of character which were manifest in his integrity and positive convictions of right and justice in his associations and dealings with his fellow townsmen, among whom he lived for thirty- two years. He was a man of domestic tastes, faithful to every home duty, and he considered no personal sacrifice too great which would enha:ice the happiness or promote the welfare of his wife and children. His Christian- ity was manifest in his interest in the intellectual and spiritual development of his children, in his faith and trust in God through life, and in his resig- nation to the Divine will at death. His life stands in exemplification of the power of integrity and uprightness in the affairs of life and his mem- orv remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. HARRY BRAGG — To instill into the minds and hearts of the young respect for great attainments, reverence for great virtues, and to excite generous emulation, by holding up as examples for admiration and imitation the lives of the wise, the great and the good, is commenda- ble and right. But the field of example should be extended, and les.sons of industry, energy, usefulness, virtue, honor, the true aims of life and the sources of happiness, should be gathered and enforced from all the various provinces of human labor, however humble. Our country is eminently in need of increasing intelligence in agriculture, commerce and mechanism. Those great divisiotis of labors should be rendered not only lucrative and respectable as they are but honorable and attractive to the young in all classes of society. The lives of leading merchants, farmers, manufacturers, mechanics. — of all who by hon-'^t labor have achieved success in the differ- ent occupations, should be written and commended to the young men of the republic. The path of labor and nsefulne.ss should be indicated as the highway to honor. Harry Bragg, now one of the leading merchants in southern Kansas, has attained to his present creditable position entirely through his own tfforts. He was born in Shropshire, England, February 9, 1850. His father, William M. Bragg, was born in London, England, and was married to Miss Margaret M. Pace, of Shropshire, in 1844, where he was Master of a school under the patronage of and maintained by the Duchess of Suther- land (then Mistress of the robes to the Queen) on one of their estates in that county. In this position he remained until he came to America in 1S52. locating at Bellevue, Iowa. Moving to Kansas in 1S69 he took u]> 320 acres of land and engaged in farming, which occupation he followed until he moved to Humboldt in 1889, laying aside the arduous duties of a farmer's life, and at which jilace he now resides at the age of seventy-eight, keeping books in the oflice of his son. His wife died at the age of seventy- WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 429 five years. They had nine children, of whom Harry was the fourth in order of birth. In taking up the personal history of Harry Bragg we pre.sent to our readers the record of one who is verj- widely and favorably known. He remained in Iowa during his youth and at the age of twelve years he began to learn the tinner's trade. When his parents came to Kansas he remained in the Hawkeye State in order to finish learning his trade, and in 1S70 he came to Humboldt, his father having previously located in Neosho county. He secured a situation as tinner in the shops of Redfield & Signor, with whom he remained for twenty months, after which he spent six months in the employ of J. R. Lowey and later was with J. P. Johnson in the hard- ware business under the firm name of Johnson & Bragg, which connection was maintained from 1S76 until if .VXD Stiite. Sainufl Mcraiula, the grandfather of our subject, was a soldier iir tile War of i,Si2. Thomas lugels. the lather of our subject, was a native ol the Hoosier State, and in 1S43 married Miss Kliziibeth Meranda. By occu- pation he was a farmer, following that pursuit throughout his active lite. He died in 1859, at the age of forty years, while his wife survived until 1.S95, and passed away at the age of sixty-nine. They had six children, ol whom five are now living, namely: Marion: John, of Center, Indiana; Mrs. S. R. Gideon, of Washington, I). C. ; George, of Alva, Oklahoma, and Samuel, of Hemlock, Indiana. Elder Ingels was reared upon his lather's farm and through the winter nionths attended the district schools of the neighborhood until twenty years of age, when his uncle, James Ingels, sent him to Abingdon College, in Illinois, where he remained until his graduation. He was educated for the teacher's profession, but he soon began preaching in connection with his teaching, and continued so to do foi five \cars. since which time he has abandoned te.iching for preaching the gospel of the Christian church. He has tilled pastorates at Bryant, .Abingdon, Cuba, Lewiston and Illiopolis, Illinois; and at Leanna, Oswego, Chetopa, North Topeka and Coffeyville, Kansas. He was united in marriage to Miss Libbie Frazier, June 6, 1S69. Miss Frazier was burn in Ursa, Illinois, November 11, i,S4S. Her father Lemuel Ci. Frazier, was a native of Kentucky, but removed to Adams county, Illinois, when a mere child where he grew to man's estate, raised a large family and died. He gave his daughter excellent educational priv- ileges, and in 1873 she was graduated in Abingdon College, with the degree of bachelor of science. The hoin; of Mr. and Mrs. Ingels his been blessed with two sons, Thomas L. , who married Mi.ss Jennie Little, of Savonburg, Kansas, and is living on his f.ither's farm; and Harry P., now twelve years of age. Elder Ingels continued his ministerial work m Illinois until the fall of 1SS2, when he came to Kansas and purchasea eighty acres of land in east Cottage Grove township, near Leanna, Allen county. He has made splendid improvements upon his farm and has a most attractive home, which stands in the midst ol highly cultivated fields. There is also a large orchard upon his place and all modern improvements, and in the periods of his rest from the ministerial duties he linds pleasure in the work of the farm. He returned to Illinois in 1895 for a period of two years to educate his son Thomas in Eureka College. During these two years he did evangelistic work in Michigan and Illinois. He was State Sunday school evangelist of Kansas for six yeais and is now engaged in evangelistic work under the State missionary board of the Christian church. .Mr. Ingels took the degree of Bachelor of .Science in 1869, and that of Bachelor of .Arts in 1873, in Abingdon College anil he and his wife taught therein during the two college years beginning in the faU of 1875. He prepares the lessons lor the Christian Ljuleavor (Quarterly, and does other religious literary work. He has found in his wife a most able assistant. Slie is a most earnest worker in the missionary field, and is president of the Woman's WOOOSON COrNTIRS, KANSAS. 4;, I Christian Board of Missions in Kansas, an important position which she has filled for a number of years. Mr. Ingels is one of the leading ministers of the Christian church in this State, having filled positions of trust on the State board of the Interdenominational Sundav school work, and on tlie State boards of his own church. He is a man of thoughtful, earnest purpose, of ^strong intellectual endowments, of broad charity and kindly nature, and bv all denominations, as well as his own people, is held in the highest regard. JACOB ERICSON is a stock and grain farmer, living in Klsmore tovvn- " ship, Allen county. He has always resided in the middle west and is characterized by the true western spirit of progress and advancement. He was born in Knoxville, Knox count)-, Illinois. His parents were Ole and Elna Ericson, both of whom were natives of Sweden. (See sketch of Eric Ericson.) In tlie common scliools of his native town Jacob Ericson pursued the studies which fitted him for the practical duties of a business life. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-eight years of age, farming till he was twenty-two years of age and mining the next six years. Dur- ing his boyhood he learned the painter's trade and followed that pursuit through the summer months, while in the winter season he worked in the mines. His home, however, was upon a farm and he thereby became familiar with the labors of the field. He was married in 18S.S and after- ward took up his abode in Knoxville where he engaged in the painting business through the succeeding period of .seven years. During that time he had saved earnings enough to enable him to come to Kansas, where he had two brothers living, and purchase a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He has made good improvements upon the place and is still adding to his farming facilities. His farm is located two miles west of Elsmore and is approaching one of the finest in the entire community, for he is pro- gressive and enterpiising and as far as possible is adding to his place all the modern accessories. He raise.s stock and grain and keeps on hand good horses to do the farm work. Before leaving his native State Mr. Ericson was married on the 13th. of December, i«88, to Miss Hannah Basser, a native of Sweden. She came alone to America in 1886 at the age of eighteen years, and her parents still reside in Sweden. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Itricson have been born five chil- dren: Harold E., born in 1889; Herman E. , born in 1890; Hazel W., born in r893; Glenn H., born in 1896, while Myrtle, the baby, was born Febru- ary I, igfxj. Mr. Ericson is a member of the -Modern Woodmen of Ameri- ca in Elsmore. Like his brothers, who are residing in this county, he can claim the distinction of being what the public calls "a self-made man." He has never had a dollar given him, and from early boyhood has earned his own living. Labor has been the key which has unlocked to him the portals of success and from its storehouse he has gained rich treasures. He is numbered among the valued and respected citizens of his community and well deserves mention in this volume. 432 HIST(JKY OF ALI.KN' AND JE. JONES, of lola, was born in Wasliington county, Pennsylvania • August 6, 1833, and is a representative of an old New Jersey family of Welsh lineage. His paternal grandfather, Peter Jones, removed from New Jersey to Washington county and there on the 23rd of March, 1826. John A.Jones, the father of our subject, was born. In his early life the latter resided upon a farm with his maternal grandfather, his mother having died when he was only a few days old. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and throughout his life engaged in the tilling of the soil, owning a portion of the farm on which he was born. In the fall of 1867 he left Pennsylvania and removed to Kno.x county, Ohio, where his father had resided for a number of years. After two years, however, John A. Jones went to La Salle county, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days. In 1847 he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Hampson, who was horn in Washington county, Pennsylvania, March 2, iS2b, a daughter of Daniel Hampson, a native of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Jones became the parents of four children, three of whom are yet living, namely: W. P.. a resident of Anthony, Kansas; D. E. , who is living in Grand Ridge, Illinois; and J. E. the subject of this review. The father died in LaSalle county, Illinois, in 1880, and the mother's death occurred in Grand Ridge, that State, in June. 1897. J. E. Jones the immediate subject of this sketch, spent the first four- teen years of his lite upon the old homestead in Washington county, Penn- sylvania, and during that period pursued his education in the public schools. In 1867 he accompanied his parents to Ohio, and in 1869 to Illinois. On reaching his majority he left the home farm and entered the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Ottawa, Illinois, where he remained for one year On account of ill health he was forced to leave that position and spent the succeeding year and a half upon the farm, after which he engaged in teaching school in LaSalle county, Illinois for five years. In 1884 he came to Kansas, locating at Anthony, Harpei county, where he followed carpentering. lu 1886 he purchased a shop and was identified with the building interests of that place until February, 1897, when he came to lola. Here he engaged in contract work until the fall of 1899. during which time he and his partner, A. J. Servey, had the contract on the New York Store building and the Odd Fellows block. He also prepared the plans for the Masonic Temple at lola. He now owns and conducts a mill at the corner of Broadway and South street which is equipped with machinery of all kinds and where he executes all sorts of wood work. On the 1 6th of September, 1884. was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Jones and Miss Sarah Beymer of Cold water, Comanche county, Kansas. They were the first couple to whom a license was issued in that county, and for this reason they were presented with a lot in the town site of Cold- water. Mrs.. Jones was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and is a daughter of Noah Beymer, a native of Germany. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jones resided in .Anthony until their WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 433 removal to lola. Thev have formed many acquaintances since coming to this city and now have the warm regard of a large circle of friends. Mr. Jones joined the Odd Fellows at Grand Ridge, Illinois, November 5, 1875, and Ottawa Encampment in Marcb., 1S82. He is a member of the Grand lodge and Grand Encampment and is a Chapter Mason. I T^DWARD CAIX. — Among the pioneers of Allen county who have * ' performed an active and honorable part in the upbuilding of the municipality is Edward Cain. He settled on Deer Cieek, in what is now Carlyle township, April 10, 1858, and homesteaded the northeast quarter of section lo, township 24, range 18, which tract he alter A'ard covered with a land warrant. Among the settlers along the creek then were Isaiah Brown, Alfred Decker and Lew Edmundson, well rememb'.;red by their few remaining contemporaries, and all of whom have pa.ssed to the great beyond . Ed. Cain brought an amount of funds into the county with him suf- ficient to provide himself with two yoke of cattle and to sustain himself through tlie first season. With the oxen he broke prairie — aided by Thos. A. McClelland — at two dollars and fifty cents per acre. In August 1861, he left the plow and enlisted in the Union army to aid in repressing the Southern Confederacj". He joined Company F, Eighth Kansas, under Colonel John A. Martin and served on the frontier till March 1863, when the regiment was ordered east and placed in General Wood's corps. Mr. Cain participated in the battle of Chickarhauga and Missionary Ridge, where he was wounded and put off of the firing line for three months but never left his regiment. He was on the Atlanta campaign and fought in the engagement at Lovejoy Station on the last day of his enlistment. He was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, December 1864, and at once re- turned to his Kansas claim. Mr. Cain took up in earnest the improvement and cultivation of his farm. Whereas he had it partially fenced when he entered the army, when he returned to it the settlers had borrowed his fence and had carried off all his temporarj' improvements. He gathered in a few cattle as he became able and was soon in the stock business. His farm and his stock have enabled him, from time to time, to increase his acreage until he owns a half section of land, the result of years of industry and persevering effort. For many years. Mr. Cain has been one of the prominent shippers of stock from the lola yards and the money he has thus distributed among the farmers amounts to a fabulous sum. Edward Cain was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, October 3, 1834. His father, Watson Cain, went into Ohio from Kentucky, where he was born, at an early date. He was accompanied by his father, Orrin Cain, who was a pioneer farmer in the Buckeye state. Watson Cain grew up in Coshocton county, Ohio, married there Sarah Miller, and in 1856 went to 434 HISTOKV OF ALI-KN ANIJ Clinton comity, Indiana. He cleared up a farm and both he and his wife died there. Their children were: Edward; Elizabeth, wife of Mr. GoUi- ver. of Independence, Iowa; Malonj-. wife of Lewi.s Ciss, of Clinton county, Indiana; Henry and George, of the same county; Charles Cain, of Ivhvood, Indiauii, and Maggie, deceased, wife ol Andrew Mclntyre. Ed. Cain wis first married in Allen county, Kansas, August lo, 1866, to Martha Wright who died in 1S75, in March, at the age of twenty-eight years. She left three chihlren, namely: Minnie, wife of John Gregg, of Allen county; Charles Cain, and Sadie, wife of B;rt Wiggins, of Allen county. In 1877 Mr. Cain married in Troy, Ohio, Sarah hidings whose birth occurred in Bethel, Ohio. She is a daughter of Rev. Moses Warden. Mr. Cain's education was acquired in the country schools, attending three months in the year. Forgetting in nine months much of what he learned in three, the next year he would repeat and in this way he man- aged to get the rudiments of an education bv the time he reached man's estate. Experience has been hi-- best teacher but with the two his compe- tition with the world of barter and trade has yielded amply for himself and family. In politics the early Cains were Democrats. The events of the Civil war period made a Republican oi our subject and, even before that struggle began, he voted for John C. Fremont, In politics as in everything else lid. Cain is always reliable and always honorable. FRANK P. TANNER, a w_ell-known representative of the educational interests of southeastern Kansas, now residing in loli, was born in McLean county, Illinois, January 8, 1872, and is a son of Samuel F. Tan- ner, who was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1828. The paternal grandfather was a native of Germany, his birth oc- curring in that country near the close of the eighteenth century. He died when Ills son Sa:nuel was only about five or six years of age, and in con- sequence the latter was early thrown upjn his own resources. His educa- tional privileges were such as were afforded at that time in the old log school houses in frontier settlements. During his youth and early man- hood he learned and followed the cabinet maker's trade, and later he worked at the carpenter's tratle and at farming. Abjut the time he attained his majority Samuel Tainier removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, settling near Marietta. There he met and married a Miss Flanders, a native of that state, and they became the parents of the following children; Laura V., wife of L. Chambers; Charity A., wife of B. C. Allenworth; William R. ; lola J., wife of J. S. Sheetz, a resident of Tazewell county, Illinois, as are the other members of the family men- tioned al)0\e; Ida M., wife of L. Shreve, of Lucas county, Iowa; Mary, wife of R. P. Decker, of the same county; and S. Tellford, who is living in Lucas countv. The mother of this familv died in 1S67, and Samuel F. WOODSON couxtie:;, kansas. 435 Tanner afterward wedded Elizabeth B. Preshaw, the marriage b^ing cele- brated June II, 1868. The lady was born in Ohio, .September 9, 1832, a daughter of Alexander Preshaw, who was born in Ireland, March ry, 1793, but was of English descent. He married Eliza Ann McCracken, who was horn in Ireland, June 25, 1796, her people haviug emigrated from Scotland 10 the Emerald Isle. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Preshaw occurred in Ireland, April 26, r8i6, and about 1819 they crossed the Atlantic to the new world. Unto Samuel F. and Elizabeth B. (Preshaw) Tan- ner were born four sons, but the subject of this review is the only one now living. In 1869 the parents removed to McLean county, Illinois, and in 1874 went to Tazewell county, that state, whence in 1885 they came to .\llen county, Kansas. Here on the 21st of August, 1892, the mother died, and in the following year Mr. Tanner removed to Lucas county, Iowa, where he departed this life on the 4th of October, 1894. Frank P. Tanner was only two years old when taken by his parents to Tazewell county, and was a youth of thirteen when he came with them to Allen county. He remained home until January, 1891, when he was called to complete a term of school in District No. 65. having in the pre- vious summer been granted a teacher's certificate. Since that time he has been identified with the educational interests of -A.llen and Woodson counties, and is recognized as a very capable instructor, having marked ability in imparting to others a knowledge of the subjects which constitute the curriculum of the schools with which he has been connected. In 1S92 Mr. Tanner was united in marriage to Miss Mattie L. See, who was born in Allen county, Kansiis, March 18, 1874, aiKl is a daughter of R. W See, a native of Virginia, born on the 6th of March, 1842. Three children have been born of their union, but they lost their only daughter, Lena M. .-^lla K. and Ralph O. are still with their parents. In February 1898, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner removed from their farm five miles west of lola to the county seat, where they now reside, having a pleasant home at No. 802 North Jefferson avenue. They occupy an enviable posifion in social circles where intelligence and true worth are received as the passports into good societv. "T^ANIEL HOUSTON SCOTT, of lola, whose residence here has -' — ' been extended over a period of nearly a quarter of a century, was born in Blunt county, Tennessee, November 21, 1842. His father, Daniel Scott, was born in the same county and state in 1805 and died in .Sullivan county, Missouri, in 1862. Our subject's paternal grandfather was William Scott. He was born in old Virginia in 1778 and died in Blunt county, Tennessee, in 1855. He married Phebe Marr and was the father of si.K children: Daniel, James, Sarah, wife of John McBrin; Mary, wife of William -McBrin; Jane and Charles. Daniel Srott married Jane, a daughter of Richard McBrin. She died ^.-^6 HISTOKV OF ALLEN AND in 1870 at the as^e of sixt\-t;ight years. Her children were: Charles T., deceased; William H., of Livingston county, Missouri; Xancy J., who re- sides in Sullivan county, Missouri; John Tipton Scott, deceased; James M., deceased, and Richard and Elizabeth C, deceased; the latter was married to Andrew Johnson and left a family in Sullivan county, Missouri: Isaac A., of Fulton, Kansas; Phcbe A., deceased, who married John Ruble; Daniel H ; Sarah L., wife of Byram Chapman, of Bourbon county, Kansas. At the age of twelve years Houston Scott went with his parents to Sullivan county, Missouri, andvvas there limitedly ,schooled in the rural schools. He was a resident of that county till the year after the Civil war. He was married in 1865 to Hannah M., a daughter of John G. Anderson, who moved from Kentucky to Ripley county, Ohio, resided there some years and continued his journey westward to Livingston county, Illinois, and still anotlier move to Linn county, Missouri. In 1868 he took up his final location in Kansas, settling at lola in 1S67. He moved to Neosho county, Kansas, where he died in 1868. Mr. Scott settled temporarily in Bourbon county upon his advent to Kansas. He entered Allen county in 1874 and three years later he came into lola. He was essentially a farmer up to the date of his location in this city, since which time he has been engaged as a mechanic. He has done much of the mason work in old lola and only within the recent past has his physical condition forced his retirement from active work. Mr. Scott is one of the well known Grand Army men of Allen county. November 2nd, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-third Missouri Infantry, which regiment was a part of Sheiman's army. At the battle of Shiloh Mr. Scott was taken prisoner. He was in the Rebel prisons at Montgomery, Alabama, and at Macon, Georgia, seven and a hali months and was exchanged. He reached his regiment again December 25th and served with it till December 30th, 1864, when he was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia. He was in the battles of Lovejoy Station, Peachtree Creek, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Snakehead Gap. Mr. and Mrs. Scott's family consists of the following children: James Winfield, of Coffey ville, Kansas; May L., of Blackfoot, Idaho; Anna M., of Whittiei, California; Lottie AlicCj of Blackfoot, Idaho; William H., one, of the leading barbers of . loLa; Bertha and Ruby Scott. The first three daughters are well known and efTicicnt teachers in their respective homes and May L. Scott was named by the Republicans of her county for the office of County Superintendent in 1898, and again in 1890 and was elected to the office. The political history of the Scotts reveals the fact that they have been Whigs and then Republican, as those parlies existed. Hou.ston Scott be- came a Republican when his attention was first turned toward politics. His fealty to the principles of that party has been constant and such steadfastness is a matter of personal pride to himself and of satisfaction to his party. WOODSON COrXTIES, KANSAS. 437 FC. MOOXEV was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, July 5, 1837. • and is the eldest of eight children born unto J. S. and Margaret (Bailey) Mooney. His father died in 1854, at the age of forty-five years, and the mother passed away in 1885 at the age of sixtj'six years. Their surviving children are: Mrs. L. V. Garrison, of Ladonia, Missouri; Mrs. Susan Nail, of Kansas City, Missouri; and the subject of this review. In his early youth F. C. Mooney learned the tanner's trade and followed this pursuit until nineteen years ol age, when he went to Bowling Green, Mis- souri, where he learned the plasterer's and mason's trades. He was en- gaged in business along those lines until i860 when he went to Mexico, Missouri, but soon returned to Bowling Green where he resided until after the inauguration of the Civil war. He then enlisted in Companx D, Tenth Missouri Infantry, and was made drum-major of the regiment. In 1863 he received an honorable discharge on account of disability. He paiticipated in the first battle of Corinth, in the engagements at luka, Shiloh, in the second battle of Corinth and in the siege of Vicksburg, and was discharged at St. Louis, Missouri, November 18, 1863. Mr. Mooney returned to Bowling Green where he continued to reside until 1880, — the year of'his arrival in Kansas. He settled in Elsmore, Allen county, upon a farm of eighty acres which he purchased and im- proved, continuing its cultivation until 1892 when he sold that property and took up his abode in Elsmt/re. There he purchased a home and has since worked at his trades of plasterer and stone mason. He is an excel- lent workman and is therefore always able to command a good position. In 1864 occurred the marriage of Mr. Mooney and Miss Catherine Beisley, a native of Pike count}-, Missouri, and unto them have been born ten children. In order of birth they are as follows: William; Edgar; Charles; Catherine, the wife of William Sullivan; Lee; Anna, the wife of Walter Samuels; Mary A., died 1877; Lilly V., died 1882; Robert and Herbert, who are still with their patents. The family is well known in Elsmore and its representatives enjoy the high regard of many friends. In his political views Mr. Mooney is a Populist and is now serving as a notary public. He maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in Elsmore Post, No. 13, G. A. R., and in its gatherings there are recalled many incidents that occurred upon the tented field or or. the firing line. As a citizen Mr. Mooney is public spirited and progressive, manifesting the same loyalty to his duties as when he followed the nation's banner to the south. I / ' C. PRICE — No man in Allen county is more entitled to credit for -*— ^' success in life than Mr. Price who today owns and operates one of the fine farms in Elsmore township. He was born in Lawrence county, Arkansas, on the 17th of May, 1855, a son of L. C. and Elizabeth (Huston) Price. The father was a native of North Carolina^ and when a young man 4.VS HISTdKY OK AI.LKX AVD emigrated to Arkansas. Three children were born to him and his wife, and in 1861 he started with his family for Illinois, leaving the south on account of the danger that threatened the Union men who lived in that portion of the country. They took passage on a boat going up the Missis- sippi, and while on the voyage the wife and mother, together with two of the children, was taken ill. All three died and the baat anchored by the shore in order that the bodies njight be interred on the bank of the river. .\fter reaching fllinois Mr. Price placed his surviving child, the subject of this review, witli a family and enlisted in the Union army, with which he served throughout the remainder of the war. He leturned to Illinois and was again married and moved to Arkansas. In 1S73 'i^ came to Kan- sas, locating in Bourbon county on the 22nd of December, of that year. Subsequently, however, he removed to Linn county. From there he re- turned to Illinois, leaving the son in Linn county, Kansas. During his minority E. C. Price continued work by the month as a farm hand, his father collecting his wages until he was twenty-one years of age, when for the first time he was allowed to enjoy the benefit of his own labors. He determined to own a team of horses, and at the end of one year, as the result of day labor, he liad capital sufficient to make the purchase. During the second year he rented land and engaged in farming on his own account. At the age of twenty-four he was married and rented for two years, then purchased eighty acres of land, making arrangements to pay for the same in six years, but when only two years had passed his farm was freed from all indebtedness. About three years afterAard he sold the place and came to .\llen county, purchasing a claim on the league land, for which he gave eleven hundred dollars, — all of the money that he had received from his eighty acre farm. Not long afterward the courts made a decision whereby he lost all of his property. He then rented until three years ago, then removed to the southeastern portion of the county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on which few improvements had been made. He saved enough to make a payment on the land and arranged to make payments at stated intervals and now has the farm almost free from indebtedness. In the meantime he has made many improvements, erecting a good residence and a large barn. .\ nice grove surrounds his home, which occupies one of the finest locations in the count)-, standing on the northeastern corner of his farm about three miles from Savonburg. The place is one which any person might be proud to pos.sess, for the fields are well tilled, the fences and buildings are kept in good repair and everything about the farm is neat and thrifty in appearance, showing that the owner is a man of progressive spirit. In 18S0 Mr. Price was united in marriage to Miss Jeanette Smith, a native of Johnson county, born on the 2nd of August, 1862, her parents being Thomas and Lucy (McKnight) Smith. Her father was a native of Ireland and when five years of age was brought to America. His wife was born in Osage count)', Missouri, and died at the age of twenty-three years, while he was murdered in Colorado by traveling companions, who took AVOODSOX COUNTIES, KAKSAS. 439 ihat method of obainiug his inone_v. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Price have been born four children, namely: Thomas Elmer, who isnowmairied and resides near his father; Zachariah W., Ardella and Dora Etta. With the excep- tion of the elder son all are at home In his youth Mr. Price had very few advantages. At an extremely early age he started out to earn his own living. His educational privileges were very meager, yet by reading, experience and observation he has ac- ■quired a good practical knowledge and keeps well informed on the ques- tions of the day. He was not even allowed to profit by the wages of his labors until he had attained his majority. Notwithstanding all the difficul- ties and hardships in his path he has worked his way steadily upward, his trials seeming to serve as an impetus to renewed effort. His advancement has been sure and steadfast, for he possesses that determined nature that will brook no obstacles that cm be overthrown by honest labor. Today, numbered among the well-to-do citizens of his adopted county he is certain- ly deserving of honorable mention among the respected and representative residents of this portion of the State. A /TRS. AGXES L. F'UXK — Eor twenty-two years Mrs. Funk has been -'-"-'- a resident of Allen county, and is recognized as one of the leading ladies of Elm township. While the names of women figure less conspicu- ously on the pages of history on account of the more qtiiet part they take in the affairs of the world they are no less worthy of mention and exert no less an influence than do the hur^bands, fathers and brothers. Since her husband's death Mrs. Funk has manifested excellent business ability in the care of her farm, at the same time displaying those womanly qualities which ever command respect and admiration. She was born in Westmore- land county, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1852, and in her maidenhood was Agnes L. Lightcap. The family is of Holland lineage. Her great-grand- father was bom in the land of dykes and crossed the Atlantic to the new world, locating in Pennsylvania in the early part of the eighteenth century. Solomon Lightcap, her grandfather, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and Foster Lightcap, her father, was born in Westmoreland county, in 1832. He married Margaret Baldridge, and they became the parents of six children who are still living, namely: Mrs, Funk, Mrs. Mary Lasley, of Cass county, Missouri; Mrs. Lydia Kintigh, also of Cass county; Alex, who is living in the same county; Samuel, who is a professor of schools in St. Clair county, Missouri; and Charles, who makes his home in Cass county. The parents are likewise residents of the same county and are people of the highest respectability. Under the parental roof Agnes L. Lightcap spent the days of her maidenhood, and in 1873 she gave her hand in marriage to A. Z. Funk, who was also a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born in 1851. After their marriage they took up their abode on what is now the 440 HISTORY OF AI.LEX AND Eagle (arm and three years afterward moved to Elm township where Mrs. Euiik is still living. Six children were horn unto them: Lillian Steinmetz Eoster, John, Charles, Mrs. Clara Avers, of Elm township, and Margaret. The family lived pleasantly upon their farm in Elm township and a fair degree of prosperity attended their efforts, but in iSgi the husband and lather was called away, the community thereby losing one of its valued citizens. Since that time Mrs. Eunk has managed the farm with the aid of her sons, who have entire charge of the cultivation of the fields and the harvesting and marketing of crops. Under the able management of the mother business affairs have been so conducted that the farm has aniiuall)^ incieased in value and is now one of the most desirable and attractive places in the neighborhood. Considerable stock is raised, and everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance. The sons give their political support to the Republican party, which Mrs. Funk alsear 1812, and having arrived at years of maturity, he was married in that country. His wife, Elna, was born in 1825, and in the year 1S50 they •came to the new world, attracted by the opportunities here afforded. Since that time they have been residents of Knox county. Illinois, their home being in Knoxville. The father has reached the advanced age of eighty- eight \-ears and the mother is now seventj'-five years of age. Their 45-f HISTORY OF ALLF.I? ANl^ family numbered nine children and three of the sons are now prosperou';' farmers of Allen county. Joseph Ericson, the fifth in order of birth, was reared in Knox county and pursued his education in the common schools and worked for his parents until twenty-one years of age and then secured employment as a farm hand, to which w^ork he gave his attention through the summer months, while in the winter ?;eason,s he was employed in the coal mines. Through his industry, economy and determination he accumulated about six- hundred dollars, and with this capital he came to Kansas, accompanied by his brother Eric. They made the journey in the spring of iSS.^ and our su-bject located first at Warrensburg, where he was employed in a store owned by Charles Nelson. About a year afterward he and his brother together purchased what is known as a "league claim" in Allen county, investing all of their capital in that property. Soon, however they found that they could not secure a title without again buying the land. Thus they lost all of the money which they had first put into the place, but they made arrangements to again pay the purchase price, and for seven years Joseph Ericson resided upon that farm, after which he sold his interest to his brother and purchased one hundred and sixty acres on section 12, town' 26, range 20, on which he has since made his home, and today he owns in Elsmore township a valuable property of two hundred acres, conveniently located one tuile west of the town oi Elsmore, which furnishes him a good market for all that he has to sell. Although Mr. Ericson started out upon his business career without a dollar and has had no assistance from wealthy or influential friends, he has steadily advanced upon a successful career, his resolute spirit and unflag- ging energy standing him instead of capital. His property interests are now very desirable. A pleasant residence occupies a good building site and is surrounded with shade trees of his own planting. A school house is located at one corner of his farm and thus his children enjoy educational advantages near at hand. He raises hogs, cattle ar.d horses, and to hi.s^ stock feeds the most of his grain. His farming methods are progressive and he is quick to adopt all improved methods which will promote the productiveness of his farm or add to its value or convenience. On the iith of February, 1892, in Allen county, Mr. Ericson led to the marriage altar Miss Amanda Olson, a daughter of Nels and Anna Olson, both of whom were natives of Sweden. Mrs. Ericson was born in Ford county, Illinois, and by her marriage has become the mother of five chil- dren, but Elna and Arthur are now deceased. Those still living are Elmer, Josie and Juneta. A nephew, Eddie W. Miller, is also a member of the family. Mr. Ericson usually gives his political support to the Populist party, but votes for the men rather than the organization. For eighteen years he has been a resident of Allen county, known and respected as a man of sterling worth and ability, and as one of those who contribute to the general stability of the community he is numbered. '\\'00~DSOVl COUNTIES, KARSAS. ^j.^^ TO"HN SWAXSOX, who follows farming in Elsmore township, was born ■^ in Sweden, December 5, 1850. His father. Swan Olson, is still a resident of Sweden, and there he reared his famih-, the subject of this review remaining in that country until he was twentj'-one years of age, when he crossed the Atlantic and took up his abode in Moline, Illinois, ^vhere he entered the employ of the John Deere Plow Company and re- mained for three years. At the expiration of that time he went to Iowa and for two years was employed as a farm hand, after which he re- turned to Moline and again entered the works of the Deere Company. He was employed for four years in the factory, during which time he won the confidence of Mr. Deere who manifested his appreciation of the faithful .service our subject had rendered him by giving him employment at his home and there he remained for two years. In 1876 Mr. Swanson was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Benson, a native of Sweden who came to America on the same ship on which her husband had made the voyage. He then rented a farm in Henry county, Illinois, and continued its operation for eight years, returning again to Moline, where he resided two years. Believing that he could more readily secure a home for his family in the west he then came to Kansas, arriving in Allen county on the 8th of November, 1887. He purchased eightv acres of land two miles and a half west of Savonburg, where he still resides and has made himself one of the prettiest homes in the county, having erected a fine residence in the midst of a beautiful grove. The house is finished in an attractive manner on the inside and neatly furnished and an aii of hospitality pervades it. Mrs. Swanson presides over the household affairs and is an excellent housekeeper. Mr. Swanson attends to the work of the fields and everythingabout the place is characterized by thrift and enterprise. When he left Sweden he had to borrow money of his brother and in Illinois he laid up $1300 which he brought to Kansas, and by his untiring diligence and capalDle management he has continually added to his competence which bas now assumed very creditable proportions. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sw^anson have been born seven children, three sons and four daughters; Alfred, Ansfred and Victor, who are at home and assist their father in the work of the farm; Almeda, who is in Kansas City; and Jennie, Minnie and Ester, who are still with their parents. In his political views Mr. Swanson is a Republican. His duties of citizenship are faithfully discharged and he is true to all responsibilities devolving upon him. Surely he had earned the proud American title of "self-made man" for having come to the new world empty handed he has worked his way upward, and as the architect of his own fortunes has builded wise- ly and well. TSAAC X. O'BRIEN — Tireless energy, well directed by sound business J- judgment, has brought to Mr. O'Brien very gratifying success in the affairs of life. He resides in Humboldt township, where he owns and 456 HISTOKY OF ALLEN* ASTC occupies a fine farm. He was born ii> Pike cannty. Ohio, Xfarch 29, rS35'>. and was about twenty-three years of age when he came to this State. Hib- father, Cornelius O'Brien, was born in the Buckeye State m 1808, and' having arrived at years of maturity he married Leah Newman, of Adams county, Ohio. In the year 1857 he came with his son William to Allen- county, Kaiwas, and preempted the quarter section of land upon which his- son Isaac now resides. The country was wild and the Indians far out- numbered the white population. It lecjuired considerable .courage lor an eastern man to settle amonji the red-skinned people, and also face the trials and hardships incident to life on the frontier, but for many years the father carried on farming and was regarded as one of the reliabJe citizens of the community. He died in 1872, at the age of si.xty four years. His wife ivas born in 1807, and pa.ssed away in 1866, at the age of fifty-nine. They had but two children: William C, of Mound Valley, Kansas, and Isaac N. Isaac N. O'Brien spent the days of his childhood and youth in Ohio, and at the time of his father's removal to Kansas was serving as Clerk of Common Pleas court. He served from 1856 to 185S and accordingly did not come to the Sunflower State until April 9, 1858, at which time he took up his residence in Humboldt and engaged in freigJiting from I,eavenworth and Kansiis City. When the war broke (jut he joined the army and was de- tailed as a teamster. He was discharged in September, 1862, and went back to Ohio, and when the w'ai was nearly over reenlisted as a substitute, receiving sixteen hundred dollars for his services. As his command was proceeding down the Ohio river, they received word that Lee had sur- rendered and were ordered back to be discharged, so that Mr. O'Brien was only out four weeks the second time. Throughout the greater part of his business career he has carried on farming. He spent five years, however, in Chanute, where he operated the electric light plant and mills, aivd was also engaged for a time in the grocery business. In due time he returned to his farm where he is now extensively and successfully engaged in the raising of wheat, corn and hogs. His place comprises a tract of rich, uever-failing bottom land on the Neosho river. Mr. O'Brien has been twice married. First May 29, 1859, he wedded, in Ohio, Mi.ss Mary E. Were, and to them were born a sou and daughter: Cornelius, born April 14, 1864, is now engaged in the transfer business in Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary E. , born May 13 and died July 16, 1867. The mother died June 5, 1867, and Mr. O'Brien was again married February II, 1872, his second union being with Miss Maggie P. Moore, of Pike county, Ohio. By this union six children were born: J. M.,a prominent merchant in Humboldt; Grace aild Hattie, both of whom have been college students and are now teachers in Allen county; Bertha, George and Perlie. In his political affiliations Mr. O'Brien has always been a Republican. The honors and emoluments of public office have had no attraction for him, his attention being given to the farm, which has been the means of secur- ing for him a comfortable competence. He has long been a witness of the WOODSON countie;;, Kansas. 457 growth and development of southeastern Kansas, and Allen county num- bers him among her valued early settlers. "\ A TTLLIAM W. MOFFITT, who has from early boyhood been de- ^ ^ pendent upon his own resources and has worked his way steadily upward, is now one of the most progressive and successful business men in Savonburg. A native of Franklin county, Indiana, he was born December 30, 1847, a son of Wesley and Elizabeth (Garrison) Mofifitt. The father was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a young man removed to Indiana, where he met and married Miss Garrison, who had gone to the Hoosier state with her parents in her girlhood. Mr. Moflitt was a carpenter by trade, and followed that pursuit for a few years in Illinois, after which he came to Kansas in 1867, locating in Bourbon county, near Uniontown. He died in 18S8, at the age of seventy years, wdiile visiting in Nebraska. Five years earlier his wife passed away at the age of fifty-three. They had five children: William W., Mrs. Mary E. Lakin, Emma Pemrock, Charles and Mrs. Ella A. Cation. Mr. Moffitt, of this review, spent the days of his boyhood and youth in Illinois, and mastered the common English branches of learning as taught in the public schools. He came with the family to Kansas in 1S67, when twenty years of age and remained with his parents till the age of twent\'- five, when he was married to Miss Anna Morrison, the wedding being cele- brated on the nth of February, 1872. The lady is a native of Guernsey countj% Ohio They began their domestic life upon a rented farm near Uniontown, where Mr. Moffitt carried on agricultural pursuits for a year, and then removed to Neosho county. Here he secured a claim in Grant township, and is to-day the owner of eighty acres of highly improved land. He continued farming until 1S91, when he removed his family to Savon- burg, where he has since engaged in tlie grain and seed business, buying and shipping those commodities. His trade has constantly grown, and his business now amounts to sixty thousand dollars annually, for he handles the greater part of the grain raised in the southeastern portion of Allen county, having a warehouse in both Elsmore and Savonburg. He has ex- cellent facilities for tarrying on the business and is prepared to pay the highest market price for grain, seeds and broom corn. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt has been blessed with two chil- dren, Edna and Elsa. They occupy a very pleasant residence in Savon- burg, which is owned by Mr. Moffitt, whose property interests also include his farm and the buildings in which he is conducting his business. In politics he has always been a Republican, warmly espousing the principles of the party, and he is now capably serving as Justice of the Peace in his township. Of the Odd Fellows Society, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern Woodmen of America he is a representative, belonging to the local organizations in Savonburg. His life illustrates the power of honesty and diligence in the business world and is an example that is well worthy of emulation. 45S lftS'a)KV OF ALLEX A.VD GUS EXGELHARDT, one of the well known and popular farmers of Elsmore township, Allen county, was born in LaGrange, Cook county, Illinois, and is of German lineage. His father, Charles Engel- hardt, was a native of Germany, and when a young man crossed the briny deep to the new world in 1S56, settling upon a farm near Chicago. He was married to Miss Marie Harnish, who was also a native of Germany. An agriculturist by occupation, he engaged in the tilling of the soil in Cook county, Illinois, from 1856 until 1S78, and during that time made consider- able money. He then determined to remove to the west, where he could buv land at a lower price, and in 1S7S came to Kansas, where he purchased a farm of one thousand and eighty acres on Big Creek, in Elsmore town- ship, — one of the richest tracts in Allen county. He there resided until his death, which was caused by the accidental discharge of a gun. He was a man whom to know was to respect and honor (or he lived an indus- trious life, true to all noble and manly princij)les. His wife still survives him at the age of sixty-five years, and is now living wiih her sons in Chi- cago. Mr. and Mrs. Engelhardt had nine children, namely: Alfred. Robert, Gus, Frank, Fred, Ed. and Mrs. Flora Consell. The last named is a resident of Wyoming, Illinois. Gus Engelhardt was reared in Illinois until sixteen years of age, when he came to Kansas with his parents, remaining with them on the home- stead farm until he attained his majority when he crossed the plains to California and for one year worked at the carpenter's trade on the Pacific coast. Since that time he has engaged in the operation of the farm in Allen county, which belonged to his fatlier. He took charge of the place upon his father's death and has since successfully operated it, raising and feeding cattle and hogs in riddition to the cultivation of the fields. He has excellent grades of stock upont he place and is a progressive agriculturalist, all appointments being modern, while the farm machinery is of the latest improved kind. He possesses good business qualifications and his capable management of the property has made it yield a good return. Mr. Engelhardt was married April 7, 1897, to Miss Mary Teel, a daughter of John and lilizabeth Teel. She was born in Linn county, Iowa, and with her ])arenis came to Kansas in 1877. By her marriage she has become the mother of an interesting little daughter. Mona Marie, born August 25, 1899. In his fraternal relations Mr. Engelhardt is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He voles with the Republican party, and assists his friends in obtaining office but has never desired official preferment for himself. JOHX S. WILSON, of LaHarpe, is one of the more recent settlers of Allen county and he belongs to the thrifty and industrious class of Anglo-Americans who are so numerous in Elm township. He came into Allen county in 1889 from Tazewell countj-, Illinois, where he had resided fifteen years and whither he went from Livingston county, Xew York. In WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 459 the latter state he was a neighbor of our fellow townsman, Henry Biisley, and in locating in Allen county it was not strange that he should join farms with his old friend in their new home. Mr. Wilson was born in Lincjlushire, England, November 15, 1843, and is a son of John Wilson, a laborer, who had two sons and three daughters, viz: Mary, deceased, wife of William Wakefield; Robert Wil- son, who is in Australia; Elizabeth, who is married to William Graham and resides in England; John S. Wilson, and Jane, wife of John Higgins, of England. Our subject's mother was a school teacher and her maiden name was Lizzie Simpson. vShe reared her family to habits of industry and to prin- ciples of honesty and gave them such intellectual training as to equip them for successful comp2tition with the world. At nine years of age John S. Wilson b2gan working by the year and at the age of thirteen he was able to earn three pounds. His labors were all given to farm work and the highest wages he earned (which was the highest paid) was twenty-one pounds a year. When he left England it was with sufficient funds to pay the passage of himself, wife and a child. He became a farm hand in his new but temporary home in Livingston county. New York, and when he had layed up two hundred dollars he bought a team and began farming rented land. He had accumulated a small surplus when he came to Illinois and a little more by the time he settled in Kansas, so that when he contracted for his home place of eighty acres he was only in debt a thousand dollars. In the eleven j-ears he has passed in Allen county he has paid off his indebtedness and is clear of in- cumbrance with another eighty acres added to complete his quarter section. In 1872 Mr. Wilson was married in Lincolnshire, England, to Susan Johnson who died at LaHarpe in 1891 leaving three children, as follows: Lizzie, wife of Simon Remsburg, a prominent young farmer of lola town- ship; Robert W. Wilson, with his father, and Lydia Wilson, who died May 4, igoo, from accidental' burning. Mr. Wilson allied himself with the Democratic party when he became a voter in the United States and, in his quiet way, has given aid and com- fort to the enemies of the opposition for many years. His pride in his home Mr. Wilson has made manifest in his constant and permanent improvement of his premises. His farm is one of the con- spicuously attractive ones on his highway and when an}' of the conven- iences of a farm are needed he provides them. GEORGE H. BACON was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, on Christmas day of 1827, his parents being Henry H. and Lois (Mill) Bacon, also natives of that state. The son spent the first fifteen yeais of his life in the place of his nativity. His father died in Connecticut in 1840, at the age of forty-six years, and in 1842 he accompanied his mother 460 HISTORY OF ALLK.V AXD on her removal to Indiana. Throughont lier remaining days he cared for her, and she departed this life at his home in Kansas in 1874 when eighty- nine years of age. While in Indiana George H. Bacon learned the trade of cloth dressing, which he followed for seven years. In 1853 he and his mother removed to Illinois, where he engaged in farming. His first work was at the car- penter's trade, which he followed for eighteen months, and from his earn- ings he saved three hundred dollars. He then visited New Orleans, but reuirning to Illinois worked on a farm for nine months, after which he par- ch ised eighty acres of land, devoting his energies to its cultivation. In that enterprise he met with gratifying success. In 1853 Mr. Bacon was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. F. Ridge, a native ot Indiana, and in Illinois the\' resided until 1873 when they came to Kansas, Mr. Bacon purchasing two hundred acres of land in Elsmore township, where he has since resided. He has made splendid improve- ments upon his farm and has a very desirable property. In 1S95 Mrs. Bacon died at the age of si.Kty-four years. They were the parents of t-en children, six of whom are now living, namely: Charles \V. , who resides on a farm in Elsmore township; John E. , of LaHarpe; Ella L-, wife of Wesley Jones; Mary F., wife of C. S. Cox; Laura Kate, wife of E. W. Myler, of Burlingame, Kansas; Lizzie H., wife of B. F. Low, and Frank M., an adopted son. Mr. Bacon has always been a strong temperance man and now has in his possession a pledge which he signed September 16, 1841, when fourteen years of age, and giving the names of the president and secretary of the organization Prior to the war he was a supporter of the Abolition party and on its organization he joined the Republican party, vvith which he has since affiliated. His life has b^en one of marked industry. A glance at his farm will indicate his careful supervision and progressive methods. He has now passed the seventy-third milestone on life's journey, and in the evening of life he receives the veneration and respect -which should ever be accorded those whose record is an upright one. /"> W. NYMAN owns and operates a valuable farm of two hundred ^-^ • acres in Elsmore township. He was born in Clay county. South Dakota, on the 3rd of September. 1869, and is of Swedish lineage, being the eldest son of August J. and Matilda Nynian, both of whom were natives of Sweden. The father was born April 9, 1839, acquired his education in the public schools, and on the 30th of December, 1S67, married Miss Matilda Swanson. For a number of 3'ears he had served as a grade con- tractor on the railioad. In 186S he came with his young wife to America, locating first in Boone county, Iowa, where he worked on a gravel train. A year later they went to South Dakota, where Mr. Xyman secured a homestead and began farming, experiencing nnny of the hardships and I "\V GODSON COVNTrES, KAXSAS,. ' ^5^ ttrialstliat fall to the lot of the pioneer. The summers were short, the wiifters iloii;; and severe, and many blizzards rendered the lot of the settlers any- thing but enviable. After nine years Mr. Nyman sold h-is farni and on account of ill health returned with his family to Sweden, but after fifteen months he again came to America, reaching Kansas in 187S. He bought a farm of eighty acres where Savonburg is located, and later added to the property until he owns two hundred and sixty a<:res of the rich and pro- ductive soil of Allen county. Here he has built a fine country residence and large barns and is now in possession of a model country-seat, ever5'- tliing about the place being in first class condition. He is numbered among the progressive and substantial farmers of Allen count}^ and deserving of great credit for his success, for when he first arrived in America he had only twenty dollars. His excellent ability as a manager, combined with his unflagging industrjs has enabled him to work his way steadily upward and today he is in possession of a handsome competence. In politics August J. Nyman is a stalwart Republican, inflexible in support of the principles of his party. For a third of a century his wife has traveled life's journey by his side and their home was bles.sed with three children. The two surviving are C. W. and J. O. , the latter a prominent real estate dealer in Savonburg. In taking up the personal history of C. W. Xyman we present to our readers the life of one who is widel5- and favorably known in Allen county. He spent the first eight years of his life in his native State, and then ac- companied his parents on their return to Sweden. His experience in the old country was an interesting period in his boyhood career. With the family he came to Allen count}' when nine years of age, and has made his home here continuously since, supplementing his early education, acquired in South Dakota, by study in the .schools of Savonburg and also in learning the Swedish language. He assisted his father in the cultivation of fhe home farm and remained under the parental roof until twent3'-one years of age, when he was married, on the 3rd of March 1892, to Miss Allie Freed, a native of this county, and a daughter of Daniel and Pleasant Freed. They now have a little son, Vernon, who is three years old. After his marriage Mr. Nyman purchased eighty acres of land on the county line, a mile south and we.st of Savonburg, and with characteristic energy began transforming the raw prairie into richly cultivated fields. He erected a nice residence and added to its homelike appearance by planting trees about the place. His house is situated on the county line, and he owns also one hundred and twenty acres of land in Neosho count}'. The ■soil is rich and productive and a crop can be depended upon almost any season. He has a herd of good cattle, keeping on hand about forty head, and he also has good horses and mules, with which to operate his land and tend to the other work of the farm. In 1S96 he became interested in the real estate business in Savonburg in connection with his brother, but after a year he sold out to his brother and returned to the farm, since which time he has devoted his energies exclusiveh- to the cultivation of the fields and the raising of stock. 462 HISTOKV 01-" ALtEM AlS")'/ In his social relations Mr. Nyman is an Odd Fellow and Rebekali and? also belongs to the Ancient Order ol United Workman, to the Knight^^ and Ladies of Security and to the Anti-Horse Thief Association. In politics be has been an earnest and energetic Republican since casting his first vote. In his farnring methods he rs practical and enterprising, and the.se quali- ties have made him one of the i>rosperous agriculturalists of the community, while his genial manner has rendered him popular with many friends. JAME;S H. RUXYAX — For a quarter of a century James H. Runyan ha.-^ resided upon the farm in Elm township which is now his home, and is a loyal citizen of K-ansas. He has traveled in- various states but has never found a location as pleasing as Allen county and therefore with itS' interests he has been long and actively identified. He was born in Warren county, Ohio, in 1827. His pmternal great-grandfather, Henry Runyan, Sr,, wasa native of Holland, whence he crossed the Atlantic ta America. When the yoke of British oppression became intolerable and the people sought independence he joined the colonial army, thus l)ecomingone of the Revolutionary heroes. His son, Henrj' Runyan, Jr., grandfather of our subject, was born in what is now West Virginia, in 1775, and in that State occurred the birth of bis son, Peter h- Runyan, the date of his birth being rSoi. Ehuing the pioneer epoch in the development of Ohio, lie removed from West Virginia to the Buckeye State and in 1824 married Hannah Crosson, whose people moved irom Pennsjdvania to Ohio in 1803. Of the children of Peter L, Runyan five are still living: Henry, of Butlerville, Ohio; James H.; Archie, of Blanchester, Ohio; Mrs. Rebecca Long sncl( Mrs. Mary^ Flommerfelt, both of whom are residents of Butlerville. James H. Runyan, the second of the family, early became inured to the hard labor incident to life upon a pioneer farm. In 1852 he went to Cali- fornia, attracted by the discovery of gold there and spent seven years on the Pacific slope engaged in mining and in running a pack train and trading post at the mines. In 1859 he returned to Ohio and after devoting si.x, years to nierehandising once more took up his abode upon the farm where he remained until his removal to Allen connty, Kansas, in 1874. He spent about a year in lola and then pnrcha.sed the land on which he now resides. He found here a log cabin, while a small portion of the ground had been placed under cultivation. Each year he has added to the improvements upon the place until he has made it one of the best farms in Elm township; the well tilled fields yielding to him a golden tribute in return for the care and cultivation he has bestowed upon them. In i860 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Runyan and Miss Sarah S. Bird, whose people removed from New Jersey to Ohio. She is the only surviving one of a family of fourteen children. Mr. and Mrs. Runyan have five children, all living, namely: LeRoy, who is clerking for the Lanyon Zinc Company at Lanyonville, is married; George W., married, and is a •\VOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 4B5 twiilroad employe living in X^odesha, Kansas,- Clement E.,ot California; Ed L. . who is married and is in the real estate business in LaHai:pe, and Mrs. Nellie Morrison who resides on a farm in Elm township. In politics the Runyans are Democrats, and in religious belief they are Methodists. Mr. and Mrs. Ruuyan of this review have been members or the church of that denomination for thirty years, and in their life exemplify their faith. Mr. Runyan has had no occasion to regret his determination to seek a home in Kansas, for here he has prospered, gaining a com- fortable competence, and ai the same time winning the respect of his fellow men. \A7'ILLIAM J. FURXEACX — In his life record William J. Fur- " ' neaux has manifested many of tlie sterling traits of his English and Scotch ancestors. He was born in Owen Sound, in Canada, September 4. 1867. His father, John Furneaux, was a native of England, born in Devonshire, and at the age of thirteen years he crossed the Atlantic to the British province in the new world, being reared and married in Canada. Miss Jennie Lawrie, who became his wife, was born in Scotland and was brought to Canada when five years of age. With his family John Fur- neaux removed to Brown county, Kansas, in 1869, locating upon a farm there. He had previously engaged in the manufacture of lye, but after coming to the Sunflower state devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. .\t pre.sent he is living with his family in Barton county, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Furneaux became the parents of six children, five of whom are living, namely: Robert, William J., Helen, Henry and Grace, now the wife of Dan VanScoyoc. The subject of this review was the second of the family. He remained •ivith his parents until he was twenty-six years of age and was then married to Miss Aldora Gloyd, who was born in Bucyrus, Crawford county, Ohio, on the 14th of November, 1873, Her parents were Henry and Lavina (Grundrun) Gloyd, who came to this state in 18S8, but are now living in Davis county, .Uissouri, where Mr. Gloyd has been employed by the Wabash Railroad Company for a number of years. After his marriage Mr. Furneaux rented a farm and began life on his own account. He had a team, but few possessions beyond this and it was hard work that gave him his start. However, he possessed an unfailing amount of energy and determination and as the result of his well directed efforts he was .soon enabled to purchase a farm. Mr. Furneaux resided in Anderson county until 1894 when he sold his property there and came to Allen county where he purchased eighty acres of land a mile and a half east of Elsmore. Here he is making a nice home and with the aid of his wife he is advancing steadily on the road to pros- perity. The marriage of this worthy couple has been ble,ssed with four children, namely: Roy, George, McNel and Eva. Mr. Furneaux has 464 HTSTOKV OF ALLEJT AST> always been a stalwart Republican and is giving, an unswerving support tO' the principles of the party, but he has never sought or desired office, hi? attention being fully occupied by his business affairs. /"^EORGE H. YOtrNG.—'nie record of George H. Young is that of a ^^ conscientious man who by his upright life has won the confidence ol all with whom he has come in contact. He has passed the eighty-third- niilestone on life's journey and although the snows of many winters have whitened his hair he has the vigor of a much younger man and in spirits and interests seems yet in his prime. Old age is not ueces.sarily a .syn- onym of weakness and inactivity. It need not suggest, as a matter of course, want ot occupation or helplessness. There is an old age that is a benediction to all that come in contact with it, that gives out of its rich stores of experience and is thus a benefit to others. Such is the life of Mr. Voung, an encouragement to his associates and an example well worthy of- emulation to tho.se who are but .starting out on life's journey. -He was born in Stokes county. North Carolina, October 24, 181 7, a .son of Robert and Mary (Astrop) Young, the former a native ol the Old North state, while the latt( r was born in Cnlp>eper county, Virginia. He died in Decemlx?r, 1S57, at the age of seventy-two years, and his wife sur- vived him until 1S64, passing away at the age of seventy five. Nine chil- dren were born to them but only three are now living: Anna, who resides in North Carolina, at the age of ninety years, George H., and E. H., who is still living in the county where he was born seventy-six years ago. George H. Young received only such educational privileges as were afforded by the common .schools of his naii\e state. He was reared to man- hood under the parental roof, and on the iith of March, 1S41, was united in marriage to Miss Polly A. Ross. He owned a small farm in North Car- olina and continued its op>eration until i860, when he started for Kansas, hoping to there secure a good location, but when he re;iched Kansas City he heard such discouraging reports concerning the droughts in the Sun- flower state that he purchased a farm in Cass county, Missouri, and there took up his abode. Afterwar;!, iiowever, he removed to Johnson county, Kansas, but returned to his farm in Missouri, where he remained six months, then came back to Kansas. In 1870 he came to Allen county and secured a claim comprising a quarter .section of land in the stiutheast por- tion of the county. It was a tract of wild praiiie on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, but he at once began its de- velopment and has made his home thereon for thirty years. He has suf- fered many trials since coming to the west. He lived in Missouri during a portion of the war i>eriod and was exposed to the attacks of the bush- whackers who twice robbed him of nearly everything he had and kept him in a state of constant fear and anxiety. During the war he joined the militia and aided in guarding the families on the border. He has per- WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 465 formed the arduous task of improving a new farm in Kansas, but now has a valuable property which supplies him with all the necessities and comforts of life. In 1894 Mr. Young was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 3rd of September of that year, at the age of seventy-two. To them were born eleven children, nine of whom reached years of maturity, while eight are yet living, namely: Smith A., wife of James Davis, now , widow of Benj. W. Avers, and a daughter of Dr. G. G. Samuels, a native of Kentucky and one of the early settlers of St. Louis, where he met and married Adoline Butler, a representative of one of the old families of that city. Dr. Samuels died in 1895, while visiting in Arkansas, and his wife passed away many years be- fore. By her first marriage Mrs. Rannells had two children: Mabel, a popular young lady of Allen county; and Bennie, who is married and re- sides in Kansas City. Unto the Doctor and his wife have been born a daughter, Sallie M., now sixteen years of age, and a son, Charles, who died at the age of twetity months. His success in the line of his chosen profession has brought to Dr. Rannells a comfortable competence and en- ables him to supply his family with many of the luxuries of life. His man- ner is cordial and courteous, his actions sincere, and all who know him recoarnize his sterling worth. T TEXRV K. BLAKELV, who is numbered among Ohio's native sons, -'- -•- was born in Miami county, October 11, 1867, and is a son of George H. and Sophia Ann (Dillon) Blakely, both of whom were natives of Ohio, the latter being of Irish descent, for her grandparents were natives of the Green Isle of ICrin. When the subject of this review was three years old his parents removed to Dunn county, Wisconsin, and there he resided for twelve years, attending the common schools and thus acquiring the founda- tion of his education. Subsequently the family became residents of Good- hue county, Minnesota, where he completed his schooling. He early be- came familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agricul- turalist, and in addition to working on the farm through the summer months he taught school for nine years in the winter season, thus supplementing the money earned at agriculture by a fair income from his professional labors. While residing in Goodhue county Mr. Blakely was united in marriage oil June 28. 1893, to Miss Effie M. Folsom, who was born and reared in that county and successfully followed school teaching until her marriage. Her parents were Abel B. and Nancy (W^right) Folsom. Her father died in 1897, but her mother is still living and makes her home in Lewiston, Idaho, where she owns a good fruit farm. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Blakely has been blessed with two interesting little daughters: Frances F. , who is now three years of age, and Bessie May, a baby of about eighteen months. In the }-ear i8y6 Mr. Blakely came to the Sunflower State and has since been a resident of Elsmore. For three \ ears he had charge of the WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 467 creamery business and then he embarked in the livery business which he conducted alone until the spring of 1900, when he sold a half interest in that enterprise to his father. Together they purchased Mr. Kenyon's livery stable which was added to their own enterprise and thus they are in control of an extensive livery establishment and a good business. Our subject started out in life empty-handed, his only capital being his earnest determination to succeed and by diligence and a resolute will he has steadi- ly advanced on the high road to success. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of-Elsmore, and in his political atliliations he is a Republican. He has filleil the position of constable in his town for two years, making a creditable record as a public official. GEORGE D. HILDEBRANT— Among the farmers of Allen county who have responded to the spirit of development and shared in the improvement and settlement of lola township is George D. Hildebrant. He came west before Horace Greeley promulgated his famous advice to young men and the year 1S57 found him in Linn county, Kansas. He roamed about over the western piairies and mingled with the Red Man and the pioneers and familiarized himself with the customs and practices of the frontier. Mr. Hildebrant was born in Morris county, New Jersey, November 13, 1835. He was a son of Jacob Hildebrant, born in Hunterdon county, that State, in i; CUfXTlKS, KANSAS 4S3 Web Bostwick came to Allen county November ii, 1866, and the fol- lowing year located upon his brother's, H. C. Bostwick's, farm on Deer creek. Some three \ ears later William Davis came along from Colorado and offered him his price for the place and he moved down to the A'.iderson and Finley ranch (that now is). Wliat is now the Allendale Stock Farm was then an unbroken prairie and Web went onto it, broke a portion of it out, as any farmer would have done, began its improvement and in seven years sold it. This concluded his career as a farmer. He moved into lola at once and entered the real estate business with Bowlus & Richards. The railroad lands of the county were just coming onto the market then and this agency harrdled almost the entire holdings adjacent to lola. For eight years this firm remained intact and undisturbed in its enjoyment of a mam- moth and lucrative business. Investors poured into the county from all directions and speculators and settlers vied with each other in the acquire- ment of tracts suitable for farms, for ranches and for investment. Retirirrg fro;n this noted firm Mr. Bostwick joirred D. B. D. Sraeltzer in a loan and real estate business for some years and later was a partner with Judge H. W. Talcott in the same business. In 1895 he joined the well knowrr townsman, Xels Acers, with whom he is yet a leader in the matter of haadling city and country property. The selling of real estate in Allen county was, in itself, an easy and pleasant business but to do so in defiance of an element of our citizerrs whose edict had gone out against it and whose threats were upon the lips of all was an undertaking involving much hazard, with possible loss of life. From 1875 to t885 the settlers on the disputed lands in the east part of our county determined not to have any more of the land sold by the agents of the railroad companies, desiring tc have it entered as public domain and by persons whose interests would, from the start, be identical with their own. They even provided a penalty, or rather, suggested as a penalty for any agent violating this ukase, a bit of inch rope. It is stated that the rope was bought with which to square accounts with our subject but he never abandoned a trip nor lost a meal on account of it. D. W. Bostwick was born in Portage coiinty, Ohio, October 21, r840. His father, Daniel Bostwick, was a millwright, foundryman and manu- facturer of woolen goods. The latter was born in New York, went into Ohio early and settled in Portage county. From this latter place he located in Park county, Indiana, and was in busines"s there during, and for some time, after the war. He married Sophia Fondersmith, originally DeFondersmith, a Pennsylvania German lady. Late in life this venerable couple came to Allen county and passed their remaining years here. Mr. Bostwick died in 1876 at the age of seventy-six years, and his wife died in 1881 aged seventy-nine years. Their children were: Clarerrtine, deceased, who married Lewis Hine; Dr. Henry C. Bostwick, of Tacoma, Washing- ton, surgeon of Ninth Kansas and now a Representative to the Wash- ington Legislature; Leveues E. was killed in the Civil war as Captain of Company A, One Hundred and Fourteenth Indiana Voluirteers, while in his seventeenth engagement; D. Webster; Maria, deceased, wife of An- 484 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND drew Jackson Clark, of Tacoina, Washington; and Anifield S., deceased, who married Samuel Doren. D. W. Bostwick grew up at Rockville, Indiana. He enlisted in Com- pany G, One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry and ser\-ed in the western department. He look part in the Chickaniauga and Nashville campaigns and, at the close of his service, was in the Independent sharpshooters. Mr. Bostwick was married in Allen county in lola. 1869, to Clemen- tine C. , a daugl'.ter of Dr. M. DeMoss, who was born and educated in Oxford, Ohio, and was one of the characters of lola for many years. His wife was Miss Margaret C. Kennedy who was born and principally raised in the city ot Washington. Their children were ten in number. Mr. and Mrs. Bost wick's children are: Hattie B. , a stenographer and type-writer in Tacoma, Washington: Misses Grace F. and Klla M.. teachers ill the lola city schools; Leveues H., a printer of lola, and Pearl M., wife of K. K. Donaldson, of Seattle, Washington. The early Bostwicks were Whigs and their posterity dropped naturally into the Repiiblicau party, following the issues of the war. LI':\VIS HEXRV WISHARD, principal of the 4th ward school of lola, and one of the promiinrut and capable educators of Kansas, is essen- tially a Kansan. He has passed all but ten years of his life in the State and all that he is and has is credited to his adopted State. Mr. Wishard was horn in Vermillion county, Indiana, February 3, 1866, and is a son of a farmer and stock man of Butler county, Kau.sas, J. H. Wishaid, who was born in the same county in 1830. The latter is a son of James L. Wishard, a veteran of the War of 18 12. who went into Indiana about 1S29 and settled in Vermillion county. He enlisted in the army from Kentucky, in Colonel Johnson's regiment, an»i partici- pated in the battle of the Thames. He was a son of an Irishman who settled in Kentucky about the beginning of the 19th century and whose brother settled near Philadelphia. Some of the posterity of these early Wishards spell the name with a "t", but wherever they are and however the spelling of the name they descended from the same Celtic ancestors. James L. Wishard married a Lytle and reared seven children, two of whom left families: William, of Renssalaer, Indiana, and Archibald Wishard, whose family resides in Los Angeles, California. J. H. Wishard married Elizabeth Fassett, a daughter of David Fassett, of West Virginia, near Winchester. The children of this union are: James E. Wishard. of Burlington, Arkansas; Frank M. Wishard, ot Spencer, Iowa; Attie Wright, of Augusta, Kansas and Lewis H. Wishard, our subject. L. H. Wishard attended the country .schools of Butler county, Kansas, in his early youth and graduated in the Augusta city schools in 1S84. He ■%VOODSON COUNTIES, KAls-SAS. -'4Si% 5tauglit school a year and clerked in an Augusta store a year and tatight ■still another year. In 1S87 he entered the Kansas State Normal School and finished the Elementary course in that institution in i88g. He became principal of the high school at Solomon City, Kansas, and occupied the position two \ ears when he was elected to the principalship of the city schools. He remained with the schools six years in that capacity and withdrew from school work, then, to perform his duties as vSecretary of the lola Manufacturing company. In iSgS he entered the lola schools as principal of the ist ward building and has con- cluded three years of successful school work in the city. He has instructed in County Institutes in Dickinson county and in Allen county: in the latter six years consecutively. December 24, 1891, Mr. Wish ard was married in lola to Anna M.,a daughter of the late Moses Pickell. Mrs. Wishard was born in \'alparaiso, Indiana, February 8, 1S6S, was educated in Ida, and was one of the capable teachers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wishard's daughter. Marj- E. , vvas born March 19, 1899. Mr. Wishard is a member of the State Teachers' Association and is an able and useful member of the Allen County Teachers' Association. T \ANIEL HORVILLE — The pioneers of a country are the ones who -' — ' lay broad and liberal foundations of society and engage the atten- tions of the world by their qualities of daring, determination and tenacity. They furnish the plans for the development of a new country and provide the brain and sinew for their execution. As good men as ever preached a sermon or settled a homestead were among the pioneers to Allen county. They came from all quarters of the east, even across the Atlantic, and took lip their residence here with a sincere desire to do an honorable part in the development of the county. One of these men, and a character well known and highly regarded, was Daniel Horville, whose brief history is presented herewith. "Djn" Horville's oiigin is French. He was born in the province of Loraine — when that country vvas French territory — 'in February, 1824. He is a son of Michael Horville, a successful farmer and stock raiser near Pu- vergne, and who died there some j-ears since. He was twice married, his first wife, Catharine Ansel, being our subject's mother. Another son, Michael Horville, left a family, at death, near the French-German town above mentioned. Daniel Horville left France about the time he came of age, sailing from H ivre for New York. He had little capital and found little labor of a re- munerative character while in the city. When financial matters forced an- other move he made his way down to Cincinnati, Ohio. While there he had a miscellaneous lot of jobs out of which he accumulated some money. His next move was westward into Owen county, Indiana, where, in 4S6 HISTORY OF ALLEX AJHJr Speivcer, he opened a small store. He remained there something near two years, when, in company with James Wood, father of "Bob" Wood, of lola, he made another move toward the setting sun, this time locating: in Lexington. McLean county, Illinois. Mr. Wood offered him a good busi- ness arrangement to engage in mercantile pursuit and he accepted, opening a store at this point. They shipped their goods to Peoria up the Illinois river from St. Louis and freighted them across the country in the old west- ern style. Mr. Horville prospered in his Lexington venture and remained in business there till 1856. Selling out that year he made his fifth and last trip westward. He had made a preliminary trip to Kansas and decided to locate in Allen county and in 1S56 he came to stay. He stopped one mile east of Ida, on Elm creek, temporarily, and the next year horaester.ded the Sleeper place, southeast of the Elm creek wagon bridge. Some three years later he purchased the Lewis claim on the Neosho river, to which he re- moved and ill which community he has resided since. In an early day, as now, Mr. Horville was not regarded a poor man. The capital he brought with him to Kansas was sufficient for his needs and, with it, he was enabled, to handle matters requiring cash which men without his advantage could not touch. He saw a golden opportunity to engage in the cattle busine.s.s and seized upon it. The range was wide and free, and stock could be raised with little cost but labor. His hopes have been so fully realized in thiS' line of industry all these forty years that he has remained in the business. Scarcely a citizen in Allen county can recall when Han Horville was not a "cattle man." With his successes in this line came successes in other lines and his general prosperity took form in expanded domain and in its sub- stantial improvement and development. His broad acres number above a thousand and the yearly business he transacts, in the buying and .selling of stock and grain, runs up into the thousands January i, 1S62, Mr. Horville was married to Margaret Ann Bird, a daughter of Amor Bird, a former Ohio .settler. The childien of this union are: Flora Horville, Louis E. Horville, Mrs. Bird Foust, whose children arc Dorothy and Kenneth; Frank and Ralph D. Horville; Katie, wife of Walter C. Teats, of lola, and Misses May and Grace Horville. In public m.itters Mr. Horville was once an active participant. In the early days of Allen county he was a Republican but his views changed in the early seventies and he has since affiliated with Democracy and its allies. He was elected Commissioner of the county in 1873 and was a care- ful and conservative gu.irdian of the county's funds. For fifteen years he served on the school board in his district ,and in this capacity was looked to largely for the success of each term of school. The history of Daniel Horville reveals a man who has not lived in vain. In no material thing has he been a failure and in all things has he played a manly part. His remarkable succes-es have not bred in hiui or his family any element of aristocracy, on the contrary his home is accessible to the most lowly and his society an encouragement to honest labor. The active supervision of his interests are in the hands of his first son, Louis E., whose demonstration of his capacity occurred on the first opportunity. The U'OODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. latter was equipped with a commercial education, is a friend to progressive adea? and is in every way worthy th? cotiSlence replied in him. GEORGE A. AMOS. — In the "learned professions" merit alone caYi win advancement. When success must depend upon the various mental attributes oi the individual, neither wealth nor influential friends ■can aid one in the progress toward fame. The man who has attained prominence at the bar is therefore entitled to great credit, for as he lengthens the distance between himself and mediocrity it is the indication of great zeal, maiked ability, close .ippiication and thorough knowledge. It has been through the exercise of these qualities that George A. Amos has attained a position at the bar that tniglit well be envied by many a practitioner. Mr. Amos is now residing in Humboldt. He was born in Springfield, Illinois, on the 4th of September, 1S41. His father, Josiah F. Amos, was a native of Maryland and in 1S36 emigrated to Illinois. He was an archi- tect and carpenter, and in the capital of the Prairie State he engaged in the lumber business. He married Miss Julia Hay, a native of Kentucky, and unto them were born three children: George A., of this review; John M., who is now in business in Sprnigfield; and Sarah E. Shepherd, a resident of Los Angeles, California. In the public schools of Springfield, Illinois, George A. Amos acquired his education. Entering upon his business career, he was connected with the lumber trade, and in August, 1869, he removed to Humboldt, Kansas, where he was again engaged in the lumber business until 1S73. He then sold out and began the study of law, and was admitted to the bar by the di.strict court of Allen county, November 21, 1S74. On the 15th of January, 1S80, he was admitted to practice in the federal court and was admitted to the supreme court July 6, 1S87. He has been very successful, having the confidence of his clients and of the public, and has demonstrated his ability by the many verdicts he has won favorable to the people whom he represents. In 1882 he was elected county attorney of Allen county and throughout his term he served in a most creditable and satisfactory manner. In 1884 he was re-elected. His lather died in 1889 and Mr. Amos returned to Springfield, Illinois, to settle up the estate, remaining in his native city five years. During that time he was elected city attorney of West Springfield, but when his business inter- ests were satisfactorih- ended there he returned to Humboldt, and since 1894 has been continuously practicing his profession in Allen county. He is a strong advocate before a jury and concise in his appeals before the court. He began as all others do in the practice of law — at the bottom round of the ladder — and his present prominence has come to him as a re ward of honest endeavor, fidelity and recognized ability. His efforts have not been limited alone to one line, for he is a director and one of the stockholders in the Humboldt Brick plant. Socially he is 488 HISTORY OF AUJ-.S: AKD connected with the Masonic fraternity and has taken the Knight Templar degree of the York rite. His life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the- order and he has the high regard of his brethren of the craft. On the joth of October, 186&, Mr. Amos was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Andrews, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, a daughter of Colonel G. VV. Andrews of that state. They had two children. Georgia C, who is now the wife of John H. Arrael, of Humboldt, and Anna R. , a very bright young lady, who died November 23, 1890. Mrs. Amos passed away on the r6th of August, J8S5. Mr. Amos remained single for ten years and was again married, his second union being with Miss Laura Warner, who became his w-ife August 13, 1895. She was also a native of Ohio.- They enjoy the hospitality cff many of the best homes in Humboldt and their circle of friends is e.xtensive. Mr. Amos has those qualities which give him strength in business circles, and his advancement in professional life fs due to bis business ability, his determination and his laudable ambition. He is an indefatigable worker, which means that he is a student, accurate in his analysis and of broad learning. LEANDER STILLWELI, is not a citizen of Allen county, having re- sided in Erie, Neosho county, for many years, but as the Judge for eighteen years past of the District of which this county is a part he has be- come so familiar a figure here and has done so much toward shaping the history of the county, that this volume would not be complete without at least a brief sketch of his honorable and distinguished career. Judge Stilhvell was born in Otter Creek precinct, Jersey county, Illi- nois, on September i6th, 1843. His father, Jeremiah O. Slillwell, and his- mother ("whose maiden name was Ann Eliza White,) were natives of the state of North Carolina, but emigrated to Illinois in 1834. Judge Stillwell received a limited and meager common school education. His early life was spent on a farm in the Ixickwoods of western Illinois until a few months after the beginning of the War of the Rebellion. On January 7, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Sixty-first Illinois Infantry, re-enlisted in said company and legiment as a veteran volunteer in Feb- ruary, 1SG4, and was mustered out with his regiment as first lieutenant of his company some months after the close of the war, having served con- tinuously nearly four years. During his term of service he participated in the battle of Shiloli, the siege of Vicksburg and numerous other battles and skirmishes. Aftei his discharge from the army, he studied law at the .Albany, New York, Law School, and was admitted to the bar in Decem- ber, 1867. He emigrated to Kansas in May, 1868, locating at Erie, in Neosho county, where he engaged in the practice of law. He has resided in Neosho county continuously ever since he came to Kansas. He was married in May, 1S72, to Miss Anna L. Stauber. Five chil- dren have been born to them, four of whom are yet living. He was elected wooDsox couxtie:;, kaxsas. 489 to the lower house of the Kansas legislature in 1876, was elected judge of the Seventh Judicial District in 1S83. and re-elected to said office in the years 1S87, 1891, 1895 and 1899. He enjoj'S the distinction of having been a district judge in Kansas for the longest period of time that the office has been held by any judge in any of the different districts in the State, since Kansas was admitted into the Union, — a distinction which is, in itself, a most eloquent eulogy, showing as it does that his conduct on the bench has been such as to win and hold the respect and confidence of the people. In politics he is a Republican, and has been from his boyhood. rOHN' W. BALE was born April 20, 1843, in Hart countv, Kentucky, *J and is of German lineage. His great grandfather, William Bale, was a native of Germany, and on emigrating to America owned and operated a gristmill on Brash creek, in Green county. New Jersey at a very early day. He was a millwright by trade. His son, Peter B ile, the grandfather of oar subject, was born in Nc^w Jersey and became a prosp^rou^ farmer of Ken- tucky, owning between five aui six hundred acres of land on Leon Cimp creek in that State. Jacob Bale, the father of our subject, was born in Hart county, Kentucky, in 1818, and still reiiies thire. Hi r^c^iv^d excellent school privileges and at one time was probably the best educated man of his county. He worked in a powier mill ani aho foUowe 1 farming and stock raising, but for some time past has lived retired, still residing on the old homestead. He was married in 1842 to Miss Elizabeth Pointer, who was born in 1S24, a daughter of Edward Pointer who removed from one of the southern states to Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Bale be- came the parents of the following children: John H., W. T., Robert, Mrs. Nancy Richardson and Mrs. Mattie Murray, all of whom are living in Ken- tucky with the exception of the subject hereof. Mr. Bale, of this review, resided on his father's farm in Hart county, Kentucky, until eighteen years of age, when he responded to his country's call for aid, joining the Union ariny on the fifteenth of October, 1861, as a member of Company F, Fifteenth Kentucky Infantiy, under Captain Carroll and Colonel Pope. The regiment proceeded to New Haven and to Bacon creek, and after participating in the battles at Bowling Gieen, Nashville and Huntsville, returned to Louisville, Kentucky. Subsequently Mr. Bale with his command participated in the engagements at Perryville, Stone River, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, and the campaign as far as Atlanta, and Jonesboro, Georgia. He was mustered out January 17, 1S65, at Louisville, having loyally served his country for more than three years. For several months he engaged in farming and cattle raising in Ken- tucky, but in January, 1866, came to Kansas, residing in Leavenworth until the following fall, when he came to Allen county, settling in lola town- ship. Here he has since devoted his energies to the cultivation of his fields and to the raising of stock, and is today numbered among the most ener- 490 HISTORV OF ALLEN AND getic and prosperous citizens of his township, owning five hundred and twenty-eight acres of valual)le land. Mr. Bale was married in Hart county, Kentuckj', November 28, 1866, to Miss Anna DeFever, who was born in that county, December 19, 1S51, a daughter of William DeFever, a native of the same county, and of French descent. Mr. and Mrs. Bale became the paients of three sons: Irvin. who was drowned in the Neosho river at the age of seven years; Wallace and Frank, who are residents of this count3^ Mr. Bale exercises his right of franchi.se in support of the men and measures of the Democracy, but has never been a professional. Socially he is a Royal Arch Mason. Through the legitimate channels of trade he has risen to an enviable position financial- ly, and at the same time has commanded and enjoyed the respect of his fellow men by reason of his well spent life. WILLIAM T. HALL — In enumerating the succe.ssful farmers of Allen county the name of William T. Hall should not be omitted. He is not one of our pioneers but his residence among us entitles him to be classed with the permanent people and responsible for a fair share in the development of his county. Mr. Hall was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1S38. His ancestors were among the first to settle that region and were there when the French controlled old Ft. DuQuesne, now Pittsburg. His grandfather, an old German, went into Allegheny county, Pennsylvania in 176.S, and there passed his remaining years. One of his sons was Robert Hall, our subject's father. The latter was born in 1808 and died in 1887. He married Grace Bell whose family settled in Allegheny county, as early as the Halls, their land being on Chartiers Creek. Upon the old farm stands the stone mansion which was erected as a means of defense against the Indian attacks of that day. The town of Carnegie covers some of the Bell land, and one of the Bells still owns the stone house and lot. The Bells were originally Irish and Mr. Hall's great-grandfather Bell was a Revolutionary soldier in our war for independence. Joseph Hall, the old German above referred to, came into western Pennsylvania from New Jersey. He seived his country in one of the early wars of our country and William Hall possesses a powder horn which the old patriot carried through- out his service and which has become one of the heir-looms of the family. The Halls and Bslls were farmers, in the main, but James Bell, maternal grandfather of our subject, operated a distillery as well. The children of Robert and Grace (Bell) Hall are: William T.; James F"., of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. The former was put to learn the buggy and wagon-makers trade upon approaching man's estate and in 1S59 he made his way westward to Owen county, Indiana. He took up the carpenter trade there and followed it in the two counties of Owen and Sullivan so long as he remained in the State. He helped build the theatre WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 49 1 in Brazil and was tvvo years in the construction of the residence of Judge Hanna at Curryville, Indiana. As a pupil in the^ country school Mr. Hall made satisfactory advance- ment and was considered one of the first in his cla.ss. His onl\- experience as a teacher was when he filled his teacher's place for three months the last term he attended. In 1854 Mr. Hall was married in Owen county, Indi- ana, to Mary Wallace, a daughter of John and Margaret (Willie) Wallace. The Wallaces came from the Parish of Zaneygred, Scotland, and of their five children Mrs. Hall is the only daughter surviving. The sons are: David, James, Samuel and John Wallace. Our subject's children are: Margaret, wife of David E. Earl, of Bronson, Kansas; Annie, wife of Ernest Pancoa.st, of Stroud. Oklahoma; R. W. Hall, whose wife was Miss Gertie Flake, and Misses Mattie, Frances E. , Eva and Ross Hall. lu 1879 Mr. Hall came to Kansas. The appearance of Allen county satisfied him and he purchased a partly improved farm of Elias Norman. This tract is the northwest quarter of section i6, township 25, range 20, and lies on either side of a fork of the Marmaton river. The improvements con- si.sted of an old building, scarcely deserving the name of house, and a piece of tillable land. For some years he gave his own time largely to the car- penter's bench and left the actual work of sowing and reaping to the family. His last work as a mechanic was done on the Snyder barn some ten years ago and since then his farm has occupied him fully and well. The politics of the Halls and the Bells were somewhat divided. Some were Democrats and some were Whigs. In these matters our subject has little interest. On national questions he is with the Democrats but on local cindidates he is both and neither according to the character of the nom- inees. In secular matters he was schooled in the faith of Calvin and be- came a Baptist only when circumstances placed him without the influence of the United Presbyterian church. JOHN WALTER SCOTT was born near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, '-' Augu.st 29, 1823. His father was Alexander McRay Scott, who was born at Alexandria, Virginia, August 19, 1800. His mother was Mary Dean, who was born in New Jersey or Pennsylvania in 1799. His paternal grandfather was John Scott, whomigrated from Belfast, Ireland, soon after the Revolution, landing first at St. Thomas, West Indies, but soon after going to Norfolk, Virginia, and thence to Alexandria. His paternal grandmother was Margaret Kenna, the daughter of an English Sea captain. Nothing farther is known of the paternal line, except that "in the beginning" one "John," a ship joiner, migrated from Scotland to the ship yards at Belfast, Ireland, and was there called "Jolin, the Scot," to difierentiate him from other Johns, which name, of course, soon became ^92 HISTORY OF ALI.E.N ANO John Scott, which it still remains. The John Scott who migrated to Ameri- ca was a shoemaker by trade. He was killed by lightnin>; when about sixty years of age. His wife died in Indiana about 1853, of.old age. Alexander Scott, the father of our subject, was a machinist and mechanic, although he aUvavs lived on a farm. He died at the age of sixty-four in Bloomington, Illinois, of cerebro spinal meningitis. His wife has previously passed away in Kentucky at the age of forty- four, of malarial fever. , John W. Scott's maternal grandfather was Samuel Dean, a Revolution- ary soldier in the New Jersey line. He afterwards served under "Mad Anthony" Wayne in the Indian wars and was severely wounded in the hip, making him lame the remainder of his life. He was probably of Danish descent and was a farmer. He died at the age of eighty-six from the effect of hi.s wounds. Nothing more is known of the family on this side. John \V. Scott was the oldest child of Alexander and Mary Dean Scott. He had three brothers, Samuel, William and Harmon, and five sisters, Martha, Mary, Jennie, Margaret and Hannah. Of this family Diilv Margaret and Jennie now survive. When John W. vScott wasthree years of age his father bought a farm ad- joining the Braddock Field property, near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there most of his childhood was spent. He w-orked on the farm in summer and in the winter attended such schools .as the uncertain condition of the country afforded, in this way acquiring the rudiments of a fair English edu- cation. In 1S40 he went with his father to Gallatin county, Kentucky, where he worked on a farm and in a saw mill for three or four years. The work proved too heavy for him and his health giving way he secured a position as private tutor in the family of Dr. William B. Chamberlain, in Warsaw, Kentucky. He taught the children of his employer the rudi- ments of English and received from him in return a smattering of Greek. Latin and mathematics. He afterward taught school in various portions of the county during the winters and read medicine with Dr. Chamberlain. In 1846-7 he took a course of medical lectures at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, and in the .spring of 1847 began the practice of his profession at Hopewell, Indiana. After practicing there for two j-ears he took another course of lectures at the above college from which he grad- uated in the spring of 1849, returning at once to his practice in Indiana. December 13, 1849, he was married to Maria Protsman, the neice of hi.-; former preceptor, Dr. Chamberlain, and continued in the practice of medi- cine at Hopewell and P'ranklin, Indiana, until 1857 when he came to Kan- sas. He bought an original interest in the townsite of Olathe, which had just been located, and in connection with one Charles Csgood, built the first house erected on the townsite. In the fall he returned to Indiana and the following spring brought his family to Olathe. Owing to the unsettled condition of the country and the scenes of violence that were continually occurring in the town Olathe was not then a desirable place of residence, and so in June of 1858 Dr. Scott removed with his family to Allen county and took up a claim near Carlyle where he lived for the next sixteen years. •WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. -^q^ Tn the fall of 1859 he was elected to the Territorial legislature which met at Lecompton and afterwards adjourned to Lawrence, — the first free State legislature. He was re-elected in i860 and was chosen Speaket of the House, In 186 1 he was elected a member of the first State legislature, and in the absence of the Speaker presided during most of the session. During this session Fort Sumpter was fired upon, and at its close most of its mern- bers entered the Union array. Dr. Scott enlisted in the Fourth Kansa.'- Volunteer Infantr}- and was elected surgeon. He served with the Fourth during the fall and winter of i8bi-2, being in charge of the general hospital at Fort Scott. When the Third and Fourth regiments were consolidated and became the loth Kansas he became the surgeon of that regiment and served until May, 1863. when he resigned on account of the long and serious illness of his wife. In the fall of the same year, his wife's health having been restored, he re-entered and served to the end of the war, re- turning then to his Carlyle farm. In 1866 he was elected to the State Senate, was elected president pro tem of that body and presided during the session on account of Lieutenant Governor Greene serving as Governor, vice Governor S.J. Craw- ford resigned. Although always interested in politics and often actively en- gaged in the contests as a member of conventions and as a speaker in the ■campaigns, and frequently mentioned as an available candidate for Congress and other high positions, he was not again a candidate for any office during the remainder of his residence in Kansas. Almost from his first location in the state Dr. Scott had interested him- self actively in the various projects looking to the building of railroads into this section of the State. Among the numerous meetings and conventions held in the interest of these projects the most important was a convention held at Topeka in the year 1859. The purpose ot this convention was to agree upon a system of railroads upon which the State would go to Con- gress, asking for land grants to aid in the building of the roads, and the chief contest was between the proposed line from Leavenworth south (now the Southern Kansas) and the proposed line then designated as the Border Tier road (now the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis.) The commit- tee appointed to draft outlines of the system of roads decided in favor of the Border Tier, leaving out the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston, as it was then and for many years afterward called. As a dissenting member of this committee Dr. Scott made a minorit}' report in favor of the L. L. and G., and succeeded in carrying it through the convention, thus securing the grant of land which made possible the building of that road. When the company was organized he became one of the directors, and when the road was finally built, in 1869, he was appointed Laud Commissioner. He re- mained in that capacity eight years, during which time he was the chief agent in securing the railroad title to the land to which it was entitled and in disposing of the lands to settlers. During most of this time also he was a member of the State Board of Agiiculture, taking an active and efficient part in organizing and conducting the State Fairs which were a feature of tlio.se early years.. From 1873 to 1879 he served as Regent of the State 494 HISTORY OF ALLEK ASTj University, helping to lay the foundations ijf that great iustitiitioiT. Alter closing his connection with the railroad he returned to lola, the- family having removed from the Carlyle farm to that place in 1874, and iiE 1S76 engaged in the drug business, purchasing the stock of John PVancis. In I S83, without solicitation on his part, he was appointed agent for the Ponca, Pawnee and Otoe Indians taking charge of the Agency January i,. 1S84 Fie served in this position until October, 18S5, when he resigned and returned to lola to resume the conduct of his drug business. He con- ducted this business until 1891, when he sold it to J. H. Campbell in order to accejH an appointment as Inspector for the Bureau of Animal Industry. He was assigned to duty at Kansas City and served until 1893, when he resigned. Desiring tc) retire from active business he went with his wife and daughter Belle, then constituting his family, to Clifton, Oklahoma, to visit his oldest son, who had taken a claim there. The climate and country pleased him so well that when the Oklahoma school lands were thrown open he leased a quarter section and with the energy which always characterized him proceeded to improve it, as if he were in his youth instead of in his seventieth year. He lived there quietly and happily until the fall of 1898- ^vhen his neighb-^rs, almost without lespect to party, although he was still an ardent Republican, as he had been since the organization of that party, insisted that he serve as their candidate for the Territorial legislature. He reluctantly consented, and was elected, although the district contained a largely adverse party majority. He was not in his usual health when the session opened early in January, 1899, and in going to the Capitol he suffered some exposure which brought on an attack of pneumonia which resulted in his death, which occurred January 19, 1899. I" honor ol his memory the legislature adjourned and a committee of its members was ap- jx:)inted to accompany the remains to lola where they were interred. A further and mo.st touching proof of the respect and affection in which he was held by his colleagues was given by the fact that during the entire re- mainder of the session his chair on the floor of the house remained draped, and every morning there was on his desk a bouquet of fresh flowers. And so he died as he had lived, honored and beloved by all who knew him, a man who loved his family with a rare devotion, who was an important and influential factor in the development of two new States, who served his State and his country, in office and out of it, in peace and in war, with great ability and with incorruptible integrity, and who in all the relations of life was worthy of love and honor. Maria Protsman, wife of John \V. Scott, was born on a farm nine miles north of Vevay, Indiana, July 19, 1829. Her father, William Protsman, was born in Danville, Kentucky, February 5, 1801, and came to Indiana in i8r4 where he worked with his father at farming and wagon making. He opened a large farm near Vevay and reared children as follow.s: Flora, Maria, Emarine, Isaac. Ellen, Adelia. Charles, Fannie, William, Alexander of whom Flora, Maria, Emarine, Charles, William and Alexander still survive. William Protsman died in 1866. His father was John Protsman, who emigrated from Germany with his father's family about the year 1769. ■woodso:n covn'ties, icai^sas. 495 5n the family there were four brothers and two sisters. As a mere boy John Protsmaii served as a teamster during the Revolutionary waT. -In 1792 he was married in Philadelpliia to Xancy B. Recknor and soen afte'r- -wards moved to Ohio, going from there to Kentucky and finally to Vevay, Indiana, where he died at the age of sevent}^-eight. He was a carpenter and farmer. His children were David, Samuel, John, Wiiliam, Nancy B., and Elizabeth. Nanc\- Recknor, wife of John Protsman, was also of German descent, her father and mother emigrating from Gennany a little before the Revolutionary war. Her father was a soldier and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Her mother died the year following at Phila- •delphia, and the two children, Nancy B, and John, were taken and reared by their grandmother. When they were grown John went to the South and that was the last known of him. Polly Campbell Protsman, the mother of Maria Protsman Scott, was born in Kentuck5- April 9, 1809, and died at Vevay, Indiana, in 1890. Her father was William Campbell, who was born in South Carolina in August, 1776. Her mother, Polly Brown, was born in Kentucky, June 17, 1783, and was married to William Campbell June 17, i8oo. William Campbell died February 4, 1832, leaving a family of nine children, as follows: Jeannette, Jemima, Elizabeth, Susan, Polly, Samuel, James, and William. Polly, his wife, died in 1868, at the age of eighty- five years. The children of John W. and Maria P. Scott were: William .\lexander, born September 29, 1850; Walter Winfield, born September 4, 1853; Clara Belle, born September 14, 1855, Angelo Cyrus, born September 25, 1857; Charles Frederick, born September 7, i860; Emma Louisa, born April 23, 1865, died September 4, 1879; vSusie Flora, born April 6, 1867, died September i, 1873; Effie June (Mrs. E. C. Franklin) born August 4. 1871. A yfRS. MARY FORD, of Marmaton township, one of the pioneers of -'-"-'- that portion of Allen county, is the widow of John O. Ford who settled on the wild waste of land in the, then, new township, in the year of 1876. Her husband died in November 1877 and she was left with a family of young children to battle with the difficulties incident to the settlement of a new country. This prominent and worth}^ family emigrated from Peofia, Illinois, where John O. Ford had grown up from his fifth year. The latter was born in Devonshire. England, in 1841, and his wife in the same shire October 14, 1848. Each came to the United States with their parents, the former in 1855 and the latter in 1850. Both families located in Peoria county, where their children were reared on the farm. Mr. Ford's father, William Ford, had four sons, one of whom, Henry Ford, still resides in Peoria county. Mrs. Ford's parents were Thomas and Sarah (Fewins) Torrington. Mr. Torrington died in 1864 and his widow is the wife of 496 HISTOKV (II- AI-I.i:.\ A.ND Richard Bailt-y, of Allen county, Kansas. Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Thomas- Woods, of Marniaton township, are the sole survivors of the Torrington family of six children. John O. Ford brought his effects to Allen county in a chartered car. He was a geutlenian with much hope and ample industry and it must have been a source of gratification to himself to locate in a new country where all were poor alike and where each possessed the same advantage with his neighbor. Of his five children the eldest, at his father's death, was' twelve year.9. These children are all married and reside within reach of their mother. They are, William T. , who married Florence Lamb and has five children: Blanche, Harry, Edna, Leta and Raymond Ford; Charles Ford,, who is married to Maggie Davis, has two children. Eugene and Leslie Ford; Anna, wife of Neal Ford, of Allen county, has two children. Marie and Nina Ford; Laura, wife of James Robb, lias five children, Mildred, Alice, Agnes, Philos and Arthur Robb; and Mabel, who is the wife of Albert Smith. Mrs. Ford gave her children a common school education in the home district and reared them all to become useful and honorable mtn and women. The earlier years of their lives were something of a struggle against adversities but as the children approached man and womanhocxl their labors were tendered with telling effect and their homestead, instead of dwindling below its original size doubled it and Mrs. Ford owns one hundred and sixty acres in each of sections lourteen and twenty-two. In public affairs and in party affiliations the Fords are Republicans. The young men are among the substantial young men of their township and it is much to the credit of the family that their neighbors and friends hold them in the highest esteem. CORNflilvIlTS W. McNIEL, manager of the extensive interests ot the Northrup Lumber Company, of lola, has resided in Allen county for twenty-one years. He came to it in 1879 and purchased a farm near that oi Daniel Horville, northwest of lola, which he cultivated until 1833 when he sold it and moved into town. He took the foremanship of the, then, small lumber yard of L. L. Northrup and has remained with the business through all the years which have intervened and has watched its growth from the chief lumber yard of a small town to the leading one of the metropolis of the gas belt. Mr. McNiel was born in Butler county, Ohio, November loth, 1834. Lazarus McNiel, his father, was one of the pioneers to that county where he opened out a farm in the heavy timber and cultivated it with succe.ss during his active life. He went into Ohio from near Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania. He was born in this latter state, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and died just three days before his wife. He was one of the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democrats and when our subject changed the course of WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 497 family politics by casting his ballot for Fremont in 1856 it was almost at the expense of his father's friendship. Jane Hall, our subject's mother, was a daughter ol Cornelius Hall, who represented his district, as a Whig, in the Ohio Legislature in an early day. He was likewise from Pennsylvania and was a farmer. Of si.K chil- dren born to Lazarus McNiel only two survive: Martha, wife of Thomas Mitchell, of Albany, Oregon, and Cornelius W. McNiel. Nancy, the oldest, manied Dr. Alansou Smith and is deceased; Sarah J. died single; Maria H. married B. F. Fessenden and was killea, together with her hus- band, by a railroad train near Cincinnati; Rebecca C, died in Anderson. Indiana, in igoo, was the wife of L. H. Vinedge. Mr. McNiel spent his youth and early married life in the country. He attended the country school, Hanover College and Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio. He took up the study of medicine soon after coming of age, with Dr. Newton, of Cincinnati, but was thought to be consumptive and was advised by the doctor to abandon his professional notions and go home to die. From thence forward his life was an out-of-door one and it was not till the close of the Civil war that he ventured away from his native state. In 1865 he moved to Pettis county, Missouri, and spent two years in farming. He started the tovvn of Lamont, by building the first house in it, and was engaged in the lumber and grain business there till 1879, when he came to Kansas. December 3, 185 + , Mr. McNiel was married to Maria H. Gaston, a daughter ot David Gaston, one of the early setUers of Hamilton county, Ohio. Mrs. McNiel died in 1883, being the mother of Harry L., of the firm of Brigham & McNiel, of lola; Edward H., who died in 1894; Jennie McNiel; Walter S. and Bert L. McNiel, leading jewelers, of lola C. W. McNiel has been one of the active citizens of lola. He has not only gone about the transaction of his personal business with prudence and wisdom but in the conduct of public business he has exercised the same dis- cretion and business judgment. For five years he was a member of lola's common council and was two years its Mayor and his accession to those positions are ample testimony to the efficiency with which he cared for a public trust. In politics he permits no man to outdo him as a Republican. As heretofore mentioned, he started with the paity and his claim to .1 place of honor in the great and patriotic organization can not be disputed or disproved. /"^HAUNCEY H. DeCLUTE.— To know how to make money, to know ^^ how to spend money, and to know how to make and keep friends, — those are rare gifts, and the man who possesses all of them cannot make a failure of this life. It is becau.se he possesses these gifts that the name of C. H. DcClute always appears in any list of the successful business men of lola. Chauncey Hovver DeClute was born in Monroe county. New York, in 498 HISTORY OF ALLEN AXD the year 1839. When twelve years of age t'ne family removed to CoKl- water, Michigan, where the hoy attended the city schools until he reached the age of nineteen when he left the >chool room to take a place as clerk in a clothing store. In July, 1S64, he enlisted as a private in Company C, Twenty eighth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. After serving in the ranks for six months he was promoted to First Lieutenant and transferred to another Company of the regiment, of which he was put in command, — its captain being ab- sent on detached service, — and which he contiiuied to command during the remaining eighteen months of his service. After being mustered out in June, 1866, after two years of hard and gallant service under the flag of his country, Lieutenant DeClute returned to Coldvvater and resumed his place behind the counter, where he remained until 1879, when he formed a partnership with his brother inlaw, W. W. Anderson, and together they came to lola, Kansas, and engaged in the clothing business. Up to that time most of the stores in the then small village of lola, had carried stocks of "general merchandise," a little of everything, and the old settlers will remember well what a shaking of heads there was when it was announced that the new firm was going to run an exclusive clothing store, and how general were the prophesies of failure. But the new firm didn't (ail. It started out at first in a small way, with a limited stock in a small building about the middle of the block facing the square between Madison avenue and West street. But by and by the stock grew larger and it was only a few j'ears until it was announced that the new firm had bought the most prominent corner in town and would put up a brick and stone building. So it came to pass that the prophesies of failure ceased and the clothing house of Anderson & PcClute became known all over the county as one of the substantial commercial enterprises of lola. And while the senior member of the firm, — whose death in 1892 was deeply deplored, — was personally popular and well liked, it was generally recognized that tlie long experience and the shrewd business sense of the junior partner were the largest factors in achieving what has certainly been most gratify- ing success. After the death of Mr. Anderson and of his wife, which occurred in 1899, Mr. DeClute bought the interest of their heirs and has since been sole proprietor of the business. It has continued to grow, and has in- creased to such an extent that it has been found necessary to build a two- .story addition to accommodate the large stock made necessary by the en- larged demands of the trade. It often happens that business success is achieved at the sacrifice of personal popularity, but in the present instance this bad rule has fortu- nately not held good. There are plenty of good reasons for this, but the principal one, doubtless, is the fact that Mr. DeClute is one of the most public spirited of all our citizens. The money he has made here he has spent here, — in putting up a fine business block, in building for his family a handsome and commodious home, and in extending his business. He is WOODSOK COUNTIES, KANSAS 499 alwaj-s prompt and liberal in subscribing to any fund that may be needed for some public purpose, or in taking stock in any enterprise that is started to benefit the town, or in giving time and toil to help make a success of any public entertainment. He is intensely loyal to the town and amply de serves the success he has won and the esteem in which he is held. Mr. DeClute was married at Coldwater, Michigan in 1861, to Miss Jeannette Davis, and the son, George, that was born tothein, after serving with gallantry as a volunteer in the First Illinois through the Cuban cam- paign in the war with Spain, is now assisting his father in the conduct of his business. Mrs. Jeannette Davis DeClute died in 1877, and in 1879 Mr. DeClute was married to Miss Mary .Anderson, who, with their daughter, Louise, constitute the family which adorns one of the happiest as well as one of the prettiest homes in lola. TAMES TAYLOR, of lola. one of the well known and progressive re- " tired farmers of this city, has been a resident of the county since 1879. He came into the county in March of that year from Johnson county, Kan- sas, and located upon section two, township twenty-four, range twenty, Osage township. This tract was a piece of raw land and Mr. Taylor set about bringing the soil under subjection and making such improvements as were nece.ssary to insure the family comfort. His industry brought him a good degree of prosperity and he increased the area of his original quarter by one-half. In December of 1895 '^^ came to lola, for the purpose of re- tiring from further active business. Mr. Taylor was born in Montgomery county, Missouri, June 12, 1830. His father, Joseph Taylor, was one of the pioneers of that count}-, having located there in 1826. He opened out a farm near Danville and remained in the vicinity till 1S42 when he went into Livingston county where he lived until 1865 when he went to Boone county and remained there until he died in 1885. He was born in the state of Maryland in 1804, went into Kentucky at an early day and removed from Simpson county, that state, to Missouri. His wife, nee Jane Doss, was born in 1S06 and died in 1875. Their children were: Mary, wife of James Hicks, resides in Chillicothe. Missouri; Artemicia, married Hampton Livingston, Davis county, Missouri; Susan, wife of William Parks, Boone county; Lucretia, who married George Hubbard, Montgomery county; Martha, deceased, married Thomas Patton, Montgomery county; Catherine, Boone county, Missouri, wife of John Patton, deceased; Wesley, of Kincaid, Anderson county, Kansas, Samuel Taylor, decea.sed, Thomas Taylor, of Oklahoma; Julean Sharp, of Pattens- burg, Davis county, Missouri. Our subject's early life was that of a farm boy. He attended school only a few months and at the age of twenty years left the farm and learned the carpenter trade. He took on mason work and brick laying about the same time and became quite proficient in all three trades. Foi thirty years 500 UrSTORY OF. ,\LLEN AND he followed his trades, making them his chief livelihood, and even some residents of Allen county can testify to his skill in these lines. "Uncle Jimmy" Tnylor, as he is familiarh- addressed, is the architect of his own fortune. He was thrown ujion the world, as many faimer's sons are, without a dime and he accumulated very little until he deserted his trades. In the fell of 1864 he went to Colorado and located at Black Hawk, in the vicinity of which he prospected for ore and located a few claims but could not develop them. While in the west his wife died, at Canon City, Colorado, and when he returned to this state in 1875 he pos- se.ssed less resources than when he went away. He located in Johnson county, this state, on a farm near Olathe. Mr. Taylor has been three times married. His first wife was Polly Ann Brumniit who died at Utica, Missouri. One of her three children survive: Mrs. Sarah J. Arlega, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mr. Taylor's >econd wife was Jeraldine M. Dcnnison. Her heirs are: Samuel G. Taylor, of Canon City, Colorado, and John W. Taylor, who died in lola March 31, 1901. Mr. Taylor's present wife was Maggie Shuey, whom he married in Johnson county, Kansas. To them was born one son who has been an invalid all his life. More than thirty years ago our subject joined Canon City. Colorado, Lodge No. 7, of Odd Fellows and he has maintained his membership in the order since. He is a known Democrat, one of positive opinions and only exercises liberality and impartiality as to candidates in local affairs. Mr. Taylor was prominently identified w-ith the movement to secure cheap gas for fuel in lola and upon the consolidation of the two gas com- panies he became connected with the active operation of the con.solidated plant. He has done a fair share of the building up of the city, having erected several houses, one of which, his residence, is one of the attractive homes in lola. D.W'ID SMITH, whose remarkable influence as one of the early teach- ers of the county has been elsewhere noted, was born October 13, 1S22, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish parentage. The following year his parents removed to Stark county, Ohio, and settled upon a tract of land where the city of Massilon now stands. David, the oldest of five brothers, lived and worked upon the farm and in his father's tannery until about his eighteenth year. Up to this time his educational advantages were very meager. The country was new, a tribe of Indians occupied a part of the county for several years, schools were short, poor and primitive, teachers poorly qualified and books scarce. His nineteenth year lie spent in the Twinsburg Academy, taught by Rev. Samuel Bissell, at that time one of the largest and most popular schools in northern Ohio. The next two j-ears he taught school and then entered Western Reserve — now Adelbert College — then located at Hudson, now at Cleveland, Ohio. "wOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. JOt Here and at Jefferson College at Cannonsbiirg, Pennsylvania, he spent his aime while not teaching till his graduation at Jelierson about th« 3'ear 1847. He also received a diploma from Adelbert. Immediately after graduation "he was called to the principalshipof the Old Pisgat Academy, near Lexing- ton, Kentucky. Two years after he entered the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Completing his theological course he married Miss S. E. Clarke, a teacher at Northfield, Ohio, and immedi- ately answered a call to take charge of the academy at Winchester, Ten- nessee. A year later he was called to the chair of mathematics in Burett College, Spencer, Tennessee. A few^ months after upon the death of the president he was chosen president of the college^— -about 1S57. He held this position till the Civil war closed the college. Leaving Spencer, Tennessee, in 1863, in troublesome times — times that tried northern men's souls — he settled in Olney, Illinois. Here he taught fur a year, when he was called to take charge of the schools at Shawnee- town, Illinois. In the year 1866 he resigned his position at Shawneetown and accepted the call to Geneva, Kansas, and the following year settled at Carlyle where he continued to teach until his death, April 10, 1878. Profes.sor Smith was of the old Puritan type, a stern disciplinarian, a rigid observer of the strictest religious rules, — a combination of teacher and preacher whose influence was wide and lasting. His memory will be revered as long as any still live who were the beneficaries of his training. /"^ EORGE W. FISHER— In selecting candidates for public office politi- ^-^ cal parties rarely fail to follow other courses than the one dictated by their trusted leaders and in no instance is this fact more strikingly true than in the minority party whose candidates must go before the voters, in a local ■contest, upon their individual merits, as citizens and men, rather than upon their unpopular political platform. The political situation in Allen county leaves the People's party and the Democratic party, combined, in the minority and in the selection of their candidates for the various offices to be filled by the election of 1900, no more honorable or conscientious nominee appeared on tlie Fusion ticket than thai for Representative to the Legisla- ture. George W. Fisher. All the years since his majority have been passed in Allen county, near lola, and in enumerating our worthy citizens it is with pride that a reference is made to the subject of this sketch. George Fisher was born in Park county, Indiana, May 13, 1862. He is a son of the late John Fisher, a farmer and a native of Brown county, Ohio, who died in lola township in 1886 at sixty-two j-ears of age. The latter went into Park county, Indiana, in 1828 and was married there to Elizabeth, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Cox) Gooding. He was an Ohio emigrant and was a son of John Fisher, a soldier of the War of 1812 and a Whig in politics who went into Ohio from Washington county, Penn- 502 HISTORY OF AI.LKX AXn sylvania, and took up land there in an early day. He took his family of six sons to Park county, Indiana, in 1S28 and died there leaving six sons and two daughters, who reared families. The children of his son, John Fisher, were: J. Wesley Fisher, of Allen county; Xathan Fi.sher, of Marshall, Illinois; Malinda, deceased ; George \V.; Thorns F. , of Hansford, California, and Allen G. Fisher of Allen county. George W. Fisher was a youth of nineteen years when he came to Allen county. He was liberally educated in the common schools and had had instruction, specially, in book-keeping and writing. He reached his twenty-first year as a farmer and his continuation of it evidence'^ the fact that liis success is of the certain and enduring kind. Since the death of his mother February 14, 1H99, he has resided alone upon the old family home in section 13, town 24, range 17, where he owns a farm of one hun- dred and sixty acres. The platforms of modern Democracy and of the People's party find responsive chords in the organism of the F'ishers and their faith is pinned to the ultimate triumph of all the elements opposed to the doctrines of the Philadelphia convention of 1900. George Fisher is not a Populist for office, for Populists seldom get offices in Allen county. He is not an office-seeker and in the campaign of 1900 it is doubtful if he even hinted in the presence of a voter that he desired his support at the polls. His election would have meant that Allen county would have had a Representative who would not fail to piotect her by at least his vote against any effort to deprive her of her dearest resource by a foreign corporation. MARTIN L. DECKKR, ex-Treasurer of Allen county, was born in Wallertheim, Darmstadt, Empire of Germany, December 8, 1S37. He was born in the same house with his fa-ther, John A. Decker and with his grandfather. Both grandfather and father were wine growers, cultivat- ing large farms planted to vineyards. John Decker was married to Philipina Weinheimer and Martin I/Uther was the third of eleven children. He emigrated to the United .States in 1853 and, on his sixteenth birthday, arrived in LaSalle county, Illinois. He crossed the Atlantic in the sailer Powhattan, bound from Rotterdam to New York, fifty-two days at sea. Young Decker stopped on a farm near Mendota, Illinois, and worked for wages three years. In 1856, in company with an uncle he immigrated to Iowa and then to Minnesota where, at Austin he ran a saw-mill till 185S. While in the mill he invented a machine for sawing eve-troughs, probably the first one in existence, but which was never patented nor followed up WMth a profit. His entry to Kansas in 1858 w;is celebrated by the preempting of a piece of land near Goodrich, Linn county. In 1859, having sold his claim he crossed the line into Allen county and worked on a farm on the Osage, for Johnston Mann. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in Company C, •woodso:n counties, Kansas. 503 •Third Kansas cavalry. Colonel Montgomery. In 1862 the regiment was disorganized and Company C was transferred to the 9th Kansas cavalry. In its periods of marching and counter marching this regiment visited Ft. Riley, Kansas; Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory; Kansas City, Trading Post, Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas; Little Rock, Ft. Smith, Duvall's Bluff and campaigned on the White and Mississippi Riv^ers. He was discharged from the service November 23, 1864, at Leavenworth, Kansas, having done his whole duty toward the flag of his adopted country. December 8, 1864, Mr. Decker was married at Leavenworth city to Grace A, Thomas, who was born in England Novenibei 22, 1S46. She was a daughter of Thomas H. Thomas and Mary Evans, the former a \yelchman and the latter an English lady. The Thomas' came to Kansas in 1S56, from New York State, and settled in Douglas count}', near Lawrence. After his marriage Mr. Decker farmed in Allen and Bourbon counties till the fall of 1867 when he removed to Leavenworth county, residing near Potter where he was a farmer and fruit grower till 1889. The latter year he returned to Allen county and purchased the Mann farm, in Osage town- ship two and a half miles east of Bayard. He resided upon this tract three 5-ears, then located in the town of Elsmore and engaged with a son in merchandising. After a three years residence in Elsmore he removed to lola to assume the duties of county Treasurer. Mr. Decker has always affiliated with the Republican party. This political relation is a matter in which he feels much warranted pride. The succession of events in the past forty years has shown that party to have been right on all great questions and to be right is to be patriotic. After a contest of a few weeks Mr. Decker was nominated for Count}- Treasurer in 1895 and was elected the same year. He took pos.session of the office in October of the next year and held it four years. His administration cov- ered one smooth, unruffled and uneventful period of two terms and was one of the many clean and efficient ones of the past dozen years. He was seldom awa}' from his office, was gentlemanly and obliging to all and guarded with jealous care the receptacle of the people's funds. Mr. and Mrs. Decker's children are: Jesse P. Decker, of Elsmore; Emma, wife of John Amann, of Jefferson county, Kansas; Grant P. and Martin L. Decker Jr. ; Thos. H. Decker and Isaac Decker, of Allen county; Henry F. Decker, late with the United States Volunteers in the Philip- pines. He enlisted in Battery F, Third Artillery, and served in the Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns, Spanish-American war, and later in Com- pany F, 34th United States Volunteer infantry. Mary A., wife of R. Edward Glassel, residing in Joplin, Missouri; Elsie G., Ellen, Walter A. and John A. Decker. It will be observed that Mr. Decker has eight sons who, with himself, cast seven votes for William McKinley in igoo, being, no doubt a record unequaled by any other family in Allen county. 504 HISTORY OF ALLEX AXI> T A 7ILLIAMT. BARXETT.— When ambition is satisfied and everj ^ " ultimate aim realized then activity will cease and effort will end. It is ambition which prompts man to continue in business, enables him to- overcome obstacles and to persevere ev-en when a seemingly adverse fate thwarts him. His resolute purpase and determination forms the ladder on which he mounts to success. Mr. Barnett is one who owes his prosperity entirely to his own efforts, and his life record should .serve as a source of in.spiration and encouragement to others who are also forced to start out on an independent business career empty handed. He now resides on sec- tion 12, lola township, where he has made his home since 1869. He was born in Fulton county, Indiana, near Rochester, November zo, 1844, a son of Thomas W. Barnett, one of the earliest settlers in that county. His paternal grandfather, John Barnett, was born in Goochland county. Vitginia, and at the beginning of the slavery trouble left the Old Dominion for Ohio. He and his family were of the Quaker faith and trace their ancestry back to Scotland through emigrants who came to America prior to the Revolutionary war. Politically they were all Whigs and Re- publican. Great strength and size were two marked family characteristics, nearly all of the men being more than six feet in height. Thomas W. Barnett was born in Dayton. Ohio, June 13, 1813, and in 1835 he. removed to Fulton county, Indiana, where he developed a farm from the wild land, his home being a log cabin. He wedded Mary Troutman, a daughter of .Michael Troutman, who was of Irish extraction and their eldest son, John A. Barnett, was the first white child born in Fulton county. Their other children were Michael I.; Sarah E., wife of John J. Carter, of Fulton county; William T. , of this review; Emma, wife of Dr. Albert Coble, of Carroll county, Indiana. The father had accunutlated a considerable for- tune when the war broke out, but while the war lasted he devoted su much of his time and means to the cause of the Union that most of his capital was dissipated, and at the time of his death in 1882 he was in but moderate circumstances. His wife died in Frankfort, Indiana, in 1S91. William T. Barnett, the subject of this sketch, remained at home until twenty-five years of age, with the exception of the period spent at the Iront in the Civil war. He pursued his education in an old-time log school house, where he conned his lessons during the winter months in his early years. In April, 1863, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, under Colonel Clark, who is now a resi- dent of Frankfort, Indiana. The company joined the regiment at Raleigh. Missouri, and embarking on transports at St. Genevieve, Missouri, they went down the river to take part in the Vicksburg campaign. Landing at Haynes Bluff, they participated in the Yazoo river engagement, crossed the river at Youngs Point, and proceeded to a point below V^icksburg, thus closing up the line. There they participated in the siege and assault on the city, and took part in several hotly contested engagements, one of which was a charge to get possession of the outer works. The Twenty- sixth Indiana was under the command of Major General Herren, then only WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 505 twenty-six years of age. From Vicksburg they were sent up the Yazoo river, and after capturing Yazoo City, took part in the fight at Big Black river. After capturing and burning Edwards depot they returned to Vicks- burg, and then went on to New Orleans, where they were recruited, pro- ceeding thence to capture Morgan's Bend. While stationed on the Atcha- falaya they were captured by the Confederates and taken to Tyler, Texas. In .\ovember, 1863, they signed the parole and were sent to Shreveport for exchange. They were captured in the summer while on a scouting e.Kpe- dition and had very little clothing with them. They were also barefooted, when on the 19th of November, the weather turned very cold and the river froze over, so that the Confederates rode back and forth on the ice. The Union soldiers experienced great suffering there. Returning to Tyler after three months they remained at the latter place until Julj', when they were taken to the mouth of the Red river and exchanged. Going by way of New Orleans they rejoined the regiment at Fort Butler, Louisiana, and later pArticipited in the capture of Mobile aud Fort Blakeh'. Passing up the Mobile river they captured Montgomery and Selma, and thence went t(j Meridan, Mississippi, where they captured General Taylor and thirty tliousand men. On that march Mr. Barnett and many of his comrades were bare-footed and on very short rations part of the time, .\ftcr that they were on detached service and our subject also acted as military court officer until mustered out at Vicksburg, January 17, 1S66. During his service he received a severe woun 1 in the right cheek from a musket ball. When Mr. Barnett came to Allen county, he brought with him two hundred dollars in cash, which represented the sum total of his savings up to that time. On looking around for some time he decided to locate m lola township and finally purchased eighty acres of land on which he now resides for eight hundred dollars, paying down two hundred dollars and giving a mortgage for the remainder. The improvements upon the place consisted of a house fifteen feet square and thirteen acres of broken ground. -Mr. Barnett then entered the employ of John McClure, a well-know-n pioneer engaged with L. L- Northrup in the cattle business. He received twenty dollars per month and later he entered the service of Brooks & Arnold, who gave him twenty-eight dollars per month. He was thus em- ployed until he had paid off the mortgage, when he returned for a visit with relatives and friends in Indiana. On again reaching Allen county, he I)egan the work of improving his farm in 1873 and kept bachelor's hall there. He had a yoke of oxen, a plow and a harrow. As the years passed he secured improved facilities and has continued the develop- ment and improvement of his place until he now has one of the most at- tractive farms of the neighborhood, having in the meantime extended its boundaries by the additional purchase of one hundred and sixty acres. Mr. Barnett married Miss Mary E. Cox, daughter of Samuel W. Cox, a farmer and merchant of Harristown, Illinois, who removed from Ken- tucky to Illinois. Mis. Barnett has three brothers and two sisters: Henry and Ephraim, of Sumner county, Kansas; William, of Illinois; Mrs. Nancy 5o6 HISTOKV OF ALLEN ANT) Morrison, ol Iowa; and Mrs. Minerva Bear, of Bearsdale, Illinois. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Barnett were born ten children. The.se are Mary E., wife of Robert Sullivan, of Allen county, Kansas; Centennial R., wife of Samuel E. Wilson, of Allen county; Thomas W.. of lola, died August t,i. 1900; Florence, Elmer A., Harry C, Noble R., Chester R., Russell J. and Bruce, who are still with their parents. Mr. Barnett cast his first vote for General Grant and has since been an active factor in local politics. He was elected trustee of lola township, and by election and appointment has served for six terms in that office. In religious faith he is connected with tiie Society of Friends, but there is no church of his denomination in the neighborhood. His has been a useful and active life and there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil over the public or private career of William Thomas Barnett. >l JAMES B. PEES, of Liberty neighborhood, Allen county, is one of the homesteaders of lola township. He came to the county in March, 1S71, and entered an eighty acre tract in section 18, township 24, range 18, the same year. He established himself among the settlers we.st of the Neosho river, married one of their pioneer women and has maintained him- self a useful honorable and appreciated citizen. In tracing up the genealogy of Mr. Pees we find him to be a son of Nicholas Pees, a farmer who was born in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1798. In 1854 he emigrated to Ohio -md settled in Cham- paign county, where he died in 1869. He was a son of John Pees, likewise a native of the Keystone state, whose parents crossed the mountains into western Pennsylvania in the first settlement of that region. Whether this ancestor or his immediate relatives had any connection with the military of the United States during its early wars is not certain, now It is probable that they were Democratic patriots for Nicholas Pees affiliated with that l)olitical party until the issues of the war made him a Republican. Nicholas Pees married Susan Ingle who died in Allen county May 15, 1885, and is buried at Piqua. Their children are: Ruth A., wife of James McGlumphy, of Pittsburg Pennsylvania; Joanna, who married John Mc- Crary and died near Keokuk, Iowa, in 1S4S; Mary, whose first husband was Edmon Loyd, resides in Champaign county, Ohio, and is the wife of John Shields; Sarah, who died single; Tephanes, deceased, was married to Joseph McAphee, and James B. Pees, our subject. He was married to E. A. Dennison October 3, 187S. Mr. Pees was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1842. He was reared in Champaign county, Ohio. Irom the age of twelve years and acquired a fair knowledge of books from the country schools of his day. With the excejition of the years he spent in the army he re- mained with his father till the latter's death. Soon after that event he decided to come to Kansas and grow up with the county of Allen. He re- WO(JDSON COfXTIES, KANSAS. 507 sided a short time on his small tract on Elm creek adjoining lola but for more than a quarter of a century has maintained his residence near the eighty he homesteaded in the year 1871. October 3rd, 1878, Mr. Pees married Eliza Dennison whose second husband was Lewis Dennison and whose father was Carver Gunn. The Gunns were Massachusetts people and Carver married Lncy Arvilla Owen, a Connecticut lady. Their surviving heirs are Osman Gunn, of Polk county, Mis.souri; Eliza, wife of our subject; Clay Gunn, of Polk county, Missouri; Addie, wife of Taylor Hadlock, of Ciawford county, Kansas; Bettie, who married John Reed and resides in Bolivar, Missouri, and Rufus B. Gunn, of the same point. Mrs. Pees' first husband was Jasper Hillbrant one of the first --ettlers of Allen county. He preempted the nortliwest quarter of section 24. town- ship 24, range 17, and died here in r862. leaving a son, William G. Hill- brant, of lola township. Mr. Hillbrant came into Kansas from Missouri and was in company with Henry Hillbrant who served in the Second Kan- sas, died in the service and is buried in Leavenworth. The enviroimient of this young couple was certainly frontier from 1S56 to 1S60. There were not more than four or live families in the woods and on the prairies in the Liberty neighborhood in those days: The Berrys, Parkers, Gardners, Blacks and McQuiggs, but all went well with them till the year i860 when the great drouth overtook their crops. Their first year's provisions they brought with them and they sold flour to people about the country includ- ing L. L. Northrup who was running a store at Geneva. Mrs. Pees re- turned to Missouri after her husband's death and was not again a resident of Kansas till 1867 when she returned with her second husband. Mrs. Pees has a sou by her second marriage, Thomas Dennison, of Tola, who is married to Hattie Bassett, and a daughter, Lillian M., wife of R. S. Russ, Superintendent of .Schools at Pittsburg, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Pees are the parents of two children, Guy E. Pees and Lacy A., wife of Charles E. Monell. Mr. Pees enlisted in September 1861 in the Second Ohio Infantry, Company D, Captain James Warnock, with L. A. Harris, colonel of the regiment. The regiment began its service in eastern Kentucky and did much skirmishing along down the river to Louisville and Bowling Green. It was with Mitchell's division on the tour through Tennessee and Alabama to Huntsville, at which point the return journey was begun in the nature of a retreat toward Louisville. On the way north the battle of Perryville was fought. The Murfreesboro or Stone River engagement followed in December of the same year. In the Chicamauga fight Mr. Pees was cut off from his command and taken prisoner. He was taken to Bell Island and remained two weeks before his transfer to Libby prison, at Richmond. In two months he was again moved, this time to Danville, Virginia, and was there imprisoned till March 1864. At each of the.se removals it was re- ported that an exchange of prisoners was being conducted and in this way the boys in blue were deceived into journeying from one prison to another without an effort at escape. Mr. Pees was taken to Andersonville prison 508 HISTORY OF ALiLEN AN!) from Danville and in March 1865 was taken to a parole camp ten miles e:»st of \''icksburg, Mississippi, and actually exchanged. He was put aboard the illfated "Sultana," with twenty-two hundred men aboard, and started north. Seven miles above Memphis a boiler explosion destroyed and sank the boat and fourteen hundred o! the men were lost. Mr. Pees was thrown into the water and chanced to gather up a plank upon which with a few others, he floated down to Memphis He was badly burned and was placed in the Gaoso hospital where he remained two weeks, when he was again shipped atioard a Mississippi steamer and landed at Cairo, Illinois. He proceeded immediately to Columbus, Ohio, renching home June 5, 1865. Farming wis what had been taught .Mr. Pees before he put on a .sol- dier's uniform and it was but natural that the farm should receive him again when his military duties were over. He consented to remain in the east only so long as his father survived and when he died our subject's advent to Kansas .soon followed. His history in Allen county is sumi^ed up in the words "work" and 'hope." He has worked incessantly and hoped for reward in proportion to his industry. After thirty years of ex- perience on the plains of Kansas he finds himself surrounded with ample substance to provide old age with the comforts of life. He resides in the midst of a community whose confidence he possesses in the highest degree and the welfare of whose citizens is a matter of his ptrsonal interest and concern. EDWIN P. MINOR.— The late Edwin P. Minor, of lola, came to Kan- sas with the colony of Massachusetts emigrants who settled at Law- rence in 1S56 to aid in making this a free state. The Emigration Aid As- .sociation of Massachusetts gathered together a party of two hundred and fortveight people and sent them to Lawrence in 1856 and they were picked up all the way from New England to Chicago. The Minors joined the train in Huron county , Ohio, and the trip was made by rail to Mt. Pleas- ant, Ohio, and by wagon to Lawrence. Missouri was not a safe state in which to find Free State people on their intended mission to Kansas and, to avoid trouble the company came through Iowa, Nebraska and into Kan- sas trom the north. Mr. Minor was a carpenter and he woiked at his trade the first winter in Lawrence and the next season he went onto a farm and made that occupation his business henceforward. In 1859 he went into Greenwood county, Kansas, and took a claim and left it only when he felt it his duty to go into the aimy. While in the service his wife returned to Ohio and was joined there by her husband after the war ended. They re- mained some years in the east, returning in 1873, to Kansas, and taking up their residence in Allen county. Mr. Minor resided one-half mile east of lola for more than twenty years and was engaged in farming and dairying. He sold his farm in 1894 and became a citizen of lola, dying here in 1899. %TOODSOM COtTNTIES, KANSAS. 509 Edwin P. Minor was born in Huron county, Ohio, July 16, 1831. He nvas a son of Cyrus Minor, who went into Ohio early and back to Connecti- '■cut and again to Ohio from Hartford. Connecticut, in 1847. Cyr&s Minor was a miller and was married to Sarah Hall. They lived in Connecticut until Mr. Minor was sixteen years old and then moved back to Ohio. Their children were; Erastus, of Portland, Oregon; Charles, of Huron county, Ohio; Wallace, of California; Mitchell, of Los Angeles, California; William, of Huron county, Ohio; Lucy, wife of Charles Clark, of Michi- gan; Olive, wife of James Wilson, Tiffin, Ohio, and our subject. Edwin P. Minor settled in Ohio in 1847. He learned the carpenter trade at the age of eighteen to twenty-one and became one of the early bridge carpenters on railroad construction in Ohio. He made his trade his support whilehe remained in the east and followed it periodically in the ■west. He enlisted in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry the second year of the war and took part in the battles of Pine Bluff, Helena and Dry Wood, among others. He was in the western department and was out three years and three months. Mr. Minor was married in Huron <;ounty, Ohio, May 17, 185 1, to Laura, a daughter of Dan Clark. The Clarks were from Litchfield county, Connecticut, and Daniel's wife was Almena Guthrie. In early life he was a teacher but became a wholesale dry goods peddler later, and finally a farmer. Mrs. Minor survives of their household, as does also Oliver Clark, of Lucas county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Minor's children are: Ellis, born in 1852, married Eliza Anderson and resides in New Mexico; Hermosa; Frank G. , born in 1855, of Denver, Colorado, and Lewis Minor, born 1859, resides in lola. TT EXRY ANDERSON EWING was born in Bloomington, Illinois, -*- -*■ August 9, 1841. His father was John W. Ewing, who was born in Statesville, North Carolina, February 9, 1808, and was of Scotch-Irisli descent. His mother was Maria Stevenson who was born November 4, 1802, at Statesville, North Carolina. Her father was James Stevenson who was born at the same place in 1762, tlie son of Gabriel Stevenson who came to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1760. Both the Ewing and Stevenson families came originally from the Scotch settlement in London- derry, Ireland. The children of John W. and Maria Ewing were: Adlai (died in infancy) Nancy J., James S., John W., William G., Henry A., Adlai T. Of these all are living except the first who, as noted, died in infancy. James S. Ewing served as United States mini.ster to Belgium during the last Cleveland administration. William G. Ewing was for four years — 1885-9 — United States District Attorney for the northern district of Illinois, and was later Judge of the Superior court of Chicago. Henry A. Ewing spent his boyhood and youth in Bloomington in at- 5IO HISTORY OF ALLKN AND tendance upon the city schools, acquiring a good working education. He responded to the call for volunteers when the war came on, enlisting as a private May 25, 1861, in Company E, Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. He was offered a commission as captain, hut modestly declined. His regiment very soon got into active service and as a part of the Army of the Tennessee took part in the campaigns from Donelson to Atlanta, participating in the battle of Shiloh and in the battles and sieges leading up to the capture of Vicksburg. The regiment made a better than average fighting record, traveling during the four years of its existence upward of 10,000 miles and fighting over country from Macon, Missouri, to the sea, and from Leaven- worth to Washington, and H. A. Ewing bore his share of the gallant and arduous service. On April 6, 1862, after the battle of Shiloh, he was made a sergeant, and on July 12, 1863, was promoted to second lieutenant, with which rank he was mustered out June 18, 1864, at the expiration of his term of enlistment. Returning to Bloomington, he was elected sheriff and tilled that office two years. He then began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1867, practicing in Bloomington until December, 1883, with no interrup- tion except that occasioned by a term in the Illinois legislature to whicii he w-as elected in 1879. In 18S3 he came to Tola, Kansas, and since that time has been engaged in the practice of his profession and in conducting his large farm near the city. In 1S88 he was elected county attorney and in 1890 was re-elected — the only county attorney who has been awarded a second term in recent j"ears. He is a Presbyterian and a Republican. Mr. Ewing was married March 28, t866, to Elizabeth Julia Merrimaii, who was born in Berkshire county. Massachusetts. Mrs. Ewing's father was Henry Me:riman, who was born at Hinsdale, Massachusetts, and was the son of Daniel Merriman, who was born at Dalton, Massachusetts, and the grandson of Jesse Merriman, also born in Massachusetts. Mrs. Ewing's mother was Sarah T. Bodurtha, who was born in Berkshire county, Ma.ssachusetts, the daughter of Harvey Bodurtha and Dolly Taylor. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ewing were: Henry Wallis, (married August 5, 1893, to Alice Sweet, of Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, and whose children are Henry Wallis, Abbie Jane, Lucius Winchester and Lawrence Bodurtha); May Brevard, (wife of Charles F. Scott) Adlai Merriman, (married June 16, 1896, to Ella Taylor, to whom has been born one child, Annie McMillin), Elliott Winchester (deceased) ;Richard Avery, Ruth Steven.son and Sarah Katherine. Henry A. Ewing is now associated in the practice of law with C. A. Savage, and the firm of Ewing & Savage is acknowledged to be one of the foremost at the Allen county bar. ORLANDO HUNTER— The Hunters are among the familiar faces on the streets of lola. The brothers, Orlando and Joseph, have been in Allen county a great many years, the former having arrived here WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 5: I December 24, 1869. He was directlj' from Ceiitralia, Illinois, to lola but was born at Marietta, Ohio, October 31, 1845. Joseph Hunter, our subject's father, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1S15. He was reared on a farm and was a son of William Hunter who di«d in the Key- stone State about 1839. It is thought the family ancestors were Irish peo- ple who went into the Atlantic coast states at a very early date. Joseph Hunter, the second, settled at Marietta, Ohio, and was one of the finest cabinet makers of his day. A work-box which lie presented to his affianced wife, and which is yet in her possession, inlaid with different woods and studded with pearls, surpasses anything coming fiom the work- shops of our later day mechanics. On the 28th ot May, 1850, he was drowned in the Muskingum river, a few months prior to the birth of his younger son. He married Harriet Alcock, a daughter of William Alcock, a worthy representative of one of the e-steemed families of Marietta. \\'illiam Alcock was born in Cheshire, England, January 31, 1786. He married Sallie Posey, who was born March 3, 1788. Their children were: W. B., who died at Chanute, Kansas, the father of Mrs. A. L. Taylor, of Tola; Nelson S., who died at Geneva, Kansas in 1892; Drusy, who married Ed S. Davis, and died in lola; Aurilla, who became the wife of Thomas Sinnamon and died in DesMoines, Iowa, Harriet, mother of our suliject, born November 20, 1824; Mary, wife of B. W. Jeffries, who died at Ottum- wa, Iowa; George W., who died in Brooklyn, New York, and Charles T. Alcock, of Marietta, Ohio. Harriet(Alcock)Hunter married Hugh Means February 28, 1864. The latter was born in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, and spent four years in the looth Pennsylvania infantry. Ninth army corps. He was Brigade Post Master in Rosecrans Corps and was born in 1S20 and died in February, 1S94. Orlando and Joseph Hunter grew up in Ohio and in Illinois. The latter was born November 9, 1850, and both attended only the district schools in their boyhood. In February, 1864, Orlando Hunter enlisted in Company D, 77th Ohio infantry. Captain Sim McNaughton, Colonel William B. Mason. He joined his regiment at Marietta and proceeded to Little Rock, Arkansas. The regiment joined Steele's command which was ordered to reinforce General Banks. It went out to Camden and met the enemy in such iorce that it was forced back to Little Rock. The battles of Okalona, Jenkins Ferry and the capture of Camden were the chief engag- nients in which our subject participated and he was discharged at Little Rock, October 10, 1864, the same year of his enlistment. Mr. Hunter spent the first few years after the war roaming over the west, through Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, reaching his final stopping place just before the close of the year 1869. December i, 1871, he was married in Chautauqua count)', Kansas, to Fannie E. Beaver, whose parents were from Gold Hill, North Carolina. Mrs. Hunter died in 1883. Her children were; Nettie, wife of Wm. O. Lees, of lola; Mrs. Lees was born December I, 1874; Dan Hunter, of lola, born December 18, 1876, and Bertha May Hunter, born May 9, 1883. Mrs. Hunter was born July 16, 1852, and died in Cliautauqua count)', Kan.sas. 5I2 HISTORY OF ALLEX A^^D MISS CLIFFORD A. MITCHELL, superinteiuient of the Tola public- schools, one of the popular educators of Kansas and a lady whose intellectual and professional attainments have won her an enviable place in the confuience and respect of the people of lola, has just completed her tenth year in Kansas. She was born in Clark county, Ohio, and was reared there to her seventeenth year. She was educated 'in the schools of New Carlyle and in the Nornuil school for training teachers at Dayton, Ohio, Her introduction tothejx)lite profession occurred in Ohio, but after her first year there, she followed her parents to Kansas and has since been prominently identified with educational work in this State. Her first years in her adopted State were spent in Fredonia as principal of the high school. At the beginning of the autumn term of 1893 she entered the high school at lola as its principal and maintained herself admirably in that position till her final promotion in 1899 when she became City Superintendent of Schools. Miss Mitchell is a daughter of Asa N. Mitchell of lola, a native son of "the best State in the Union outside of Kansas," and was born September 9, 1840. The latter is a son of James Mitchell who was born at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1803, and who died in Clark county, Ohio, in 1859. During the eatly life of the last named he was engaged in the nursery business but his last years were passed in New Carlyle as a hotel-keeper. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was a Scotch-Irishman. He settled at Jamestown, Virginia, and was the father of five sons and a daughter. The whole family emigrated to Ohio as pioneers and reared faruilies there. Asa N. Mitchell's mother was Elizabeth, a daughter of Philip Swigart. Herchildren were: Mary F. , deceased, married Denny Minrow; Asa N., and Lida, wife of Edward H. Fnnston, of Allen county. Asa N. Mitchell became a teacher, when grown, and was engaged in the work in Taylors- ville, Kentucky, when the war came on. He enlisted the first year of the war in the i6th Ohio Battery, with two other Allen county men, E. H. Funston and James W. McClure, and was mustered aboard a steam- boat between CinciuTiati, Ohio, and Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where the troops di.sembarked. The l)atlery crossed the ct)untry to St. Louis and over into the interior of the State and, from Pilot Knob, crossed the State into Arkansas, bound for Helena. The i6th battery was with Hovey's Division during the Vicksburg campaign and was with Sherman at Jackson, Missis- sippi. Following the close of this campaign the battery went down the river to New Orleans and, soon thereafter, crossed the Gulf of Matagorda, Te.xas, to join the forces intended for the interception of the Confederates when Banks should defeat and drive them out of Arkansas. Banks' failure to do his part made it necessary for the immediate return of the Federal forces to New Orleans and when they did Asa N. Mitchell was mustered out, his enlistment having expired. Upon taking up civil life Mr. Mitchell became a bank clerk in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. From the bank he engaged in the fruit and nursery WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 513 business and has remained so, in the main, before and i^ince his advent to Kansas. In April, 1S6S, Mr. Miti:hell married Fannie E. , a daughter of the Rev. E Rogers Johnson, a graduate of Bowdoin, College, a classmate of Henrv W. Longfellow, and who carried off the honors of his class. He entered the ministry at New Carlyle, Ohio — his first charge — and died in fhe service of the same church. His wife was Julia Colton and three of their four children reside in Clark county, Ohio. The first child of A. N. and Mrs. Mitchell is Clifford A. Mitchell Their other children are Lieutenant Burton J. Mitchell, on the >taff of Brigadier General Funst'tn, in the Philippines, and Miss Florence Mitchell, one of Allen county's young teachers, and a graduate of the lola high school. Miss Mitchell is remarkably gifted and endowed as a teacher. Hers is a strong combination of intellect and a genius for directing affairs. While she is always the controlling influence in her educational work she is happily the confidante of her pupils. Her sincerity of purpose and her grace of manner attract both patron and pupil and all work together in liarmon\ for the strength and efficiency of one of the be.st schools in Kansas. . Miss Mitchell maintains her station as Superintendent well in her attendance upon county and State associations and in meeting ably the requirements, of tho.se bodies when responding to her number upon the urogram. fOHX E. IRELAND, lola's efficient ex-postmaster and one of the old '-' residents of Allen county, was born in Devonshire, England, December 18, 182S. Robert Ireland, his father, was a carpenter and master mechanic who passed his years of activity in the city of Liverpool. He married Maria Eggbeer, who was also a Devon, and both of whom died in England's great port of entry. Of their ten children John Eg.gbeer Ireland was their eighth. His early life was spent as an errand boy and pupil. At the age of fourteen he went to the tailor's trade in Liverpool. Having served his time and c(3mpleted his trade he came, in 1849, to the United States. He was ten weeks in coming over on the sailer and entered through the famous Castle Garden. He got a job on the dock in New York City, load- ing vessels with cotton and remained with it till the first of January follow- ing. He went up into Schuyler county, New York, and worked at his trade at Havana. Some time later he located in Geaeseo and was in that city when the war broke out. He enlisted in the 5otli New York Engineers, as first Sergeant, and was promoted to Sergeant Major of his regiment. He was with the Army of the Potomac and saw how it was done and helped do it all the way from first Bull Run, Petersburg, Yorktown, Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Seven Days, and Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, Wilder- ness and the rest, till his muster out in 1864. In all this conspicuous and hard service he escaped personal injury, in the field, and retired from the 514 HISTOKV OF ALLKX AXI) armv with a CDiiscionsiiessof haviii>; (ioiic his lull duty to his adopted countrv. After he was discharged Mr. Ireland \v:)rked at his trade in New York Cit}- till the 2ist of February, 1S65, when he came westward to Galva, Illinois. He remained in that city at his trade till 1870 when he was in- duced to come to lolato work for Davis &. \'annuys, then in the clothing business. He arrived here in June and began a long and pleasant residence in the little western metropolis. The year 1874-5 l^e spent with W. W. Scott in Winfield, Kan.sas, as a tailor in his clothing establishment, and upon his return to lola he established his first independent tailor shop. In 1878 he went into the grocery business with Sam J. Cowan, He was a member of the well known firm of Richards, Lakin & Ireland, wholesale grocers, who were burned out in 1882, later on. After severing this latter connection he went into the livery business with S. T. Ellis. In 1885 he retired from thi.s business to enter the post office as Post Master of lola — the first and only Democrat to fill the office. His four years of public service was most satisfactory to the )>atrons of the office. At the expiration of his term a Republican succeeded liim and he again went into the grocery business, this time with Eugene Esse. The firm burned out some months afterward and business was not resumed. When it was seen that another Democratic Post Master was to serve the lola office, with one accord the pat- rons of the office looked to John Ireland as the rightful appointee.. They were not disappointed, for in 1894 he succeeded his successor, William H. Mc- Clure, to the office. His second administration was even more popular than his first. His former experience had rendeied him perfectly familiar with the office and his second office force was more desirable than the first. Since the fall of 1897 he has been in actual retirement from Inisiness. Mr. Ireland was married in Schuyler county, New York, to Hattie Littlefield. Their two children died in infancy but, after coming to lola they adopted Sadie Prentis, who became the wife of George Kirby and has a son. Jay Kirby. John E. Ireland is a very quiet man, without assumption or show, but with all the elements of a real manly man. His relation to his fellow- townsmen is most cordial and affable His homestead, which he purchased at what seemed a fabulous price, when he came to lola. he has beautified and adorned with -shrubbery, and residence and lawn until it is one of the handsome homes in the citv. \ A WILLIAM JOHNSON HUCK, lola's well known painter and " " paper-hanger and a Kansas pioneer, was born in Ohio October 21. 1845. He is a son of the late Abraham Huck, of West Minster, British Columbia, and was brought west and into Anderson county, Kansas, in i860. He located upon a claim thirteen miles .south of Garnett and did farming and blackstnithing, as a civilian, till 1S65 when he located eight WOOUSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 515 miles south of Butler, Missouri. In 1S71 he began a series of moves which finally brought him to the point where he died in 1S92. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1817 and was a son of Jacob Huck, a German-American. The latter died in Williamson county, Illinois. He was the father of five children. Abraham Huck served in Company L, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, as a private, and was discharged for disability in 1865. He married Nancy Gentry, whose father was from near Vincennes, Indi- ana. Mrs. Huck died in West Minster, British America, in 1893. Their children are William J. Huck, of lola, Kansas; Jacob, who died at sixteen years; Mary E., wife of John Turner, who resides in Vancouver, British America, Martha A., wife of George Grimmer, of West Minster, British Columbia; Caroline, deceased, and Cynthia, who married in British Colum- bia and resides at Chillwhack, on the Frazier river in British Columbia. "Billy" Huck was educated sparingly in the pioneer schools of Kan-, sas. He enlisted in Company L, Fourteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry November 10, 1863, and was under Captain Harris and Colonel Briggs. He w&s mustered in at Cane Hill, Arkansas, and his service consisted, in the main, in fighting Bushwhackers in the Territory and Arkansas. The nearest approach to an engagement with which his regiment had to do was at Cabin Creek, Indian Territory. His company was one detached at Fort Scott to take a train of supplies down to F^ort Smith, Arkansas. The little command was surrounded at Cabin Creek and the train captured with many of Company L,- Mr. Huck made his escape to other Federal forces and was stationed at Fort Gibson at the close of the war. He was dis- charged at Lawrence, Kansas, August 22, 1865. He spent five years suc- ceeding the war in Bates county, Missouri, tarming and when Wakefield & Company, through their agent, Henry Waters, made him an offer to engage with them he accepted and traveled over Kansas and Missouri selling medicines till 1874. With his accumulations he came to Allen county and went onto a farm, remaining only two years, then coming into lola. In lola he has become widely known as an artist in his business of painting and paper-hanging. He is best known for his absolute leliability and among the old settlers to say that "Billy Huck" did a certain piece of work was a sufficient guarantee of the efficiency and honesty of the job. Mr. Huck was married near L,econipton, Kansas, F'ebruary i2, 1874, to Agatha, a daughter of George Rose, who came from West Virginia to Kansas in 1863. Mrs. Huck was born May 20, 1856. Her sister, Agnes, is the wife of J. A. Stuck, of Dexter, Kansas, and her brother is James Rose, of Franklin county, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Huck's children are: Hattie, born July 25, 1875; Mary, born January 9, 1883; O.scar, born January 17, 1S85, and Earl and Ernest Huck, twins, born February g, i8go. Mr. Huck is one of the well known Republicans of lola. 5l6 HISTOKV OH ALLIiN AND GR.GARD. — In a profession where advancenieiU depends upon indi- • vidiial merit G. R. Gard has attained a prominent position, beiua; one of the leading representatives of the bar of Allen countv. He has won distinction throngh his devotion to his clients' interests and through his masterly handling of the intricate problems of jurisprudence that have been connected with the trial of cases in which he has been retained as advocate either for the defense or prosecution. Thus he has long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few. Ml. Gard was born December lo, 1868, in Cumberland county, Illi- nois, and was reared upon a farm belonging to his father, Jacob Gard, who is represented elsewhere in this volume. Through the winter months he pursued his education in the common schools and during the summer season a.ssisted in the labors of field and garden. The sports of youth also claimed some of his attention and in this manner the days of his minority were passed. He manifested special aptitude in his studies and showed p.irticular fondness f jr intellectual advancement. It was this that led him to earn the money with which to pursue a college course. He spent the winter of 1888-9 in the Valparaiso Normal College of Valparaiso, Indiana, and then returned to his father's farm where he remained until the autumn of 1890, when at the request of his brother Samuel, who was then a rising young lawyer in Bronson, Kansas, he came to this state and began the study of law. On the 5th of January, 1S93, Mr. Gard was admitted to the bar at Fort Scott, and in order to seek a wider field for his l.ibors removed from Bron- son to Humboldt, Allen county, in April of the same year. No dreary novitiate awaited him in his practice, for he soon gained a good clientage and became a popular attorney. He received the Republican nomination for county attorney in 1898 and to that office was elected by an overwhelm- ing majority. He entered upon its duties in January 189S and in May of the same year removed his family to r)la, the county seat, where he en- tered into partnership with his brother, S. A. Gard, under the firm name of Gard & Gard. His official course was most commendable. He espoused the cause of the people with the firm conviction that crime should and musi be suppressed and the laws of the state respected and obeyed. His labors resulted in the uprooting of a number of crimes in Allen county, and the perpetrators brought before a court of justice. He foimed no entang- ling alliances in societies or organizations that could effect his faithful dis- charge of duty and allowed nothing to interfere with the administration of even-handed justice. He also avoided unnecessan- expense as the legal advisor of the county and that his cour.se was highly satisfactory to the public is shown by the fnct that he was tendered the nomination of the Re- publican party for re-election in the fall of 1899. Owing to the great in- crease in the civil practice in the firm ot vvliich he is a member, Mr. Gard declined the nomination for a second term and retired to private life. Wiiile residing in Humboldt he met and married Miss Katie Gallagher whose father, John Gallagher, was one of the honored early pioneers of WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 517 K.ansas. She was born in Woodson county, this state, and prior to her marriage was engaged in the millinery business in Humboldt. Mr. and Mrs. Gard were married August 29, i8g6, and they now have an interest- ing family of three children, a son and two daughters. Theif friends in the community are many and they enjoy the hospitality of the best homes of Io!a. A man of earnest purpose and strong determination with a com- prehensive knowledge of law and a high appreciation for his profession, which is the conservator of justice and the protector of life, prosperity and liberty, Mr. Gard has already gained a distinctively representative clientage and undoubtedly has a successful future before him. JOHN HALL KUDER, Superintendent of the Ida Brick Company's, works, is one of the recent additions to the citizenship of Allen county. He came here in 1897 ^^^ ^^00^ charge of the manufacture of brick for his company and is responsible for the success, in a great measure, which this company and its projectors have enjoyed. Mr. Kuder was born in Iowa, August 31, 1857, and is a son of a promi- nent retired farmer and stock man, George W. Kuder, who resides near Muscatine, Iowa, and who was born in Germany in 1803. He went into Iowa in 1841 from the State of Ohio and was one of the most successful men of his county. He fir.st married a Miss Kurtz, whose three children were; Nicholas and Mrs Mahala Brown, of Muscatine, Iowa, and Madama, wife of Isaac McGill, of Davenport, Iowa. George Kuder's second wife was Sarah Oliva Crawford, daughter of James Crawford, people with Scotch- Irish antecedents. This wife was the mother of our subject. Her people were from Harrison county, Ohio. She died in 1857, leaving an only son, John H. Kuder. George Kuder married for his third wife, Sarah Ever- sole. Their children are: Frank, wife of John Thompson, of Wappelo, Iowa; Nellie, of Minneapolis, Minnesota: Guy S. Kuder, of Louisa county, Iowa, and Clyde and Earl Kuder, of Columbus Junction, Iowa. Our subject was reared arotind Winfield and Muscatine, Iowa, by an uncle. William Crawford. He was left with a considerable legacy from his mother's estate and he learned to travel and sightsee in his youth. He undertook to learn the drug business but was coun ioled that it was hazardous to his health and he dropped it. He tried farming but he found this irk- some and somewhat difficult and he abandoned it. He got into the service of one of the Iowa telephone construction companies prior to his farm venture and received an injury — ran a hedge thorn into his knee — which permanently disabled the same. On leaving the farm and without previous experience he engaged in the business of contracting and building and, strange to say, he made some money at it. Leaving this work, he engaged to travel for the Thompson- Houston Electric Light Company for the sale of their goods, putting in light plants over the country. Eight years with this company sufficed and he severed his connection to engage in the 5lS HISTORY OF ALLEN AJTO electric light business in Cotfeyville, Kansas. From this he got into the gas business but failed to reach the strong flow of gas and disposed of his holdings for what ' little they would bring and made his first start in the brick business. He took the position c)f engineer in the Coffey ville Vitrified Brick Plant, was promoted to foreman of the machinery and generally assisted in the manufacture of brick. His reputation at Coffeyville found its way to lola, at a time when the latter place was searching for the right man, and he was offered a proposition, advantageous to himself, accepted rt and still holds the position. He went to Coffeyville in 1887 and came to- lola in iSgj. In his comparatively short life Mr. Kuder has probably met with more physical misfortunes than any other man of his age. His first serious in jury was the falling from a telephone pole and running of a thorn into his knee. White swelling followed and made a lasting injury. He next fell from the top of a high barn onto the floor and lay unconscious twenty-four hours. A horse kicked him and broke hisskull, and while in the brick plant at Coffeyville he got his foot into a drypan and mashed the instep. Lastly, at lola, he was caught in the connecting shaft to the cut off table and he came out of it all with the left arch of his forehead crushed, the back of his head caved in, his left arm and shoulder broken, five libs snapped off, and right arm and leg bruised. The remarkable nerve which he displayed when these wounds were being dressed, marked him as one of the most courageous and determined men to be found anywhere. .Mr. Kuder was married at Winfield, Kansas, in 1887, to Adelia, a daughter of D. P. Williams, whose early home was in Mississippi. Mr. and ,VIrs. Knder's children are: Daisy M. and George Leo. Mr. Kuder's Republicanism is well known. His father is a rabid Democrat and, during the war even held opinions antagonistic to the union of the States. Our subject has no time for an active interest in politics but he does his duty as a citizen and as often as the opportunity occurs. He has and holds the highest regard of his townsmen. ROBERT L. THOMPSON— In his early life Robert L. Thompson was encompassed by those environments which have ever fostered the spirit of personal independence and self-reliance, and which have produced the self-made men who form the bulwark of our nation's prosperity and her wonderful indu.strial development. At an early age he started out in life for himself empty handed and today he is accounted one of the leading and prosperous farmers of Allen county. Mr. Thompson was born January 4, i860, in Waterman, Park county, Indiana, a son of Robert N. and Elizabeth D. (Truman) Thompson. The father was born in Indiana in 1S30, and in Park county, in 1855, married Miss Truman, who was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, in 1820. He died in 1868, and she afterward became the wife of James D. Roberts, with •WOODSON COXTNTrcs, KANSAS -•> , -^ ^vhom she removed to Iowa in ,870, and to Kansas in 1872. thev located ■HI vvhat was at that time Howard county, now ChatUauqua and ijlk •counties The mother d,ed near Tola in 1889, being cared for bv >iJt sons By her first niarnage she has two sons: Charles ^L. who is Jththe Lanyon Zinc Company at tola, and Robert L. 1 f. J" ^^74. at the age of fourteen years, Mr. Thompson, of this review eft honie and went to Humboldt, Kansas. His only capital with which to begin t>usiness life was a strong determination to succeed and a nair n willing hands. For a year he worked on a farm of J S Fast who was afterw^ard register of deeds in. Allen county, and who to^k great in^eesh helping the boy. Mr Thompson received as renumeration V his service" fo. the year, his board and clothing, four months schooling and twentv-five dollars in money. During the greater part of the time through the succeed ing eight years he was in the employ of ex-Sheriff Hodson Throtiah perseverance, indefatigable energy and capable business managemenT he lias become one of the prosperous farmers of Allen countv, and in addiiion to the cultivation of his fields he is successfullv engaged "in deSin^in s ort horn cattle and Polan China hogs. ' * " " "' ueaiiii^., in short TT„K?"i''^''^"^^u"''' \^^'' ^'- Thompson wedded Miss Perinelia C Hubbard, who was born Julv ,v, 1S64, and is a daughter of Samuel F Hubbard, a nativeof North Carolina, and one of the honored pioneers of Allen county, of 1857. She has one brother and two 'sisters livfna A d Hubbard, of Memphis, Tennessee; Louisa, wife of J. F Ni<.h 'of Allen county, and Mrs. Charles M. Thompson, of lola. Unto our subject and h wife have been born eight children: Blanche, Clyde, Grace, Truman Frank Ruth and Robert L. , all at home, and Eugene, who died at the a^^e of seventeen months. In politics Mr. Thompson is a Republican, and haf always bee " an active worker in the party. Socially he is connected with the Inde pendent Order o Odd Fellows. His life plainly indicates that pros- fr^ n the^mat " "^°" ^'""''' "P°" '"^"'"'^" °' "P°" environment^ut PREDERICK FUNSTON, whose brilliant achieyements as a volunteer officer ,n the United States army in the Philippines have attracted the admiring attention of all the world, is an Allen county bov. and his old 1865, the oldest child o Hon. Edward H. and Ann Eliza Funston but he came o Kansas with his parents when only two years old and hence 1 as ever known anj- other home. He grew up on the Carlyle farm , attendii ! he district schoo at North Maple Grove during the winter months and do g h.sshare of thefarm work during the summer. He was quick in hh books and ambitious to obtain an education; so at an early age he had mas tered the course of study in the country school and enfered the Hi4 bchool at lola from which he graduated in 1886. Perhaps the first i^ie- 520 HISTORY OF ALLEN" AXP pendent work in which he engaged was ta teach the school at the little stone school house, half way between Humboldt and lola, known all over the county as "Stoney Lonesome," from its material and its location, and a picture of which as it now appears is presented on another page in this history. As soon as he could accumulate some money with which to de- fray expenses he started to the Stale University which he attended at dif- ferent times for the next three or four years, but from which he never gfriduated. After leaving the University finally Funston engaged in news- paper work as a reporter, work which pleased him well and for which he hud a peculiar aptitude. After continuing in the newspaper business, at Kansas City and at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for some time, he secured a better paid position as collector on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe which he held until the summer of 1890, when he gave it up to accept an appointment as assistant with a party of botanists sent out from Washing- ton to secure specimens of the native grasses of Montana. He did this work so well, that when another party was detailed to go to the Death Valley region the following summer on a similar expedition, he was made a member of it. The hardships of this e.\pedition were so great that of the party of- uncommonly hardy men who entered upon, it more than one-half were permanently disabled in either mind or body, but Funston fortunately escaped sound and well. The next summer was spent among the Indians on the Alaskan coast, still in the employ of the Agricultural department, collecting specimens of the flora of the region. This work he did so well that when the Department wished to know what was growing in the in- terior oi Alaska F'unston was selected for the arduous and dangerous task. It was not a pleasant commission. It meant eighteen months of exile, many thousand miles of travel, largely through an unexplored country, and a winter the other side of the Arctic circle. But Fun^^ton entered upon it with his usual cheerfulness and energy. He climbed the famous Chil- coot pass, built a sled and pulled and sailed it across the frozen lakes, built a boat and floated it through the White Horse rapids, — a journey so full of toil and terrors that thousands of -trong men have failed to survive it — and joked about it in the letters he wrote home. He spent the long, long win- ter in an Indian village, where he was the only white man, taking for diversion the longest snow shoe journey ever made by a white man, barely escaping death from cold, exhaustion and starvation. When the slow spring finally came he set about gathering the plants for which he was sent, eventu- ally floating down the Yukon to its mouth where he was picked up by the United States revenue cutter Bear, and returned home by way of San Francisco, the expedition having been entirely successful. Resigning his position in the Agricultural department, Mr. Funston spent the winter of 1S94-5 on the lecture platform, telling the story of his Alaskan experiences. The summer and fall of 1895 he spent trying to organize a company to engage in the coffee business in Central America on a large scale. The enterprise required a laige sum of money and times were too hard to make success possible. Funston therefore gave up the project and went to New York where he was engaged for several months in WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 52 1 writing newspaper and magazine articles and doing some work in the office of the Santa Fe railroad conipaiu'. While thus employed he became ac- quainted with the Cuban Junta, then engaged in promoting in all possible ways the revolt of the people of that island against Spain. The cause en- listed his sympathies and he was easily persuaded to accept a commission as captain of artillery in the insurgent army. Proceeding at once to Cuba he engaged in the contest with so much zeal and ability that within eigh- teen months he held a commission as Lieutenant Colonel and was in com- mand of all the artillery of General Gomez' army. The distinction had not been won without paying the price. Twice the young artillery officer had been wounded, once by a fragment of a shell which shattered his left fore-arm, and once by a Mauser bullet, which penetrated both lungs, pass- ing witliin three-quarters of an inch of his heart. He had suffered an attack (jf typhoid fever also, but it was a fall with his horse that finally sent him back to New York, with a running abscess in his hip' and with constitution apparently permanently wrecked. He went at once into a hospital where he submitted to an operation, and where he gradually gained strength enough to return to his home in Kansas. Although still far from well, he went upon the lecture platform, pleading the cause of the Cubans. When the war with Spain broke out and Kansas was called upon to furnish her quota of the troops required, Frederick Punston was appointed without solicitation by Governor John W. L,eed\-, Colonel of the Twentieth Kansas, the first Kansas regiment to be raised for service in the Spanish war. Soon after his appoint aient Colonel Funston was summoned to Tampa, Florida, by General Miles, and for several weeks was engaged in writing some chapters in the book on the roads and topography of Cuba which the War department published for the use of the army in case it was found necessary to invade Cuba. He then joined his regiment which had been ordered to San Francisco. After several months in camp, spent in ceaseless drilling, the Twentieth was ordered to Manila, where it arrived about the first of December, 1899, and was made a part of the Eighth Army Corps. From this time forth the history of Frederick Funston belongs to the history of the United States, rather than merely to a history of Allen county, or of Kansas, for from the hour when the Filipinos foolishly re- belled against the authority of the United Slates, the Colonel of the Twen- tieth became a National figure. Suffice it here to say that he led his splendid regiment with such energy, skill and soldierly daring that within six months from the time the first shot was fired he was made a Brigadier General of Volunteers. When the Twentieth came home to be mustered out, in November, 1899, Funston cime with it, expecting also to retire from the service, as his term of enlistment had expired. The War depart- ment, however, requested him to return to the Philippines and resume command of his old brigade, and this, much against his inclinations and at great financial sacrifice, he did, regarding the request as a command of duty. Returning to Manila he was placed in control of one of the northern provinces of Luzon, with headquarters at San Isidro, where he exerted his 522 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND efforts to pacifying the country with such energy and efficiency that in a short time the province was noted as one of the quietest and best governed on the island. In the spring of igoi General Funston regarded the insur- rection as practically at an end and was looking forward to an early return to his home and to civil life, when news was brought to him of the where- abouts of Aguinaldo, the chief of the insurrection. He instantly formed a l-ilan to capture him, and this plan, with the approval of his superior offi- cers, he successfully carried out. The exploit was so daring and so suc- cessful, that the whole world rang with it, and the name of Frederick Funston became as familiar in every court and camp of Europe as it is in .Allen county. In prompt and grateful recognition of the splendid service he had done his country President McKiiiley appointed him a Brigadier General in the regular army, — a fitting reward for patriotic, gallant and wonderfully able public service. Frederick Funston was married only a few days before his regiment sailed for the Philippines, to Miss Eda Blankhart, of San Francisco, a lady of rare culture and beauty, who is now with her husband in the Philippines. HARRY E. THOMAS, the east lola lumber dealer, and for many years, last passt, identified prominently with the building interests of lola, came into Allen county in 1SS3 from Clinton county, Indiana. He was born in the latter locality September 25, 1861, secured his common school education there and left there, permanently, only w^hen he came to Kansas. He is a son of John M. Thomas, a carpenter in Jefferson, Clinton county, a native of that county and born in Frankfort, Indiana, in 1S35. He died in lola in 1898. He was a son of Asahel Thomas, a Welchman, by trade a cabinet maker and a pioneer to Clinton county, Indiana. John M. Thomas married Barbara Utz, a daughter of George Utz. Mrs. Thomas died in Eldorado, Kansas, in 1896. Mr. Utz went into Indi- ana from Mar\ land and passed his early life at the carpenter's bench. His last vears were spent on the farm. To John .M. Thomas and wife were born seven children, viz.: Edgar X. Thomas, Harry E. Thomas, Elma M. Thomas. Estella J. Thomas, John E. Thomas and Charles and Eva Thomas. Harry E. Thomas was reared in Jefferson, Indiana, and was a pupil in the schools of that place till he was fifteen years old. He worked on the farm in summer and in the saw-mill in winter, in early youth, and had just entered his 'teens when he took up his first lessons at the carpenter's bench. It seems but natural that he should be an apt pupil with tools, since his ancestors were mechanics and his own inclinations sanctioned the step, and it is not surprising that he should become an efficient workman with little instruction. He worked with his father till a strong desire to see the west seized him and he quit and came to Kansas. He struck the State with less money than would board him a day al a first iclass hotel. He added his WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 523 name to the small force of mechanics in lola and followed his trade, with scarce an interruption, for ten years. In 1S96 he formed a partnership with I. E. Patterson and established a third lumber yard in lola, carrying, also, builders supplies, but in 1S9S the firm dissolved and Mr. Thomas retired. In 1899 he opened his yard in East lola, commonly called Bricktown, and has a well-arranged, well-equipped and prosperous yard, having since taken as a partner his brother-in-law, G. W. Lawyer. November it, 1S84, Mr. Thomas married Sadie E. Lawyer, a daughter of Ira B. Lawyer, one of Allen county's leading pioneers. Four children have been bom of this union: Fannie, deceased; Ira, Frank and Lloyd Thomas, deceased. Harry Thomas is not only prominently known in business but he is equal- ly well-known politically in lola. His splendid sense of the proprieties of business and his intense loyalty to honor were qualities which caused his selection for Councilman at two different times. Politics was not permitted to govern his official conduct and only needful municipal legislation did he countenance and support. He is a Republican, but not because his father and his grandfathers were. He occupies an unshakable moral attitude toward questions of public polity and in social intercourse and is universally regarded as a patriotic and worthy citizen. 1 \A\'ID ROBINSON, lola's old time painter, was born in Peoria -• — ' county, Illinois, February 3, 1838. He is the ninth of twelve chil- dren and son of George and Maria (Gaylord) Robinson. He was reared upon a farm and was educated in the manner common to the country youth of that day. About the time he was just of age he joined a party and crossed the plains to Colorado and was associated with the western wilds till i860 when he returned east and stopped in Breckenridge, Missouri. When the war came on he joined Company G, 33rd Missouri regiment of Federals and saw four years of .service in the western department of the Union army. His division was the ist and his corps the i6th and he participated in much hard service and in many warm and severe engagements, chief among them being Helena, Arkansas, Red River expedition, Chico Lake, Tupelo, Nashville and under thirteen days fire at Fts. Spanish and Blakely at Mobile. He was first sergeant of his company at the end of the war. David Robinson spent the few years succeeding the war and until he came to lola in Galva, Illinois. He learned the painter's trade in his native State and has made it his life work. He followed his brother. Gay- lord, to Allen county and reached here in 1S70. For thirty years he has wielded the brush in lola and he is the oldest of the craft in point of resi- dence. He was married here in 1883 to Myra, a daughter of A. L. Dibble, deceased, who came to lola in 1880. The latter was born in 1827 in the State of New York and was married to M. J. Lord. Of this union three children were born, viz.: N. E. Dibble, of Philadelphia; Delia, who married Willard Lord, and Mrs. Robinson. Mr and Mrs. Robinson's only child is Miss Florence. Mr. Robinson 524 HISTORY OF ALLEN AXD is a Republican aii;l he and his wife are active members of the First Baptist cliurch of lola. CHARLES A. JAPHET — One of Allen county's earlj' settlers — not classed with the pioneer — is Charles A. Japhet, lola's eflScient and widely known veterinarian. In 1S72 he sought Allen county as his future abiding place and was induced to believe that much of the wild land then abounding in the eastern part of the county was subject to settlement, as public lands, and he bought the right of a settler to the claim, in Salem township now the property of Harry Boeken. He contested the light of the l)urchaser to ownership and possession and, seeing that there was no chance for the settler as against the railroad, he sold his improvements and closed his fight after three ysars of interesting, exciting and stubborn resistance. He purchased a farm in the southern part of Ida township and, after cultivating it a few years, came to Tola and opened a breeding barn. This was succeeded, in part, by the livery business and when he closed out this business it was to go on the road introducing an invention of his own patent. He is the inventor of one of the best selling washing machines yet put on the market and it was the sale of this that occupied his time for about five years. To say that he made a success of his venture is putting it mildly, as he became the owner of lots, lands, stock and chattels in many of the counties of Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. All of North Missouri will remember Charley Japhet who made headquarters within their border for months at a time, spent his money freely and did an immense and legitimate patent-right business to the surprise and delight of his stranger neighbors. When he had gathered together the results of his tour on the road Mr. Japhet returned to lola and, while he has done something at farming, he has been more devoted than ever to the profession he acquired in his youth from one of the great surgeons of the country, L. M. Briggs, State Veteiinary, of New York. Charley Japhet was born in Shenango county, New York, Septem- ber 24. 1848. His father, Albert Japhet, was born in the same county in 1817 and died there in 1861. The latter was a thrifty farmer and a son of one of the pioneers to Shenango county from the State of Connecticut. The family came originally from England, the remote settler and Colonial pioneer being our subject's great-grandfather. Albert Japhet married Polly Ingraham, whose people were also from the "Wi.oden Nutmeg State." Their family consisted of George Japhet, of Courtland, New York; Eliza A., wife of F. C. Stork, of Shenango county, New York, and Charles A,, our .subject. Charlev Japhet was left an orphari by the death of his father in 1861. By this circumstance he was dependent upon his resources, in a great measure, for his education and youthful training. He remained with the farm two vears and then sought employment in a hoe factory at Oxford, ■wOOCSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 555 New York. At the age of .seventeen years he went on the toad with the :noted New York Veterinarian, Dr. Briggs, and, in the next two years, he ■secured that actual experience and practice that largely settled his career in life. In order to better equip himself for the profession he attended lectures at the Veterinary Hospital at Poughkeep.sie, New York, but he did not en- gage in veterinary work at once. He was married rather early and he located in a small place and went to butchering. He had a contract for furnishing meat to some railroad builders and was in a fair way, as he felt, to reap a reasonably good reward for his labors, when his pay master drew his funds and departed, leaving our subject practically and suddenly "flat." Soon after this he gathered together his scant effects and came to Kansas. His object in coming west was to seek some point where homes could be gotten with more ease than in the old states. His condition upon his arriv- al at Ft. Scott was one requiring positive and early industrial activity and he secured a place in Latimer's nursery, Linn county, by the day. He was given the position of salesman the next year, on commission, and he began to gather moss rapidly. He remained in that county two years and while there served as Constable, which yielded a few dollars to his strong box. He came to Allen county with the funds necessary to locate himself as herein mentioned and for the past fifteen years the battle has been a com- paratively eas}' one. He has been in Kansas thirty ^-ears and when he came to it his resources amounted to $32.00 and a few household goods. He owns now a farm of four hundred acres in Osage township, Allen county, one hundred and seventy acres in White county, Arkansas, and town property in Augusta, Burlington and lola, all of which gives him a degree of financial independence which ought to come with thirty j-ears of honorable toil. Mr. Japhet was first married in Shenaiigo county. New York,' in i866, to Edna E. Bartholomew, a daughter of John Bartholomew. She died in lola, August 7, 1S84, leaving three children: Eugene, ofTacoma, Washing- ton; Eniogene, wife of Charles Youngs of Oxford, New York, and Berton Japhet. In 1S55 Mr. Japhet married Lizzie Heath, a daughter of Amos Heath. The children of this union are: Cora, Frank, Agnes and Mabel. In New York, Kansas, and elsewhere the Japhets are Republicans. Our subject is an Odd Fellow. "\ A7ILLIAM D. CHASTAIN, M. D., of lola, whose professional and " " social life has withstood the public scrutiny in Allen county for more than two generations and whose characteristics and personal attain- ments mark him as one of the conspicuous citizens of lola, came to us from the state of Kentucky November 15, 1870. He was born in Logan county, that state, December 27, 1S46, and is a grandson of one of the pioneers of the "Blue Grass" state. William Chastain, who introduced the family name into Kentucky, was a descendant of Huguenot French settlers of North Carolina. He went into Kentucky before it became a state and was, 526 HTSTOKY OF ALLES AST!". consequently, one of the 6rst tillers of its soil. He died rather early iu life, leaving sis sons: Edward, Edmund, Willis, Boone. Jackson and Ishani. Some of these left Kentucky many years ago and located in Ben- ton county. Missouri. He had two daughters: Mrs. Moss, ot Spring- field. Missouri, and Mrs. Mosley. who lived and died in Kentucky. Isham Chastain was the father of William D. Chastain. He was born in iSi6 and died in 1851. He was amply educated and was a prosperous and successful farmer. He was a Whig in politics and was married to Angelina, a daughter of D;iniel Bailey. The Bailey family was a promi- nent cue in Logan county, Daniel being a prosperous and representative citizen. Dr. Chastain's mother died in 1S47 at the age of twenty-eight years. Her four children were: Mary, who married William Townsend and died young; Jar:es Chastain. so far as known a resident of Colorado; Fannie Chastain, a resident of Logan county, Kentucky, and our subject, the Doctor. A half-sister to these. Mis. Cornelia Evans, is a resident of Logan county, Kentucky. Dr. Chastain lived with the family of an uncle. Dr. J R. Bailey, from infancy. Dr. Bailey was an extensive farmer, aLso, and our subject passed his time upon the farm until seventeen years of age. He attended the county seminary and afterward Bethel college at Russelville. He chose medicine for his life work and read more or le.s3 with his uncle. He spent two years in the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ken- tucky, from which he graduated in 1870, just prior to bis departure for Kansas. He had never b»en in the west and his knowledge of Kansas and of .■\llen county, in p>articular, was obtained from friends. He opened an office in lola upon his arrival here but the following year decided to try the experiment of locating in Osage township. This move did not realize as it was hoped for, in the matter of patronage, and he returned to lola in six months. Dr. Chastain's professional attainments have long been recognized and he has held a high place in the esteem of the public since he came among us. His relation to his town, and the public generally, has been that of a liberal, judicious and progressive citizen and to the church that of a con- scientious, courageous Christian gentleman. April 3 1873, Dr. Chastain was married in lola to Alice F.. a daughter of Rev. Samuel Price, now of Wellington, Kansas. Mrs. Rev. Price was Charlotte Alder and she and her husband were from Belmont county, Ohio. The Dr. and .Mrs. Chastain's children are: J. Earl, D. D. S., a grad- uate of the lola High School and of the Western Dental College, Kansas City, was born February 14, 1S74.. He served as hospital steward in the Twentieth Kansas in the Philippine insurrection; Bertha, Maud and Fannie Chastain, both graduates of the lola High School. The politics of Dr. Chastain is unmistakable. He is known far and wide in Alleu county, for his outspoken Republican sentiments, and. in years past, he has been regarded among the active local political workers. His name has been mentioned in connection with a nomination for county -noODSON COUN'TIES, KAXSAS. 525 •office but he would uot sacrifice his profession to tlie requirenieu-ts of a ipublic office. JOEL P. HAYES. — One of the early settlers west of the Neosho river in lola township and one in whom his community has the utmost con- fidence is Joel P. Hayes. Mr. Hayes came into Allen count}' in 1870 and owns the south-west quarter of section 35, township 24, range 17. McLean county, Illinois, was the home of Mr. Hayes prior to his advent to Kansas. He was a farmer near Lexington, that .county, from 186510 1 870 and dis- posed of his interests there and came west only to find a place where a man of small means could more easily and more quickly acquire a home. He had migrated to Illinois for the same reason but found land there, just after •the war, beyond the reach of the poor man and this fact determined him, eventually, to make another move. Mr. Hayes was born and reared in Clinton county. New York. His birth occurred March 6, 1840, and his education was of the country and common school sort. He was born on a farm and his father was Asa Hayes whose origin is not certain but it is believed to have been Massa- -cluisetts. He was a veteran of the war of iSr2 and fought in the battle of Lake Champlain near the site of which our stibject was born. He married Laura Larkins who died in 1841 while her husband died in 1867 at the age of seventy-five years. Their children are: Hiram Hayes, of Whitewater, Wisconsin; Loyal Hayes, of Vermont; Christiana, deceased, wife of Luther Robinson, of Clinton county. New^ York: Harriet E., deceased, married Levi Stafford, of the same point; Loren and Enoch, deceased; Mary, wife of Stephen Afford, of Illinois; Charles, of Indiana; John Hayes, on the old homestead in New York, and Joel P., our subject. At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Hayes began real life when he en- listed in Company H, One Hundred and Eighteenth New York Infantry. His colonels were, first Richard Keys and then George Nichols. The regiment was ordered to Fortress Monroe and was engaged at the battle of Bermuda Hundred. Mr. Hayes was in the heavy fighting at Cold Harbor and around Petersburg and with the Army of the Potomac to the end at Appomattox. Everyday of the time from June 3rd 1864 to January ist, 1865, lie was in some engagement or skirmish and was in front of the mine at Petersburg when it was exploded, with so little advantage to the Union forces. From January ist to April gth, 1865, Mr. Hayes was on detail at General Gibbons' headquarters. He was discharged at Richmond, Vir- ginia, and was mustered out at Plattsburg, New York, in July after the surrender. With a small sum of money Mr. Hayes went to McLean county, Illi- nois, and found a degree of prosperity there on the farm till 1870. He was iuarried in McLean county in February, 1867, to Hannah J., a daughter of Henderson Crabb and Mary (Beech) Crabb. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes' chil- dren are: Luel, Herbert O. and Arza Clayton. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are members of the Methodist congregation in 528 HISTORY OF ALLEST AKTt Piqiia, Kansas. He was converted in early life and has found consolatioif. ill f xeciiting the will of the Master as laid down in the Scripture lessons. He is a firm believer in Providential control and supervision of the lives- and destinies of men. On three occasions would his life have been sacrificed during the war, times when there seeined no possibility of preventing it, and but for the interposing hand of the Almighty he would have died around Petersburg. The elder Hayes' were followers of the faith of Wes- ley and their relations to their church were as those of our subject, both official and private. In public affairs the Hayes' are no less outspoken than in matters of religioix. They belieye in a goveriunent, local or general, being honestly administered by its patriotic citizens. For the purpose of a political home our subject has allied himself with the Republican party and in its tenets and declarations he sees the future of our domestic institutions. \ X 7"ILLIAM DAVIS, of lola, seven years a Sunday School Mission- ' " ary in Oklahoma, and a resident of Allen county for nearly a third of a century is a contribution from the citizenship of Indiana. He cast his lot with Kansas, and Allen county, in 1S69, a time when good honest citi zenship was in need of encouragement and reinforcement here, and when permanent settlements were only beginning to take substantial hold. Of the ea.stern states whose sous were looking in the direction of the prairie states for settlement, just after the war. Indiana furnished her share and, from 1865 to 1S75, they pjured into Kansas in a steady stream. Johnson county, that State, gave Allen county many naen whose character and personal worth won them a conspicuous prominence in the confidence of our citizens. William Davis is one of these. He was born in Franklin township, Johnson county, Indiana, January 12, 1838. The blood of the Scotch and Irish courses through his veins and his remote ancestors were among the settlers of the Colonies and in the ranks of the Revolution- ary armies. This family of Davis emanates from New Jersey. William Davis, our subject's grandfather, was born in Mercer county, that State, and came by wagon, westward to the Monongahela rivei, in Pennsylvania where he built a flat boat and floated down the river to Ohio Falls and from that point went into Mercer county, Kentucky. Farming was his vocation. He served in the War of 1812 from that State and, late in life, went into Cbrk county. Illinois, and died there in 1874, aged ninety years. He was a son of a Revolutionary soldier, married a Miss Covert and was the father of four sons and eight daughters. The sons were: John W., William Samuel and Daniel Davis. John Davis, father of our subject, was born in Mercer county, Ken- tucky. February 17, 1813. He left his native State in 1822 and settled on the Ohio river in Switzerland county, Indiana. Two years later he went into Johnson county, and there lived a successful firmer and an honored WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 529 citizen. Like his forefathers he was a Democrat, but the firinjj on Ft. vSninpter caused him to unite his political fortunes with the Republicans. He was a man of much piety, of strong Christian character and was a life- long Presbyterian. His first wife whs Marv F. ,a daughter of William .McGee from Mercer county, Kentucky. The McGees were a Scotch and Irish nii.xture while the Davis' proper are believed to be of Welch origin. John Davis' second wife was Martha, a daughter of John Vanarsdale. She resides on the family homestead in Johnson county, Indiana. Mr. Davis' first wife died February 14, 1853. Their children were: William, Martha J., deceased, married Elisha Vanarsdale; Mary E., deceased, married John W. Davis and lelt two children; Daniel C. Davis, deceased; Rachel A., deceased; .\braham V. and John H. Davis, both deceased, are children by his second wife. Mr. Davis died July 24, i88o. He was an intelligent, strong-willed positive citizen. His character showed in all his acts and his life was one good example to be followed with profit. William Davis, our subject, was educated in the better schools of his time and he reached his majority as a farmer. His first experiences away from the parental home were as farm hand and as clerk in a Franklin store. He entered the army at the first call for troops, joining Cijmpany H, 7th I. V. I. The regiment went into West Virginia and was engaged in the first battles of the war, Carricks Ford, Bealington and Laurel Hill. It was enroute home to be mustered out when, at Bellaire, Ohio, the joy over their successes was turned into gloom by the news from Bull Run, Mr. Davis was discharged in August and re-enlisted in Company F, 7th Infantry as private and went back into West Virginia. In December was in Cumberland, Maryland, aided in the relief of General Reynolds in West Virginia and in March, 1862, was in Winchester, Virginia. Skirmished through to Rockingham county, Virginia, as a part of Shields' Division and to Fredericksburg under General McDowell. The regiment hurried back to the Valley to catch Stonewall Jackson, but failed. Then went to Alexan- dria where it waited till the Pope campaign. It was in the battle at Slaughter Mountain and the preliminary .skirmishes to second Bull Run. The 7th Indiana Infantry was in the fights at Chantilly. South Mountain and Antietam. At Port Republic a piece of Federal artillery was deserted dangerously near the Confederate advance and Mr. Davis was one of eight to volunteer to recover it. 1 1 was brought off under the fire of eighteen guns. At 2nd Bull Run, Virginia, the coloi bearer was killed and our subject caught the flag and carried it till a new detail was made. At Union he caught the flag under similar circamstances and was its bearer for the regiment till his promotion to orderly after the battle of Fredericksburg. He was in the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns and back to Mine Run on the Rapidan, the following winter. He was promoted to 2nd Lieu- tenant in February, 1S63. In the battle of the Wilderness he was wounded in both thighs and lay for hours between the lines while the fight raged. He lay in the Wilderness hospital, and in the Lynchburg hospital for the convalescent, a prisoner. He slipped away from the Rebel lines on the 19th of June, 1864, and, in company with John A. Griffin made his way to I 530 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND the Union lines at Lynchburg. He was recaptured just before he reached the Union army but was only robbed and released. He was sent home, reaching there July 4th and found the family in mourning for him, as he was reported among the dead after the Wilderness fight and his capture had prevented the real facts from being known. He was discharged at the close if his enlistment September 20, 1S64. Mr. Davis engaged in merchandising at Franklin, Ind., and only closed out the business to come to Kansas. His first permanent location was in lola where he established a business (a partnership) and conducted it till 1875. The following three years he spent in colportage work for the Presby- terian church traveling about through Kansas and the Indian Territory. In the fall of 1S78 he was elected Clerk of the District Court in Allen county. ser\-ing four years. He spent three years on his Carlyle farm and in Janu- ary, 1890, began his work in Oklahoma as Sabbath School Missionary for the Presbyterian church. In the eleven years he has organized 147 schools, made 2295.^ visits and traveled 51 166 miles. In politics Mr. Davis is an uncompromising Republican. He became a protectionist when a boy from reading American history and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Davis was married at Brownsville, Nebraska, May 16, 1S72, to Candace, a daughter of Alexander Grimes. Her mother, Mrs. C. G. Bovce, resides with her. The Grime.ses were from near Richmond. Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Davis' surviving child is Miss Grace E. Davis, born October 10, 18S2. ^ A rilLIAM BIRD, one of the pioneers of Allen county and a worthy * ^ representative of the brotherhood of farmers, is a son of Emmer Bird whose entrance to Allen county, as a settler, occurred in 1857. The latter brought his family hither from Lee county, Iowa, going to the latter place, as a pioneer, from Illinois. He was born in the State of Virginia in the year 1802, was married to Prudy Hamilton, who was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1804 and died in 1865 He was the father of Margaret A., wife of Daniel Horville; Jasper N. Bird, of Elk Falls, Kansas: Emerilla J., wife of John McGee, of Seattle, Washington; William, our subject; Samuel L., of Arizona, and George Bird, of lola. Emmer Bird settled on the east bank of the Neosho river, at the site of the water mill, purchasing the claim from Judge A. W. J. Brown. He lived there a brief and uneventful period and died in 1S63. His wife died the year 1S65. William Bird was born near Keokuk, Iowa, September 15, 1850. He grew up in Allen county from a boj- of seven years and passed man\' years as a farm hand. Twenty years of this time he was in the employ of Daniel Horville and with his wages thus earned he purchased a tract of wild land on Deer Creek which he afterward improved and developed into a desirable farm. In 1868 the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians gave the settlers in WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 531 western Kansas much tioiible and captured and carried away two white women. The State raised a regiment, the 19th Kansas, which was sent in pursuit of the warriors. William Bird joined this regiment and experienced all the hardships of a winter campaign, in a hostile and trackless countrv and, occasionally, with no other than mule meat for his ration. The march was down into New Mexico, where the band was overtaken and the captives recovered. This ended the trouble, for the time being, and the regiment returned to Ft. Hayes and was mustered out there in the spring of i86g. In 1882 Mr. Bird went into the wilds of Wyoming where he joined a ranchman, and where he was employed as handy man on various ranches during the three years he remained in the Territory. On his return to Allen county he took possession of his Deer Creek farm and proceeded with its cultivation and improvement. February 5, 1S88, Mr. Bird was married to Emma Fackler, a daughter of George Fackler, a substantial and worthy German farmer of Carlvle township. The children of this marriage are Dannie E., Edna May, Grace and Pearl. In politics our subject is well known as a Republican. He cast his first Presidential vote for General Grant in 1S72 and has maintained a steady and enthusiastic attitude toward his party in recent vears. A DAM BARNHART, who is engaged in general farming and stock -^^^ raising in lola township, has resided at his present home for twenty years, having taken up his abode on his farm February 6, 1880. He was born in Brady's Bend township, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, April ,■?(), 183^, aud is a son of John Barnhart, who was born in Butler count\', Pennsylvania, in 1800, and died October 31, 1887. The paternal grand- father, Jacob Barnhart, was a native of Easton, Pennsylvania, and his grandfather was a native of Germany, whence he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, becoming the founder of the family in America. Jacob Barnhart followed farming in the eastern part of the Keystone state, and was a member of the American army during the war of 1812. His son, John Barnhart, carried on farming and carpentering. He was a man of strong CO ivictions, active and influential in his community, and for a num- ber of years served as a member of the state militia. In politics he was always a stalwart Republican, and was a faithful member of the German Reformed church, taking an active part in its work and upbuilding. He married Susan Helper, who was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, in 181 1 and died in 1877. Her father, Jacob Helper, was also of German lineage. Her brothers were Adam, Emanuel, Abraham, Jacob and David, all of whom were married and left families. Her sisters were Mrs. William Armstrong, Mrs. John Switzer and .Mrs. George Roy. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart were Jacob C, a resident of Clarion county, Penn- 5;,2 HISTORV OF ALLfCN AND svlvanii; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dowatis, of Richmond, Kansas; Han- nih, wile of Joseph Foringer, of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, I.ouis. who died in Clarion county, Pennsvlvania, in 1899; Isaac, who was a member of Company B, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil war, and is now a resident of Armstrong county: Joseph, also of that county; Rachel, wife of Harvey Peck, of Champlain, Vermont; and Susanna, twin sister of Richel and wife of Thorn is Srioik, of Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania; Catherine, wife of Thomas Roads, of Ohio, and Sarah, wife of William Eynon. of Kaylor, Pennsylvania. Adam Barnhart began earning his own livelihood by working in the coal and iron mines of Pennsylvania. He entered upon this industry in 1858 without capital, but was successful and soon took contract work at tunneling and mining, continuing in that line of business until 1S7S. In 1S76 he came to Kansas, visiting Allen and Woodson counties for the pur- pose of selecting a favorable location. Ho.vever, he returned to Pennsyl- vania, where he continued through the three succeeding years, spending the last year there in leasing coal and oil rights. In 1879 he located in loia township, Allen county, where he has since engaged in farming and in raising cattle and hogs. He has been very succe^stul, and as his finan- cial resources have increased, he has added to .his property until he now owns five hundred and sixty-five acres of valuable land in Allen and Wood son counties. On the 4tli of August, 1859, Mr. Bainhart was united in marriage to Catherine J. Shook, a daughter of Peter Shook, whose family were early settlers of Allegheny county, and were of German descent. In his family were Thomas, Jacol3, John, Barbara and Ellen, all of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Barnhart. To our subject and his wife have been born eight children: Arabella, who became the wife of William B. Mc- Kinney, and died June 28, 1900; Lomond C. and Walter L. , who reside in Polk county, Oregon; Sinas C, of Woodson county, Kansas; Ida M., Emma E. , John A. and L. Edward, who reside at home. Mr. Barnhart is ■3 member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having joined the organization in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1864. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in i860, and has never failed to support each presidential candidate of the Republican party since that time. He has never sought office as a reward for his labors, content to devote his time to his business. Since 1S81 he has been a member of the Presbyterian church at Liberty. As a citizen he is public spirited and progressive, with- holding his co-operation from no movement for the public good. He emi- nently deserves classification among the self-made men who have distin- guished themselves for their ability to master the opposing forces of life and wrest from fate a large measure of success and an honorable name. SAMUEL J. STEWART.— Among the pioneers whose life has been in- separatbly connected with the history of Allen county is Samuel J. Stewart, State Senator of the Fourteenth District, embracing the counties WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 533 «f Allen and Woodson. He was born in Miami countj', Ohio, over sixt}- ■eight years ago and came into the territory of Kansas in April 1856. Some time during his youth he had emigrated to LaFayette county, Indiana, and it was from this point that he made his start for the Kansas border. He was in company with his brother Watson, whose history during the twenty-five or more years that he resided within the boundaries of Allen county, formed a part of the public records, both civil and military of the county. The former settled upon a claim about five miles south of Hum- boldt where he has developed one of the valuable and beautiful, farms along the Neosho river. Our subject got into politics early in the county, for the reason that he was a man of conviction and never failed to express himself clearly and to the point whenever invited to do so. Being a young man of energv and absolute reliability he was chosen to represent Allen county in the Terri- torial Legislature of 185S. The year previous he attended the Grasshopper Falls convention where the Free State men for the first time decided to par- ticipate in Kansas elections. Up to this time they had steadily refused to take any part in political affaiis under the "bogus laws," or rather the laws passed by a "bogus legislature." This decision on the part of the Free State men resulted in the rescuing of the state from its enemies and placing the control of its affairs in the hands of its bona fide inhabitants. Mr. Stewart was a member of the Houses of 1883 and 1885 and of the special sessions of the legislature during each of those terms. His face has been •one of the familiar ones of the "old crowd" at nearly every county and state convention and few delegates in either have been accorded a more respectful hearing or have had a more enthusiastic personal following than has he. When the war came on he entered the service as a private, enlisting in 1861. He was promoted to a lieutenancy in August of the same year and to a captaincy in February 1863. He was mustered out of the service in August 1S64. At the close of the war he was married and has reared a family of three sons and four daughters to become honorable men and women. One or two incidents wnll serve to show that Captain S'ewart's life has not always been a plain domestic one. They will show that there was a time in Kansas w'hen a man's protection depended upon his personal courage ana that Mr. Stewart was not lacking in this element. Soon after their arrival in Allen county the two brothers sent a man with a team to Kansas City to haul to their claim the household goods which they had shipped to that point by rail and river, the nearest available point to their location. The goods were loaded up and the driver had reached Westoort when he was met by a company of "Border Ruffians" headed by the noted Allen McGhee. The rufiians took the team and ordered the driver to leave the town which he did, walking all the way back to Allen county. When our subject heard what had become of his team and goods he went to Kansas City and, alone and single handed, secured one of the horses, the wagon and nearly all the goods. He w^as not satisfied with this partial re- 534 HISTORY OF AI.LICN ANI> covery, however, and, at the close of the war, he visited McGhee and de- ininded satisfaction for the balance of his loss. Money being scarce, Mc- Ghee presented him with his gold watch, then worth about two hundred dollars. In the summer of 1856 Captain Stewart went to Kansas City with an ox team to move some settlers into Allen county. The Border Ruffians were preparing then to make a raid in Kansas and, when near Westport, they took Stewart prisoner. They robbed him of what goods and chattels they desired and started him on east through Missouri, declining to permit him to return home. He worked his way around through the .-tate of Missouri, in the direction of home, till he came to Bates county where he was set upon by a party of six men who suspected him of being a loyal Kansan. They were intending to hang him, as they said, but the Captain out talked them, got them to quarreling among themselves and, during the mele, got away. As the campaign of 1900 approached Captain Stewart decided to become a candidate for the state senate. He was nominated easily at the primaries and carried both counties by good majorities. He took rank in the senate as cue of the active men of that body and his record there coupled with his long and valuable personal service as a citizen of the state actuated the Governor in appointing him a member of the Board of Regents of the State Agricultural College, upon which duty he has but recently entered. ALFRED W. BECK. — Among all the men of affairs who have resided iu Allen county tlie one most widely known is A. W. Beck. The nature and character of his business has brought him into personal rela- tions with more people contiguous to lola than that of any other, and scarcely a citizen, beyond the confines of Humboldt township, from 1870 to 1895, 3"<^ within the boundaries of Allen county, but that has had some tiansaction with the subject of this review. It is interesting to listen to the relating of the experiences of the founders of a community, wherein you get a glimpse of the important events which have ruled their conduct, a bird's-eye view of their lives, as they were being lived, revealing adversity, trials, failures and then success, prosperity and independence. The adage, that "one-half the |jeople do not know how the other half liv'e," will remain true till the end of time and many worthy persons who have been distressed by reverses have suffered in silence and have spoken freely of their past only when fortune has guaranteed their financial independence. The history of our subject is not one of absolute penury and want, during all his early years in lola, but his share of those commodities were visited upon him in a modified form and with such force as to remind him that hardships are occasionally a reality. The Becks are of German origin. Leonard Beck, our subject's father. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 535 settled in Crawford county, Ohio, about 1S20. He was born in Pennsyl- vania in 1S13. learned shoemaking there, but became a fairly successful farmer during his residence in Ohio. He died in 1S52 in the vigor of man- hood. His father, a Pennsylvania German, was one of the pioneers to central western Ohio and died in Crawford county just before the civil war. The members of his family were Dan, Isaac, Adam, John and Leonard Beck. They reared families on the clay hills of Crawford county and were among the representative citizens. They were, in the main. Republicans and were divided in their church fealties among the Methodist, United Brethren and Lutheran churches. Leonard Beck married Margaret Beltz, a daughter of Christopher Beltz who migrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania, Margaret Beck died in Ida in 1879. Alfred W. Beck is her only child. He was born November 10, 1845, and was orphaned b\ the death of his father when not yet eight years of age. He aided in sustaining his mother from a youthful age and his early school training w-as that of the country district. At sixteen years of age he entered a store at Little Sandusky and got his first mercantile experience at a salary of ten dollars a month. He drew this liberal sum (for that day) two years and with a part of the funds he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, one term, and took a course in book-keeping in a business college at Columbus. He then went into a mill in his home county as general helper and, some time later, into a foundry and machine shop in Upper Sandusky as fireman. His last ser- vice, prior t(3 his departure for the west, was with his first employer and at a salary of thirty-five dollars a mouth. In 1868 he made a trip into the west and in 1870 he came out to Ottawa and in June of the same year he cast his lot with lola. In casting about for an opening he purchased the grocery stock of Wm. H.. Richards and erected the frame building which once stood on the square. He took in a partner and the firm did a general mercantile business till reverses overtook it. It seems that .sobriety was not one of the chief characteristics of Mr. Beck's partner and the failure of the firm was due to his peculations and unwise manipulations. The debts of the firm were considerable but their creditors permitted our subject to still manage its affairs and thereby all of the obligations were met. When Mr. Beck was finally fieed from the entanglements of the store his condi- tion was such tliRt the starting of a business requiring capital was out of the question and he and his wife decided to open a boarding house. A degree of prosperity accompanied this venture and with a few surplus dol- lars thus gathered in Mr. Beck bought a cai of coal and became again a business man. He conducted this business in a small way and sold fruit trees and by this means managed to sustain himself. With sixty dollars saved from his wife's business he bought an old house and moved it onto a tract of land which he had made a payment on some time before. An- other sum of money saved from the table was paid to James Drake for cattle and with these, and four dozen chickens, the family moved to their railroad claim. The team Mr. Beck went to the farm with cost $37.50 and it was chained to a $5.00 wagon. He wanted to hire Sam Baket to run 536 HISTORY OK ALLEN AXTf the farm, bat Sam declined to work for a man who drove with rope lines;, so he hired a boy instead. The family was supported by the butter and egg crop, largely, the first few years on the farm, while the head of the household was footing it to and from lola, daily, trading and scheming and handling anythin>j there wa^ a profit in. Morg. Hartman and Jake Casraire sold Mr. Beck a small stock of im- plements, on time, as he was too poor to think of paying for anything like that, and was told by Mr. Hartman that he could get all the goods he wanted. This stock of implements he took charge of, did all the work himself, waited on the trade, kept the books and cleaned the store — and his- advice to men entering business is to follow a similar plan and thus more certainly make a success of their business. For three years did A. \V. Beck make his daily pilgrimages to lola on foot and the happiest day of all that era was when he became the owner of a little crop-eared pony. As he rode this to business he felt the pride of an aristocrat and the "twenty dollar pony" was chief in the aSections of our now prospering farmer, He bought every heifer calf that his finances would reach and within three years after his becoming a farmer he sold seven hundred dollars worth of stock and in five years eight hundred dol- lars more. The nature of his business was such that Mr. Beck could engage in the grain and seed business and this he did, reaping a good returu for his labor. The coal business was taken up and this alone would have sus- tained a modest (amily. The growth of his various interests demanded a larger room and in 1882 he erected the Beck business house, the largest in lola at that time. In 1897 ''^ joined in the erection of another business block, adjoininjj his own, and in this substantial way contributed no little toward the development of his town. In 1900 Mr. Beck went out of the implement business and took up the furniture business, instead. The grain and seed business he also dropped and the coal business was sniffed out by the discovery of natural gas. While our subject has been chiefly occupied with winning fortune for himself for a quarter of a century it is but fair to say that the welfare of his community has not been the least of his thoui^hts With the development of the gas field came opportunities for municipal growth and expansion and he aided in setting in motion plans for the location of industries to employ labor and to utilize our wonderful resources. He was on the committee to visit the W. and J. Lanyons at Pittsburg for the purpose of laying lola's inducements before them in the hope of their locating here. He e.xperi- meiited with our shale prodtict, by btiilding a miniature brick kiln in the end of the city hall and discovered that it would make fine brick. He succeeded in organizing a company of lola citizens to push the matter and the lola Brick Company, and its immense output, is the result. The ex- pansion of lola has felt the touch of his hand. The popular additions of Brooklyn Park and Highland Place and Bunnell's Addition have been im- proved and placed upon the market largely through his suggestion and advice. Mr. Beck was married in Allen county July 2, 1S75, to Elizabeth WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 537 Pickell, a daughter of Mose.s Pickell. Their surviving children are: Grace, Maud, Bessie and Harold Beck. The daughters are talented musi- cians and Grace possesses exceptional gifts and rare accomplishments as a pianist. Her final training was in the Boston Musical Institute and lola enjoys a musical treat when she gives a public performance. A. \V. Beck is no ordinary man. He is possessed of rare clerical and executive business qualities, and his trained judgment and tine .sense of business properties render him a tower of strength in the business vv^orld of Ida. TOHX FRANCIS— In Norfolk, England, where had been born and '-' buried generations of his family, John Fiancis, the subject of this sketch, saw the light of day on April 24, 1837. By the death of his father he was left at two years of age to the care of his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Kitteringham. She was a woman of much energy and unusual strength of character and under her hand he was educated and brought to his majority. It was then Jhat the Kansas struggle was pending and the Free State and Pro-Slavery fight was being hearkened to half waj' round the world. The young man listened with the rest and his sympa- thies being strongly awakened he determined to come to America and have a hand in the strife. He left England for Kansas in 1858, coming to Osa- w-atomie where were gathered many of the friends and followers of John Brown. He remained there until March, 1859, when he removed to Allen county, pre-empted a claim, near his present home, and engaged in fann- ing. The looked for crash came and in July, 1861, he enlisted in the Third Kansas Regiment, Colonel James Montgomery commanding. In the spring of i852 the company to whi:h he belonged was transferred to the 5th Kansas Cavalry in which regiment he served in .Missouri and Arkansas, making the march from RoUa to Helena. At Helena he was invalided and sent to the General hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, from which he was dis- charged in November, 1863, greatly broken in health. He returned to .'VUen county and was elected County Clerk and re- elected in 1865, serving four years. He also held under appointment of Judge D. M. Valentine, then Judge of the District, the office of Clerk of the District Court, leceiving this appointment in 1865 at the time the county-seat was moved from Humboldt to lola. At the expiration of his appointive term he was elected to the office which he resigned in 186S. Meanwhile he had found time to study law and was admitted to practice in 1867. In November of the same year, 1867, he was elected County Treas- urer and re-elected in '69. At the end of his term of service as County Treasurer he engaged in merchandising in lola in which business he continued until July, 1877. In 1873 he was appointed by Governor Thomas A. Osborn as one of the trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Olathe. And on May i.st. 5VS HISTORY OF ALLK.V AND 1S74., he was ap[)oiined State Treasurer o( Kuisistofill the unexpired term ot Josiah K. Hayes. Again in December. 1875, he was appointed tf> the same office to hrinu; order out of chaos in the accounts of Samuel Lappin, who was in trouble. In 1876 he went before the people as a candidate for State Treasurer and was elected, was re-elected in 1S78 and again re-elected in 1880. After leaving the office of State Treasurer he engaged in bond business and banking in New York City. In 1892, his health again f.iiliiig him, he moved to his farm at the northern edge of Allen county, where he now lives. In 1S9S he was elected Representative of his county and was made Chairman of the Committee on State Affairs. He was returned to the House in 1900 and appointed Chairman of the Committee on W^ays and Means, l^pon the adjournment of the Legislature he was appointed a member of the Tax Commission, authorized by the House and Senate of 1901, and was selected as its President. John Francis is a Republican, a Mason and a Knight Templar. He became a member of the lola Lodge, number 38 A. F. & A. M. in 1865 and filled successively its several offices including that of Master. He is a Churchman, having been confirmed iji Norwich, England, at the age of fourteen, by Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand. On February 23rd, 1S62, while on furlough from his regiment, he was married to Lodeska Coffield, whose parents came to Allen county from In- diana in i86o. Mrs. Francis is a lineal descendant of Adrial Simons, a Revolutionary patriot, son of Dutch parents who emigrated from Holland in 1700, also of Benjamin Clark, likewise a soldier of the Revolution. They have three daughters and one son, Anna, Clara, Maude Elizabeth and John. Few men in Kansas have a more distinguished and honorable record of public service than Hon. John Francis, and none is more highly esteemed or more universally respected. For thirty years he has been a conspicuous figure in the public life of Allen county and of the State of Kan.sas, and he is still vigorously engaged in the performance of the most responsible and important public duties. RANDOLPH \V. SEE was born March 6, 1842, in Hardy county, Vir- ginia, now a part of West Virginia, and is a son of John See, who wv. born in the Old Dominion about 1788, and died in 1S54. The father revived a good education and for many years taught school during the w/'.ter months. Occasionally his son Randolph would accompany him to the district in which he was teaching and there would pursue his education. During the summer months the father eng,aged in farming and followed the cooper's trade, which he had learned during his boyhood. He owned about three hundred acres of farm land in Lost River Valley, Virginia. In WOOUSON COUNTIKS. KANSAS. 5-59 his political affiliations he was a Whig. Twice married, by his first union he had the following children: Craigen: Michael H. ; Amanda, who became the wife of Abner McWillianis and died in Illinois about 1875, while her husband survived until 1S85; and Mrs. Dolly Neff, who removed to Cham- paign county, Illinois. For his second wife John See chose Catherine Stalnaker, who was born in Virginia about 1800, her father being a native of Randolph county, that State. Her death occurred in 1884. Her chil- dren were Andrew S., of Hartsville, Missouri; Keziah, who became the wife of William Sturm, and died in Douglas county, Illinois, about 1863; Thomas, who died in the same county about 1864; and R. W., of this review. The father of this family died in 1854 when Randolph W. See was twelve years of age. In 1855 the family removed to Illinois, and the eldest son was soon married there. Our subject then began earning his own livelihood, working for James H. Siiawhan, a prominent farmer of Douglas county, Illinois, and afterward for William Murphy. He was emploved as a farm hand by the month until he entered the Union army on the 21st of July, 1862, joining Company H, Twenty-fifth Illinois infantry, under Colonel Kohler, while Lieutenant Buckner acted as captain. The regiment rendezvoused at St. Louis and thence went to Jefferson Cit\-, Sedalia and Springfield, going into winter quarters at Rolla, .Mo. In the spring of 1863 they advanced on Price at Spi ingfield, then went to Arkansas below Benton- ville, participating in the three days' fight at Pea Ridge on the 6th, 7th and 8th of March. He was wounded in the side and had his right leg shattered by a musket ball, after which he was taken to Cassville, where he remained in the hospital until July. He was then removed to Springfield, and later to Rolla, and in the fall was sent to St. Louis, where on account of the wounds sustained at Pea Ridge, he was honorably discharged September 19, 1863, having served for fourteen months. Mr. See then returned to Illinois, and for some time continued in the employ of Mr. Murphy. He afterward rented land and began farming on his own account; his mother acting as his housekeeper until his marriage, which occurred .\ugust 10, 1865, Miss Martha Osborn, daughter of Levi Osborn, becoming his wife. Her mother bore the maiden name of Mary Parker, and was born in Fayette county, Ohio, October 29, 1815, her death occurring October i6, 1856. Mr. Osborn survived her and passed away in March, 1S75. at the age of sixty-three, having been born in Ohio, January 11, 1812. Mrs. See was born in Douglas county, Illinois, July 5, 184S, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children, all of whom are living: Mary H., wife of D. P. Neher, who resides near McCune, Crawford county Kansas; A. L. , who is engaged in sheep raising at North Yakima, Washington, Frank E., an engineer in the employ of the Portland Cement Company at lola, and HattieL., wife of F. P. Tanner, of lola. Mr. and Mrs. See l^ft Illinois in the fall of 1867, and came direct to Allen county, where he secured a homestead claim of eighty acres on section 26, lola township. For thirty-one years he devoted his energies to 540 IIlS'lHlkV UK .\l.l,l-:.\ AND the cultivation and iurther inipnnenicnt of his propert}-, and transformed the wild tract of land into a very valuable farm, which yielded to him an excellent return for the caie and labor which he bestowed upon it. Thus he acquired a han Isonie competency, which now enables him to live retired, and in i8g8 he removed to Tola, taking up his abode at No. 712 North Jefferson avenue, where he is now enj(jyinff a well-earned rest, surrounded by many of tlie comforts which go to make life worth the living. EDWARD H. FUNSTON, one ot the most distinguished citizens of Allen county, was born in Clark county, Ohio, September 16, 1836. His father was Frederick Funston and his mother was Julia Stafford, both of Scotch Irish ancestry. He was reared on a farm, hut was able to .secure a good English education in the common schools and in the New Carlisle Academy. He began life as a school teacher, but this work was soon in- terrupted by Abraham Lincoln's call to arms, to which Edward Funston promptl) responded, enlisting in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery, in which he was commissioned a lieutenant. He served gallantly until the close of the war, when he was mustered out and returned to his Ohio home. Two years later he removed to Kansas, locating on the farm near Carlyle, Allen county, which has ever since been his home. His interest in public affairs, his zeal for the Republican party and his ability as a public speaker soon led him into politics, and in 1S73 he was elected a member of the Kansas House of Repicsentaiives. His .service was so satis- factory to his constituents that he was easily re-elected in 1874 and again in 1875, the last time being chosen Speaker of the House. In 1880 he was promoted to the State Senate and at the close of his term in that body was elected to Congress. He was continued in Congre.ss by the votes of the people of the Second district in 1S84, '86, '88, 1890, '92 and '94, the seat beino' lost by a contest betore a Democratic House in the last named year. Since retiring from Congress Mr. Funston has devoted himself energetically and successfully to the work of his farm, which is one of the most attractive as well as one of the most profitable in the county. The foregoing is a very brief sketch of a long and honorable career, well illustrating the possibilities of American citizenship. Coming to a new state with substantially no capital except his physical, mental and luo.-al strength, obliged always to provide first and by means of one of the most 3rduous and exacting of vocations for the support of his family, Mr. F/.nston has still been able to maintain a position of commanding influence ail power, a factor in the public life of the State and the Nation for nearly a (juarter of a century, and it is a record that his family and his friends may well remember with pride. Of heroic mould physically, a thorough stud- ent of economic questions, a strong debater, with a steadfast faith in the in- stitutions of his country and in the principles of the party to which he gave his adherence, Mr. Funston won and for many years held a most enviable "WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 54-I ^position in the political life of the State of his adoption. As a member of the National Congress his most effectual work was done on the committee of Agriculture, of which he was for several j'ears chairman, for which posi- tion his long and successful experience as a practical farmer especially fitted him. It was during his chairmanship of this committee that the De- partment of Agriculture was advanced to the rank of the other great depart- ments of the Government with its head a member of the Cabinet, and in this organization Mr. Funston was the chief factor. Although no longer actively engaged in politics Mr. Funston is no less interested in the a.scendancy of the principles in which he believes and his party gladly avails itself, in each campaign, of his effective services. Mr. Funston was married in 1861 to Ann Eliza Mitchell and to them have been born: Frederick, Jame.s Burton, Pogus Warwick, Ella, Aldo and Edward Hogue, jr. TAMES FINLEY was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, January 6, *J 1842. His father, John Finley, was a native of Dearborn county, In- diana, born May 2, 1814. In 1833 he accompanied his parents to Ver- million county, Illinois, locating upon the farm which he owned at the time of his death. He married Miss Frances Ray, also a native of Indiana, and her death occurred September 13, 1869, but Mr. Finley survived until July 31, 1900. He belonged to a familj' of seventeen children, ten daughters and seven sons. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Vermillion county, was a man of great strength and fortitude, and in all life's relations was honorable and upright, thus winning the high regard of those with whom lie was associated. He passed away at the advanced age of eighty-six years and five of his seven sons survive him, namely: Mrs. Emily Cole, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, James, of lola, Kansas; Mrs. Agnes Pryor, who is living in Danville, Arthur, also of Danville, and Mrs. Fan- nie Cole, of the same city. James Finley was reared upon the home farm in Vermillion county, and assi.sted his father in the operation of the fields until after the Civil war broke out, when stirred by a spirit of patriotism he responded to the ■country's call for troops, enlisting in Company A, of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry, September 7, 1862. for a three-years term. His regiment was immediately sent to the front and he participated in mau)' of the most hotly contested engagements, including the battles of Perry- ville, Chicamauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Jonesboro, Atlanta, Savannah and Bentonville, together with many others of leaser importance. He also went with Sherman on the celelarated march to the sea, also on the march from Savannah to Richmond and understands fully what constitutes the hardships of war, yet he was always found at his post whether on picket duty or on the firing line, and with an honorable military record he returned to his home. On the 25th of August. 1867, Mr. Finley was united in marriage to 542 HISTORY OF ALLKN' AND Miss Maggie Diinond. a native of Canada, who removed with her parents- to Michigan when a child and in 1S65 came to Vermillion county, Illinois, where she formed the acquaintance of Mr. Finley, who latei sought her hand in marriage. Unto them have been born two daughters: Oral, and Sabra, wife of Harry Canatsey of lola. In 18S1 Mr. Finley and his family came to Kansas and have since been residents of Allen county. He purchased two hundred acres of land in Salem townsliip five miles east of Humboldt, and has since devoted his energies to its further development and improvement. For the pa.st three years, however, he has practically lived retired, having erected a fine resi- dence in lola, which is now the place of his aboiie. He holds membership in \'icksbnrg Post, NTo. jz, G. A. R., and thus he maintains pleasant rela- tions with his old army comrades. He started out in life without capital and had no influential friends to aid him, neither was his environment par- ticularly helpful. He has placed his dependence upon the more substan- tial qualties of energy and honorable dealing and has thu-s worked his way upward to the plane of affluence. "'C A 7"ILLI-A..M H. root. — Conspicnons among the mechanics who " '' have aided in the material advancement of lola and who have contributed liberally, in a substantial way. to its development is William H. Root. He knew lola when it was in its swaddling clothes and as boy and man has followed its careers of adversity and prosperity through vil- lage and town and city. He is not a stranger to Kansas for he is one of her own. He was born in Anderson county the second of March, 1866, and has resided in Allen county since 1873. Mr. Root was orphaned in childhood b\ the death of Ijoih father and mother and at the age of seven years he had fallen into the hands of Frank Root, of Geneva, together with a younger sister, Etfie. Will and Effie Stigenwalt were adopted by Mr. Root and assinned the latter's name. The Stigenwalt family were of German origin. John Stigenwalt, our subject's grandfather, immigrated to the United States from some point in the German Empire and settled in Pennsylvania. From that state his son James, the father of our subject, together with his brother came westward by degrees to Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and to Kansas, reaching the last named state before the outbreak of the Civil war. John Stigenwalt's sons were James, John, Andiew, Thomas and George, of whom Thomas and Andrew reside near Los Angeles, California. James Stigenwalt was a farmer and died at the age of twenty-eight years in 1S70. He married Ruth, a daughter of John Hull, a Welclnnan, who came to Kansas from Illinois and lies buried at Earlton, Kansas. Mrs. Stigenwalt died almost simultaneously with her husband and left two sons and two daughters, viz: Ida M., wife of William Swiger, of Neosho county, Kansas; William H. Root, our subject: Otis H., who was reared by AYOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 543 Bert Hodgson and holds that name, and Effie Root, who died in California December 15, 1891. In the fall of 1876 Frank Root moved with his family to lola to assnme the office of County Superintendent of Schools. From that date our sub- ject's residence in the county seat begins. He was educated in the public schools of the town but quit school at sixteen years of age to take his initial step in business. His uncle Root was one of the partners in the hardware firm of Henderson & Root and Will lather grew up in their tin shop. At seventeen years of age he began regularly to learn the tinner's trade with Jacob Casmire and .served his full time of three 3^ears. He was in the employ of Ewarts, and Lawyer, in lola, as tinner and spent two years in Eldorado, Kansas, at the same work. Upon his return to lola he did the tin work in the hardware store of J. W Coutant lor one year. In iSgo he set up alone and for the past ten years has been engaged in build- ing up of one of the leading businesses in the city. One of the results of his ten ^-ears of unremitting labor is the Root business house on south "Washington avenue, a tvvo-.story brick extending to the alley and having a width of twenty-five feet. The lower floor of this building Mr. Root uses himself as work shop and store for his line of builders' supplies and gas fittings and the like. November 21, 1889, Mr. Root was married to Adda, a daughter of "Warren Arnold, one of the pioneers of Allen county. The children of this marriage, surviving, are Florence A.. Franklin P., Bernice and Katie Root. Aside from personal considerations Mr. Root has manifested a livelv and public-spirited interest in the welfare of lola. This is demonstrated in liis connection with enterprises originated for the public good, by the sub- stantial manner in which he has improved his properties and by his liberal aid and encouragement of whatever tends to the moral and educational ad- vancement of his home and county. A matter with which he is especially ■concerned and interested is the welfare of the Methodist congregation of lola. For years has he affiliated with it as a member and his official con- nection with the body extends over a long period. Mr. Root began his political career with a vote for Benjamin Harrison for president. His early training was from the head of that honest citizen and Christian gentleman, Frank Root, whose Republicanism passed through drouth and pestilence and war and never failed. ■^ A 7"ILLIAM M. BROWN, deceased, was one of the pioneers to Allen * ^ county, having settled within her borders October i8, 1856. He was an emigrant from Henry county, Illinois, and was, unlike most of Kansas pioneers, possessed of ample means to provide for his famil}' wants in case of an extended failure of crops. He was a thrifty farmer in Illinois and came to the western plains to provide his family with an abundance of 544 HISTORY OF ALI,KK AXfi firm land in the hop; of securing for theiu a inDre sub.it.iiiti.il hoKl upon the world of things in their battle of life. He settled we-;t of the Neosho river, near lola, where he became at once a prominent and conspicuous citizen. His prominence as a stock mm and his extensive firming venture, tor that day. made it necessary for him to employ much labor, and hedidsotre- qut nlly, when he really needed no one, simply to aid some worthy and struggling settler. His cribs, his cellar and his smoke-house were open to the needs of his neighbors in the days of the drouth of iS6o and so much of the milk of human kindness did he possess that he was looked ujx)!!, almost, as Divinely sent to stay the hunger and to provide, in a measure, the com- forts of the destitute pioneers. Mr. Brown made an e.xperiiuental trip to Allen county in .\pril of 1856, in company with Ximrod Hankins, and on this trip he purchased land to which hi brought his family in the fall. He made the latter trip, like the former, by w^agon which method of travel seemed to contribute much to his personal likes and comfoit. Frontier life suited his tastes. His father went into Illinois as a pioneer and he. himself crossed the plains to Cali- fornia, with the torty-ininers, in search of the metal which produced the excitement at Sutter's Mill. William M. Brown was born in Floyd county, Indiana, May 14, 1823, and died near lola December 27, 1865. He had just returned from a trip with his miiilia regiment, upon its march from the Price Raid journey, upon which trip he contracted a severe cold and death ensued from lung fever. He was a son of Samuel Brown who emigrate EORGE H. LIST.— When the country was in the thioes of Civil war ^-^ and from the work-shops, the fields, the stores and the offices men rallied to the support of the flag, George H. List was among the number who put aside personal considerations to aid in the perpetuation of the Union, an1 to-day he is as true and loyal a citizen as when he followed the stars and stripes on southern battle fields. He was born in Switzerland eounty, Indiana, October 12, 1S34. His father, Jacob List, was a native of Germany, and when four years of age became a resident of the United States, living first in New Jersey, afterward in Pennsylvania, and later in Ohio. He married Elmira M. Stephens, a native of New Hampshire, and in 1850 removed to Illinois, where he died in 1857, at the age of eighty- four years. His wife survived him until 1897, passing away at the age of ninety-nine years. They were the parents of five children, but only two are now living: Jacob and George H. In 1847 the subject of this review became a resident of Illinois, and upon the home farm spent his j^outh. He possesses marked mechancial genius, and though he was reared on the farm he followed both carpenter- ing and blacksmithing and also worked as a machinist, being able to per- form any kind of mechanical labor. On the i8th of April, 1861, he re- sponded to the president's call for aid to crush out the rebellion in the south, and served until August, 1865. His regiment was sent at once to the front and remained there until the close of the war. He participated in many important engagements, including the battles of Charleston, Mis- souri, and Cape Girardeau, that state. In July, 1862, his regiment was ambushed and .several of their number were killed. He also took part in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh and the siege of Corinth, and went with hi? command to Jackson, Tennessee, the members of his regiment patrolling that portion of the country. In September, 1863, they fought in the battle of Britten Lane, where they were surrounded by an 552 HISTORY OF ALLKX AM) overwhelinius; force, but fouf^ht their way out with heavy loss. The Twentieth Illinois went with Grant to Jackson, Mississippi, and served in General Logan's command at the battle of Thompson's Hill and Raymond. At Jackson they were with McPherson when he whipped Johnson's army in the battle of Champion Hills. They were also in the siege of Vicksburg and in the Meridian campaign in eastern Mississippi. With beef cattle the regiment was sent to Sherman, and for thirty days was continually fight- in^;, but ultimately reached Sherman at Clifton, Tennessee. .Mr. List was present when General McPherson was killed in the battle of Lessels Hill and saw him fall from his horse when lie received the fatal shot. On the 22nd of July, 1864, he was captured and sent to Andersonville prison, but after eight months and fourteen days there he succeeded in making his es- cape and working his way back to the Union lines. He was then granted a furlough and returned home on a visit. At Chicago on the 17th of August, 1S65, he was honorably discharged and with a military record of which he has every reason to be proud, he returned to his friends and family in Illinois. On the 17th of February, 1S67, Mr. List wedded Miss Mary C. Tuder, a native of Kentucky. To them have been born five children and the family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death. These are Cora, wife of C. J. Barlow: Elizabeth J., wife of John Cation; Rachel F., wife of .\lbert Lassmann; .\nna. wile of John H. Parker, and John E., who as- sists his father in the operation of the home farm. In 1876 Mr. List came with his family to Kansas, taking up his abode near Leanna, Cottage Grove township, Allen county, where he worked at the blacksmith's trade and farming for three years. He then purchased a little farm of sixty-three acres, two miles north of Leanna, and has since made it his home. Its well developed fields bring to him a good return. Since casting his first presidential vote for John C. P'remont in 1856 he has been a stalwart Republican in his political affiliations and is in hearty accord with President McKinlev's atiministration. GEORGE W ELLIS — Among the substantial and honorable citizens of Allen count}' and at the same time one of its early settlers is Geotge W. Ellis, of lola township. He is a son of Asa Ellis whose birth occurred in New York State in 1806. The latter's father died in 1807 and soon thereafter the family came westward to Ohio and settled in Athens county. In early life Asa Ellis worked on a ferryboat on the Scioto River and later on owned and operated one himself. He finally abandoned boat- ing and took up farming and continued it in the Buckeye State till i860, when he came by boat with his family to Kansas City, Missouri. During the first years of the war he lost his crop by fire at the hands of the bush- whackers and he located again in the city. In 1866 he located near Olathe, Kansas, and in 1S69 came to Allen county. He homesteaded the south WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 553 fhalf of the northwest quarter of section 14, town 25, range 17, and died thereon in March. 1S92. The mother of our subject was Sarah Franz who was born in Pennsyl- vania in 18 1 2. She was the daughter of Christian Franz, a son of a German emigrant, and one of the early settlers to his part of the State. She was the mother of: Henry Ellis, dece.ised, Catharine, wife of William Dye, of Humboldt, Kansas; Eliza, deceased, married James McCausland, of Humboldt; William Ellis, who resides in Woodson countv, Kansas; Frank C. Ellis, of Allen county; George W. Ellis; Sarah, wife of W. H. Willinghara; Luia, who married Levi Steeley, of Humboldt, and Sylvester Ellis, of Oklnhoraa. George W. Ellis w-as born July 18, 1852, in Athens county, Ohio. He was eight years old when he left his native State and was a youth of seven- teen when he came into Allen county, Kansas. He began life as a farm hand, working by the month for R. M. Works, Charles Lehmann and for Hand, the Englishman, west of Humboldt. In this way he earned the funds to provide himself with a team and he rented land and engaged in farming. He farmed with Robert M. Works for nine years and in 18S3 had accumulated sufficient to warrant him in buying a railroad eighty in lola township. In 1884 he moved to his new farm and by dint of economy and hard work has made it one of the desirable homes on the we.st side. He bought another eighty acre tract out of the proceeds of the first farm and both are free and unincumbered. June 18. 1875, Mr. Ellis was married to Jane, a daughter of Peter Freeman, born in 1816, and Nancy Freeman, born in Kentucky, in 1S21, who came to Indiana from Whitley county, Kentucky, in 1874, and came to Kansas in 1876. The Freeman children are: Mark, who resides in Kentucky, is married to Anna Bales; James, who enlisted in the Union army in 1862 and died in the service; Henry, who died in iS6i: Solomon who died in Kentucky in 1848; John, who married Nancy McCabe and resides in Kentucky; Josh, who married Jane Steeley and resides in Ken- tucky; Golana, who died in iSg6; Jane, the wife of our subject; Benjamin, who married Susan McCabe and resides in Nebraska, and Lucy, wife of Mark Hite, resides in Indiana. The Freemans are Republicans. The result of this union is seven children: Bert Ellis, married to Isa Dix, resides in Allen county; Fred Ellis, married Inez Rush, resides in lola; George, May, Ethel, Nellie, Frank and Wallace Ellis are all on the homestead. In early life and until rSgo the Ellis boys vvere Republicans. That year the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, took them out of their party, with thousands of other Republicans, and made so formidable the Peoples' party. To this organization do they still hold National and State allegiance but in county matters their support is given to the worthy and honorable jnther than to the party nominee. 554 HISTORY OP ALLEN ASVj T EROY O. LADD, of Logan township, one of the successful and pros- -" — ' perous farmers of Allen count\', is almost a pioneer to Kansas. Ten' years before he came to the State the first settlers were pulling into it from the east and nestling themselv-es down along the timbered streams. Mr. Ladd was early enough to get desirable land cheap, for he came here in 1868 when settlements in his neighborhood were widely scattered. His means permitted him to buy only a small tract of thirty-two acres seven miles southwest of Humboldt. In that community he has remained. The little farm has grown and expanded with the elapse of years and in response to his needs until it contains eight hundred acres, one of the splendid stock and grain farms in the township. Its improvements are in keeping and proportion to its area, commodious residence, roomy barns and extensive sheds. The abundance ot open land and free pasture led Mr. Ladd to en- gage in the cattle business at an early period and his success in this ven- ture has warranted him in its continuance. He has been a large feeder for years and much of his accumulation of years has come from this source. He is a large consumer of grain other than his own raising and his enter- prise has thus furnished a market for the surplus grain of his neighbors. Aside from the buildings which adorn the farm, and which Mr. Ladd erected, a small forest sets off his premises and surrounds his edifice. These trees the family planted away back in the early da\sof Allen county. Leroy Ladd originated iu New E)ngland. He was born in Vermont March 24, 1844. He is a son of John and Caroline (Olds) Ladd, country people and children of the Green Mountain State. In 1849 they crossed over into New York State, settling in Oswego county, where the father died in i860 at the age of fifty-eight j'ears. His widow died in Vermont in 1885 at the age of seventy-two years. Of their nine children five are yet living, viz.: Urbane, of Bay City, Michigan; Era and Corrin, of Oswego, New York; Cordelia, wife of Richard Rawson, of New Hampshire, and Leroy O. Ladd. John Ladd owned a large giist mill which he operated in connection with his New York farm. His five sons all served in the Union army during the Rebellion and all returned but Lucius H., who died in Richmond, Virginia. Leroy Ladd's youthful opportunities were only those of the country lad. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the iioth New York Infantrj' and his regiment was a.ssigned to the dep»artment of the Gulf. For two years he was on guard duty on the Island of Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico where the Confederate prisoners were confined. He was dis- charged at the end of his enlistment, September, 1865, and returned to his State. His brothers all enlisted for three years and all served their full time, or until death. This fact, alone, indicated the feeling and opinions entertained by the young men with reference to the preservation ot the Union. Mr. Ladd engaged in farming upon his return home and continued it, with some degree of success, three years. The western fever took a firm hold upon him soon after the war and he definitely decided to A\OODSON' COUNTIES, KANSAS. 555 Tnigrate in 1S6S. His resources were limited but that did not deter him for ■ the frontier was the best place for a man in his circumstances. He came and saw and conquered. In 1S66 Mr. Ladd was married to Miss Kate Dimick. She died in 1870, leaving a son, Lucius Herman Ladd, of Woodson county, Kansas; Mr. Ladd was married in December, 1S73, to Mrs. Philinia (Gibbs) Jack- son. Nine children have been born to them, viz.: Minnie (Ladd) Camp- bell, who died February 27, 1900, leaving two children, Effie and Cora Ladd; Orlie L- Ladd, who died May 14, 1885; Eddie, Gertie, Ennis, Urbane and Leola. Mrs. Ladd has a son by her first husband, John E. Jackson, of Cottage Grove township. Mrs. Ladd was a daughter of John Gibbs, a native of Illinois, whose wife was Ellen J. DeWitt. Mr. Ladd is a Republican. He learned his first lessons in politics in the army helping to suppress treason and he has maintained his political relations with the party that favored a union of states. r^HARLES OTTEN.— The late Charles Otten, of lola, was among the ^^ honorable and substantial citizens of .^llen county. He came to lola in 1876, when this city was little more than a village, and engaged in the bakery and confectionary business. His little store was located on the site of his new building and was one of the small and unpretentious structures of the town. His previous experience enabled him to bring the best of business principles to the conduct of his affairs and he was soon seen to be the one merchant first to be ready to e.xpand. He remained in business in lola twenty-one years and, upon retirement, was succeeded by his son. Charley Otten was born in Rhumeln, Rhine Province, Germany, in 1839. He was a son of Arnholdt Otten, a teacher, whose family had been ■connected with the same school which he taught for one hundred and five years. Asnholdt Otten's children were: Arnold Otten, the last teacher of the family and of that place; Julius Otten, educated by the King, was in the army all his life and died a general; Hugo Otten, who is superintendent of the coal mines supplying coal to the Krupp Gun Works at Essen; Albert ■Otten, assistant superintendent of above coal mines. Charley Otten was frail and sickly when a youth. His father put him into a hospital to cook on account of the light work. His education w^^s somewhat neglected but while in the hospital he formed a n3tion to become a baker. In February 1S59 he was married to Louisa Windhoevinl, a daughter of a court officer of the Kingdom, Arnold Windhoevinl. In iS66 Mr. and Mrs. Otten came to 'the United States. They .sailed on the "Ad- miral" from Bremen to Baltimore and engaged in business in that city five years. He located in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, ne.xt, and at both points the young people made money. However, misfortune overtook him and he failed in the panic of 1873". In his last home Mr. Otten was held in high regard. His social intercourse with his fellow townsmen was 556 HISTORY OF ALLEN ANTj mutually pleasant and he possessed their confidence in a high degree. It was awkward, at times, for him to perform his part in a social or fraternal function, because of his broken speech, but he found much in them to enjoy and appreciate and this fact, nlone, pleased his friends. Mr. and Mrs. Otten's children are: Joseph Otten, Ixirn in iS6o. Al- vina Otten: John Otten, widely known throughout Allen county; Lena; Ludie Otten and George Otten. Charley Otten was an Odd Fellow and a Workman. He died April 5, 1900, amidst comfortable surroundings and alter three years of retirement at his country hom€. WILLIAM H. LING, of lola township, who resided in Kansas since i88r and in Allen coirnty since 1883. was born on Canadian soil but of British parents. January 12, 1841, he was born near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Islands, and died near lola, Kansas, February 19, 1901. His lather, George R. Ling, was a grain merchant who carried on his busi- ness in St. Thomas, Ontario, tp which point he migrated with his family in 1848. He was born in England in 1812 and came to Prince Edward Island at eleven years of age. He died near St. Thomas, Canada, in 1857. Our subject's mother was Mary Tayloi, now a resident of Ingham county, Michigan. She was born in iSigand is the mother of William H. Ling, deceased; Mary A. Young, wife of William Young; Mary A. and her ue.xt sister, Martha, are both deceased; Maria, who married William Jacobs, resides in Lincoln, Nebraska; George K. Ling, of Ingham county, Michigan; Eliza, deceased, married a Mr. Ynung; Robert A. Ling, of Los Angeles, California; P'rank Ling, a methodist minister, in Ingham county,. Michigan; Adaline and Josephine, twins, reside in Ingham count), Michigan. W. H. Ling reached manhood as a farm hand. He continued in thi.s^ Vocation till his entry into the lumber woods soon after reaching his ma- jority'. At twenty-three years of age he came to the United States and was married the next year at Howell, Michigan, to Mary J. Buckvvell. The couple started life in charge of a large farm in Livingston county, Michi- gan. Two j'ears of his married life were passed as farm superintendent and concluding his service he went into north Michigan, bought a farm and began its operation and improvement. He seized an opportunity to engage in merchandising at Weberville, Michigan, and, in 1873, lost his all by fire. While casting about for some pirofitable employment, and at the same time something to his liking, he did a little farming. He soon succeeded in making a contract for furnishing large quantities of charcoal wood and at this he recovered his losses rapidly. He came to Kan.sas and invested in sheep and cattle in Montgomery county, and between Texas fever and scab he lost much of his stock. In prospecting about for a new location he was pleased with Allen county and located in lola. He turned WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 557 his attention to the hotel business and ran the old New York house about nine months. He next purchased the Joslyn delivery business and con- ducted it and carried the express for a year. The following five years he was engaged in the ice and coal business. He then established the "Star Lunch Room," the predecessor of the "Our Way," and for many years found it a profitable enterprise. Upon disposing of it to the Wilhites he exchanged his home in lola for one of the best eighties of land in Allen county and took possession of it soon after. Mr. Ling's first wife died in Michigan, Ingham county, in 1872, leav- ing him two sons, Albert A. .L,i"o. oi lola, and Edward E. Ling. In 18S2 Mr. Ling was married in Montgomery county, Kansas, to Nora McGuire, who was reared by A. K. Miller, of Cotfeyville, Kansas. She was born in Marshall county, Indiana, in 1862 and is the mother of ten children, viz: Lena, deceased; Lulu, Howard, Walter, Edna, Irvin, Aldo, William, Helen and Jennie. Mr. Ling cast his first presidential ballot for U. S. Grant in 1868. He found it to his interest to remain a Republican and it was his disposition to assert himself upon public questions whenever he was challenged. He served in the Second ward of lola three terms in the City Council and made an active member. He took sides with the proposition for city ■ ownership of the gas plant and supported it with all the energy he pos- sessed. He was also a member of the school board in his district and was in thorough accord with advanced notions of education. T TENRY GIVLER had passed the eighty-third milestone on life's -L -*- journey, before he passed away, and his last days were made happy by the veneration and respect which' should ever be accorded to those of advanced years whose career has been colored by good deeds and by honor- able purpose. He was numbered among the pioneer settlers of this sec- tion of the Sunflower State, and had not only been a witness of the growth and progress of the county, but had aided in its advancement and sub- stantial improvement. Mr. Givler was born in Pennsylvania, on the first of September, 1817, and was of German lineage. His grandfather was the founder of the family in America and located in Pennsylvania at an early day. The father of our subject was born in that State in 1775 and was a miller by trade. His son Henry spent his boyhood days on the home farm, where he early learned to plow and hoe, ".vorking in the fields from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the autumn. In early life he learned the machinists's, carpenter's and blacksmith's trades and followed the latter until his removal to Illinois, in 1855. In that State he again carried on both blacksmithing and farming, but thinking to benefit his financial condition in a district still further west he came to Kansas in 1867, taking up his residence in Elm township, Allen county. This region was 55S HISTORY OF ALLKN AN'D then wild and unimproved; there were few houses and an old log school house was almost the only evidence of civilization i:i his immediate neigh- borhood. With characteristic energj- he began the work of developing a farm, and as the years passed his richly cultivated fields -brought him in a good financial return. Mr. Givler was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Goodhart, who belonged to an old Pennsylvania family, and two of her brothers and three of her sisters are still living in Cumberland county. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Givler, namely: Mrs. Lina Reilly, who resides with her family on the old home place; Mrs. Mary Faddis, of lola; Mrs. Anna Morrison, oi lola; Isaac, a resident of Carthage, Missouii; W. F.. of Clay- ton, Illinois; and Samuel, of Meade Center, Kansas. Like the other membeis of the family Mr. Givler gave his political sup- port to the Democratic party in early life, but at the time of the civil war espon.sed the cause of the Republican party, which loyally stood by the Union. Of recent years he had given his allegiance to the People's party. His first presidential vote was cast for Martin Van Buren in 1S40. Since the age of eighteen vears Mr. Givler had been a consistent member of the Lutheran church, and in his lile exemplified his belief. The cause of education ever found in him a warm friend and he aided in building schools in Pennsylvonia, Illinois and Kansas. He never withheld his support from any measure or movement which he believed would contribute to the public good, and his was a well spent life, in many respects well worthy of emulation. He looked back over the past without regret, and forward to the future without tear. Mr. Givler died between 12 and i o'clock January i, 1901. JOHN A. SCAXTLI.N' — For thirty years John A. Scantlin has been a resident of Allen county, and is now one of the prosperous farmers of Cottage Grove township. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 14th of August, 1844, his parents being Thomas and Delilah (Elliott) Scantlin, the former a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, whence he removed to Ohio when a young man. In the Buckeye State he was married and for a number of years lollowed the miller's trade, but in later life turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and died upon his farm in 1359, at the age of fifty-nine years. His wife survived him until 1S70, passing away at the age of fifty-seven. John A. Scantlin is now the only surviving member of their family of t!i:ee children. Xo event of special importance occurred to vary the r.v.itiue of life for him in his youth. He assisted his father and pursued his education in the public schools. When he had ai rived at man's estate he was married, in February, 1869, to .Miss Mary E. Reed, a native of Ohio, and in the fall of 1S70 he came to Kansas, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in East Cottage Gr9ve township. With character- WOUUSUN eOUNTlKS. KANSAS. 559 istic energy he began the development of his farm and as his financial resources have increased, he has extended its boundaries until it now com- prises three hundred and ninety-two acres of land. The place is highly cultivated and is improved with modern accessories and conveniences Not long after arriving in Allen county, Mr. Scantlin had the misfor- tune to lose his wife, who died in 1876. They were parents of three chil- dren, but only one is now living, Thomas, who is a resident of Neosho county. For his second wife Mr. Scantlin chose Mrs. Salina McCord, widow of Andrew McCord, and a daughter of Nelson Gibson. They were married on the 4th of March, 1882. Mrs. Scantlin was a native of Indiana, and became a resident of Kansas about 1872. By her first marriage she had two children, one of whom is living, LilHe, now the wife of Edgar Kelley, who is living near Joplin, Missouri. There are also two children by the second marriage: Clinton J. and Emma L,., who are with their parent.s. Mr. Scantlin votes with the Democratic party and keeps well. informed on the issues of the day. He has never sought office for himself, yet is always ready to assist a friend. He withholds his support from no measure which he believes will prove of public good and is therefore a valued mem- ber of the community. \ A 7'ILLL-\M W. HUFFMIRE "was born in Fountain county. Indiana. " ^ August 5, 1859, and is of German lineage. His grandfather was a native of Germany, became a sailor and spent many years upon the ocean. His death occurred in Indiana. Samuel Huffmire, father of our subject, was a native of New Jersey and during his boyhood emigrated to Iniiana with his parents. Upon a farm, amid the wild scenes of the fron- tier, he was reared, and after he had arrived at years of maturity he married Melissa Myers. When the country became involved in Civil war he joined the Union army and died while in the service. His widow afterward became the wife of John L,awson, and they had two children, Manson and Nettie, the latter the wife of William Redenbaugh. Mrs. Lavvson died in 1897, at the age of fifty-eight years. Early in life William W. Huffmire was left without a father's care, and since he was thirteen years of age he has made his ow-n way in the world. He went to live with John Bonebrake. a German farmer, who treated him most kindly, and Mr. Huffmire remembers him with gratitude. He was allowed the privilege of attending the common .schools, and he also pursued a commercial course, becoming an excellent penman. In 1879, when twenty years of age he arrived in Kansas, locating first in Wilson ci:)unty, where he was married to Miss Ella Sowers of the county in which Mr. Huffmire was born. Her father is now living in Allen county. The young couple began their domestic life upon a rented farm in Woodson countj', and aftei a year came to Allen count}', where he purchased eighty acres of land, on which he has since erected a good residence and barn, 560 HISTOKV OF ALLKX AND acicHiig all the other improvements of a model farm. The home has been blessed bj' the presence of five children, who are living, namely: Charles S., Edna M., Alonzo E., Minnie G. and Telcy C. Allen C. died April 8, 189S. at the age of four years. Mr. Huffmire has for one year .served as township clerk, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity, and in the fall of 1900 was nom- inated on the Republican ticket for trustee. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, serving as clerk in Lcanna Camp. He certainh- deserves much credit for what he has accomplished for he started out in life without capital save a piir of willing hands and a determination to succeed. His success is attributable to his own efforts, and his accomplish- ment is a matter worthy of congratulation. EDWARD HITI'- is one of the more recent arrivals in Allen county, having taken up his abode upon a farm in Osage township in 1898. He was born on the 20th of April, 1868, in LaSalle county, Illinois. His parents were James M. and Martha M. (Jones) Hite, the former a native of Licking county, Ohio, and the latter of Vermont. The father was a farmer by occupation and when a young man removed to the Prairie state, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, the 28tli of August, 1893, when he was sixty years of age. His widow still survives him, and is yet living on the old homestead. They were the parents of ten children, and nine are living. Edward Hite, the third member of the family, remained with his parents until twenty-eight years of age, and during that time received practical training on the farm, while the public schools afforded him mental discipline. He was almost twenty-nine years of age, when in 1897, he left Ilinois for Kansas and located on a farm of one hundred and sixt>' acres situated a mile and a half northwest of Bayard. His father had pur- chased the land a number of years before, but the "leaguers" had taken possession of it and for a number of years the family were deprived of its use, but ultimately obtained possession, and since 1898 Mr. Hite of this review has resided upon the place. He erected a large barn and other substantial buildings, fenced the land, set off feed lots, and made other im- provements in addition to the cultivation of the fields. He also has the place well stocked with good horses, cattle and hogs. Soon after coming to Kansas in 1898 Mr. Hite was united in marriage to Mi.ss Jennie Gertrude Ellenwood, who was born in Washington county, O'iio, and in 1878 came to Kansas with her parents, who are now living in Huntsville, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hite now have two interesting lit'.le children, Anniversary, born February 22, 1899, and Edwin Everetta. born December 16, 1900. In politics Mr. Hite is a Democrat, but has never sought office as a reward for party allegiance. In the three years of their residence here he and his wife have gained many warm friends and now have a wide acquaintance. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 56 1 TOSEPH M. BOOE has passed the Psalmist's span of three score years ^ and ten, and at the age of seventy-two is still actively concerned in the business affairs ot life. He was born in Fountain county, Indiana, on the 4th of October, 1S28, and is a son of Jacob Booe, a native of North Caro- lina, who when thirteen years of age accompanied his parents on their re- moval to Kentuckv, where he remaitied until he had attained his majority. He then went to Indiana and was there united in marriage to Miss Nancy Henderson, also a native of North Caiolina. His remaining days were spent in the Hoosier state, were he died at the ripe old age of seventy- seven years, his wife passing away in i they crossed the Atlantic to America, taking up their abtnie in Illinois, was in 1871. taking up his abode in Allen county, where he now resides upon his fine farm of two hundred and eight acres. He was married in Illinois to Miss Jeannette McClanet, who died on the nth of March, 1S97. at the age of fifty-nine years. They had eight children: Willie, Jeannette, John, Maggie, David, Mary and Annie, being the wife of William Cation. Since coming to America the father has four times visited his native country. He is now spending the evening of his life in a very comfortable home which he has giined through his own industry. Thomas Cation, Jr., whose name introduces this record, was only seven years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Kansas, He therefore spent the greater part of his youth in Allen county, and in the district schools he conned the lessons which made him familiar with the common English branches of learning. From early boyhood he assisted in the operation of the home farm and worked with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, giving him the benefit of his services, after which his father paid him for his labor until he was twenty-five years of age. On the I St of February, 1SS8, Mr, Cation led to the marriage altar Miss Agnes Campbell, a resident of Cottage Grove township, a native of Scotland, whence .she came to the United States with her parents. William and Helen (Gray) Campbell. They crossed the ocean in 1 868 and for six years were residents of Chicago, her father there following the carpenter's trade. In 1S74 he came with his family to Humboldt, Kansas, where he was engaged in the furniture business with Mr. I'tterson. .•\fter a year, however, he returned to Chicago, although in a short time he again came to Allen county, and purchased a farm in East Cottage Grove townshipv erecting thereon a nice residence. Leaving his farm to the care of his family he engaged with a company to build elevators and followed that business in miny sections of the country. Subseijuently, however, he re- turned to the farm and has since devoted his energies to its operation. Ui;to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were born eight children, of whom six are living, namely: Jessie: Martha Agnes: Nellie, wife of George Jordan of Xvosho county: John, a resident of Kansas City: David; Nina, and Wilfird. After his marriage Mr. Cation, of this review, rented a farm for he did not have the means to purchase land. However, he posse.s,sed energy and determination and with the assistance of his young wife he secured some capital, so that a year after his marriage he was enabled to buy eighty acres" of land. This he has improved until he now has a very attractive farm, on which he has erected a comfortable residence and commodious barn. A WOUDSUN COUNTIES, KANSAS. 56,^ fine maple grove surrounds bis house and outbuildings, so that his barn- yard resembles a park more than a place in which stock is raised. He is an energetic and progressive agriculturist and further success undoubtedly awaits him. Mr. and Mrs. Catiin now have three bright boys, Archie, Robert and Homer He is a member of the camp of the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica at Leanna, and in politics is an earnest Republican, doing all in his power to promote and insure the success of his party. f OHN H. 13EAHM, who is identified with the farming and stock raising " interests of Allen county, was born in Page councy, Virginia, October 14, 1854, his parents being David and Permetta (Griffee) Beahm. The father was born in Page county, and was a son of John Beahm, of Holland. The mother, also a native of Virginia, was a daughter of John Griffee, who was born in the Old Dominion, but his father came from England, while his mother was oi German lineage. In the year 1S67 David Beahm left his hcjme in Virginia, where he had previously engaged in farming, and started westward. After spending a year and a half in Indiana he came to Kansas in 1870, locating in lola township, Allen county, where he purchased the farm of Thomas Ogg. comprising eighty acres of land on section two. There he made his home until his death. In his family were seven children, namely: Mary, wife of Shan Naylor, of O.sawatomie, Kansas; Eliza A., wife of J. F. Gay, of .\llen countv; Julia, wife of Wesley Fisher; Josie, deceased wife of Marion Preston; .\ndre\v J. L,., John H. and David M., all of Allen county. John H. Beahm accompanied his parents on their removal to Indiana and thence to Kansas, becoming a resident of this .State when in his fit- leenlh year. During his early business career heat different times followed broom making, fanning and stock raising, and now devotes his energies to the la.st two. His land is under a high state of cultivation, yielding to him a golden tribute in return for the care and labor he bestows upon it, and the stock which he raises is of good grade. On the 2ist of August, 187S, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Beahm and Miss Emma Gay, a daughter of J. X. Gay, who was born in Georgia. Five children ble.ss their union: Dora M., OUie, Clarence, Edna and Ada. Mr. and .Mrs. Beahm have many warm friends in the communi- ty and enjoy the high regard of all with whom thej' have been brought in contact. In i)olitics he is a Populist but in no sense a politician. ^ A WILLIAM CUNNIXGHAM, ex-treasurer of Allen county, whose ^ ^ business engagements in these parts have spanned the period of a third of a century, was born on a farm in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, 5fH HISTORY OF ALLEN AXn I-Y-bniary 26, 1S37. His father moved to Beaver county the next vear. auil from the common schools of tlie county William entered Beaver Academy, ^])ending two years there and the succeeding year doiii^ his first work as a teacher in tlie public schools. He graduated from the Iron City Com- mercial College, of Pittsburg, and filled the position of proofreader and mailing clerk on the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate for two years. In this latter capacity he earned the funds which defrayed his expenses at the Western University of Pennsylvania two years, at the conclusion of which period he engaged in teaching school in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, following it till the outbreak of the Rebellion. In 1862 Mr. Cunningham enli.sted in Battery G, Pennsylvania Artillery , served through the war and was discharged at Harrisburg in June, 1865. On returning to civil pursuits he took up work where he left off — in the Pittsburg public schools. In a few months he was elected principal of what is now the 2:^rd ward school of that city and was in that position when failing health forced his retirement from the school room. Travel seemed one thing which promised the restoration of his health and he secured the general agency for the publishing house of Sheldon & Company, 0I New York, with headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri. He passed the tw-o years following in the business, traveling over Missouri and Kansas, introducing their school books into the public .schools, and while at Sedalia, Missouri, met a very engaging schoolma'm who afterward became his wife. February 15, 1 871, our subject came to Allen county and stopped in Humboldt. The general bustle of business and the apparent thrift of the little city attracted him and he was at once possessed of serious intention of locating there. He made the acquaintance of Colonel S. H. Stevens then in the lumber business and at noon of the same day was installed as the latter's chief clerk and salesman. He remained in this business two years and, upon retiring went to the new county seat of Woodson county, Kalida, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Grasshoppers destroyed not only the crops of the .season following but destroyed Mr. Cunningham's prospects, as well, and he traded his goods for cattle and that winter spent his time profitably by teaching a country .school in Woodson county. The follow- ing spring lie became a full-fledged farmer and remained such until the new Citizens Lumber Company, of Humboldt, cho.se him to manage their yard there. When this company was absorbed by S. A. Brown in after years the subject hereof engaged in the grocery business in Humboldt, co'.iti lining it eight years, or until his election as County Treasurer. Mr. Cunningham has ever and always been noted for his intense R:publicanisin. His interest in things political began almost with his residence in Kansas and for many years he has been recognized as one of tb.: active, honorable and judicious counselors of his party in local affairs. He was nominated for Treasurer of the county in 1887 and in November of that year he was elected by a large majority. He was elected two years later bv a larger majority than before. His popularity as a public official irew with his service and his efficiency as such is unsurpassed. On leav- \VOOTJ.SON COUNTI!'..-.. Ka.N.->.v.S. 565 ^iiig tlie county seat in i.Sq6 he returned to Humboldt and was identified with the Bank of Humboldt in a clerical capacity. December 3rd of that year he opened a lumber yard in Humboldt as the successor of J. P. John- son and Leidigh & Huston. The firm of Mj. Cunningham and son is one of the prominent enterpri.ses of the city. In April, 187 1, Mr. Cunningham was married to Miss Etta A. Plielps of Windsor, Missouri. Their only child is Arthur W. Cunningham, who was married Maj- i,.i90i, to Mary I. Rlackman. ^/'"^HARLES L. DOWNS, who is engaged in tarmuig m Cottage Grove ^-^ township, was born in Champaign county, Illinois, on the 22nd of November, 1863, and is thesecond child of Samuel E. and Martha Downs, who iu the fall of 1865 left their home in Illinois and came to Kansas. Their son Charles has therefore been a resident of this State throughout almost his entire life. He was reared upon his father's farm in Cottage •Grove township, and acquired his education in the stone school house in West Cottage Grove. To his fatlier he gave the benefit of his''services until he had attained his majority and then started out in life for himself, having no capital save a pair of willing hands. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey Mr. Downs chose Miss Rosa Lynch, an accomplished young lady of Allen county, their marriage being celebrated on the 5th of October, 1885. She was born in Illinois and came to Kansas when a maiden of seven years, in company with her parents, William and Sarah Jane (Zink) I,ynch, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Illinois. The mother died in 1874 when Mrs. Downs was very young. The following year the father located in Allen ■county, Kansas, and afterward married Mrs. Elizabeth Noyes. His death occurred in Kansas, in 1897, when he was sixty-three years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Downs have been born three children; Ethel, Hazel and V^elma. After his marriage Mr. Downs rented a faim in Allen county, and after- ward moved to Neosho county where he continued to operate leased land for a number of years. With the capital he had acquired through his ceaseless efforts and the assistance of his estimable wife he purchased a farm of eighty acres in Cottage Grove township about seven miles south- east of Humboldt, removing to that place in the spring of 1899. He has a valuable little farm, on which is a good orchard, while native forest trees surround his home and add to the attractive appearance of the place. He has built a good barn and everything upon the farm indicates the careful supervision of a thrifty and progressive owner. He has acquired through his own efforts all that he now possesses and iu the years to come he will probably be numbered among the most substantial citizens of Allen county. 566 FfrsTORV of allkk .\kv CHARLES SCHAFFXER.— Progress is the result of the efforts of in- dividual men. Its aiders and abettors are the guiding spirits in every conuinmity and its destiny is the glorious triumph of mankind over the perplexities and problems of the human race. In these triumphs all races- and nations will participate and whether in their native heath or in theii adopted country each particulai and individual actor will receive some credit for his sacrifice. Chief among our progressive and prosperous peo- ple of foreign birth are the Germans. Almost wherever you find an Ameri- can there you will find a German, also. In the early settlement of Kansas was this fact specially true. Humboldt, one of the oldest places in the state, had its German settler as soon as it had its American settler. Not- withstanding their new surroundings tliey entered as heartily and as intel- ligently into the making of an honorable community, on the American plan, as did those who never knew another country. In the past forty years many of the Kaiser's subjects have resided in Allen county. Some have gained more prominence than others but all, save a few, have done socially and tlnanciallv well. Among these, and of the more recent set- tlers, is the subject of this brief mention, Charles Schaffner. He needs no personal introduction to the leading citizenship of Allen county for he has gone in and out among them for more than a score of years and they know him to respect and admire him. In his immediate vicinity he is especially- esteemed. His character has been a subject of much public scrutiny for more than a generation, in Humboldt, and its elements are discovered to be of the higher sort. To no man can it be said that he has proven false and his reputation for regarding and maintaining his sacred word is of the highest order. To him his credit and his good name are his fortune and his ma- terial accumulations are not the result ot any shady transactions. Charley Schaffner was born in Buchheini, by Freiburg, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Empire of Germany. His birth occurred Dt-cember 26, 1S44, and he is a son of Daniel Schaffner. a linen weaver. The latter was-- born in the same house as his son, Charles, in the year 1.S09 and was mar- ried to Ragina Fischei in 1835. He spent his entire life in Buchheim, dying in 1894. His wife died at the age of seventy-four. Of their five children our subject is the third. The other sons are Joseph, Henry and John. Henry and John and a sister remain in Germany while Joseph came to the United States in 1870 and resides now in Freemansburg. Pennsylvania. Charley Schaffner secured what, in this country, would con.stitnte a good common school education, with private lessons in French. Upon coming of age he determined to seek his fortune in America. He had some knowledge of the opportunities for young men in this new and enter- prising country and it was in this far away country that he saw his future spread out before him. He sailed for New York in 1866 and was landed in the great American metropolis with only a .single dollar; and this a ship- robber had failed to get. To become a barber seemed the best opening for him so he learned the trade and worked In the city till 1874. This latter ■WOODSOX COUXTIKS, KANSAS. 567 year he went westward Id Copley, Peniisylvania, where he pursued his trade till his removal to Humboldt five years later. In fiumholdt Mr. Schaffner has been a busy man. His was the lead- ing shop in the city (or twelve years and when he retired from the business it was with a consciousness that he had acquired a competency which, if ■economically adn)inistered, and occasionally supplemented, would endure and sustain till his race was run. To further engage histime and talents he took up the insurance, loan ami real estate business. In this work he has succeeded scarcely less conspicuously than at his trade. His office is the mecca toward which those having conveyancing or insuring to d(j direct their steps Our subject was first married February 22, 1869, to Wolpurka Sch- lenk. Two of their three children survive, namely, Emma K., wife of John VV. Tholen, of Humboldt, was born May 15, 1870, and Charles H., born at Copley, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1871, is a resident of Central City, Colorado. September 27, 1887, Mrs Schaffner died. Two years later Mr. Schaffner was married in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Mary Vogt. a lady of the town ol Buchheim, Baden. When it is said that Charley Schaffner nevr profited by any legacy of his ancestors it will be seen that he has been the arcliitect of his own fortunes. His material achievements have been ample for his personal needs and when all his business and social relations have been considered and his life work has been summed up it can not be truthfully said that an element of failure entered into it. He is prominent in local Odd Fellow- ship and in Woodcraft and his connection with the jxilitics of Allen county lias not been the least imjxjrtant of his acts. He became a Democrat from his ol)servation of the conduct of the affairs of government and affiliated ■with that party till the reform movement which swept Kansas in 1890 when he joined hands with it. He was the nominee for County Treasurer in 1899 and has served upon different political committees of his parly many years. "T^ETKR HOKAXSOX was born in Sweden on the 17th of December, ■*- 1832, and spent the first twenty years of his life in the land of his birth. Believing that he might better his financial condition in the new world he accordingly sailed fi.r America in 1852, locating first at Gales- burg, Illinois. In the vicinity of that city he worked as a farm hand until after the breaking out of the Civil war, when the spirit of patriotism being aroused in him, he enlisted in Company E, of the Eighth Regiment of Illinois Infantry. He served for one year, and during that time partici- pated in the battles of Fort Spanish, Fort Blakely and several others of im- portance. Being overcome by the heat at .Mobile, Alabama, and thus rendered unfit for further service he received an honorably discharge in 1865. Mr. Hokanson at once returned to his home in Illinois, and again 568 illSTORY OF ALLEN AMI'/ worked as a lann iiami uu three years. In 1870 he caiiitr lu Kansas aiicf purchased one liundred and sixty acres of hind on the south line of Allen county in Cottage Grove township, where he has since carried forward the work of development and improvement until he now has a very valuable property. On it is located a good residence and one of the best barns in' the county. He also keeps on hand such amount of stock as he can raise- to advantage on his farm and everything about the place is in good- condition. Mr. Hokanson was married in Illinois in 1865 to Miss Johanna Olson, who died April 24, 1882, leaving three children: Albert, Charles and Hanna, the last named being now the wife of Benjamin Johnson. Mr. Hokanson has been a Republican since casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He came to this country in limited circumstances, but his hope of improving his condition has been more than realized. He found the opportunity he sought and his energy and careful management have brought to him a comfortable competence. THOMAS I. KITZMILLER. of Bronson, son of the pioneer, Morgaiv B. Kitzmiller, who settled upon section 20, township 25, range 21,- now Marmaton township, was born August 22, 1856, in what is now Grant county, West Virginia. His father was born in "the old state," was a son of John Kitzmiller and a descendant of Pennsylvania German stock. Mary J. Bartlett, whom Morgan B. Kitzmiller married, was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1823. The Kitzmiller family left Grant county. West Virginia, in 1864 and located in McLean county. Illinois. They came on west to Kansas in 1S67 and entered their land in Allen county. Here the father died in 1878. The large family ot children was reared to habits of industry and have done their part, in an humble way, in the development of our county. In the order of their ages the children are: Frances, wife of William Al- lenbaugh, on the Sac and Fox agency, Oklahoma; Charles H. Kitzmiller, of Junction Citv, Kansas; James Kitzmiller, of Chicago. Illinois; Thomas; Ella, wife of William Hildreth, of Pittsburg, Kansas; William Kitzmiller, of English. Indiana; Carrie, of Ciaro, Illinois, widow of A. D. Eaton; Ross and Nettie, twins, the former of Bourbon county, Kansas, and the latter, widow of A. D. Sho waiter. Thomas Kitzmiller was a farmer from youth till 1880. September 16, of this year he enlisted in the regular army in Company K, Nineteenth In- fantry, stationed in the Indian Teriitory. He did most of his soldiering in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico and was stationed at different times in Forts Sam Houston, Brown, Duncan, Clark and Gibson, and during the Geronimo trouble he aided in the rounding-up of that Indian chief. He re-enlisted at the expiration of his first five years' term and. May 16, 1890, he was sent to Fort Porter, Buffalo. New York, where he was discharged WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 569 July 3. of that year. For the next nine years Mr. Kitzniiller remained with the old home in Allen county. In 1S99 Mr. Kitzniiller made a trip to Alaska. He sailed on the steamer ' Alki" for Skagway and tramped it to Chilcoot Pass. There his heart failed him. All was bleak and cold and desolation. Suffering was all about and nothing visible to urge him on. He returned to the states during the late spring and stopped at Puget Sound. While looking about the Sound he went salmon fishing and encountered a hurricane. The boat was wrecked and he reached another; it went down and he boarded a third and was finally rescued. In this experience he sacrificed all his personal possessions, including $293 in cash. In October of the same year he reached Kansas again, a somewhat wiser, but a poorer man. The Kitzmillers of this branch have only one word to express their political leanings — Republican. The father was a charter member of the party and his sons have maintained the family tradition. I ACOB GOODXER whose residence in Allen county has been pro- " ductive of much material prosperity to himself and whose location upon the old Perkins tract in lola is a matter of general information to the old settlers of the city dates his residence in the county from the year 1880. He succeeded W. J. Ihrig in the ownership of his farm on Elm creek and has continued the occupation of his fathers to this day. Mr. Goodner emi- grated from Saint Cloud, Minnesota, to Kansas but settled in the north in 1861 as an emigrant from Vermillion county, Illinois. He was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, August 30, 1832. His father. Michael Good- lier, was a farmer and one of the pioneers to that wonderful foreign com- munity in southern Indiana. The latter was born in Kentucky in 1808 and died in Stearns county, Minnesota, September 29, 1889. He settled in Minnesota in 1862 and was a quiet and unobtrusive farmer whose ambition was to do right and rear his family to respectability. His wife, nee Cath- erine Connor, died in Vermillion county, Illinois. Their children were: Daniel, deceased; Jackson, of Stearns county, Minnesota, and David Good- ner, of the same point; Margaret, wife of Eli Hoskins, of Stearns county; Henry Goodner, of Edgar county, Illinois; Xancy, wife of Henry Casert, of Oregon, and Jacob Goodner. Jacob Goodner went into Vermillion county, Illinois, in infancy with his parents. He learned to do the work of the farm effectually and suc- cessfully. Although his family is one of the ancient ones in the United States it came out of Germany and settled along the Atlantic coast and came to Kentucky through N'orth Carolina. This fact of sturdy origin gives our subject a title to special traits of industry and it is these qualities which have in a measure marked him through life. Mr. Goodner was married in Vermillion county, Illinois, to Maria Clark. She died in lola in 1885, without issue. In 1887 Mr. Goodner 570 HISTORY OF AI.LKN AND ni.irried Catlierine, a daughter of Samuel Blooiu. The children of this marriage are: Clarence, Fern, p-ayette, Elmer and Lillie Goodner. Mr. Goodner became a Republican in 1856 and a Populist in 1S92. He sold the site of the Michigan Portland Cement Company to that com- pmy in 1899 and has been benefitted in other ways by the discovery of gas at lola. T^ WILLIAM A. COWAN, one of the best known of lola business ^ ^ men, was born at White Post, Indiana, December 9, 1842. May 10, i860, in company with his father and other members of the family, he started for Kansas, arriving in lola June 22. After a month of prospecting he decided to remain permanently in lola and this has ever since been his home. For the first few years of his residence in lola Mr. Cowan worked at odd jobs and as mail carrier, in the meantime serving an apprenticeship at cabinet making with Joseph Culbertson. In 1869 he entered the store of Ridenour & Baker, then the principal mercantile establishment of the town, and served with them for four years. Having accumulated a small capital, in 1873 he entered into partnership with W. H Richards in the grocery business. The firm prospered and when, six years later, Mr. Cowan with- drew from it he had sufficient capital to warrant him in erecting a com- modious store building on the west side of the sijuare, in which he placed a stock of groceries, soon afterwards adding also a stock of drugs. A few years later he sold his interest in this store to his brother, S. J. Cowan, in order to assume an official position in the lola Carriage Works Company, in which he was a large stock holder. When this company quit business Mr. Cowan took charge of the drug department of Cowan & Ausherman's store and also assumed the agency of the Pacific Express Company, both which positions he continues to fill. During the '70s Mr. Cowan studied law for the menta} training, but never practiced the profession. He filled the office of township clerk and school district clerk for many years, served one term on the city council, three consecutive years as mayor of the city and later five years as city clerk. Physically Mr. Cowan is of slender figure, weighing but one hun- dred and twenty-five pounds, and of rather frail appearnance, and yet he has reached his fifty-ninth year without having spent a day in bed, or even so much as lost a single meal from sickness during his whole life. After m'.king this statement it does not need to be added that Mr. Cowan's per- sonal habits are irreproachable. From his boyhood he has so conducted hi.nself as to win the respect and the entire confidence of all with whom he has had business or social relations. As his official record shows, he has enjoyed the esteem as well as the confidence of his neighbors, having won b >th by a consistently upright life. Ever since he became a citizen of lola he has labored unselfishly for the upbuilding of the town, and has con- WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS tjy i tributCvi liberally in money and in time toward this object. Still in the piime of life, he enjoys the high regard of his fellow townsmen and is a large factor in the business life of the ci y. Inquiry into the family history 0£ W. A. Cowan reveals the fact that about the year 1790 two Cowan brothers came from Scotland, one locating in North Carolina and the other in Virginia. The Virginia brother had one son, Robert Cowan, a Colonel in the Virginia military organization. A son of this Colonel Cowan served in the War of 181 2, appearing on the I oils as Ensign W. A. Cowan. Ensign Cowan married Miss Bathsheba McBride. Their only son. John M. Cowan, was the father of W. A. Cowan, the subject of this sketch. John M. Cowan was born April 12, 1810, at Romney, Virginia. He learned the tiade of a tanner and worked at it until he removed to Monticello, Indiana, in 1835. In 1836 he mar- ried Eliza A. Rifenberrick, a daughter of Dr. Samuel Rifenberrick, ot Mon- ticello, and soon afterwards removed to Pulaski county, Indiana, where he was appointed post-master of a country office called White Post. He held several local offices and was a member of the legislature in the 50s, serving in that body while Schuyler Colfax served in the constitutional convention, then in session, the friendship then formed between the two proving to be' of life long duration. After coming to Kansas, as above related, Mr.' Cowan was for .several years engaged in the grocery and drug business, his last regular employment being that of mail carrier. His wife died in 1886, and he survived her but a fevv months, passing away July 3, 1887. Eleven children were born to them of whom the following survive: Mary B. , wife of Benjamin F. Pancoast; Maria L., widow of B. Brewster; W. A.; vSaninel J ; Ella F. , and Emma C, wife of E. T. Barber. W. A. Cowan was married April 16, 1868, to Lizzie A. Fuhvider, and to thetn have been born two sons, Chester L., of Denver, Colorado, and Oscar L., of lola. "^ A /"ADE M. ADAMS is now accounted one of the substantial farmers ^ ^ of Cottage Grove township, and the secret of his success lies in the fact that his career has been one of marked industry. He was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 30th of June, 1847, £"'d was reared on a farm. His parents, John S. and Lamina (Walker) Adams, were also natives of Kentucky, and there spent their entire lives, the father following the occupation of farming in pursuit of fortune. He passed away at the age of sixty-five while his wife was called to her final rest at the age of sixty! They had seven children, of whom three are living, Mrs. Eliza Ramsay and Mrs. Lucy Armstrong being residents of Madison county, Kentucky. Wade M. Adams, their only surviving brother, was a school boy in that countv about the middle of the nineteenth century, pursuing his education in the common schools near his home. He lived with his parents 372 HISTOkV OF AI.LEX AND until twenty -three years of age. and then started out in life for himself, securing as a companion and helpmate on life's journey one of the young ladies of Madison county. Miss Theodosia Cornelison. a daughter of James and Susan Jane (Boogs) Cornelison. who were natives of the Blue Grass State, as was their daughter. The marriage occurred October 3. 1872, and thinking to improve their financial condition in a western district they removed to L:ifayette county, Missouri, in 1879, where Mr. Adams operated rented lands tor six years. In the S])ring of 18S6 he came with his family t > Allen county, Kansas, and took up his abode in Cottage Grove township, five miles south of Humboldt, where he again leased a tract of land and continued renting for eleven years. During that period he added to his capital from time to time until he had accumulated a sum sufficient to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of fine land, constituting one of the best farms in Cottage Grove township. He took up his abode thereon and has since made it his home. Tlie succeeding years have been a prosperous period to him, and he is now in possession of a handsome competence sufficient for a rainy day and for the needs of old age. • Unto Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been born ten children and with the exception of May, who died in 1S94, ^t the age of twenty-one years, all are yet living, namely: J. K., at home: Anna, wife of Fred Houser, of Kansas City, Missouri; Thomas, Ei, James, Wade, William, Claude and Dora, who are still with their parents. The family are widel> and favorablv known in Cottage Grove township and Allen county and have many warm friends throughout this poition of the State. Mr. Adams' prosperity is the merited reward of his labor and his life illustrates most forcibly the power of industrv and honestv in a business career. V.A. SXEERIXGER. of Humboldt, early settler and respected citizen, • was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania. September 2nd, 1837. Joseph Sneeringer, his father, was born in the same county. His mother. Margaret O'Bold. was born in that State. Joseph Sneeringer was well known in the milling business of the Keystone State for he owned and operated .>;everal grist mills, and that most successfully. He was also a farmer. Hi^ family was a large one. there being fourteen children in all, his son, V. .A.., being the thirteenth child and one of four surviving. The Sneeringers are of Swiss stock. Joseph Sneeringer Sr. , our subject's grandfather, emigrated to America in 1777 and the stone hou.se he erected in Adams county, Pennsylvania, that year still stands, in perfect order, and is occupied by some of his descendants. The old Swiss patri- arch died in 1854 at ninety years of age. His son. our subject's father, was b irn in 1787 and died in 1S71. The latter's father-in-law was Mr. O'Bold. an Irishman. Mr. O'Bold left Ireland about 1795 and took up his resi- dence in Adams county, Pennsylvania, where he died full of years. V. A. Sneeringer remained on the family homestead till he was thirty years of age when he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was located in WOODSON COL'NTIES. KAN'SAS. 573 the track of the Rebel army when it invaded Pennsylvania and was called out in the defense of Gettysburg. He belonged to the State militia and took an active part in the battle that occurred about that city. His propert}', in goods and wares, nvas largely stolen and carried away by the enemy and its value has never yet been recovered by the government. After the war Mr. Sneeringer secured a stock of dry goods and came to Kansas, but before his goods arrived he sold them to the well-remein- bered T. K. P'oster and hired to the latter as a clerk at a large salary. Succeeding his employment with Foster he went into the store of Hysinger & Rosenthal in the same capacity and remained several years. His pleas- ant address and obliging disposition made it an easy matter for Mr. Sneer- inger to procure a po.sition with the leading houses of the city. For some years after his retirenient from the counter Mr. Sneeringer was engaged in dealing in and handling real estate and, more recently, in looking after his own interests in this line. Mr. Sneeringer was married in Kansas in 1871 to Miss Harriet Robin- son. An only child, a daughter, Minnie, resulted from this marriage. The latter passed through the Humboldt schools and graduated in the Concordia College. She is an orator of much ability and possessing rare gifts as an elocutionist. She made a few speeches in Kansas for Grover Cleveland in 1S92 and did so well that she was sent to Ohio bv the national committee where she toured the .State and did telling work for Democracy. In the campaign of 1896 she repeated her tour of Kansas and Ohio in the interest of Mr. Bryan and in 1900 many letters came to her entreating her to return to Ohio and even to enter Pennsylvania in a speech-making tour for Bryan and Stevenson. \ A WILLIAM R. SMITH — Among the substantial and public-spirited ^ ' farmers of Marmaton township is William R. Smith, of Bronson. He settled near the east line of Allen county, on the southeast quarter of section 33, township 24, range 21, purchasing the right of John Meeks to the land. He moved his bachelor quarters into the little box cabin, 14x16, and lived alone the first year. All the.se primitive improvements have given way to substantial and modern ones and our subject is today the owner of one of the attractive farms on the Bronson and Moran road. Mr. Smith came to Kansas from Cass county, Missouri, but is a native of Caledonia, Ohio. He was born December 13, 1855, and is a son of Noah Smith residing near the place of our subject's birth. Noah Smith went from Maryland out to Ohio in an early day. Farming has been his theme and practice and he has remained a citizen where he first rolled a log or plowed a furrow. He was born in Maryland in 1829, and was married to Jemimah Richey who died in 1894. Their children were: William R.; Emma, wife of E. Gaddis, of Caledonia. Ohio; Miss Mary Smith of the old home and Corwin Smith, of Ft. Scott, Kansas. William R. Smith left home soon after he came of age. As a youth 574 . HISTORY OF AI.I.EN AND and young man he followed farming, making brick and painting. He ac- cumulated a small amount ol money at various honorable pursuits and came west, by the advice of Horace Greeley, as it were. Without the funds to provide him a team he sold off the right-of-way to the Missouri Pacific railway across his land and with the proceeds purchased a team with which to break and begin the cultivation of his farm. In April, i8So, he was married to Eva Garber, whose father. Abram Garber, came to Allen county, in 1878 from Illinois. Her mother died in 1882. Mr. Smith is a Republican. His ancestors espoused the same faith. He takes no special interest in active politics and when he has cast his ballot he has performed his whole duty to the State. JA.MKS TOWNSEND — Among the well known citizens of Allen county there stands out conspicuously that early settler, that thrifty farmer, that splendid citizen and gentleman, James Townsend. For more than thirty years he has gone about his duties of field and pasture amongst the people of his county winning a prominent position among her substantial men and commanding an enviable station in the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. James Town.send was born in Johnson county, Indiana, February 7, 1835. He is a son of a successful farmer and early settler of that county, Major Townsend, who emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana in 1820 and, in 1828 settled in Johnson county. Major Townsend was born in Mary- land in 1796 and died in Indiana in 1846. Joshua and Sarah (Merrel) Townsend were his parents. Their other children were; William, Nancy, wife of James Reed: Joseph, married Miss Barnett; Charlotte, became the wife of William Hamilton; John, married Mary Wilson; Ann, wife of David Wear; Mildred; Joshua; Sarah, who became Mrs. Harrison Be.ss; Mary Ann, Mrs. William Bess and Leah, who married Thomas Pucket. Joshua Townsend migrated to Kentucky near the beginning of the 19th century and, later, brought his family into Indiana and died in Clark county, that State, about 1821. H; was a slave owner in Kentucky and was one of the strong exponents and earnest advocates of the Demo- cratic faith. Major Townsend, as a citizen, was much the man his father was. He permitted no man to challenge his Democracy but in the exciting days of Nullification and of the fiery congressional debates he saw troubles ahead for his partv. He prophesied that the Calhoun wing of Democracy would cause a split in the party and that families would be divided, brothers against each other and father against son. How true the prediction was history will reveal. Major Townsend married Phebe Biggs, a grand- daughter of an Irishman and patriot soldier of the American Revolution. The Biggs family is one of the original families of the United States. Its history starts with that of our country and begins with Robert Biggs, the yt trn^ / (? O G •WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 575 Patriot. He was born in Erin's Isle and married Jane Miller, a Scotch lady. Their children were: John, who married Mary Jane Collins; Robert, Andrew, married Miss Criss and Nancy, Nicholas Ciiss; Joseph; Hannah, wife of Robert Carnes; Saaiuel; Mary, Thompson; Abner, married Miss Miller, and Elizabeth and Jane married Henry and William Criss, respectively. John Biggs was our subject's grandfather. He was in the United States service at Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1812, at the time of the historic Indian massacre of the Pigeon Roost. In this massacre many of our subject's ancestors were victims, both on the Biggs and Collins side, and a brief notice with reference to it will not be uninteresting. The place then known as the Pigeon Roost was in Clark county, Indiana, and the settlers were widely sepaiated and within easy reach of the Red Man. In 1812 the lattei fell upon this settlement and murdered William E. Collins' wife and many of his children. Mr. Collins was an Indian fighter and in this attack he killed three before his gun was disabled and then made his escape to the stockade. John Collins, Sichie Richie, I.ydia Collins and Jane Biggs, by hiding, escaped death in the massacre; Jane Biggs traveled barefoot through the wood, all night, with her four children: Miller, Phebe,- William and Robert and reached the fort the next morning, seven miles away. Her hu.-iband was in the regular army and she was compelled to find shelter and protection for their family. The counties of Clark, Harrison, Jefferson and Knox, in southern Indiana, lived in a state of alarm during the years preceding the close of the war of 18 12 and Zebulon Collins, a pioneer of Scott county, describing those days of peril said: "The manner in which I used to work in those days was as follows: On all occasions I carried my rifle, tomahawk and butcher-knife, with a loaded pistol in my belt. When I went to plow I laid my gun on the plowed ground and stuck a stick by it for a mark so that I could get it quickly in case it was wanted. I had two good dogs. I took one into the house, leaving the oiher out. The one outside was expected to give the alarm which would cause the one inside to bark and awaken me. I kept my horses in a stable clo.se to the house, having a porthole so that I could shoot to the stable door. During two years I never went from home with any certainty of returning, but in the midst of all these dangers God, who never sleeps nor slumbers, has kept me.". The Pigeon Roost massacre was the most noted one in Indiana, and was one that, for many years, was recalled with fear and horror. It oc- curred in the present limits of Clark county in a place called "the Pigeon Roost Settlement," the gathering place for myriads of passenger pigeons. This settlement, which was founded by a few families in i8og. was confined to about a square mile of land, and it was separated from all other settlements by a distance of five or six miles. In the afternoon of the 3rd of September 1812, Jeremiah Payne and a Mr. Coffman, hunting for bee trees two miles north of the Pigeon settle- ment, were surprised and killed by a party of Indians. This party, which consisted of ten or twelve warriors, nearly all of whom were 576 HISTORY OK VLLICN AND SliHwuees, attacked the settlement about sunset of the same day and, in an h)ur, killed one man, five women and sixteen children, some of their bodies, being consumed in the fires which laid low their cabins. The persons massacred in this settlement were Henry Collins anil wife, the wife of Jeremiah Payne and eight of her children, Mrs. Richard Collins and seven of her children, Mrs. John Morris and child and the mother of John Morris. Mrs. Jane Biggs escaped with her children a.s before stated and reached the home of her brother, Zebulon Collins, in safety. William Collins at seventy years of age, defended his house for three- quarters of an hour against the Indians. In this defense he was assisted bv Captain John Morris. As soon as darkness came on the two escaped with the two children in the house, John and Lydia Collins, eluded their pursuers and reached the home of Zebulon Collins. The Indians engaged in the massacre escaped the militia of the county and the victims of the massacre were buried in one grave. The Collins' were of German origin. William E. Collins, our subject's great grandfather, was a. son of foreign parents. They seem to have settled in Pennsylvania and there he married Phebe Hoagland. Their children were: Richard, married, second, Nancy Collins; Cams, married Katy Cooper; Zebulon, married Mary Gearnsy; Henry, married Mi.ss Houghman: John, married Jane Brodie; Elizabeth, wife of Abe Richie; Sichie, married John Richie; Lydia, wife of Harper Cochran, and Mary Jane, wife of the soldier, John Biggs. The family of John and Jane Biggs arc: Miller, who married Sallie .McConnell: Phebe, wife of Major Towusend; William, who married Nancy McConnell; Robert, whose wife was Frances Dewey: Harrison, married Mary Patterson; Henry, our subject's father-in-law, married Sarah Bess; John, wife of John Hay, and Elizabeth, whose husband was Thomas McDonald. Major Town.send's children are: Sarah J., in Johnson county, Indiana; Harvey; Lavina, deceased, married Lawrence Low; James, the subject of this notice; Harvey, who died in Indiana, leaving a family in Johnson county; Merrill and Alonzo Towusend, both deceased. James Towusend was sparingly educated in the log cabin of his time. This necessitated a long and lonely tramp through the dense wood and getting an education was a trying ordeal then. He married at nineteen years of age and moved into a new neighboihood, clearing up a new farm to begin the battle of life. He possessed a horse and a suit of clothes and, with this as his capital in sight, he became the head of a household. He worked the first year of his married life at $14.00 a month. Next he became a renter and, as he accumulated he .stored away for the farm he finally bought. In 1854-5 his taxes were $10.00 and in 1866 his taxes were $166.60. With his growing family he began to feel crowded in Indiana and he determined to seek a broader field of operations in Kansas. He came to this State first in 1865 and made a prospecting tour of the southeast WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 577 part of the State •finally deciding to locate in Allen conntj'. He purchased what is still his home place and, in 1868, brought his family hither. In the years that Mr. Townsend has been a Kansan he has met fortune and misfortune, and fortune again. Security signing cost him all but his spirit and energy. He was given an opportunity to recover his losses and he made the most of it. He has paid interest enough in Kansas to buy a ranch and he is yet far ahead of his creditors. He owns nearly a section of the best land Allen county possesses and, in 1899, left the homestead to rest in retirement in lola. Mr. Townsend was first mariied to Sarah Branigan, in Indiana. Their children were; John M., who died in 1887 and left a son, Edward; Thomas J., Lawrence; Ira; L,avina, wife of Martin Cahalen, of Johnson county, lud. ; Abe L,. ; Mary, wife of Frank Cox, of Indiana, and George W. Town- send. For his second wife Mr. Townsend married Sarah A., a daughter ot the late Henry Biggs. Their children are: Emma, wife of Fred Cramer, and Ella, deceased, married William Heese. ,She left one child, Henry Roscoe Heese, living in Allen county. James Townsend has no man to blame for his politics but himself. His ancestors were Democrats and his first wife's people were rank Copper- heads. He lived in a community that was almost solidly Democratic about the time he reached his majority yet, he rebelled against the practice and started in right the first vote he cast. He is entitled to be called a Republican because he was at the bedside when the party was born. He yields to no man the honor of being more American than he. He upheld the cause of the Union as against Secession and has been right on every important proposition of governmental policy since the war. /CHARLES F. SCOTT, son of John W. and Maria Protsman Scott, ^-^ whose lives" are sketched on another page of this book, was born on his father's farm in Carlyle township September 7, i860. The first four- teen years of his life were spent in the usual way, working upon the farm in the summer and attending the district school in the winter. In 1874 the family removed to lola, where the subject of this sketch continued his studies, clerking in stores or doing any other work he could find to do in the summers. In the fall of 1877 he entered the University of Kansas from which he was graduated in 188 1. Upon leaving the University his father gave him ten dollars. That was the cash capital with whicli he began life for himself, and he has never had a dollar since that he did not earn. BoiTowing enough additional from a friend to pay his fare, he went to Silverton, Colorado, where he spent the summer of 1881 working in a hard- ware store and doing some newspaper work. In the fall of 1881, in company with two friends, he drove down into New Mexico, stopping at Socorro, where he secured employment as a 578 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND copyist in the office of the county clerk, at the same time serving as cook for a gang of workmen for his board. Early in 1882 he went to Arizona where he got a job as book keeper and clerk for a railroad contractor. He continued to do this work until his employer sold out, in the fall of 1882, when he returned to lola, having learned that an interest in the lola Register was for sale. When he reached home he had $250 to show for his eighteen months work. He paid $200 of this down for a fourth interest in the lola Regis- ter, then a small weekly paper, his partners in the enterprise being his brother, A. C. Scott, and E. E. Rohrer. At the end of two years he bought his brother's interest, and a year later the interest of Mr. Rohrer, since which time he has been the sole proprietor of the paper, to which he has given practically his entire time and attention. In 1891 Mr. Scott was appointed a regent of the University of Kansas, and was re-appointed to the same position by Gov. Morrill and Gov. Stan- ley, the appointment in each instance being made without his solicitation. He resigned this office upon his election to Congress in 1900. In 1892 he was nominated without opposition and by acclamation as the Republican candidate for State Senator, and was one of the fifteen Re- publican Senators who escaped the Populist landslide of that year. He served in the vSenate in the .sessions of 1893-5, being an active participant in the bitter debates precipitated by the "Lewelling War," and serving as a member of the Committee on Ways and Means. In 1900 he was nominated as the Republican candidate for Congress- man-at-large from the State of Kansas, and was elected by a plurality of 18890 votes over J. Botkin, the F'usion candidate. Mr. Scott spent the summer of 1891 in Europe. He wrote weekly letters to his paper and these were afterwards published in book form under the title "Letters." In 1893 Mr. Scott was president of the Kansas State Editorial Associa- tion and had charge of the special train by which the members went to the World's Fair at Chicago. He was president of the Republican State- League in 1895, and of the Kansas Day Club in 1900, and has been offici- ally connected with various other editorial and political associations. He has taken part as a speaker in all the campaigns of his party since 1884, and has made numerous addresses of an educational and patriotic nature in various parts nf the State. Mr. Scott was married June 15, 1893, to May Brevard Ewing, daughter of H. A. Ewing a sketch of whose family history has been given elsewhere in this book. The children of this union ars Ewing Carruth, born August 28, 1894; Ruth Merrinian, born December 30, 1897, and Angelo C. , born November 17, 1899. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 578^ JACOB C. STRICKLER, ol Allen county, came into Carlyle township in the year 1872 and located upon section 19, township 23, range 19. He succeeded Randolph Wilmuth upon the farm he owns, then a new and practically virgin piece of prairie. Here he has since lived and labored and enjoyed a reasonable degree of prosperity. His acres have broadened from their original area until he pays taxes upon nearly one-half of the section. Prior to his removal to Kansas Mr. Strickler resided six years in Monroe county, Iowa. He was born in Park county, Indiana, August 17, 1845. His ancestors were Virginians, his father having been born in the Old Dominion, and planted a branch of the family in Park county, Indiana, at an early date. Mr. Strickler is a son of Henry and a grandson of Jacob Strickler, both of whom died in Park county. Indiana. Jacob Strickler Sr. was born in 177S and died in 1874 while Henry, his son, was born in 1810 and died in 1855. The grandfather was a blacksmith and gunsmith and was married to a Miss Ehrhart. Henry Strickler, their first child, married Catharine Ehrhart. Their children were: Virginia, deceased, who married Monroe Long; Jacob C; Mary C. , of M(jberly, Missouri, wife of Samuel Dickersou; Martha J., of Idaho county, Idaho, is the wife of Dick Henley; Ellen, oi Park count\ , Indiana, is married to Polk Whit.sell, and Joseph, of Park county, Indiana. Jacob Strickler remained ivith the old home till reaching his majority. In November, 1865, he was married to Samantha D. Reitzel, a daughter of Henry Reitzel, who went into Park county, Indiana, from Kentucky and married Catherine Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Strickle: 's children are: Nelson T., who married Nora Herrick and resides in Anderson county, Kansas; Frances B. ; Elmer, Claud and Millie. In affairs political the early Stricklers were allied with the Democratic party. Our subject became a Republican upon choosing his political home and remained with that organization till 1897 when he joiifbd forces with the People's party. *£' WOODSON Ct^l'NTY COUKT HUl'SE. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 579 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND WOODSON COUNTIES PART II WOODSON COUNTY 111 "Andreas History of Kansas," (popularly known as the "Herd Book,") Woodson County is said to have bten named for (iiovernor Silas Woodson, of Missouri, while Webb Wilder, in his "Annals of Kansas," new edition, says the county was named in honor of Daniel Woodson, who was the first Secretary of the territory of Kansas and who also acted at various intervals as Oovernor of the territoiy by virtue of his office as Secretary. As a further evidence of the correctness of Mr- Wilder, and as proof positive that the county was named in honor of Daniel Woodson a letter from ex-Senator John Martin replying to a query of the Hon. Leander Still well on this same point says: "You are entirely right about the name of Woodson. The county was named in honor of Daniel Woodson, who was Secretary of the territory in 1855-6 and a part of 1857, I think, and who frequently acted as Governor during those years. He was from Lynchburg. Virginia, and a most excellent man. Governor Silas Woodson was not even thought of in connection with the naming id' the county." As ex-Senator Martin held the position of assistant clerk of the House el' Representatives of the tei'ritorial legislature which created and named AVoodson County he is more familiar with the acts of that bodj^ than any one not a member of it and is. therefore, competent to give accurate and reliable information as to the act creating Woodson County. Wlu'ii the honor of a name was conferred upon the unsettled and almost unknown tract in the third tier of counties from the ea.st line of the ^s • HISTORY OF ALLHN AND bialc the space designated liy the first hgislature which created it con- lained little, if any, of the territory which now bears the name of Woodson {'onnly. To iiniltMstand this matter the proceedings of the "Bogus Legis- latuie"' (in coiisciiucncc of gross irregularities connected with their election) of ISoo nuist be gone into. One act of that body, among others, laid out a whole block of rectangular comities. This act was passed liei'ore surveys were made, and boundary lines of counties were given in miles from the points named. The initial point for counties south of the Kansas rivt r was the mouth of that river. The southeast corner of •John.son County was twenty-six miles south of that point, the southeast coiner of Lykeiis (i^Iianii) County was twenty-four miles farther south: ilie southern boundary of Linn was twenty-four miles farther south, Bourbon County extended thirty miles farther south and McGee County !'an to the Tei-i'itory Vuw. Four tiers of Counties were blocked out in e.\act conformity to the-se. and in the third tier lay Woodson County, the f-econd from the south line and occupying almost the identical land now known as Wilson County. In 1857 the counties of the third tier were crowded northward, and Wilson, taking in what was AVoodson. pushed the latter to nearly its pre.'sent boundaries In 1861. through a blunder on the part of the Representative from this county, a new surve.v and location of boundaries took from the south line a strip three miles in width and gave it to Wilson County, which has ever since held it. By the act of 18;i7 the boundaries of Woodson County were defined ii.s follows: Beginning at the southwest coi'ner of Anderson County: llence s(uith along the west boundary of Allen County to the northwest coi-ner of Born County : thence west with the section lines to the four corners of sections 14 and 15, 22 and 23 of town.ship 28 south, range 13 east: thence north with the .section lines dividing the second and third t'er of sections, to the southwest corner of CoiTey County: thence east along the :-«outh boundary of said CotTey County to the place of beginning. By the general statutes of 1868 Woodson County is bounded as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of Anderson County; Iheuce south with section lines ahd the west line of Allen County to the south line of township 26. south : thence west with said township line and the north line of W^ilson County, to the east line of Greenwood County: thence north with said east line of Greenwood County to the four corners of sections 14 and 15. 22 and 23 of township 23 south of range 13 east: thence east on section lines and the south line of CofTey County to the place of beginning. Ninety per cent of AVoodson County is upland, the remainder river and creek bottom. About six per cent of the original surface of the county Avas covered with forest and the remainder was prairie. The Neosho TJiver. whicli enters near the northeast corner of the county and WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 58 1 runs southeasterly to the county line, is the principal stream. The Verdigris River cuts across the southwest corner of the county, and Owl Creek, rising in three "head streams" (North and South Owl Cieek and Cherry Creek) near the center of the county tlows southeast to the county line. Buifalo, East and West, rises toward the south line of the county and runs across the line into Wibon County. Big and Little Sandy are creeks of importance in Belmont township, the one rising in the west and the other in the east part of the township and furnishing an abunda nceof spring water. The belts of timber vvliich once lined the banks of the streams, and extended out into the bottoms from a few rods to a mile in width, liave been largely cleared away, but the "jack oak hills" have been fenced, and the once scrub brush has grown into young forests in placas, and its importance as a source of wood supply has come to be considered of some consequence. Woodson County is well watered. Springs abound in the hill country, large pools in the creeks of the lowlands supply stock water and well water is found in sufficient quantities from twenty to forty feet below the surface. Coal is found in veins of considerable thickness in the western half of the county and it was once depended upon for a considerable item of fuel. As a resource it was mined and marketed to some extent but as heavy "stripping" was necessary to reach the coal the labor expended came to be regarded of more value than the mined coal. The ridge passing through the center of the county and upon which the county seat is located abounds in a fine grade of sandstone. It is stratified and varies in thickness from a few inches to a few feet- Several quarries have been opened and considerable quantities of the stone taken out but used largely by the settlers and by contractors and builders in the construction of the county seat. In color the stone is a deep cream or a light brown and when first taken from the ground contains a large percent of water and is, therefore, easy to work. 5^2 HISTORY OF ALI.EK AND iearlv> Settlers All of Woodson County and a small strip off the south side of Coffey County was included in the New York Indian Reserve. This strip began !i' the state line and ran westward beyond the surveys, while on the south it joined the Osage Reserve. The Woodson County part of the strip was never occupied by any of the New York tribe.s, their only settlement being a temporary one near Ft. S'eott. Finding that the Indians would not settle on the Reserve, the Oovernnient, in 1860. had all of these lands offered for sale and opened to pre-emption at the land office at Ft. Scott. There were. many squatter settlers scattered about over the county, people who had come into the county as early a.s 1855 and '5fi and on down to 1860. and these settlers hastened to the land oft'ice. upon hearing of the Government's move in placing the land upon the market, and made entries of their clioice of lands. Just who the first settlers of the county actually were it is difficult af this date to determine. Many of the "first settlers" passed on, later, and those who remained are not certain as to whom the honoi' of the "first settler" in the county really belongs. On March 2. 1857 Jack Oavan, John Woolnian, John Chapman and others reached Neosho Palls. Soon after this the Stock-brands. xVugust Lauber and Autrust Toedmau settled in Center township and there were some early settlements made in Belmont town.ship. Reuben Daniels settled in the latter place in 1856 and some of his children and many of his grandchildren reside there still. The Gregorys went into Belmont as early as 1858 and James and Cortes Gregory, two sons of the pioneer, have resided almost continu- ously in the county for forty-three years. David Cooper settled on the ^'erdigris in 1856 and the same year John Coleman squatted upon a piece of land in Owl Creek town.ship. ]\Iany notable propositions have come before the voters of the county for their decision. They approved the Banking Law in 1861 by a vote (yt' 62 to 7. and the same election gave Lawrence 71 votes for state capita! and Topeka 5. In 1867 the question of elective franchise was submitted -.striking the word "white" from the constitution— and of women suf- frage, striking the word "male" from the constitution, all of which propo- sitions were defeated in the county by heavy majoi-ities. February 27. 1875 the question of voting .'ji5,000 in bonds in aid of the destitute of the state was voted on and lost by more than two to one. November 2, 1880, the Prohibitorv Amendment was voted upon and carried bv a vote of 748 to 530. "WODDSD'N COfNTIliS. KA\'SAS. SS,'^ August 16, 1858, the Board of Supervisors met at Neosho Falls and proceetkd to lay off the county into townships. Neosho Falls, Liberty, lOwl Creek, Belmont and Verdisrris townships were the result of this meet- ing of the board. Jlay 22, 1858, the Board of Supervisors consisting of 1. W. Dow, G. J. Cavan and William Phillips, with Charles Cameron, clerk ''of the board, met at Neosho Palls and passed an order establishing the seat of county government at that place. The .same month N. G. Goss & Company donated to the county a building to be used as a county jail so long as the County Seat .should remain at Neosho Palls. Dow's hall was •eventually rented for court house purposes. In 1867 began an agitation "over the qitestion of County Seat location which continued nine years and v.-as not settled until a half dozen elections were held and mnch bitterness •of feeling engendered among the contesting sections of the county. The result of the election of No\-ember 5, 1867, gave Neosho Falls 129 votes. l"'enter 2, Colma 2. and the Southwest quarter of section 11, township 25, range 15, (the present site of the County Seat) 118. Elections followed vach other in rapid succession, the next one being held September 21, of Ihe ne.xt year resulting in a vote of 313 for Neosho Palls and 199 for Chellis. The third election ♦^onk place November 3, 1873. and gavd Defiance 506, Kalida 530 and Waldrip 1. Kalida, which thus became the I'onnty Seat, was three miles southeast of the center of the county, and Defiance was six miles east of the center. Both towns were at a later date ti-ansferred bodily to Yates Center. On February 23, 1874, the question came np for decision again and Defiance was chosen over Kalida by a vote of 643 to 491. A year later a neAv factor came i;p in the fight and jtnother. and the fifth, election was called to locate the County Seat. The contestants were Neosho Falls. Defiance and Yates and resulted in Neosho Falls i-eceived 301, Defiance 235 and Yates Center 335- On the 12th of September, 1876. a second election was held to decide between l^eosho Falls and Yates Center as to which should be the seat of govern- ment. At this election Yates Center received 488 votes and Neosho Falls 426, whieli was a final settlement of the vexed and \'exing question. Prom tlie first official act of the Board of Supervisors down to the ■selection of Yates Center as the County Seat the county had nothing but v. temporary court house, or place for the transaction of its public busi- ness. Some hall or old store building was fitted up for the reception of the records, ^yherever the County Seat chanced to be and the nearest approach to a genuine court house, until its present structure was dedi- cated, was in the arrangement and preparation of the old wooden shack at the northeast corner of the sqiiare in Yates Center to become such building and to be used for public purposes. A number of elections were held to vote upon a proposition 1o bond the county for a court house but little enthusiasm was manifest for such a proposal outside of the County Seat and smaller towns. As time wore on it became more and more apparent that the old "Bee Hive" was fast becoming inadequate for the 584 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND public needs. Its hj'gienic conditions were almost intolerable, and its run-down dilapidated a[)pearance all conspired to arouse the people to a true realization of their public needs. In 1899 a proposition to vote $30,000 in bonds for the erection of a new court house and jail met with a willing response, and on August 9, 1899, the corner stone of the new structure was laid with much ceremony, and an address by the District Judge, Hon. Leander Stillwell. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 585 ■MooDson County in Mar A company of soldiers for service in the Union Army was organized at Neosho Falls in November, 1861. B. F. Goss was chosen Captain and L W. Dow First Lieutenant. This company formed a part of the lola Fiattaliou of the 9th Kansas Cavahy They served along the border between Kansas and Missouri and in Arkansas and participated in many of the well kno\vn engagements and skirmishes fought in those Bush- whacking strongholds the first three years of the war. The state militia enrolled many other men of the county who were either indisposed to service in the volunteer army or were physically incapacitated for such service. These militiamen were subject to the call of the Governor or of the commander-in-chief of the state, in emergencies, chief of which were the raids of "Pap" Price. For service in the Spanish-American war the county furnished her quota of young men— sons of veterans and other sons— who enlisted in one of the companies of the famous 20th Kansas, Colonel Funston. The regiment rendezvoused at Topeka, was ordered to San Francisco and there equipped and inade ready for the field. It was one of the last com- mands to be ordered to the Philippines and took a conspicuous part in the first, and all other prominent engagements of the Philippine Insurrection. Upon its return home after an absence of a year and a half the regiment was tendered a public welcome and reception by the state in honor of its gallant, brave and patriotic achievements in Luzon. iS6 HtSTOKV OF AI.f.KN' AST/ 1Kailroa&6, Cdwns; l£tc. As early as 1867 the question of a railroad for Woodson County began) f(i claim the attention of the people. Beginning then and continuing down to tlie summer of 1881 there were many bond propositions sub- mitted to a vote of the people in behalf of as many different companies for lines of railroad across the county from almost every cardinal and semi- cardinal point. All these propositions were voted down except the one to aid the St. Louis, Ft. Scott and Wichita Railway which asked of Center and Toronto townships an aggregate of !};50,000 in bonds. Tliere was little opposition to the proposition, and in the sunuuer of 1881 the first railroad for the county became a reality. This line became a part of the Missouri Pacific system a few yeni-s later, which eomi)any built a line from Leroy southwest through Yates Center where it formed a junction vnih the Wichita road for points west. In 1887 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway constructed a feeder from its line at Colony southwest through Neosho Falls to Yates Center, a distance of twenty-si.x miles, and there terminated the branch. The same system built a branch line from Madison, Kan., in 1884, doAvn the Verdigris River, crossing the southwest corner of Woodson County, and called the Chicago, Kansas and Western railroad. This, with the Aiissouri Pacific line, gave Toronto two raili'oads and aided much in the rievelopment of the west side of the county. The Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad built a line from Junction City. Kan., in 1870 down the Keosho River, passing across the northeast corner of Woodson County to Parsons. For many years this was an im- |.ortant line of road and heavy trains of Texas cattle were shipped over the road to northern connecting points. With the construction of com- [leting lines, and directly to the markets of Chicago and St. Louis, through business sought other channels and the .Tunction City branch dropped into a line .solely for local tralTic. The towns of the county are Yates Center, Neosho Falls, Toronto Piqua, Vernon and Rose. The mere postoffices are Burt, Finney Griffin, Keck Coloma. Lomando, Cookville and Conger. The histories of Neosho Falls and Toronto appear under separate heads in this work while that of the other towns is recorded below. Yates Center, the County Seat of Woodson County, is located upon sections 10, 11. 14 and 15. township 25, range 15. and includes, with its additions, something over a section of land. The fact that this location WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 587 is in the geographical center of the county, and that its original owner's name was Yates led to the christening of the town as "Yates Center." When tie election had decreed that this spot was to be the seat of govern- ment of the county Mr. Yates purchased a two stor.y building and moved it 111 the townsite— the first building in Ihe town. This building war for a long time used not only for a county building but for holding religious services and for other public gatherings. G'eorge Wille was the first general merchant. T. AV. Wilson opened the second store and J. M, Wolfer came with the first .stock of drugs. E. V.Wharto'n was the first phy.sician and was followed by Dr. J. W. Turner. Jesse Pickett was the first lawyer in tie town, but Judge W. H. Thurber and Alexander Stewart were on the ground almost as early. The first hotel, moved from Kalida. was I'un by C W. Wilson, who was also the first liveryman. J. B. Fry was Ihe first blacksmith. In 1878 the court house was moved from Defiance to the new County S'eat and was located at the northea.st corner of the public square. In 1884 the town was incorporated and became a city of the third class. The town is supported almost entirely by an agricultiiral district and has maintained a steady and continuous growth. The popu- lation has increased from vear to year, the census showing a population, of 500 in 1880; of 1.370 "in 1890" and of 1,6.38 in 1900. Piqua is situated at the junction of the IMissouri. Kansas and Texas and the Missouri Pacific Railways, and is one mile from the east line of l!ie county. It griw up hurriedly to a town of a couple of hundred s-ouls and has remained at that stage— a good country trading point. The place h not incorpoi-ated and its chief educational and denominational institu- tions are conducted by the Roman Catholics. Other churches maintain organizations there and a public school is conducted in the district several Ufonths in the year. Vernon is a modei'n village situated on th.e Missouri Pacific Railway, nine miles northeast of Yates Center. A popula+ion of a hundred or more gathced together in a bunch near the head of Cherry Creek and in the midst of a fine rolling prairie country constitutes Vernon. J. N. Shannon is the leading general merchant, and all the enterprises usually found in the smaller towns are represented there. Rose consists of a store, blacksmith shop, a church and a large hay marke*". It is on the IMissouri Pacific Railway eight miles southeast of Ya*es Center and in the very heart of a fine asficultural and hay region, less than a hundred souls number its population but its importance as a trading and shipping point is second to none of its size in the state. Du- mo'nd Brothers and William M. Patterson ai'e the leading shippers of the place, and the postmaster and merchant is Tuttle. The Neosho Falls Post is the oldest paper in the county, and ha^s had many editors; W. W- Sain, if we mistake not, was its founder and fii'st editor, while IT. D. Dickson, now of Emporia, was the first typesetter <.r the -hcpt- .1. N. Stout, now postTuastei-, has for the past dozen years 5S8 HISTORY OF AI.1.KN AND l.eeii publisher, Imt Ik- trausiVnetl the titk' the Hist of April last to II. C. Stici.er, who is now its editor and proprietor. The Ya.es Center News was tlie ne.\t paper established. It was lonnded at the eoiinty .seat by Ret Baker in ^lay, 1S77. It had several iiwiieis and publishers up to July. 188li when the business nianasi'mt'ut came into the hands ot U. H. Trutblood, wl.o has had charge of the pajier ever since. Tie owners of the News to-day are H. II Trueblood ami F. L. Stephenson. The former is editor and publisher, and the latter simply owns an interest, being engaged in the banking business which recpiires all i.f his attention. The News is the otfieial county paper. Republican in politics and for the Ixst interests of its town and county all the time. The Argus was established in the winter of ISS2 by "W. II. Jones who conducted it a short time and sold it to X. B. Buck, who a short time afierwards sold the paj)er to J. P. and J. II. Bell, who in a very few days .sold the plant to the Yat. E. I.earnard. of Burlington. Kan. lie was elected December 6, 1859, at the first election held under the Wyandotte Constitu- tion. He resigned before entering upon the duties of his office anil was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the first regiment of Kansas volunteers and served as such during the civil war. Hon. H- JM. Ruggles. of Emporia was af)pointed to fill the vacancy, and on November 5. IHfil was elected for the unexpired term. lion. J. H. Watson was elected November 8 1864, but before his term of office as judge had expired, the legislature hail taken AYoodson County fi'om the fifth district and placed it in the seventh since which time the history of the bench of this county is identical with that of Allen County, already recorded in this volume. The Bar of W^oodson County has undergone many changes since 1860. The pioneer lawyers are all goiie except A. Stewart who now resides at Yates Center, and W. B. Stine. who quit the practice of law in the latter 60 's and has since engaged in farming. Sanniel E. Hoffman was the first lawyer in AYoodson County. He came from Pennsylvania to Kansas in 1858, and was 24 years old when he reached Woodson County. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1859 and helped frame the Wyandotte Constitution, and was the first State Senator from Woodson County- He is now a resident of St. Louis and is engaged in the banking business. In the early 60 's there was no resident lawyer in the eouiity. and N. H. Bent, of Burlington, was appointed county attorney. Prior to 1867. the principal law business of the county was transacted by Eli Gilbert and Alex Johnson, of Oarnett, N. H. Bent, Silas Pearl. Alex Stewart and A. Jones, of Coffey County, and Ruggles and Plumb, of Emporia. Soon after the formation of the seventh judicial district, William E. Grove located at Neosho Falls, then the county seat, and was appointed county attorney. He was then the only lawyer in Woodson County who devoted his entire time to the practice of law. He moved from Woodson County to Grand Rapids. ]\Iich.. and was there elected Circuit Judge, which position- he held for many years. During the year of 1870. W. H. Slavens. W A. Atchison. T. J. Petit, i'.nd C. B. Graves opened offices in Neosho Falls, and the following year Willard Davis, afterward attorney general of the state, and W. P. Talbott located there. About this time Peter Bell, who lived on a farm near Kalida commenced the practice of law. Then H. D. Dickson opened an ■\VOODSO>; COrNTlKS, KANSAS. 5gl '.^rrVce ;tl N'eoslui F:il]v :nul fnllowirn- liivn lUinnu: the TO's caiiif J- R. -TPickett, W. H. Tlmrljer, J. P Shively, :M. V. Yodei-. G, R. Stephensou. W. E. Hogueland, J. H. Sticlwr and /. W. Dickson. ■ Of these attorneys, ^Slavens. Atchison, Petit, Davis, Thurlser and Bell are dead. Talbott lives at Parsons. Kan Graves moved to Burlington. Kan., and was elected .jndge ■Ot that district which position he held for twelve years. He now lives at Emporia and is aeti\"el.y engaged in the practice of law. II. D- Dieksoti served one term as Representative of Woodson County, one term as ■county attorney and now li\'es at Emporia, Kan. Since moving to that place he has .served one term as coun+y attorney of Lyon County, and was for several years attorney for Tlie A. i. & S. P. Ry Co. J. E. Pickett served five years as county attorney, and in 1888 he abandoned the "practice of law to enter the ministry, and is now pastor of the Christian ■ehurch at Boulder. Colo. J. P. Shively is farming near Paola. M. V. Yoder went to "Washington Territory (now state), and the last known of him here he was proljate judge of one of the counties in that territory. J. W. Dickson served as postmaster at Neosho Palls during the Harrison admin- istration and went from there to Danville. 111., where for several years he ■served as bookkeeper for a coal company at that place. In Pebruary, 1901 he returned to Woodson County and is now bookkeeper for the Yates Center "Bank- G. R. Steplienson and W. E. Hogueland and J. H. Stieher are the only attorneys of this period who still reside in Woodson County, and are engaged in the practice of law. During the 80 's D. C. Zimmerman. iNI. C. Smith. C. X. Warner. C. C. •Clevenger, W. P. Gregorv, G. M. Martin, E. H. White, W. A. Reid, P. S. Ray. G. H. Lamb and P. M. Sutton became members of the Woodson County Bar. Mr. Zimmerman now lives in Indiana and has recently been a prominent candidate for member of congress from his district in that state. M. C. Smith is now a leading lawyer of Springfield. Mo. C . N. Warner is practicing law at Seattle. Wash. W. P. Gregory served one li'rm as county attorney of Woodson County and is now located at Trenton, IVlo.. and is practicing law at that place. C. C- Clevenger served f(mr years as Probate Judge of Woodson County and then entered the news- l)aper business. He is now editor and proprietor of the Osawatomie Granhic of Osawatomie. Kan., and is postmaster at that place. E. H. White is engaged in the mercantile business at Yates Center. F. M. "Sutton lives on a farm near Toronto. W. A. Reid is in the railway ser^nce in Texas, and the other gentlemen named are still residing at Yates Center nnd engaged in the active practice of law. During the past ten vears S-C. Holeomb. A. J. Jones. S. C. Holmes. J. S. Gijson. R. Sample. Jr.. E. 0- Stillwell. E. E. Kelley. J. E. Wiriek and A. Howard were enrolled as members of the legal fraternity of the county, E. E. Kelley is county superintendent of piiblic instruction of this county, and i.s fast winning fame as an author. All of the rest of these last named 51.^ HISTORY OF ALLEN AN'D iToiitleiiu'ii still ivsido in Woodson t'onnty and are engaged iu tlie practice of law except J 8. Uilson who is dead. Tlie tirst case tliat appears on the docket of the district court of Woodson Coimty, as shown by the records, was filed September 9, 18li4. Tiie title of the case is: The State of Kansas, against D. H. ^liller, charged with breaking ,iail. This note appejirs on the trial docket: "Case con- tinued on accoiuit of the absence of the defendant." The defendant is still absent. In these early days when the lawyers were young, inexperienced and without books, questions were raised and discussed that would surprise aud startle the lawyers of to-day. Among many instances of this kind is the f/illowing: A man was arrested in the city of Neosho Falls for selling in- toxicating liquoi-s without a license. The defendant before the Police Judge pleaded "not guilty," and demanded a .iury. No provisions could be found by court or coun.sel authorizing such a proceeding. The constitutional pro- vision giving to every man a trial by .jury was paraded by counsel for the defendant and thereupon the City Attorney confessed the right of trial by .iury. and proposed to the Police Judge to inipannel one. which he proceed- ed to do. To this the defendant ob.iected. but the trial went on and the defendant was convicted, whereupon he appealed to the district court. In the district court the defendant moved to di.-iniss on the ground that the defendant had been convicted in a manner not provided for by the statutes: but the Judge held the api^eal good, and stated that the defendant was now voluntarily in a court where he could have the benefit of a constitutional .iury, and thereupon the trial proceeded. There being no jury room, the jury was left in the court i-oom to consider their verdict, and remained there all night. The defendant at the time of the trial was running a saloon in a room adjoining the court room. During the night he slipped through the thin i>ai-tition to the jury bottles of beer and other liquoi-s In the morning the jury weie called into the box and delivered to the court a verdict of not guilty. The l^ity Attorney insisted upon having the jury polled. During this e'^amiimtion of the jiu-y one of them said that he bad not agreed to the verdict, but that he had been compelled by other iurors to assent thereto; that he had been knocked down and with an ujilifted chair and violent threats forced to consent to the verdict: but he now claims protection of the court in repudiating it : but the jury were discharged, the defendant was not to be found, and he is still at large. The warmest feelings of friendship have always existed between the menibers of the "Woodson County Rar. and the different pei-sons who have presided as judge of the district. They liave nnitually aided each other iu arriving at the correct solution of the various questions that have arisen. Woodson County is purely an agricultural and stock raising county, and is not a fruitf\il field for litigation, yet its bar ranks among the first in the state. Several of her lawyers having a larare practice in the adjoiuine WOOUSON COUNTIKS, KANSAS. 593 C'oiiiilies. Tlicy luivc UiUeii an adive pari in all movements for the uplifting of the county, all of them who have families, with possibly one exception, own their own homes, and they may truly be said to be part and parcel of (he Vfirious: eonjmunities where thev I'eside. HfSiuK^ L'h ALLh-N AST? Cbc ipul?lic Scbools vBi" JiR. E. E. KELLET, SVPERIXTEXDENT OF PCBUC INSTRUCTION.) The early history of the schools of Wooclson Countj" is very similar A) that of scores of counties in the Kastern half of Kansas. The pioneers; ivere men ami women who came to make homes. The great majority were- men and women of gootl education and. next to the making of homes they were inti.'rest*'d in the education of their children. In 1857 the common school system was in the first stage of its evolution even in the states east of the Mississippi. The Kansas pioneer tried to- begin the education of his children at the point where it was broken off when he moved from the East. Under the Territorial law there was an attempt at the organization of « public sdiool system. The free state legislature of 1858 took some steps in this direction and created the office of Territorial Superintendent of Schools, though the first incumbent of that office. James X. Xoteware. has left on record no report of the condition of the schools during his adminis- tration. His successor. S. W. Oreer, did much towards organizing the schools into a system, as did his successor, J. C. Douglas, the last of the ti rritorial superintendents. W. R. OriflBth was the first state superintendent and died soon after his election. His suceesor. S. M. Thorp, was killed in the sacking of 1 awrence. Tien came Isaac T. Hoodnow. a man of great force of character and fine executive ability. To his recommendation the passage of many «n?e school laws of the earlier days is due. He organized the state schixil sys*em as it stood until the year 187fi. The school laws were re\-ised in that year, and the Hon. D. W. Finney, of this county, then a state senator, was chairman of the committee on revision. The first school taught in the county was taught at Neosho Falls. It was taught in the summer of 1S5S by Miss Emma Coidter. Early settlers say she was a vei-y pretty, stylish young lady and was well liked. < A standard, by the way. that seems to have been maintained throuehout the district's historj".'* Following the close of this term. Ebenezer H. Curtis opened a private school in the building which now stands south of Mrs. Tydeman's and back from the street in Xeasho Falls. Mr. Curtis was a li^an of good education and was a popular teacher. When the war broke out he entered the Fnion army and subsequently became the colonel of a colored regiment. "When last heard from, some eight years ago, he was li^•ing near Baxter Springs, Kan. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 595 In the winter of 1860-61 George Waite taught a private school in the Viteto building jnst east of Highbargin's hotel. During the next ^^anter Mrs. Brengle taught a school in her home, the house now known as the John Br.yant house, and liad an enrollment of twenty-five pupils. In January, 1863, the new County Superintendent, E. J. Brown began the organization of the county into school districts. They were numbered consecutively in each township. Number One, Owl Creek township, was organized January 17th of that year. Number One, Neosho Falls township, was organized January 15th, as was Number One, Belmont township. Num- ber One, Liberty township, was created January 24th, and Number One, Toronto township, was organized April 25th of the same year. Thomas Holland taught the first public school in Neosho Falls- About this time lumber was obtained for a new school house, but I am told the greater portion of it was "jayhawked" by a wagon maker who had a sliop ia;ir 'y. Tlie law of lecompense was vmdicateJ, however, in a peculiar r.ay. At tiiat time there was a small building two lots north of Dulinsky's store that was used as a cooper shop. Early in the war the proprietor stole away and later the news came back that he had joined the Eebel army and was killed in battle. No relatives appeared to claim his property, and the cooper shop was appropriated and made use of as a school house. The first ""new" behool house was built in Neoslio Falls in 1869- A second room was added in 1871, and in 1872 the district purchased the old land office building just south at a cost of $1,000. This served as the li'gh school building until January, 1900, when it was abandoned for school purposes, sold, and the new school building, just then completed was occupied. The new building has six rooms, is built of brick and is of modern architecture. Among those who once taught in the Neosho Falls schools I find the names of A. F. Palmer, later a county superintendent ; J N. Shannon, now a prosperous merchant of Vernon ; J. J. McBride, a brilliant scholarly man who came to his death in a tragic manner at Toronto in 1886; J- N. Stoiit, ex-editor of the Post; A. J. Jones, later probate judge and county attorney: A. H. Newton, of the Humboldt schools, and J. W. D. Anderson, a man of brilliant attainments and literary aspirations, who died at Omaha, Nebraska. Operating under a new law, in 1865, Mr. W. B. Stines, then county superintendent, proceeded to number the school districts of the county in consecutive order. There was a rivalry among the various districts in the position of "Number One." Neosho Falls especially pushed her claims for that place. The coveted number was conferred on a Liberty township district near Mr. Stines' home. Neosho Falls was Numbered Eight, which number she still bears, but the district squared matters with ^Jr. Stines at the next election by casting a heavy vote against him and seeu>'ing his defeat. The official records show thai a scbo.il was taught in Toronto in the summer of 1864 by R. W. Richardson, that forty-nine pupils were enrolled, 596 HISTORY OF ALLKN AND (it wliit-li ()iil.\- tweiity-tliree were residents ol" the district. The school cost $90 for the term of tliree months. E. KeUogg was the district clerk. The next year Mr. Rieliardson airain taught the school, receiving $20 per mouth. The clerk reports that the school house was built with money raised by levying a district t.M.\. The ho^^e so buili served its purpose until 18S'J. when a house of four rooms was erected and A. J. Jones was the first priiici])al. In \SW it was found necessary to build two nioi'e rooms to meet the growing needs of the school, (i. II. Lamb was principal for a number of years, as was !•/ K. Kelley. Mrs. l^lla Crockett served twelve years in the primary room. The first school house was built in the Yates Center district in 1876. It was a one room stone building. Two rooms were subsequently added to it, and in 1882 bonds were issued to build the stone house on the hill in the north part of the city. It was known as the high school building, and its graduates number about lal). In April, 1001. the district voted bonds in the amount of $12,500 foi' a new, modern, t(Mi I'oom struetuiv on the site of the north building. The first building at Vernon was erected about 1873. In 189.5 it gave p'ace to a new school house, and in 1900 an additional room was built and u graded school established with Miss Flora Sherman and ]\riss Maude Lamb as teachers. Among the old time teachers I fintl the names of many now dead, and all survivors are in othei' vocations: Edwin B. Dennison, Mary Brengle Helen S. Miller, who later became Mrs. Fred Arnold, Sarah H. Hawkins, who became Mrs. Judge Craves. Cornelia A. Woodruff. "Wm. B- Stines. Julia 15. Thaver, Laura A. Dumond. Phedora Jones. M. E .Patterson, David I'hillips. L. A. Wolfe. R. F. Fades. J. M. Jewett, Mollie Brady, A. J. Moody, K V. AVharton and IT. S. Johnson. In lSfi7 the school population of the county was 571 white children and one colored. The average daily attendance in the county was IBfi. and "IfC average length of the school term was three and one-fourth months. There were six male and nine female teachei's employed, and the average wages of the males was $31.14. and of the female teachers $19. Now the total number of school age in the county is 3.521. with an average daily attendance of 2,300. The average length of school term is seven and one- lialf months, and the average wages per month for male teachers is $37.50. and for females $31.50. It seems a little strange to hear of log school hou.ses in Kansas. Yet, in the report of the county superintendent for 1867, it appears that there were thirteen school houses in the county, and that ten of them were log houses and three were frame buildings. At that time the following text books were in use: McGuffey's reader and speller, Spencerian penman- ship. Tfay's ai-ithme*ics. Cornell's jreogi-aphies. the Goodrich history iind Pinneo's grammars: in many respects distinctly superior to the state lexis of the present day. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 597 It might l)e well to speak here of at least two ventures toward estab- lishing |)rivate schools. Especially I wish to speak of the work of jNIiss Hattie Chirk, now Mrs. W. W. P. McConnell. Miss Clark came to Neosho Falls during the war period with the purpose in view of founding a semi- nary foi' young ladies. She came in Januar.y. 1864. The hall over the (lotel was fitted with blackboards and seats, and the use of Mrs. Crane's organ was obtained. Miss Clark taught four terms of three months each. The tuition was .$2.50 per term. The first term she had sixteen pupils. Then to make the school more lucrative she admitted younger children and also some male i)U])ils. During the hist term the enrollment reached forty. In Perry township, almost due west of Humboldt, and on a high, bleak limestone hill, stands an old unpainted house, gloomy in appearance and showing the ravages of time. Here, soon after the war a man named Ouackenbos. a brother of the old time text book author of that name, essayed to start a boarding school for boys. An old >ettler tells me that the plan was to take for students the sons of Eastern men who desired tleir sons to see a bit of Western life and at the same time be far removed from the contaminating iniluences too often found in the East. The project began bravely enough, but the students had a predilection for running away to Humboldt for a good time, and after a year's trial the school was abandoned. The old building is a landmark and can be seen for many miles. The following i.s a complete list of the county superintendents of the countv : Peter s'^'evens, 1859-61 : .J. B. Pickering. 1861-62 : E. J. Brown 1863-64: Dr. McCartney, 1864: W. B. Stines, 1865-67: S. J. Williams, 1867- 70; W M. Fiiendlv, 1870-71. J. L. Gilbert, 1871-75; A. F. Palmer, 1875-81; J W. Richardson, 1881; Lizzie J. Stephenson, 1882-87; Kate Rhea. 1887-89; J. C. Culver, 1889-91; Kate Rhea, 1891-93; A. M. Kannard, 1893-97; Lucy Ellis. 1897-99; E. E. Kelley, 1899. The twenty-fifth annual session of the normal institute was held in the month of July, 1901. It is, in Kansas, the educational Chautauqua of the school teacher, and there is scarcely a county in the state but where the attendance runs above the hundred mark. The early history of the normal institute is interesting. In the legislature of 1864 some humorously inclined i^olon introduced and secured the passage of a bill designed to encourage the normal institute. It provided for the holding of an insti- tute in each senatorial district, "Provided, board shall be furnished free of charge to all teachers and members of the institute during its session, hy the place where the institute is held." It woidd be rather a wonder if any town would want the in.stitute under those circumstances, but a search of the records shows that Neosho Falls opened her homes and spread her tables for the members of the institute on at least two occasions. One transcription is: "The institute held at Neosho Falls on September. 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd was a decided 'uccess. " Another entrv. a little later savs: "The institute at Neosho Falls 598 HISTORY OF ALI.EN AND was a decided success. Teachers are becoming; iiioie ( tVicieiit in the school room and more active out of it. Forty-six new school houses have been built during; tl;e year. But one in.stance lias oecnrred in whicli a patri);i has attempted to interfere with the lawful authority of the teacher. That patron sulfered the e.\pense of a lawsuit, a fine of ei^rhty dollars and the righteous indignation of an outraged community." In 1867 the county received $8o7.o7 from the st.ate school fund. Last year it received the sum of .$8,040. In 18(57 the total amount paid for teachers' wages was .$1.31").. 50. and last year $21,080 was so paid. There are now eighty-eight teachers employed and si.xty-nine organized districts in the county. The alumni of the various high schools number 220. and there have been 288 graduates from the district schools. WOODSON COLTOTIES. KANSAS. 590 IPoUtics an^ :£lection IRcturns (UY FRED L. STEPHENSON) At the time Wooa. 'U Couuty was organized and for a uuuiber of years afterward, locality and personal popularity seemed to have more to do with the selection of the county officials than party polities. The Repub- licans were so large!} 'n the majority that not until about 1880 or 1881 did the Demo rats pla e a county ticket in the field. However the regular nominee on the Kepubl can ticket was hot always successful as almost every year there were some independent candidates, and occasionally a Democrat \.'0uld be elected by reason of his pei-sonal popularity or some local strife. From the beginning the Republicans have maintained their orgauizatiou and have been the dominant party in the county. Some of the active workers among the Republicans in the 60 's and 70 's were: I. W. Dow, W. B. Hogueland, W. W. Sain, W. H. Jones, W. B. Stines, W. A. Atchison, D. W. Finney. T W. Wilson. W. H. Slavens, David Phillips, A. B. Mann, Joseph Bishop, W. S. Lockard, 0. S. Woodard, J. H. Bayer, William Stockebrand. J. W. Turner, Fred L- Arnold. Henry Gregory, J. W. Jewett, J. A. Freer, G. C. Snow. In the 70 's and 80 's the following came into honorable jtroniintnee : Seth Kellogg. J. B. Prut7man J. A. Gregory, F- M. Henlv, Geo. D. Carpenter, I. N. Holloway. I. S. Jones. Geo. E. Faler, J. B. Frv, H. S. Trueblood. R. A. Hurt. J. W.'Depew. J. E. Pickett. J. A- Hale, T. J. Eagle, W. P. Stephenson. S. E. Portei-. G. W. Davis, B. P. Baker, G. W. Rogers, W. E. Hogueland, G. R. Stephenson. J. B. Stockton, De.xter E. Clapp, A. C. Gordy, L. L- Bvington, W. C. Willie, B. F. Everett, T. L. Reid, Eli Jackson. Jno. 0. Dow, N. B. Buck, J. N. Stout. W- L. Parsons. Jas. Dutro. I. M. Jewett. R. M. Phillips. W. P. Diekerson. Chas. Starrett, A. Singleton, S. C. Guston, A. A. Keek, E. W. Naylor, Geo. W. Shepard, James Davidson, J. J. Layton, H. H. McCormick, R. P. Hamm, J. F. Bayless. J- J. Puckett, A. H. Schnell, D. T. Shotts, A. T. Woodruff. G. H. Lamb, J. L. Martin, J. W. Quick, Thad Parsons. S. G. Paris, D. M Ray. In 187.3 what was known as the Reform party was organized by Democrats and former Repviblicans. Among those prominent in the movement were G. W. Hutchinson. W. J. Houghawout, Hud Houghawout. Mike Reedy, Dan Fullmer and Frank Butler. This party nominated a ticket in 187-3 and succeeded in electing Frank Butler Representative. The Democratic party was the next to form a county organization and placed a ticket in the field, selecting their candidates in mass convention. In 1882, E. v. Wharton, their nominee for Representative was elected, he 600 HISTORY OK Al.LKN A.S'IJ lioiug tlie only .successful eanilidate on their tic'k;lev. Alec Liinler. S. C. (Jeary. Thomas Watson, Chas. Bauersfeld and C C. :\Iills. "Woodson counties, kansas. At a meeting of the supervisors of "Woodson comity, Jvaiisas territory, 'held at 5seosho Falls. May 22, 1858. I. W. Dow was chairman and W. Phillips and G. J. Gavin constituted the boai-d with Chas, Camron their •clerk. Aiiionjr other business they made a call for an election of county of- ficers the first held in the county, at which time there were less than one luindred votes cast. At the g'eneral Xovember election in 1859, Marciis ■ J. Parrott received a nra.jority of the votes cast for delegate to congress and X. S. Goss for member of the council of the 12th. Council district. P. G. D ]\lorton was elected a Representative of the 24lh district, ovei' E. J Brown. The county officers elected were: Peter Stevens. Supt. Common Schools : Jonathan Keys. Probate Judge ; Hiram McConnell, Sheriff. Por Register of Deeds. Emerie Chase and H. Groesbeck each received 84: for County Clerk. J. M. Leech and M- Smith Austin received 81 votes each: A. ^'ernani elected county attorney: G. J: Gavin, ti'casurer: David Reynolds i 'oronei' : John Woolman. Surveyor. At an election held under the Wyandotte constitution. December 6. 1859. Charles Robinson received 60 vo*^es and Samuel Medary 37 votes in the 'County for Governor. 97 being the total number of votes east in the county, that year. At a spt?cial election in March. 1860. T. D. Bodman was elected county rierk and H. Groesbeck register of deeds to fill vacancies, th'ere being no ■choice for those offices at the pi'evious election. In November, 1860. the county officers elected were : James Crane, pro- bit te judge: A. W. Pickering, county clerk: Joel Moody, county attorney: (tsbone Ewing. county assessor, and AYilliam Phillips. E. Chase and Ijewis Thompson, counni.ssioners. At a special election in ]\Iarch. 1861, E. J. Brown was elected repre- >ientative. and John Staiisbury probate .judge to fill vacancies. At the general election in Xovember. 1861. George A. Crawford received ti majority of the votes in the county for governor. E. J. Brown was elected I'epresentative. David Reynolds, sheriff: Peter Yohon, county clerk; M. W. Alexander, treasurer: J. D. Coulter, register of deeds: J. S, Askren, county assessor: James Crane, probate judge: J. B. Pickering, superintendent public instruction : W. B. Stines. surveyor: Allen McCartney, district clerk- ■Jackson Lewis. Owen Diviney and H. J. Gregory, county commissioners For static capital tire vote stood : Lawrence, 71 : Topeka, 5, and Em- poria. 1. NOVEMBER. 1862. Tliere were 101 votes east for governor of which Thos. Carne}"^ received fil and AY .R. Wagstaff received 50. A. McCartney was elected representative : J. B. Pickering, probate judge: A. L. Hathaway, clerk of district court ; Geo. L. Wait, county clerk ; A. Johnson, shei'iff: Michael Collins, coroner; J. M. Baldwin, treasurer; John Woolman. surveyor: Peter Yohn. register of deeds; Isaac McCon- nell, countj^ assessor, and E. J. Brown, superintendent public instruction ^OI HIsrORY OF ALLKX ASm X(iVEMBER. 1S()3. A. \V. Piekeiiti;iMil). (■(iiiiity aitoi'iiey: II. A. Nichols, coniniissioner of third district. All i!c])uiilican:, cxcci)t Win. Reeciy. NOVKMBKR. 1893. 'I'liiisc elected wei'e K. L). Wchsler. treasurer; H. H. McCorraick, county cleik; T. \j. Heid. sheriff': F. L. Stephenson, register of deeds; O. P. Aiiuustine. coiouer: Arthur IMotl'at, surveyor, and Wm. Moorehead, com- missioner (il Isi district: all re])ublicaus except Wui. Moorehead. NOVKMBER. 1894. K(ir uovernor. E. N. Morrill reoeived a majority of 55 votes in the county. The suffrage amendment was defeated by 175 votes. Wm. Stockebrand was elected representative: James Dutro, probate judge; G. H. liMrnb. eo\nity attorney: A- M. Kannard. superintendent public instruction ;nid AVui. K'cedy. clerk district court; all Republicans except Wm. Reedy and \V I'. Lytic who was elected commissioner of second district. NOVEMBER, 1895. There was only one vote against Judge Stillwell in the county for di.strict judge. R. D. Webster, elected treasiirer; J. L. Martin, register of deeds ; W. O. Eades. county clerk : M. E- Hunt, sheriff ; D. M. Ray, surveyor ; 0. P. Augustine, coroner and Henry Peter, commissioner of 3d district; all • liepublicans except M. E. Hunt . NOVEMBER, 1896. For president. Wm. McKinley received 1,288 votes and W. J. Bryan, 1,189 voles. E. N. Morrill carried the county by 13S majority. W. W. Finney was elected representative; James Dutro, probate judge; A. J. Huff, clerk district court : Lucy Ellis, superintendent public instruction. G. W. ("ox. connuissioner 3d district and J. R. Vice, commissioner 1st district; all Republicans except Lucy Ellis and J. R. Vice. A. J. Jones elected county attorney. NOVEMBER, 1897- J. C. Culver, elected treasurer; W. 0. Eades, county clerk; M. E. Hunt, sheriff; J. L. Martin, register of deeds; L. N. Tallman, surveyor; Otis Orendorff, coroner^ and S. C. Gustin. commissioner 3d district. NOVEMBER, 1898- W. E. Stanley carried the county for governor by 123 votes. H. A. Nichols was elected representative; S. C. Holcomb, county attorney; W. L. Parsons, probate judge; E. E. Kelley, superintendent public instruction; A. J. Huff, clerk district court, and G. W. Cox, commissioner of 3d district; all Republicans except S. C. Holcomb. NOVEMBER, 1899. J. P. Kelley, elected county clerk ; J. C. Culver, treasurer ; Silas Nay- lor, register of .lei>ds; S. L| Patterson, sheriff; L. N. Tallman, surveyor; Otis Orendorff, coroner and J. W. Quick, commissioner of 1st district ; all Republicans except L. N. Tallman. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 607 NOVEMBER, 1900. Poi- pivsideiit. Will. AIcKinley received 300 majority in the county. W. 1v Stanley received a majority of 290 for governor and Chas. F. Scott's Uiajority in the county was 295 for congressman-at-large- H. A. Nichols was elected repi'esentative ; W. L. Pai'sons. probate judge: A. C. Woodrutif, vlerk district court ; S. C. Holcomli. county attorne.v : E. E. Kelley, superin- '(■ndent public instruction and S. (J. Paris, connnissioner 2d district; all Ki'IMibliciius except S. C Holcomb. !i 6oS HISTORY OF ALLEN AND C^oronto BY MKS. Jl. M. Bl CK. Toronto is a thriving; and projrressive town of nearly 800 population, situated in the southwest eorner of Woodson county, on the Verdigris river. It was laid out in 18fi9 by the Toronto Town company. The town did not t^row much until the Missouri Pacific railroad entered its domain in 1882 and a few years later the Santa Fe. Toronto's leadiuir enterprise is the roller mills which was erected in 1894: t)y its present owner. "\Y. P. Diekerson, and is the best equipped flour mill in this section, havins: a cajiacity of 50 barrels per day and a grinding capacity of 400 sacks daily. The brands of flour turned out are the Gem Patent, Pride of Toronto and Wild Rose, aud all give general satisfaction. Mr. Diekerson is also an extensive stock feeder, and uses the surplus mill stuff to good advantage as some of the finest cattle ever shipped from this section were fed on the output of this mill. Another industry is the Broom factoi'y which has been in operation since 1880 and is owned and op(>rated by a practical broom maker, C. B. Stuart, and places a broom on the market which for neatness and durability cannot be improved on by any of the larger factories. The various business and professional lines are represented as follows- Two dry goods stores, four general merchandise stores, three hardware stores, one meat market, two furniture stoies. two grocery stores, two har- ness shops, three millinery stores. si.\ restaurants, two druggists, one .jew- eler; two hotels, four blacksmith shops, three painters and paper hangers, several carpenters, one undertaking establishment, four doctors, one news- paper, two lawyers, one dentist, two real estate agents, one bank, two bai-- bers, three livery barns and one lumber yard. A public school building was erected in the 80's, two stories high and containing four rooms. In 1899 two additional rooms were built but only one of them was finished- It is expected the upper room will be finished this year. 1901. in time for the fall term, which will necessitate the hii-ing of another teacher making six in all. Toronto jjeople are alive to their sjiiritual needs aud requirements and have three church buildings. Methodist. Presbyterian and United Brethren. The ]\Iethodist made Toronto a station at the last annual conference held in Eureka. March. 1901. which gives them a pastor who preaches every Sunday, morning and night. Kev. W. Kmerson is the present pa.stor. They also have a siood parsonage of six rooms. The Pr.sbytcrians have not had a pa.stor for two year.s, but expect one this vear. •wooT)SO^' corxTiES. Kansas. ©oc; The Vnited Brethren is the newest of the thiee ehut'clies having been liiiilt in 189(1. Thtre is preacliint;' every Sunday night and alternate Sun- days in the morning. Also a good Sunday school is held every Sunday ■morning. A parsonagv was bought in 1898 about two blocks from the fhurch. The present pastor. Rev. T A. Darling, is young, and active in the Waster's caiise. Toronto has ele%T.Mi secet societies, fraternal and henef.ciary, each hav- ing claims to the individual seeking protection for the home, or for social and plea; an* in'^ercours-ie with each other, and by that means, help relieve the 'dreary vicissitudes of life in which so many of us come in contact. .Another great factor in Toronto's business circles is its bank, with a vapital of .$.5,000, organi:ed in 1892. The arrangement of the counting room is in accordance with *he ideas of metropolitan banks having fire and burglar proo<^ steel vault and safe with time jo'k. The funds and valuable docu- ments are further protected against loss by a polic.v in the Bankers' Mutual Insurance company. The I'rogressive business men and citizens formed a company in 1899 for the pu!'pos-e of drilling for gas. Three wells have been simk at an ex- pense of about $1,000 for each well and the results are far from satisfactory. The first well was abandoned after going down 942 feet as the conditions would not justify them iu going to any greater expense, but gas and salt water is sMll running from tie pipes and is being drank by some of our I'heiima'ie citizens with beneficial results. Oas well No. 2 was sunk 792 feet and the conditions were almost similar to No. 1. The last well, or No. 3 was sunk 1.000 feet with better results than the other two, and it was town. Pipes were accordingly laid, and most of the business men had it put claimed by some exptrts that we had enough gas iu that one well to run the in their stores, but tl e flow wa^' not what was expected as lamps had to be ",.'ed in addition to the gas to make good lights- At present there is some 1alk of raising funds to sink another well, and as the citizens have already sunk over $3,000 in the bowels of the earth it will take a good deal of argu- i:ient to get them to invest in another hole. 6'0 HISTORY OF ALI.EN AND IHcosbo ifaUs (by miss FLORENCE I.. SNO\V.) AVlien strangers eome into the town of Neosho Falls, they notice first the broad, smooth graveled streets and the beautiful embrasure of the river, and then they invariably put the question, "Where are the falls?" The olianging flow of water over tlie mill dain is most disappointing and the explanation that the riffle above the town site is responsible for the name is always met with dissatisfaction. But this gradual fall in the deliberate stream, just nine feet in two miles, was the determining factor in the genesis of tlie place and because the men who founded it liad the sense of eu- phony, Neosho Falls is a matter of natural right as well as verbal beauty. It was in the spring of '57 that this riffle in the Neosho i-iver gladdened the eyes of these pioneers. They had come from Iowa in an open buggy, two young comrades, full of the life that belongs to new countries and fresh enterprises, and they were looking foi- a suitable place to build a saw mill, and U> push their fortunes. One of them was a practical mill wright, Isaac W. Dow, a native of Maine, of strong well-bred nniversalist stock, lithe and active, clear-sighted generous-hearted and ready for whatever might come. The other was N S. Ooss, Stickney (ioss, as many who knew him in the early days still affec- tionately call him. He was a little older than his friend, and had recently sustained the loss that shadowed all his life — the death of his beautiful young wife. The descendant of an old Puritan family, he had- passed his later boyhood in AViseonsin whither his father luul emigrated from Ivan- caster. New TTampshire. He made the best of scant educational advantages, cultivated a natural fondness for ail sorts of bird life, and began the busi« ness activities which had prepared him for the Kansas venture. Of nervous temperament and a rather delicate but elastic physique, he had a great ca- pacity for patient, persistent work, and with a kindly, genial spirit and various other qualities of leadeiship. he was especially well fitted to becoine the main stav of an infant town as well as the '"Father of the Neosho Valley." After carofully inspecting the banks of the river and calculating the water power, the friends decided that the mill .should be built, and Mr Dow remained in camp "with the Indians," as he him.'-elf puts it, on \vhat afterwards became the T\euben Slavers farm, while Mr. Goss went to St. Louis foi- the hnnber aiul machinery. There were only two settlei-s in the vicinity, John Woolman, three miles west of the chosen site, and John Chapiiiaii who had a cabin near Spring WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 6l I Cieek, though to these might be added the Indian agent who was located tlnxe and a half miles east— the Leonard Puqua who still lives near Kansas City. The east bank of the river was thickly wooded for a prairie country, hut to the west of it the level groxind stretched away without even the shadow of a rock to the low bluffs that mark the ancient boundary of the water. Yef it seemed a promising country, and it was highly probable that if would appeal to many of the families who were seeking new homes in the famous territory. The mill w;is built, the people came, and lumber was made for their cabins. The first of these rude dwellings belonged to Enoch Pender, and his wife, who has recently followed her husband to the undiscovered country, was the first white woman in the settlement- Then Stevens and Rugglesi put up a grocei'y store and the original Falls House. Mr. Ruggles was the son of one of the first nu'ssionaries to the Sandwich Islands; had been named for one of the native chiefs, and in his utter disregard of his parents' leaching, gave additional emphasis to a most original and interesting character. With this- beginning the two initial nestors secured the necessary land and laid out the proportions of the futiire town, and a postoffiee having been granted to the ambitious se'tlement, Mr. Goss was appointed post- master. He also carried on considerable business with the Indians, and a grist mill was added to the original industry. When the war came on the village contained some very strong effective factors. Robert Mowry had come from Lawrence to assist in the building of the mill, and the great water-wheel that he created was a nine day's \>-onder. An ardent abolitionist, he had been in the thickest of some of the Tjawrenee troubles, and an equally devoted Methodist, he began the religious service in the new home that resulted in course of time in the organization of the Methodist church. He was, to the last of his days, which were all spent in Neosho Falls, a .seer of visions and a dreamer of intense religioiis dreams, yet he always stood for practical righteousness, and strove with all his power to forward the common ambition of making a good, clean, enter- I)rising town. Another notable addition was James Crane and his family. He had been a pioneer in Wisconsin, and was accompanied by Dr. Whitney and his wife and their daughter, and son-in-law, Mv. and IMrs. Hurd. The party had taken adjacent claims near lola, but being dissatisfied, had moved intfj the Falls where Willis Hurd, the first child born to the eonnnunity made his advent early in '60- Mr. Crane had a tough moral fibre and indomitable energy, and his wife was made of the same sterling stuff. They subscribed to the Con- gregationalist creed, and for many years abounded in good works. During the hard times of 'GO he was sent to Wisconsin and Illinois to solicit aid for the settlei's who felt tliat they must have help or abandon the country. He succeeded in getting an ai)])ropriation from the Wisconsin legislature for a 6l2 HISTOKV OF AI.I.RX AND i;uaiitity of wheat, and I'usey Gi'aves, who was one of the most interesting characters the town has ever known, assisted very hirgely in the work of systematic relief. B. F. Goss, wlio organized the company we sent to the war, had joined liis lirotiier and built the first frame dwellinfr house in the settlement, and l)i-. Allen McCartney who had a superior education and a great fuiid of dry humor had opened a drug' store and begun a successful practice. Dr. S. J. Williams, an equally entertaining humorist, had also entered upon a similar avocation, and his eldest daughter, who still resides here, was the first female child born within our limits. With such a tnicleus foi' greater things the matter of education could not be neglected, and in the summer of '58 the first seliool was organized by a Miss Enmia Ccniltei-. of whom no record I'emains but that she was "pretty and stylish and well liked." and slie was followed the next wintei- by Mr llbenezer Curtis who "had good advantages and attracted many ])npils trom the country." He went to the war and became a colonel, sharing in the pi'onmtion that was quite common among the men we supplied. The response to the call to arms had been so general that the little coninninity was left at one time with only four men. O. P. Hougliawout who carried the mail, Mr. Mowry. whose religious convictions kept him at home. Dr. MeCart- ripy whort' practice made a stronger claim, and Major Snow, who came to the place early in '(;2 to take charge of the Indians who made up the Neosho agency. The neighborhood of the Indians made a good market for all sorts of produce, but it also added to the apiirehension of the time and the temper v\ the women who held the homes remained firm and true. It was during this period that the Widow Brengle who had f-oi-ce and courage enough for a much larger sphere, made a memorable ride to Tola to carry a message in regard to a threatened raid. As soon as it appeared that no one else could undei-take the eri'and she saddled her fleet little jwny and hurried away over the wide lonely prairie, stayed all night with some friends and was back again next day as if nothing unusual had occurred. And so tlie life of the place went on. The men came back some times (ill leave— some new arrivals came in, divine services were held by Mr Mowry. Mr. Lynn, a Presbyterian minister and Mi-. Northrnp, an earnest Congregationalist, and the school was kejit up as teachers cou4d be obtained The year of 'fi4 was marked by the opening of a private school by i\Iis.< Harriet N Clark, a niece of the Goss brothers who had been most carefully educated in her Wisconsin home, and who had been very desirous of enter- ing the missionary field. She had given up this hope on account of insnffi- c'ent strength and her mother's objections, and undertook the arduous war time journey to the new country feeling that in sjiending a little lime wth her uncles and engaging in teaching she could still enter iipon a very nsefid career. Mrs. Crane, in her husband's absence, had moved with her four children into the half finished Falls House, and kept a home-like hostehn'. Lieu WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 613 tenant Crane, from his station in Missouri, sent material to finish the large room to X'entral City, and Mrs. Crane, eager for the good work to go on' .**eshly organized, were provided with the rectangular structures of the jierioci. The county seat advantages belonged to us by natural right, and ill 1870 we reacheel tlie elignity of corporation with a population of thirteen hunelred souls, 0. P. Houghawout being the first mayor. We also had a newspaper and the Washington press upon which it was |)rinted had a history that was characteristic of the times. It had been brought to Leavenworth for free state service, taken to Lawrence for a similar purpose anel thence to Burlington for the founding of the Patriot liy ]\Ir. Prouty. It was next purchased by Wm. Higgins, afterwards Secre- tary of State and some other citizens of Le Roy, anel in '69 it passed into our possession through I. W. Dow and Captain W. W. P- McConnel. Some iriTgularities in this transfer resulted in a suit before the Supreme Court, anel the j-ecords show the judgment in favor of the last purchasers. Like any other pioneer the old press was built on heroic lines, and it was used here continuously uiitil Mr. Stout's ofi:'ice was biarneel in '98 when it was destroyeel with all the other property. The paper, as founded by I. B. Boyle, was called Tlie Frontur Dcrno- 6l4 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND cyat, and was eoiisidered a vi^y bright and breezy sheet. It was the first newspaper- in the county, and it has passed through many changes. With W. II. Shivens it became a year hiter Tin Xcosho Falls Advertiser, and in January of 'T-i it was purchased by W. W. Sain who clumged the name 1o Th< Woudsoii County Post, and gave it a stronger Republican character. Mr. Sain had been in the county since '66 and had made a distinctive record as County Clerk and Register of Deeds, and it was during his exertions that the paper reached its highest tone and largest usefulness. It reflected the vigorous independence and decisive judgment that have always marked his jijace among us and only the very bes^t that he could do was worthy of his readers. But with the removal of the county seat other business seemed 10 be more profitable, and Nathan Powell and H. D. Dickson bought out the enterprise and gave it a different sphere as The Xeosho Ftills Post. ]\Ir. Powell had had a varied experience in other fields, and Mr. Dickson was a young man of rare promise. He had begun his life here as a typo on the Aehertiser and assisted Mr. Sain in the many ways paper in '78 but resumed control in '81, and after two or three other (iI«'T) szes it was sold to J. N. Stout who still serves the community in the editorial capacity. During the early seventies a comparatively large number of superior that are known to the clever foreman. He studied law as he worked, and became a leading figure in oiir political, as well as legal circles until his removal to Emporia where he still resides. He retired from the people controlled the life of the town. The land office had brought the Hon. E. T. Goodnow and a stall:' of enterprising assistants, and Mr. Goodnow "s scholary training and refuiement, his high religious tone and steadfast character were all intensified by similar gifts on the part of his wife and their accomplished niece, Miss Hattie Parkerson. Major Snow having concluded the business of his agency brought his family trom Baldwin and made a permanent home in our midst. The Good- riehs and Hamms brought various good gifts and influences, Joseph Bishop began the career among us which has been one of our strongest elements. The "Woodwards and the Ennesses gave us various fine factoi's. D. \V. Finney has been a continuous and persistent force in business, political and social circles. Colonel W. L. Parsons bought the mill of Covert and Cozine, put in new machinery and increased its capacity, married one of our noblest daughters and entered upon a continued period of usefulness. C. B. Graves, now Judge Graves, of Emporia W. A. Atchison and T. J. Petit kept our legal lights aflame, though they left H. D. Dickson alone in the field, later on, and Dr. J. L. Jones had for a long time the largest and most successful practice in five county Our schools had necessitated a larger building; the churches were in ci flourishing condition ; everybody had rosy visions, and altogether it was an era of happy work, pleasant intercourse and buoyant vitality After a long conflict the county seat was finally fixed at Yates Center^ "W'OODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 6 1'J 'but wc (luiekly recovered from the loss and assured ourselves that \\« could get along very well M-ithout the county business. Fillings Brothers established a woolen mill in 73 on the town side of the river which for a time was very successful, and in its failure paved the way for the flouring business of Finnej^ & Son which now occupies the buildings. In '71, I. W. Dow instituted a prosperous banking business which however, had a short life on account of the panic of '73. Mr. Dow then engaged in the lumber trade in which he continued until he left for .Marceline, Mo., in '86. But after fourteen years be has retnrn(>d to us, and his presence is greatly appreciated. This period was also marked by the erection of a cheese factory by the Rev. John Creath who was also pastor of the Presbyterian church, and who became, when the business failed, the principal of the city schools. But the largest enterprise of the time was the Neosho Valley District Fair ivhich held its first meeting in the fall of '75. The district v.'as composed V? the four sympathetic counties. Allen and Anderson, Greenwood and Woodson, the association was ably otflcered, and the stock made good returns in the development of the territory and rich fellow-feeling, though' it absorbed some hard-earned cash. The convenient grounds were leased at first from Colonel Ooss, and afterwards purchased. Even with the little work that could be done at best, they soon gained the reputation of being the most beautiful tract of woodland in the whole s'ate, and they have always pos.sessed a certain indefinable charm that draws people to Iheni upon every possible occasion. The fair reached its zenith in 1879 when the officers pos.sessed suffi- cient influence to entertain for a day President and Mrs. Hayes, General Sherman and various state dignitaries. The decorations and music and speeches ; the wonderful dinner that was spread for the guests ; the beau- tiful buck-horn chair that was presented to the President ; the surpassing display of produce and live stock, to say nothing of the chariot race that might have delighted an old Roman emperor, and above all the crowds and crowds of enthusiastic people. All these elements made up a very memorable event. "The time when Ha.yes was here" has never again been equalled. The decadence of the fair through changing sentiment and circum- slances, resulted in the purchase of the grounds by the city which takes much pleasure, but not enough pride, in the Riverside Park it has acquired. The Old Settlers' meetings, however, instituted six years ago by the people of the same territory, bring old friends and neighbors together, keep alive the spirit of good-fellowship, and give the blessed old trees fresh appreciation and opportunity. It was not only in the work of the fair, but in various other channels that Colonel Goss remained our most distinguished citizen. As president !easure. Former attempts having failed, a fresh effort is being made to discover the gas which has so abundantly blessed our neighbors, new people of the right stamp are coming in. and enteriirise and hopefulness per- meate the air. 6tS HISTORY OF ALLRN AND' ilbc fiDct)ical profession JiV E. V. WliAKTON, M. D. The iiiuu who came to Kansas in the early fifties were home builders and commonwealth architects— early eaglets fluttering out of the parent nest, whose leaving of the home crag indicated strong wings, determina- tion and what is known in western parlance as grit. No weaklings, uo ■ ■ doubting Thomas s. ' ' none of taint heart led the van of civilization then,, nor ever will. Possibly they were somewhat rough in character, or a bit indift'erent to the strict observation of social rules, as provideil by the (iilletante of the East; yet, withal possessing a sense of honor which would have cheered the heart of the early cavalier. Warm-heartwl and charitable as an Oglethorpe or an Austen, prompt and exacting as a .John Winthrop, came they to build and fashion after their own notion.s a new conniionwealth in the great American desert. They were not all farmers seeking tillable land upon which to build homes, to plant orchards and to lay oti' fields ; nor tradesmen seeking soft .••naps and corner lots in newly erected cities: nor lawyers short on briefs and long on lore; nor preachers seeking locations for mission schools and invalid souls to be saved; nor incompetent and unemployed mechanics; nor promoters selling hot air and cerulian blue ; but an army of men and women, and with them a few brave, big-hearted and zealous doctors, they came bearing the plans for a state to be, yet, the grandest and most pro- gressive in the sisterhood of states. The doctor of pioneer days was an unique character. Educated he was, and learned— a.s learning in the colleges of the days of short terms. 1) eager curriculum and rapid process of making doctors meant learned. He knew little of bacteria, less of plas moedinm materia and asepsis in traumatism, but possibly as much of the "agcr," the necessity of cleanli- ness and the effect of quinine and corn whiskey on the human system ."R do our britrht yonntr men turned loose at the besinning of the twentieth century, schooled in Pasteurism and modern bacteriology, and licensed to maim and kill. His library was in his hend, his stock of drugs in his capacious saddle-hass. his wardrobe on his back and his office wherever he vas found. He cared little for churches or church cei-emonials. dfthhled somewhat in politics, talked sketehily of scientific Tuatters. .schewed the aesthe+icism of the Eostonian school: but would wneer his sTiu'-s sMletto or six-shooter on hi"? ability to cure the "shakes." extract WOODSON' COUNTIES, KANSAS. 619 a tootli, or relieve intestinal spasm. He had heard that a Boston chemist a decade ago had discovered the wonderful ether agent-chloroform, but he knew little of general anesthesia and nothing at all of local anesthesia, Ci;caine and the ether spray ; and the effects of the lighter ethers as local an- esthetics were unknown to him. The anticeptic qualities of phenol he had not yet been introduced to. Yet he did his work patiently and well in the light which he possessed and contributed much of value to the generation which followed him. The doctor of 18.58, dressed in homespun, bi-oad-brimmed hat, and with trousers encased to his knees in jack-boots, and spurred like a knight of old, mounted on a bucking bronco, and with saddle-bags like paniers to a pack mule, would make a strange com- parison with the well-dressed and well-barbered M. D. of the present eia, seated in an easy carriage and accompanied by his driver. The appearances, though seemingly widely different, reveal the march of civilization and the development of a race of people who move rapidlj' and possess, to a wonderful degree, constructive ability. The medics, in common with other professions have furnished men who could be trusted to place a hand upon the helm of state. Kansas' first governor was a pioneer doctor. Her fir.st body of law-makers was made up of a respectable number of doctors, and in the passing of the succeeding history-making years, the roster of her diplomats, state.smen, and law-givers shows the presence of a fair rei)resentation called from the field of her medical workers. The oldest settler is somewhat in doubt as to when and where and as to who was the first doctor to locate in Woodson county. The weight of testimony leans to-ward Drs. John and L. Dunn, brothers, who established themselves at Belmont in 18,57 or 1858. Hon. William Stockebrand. who was wounded by an Indian in December, 1857. was treated by the Dunn b'-o+hevs a few weeks later. The Dunns did not remain long at Belmont. One of them met sununarv vengeance at the hands of the "vigilantees" in southeast Kansas while the other removed to Texas, but resides now at some point in Oklahoma. Tn 1859 Dr. D. J. Williams located at Neosho Falls, remaining until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he returned to Illinois, enlisted in one of the regiments of that state, served as hospital s+eward during the entire .struggle and returned to Nosho Falls in 186fi. His daughter, now Mrs. Lucy Gorbett, was the first white child born at the Falls of the Neosho. The doctor was rather an opinionated character and believed in settling matters according to his own notion of things. He was kind-hearted, attentive to the suffering and delighted in relieving "the sting of the venomed fang" by extraction. He died of cancer late in the seventies. About 1862 Dr. Tjogwood located in Belmont as the successor of the Dunn brothers. To him was charged the mistake of inoculating the entire 62.1 HISTORY OF ALLEX AXD vicinity willi smallpox vims instead of the milder form of vaccine. As a re- yiilt a lar'ie portion of the pioneers of that portion of the county died of smallpox. Dr. Allen McCartney came to Neosho Falls in 1858. about the time Dr. Williams located there. He remained there durinot the war, was Lincoln's first postmaster at "the Falls." left there in 1868 and estab- lished a tradiuiT post at the foot of the mound where "Little Bear" was buried, at the junction of the Neosho and Fall rivers. Later, he was in- terested in the founding: of the town of Neodesha and still later represented h.is county (Wilson) in the state lefrislature. And now. in the glorious Funset of life, he looks back over the past with the consciousness that there was in his career a something which bettered those who followed him. as well as those who came into iiersonal touch with him. Dr. D. W. Maxson came to Woodson county in 1858 also, and located at Coy's store, now C'oyville. For a more extended mention of his career see his biography elsewhere in this volume. He has seen much ser^nce in professional life, is a sound counsellor, a good clinician and a worthy member of tbe profession. In 1869 and in 1870, Dr. R. B. Camfield and Dr. S. J. Carpenter, came to the county. Dr. Camfield located upon a claim on Soiith Owl Creek and. for some years, looked after the health of that community. Later he removed to Buffalo. Kansas, where he died in 1889, from wounds received from a vicious horse. Dr. Carpenter located near Neosho Falls, (lid something of a general practice, but was inclined toward special work. He established sanitariums at Humboldt and at Eureka, where he sought to treat chronic disea.ses of the respiratory organs. Not meeting vrith the success he expected in such a field of labor he settled dowTi, late in life, to general work in one of our live Kansas to^\•ns. Dr. D. L. Rogers came to Toronto from Canada in 1871. He was a bright and earnest worker, became tired of Kansas life and returned to the Queen's Dominion where he died in 1891. The same year (1871) Dr. .\. H. ^lann came to Toronto. He was just from the regular army and only remained out of the service, and in the practice at Toronto, a few years. He returned to Toronto again in 1875 and remained many years. He performed the first amputation that was done in Woodson and was regarded as one of the able physicians and surgeons of his day and county. He resided in Illinois when the Spanish- American war broke out and was conunissioned a surgeon in one of the regiments raised in that state and did duty at Tampa. Florida. Doctor R. B. Marr, a bright young man from one of the St. Louis colleges, located in Toronto in 1875 where he was an active and energetic man, wedded to his profession. He became inoculated with a loathsome disease while attending a patient and, as a price for his martyrdom, was incapacitated, for many years, for pro- WOODSON countie;;, kaxsas. 621 fi'ssional work. He is now iu south Missouri a physical wreck Ijut a pi'o- fessional hero Dr. J. L. Jones came to Kalida. a town which now lives only in histcu'v, \'.\ 1872. The doctor was a Kentuekiau — iu that Kentuckian means hospi- table, jolly, and with an eye to business. He practiced there three year? and the fifteen years following in Neosho Falls. In 1890 he removed to Leroy and in 1892 became a resident of Yates Center. In all his perigrina- tions he never lost sight "o' the silver." He amassed quite a competency and now resides on the Atlantic coast. Dr. T. J. Means, another old-fa.shioned. "old school" Kentucky doctor, opened his practice in Neosho Falls in 1872. His office was afterward the (lining room of Judge H. D. Dickson's residence. He believed in heroic doses of calomel and jalap, bled his patients profusely, and was a typical representative of the medical rennaisfance. He could not endure Kan- sas Republicanism and. in 1874, removed to Texas. Amoxig the seventies probably Dr. J. W. Driseoll was a character the most unique. He dropped into Neosho Falls a.s though he had fallen from the planet Mars, and to strengthen the .supposition, some of the cliarae- tcristics of the fighting god are herewith attributed to him : He was stub- born, imyielding. imperious, yet withal tender, compassionate and char- itable, doing his duty as he saw it. Possibly the most learned of his com- peers, yet not ".stuck up." he looked upon matters with only the eye of a scientist. "If you are worthy and can do the woi-k"— for he was a worker — "you are one of us: otherwise you must learn," said he to the Keophyte as to "the elect," until he knew them. For some years he had tilled the chair of mathematics in an eastern academy, taught the young man his first lessons in quadratics, discussed geometry from a straight line all the way through to conic sections— not even forgetting the pons asin- omm. taught trigonometry and talked of the value of angles, spoke of s'nes, tangents, chords, secants, et omnia gens, in fact was an "all-round man" in mathematical science. When he located among us the good people recognized his worth and made him a member of our board of examiners ti pass upon the qualifications of the teachers of the county, and also made him county surveyor. Be it said to his memory, his records are the only ones in the county which show surveys made by "latitude and departure." His notes, like his work, to a class of .':tudents are as exact as the science he loved. More of a surveyor and engineer than a doctor, ho left Kansas after a few years sojourn, returned to Indiana and. in 1882, died in the harnes.s as a teacher. Excentric he might have been, but bi-ight. brainy and brilliant, he was one of the needed men of his time. Dr. Parker was one of the birds of passage who came in about 1870. He and his family aspired to be social leaders in a pioneer town but his experience pro\ed only a Inboi' of love and after a few months "he folded (>22 HIsrOKV OH AI.I.KN ANT) his tent and quietly stole away" to a more appreciative n.iiiiMinni.N . Di-. B. D. Williams was the first honieopathist to locate in the country. His learuintr professionally was not of the highest order, nor did he have must respect for the Enjilish language, as tauglit from Kirkham to the latest edition of granimer. It was he who. on July 4. 1874. when the fantastic paraders removed their masks, remarked, "they ought to have aone to some obscure place to do that." In 1875 he went west and was h-.st in the flood of ciiiigi-ation to the Rockies during the decade which followed. Dr. John T. Warner was probably the most active and en.ioyed the most exteiiF-ive practice of any of his colleagues at the Falls. He was a pleasant and agreeable gen'lenian. competent and well liked by the people, but was too timid for a good physician. He died in 1875 from opium poisoning. He suffered from some ailment and liad taken a large dose of opium. Not getting better he summoned another doctor who, without know- ing his patient had already taken the drug, administered another large dose, and with fatal results. Dr. Will E. Turner, who inarried a daughter of Ma.jor Snow, was a competent man in his profession, but paid jnore attention to holdinsr down a homestead, and other outside matters, than medicine. He moved to Mon- tana, made money there. ]>ut was accidentally drowned in the Missouri river about 1880." Dr. J. W. Turner came to the county in 1872 and located northeast of Yates Center on a homestead. The doctor was a true scion of the Blue Orass state: was a Kentuckian in all that "a son of Kentucky" means. He did in his day, probably, more surgical work than any of the profes.sion of the county. He was somewhat irascible in temper, slightly inclined to haughtiness, yet a gentleman of the old school, one of the tjqie which is too i-apidly disappearing in this age of rush and "every fellow for himself." The first laparotomy ever attempted in the county was conducted by him. lie had a bu.sy practice for some years, served a.s county treasurer one term, was a director in the First National Bank of Yates Center and died ii'om hemorrhage of the stomach in 1885. Dr. O. J. Skinner came to this county in 1872 and located on a claim ad.joining Dr. Turner's. Tie was a Vermonter by birth and a Kentuckian by adoption and instinct. Among all the workers of the profession none were or will be more studious and observing than he. He loved books and a late light; was possibly the best clinician of his fellows and the safest counsellor of all the coterie of workers of his time. None more patient and none more desirous of knowing all of a case than he. After years of hard work and kindly admonition to the younger brood of doctors he fell asleep, with his sack for a [lillow. Among the old fellows who ^•OODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. '62'^ (fame here in early days few were his peer as a carefTii, painstakinjx watcher and observer at tlie bedside of the sick, and none his superior. About 1873 Dr. AV. F. (iirdener came to Kalida and, in conjunction with Dr. Jones. conipos:ed the medical staff of that village for a time. In 1S77 he removed to Yates Centei- where he died a year or two following, a victim of tuberculosis. The writer. Dr. E. V. Wharton, came to Yates Center, August 20, 1876, and was the first medical man to fan the breezes of the county sea^t V ith his .shingle. July 1901 finds him here still. In 1877 his other col- leagues in tlie practice were Doctors Skinner, Turner and Girdener, at the 430unty seat. Dr. S. J. Bacon came to Ya1es Center in 1S8U and purchased the Wolfer drug store. He has been in the drug business continuously since. The doctor is not a Kentuckian nor does he endorse the theories of the total abstainers. He did much work in the professional lield, was a horse fancier for some years, a sport and an all round good fellow. Dr. H. W. W«st came to the county as a protege of Dr. Turn«r in 1880. He has had a lucrative practice, married a most estimable woman, reared a .splendid familj^ and is going down to a glorious sunset of old age.. He is one of the Board of Pension Examiners of the McKinley administration. In 1882 Dr. George H. Phillips emigrated from Jacksonville, Illinois, It; Yates Center, entered the practice of medicine, bought an interest in a drug store and assisted in conducting the Sunday school. He is a man of brilliant parts, a hard woiker and careful observer, and left Kansas to assume the position of physician to the Indian school at Chilocco. I. T. He is now a resident of Pawnee. Oklahoma, and has been appointed, re- cently, as teacher and medical advi.'cor at Chilocco. Dr. George Rutlege. a playmate and boy chum of Dr. Phillips, came to Yates Center in 1881. remained a few brief months and removed -to "Missouri. The politics of that state, his practice and the climate, were not congenial and he returned to Kansas for a short period and finally took up his residence in Illinois. Dr. G. W. Lee another of the good man from the "Old Sucker State" spawned on Kansas, came in 1889. and practiced a short time in Yates <'ei)ter. He then took up his residence in Toronto where he has an enviable business. Dr. T. A. Jones became a resident of Toronto about 1888. did an active practice, was generally loved by the public, dabbled somewhat in polities and .social studies and died in 1894 or 1895. His work was thorough and hove the ear-marks of a plodding, painstaking student. Dr. Otes Orendorff came to Yates Center in 1893 fresh from medical college, was associated some years with Dr. Kellenberger, moved then to southern Missouri where he did some work. Tiring of IMissouri practice 624 HISTORY OF AI.LEN AND and Missouri hospitality he returned tohis first love, metaphorically speak- inj;, and re-entered the practice alone. He bears tlie impress of the seal ol' work which is the characteristic of a Kausan and in the years to come will materially aid in completing the structure planned by the early ar- gonauts. He is one of the Board of Pension Examiners of the McKinley administration. Dr. B. F. Browning, after trying several locations in Kansas, in 1893 concluded that Yates Center would suit and he located here. He rushed into a lucrative practice and, notwithstanding his Virginian idiosyncrasies, has become completely westernized and does things according to the Kan- sas rule. Bright affable young and energetic he has the elements necessary to continue pushing the profession in Kansas to the front rank with the best of the other states. Dr. A. J. Lieurance came to Neosho Falls in 1886 and has done some practice but pays more attention to the legitimate drug trade. He has dabbled some in politics as a Democratic leader, is financially independent and takes the world easj^ Dr. 0. S. Spaulding who came to Toronto in the late eighties or early nineties is the only homeopathic in the county. He has the distinc- tion of enjoying the confidence of the people, was a member of the Board of Pension Examiners, is clos'cly intoueh with the more advanced thinkers of sociology, is a student and ail tliat a thinker in Kansas parlance means. During the years of developing the territory known as ^Yoodson county a number of doctors, like the wild duck, have come and gone. Their stay was too short and their work too ephemeral to notice as a part of the hive of workers. Some were adventurers, some simply "doing the country," and some of the "make-fat" variety. Probably this county has had, as the years go by to make decades, a cla.ss of medical men as bright, as worthy, and who, in their humble way, have contributed as nnieh toward commonwealth building as the average county of the state. AVhile peans of praise are sung to the memory of the child of polities and occasionally a tablet is reared to commemorate the work of some special scientific discoverer, the country and pioneer doctor patiently plods his weary way, doing his best to relieve suffering and to bring back the flush of health. Nowhere is there a hall of fame for the humble medical worker. "To cure their ills, to guard the people's health Brings little fame and scarcely more of wealth. 'Tis rare indeed upon the roll of fame To find inscribed the busy doctor's name: Nor is it wrought in gold or carved in stone. Few poets have writ the things by doctors done. W'OOJiSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 625 To wiirsliip heroes and to sing their praise, To tell of love in many different waj^. Of hnnian happiness and human grief, All this has lieen of poetry the chief ; And yet. methinks the greatest theme of all ILis been negleeted. or scarce snug at all." FTISTOKY OF ALLEN AXD DANIEL \V. MAXSON. £)AXIEL ^V. ilAXSON is the leading physician in his section ciF Woodson county. No other medical practitioner of the county has str lonir resided within its borders and none more hitrhly deserves success i;nd prominence than Dr. Maxson. lie was born in Alleghany county, N 'w York, in January. 1S36. and is a son of John Maxson. a farmer by oc- cupation . who was born in Massachusttts and married ^liss Ann Ruth I;an' days, and later enlisted for three .vears as a memebr of the Ninth Kansas cavalry, serving in the Western Department. The firet two years of that time were passed as a steward in the general hospital at Fort Smith. He was with his regiment on White river. Arkansas, when the war ended and was discharged at Fort Leavenworth in the year 1865. The war ended. Dr. Maxson returned to Mapleton. Kansas. In ihe meantime he had resumed the study of medicine and had prepared for its practice. He had read to some extent under the direction of Dr. Norman D. Winans at lola. Kansas, and for two years was associated with him in practice. He then took up his abode on the Verdigris river, where he has since remained, his home being now in Toronto. His practice comes -ri^M^r ^=2-*-^' /lyfr. S^^(^JIU^ WOODSON COUNTIE:;, KANSAS. 627 not only from this town but also from Coyville and Buffalo and is quite extensive. He is the oldest physician in years of continuous practice in Woodson county, and as time has pased he has easily maintained his rank iimonsr the foremost physicians of this section of the state. He has k-^pt abreast with the progress made by the medical fraternity, is a discriminat- ing student, most careful in diagnosing disease and correct in ])rescriiiiig the medicines which will be.st supplement nature in her efforts to restore a healthful and normal condition. Although he attended two courses of medical lectures, the last one in the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati. he did not consider his studies ended and constant reading has kept him in touch with the onward march of progress made in the medical science. Dr. Maxson .was married in Mapleton, in 1860, to Miss Louise E. ^lyrick, whose father came to Kansas from Tennessee. Mrs. Maxson died ilarch 27, 1901. Unto them have been born the following children : W. E., who is superintendent of the terminals of the railroad and steamship lines at Galveston. Texas; Prank; Henrietta, wife of Charles Chambers, of Purcell. Indian Territory: Ralph, of Toronto, and Lillie A., of Toronto. Prom the date of the organization of the Republican party Dr. Max- son has been in hearty sympath.y with its principles and gives his support to its men and measures. He keeps well informed on the issues of the day and does all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success oi the party. He is chairman of the Pension Examining Board of Woodson county, and is a loyal and patriotic citizen, who believes in upholding the starry banner of the nation wherever the courage and loyalty of the Amer- ican soldier has planted it. The doctor has a very wide acquaintance throughout Woodson count}' where he has so long made his home and his niany sterling traits of character as well, as his splendid work in the line of his profession have gained for him the confidence, good will and high resards of all with whom he has been brought in contact. THOMAS L. REID. For twenty-five years connected with the business inlerests of Wood- son county and with its public affairs, Mr. Reid is regarded as one of the valued and representative citizens of Yates Center and this entire section of the state. He is ela.ssed among the men whose energy, determination and business ability are leaving an impress upon the rapidly-developing civilization of the west. To-day he is at head of the leading livery and transfer business of Woodson county, and for many years he was widely Iv-nown as the popular host of some of the best hotels of this portion of the state. 628 HISTORY OF ALLEN AM) A native of the province? of Xova Scotia. Mr. Hcid was hoi-ii on !':c 2d of Xoveniber. 1850. a son of l^zra and Tabitlia (Ells) Reid. whose family numbered five children. Theodore H.. of South Farniinprton. Massa- chusetts; Albert B., of IMaine: Thomas L.. and a son '\Ym. D.. and daucrh^er Mary S. Eaton, living in Nova Scotia, are the survivors of the family, the parents having: passed away. Mr. Reid of this review received very meager educational privil -ges in his youth, but reading, experience and observation in later years have made him a well informed man. In ]8(i8 he went to ;\Ia.ssachusetts and se- cured employment in a shoe shop and later in a grain store. Afterward he entered upon a elerfchip in a hotel, where he gradually worked his way upward, enjoying the un([iuilified confidence and regard of his employer, t'n the 3d of November, 1878. he returiu>d to Nova Scotia and was mar- ried at Bridgetown. Annapolis county, on that day to Bessie Willett. daughter of Captain John R. AVillett. At the time of the financial panic of 1878 Mr. Reid was chief clerk in the Marlborough Hotel. With the sudden and extensive reductions in working forces along all lines came his own forced retirement in the early part of 1875 and he left New England in search of work in other parts of the country. Believing that the west would afford him better opportun'- ties he came to Kansas. March, 1875, arriving in Neosho Palls with only thirty-five cents in his pocket, but he possessed a determined ^pirit and tui- faltering energy and these stood him instead of capital. He found ;i friend in the proprietor of the Falls House, a New England man who aided him until he could get woi-k. Here for the first time he engaged in farm work, entering the service of W. P. Sharp, an agriculturist, who gave him fifteen dollars a month in compensation for his services. "Within six months he had arranged to take charge of the hotel at Necsho Falls and then sent for his wife. Prom the fall of 1875 until 1882 he conducted that hostelry and thus gained some capital. He afterward spent a few months in the Leland Hotel, in Tola, but returned to the Falls House, which ho conducted until 1887 .when he transferred all his interests to Yates ("■enter and became the proprietor of the Hotel Woodson, with which he was connected as proprietor at different times for twelve 3'ears. retiring from its management in September. 1899. For nearly twenty years he has been engaged in the livery and transfer business and is the leader in his line in Wooflson county. Mr. Reid has been called to a' number of positions of public trust by his fellow townsmen who recognize his worth and ability. He was ap- jiointed by Abe Smith to the position of deputy sheriff for Woodson county and was marshal of Neosho Falls from 1876 initil 1880. In 1801 lit- was nominated and elected .sheriff of Woodson county, and re-elected in 1893, thereby holding the office the limit, a fact which indicates his WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 62g l)opularity in the I'aiiks of his party. In 1888 he was a strong competitor for the ofifice of United States marshal, and in 1896 he was a leading can- didate for the nomination for representative to tlie general assembly. In 1901 he was elected mayor of Yates Center by a large ma.jority. In politics he has ever been a Kepublican, unswerving in support of the principles of the party. He cast his first presidential vote for Governor Tilden, but since 1876 has been a firm advocate of the Grand (31d Party. His record as an officer of the law cannot be successfully attacked and his reputation n:. a citizen grows brighter with the lap.>-e of years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reid have been born the following named : Edith, wife of L. F. S'anuiels, of Coffeyville, Kansas; Maude, wife of C. W. Lockard, of Will Springs, Missouri ; Walter L. ; Harry H. ; Edwin C, and Mary E. The family occupies a leading position in social circles. Mr. Reid to-day stands among the most prominent men of his adopted county. He is public-spirited in an eminent degree, local advancement and na- tional progress both being subjects dear to his heart. He commands the un(iualified confidence and respect of his fellow men by reason of his sterling worth, his fidelity to duty and his unquestioned probit.y, and such a 1 ecoi-d is well worthy of emulation. AUGUST LAUBER. AUGUST LAUBER is familiar with pioneer experiences and en- vironments in Kansas for he came to Woodson count.y forty-three years ago wben the work of improvement and progress seemed scarcely begun. He WHS born June 30, 1827. in Westphalia, Germany, a son of Otto and Amelia iMaier) Lauber. The father was a farmer whose people had resided in liuit locality for many generations and the mother's family were also farmers. By her marriage she had the following children : Henry ; Minnie, deceased wife of Frederick Mischer, of La Grange, Texas, and August. When our subject was young he worked upon the home farm and pursued his education in the common schools. Thinking to benefit his financial condition in the New World he bade adieu to friends and native land, and on the 12th. of September, 1853, took passage at Bremen on the sailing vessel, Jule. which on that voyage was six weeks in reaching New York. Having friends in Illinois, Mr. Lauber at once made his way to Stephenson county, in that state, where he engaged in farming, in teaming and in other labor that would yield to him an honest living. With capital );e acquired through his own efforts he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land. The year 1857 witnessed his removal from Freeport, Illinois, to Kansas. He was in hearty sympathy with the free state movement and 630 HISTORY OF ALLEN AN'I) frave his support to tlu' ertorts being made to keep slavery out of the terri- tory. He became identified with farming interests here, securing one hundred and sixty acres of land on fectionl, Yates Center township. It was then covered with wild prairie grass and native timber, but his liibors have wrought a great change in its appearance. It has continuously been his home for forty-three years and is now a very valuable property, improved with all modern aeeersories and conveniences. The boundaries of the place, however, have been greatly extended, and to-day iSIr. Laubcr is the owner of eleven hundred acres of the rich farming land of Kansas. At the time of the Civil war he served in the state militia and while in Ger- many he had served in the war in Schleswig. On the 23d of November, 1860, Mr. Lauber was united in marriage to Louisa Stockebrand, who came to the United States in 1859. Fhe was born July 5, 1830 and their marriage has been ble.^.sed widi six children: William, who married Augusta Harder and is now living in Yates Center: August: Herman: Henry; Matilda, wife of John Ropp, of Harper county, Kansas, and John E. Mr. Lauber and his family are all members of the German Evangelical Church and he and his sons are stalwart Republicans, his support having been given to the party since he cast his first presi- dential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. In a land where are no class conditions and opportunity is open to all Mr. Lauber has steadily worke- \>ortl:y of their rejraid. His bin iness eaiecr is tilike. five fiom taiiiisli as'- ht' IS always straitihtfonvard in his dealiii'_'. liviii^r in touch with the highest ethics of «niimoiv-ial lift-. FKKDKKICK SCHAEDE. Ph'KDERK'K SCHAEDK. who is engaged in farming on section six. Eniii:enee township. Woodson county, took up his abode here in 187:1,. and hax resided e^jiitinuonsly since upon the farm which is yet his home.' "» was born in Brandenburg, (Jcrniany. in tlie viUage of Friedeburg. Jan uary 28. 1842. and is a son of Henry and Willielmina i Weichinan) Sehaede, who were also natives of Brandenburg, the former a farmer by occupation' In the year 187:1 the parents and their diildren crossed the Atlantic to the .Vew World and. making their way westward to Kansas took up their abode upon the homestead now owned and occupied by our subject. There were five children: Frederick: Amelia, now the widoAv of John Yeager, i.f Woodson county : Ferdinand, of Owl Creek township. Woodson county, ai:d Frank and Gottlieb, who are residents of Everett township, this county. In the fatherland Frederick Schaede was reared, and in accordance vith its laws he acquired his education. The reports received concerning America and its opportunities and privileges decided the family to cross the ocean, and with the family Mr. Sehatde came to southeastern Kan- sas He first located on the northeast ((uarter of section six. township (J. S. (j., also of that county, and John of Wa-shiuglon county, Pennsyl- vania. Mrs. Cox was born December 7, 1856, and by her marriage she has become the mother of six children, of whom three are living: Stephen L., George W. and Kenneth K. The family have a pleasant home in Eminence township and ilr. and Mrs. Cox are prominent citizens of their com- nuiuity. He is a stanch Kepublican in politics. The members of the Cox family were originally Whigs, and when the Kepublican party was formed joined its ranks. Our subject has therefore followed in the political foot- steps of his ancestors and has been quite prominent in the work of his jiarty in the township. He lia;* served as township treasurer and in 18915 lit was nominated as the candidate to till out an unexpired term as county commissioner, to which position he was elected. In 1898 he was re-elected lor the full term of three years, so that his incumbency will cover live years, and at the pre.-ent time he is serving as chairman of the board. His course reflects credit upon his constituents and indicates his patriotic interest in his county, its welfare and its progress. He is a man who, without false ostentation or display, by his sterling worth commands the confidence, good will and respect of his fellow men, being in every way "XrODIISON tdX'XTTKS, K'AXSAS. (>,:;;, ?t\ven1y-.'ix, raiigv sixteen, in Woodson county, and has continuously di-- .-Qted his energies to the cultivation of the farm. He has added many improvements in the shape of large, commodious and substantial buijd- i:igs, including the erection of a comfortable residence and good barns, and all modern equipments have been secured, making the place one of the most desirable country .feats in this portion of the county. He has also added to his landed possessions, purchasing a tract on section five, Eminence township, so that his prnpert>- interests now include four hundred acre>:. Tn addition to the cultivation of the fields he is also engaged in raising ciittle and sheep, fine grades of both being found in liis pastur«>. He lias found both branches of his bu.siness profitable and is now accounti'd one of the substantial agricnlturifts and stock raisere of tlie eomnranity. Ere leaving the fatherland Mr. Sebaede was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Kendt, tire wedding being celebrated on the 14th. of April, 1871 The lady is a daughter of Frederick and Charlotte (Gulicke'i Kendt, whose childi-en ^rere as follows: Florence, wife of William Moritz: Carl: Wil- liam: Henrietta, wife of William Kaushke : Augusta, wife of John Guse : Hnlda. wife of Herman Cuse. deceased, and Mrs. Sehaede. The marriage r," our subject and his wife has been blessed with seven children, namely: Fritz, who married Anna Schultz: Anna, wife of William S+ange. of Woodson county: Hulda : Amelia, who is engaged in teachino: in Woodso') county: Flora: Herbert, and Lillie. The family is one well known in the county where the parents have resided for twenty-eight years, and the nembers of the household occupy enviable positions in the social circh s in v.hieh they move. ^Ir. Sehaede gives his political support to the TJenubli- icfin part.v. having been one of its stalwart advocates since he cast his first i>i esidentinl vote for Kutherford B. Haves. OEORCE STOLT.. Thirty-one years covers the period of ^Ir. Stoll's residence in Kansas, the date of his arrival in the state being 1870. While the republic of Switzerland has furnished a comparatively small number of citizens to the jN'ew World they have been men of worth, diligent, enterprising and I'-ustworthy. Among the numbei' is Mr. Stoll. who was born in the land of the Alps, his birth having occurred in Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, January 3, 1848. His father. Daniel Stoll. was a farmer of that country and there married Elizabeth Werner. In the j^ear 1853 they came to the United States, located in Clark county, Indiana, where they spent their remaining da.vs. They were the parents of five children, namely: John, now deceased: Magdalena, deceased wife of Conrad Bollinger; Daniel, of Clark county, Indiana : Barbara, wife of William Dietrich, also ')f the same count\', and George, of this review. 634 irisl'ORv of allkj^ akd The last named was a little lad of five years when bioiitrht by his: parents to the Ignited States and in Chirk county he was reared and edu- cated. eiijoyin1atL". Tlu' toriner iiiarrictl Cynthia llimliiiau, and unto tlieni were born throe ehiklren : Harriet, wife of Theodoiv Brown, of Morton county. Kan- sas: Henry. dee<'a'etl. and Stephen. The father was a stalwart Hepubiioan and was serving as trustee of Eminence township, Woodson county, at the time of lii.s death, which occuri'ed in December. 1873. His wife, long surviving him passed away in ISDO, at the venerable age of eighty years. They had gradnall.y moved westward, living in several states before taking u|) their abode in, Kansas, where they were soon recognized as people of sterling worth and of the highest re;peetability. In leaving the state of his nativity, Stephen E. I^orter accompanied his parents' on their removal to La Grangv county, Iniliana. and was after- ward a resident of Bureau county, Illinois, for fivt' years. He then went to Iowa with the family and from AVapnello county, that state came to Kansas. He had attended school iti the various eonnnunities in which he had resided and had bten trained to the practical work of the farm. On reaching Woodson county in 1867. he first located on section twenty-two. township twenty-six, range sixteen, from which place he came to his present home— tlie north half of the northeast qiuirter of section eighteen. This was a tract of land claimed by the railroad company, whose title he con- tested and von his case, but he afterward lost in an appeal to the general jj-nd office. Li early life he began dealing in stock and has considerable prominence as a stock dealer, his bu.siness in that line being quite extv'n- sive. In Douglas caunty. Kansas, November (i, 18."i8. Mr. Porter was united ii marriage to Miss Alma Fearer, a daughter of David and Sarah (C(.ff- nian) Fearer, the former born in Maryland, in 1829. while the latter was born near Hagerstown, in Washington county, that state, in 1881. Their marriage occurred in Ogle C(Hinty. Illinois, and their children were: Alma, who was born January 12. 1851: John, who died in childhood: IMary, who is living in Oklahoma, and is the widow of Tillman Elam and i\lartha. wife of Frank Van Trice, of Douglas county, Kansas. The father was killed by bushwaekers at Independence, Missouri, in 1862. and the mother afterward became the wife of F. H. Baker, who did in Sumner ccunt.y, Kansas, in 1892. Their children were: Charles, of Blackwdl, tjklahonui ; Era^-tus. of Wellington. Kansas, and James, who died at the age of twenty-one. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Porter has been blessed with three children: Bertha, wife of Arthur Evans, a resident of Victor, Colorado: Ollie, wife of James Clark, of Tulare. California, and Niel. who married (>ra Smith and is living in Rose. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have spent their entire married life in Woodson county and through the passing years the circle of their friends has been constantl.v enlarged. In his political views Mr. Porter is a Republican manifesting a deep a!id active interest in the success of the part.v. He has served as delegate to county and other eon- vention.s and aided in nominating the successful ticket of 1900. He has 64!:) rf isTorV of allejJ' ANir scivt'il liis township as tieasurer, and to those who are aciiuaintetl with' his upright caivcr it is in- l'-'^^ to ■^i'v tliat his dutifs were most faithfully discharged. JA.MES DUTKO. Anumg the setleis of Woodsou county whose residence spans a period' lif thirty years within lier borders is the gentleman whose name introduces tliis personal sketch. April 1, 1871, l.e entered the county and the same spring took a claim in Liberty township. Of tiiis he made a farm and upoti it he residid till his removal to the county seat to enter upon the discliarge of his duties as a county otifieial. Februaiy 3, 1842. Judge Uutro was born in ^luskingum county, Ohio. His antecedents were of the first settlers of that county, his paternal grandfather having gone there at seven years of age. The latter, Ueorge Dutro, was born in the state of Pennsylvania in 1793, gi-ew up on the Muskingum river and passed his life a farmer. His family of seven sons \'ere; David, d'eorge. Samuel. John. lOlmer, Martin and James; the .second in the list being the father of our subject. George Dutro, who passed many of the active years of his upright life in Woodson county and was therefore Avell known, was born in the year 1820. and died Februaiy 28. 189!). In 1845 he left his native heathand emigrated to Bureau county. Illinois. He had been reared to the pur- suits of agricTdtiue and to those he devoted himself in the new western state. AVhen the Civil war came on he enlisted in September 1802 in com- pany C. Sixty-six Illinois volunteers. His regiment formed a part of the Sixteenth corps, army of the Tennessee. His rervice covered the period from liis enlistment to the end of hostilities when he was mustered out and letnrned to civil pursuits. In 1869 he left Burei\u county. Illinois, came to Warrensburg. Jlissouri, and remained there till early in 1871 when he I'ansferred his interests to Woodson county and to a farm in Liberty township. rhe mother of Judge Dutro was Elizabeth Nefl' who died in Wood- son county in 187.'). Her other children are: Sarah, wife of W. F. i^larple; Fraid\. of Adair county. Iowa, and an ex-soldier of the Rebellion; Elmer, of Leadville, Colorado; Charles, of Canon City, Colorado; Susan, who married Enoch Neweomb. of Garden City, Kansas ; Mary P., of Amer- ican Falls. Idaho, and Elizabeth, widow of Thos. H. Lambnrn. of Wood- -son county. Judge James Dutro was reared and educated in Bureau county Illi- nois. His education was of the intermediate or common school sort. When the Rebellion broke out he entered company C, Sixty-six Illinois volunteer infantry. Col. Burge's "Western Sharpshooters." He served his full en- listment of three years and was at home on a recruiting expedition when -v\ 0()!.)SON CdONTlES, KANSAS. 6'4T -iiis time expired. From the date of his discharge till he left Illinois Mr. -l>utro's business iu the main was farming. He was elected tax collector in •Bureau county and served one year. In 1870 he left, started on his west- \'ard tri]) to Kansas. He |)aused on his journey in Missouri and entered Ihe county of Wood.'on the spring following as befoi'e related. Judge Dutro has been more or less mixed up with the politics of Wood- son county for many yeare. His sympathy and affection have always been wi*h the dominant or Republican party and bis counsels have had their weight and influence in determining the policy and management of local campaigns. In 1884 be was appointed a countj^ commissioner to fill a vacancy and Sheritf Keck made him his deputy in the office during his official term. In 1895 he was elec^"ed probate judge and in 1897 was re- elected to the position. In 1899 he was chosen a justice of the peace of Center township and in 1901 was again elected to the same office. In -'^.inuary, 1899 he was appointed by Gov. Stanley a member of the Board of Managers of the State Soldiers' Home and was reappointed to the same board in 1901. Jiidge Dutro was inai'ried Pebi-uai-y 14, 1864, in Bureau county. Illinois, to Phebe !~^. Brown, a daughter of Nathan Brown one of the iiioneers of that county. Four children have been borii to Mr. and Mrs. T)utro, viz: Otis W. ; Arthur L. ; Paidine D., wife of Carlos B. Randall, of Amei'ican Falls. Idaho, and IMary Fjdilh, who is Mrs. Jevse Cauiac. of \ates Centei'. •Judge Dutro is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a Red Man and a Past Commander of Woodson Po.st 185, C. A. R. SAMUEL J. COPE. The life record of Mr. Cope demonstrates that Kansas has opportuni- ties for the man of energy and determination, for all that he possesses lias been gained through an active and honorable business career in tbis slate. He is now successfully farming in Woodson county, his home be- lt g in Noith township. He was born in Clarion county. Pennsylvania, lanuary 31, 1846, a son of Jeremiah and Anna (Graff) Cope, both imtives of the Keystone state. The father was born in Philadelphia and became a cabinet maker by trade, following that pursuit for many years in order to provide for his wife and children — thirteen in number. He died in Pennsylvania in 1896, when about seventy years of age, and his wife passed away in 1878, when she had completed half a century. Under the dii-cction of his father Sanniel J. Cope learned the eabinet- i:iaker's trade and later he also mastered the business of carpentering, fol- lowing his dual occupation for about twenty-five years. He spent several years in the building business in Oil Cit.v, Pennsylvania. In 1871 he was I'tiited in marriage to Miss Su.san Wilcox, a native of that state, and after 642 HISTORY OF Ai.l.F.S Afn:> five years' rtsidenco theie they cDiu'liuU'it that in order to get a home of their own they would have to ito wliere land was eheaper. Therefore in 1876 they eanie to Kan' as se'tling in Woodson eoiinty, where Mr. Cojje- lented a fai'ui for a year after which he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw ])rairie about eijrht miles northwest of Yates Center. Here he now resides and to-day he has a beautiful place of two hundred and forty acres, all well improved although not a furrow had been turned or an improveuieni made when he took posse>siou. His cabin home has been replaced i)y a good residetu-o. a barn has been built and other modern accessories have been added. AVhen they first came to the county Mr. Cope could stand in the cai)in door im he became the special agent >if thi- Northwestern Live Stock Insurance Co. of Des Moines. Iowa, for south- v.estern Iowa, and held that position nearly 8 years, doins a very large busi- ness for his company. In 1897 he engaged again in business with his old friend and former partner. Col N. Townsend in the town of Newton in real estate loans and insurance. In 1898 he disposed of his pos.session in Iowa and came to Woodson county. Kansas, arriving in the month of Ma.v. Here they purchased four hundred and eighty acres of land near Vernon and have developed one among the best farms of the county, have erected a WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 645 large residence, built iu modern architectural style, and have also built a lav^e barn. Their residence is the most attractive home in the northern l)art of the county and stands as a monument to their business life. Since ccming to Kansas .Mr. Seaton has given his entire time and attention to larming- and stock-raising and intends to make a specialty of handling registered shorthorn cattle and registered Poland China hogs under the firm name of Jno. A. Seaton & Sons. They also put up and ship large ■ luantities of ha.y each year. l)n the 14th of April. 1864. was celebrated the mari'iage of John A. s<'aton and Elma Bevan. for a number of yeai-s one of tlic leading teachers .)f Jasper county, Towa. She was a daughter of Stacy and Jane Bevan, \'ho came to Iowa in 1855. Mrs. Seaton is a most estimable lady and pie- .j, Vlic- «tak- hikI (li.l inuHi lo iin,)r(,ve the ixnide' of sud, stock in that state lov nuietwii vi'mis he wiis ii diivetor aiui th.- i)iesi(l,.|ii „J- the Ja.sne'r (omity AKnciilliiral Socitty and mad* it a payiiifz' instil n1 in,,. On cninin" to Woodson oounty he pui'e}ia.«ed a farm of four hiuidivd acres on the v.-est line of CVntcr townshij) to tlie supervision of whicl, he (hn-oted his ,v Riainmg ytars. ri;„ /•''"■ ^l\"^^ '?'•' ^";i^«' ™'"'"*^'^- ^^^' ^"'""^ '''""^'^"^'^ Elizabeth Tone, who died in 1844 and in 1858 fe married Sarah Newhou.se. a dau-hter of %" l'89« "'iT; " "'^'''' Y'''"i"''"'- ^f>-«- WriKht was horn September f^„'^-?■ '''"'^ "^ '"''■ P';''«>'« '^'■'1'1'vn two survive-Mrs. Marv Cohlren. 4; '^opp^^a- Kansas, and Milton Newliouse, of Lake Charles. La. To Mr and Mrs \V right were born the following children, viz: Mary wife of s' W Rayless. of Lake Charles. Loui.^iana : S. Edward, of Jasper county, ^.wa ! Ella, of Lake ( harles La., who married Harry Fullington, and Sedg^vick M.. born T)eceml,er 8, 1868. The last named M'as married August 25 1890 lo l^-hna B. Curl and has two children— Gordon C. and Beatrice M ' Tt vras on the 2M of July. 1890. that Samuel Vn^ight was called to us tinal res . He was then in his eighty second year. Death thus brought t. a e ose a long, useful and honorable career. His character was above re- proach and his word was as "good as his contract." In early life he Lecame a memlier of the Presbyterian church, and the principles of thn.stianity ever penniated his relations with his fellow men. He con tributed liberally to religious work, nor did he neglect his duties of citizen- ship but. loyally supported tho.^ie public measnn s which he lielieved would he: t promote the welfare of the nation. He kept well informed on political i.ssnes and was at one time a candidate on the Greenback ticket for con- gress, but later became a Republican. He thok a commendable pride in his home, desii'ing that everything around him should be in good order fie was an exemplary citizen, a reliable and progressive business man, a taithtui triend and a loving and considerate husband and father Such a record IS l)etter 1har, cMintless wealth. CHARLES TT. RATJERSPELD. t uvnll/:^''''' Av '"'i'"'"''''^ ^'"'"' "^^'"' ^^""^^'■'''' '•>"^' ^"^'^y ''"•'■'^^ in T-ielmont t.,unsl,ip \Aoodson county, ,s now the property of Mr Bauersfeld 'omin"to%" -T'-'-l-tirely through his oL Jell -directed efforts snt^ i el).u.„> . Ih.H and is a son of a shepherd. F,-ederick Bauersfeld, who cr.me with his^son to Ihe TTnited States and died in 188L at the a-e of ;ixtv vZlT'-^- V' 'T ^"r, ""'"•'■i'^^1- '"■« fi-'st miion being witl, Hennah Rumpf, by whom be had four children: Wilhelmina. wife of Hermann Kemmerer. of Missouri; Johanna, wife of Frederick Becker, of Germany Ludowina, wife of Cliarles Lieberman. of Cass county, Mi.ssouri For his rfis'foRV Off vllkn aSTi sieoud wife the father chose Mina Molleuhour, a resident of Woodsoa e. unty. Their chiloren aro: Wilhelniina, wife of Charles Weide; Charles TI., of this review: (huither, of Wooilson county: Theresa wife of VYilliani V.'eitie, and Aujnist. who is iivinii in Yates Center. Cl'arle H. Bauersfeld was reaied and educated in his native land And there reniainid until twenty-four years of asie. He also learned the weaver's trade theie but did not follow it after his arrival in this country. In 1:81 l;e arrived in Womlson county and locateil in North township, where he resided for six years after which he spent nine years on an- other farm. On the expiration of tlat (leriod he wt-nt to Yates Center, where he engajied in tiie niillin>r business for a year and a half. In 1S97 he took up his abode upon his present farm on section thirty-five, town- ship twenty-five, rauiie four'een. and is now devotinsr his energies to the operation of his farm of two hundred and forty acres, whicli is now well improved, beintr supplied with modern acccs ories. irood buildings and the- best ciiuipn-ents for makiiiii of farm work a success. Mr. Baiiersfehl was united in niarriaiic to Miss Kva l^wit7.er. who was born in 18('4. and is a dausrhter of TIenry Switzer. of Cot¥ey county. Kan- ;as. but foruicrly a resident of Pennsylvania. Four children srrace the union of ^Ir. and Mrs. Bauersfeld : Minnie. Harry. Leonard and Ollie. The parents enjoy the warm resrard of many friends in this part of the ccun'y and are widely known. In the i-,arly days of his residence in this f( \nitry Mr. Baiiersfeld was a Keinihlican but afterward became a Popu- bst durinir the reform movement in Kan.'-as. In this country where o|>- portunity is not hampered by caste or class and where ability is recosrnized and labor brinirs reward, he has steadily advanced until he is now numbered anionsr the prosperous and projrressive asrrioulturlsts of his adopted eoTinty, M.VLK.X P.\RRISH. .M.\LI",.\ I'.VK'h'ISH. whv) i* cnsraiicd in farnnii;.: m Center township. Woodson county, has been a resident of this locality for a quarter of a century and his entire litV has been passed in the Mississippi valley, his birth iiavimr occurred in Scott county. Illinois, on the 7th of January. 1840. His father. Henry Parrish removed to that state about 1830 from Tennis-see. his home havinar previously been near Nashville, where he was born about 1811. He carried on asricultnral pursuits throughout his business career and died in 184ti. His wife bore the maiden name of Arniinta Bennett, anil after the death of her first husband she became the wife of John Hedshaw. By her first union she had three children, but Henry and Nancy, the eldest and the yonnarest. died in Scott county. Illi- nois, leavinir (Hir subject the only survivor. The mother passed away in Woodson county in 189(i. at the asre of seventy-seven years, and her second iMisband died in the same comity in 1899. '\v'aoi:)S>aN coiDN'riEs, kansas. 649 Tlie boyhood days of our sub.ji'i't weri' i'rauuht witli toil jierforiued viiiuler the direction of a ste])t'ather who was wry cxaetiiiii- in his re- mands, but aftiM- actiuiring a fair Knglish education in tlie public schools -and attaining his majority. ^Ir. Parrish left home and began the battle of life unaided. His possesrions consisted of a cow and a team of horses which he had borrowed and which he eontimied to use until he was able to purcluue a team of his own. He has always carried on aiiricnltural pur- suits and is an eiiei'iretic farmer. As a companion and helpmate on the .iourney of life he chose INliss Harriet Harden, a dausihter of Colby ?darden. a Canadian, who settled in Illinois at an early day and married 1 iicy Moore, a native of Vermont. The children of ilr. and ]\Irs. IMardeii were: Ann Cumbv. of Scott county, Illinois; Sarah, the wife of Geora;e {'unningham. of the same county: James, of Pope. Arkansas: Ct?orge. of Jacksonville. 111., and Mrs. Parish. The marriage of our subject and his ■wife was celebrated on the 1st of January. 1862. and was bles.'-ed with fottr children: Mary E. Reed, of (Jimnison. Colorado, and Dora, wife of James Dawson, of Springdale. Washington: Harriet F.. wife of Frank Wagner, of lola. Kansas, and' L. B.. who is with his father. Ill health was the immediate occasion of Mr. Parrish becoming a resi- dent of Kansas. He visited the state on n prospecting tour, and being pleased with Woodson county and its prospects he located on section twenty, townshiji twenty-tive. range sixteen. He sold his property in Illinois, puiehased this tract and has since been identified with the farm- ing interests of Woodson county, carrying on his work in an energetic manner that finds its reward in the gratifying success which has crowned liis consecutive endeavors. For twent.v-five ,^^?ars he has been an exemplary Uicmber of the Masonic fraternity and his son has taken the Royal Arch degrees. Since castiiiir liis first pivsidentiiil vote for Abraliam Lincoln in 1864 he has never failed to snpnort the leading candidates of the Republi- can party with the exception of the year 1884. He is a citizeii of worth, giving a loyal siipport to measures of public benefit and the integrity and lidelity of his olmac'er hav(> made him a man whom to know is to respect Tind honor. WENZEL SIEKA. A resident of Woodson county for twenty-one years. Wenzel Sieka ^v'as for some time connected with its agi'icultural interests, but is now a factor in conuiiercial circlies in Pii|ua. where he is conducting a hard- ware business. He was born in Bohemia, near the city of Prague. October 6. 18:i0. a son of Martin and Dorothy Sieka. The father was a farmer by ■occupation and in the fall of 18.51 left his native land for the New World, sirrivinu' at New Orleans, on the oth of January, lSo2. Making his v.-ay u]i the Mississippi river, he located in St. Clair county Illinois, 650 HTsl-ORY OJ' ALLliS' aSTD where \w made his luiiiie uuti) 1S65, wlit?n he went to Clinton countJv that state. After fifteen years there passed, he came to Kansas in 1880,. spendinsr his remaining days in the Sunflower state, his death occvirring" ill Fvciiia in 18'J4. when he had attained the advanced age of eighty-two years. His wife passed away in 1873. Their children were: Barbara, wife oi Samuel Just, of Clinton county, Illinois; Annie, wife of Henry Albes, of Illinois: ilrs. Mary (ioss. of Illinois, now deceased; Blazius, and \Venzel. The last named «as only a year old when brought by his parents to the iTnited States and in Illinois he was reared upon the home farm, early gaining a practical knowledge of the work of fields and meadows. His school privileges were those afforded bj' the ccnintry schools of the neigh- borhood. After putting aside his text books he gave his attention en- tirely to farm woik, following that pursuit in the Prairie state until 1880' i^hen I;e eanic to Woodson county. Kansas, locating upon a farm in Owl Creek township. He tilled the fields and improved the place for a num- ber of years and then came to Piipia. where he has .■^ince conducted a hard- ware store. He has a well appointed establishment and his business methods are such as to make those who once patronize him his con- stant customers. He is also still interested in farming lands in Woodson find Allen counties, and his property investments bring to him a good income. On the 20th of May. 1873, in Clinton county, Illinois, occurred the marriage of Mr. Sieka and ^li.'-s Slary E. Fahrmann. a native of Germany, and unto them have been born nine children, namely: John, who mar- ried Tracy Freschenmej'er and is now engaged in farming in Allen county. Kansas: Henry, of Woodson county: Elizabeth, wife of John Col- li ns. of Woodson county: Btn.i'amin. Frank. August. Kate, Frances and Teresa, who aie still under the parental roof. ^Ir. Sieka. like his father, is a supporter of Democratic principles, but has never been an active politician. His business affairs have claimed his attention, and earnest labor has been the key which has opened to him the portals of success. He i< a reliable and substantial citizen, and the e\idence of his industrious Vfa is seen iii his goixl business and his pleasant home. CHARLES F. PRIBBERKOW. Cil.VKLES F. PRIBBERNOW is a representative of a well known and prominent family of Southeastern Kansas and is actively identified with farming and stock raising interests in this portion of the state. He was born in Pru.ssia. February 13. 1853. a son of Christian and Sophia ' Busz) Pribbernow, also natives of the same country, in whose family were seven children, namely: William: August, wife of William Stange; Charles F. : Helena, of Chetopa .Kansas, the wife of John Ritter; Amelia, WOODSON OOUNTlEl), KANSAS. 65 I V'ife of Fred Hnssmau, of Coffey covuity, Kansas; Bertha, wife of Wil- liam Lassman, of Humboldt, Kansas, and Hulda, wife of Martin Hen- vichs, of Hnniboldt, this state. Our subject spent the first fourteen years of his life in the fatherland and acquired his education in its public schools. In 18(57 his parents, with their children, came to the United States, sailing from Bremen to New York, where they landed in due time. Prom the east they made tl'.eir way to Lawrence, Kansas, and thence by wagon to Woodson county. They were following in the path of (.'otlieb Hartwig, who had formerly lived in the neighbor hood of the Pribbernows in Prussia and had preceded them on their emigration to the New World. On reaching their destina- ton the father purchased the farm upon which the family yet- reside and there he suceessfidly carried on agricultural pursuits until his life's labors were needed in death, in 1889, when he was seventy-six years of age. His wife preceded him for a few years passing away in 187G. Mr. Pribber- now of this review has always remained upon the old homestead, assisting in the work of the farm, and is a pi-actical. progressive agriculturist. The family own altogether fourteen hundred acres of valuable laud and i.n ihe pastures have hundreds of head of cattle, hor.ses and hogs. The Pribbernow farm is one of the best in the county, improved with all modern accessories, good building, well kept fences and machinery, while the fields yield golden harvests in return for the care and labor bestowed upon them. On the 5th of -June, 1884. Mr. Pribbernow was united in marriage to Mi.ss Mary, daughter of Charles Ostermeier, who was one of the pioneers of Wood.son county, where he located in 1859. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Stange and they had two children. The marriage of 'Sir. and Mrs. Pribbernow has been blessed Avith five children: William, .Augusta, Henry, Charles and Louisa, and the family circle yet remains unbroken. Our sub.iect has always been a Republican in his political af- filiations, follow'ing in the footsteps of his honored father, who in early life was a Democrat, but at the inception of the Republican party joined its ranks. For fifteen years he has served as a member of the school board, the cause of education finding in him a warm friend. He has been the nominee for township treasurer and for county commissioner and lacked only six votes of being elected to the latter office, although he was opposed by a fusion ticket. The large vote which he polled indicated his personal popularity among his friends and neighbors and the confidence they reposed in him. He belongs to a family prominent and honored and bears worthilv the untaiiiished name. HENRY S. TRUEBLOOD. HENRY S. TRUEBLOOD is certainly deserving of mention among the representative citizens of Woodson county, for he is recognized as one 652 HISTORY OI" AI.r.EX AND oF the Ic.Hliiii;' iiicii in llu- Keimhliean party. lie has been identified v.itli the Ki-iranization since attainin": his majority, has been true to its priiH'iph's. has labored faithfully to promote its interests, and his election to offices of public trust have been but a fitting recognition of his sterling worth and high standing. A close student of the principles on which the pai-ty is founded, thoroiighly conversant with the questions and i.'-sues of the day. he gives his supjiort to Kepublieauism becau.se he be- lieves firmly that the adoption of its platform will be most conducive to I)ub]ic good. While he has been honored with office, fidelity to the princi- ples in which he believes has ever been with him before personal ag- giandizement. and his loyalty and patriotic spirit are widely recognized. The life record of Mr. Trutblood began on the 9th of December. 1838. his birthplace being in (Jreene county, Indiana, but for many years lie was a resident of Daviess county, that state. His paternal grand- father. Mark True blood, was one of the old time substantial citizens, a thrifty pioneer farmer who aided in making habitable the wild districts of the IToosicr state. He there served as .justice of the peace in territorial days and at all times he commanded the respect and confidence of his fel- low men by his genuine worth of character. His son, Jesse Trueblood. the father of our subject, was born in In- diana, in 1814, when it was still under the territorial form of government, and there gave his attention to agricultural pursuits throughout a long, useful and active career. He was descended from the Quaker Whigs of North Carolina and possessed many of the sterling characteristics of that religious sect. He spent the greater part of his life in Lawrence and Daviess counties and died in the latter July. 1900. His wife, who hire the maiden name of Charlotte Scott was a daughter of Henry Scott. She was born in Lawrence eoutity. Indiana, and is still living in Daviess county, where several of her children also reside. Mr. and Mrs. True- blood always lived upon a farm aiul were progressive agriculturists. They reared their family to habits of industi-y and honesty, and their children do honor to an untarnished family luime. In order of birth they are as follows: Phebe, deceased wife of Nathaniel Chambers: Mark, of Da%ness county, Indiana: Henry, of this review; Richard, of Daviess county: iNlartha, the wife of Peter Kagle, of the same county: Almira, the wife of John E. Hayes: Jesse C. : James; Alice, wife of .\lbert Stuckey: Elizabeth, v. ife of Fred Shafer. and Sarah, now Mrs. Pritehard Smiley. All except- ing the subject of this sketch are residing in the vicinity of the old home- suad in Indiana. The educational advantages afforded Henry Trueblood were rather limited, for his mental training was received in the usual log schoolhouse conunon to the frontier, and therein he pursued his studies during tin- winter months, for his services were needed in the fields during the sum- mer season. In December. 1861, he was mari-ied, the lady of his choice be- ing Julia, the daughter of Sanford Oowau. a farmer. After his marriage Vv'OODSOK COUNTIES, KANSAS. 653 I\Ir. Tnieblood followed fanning until January, 1865, when he enlisted ii the Union army as a member of company K, One llundred and Forty- third Indiana infantry under Colonel Grill, and saw ser\nce in Tennessee. The regiment did guard and patrol duty, and was mustered out in Nash- ville, October 17. 1865. Upon returning to his home Mr. Trueblood resumed the work of the i'arm and remained in his native s'ate until 1871, when he came to Wood- son county, arriving on the 18th of October. For some years he was identified with agricultural pur.'uits iu this locality, but subsequently put aside the labors of the farm in order to give his undivided attention to ihe discharge of the duties of public office entrusted to him. He served as tiustee of Liberty township for four years and was elected county clerk in the fall of 1879 for a two years' term, was re-elected in 1881 and in 1884 he retired from office as he had entered it— with the confidence and good will of the entiie public. His is recognized as a master mind in poli- lical circles of Woodson county. He does all in his power to promote th.e growth and insure the .success of his party and his opinions carry weight in party councils and his influence is strongly felt. On resuming the duties of private life Mr. Trueblood became associated in business with A. F. Palmer aud the mercantile firm of Palmer & Trueblood now ranks innong the foremost in Yates Center. The home life of Mr. Trueblood has been very pleasant. His marriage ti- Miss Gowan resulted in the birth of seven children, namely: Richard H., who is tie editor of the Yates Center News; William H. ; Charles A.; Floia D. and Lillian E. : two died in infancy. The family is one of promi- nence in the community, numbered among the most valued citizens of ^"ates Center. Mr. Trueblood has been a resident of Woodson county for tliirty years and throughout the period has been an active factor in ))ublic affairs. His co-operation has promoted many measures of public woi'th and benefit and in all life's relations he has followed a course at (.Mi'i' honorable, oonnueudablp and worthv of emulation. F. W. NAYLOR. A farm of eight hundied acres, well improved and stocked with a high grade of horses and eatle, is an unmistakable evidence of a busy and active life. This property is in possession of E. W. Naylor. who came to Woodson county empty handed but with a resolute spirit that has enabled him to surmount difficulties, conquer obstacles and press steadily forward 1a the goal of prosperity. He resides in North township aud his extensive agricultural and stock-raising interests have made him one of the leading farmers of the community. Mr. Naylor is numbered among the native sons of the Ke.ystone state, l:is birth having occurred in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, on the 12th 654 HISTORY OF ALLEN AXP of April. 18r-e in a high school of his native county, and when a young man he engaged in teaching school in Indiana ior one year. In 1S73 he came to Kansas, settling in Wooilson county ten miles northwest of Yates Center. For four yeai-s following his arrival he \>as connected with the etincational interests of this locality as a teacher. During that time he was marritni and after his nuirriage he rented a farm snd tununl his attention to agricultural pui-snits. For three years ho ifutetl land and then with the capital which he had acquired thiMugh hi.v own exertions he purchased eighty acres of land, which served as the nucleus around which he has gatheretl his present extensive possessions. He to-day has eight huudreii acres constituting a valuable property, on which is an attractive residence, and one of the finest barns in the county, filleil with as line hoi-ses as can be found in the township. He handles ytarly about one hundretl head of cattle and an equal nun)ber of hogs and as he keeps only high grades of stock he is always sure of a ready and rennmcrative sal \ On the 1st of July. ISTo. Mr. Xaylor was uniteil in marriage to Miss M. Christina Miller, a native of Iiidiana. atul a daughter of Joseph and I'^lizabeth (Stines^ Miller, also of the Hoiisier state, whence they came to Kansas in IStiO. They settled on Turkey creek in W'oixison cotnit.v. where they spent their remaining days, the father passing away at the age of seventj'-nine years, while the mother died at the age of lifty-thre»\ He V as a na'ive of Darke county. Ohio, and his wife was born in Xew Jersey. Unto Mr. and Mi-s. Xaylor have bet>n born two childi-eu: Bessie May. a student in the Kansjis I'nivei-sity. and ^Yilbe^ \V.. a student in the high siluwl in Yatt^ Center. Mr. Xaylor and his family are widely and favorably known in Woixl- son county. His record is indeed creditable and thus he has won the [ulmiration and respect of his fellow towinuen. Beginning life here as a ttacher of a coinitry school receiving but a small sjilary, he has through the practice of industry, economy and capable management long since left the ranks of those who are daily struggling for a livelihood and stands among the men of affluence in the comnnniity. In his work he has been ably assisted by his wife, a most estimable lady whose judicious care of the household and the manasement of its affairs have contributed in no -v'OOUSON CDVjn^lfiS, KA^JSAS. 655 ?-rniall degree to his prosperity. As a citizen his worth and loyalty have •been manifest in several public offices. He I'as served as township tiustee for two terms, and at the presi^nt writing iji the spring of 1901 hf is township tivasnrer and jnstice of the peace. Over the record of his [inblic career and private life there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion -of evil and to day he ranks among the leading, progressive and respected Mgricnltiirists of his adopted county JOHN SHEXCK. A reteraiT of tlie Civil war, an enterprising business man and a leading •citizen of Yates Ct?uter. John Shenk certainly merits representation in this volume among the men whose laboi-s have been of benefit to tlw county in the line of substantial improveiiRnit and progrers. He was born in Erie <'ounty, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1843, and is of German lineage. The Ancestors of the family came from the Fatherland to Ainerica probably in ^colonial days. Michael Shenk. the father of our sidi.iect, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1818, and spent his entire life in that •-s'late and in Illinois. Locating on the shore of Lake Erie he cleared a tract -<>f land and developed a farm and throughout liis active business career he carried on agricultural pursuits. He married iMiss Sarah C. Carter, who .as born ntar London. Llngland, and is now a resident of AVill county, Illinois, whither the family removed in 1857. Her children are: John; William and Jerome, who are living in Will county: Elizabeth, t!ie wife >of Harvey Brown, of Oiicago Illinois: Delia, the wife of Napoleon Leslie, of Will county: Ida, wife of Calvin Whitson, of Pontiae Illinois, and Min- nie, wife of John Jilson, also of Will counts'. Mr. Shenck, who?e name begins this record, was a youtli of fonrtei n years when he accompanied his parents on their removal from Pennsyl- vRuia to "Will county, Illinois-, where he was reared. The education vhich he had acquireu in the east was supplemented by study in the schools ■of the Pi-airie state and in his youth l;e assisted in the work of his father's farm. He was only nineteen years of age when in 1802 he .ioined the boys In blue of com]iany I. One Hundredth Illinois infantry for service in the Civil war under Colonel Ba>-tleson. The regiment was attached to the Second Brigade of tbe Second T)ivisiou of the Fourth Army Corps and be- gr.n active service at Louisville. Kentucky, where it was equiiiped. Mr. Shenck participated in a number of hotly contested engagements, including the battles of Perryville, Stone river, Chickamanga, Missionary Ridge and the scige and capture of Atlanta. Ht ♦hen returned northward under the command of General Thomas and participated in the battles of Franklin »nd Xashville and in the second contest qt Perryville. During the last of the war his regiment was stationed in the vicinit.v of Nashville and when hostilities were over and the country ro longer needed the militarj' 6-,6 nXsTOR^' o(r AlXti^ ASTD aid of its soldiers the One Hundredth Ulimiis \f'is mustered out at Chicage, Air. Shenek tl en re'ui'ned to Will county to resume the pursuits of oivil life and for fonr years was engaged in fi^'ming thci-e. He after- ward spent a few years in teaming in Braidwooo, that county, and also ho Falls in the spring of 1872 he purchased an interest in the milling business of the firm of Covert & Cdzine and finally became sole owner of the plant. He later WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 66 1 oieeted a ni^\Y plant on the old site and sueeessfullj? cai'ried on the enter- prise under the name of the Neosho Falls Puoring Mills until 1898, when he retired from active business life. In Nfi^ho Falls, in 1877, Colonel Parsons was united in marriage to JNlifs Jennie E. Holloway, a sister of the late I. N. Holloway, of Yates Center. Two children were born to them, William Sherrill, wliose bright young life on earth ended in April 1900. The daughter Anna Esther^ is now the wife of Dr. 0. B. Trusler, of Yates Center. Since casting his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont the colonel has been a stalwart advocate of the Republican party and. like every true American citizen should do, keeps well informed on the issues of the day and is thus able to .support his position by intelligent argument. In 1898 he was elected probate judge and filled the position so acceptably for two years that he was re-elected in 1900 for a second term. Ere leav- ing Long Is:land he was made a Mason and is now a member of the chapter o' Yates Center. Various business interests have claimed his attention and at all times he has been found enterprising, energetic and notably reliable: his patriotism has been tested on the battlefields of the greatest V ar which the world has known : his friendship is ever found tried and true: and now in public office he is giving evidence of conscientious and faithful spi-ivee and tluTebv winning the commendation of all concerned. DAVID GAILEY. DAVID OAILEY, whose identification with the interests of Wood- son county dates from March, 1870. was born in Delaware county. Ohio, in September 1842. His father, James Gailey, was a native of Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and was descended from Pennsylvania-German ancestry. In the place of his nativity he married Hannah Hunter, and prior to the Civil war removed to Delaware county, Ohio, where he re- sided until 1867. He then continued his westward journey to Johnson C( unty, Missouri, which was his place of abode until 1870, when he came 1o Woodson coTinty. He first resided at Chellis, Kansas, then at Kalida and afterward at Yates Center, where he died in the spring of 1890, at the age of eighty-five years. He was a venerable, honorable and respected citizen, who throughout his entire business career had followed the occu- pation of farming. He voted with the Repaiblican party but took no active part in polities. His wife died during their residence in Delaware county, Ohio. They had several children but our subject is the only one now liv- ing. John Gailey, the eldest son, who was a member of the Ffteenth United States regulars, served in the Civil war, was captured at Stone river and died eleven months later in Andersonville prison : ^Yilliam, who was a member of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry, died in Co- l,;mbus, Ohio; David is the next of the family: James was a resident of 66j history of allex and AniliTsdii (^■imnty. Kniisa.s; Saiiiuel made his home iu Xnrth Dakoia: (leoiiio lived in Dehnvare i-ouiity. Ohio: Mary is the deceased wife of Austhi Oldan ; Eliza resides in the state of Washinorton: Angeline became the wfe f.f X. E. Cor. of ^lissouri. and Anna died in childhood. David Gailey was reared upon the home farm and received but meager educational pri\'ileges. He attended the district schools to some extent and for one year was a student in a select school in Berkshire. Delaware county. Ohio, but the greater part of his time was given to the labors of the folds. His work, however, was interrupted by his military service for when the south attempted the destruction of the Union he enli.sted under the Stars and Stripes, becoming a member of the Fifteenth L'nited States regulars, at Columbus. 1861. He was in the army of the Cumberland. V, ith the Fourteenth corps, and the first battle in which he participated was s!!d followed that pursuit until the latter part of the Civil war. In 1864, allhough only fifteen years of age be became connected with the army, .ioin- ir.g the Fourth ITnited States Cavalry as a clerk for the sutler of that I'tgiment with whom he remained until tbe close of the war. He then hired as a messenger to the quartermaster at Nashville. Tenn., acting in that opacity until affairs were all ad.im-ted in tliat locality. During the Wilson laid he took the place of soldier, carrying a musket and saw some arduous ser\nce. Oil the road between Earlton and ^Montgomery he was captured and held for days, on tbe expiration of which time he succeeded in making liis escape, working his way back to the regiment. When tbe war was over Mv. Walters returned to Ohio and four montbs later he accompanied some land dealers to Missouri where he engaged with "t")wen, Fisher & Company, proprietors of the stage line, working as a utility man, performing any service required by the company. He was frequently sent from place to place on various kinds of business. After ■■rorking for a year for the stage company be went to Leavenworth, Kas., and herded the town cattle. In the fall of 1869 he volunteered to £0 West to fight the Indians under General Carr, as a teamster for the Seventh Ignited States Cavalry. He drove the mess wagon for Company S, and remained on that expedition for six montbs. after which he returned to T eavenworth and asain ensaged in herding cattle through the summer. In 1870 he went to the southern state line and secured a claim in the new strip of land opened at that time for settlement. After eleven montbs. 656 H'ISI'ORV of ALLE.V ANtr l.'owever. he sold that properly and came to Woodson County. whiM-e lit" purchased a claim upon which he resided for seventeen years with the' exception of two years at Fort Scott, making srood improvements upon the place. In 1S90 he disposed of that property and purchased his present fjum. comi)risiug one hundred and sixty acres. of good laud. The farm is situated a mile and three iiuartei-s northwest of Vernon, and he has a very pleasant home, surrounded with a nice grove of maples. All the modern eiiuipments and conveniences are found upon the place, and the mat and thrifty appearance indicates the careful supervision of a pro- giessive owner. He keeps on hand abont thirty head of cattle and raises g» od crops, feeding most of his corn to* his stock. On the 14th of October. 1877. Mr. Walters was united in marriage to >!!ss ^Margaret Jane Withers, a native of Illinois, a daughter of William rnd Eli/a (Rich^/ Withers, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Ohio. They came to Kansas in 1S71. when Mrs. Walters was thirteen years of age. and the father died in IS94. at the age of sixty-three years while the mother is still li\-ing in Yates Center, at the age of sixty-one. Of their children six sons and six daughters yet survive. I'nto Mr: and Mi-s. Waltei-s have been born ten children, nine of whom are living: Frank, Fred, Ralph, Arthur, John, Jennie Edward, Ellen and Stanley. In his political views Mr. Walters is a Republican and has filled the officL= of .iustice of the peace in Everett township, btit has never been an aspirant for the honors and emohuuents of public office, preferring to devote his time to his agricidtnral interests for the benefit of his family. Starting^ out in life a pemrlless bo.v at the age of thirteen he now stands among the substantial agriculturists of Woodson County, the possessor of a comfort- able competence an«l ri<'h in the possession of the warm regard of many fii^nds. D. R. INGE. Work is the common lot of all and the mii.jority of men devote their energies to some line of acti\nty in biisiness, yet many are the records of f.iilnres. The secret of this is found in a few causes, a lack of energj', of resolution, of pei-sistent purpose and of practical common sense. Thase are the elements which contribute to prosperity and they are the salient featuies in the business c-an>er of D. R. Inge, making him one of the sub- stantial citizens of Woodson County. .\ native of Indiana, Sir, Inge was born in Parke coimty, that state, on the 21 St day of November, 18:^S. His father, Chesley L. Inge, was a native of Virginia and was married there to Miss Frances M. Lipscomb, also a native of the Old Dominion. They removed to Parke County, Indiana at an early day. and in the midst of the green woods the father entered lard from' the government and transformed it into a good farm WOODSON COUNTIKS. KANSAS. 667 aiul home for liis tiuuily. There he resided until 187:? when he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Neosho Palls, where he died the following year, at the age of seventy-five. His wife survived him until 1878 and died at the age of seventy-four. They were parents of twelve children, four of whom are now living: AVilliam. a resident (if Parke County. Indiana: James, of Missouri; Chesley. of Kansas City. l\;is. ; and 1). ij.. of this review. j\[r. Inge, whose name begins this ai'tiele, was the ninth in order of b;i'th in his father's family. He was reared upon a im-m in his native county and received such educational advantages as were afforded by the connnon schools of those days. He remained under the parental roof liiitil twenty-one years of age and then started out in life on his own ac- C( unt. He was married in 18tU to ^liss i^usan Ships who has indeed been 1 1 him a faithful companion and helpmate on life's journey. She was a native of Pennsylvania, and in 1858 became a resident of Indiana, her parents having both died in the Keystone state. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Inge has been blessed with four daughters. Mary M., wife of Daniel Phillips, of the city of Oklalumia : T.enora. wife of Joseph Wilson, a lumber merchant of Neosho Falls : Luella, wife of E. A. Stillwell, cashier of the Xeosho Falls hank, and Cora, wife of William Shockey. assistant cashier of the Neosho Falls bank. After his mai-riage i\Ir. Inge operated his father's farm for three years and then removed to Illinois, where he rented land and engaged in farming for two years. Believing that 1 e would have better opportunities in the newer and less thickly settled West, he came to Kansas in 1866, locating in the northwest corner of Allen County, whei'e he and his brother George together purchased a section of land, going in debt for the greater part of ii. He turned his attention to the stock business, buynig, feeding and sl.'ipping stock on a small scale until he became established, and as the \ears passed he e.\!ended his operations, becoming one of the large cattle dealers in the county. By hard work and close attention to business he sron had his farm paid for and also extended the boundaries of his property by additional purchases. There is no man in Allen County that has handled more cattle than Mr. Inge. He continued to reside upon his farm until 18n.'5 when he took up his abode in Neosho Falls and turned his atten- tion to banking, establishing the Neosho Falls bank with a capital stock of five thousand dollai's. He was chosen president of the bank and also one or its directors, while E. S. Stillwell became the cashier. He yet remains ai the head of the institution which is regarded as one of the reliable and influential concerns of the county. He also handles some cattle, buying and shipping when he finds a favorable opportunity, but at the present time MO is largely retired from active business life save for the management of his real estate investments. He owns twelve hundred acres of land in Allen and "Woodson Counties and has six business buildings in Neosho Falls besides two r('sid(>nce properties, ^^^^en he was married his cash 668 HISTORY OF AM.KN" ANTI capital did not consist of one hnndicil dollars, but by unabatina indnstry and determined purpose he has steadily added to his accnninlations until he is now one of the wealthiest citizens of Woodson County. He has figured t|uite prominently in local politics and is an influential member of the Kei)ubliean party, luiviu'r supported its principles throughout his entire life. He was elected to serve as county eoiiunissioner of Allen Comity and filled that position for one term with credit to himself and sati.-^faction lo his constituents. He was then re-elected for a second term but soon re- sisrned. in order to remove to Xeosho Falls. Socially he is connected with Neosho Falls lodge. K. of P. Thoroughness characterizes all of his efforts, and he has ever conducted his business with a strict regard to a high standard of commercial ethics. The success of his life is due to no inherited fortune or to any succession of advantageous circumstances, but to his own close application, tireless industry and sterling integrity. CEOKGF W. TROUT. GEOROJ". W. TKOUT. a wide-awake, enterprising and ]irosperous ijiriiier i»f Eve'vtt township. AVoodson County, was born in Lasalle Coaniy. Illinois. January 27. ISoO. his parents being John and Abbie Susan (Angel) Trout. The father was a native of Ohio and in the spring of 1876 he came to Kansas, purchasing land south of Neosho Falls, where he has since carried on farming. Our sub.ieet is the eldest of three brothers. He came to Kansas with his father when twenty-six years of age and soon afterward rented the old Ma.ior Snow farm, which he operated for five years. He liad pre%nously purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land of the Missouri. Kansas &- Texas Railroad Company on the prairie, but as he did not have the money to improve the farm he had to cultivate rented land until he had acquired capital sufficient to enable him to begin the development of his own prop- erty. At the end of five years he took up his abode uponjiis own place, three miles south and two miles west of Neosho Falls, on the east line of Everett township, and has since developed a fine farm, on which he has erected a nice home, good barns and outbuildings and has planted a nice orchard and a grove, which surrounds his residence and protects it from the hot rays of the summer sun. He carries on general farming and stock raising and all that he has is the outcome of his close application to business, liis industry, capable management and honorable dealings. After he had been in Kansas for a year ^Ir. Trout returned to Illinois and was there united in marriage to Miss Eliza Skinner, a native of Douglas County, that state, the wedding being celebrated March 2fi. 1877. Her father. James Skinner, was killed by lightning in Andei-son County. Kas.. •n 1868. but her mother is still living in La Salle County. Illinois. Unto ^Ir. and Mrs. Trout have been born ten children: Alice, the wife of WOODSON COUNTIES. KAXSAS. 669 \Valtfi- Dfi-shaiii. who resides in this locality: Harvey. Clara, Wiley, John, May. (jleun, Edith and Urvin. It is rather remai'kable. and a fact for cmtrratulation. that in so large a family no deaths have occurred. \Vith the exception of the eldest daughter all the children are still with tlieir paren+s. In politics Mr. Trout is a Rep^ibliean and by his ballot supports the men and measures of the party, but has had neither time nor inclination to hold office himself, his attention being fully occupied with his business affairs, which have resulted prosperously so that he is now one of the substantial fai-mers of his adopted county. PETER SMITH. The horologe of time has marked off a long period since Peter Smith first came to Wood>on County, and thirty-six years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since he took Tip his abode uj^on his present farm on section twenty-two, township twenty-five, range sixteen. He has become a successful fanner and ftockman, and is to-day the owner of four hundred acres of the rich land of Southeastern Kansas. Mr. Smith was born in Prussia, near the little village of Drosam, ]\larch 26. 1834, and is a son of Pe'^er Smith. Sr., a farmer, who spent his entire life in Germany. His widow married Peter Yogem, who brought the family to the United States in 1842, locating in Wisconsin near the town of Hartford, where he and his wife spent their remaining days. The children of her first marriage were Margaret, who became the wife of Henry Soras and died in Milwaukee, Wis., and Peter. By the second i>:arriage there ai'e alfo three children. Anna, who married Tom Shoe : Susie and Mary. Peter Smith of this review spent the first eight years of his life in the fatherland and then accompanied the family on the long voyage across the Atlantic to the new world. Reared in Wisconsin he there remained until nineteen years of age, after which he spent two years engaged in farm work in Putnam County, 111. He then came to Kansas, attracted to the state by the report that land could be obtained here at a nominal pi ice. One of the pioneers of Woodson County, he settled first in Everett township, where he secured a homestead, and in 1865 he came to his present I'arm which has been his place of abode continuously since. He has trans- formed the wild land into richly cultivated fields and the track of the shining plow has been followed by fields of grain that, ripening under the lot Slimmer sun. has yielded abundant harvests, bringing him a good profit for his labors. His four hundred acres of land now constitutes a valuable pioperty improved with all modern accessories and conveniences, sup- ])lied with good machinery and substantial buildings and giving him a gi od return for his labors. Mr. Smith has been twice married. In AYoodson Countv in 1859 670 HISTORY OK ALLEX AM) he weddwi iknrietta Steffeu, who died iu 1879, lejiving the foUowiiig children: Frank, of ^Vood^o^ County; Charlis, of Osage County. Kas. : Henry and John, both of Woodson County: Matilda, wife of Edward Kinniouth, of Kansas City. JIo. : Augusta, wife of Frani^ Fngh>bright. of Woodson County: Louise, wife of John Schocptlin. of Woodson County, Kas.. and Mary. For his second wife. ]\Ir. Smith chose Catherine Beer, whom he wedded in 1880. The ehiklien of this union are Annie, Peter. J\ebecca and Fannie. I'rior to the time when .she became the wife of our .subject Mi-s. Smith had married John Richard, now deceased, and they were the parents of six children. Fred, of Woodson County; Maggie, wife of George Smith, of lohi ; Samuel, of Vv'oodson Comity; Ko.sa. wife of Charles Smith; T^ydia. wife of Bert Wagner, of Rtiffalo. Kas., and Walter, ',' ho is living in Woodson County. Mr. Smith's labois as an agriculturist have never been interrupted s'nce coming to Kansas save by his service in the Civil war. Wlien the destruction of the Union was threatened by the rebellion in the South hi' .joined the Second Regiment of Kansas (^avalry under Colonel Cloud, and became a member of Company C. connnanded hy Cap'ain Barker. This regiment served in Missouri. Arkansas. Tennessee and Kentucky, pai'ti- cipating in the battles of Praii'ie (!rove. the capture of Fort Smith, Flat Rock. Kentucky and Flat Rock. Ark. At the last named he was taken prisoner and sent to Tyler. Tex., where he was incarcerated for nine months or until the close of the war. when he returned to Kansas with an licnorable record as a defender of the Union. In the discharge of his (Uities of citizenship he has ahvays been as true and faithful as when he followed the starry banner upon the battle fields of the South. He gave his political support to the Republican party until 188—' when new issues having arisen he became a supporter of the tireenback part.y and is now allied with the People's party. He does all in his power for the normal gi'owth and progress of the county along substantial and beneficial lines, and his life is in harmony with his professions as a member of the Church ff Ood. A farm hand for several years after his arrival in Kansas, he now stands upon the plane of affluence and not only deserves recognition as a successful man. but as one whose success has been so worthily achieved that his business record is deserving of emulation. CHARLES F. HARDER. CHARLES F. HARDER, of Yates Center, was born in the village c' Jagzow. Kreis. Anklam. Germany, November 18. 1844. His father. Charles H. Harder, was also a native of the same country and in early life was a shepherd but afterward became proprietor of a hotel. He spent eight years in Kansas in the latter portion of his life and died in 1883, at the aae of eiu:htv-four. In his familv were thirteen children, those "WDeople resided in the city of Kiel, in Schl^swig-Holstein, Germany. Mrs. Harder was first mai-ried to August Stoek-ebrand. a brother of William and lamest Stoekebi-and. and by her first union she had five children. Ausust, Mary, the wife of Louis Brodmanu; Henry: Annie, wife of John Domier- berg, and Emil. All are residents of Woodson County. Five children '-■race the union of Mr. and Mrs. Harder, namely: Augusta, the wife of William Lauber: Martha, wife of Henry Kruger; Pranz and Lizzie at home, and Pauline, wife of William Toedman. Since becoming an American citizen iNIr. Harder has supported the K'epnbliean party wl en questions of state and national importance have lieen involved. l)ut at local elections, where no issue is before the people .s< raetimes votes independently. He is a local preacher and a membei- of Ihe Evangelical a.ssociation with which his family are also connected For more than thirty years he has resided in Woodion County and is thor- oughly identified with his I'egion. its interests and upbuilding, ever lend- ing his aid to all measures for the public good. From the little Germai, 1 ome he came to America, and in the land of the free he found the op- portunity he sought to work hLs way upward to a position of affluence. HENRY H. Mccormick. Am, ,11- tiioje who have been called to public service in Wood.son (onnty is Henry H. IMeCormick, who for two terms filled the office of county clerk, being one of the most capable officials that ever occupied the position. He is now a leading representative of commercial interests in iatcs Center, where he is engaged in the hardware business. Since 1868 6/3 HlrsfORY of ALLK.n' AAiT h,- has been a nsideiit of lliis porlioii of the stHte, liaving come to Kausa*-. tioiii Morgan County, III., where he was born on the 29th of August. 1851. Mis grandfather, James McConniok, was born in Kentucky anu was a descendant of one of the okl fainilit-s of Virginia. He liad a brother k''ho' served in the ATexii-an war. 'James Wiiiiani McCoriiiiek. the father i.f uiir sub.jeet, was boi-n in J81t, in KButue.ky, wh^re h» spent liis boyhood days. He afterward be- came a re ident of MaysviHe, O.. and removed thence to Morgan County, 111., at an early period in its develo|)nient. He followed farming and the- milling business in that state. In 18(i8 he removed to Kansas and i-cttled on a homestead in Owl ('reek township, Woodson County, where he resided until a few years before his death. Mr. jMc-Corniiek entertained sympathy for the TTnion cause, and was Hu outspoken abolitionist but was too old and intirm to join the army. Al- though his educational advantages in youth wei-e limited, he was a man; of strong eon%-ictions and outspoken iii defense of everything in which he believed. He kept well informed on the issjies of the day and was thus enabled to support liis position by intelligent argument. His death oc- curred in lola. Kas.. in 1S95. when he had attained a ripe old age. His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Ruth Kannels, and was a daughter of Mr. Kannels, of Paris, Kentucky. ITnto Mr. and Mrs. McCormick were born five children: James W. 0.. of Arkansas: Carrie, widow of Nathan Kinney, of Tola: Henry H. : Ralph L.. of Morgan Cotinty. 111.: and Sarah A., wife of H. E. Van Deman. of Farksley, Virginia. Henry H. McCoi'inick was seventeen years of age when he came with his parents to Kansas. He acquired his early education in the district .schools, afterward sttulied in the Ceneva academy, and completed his coursii ill the State Agricultural College of Kansas. He suljscqiieutly engaged in leaching school for four years, completing his educational labors at (Jeneva. He then engaged in farming and dealing in cattle, making a specialty of Short Horn cattle. His attention «as devoted to farm work until the fall of 1891 when he entered upon the duties of the position of county clerk to which he had been elected November of that year. He filled the position so accei>tably that he was le-elec^ed for a second term, and when the lime expired he retiied from office with a most creditable record. Mr. l\TeCormiek afterward engaged in the hardware business as the successor of W. A. Snover. He conducted the business in Yates Center three years and then removed to Chanute. Kas., where he carried cm businss in the same line for a year. He then disposed of his store and re- turned to Woodson County, erecting in Yates Center the McCormick block, in which he is now conducting a hardware store, enjoying a large and well merited patronage. On the 22d of February, 1881, Mv. McCormick was united in marriage to IMiss Jennie DeWitt, a daughter of Capt. 0. DeWitt. of .Mien County, TvoDDSON 'cOXTN'rre^, kaksas. 673 •one of the early settlei's and prominent citizens of that portion of th« state. Unto Mr. and Mrs.jMcCorni5ek have been born the following named children : Florence A.. Lewis H.. John Knox, Nellie C, Myrtle M.. Ver^ Irene and Henrietta. The family is one widely and favorably known in the coni- niunity. Mr. MeCorniick has an extensive acquaintance and is recognized as a local leader in the ra~nks of the Republican party, doing all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success. His private life and his public career are alike f-oiimiendalile and mauv an' the friends of Henrv H. AleCormick. RICHARD KIMBELL. RICHARD KIMBELL, who is now engaged in the breeding and sale I'.f fine hoi-ses in Yates Center, was born in Oxfordshire. England, April 19, 1848, and is a son of Richard and Emma Freeman Kimbell. both of whom spent their entire lives in England and are now deceased. The father was a farmer by oeex;pation. In their family were four children, our sub- ject being the only son. Two of the number remained in England but one sister. Mrs. AVilkes. is now living in Wildomar. Cal. After the death of his "first ^\^fe the father was again married, and by that union there were seven children, one of whom is in the United States— Mrs. (^larke, of Los Angeles. Cal. Upon the family homestead in England. Richard Kimbell. of this .sketch spent his youth. He aerpiired a good English education and at the age of twenty-five years he bade adieu to friends and native land prepara- tory to becoming a resident of America. Sailing from Liverpool on a west- ward bound vessel he landed at New York city and tbence made his way to Kane County. 111., where he engaged in farming. In 1877 he came on a prospecting tour to Kansas and being plea.sed with the country and its prospects he decided to locate in this state. Accordingly he an-ived in "\Vood>son Countv. in February. 1878, locating in Liberty township, where he rented land for thirteen years. He then purchased property and con- tinued farming and stock raising until 1900 when he sold his farm and came to Yates Center. Here he is engaged in handling fine horses, of which lie is an excellent .judge, so that he makes judicious purchases, and in consequence ready sales as he places his horees upon the market. His business methods will merit the elo.sest inspection, and his well known probity has been an important factor in his success. He has excellent accommodations in the way of stables for his horses in Yates Center, and the business which he has earrried on for some j'eare is proving profitable. Ere leaving England. Mr. Kimbell was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Louise Hartley, a daughter of Henry and Caroline Hartley, late ol"' Stratford on Avon "Warwickshire. Their children are: Edward R.. a f'74 rrr.s'f'OKY of allkk ajStd fanner ol' Woodson Coiinly, who inanicd Louisa B. Smith: Harry IT., of Yates Center; Caroline I-]., wife of Carl Reynolds, of Savonbnrg. Kas., and Fannie h. Air. Kinihell usually votes with the Democratic party but is not f.reatly inteiested in politics. He is now a Past :Master Mason." and is al.so a valued imnilier of Ihe Knifilils of Pythias fraternity, and the Order of M>ld homestead left them by their father. Mr. Pehnell was well knowji as- a staunch Republican, attended many of the conventions of his party and did siP in his power to secure the adoption of its principles. In business he v.'as energetic, reliable and progressive, and in all dealings was the soul of hciior. His prosperity resulted from his persistency of purpose, his in- defatigable industry and his honesty, and the untarni.shed name which he left to his family is more desirable than the wealth of the millionaire. DAVID PHILLIPS. Through more than a third of a century David Phillips has resided in .'"Southeastern Kansas. When a young man he came to Woodson County, and as the county has grown, developed and improved he has given his aid and co-operation to the movements which have advanced the general wel- fare and promoted the public prosperity and progress. He has been identi- fied with its farming and industrial interests and in public office has mani- fested his loyalty to the public good bj^ the faithful manner in which he has di^■charged the duties devolving upon him. Such in general has been his life work, but it is a pleasure to enter into a more detailed account of his career, knowing that it will be received with interest by his many friends and acquaintances throughout this portion of the state. Mr. Phillips was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, March 2, 1846. ni>: grandfather. James Phillips, was probably born in the same state and was of English lineage. By occupation he was a farmer, and he died about 1865, at a very advanced age. His son. Charles L. Phillips, the father of our subject, was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1807, and there spent his entire life, dying in 1875. He married Anne Gillespie, who was of Scotch lineage, and died in 1900, at the age of eighty-three years. Her mother was a member of the Dunnings family, prominent in Revolutionary times. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips became the parents of eleven childen. namely: Miranda, deceased, wife of -John M. Danolds : George W., who served as a soldier in the Civil war and is now postmaster at Branchville, New Jersey: David; Elmira and Henry, who are living in Sussex County, New Jersey ; Andrew, of Morristown, that state ; Louise, wife of Julius Clark, of Tjeonia, New Jersey; Jessie, who died in that state; Belle, wife of William DeWitt, of Sussex County; Carrie, wife of E. Hopkins, of New- ark. New Jersey, and Charles, of South Branch, New Jersey. David Phillips was reared to farm life and pursued his education in the schools of the neighborhood and in the Beemer high .schools, after U- Al.I.hN A.N! which lu- eoiitimu'd his studies in t'hivei-ick. New York, on the Hudson river, luul nt New Milforil. Pennsylvania. He was twenty-one years of aire -when in 18(>7 lie left his home in the F>ast in order to try his fortune beyond tlie Mississippi, and in April of that year he arrived in Woodson County, locating in Owl Creek township with his cousin. James AV. Phillips. He afterward purchased laud on the creek and there carried on aErricultural pursuits tuitil his removal to Neosho Falls to assume the duties of sheriff of Woodson County to which ofiice he was electeii in 18G;i. Previous to this time he had taught two terms of school, one in Neosho Falls, heinsr the last teacher to conduct the school alone. He was installed as sheriff and capably discharged the duties of the office for one term, after which he served as under sheriff for Wm. Cozine while the county seat was located at Defiance. T'non leaving the sherift"'s office he became a teacher and mer- chant in Defiance, and in 1887 he engaged in the dairy business, which he has since followed. In 18!1:^ he removed from his farm on the old town site of Defiance and took up his abode at Yates Center. On the :V1 of April. 1878. Mr. Phillips was married to Emma Austin, who came to "\Vootison County in 1877 from Cortland. N. Y. She was born there in 1846, and is a daughter of Alvah Austin. The only sur- viving child of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips is a son. Wendell, who was born December 5. 187r>. The family are Episcopalians in their religious faith, and in his political belief Mr. Phillips is a Republican. He wns formerly a recognized leader in the ranks of his party in Owl Creek towniship. served there as trustee, and has always kept well informed on the issues of the day. political and otherwise. He is now accounted one of the highly re- spected residents of Yates Center, a man whom to know is to respect. FRANK H. BERNDSEN. FR-\NK H. BERNDSEN. who for twenty years has followed farm- ins in Owl Creek township. Woodson County, was born in Holland. September 2t>. 1844. and is a son of Herman H. and Elizabeth (Sherman) Berndsen, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father died in 18'i4. at the age of thirty-five years, and his wife passed away in 1853. when also thirty-five years of age. They were the parents of seven children, but only two are now living, the younger being Mrs. Mary Iming. of Illinois. Frank H. Berndsen was brought to America by his parents in 1S47. when only three years of age. the family locating in Illinois, where he was reared and educated. He learned to speak, read and write both the English and Oernuiny languages, and in early life became familiar with the work of the farm. In 18(io. when twenty-one yeai-s of age. he responded to the call of his adopted country for aid, enlisting as a member of Com- pany F. One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois Infantiy with which he served until the close of the war. WOOnSOX COrNTIES. kaxsas. 677 Attev receiving- ;ni hoiun-ahlo ilist_'li;irge he returned to his lumie and with tlie money he had saved in the army he began niereliaudisiug in bamiansville. 111., where lie earried on husiness for ten years. That gave liini l:is start in life and since then he has steadily advanced on the high road of prosperity. In 18S1 he came to Kansas and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raw prairie land upon which he now resides, the place being located a mile south and one mile west of Piipia, in Owl Creek town- ship. The land is rich and productive and everything upon the farm is iu iTOod condition. In addition to the raising of grain he engaged in stock raising, making a specialty of cattle, horses and hogs, and for these he f.nds a I'eady sale on the market. While in Illinois, Mr. Berndsen was joined in wedlock to ^liss Mary Stroad, a native of Germany, and after they had resided in Kansas for eight ycjirs she was called to her final rest, dying on the 5th of September, 1886, at the age of thirty-two years, leaving to the care of the husband their six children, namely: Harman IT.. Henjamin II., John II.. Frank H., Fred J., and Anna E. On the I'^th of September. 1887. Mr. Herndsen was again married, his secoiul union being with (iesiua Heidothing. a native (!)f Oerniany, a widow with one daughter, Agnes Eixler. They are well known in the connnunity where they reside and are highlj' esteemed by their friends. Mr. Berndfen is a Democrat in his political views and is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit association, in which he carries one thousand dollars iusuraiu'C, while two of his sons each carry a lil^e amotnit. Me has found Kansas not only a pleasant place of residence but a profitable lield of labor, giving a free return for unflagging industry when guided by sound business .iudgment.. T1U)MAS T. DAVIS, In business circles in Yates Center the name of Thomas T. Davis is a familiar one. for through fifteen years he has been proprietor of a meat marlvet here and is accounted one of the reliable merchants of the place. He was born in Wales. July 20, 18()'2, and when three years of age was brought to America by his fathei-, who with his family left Wales for the new world and took up his abode in Braidwood, Will County, 111., where he yet makes his home. He is a coal miner by occupation. He married .\nn (Iwynn, and unto them were born the following named: Thomas T. : Mary A.: Margaret, of Braidwood, 111., Mary A., wife of Thomas Huf- ford. of Holdridge, Nebraska ; Elizabeth and William, of braidwood. I\lr. Davis, of this sketch was leared in his parents' home in Braidwood and attended the public schools there. ac(|uiriug a good counnon school education that well fitted him for the practical duties of business life. When about fourteen years of age he began earning his own living as a farm hand, being thus employed until eighteen years of age when he (.-- HISTORV OK ALI.EN' AND began working iu a meat market in Braichvood. His first independent venture was the opening of his marlwt in Yates Center. He came here iii August. 188fi and p\irchased the meat market belonging to (i. W. Stewart and once the property of the firm of Taylor & Stewart. Since that time lu' has carried on business with ever increasing success. He at first had but limited capital, but his trade constantly giew and his earnest desire to l)U'ase. his courteous treatment, his reasonable ])rices and his honorable dealing have secured to him a continuance of the lihei'al patronage which was soon accorded him. Mr. Davis was married in Yates Centei', November 29,188!) to Miss Hester, daughter of Enoch MeB. Newcom, of Garden City, Kas.. but formerly of Tennessee. Mr. aiul Mrs. Davis now have two living childien. William T. and Leoti. Tn his political views he is a stalwart Republican, having been reared in that faith by his father, who warmly espoused the party. Mr. Davis has served as a member of the city council of Yates Center and made a commendable record as a city official. Socially he is identified with the Knights of Pythias fraternity and is now past chancellor of Yates Center lodge. As a business man. citizen and public officer he takes liigh rank. He is a man of pleasing personality, sympathetic and helpful, and his friends are many and steadfast. LOGAN W. WRIGHT. LOGAN W. WHKiHT was born in Pettis County, ;Mo.. on the l!)tli of Januar}% 186:3. a son of Thomas J., born in Ky.. January 8, 1840. and Martha (wmbree) Wright, born March 4. 1839. They were married May 18. 1856 in Cooper County ;\Iissouri. Mr. AVright died March 13, 1873. and his widow is now living in Los Angeles county, California. Of their six children, Logan \V. "Wright is the second in order of birth. On his father's farm he followed the plow, assisted in the planting and also aided in harvesting the crops when the sununer's sun had ripened the grain. The educaticmal privileges which he enjoyed were those afforded by the common schools. In 1882 he came to Woodson County, locating on a farm, and during the greater part of the time which has .since elapsed he has followed agricultural pursuits, although for a brief period he was connected with mercantile interests iu lola. On the 12th of September. 1880. ]\Ir. Wright w-as joined in wedlock If Miss Mary Purcell. who was born iu Benton County, Missoui-i. February 4, 1865, and is the only daughter of J. M. and Lucinda Purcell. now of Piqua, Kas. The young couple began their domestic life upon the farm uhere they resided until 1889. In that year they removed to lola, where Mr. Wright became interested in the grocery business as a member of the firm of Munger & ^Yright. After about four months he purchased his part- ner's interest and conducted the enterprise alone for a short time, when "WOODSON COL'N'ril-:s. KANSAS. 679 i^ie S()lcl out to the finii of Piirc<^ll & Son. During this period Mrs. "Wright ■•carried on a millinery business in lola, but after a year her health having failed she was coiniielled to sell her stock, and they return-ed to the farm. Mr. and Mrs. AVi'ight have one child. Lillie. an interesting young lady of eighteen years, who is now in .'■chool, and will soon complete her educa- tion. Their home is pleasantly situated two miles west of Piqua, where T\Ir. AVright is now engaged in farming and stock raising. He has eighty acres of well improved land, and to its- further development he is giving his •attention, th-e place yielding a good fompctence in return .for his labors. FRANK H. WRIGHT. One of the enterprising, practical and intelligent young farmers of Woodson County is the gentleman whose name begin;; this review. He vas born in Blanchester. Clinton Comity. 0.. on the 31st of May, 1866, a son of John M. and Elizabeth (McAdams) Wright, the former a native of the Buckeye state, while the latter was born in Indiana. The father's death occurred in Ohio, in 1876, when he had attained the age of sixty- three years, nine months and twenty-seven days, Init the mother is still liv- ing at the age of seventy-seven years, her home being in Morrowtown. 0. Their only child is Frank H. Wright. As his parents were in limited financial resources, he had to begin to earn his own livelihood when ten years of age and has since been dependent entirely upon his own efforts. Tie worked at whatever he could get to do until fifteen years of age when T.e entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the millwright's trade. He had lo furnish his own tools and carried the hod for a time in order to get the Dioney M'ith which to make the purchase. Possessing considerable natural mechanical ingenuity and applying himself closely to his work, he soon mastered the business, became an expert in that line and after two years was made foi-eman. Since that time he has had no difficulty in command- ing good positions and high wages in that line. He has constructed mills in about twenty different .'tates of the Union, including Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. The last work of the kind which he did was in putting in the machinery of the lola Brick Plant. No. 2. Mr. Wright also learned the miller's trade and at one time was half <)\\'ner in a large flouring iiiill in Indiana. In 1890 he came to Kansas and |)urchased an interest in a mill owned by D. W. Finney, at Neosho Falls, but after a year he sold out and returned to Warsaw. Indiana, where he entered a drafting office. Again in 1893, however, he came to Neosho Falls and operated Colonel Parsons' mill. He became one of the best draughts- man in that service and commanded large wages, but becoming tired of that life he concluded to try farming, and in 1895 purchased one hundred jind thirty-five acr-es of heavy timber land, three miles above the Falls on jhe river bank. Not a tree had been cut or a furrow turned at the time 6So irfSlt)RV Of-' Al.LE'M A'^nT fie eauii' into possession of the place, but by indefatigable energy and close attention to blIsincs^^ he has transformed the place into one of the best farms in the vall(>y. Already he has cleared one hundred and ten acres, rt'hich he has undei- cultivation. He has previously raised corn and po- tatoes, but now as the stump;- have been cleared from many of the fields he will utilize the land for wheat laising. lie has employed as many as seventy-live mm in a siiit;le day in cutting timber and preparing the land for the plow, giving careful direction and supervision to their labors. Many good po itions have been offered him in the line of architect work and .setting up maehinery, but all of these he has declined, having resolved in give his undivided attention to the work of the farm. Mr. Wright was mariicd in Marion County. Indiana in 1888. to Miss Eliza Winslow. a native of (Jraiit County. Indiana, and a most estimable lady. Tl:eir union has been blessed with one child. Hugh ^I.. born De- ci'iiibcr 2'-^. 1890. In his politic;il views Mr. Wri^^hl is a Ripublican. anti while he keeps well informed on the issues of the da.y he has never been an aspirant for otifice. His busine.s clai;ns his undivided attention, and his fine farm is a substantial monunieiit of his enterpi'ise and thrift. Few men starting in life at the tender age of fen years and receiving no assistance whatever as the decades have passed have achieved as creditable success ns Mr. Wri; record of siu-h men as he of whom we write. Thrown upon his own re- sourees at the early age of twelve years he has since depended entirely i:pou his individual labor fcu' whatever he has had or enjoyed in life, rtnd nov.- in return for his diligence and enterpri.se he is enjoying not only the nia'erial reward but also the esteem and confidence of those among vhoni he has lived and worked. As proprietor of a hardware establish- indit in Pi()ua aiul as postmaster of the tiAvn, he is well known to the eitizens of AVoodson county. 'Sir. Orogman was born in Baden, (iermany, on the 14th of Xovomber, If^'iO. and is a son of Henry (irogman. who in 18;")2. started with his family for the TT^nited States . On the Atlantic the wife and mother died, leaving five children, three of whom are yet living— Ilenr.y. who is married and fives in Picpia : John W. and (Jeorge. also of the same place, f^aiuling at New York the father and his children continued their journey across the- eonntry until they ari-ived in Clinton county, Illinois, where Mr. Grog- man died a few years later. In Clinton county. Illinois and in St. Louis. Missouri, the subject of (his review spent the liays of his boyl ood and youth. Having no one t» assist him his advantages were necessarily limited, but he was ambitious t-i learn and while clerking in stores in St. Ijouis through the day, he de- voted his evenings to study in night schools. For thirteen years he held the position of foreman of the registry division in the St. Louis post- office and then resigned on aceount of ill health. He thus had in charge one of tlie most important divisions of the postal service, and his long con- tinuation in the po; ition proves conclusively his fidelity to duty and his '■ s t reme f a i t h f nl ness. In 1888 Mr. (irognuin came to l'irosperity— such is the epitome of the life of Edward Orubbs. and in this respect his career is certainly worthy of enmlation. WILLIAM KEES. WILLI.XM KEES. a well known representative of the farming inter- ests of Woodson county, residing in Neosho Palls township, was born in Washing county. Pennsylvania, February 4. 183:^, and has the distinction of being descended from two Revolutionary heroes, both his paternal and niaternal grandfather having served in the war of independence. The f( rmer owned the land upon which the town of McKeesport. Pennsyl- vania, was built, aiul the place was named in his honor. David Kees. the father of oui- sub.icct, was also a native of the state and there resided until 1858, M'hen he removed to Iowa, where he spent the residue of his days. He was called to his final rest in 1895. when he had attained the very venerable age of ninety-two years. His wife had passed away in ISSS. when eighty-four years of age. They were the parents of six children, four of whoin are yet living: David Jr.. surgeon of the Civil war: Wil- bam; John, a drnggi.st in Creston, Ta.. and Catherine, of Agency. Ta. William Kees. the second in order of birth pursued his education in the schools of his native state and resided with his parents until they were called to the home beyond. He accompanied them to Towa in 18n8 and cared for them throughout their declining years, rendering them filial WOODSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 685 Oevotion iu i-etuni i'or what they had done for him in youth. lie was li-ai-ried in 1871 to Miss Emily McKeown, a native of Bradley county, Teune.-.see. born in 1847. Her father, I. L. McKeown, was a native of North Carolina and married ]\Iatilda Reynolds, whose birth occurred in 'iennessee. to which state lier husband had removed in early manhood. They had thi'ee children: Sarah A.; Mrs. Kees, and Livonia Watkins, who is now living in Agency, Iowa. The father, who was born in 1818, is still living in Agency at the age of eighty-two years, makijig his home Avith his daughter. His wife died in 1895, at the age of seventy-one years. They had been residents of Iowa since 1865 . Mr. McKeown served f(ir three years in the Union army with a Missoui'i regiment aud was on one occasion badly hurt by being thrown from his horse in battle. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kees continued to reside on the old homestead farm in Iowa until after the death of his parents. When tlie father passed away our subject inherited one of his farms. His own htalth having become impaired his physician advised him to seek a change oi' climate where he would not have to undergo the rigoi-ous winters of Iowa and accordingly he came to Kansas, settling upon the farm which i»: now his home. He sold his property in Iowa and purchased here two hundred and forty acres of land, pleasantly and conveniently situated about two and a half miles north of Piqua. His health has greatly im- proved and in his business affairs he has prospered, his time being given tr general farming aud stock-raising. The fields are well tilled and bring lO him a good financial return for his labors, and the pasture lands af- ford excellent grazing opportunities for stock. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Kees has been blessed with three chil- dren: Lois, now the wife of Albei't Bailey, of Allen county; Arthur and Ethyl, who are at home with their parents. The son has charge of the farm thus relieving his father of much care and responsibility. The family have a wide acquaintance in the county and the parents and chil- li len enjoy the high esteem of many friends. Mr. Kees is a Democrat in his political affiliations aud the support which he gives to the party aiises from a belief in its principles and not from a hope of the rewards of office holding. MICHAEL REEDY. The late IMiehael Reedy, whom, as a citizen and gentleman, all Wood- si. n county was pleased to honor, was one of the historic characters of the ecunty which he helped to settle and where he spent nearly thirty-five years of his useful and honorable life. Although of humble origin and with discouragements and adversities surrounding him in early life he was born to surmount them and to lead in the march of progress and not only "to be but to do'' in the acts of men. 6S6 HISTORY OF AI.I.EN AND It l:as Ix'i'ii siiiil that .Michael Keeily came to Woodson county shod with one boot and one shoe. If this is true he was even fortunate then, foi- he walked from Kansas (."ity to Woodson county in eonseciuenee of his trrcat poverty. It is indicative of his character to state that what he was seeking was the oppoi'tunity to build a home and win an honorable exist- ence for his family by the sweat of his face. It was in June, 1857, that he reached his destiiuition. tiled on his honitstead in section seventeen and thereby began lis civil connection with the affairs of Woodson county. He was dire is certainly a man of firm jnirpose and nothing can deter him from follow- iiig what he thinks is the correct course. Among his friends and family he •s considerate, social and kindly and his home is not only one of the finest in Piciua, but also one of the most hospitable. WILLIAM REEDV AVILLIAM REEDY, of the firm of Lauber and Reedy, general mei-- chants in Yates Center. Kansas, is a son of the late Hon. Michael Reedy and was born in Woodson county December 8, 1860. He represents one of wooDsox countie;;, Kansas. 6.;i tlie prouiiuent and pioueer families of the county for his father made the preliminaiy arrangements for his permanent settlement here in June. 1857. (See history of jMichael Keedy.) The days of his youth and early man- hood were passed amid rural surroundings and in the free and healthful atmosphere of the farm. His education was contined to attendance upon the country school with one term at the Boys' h'chool in St. Paul, Kan- sas. HiK initial efforts were put forth, on taking up the responsibilities of real and serious life toward the promotion of the affairs of his father's large estate and a decade measured the time passed in rural pursuits after attaining his ma.jority. July 22, 18S2, he was nominated by the Demo- ciats and Peoples' party of his county for clerk of the district court and at the November elec.tion was chosen by the people by a majority of six votes. In 1894 he was renominated and was re-elected this time inci-easing his ma.jority one vote. He carried his home township by eighty ma.jority each election and his candidacy was sniificiently strong throughout the county to overcome the Republican ma.jority which was well known to the county in those days. The four years he served as a public officer nmrked .Mr. Reedy as a faithful and competent official. He gained an ex- I)erience and an acquaintance which has served him in good .stead as a jn-ivate citizen. Mr. Reedy engaged in the cattle business with Wm. H. Lauber on re- turning to civil life and their brief experience in this venture netted them a profit reasonable and commensurate with an earnest and honorable effort. In 1898 the same firm engaged in mercantile pursuits in the county fca*^ and in 1901 it dissolved partnership, Mr. Reedy retiring. -Tune 22. 1892. Mr. Reedy was married to Julia E. Feeney, a daughter of Martin and B.ridget (Connell) Feeney, well known farmers of M^ood- son county. The issue of this union is a son, John Martin Reedy, born November 3. 1893. As a business man and as a citizen Mr. Reedy is regarded highly in Woodson county. He has spent every year of his life within the borders o;' his native county and it is with pride that the old citizens have watched h'>i onward and upward business and social trend. His business methods are honorable, his views on moral questions are liberal and in his political affiliations and adherence he is as Democratic as modern Democracy can make one. THEODORE M. SLACK. .\ .^elf-made man who has been the architect of his own fortunes and h:is buiided wisely and well is Theodore Slack, who follows farming one mile north of Piqua. in Neosho Palls township. Woodson county. A native of Oliio. he was born in Henry county, that state, March 1. 1847. a son oT PiijI']) and Catherine (AVoolet) Slack, the former a native of New York 6q2 mSTOKV f)F ALLKX AM) iiiid \hf latter of Maiyljiiid. Wlion a yoiiny; niati the fathor went to Ohio. He «i;s ;• mason by trade but in the Bnekeye state lie turned his attention In raiiiiiuii-. t'olh)\vin5; his ti-ade only after work of the farm was over for the season. In 18f)6 he removed to Illinois, and in 1884 came to Kansas, settling: in Woodson coiuity on a farm noi'th of Pi(|ua, where his death oc- cnii"d in 18fU. when he was seventy-five years of as.'e. His wife still sur- vives, n'ui at the ajre of eijrlity-four years. They were the parents of two sons, the brother of our subject bein^ James Slack. Theodore M. Shick. of this review, came to Illinois with his father in 18f)6 and remained with him until twenty-four years of ao;e, when he started out upon an independent business career. For ten years he en- fiaged in the operation of rented hind, came to Ottawa. Kansas, in 1880. and to Woodson county in 188:?. and then made his first purchase, be- coming owner of a tract of eighty acres. As the years have passed he has added to this and his landed possessions now aggregate three hundred and twenty acres. He began with a tract of raw prairie, which he has culti- vated and improved until it is oije of the most productive farms of this Iiortion of the state. He has a good residence on the place and has erected i. very large barn in which he can store a large amount of hay and which afTords ample shelter for his stock. lie handles horses, mules and cattle and realizes a good jirotit from his sales of stock, tlis corn and wheat crops also bring to him good returns and a bearing orchai'd keeps his table well supplied with fruits in season. In Illinois Mr. Slack was united in marriage to Miss xVmanda Beeler. a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Vinton R. and Mary (Ross) Beeler. Tier father was born in Maryland but when a young man went to Illinois where he met and married ]\[iss Ross, a native of that state. Unto our sub- icct and his wife have been born six children: IMary C. wife of Benjamin Draper, a resident of Woodson: Elmer, at home: John, who married Mary Heath and resides in Allen county: Charles, George and Arthur, who are also under the parental roof. In his political affiliations Mr. Slack is a Re- publican and is a wide-awake and progessive citizen, interested in all that effects the progress and prosperity of his township, county, state and nation. He is a very energetic farmer, reliable in all business transactions. With the exception of a small amount of money which his wife inherited from her father he has made through his own efl'orts all that he now pos- sesses. Instead of being content with conditions as they are. he is always seeking to improve his farm and his progressive methods and untiring labor have made his ]>lace one of the most attractive and desirable in the countrv. HARVEY W. FERREE. The qualities of character which command respect and esteem were strong within Harvev W. Ferree and therefore his death was the occa- WOODSON COUNTIKJi, KANSAS. 6y3 sion of dei^j) regict in the eouDiiimity in wliich he lived. He became a resi- dent of Woodson county in 1879, localiug first on a farm six miles east of Yates Center but after six months he took up his abode in the .same town- ship, southeast of the county seat, on section three, township twenty-six, range sixteen. lie came fo Kansas for the purpose of securing cheap land and thus more readilj' obtaining a good home, making his way to this state from Adams county, Illinois. Mr. Feerree was born in Richfield township, that county, December 7, 1854, and was a son of the Rev. Sanuiel G. Ferree who in early life was a farmer but afterward became a niini.ster. He went to Illinois at an early day and spent his acMve life in Adams and Pike counties. For three years he was in the Union army during the war of the Rebellion as captain and chaplain in a regiment of Missouri volunteers. He died in 1898, at the age of sixty-nine years. He was descended from an old Pennsylvania family of French lineage. The mother of our subject, prior to her mar- riage, was Almira Cleveland and was a representative of a New York family. Her children were Harvey W. and Wesley Lincoln, the latter a resident of Bureau county, Illinoi.«. In taking up the personal history of our subject we note that he spent his early life upon the home farm and pursued his education in the common schools with later opportunities for preparing for business life as a student in the Ceni City Business College, of Quincy, Illinois. After leaving that institution he entered the serivce of the Wabash Railroad Company as relief man and afterward secured a position with the firm of •Janren & Company, of Quincy, Illinois, with whom he remained for a year. He was afterward in a pai'tnership for a brief period, and in 1879 he came to Kansas, devoting his attention to agi'icultural pursuits until 1884, when he took up his abode in Humboldt and became bookkeeper for Harry Bragg, the well known hardware merchant, with whom he re- mained in that important capacity until his death. On the 28th. of February, 1876, Mr. Ferree was united in marriage, in Quincy. Illinois, to Miss Josie Hughes, a daughter of Colonel David W. Hughes, a native of Ohio, now residing in Vandalia, Missouri. He wedded Mary E. Easterday and ]\Trs. Ferree is their only child, i^'he was born December 23, 1850. and by her marriage became the mother of the fol- lowing children: Marvin E., born December 31. 1877; George W., who was born January 31, 1880, and wedded Mary Beckett; Margaret, born •June 15, 1882; Mary A., born October 30. 1884; Leon J., born September 29, 1887; Rav and May, born May 1, 1890, and David H., born August -5, 1892. In his political affiliations Mr. Ferree was a Republican but took no part in political woik, aside from voting for the candidates of his choice, iiis time being fully occupied with his business affairs. His reliability, and his fathfulness in every walk of public and private life won him the friend- ship of many, the regard of all. and his death, which occurred November 28, 1895, was deeply and widely mourned. 694 HISTOKV OF AI.r.F.N AM) JOHN LIGHT. JOHN LItiHT, who is minibered among the early settlers of AVoodsou c(.unt.v and is one of the honorable patriots of the Civil war, was born iii (Jernuiny, June 5, 1832. His father. John Light, was also a native of that country and there married Lizzie Meidendal, who died in Germany in 1861 at the age of seventy-four years. The father crossed the Atlantic in 1862. locating first in Chicago wl.ere he died at the age of eighty-two years. He has two sons and one daughter living: Fredei'ika, who makes her home in Cook county. Wilhelm and John, of this review. The last named resided in the fatherland until twenty years of age, and acquired his education in accordance with the laws of his country. Be- lieving that the New World would furnis-h better oj)f)ortunities to a young man impatient for advancement, he then crossed the briny cieep in the fall of 1855, locating in Chicago. Soon afterward he secured a situation as a larm hand and was thus employed in Illinois for two years. In 1857 he came with (iodfrey Weide to Kansas and through the succeeding year re- sided near Leroy, in Coffey county. In 1858 he came to Woodson county with ten dollars and ])urchased two hundred and forty acres of land on Turkey creek. Here he has made his home continuously for forty-two years, and in connection with farming, is engaged extensively in the rais- ing of sheep and cattle. At the time of the Civil war, however, he put aside all personal considerations to aid his country in the struggle to preserve the luiion, joining company G, of the Fifth Kansas volunteer cav- alry. He renudned at the front as a loyal soldier foi' three years and two months, and jrartieipated in the battles of Helena. Pine Blui^ and Little Kock. together with many other engagements of lesser importance. He then received an honorable di: charge at Leavenworth in 186-1 and returned t( his home in Woodson county. Mr. Tiight kept bachelor's hall till 1871, at which time he was married l(. Miss Minnie Miller, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1867 ai;d resided in Iowa until 1870, when she came to Woodson county. Her death occurred in 1877, aiul a husband and three children were left to mourn her loss; the latter being, Ed, Bertha and Willie Light. For seven years subKCcpiently to his wife's death, Mr. Light remained unmarried, but ii 1884 was .ioined in wedlock to Elizabeth Klinkiuburg, a native of Ger- many, who came to America in 1882 and has since been a resident of Kan- sas. They now have two children, namely: Emil and t^'rederiek. In his political affiliations Mr. Light is a Republican and has filled the office of treasurer of his township. He is deeply interested in the suc- cess of the party, but has never aspired to official honors and emoluments, content to devote his time and energies to his business affairs in which he has met with signal success. He is familiar with the history of Kansas fiom its territorial days: has lived through the periods of hard times — the drouth of I860: the period of the Civil war, and through the grass- hopper scourge from 1868 until 187:1. but with marked perreverence he "ft'OODSON CbUN'f-iHS. KANSAS. 695 n'.as e()iitim;ed his hibors and snoecss has erowned his efforts. As one of the honorable pioneers and ieadinii' fai'uiers of Woodson county, he certainly ■Je:erves mention in this volume. FKED H. COXGEK. Nature ha.s provided bountifully in all seetif)ns of the et)untry op portunities for the a^quiiHjment of wealth by men who have the det<>r- miuation and •energ.y to labor with determined purpose. Kansas is pre- -ominently an agricultural state: its broad prairies afford excellent oppor- tunity, tlie rich land f-erving as fields and meadows while the verdant pas- tures make stock-raising a protitalile industry. It is along the lattei' line particularly that Mr. Conger has won his prosperity. He is one of the U fading stock-raisers in southeastern Kansas and his herd of .shorthorn cat- tle is unsurpassed. Mr. Conger was born in Calesburg. Kiiox county. Illinois, on tlie Ist :oi' April,' 1859, a son of Laurili C. and Amanda (Hasbrook) Conger, both natives of New York. The father was a farmer and stock raiser and luaidled large herds o^ cattle. In an early day he removed to Galesburg. Illinois, becoming one of its early settlers, and he witnes.sed its development from a mere hamlet to a thriving and prosperous city of large dimensions. In the spring of 1875 he went to Carroll county. Mis.souri. and was engaged ii' the stock bufiness in that state until his death, which occurred in 1893, vhen he was seventy- three years of age. His wife passed away in 1889, at tne age of sixty-five. They left two sons, one of whom is Seth B. Conger, now of Galesburg. Illinois. - Fred H. Conger pursued bis education in the common schools and ci mple'ed it by his graduation in Avalon College, in Livingston County, IMissouri. He was reared to farm life and assisted in the labors of field and nieadow on his father's farm until his marriage, in 1882. In the fall of 1883 he removed to Chillicothe. Mo., where he engaged in the dry goods business as a member of the firm of Stevens. Conger & Butts, the connection being maintained for ten years — an era of prosperity in his business career. "Wishing, however, to seek a new location and enjoy the sunny clime of the Pacific slope he sold his interest in the store and removed to Los Angeles. Cal.. where he conducted a fruit farm and carried on business as a dealer in buggies. He was there located for two and a half years, on the expiration of which period he disposed of bis property and being con- vinced of the superioiity of Kansas over many other portions of the country he came to Woodson County in 1895, settling in Yates Center, v.here he has one of the most delightfid residences in the city. It is well located in the central portion of the town and is a very attractive home. Mr. Conger has also purchased a large ranch of eleven hundred and sixty acres, four miles northwest of Yates Center, on Owl Creek, where he 6g6 rrrsTbKV U1-' ALLH^i Ai^u li.mdles ii lai-y;e miniler of cattle annually, only .shipping such stock as he- has himself led. Me also has a very valuablo herd of registered Sliorl Horn cattle, equal to any to be found in thr Infantry. He was elected 1' ajor of the regiment and was afterward promoted to the rank of colonel. The One Hundred and Sixth formed a part of General Steele's army, with which Colonel Hurt was in active duty until his death, which occurred .just as the army was going into winter quartrrs at Pine Ulutf, Ark. Thus he gave his life in defense of the Union, of which he was a most zealous and loyal advocate. In his early jiolitical convic- tions he was a Whig and afterward .joined the Know Nothing party. Y-'hen the Republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of .'lavery he .joined its ranks Colonel Hurt was united in marriage to Margaret Boyd, who was lurn in Baltimore County. Maryland, and died in Illinois in 1000. iil the age of seventy-nine years. She was a daughter of John Boyd, one (f the first settlers of Menard County. Illinois, and by her marriage she "WOODSriN COrNTlES. KANSAS. "70'5 Hjieaine tlie inotliei- of uine eliildren: Henry C. of this review; Mary, wife of E. F. Glaseoek, of Menard County : "William, of Kingfisher, Ol^la- homa : Anna, wife of Thomas Turner, of Emporia. Kansas; Charles, who is living in Omaha. Nebraska; David and George, who are living in Menard County, Illinois; Laura, wife of William Turner, also of that County, and Joseph, who makes his home in Menard County. Mr Hurt, the well, known agriculturist of Center township. Wood- son County, was born in Athens. Illinois, and in his boyhood and youth his time was quite equally divided between the farm and town life, the family living in Athens and Petersburg at different times. He aequireo ;-. fair English education and in his youth worked upon the home farm m that practical experience well fitted him for similar duties in later years. He was married September 15. 1863. to Caroline Rankin, a daughter of W. L. Rankin, a native of Kentucky, who became a cattle- man and farmer of Illinois. He wedded Mary Ellen Suddiith. who died in 1857. leaving four children: Thomas J., of Nebraska; Ben.iamin, whf died at Chattanooga. Tennessee, while serving in the Union army duritig the Civil war; Lee, of Northwestern Iowa, and Mrs. Hurt, who was born November 14. 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Hurt have but two children. John M., who was born October 16, 1865, married Cora Walker and now resides on the old homestead, and William is living in Terre Han'' . Indiana. After bis marriage Mr. Hurt remained in Illinois until 1872. when ' lemoved with his family to Page County. la., and in 1880 he c-t- to Woodson County, where he engaged in the land bu.siness for four Tears. He pitrchased a tract of land on section twenty-six, towns' . twenty-five, range fifteen, where he now owns three hundred and twe^' , acres of land, and to the cultivation of the fields he now devotes his ti- and attention with excellent success. He likewise handles cattle, his bttsiness is annuall.v bringing to him good returns— the sure re- ward of earnest labor. The political situation of the country is a matter t.i intei'est to him — as it should be to every true American citizen— and be indicates his preference by voting for the men and measures of the Republican party, which he has supported since casting his first presi- dential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. He has never sought office, licwever, his businers affairs claiming his consideration and time. ALEXANDER W. MARKHAM. The futility of effort is manifest in the business world. It is said that ninety-five per cent of the men in business meet with failure and the cause of this is not so much lack of inditstry or of close application }.s of sound business .judgment. "^Hien labor is directed by Keen business rliscernment it never fails to win prosperity, and a proof of this is founa in , < '4 l!l.s^()K^ 111-- ALI.KX ATCiT Ihf lilV rtHM)tiI of .Mexaiuk'i- W. Markhaui, who came to this county in 1872-' II! very limited ciicumstiuu-es but is to-daj' numbered among the men. f f affluence in liis community. Mr. Maikham removed to Kansas from Johusou Couuty, Missouri,, v'here he was born January 8, 1842, a son of Charles Markham. His pater- nal grandfather was a native of Scotland and his grandmother was a native cl England, and on coming to America located in Madison County, Ken- tucky. He had a family of six sons, namely: Hiram, Tira, John T., Reu- bin. Charles and Kli.iah. Tie first two remained in Kentucky but the others removed to Johnson County, ilissouri. at an early epocli in its development. Charles ^iarkham was born in the Blue (irass state about 1822 and was a life-long farmer, following his chosen pursuit with good success. During the Civil war he was an advocate of the Union cause, although his brothers sympathized with the South and some of Djcni had sous in the Confederate service. His death occurred in Johnson ( ( unty, Jlissouri, JuU' 2(), 1877. In early manhood he man-led Sarah .\ndrews. who died in the spring of liKH). Their children are Nancy J., who is the widow of Thomas Palmer and resides in Barry County, iviisjouri : Alexander W. : Henry, of Johnson Count}'. Missouri ; George, of Barry County, that state: and Robert wlio is also living in the same county. ^Ir. Markham of this leview spent his boyhood and youth in the county of his nativity and obtained a country school education. In Feb- ruary. 1862, he entered the Union army, becoming a member of Battery ij. Second iIis>o;:ri Light Artillery, with which he served for eighteen months, spending the entire time in his native state. On the 4th of January, 1864, he again offered his services to his country and was as- ."^igned to Battery L. Second Missouri Volunteers, with which he served in Missouri until the war ended when the company was sent to the Powder River country, in Montana, in order to fight the Indians. There .Mr. Maikham renuiined for seven months when the order came to be n.ustered out, having been a member of the army for four years and six tuouths. Upon his return home he engaged in farming but was afflicted v-hich there was no board floor, and has witnessed all the changes which have occurred in the county d\iring more than twenty-eight years. He has made farming his life work and his diligence, persistence and good r-anagempiit have made him the owner of a valuable property. "vvOCTDSOM tOTDNTlES. KANSAS. 7O5 Mr. jMarkliain was married in Wariensburj;-, Missouri, JNIaiX'h 27, ~1864. to Susan Wade, a dauklahonia: John K.. Yates Center. "Woodson County: Oeorge K., who i:-: living in Allen County: Henry E.. a telegraph operator in Wilson County, Kansas; Anna and Mai'tha. who are still with their parents. On attaining his ma.iority Mr. Markham heeanie a stalwart su])- |)rrter of the Re]nihlican party and is recognized as one of the local liaders. although he i^■ not an aspirant for office. Both he and his wife hold meniher.ship in the Center Ridge Baptist church, in which he is hold- ing the office of deacon. Tie is deepl.v interested in the work of the ■church and is a citizen whose devotion to the public good is above ques- t:(n and who has ever been found where duty and obligation have called i.im. whether fighting for his country or in the walks of business and pri- vate life. William L. Markham was married to Miss Mary Leonard by whom she has Uvm boys, Freddie and Eddie. George K. iNFarkham was married to Miss Nellie Kilbv. HERRMANN FUHLHAGE. A quiet but steadfast persistence marks the German race and has been .1 potent element in winning success for its i-epi'esentatives. This 7ia- tional trait is manifest in the career of TTermann Fnhlhage. now a well known and progressive farmer of Belmont township, who has made his liome in Woodson County since 1867. He was born in the village of Hase- b( ck. Lippe-Detmold. Germany. February 16, 1839, and is a son of Her- mann and Dorothy (Ricks) Fuhlhage. Te former was a farmer b.y occupation and his forefathers had i-esided in that locality for man.y genera- tii,ns previousl.v. He had seven children, namely: Wilhelmina. who be- eame the wife of C.yrns Houseman and died in Germany: Lena, who inan-ied Conrad Tasche and also died in the fatherland: Fritz, who de- parted this life in Germany: Charlotte, who married Ernest Obermeyer fob li'r.sTbRY 01-' Al.I.t:.';' AKu and ilied in ars; Henry, Emma, Frank. Fmil and Clara, all of whom are at home ai'd two who have departed this life. Mr. Fuhlhage is a Republican and cast his first piesidential vote for Crant in 1868. He served for four years as .iustiee of the peace, and for twenty years has been a member of the school board. The cause of education has found in him a warm friend, the cause of justice an able exponent, and in all life's I'claiiou he commands eonfidence and respect by his fidelity to duty. ISAAC J. CAMAC. ISAAC JI'jSSE CAMAC, who is engaged in the harae-ss business in Yates Center, is a repi-esentative of that class of men who form the bulwark of the nation — men who in the active business affairs of life are energetic and progi-essive. who ai-e loyal to the duties of citizenship and are faithful wooDsox couxTiE:;, kaxsas. 707 10 the obligations of home and social life. He has made his home in Kansas since 1871, coming to this state from Illinois. He was born, however, in Randolph County, North Carolina, November 19, 1846, a son of Dixon Camac, a farmer, who died in Ottawa. Kas., in March. 1889, at the age of seventy-five years. He too was a native of North Carolina and v.as of English descent. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat. He married Nancy Gaddis, who died in AYindsor, Illinois, in 1865, and is survived by five of her eight children, namely: Martha, wife of J. B. Holmes, of Stafford, Kas. ; Rebecca, wife of Harvey Rodgers, of Ottawa, Kas. ; Isaac J., who was the fifth in order of birth in the family ; Maggie, wife of Lewis Heshman, of Ottawa, and Dovie Ann, wife of Dey. of Franklin Connty, Kas. Mr. (jamac spent the greater part of his youth in Illinois and was reared as a farmer boy until twenty years of age, when he began learning the trade of a harness maker and saddler, serving an apprenticeship in Y\^indsor, Illinois, after which he was employed as a .journeyman for two years. He then spent four years as a farmer, half of that time being passed in Putnam County, Missouri, the other half in Franklin County, Kansas. He removed from Shelby County, Illinois, to Franklin County, and on his retirement from agricultural fields he began business in Ottawa as a dealer in harness and saddlery. In 1884 he removed to Eminence township, Woodson County, where he farmed seven years and then came to Yates Center in 1891. Here he purchased the harness and saddlery establish- ment formerly owned by Fred Wachtman, and has since been sole pro- prietor. He enjoys a large and lucrative patronage, having been well eipiipped by previous experience for the business when he began opera- tions at this place. He carries a large and well selected stock of goods such as is found in a fii-st class establishment of the kind and his businef'S is eon.stantly growing in volume and importance. On the 2d of April, 1868, in Windsor, Illinois, Mr. Camac was united in marriage to Miss Victoria Y'ork. a daughter of John Y^ork, a native of North Carolina. He was a tailor by trade and spent his last days in Ottawa, Ka^-. In his family were four children, of whom three are yet living. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Camac have been born eight children : {'(;ra, wife of W. M. Patterson, of Rose, Kas. ; John, a farmer of Woodson County; Nettie, wife of W. M. Hartshorn, of Ottawa, Kas.; Isaac J., Jr.; May, a teacher in Woodson County; Winnie, who is a graduate of the high school of Y''ates Center; Blanche and Katie. The family is one of ju'ominence in the community, the members of the household occupying an enviable position in social circles. Mr. Camac cast his first presidential \ote in 1876, supporting R. B. Hayes, and since that time he has been ■,\ stalwart Republican, heartily endorsing the men and measures of the party. He belongs to the subordinate lodge and the Rebekah depart- ment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also holds membership with the Knights and Toadies of i-'ecurity. In the Odd Fellows lodge he 708 HISTOKV (IF VLLKN ANT lias filli'd all of the chairs and has served as rei)re>entative to the grand I'^djre. Such in brief is the life history of one who has been an enerjretic and straijrht-forward business man and has walked worthily in all life's relations, theieby conunandinir unifonu res]iect. PLF.ASAXT M. RHODES. Farming: and stock raisiui: claim the attention of IMeasaut M. Rhodes who resides in Everett township. \Voodson County and who is now classed jinumsr the well-to-do citi/ens of the connmniity. a jiosition which he oe- cujiits as the direct result of his individual etl'orts in the active affairs (.. life. Me was born in McLain County. Illinois, November 10. 18:58. a sen of JauiCK S. and Elizabeth (Adams) Hhodes. the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Kentucky. The father removed to Illinois, livinir there with the first six families who located in the wiunty. The Indians roamed in large numbers over the prairie, and the land was in its primi- tive condition, little indication beiuix 5j:iven of the development and progre.ss which were so soon to brini: wonderftd transformation. In lS5o Dr. Hhodes removed with liis family to Iowa and there euiiaired in the practice oi medicine. He also carried on farm work and entraged in preaching the gosjH'l as a minister of the Christian church. He led a very active, use- ful and honorable life, and died in 1807. at the age of eighty-four years, i-tspected by all who knew him. Tlis widow still survives him and is living i.\ Winterset. la., at the age of eight.v-two yejirs. "Mv. Rhodes of this review is one of a family of eight children, six of whom are yet living. Tie spent his youth upon a farm and in town, and jiui'sned his education in the eonnnon school,-., supiileniented bva high-seliool course. Up to the time of his marriage he remained with his pai'ents. but in 1861 completed his arrangements for a home of his own by winning as a companion and helpmate on the .iourney of life Miss Mary Elizabeth Clark, a native of Ohio. The yonng couple began their domestic life upon a rented fai-m which Mr. Rhodes operated until August. 1862. when bis ])atriotio spirit pi'ompted his enlistment in the Union army. He .ioined company A. Thirty-ninth Iowa infantry and served for three years as a private soldier, participating in several important engagements, including the battle of Polk's Crossroads. Sngar Valle.v. Small Creek and the four days' engagement at Kingston, \orth Carolina, together with many others o) lesj-er importance. At l^hady Grove. Tennessee he was captured, but soon afterward was paroled and sent to St. Louis . ^lissouri. to await exchange. At the close of the war Mr. Rhodes returned to his home, and for several \ears contiinied the cultivation of routed land until he had acitnired eajii- t.nl sufficient to enable him to pnvchascpronerty. He then bought land and was engaged in the cattle couunission business for a number of years with excellent success, following that pni-suit in Iowa until 1897. when he sold WOODSON' COUNTIES, KANSAS. 709 )us propi'ity there in order lo stck a iiiildi-r eliiiiiite, hoping- to beuefit his wile's healtli thereby. With lii.s family lie spent one year in eastern Oregon, after which he came to Kan>as and purchased fonr luuidred aci'es of prairie land about seven miles east and north of Yates Center, where he I'.as erec'ed an attractive residence and built a good barn. He has also added other substantial iniproveinents and now has liis entire farm under fence. He has led a very busy, active and useful life, idleness and indolence having no part in his nature. His I'eputation as an auctioneer is eeiual to that of any man in the county. He has engaged in that business for tv.onty years ami has cried as many sales as any one of his age. He is well known as an auctioneer in many counties in Iowa, as well as in .southeast- iMii Kansas. Since locating in this state, lias resinned stock dealing and expects to handle all of tlie stock which his farm can support. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Khodes have been born five chihiren, namely: Carpentei- K., who follows farming near his father's home; Mrs. Mary Etta IMohm. a widow, who with her children, Edna, Willie and Donald, aged re- sjiectively fourteen, twelve and eight years and now in school, is living with her father; William h^stell, at home; Lillian May (J rout, in Madison C'ount.y, Iowa and Myrtle lOdith, who is still with her parents. The family is one of prominence in the coninmnity and the members of the household liave many friends, which is an indication of theii- sterling worth. Mr. Rhodes is a stalwart Re])ul)liean in i)olilies and has done considerable cam- paign work in Iowa, laboring earnestly for the interests of the party. While in that state he served as justice of the peace, and to those who are at all familiar with his uin-iglit career it is needless to say that his duties were faithfullv discharged. DAVID ASKREN. One of the lionoied pioneer settlers of Woodson County is David .\skren, who foi' forty-two years has resided witliin its borders. Few of the n sidents of this jiortion of the state can claim as long continuous connec- tion witli it. Great changes have occurred in this i)eriod as the work of improvement and progress has been carried on. transfoi-ming the raw I^rairie into fertile fai'ms, replacinfTI'ES, EA'SSAS. T. A. MITCHELL. On a farui in Lihertx' township, "Woodson County, T. A. Mitchell is 'tngaged in the raising of stock, and his activity in bui-iness has brought him a comfortable competence. He was born in Washington County. In- diana, July 26, 1854. and is a son of Elisha Mitchell, a native of Indiana. Mr. Mitchell has records tracing their family history to a Robert Mitchell born in Scotland, October 8. 1740. Elitha, after attaining years of niatitrity, • wooed and wedded Mi&s Lydia Colglazier. a native of the Hoosier stat«, whose people had emigrated to Indiana in 1812. settling in .the midst of the woods when the Indians in motley garb still stalked through the forest. The father of our subject was a miller by trade but spent part of his time on a farm and by following such pursuits provided for his i'.imily, which included his wife. and ten children, five of whom are yet living. His death occurred in 1864, when he was forty-six years of age. His wife al;o pas.std awav at the age of fortv-.six. her death occurring in 1867. T. A. ]\Iitehell was the seventh of their family and was reared upon a farm where the work of the fields early became familiar to him through practical experience. His preliminary education, acquired in the common schools, was supplemented by stiidy in the Paola Normal school of In- diana, and three years he engaged in teaching, two years in Indiana and one in the district of his present home. In the spring of 1877, he came to Kansas, settling firKt in Neosho Palls, where he made his home for a year. He afterwards purchased two hundred and forty acres of unimproved land ten miles north of Yatfs Center, where he has developed an excellent stock farm. He engages in the rairing of grain and stock, and his good crops and sales of cattle are profitable sources of revenue. He is also one of the stockholders and directoi's of the creamery at Neosho Palb; where he de- livers his cream. Mr. Mitcliell has given much time and attention to dairy- ing, having purchased the first centrifugal cream separator used in Wood- fon County. On the 22d. of April, 1880, Mr. Mitchell was .ioiued in wedlock to Miss linnna Williams, a native of Howard County. Indiana, and a daughter of Ir. Henry Williams, who was born in Ohio and married Harriet C. Ellis, a native of Kentucky, whence in her girlhood she removed to the Hoosier Slate. The doctor successfully practiced for many years in Russiaville. In- diana and also engaged in merchandising in the same town. He died in 1871. at the age of sixty-four years, and his wife passed away in 1884. at the age of sixty-eight. They were the parents of three children Mrs. Mitchell's parents, being in a position favorable, gave her excellent opportunities to acquire an education, of which .she made good use by qualifying herself for any position she might desire. She engaged in teaching previous to her marriage, having taught the year before her mai-riage in S^pvory. Orecn- wood County, Kansas. She, by her marriage, has become the mother of two sons and three daughters. Stella, the eldest, died in infancy. The ■|. HlS'l'OKV Ol'' AI.LHX AiSi' ollii'is Jill' i-'liiii.'iicc. who is a siradualc of h'liih si^liiml ul Nmslio Falls aiici is now leacliiii'r her first term of school in her hcniK' district in Woodson (•'oiinty; Thomas, K. Carl and IIarriit he has never been an office seeker, believing that his business will- Ijc allenc'ed by better result;- if he confines his attention .solely to the occu- pation which l:e has chosen as his life work and which is r«turiiin£r to him- :'. !;-ood Mnani'ial reward ■ iMICIlAEL IIEFl^'EHN. The Kiiieraid isle— the land of beautiful lakes and verdant hills, the (ionntry of war, romance and history— was the birthplace of Michael Ilef- fern, who on th<^ ■22d. of September, 18'^"). first opened his eyes to the liprht t,\ day in the parish of Dunhill. County Waterford. Ireland. Ilis father. Pali-ick IletTern, married Brid;ts of citizenship. As an enterprising, practical and progressive farmer of Center township he is also widely known, and as a representative of the political and agricultural interests of thi.s portion of the state he well deserves mention in the history of AVoodson County. A native of Putnam County, Indiana, Air. Paris was born on the 10th. o'' December, 1847, a son of Allen and Elizabeth (Yquugman) Paris. The father was born in 1818, near Covington, Kentucky, and during his boyhood days went to the Hoosier state .where he grew to manhood and was mar- ried. His wife was also born in Kentucky and was a daughter of Jesse Youngman. The father of our subject followed farming and shoemak- ing throughout his entire life. In politics he was a Republican, recognized as one of the active local workers in his party. In October, 1883, he was killed by the falling of a limb, but is still .survived by his widow, who yet resides in Putnam County. Her children are: Agnes, of Putnam County; George, who died in 1863; Melissa, wife of W. F. Butler, of Putnam County ; Charles, who was a soldier of the Civil war and died in 1890,' in Putnam County leaving a family; Sanford G. ; Alice, wife of Jamas Ruark, of Putnam County, and Viola, wife of G. H. Hamm, of the same county. The school privileges of ^jauford G. Paris were somewhat limited. He spent the days of his boyhood and youth upon the home farm and his time \'-as largely occupied with the laljoivs of the field. Since attaining his majority he has devoted five years to the coopering trade, and was also employed in a rolling mill in Greencastle, Indiana. Upon leaving that position he resumed farming, which he has since followed. In August, 1881, he arrived in Woodson County and first located in Toronto township, V here he engaged in the operation of rented land for four years. With money he had then saved from his earnings he purchased two hundi-ed acres of land in Center town.ship, upon which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement been made, but since 1885 a great transformation has been wrought in the appearance of the pi'operty, which is now one of the fine farms of the county, supplied with substantial buildings and all i;-odern conveniences and accessories. Ere leaving his native county Mr. Paris was married, in 1868, to Miss Mary Wheeling, a daughter of Augustus Wheeling, who belonged to an old Ohio family. Mr. and Mrs. Paris now have eight children: Grace E., wife of M. P. Davis, of Hutchinson, Kansas ; Walter, a blacksmith of Rose, Kansas, who married Sarah Reagan; Lillie, deceased; Herbert, Myrtle, Mabel, Glenn and Ross, who are still with their parents. Since attaining his majority JMr. Paris has been an earnest advocate or Republican principles and takes an active interest in furthering the wel- fare of the party in the community in which he resides. On that ticket he was elected county commissioner, in November, 1900, to represent the second district, which he carried by a majoi-i1y of two hundred and nine. He is 7l8 HISTORY OK ALLEN AND new filliiijr that office and discharges his duties with the same promptness and practical spirit which characterizes his manafrement of his farininfr in- terests. W. 1'. KIN YON. \V. !'. KINYOX is a prominent farmer of Liberty township. Woodson County. His life has been a buyy and useful one and now he is livinjr souie- vhat retired from the more arduous duties of the farm, which have been as- sumed by his son, .Mr. Kinyon ke'iuit thus relieved of the harder work inci- dent to airricultnral life. He is a native of Bradford County. Pennsylvania, born June ."i IS'M, ayd is a sou of Pardon and Sallie (Egsrleston) Kinyon. b(.th of whom were natives of the Empire state. The father was a farmer b\ occupation and when a young man removed to Pennsylvania, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death which occtirred in 1856, ^^■lleu he was fifty-five years of age. His widow survived liim for nearly ludf a century and passed away in Kansas when almost ninety years of age. They had four children, but only two are now living — W. P. and Mrs. Nancy Warner. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of faiiii life for W. P. Kinyon in his youth. He attended the common schools near his home and in the summer aided in the work of plowing, planting and harvesting. He was married in 1857 and then begau farming on his own account, being thus engaged until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when feeling that his duty was to the Union, he t idisted in the fall of 1861, being assigned to the Tenth New York cavalry with which he went to the front to protect the Stars and Stripes, the emblem of the undivided nation. He was oidy permitted to remain in the south for nine months, ill health com- pelling his discharge. Mr. Kinyon then retuiiud to his home atul family and in the fall of 1864 removed to Minnesota, wliere lie purchased a small farm, making his home thereon until 1879— the .vear of his arrival in Kansas. Settling in l.iiui County he there rented a farm which he operated for two years when he came to AVoodson Count.v and purchased one hundred and twenty acres on Duck creek, twelve miles north of Yates Center, where he has made one of the most desirable homc^ in the township. His farm in every depart- ment indicates neatness, thrift and careful supervision. Among its leading fi atures is a nice re.'^idence. a good barn and fine orchard on the bank of the creek. He has a beautiful lawn of blue grass and in every particular 1lie farm is modern and indica*es the supervision of a prosri'esyive owner. On the 2r)th of February, 18r)7, in Pennsylvania, ^fr. Kinyon mari'ied Miss Lydia 'S\. ^Yheeler. a native of Tioga County, that state, and a daughter of Moses and Cynthia (AYalker) "Wheeler. Her father was born Septem- ber 10, 1810, and died on the l.st. of Jidv, 1887, at the age of seventv-seven WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 719 .years, whik' his wife, whose birth occurred in 1812. was called to her final re.st ill 1880. at the age of sixty-eight ytars. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are yet living: Mrs. Julia S. Potts, Mrs. Lydia M. Kinyon, Mrs. Lottie M. Lawrence and Mrs. Laura Oberhotzer. Those deceased are Mrs. Jane Curtis and Mr. Morris AVheeler. The mar- riage of 'Ml', and Mrs. Kinyon has resul'ed in the birth of five children, 01 whom three survive: Clarence M., who is living on a farm near his father; Edmund (i., who ir an editor and until recently was part owner of the "Woodson County Advocate and Wilbur I\L. who is mentioned later on. Frank E. died in Minnesota, and Merton A. passed away in Oklahoma, i'ueh in brief is the history of W. P. Kinyon — a man whom to know is to respect and lionGr for his life has ever been actuated by honorable principles and worthy moti\'es. Wilbur M. Kinyon, the youngest son was born in Minnesota, No- vember 8. 1874, and came to Kansaf Avith his parents in 1879. He was then a small boy and was therefore reared and educated in Woodson County. He has always lived wi'h hi;i father and mother and renders them filial care and devotion which adds much to the happiness of the exening of life for thein. He has taken charge of the home farm, thus relieving his father of responsibility and lal)or, and in addition he owns and opera+es eighty acres of land whieli adjoins the old homestead. He is engaged in stock-raising, handling all of the i-tock which the farms "ill support, and in this venture is meeting with gratifying success. "iVilbur M. Kinyon was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Evter, :. native of the Sunflower state and a daughter of J. E. and Mary B. Etter, both lesidents of Woodson County. They are well known young people of the community and have many warm friends in the county, the hospitality of many of the best homes being extended to them. Mr. Kin- yon is a young man of excellent business ability and executive force and his labors are being attended with prosperity. NAPOLEON B. BUCK. NAPOLEON B.- BUCK was born in Fayette County, Indiana, Feb- ruary 19, 1837, and was a son of Harmon Buck. At an early age he went to McLain County, Ulinois, where he secui'ed employment as a farm hand and at the age of six'^een years was apprenticed to learn the print- ing trade in the ofifiee of the Bloomington Pantagi'aph. from which time until his death he was connected wij^h the printing business, eithei' as .iourneyman or joui'nalist. He held an important position on the New York Tribune while its editor, Horace Greeley, was in the zenith of his fame and power. Tn 1882 he came to the west, locating in Yates Centr, where he be- came associated with R. R. Wells in the publication of the Yates Center Ar- ^us. A few months later, purchsing the interest of his partner he gained full control of the paper. After a year or more had jiassed he sold the Ari;iis anil reuiovi-u in iv;iiisas City, where he reiuainii.1 im- about a year;^ but in the suuiuier of l{»t>t) he retiiruetl to Yates (."enter, puchasing a half intetest in the News and later beeouiinsi the posstssor of the coutroliui; iiiterest. He ably oondutrted that pap«r until September. 188S. when he Slid nut and came to Toiouto. he and his younire^t son taking charge of the I\V|M!bliean. to tie pid)lieation of whieh he devoied his energies until •'he afternoon preceding his death. Napoleon B. Hi;ek was married in New York city, August 2o. 186:?. n' Margaret Mayiie. and U'Uu tlieni were born five children: Edward, who is conneoled with the Alaniogordo i N. M.) News; Charles A.. Laura, wife of Jacob E. Taylor, of Yates Center; Mabel A., who died in- ii. fancy, and Lida "A., wife of K. L. Maxsou, of Toronto. Kansas. The father of this family was one of the valued residents of WoihI- siMi Cotmty. As a citizen he was always ae'nated by the principles of loyality and patriotism and as a neighbor he was respected for his chari- table and benevolent spirit. As an eilitor and publisher he considere!'4 he returned to Toronto. Kansas, and associated with his mother, eon- tinueii the publication of the Republican, which, under their manage- ment has taken high rank among the newspapers in this portion of the state. He is also serving as postmaster, to which position he was ap- pointed in April. 1S97. entering upon the dnties of the office on the ITth. of that month. And in April. 1898. he sold his interest to his mother who still conducts the office. In .\pril. 1896. in Kansas Cit,v. Mi!--souri. Mr. Buck was married to Miss Allie Hmlgeiuan. a daughter Frances E. Hodgeman, of Cleveland. Ohio, and in Toronto they have many friends who gladly extend to thera the hcvsnitalit^- of their homes. tt'OODSoN Cora'riES. kansas. SMIUEL n. HOGUELAXD. 'Carlisle has said, ""Biography is by uatui-e the most universallj'- profi- "table, uuiwrsally pleasant of all things,"' and in the life record of such men as j\lr. Hoguelaml tliere is certainly a les;:.on of value. To the sub- ..lect of this review there has come the attainment of a distinguished posi- tion in eonneetiou with the substantial upbuilding of Woodson County, ■and his eti'orts liav^ been so discerningly directed along well detined lines that he seems to have reached at any one point of progre;s the full measure of his possibilities for aeeomplishment at that point. A man 'of distinctive and forei'ful individuality and most niatiu-e judgment, he has left and is leaving his impress upon the county of his home, contrib- uting in very large measure to its improvement and progress. Within the last five years peiha])s no other on<3 citizen has aided more largely in the -growth and development of this portion of the stat^^ He is now acting iis iunnigration agtnt for the JMissouri Pacide Railroad company and is one of the leading real estat-e nM?n of southeastern Kansas. Mr. Hogueland was born in Belmont County, Ohio. April 10, -1850. and is a son of William B. Hogueland a resident of Yates Center. In -era-l}' life our subject accompanied his parents on their removal to Brown County. Indiana, where he was reared. He acquired a collegiate educa- tion, completing the work of the junior year, but laid aside his' te.xt books when aboiit nineteen years of age, at which time he came to Kansas, the family removing to the Suntlower state.. Here he entered upon his busi- ness career, learning the harness-maker's trade with G. W. Fender, of Keosho Falls, wh.ere he was engaged in this business for fifteen years. He then embarked in the real istate business, beginning oi>erations along that line in Neojho Falls, but transferring liis headqxiarters to Yates Center in 1873. Here he has conducted many impoi'tant transactions and for the past four yeai's he has been identified with the Missouri Pa- 'c'fic Railway and with the Chicago & Alton Railroad company as immi- gration agent. His business in this line has assumed immense propor- tions and Mr. Hogueland has been intnimental in a large measure in pro- iMoting the recent rapid settlement and development of the county. Hundreds of eastern people have been induced bj- him to visit Kansas and a large percentage of them have made investments in Kansas real estate. Land in the vicinity of Yates Cen'er has arisen in value five dol- lars per acre because of his modern methods of handling the immigra- tion business. All through Iowa and Illinois he has also established of- fices and placed men of business ability in them as representatives of his work. Mr. Hogueland is a gentleman of keen discrimination, splendid executive force and capable uianaositions in the social circles-. In his political affiliations Mr. ITogueland is a stalwart Republican and has supported each year the c:-iididates of the parly since casting hi;- first vote for Cenei'al V. S. (irant. Socially he is connecttd with the Masonic. Odd Fellows and Knisilits of Pythias orders, has been a delegate to the Masonic grand Uidge and has filled all of the offices in the local .Masonic and Odd Fel- htws societies. Mr. Hogueland makes his home in Yates Center, but the boundaries of the town are too limited for the capabilities of such a man. He is a nuin of the state— a typical representative of the American spirit which within the past century has achieved a work that at once arouses tlic admiration and a.stonishment of the wcn-ld. Wood.son County is fortuiuite that he has allied his interests -ivith hers. The marvelous development of the West is due to such men. whose indomitable energy and progressive rpirit have overcome all obstacles and reached the goal of success. He is not so abnormally developed as to be called a genius, but he is one of the strongest because one of the best balanced, mo.st even and self-masterful of men. and he has acted his part so well in both public and private life that Yates Center has been enriched by his ex- ample, his character and his labor. HIRA.M JEFFRH-:s. For nineteen years Hiram JetTries has resided \ipon the farm in Center township. Woodson County, which he now oeoipies. This covers the whole period of his res-idence in Kansas. Throughout the entire time he has followed agricultural pursuits and his place— one of the best improved in the township— is an evidence of an active, busy and useful career. WOOUbON COUNTIHS, KAXSAS. 723 Mr. Jeffries wa;- born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on the 1st Oj' August, 1839, and is a son of Darlington Jeffries, who was born in Paj'ttte Count.v, Pa., in 1801, and was reared in the same county. The grandfather, William Jeffries, was born in Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, and after his marriage removed to Fayette County, M-here he died May 21, 1848, agtd 88 years. His first wife was Ann Woodward, who bore him Joseph. Rebeeea, William, Hannah. Taylor, Ann, Mifflin, Fjlizabeth and i\Inry A. His second wife was Martha Mendenhall, whose children were Jane. Darlington. Esther and Martha M. Darlington Jeft'ries remained in the state of his nativity until 1867, when he removed to McDonough County. Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, dying in 1886. He followed farming throughout his entire life. His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah ]\Iiller, and was a (laughter of William Miller. By her marriage she became the mother of fifteen childitn: Rebecca M. wife of Eli Woodward, of McDonough Coun\v. Illinois: William M. of Payette County, Pennsylvania: Lewis, of McDonough County, Illinois: Hiram: Robert, who is living in Ne- bi'aska : Matilda, wife of George Moore, of Payette County. Pennsjd- vnnia: I.ydia, deceased wife of Joseph Hezlett: Warwick W., of Den- ver, Colorado: Mv9. Rachel Wright, of Chicago, Illinois; Aaron, of Cal- ifornia: Oliver, deceased; I ewton, of Hancock County, Illinois; Eliza- beth, widow of William Granger, of Hancock County, Illinois ; . E.ster A., wife of David Miner, of California, and Mary, deceased. Under the parental roof. Mr. Jeft'ries spent the days of his minority and to the common school system of the country he is indebted for the educational privileges which he enjoyed. Practical experience in the work of the farm had well qualified him for the duties of agriculture, when he began farming on his own account, and throughout his active business career he has succe:sfidly engaged in the tilling of the soil. When he started out upon an independent career, he had only a span 01 horses, two cows and two hogs. Located in LaSalle County. Illinois, he there remained for one year and in 1864 he took up his abode in Mc- Donoiigh county, that state, where he continued to reside until 1882, when he came to Kansas. He then took up his abode upon the farm which is still his home, purchasing a half section of land, which he has transformed into one of the most valuable and attractive farms in Center township. In Fayette County. Pennsylvania, in February. 1861. Mr. Jeffries was married to Miss Martha Combs, a daughter of Joseph Combs, and unto them have been born the following named : Lou Emma, who mar- ried Clara Pullington ; William, who mari'ied Ida Keraler: Joseph, de- ceased: Sarah, widow of Horace Normington, and John, of Jasper (^unty, Missouri, In earh' life, the father of our sub.ieet was a Whig and when tl\e Republican part.v was formed became one of the stalwart supporters of HISTOkY OF ALl.KN ANIi that orjiauization. Reared in that political faith, and sanctioning the principles of Republicanism with his mature judgment, Mr. Jeffries has ever continued to east hi.s ballot for its men and measures. He luis served as treasurer of the .school board, but otherwi.se has never helci office. The family attend the Baptist church and Mr Jeffries with- holds his supi)ort from no movement or measure which has for its ob.iect the frood of the counnuni^y. lie is ju^-tly regarded as a vahiable citizen and as a most progressive, enterprising and practical farmer who.se well directed efforts have been the means of bringing to him gratifying pros- perity. JOSEPH P. BAYLESS. This well known citizen of "Woodson County is one of the most ex- tensive sheep raisers in Kansas and has been largely interested in im- proving the grade of stock raised in the ^tate. His efforts have there- fore been of public benefit for the improvement of stock adds to its mar- ket value and the wealth of the agricultural class is augmented theieby. The rich meadow lands of southeastern Kansas provide excellent oppor- tunities to the stock-raiser, and this industrj'' has become a most impor- tant one in the commercial interests of Woodson County. l\rr. Bayless. who resides in Center township, arrived in the county on the 24th of September. ISSl. coming from Jasper County, Iowa. He is. however, a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Bea- ver County, on the 1st of June, 1886. His father. Nathan J. Bayless. was born in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1796, but was reared in the Keystone state and throughout his business career carried on farming. He married Elizabeth Booth, a native of Virginia, and unto them were born seven children: Mary, who became the wife of George Billing.sley, and after his death married Alexandei- McCalla. but is now deceased: Lydia. fVceased wife of John Billingsley; Samuel, who has also pas>ed away: Cassander: Hannah, wife of John IMcCalla. a resident of Salem, Ohio: Elizabeth, deceased, and Nathan J. The father of this family departed this life on the 26th of December, 1869, and the mother passed away April 27. 1863. at the age of seventy-one. Tn taking up the personal history of Joseph F. Bayless. we present to our readers the record of one who is widely and favorably known in Woodson County. Educated in the district schools, he began his busi- ress career as a general farmer and stock raiser before attaining his ma.iority. On the 11th of October. 1860. when twenty-four years of ace, he secured a faithful companion and helpmeet for life's .journe.v by his marriage to Miss Esther P. Duff, a daughter of William Duff, who resided in western Pennsylvania and was of Irish descent. His wife boie the maiden name of Esther Caughey and her parents were of Scotch WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 725 extraction. 'Mr. Dult' served as a soldier in the war of 1812. His child- ren were: Sarah A., widow of David Wallace, of New Concord, Ohio; Eleanor, deceased wife of Archibald McNair, of Mercer County, Penn- sylvania ; Samuel C, who is living in Beaver County- ; Mary and Eliza J., who have passed away, and Mrs. Bayless. For ten years after his marriage, the subject of this review, re- mained in his native state and then removed with family to Bates County, Missouri, settling upon a farm which he made his home for about five years. He then went to Jasper County, Iowa, where he spent a similar period, and on the 24th of September, 1881, he arrived in Woodson County. Here he located on section fourteen, township twenty-five, range fourteen and owns three-fourths of the section. His land is di- vided into fields for cultivation and into pastures to afford grazing for the stock. He makes a specialty of the raising of sheep and his opinion is regarded as authority on that subject in this portion of the country. He also has some fine grades of horses, cattle and hogs, and in his fields lie produces rich crops. He takes a connnendable pride in keeping every- thing about the place in first-class condition, and fields and l)uildings all indicate his careful siipervifion and progressive methods of farming. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bayless has been blessed with five child- ri n : Lillie E., wife of B. P. Graham, of Whitman County, Washington ; Stanton W., of Lake Charles, Louisiana : Laura M.. wife of William Me- Daniel. of Okanogan County, Washington ; Adelaide G., wife of Herbert P. Lewis, of Ashcroft, British Columbia, and Jessie G.. a graduate of the Kansas Agricultural College, of the class of 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Bayless have many friends in their adopted county, and during the twenty years of his residence here, Mr. Bayle.'-s has been accounted one of the leading agriculturists of the community, not alone on account of the success he has achieved in bttsiness but also because of his fidelity and loyalty as a citizen and his earnest stipport of all that he believes ivill pi'omote the general good. JOHN HARDING. COLONEL HARDING, for thus he is known among his friends. i.*^ a leading farmer of Woodson County and an honored veteran of the Civil war whose lo.valty to the Union cause was manifest by his bravery (in many a battlefield of the South. He was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the 14th of August, 1831, and is a son of Henry Hard- ing, a native of Exeter, Luzerne County, born in 1802. The paternal j;randfather. John Harding. Sr., was the sole survivor of the Indian massacre in the Wyoming valley. A native of Massachitsetts, he became one of the early settlers of Luzerne County and there bore his part in reclaiming the wild land for purposes of civilization. He made farm- 726 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND iiig his life \vori<. followintf that arduous task amid the forests of his adopted state. He married a .Miss Jenkins, and in their pioneer home they reared their large family, of whom Henry Harding was the youngest. The father of our sub.ject also became a farmer and wa.s very suc- erssful, leaving a valuable estate at his death. He s-upported the Whig party and was recognized as a local political leader, his opinions carry- ing weight in the councils of his party. He was always a great student of the Bible and had a (irm belief in the life beyond the grave and that he should en.joy that life. He married Sarah Montanye. who died in 1889, at the age of eighty-four years. Their children were: Henry I\I., assi-stant .iudge of the circuit court and a resident of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; Ivaac, who is living in the Yosemite valley of California; John, of this review; Amy. wife of Clinton DeWitt. of Pittslon. Penn.syl- vania ; Fannie, wife of Jerry Worral. of San Francisco, California ; Mahala B.. widow of Punderson Miller, of Tunkhannock. Pennsylvania ; fjucy. wife of William Weatherbee. of IC.xeter. Pennsylvania : M. Adelia. wife of Dr. M. H. Everett, of Lincoln. Nebraska. In his early boyhood John Harding was a student in the country .schools and Igiter attended the Wyoming i-'eminary of the Wyoming Valley, completing his education in the New York Conference Seminary. He left that institution to go to Lee C'ounty, Illinois, where he engaged in teaching at intervals for several years. He resided in Wyoming town- s-hip. Lee County, and there remained for twenty-six years, devoting his time to educational work and merchandising. In 1859 ho returned to Pennsylvania, where he again followed teaehing at intervals also spend- ing some time as a salesnuin in mercantile establishments. In 186-3 Mr. Harding was employed with an engineering corps at Washington. D. C. and the following year he returned to Luzerne County, where he was drafted for service. He paid three hundred dollars comnnitation money, and immediately afterward was commis- .sioned second lieutenant in the recruiting service. He recruited seventy- two men. had them mustered in and was then commissioned first lieutenant of Company G. Two Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, with which command he joined the Fifth Corps on the 15tli of Sen^ember. imder General Meade. Lieutenant Harding parti- cipated in the battle of South Side Kailroad. October 28. 1864, and of Hatcher's Pun. in FebruarJ^ 1865. At the latter he was shot through the right elbow. On the 18th of May. 1865. he received an houornble discharge, and was mustered out under general order. No. 82. aiid sj)eeial order. No. 238. He participated in the Grand Peview in Wa.shington and then returned to his home in Luzerne County. Pennsyl- vania, the last of IMay. 1865. The following fall IMr. Harding returned to Wyoming township. Lee Ccuntv. Tllinois.where he was ensraged in general merchandising, and in '^OO'nSO'N COUNT lES, KA.s.-.,v.>. -727 'rhe luinliei- business. I'ol lowing' those ]iursait.s iinti] 1(Sind now a widow of Richard Perdel. of Allen County, Kansas, and Caro- ^...-, H'rs'rOKY OP' AI.LEN A'NTT f-hio, wife oi 'MavUu Keiii, ol' Allen County. Throughovit the period of his minority Ernest Linder remained in) the fatherkuid and there learned the stone mason's trade. Deciding tc* eniifirate to America in 1852. he sailed from Havre, Prance, landing in Xew York after forty-eight days spent upon the bosom of the Atlantic. He made the journey with the other members of the family, and after tvaehing the slioies of tl:e new world they continued their westward journey at-ioss the country to Wisconsin and later went to Stephenson Cojinly. Illinois, where our subject remained until 1857, working at his liade. He then came to Kansa'-;. his trip resulting from accounts which he read in a paper published at Osawatomie and which advocated the principles and plans of John Brown, the celebrated abolitionist. In company with his brother August. ^Ir. Linder went by rail to- >^t. Lonis, Mo., thence by boat to Kan.sas City and from that place by ;tage to Lawrence, Kas., where they stopped for a shoit i-econnaissance. On learning something about the country and its opportunities, they .started on foot for the southeastern corner of the state, spending the first night in Ohio City, near where the city of Ottawa is now located. The .'••ecoiid night was passed in the home of an old bachelor west of the site of Gan'iett, and the ne.xt day they proceeded along the Indian trail' to Leroy, which was then a small village. On the fourth morning they crossed the Keosho river. Continuing on their wa.y to Cherry ci-eek. and in that locality for some months they made their home with John Cole- man. The brothers at once began searching for good claims and Mr. Linder of this review entered the northeast quarter of section thirty- three, township twenty-five, range seventeen. He then 'began the erec- tion of a rude cabin, followed by the work of clearing and improving his land, upon which he has resided continuously since, transforming the wild tract into a richly cultivated farm, where well tilled fields give promise of bounteous harvests, and buildings and fences, all in good fe])air, indicate the careful supervision of a painstaking owner. Since coming to the county Mr. Linder has followed farming with the e.xception of the time of his service in the Union army. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F. Ninth Kansas Cavalry. The regiment spent its time largely in Kansas and Missouri during the first two years and the liist year in Arkansas, being finally mustered out at Duvalls Bluff, that state. The only battle in which Mr. Linder participated was that of Newtoiiia in lSfi2. for the regiment was largely engaged in cheeking the operation of the liushwaekers. On the 20th of April, 1865, in Steplienson County. Illinois, Mr. Tjinder was united in marriage to Miss Julia Boyer. who was born in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. August 1, 1843, a daughter of John Boyer, who died in Owl Creek township, in 1800, at the age of seven ty- piglit years. His wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Fenstermacher. and they were the parents of ton children, as follows: John: Owen; "v\'00"DSO"N COlT^-l-l"ES, KA'NSAS. ^/2ti ^■i^aroliue. widow ol' Henry Hoardner: Lizzie, deceased wife of John Oneu- Uher; Frances, who married Lou Knights; Emma, wife of Charles Waltoh Aaron and Sylvester, in Stephenson County, Illinois, and Mi's. Linder. 'With the exception of tho:e otherwise designated all of the members of this family have been or are residents of Iowa. The home of Mr. and ^Irs. Linder has been blessed with five chikh'en : Alice, wife of August 'Stockebrand, of Wood.soii County; Prank Edward, who married Katie "Strauss and also resides in Woodson County: Laura, at home: Louisa, wife of Nicholas Bennett, of the same county, and Sarah, who completes the family. Mr. Linder and his family have long been connected with the Evangelical church and are worthy people of the community, win- ning friends by their true worth. Mr. Linder has been an important factor in the progress and development of the county, and his hhiup is enrolled liigh on the record of its honored pioneers WILLIAM HARTWIG. A brilliant example of a self-made American citizen, his record ex- H'mplifying the progress that an jinibitious foreigner can make in this •country of unbounded opportunities, is shown in the case of William Hartwig, one of the leading German-American citizens of Kansas. His '.singular success i.s due to liis own energy and the high ideal which his laudable ambition placed before him. Success in any walk of life is an indication of earnest endeavor and persevering effort — characteristics which our sub.ject possesses in an eminent degree. Mr. Hartwig is numbered among the honored pioneers of Woodson 'County where he located in 1858, taking up his abode in Owl Creek township in 1863. He was born in the village of Pummean, Prussia. "October 9. 1840, and was eighteen years of age when he came to Kansas -with his father, Gottlieb Hartwig. His active business life has all been parsed in this county. When the country became involved in war over the attempt at secession made by some of the Southern states, he enlisted under the starry banner of the Union, on the 1st of January, 1862, ,ioin- iug Company F. Ninth Kansas Infantry, at lola, under Captain B. F. Goss. He served all the time in Missouri, Kas., and Arkansas, taking part in few engagements, the most important being at Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He remained in the army, however, for three years, and was then honorably discharged, without having been wounded or taken piisoner. Upon his return to Woodson County. INIr. Hartwig resumed farm- ing. He was married here on the 9th of December. 1869, to Bertha ■Shultz. a daughter of Christian Shultz. a German by birth, then residing in Woodson County. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hartwig have been born the fol- lowins children: Henry A., of Rochester, New York, who is with the 71)0 HTS'l^bfiY OJ-'^ ALLE.S' A.n'ij Koehestcr, Hullalo oi PiUsbiir^' railroad; .Matilda, wile of Luke Beckett;, (.i' ^Vood^o^ (.'ouiitv; Amelia, wife of Edward Smith, of the same county: Marj'. Minnie, Charles. Nellie. Elsie. Freddie and Lillie, all yet at home. The family n.sidenee is a very comfortable one situated in the midst ff an ex'en.sivt? farm ponents have b-en men of acknowledged skill and ability. It is therefore a matter of gratification to the biographer to touch upon the more salient features in the life history of Mr. Hogueland, who was boi-n in Nashville, Indiana, on the -id of October, 1859. He is a grandson of John Hogueland. whose ancestors came from Holland to America and settled in the old Dutch colony of New York. William B. Hogueland, the father of our sub.ject, was born in Philadelphia on the site of the present campus of Girard college, in the year 182^? and after arriving at years of maturity he married Cordelia Barnes, who was born in Belmont County. Ohio, in 18:?2. They are still living and their children are: Samuel H. : Mary, who is the widow of AV. A. Atchison ai.d is in the Indian school servieee at Flandru, South Dakota; Flora, wife of M. C. Bidwell. of Norborne. Missouri, and AYilliam Edward, of this review. When a lad of ten years AVilliani E. Hogueland accomj>anied his parents on their removal to Kansas, the family locating in Neo.sho Falls, where he continued his education, being graduated in the high school. When only sixteen years of age he began reading law, and at the age of nineteen he was admitted to the bar before Judge Talcott. Throughout the years of his practice he has resided in Woodson County. In January. 1888. he formed a law partnership with the Hon. G. R. Stephenson at Vates Center, Kansas, which relationship was maintained until January. WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 7_-:3 1697. The couiiection was then dissolved by mutual consent and Mr. Hogueland entered into partnership with Hon. G. H. Lamb. Since his admission to the bar he has been actively engaged in practice and . has been retained either as counsel for the plaintiff or defendant in every important case tried in the courts of the county. His practice extends ihroughout Southeastern Kani-as and is of a distinctively representa- tive character . He has especially prepared himself as a counselor and has the reputation of being one of the best informed and safest counselors i; the district. He has much natui-al ability but is withal a hard student and is never contented until he has mastered every detail of his cases. He believes in the maxim "there is no excellence without labor," and follows it closely. He is never surprised by some unexpected . discovery by an opposing lawyer, for in his mind he vreighs every point and forti- lits himself as well for the defense as for the attack. He is not an orator to the extent of .'■waying juries by his eloquence, and for this reason he has been accovded more fame as a counselor than as an advo- cate, and yet there are few lawyers who win a larger percentage of their cases before either .judge or .jury than does Mr. Hogueland. On the 22d of July, 1887, Mr. Hogueland was united in marriage tc Mirs Mattie R. Foster, of Slater, Missoiiri, and unto them two children iii.ve been born, Frank F., and Alice B. Her father was a native of Eng- land and becanie an early harness and trunk manufacturer of Racine, Wisconsin. When onl}^ twenty-one years of age Mr. Hogueland was elected clerk of the district court of Woodson County, in the year 1880. and served in that capacity for eight years, which was the only political office he had filled up to the time of the election of President INIcKinley, when he asked and received the appointment of postmaster of Yates Center, Kansas, in which capacity he is now acceptably serving. He has always been an advocate of Republican principles, devoting his time and money for the sD.ecess of the party in whose principles he so firmly believes. He has served for a number of years on the various coiinty committees and is n(;w chairman of the fourteenth senatorial district committee. Mr. Hogueland 's life has certainly been a successful one and for this he de- serves great credit. By determined purpose, and in the face of grave difficulties he has worked his way steadily upward to a position of prom- inence and honor among his fellow townsmen and enjoys the well-earned distinction of being what the public calls "a self-made man." ABN?]R YATES. 'I'o have attained to the extreme fullness of years and to have had Mje"s ken bi'oadened to a comprehension of all that has been aeeomp- ■shed within the fliaht of many davs, is of itself sufficient to render con- ~T,6 ins'l'ouv of ALLKS \<:u pie ainony: whom ho casts his lot. 'Slv. Weitle, as his name indicates is of ( eriiian birth, but in America he has found the opportunities wuich he sought for a fuee^-ssful business career. He was born iu the fatherland,. Atigust 4, 1847, his patents being Godfrey and Lottie (llockerott) Wcitl^. who were na;ives of (lerniauy and were there reared and married, fn lb54 tlicy e:o,ssed the Allantie to the new world and located in Cook County. Illinois, where the father engjiged in farming, but not being sat- i>tied with that portion of the country and wishing to make his home iu a locality where lie could secure more land and a larger range for stock, he came to Kansas in 1858. After a year spent in Coffey County he- eame to Woodson County in 1859, setttling on Turkey Creek, twelve miles northwest of Yates Center, wliere he engaged in raisiug both sheep aud cattle. He was also the owner of a very large tract of land at the time of his death, which occurred in 1899. when he had attained the age of seventy-nine years and si.x months. His wife had pas^ed away about 1875. They were the parents of four children: Charles H. ; Minnie. Fritz and William. Charles H. Weide, the eldest, was a lad of seven sunuuers when the parents came to the new world, and when a youth of twelve he beeaipe 3 resident of Kansas. He ha? resided in Wood.son County for more than forty-two years and has always been connected with its farming and stock raising interests. .He remained with his father until his mari-iage, when he began dealing in stock, and since that time he has devoted nnich of his time to the laising of cattle and .sheep until his efforts in this line have become more extensive than those of any other one man in the township. He thoroughly undei-stands the business, having received practical training under the direction of his father in his youth. He has always made a close study of the needs of farm animals, and his opinions on thiK sub.ject are accented as authority in the connnunity. As his financial resources have increased he has made .judicious investments of his capital in real esta*e. and he now owns twelve hundred acres of land, lie keeps on hand an average of one hundred and fifty head of cattle and about five hundred fheep. These he shelters in a large barn built for the purpose, with room for feed above and for the sheep below. He also has water troughs through the barn and the yard, and he has the barn .so arranged that he can separate from the rest of the flock any sheep vhieb need special attention. In both branches of his stock raising busi- ness he has met with a high degree of success. In January. 1901. his cattle sales amounted to eighteen hundred dollars, his sheep brought him nine liun7 ■iiizd ta>tefiilly furnished and m11 llic njodi'i-n convenieneos and accessories arc there found. In 1878 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Weide and IMiss Minnie Upperman, a native of Germany, who came to Kansas in 1873 and was soon afterward married. Their union has l>een blessed with eleven child- ren, namely : Eddie. Charles. Albert. Martha. Hattie, Emil, Emma, Lillie. Edie. Alice and L-eonard. Through his long residence in Wood- .son County, Mr. Weide has become well known to a large majority of i!s citizens and his extensive operations in land and stock have eau.sed his repu.tatioii as a successful and reliable busines>' man to extend beyond the borders of the county. His life certainly illustrates the possibilities that Kansas offers to her citizens who are energetic and are not afraid of hihor, for these elements in his character have brought to Jiim pros- |;i-rity. IMADISON FRAME. In x>if'neer tlays in Southeastern Kansas, Rev. Madison Frame came 1(1 AVoodson County, locating within its bordei'f: in 1869. and through ti.e intervening yeai's he has not only been closily connected with its agri- icultural interests but has exerted widespread intluenee in b^feiaif of all that tends to uplift man and mal a native of St. Clair County, Mis.souri, and a daughter of John R, and \iary J. Dingle, both natives of Indiana. Mr. Macoubrie has never been an aspirant for public office. He served as treasurer of his township for one term during which he .'■nstained a loss of one hundred and fifty dollars through the failure of the bank in which he had made deposit of the y)ublic money. He is a progressive and public-spirited citizen, and his sterling wf)rtli, widely reeogm'zed. has won him many friends. 740 HISTORY OF ALLEX AXP CLARENCE M. KIXYOX. Ill tlie year iu ^vhic■ll he attained his majority Clarence M. Kinyon eanie to Woodson County and throuirhout his entire business career has been identified with its agricultural interests. He is now one of the popular yonnii' farmers of Liberty township and his labors annually bring to him a good income. Mr. Kinyon is numbered among the residents or Kansas that Penn- sylvania has furnished to the Sunflower .state. He was born in Brad- f ( rd County. Ptnnsylvania. June 24. 1858, and is the eldest son of "W. r. and Lydia X. Kinyon. When a little lad of si.x summers he ac- companied his parents on their removal to Minnesota, where he was reared upon a farni and in the district schools of the neighborhood ac- ipiired his education. Wlien the family came to Kansas in 1879 they l.cated in Linn County and resided there till 188:1 when they became residents of Woodson County. He lived with his parents until his marriage, which event was celebrated on the 24rth of June. 1891. the lady of his choice being Miss Daisy A. Bales, of Libert.v township. She was born in Randolph County. Indiana, on the 3d of December. 1872. and in 1884 came to Kansas with her parents. John R. and Samantha Bales, who now reside in the vicinity of their daughter's home. They also have a sen. Walter 'M. Bales, who is yet with his parents. The man-iage of Mr. and ^Irs. Kinyon is graced with two children : Keith E.. born Xovember 29. 1894.' and Vesta U.. born March 23. 1898. The farm upon which Mr. and Mrs. Kinyon reside was purchased b\' our sub.iect and comprises one hundred and twent.v-five acres situated eight miUs north and three miles west of Yates Center. It was a tract oi wild pi-airie when he took up his abode there and besran to lay the foundation for his present prosperity. He erected a handsome residence and built a large barn, abo added other necessary improvements. The l?nd is undulating and productive and gives a rich yield in return for the care and cultivation bestowed iipon it. He has also a fine young orchard of five acres which is now in bearing condition : the latest im- proved machinery facilitates his farm work and in every particular the place is modern, indicating the progressive spirit of the owner: Xeat- ross is also one of the salient characteristics of the place and its orderli- ness is most commendable. Mr. Kinyon raises good crops and also handles what stock his farm will support. His life has been one of untiring industry and with but little assistance all that he now pos- sesses has been acquired through his own efforts. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have several times called him to public office. He was elected and served for two terms as township trustee of libert.v townrhip and also two terms as township clerk, and in both positions performed his duties in a capable and trustworthy manner. WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 74I MARTIN SMITH. M.MxTlN X. SMITH was hdi-n in Dclawari' Coiuity, (Miio, on the tv\i'iit3--tiHirlli (lay ol' .July. 1.s()4. His I'atlu'r, Jacob Sinitli, was also a 1 ativt^ of the Buckeye stale. After attaining yeais of maturity he wedded Louisa Bader, a native of d'erniany, who came to America when thirti'cn years of ape in comjiany with friends of her father. In the year 1873, Mr. Smith came to Kan.sas, locating in Wellsville, Franklin County, whei'e he and his wife are still living, both having attained the age of ()4 years. They aie the parents of five children, namely: John; A. Salome, wife of Albert llilderbrant, who is living in Colorado: Mar- tin X.; Alice, wife of (Jeorge Schultz, wlio makes his home in Topeka, and Ilattie wife of Charles "VVatt. Martin N. Smith was a lad of eleven yeais when with his jiarents he came to Kansas. He remained with them until the time of his marriage, a'rd in the intei'im iiui'sucd his education in the public schools. In 18- , h(- wedded Miss Ida V. Munnnert, a native of Illinois, who came to Kan- sn-s with her i)arents when a little girl. After his marriage Mi-. Smith was euip'".^''**' '" =' I'viy hiiin owned by his father, being thus engaged for two years, after which he turned his attention to agricultural pur- SLUts. He followed farming for two years, and then secured a situation on the Ci'otty ranch, where he lemained for seven years. On the ex- piration of that period he came to Woodson County and purchased eighty acres of land on Turkey creek, leu miles northwest of Yates ("enter, where he is now "engaged in fariiiing. He has a very desirable and val- uable tract of land bordering the creek. Part of his farm is bottom land, oil which is timber enough to supply all the wood needed on the premises. He has erected a new residence and has made improvements upon the l)laee until he now has one of the most desirable farm properties in this portion of the country. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been bles.'ed with three children, Karl, who was born on the 28th of June, 1888; Phonnie, both July the 12th. 1891 and died at the age of five years, January 17, 1896; Wade who was born June 2, 1894. Mr. Smith is a member of dotty council, 51,57, M. \V. A. lie is a self-made man, whose strong pur- pose and determination in life have enabled him to win prosperity, and the farm which he now possesses is a nionnment to his thrift and en- ti rprise. THOMAS WAMSLEY. THOM.\S WAMSLEY is engaged in farming on section seven, Bel- mont township, Woodson County, where he has made his home for thirty-one years, and his residenc'C in the county covers a period of thirty- four vears*. (J real have bi'cn the cliaiiiivs which have occurred in this 742 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND time, the indications and evidences of pioneer life being replaced by all tlie inipx-ovements. industries and accessories of civilization known to the older east. Mr. Wanisley may well be proud to have been identified with the county through all this era of transformation, and Southeastern Kan- sas on the other hand may be glad to number him among her citizens for he has ever been true to her interests. He came from Douglas County, Illinois, making tie journey by rail to Kansas Citj' and by stage from there to Humboldt in the year 1867. He first located on sec- t'(jn thirty-one. township twenty-six, range fifteen, Woodson County, but after three .years came to his present home, where for thirty years he has e.irried on agricultural pursuits. Mr. Wamsley was born in Decatur County, Indiana. January 29, 1843, and is a son of William AVamsley, a native of Germany, who re- sided for a time in the vicinity of Cincinnati. Ohio and then moved to Indiana about 1823. His death occurred in Tuscola, Illinois, when .he was sevent.y-nine years of age. He made the journe.v to America with his parents, but both the father and mother died during the voyage, leaving four children, all of whom married and left families in Ohio save Mi-s. Colwell. whose children reside in Warwick County, Indiana. Wil- liam Wamsle.y was united in marriage to Anna Conklen, who died leaving eleven children who reached years of maturit.y. Those now living are: James, of Evansville. Indiana: Thomas: Sarah, wife of IM.vron Hunt, of AVellington. Kansas, and Clementine, wife of John S'ain. of San Francisco. California. Amid rural scenes Thomas Wamsley was reared, spending his .vouth upon the home farm. The first important step which he took in life was in the line of militar.y service, for with patriotic spirit aroused he offered his services to the government in 1861 and became a member of Company D, Twentj^-first Illinois Volunteer Infantr.v. He was engaged in the cam- paign against Price in Southwestern Missouri until after the battle of Pea Ridge. Arkansas, when the regiment was i-:ent to Tennessee to rein- force Buell at Shiloh. After the battle the troops followed Bragg to Louisville. Kentucky, and participated in the engagements at Stone Dver and Chickamauga. At the latter Mr. Wamsley was captui-ed, Sep- tember 20, 1863, and with four thousand others was taken to Richmond, Virginia. He was .'■ent thence to Danville and afterward to Ander.son- ville and finally to Charleston, South Carolina, where he remained during the seige. From that point the prisoners were sent to Florence, South Carolina, where our subject was held until parolled and returned to Annapolis. He was in prison neai'ly fifteen months, and experienced the u.'ual hardships and sufferings borne by the bo.ys in blue in Southern prison pens. He was a loyal and faithful soldier, always found at his pest of duty, wheiher on the picket line or the firing line. Upon returning to the North, IMr. Wamsle.y was connected with farming interests in Douglas County, Illinois, until coming to Kansas. Av'OODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 743 Aio was not married until after his arrival here, and in Humboldt, De- cember 12, 1869 he led to the marriage altar Miss Emma "Wilson, who died in 1882. leaving four children: Anna, wife of Carl Strand, of Woodson. County ; James : Walter, of "Woodson County : and IMilton. In October, 1883 Mr. "Wamsley was again married, Elizabeth, daughter of Chrislman Leibert becoming his wife. Her father died in Germany. By this marriage there is one daughter, Eva. wife of Elmer Gilger, of Gor- don, Nebraska. Mr. AVamsley gives his political support to the Republi- can pai"ty and believes firmly in its pi"ineiples but has never been a campaign worker, nor has he sought office, but as a private citizen quietly and lo.vally performs his duty, commanding uniform respect by reason •of his genuine worth. ROBERT A. HURT. ROBERT A. HURT, who is engaged in the real estate business ni Yates Center and has been largely instrumental in the upbuilding of ll.e city by inducing many residents to locate here, has made his home in Vi oodson Coimty since 1871, at which time he became identified with agi'icultural interests in Southeastern Kansas. He is a native of Ken- tucky, bis liii'th having occurred in Warnm County, that state, on the 18th of September. 1821. He was a farmer's son and with his father. John Hurt, removed to Illinois. The latter was a native of "Virginia, born in 1773. and was a son of John Hurt. Sr., wJio died in Surrey County. Is'^orth Carolina, on the Yodkin river. Prom that locality his son John removed to Kenlucky in 1818. and in 1830 went with his family to Sangamon County. Illinois. Some years afterward, however, he retiirned to the Blue Grass state, where he spent his last days. His wife, who boie the maiden name of Sai'ah Cochran, also died in Kentucl\y . Robert A. Hurt is the youngest of their nine children, and is the only surviving membe'r of the family. He was a young boy when his parents removed to Sangamon Countj', Illinois, where he was reared to manhood and pursued his edixeation after the manner of the old-time subscription schools found on the frontier. He learned the trade of a v.oolen manufacturer and in connection with his brother afterward es- tablished a mill at Athens. Illinois, where he carried on business for ten years with good success. ETe then embarked in merchandising in Ha- vanna, on the Illinois river, and also engaged in buying grain during bis two year's residence there. Suffering loss by fire, he next i-emoved te a rented farm but afterward purchased a tract of land on Crane "creek, in Mason County. Illinois, operating and improving the same until 1860, when be sold that property- and resumed merchandising in Mason City. Illinois. Subsequently he followed the same line of business in E'kbart. Indiana, whence he removed to Kansas. ,44 illMHK^ The year 1871 witucssed the arrival of Mr. IFiirt in Woodson Coiinty:- llere he hicated on a farm in Toronto township and en-ra-ied in its culti- vation un'il 1875. when he was elected county tr^a^u^er. In October of the followinir year he enteied upon the duties of the office and by re- el< ction st?rved for two terms, beiny: a most capable and trustworthy ntWcial. Upon his retirement from office he turned his attention to the VI al estate bnsin»?.s;i in which he has since engaged. He has located many people in Yates Center and Woodson County, where his principal busi- mss has been done, and has thus contributed in valued measure to the growth and upbuildintr of the city and surrounding country. On the 17th of Febrnarj', 184'2. Mr. Hurt was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Dimond. a daughter of Jesse C. Dimond. and their children are a; follows: Kmily J., wife of A. J. IMorris. of Toronto: Mary F.. wife of Dr. Charles Orendorff. of Allen County; May A. Sherman, of Yates Center; and John C.. who is also living in the county seat. Mr. Hurt cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison, the candidate of the Whig party, in 1840; afterward votetj for Clay. Taylor and Scott: and in 1856 ^nppt)rted White, of Tennessee, who ran on the I'nion ticket. In 1860 he cast his haliot tl..LIOTT. who is now serving as trustee of Eminence town- ship, and who has been numbeivtl among the agriculturists of Woodson County for eleven years, is a native son of the SunHower state, his birth having occurred in Miami County. April 8. 1863. His father. John Elliott, came to Kansas about 1S62 from Bates County, Slissouri where he had entered a tract of land from the government in 1856. He was a native of County Antrim. Ireland, boi-n in 1825 and remained on the Emerald Isle until twenty-four years of age. when he resolved to try his fortune in America, believing that better opportunities for advancement were att'orded in this country than in the more thickly populated districts of Ireland. As far back as the ancestral history is known the Elliotts' were farmers, and the father of our sub.ject followed the same pursuit. He hail only mtuiey enough to bring him to the new world, and after reaching the United States he was employed as a wage earner in a tan yard. Later he worked upon a farm and finally secured land of his own in Missouri, becoming owner of a claim in Bates County, that state, in 1856. There he continued to reside for six years, when in 18(i2 he came to Kansas, taking up his abode in Miau)i County, where he jiurchased a farm upon which he has since made his home, his labors in the passing vears bi-inging to him a comfortable competence. wom^sw^^ coTT:NTrKS. Kansas. 745 In \\"i\\ C'dim'y. Illinois. John FJlioU. Sr., was united in niarriage lo Miss Ann MoC'lintoek. also a native of County Antrim, Irclancl. and r.nto them were liorn the following- child ren : Thomas R.. who is now ift Jackson Connt>-. Kansas: Jolin. wliose name begins this review; ^Mary J.. Avife of G^org-e B. Baxter, of Miami County, Kansas: Annie Elliott, who is at home: Joseph, who is liviiifr in the same county, where his brother 'Charles, the next of the family, also resides: and Frank, who is upon the old homestead. On the old home farm John Elliott of this review s[n"nt the days of his boyhood and youth, and as age and strength pernntted lie aided in the work of the fields and meadows from the time of early spring plant- ing until harvests \wre garnered in the autinnn. In the district school he acquired his education, and reading keeps him a well inforaned man. On the 1st of IMarch, 1888, he married Miss Orpha Haines and thus secured a woi'thy companion and helpmate for the .iourney of life. The Irdy is a native of Madison County, Illinois, and a daughter of John ^Y. and ]\Iary A. (Swofford) Haines, in whosie family were the following: Samuel J., of Central City. Nebraska: Xora B.. widow of John Piekerell : Mrs. Elliott: and Robert, of Decatur County. Kansas. The father died in 1888, but tlie mothi'r is still living. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott has been blessed with five children: Claience: Mary ]M., who died at the age of six years: Wallace, Howard and Homer who are with their [)a rents. In 1890. tlie second year following Iiis marriage. Mr. Elliott removed to Woodson County and located on section 2. Eminence township, where he owns two hundred and fighty acres of valuable land, tv) the cultiva- tion and improvement of which he is now devoting his time and energies with good results. The practical experience of his boyhood well fitted l::m for the labors of manhood, and he is now regarded as an enterprising progressive agriculturist. Tn his political views he is a Republican. ITis father became a suppoi'ter of that party on its organization and as the sons attained man's estate they, too. espoused Republican principles. His fel- low townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, elected Mr. Elliott to the position of township trustee in 18f)9 and he filled the office so ac- ceptably that in 19(10 he was re-ehcted for a second term, and therefore . is the nres-ent incumbent. JOSHUA J. PUCKETt. The prosiperily of a county depends upon the aggregate industry of its individual citizens. Mr. Puckett is one who contributes his full share to the general activity, being a worthy representative of the agricultural interests of the community. He has been a resident of Southern Kan- sas for thirty years, but has made his home in Woodson County only '45 HrSTORV OF ALLEX A.N'jJ siuoe 1&73. Foi'ty-Hve years, however, have elapstd siuce he arrived iw- the Sunflower state, year.-; iu which great changes have been wrought. He is dtsceuued from Virginian ancestry. His grandfather. Lewis Puckett. was a native of the Old Dominion, and William Puckett. the father of our sub.jeet first opened his eyes to the light of day in the same- siate. in 181:0. After attaining his majority he removed to Kentucky, but was married iu Virginia to Miss bouisa Corel, a daughter of William Corel, a cabinet maker who spent his active life in the Old Dominion and died in Jackson Countj', ilissouri. In the year 1854, William Puckett, ac- companied by his family came to Kansas, locating in Wyandotte County, where he remained until 1871 when he went to Wilson County. There he spent the residue of his days, pas-sing away in 1886. when sisty-six years of age. His widow still survives him. She is the wife of A. J. Roe and resides with the >ubject of this review. Her children, born of the til St marriage, are: Henry, who was a member of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry and died iu 1863. while loyally serving as a defender of the Union ; Joshua J. ; John, who served in the Twenty-second Kansas State ^Militia ; Emeline. deceased wife of James Forbes; Rebecca, widow 01 Joseph Williamson, of Woodson County: Charles J., who is living iu Wilon County, Kansas: William C. of Woodson County: Oliver F.. a resident of Woodson County : ^ hernian. who makes his home in the same county; Lewis, of Allen County, and Louisa, who completes the family. Joshua J. Puckett was born in Kentucky, June 20. 18-15, and was therefore a lad of eleven years when the family came to Kansas— then a territory which was to play an important part in national atfairs be- fore its admission to the Union. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period and pursued his education in the common ehools. He was seventeen years of age when he joined Company A, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, under Colonel Adams, and went to the front to do service for the Union cause. He was in the army for a year and participated in the movements of his regiment in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, taking part in the engagements of Frairie Grove, Lone Jack and Independence. Company A met the guerrillas under Quantrell on many occasions, and was on the north side of the Kaw river at Lawrence during the raid and massacre. He was wounded on Wea creek. Miami County. Kausas. being shot through the left leg. and this necessitated his retirement from the service. The duties that devolved upon him as a member of the Twelfth Kansas Infantry were faithfully and abU- performed, and his record as a soldier is commendatory. On the 7th of January. 1879, Mr. Puekelt was married iu Woodson Countv to Miss Phebe A. Taylor, a daughter of William R. Taylor, who came "to Kansas from Tennessee. He married Sarah Hunter and they became the parents of seven children. Six children graced the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Puckett : Omega. Azalia. Curtis. Ransom. Alta and Jay. and the family circle yet remains unbroken. In ante bellum days the Pucketts WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 747 V ere adherents of the AYhiji cause and on the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks, bnt although Mr. Puckett of this review was not then a vo'er, he joined the party when he attained his majority, voting for A. Lincoln for his first vote, and has since been one of its advocates. He has served as treasurer of Belmont township, but does not aspire to political honor, preferring to devote his time to his nusiness pursuits \vliii'h brinir him more satisfactorv financial i-pturns. JOHX WORTH EAGLE. .J(])HX \V. EAGLE is one of the early settlers and farmers of Emi- nence township. Woodson County, where he located in 1869, taking up his abode upon a farm on section 26, but for twenty-one yeai-s he has resided upon a valuable farm on section 30. of the same township, his country seat being one of the attractive and desirable farming properties in this portion of the state. He came to Kansas from Ashland County, Ohio, where he was boi'n August 16, 1847. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Eagle, wa^' a native of Southern Ohio and his people were from Virginia. They followed farming pursuits and were oi-dinarily success- ful. The family is of English lineage, the grandfather being a third i'l.usin to old John Bull. John Eagle, the father of our subject, was abo a native of Ashland County, Ohio, and died upon the farm where his birth occurred, being sixty-five years of age when called to his final rest. John Eagle spent the greater part of his life in Ohio, but for ten years; was a resident of California. He made his way to the Pacific coast in 1850 and during the succeeding decade was engaged in prospect- ing over the state. He married Jane Haughey, a daughter of Robert ITaughey, who was of German lineage, but the family was founded in .America at a very early period in the development of this country and its representatives through many generations were identified with agri- cultural pursuits. Mrs. Eagle died at the home of her son, J. W., in 1S99, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Her children were as follows : Robert F.. who is now living in San Prancif<;o, California : Thomas, who makes his home in Topeka, Kansas; Martha, wife of W. M. Zinmierman, of Ashland County, now deceased: Mary E., who became tlie wife of L. Potter, and after his death married E. P. L. Dowe, now I'f Oklahoma: and George B., who died while serving in the Union army. The other member of the family is J. W. Eagle, whose name in- troduces this record. After acquiring a common school education he turned his attention to farming upon the old homestead and was thus en- gaged until twenty-one years of age when he started out in life on his own account. Boarding a westward-bound train he then came to Kansas, leaving the cars at Ottawa, whence he proceeded by wagon to Woodson Countv, arriving here in 1869. This was at an early period in the de- 748 HrsTORY oi" ai.lkn and .olopiiierit of the county when much of the hind was in its primitive con- dition and the work of progress seemed scarcely begun. Mr. Eagle se- cured a tract of railroad land which he improved somewhat and then sold, after which he purchared the farni belonging io iiis brother. Rol'.f-rt I-'., and has since made the I'^aglc (>a]) farm one of ihe finest in this ])or- l!()n of th.e county. Tie owns one hundred and twenty acres of land on section 19. Eminence township and one hundred and thirty-five acres on section 30. In April, 1868. occurred the marriage of ^b■. Eagle and Mi.ss .Matilda .Maurer. a daughter of Oeoi'ge Maurer. who died in the Federal army during the war of the Rebellion. Her people res-ided at one time in Ohio, hut came from Pennsylvauia-r'ermau stock. ISIrs. Eagle was born in ash- latid County. Ohio, in 18.52, and by hor marriage became the mother of three cliildren : Jennie, now the wife of David Hall, of Woodson County: Albert, of the same county and C.vrus P. In the early days the members oi the Eagle family were Democrats, but the present generation re- T^ounce the political faith of their forefathers and Mr. Eagle of this re- view has throughout his entire life been a staunch Republican. He has never sought office but has given his attention to his farm work anse. Pleasant and Hiley. Tht.- family have a wide acquaintance in rhe countj', and tlie- nienihi^rs of the household oeeupy an enviable position in rhe social circles in whieh tlipy move. Mr. Kobbins was reared in the. faith of the llepubli- •v,\n part}-. His grandfather was one of the ofticers of the underground laihoad in ante belhuu days and with the organization of the party the- Robbins becauie its supporters. The mature judgment of our subject Las .sanctioned its poli<^y and principles and thus his ballot is cast for its can- didates. Such in brief is the life history of one of the popular citizens- and suutation secMid to none in the couniy. JOHN KISKXBAKT. A great transformation iu appearances, conditions and iniprove- nients has bien made in Woodsim County since John Eisenbart took up his abode within its borders to became identified with its agric\dtural in- terest-s, which yet claim his attention. He was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Jlay 2. 1850, a son of ilathias and Eve (Pahlen^ Eisen- bart, both of whom are now deceased. They were of German birth and the father was a coal miner. They had four children, but only two are now living: John and ilargaret. the latter now the wife of Peter Kauff- »t;an. iTf Humboldt. Throughout his entire life Mr. Eisenbart of this review has been familiar wi*h the work of the farm. His educational privileges were limited and his youth was largely a peritxi of toil. In 1S56 he left Peuu- .^ylvania and spent one year near Kankakee, Illinois. In 1858 he j >ir.ed a small company en route for Kansas and was reared upon the Moerer place in Everett township, working in the fields and meadows from the time of early spring planting until the harvests were garnered in the late autunni. He chose as a companion and helpma*e on life's .]T\irney iliss Helena Koppers. a dausihter of Henry Koppei-s Sr. and Johanna Franken. Her father was born in the Rhenish pro^-ince of the Kingdom of Prussia in Europe, and in 1872 became a resident of Kan- sas, where he spent his i-emainins days, passing away in 1807. at the age of eighty-two years His children are: Mrs. Fisenbart: Mrs. Her- man Tholen. of Humboldt. Kansas: Mrs. B. H. Achter, of Humboldt; .\nton. also of Hunibolt: Minnie, of Yates Center: John, of Woodson (""oinifv: Htiirv and Martha. "S'OODSON tOXTjJtrEl). KA^SA-S. 75;? "The iiiiiriiaoe of ]\lr. and Mm. Euenbart was celebrated Ajnil l.~>. 1875. and they began their domestic life upon their present farm on Sec- tion ten. Owl Creek township, where he secured a homestead claim of 'ejghty acres. Later he purchased an additional tract of one hundred ;a;id sixty acres and has developed a very fine farm, improved with all aiiodern aecersories and conveniences. All the buildings and iiecessories upon the place stand there as monuments of his labor and his enterprise. The first home was a rude house built of native lumber, and snakes fGmetimes made it their hiding place and toads their rendezvous, hut such conditions have long since been done awa.v with and the farm i.s now one M)f the most attractive and desirable in tliis part of the county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. PMsenbart have been born nine children : iNIary. now the wife of Will O'Donnell. of Woodson County: Henry. John. Will, ■Johanna, Elizabeth. Albert. Clara and Edward, all of whom are still with their parentf^. Prom the time he attained his ma.iority down to the ])resent Mr. Eisenbart has heen a supporter of the Demoerac.y and has •served as a member of the school hoard, although he has never been a jjolitician in the sense of office seeking. He feels .justly proud of thc- changes that have heen wrought in the county since his arrival, the gi'eat strides of ci^nlization and the onward march of progress, placing the ■■county on a par with any in this great commonwealth. He might also well feel proud of the advancement he has made, having worked his wa.v "upward from a humble financial position to a place among the sustantial and well-to-do agriculturists of the communit.V- WALTER J. AGNEW. WALTER J. xV(!NEW is- a young man of enterprising s})irit, jim- gre.ssive, energetic and wide-awake to possibilities in business and to the •opportunities of life in general. He is numbered among the native sons of Kansas and is a representative of one of the leading families of this portion of the state. He was born in Anderson County, November 8, ISfifi. and is a son of the late honored citizen of Centei' township, Wood- son Connt.v— William Agnew— who was born in County Down, Ireland, near the city of Belfast. February #f1. 1832. At the age of twelve .vears he was left an orphan. In his father's family there were six children, of Avhom the surviving members are : Joseph, a resident of Rice County. Kansas: Mary, widow of Fred Brown, of Montreal, Canada, and Jennie, who is living in Glasgow, Scotland. After the death of his parents Wil- lifim Agnew resided with a Mr. Moffett, his maternal uncle, until six- teen years of age, when he resolved to try his fortune in America. He c;;me alone to this country and during his early residence in the United f^ta^es remained in New York, He afterward became a farm hand in Pennsylvania and later in Ohio and thus he acquired a start in life. 754 MistORY 6t' ALLE>J AN'jl iriiiiiiiiLT tln^ miclius of the handsome (niiiipi'tent'c which lie aftorward ae^ ijiiiri'd. Upon his reimu io Anierioa after a visit tu the Kiiu'iald Isle in 185-, .Ml-. .\p;ue\v at onec eanie to Kansas. localinK at rovei> HISTORY OF ALLIEN AND has bt'L-oiiic ihl to sustain llie c-i^ntial '_'<>veniiiieiit. THOMAS W. PLUMMEK. THOJIAS W. PLUMMEK, whose business activities have largely connected him with the substantial improvement and upbuilding of the west, has for sixteen years engaged in handling real estate in Yates Cen- ter and is one of the well known and reliable business men of the city. He is a native of Lincolnshire, England, born July S. 1839. but since early youth has been a resident of this republic. His father, John B. Plum- irer. was also a native of the "ilerrie Isle" and there married Mary E. Wilkinson. He was a farmer by occupation and in 184fi he came with his familv to the United States, locating in Milwaukee, Wiscon.sin, TroaDSON cot'^^'i ij %\here lie resided luitil 185'J. when he went to Pi-aiiie du Chien. that ■Slate, there spending his i*eniaining days, his death oeeurriui; in 1800, when he had reached the ripe age of four seor* years. In his family were sixteen children, nine of whom are yet living: Emma, now JMis. Shipmau. a widow, of New York city : Thomas W., of tliis I'eview ; John W.. who resides in Wilmington. North Carolina: Mary, wife of Dr. Stiger, of Prairie du Chieii. Wisconsin: KUen, wfe of George 'SI. Rising, of Jlinneapolis, Mnn\?sota : Edward, of Augusta. AVisconsin : Harry "W.. of San Francisco, California, and Sarah AV., wife of M. J. Scanlon, of Minneapolis, j^finnesota. and Jolm W. Phimmer. of Wilmington. North •Carolina. Thomas AV. I'luiiniier was but .-even years of age when he hade adieu to the land of his birtli and came witli his parents to the new Avorld. He pursued a common school education in AVisconsiu and at the age of seventeen years left tlie parental liome. going into tlie pineries Avhere he was engaged in cutting, sawing and hauling logs for two years. On the expiration of that period he went to Grand Haven. Michigan, and worked on the construction of the Milwaukee & Grand Haven Railroad for two j^ars, acting as time-keeper and book-keeper for tthe contractor. In the meantime his parents had removed to Prairie du Cliien, Wiscon- sin, and he there joined them, being at that place at the time of the inauguration of the Civil war. He had watched with interest the dis- turbance in tlie South and the growth of the spirit of rebellion and resolved that if an attempt at secession was made he would strike a Ti'ow for the defense of the Hnion. Accordingly, in April. 1861, he ■eidisted in Company C. Sixth Wisconnn Infantry, under Colonel Lys- ander Cutler, and was mustered into service at Madison, Wisconsin, on the 16th of July, the regiment being attached to the Army of the Poto- mac at Washington, where he remained until the si)ring of 1862, with ]\IcClellan"s forces. He then went South with General AleDowell's army and was in the engagements at Slaughter Mine and Gainesville, was also in the second battle of Bull Run. South Mountain. Antietam. Fredericks- liurg, Pitzluigh Crossing. Chancellorsville, Mine Run and the Wilder- nirs, after which his company went up the James river to Petersburg. TMr. Pluiniiier was commissioned second lieutenant at Arlington Heights was made first lieutenant and was promoted captain on the Potomac river just before the engagement at Chnneellorsville, while in 1S64 he was breveted major and commanded his regiment a part of the time. Major Plummer left the army on the 16th day of July. 1864, and returned to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the i?'ock business for some time. His residence in that city covered alto- gether an aggregate of fourteen years. On lea^nng there he entered the service of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, then constructing its line, being employed as bridge foreman. He followed the line out to Ogden, Utah, and then i-eturned to do bridge work, in the capacity of 76;! nrsTORV OP ALLEN AXD f. leiiian. on tlit» Si. I'aul >Sc Dulutli Hailioad. bciny; tluis eiitraireii Tor more than a year, lie next went to the Red River of the North and for a lime followed the business of tradinnublic, and as a citizen he is as loyal to his country and her bes interests as when the tocsin of war sounded and he went to the front as one of the boyr in blue, to return with the rank of major as the rocotrnition nf three vear's faithful and loval service. HARVEY SURPRISE. HARVEY SURPRISE, who is engaged in general farming in Em- inence township, came to Woodson County in the spring of 1870 and purchased a claim on AVest Buffalo creek, where he has since made liis home. His father, Peler Surprise, was born in Canada, in August, IT!);?, and after an active business career is still living at the remarka- ble age of one hundred and seven years. In 1819 he removed to the slate of New York and the next year went westward to Chicago. In 1836 he removed to Lake County. Indiana, which was his place of abode for a long period. He married Rosanna Taylor, and fourteen children were born unto thenr nine of whom reached years of maturity. Sarah, tlie oldest, is the deceased wife of Steward Stillson : Elizabeth, married a Mr. Coe and after his death, wedded a Mr. Harding: Harvey is the third of the family: Henry, Oliver and William, whose births occurred in the order mentioned, are all residents of Lake County. Tnd.. Lavina is the wife of Leander Vaudecai, of Woodson Comity: Melvina, twin sister 111 Lavina. is the deceased wife of William Wheeler: Armina is the wife of James Rosenbower. of T^ake County. Indiana : the other mem- boi-^ nf tbp family died in childhood. WOOnSOX COUNTIES, KANSAS. 763 Harvey Surjirise. was born Dcct'inber 25. 18:35. in New York, and the followintr year the family removed to Lake County. Indiana, where lie was reared and made hi.s home until 1852, when he crossed the plains 111 California, where he engaged in prospecting, .spending four years on the Pacitie coast. In 185-1, he started to return on the steamer "Yankee l^lake'" which ran on a rock oft" the eoa.st about one hundred and eighty miles south of San Francisco. ^Yith others, Mr. Surprise was picked up by a coast boat and taken back to San Francisco, after which he remain- ed for two years longer in California in ordei- to recuperate from Ids losses si-stained in the wreck. Finally by ship he made his way to New York, crossing the Isthmus of Punama. After his return home he was employed as a farm hand by the month, but when he felt that the duty to his country was stronger than any other life, he put aside all business and personal considerations, enlisting August 10. 1862, as a n'ember of Company T, Seventy-third Indiana Infantry, being mustered in at South Bend. Tie regiment was first ordered to Kentucky, where it nceived the guns and then went to Lexington. Mr. Snrpri.se first met the enemy in this locality but the first regular engagement in which he participated was at Perryville. Kentiicky and later he took part in the engagement at Murfreeboro. Tennessee. In tthe .spring of 1863 his regiment started on a raid under Colonel Straight, going as far as Tiome. (Georgia, before captured by General Forest and his men. Mr. Sur- l)iise was paroll(>(l at Rome but was in the hands of the rebels until exchanged at City Point. Virginia. He then returned to Indiana and after a ten days' furlough aided in the capture of General Morgan in Ohio. Subsequently he guarded prisoners in Indianapolis until the fall election of ISfi'l, when the regiment was .'ent to Nashville to do guard duty. The following spring they were ordered to Decatur. Alabama, vhere they were engaged in fighting bushwaekers. On the 8th of Jul,y, 1865. IMr. Surprise received an honorable discharge at Indianapolis. Thiough the summer he followed farming in Indiana and in the fall of that year came to Kansas, locating in Coft'ey county, where he resided until the spring of 1870. when he i-emoved to AYoodson County. He owns land in sections twenty-eight, twenty-six and thirty-five. Emi- nenc township and a tract in Belmont township, the whole aggregating two hundred and eighty acres. His farming interests are well con- ducted and his labors bring to him a good financial return. Mr. Snrjirise has been twice married. On the Rth of ]\Iarch. 1850. lie was joined iTi wedlock to INIiss Juliet Burch. who died in 1874. leaving the following children: Rose, now the wife of John Iloman. of South Omaha. Nebraska : Henry, of Woodson County, and Peter, of Okla- homa. On the 3d of February. 1875. Mr. Surprise was again married, his second union being with Mary Chapell, a daughter of Miranda (Readl Chapell by her first marriage, who came to Kansas from Otsego County. New York, in the spring of 1870 and here spent her remaining 764 HrSTUKV OF ALLKN AXIi (l.iys. The ehildieii of AViii. Chapell were: Georfre. of Neosho ('oiinty, Kansas; Dwight. who is also living in that county: Charles, of Q. Okla- homa, and Nellie, wife of Joseph Rininger. The father of this family vas born in Chenango County, New York, September 2fi. 1813, and hi- wife in Brookfield, that state. July 1, 1824. Both have now passed away. The childien of the second marriage of Mr. Surprise are: Anna, wife of Osro Easley, of Rest, Kansas; Nellie, wife of George Reagon. of \\'ood;on County; Moses N., Lovisa, Lillie P. and Juliet, who are with tlieir parents. Mr. Surprise was reared in the faith of the Whig party of which his father was a supporter and on attaining his majority he became a Republican and has never wavered in his allegiance to the party or to any cause which he believes to be right and .just, displaying the same fidelity which he manifested when he fought in defense of the Union on the battle fields of the South. AYoodson County gained a valuable citi/en when be cast in his lot wth her residents and throughout the comuninitv bis worth is indicated bv Ibe bisfb regard in which he is held. FRANK J. DUMOND. FWANK J. DUMOND, of Rose, is the eldest son and child of the late John W. Dumond. an honored pioneer of Woodson County, who located a claim in Eminence township in 1866, only five years after the admission of the st^te into the Union and while this portion of Kan- sas was still lai'gely unimpi'ovcd. TIere he died about seven years latei-. The sub.iect of this review was born October 20, 1867, and his home has been within the confines of Woodson County continuously since. He was reared on the farm owned by the family and attended the common schools, acquiring a good Englisli education. After attaining Ills majority be engaged in farming for ten years, finding that a profita- ble labor. He was thus engaged until 1S96. when be began dealing in hay at Rose, and during the past five years be has done much of the slii]>ping of this commodity at this point. His business affords a good market to the hay producers of this section of the county as well as brings to him a good financial return. He attends strictly to his busi- ness and his close application and energy have gained for him a place among the prosperous business men of the region. On the 2r)th of January. 1890. Mr. Dumond was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Thorpe, who died in August. 1803. leaving one child. Gertrude M. In May, 1900. he was again married, his second union be- ing wnth Miss Jane A. Gregg, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Auld) Gregg. They have a pleasant borne and many friends in Rose and through- out Woodson County. In his social relations ^Ir. Dumond is a repre- WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 765 seulaiive oi the ^lodeni Woodmen of Aiiieriea and of the Ancient Order of United \Yorknien. Having spent his entire life in the county his his- tory is a familiar one to his fellow townsmen, and that he has their high regard is an evidence that his career has been dominated bj' prin- ciples and practices which command respect. ENOCH T. THOMPSON. ENOCH T. THOMPSON, a well known and highly esteemed resi- dent of Toronto, who is now engaged in the furniture business, was born in Madison County, Ohio, on the 13th of May, 183G. His father, Daniel Thompson, was born in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, and there .spent the days of his boyhood and youth. His father was John Thompson who with his family removed to Madison County, Ohio, in the year 1812. The father of our sub.jeet was then single. He made a sash for the first glass vindow used in London, Madison County, and was an active factor in business there for many years. His death occurred in 1873 when he was seve'y-nine years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Dorothy Thomas, was a daughter of Enoch Thomas, who removed from Virginia to Ohio and there he spent his remaining days, passing away iii 1849. The mother of our subject survived her husband seven years and died in 1880. Their children were : Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Daniel Freeman, who at her death left one son. J. C. Freeman, James, who died in 1878 ; Sarah, the deceased wife of Edward Stutson ; Char- h tie, the widow of E. W. Ogilvie; Dorothy, the deceased wife of Uriah Wilbur: Enoch T.. of this review; and Mrs. Eliza Taggart, whose hus- hiind is deceased and who resides in Topeka. Kas. Enoch T. Thompson was reared on his father's farm and aided in the development of the fields and in the operation of a saw mill. He also worked at the carpenter's trade, displaying considerable mechanical in- genuity in the i;se of tools. As a companion and helpmate on life's jour- ney he chose ]\Iiss Mary C. Settle and his choice was ratified by marriage on the 26th of December. ISGl. The lady was a daughter of Meredith Settle who removed from Virginia to Ohio. In the year 1876 Mr. Thomp- son left his home in the Buckeye state and took up his abode in Allen County. Kansas. Since the fall of 1880 he has made his home in Wood- son County, first locating three miles north of Toronto where he was en- gaged in farming for three years. IJe then removed to the city where he worked at the carpenter's ti-ade until 1886, since which time he has been engaged in the furniture business, as the successor of Martin Lock- ard. He carries a large and well selected stock of furniture and un- dertaker's goods to meet the varying tastes of his patrons. His business policy is one which awakens the commendation and confidence of all, and his reasonable prices, his uniform courtesy and his fair dealing have 766 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND won hini a very large patrouage. aud he is now enjoying a gratifying success. He is also interested in the Toronto Gas & Mining Company. The marriage of Mr. and Mi-s. Thompson has been blessed with three children: Viola, the eldest, is now the wife of Kev. X. L. Vezie, of lola. James married iliss Clara Baker and Edward married Miss Elsie Sam- ple. The mother of this family died in 1S84. and in ISSli. Mr. Thomp- son again marrietl. his second union being with Mary G. Heagj-. a daugh- ter of Charles Starratt. By the second marriage there are two children : E. Gertnide aud John. At the time of the Ci\"il war Mr. Thompson manifested his loyalty to the Uuion by enlisting in February. 1S65, when 27 yeare of age. becom- ing a member of Company C. One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry. He saw ser\nce in the Shenandoah valley where he was K.cated with his regiment at the time of General Lee's .«\irrender. On the 27th of August, lS6o. he received an honoi'able discharge and re- turned to his home. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln aed has since been a stalwart advocate of the Republican prin- ciples, but he has never been an aspirant for political oflSee, giving his time and attention to his business affairs whereby he has advanced stead- ily on the road to prosperity. WILLLXM C. WILLE. A representative of the real estate interestt-* of Yaies Center ana V»"oodson Count}". ^Villiam C. AVille has contributed in large measure to the growth, improvement and upbuilding of this section of the Sun- tii.wer state. Posses-^eil of fine commercial ability, aided by the exercise of sound judgment and indomitable energy, he has not only won success for himself but has aided materially in the growth and prosperity of the city. He has been a resident of the county since the spring of 1S74, coming to the state frv"s treeu a Kepubliciin, and m 1889 was elected county ti-easurer which po^ition he filled so acceptably that he was re- elected in 1891 and therefore filled the otifice for four years. Por two Aears he was deputy county clerk and has also been deputy register of illST()K^ "t- AI.l.K.N \.\r, three. Tl>y woe the parents of eleven ehiklren. eip:ht of wlioni aie yet hviuj;, William J. being the fiftli in orcler of birth. He spent his youth gib the old liunie. lead farm in Ohio and at the age of eightetn began learning the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in his native state until twenty-six years of age. In 1868 he removed to Livingston Count}% Illinois, where he was engaged in the work of the smithy until 1881. when he came to Kansas, >et!ling in Cofl'ey County. There he purchased eighty acres of land upon which he resided for three years, when he sold that property and came to Woodson County. Here he has made his home continuously .since. He liought one bundled and sixty acres of land in North township and in connection with blacksmilhing carried o!i farming. As his financial re- source.s increased he added to his property until his landed possessions now aggregate four hundred and eighty acres. A good hon.^e and barn are among the ftatures of the place and neatness and thrift characterize the fiirm in every depai'tnient. In connection with blacksmithing and the pro- duction of grain he has also expensively and successfull\' engaged in rais- ing cattle for the market and now has a large liei'd ui)nn his place. His farm is pleasantly and conveniently situated thirteen miles northwest of the county seat and he has postoffice facilities at Keck. In 1865 Mr. Mitchell was united in marriage to Miss Maria Carlisle, a native of Ohio and a daughter of John and Miriam ( Vinceuhaler) Carlisle. The father was a na-ive of Vii-ginia. the mothei- of Ohio and both died in the Buckeye state. Unto ]\Ir. and Mis. Mitchell have been boi-n four chil- dren : Silvia, wife of J. T. Parkinson, who is residing in Port Orchard, Washington : Ora, wife of J. F. Miller; Effie, a teacher of Woodson County, and Maude, who is also engaged in leaching in this county. Tliey have also lost two children— Panniel, who died in Illinois at the age of twelve years, and Harnian. who died in the same .state when nine years of age. Mr. Mitchell exercises his right of franchi: e in support of the men and nieasui'cs of Democracy and by his fellow townsmen has been elected to p\ib- iic office. He served for one term as township trustee, and at this writing is capably filling the position of township treasurer. No trust reposed in hira has ever been betrayed in the slightest degree, and in all walks of life he is known as a man of honor and reliability. WILLIAM P. TAYLOR. Real estate business is a most important factor in the material pros- perity of a community. A casual observer can form no conc<'ption of the i7nportant position held by the active, enterprising agent, devoted to the work of buying and selling real estate, establishing values and otherwise stimulating property holders to the greatest improvements it lies in their power to make. Mr. Taylor is one of this class. The .iudicious principles which he ujiholds in his transactions, the care with which he investigates "WOOTDSON COl'S'rtEli. kA.\.^.i> ~'bh jjK-ints uoiiiu-cted therewith, arc securing for him a hiriiv and well desvrved pi.tronage, and the firm of AV. I*. Taylor ifc Son is now a prominent on€ iii this line in Yates Center. William P. Taylor was born in Fayette County, Ohio, iiear Washing- ton Courthoixse, March 9, 1839. His father, William R. Taylor, was born near Frankfort, Kentncky. in 17S8. and thronghont his active business life Cc(rried on farming. He passed away in 1875, at the age of seventy-six .;>ears. In his political views he was a war Democrat and always supported the principles of the Democracy, bnt tv.-o of his sons, who served in the ITnion army became Republicans. The mother of onr subject bore the naiden name of Mary Hoppas and was of German birth, a daughter of •John Hoppas, who was also a native of the fatherland as was his wife. Mrs. Taylor died some time prior to her hiisband's death, pas^ing away in 1851. Her children were Nancy, deceased wife of Jacob Drook; Robert, who has also departed this life ; Alary J., deceased wife of William Ebright : John H.. Or Williamsfield. Illinois: Samuel S., of Neosho. Alirsouri; Rosetta, wife of Eli Reece, of Clifton. Illinois: Isaac B.. who died in Indiana : AVillam P. and Jacob A., both of AVoodson Count.v. In his .youth and early manhood Air. Taylor was identified with agri- cultural pursuits. He was onl.v about two years of age when his parents re- moved from Fayette County, Ohio, to Grant County, Indiana, and there be was reared, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors of the f elds, for the family resided upon a farm. AVhile working for an uncle in Jjiv County, Indiana, he offered his services to the country as a d.^-fender of the Union, enlisting as a member of the Twenty-fourth Indiana battery, "bich was a+t«nched to the Twenty-third corps of the army of the Ohio. AYith his command he participated in the battles of Marborn. Kentucky, I'owden. Tennessee, the seiffe of Knoxville and the seise of Atlanta and the Atlanta eampaiorn. After the fall 'of the city his battery went with Opppfals Schofield and Thomas in pursuit of Hood and thus he participated in the ensragenients at Franklin and Nashville. He then went to Louisville, Tven'f'uckv. where the battery was divided among four forts and there held until August 5. 1SR5. when the war having ended Air. Taylor was 7T)ustered out. On many a hotly contested field he has displayed his loyalty and his bravery, and to his home he retTirned with a most creditable mili- tary record. Once more in the north he began farming in Lake County. Indiana, and the following year was there married. He continued agricultural pur- suits there until 1869. when on the 11th. of October, he started for Wood- son Countv. Kansas, driving across the country and reaching his destination on the 14th. of November. He located first in Belmont township, where he f(^llowed farming and stock raising until the spring of 1875. He then went to Defiance, and a year later removed to Yates Center and erected the fifth buildinfr here— the Commercial Hotel, which he conducted .successfully for seven vears. For two vears he engaged in merchandising with his son. "f-O MiSTORY Of ALLEN AKET •Jacob K.. af er which he served as justice of the peace for four yeai-s. and- since that time he has been connected with the real estate business as- ihe senior member of the tirm of W. P. Tavlor & S3. in I ake County. Indiana. Jlr. Taylor was united in- marriavre to Mifs Matilda Sievert. a dauahter of Adolph Sievert. and they !)ow have four children : Jacob E.. who is associated with his father in busi- luss. and who married Laura, daxishter of Editor Buck, deceased: Gussie; William A., who is in 'he employ of the ^fi^souri Pacific Railroad Company and wtdded ^label Hardinsr. and (Gertrude, who completes the family. There is one srandchild. Perine Taylor, born to Jacob Taylor and his wife. Mr. Taylor of this review cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lin- coln and has since supported the men and measures of the Republican party. He belonsrs to the .Grand Army of the Republic, has taken the de- ir;ee of Ma.ster Mason and is connected with the Triple Tie. Through almost a third of a century he has resided in Wtwdson County and has watched with a deep and abidins interest its progress and improvement, sharins in the work of advancement as iipportunity has offered, and findinsr in its business opening the field of labor which he sou^t, thereby provid- ins for his fann"ly a comforrable competence. JAMES L. ^fARTIN'. As a Worthy rej>resentative of an honored pioneer famdy of southeast- crn Kansas, as a capable and faithful v>ublic official and as a leading and re- liable business man of Yates Center. James L. Martin is dt>serving of men- tion in this volume, the pnrnose of which is to perpetuate the life reconls of those who have contributid to the sri^owth. improvement and stability of this section of the Sunflower state. He is now a member of the well known firm of Martin & OrendorfT. of Yates Center, and is a recognized leader in his line of commercial activity in the county seat. The Martin family is of Enslish lineage and was founded in America ly Richard Martin, tbe grandfather of our subject, who with three of his sfus cn^ssed the .\tlantic to Canada. His children were James. Isaac, •lonathan. Freeman. William. Ezra and Anson, all of whom resided in the T'niteil States, were married and reared families. Of this number Wil- liam Martin now resides in Fort Scott. Kansas. Freeman Martin, the father of our subject, was married in Ogle County. Illinois, in 1S47 to Matilda Cox. a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of VTilliam Cox. and in ISfifi they came to Kansas locating in Osage township. Allen County, when not a single house stood between their home and the residence of Judge BrowTi ., p ...1- —H^k. east of lo'a. ^Ir. Martin <...^nv...l i homestead claim and re- WOODSON COt'NTIES. KANSAS. 77 I ■silled on tlu' O. ;ige until 188'). when he removed to Osboru County, Kansas, where he remained for four years. lu 1892 he removed to Broiison, Kansas, where his death occurred in October, 1899, wlien he was seventy-six years of age. His wife pa^sed away in the same city in July. 1899, so that after traveling life's journey together for fifty-two years they were not long separated in death. They had six children: Albert E.. of Bronson. Kansas; •James L.. John M.. also of Bronson: Tjueena I\l., wife of Tillman Birnbaum of lola ; Harriet C. wife of Dr. Albert Allen, of Ottawa, Kansas, and Fannie T.. who resided in Bronson. ]Mr. Martin, whose name begins this record, was horn in Ogle County, Illinois. April 2. 1859, and was therefore only about seven years of age when he came with his parents to southeastern Kansas. He pursued his education in the connnon schools and when sixteen years of age entered upon his business caieer as a clerk in a store in Osborn, Kansas. He subse- quently entered the employ of J. Bishop, of Neosho Falls, with whom he re- mained as a most competent and trusted salesman for fourteen years, after which he was elected to the position of regis-er of deeds of Woodson County in 1895. for a term of two years. On the expiration of that period he was again chosen to the otTHee and in 1900 he retired from ot!ice as he had entered it— with the confidence and good will of his constituents and the public gen- erally. He then became a member of the firm of Martin & Orendorff, deal- ers in dry goods and clothing at Yates Center, and is now enjoying a good and growing trade, having the best e(|uipped establishment of the kind in the city. On the 5th. of September, 1880. Mr. JMartin was joined in wedlock, in Osborn, Kansas, to Miss Jesse A. Crampton. a daughter of Charles W. CrampUin. a native of Connecticut. He became a resident of Troy, New York, and was married there to Mary J. Harris. The children born to Mr. and JNIrs. Martin are three in number: Mary E.. Charles P. and Edgar P., all yet with their parents. Like the other members of the family Mr. Mai-tin is a Republican in his political views and socially he is connected with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Modern \Yoodmen of America. He is a gentleman of good habits, upright principles and manly conduct, who in the quiet but u>eful and essential walks of business life has gained the respect of his fellow men and won the friendship of many by reason of his ueiniine but unostentatious worth. CYRUS B. GOODALE. In the period of twenty-three years in which Cyrus B. Ooodale has rt'sided in AVoodson County he has worked his way upward from a humble financial position to one of affluence and is today enrolled among the well- to-do and progressive agriculturists of the conuniuiity. His home is in Lib- ei-ty township where he has a valuable farm property supplied with all liiodevn improvements and accessories. 772 mSTOKV (JF AI.I.KN ANT' Mr. ('(UKliile is a native of Illinois, his birth having occuned in Kane County, that state, September 14, 1856. His father, John W. Goodale is i: native of New York, while his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Eiackett. is a native of Vermont. In the year 1840 John Cloodale removed t.i Illinois and secured a elaini lon v;ilii«il ri'sidi'iits of his adopted countj'. J. A. R(^SS. J. A. ROSS, one of the extensive land owners of Woodson Connty, liow largely engaged in the growing of hay, was born in Bureau County, Illinois, Febniary 18, 1855. His father, Andrew Ross, was born in Ohio, in 1828, and in 1842 removed to Bureau County, where he yel makes his home. There he married ^liss Hannah Randall, who died in 185fi, loa^'ing five children: Oeorge. yet a revident of Bureau (\)unty : Sarah J., wife of W. S. Mayhall : Margaret, wife of Milton Maston, of Iowa; Mary, wife of John Walter, of Bureau County: and J. A. of this review. After the death of his first wife the father married again, his second union being with Salina Ireland. Their union was blessed with three children: Frank, oi' lowfi. Eliza and Julia. ITpon the home farm in the comity of this nativity J. A. Ross spent the period of youth and childhood, devoting a portion of his time to the acf|uirement of an education in the common schools, to work upon the farm and to the pleasures in which boys of the period indulged, "^lien youth was passed he there carried on farming until 1881. when he sought a •\\00"i)SO>,- COT'NTrKS. KAXSA^;. 777 'lioiiie ill Kansas, coining to "Woodson Countj'. He located on the nortli- "x\est quarter of section eiglit, Perrj' township, and there resided until 1883, when he came to his present home. He now owns 720 acres of valuable land, larjjely meadows, devoted to the raising of hay, of which product he jearly gathers large crops and makes exten.sive ship- ments. In 1000 he began extensive improvements on his farm and now ha.s a commodious and attractive residence, large l)arn and other substantial cutbuildings for the care of hay and stock, and all of the modern accessories and conveniences found upon a model fann of the new century. On the 11th of July, 1883, Mr. Ross was joined in wedlock to Miss fJrace Brett, and unto them have been l^orn three childi'en : Myrtle, who died in infancy: Vera, who was born January 25, 188G: and Ethel, born T>ecember f). 1S88. The family are well known in the connnunity and represent the best class of farming people. Mr. R;,ss was reared in the faith of the Republican jwrty and T)y liis ballot has always supported its nicu and measiTi'CS. ABRAM F. DARST. There is ever an element of interest attaching to the liistory of a ,seli- ii'ade man, one wlio starts out in life empty-handed and wrests fortune from an adverse fate. Obstacles and difficulties are encountered, but to the man of resolute purpose these but call for renewed effort and serve as .sTei)ping stones to something higher. The life record of Mr. Darst stands in ■exemplification of what may be accomplished in this free land of ours, where the man of ambition and dii'terinination is unhampered by caste or n the fith of May. 1S()4. in the battle of the Wilderness he was shot in the riirht Ie<; below the knee, the ball enterintr between the two bones, where it lodged. It therefore had to he cut out and srangrene set iii. which nec(>ssitated Mr. Darst re- maiuintr in the hospital for nearly a year. It was 187:? before his wound ceased to diseharfre. and it still troubles him to this day. Dischartred from the service he returned to his home, conscious of haviuir performed his duty for the perpetuation of the ITnion and for the honor of the old flair which now floats so proiidly over every portion of the nation. In the yeai- following: the close of the war. on the 22d of February, ISfil). ]\Ir. t)arst Was united in marriasre in Lake County, Indiana, to Miss Funice. daughter of .Jackson and Amy (Cutright) numond. and the same year started with his bride for Kansas, accompanied by Henry Peters. .J. IT. Hale, .Jo-eph Barker and .1. "W. Duinond. together with their respective families. They arrived at Humboldt on the 4th of .July and secured claims in Fminencc township. Woodson County, on the east branch of West Buf- falo cvrek. Thnt siumiier all erected homes, each twelve by sixteen feet WOODSON COUNTIKS. KANSAS. 77O JUid one story in lu'iglit, l)iiilt of cottoinvood and syoaiiioi'e luni])er, luaiiii- faetiifed at Humboldt and foi' which they paid twenty-five and thirty dol- lars per thousand. With characteristic enerp;y Mr. Darst began the de- velopment of his land and continued its cultivation until January, 1897. He added eighty acres to hix first tract and devoted his time to the raising of grain and stock, both branches of his business proving profitable so that in the eour.se of years he ac(iuired a handsome competence which now enables him to live retired, enjoying rent from the more arduous duties of business life. The home of Mi', and Mi's. Darst was blessed with two daughters, ^lyrlle, the eldei'. is the widow of Ijawrenee 0. Heffelfinger and has two childnMi. Lillie and \eva. Nellie, the younger daughter, is the wife of S' T. White of Buffalo. Kansas, and has one child. Prank White. Al- though reared in the Democratic faith, for his father was a supporter of that party. Mr. Darst of this review has alway.s been a stalwart Ke^u})liean and warmly espouses the principles of the party. He belongs to Woodson Post, Xo. 185, O. A. R., and has frequently attended the state encamp- i:ients. finding pleasure in recalling the scenes of army life u])on the tented field or the firing line amid those who have shared in i-imilar experiencis. His interest in everything which affects the welfare of the people and the growth and develo])ment of the county is deep and abiding and as a citizen 1 e has the res[)eet of all who have knowledge of his straightforward busi- uess methods and his uprightness of character. ERNEST STOf'KEBRAND. EHNEST STOCKEBRAND is numbered among the extensive land owners of Woodson County, and makes his home in Center township, where he has resided foi' forty-three consecutive yeai's. He has met the hard- shi]>s and trials of pioneer life in this county and aided in laying broad and deep the foundation for its present development and progress. He belongs to that class of representative r4erman-x4merican citizens, who, loyal to their adopted land, aid in promoting the general progress while advancing their individual prosperity. Mr. Stockebrand was born Jantuiiy 27. 1828 in Lippe, Detmold, a small dukedom of Westphalia, Germany, at the ancestral home, which had been in ])ossession of the family for about two hundred and eighty years. His father, Adolph Stockebrand. followed farming there and married Justina Meyerjohn, by whom he had eight children, namel.y : Adolph and August, who have passed away: Frederica, deceased wife of Adolph Beyer; AVilhelmina, who became the wife of William Klaas and died at Freeport, Illinois : Couradina mari'ied to August Toedman : Ernest, of this review; Tjouisa, wife of August Tjaubei', and \Villiam. In accoi-dance with the laws of his native land Ernest Stockebrand HI.>i TORS' DF AKI.KN ANIi imrsued his iducation. At the age of twenty-eight years he took passage oij a westward bound vessel that weighed anelior in the harbor of Breuieu and sailed for New York. He had some relatives living in Freeport, Illi- nois, and went to that place, bnt after a very short time he sought a home ill Woodson County, which offered its rich but wild lands to the .settlers who would register a claim therefor with the governiiient. He became the owner of a quarter section on section one, ("enter township, and with charae'eristic energy began the development of a farm. As the years pjussed and his financial re.sourcis increased he extended its boundaries until he became the owner of fifteen hundred acres, being therefore numbered among (he extensive land holders of Woodson County. His realty is an evidence oT an active business career. Continued effort, resolute will, determined l)urpose and careful management have enabled him to work his way steadily upward until he to-day stands on the plane of affluence. In 1860 Mr. Stockebrand was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stange. who became a resident of this locality in that year. Their children are Frnest, Charles, Julius. Louisa, wife of Gustav Weide: .Mary, wife of William Weide, Justina, Paulina, and Anna. IMr. Stockebrand has been deeply interested in politics since becoming an American citizen and is an earnest TJepublienn. He voted for the free state constitution, and the first l)olitical speech made in Woodson County was delivered by a Mr. Perry in hi.-i home. He has labored to promote all measures for the public good, and i- a man of worth in his community. WHJJAM STANGE. Through almost three decades William Stange has resided upon the farm which is now his home, so that he is numbered among the pioneer farmers of Owl Creek township. Woodson County. He was bom in the |)rovince rvice as a pi-ivate but wlien mus'ered out held the rank of sei-geant. Mr. Shotts then returned to his native county, and the following year. 1865, reniOA'ed to Champaign County. Illinois, where he remained for thir- teen years, following the occupation of farming. On the expiration of that period he came to Kansas and has since beeir a resident of ^Voodson. County. He located on section twenty-seven, township twenty-five, range sixteen. He had visited the state the previous year and in February. 1878. took up his pei'maiient abode here, settling on the farm he has since made his home. Here he owns and operates one hnndi'ed and sixty acres of land, and in addition h;is eighty acres on section twenty-one. Owl Creek township. While residing in Champaign County. Illinois. Mr. Shotts was united ill marriage to Mi^s Rebecca Bell, the wedding being celebrated on the ITth of .Vugust. 1871. Her pai'ents were Thomas and Berilla (McAllister) Bell, who removed to the Prairie state from AVarren County. Indiana, in 1866. Her father was born in Pike County, Ohio, and died in Champaign County, Illinois in 1897, at the age of seventy-eight years. His widow still resides in that county, at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Shotts is their eldest child, and the other members of the family are : Charles, of Champaign County ; Lavina. wife of Jesse Stout, of the .same county ; Oliver. Sanniel and Frank, all of Champaign County. Uiito Mr. and Mi's. Shotts have been born six children, namely: Carrie, wife of Theodore Bayer; Samuel, Lavina. Clinton. Eugene and Ada. who are still with their pai'ents. lite family circle yet remaining unbroken by the hand of death. Although reared in the Democratic faith by his grandfather. ^Ir. Shotts cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln and has since been an advocate of the Republican party. He has never been an active ^\-nrrnsoN' cocN'TtHS. Kansas. 78'3 "()olitifal woikor. liowi'vei-. for liis fai-iu labors liave t'liJIy oceupiutl his at- tention and providiner for his family through agripultural pursuits lias bten a matter of greater- interest and importance to liim than the honors of public offic*'. He has made his farm to bloom and blossom as the rose, adding substantial buildings, the latest improved machinei-y and modern aeeessories. whih' iji his fields the work of euttivatiou has brought forth rich fruits. STANFOR.D EAGLE. STxVNPORD EA(iLK, who owns and operates a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres of land in Belmont township, is a native son of Woodson County and a representative of one of its pioneer families. His f.ither. Thomas J. Eagle, east in his lot with the early settlers here in 1869. He was born in Wayne County. Ohio, in 1843 and was a son of John Eagle and a hrother of Worth Eagle, of Woodson County. Thomas J. Eagle was a young man wlien the Civil war was inaugurated and with pa- triotic spirit he responded to the president's call for aid, enlisting in a regiment of Ohio volunteers. He was afterward transferred to another regiment and served as a private until the cessation of hostilities and the declaration of peace, the Stars and Stripes having been victoriously planted in the capital of the southern Confederacy. In the fall of 1869, Mr. Eagle c.Tme to Woodson County and settled in Eminence township, where he se- cured a tract of wild land which he improved, transforming it into a very valuable farm, supplied with all modern accessories and conveniences such as are found upon the model farms of the twentieth cent\;ry. In 1896, however, he put aside agricultural pureuits and removed to Topeka, Kansas, v.-here he is now residing, filling the position of .'•ecretary and treasurer of Ihe Adventist church. He married Rebecca Jane Kahl, a sister of Samiiel Kahl. of Woodson County, and by this union were born five children, as follows: Stanford, of Ihis review: Oliver, of Wilson County, Kansas; Arthur, who is living in Neosho County, this state: Daisy, wife of Walter •Jefferson, and Fay. who is in Union college, at College View, Nebraska. Standford Eagle was born in Wayne County, Ohio. May 29, 1867, and was only two years of age when brought by his parents to Woodson County, where he was reared amid the scenes of rural life, bearing his *hare in the work of the farm as he became old enough to handle the plow and manage the oihei- implements of agriculture. His preliminary educa- tion, accpiired in the common schools, was supplemented by a course in the Central Business College, of Sedalia. ..Missouri, after which he began farm- ing. For some time he rented and operated his father's land and thereby he acquired the capital with which to purchase his present farm, of which he became the owner in 1900, buying the property of Jacob Strock. The jlace comprised one hundred and twenty acres of land on the southwest ,:^ iiiSlOKV 111' Al.l.l-.S A.\lV ((liarler of settinn tweuty-seveu. towiisliip twenty-six, rjiiiue lil'teou and is a nu>nunR'iit to the enterprise ancl labors of tlio owner wlio ac(iuireil it tliron^h his own eft'ortr. Jlr. Eagle was united in marriage, in Yates Center, December 11, 1893, to Sadie, a dauglitei- of (!eo. Hill, one of the eai'ly settlers of Woodson County, and unto them have been born two children. Kyle and Avice. Long' residents of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Eagle have a wide acquaintance and a hirge circle of friends among the better class of peojjle. In his political prel'erencis he is a Republican, his views Deing in harmony with the politi- eal faith of the family. Mr. Eagle has witnessed nmch of the growtli and progress of this portion of the state through thirty-two years' residence lure, and is .iustlj' acenunted one of the worthy early settlers ot Woodson Countv. JEFFERSON HUFF. On the roll of successful farmers and stock raisers in Wood.son County .11 Hears the name of JelTerson ITutf, whore agricultural interests are ex- tmsive and profitaole. His life history began in Perry County. Indiana, •n the 23d of July. 1838. His father, William Huff, was a native of Kentuck.v, and in early life learned the cooper's trade. Tie married Miss Jennie Taylor, also a native of the Blue <>rass state, and about 1830 he removed to Indiana, where he made his home until 1839 and then went tc Arkansas. His death there occurred February 7. 1841. when he was forty-seven years of age. His wife survived him until 1867 when she, too, departed this life, being then fifty-seven yeais of age. They were the par- ents of two children, hut our subject is nmv the only sur\ivor of the fondly. Jefferson HufT was ouly a .year old when taken by his parents to Ar- kansas where he remained until after the father's death when the mother returned with him to Illinois, locating in Richland County where she re- mained for eleven years. In 1852 she went with her sou to Perry County. Indiana. She gave him a good common school education, and he remained with her until his mariiage when he established a home of his own and Ids mother then lived with him until her death. They were never sep- arated until she was called to the home beyond. It was on the 3d of ]\Iay. 1860. that Mr. HufT was united in marriage to Miss ]\fary E. Howard, a native of Du Bois County. Indiana. No- vember 9th. 1881, he reached Woodson County, Kansas, settling in the eastern part of the county, where he remained tw:o yeiirs. He then pur- chased two hundred and forty acres of raw laiul in Toronto township, lo- c.ited thereon and has developed one of the best farms in the county. There is a fine grove of native forest trees surrounding his residence and biirns. presenting a most beautiful appearance. His hedge fences are cut "K''l>ODS<)N Cf)r.\"rTKS. K.\"N:.S.\S. YfTj ac.w iind aiu always well tiiinined and the farm lias vviivy indication tif flirift, neatness and comfort. It comprises five hundred and sixty acres of rich land, and in addition to tlie sale of his grain crops Mr. Tluff annually places on the market hay which brings him a return of about five hundred '{iollars. He also handles from fifty to on« hundred head of cattle annually, •and in the various departments of his farm work is meeting with very gratifying pros|)eri1y. The home of Mi', and Mrs. ITutT has been blessed with nine children, namely: (George Monroe. Elizabeth Adeline. Andrew Julius, Charles Wm., Cettie Loretta, Mai-garet Kosetta. Mary Louisa, Ellen Ann, and Katie Lee. Andrew J. was elected to the office of district clerk in 1896 and fierved ill that office for four years. Mr. ITuiT has filled the position of treasurer of Toronto township, and is recognized as a wide-awake progi-essive and piiblic-^piri*ed citizen. He belongs to Woooson lodge. No. 121. P. & A. M.. ajid the warm regard of his biethren of the fraternity is extended liim, while in all lire's relations be is esteemed foi- his genuine woi'tb. FRED A. DUMOND. One of the native sons of Woodson County, who has been an eye wit- ness of the growth and progress of this section of the state from an eai'ly period in its development is Pred A. Dumond. i\, progressive farmer of "Eminence town.ship. He was born on the family homestead, November 26. 1872, and is a son of John W. and Adaline (Darst) Dumond, pioneer settlei's of the. community. The father was born in Seneca County. Ohio, in 1838. and was a son of Jackson Dumond. He came to Woodson County at the beginning of the '70s, locating in Eminence township, where he secured a claim. With characteristic energy he began its development and •continued its cultivation until his death, which occurred October 24, 1873. John W. Dinnond was married in Lake County. Indiana, to Miss Ada- line Darst, who was born in Beuton County. Ohio. December 7, 1846. a daughter of Abraham Dar>t. By this marriage three sons were born — Frank. Edward and Fred A. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Dumond. on Christmas day of 1874. gave her hand in marriage to Daniel V. Dow. who was born in Addison County. Vermont, in 1832. and died in Woodson County. Kansas, in July. 1885. When a young man he left Ver- mont and started in a j-outhwesterly direction. For a few years he resided in Texas, whence he was forced to flee at the outbreak of the war of the Re- hdlion on account of his sympathy with the North. He made his way to -the Union lines and enlisted in the First Arkansas Infantry, but was soon transferred to the hospital corps as hospital steward, serving in that de- partment until honorably di?-charged at the close of the war. Mr. Dow then returned to Vermont but had been in the west too long to remain satisfied with the slower and more conservative methods of the ....-TvKV . .-' .l,LEN A.Vn <»r.st and aceoniiuiily he eame to Kansas. s«reuring & claim in towTiship t.vfnty-five, •••>■■_• '^•' -n. in Woodson County. He became one of the- veil known a ideuts of the county and was a sueeessf ul farmer. lu an early >; . .1 the office of county sur\"eyor and laid out the towTi of Toronto. ais»j did much of the work of that character in the vicinity ••f >r^ensho Falls. He served as trustee of his township aud alwa>-s save a loyal and unfaltering support to the principhs of the Republican partj*. in which he most firmly believed. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Dow were born two children. Susie A., wife of F^^rest Ruehlen. by whom she has one child. Krnest: and F.stella C. who is with her mo- her. When Mrs. Dow came to Woodson County, in 186t>, Indians wtre still in the neighborhood, but o'luniittetl no depretlation aud were usually friendly to the settlers. They <*i.iuj>eil anions the farms and roamed to and fro over the eomitry on visits ;■> nei«ihborin!* tribes. Freil A. Duniond, who^ name introduces this review, has spent his entire life in Woodson County. He was reared upon the home farm for though his fa'her died during his early infancy he remained with his step-father and was trained to the practical work of the fields and meadows through the ^nmme~ months while in the winter season he pursued his edu- •:;ition in the district schools. Wl:en he began business on his own account >t was along the line 'o which he had been reared and he is now successfully farming on section twelve, township twenty-sis. range fifteen, where he owns and o|'H?rates two hundred acres of valuable land, the greater part of which is under a high state of cultivation. He is also engaged in dealing in hay. which is a gi>id source of revenue and largely increases his financial j-es«iurces. On the 31st of December, 1899, ilr, Dnmond was nnited in marriage •.o Miss .\lice, daughter of Samuel Kahl. one of the early s»'ttlers of Emi- nt-ni'e *ownship, and they have now a little daushter. Fsther ifay, who is *■ '■ ■ ■ .] light of •' ' - ' 'd. Mr. aud ^frs. Dumoud have many r- - - native c»">- s justly classed amonu the progre-sive CHAFXCY W. LANKTON'. The subject of this review is a self-made man who without any extra- o'dinarj- family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life has bjittled earnestly and energ«*tically. and by indomitable courage and in- tegrity has achieved Ixiih character and fortune. By sheer force of wiD and untirinc effort he has worked his way upward and is numbered among the prac-ioal farmers of Everett township, Woodson County, Mr. Ij»nkton was bom in .\llegany County. New York, April 27. IS^M, his parents being Joel and Sarah ( Evans "i Tjinkton. The father was bom in the Empire state in 1799 and became a local minister in the Methodist WOODSON COl'XTIES, KANSAS. 7S7 Ei)iseopal church, pi-eaehiiitr for many years, lie wa.s also a earpunler by trade ami while not in the i)ulpit \voilunty are many. Mr. Lankton is independent in. his political views, voting for the men whom he thinks best qualified for office without regard to the party affiliation of candidates. Such is the life record of one of the enterprising agriculturists of "Woodson County, whose place in business cii-cles is the reward of his own honorable labors. CLAUS PETERS. CLAUS I'ETEKS has fully tested the opportunities which America offers to her citizens for he came to this country empty-handed and by dili- gence and enterprise has risen to a position among the leading, influential aiid successftd farmers of AVoodson County, his home being on section f-iurteen. Owl Creek township. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Ger- manv. June o. 1833. and is a son of Henrv Peters, a farmer, whose ancestors 78S HISTOkV OF ALI.KN AND for many jieneiatioiis had been farming people of Schleswig-Holstein. Tie wedded Mary Rogers and both parents spent their entii'e lives in the father- liind. Their children were: George, wlio died in the old country; John, who also died in Germany; Clau.s. and Christiana, who when last heard fj-oni was living in the fatherland. In early life Clans Peteis learned the carpenter's trade and served for a year and a quarter in the Danish army. In 1866 he determined to come to America, hoping thereby to improve his financial condition. Ac- cordingly, in S.eplember of that year, he took ship at Hamburg for New ^ ork and from the coast proceeded westward to Leavenworth. Kansas. He v.as a poor nuchanic looking for a home and he put up a little frame house, twelve by fourteen feet, after which he worked by the day in ordpr to get the funds neeei-sary to carry on the work of development upon the claim which he had entered. The early years of laborious effort, however, were the forerunner of a more prosperous period. On the 7th of Septeinber, 1867. Mr. Peters was united in marriage to Miss Maggie Kose. who was born in Rchleswig-TIolsitein. She died November 18. 189!1. The children of this u'arriage were; Mary, who died at the age of eighteen years; Maggie, wife of August Goedeke. of Oklahoma, and Henry, born September 7. 1875. In connection with general farming Mr. Peters and his son have Itandled cattle and hogs and have found this a profitable industry. They now own four hundred and five acres of valuable land on sections, fourteen, nineteen and twenty- three, and the farm is well improved with all modern accessories and with substantial buildings. Mr. Peters takes little part in campaitrn or political work of any de- scription aside from easting his vote for the men and measures of the Re- publican party. In religious belief he is a Lutheran and has served as one of the officers of the church. He has also rendered financial aid to the building of St. Paul's Lutheran church on Owl creek, and has done much for the upbuilding of the church and the spread of Christian truths as taught by that denomination. Tlis lif(> has indeed been a busy, useful and honorable one. and this record is such a one as to justify the confidence and esteem in which he is held by friends and neighbors. JOSEPH T. ALLEN. From the age of sixteen years Joseph J. Allen has depended upon his own resources for a livelihood, and that to-day he is numbered among the v.ell-to-do agriculturists of Woodson County is due to his energ>'. careful management and untiring labor. He was born in Venango County. Penn- svlvania. upon a farm in Irwin township, his natal day being July :^1. 1847. The family is of Scotch lineage and was founded on American soil by James Allen, the grandfather of our subject, who came from the land of hills and heather to the new world and spent the remainder of his life upon a farm wuunsox curxTiES, Kansas. 789 ill Veuango County, Pennsylvania. He was a soldiei' of the Anierieau Revo- lution, loj'ally aiding the colonies in the struggle for independence until the British army was driven fronj the land. He reared a family of four sons and three daiaghters, as follows : Robert ; Joseph A. ; Mary, the wife of Patrick Davidson : Nancy, wife of Jesse Carroll ; Margaret, the wife of .James Osborn ; William and James. Of this family William Allen was the father of our subject. Also a native of Venango County, Pennsylvania, he was born in 1813 and spent his entire life in that locality. He married Miss Martha 8imcox, also a native of the Keystone state. Her father was a farmer by oecuijation and was numbered among the heroes of the Revolutionary war. Mr. Allen pas:sed away in 1862. but his widow is still living at the venerable age of eighty-four years, her home being still in Venango County. Pennsylvania. ' This worthy couple wei'e the parents of four children : Mary, the wife of J. A. Glen, a resident of the old home county in Pennsylvania; James P., who is also living in the same county; Ellen A., wife of Kerr Graham, de- ceased, and a resident of Cripple Ci'cek, Colorado, and Joseph J. In taking up the personal history of Joseph J. Allen we present to our readers the life record of one who owes advancement entirely to his own well directed efforts. He was reared in Venango County amid the oil fields o*^ Pennsylvania, and in the schools near his home acquired his education, not yet sixteen years of age when he began to earn his livelihood by hoeing corn and through many years his career has been one of activity in the busy places of life. For ten years he was employed in the oil country and then turned his attention to merchandising which he followed for twelve years in Mechaniscsvlle, Pennsylvania, meeting with gratifying success in the undertaking. Favorable reports of Kansas and its opportimities caused him to leave the east and seek a home in the Sunflower state, so that in 18-— he located on section live. Center township, Woodson County, owning the northern half of the section. His farming interests have been well eonducttd and the arable land, highly cultivated, has j'ielded to him an e> cellent return for his labor. On the 1st of June, 1876, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie A., daughter of Abram Hunsberger. Her father was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and now resides in Barkeyville. His life has been devoted to mercantile bu.siness. He married Miss Catherine Barkey. and unto them were born nine children, namely: Lizzie A.; Mary, who died in childhood; Nancy, the wife of F. B. Sterrett. of Venango County, Pennsylvania ; Sarah J., wife of L. Loucks, of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania ; Henrietta, wife of E. Loucks of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania : William H. ; Charles Forney, of Venango County; Maggie M.. wife of Frank Stowe, of Tennessee, and Mrs. Allen. Unto our sub- ject and his wife have been born two children, Ollie M.. wife of Drum- mond S. Bell, of Woodson County, and Florence E.. who died at the age of I en vears. 7913 HISTORY OF ALLEX AXn III his political views .Mr. Alleu is a Republican and takes an active interest in local polities. For six years he has served as clerk of the board of (.'enter township, and his long continuation in the office stands in Hiiiuistakable evidence of his fidelity to duty. He belonsis to the Methodist Episcopal church and is a representative of that class of citizens who sup- port all proL'ressive nioasuns for the general stxid and thus promote the uoif;,,.. ,,f tl,.. ..T.fll.- ...iMM.nmif,- JOHN PRINGLE. It is always of interest to review the history of a successful man. It is the nature of man to rejoice in victory, and he who has conquered fate and fortune may well be proud of the fact. John Priugle is now one of the well known and well-to-do agriculturists of AYoodson Countj% his home being in Eminence township, but when he came to the county he was in limited circumstances and all that he has since achieved is attributable to his own etforts. A native of Scotland he was boin in Dairy, Ayrshire. May 26, 1844, a son of Andrew Pringle. a farmer, whose ancestor had resided in the county of Ayr through many generations and had there bten interested in the tilling of the soil. On the maternal side Mr. Pringle IS a repre; entative of the well known Parker family of Scotland. The parents of our subject had four children who I'eaehed mature years, namely : James, John. Robert and Andiew. The last named is now deceased, and Ji.mts is a resident of Scotland, while Robert is living in Arizona. John Pringle was reared in the land of hills and heather and ac- ijuired a common school education. At the age of twenty-five years he bade adieu to home, friends and native country and crossed the Atlantic to the United States. His brothers. Robert and Andrew, had pre\'iously come to the new world, the former being located in Kan.sas. while the latter was a resident of Texas. In 1871 John Pringle arrived in Woodson County and secured a claim in Perry township on section eight, township twenty-six. range -sixteen. He was then in limited financial circumstances, but he found that success rewarded earnest and persistent effort. He possessed good health, a strong constitiition and a laudable ambition, and with these to aid him in the place of capital he began life in Kansas. From the beginning sv ceess has attended his etTorts. His home is now on the southwestern (pinrier of section twenty-four. Eminence township, and in addition to this he owns land on section twenty-five, of the same township, and eleven hun- dred and twenty acres in Belmont township. For ten years he was identi- fied with the stock raising interests of Gila County. Arizona, where lie still hcis interests. Ip "NVoodson County, in November. ISS'2. Mr. Pringle wa? united in mar- riage to Miss Emma Tjaundere, a daughter of "Wm. Launders, who was lorn in Illinois. Their marriasc n..s been blessed \vith the followinc child- ■«'Ot)I>S(.>"N CCM'XTrKS. K.VNSAS. 791 "ri-ii : lOli/.abetli, .J;iiiei, Kiiiiiui. Aiidivw. iMargaret, l-iobcna. Win. and James. Mr. Priiigle is not actively interested in jiolitics. piet'erring to give his time and attention to his business affairs. His resolution and his detei"- mnied purpose, combined wtb unflagging industry, have formed the rounds H)f the ladder on which he has climbed to prosperit}'. His many admirable ((ua'ifies. his genial manner and liis sterling worth have also made him popular, and few citizens of the coiinnunit\' have more friends than John Trifcle. Al\rOS WRIGHT. The name of Amos VVriglit is inseparably connected with the business li'story of Neosho Palls for he is a very prominent tflf^m' in the industrial Mud commereial activity of the city, and his life history cannot fail to prove ')!■ interest as he is numbered arno.jg the class of honored self-mack^ men who owe their prosperity and advancement entirely to their own efforts His record should serve as a source of inspiration and encouraement to others showing, as it does, what may be accomplished through determined tffort. resolute will and round business .iuclgment. ?.Ir. Wright was born on the 29th. of March. 1852, in Illinois, and is a son of Ajuos and Sarah Wriv'Iit. The fatnor died during the early boyhood o' our subject, who was the ninth in a family of eleven children. He re- mained at home with his mother and assisted in providing for her support as well as his own. They lived upon a farm, where the children Mere reared, and owing to the limited family finances which necesi-itated his re- maining upon the farm, Amos Wright of this review had b\it limited school privileges. In 1869 he became a resident of Kansas, locating near lola. in Allen Cotuify. His mother died December 2fi. 1899. at the age of eighty- height years. On the 1st. of July. 1875, Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss ^lary C. Roush. a native of Indiana, and they began their domestic life upon a rented farm, our subject continuing to operate rented land until 1890. when with capital acquired through his industry and economy he ■purchased one hundred and twenty acres. In 1895, however, he sold that property and came to Neosho Falls, where he built a sawmill and began the manufacture of lumber. Subsequently he established a cider mill and mo- lasses factory, both of which he still operates, doing thei'ein a business amounfina: fo six thousand dollars annually , In July. 1900, he established Ills lumber yard with a stock worth eight thousand dollars, and now has one r)f the best equipped yards in Woodson County, having large sheds and a hue ofifice and all modern accessories for carrying on the enterprise. During the fii'st six months bis sales amounted to eight thousand dollars and his pat- ronage is constantly increasing. Mr. Wright is certainly a man of very re- sourceful business abilitv. foi- in addition to the concei-ns already mentioned t;i.^ . ...uHN aSO lulucting a large fai'iii. raisiug hogs, cattle, emu. wht-at aud oats on; ;i:i extensive scale. Uuto Mr. and Mrs. Wright have been born three children, all residents •il X«osho Falh;: Kobert A.: Sarah E., wile of Frank L. Best, and William II. The sons are also married. The members of the family are well known and highly esteeuud. In his political afiiliations il;-. Wright has always been a nejiubliean and has served as township clerk, but the houore aud emolu- ments of office have had little attraction for him. He is identified ^vith a number of civic societies, including the Masonic, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Fie certainly deserves great credit for what he- has accomplished, and his worth a-s a man and citizen are widely askaowl- <>(ige. FRANK IIAYb'. One of the prominetit citizens of Woodson County, numbered among the later arrivals, but now actively connected with agricultural interests, is Frank Haj-s. who owns and operates more than five hundred acres of land. He is a native of Macon County. Illinois, born September 19. 1856. being the only son of John and Hannah ( Parker) Hays. His father was born in Pennsylvania, whence he removed to Ohio, later to Indiana, and finally to Alacon County. Illinois, where he took up his abode about 1S40. He was twice married and the children by the first union are : Ebenezer. of Jfadi- son County. Iowa : Thomas, also of the same cininty ; Cynthia, wife of Isaac Skillnian of Oreson. aud four who passed away. After the death of his first wife the father married Hannah Parker, who is still living in Macon County. Illinois. By her fii-st marriage to Hezekiah Hays, a brother of her seeond hu^band. she had three sons: Vincent T.. of Macon County. Illi- iK.is; He.-ekiah. who is living in the same loci'.Hty. and James F.. of Madison ( ounty, Iowa. Throughout his life Frank Hays has resided upon a farm. He ac- (juired a common-> chool education and was well trained in the work of plowing, planting and harves'ing. On the l^th. of January. 1876. he was united in marriage to Julia, daughter of .\lexander Brett .and a sister of (^scar C. Brett, of Humboldt. Kansas. They now have four living children : Iva. wife of Asa Nourse. of Woodson Countj- : Kay. Ira and Irl. Roy. the third child, died at the age of one year. On the 17th. of March. 1880. Mr. Hays disposed of his interests in riinois.. and severing the connections which bound him to bis old home came to Woodson County, where he first located on the old D. P. Burning farm, on the county line. He afterward purchased a tract of one hundred and s^xty acres on section three. Perry town-hip. becoming the owner in 188:? ,nnd takinsr up his abode there in IS^'' fT. li.iv _'inal )X i.or.\ 111.; 79.> tmet until ho now owns i\\\' hundred ;ind seventj- neres. control I in.si' the en- '■tire amount Iniiiself. He is a man of excellent business ability and execu- tive force, fully capable of nianajiing his extensive propertj^ interests. He votes with the Deinoeraey, but takes no active part in polities as his time is oecnpied with his duties as a farmer and stock-raiser. He has practically made all that he now poss^esse;; since coming to Kansas, a fact which indi- ^cates that he has led a A^ry busy, acMve and useful career, and proving the potency of energy and dilijiiuce in achieving' success. SAMUEL KAHL. S^\J\lDEL KAHL is the owner of one of the finest farms of Woodson County, and the place is a monument to his enterpri.se, thrift and indomi- table perseverance. It is located on section thirty-one. Eminence town- -ship, where stands a commodious and modern residence, in the rear of which .are seen substantial barns and outbuildings that in turn are surrounded with well tilled fields. Mr. Kahl was born in Franklin County, Penn.sylvania, April 9, 1844, •and is a son of \A^illiam Kahl and a grandson of Jacob Kahl, who was born ill the latter part of the seventeenth century and was a soldier in the war of 18] 3. His children were Adam, John. Peter and the father of our snb- ieet. together with two daughters, Rebecca and Hannah. William Kahl was a native of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, whence in 1852 he removed to Ohio, where he died at the age of seventy-eight years. He became one <)!' the well known and prominent citizens and successful farmers of Ash- land County, that s^ale. Tn early life he supported the Whig party and on its dissoU^tion became a Republican, but was never an office seeker. He married Sarah Bittinger. a daughter of Jacob Bittinger, a blacksmith and farmer, wlio was also numbered among the defenders of his country in the war of 1812. Mrs. Kahl passed away in 1889. Her children were Samuel ; Rebecca, wife of T. J. Eagle, of Topeka, Kansas; Sarah, wife of John Springer, of Ashland County, and Christiana, wife of Emanuel Treaee. of Ashland County. Ohio, also Jacob Kahl, of Ashland County, Ohio. The educational privileges granted to Samuel Kahl of this review wei'e "rather meager. For some time before he attained his majority he earned his own living, working by the month as farm hand in Ohio. In ISfiT he mar- ried, Rebecca Baron, a daughter of Jacob Baron, of Ohio, and in April. 1869, they came by rail to Woodson County, unloading their goods at Neo- i?lio Falls. Soon afterward Mr. Kahl selected the farm upon which he has made his home continuously since, on section thirty-one. township twenty- six, range sixteen, of the Osage ci'eek lands. There have been times since v.-hen drouth, flood and pestilence scourged the land and it seemed that he would have to give up the attempt to make a home here, but he had no money M'ith Avhieh to pay the expenses of a return journe.v to his old home, and 794 Kiiiiiiiiouiii^ all his fniiiajie and fortilude to meet the eoiiditidiis, he labovei^ on and in course of time the farm yielded abundantly. He now yearly harv- I's's large crops and also adds materially to his income by the sale of cattle, for thiough a number of years he has been engaged in raising, feeding and shipping stock and has considerable loc^il proiniuence, in this direction. He keeps on hand high grades of cattle and has done much to improve the stock I'aistd in the county, his labors thus proving of great practical bene- fit for he who introduces a better grade of cattle thereby adds to their n.arket value and thus indirecth' promotes the general prosperity. His ranch now c(unprises five hundrid and forty acres and he persoually superin- tends the operation and conduct of his farm, which in all its departments iiidica'es the careful ;upervision of a jjrogressive owner. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Kahl has been blessed ^\^th three children: Ida M.. wife of Frank Parsons: Alice, wife of P'led Duniond. of Woodson County, and Inez, at home. Mr. Kahl is one of the leading advocates of the Kepublican party in this locality, having staunchly upheld its principles and policy since casting his first presidential vote for IT. S. Grant in 1868. He manifested his loyalty as a citizen of the Union at the time of the Civil war. enlisting ill 18fi4 as a ineinher of the Ninety-.sixth Ohio volunteers, and when that regiment was consolidated with tlie One Hundred and Sixty- third regiment of Ohio, his enlistment was construed as being \\itli the hitter. The command did duty at Fe'eisburg and Kiehmond and aided in the capture and destruction of the \\ eldon Railroad. After six months' service he was honorably discharged. He has always been as true and loyal to his duties of citizenship in times of peace as when he followed the :--tarry banner of the nation through the south. His forceful indivi- duality has left its impress for good upon Woodson County, and it is with p'easui'i' that we present his record to our readers. SAMUEL L. PATTERSON', Witodsoii County is very fortunate in having for her officials men of liigh character and genuine worth, capable in business, prompt in action and reliable and trustworthy in the performance of duty. On the roster ap- pears the name of Samuel Patterson, who is now serving as county .sheriff, and who well deserves mention in this volume as one of the leading and in- tiuential citizens of southeastern Kansas. Mr. Patterson is a native of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, where his birth occurred July S, I860. The family is of Irish descent and was established on American soil by the grandfather Patterson, who in the year 18:^0 lirnught his family to the United States, locating in Pittsburg, where he spenr the residue of his days. He was a harness-maker by trade, and by followintr that pursuit provided for his family. John F. Patterson, the f.ither of our subject, was born in Ireland in 1SS5, and was therefore WOOnSON COUNTIES, KAI^AS. 795 (iiily four years of age \vhen an ocean vessel brought the family to the New World. He was reared in the Keystone state and at the time of the Civil war he manifested his loyalty to the government by joining the Seventy- eighth Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers with which he served for three years, meeting the enemy on miny a southern battlefield. He married Ji sepliine Cox and in 1871 came \n ith his familj^ to Kansas, locating in An- (lerson County, where he made his home until 1888, when he came to Wood- son County, spending his last days in Toronto township, his death occurring in 189(). His wife was called to her final rest in 1898. Their children were: (leorge. of Arkansas; John, who was the first marshal of Yates Cen- ter, and died in Woodron County; Maiy, wife of James Wilkins, of Web- sici' County, Missouri; SamuelL,, of this sketch: Susan, wife of Murray (■off, of Denver. Colorado; Robert, of Woodson County; Alexander, of Illi- nois ; Mathew, who is also living in this county, and Emma, wife of Charles Newt' on. of Mason City, Illinois. Throughout the greater part of his life Samuel Patterson has resided in Kansas and is imbued with the true western spirit of progress and en- terj)ris:e. He came to AVoodron County when twenty-two years of age and fcu' one year was engaged in clerking for E. B. Rail, of Toronto. He then embarked in mei-chandi.sing on his own account .and after nearly a year traded his store for a farm in Baiton Connty, Missouri, operating the same for about tM'elve months, when he resumed merchandising at lantha, Mi-s-souri. Four months later, however, financial reverses overtook him and he turned his attention to blacksmithing. which he there learned and fol- lowed during his two year's' residence in lantha. Going to Toronto he Iniilt a shop and thei'e worked at his trade nntil July, 1899, when he was i-alled to public office. The political faith of the Pattersons is Republican, and like the other II embers of the family our subject allied his interests with the "Grand Old I'arty. " casting his first presidential vote for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. Awhile residing in Toronto he was elected and served as city marshal, and tl'at service proved an excellent training school for his present official duties. Ij. 1899 he had three competitors for the nomination for .sheriff, bnt he was llie fortunate candidate and won the election by eleven votes, thus be- coming the successor of M. E. Hunt. In January, 1888, in Woodson County, was celebrated the marriage of Ml'. Patterson and Miss Verda Ledgerwood, a daughter of S. M. Ledger- wood, of Lamar, Missouri, but formerly of Dubois Count.y. Indiana. Their - children are Francis. Feme and Pearl. Socially Mr. Patterson is connected N'.'ith several fraternal organizations. He belongs to the lodge and Rebekah department of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also identified tinough membership relations with the Knights of Pythias fraternity, the Ancient Order of ITnited AYorkmen and the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. Fearless in the discharge of his public duties, showing no favor in the pei'formance of the tasks which devolve upon him. he is a faithful custo- 7q6 history of ali.kn and diau (if tlu' pulilic iH-r.sA.s. 8oi Spurchased two diiinis of 80 acies each, five and a hall' miles iiortli of Yates Center, and is now in partnership under the firm name of O. P. & (). W. Auguf-tine, dealers in stock and farming and are doing a good business, mak- ing large purchases and sales. Unto Air. and .Mrs. Augustine were liorn four children: Mary Agnes, who died in infancy : -lolui Wesley, now in Oklahoma : Elizabeth. J., at home, and Oliver AV., who has charge of the farm. Tire family is one of promi- nence in the connnunity and the members of the household merit and receive the high regard of friends and neighbors. In his political views Mr. Augus- tine is a stalwart Republican. He filled the office of coroner of Woodson County for six years and through long periods has served in the township offices. Eighteen years ago he was ajiiioiuted postmaster of Coloma and has since occupied that position, dischai'ging his duties in all these offices with due regard to the trust reposed in him and with promptness and dispatch. ~For thirtj' years he has been a minister of the Alethodi.st Episcopal church, and in 1899 he engaged in preaching in Oklahoma. His religous faith and belief are th(> actuating motive of his life and guide him in all his relations with bis fellow men. GEORGE AA'. NAYLOR. Among the extensive landowners and leading agriculturists of AVood- -son County is numbered George AY. Naylor, whose successful career is one v.orthy of the highest comnrendation for all that he has is the outcome of his persistent effort, guided by sound business judgment and characterized by unfaltering honesty in trade transactions. Respect and admiration are un- e( usciously accorded such a man and are a just tribute to his ability and A\'orth. Mr. Naylor was horn in Monroe County. Ohio. May -i. 1849. His father, F-amuel. Xaylor. was a native of Pennsylvania and there married Anna Al- bright, who was born in the same state. About 1848 they removed to Ohio, vhere the father followed his trade of wagon-making for a time but later turned his attention to farming. In 18ofi he went with his family to Illi- Tiois. and in 1869 came to Kansas settling in AVoodson County. He and his "wife are now living in Yates Center, at the ages of seventy-three and seventy- f.ve years respectively. They weiv the parents of nine children, of whom (•eorce AA^. was the second in order of birth. Mr. Naylor of the review spent the greater part of his childhood and youth in Illinois, and in 1869 came to Kansas with his parents, remaining Avith them until he had attained bis majority when he homesteaded eighty acres of land in Liberty township and thus laid the foundation for his present prosperity. For six years he resided upon that place and then sold the property after which he removed to Toronto township and purchased oighty acres where be now resides. As his financial resources have increased -'ib2 HTstOfiy OP' AUtE^" XKjT and favorable opportunity liasoiifeied he has made judicious investments: in real estate until he now owns nine hundri'd and sixty acres of valuable- larniing laud, situated on Brazel creek, six and a half mile ; north of Toronto, where he is extensively engaged in the produetion of grain and the raising of t^a-th" and other stoek. He has one of the best equipped farms in the fttiunty. The ertek which crosses his land, is skirted with timber on both l»anks thus furnishing both water, shade and shelter for the stock, and in ad- dition to the creek he has living springs on every (piarter section, thus hav- ing a never-failing water supply. He has pipes laid from the springs to large tanks that are always full of clear water, whether the winds blow or not.. There are large barns and sheds for the protection of grain and srtock and there is one large shed wall, built of stone, ninety feet long and roofed in with shingles so that he can safely house all his stock. He keeps on hand r.hout one hundred head of cattle and the ^ame number of hogs and ships- lii^: own stock as fast as it is in condition for the market. In 1872 Mr. Kaylor was united in marriage to Miss Alice Miller, a native of Illinois, who came to Kansas in her early girlhood. For almost thirty year^■ she has traveled life's joxirney by her husband's side and has been indeed of valuable assistance to him as well as a devoted companion. They have a nice home and their delight is to entertain their friends, ilr. Naylor has been successful in his business career for he s^i^arted out in life with only his homestead farm of eighty acres and a team of horses and today he is one of fhe most properous and prominent agriculturists of the com- munity. He has served for three terms as township trustee of Liberty town- .ship and in his political views is a staunch Republican, but has no time for ■ Dublic office, his extensive business interests claiming his attention and bringing to hivn splendid success. LOVEL P. PEMBERTON. LOVEL P. PE;MBP2RT0N. who is widely and favorably ImoTvu in \Voodson County, where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, took up his abode in Liberty township, that county, in 1878 and throughout the intervening period has figured in connection with the advancement of agricultural interests in this portion of the state. ]\Ir. Pemberton is a native of Hamilton County, ilissouri. born August 7. 1845. ancl is of English descent. The family was foiuided in America by the areat-grandfather of our sub.i'ect. who was born in England and crossed the Atlantic to the New World. Representatives of the name have since served in the Revolutionary war. the war of 1812 and in the Black Hawk war. and in civil life have they also displayed their loyalty to their country. William Pemberton. our sub.iect's grandfather, was a native of Vir- jrinia. whence he removed to KentucW. but spent his last days in Paris. Ten- WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. S03 iiessee. John Peniberton, father of our subject was born in Adair County, Kentucky. He accompanied his parents to Paris, Tennessee, and when twenty-one years of age came into the uew state of Missouri and entered land in Caldwell County. He passed the remainder of his long life there, dying in the year 1900 at ninety years of age. He lived sixty-two years upon the family homestead of a half section and was surely one of the "land- marks" of the county. He married Clarissa Wilson, a daughter of William V\'ilson, who was born and reared in the state of Mississippi and who died in 1856. For his second wife the father married Delilah Bogan. The chil- dien of his first mai'riage were: Carroll, of Caldwell County. Missouri; John H.. who died in Shawncetown, Kansas, ju.st after the Rebellion, he having been a soldier therein; Alfred W.. w-ho went to California in 18fi6 and has not since been heard from; Arminta. deceased wife of (4. B. Hill; Rebecca A., wife of William C. Clevenger, of Kansas City, Missouri ; I ovel P.; Thomas, of Caldwell County, Missouri; Chas. M.. of Englewood, Kansas, and Genevra E., who married T. P. Toner, of Livingston County, Mi.ssouri. A. C. Peniberton is a child of the second marriage of John Pimberton. No event of special importance occun-ed to vary the routine of farm life for Love! P. Peuiberton in his youth until the Civil war came on and l;c joined the Eleventh IMisjouri cavalry at the age of seventeen years. He enlisted at Breckenridge, Missouri, and was mu.stered in at St. Joseph. The regiment, under command of Col. AVm. D. Wood, served in the western divi- sion Seventh Army corps. In 1864 an engagement on White river was par- t-'cif)ated in by the regiment and known a,'? "the 19 of February." Mr. Pcmberton also took part in the battle of Ashland Station and in many smaller engagements and skirmishes in the southwest, and served from 1863 1o the close of the war. In August 186.5 he arrived home and resumed the -.vork of the farm. He remained in Missouri until 1878 when he deserted it to make his home on the prairies of Kansas. In Caldwell County. Missouri, on the 24th. of Sei)tember. 1874. Mr. Peniberton was united in marriage to Jane A. Broir e. a daughter of Michael Brouse who was a native of Canada and who married Ann Cook. Their union produced eleven children ten of whom survive. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Peniberton have been born six children, namely. John H., express messen- <_'ei- on the ITnion Pacific Railroad: Arthur L.. of Wyoming: Claude, of ■^'a^es Center v.'ho married Bertha Lambrun ; Herbert L. ; Audlev B., and Iva I. For thirteen years after coming to Woodson County, Mr. Peniberton made his home in Liberty township and then located upon section thirty- oiie, township twenty-five, range fifteen, Belmont township. Here he is now the ownei- of six hundred and fort.v acres, and in connection with the cultivation of the fields and the raising of crops he has devoted considerable attention to stock-raising and feeding. His estate is a valuable property. 804 HISTORY OF ALLEN" AXD is.ipplied with eonvenieut farm iuiproveiiieiils and is an ideal place for Ihe handling of stock. In his political views Mv. Peniberton is a Democrat. He is without am- bition in politics and is seeking nothing beyond the opportunty to devo*e his time and talents to his immediate business. HENRY MASSOTH. In a pleasant home in Piqua. Kansas, Henry Massoth is now living re- ined from the more arduous cares of business life, having through former years of activity and industry gained a substantial competence which now piovides him with all of the necessities and many of the luxuries of life. Mr. Massoth was born in Prussia, Germany, on the 2d. of June, 18-12, and is a son of John and Christiana (Ovoch) Massoth. who were also natives oJ' the .^ame country, whence they crossed the briny deep to the United States in 1854. The father died of cholera in less than a month after landing on the shores of America. The family took up their abode in Lake County, Indiana, and the mother siirvived her husband until. 1874, when she too jiassed away at the age of sixty-eight yeais. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are now living, namely: Henry: Frank, a resident of Indiana : Peter B., of Nebra.ska. and Katie. Mr. Massoth of this review is the eldest of the surviving members of the family. He resided upon the home farm with his mother until after the inuaguration of the Civil war when feeling that his chief duty was to- ward his country, he enlis'^ed on the 1st of July, 1862. as a member of com- pany A. !?eveuty-third Indiana Volunteer infantry, remaining at the front until after the close of the war, when in July, 1865. he received an honorable (i'seharge. He was in the battle of Perryville and several lesser engagements and was captured at Day Camp, Alabama, but after being held for two weeks by the Rebels he was exchanged. He was never wounded although twice hit by spent balls that did not pierce the skin. He was a loyal soldier, who gallantly defended the old flag until hostilities ceased. After the war Mr. Massoth resumed his old occupation of farming. He was married on the 19th. of September, 1865, to Miss ]\Iary Kline, also a native of Prussia, and they began their domestic life upon a rented farm. It was in this way that he continued to carry on agricultural pursuits while in Indiana. Thinking that he might acquire a farm where land wa.s cheaper, in 1870 he came to "Woodson County and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres on Plum creek, eight miles east of Yates Center. He now has a valua- ble farm of iive hundred and twenty acres of well improved laud, together with iovm property in Piqua. AVheu lie ari'ived m Kansas he had only three hundred dollars in money, a wagon and a team, but with this as a start he allied himself with the agricultural interests of the county and found that the rich soil would yield to him an excellent return for his care WUDDhdX ClIL N IIJ-.S, KANSAS. Sot Jiiid labor. As tin' years i)aM5ed and he placed his fields under cultivation Ins income was annually increased and his stock-raising interests also brought to him handsome financial returns. He has made nearly all that he possesses ^ ince coming- to Kansas, and now he is enjoying a well-earned rest. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Massoth have been born ten children : Kate, wife of Peter lIellinghou?e, of Muskogee Indian Territoiy ; Lena, wife of J. Klein; (>'eorge and Henry, who are upon the home farm; Maiy, who is with her sis!er in the tei-ritory: .\nna. who is on the farm with lier hi-others; Hannah, who is with lirr jiarenls in Piiiiia ; Prank, John and Willie, also at home. The political principles of the Democracy are supported by Mr. Massoth at the ballot box and he is an ardent advocate of the party. He has served as treasurer of his townsliii) and has been one of the school dii'pctoi's of his district foi- a number of years. He is an excellent example of the self-made -American citizen and a giand exemplification of the progress that an am- ImHous foreigner can make in this country of unbounded opportunities. JOHN W. QUICK. Long j'-ears of earnest labor certainly earn a rest and retirement from business cares and this has been voueh.safed to John W. Quick, who has now put aside the more arduous duties of the farm and is enjoying the fruits of his former toil. He is, however, serving his fellow townsmen in j)ublic office, f(U' recognizing his ability and trustworthiness, they elected him to the position of county commissioner and for two terms he has been !lie incumbent in the office, representing the first district upon the board. This shows his standing among fellow men who entertain for him high re- gard by reason of his upright life. Mr. Quick was born in Warren County, Indiana, on the 8th. of March, 1833. His father, James Quick, is a native of Virginia, born in 1803, and when only twelve ye^rs of age he accompanied his father on his removal to Ohio, where he attained early manhood. He then went to Indiana and in tl at state was mai'ried to I\Iiss Klizabeth (ioodwin. a native of Kentiicky, who died about 1845. The father is still living in Illinois and has reached the advanced age of ninety-eight years. John W. Quick of this review was only twelve years of age at the time of his mother's death. He then returned from Davis County, Iowa, to Indiana in order to make his home with an uncle there, but from that time he was self-supporting. He worked for twenty-five cents per day, which then seemed ipiite a ujunificent sum. He acquired only a common-school education, but through experience, observation and reading he has become a man of good practical knowledge. As a companion and helpmate on the iourney of life he cho: e Miss Rachel Jones, the wedding being celebrated January 20. 1853. She was born in Ohio. April 21, 1833, a daughter of AYil- l;aiii and Rachel (Slaughter) Jones, the latter of New Jersey. ^Ot' HISTOKV i>F .iLI.K.N AXI> After his iiianiaiie Mr. (^uiek iH'gan to learn the miller's trade ami It maiiied iu the employ of one tirm at XViiiiamsport. Indiana, for six years. He afterward was conneeted with other millinsi establishments for a number of years, but tiiially abandoned the business iu order to eusiage in farminir and rented a traet of land wliieh he operated for tluee years. In 18611 he eame to Kansas and seemed a homesttad of eighty aeres upon whieh he has since resided. He first ereeted a small house upon his claim and then be- gan oontraetiuir for grade work on the railroads. He folUnveil that pursuit for four yeai-s and tl.en took up the work of the farm. He is to-day the owner of two hundred and forty aeres of valuable land, all improved. There is a nice grove survoiuuling his house and barn and everything about lOe plaee is in good shape. He has made everything that he has upon his farm through the eultivatiou of the fields and the raising of sheep, and having gained a handsome eompetenee he is now living retired, his land being renteti. In his political views Mr. Quick is a stalwart Republican and has served for one term as township trustee of Everett township. In 1887 he was elected county commissioner and filled that position for three years. Again Hi 1898 he was clee'ed to the same office, so that he is the present inciunbent. He gives careful attention to his official duties and his administration is practical and pros^ressive. ^howing that he has the best interest of the ■countv at heart. JOSEPH PAKKS. Joseph Parks, whose residence in Kansas dates from 1868. is now the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres iu Xeosho Falls towu- sliip. The place is surrounded by well-kept hedge fences and a large resi- dence stands in tlie midst of a maple grove so that the house is seen throtigh the vista of the trees and nuikes an attractive feature iu the landscape. ^Ir. Parks, its owner and occupant, was bovu in \Varren County, Ohio, November 6, 1833, a sou of James and Grisella (.McMeeu) Parks, both of vhom were natives of the Keystone state. The father was one of the pioneer stttlers of Ohio. His home was ereeted in 18tX\ and in 1803 he built a barn which is still standing. He died in Ohio, in 1836, and his wife, surviving I'.im until 1848, passed away at the age of fifty-eight yeai-s. Of their family of seven children only two are now living, the sister being Mrs. Martha Hayden. the wife of -lohn Hayilen. of Joliet. Illinois. Our subject, the youngest of the family, was the only son. He ae- ipiired an academic education and iu 1854 went to De> Moines County. Iowa, vhere he remained until 1860. He was married there to Miss ^^arah E. Colby. They yubsetjuently removed to Chicago. Illinois where Mr. Parks was engaged in the provision business till 1868. when he c?me to Kansas. Arrivina: in this state he first located at Leavenworth, and ■^vryonsoN' couN I .S07 ~\\a.s there in the employ of the same firui with which he had been connected in Chicago. He aided in packinjr the first cattle ever (hus prepared for the market in this slate. Weil plea-ed with the coiinlry. the climate and the people, he decided to remain in Kansas and took up his abode in Woodson t'oiinty. piirchasinj; a farm of one hundred and si.xty acres two miles south of Neosho Falls. To this place he removed with his family in 1869, and ••lectMJ a coiiiiriodioiis i esiflence. Mr. Parks has ^iven considerable atten- tion lo the raisinir of stock, and h;is resided continuously uf»on his farm with the exception of a period of four years ,durinK which lime he resided with his famih' in Indianapolis. Indiana, in order that his children might en- ir.y better educational privileges. During that time Mr. Parks worked for his old employers in the j)acking house, but after four years he returned to his Kansas hoirie and resumed his farming operations, his labors being Clowned with a merited flcgree of success. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Parks ha<-' been blessed with four ehil- dien: Prank, who n.'sides upon a farm near his father: Nellie and Edward. ;ii home, and Belle, wife of Chai-les Williams, of Arkansas. Socially Mr. Parks is connected with the Masonic lodge at Xeo:ho Falls, and in politics b:; is a stalwart Republican. For four years he served as trustee of Neosho township, pi-oving a capable officer. ITis life indicate" the power of industry i'.i the business world, foi- without influential friends or pecuniary ad- vantatay in that state, meeting with excellent succe^ss in his undertakings. The climate there, however, did not agree with him. ami he once more took up his abode upon his Kansas farm, where he is still living in very com- fi rtable circumstances, his pleasant and attractive home being supplied with all moilern conveniences and aeces.sories. I'nto ]SIr. and Mrs. Diver have been born eight children, namely : Walter, who is connected ^\ith Roland's book store, of Lawrence, Kansas: Pwight, Etfel, "Charles. Lawrence. Warren, Dorothy and Anna, all yet at h< me. The family is widely and favorably kno\vn in Woodsein County, and the circle of their friends is exten.sive. In his political \iews Mr. Diver is n Republiciin. but aside from voting for the candidates of the party he takes rn active interest in politics as a worker in campaigns or as an aspirant for office. In hi> Imsiness he has ever carried forward to successful completion ~w(HJl)S<)N' COUJJTIES. KAiStSAS. ' 809 ■?s^"hatever he has iiiKk-rtaken. and liis life stands as an exoniplilicalion of the rpoteney of industry, persistency ajid honesty in the active affairs of life. CxEORGE K. FOOTE. GEOKUE K. POOTE, one of the reliable, practical and progressive business men of Yate.s Center, was born in Henry County, Kentucky, on the 9th of September, 1849, a son of Kirehelow and Barbara (Boyd) Foole, Hie former a native of South Carolina, the latter of Virginia. The tilling of Tile soil and the raising of crops occupied the father's attention tbroughoiit nis business career, and in Kentucky, in 1878 he departed this life, being ihen seventy-nine years of age. His wife survived him until 1885 and was -called to the home beyond at the age of seventy years, lliey v\-ere the parents of four children, namely: Mrs. Julia Stark, of Louisville, Ken- tucky: Mrs. Harriet Force, of Henry County, that stati>: George K., and Mrs. Alice Downing, of Prankford. Indiana. George K. Poote, the only son. was reared on the homestead farm, and Mi the common schools of the neighliorhood lie mastered the branches of learning whitli form the basis of all knowledge. He remained with his .parents and assisted in the operation of the farm until twenty-seven years o1' age. when he wa.s married. On the 19tli of October, 1875. he wedded Miss Elliott AVoodi^ide, a native of Henry County, Kentucky, and a davigh- ler of William B. AYoodside. who was born in that county. August 22, 1822. He was educated in the common schools and when a young man engaged in teaching for a number of years. On the 8th of February, 1849. he was uni'ed in marriage to ^larian ]May Thompson, a native of Henry County. In 1858 they removed to Mis>ouri. but af'er four years returned to Ken- "tveky, continuing there until 1871 when they caine to Kansas, locating in T^minence township, Woodson County. Tliere the father engaged in farm- ing until 1899 when he and his wife removed to Yates Center, whei'e his I'eath occurred. Januaiy 21. 1900, when he was seventy-.seven years of age. They were the parents of six children: Elliott. M'ife of Mr. Poote; William C. and O.. wlio are living in Cowley County. Kansas: Eichard W., of Au- gusta, this state : Forrest, now in Colorado Springs, and Mamie, at home with her mother, in Yates Center. The marriage of Mv. and Mrs. Poote has luen ble.ssed with three children: Leon. Minnie and Tecora. all at home. After his marriage Mr. Poote rented a farm in Kentucky for four yc;irs. during which time, as the result of his hard labor, he accumulated five hundred dollars which he brought with him to Kansas in 1879, invest- ing it in eighty acres of land in Eminence township AVoodson County. The t/act was raw prairie, entirely destitute of improvement, but with char- acteristic energy he began its development and soon transformed it into pro- ductive fields. Lie also added to the fai-m as he found opportunity until it now comprises two hundi-ed and forty acres of land. He erected thereon a HISTORY OF' ALi:k>; A'XD" cjiuiiiodious residence, well arranged and built in niodei'u style. He also' biiilt a large barn and the necessary ontbnildings. planted a fine orchard and a grove of fores; trtes, which surrounds his house and barn, bestowing a grateful shade in siinnner. In addition to the development of the fields he engaged in raising cattle and became one of the leading cattle men of his iownrhip. He continued liis farming and stock raising operations until the spring of 1901. when he purchased property in Yates Center, removed '.o the ci*y and is now engaged in business there in connection with his son, as a dealer in feed and coal. In his political views Mr. Foote is a Democrat who manifests his poli- t-cal preference by support of i(s candidates at the polls. He has never S( ught office for himself as his lime has been fully occupied with business interests that h.ave brought to him a handsome competence, making him one velor)ment of the border state. He arrived in Kansas on the second day of August, 1866, and im- mediately purchased a farm near Ft. Scott, in Bourbon Coiinty. Here he r(-' ided for four years. During this time he was actively engaged in farm- ing. A few weeks after his arrival came the great "grasshopper raid" so memorable in the early history of the state. This did not discourage him, however, and while the state was recovering from the effects of this "dis- astrous visitation," he and his son James resolved to "file on" some suit- able government land within easy reach of the farm at Ft. Scott. They carried out this resolve in the winter of 1866-1867, the son tak- ing what is now the eart half of the present town site of Girard, the present ■c(.un+y seat of Crawford Comity: the father taking the claim adjoining this OT- the south. A town company from Ft. Scott "jumped" the son's claim and laid out the town of Girard. Then followed the contest so famous in tJ'.at section of the state, between the railroad land grants and the settlers, which ended so disa.strously to so many of the Crawford County settlers, the Davidsons among the number. After having spent much time and money on the improvement of these claims and then losing them. Mr. Davidson resolved to seek a location, and an opportunity for investment farther west in the state. After prospecting for a location for some time, he moved with his family to the little town of Chellis, in "Woodson County. This was in the spring of 1870. In Sep- tember of that year he piychased a controlling interest in the town site of Chellis and on September 24 changed its name to Kalida— a Greek word, meaning beautiful— certainly a most appropriate name— for a more beautiful sitiii11y and has always bi-en enabled to provide his wife with a good AvOiJD.siJN coi'ntik:;. Kansas. 815 'VioTiie and surrt)uiKl.s Iier now witli all the eoiiiforts and iiiaiiy of the luxuries of life. His has been ati honortihle success, and today he is one of the highly II sppcti'd citizens of his adoptrd county. WILLIAM i\l. WKIDE. F^evv of the native sons of Woodson County can claim Forty years residence within its bord^is, hut William M. Weide was born here in pioneer times, his natal day beinji' March 2:3, 1861, and frojn that time to tlic present he has eontinuwl his home within the borders of the county — a w(n-thy representative of its fai'miny- and stock raising interests. He is the youngest of the four childi'cn of (Godfrey Weide. who came to America i!'f)ni (ierniany in 1857, and took \ip his al)ode in Woodson County — during tiie territorial daj's of Katrsas. Upon the home farm our subject was born and reared and the schools of the neighborhood atforded him the educa- tional privileges which he enjoyed in his youth. He lived wilh his parents until twenty-three years of age when he was married. That important event in his life occurred in 1884, the lady of his ^choice being Miss Thersa Hauersfeld. a native of Germany who. in her girlhood, was brought from the fathei'laml to the new world in 1880, the f < mily .settling in Woodson ('ounty. Mr. Weide had one hundred and sixtj' iicre.s at the time of his marriage, and upon the farm the young couple Ijtgan theii' domestic life. As the years liave pass-ed he has increased his acreage until he now owns a valuable tract of four hundred and eighty acres tjvided into fields which are richlj' cultivated and into pastures which are well stocked. He has about eighty head of cattle and horses sufficient to do the farm work, and before Tnany years shall have passed he will he accounted one of the leading farmers and stock raii-ers of this part of the slate. He has already gained a position in agrieultur'al circles which is en- viable, and the years are conlinnally addiiiu' I0 his prosperity as the direct rcsidt of cai'efully directed labor. There are seven child len in the household of Mr. and Mrs. Weide, namely: Elmer. Albert, Aithur. Amanda, Wallace, Martha and Freddie, i\\] of whom are yet under parental i-oof, the family circle being unbroken by the hand of death. Mr. Weide has never figured in politics, preferring to devofe his attention in undivided manner to his business interests, which have been .^-o conductiMl as to bring to him a i-cady financial reward. JOSEPH N. SHANNON. Man's success is not reckoned entirely from the amount of leal and personal property which he has acquired, as he is also judged by the use lie makes of his we;dtli and tlie manner in which it has been gained. These .'lO HISTinRV ^>P AI.LKN A; he removetl his family to Attica, Fountain County. Indiana, arriving there with only money enough to pur- chase a ciiw. He had been one of the leading intiuential citizens of the co'Jinnuiity in which he resided in the South. For many yeai-s he served i;is! justice tvf the peace and. as chief .justice of the board of justices, he had to attend all the courts of the county and otRciate therein. After removing to Iiidiana he lived in Fountain County for eight yeai-s and. in 1S73 came to Kansas, and pas ed his remaining years with his .son Joseph on the farm. U' w partially the townsite of Vernon. Here he died in 1874. at the age if ;')8 years, his wife passing away in 1883. at the age of seventy-three. They were the parents of five children, three of whom yet survive, namely : Jeseph, George and ^Irs. Mary Bates, the last two named now living in Anacortes, Washington. Joseph X. Shannon was the third member of the family. He attended tl'.e common schools and later pursued a high school course in Attica. In- diana, after which he engaged in teaching scliool for two years. He then came to Kansas v.ith his parents and purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land from the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Hailroad Company. He still owns this valuable property. For two years after his arrival in ^Vood^■on County he engaged in teaching school, and then returned to In- diana for his bride. There on the 10th of January, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Claypool. of Fountain County. Through the five succeeding years he was identified with the educational interests of this coTuity and then entered into partnership with .-V. Van Slike. under the firm name of Van Slike & Shannon, dealers in hardware in Yates Center. For four years they successfully carried on business and then Mr. Shannon re- turned to the farm. In 1886 he laid off the town of Vernon and embarked in general merchandising, btiilding up a large trade which necessitates his carrying an extensive stock of goods. His patronage has steadily increased, and his sales bring to him a very gratifying income. He also began dealing }o]- "WOODSON COUNTrKt.. KANSAS. Si .7 fiars aiJimaJly. In addition he owns sixtt-en hundred and tw.'uty acres of land near Veinon. of wliifli he has about two hundred and fifty acres iindei' cultivation, while the leniainder is pasture and meadow land. He handles lai-ge numbers of cattle, horses and mules, buying, feeding and shipping, and this foi'uis an imjjoi'tant branch of his businesjs. Mv. Shan- non's liibors have not only proven of great benefit to himself but have been of value to the fai-ming community around Vernon, furnishing a market for produce and stock. Ho has won the distinction of being what the public calls "a .self-made man." He came to Kansas with little ca[)ital and with an invalid father and mother to support, but with undaunted courage he undertook the task and has found that indus'ry and determination can succesi-;fully cope with an adverse fate and in the end gather the lich tieasurcs of success. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Shannon has been blessed with six children, as follows: Myra E.. wife of William TI. Roberts, oi Perry. Oklahoma: Arthur C. Thomas W., who is operating his father's farm; Xelson C, who is clerking in his father's store: Mary E. and Ilai'old E.. at home. Al- though he has led a very busy life. Mi'. Shannon has always found time 1: devote to the higher, holier duties of life afTecting the welfare (.)■ man. Tjong a faithful member in the Methodist Episcopal church, he has been particularly active in Sunday school work, realizing the importance of 1'aining the young. He has therefore taken a deep interest in establishing and conducting Sunday schools throughout the county, organizing many schools at one time making Woodson County the banner county in this repect in Kansas. He was influential in organizing the Methodist I'^piscopal c'luj-eh in Vei-non, and the house of worshii) was erected largely with funds which he provided for the purpose. In his political views he is a Ke- publican. The measure of his work in the world cannot be estimated until his influence had ceased to be felt in the lives of those with whom he has come in contact, but it is well known that he has been a potent factor in husiness. and in the material prosperity of the count.y, and that his labors hnxe been a source of inspiration and encouragement to many in the line of moral progress. .TACOR PHY. A good farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section thirty-two P'minence township is the property of Jacob Fry and is an indication of tlie manner in which he spends his days, his time being occupied with the labors of fiehl and meadow. He came to AA^'oodson County in 1870 from Berks County. Pennsylvania, which was the place of his birth. There he fiist opened his eyes to the light of day September 20. 184.'>. His grand- father. Jacob Fry. spent his entire life in the Ke.vstone state and died vhen our subject was a small boy. The latter is a son of Henry Fry who .SiS HrSTORV OF ALLriS .aSi"' was leaieil in Birk;: Coiuity. the family liouie being a short distance north- eiist of Reading. The father was a laborer and spent his entire life in hi» native state, dying in 1876, when he had reached the very advanced age oi ninety-three years. His wife bore the maiden name of Catherine Moser, and was a danghttr of Charle? Moser. Both the Closers and the Prys were Pennsylvania-Germans, the respective families being founded in the Key- stone state at an earl.y day. Mrs. Fry passed away prior to her husband's demise, her death occurring in 1873. This worthy couple were the parents of the following children : Betsy, deceased wife of M. Otthias : Polly, who is the widow of Christian Lang and resides in Pennsylvania : Catherine, wife 0? Charles Ridenour of Burks county: Sarah, deceased wife oi Ephraim Long; Hannah, who is the widow of John Wise and resides in Philadelphia : Charle;^. of Missouri ; Matilda, deceased wife of Louis Dona' man ; Jacob, of this review ; Caroline, wh<^ has passed away, and Rebecca, wife of Alfred Oswald, of Yates Center. Jacob Fry. whose name begins this record spent his early youth in his native cotinty, and at the age of twelve years began work in the rolling mill. He I'emained with one company for eighteen years and learned roll- ing and i)uddling. becoming an expert in those lines. . He then left the iron fields and spent two years as a farm Iiaiul in ITuntington County. Penn- sylvania, after which he came to Kansas in 1879, took up his abode upon his \'-\rm in Woodson County, and has i-ince given it his attention. While in Pennsylvania, in 1862. Mr. Frye was joined in wedlock to Miss Amanda Webb, of Merztoxni. and Iheir marriage was blessed with the following children: Ella, who became the wife of David Hicks, of Colfax. Washington, but is now deceased: Charles: Daniel: Matilda, wife of John Owens, and Susie wife of Otto Brc*t, of Chanute, Kansas: Mary, wife of David Hicks, of Yates Center: Frank. Louise and Henry, who are s'ill under the parental roof. In his political views I\lr. Fry is a Democrat, but has never been an office seeker. His life has been one of marked in- dustry and to this he owes his prosperity. Dependent upon his own re- smrces from the early age of twelve years he has worked his way con- tinuously upward, overcoming all obstacles by determined purpose and reso- lute will. EXSION MORSE. Few of the farmers of Perry township. Woodson County, have so long resided in this locality as Fnsign IMorse. who came in 1869 and has since b(en identified with agricultural interests in this community. He is there- fore numbered among the pioneer settlers and has witnesfed the changes which have been wrought so rapidly as to make the transformation seem a'most phenomenal. ^Ir. Morse is a native of Xew York, his birth having occurred in Oswego WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 819 County, iu tho town of Hastings, July 3, 1835. The family were originally fiom Connecficnt. His f;randfather, Benjamin Morse, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and spent the greatei' part of his active life in Windsor County, Vermont. In 1833 the family was fomided in New Yoi'k. Daniel Morse, the fatl'.er of our sub.ject. wa.s born in Windsor County, Vermont and, be- eominsi; an agriculturist, followed the tillini; of the soil for a livelihood until his labors were endtd in death in Allen County, Kansas, in 1880. In the lOmpire state he married Christine Mosier, who died in Oswego Comity, New York, in 1850. The children of this mari'iage wei'e : Hepsibeth, deceased wife of James McKee; Fi'eeman, who died in (!rand Rapids, Michigan: Wearl'ani, of Oswego County, New Yoi'k, and Ensign. The last named was reared in the county of his nativity until twenty- one years of age. He then learned the carpenter's trade but followed it for only a short time when he began work on the New Yoik & Erie canal as a driver on the tow-path. He was promoted to a position in which he was re- sponsible for the operation of the craft and was given fifteen dollars per month and later twenty dollars. From his wages he managed to save enough to engage in the same line of business on his own account, pur- chasing a half intei-e-t in a small boat called the Austria. The investment I)roved profitable and subsequently he became half owner of a larger boat, (he Manchestei'. which he operated until 18G8. when he disposed of that hnsiness. The following year Mr. iMorse came to Kansas on a pro.specting toni'. He started on the 12th of July and, being pleased with the countr.y, in August he purchased a claim from John Hanks, a cousin of Abraham Lin- c(iln, who, although a man of means, had "taken it up" and built a .small shant.v upon it. Into this Mr. Morse moved his family. He entered and pioved up one hundred and si.\ty acres on section thirty-four. Perry town- sl'ip. and his home is now on the southwest qiuirtiM" of the same section. For about ten years after coming to the county he had difficulty in meet- ing hh expenses, for crops were poor, advantages few and railroad facilities did not offer ready acees^^ to market. As time passed, however, his financial resources increased and today he is the owner of a valuable farm of three h.indred and eighty acres, the greater part of which is inider a high state of cultivation. About 1871 ]\Iessrs. Morse, Sharp, Dana and Redfield were the only men who owned deeded land in school district No. 21. The "home- steaders'' voted bonds to the value of a thousand dollars to build a school house, and Mr. Morse, owning a half section of the deeded land, was a.ssessed one-half the taxes necessary to support the school. This tax he was not able to stand long and he was forced to sell his half section, but as the years have l)assed he has pi'ospered and his labors have brought to him a rich return. On the 1st of February, ISfil, in Oswego County. New York. Mr. Morse was united in marriage to Miss Mai'tha, a daughter of Ceorge White, who had formerly resided in Onondago County. He mari'ied iMargaret Rice and they becnnii' the parents of five daughters and a son: I\Iary, now the 820 tllSTOKY OF ALLKN AND vvidoAV of Jacol) Kilts, of Oswego County. New York : Chloe. wife of Barney Kilts, also of Oswejro County; ilartha; Elizabeth, of Sioux Palls, South Dakota, wife of Carsius Browu : George of Oswego County, and Lois, widow of Richard Claiip. of Siou.K Falls. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Morse has been blessed with six children : Milo. who died when seven years of age: Bertram D., born 'Slay 11. 1869: Alphonso. who died in 1898, at the age of twenty-five years: Minnie, who died at the age of five: Manzel E., who de- parted this life when four years of age, and Jessie, who was born September 20, 1878, and is the wife of George L. MeCarter. of Wilson County, Kansas. In politics the early Morses were Democrats but their views on the slaveiy question led them to espouse the cause of the Abolition party, and later to join the Republican party, of which Mr. Morse of this review was an advocate until the Streeter campaign, when he .joined the Union Labor forces and since that time he has allied himself with the Populist party. He has served as ji;stice of the peace and constable of Perry township and has ever been found a loyal and piiblie-spirited citizen, willing to co-operate in any movement for the general good. The power of diligence and persistency in the active affairs of life is indicated by his career for those qualities have eriabled him to rise from a humble financial position to- one of affluence. FREDERICK KLUCKHUHN. The fathej-land has been a liberal contributor to the citizen.ship of America and the sons of Germany do credit to their native land and to tl.'eir adopted country. As his name indicates, Mr. Kluckhuhn was born m Germany, having first opened his eyes to the light of day in Lippe-Det- mold, September 21. 1827. his pai'ents being Court and Louisa (Littleman) Kluckhuhn. The father was a farmer by occupation and lived and died in Germany, where his wife also spent her entii-e life. They reared three child- ren to maturity, namely: Frederick: Ernest, who died in "Woodson County in 1891. and Wilhelmina. who married Adolph Stark of Lippe-Detmold. In the schools of his native land Mr. Kluckhuhn of this review pur- sued his education and M'hen twenty-one years of age he became a member ot the German army, serving for one year. In early life he learned the brick maker's trade and followed that pursuit for twenty-six years before coming to America, being master of a brick yard for a long period. Tie was also married in the fatherland, on the 1st of April. 1863. the lady of his choice being Sophia Bergman, a daughter of Frederick Bergman. In 1870 they sailed for the new world, making the voyage from Bre- men to Baltimore, whence Mr. Kluckhuhn proceeded aci'oss the country to AVoodron County, where he .joined the German settlement residing on Owl creek. For twelve years he resided in Center townshiii and then removed lo Belmont township where he has since lived, his home being on section fouiteen. where he has five hundred and twenty-six acres of land. WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 82 I In Kansas Mr. and i\Irs. Kluekhuhn have reared their family of five children, namely : Julia, wife of August Fell, of Toronto township, Wood- son County; Augusta: Mary, wife of Noah Rogers, also of the same county ; Frederick and Martha, who are still with their parents. Our sub- ieet and his wife belong to the German Evangelical church. In America he has found the business opportunities he sought and has never Jiad occasion • i; regret leaving tlie little German home aci'oss the sea to identify himself with this republic. His labor has been rewarded with competence, and his' v.trth is recognized and acknowledged in the warm regard of the many tiiends he has made in liis adopted county. GEORGE W. ROGERS. Well known to a large circle of acquaintances in Woodson County as a valued citizen, honored veteran of the Civil war, and as an enterprising farmer. George W. Rogers well deserves representation in this volume and we herewith present his; record to our readers. He was born in Shelby County, Illinois, October 13, 1839, and represents an old southern family. His grandfather. Thomas Rogers, resided in Tennessee, but at an early day removed to Indiana, taking up his abode there about 1823. He married Sooky Jennings, and unto them were born five sons and three daughters, of whom Andrew J., William and Josiah all reared families in Illinois, v.-hile James and Thomas reared families in this state. The daughters wei'e Patsy, who became the wife of William Daniels and at her death left five children, residents of Missouri and Kansas; Fannie, who became 'Sirs. Fan- ning, later Mrs. Phillips and after the death of her second husband mar- I'ied Jonas Daniels, her last days being passed in Missouri, and MiUie. who became the wife of Cyrus Daniels. She was a second time married and died in Illinois. Andrew J. Rogers, the father of our sub.ject. was born near Beards- trwn, Illinois, and was a farmer and blacksmith. He died in Missouri in 1896. at the age of eighty-six years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Nancy Sherrill. departed this life in Illinois. Their children were : Francis, v.ho entered the Rebel army and lost his life in the service: Martha J., widow of Henry Thomas and a resident of the Chickasaw Nation of the In- dian Territory: James, who died in the army: George W. : William A., of ( hieo. Texas : ]S[ary. wife of William Daniels, also of the Chickasaw Nation ; l-ouisa. widow of James Thomas, of Chico, Texas: Nancy, wife of Jacob Painter, of Wilson County, Kansas. George W. Rogers spent his boyhood days in Illinois and Missouri, his father removing to Laclede County. Missouri, in 1853. There he re- sided for six years and with some members of the family he came to Kansas, locating first in Belmont township. Woodson County, upon section twenty- tliree. This was in the year 1859. In August, 1861, he enlisted at Leaven- 82 J HISTOkV OF ALLEN AND worth, Kansas, in eoiiipany E. Fifth Kansas cavalry under Colonel Powell Clayton. The regiment was attached to the western department and saw service in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. He participated in the battles of Pine Bluff and Helena and in many lesser en- S^agementK, first meeting the enemy in battle at Dry Wood creek, near Fort Fort. In 1864 he re-enlisted at St. Charles. Arkansas, and served until the close of the war, reachin" home on the 17th. of July, 1865. After his return home Mv. Rogers secured a homestead— a place now owned by Reuben Moore— and since that time has resided within the boundaries of Belmont township. He is the owner of the south half of the southeast quarter of section fourteen and the north half of the north- east quarter of section twenty-three Belmont township, where he carries on farming operations and finds in the cultivation of the soil a profitable labor. On the 31st. of May, 1866, Mr. Rogers was married in Wilson County, Kansas, to Mis-s Julia A. Daniels, a daughter of Reuben Daniels, who was born in Shelby County, Illinois, and wedded Mary A. MeGuire, of Tennes- see. They had six children : William. John. Jarett and Alcy, now deceased : Mrs. James AVicks. Mrs. Rogers and Jemiua, who has also passed away. Mrs. Rogers was born March 4, 1844, and by her marriage has become ihe mother of five children, namely: Noah, who wedded Mary Kluckhuhn and is living in Woodson County: Charles, who married HattieDupuy and is living in Woodson County; Maggie, Warren and Willard, who are still a I home. Mr. Rogers believes sincerely in Repu])lican principles and has been hvinored with several public offiets to which he has been elected as a Re- publican. He has served as township trustee and treasurer, also to\A'nship clerk and as clerk and treasurer of the school board. On the field of battle li( was a fearless and loyal soldier and in all the relations of life he is as true and faithfid to his honest convictions and to the trust reposed in him. ADOLPH TOEDMAN. ADOLPH TOEDMAN. one of the leading stock-raisers of Woodson County, was born in Lippe-Detmold, Germany, March 24, 1855, and has b(en a resident of southeastern Kansas since the age of eleven years. His father, Adolph Toedman, Sr.. was also a native of Lippe-Detmold. born in 1823, and there he married Louisa Goideke. In his native land he accumu- lated some property and on coming to America was enabled to gain a good slart in business life and thus provide for the support of his wife and their six children. He arrived in AYoodson County in 1866 and settled on Owl creek, four miles east of Yates Center. He made improvements upon a tract o!' land of eighty acres on section eight. Center township, which tract is still in possession of the family. He made his home in that neighborhood throughout his remaining days and in addition to the development and culti- £:^5"^^ •WOODSON COU^'TIES. .KANSAS. S'j;', ■Mit'ion of his laud he engaged extensively and successfully in raising sheep, tattle and horses. This proved a profitable en'erpris;e and his stock brought good prices on the market. As his financial re:;ourees were aug- a;iented he added to his land and by judicious investments eventually be- c; uie the owner of eleven hundied and sixty acres. He was a man of ex- cellent business and executive abilitj. his judgment being rarely at fault, and his success stands in unmis-akable evidence of his well directed labors and keen discrimination. a« well as his consecutive endeavor. In 1882 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife and a decade h'ter he passed away, leaving to his family a valuable tstate. Their children aie Adolph: Henry, of AVoods(m County, born in 1858; Louisa, the wife of Luther C. Baker, of Allen Ccninty, Kansas ; Fred, Ernest J. and "William, a!' of Woodson County. Adolph Toedman, the eldest of the family and the inuiiediate subject of this review, has spent almost his entire life in Woodson County. He was reared amid the wild .'cenes of the frontier and acquired his education in the Toedman school house. For nearly five years he was employed as a farm hand in the county and then joined his father and brothers in business— the association with the latter being since continued. They have carried on farming and stock-raising and the cattle, horses and sheep seen in their stables and pastures indicate a thriving and propernus business. Already the possessors of a fine property, they are continually adding thereto, and they belong to the class of enterprising, active and energetic men who pro- mote the general welfare as well as individxial property and advance the lUiblic good. They give their political support to the Republican party and the subject of this review takes quite an active interest in political questions, although office holding has no attraction for him. His church agricultural circles where his word is regarded as strictly trustworthy, this relationship is with the Evangelical denomination. He is widely known in hoving been pro^^d through years of an honorable business career. HENRY H. WINTER. HI^NRY H. WINTER is an example of the self-made American citi- v.vn. Flis history is an exemplification of the progress that an ambitious man can make in a country of unbounded opportunities. His singular suc- cess is due to his own energy and the high ideal which his laudable am- bition placed before him. Success in any walk of life is an indication of henest endeavor and persevering effort, characteristics that Mr. Winter po.s- sesses in an eminent degree. He is entirely free from ostentation and dis- ■phiy. and though he is now numbered among the most substantial citizens of ^Voodson County, he is a man of the people and the humbh st person of up- right character may claim him as a fi-iend. ITenrv H. Winter was born in York, Pennsylvania, March 21, 184fi. --4 RrrsToRV OF Ar.I.EX A!7r> Ills irramilather was Jolm Winter who died in early manhood. The ua- tiunali'y ot the family is uncertain for the family records were not pre- served and the name is found among; many people, including the English, ((-rmans and Scotch, and even among the Latin races. Henry Winter, the fathn' of our subjee'. was born in York. Pennsylvania, in 1816 and fol- lowed farming and blaeksmithing. He spent his entire life in the place of hi^■ birth, his death occurring in 1801. He was one of the prominent men and worthy citiiens of his conunnnity. He married Miss Catherine Dietz, ^vho died in York, in 1882. Of their six children five are yet living in the \icinity of the old homestead, namely: Isaiah: Elizabeth, the wife of' •Joseph StantVer: Jacob: Mary A., the wife of Henry Matthews, and Leah, the wife of Joseph Loyd. Mr. Winter, whose name introduces this record, was the third in order of birth, and upon the old home farm in the Keystone state he was reared. He is a gradiuite of the York high school and for a time he was a student in the normal school at Millersville, Pennsylvania. When twenty-two years of age he began teaching and after following that profession for si.x years he joined an engineering corps in the employ of the Peach Bottom Narrow (■ange Railroad Company, but the financial panic which spread over the country in IST:} put an end to all lailroad work and Mr. AVinter then fol- lowed Horace Greeley's advice to young men and came to the west. He first took up his abode in Stephenson County. Illinois. He had no capital, but possessed great energy, a strong constitution and a resolute spirit, and he set to work to wrest fortune from the hands of an adverse fate. At first he followed teaching there and later embarked in the lumber trade on his own account, borrowing the capital with which to purcha.se a yard. That en- terprise proved successful and he was soon enabled to pa.v otf all indebted- ness. For seven years he was engaged in the lumber trade in Atlantic. Iowa, and then disposed of his interests there and came to Woodson County. Kan- sas, where for a time lie was engaged in the cattle business and followed farming to anr.e exttnt. He has been a resident of this county since 188:? and in 1885 succeeded the firm of Diekerson & Opdyke. in the banking business in Yates Center. In 1887 he assumed active control of the bank and has since built up one of the strongest institutions in this portion of the state. The safe, reliable policy which he has followed has been the means of largely increasing the business which is transacted over his counters iind the bank is therefore able to annually declare a good dividend. AVhile residing in Stephenson County. Illinois, Mr. Winter was mar- ried on the "ith. of October. 1875. to IMiss Flora Sabin. a daughter of Ralph Sabin. and they now have four daughters: Clara, who is a graduate of the mu.'ical department of the Kansas St.nte University: Alice and Blanche, of the Yates Center high school, and Frances, who is still pursuing her studies. Mr. AYinter was reared in the faith of the Democracy with which party his pi ople have always been allied until within a decade. But since the princi- ple:: advocated by "William Jennings Br.van have been ine>"n..rnt,.l into the Tx'OODSO'N COUNTIES. KANSAS. S25 l.'eiiiociafi(.' iilatforiii, Henry H. Wiutei' has triveii his support to the Kepub. lican party. 'J'lie fpialily which wins Mr. Winter's fiiendship and admira- tion is uprightne.ss of ciiarac'er. He is easily approachaljle, showing great coiirte:y to all with whom he eomts in contact. lie never acts except JVoin honest motives and in all his varied relations in business affairs and in social life he maintains a eharactei- and standing that have impressed all wilh his sincere and manly piii])ose to do by others as he would have others do bv him. JOHN F. AK.MSTRONG. JOHN F. Al\.MSTU().\'d into ticlds of eonvenient size that are hitrhly cultivated, the rieli alluvial ^oil yielding excellent crops. A substantial residence, two good barns aiul many of the modern improve- ments go to make his farm one of the be>'t in the county. Mr. Jackson is ep.gaged in the dairy business, keeping on hand about thirty head of cows for this purpose. He is also a stockholder in the creamerj' at Xeosho Falls, where he disposes of his dairy products. He got his start in business with a capital of three hundred dollars which he saved during his service in the army. He has. however, wet with some rivenes. Since coming to Kansas a fire destroyed his home, together with all its contents, including clothing and provisions, but with resi^lule spirit he set to work to retrieve his lo. t possessions, and is now one of the well-to-do ei+izeu- of the count.v. Mr. Jackson has been twice married. In ISfiS he wedded Alfaretta Brown, who died in 1879. lenvinu' him with four children, namely: Frank B., now of Erie, Kansas ; Julia JI., wife of David Henry, who is living ot^ fprm in Woodson County: Ora A., wife of Frank Wilson, of Neosho Falls, and Harry Elmer, who is opei-ating his father's farm and also material'v assists in th.e care of the stock. Tn 1(^80 Mr. JacVson was again married, ,hi^ second union being with!\Iiss Susan Boley. a native of Illinois, who eanu' to Kansas in 1879. The children of this union are: Walter, Edward am' May Edna. In his political affiliations he is a Republican and socially he is connected with the Grand Army Post at Xeosho Falls. The brave and loyal spirit which he manifested _on southern battlefields has always been one of his marked characteristics, and has gained for him the confidence and irood will of those with whom he has been associated. FREDERICK L. ARNOLD. Among the early settlers of Woodson County is Frederick L. Arnold, and through the long years of residence hei-e. he has been numbered among the honorable citizens and representative farmers. His birth occurred in Randolph Coimty, Indiana, on the 3th. of September, 1838. His father. Lewis Arnold, was a native of South Carolina, and the mother of our sub- ject, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Lucas, was a native of Clinton County. Ohio. As a life work, the father followed farming, and his death occurred in the Buckeye state in November. 185fi, when he was sixty years of age. His wife survived him many years and passed away in 1SS5 at the ase of seventy. They were the parents of len children, of whom seven ai'e now living, as follows : William : Lewis : Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Thompson : Sarah, wife of John Carver: Prederielv L.. and John. I'pon his father's death, Frederick L. Arnold went to Illinois, locating in Logan County, where he resided with his brother-in-law. and there worked by the month as a farm hand, being thus engaged until after the outbreak of the Civil war. His patriotic spirit was thus aroused, and on the WOODSON COUNTIIiS. KANSAS. 829 I'ith. of Aiisnst, 1861, lio eiilisti'd as a iiieiuher of company B, Second Reg- iment of Illinois cavalry. He was later transferred to company D of the same reiiimerit, and served until the third of January, 186(). He partiei- j)ated in the battle of Foil Donelson and Shiloh and in all the engagements in which his regiment took part. He was ever found at his post of duty, faithfully defending the Stars and Stripes, the emblem of the Union. At the eloKe of hoslililies, he was sent to San Antonio, Te.xas, where he re- mained for almost a year after the war had ended. dn rreeivinif an honorable discharge, Mr. Arnold returned to Illinois, and in June, 186fi, came to Woodson County, Kan.sas, locating on Turkey creek, five miles west of his pi'esent home. In the spring of 1870 he pur- chased one liundred and twenty acres of land where he is now living, ten miles northwest of Yates Center, and has here developed a very fine farm. Assisted by his son, he is engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. They feed some cattle and raise a large number of hogs, and this branch of their bui-iness brings to them a good income. On the 2oth of February, 1868, Mr. Arnold was joined in wed- lock to Miss Helen S. Miller, a native of Darke County, Ohio, who came to Kansas in 18.59; a daughtei- of Joseph and Elizalieth E. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold had four ehildi'cn. of whom three are yet living; Dora E., who i:-: acting as her father's housekeeper; Warren F., at home, and Nellie M., v.'ife of Oeorge W. Mainfield, who is living on a part of the father's farm. Mrs. Arnold, who was born October 9th., 1848, died August 8th., 1898, after a happy married life of thirty yeai's. Ml-. Arnold has fre(|uently been called to pnblic offices. He has served Hie people of his township as trustee for six years, and has also been treas- uier and clerk of the township for a number of years, while almost con- tuiuonsly he has served on the school board. The cause of education has found in him a warm friend, and in all his public offices he has discharged his duty with marked promptness and fidelity. His life illustrates the j)nwer of industry and integrity in business afiCairs. When he came to Kan- sas, he had only the money he had saved during the time he spent in the a'-my. Investintoeked with cattle aud horses to the raising aud sale of which he is de- vo'iing his euergies, finding this a profitable souj'ce of revenue. On the 18th of October. 1S93, Mr. Meutzer was joined in wedlock to Miss Nettie Wells, one of Kansas' native danghteis. her parents being Thur.ston and Salouia Wells. Five children have come to bless their uuiou, l.^anely: Gladys, Paul and Paulina; twins, George and Herbert. Mrs. Meutzer 's father was a native of New York and when a young man went to Iowa, where he married Miss Saloma Crandall, a native of Ohio. They afterward removed to Kansas in 1870, where Mr. Wells made his home iintil death in June 3, 1893. Of his j-even children four are yet living- Frank; William, a resident of Iowa; Ainia, wife of Fred ^lentzer, and Xittie. wife of onr subject. All are resideuts of Woodson County, except Vi'illiam. Mr. Ment/er of this review is a Prohibitionist in his political prefer- ences, but as that party seldom has a ticket in the field at local elections h'» supports the candidates whom he regards as best qtuilified for office. Long residence in Woodson County has made him familiar with its history from an early day and his iipright career durini: this period has gained him a position iniiiiini' (lie !i\-iiliri'.r mid vepn'si'iitMtiv,' ydiint;- f;ii'nii'rs cif flti- com- inunit\ WILLIAM H. HOAT:MAN. Five miles north of Yates Center, in Liberty townshiji. Woodson County, stands an attractive farm residence which is the home of William B. Boatman. It is surrounded by a grove of native forest trees and around •t spread the broad fields of grain and the verdant meadows which a'-( l;is property and indicate that his life is one of active usefulness. Mr. Boatman was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on the 18th. of October, 1851, and is a son of William and Eleanor (Callahan) Boatnan. both of whom were natives of the Keystone state, where they remained until 1858, when they removed to Illinois, settling in Livingston county. The father had been proprietor of a hotel in Penn.sylvania and engaged in :li8 j-ame line of business in the west, conducting a first class hostelry until his death, in 1891, when he was seventy-three yeais of age. His wife had previously pa.ssed away, dying in 1888, at the age of sixty-eight years. Tli-y were the parents of six children, of whom three are yet living: William B., Stephen and Mrs. Nancy Bostlin. Our subject, the youngest of the family, was seven years of age Mil'eu his parents removed to Li\'ingston County, Illinois, where he gained his edu- cation in the common schools. He followed coal mining from the time he was old enougli to work in the mines until his marriage, after which he !i Mied n tract of land and began farming. He devoted his attention to the WOODSON COL'NTIES. 833 •cultivation ol' the fields in Illinois for four years, but believing that lu' might sooner secure a farm of his own in Kansas he came to Woodson <'ounty in 1882 and purchase 1 one hundred and sixty acres of raw prairie five miles north of Yates Center, where he has since made his home, lie has transformed the jilaee into a valuable property and is now a prosperous farmer and stock-raiser. His fields yield to him a good return and indicate 10 the passer-by tlw careful su])ervision of the operator. He is also en- gaged in the hay business annually putting up large quantities of that product. He also buys and .ships hay and his operations in that line are bolli t'xtensive and profitable. Everything about his place is kept in exo-llent condition, the buildings aremocraey but when Abraham Lincoln was nominated he cast his ballot with the Republican party with which he was allied for a number of years, but for some lime he has been a Prohibitionist. He lielongs to the German Evangelical Association and his wife is a member of the United Brethren church. They are people of .sterling worth and are numbered among the Tionoied pioneers of the county in which they have so long made their home. Mr. Prevert has more than realized his anticipations of gaining a good home in the new world. He has prospered in his undertakings by improvins his •Sp HISTORY OF ALLEK AND opportunities and his valuable property is an indication of the busy and. Ufcefvd life he las led. WILLIAM M. PATTERSON. WILLIAM M. PATTEKSON, who is engaged in dealing in aud ship- ping hay, his home being in Kose, has spent almost his entire life in AVood- son County, where his father William W. Patterson, located at an early day. The ancestry of the family can be traced back to Alexander Patterson, the great-grandfather of our subject, who was one of ten brothers that left their home on the Emerald Isle and came to America, thus founding many blanches of Pattersons in various sections of the country. James Patterson, the grandfather, removed from Virginia to Meigs Countj% Tennessee, and there followed farming and blacksmithing. He served his country in the war of 1812 and two of his sons were defenders of the Union during the ■ war of the Rebellion. The grandfather spent his last days in Fayetteville, .\rkansas, and at his death left a large family of sous and daughters. William W. Patterson, the father of our sub.ject, was born in j\Ieigs County, Tennessee, in 1824, and there was reared, but at length was forced 10 flee from his native state on account of his LTnion sentiments. He accord- ingly took up his residence in Kansas, becoming a well known farmer of Woodson County. He married Martha J. Claiborne, a daughter of Jubal Claiborne, of Knox County, Tennessee, and once the owner of the farm upon vhich the city of Knoxville was built. Mr. Patterson carried on farming in V^'oodson County, mee'.ing with good success, until his death, which occurred in 1893, and his wife passed away in 1898. Their children were as follows: Charlotte who became the wife of Henry Pe'.ers. both' now deceased; Emma, wife of J. H. Flower; Mary, wife of James P. Kellej' ; Katie, wife of B. C. Farmele, of Newton, Kansas, and William M. The subject of this review was born in Paveshiek County, Iowa, March 17, 1863, and as the family came to Woodson County in 1866, he has practically spent his entire life here. In his youth he assisted in the work of the home farm and attended the district schools, and later he engaged in teaching school at intervals until his marriage, being accounted a successful and capable educator. Siuee 1893 he has in connection with farming and stock raising been engaged in dealing in and shipping hay from Rose and also from Bufifalo, Roper and Yates Center. His business has constantly in- creased in volume until it is now quite extensive, aud his annual sales are a very desirable source of income. He possesses good executive and business ability and above all that untiring industry which form the foundation of all prosperity. Beginning life as an assistant to his father and upon the home farm his continued success has made him the owner of 686 acres of land, and the operator or controller of 2,800 acres. On the 23d of September, 1886, IMr. Patterson married Miss Cora 'WOODSON COIIKTIES. KANSAS. CS4I Camac, daughter of I. J. Cauiac. of Yates Center, aiid they have lioe child, Earle T., who was born on the 19th of July, 1889. In his political affiliations Mr. Patterson is a Republican who warmly espouses the principles of the party. He has served as township clerk, has been postmaster of Rose, and always attends the township con- ventions, while to the county conventions he has also been sent as a dele- gate. Such in brief is the history of a well kno\Yn resident of Woodson Ccunty, a man who has the happy faculty of winning friends and of draw- ir-g them closer to him as the years pass by. this making him a popular and Vf.lued resident of the co^nnunit^•. WILLIAM B. .STINE8. Porty-two years have passed since AVilliam B. Stines came to Woodson Ccunty and through this long period he has been prominently identified with its educational and professional intere.ts as a teacher and member of the bar. His labors have ever thus been in the .service of his fellow men, and his record is one well worthy of commendation. Mr. Slines is a native of Mercer County. New Jersey, born May 14, 1835. His ancesitry was represented in the Revolutionary war by those Avho loyally aided in the struggle for independence. His paternal grand- father. Obediah Stines. was born in 1762 and died in 1839. His son, John Stines, the father of our subject, was bcn-n in New Jersey. January 29, 1803, and was there reared to manhood. He married Abigail Blake, and in 1839 be. started westward with his family, making his way across the Allegheny mountains by wagon to Darke County, Ohio, where he settled and for a t'me engaged in farming. Later, however, he decided to seek a home else- where and while on his way to Illinois in search of a new location, he was tpken ill and died near Cambridge City. Indiana, in 1852. His wife sur- vived him until 1875. and passed away in Randolpli Count.v. Indiana, at the age of sixty-seven years. Their children were as follows: Margaret, the widow of B. P. Smith of Randolph County. Indiana: William B. ; Abigail, the wicUiw of Samuel Gregg, of Preble County, Ohio : Lucina, wife of James Cordon, of Randolph County. Indiana ; B. M.. who is also living in that County: and Jane, wife of James Roekhill. of Randolph County, Indiana. As his parents were in rather limited financial circumstances they could give him little in lifr except an education, but knowledge is the basis of all {idvancement and bis mental training })i'oved a stepping stone to his rise in life. WluMi only nineteen years of age he began teaching and for a num- ber of years followed that profession with excellent siu'cess. having the ability of imparting knowledge in such a clear and concise manner that it never failed to leave its impress upon the minds of his pupils. On leaving Indiana he engaged in teaching school in Illinois, and from Logan County, that state, came to Kansas, settling in Cofifey County, in 1858. The follow- ,><4^ Kisfosv Of Ar.LKN A?cry iug yoar he (.'anio to Woodson ComiLv and took up his ahode in what is now North township, where in the fall of 186U he pre-empted a homestead. He- eontimud his edneafional labors in this county from 1861 until 1S79, his fiist school boiutr in diftriet Xo. 2. in North township. He was eonnty su- iHM-intendent at the time and numbered the districts. No. 2 was eleven by fourteen miles in ex'ent and contained only thi-ee farms paying; taxes. In his school work Mr. Stine was very successfid and many of the now success- ful men of the county are indebted to him for early instruction which he trave Ihem. He held the office of county superintendent two terms and dar- ing that period laoored untirinsrly and effectively, for the improvement of the school system of this portion of the sliite. In 1865, Mr. Stiues took up the ^tndy of law. readins; under tlie tlirec- tion of Alexander Stewart, of Leroy. He was admitted to the liar before •Fudire Wa'son and be and Judge C. B. (haves entered their first suit to- githei' at Neosho Falls, it being a civil suit involving a replevin of some- cattle. He served for one term as county attorney and at the bar has handled considerable important litigation in which he has demonstrated his familiarity with the principles of iurisprudenee and his thoiongh \inder- Rtanding of the jioints bearing on his eases. On the 4th of October, 18G0, Mr. Stilus was united in marriage to :\[iss liiMii.^a ^lorgan. by whom he had three children yet living: Mary, the wife ot Warren Miller- Flora B.. wife of 1). J. Ohambers. and H. Grant. All are residents of Woodson County. On the 28th of I\Iay, 1871. Mr. Stines was again mari-ied, his second union being with Mrs. Elgiva Miller, a daughter of Russell Morgan, and a sister of his first wife. The father came originally from Clay County, Indiana. His wife -was a Miss Bryan. There is but one child of the second niariiage Ethelyn. now the wife of J. O. Ward, of Cha-. luite, Kansas, (^n the Utb of IMay. 1882. Mr. Stines was joined in wedlock to Miss T.aura Farnam. a daughter of Asa Farnam, who was captain of Com- pany E, Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry during the Civil war and died in Chi- cago, March 18, 1892. He was born in Ceneseo County, New York, and married Almeda Smith, by whom he had seven children. ITnto Mr. and ^Irs. Stines have been born two daughters. Almeda A. and Edna M. In his political views Mr. Stines has always been a stalwart Republi- can, giving an inflexible supjiort to the priiici|iles and policy of the party. In addition to the offices which be has tilled in the line of his professions, he has sei-ved for four years as cotmty surveyor. He is heartily in sympathy with temperance work, believing in the abolishment of the saloons, but is not a ''third party" man. He co-operates in all movements for the general good, and has lived an upright, honorable life, above reproach. His record will h( ar the closest scrntiuy for he has ever been a man who has stood "four s.|nar§ to every wind that blows." WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 8^3 SmiNER C. HOLCOMB. Kansas has always been distinguished for the high raui^ of lier bench and bar. Perhaps none of the newer states can justly boast of abler jurists and attorneys. Many of them have been men of national fame, and among those whose livts have been passed on a quieter plane there is scarcely a town or city in the state but can boast of one or more lawyei-s capable of crossing swords in foi'ensic combat wiOi any of the distinguished legal lights o*-' the United States. While the growth and development of the state in the last half a century has been most marvelous, viewed from any stand- point, yet of no cUlss of her citizenship has she greater reason for just pride tlian her judges and attorneys. In Mr. Ilolcomb we find united many of the rare qualities which go to make up the successful lawyer. He possesses ptrhaps few of those dazzling, meteoric qualities which have .sometimes tiashed along the legal horizon, riveting the gaze and blinding the vision for •\ moment, then di.- appearing, leaving little or no trace behind, but rather has those solid and more subs'antial qualities which shine with a constant luster, shedding light in the dark places with steadiness and continuity. His mind is analytical, logical and inducHve. With a thorough and comprehen- sive knowledge of fundamental principles of law. he combines a familiarity with statutory law and a .sober, clear judgment, which makes him a formid- able adversary in legal combat. Mr. PTolcoinb was born in Gallia ('ounty, Ohio, Januarj' 7, 1857, and is :i ^■on of John E. Hoicomb. The grandfather, Samuel R. Holeomb, was 1)( rn in New York and served his country in the Black Hawk war, thus b( coming known as General Hoicomb. He became a resident of Ohio, made f.uining his life work, and died in 1867, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. John E. Hoicomb was born in the Buckeye state in 1817, became a merchant of Gallia, and during the time of the Civil war served as piovost marshal. In 1865 he left Ohio for Missouri, and spent his remain- ing days in the latter state, dying in Butler, Missouri, in 1889. In politics he was a staunch Republican. He wedded Marj' Matthews, who was born in Gallia County, Ohio, and died in 1894. Their children are: P. H., a lawyer of Bates County, Missouri; A. T., an attorney of Portsmouth, Ohio; Eliza, wife of Richard Wilcox, of Bates County. Missouri; Sarah, wife of John Bybee, of Cass County. Missouri; Charles ]\r.. of Greenwood County, Kansas, and Sumner. The last named was a lad of nine years when his parents removed to iViissouri. He acquired a good English education in th^ schools of Butler, that state, and there took up the study of law under the direction of his brother, being admitted to the bar before Judge Foster P. Wright, in 1880. He began practice there, remaining a member of the bar of Butler for three years after which he came to Woodson County, settling in Toronto in 1885. There he continuously engaged in practice until elected to the office of county attorney. His reputation as a lawyer of ability has been won and >trengthened in his conduct of many important cases. He is regarded by i>44 HISTORY OF Al.LKN A Nil his fellow lueiubers of the bar as a conscientious and painstaking attorney whose thoroughness is niauifest iii all litigation with which he is eouneeled. He practices iu all the state courts in a general way and has a large client- age. In 189S he was elected county attorney on a Fusion ticket, and in li\10 he wiis nominated by the Democracy, winning the election by a ma- juity of one hundred and seventy-nine, altliough JMcKinley carried the county bj' three hundred votes. Such an election is unmistakable evidence oi his popularity and his high standing among those who know him best. In Woodson County, in August, 1892. Mr. Holeomb was joined in wed- K ek to Miss Margaret Truman, a daughter of Jehu Truman, who came from Virginia to Kansas. They now have two children. Lydia G. and Sumner C, Jr. Mr. Holeomb is a member of the Order of Red Men and the Modern Woodmen of America. He cast his first presidential vote for deneral James A. Garfield in 1880, but left the Republican party in 1892. He has never taken a particularly active part in politics, and his election to the office of coupty attorney has come to him as a merited tribute to his ability. In demeanor he is quiet and unostentatious, in manner is pleasant and genial — an approachable gentleman who enjoys the friendship of a se- lf ct circle of acquaintances. AD^\J\I KELLER. ADAM KELLER, who follows farming in Everett town.--hip. Wood- si n County, was born in .andotte County. Ohio. September 2f). 18-1.5. His father, Adam Keller, Sr.. was a native of Berks County, Penn.syl- vania and married Elizabeth Stahl. who was also born in the Keystone st&te, whence they removed to Ohio in 183-1:. The father had visited Wy- andot County the year previous and purchased one hundred and ninety acres of land iu the green forest, making the journey to and from Pennsyl- vania on foot. The following year he brou-jht his family to his new home, arriving at his destination with a cash capital of fifty cents. In 1848 his wife died, leaving to his care their eight small children. He was after- ward married twice, and was the father of twenty children. Five of the children of the first marriage are still living, and nine of the other mar- riage. Mr. Keller died on his farm in Wyandot County. Ohio, in 1883, when seventy-two years of age, and his widow is still living on the old h'-mestead there. Adam Keller of this re\-iew was the seventh child of the first mar- riage. He remained -vdth his father until he had attained his majority and then went to Iowa to visit his brother. He spent several years in Iowa. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, working by the month as a farm hand, ai d then returned to Ohio, where he was employed for two years by his fiither. There on the 18th of September. 1872. he was married to ]\riss Marv Parish, a native of Hancock County. Ohio, and a daushti"- .>f \.-,.i,; WOODSON* COUNTIK:;. KANSAS. S45 ookl and KlizabL-lli (Ui.idon) I'uri.sli, oth of whom weir uatives of the liuckeye slate. The father is still living at the age of seventy-five years, but tlie mother died on the 5th of June, 1883, at the age of fifty-two. They were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom yet survive, Mrs. Keller being the third in ordei' of birth. The wedding journey of Mr. and Mrs. Keller consisted of their trip lo Wood.son County, arriving in Neosho Falls on the 21st of September, 1872. Our subject purchased eighty acres of land in the southern part of ]""verett township, and there remained for two years after which he went 1 I Allen County, renting and operating a farm in the river bottoms for a year. On the expiration of that period he purchased eighty acres on Cherry creek in the southern portion of Everett township, seven miles noi-tlieast of Yates Center, where he now ovi'iis and operates a farm of one linndred and sixty acres. His home occupies a beautiful location, sur- rounded by a grove of fore:-;t trees, while a fine orchard yields its fruits i:i season, and the fields bring foi'th rich harvests of golden grain. There is a large red barn and while hou.se and other substantial outbuildings, ai d Mr. Keller h: successfully engaged in general farming and .stock rais- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Keller have never had any children of their own, but h; ve reared an adopted son, Harry Keller, who came to them when six ytars of age, and is now a youth of fourteen. Their friends and ac- iliiaintances in the community are many, for their genuine worth attracts Ic. them the sincere regard of those who care for the qualities which in icry land and clime command retpect. Mr. Keller votes with the Re- ]>i blican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have never had a strong enough attraction for him to induce him to sacrifice his business iu- U ••ests to seek ofRce. and in liis farm woi'k he h«« found a good financial rtfurn. .JOHN 0. il^MILTON. JOHN 0. HAMHjTOX is one of the enterprising, wide-awake young business men of Vernon, where he i.i conducting a grocery store and also dealing in hay. His entire life has Keen passed in Kansas, bis birth hav- ing occurred in Leroy, CofTey Connly, .January 28, 1864. He and his twin brother. Charles C, are the eldest in a family of twelve children born i.nto Alexander and Jane Hamilton. When our subject was two years old the father sold his business interests in Leroy and removed to Wood- son County, purchasing a large tract of land in Everett town.ship, near where the town of Vernon is now located. Thus John 0. Hamilton was rtared upon a farm and early became familiar with tlie methods of in- sl'uction in the common schools, where he acquired his education. He ai.so spent one term in the school of Neosho FhIIs. At Imme he was tijiinod 846 HISTOKV OF ALLEN AND iL the work of handling cattle a_nd soon became an excellent judge of stock. When he was a youth of fifteen he began driving cattle for his fftther from the Indian Territory, and from other parts of Kansas, his time being thus occupied until he was twenty years of age. On account of failing health Mr. Hamilton then went to Colorado, where he worked on a cattle ranch for a year, when he returned to his home in Kansas and thence made his way to Mareeline, ^Missouri, being there engaged in conducting a grocery store for a year and a half. On the expiration of that period he once more came to Woodson County and here on the 30th of January, 1889 was united in marriage to Miss Emma i\Ior- gc.n, daughter of Dr. J. Morgan, now of lola. After his marriage Mr. Hamilton followed farming for four years and then purchased property in Vernon, on which he built a good barn, resi- dence and store. He has since conducted a grocery store, of 'vhieh his wife is in charge, while his attention is given to the hay business. He buj-s and ships may quite extensively and his sales in both branches of his en- terprise now amount to six thousand dollars annually. His trade is stead- ily increasing, and it is safe to predict that a still more brilliant success av.aits him. He is yet a young man, full of energy, determination and hiudable ambition, and his labors cannot fail to bring prosperity. Mr. Hamilton is a member of Vernon Council. No. 7690. M. W. A., apd in politics he is a Democrat. He was appointed postmaster of Vernon under President Cleveland's second administration and served in that ca- pacity for four years with eutire satisfaction to all the patrons of the of- fice. As a public-spirited citizen and business man he is numbered among the valued residents of the community, and is held in high regard by all with whom he is associated. WILLIAM WILKINSON. Although a native of one of the eastern states, Mr. Wilkinson was reared in the west and is imbued with the true western spirit of progress ai'd enterprise— a spirit which has wrought the wonderful development of ll.e Mississippi valley carrying forward the work of progress so rapidly ti at it is commonly referred to as "magical." Mr. Wilkinson first opened Ins eyes to the liiiht of day in Schuylkill County. Pennsylvania, July 9, 1834, and is of Irish lineage. His father, William Wilkinson, Sr., was born in County Derr.y, Ireland, but in the early part of the nineteenth century cpme to America on a Bl-itish war vessel which had just been engaged iu the war of 1812, that had euded only a short time previous. Ere leav- ing the Emerald Isle he was united in marriage to IMiss Ann I\IcDougal and one child was born to them ere they came to the United States. On reaching the new world Mr. W^ilkinson located in Philadelphia, where he conducted a small cloth factory until 1840, when accompanied ■^oo"osoN countie;;. kansas. ^4^ l?y his family he went to Illinois, locating upon a fanii on which he lived ■over thirty years, then moved to Farmington, Illinois, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring at the advanced age of ninety-four years. His children were: Mary, deceased wife of Thoma.s Bell; Samuel, who has also passed away; Anni-e, deceased wife of Henry Rogers; John of Fulton County, Illinois, and William, of this revi-ew. All were mar- r;ed and reared families of their own. Georg* who was killed near At- lanta, during the Civil war; Elizabeth died in 1893. and Rebecca, who still lives on the home place. In the city of his oirth AVilliam Wilkinson sjient the first six years of his life and then accompanied his parents on their removal lo Fulton Couutj', Illinois, where he was reared upon a farm. He spent the winter month in the district schools near his home, and in the summer followed the plow and the harrow and aided in thre hing and harvesting the crops. When he began life on his own account he took up the calling to which lie had been reared, devoting his energies to agricultural pursuits until his enlistment in the army. He first visited Kansas in 1860, on a prospect- ing tour, and being pleased with the sta^^e he returned for his family whom le brought to the state in the fall of that year, making a location on a farm south of Fort Scott. The crops suffered from a drouth the follow- ing year, and without harvesting the little grain which he had sueceed- •e I in raising he returned to Illinois. In 1862 Mr. Wilkinson enlisted in the Union army as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Third Illinois Infantry, under Colonel Dickerman. His regiment belonged to the Army of the Tennessee and was first under fire at Jackson, after which it participated in the Vieks- Ijurg and Memphis campaigns. Mr. Wilkinson was also in the Atlanta campaign until after the capture of the city, when he resigned his com- mission as first lieutenant and ret^irned to his home. He had enlisted as a private, had been elected by the company to the office of sergeant, was aiterward promoted to orderly sergeant, then to second lieutenant and finally to first lieutenant, at Scottsboro, Alabama. Upon his return home Mr. Wilkinson engaged in merchandising at I'armington, Illinois, following that business until 1874, when he returned to the farm, which line of labor claimed his attention until his retirement t:i private life in 1897. In 1882 he again came to Kansas, locating upon a farm in Owl Creek township, Woodson County, where he successfully cul- tivated the fields unlil 1897. He then removed to Yatrs Center where he has .';ince made his home, resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil. Indiistry and perseverance have been the salient features of his career and have brought to him a very desirable competence. On the 24th of i\Iay, 18.57, occurred the marriage of Mr. Wilkinson and Miss Sarah M. Simpson, a daughter of John and Margaret fCordner) Simpson, both of whom were natives of Ireland, the former of County Tvroiie and the latter of Coiintv Deri-v. On coming to America the father keaied iu Phialdelphia, Peuusylvar.ia, aud in 1835 removed thence to I]'- linois, where, he ditd iu 1854, at the age of fifty-three years. He had seven: (iliildreu who leached adult age: Annie, wife of H. R. Rose, a resi- dent of Avon Illinois; Margaiet, deceased wife of Howard Sebrce; AVil- liam, of Fort Scott, Kansas; James, who died iu the army; John, of Farniington, 111., ilary, wife of Blake Barrows, and Mrs. Wilkinson. Unto our subject and hh. wife have been born two children— Fred and Annie M. The former Avas born November 23 ,1858, was principally rtartd upon a farm and acquired a high school education. He is now lialf proprietor and editor of the Yates Center Advocate. He was married in Avon. Illinois, to Minnie Ransom, and his children are Clarence and Leon. In his' political views William Wilkinson is a Republican and .since easting his first presidential vote for Fremont he has i.over failed to vote at a presidential election but once . The Wilkinsons are all Episcopalians and our subject is of that religious faith, although his wife was raifed in the Presbyterian church. In a pleasant home in Yates Center this worthy couple are now residing, surrounded with the comforts which go to make life woi'th the living and which have been pro- cured thrrmgh the earnest and indefatiuable labors af Mr. Wilkinson in former vears. ROBERT B. LEEDY. I'he eoncen.'-us of public opinion places Mr. Leedy among the popular citizens as well as enterprising and prosperous farmers of Woodson county. He is .so well known in this portion of Kansas that he needs no introduction to the readers of this volume, most of whom are well acquainted with his useful and iipright career. He was born in Richland county, Ohio, March 22, 1847, and is a representative of one of the pioneer families of that .state, his paternal grandfather having located there in 1811, only a few years after the admission of the state into the Union. Samuel Leedy, the father of our subject, was also a native of the Buckeye state, and there ^ married Margaret Whitnah, who was born in New York, of Scotch parent- age. He lived and died in Ohio, passing away in 1853, when he had reached the thirty-sixth milestone on life's journey. His wife still .survives him and at the age of eighty-two years is yet living in Ohio. Tliis worthy couple were the parents of six children, five of whom are yet living; namely: Mrs. Elizabeth Rohinsoii, who is living in Ohio; Mrs. Virginia Hays.a resident of Kansas City. Kansas: Robert B. ; John W., who was at one time governor of Kansas and is now living in Seattle, Washington ; and K. C, who is a rerident of Burlington, Kansas. Robert B. Leedy was reared in Ohio, working upon the farm in sum- mer and doing chores for his board while he attended school in winter, until 1864, when at the early age of seventeen years he enlisted in his WOOtJSON COUNTIKS. KANSAS. S49 ■couinry's cervice as a ineiiiber of coiiipanj' D. One Hmidtcd and Sixty-third ■OLio infantry, which became a part of General Butler's command. He was at City Point when that place was besieged hy the rebels. He remained vi the front until the term of his enlistment had expired when he reUirned to his Ohio home and became a student at the Bellville high school, thus lilting himself for a business career, after which he secured a position in the employ of the firm of J. J. Cover & Company of Johnsville. For two years he engaged in clerking, and in 1868 he went to Indiana, where he stayed one year and moved then to Illinois, following farming through the Slimmer months, while in the M'inter season he engaged in teaching school, soon demonstrating his jibility to impart with clearness and readiness to others the knowledge he had acquired. He saved much of his earnings and was thus enabled at a later date to purchase a farm. In the year 1884 Mr. Leeuy eame to Kansas, arriving in Neosho Fall.<^ . accounted S. R. Shaw, of Everett township. He was born in Fulton County, Illinois. January 1, 1857, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Kelso) Shaw, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. About the year 1831 the father went to Illinois, settling in the midst of the green forest, where he developed a farm u]nm which he made his home until 1868 —the date of his removal to Schuyler County, Missouri, where his remain- ii.'g days were passed, his death occurring January 20, 1890, when he had " attained the age of seventy-nine years, eleven months and twenty-four daj's. He would have reached the eightieth anniversary of his birth had he lived seven days longer. His widow still survives him and makes Jier home in Schuyler County at the age of sixty-seven years. S. R. Shaw is the eldest of their six children. He received a good common-school education, qualifying him for the duties of practical business life, and was reared upon a farm, remaining with his parents i:ntil twenty-one years of age. In the fall of 1878 he came to Kansas, mak- ing the journey by wagon and team to Coft'ey County, where he rented a t'-act of land and began farming on his own account. As a -companion and helpmate on the journey of life he chose Miss Eleanor Redfern. a native of Ohio and a d^uighter of Austin N. and Mary Jane (Leach) Redfern, both of whoju were natives of Ohio. Thev came to Kansas from Schuyler County, Missouri, in the spring of 1878, settling in Coffey County, where ^Ir. Redfern died in June. 189(i, at the age of seventy-nine years, his wife being called to her final rest in March. 1897. at the age of seventy- four. 1'hey were the parents of nine children, six of whom are yet living, Mrs. Shaw being the youngest. The marriage of our subject and his wife was celebrated on the 14th. of November, 1878. and their union has been blessed with five sons and a daughter: Wesley 0., Roland M., G. Hurst, Lawrence A.. Glenn and Alice B.. the last named being a little maiden of six summers. Mr. Shaw continued to engage in the opei'ation of rented land until 1884, when with the money he had been able to save fi'om his earnings he j)urchased one hundred and sixty' acres of land in the western portion of Everett township, AYoodson County. In 1895, however, he sold that ]>roperty and again rented land for three years. In the meantime he Avas 852 HISTORY OF -VLLEX AND extensively engaged in raising and handling cattle and hogs. In 1897 he purchased two hundred acres of land where he now resides, his home being pleasantly and conveniently situated less than a mile west of Veruon. Here he has a good residence and has erected a large barn and is engaged in general farming and stock-dealing, raising, buying and feeding and shipping hogs and cattle. He fieds about one hundred head of hogs and about the same number of cattle each year and thus furnishes a good market for the farmers of the community for their grain and stock. He has betn wonderfully successful tinee he "-^me to Kansas for all he now has i' the acquirement of his labor in this state, and is the well merited reward of his diligence and perseverance. iMr. Shaw votes with the Democracy, but has never bten an active poli- tician and especially has never sought office, but without solicitation on his part his fellow townsmen elected him to the position of trustee of Everett t 'wnship in which he is now serviiit;- his si'coml lerni. his reliability and fidelity winning him re-election. ANDREW J. HUFF. The lives of some men stand out in bold relief as examples of what may be accomplished by perseverance, industry and a steady determina- tion to succeed and make a place for themselves among their fellow men. Success rarely comes to him who labors not for it. This line of thought is suggested as we review the life record of IMr. Huff, who for some years v.'as a well known educator of Woodson County and is now ex-clerk of the district court. He was born in Dubois County, Indiana. December 8, 1866, and is a son of Jefferson Huff, who now resides in Toronto township, where he is successfully engaged in farming, eari-ying on operations on an extensive scale. He has large tracts of land under cultivation, and is raising and feeding stock in large numbers. Andrew J. Huff spent the first fifteen years of his life in the county of his nativity, and during that time acquired a common-school education ai^d was trained to farm work, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He arrived in south- eastern Kansas in 1881 and took up his abode upon a farm in Toronto township where he remained until called to public office. In the meantime he had supplemented his early educational privileges by study in the Foit Scott Normal, of Fort Scott. Kansas, and had engaged in teaching for ten years in the district schools and in the city of Toronto. His labors in that direction gave unifoi-m satisfaction and largely promoted intellectual activity. He continually strove to improve the methods of teachings and his work was effective and beneficial. The Huffs have ever been Republicans, unfaltering in support of the WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 853 piiuciples and measures of the party, and in 1888, Andrew J. Huff cast his first presidential vote, depositing his ballot for General Benjamin Harri- son. In 1894 he was nominated for the position of district clerk, but met defeat by seven votes. In 1896, however, he received the unanimous svip- pcrt of the party as a candidate for that office and at the polls was given ••I majority of one hundred and fiftj'-three. He filled the position so eapal)ly that he was re-elected in 1898 by the increased majority of three hundred and sixty-nine, so that he was retained in the ofifice for four years. Sceially he is identified with the Odd Fellows society, and is highly esteemed 11! the fraternity as well as in other walks of life where his genial manner and sterling qualities pass current as a readily accepted medium of ex- change for the merited regard and confidence of his fellow men. SILAS L. NAYLOK. A'o man is better known in this part of Kansas, nor has a better record lor honesty and faithful allegiance to the Republican party than Silas L. Naylor, who has never wavered in his support of the political organization which has ever championed reform and progress. On its ticket he was ejected to the office of county recorder in 1899 and his incumbency is one which reflects credit upon the party and is proving entirely satisfactory 1.) his constituents. A native of Rock Island County, Illinois, he was born January 12, 1860, and is of Swi.'=-s lineage. A representative of the family left the land of the Alps to try his fortune in the New World, selling his time for his passage 1 1 some English Quakers. The name was then spelled Warchler, but as he was not able to speak his name so that the Quaker family could readily comprehend it they called him Nailer, and thus the family has been known 10 the present time. Four generations of the Naylors have resided in Penn- sylvania. Samuel Naylor. the father of our subject, was born near Harris- burg, Pennsylvania, in 1827, and now resides in Yates Center, having almost reached the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey. His wife bore the maiden name of Ann Albert, and by her marriage she became the mother o.' nine children, of whom seven are yet living, all residents of Woodson County with the exception of Samuel H. Naylor, who is now living in Cali- fornia. Silas L. Naylor was the seventh in order of birth in his parents' family, and !-:pent the first nine years of his life upon his father's farm in R'ock Island County, Illinois. He then came to Woodson County in the year 1809 and for eight years was a resident of Liberty township. Since that time he has resided at intervals in the city of Yates Center, the re- loainder of the time upon a farm. He acquired his education in the common schools and without having the advantage of a high school course he fitted himself for passing an examination which won for him a fir.st grade 854 HISTUKY OF ALLEN AND teacher's certificato. For eleven years he was eiit;aged in teacliiny; in Wood- son County and was classed among the successful educators in this part of the state. He has not only aeqiiired comprehensive knowledge, but has the ability to impart it clearly and readily to others, his instruction never fail- ing to impress the minds of the students. At the present time his atten- tion is given entirely to his official duties. He has not a blood relation who i.*- not a Republican, staunch and true, and in 1899 he became the candidate oP that party for the ofiiee of recorder of Woodson County. He won the election by two hundred and thirty-two votes, succeeding J. L. Martin in the office. In the discharge of the tasks, which devolve Tipon him he is |nompt and notably reliably, and during his incumbency the public trust has never been betrayed in the slightest degree. On the 27th. of May. 1883, Mr. Naylor was united in marriage to Miss Maggie M. Taylor, a daugJiter of George W. Taylor, a farmer by oc- cupation. He came to Woodson County from Iowa, but liad formerly re- sided in Ohio. Four children grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. Naylor. as follows : Edith L., Claiide H.. Muriel A. and Johnnie L., all of whom vro still under the parental roof excepting the latter who died June 30th.. 1900. The parents have many friends in the eomnninity. Mr. Naylor is very widely known on account of his connection with educational inter- ests, as well as the active part which he has taken in political affairs, and wherever he is known he is held in high regard by reason of his sterling qualities of character which have won him advancement in professional life. He is a man of marked individuality and strong character and is accounted one of the valued residents of the county seat. CHARLES H. LANDES. Among the young men of Yates Center whose prominence in public afl'airs and ability in business life have won for them a position among leading citizens of twice their years is Charles H. Landes, an enterprising and successful grocer . His keen discrimination, sound judgment, relia- bility and energy well qualify him for the management of mercantile ir.terosts and his opinions carry weight in regard to many movements and measures relative to the general welfare. Mr. Landes was born in Woodson County, on the 7th. of November, 18fi4. and is a son of the late Isaac S. Landes. an honored pioneer of this rec- tion of the state, long connected with agricultural pursuits. He was born ir, Kentucky in 1836. His father was a farmer and was of Virginian ])arentage. It was in the fall of 1859 that Isaac S. Landes came to Kansas, locating in Center township, Woodson County. He came from Auburn. Sangamon County. Illinois, leaving his home in August of that year, with a yoke of oxen and a wagon into which he loaded his household effects. With his wife and child he then started westward, concluding the trip in TvOOriSON COrNTIHS. KANSAS. S'Ss ."•iniir wreks. On reat'hiii.u' Woodson County lu' hoinest(_adt'cl a claim on ree- tioii twenty-five, township twenty-i'our, range fiftii-en, and began the actual Avork of cultivating and improving a farm. In the fall of his arrival he erected a cabin containing one room and split the rails with which to fence fifteen acres of land. His first crop was one of sod corn, which .yielded him only one load of fodder for that was the year of the excessive drought — 1860. In his etfort to save the fodder his oxen became frightened, ran away and scattered the load over the priarie. During the period of hard times which followed the drought, ^Ir. l.andes provided for his family by doing butchering for the Germans on •Owl creek and by freighting, and in those ways he earned many an honest Hollar which aided in tiding him over the period of financial depression in this part of the state, (lame was also plentiful, and not a great distance away buffalo could be secured. Mr. Landes thus killed enough game 10 supply the table with meat, and as the years passed his farm became productive and his eroj)s materially inereaied his income. He becanie one of the substantial farmei's of his comnmnity and was widely known as a reliable business man. Diiring the war of the Rebillion he belonged to the Kansas State militia and for about a month was engaged in an attempt to cheek the Rebel General Price on his raid against Port Scott. He participated in the famous run from Moonlight's men who were thought 1o be Price's men, and five miles were covered before Colonel Moonlight could call the fleeing troops back. Mr. Landes also took an active part in political affairs during pioneei- days in Woods-on County and was well known for his sup])ort of Republican principles even when it was (piite unpopular to belong to the new party. Mrs. Isaac Landes, the mother of our subject, bore the maiden name of ■Christina Shutt and was a daughter of Henry Shutt. who is still a resi- lient of f^angamon County. Illinois, where he has made his home since <'arly pioneer da\^. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Landes were born the following ramed: Sallie. who became the wife of -J. M. "VVolfer (and after his death wedded Prank jMcGinnis) died leaving one child, Godfrey McGinnis: Prank, the ;econd of the family, is also deceased: Charles II. is the next younger ; Daniel P. has also passed away ; Hale is living in Yates Center : Ollie is the wife of Guy Myers, of Wichita. Kansas; Jessie is the deceased wife of P. M. Pinley, and Davis completes the family. Charles H. Landes has spent almost his entire life in his native county. His boyhood days were passed upon the home farm and the sun shown down upon many a field as he followed the plow and planted the grain that brought rich harvests in the autumn. He pursued his preliminary edu- cation in the district schools and later was a student in the Kansas State Normal School. Por three years he resided in Kiowa County, during the early period of its development, and for two years of that time he was agent at Brenham for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Pe Railroad Company. In Octolier. 189fi. he opened a grocery store in Yates Centei' where he has S56 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND since carried 011 biisiucss. He has a carefully selected but complete stock of- siaple and fancy groceries and the business policy is such as to make those who once patronise him his constant patrons. His dealings are honorable and his consideration and desire to please have won him continually iucreas- iiig success. On the 21st. of October. 18S(>, Mv. Landes was united in marriage to Jliss Bertha Funstou, a daughter of John L. Punston, of Yates Center, originally from Ohio. Her death occurred April 21, 1805, and three chil- dren were left to mourn her loss— Herbei-t Ross, Charles Harrison and Ruth Irene, who reside in Yates Center with their father. With a full lealization of the obligations and duties of citizenship Mr. Landes has given close thought to the (|uesti(uis affecting the general welfare and his mature delibei'ation sanctions the policy and principles of the Repub- lican parly. He therefore gives to it his earnest support and is a worker in its ranks in Woodson County. For one year he was chairman of the county connnittee and was its youngest member. His ability as an or- ganizer, his tact in harmonizing the working forces and his keen discern- ment, enabling him to manage all affairs elfeetively, have made him a leader i:; Republican i-ank'-. He co-operates in all measures for the general good and for advancement along subs'anlial lines of progress, and is an esteemed representative of one of the honored pioneer families of his county. FRED HARTWKI. Almo.'-'t forty-three years have come and gone since Fred Hartwig ar- iived in AVoodson County. Casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers, he took up the work of making a home for himself and at the same time bore his full share in the labor ofprogress and development in this section of the state. He aided in reclaiming the wild land for purposes of civiliza- t'on and in promoting the work of advancement along sub.stantial and beneficial lines. Throughout the decades he has been accounted one of the valued and reliable citizens of the connnunity. JMr. Hartwig was born in Prunnnern, Prussia, on the 8th. of August, 1850. and is a son of Gottlieb and Minnie (Pribbernow) Hartwig, the Ir.ttei- a sister of Christian Pribbernow, formerly a resident of Owl Creek township, Woodson County. About the year 1856 the parents with their children bade adieu to the fatherland and crossed the briny deep to the New World, taking up their abode in Kane County, Illinois, where they made their home for a year and then came to Kansas, settling in Wood>on County. The father was for many years a resident of Humboldt. How- ever, the family first located near Leroy, Coffey County, and in 1863 removed to the" German settlement on Owl creek. The father resides in Humboldt, Kansas, and the mother passed away in 1878. Their chil- dren were : William : Charles, who was a member of the i^inth Kansas Regi- WOODSON COr.NTIES. KANSAS. 857 iiient in the ("ivil war and died at Fort Scott; Amelia, wlio died in 1863 Pred ; Bertha, wlio was the wife of JNIartin Henrichs and died in 1890, nm\ Henry, who died in 1885. The siib.jeet of this review is therefore the only .surviviny member <.i the family. He acquired hi.s education in the district schools, and re- mained under the parental roof throuirhout the period of his minority. In October, 187;^. in Woodson County, he was united in marriage to Miss Jin ly Smith, a daughter of Charles Smith, who came to Kansas from Ohio, where h': was horn. Nine children have been born unto our sub.ieet and his wife: l/ouise. now the wife of James Leonard, of Woodson County: "Wil- liam^ who married Grace Waymer and is liviiifr in Woodson County. Bertha, wife of I\rariou Beckett, of Woodson County: Aup'ns''a, the wife of Harry Peters, of Rose, Kansas; John. Pearl. Clara, Florence and Hazel, all at home. Mr. HartwifT trives his political support to the Democracy, voting for its men and measures, but has never been an aspirant for oflfiee, preferring to give his time and attention to his farming operation, which he carj'ies on with success. His practical experience well fitted him for the conduct of business on his own account, and throughout his active career he has lieen identified with agricultural interests, deriving his income from the products of tbe fields. .VTJ^ERT J. JOXES. In the legal profession, which embraces many of the most bT-illiant minds of the nation, it is difficult to win a name and place of prominence. Many aspire, but few aMain. In commercial life one may start out on a more I levatcd plane than o*hers: he may enter info a business already es- tabli.sbed and carry it still further forward, but this is not true in the case of tbe lawyer. He must commence at the initial point, must plead and •vin his first case and work his way upward by ability, gaining bis ri')"ii:i- tion j'nd success by merit. Persons do not place their legal business in uu- ski !ed hands: it is the man of power before .judtre or .jury who comman.Is pu'-i'c patronage. Of thi.s class Mr. Jones is an illustrious type. Re began "^s f;l! ( tbers do in the practice of law. and his present promiiione^? has C'lme to him as the reward of earnest endeavor, fidelity to trust in.; rfcOir- niTd iri'.iity. Mr. Jones was born in Warren Comity. Indiana. June 10, 18.57, and is V son of William Jones, a farmer, who became a resident of Indiana in his boyhood. William Jones was born in Ohio in 1827 and after arriving at years of maturity he married Martha S. Tyler, a dauirhter of Paj-ker Tyler, who removed from Massachusetts to the Hoosiei- state. In ISfifi William Jtnes left Indiana and came to the west, settling near Harnett, Kansas, whence he afterward removed to the vicinity of Ceneva, Kansas. At the •>5S HISTORY OF ALLE.^ AJ^D present tiiin' lie is residing in Yales Centei-. His childrui are: Anna A., wife of Thomas L. ilix. who resides near Osborn, Missouri ; Albert J. , Eva L., wife of William Harned. of Crawford Coiinty, Kansas, and W'ilber S., of Wellston, Oklahoma. Since 1869 Mr. Jones of this review has resided in southeastern Kan- sas. He attended the connnon schools and then punned a full course in the Stale Normal, at Emporia, where he was graduated. He met the expenses of his normal course by teaching and for thirteen years he followed that pro- fession, becoming' widely recognized as one of the most capabje instructors in this portion of the state. He was principal of the schools of Kinslej- for one year, of Toronto for a similar period and of Neosho Falls for three- years. Prominent and successful in educational work, he condiicted several teachers' institutes, has been a member of the county examining board for fight .years and has also been president of the County Teachers' Associa- tion. Mr. Jones was admitttd to tiie bar in 1890, and has .steadily advanced in. his profession, having long since left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few. A local .journal said of him: "Among the legal fraternity in this judicial district no one is more favorably known than A. 4. Jones. His private and professional career has been such as to inspire the fullest confidence in his trustworthiness and ability. His practice is a general one and a specialty is made of probate law, in which, from wide experience he is highly protieient. He has practiced in the appellate and supreme courts in the United States covirts and in the departments at Washington. An important feature of his practice is the drawing up of papers and correct legal counsel in which his marked ability is recognized." A s'aunch and reliable Republican Mr. Jones labors zealously to ad- v.Mice the interests of his party. He has been called to various public offices, wherein he has demonstrated his public-spirit by the faithful per- formance of duty. For two terms he has held the office of pi'obate .judge and for one term he was county attorney. In the first named office, every one of his decisions which were appealed were affirmed by the higher courts, and as county attorney his work was equally as thorough, reflecting credit upon himself and his constituents. At the present time he is serving as city clerk and as city attorney of Yates Center. He has also been chairman of the Republican county central committee, and at all times is active in the interests of his party. On the 12th. of September, 1882, Mr. Jones wedded Miss Minnie B. Smith, a daughter of Dr. N. J. M. Smith and Sarah J. Smith, who came to the west from Virginia. Mrs. Jones is one of a family of six children, and by her marriage she has two children: Zelle M., born June 14. 1892. and Doris, born March Ifi. 1896. In his social relations Mr. Jones is a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow. He is also identified with the military in- tces's of the state, being second lieutenant of company L, First Regiment of the Kansas National Guard, appointed by Governor Stanle.v. He is one WQODsoN countie;;. kansas. 859 iif the eraek iiiarksiiieu of the company, as his score at target practice re- Veals, lu a siiiiunary of the life record of Mr. Jones these qualities stand cmspieuously forth: Fidelity to his clients' interests in the profession of the law ; promptness in the discharge of official duties ; correctness in military tactics and, absolute obedience to military regulations; loyalty fraternal principles and devotion to family and friends. G. A. LAUDE. For almost twenty years G. A. Laude has resided in Perry township, \^'(fodson County, upon the farm which is yet his home, and has become one of the leading stock dealers of the conununity, doing a large business. He is a western man by birth and throughout his life has been in touch with the progressive and determined spirit of this section of the country. He was born near Dubuc(ue, Iowa, October 13, 1860, a son of G. F. Laude, a native of IMontbellaird, France, who when thirty-five years of age came to the United States, first locating in Oswego County, New York, where- he remained until the early '50s, when he emigrated westward, taking up his abode in Dubuque County. Iowa. His mother was born in Germany and at six years of age. with her parents, came to the United States locating in Oswego County, New York. The father of our subject died in 1875, and his mother passed away in April, 1893, at the age of seventy years. Mr. J/aude has one brother, Chas. A., of Kansas City, and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Vanter and Mrs. Carrie L. Turner, both of Girard, Kansas; also a niece Ella L. Houck, whose parents died when she was two years old and who has since lived with his family. Upon a farm in Moniteau County, Missouri, Gus Laude was raised, tiiere spending fifteen years. He attended the graded schools of California, that state, except tAVO years, which was spent in a German school. At the age of eighteen he started out upon his business career by dealing in horses and mules on a small scale, but has since followed that pursuit and is now one of the most extensive representatives of the business in Woodson County, dealing exclusively in Mules, buying and selling first class stock at any time. On coming to this county in 1882 he located on the farm where he has resided continiiously since with the exception of a brief period spent iu merchandising in Loekwood, Missouri. He purchased here two hundred and forty acres of raw land on sections eighteen and nineteen, Perry town- ship and his labors were at once directed toward its development and culti- vation. Nature is bountiful in her gifts and in return for the care bestowed upon the fields yielded to him good harvests, so that he gained therefrom a comfortable competence, largely increased by his sales of horses and mules. In California. Missouri, on the 16th of April, 1884. was performed a wedding ceremony which united the destinies of ]Mr. Laude and Miss Ettie ^V'eyer, a daughter of G. 11. Meyer, who came from Germany to the United 86o HISTORY OF ALLKN AND Sfatc's when a small boy. The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed with one daughter, Florence : and six sous ; Hilmer. Martin, Herbert, Chester, Clay and Ernest. In political affiliations the Laudes were originally Republicans and our subject supported that party until 1888, when he voted for Streator, since which time he has been active in support ol the People's party. He takes an active interest in politics, and was chairman of the sixth Missouri District Populist Central Committee and ured his position to aid in securing the election of DeArmoud to congress. Since coming to Woodson County he has also done everything in his power tii promote the cause of the party he espouses. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and his labors in behalf of the schools have been practical and etifecMve. He has frequently written for the press on this and o1her subjects. He ir a member and one of the trustees of the United Brethren church at IVIaple Grove, and is ever found on the side of progress, reform nnd impiovc^uient in nil wnlks of life. OEORGE R. STEPHENSON. In no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful prep- ai-ation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom and a determina- tion to fully utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession which stands as the stern conservator of ju.stice: and it is one which none should enter withoiit a recognition of the obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be w-on, for success does not perch on the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray, but comes only as the direct result of capability. Posses- sing all the requisite qualities of the able lawyer. George R. Stephenson is new an honored and prominent member of the bar of Woodson County, re- siding in Yates Center. A native of Geauga County, Ohio, Mr. Stephenson w-as born in 1851, and is a representative of one of the old colonial families. His paternal grandfather, the Rev. Thomas B. Stephenson, was a descendant of one oJ the members of the "Boston tea party." James E. Stepheufon, the father of our subject, was born on Staten Island, New York, in 1819, and in 1825, when a child .became a' resident of Geauga County. Ohio. He now resides in Chardon, that state. He followed merchandising during much of his ac- tive business career, but after attaining the age of fifty-five years he studied law and was admitted to the bar, becoming a successful legal practitioner. During the war he served as a draft commissioner. His wife. Lavinia Stephenson, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, in 1819. and was a daughter of Lebbeus Norton, who located in that county at a very early day. He was WOODSON COUNTIE:;. KANSAS. 86 t a native of Killiiigswortli, Coimectieut, born in 1788. Unto Mr. and Mrs. btephenson were born fonr children: James P., a minister of the gospel who is now a member of the faculty of the Baptist College, in Des Moines, Iowa ; Herbert N., who is now connected ^^'ith a banking house in Minnea- polis. Minnesota ; George R., and Cluirles F., who resides in Chardon, Ohio. In the schools of his native state Mr. Stephenson of this review ac- 'juired his education and later studied law in the office of his father. Ad- mitted to the bar he practiced for one year in Chardon before coming to Kansas, but since July 18, 1879. he has resided in Yates Center, and has won distinction as an attorney in the county seat, nor is his reputation limited bj' the confines of Woodson County for he is one of the recognized leaders among the legal fraternity in this section of the sta*^e aaid his re- markable success in the higher courts hai^: demonstrated his ability as a pleader and given evidence of his profound knowledge of the law. He is noted as a lawmaker and in the celebrated case of Briggs versus the Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad Company he established a precedent that when 'ailways acquire a right of way over mortgaged land by deed from the owner of the fee and the same is sold under the mortgage, the sale in- cludes all improvements placed on said property by the said railroad com- pany pi-ior to the sale. "VNTiile a strong Republican at all times and active in the interests of his party, Mr. Stephenson's legal ability and integrity were such as to overcome all i)olitieal prejudice and he was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Glick which is an unmistakable evidence of the esteem in which he is held regardless of his political affiliations. In 1893 he was appointed receiver of the Woodson State Bank. The fact that his bond for fifty thousand dollars was'readily signed by fifty sureties in a time of universal financial distress showed clearly the confidence reposed in his business in- tegrity. In his practice he is particularly prominent and fortunate, fortu- nate because of his pi'ononnced ability, his thorough understanding of the ]>rinciples of jurisprudence and the correctness with which he applies the h.w to the points in litigation. In December. 1878, Mr. Stephenson married Miss Maria L. Peter, a daughter of Edward Pe+er, of Tuscarawas Coiinty, Ohio. She died in Sep- tember, 1887, leaving three children: Bertha S., James E. and Oliver H. In October. 1888 Mr. Stephenson was again married, his second union be- ivig with Mrs. Laura Carpenter, widow of George D. Carpenter, who was one of the leading citizens of Woodson County in the early epoch of her history. The second marriage was celebrated in Enn)oria. Kansas, and has been blessed with one son, George E. In the first half of the nineteenth century the Stephensons were Wliigs, but since 18.5G representatives of the name have supported Republican prin- ciples and since easting his fir't vote for General Grant our subject has de- posited a ballot for each presidential nominee of the Republican party. He now gives the greater part of his time to his legal practice which I'xtends 862 HISTORY OF ALLKN AMJ to all the courts of the state and is of a distiuetively representative char- acter and involves many important interests.' He is a man of unquestioned honestj' of purpose, despising all unworthy means to secure success in any undertakinn; or for any purpose, or to promote his own advancement in any direction, whether political or otherwise. J. H. STICKER. J. H. STICHER. who is engaged in the practice of law at Yates Cen- ter, has been a resident of Woodson County since August, 1871. He was born in Brunswick, (Germany, on the 27th. of November, 1846. His father was a ninufaeturer of barometers and thermometers and his trade ex- tended over the greater part of the German empire. He had four sons and four daughters, of whom the subject of this review is the eldest. The one living brother is Frederick, who resides at Cairo, Illinois. One sister, Mrs. Dora Kassebaum, is living in Clay County, Kansas. During his boyhood Mr. Stieher of this I'eview acquired a good educa- tion in Germany. He was a student in the high seliool when he was in- duced to come to the United States in 1863. Making preparations to leave friends and native land, he sailed aero.ss the broad Atlantic and arrived at New York city on the 1st,, of March of that year, making his way thence t.i Cairo. Illinois, where he learned the baker's and confectioner's trade. He was in Memphis. Tennessee, in 1866 and the year 1867 was spent in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1868 he became a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, where he resided for two years following his chosen occupation. From that place he came to Woodson County and took up his abode in Neosho Falls, where for ten years he conducted a grocery and confectionery business. He was associated with C. B. Gravis and H. D. Dickson in a social way at Neosho Falls. Through their influence he was induced to take up the study of law. He began his reading under the direction of Mr. Dickson and when he had mastered many of the principles of .iuri.'^prudence he was ad- mitted to the bar in Burlington. Kansas, in the fall of 1880, before Judge Payton. Soon afterward he embarked in practice and his first case involved the ownership of a calf and settled a disputed point concerning property. In the fall of 1888 he was elected county attorney in which capacity he !■•( rved for two years. He was then nominated for re-election on the Re- publican ticket, but owing to the political revolution movement he was de- feated. By appointment, he has served as city attorney and city cleric of Yates Center for four years and is now serving his second term as justice cf the peace. He has a large practice of a representative character and his mental qualities, natural and acquired ability, have made him a leading member of the "Woodson County har. On the 11th. of September, 1871, Mr. Stieher was united in marriage io Miss Katie Dulinskv, whose father was a Polish Prussian and was killed •1 1 QiiantreH's raid at Lawrence, Kajisas, in 1863. Unto our subject and his wife have been born tlie following named : Charles H., who is with- the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company as telegraph operator, and married Ger- trude Weekely; Henry C, a printer, and Dora. Mr. Stieher is a Koyal r\rch Mason. For thirty years he has been a member of the frattn-nity and has occupied nearly all of the official positions in tln= lodge and chapter. He is well informed on the tenets of the order and his record is that he is one of the most prfifieient ]\f-asons in southern Kansa.s. S. GRANT KECK. Among the younger business men of Yates Center is numbered S. Grant Keck, a member of tin? well known mercantile firm of Keek & Young. He was born in Loogootee, Martin County, Indiana, on the 30th of May. 1868, and is a son of A. A. and Jane Keck. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Philip Ke«k, a native of Gt'rmanj', who founded the family in the United States. His son, A. A. Keck, was born in Marl in County, Ind.. in 1838, and married Miss Jane MeArter. In 1880 he came with his family to Woodson County and was afterward elected and served as sheriff here. S. Grant Keek, his fourth child, spent his boyhood days on the home farm, woi'king in the field from th. handsome compel enee that now enables him to live practically retired in the enjoyment of a well deserved rest. Although he was reared in the Democratic faith, he east his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln and has since been a stalwart Republican. Since 1862 he has been a member of the Preewill BnDtist church and in 18S0 began preaching as a minister oF that denomination. His influence has ever .been given in support of meas- ures calculated to prove of general good and to uplift his fellow men. In all life's relations he has been true to honorable principles and to every trust reposed in him. And all with whom he has been brought in contact entertain for him tlio highest regard by reason of his genuine worth •'' character. CHARLES S. SAFERITE. Few of the residents of AVoodson County have been longer connected with this portion of the ttate than Charles S. Saferite, who has made his home in this locality for forty-two years. He was but a babe when brought t'j Kansas by his parents, his birth having occurred in Hendricks County, Indiana, October 2'2. 1858. His father. A?a Saferite, was a native of North Carolina, and when a young man emigrated to Indiana, where he met Tind married Miss Nancy Berryman, a native of Kentucky. He was familiar ~\vilh several lines of mechanical work, being a miller, millwright, earpentei' and cabinet-maker and his efficiency in those directions enabled him to provide well for his family. In 1859. he came with wife and children to Kansa.'', settling first in Leroy where he lived for 12 j^ears. On the expira- tion of that period he removed to Neosho Falls, where he died in 1884, at the age of 54 yeai's. His wife still survives him, and is living in Neosho Falls, at the age of sixty years. Charles S. Saferite is the .second child and eldest son in their family of six children, all of whom are yet living. He was only a year old when brought to Kansas, where he has .since resided, being one of the honored pioneers of Woodson County. He acfpiircd a common school education and fi<')m the age of 13 years was reared upon a farm. He remained with his parents until twenty years of age and then went to Colorado, where he sj)ent a year in viewing the state, after which he returned to Woodson County. flTsroRV OF ALCEN ANT7 On the 10th of February, 18S0, ilr. Saferite was uuitod iu luari-iagt lo Miss Susan MoDaniel. aiul then rented a farm which he continued to cultivate for four years. "Witli the money he had acquired through the :ales of crops in that time, he then purchased one lunidred acres of timber land on the banlc of the river a mile above Xeosho Falls, and by untiriuir labor and capable management transformed it into a very desirable farm. He began raising potatoes and corn and noAv has in cidtivatiim upon that farm seventy acres of kind. In ISOfi he purchased oue hundred and forty acres a half mile ea:t of his first place, and therefore today owns two hun- dred and forty acres of rich bottom land which never fails to yield a crop, lie plan's corn, wheat and potatoes and annuall.v gathers good harvests, fie is also sucee sfnlly engaged in raising hogs. When he started upon an independent business career he had only thirty-five dollars and a nuile team : today be owns a very fine farm and is acconnted one of the well-to-do citizens of the comnmnitj'. The lady who now bears the name of ilrs. Saferite is a native of Vir- ginia and in 1S69, she accompanied her mother to Illinois, whence they eame to Kansas in 1875. Her father, Alford McDaniel. was a native of Virginia and was killed in the Civil war at the battle of Sharpsburg, Sep- teiuber 17, 1S62. after serving for one year. The mother afterward removed westward with her children and died in Woodson County in 18S0. Mrs. Saferite was a maiden of sixteen summers when she came to Kansas and here she has .-^ince resided. By her marriage, she has become the mother of nine children: Ira Asa, Jennie ^lay, Lee Alford, Iva Etta, Ray Oeorge. Ada FJlen. Roy Charles. Ida Susan and Ola :Malinda. The family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death, and the children are all under the parental roof. Mr. Saferite is a member of the ^lodern "Wooilmen of America, the .\ncient Order of United Workmen, the National Aid Associa'^iou and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Kniarhts of Pythia^-. all of Xeosho Falls. In his political sentiments he is a Freesilver Republican. There have been no exciting chapters in his career, but a stead fa.'^tness of purpose has enabled him to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path and advance steadily toward the goal of pro.sperity. His example in this respect 1^ certainly a etniunendable one. for the eonrse he has followed has ever been in harmony with iipright business principles. As a pioneer settler he also deserves mention in this vohnne for he has witnessed the growth and devel- opment of the connt;*- from the primitive pei'iod, has seen the great trans- fornuition wrought as the district has been settled by a thriving and eon- tented people and has felt a commendable pride in its advancement. CLINTON A. WO(^DRUFF. American history has a new chapter in its war record, for in the rsing vears of the nineteenth century the suprenuicy of American arms WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 867 was pstabli.slied in the West Indies and in the Philippines, and one of the old powers of Europe and the insurgents of the Orient had to acknowledge Ihe supremacy of the progress, might and civilization of the great republic of the new world. Among thore who fought to sustain the dignity of the slars and stripes in the Philippines, was numbered Clinton A. Woodruff, who is now capably serving as clerk of the district court in Woodson county. He wa?: born in this county, August 29, 1874, a .son of Abraham T. Woodruff, one of the well known and prominent farmers of the community. Tie came to Woodson County in 18f)9, locating in Center township, on see- lion .thirty, township twenty-five, range sixteen, where he has since resided. In addition to agricullural pursuits he has also followed carpentering. He eame to the West from Paulding, Ohio, his birth having occurred in that slale in 183:i. He acquired a meager education, served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade and for .several years was engaged on the con- struction of the Ohio sta^e canal as a mechanic. He was married in Ohio to Miss Sarah A. Kretzsinger. of Penn.sylvania-Oerman stock, and in 186,9. he came across the country to Kansas with his family. There are nine children: Charles H., a resident of Columbus, Ohio; .John P., of Kendal- ville. Indiana; Mary J., wife of J. Ragle, of lola. Kansas; James P., of Woodson County; Albert, of Geneva. Kansas; Will A., also of lola; Clin- ton A.; Hatfie M.. and Prank. Beared in his native county, Clinlon A. Woodruff attended the common schools and in 1894 entered the Kansas State Normal, where he spent nearly two years. He had intended to engaee in teaching, but circumstances caused him to change his plans. In May, 1898, he enlisted in Leroy, Kansas, as a member of Company E. Twentieth Kansas Volunteers, for service in the Spanish American war. The regiment went into camp at Topeka, and thence was ordered to San Prancisco, where it remained for several months, having port in October for the Philippines and arriving at Manilla Bay dson County; Belle and Minnie, who are still with their parents. Saiah Jane and Lizzie have passed away. In his political affiliation, Mr. r>n>nner is a stalwart RepublicaJi, and says he votes as he shot. He eer- 870 HISTORY OF .-VLLEN AND tainly was a loyal soldier and is no less faithful to his duties of citizenship in times of peace. Political preferment however, he does not covet, and his attention has been given to his business affairs in a way that brings him a splendid return for his labors. Although he came to Kansas with little capital he is mnv one of the substantial citizens of Woodson County, a good piopt-rty being the substantial evidence of his labor. DAVID II. HENRY. A veteran of two wars, an enterprising farmer and breeder of fine stock and one of the reliable citizens of Woodson County, David H. Henry certainly merits mention among the leading men of this portion of the state. He was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1827, and has therefore passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten but is still aetivel.y concerned with the affairs of business life. His father, David Henry, Sr., was a native of New Hamp.shire and married Lueinda Ellis, who was born in Vermont. When a young man he removed to the Keystone state, where he followed farming and also worked at the mill- wright's trade. However, during the greater part of his residence in Penn- sylvania he gave his imdivided attention to agricultural pursuits. He passed away about 1845 and his wife died about 1841. They were the parents of seven children, but only two are now living— David H. and a sister. Mr. Henry, of this re\'iew. was the youngest of the famil}^ He was educated in the Wellsboro Academy, at Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and was reared to the work of the farm, plowing and planting the fields in the early spi-ingtime, and harvesting the crops in the summer and autumn. He woi'ked at home until after the inauguration of the Mexican war, when his patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment and he joined the army. He saw hard service under the command of General Winfield Scott and par- ticipated in five battles, being wounded in the knee at the engagement of San Juan de Ulloa. He was then sent to the hcspital in New Orleans. The term of his service covered almost two years. After his return home Mr. Henry made the acquaintance of i^iss Han it t Fairchild. of Canada, who was then visiting in Pennsjivania. and on the 3d of June. 1852, they were married. After his father's death, Mr. Henry and his eldest brother purchased the old homestead, consisting of about one hundred and fifty acres of land, which he operated until 1854, when h ■ sold his interest in the farm and removed to Illinois, purchasing there a small tract of land which he continued to cultivate until the sectional differences between the North and the South involved the country in civil war. He was a Mexican veteran in who^e heart the fires of patriotism yet burned brightly. He could not stand to see the flag of his country assailed so wlieii the first cfill for three y(>ar's men was made in 18nl. he XvOOnSO-N CCaJNTIKS. KANSA'S. '^j;-! went forth to do batth' for the Union, enlisting in Company 1. 1 xwnty- :third Illinois Infantry, with which he was sent to Lexington, Missouri. His eomnianil there met a body of the enemy by whom they were defeated :aijd captured and then sent to Chicago for exchange. Subsequently, Mr. Henry was sent to the Eastern army and participated in a number of iattles, including the engagements of Pisher Hill, Virginia, Cedar Creek, Cold Harbor and one year's service in front of Pet^ersburg. He manj' times narrowly. escaped being wounded or killed, on one occasion a minnie ball passing between the sole of his shoe and his foot. In August, 1865, he received an honorable discharge and returned to his home, again having inade a creditable military record as a defender of his country. Mr. Henry remained in Illinois until 1869, when he came with his family to Kansas, settling three miles northwest of where Piqua is now located and four miles south of Neosho Falls. He secured a homesteaj -of eighty acres and purcha-sed an additional eighty-acre tract, so that he now has a good farm of a quarter section. It is fine land and he is suc- cessfully engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making a specialtj' of Polled Angus and Galloway cattle, of which he has some veiy fine speci- mens. He has done not a little to impro\«e the grade of stock raised in the community'. In 1874. Mr. Henry was called ui)fiii to moum the loss of his wife, who died at the age of forty-seven years. Seven children were born to them and were left to mourn the loss of a devoted mother. These are Lewis R., at home; Celia, wife of W. S. Cape, of Missouri; Alice, at home; David L., who is living on a farm in this neighborhood; Lenora; AYillamet, and Lueinda, wife of R. L. Dunton, of Neosho Falls. The family is one well loiown in this locality for the sterling worth of its individual members. Mr. Henry has served as justice of the peace in Neosho Palls township for about sixteen years, proving a most reliable •officer as neither fear nor favor can dctiu- him from tlip even handed :administrati(m of justice. A. J. BEAM. A. J. BEAM, who is m;mbered among the prosperous, practical and progressive farmers of Woodson County, was born in Wayne County, !New York. ,Tulj^ 5, 1833. His father, John S. Beam, t\-as a native of South Carolina, born in Chopee. July 3, 1807. Having arrived at years ■of maturity he wedded Margaret DeLong. and they became the parents •of seven children, of whom four are yet living, namely: Jacob, Malissa, Hannah and A. J. The father parsed away January 30, 1884, and his ■wife died March 1. 1880, at the age of seventy-five years. A. J. Beam pursued a common school education in New York, and remained with his pai-ents until he had attained his majority. He after- i KISTORY OP ALLEN AND uard learned the carpenter's trade ,and for two years followed that piu- siiit in Slichigan, after which he returned to his old home on a visit, His next place of lesidence was Galesburg, Illinois, where he was employed for some time at carpenferin";, and later he worked at his trade in AYinfield, Henry County, Iowa, following that vocation eontinnoaslj' nntil 1S84, when he came to Kanras, .since which time he has been a representative of agrienltnral interests. After residing in Iowa for some time Mr. Beam formed the ac(inain- tanee of Miss Mary E. Harkness, and on the 16th of June, 1857. they were married. The lady was born in Delaware county. New York, June 16, 1838, and they have traveled life's journey together for forty- four ycar^:. Her parents were James B. and Maigaret (Fleming) Harkness, the former a native of the Empire state, while the latter was born in Cam- l)ridge. New York. Mrs. Beam is of Irish and Scotch lineage. Her maternal great-great-grandfather, George T. Fleming, was killed in the now icnowned battle of Colloden, Scotland, which was the last battle in which Prince Charles Edward Stuart fought. James Fleming, her great-grand- fr;ther was in London the day on which King George was crowned monarch ivf England. George Fleming, her grandfather, was the founder of the family in America. He came to this countiy in 1795, and hicated in Washington Comity, New York, whence he removed to Albany in 1807. lie married Margaret Darrah, a native of iMulligan, Irelanrl. Both the paternal and maternal grandfather of Mr. Beam also lived in America in colonial days and fought in the T?evolntionary war. A gun that was carried by the for- mer in the struggle for independence is still in possession of the family. On leaving their native state Jame; B. Harkness and his wife removed to Iowa, where they resided from 1852 until called to their final home. The father died March 21, 1880. at the age of .seventy-eight years, and his wife passed away January 24. 1887. at the age of seventy-six years. Thej' were the parent.'- of six childien, four of whom survive, namely: ^lary E., Edwin. George and Margaret. Mrs. Beam, who is the eldest of this family, successfully engaged in ti aching school in Iowa, both before and after her marriage. She was well (jualified for this calling, having acquired an excellent education, completed by two years' study in Howe's Academy at Mt. Pleasant. Iowa. She be- gan teaching when sixteen years of age, and was widely recognized as an ifficient instructor, i-'he is a lady of superior culture and refinement and well deserves the high regard in which she is uniformly held. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Beam have been born nine children: Elwood, who is living in PoiJ^ Angeles. Washington: Edwin, who resides upon his father's farm: Charles, who is now in the Klondike: Gertrude, wife of John Webb, of Pratt County; Ida, wife of Elmer Jones, of lola : Jennie, wife of Albert Florence, of Yates Center: Stella, a milliner of Chanute : Lulu, who is en- gaged in teaching, and Laura, a student in the high .school at Neosho Falls. In 1884 iNIr. Beam I'emoved his family to Woodson County, Kansas, and "WOOTjSON COU.N'TIES. KANSAS. " S75 3., HOW liviny.' on a farm of niiiet.y acres situated a mile and a half south of Neosho Falls. The place is very attractive in appearance and is cer- tainly one of the most desirable farms in the locality. To the north of the house is a large maple "rove of about five acres which inafccs an ex- ■ctllent wind hrcak. The residence is also surrounded by a beautiful maple grove, and all modern actessories and conveniences can be found upon the farm. The improvements are as a monument to the enterprise and thrift of the owner. He has erected the buildings which have been constructed in the old style with heavy timbers morticed in. In his business affairs Mr. Beam has been successful, winning the prosperity which comes as the re- ward of persistent, earnest effort when guided b.y sound judgment and supplemented by honorable dealing. "While residing in Iowa he served T\si sheriff of Henry county. He cast his first presidential vote for Millard T illmore and since the organization of the Republican part.y has been one of its stalwart advocates, believing that its principles contain the best elements of good government. As a citizen he is public-spirited and reliable, and in every relation of life he is known for his fidelit.y to duty and genuine "worth of chaitieter. GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. GEORGE AY. CAMPBELL, who o\\-ns and operates a farm in North township, Woodson County, was horn in Cook County. Illinois. December ■2(i. 1852. and is a son of Sidney and Betsy (McClara) Campbell, both natives of New York. The father devoted his life to farming operations. He went to Illinois in 1838. locating in Cook County when Chicago was a small village. He therefoi'e witnessed its marvelous growth and develop- ment as it attained to the second position among the cities of the Union. Mr. Campbell died in Cook County in 1891, at the ripe old age of eighty-five years, and his wife passed away in 1886, at the age of sixty-four years. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living. Two of their sons laid down their lives on the altar of their country in the Civil war, one of them never being heard from after he entered the battle. George W. Campbell was the seventh in order of birth in the family. He attended the common schools of his native county and when a young man he resolved to go weft where he covdd obtain land at cheaper I'ates than he coidd in Illinois. Accordingly, in 1878, he made his way to Wood- son County, Kansas, and for one year worked by the month as a farm hand after which he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of raAV land and began the development of the farm upon which he now makes his home, although its boundaries have since bo en extended until it now comprises two hundred and forty acres. It is a very fertile and productive tract, located about fourteen miles northwest of Yates Center. He remained upon his farm until the Oklahoma district was opened for settlement, when he went .V74' iTI-STOKY >il- ALLKX .\.\u to that country, remaining for a yti'ar. Not being pleased with the terri- i(iy. howrver, he returned to AYoodson county where he has since made his home, devoting his time to general farming and stock-raising. He has a large herd of cattle and also many mules, and in both branches of his busi- ness he is meeting with prosperity. After purchasing his land and making preparations for a home of his own, Mr. Campbell desired to have a companion with whom to share liis new possessions, and in 1880 was united in marriage to Miss Eliza .Miller. Tlieir union lias been blt'S!-:ed with two sons, Sidney and Ira, both at home and assis'ing their father in the operation of the farm. Mr. Camp- bell is now a prosperous agrieiilturist and his success is entirely attribu- table to his own efforts, for all that he po.s.sesfes has been acquired since his arrival in Kansas. In his political views he is a Republican and has filled several offices of triist in his township, called to these positions by the vote of his fellow townsmen, among whom he is a popular and re- spected citizen,. LEWIS KLICK. For almost thirty years Lewis Klick has resided in Woodson County and although he had very limited capital at the time of his arrival he i? now one of the substantial farmers and stock growers of this portion of the state. He was born in Stark Coiinty, Ohio, January 3. 1842, of German parentage, being a son of Nicholas ;ind Mary B. (Huber) Klick, who were natives of the fatherland, although their marriage was celebrated in this country. They located in Ohio where Mr. Klick followed his trade of .<^^^^^/ WOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 8/7 years, Mr. Lamb's early youth was one of penury and toil and hardship. From the beginning, however, he was full of courage and ambition, and however hard he may have worked through the day he nearly always found some time to devote to study in the evening. In this wa.v he fitted himself tor the profession of a teacher which he followed for several years in his native state. In 1883 he came to Kansas, locating first in Wilson County where he taught school for a few years, afterwards removing to Toronto, \">'^oodson County, where for three years he was principal of the city schools. In the meantime he had employed his leisure in the study of law to such good purpose Ihat in 1889 he was admitted to the bar and at once entered upon the practice of the profession which he has since followed with most gratifying success. An ardent republican, an eloquent speaker, it was but natural that Senator Lamb should drift into politics. He was the candidate o" his party for county attorney in 1892 and was elected, succeeding him- self in the same office in 1894. In 1896 he was nominated by acclamation for the office of state senator and was one of the ten Republicans elected !■ the Kansas senate in that year. In that body he advanced at once to a pi>sition of leadership, and although in the minority, wielded a connnanding influence during the two .sessions of the legislature tlirough which he served. Indeed so good was the record he made that in 1898 his countj' presented his i:ame as a candidate for congress, and while he failed of the nomination, he came out of the contest one of the recognized leaders of his part.y in the district- and state. As an evidence' of this recognition Seuator Lamb was nominated by acclamation as a presidential elector in 1900 and was a potent factor in winning the victory which restored Kansas to the republican column. When the electoral college met he was secretary of the Kansas electors, and thus made out the retui'ns which showed that Kansas had east her vote for JIcKinley and Roosevelt. Senator Lamb is a memoer of the ^lasonic. I. O. 0. F.. Knights of Pythias, S. K. and L. andA. 0. U. W. orders, and while he maintains high standing in all of them, he has been especially honored by the last named having been elected Grand Master Workman at the 1901 session of the Grand lodge. Mr. Lamb was married at Boswell. iienton County, Indiana, March G, 1881, to Miss Bessie Shipp, a cultured, educated and accomplished woman, v.-hose sympathy, comfort and active eflSort have contributed much toward the successful career of her husband. To them have been born four sons and three daughters, all living. Mr. Lamb and his family are active mem- bers of the Christian church, and while he has never been regularly en- gaged in the ministry, yet he often fills the pulpit of the church in a most acceptable manner. Since 1897 Mr. Lamb has been in partnership with Mr. AY. E. Hogue- land in the practice of law, and the firm is recognized as one of the strongest in ♦^he Seventh Judicial district. S78 HISTORY OF ALLEN AND A life of achievement such as is here briefly recorded is its own best el^log}^ Here iu this new western country it is the rule rather than the exception that the men now occupying positions of power and influence have fought their own way up from obscurity and poverty. Senator Lamb's career is therefore not exceptional. But it is on that account none the less honorable and distinguished. To begin the hard battle single-handed while a mere child and to achieve leadership in a learned profession and in a great partj^ before the meridian of life is reached, is a record that any man may well hand down to his children with pride. Fine physical strength, unquenchable courage and hope, strong iu- ttUigenee, great decision of character, fluent and foi-eeful oratory, unques- ticned integrity, unwearying diligence and pertinacity— these are the quali- ties that have won friends fortune and fame for G. H. Lamb, and that veil entitle him to a place in this history. JOHN W. LEWIS. Among the influential and leading men of Woodson County is John AV. L< wis, the senior member of the firm J. AY. Lewis & Son. He is a native of Henry County, Tennessee, born February 11, 1836. His father, Simpson Lewis, was born and reared in Virginia, made farming his life ivork and died in Tennessee, in 1839. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Nancy Patterson, survived him until 1849 and passed away in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a daughter of Joseph Patterson, who removed to Perry County. Illinois, in an earjy day and subsequently resided in Collinsville, that state. Virginia was the place of his birth and when he left the Old Dominion he took up his residence in St. Lonis, Missouri, in the .year 1844. Our subject has no sisters and but one brother. Porter M. Lewis, whose place of location is unknown. At the age of thirteen John W. Lewis was left an orphan and for a year thereafter he resided in St. Louis, Mis.souri, after which he went to Columbia. Illinois, and there learned the carpenter's trade with a Mr. Prather. He was employed in that capacity until 1852. The following winter he purchased cattle intending to cross the plains with Moore & Sterett, but failed to make the contemplated journey and in the summer of 1853 became a farm hand. The following year he went to McLean County. Illinois, where he worked by the month on a farm. In 1855 he made a ti-ip to Iowa, but in 1856 again followed farming in the employ 0? others until the 17th. of Augvist, 1856, when he secured a breaking team and outfit with which to break sod. This was his fir.^t independent venture and it proved a profitable one, gaining him a good start on the road to fortune. After his marriage JNIr. Lewis rented a fai-m for two years and then purchased a tract of land of the Illinois Central Eailroad Co., at once begin- ning its development and improvement. He successfully carried on agri- ■wOODBON COITNTISS. KANSA'S. 'S/^ * HTsroRv OF .ir.I.j-;.N .^.v. WILLIAM LOCKAKD. \\M. LOCKAKD, who is now engaged in the hardware business iu' Vates Center, has f pent almost his entire life in Woodson county, having tiome hitlur with his father, Martin Loekard, when but four years of age. He was born in Keitlebj^ Canada, on the 30th of August, 1865. His father was also a native of Canada, born in 1834. and after arriving at years oi maturity he married Sarah Lemon, who %Vi\s born in the same countiy. They came to Kansas in 1S70, locating in Toronto, but are now residents of Fort Scott. They have four living children, Kate, wife of W. P. Dickersou of Toronto, this state; Carrie, wife of J. X. Stout, a resident of Neosho Falls; William, of this review; and Maud, wife (^^ John Swearin- gen of Mv>nehester, Michigan. Reared in Woodson county, William Loekard acquired his education in Toronto, and after putting aside the work of the schoolroom he began tearuing the wagonmaker's trade with his father, following that pursuit for seven years. In February, 1899, he came to Yates Center and suc- ceeded H. H. McCormick as proprietor of the corner hardware store, \^hich he has since conducted, and his nnabating energy, keen discrimina- tion and reliable business methods have enabled him to maintain 3 place in the foremost rank among the leading and enterprising business men of his adopted city. On the 29th of -June, 1887, ^Ir. Loekard was united in marriage to Miss Anna Morris, daughter of A. H. Morris, formerly a resident of Illinoir, whence he came to Kansas in 1872. They now have two children, Harold and Andrey. In his social relations Mr. Loekard is an Odd Fellow, also identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and in his political affiliations he is a stalwart republican. Numbered among the early settlers of Woodson county, through almost a third of a century he has been an eye witness of its development, for as the yeai-s have gone by be has seen great changes wrought, the environments of pioneer life giving way to all the comforts of ei^-ilization. as churches and school houses have been built, business enterprises established and homes founded. He has supported all measures for the public good, and among the friends who have so long known him he is held in the warmest esteem. COLONEL DANIEL M. RAY. COL. DANIEL :M. RAY, one of the honored veterans of the Civil war, who won his title through valiant service in defense of the Union, has been a resident of Woodson county since 1870. In S^eptember of that year he arrived in this portion of Kansas and secured a homestead in Everett township. Since that time he has taken an interest in ever>-thing per- taining to the welfare and development of the eoxmty along substantial lines of improvement, and through his active labors he has left the impress of his individuality upon its history. :^,/?^ WOODSON COtrNTTES. KANSAS. BSl A native of Yancy county. North Carolina, Colonel Ray was Ijorn on the 27th of March.. 1833. He is a farmer's son and was reared in the usual manner of- farmer lads. His father, Thomas ^Y. Ray, was also a native of North Carolina and throutihout his long life devoted his attention to agricultural piirsuits. The grandfather. Hiram Ray. was a native of the (Jreen Isle of Erin, whence he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, taking np his abode in the old North stat«. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Hannah Carter and was a daughter of Daniel Carter, an Englishman. The colonel is the eldest child of Thomas and Hannah Ray, the others being: Hiram, now deceased; James M., of Newport, Tennessee; Edward AVm.. of North Carolina : Angus, of Texas ; and Mrs. Laura Biickner of North CaroHna. The educational privileges which Colonel Kay enjoyed were th""" .iifforded in the country schools of North Carolina, in the academy at Dand- ridge. Tennessee, and at Burnsville. North Carolina. Thus well ecjuipped for life's practical duties, by a good education, he started out to earn his own living when tweuty-one years of age. having previous to this time assisted in the work of the home farm. He engaged in ti aching school for about three years and then went to Tennessee where he was living at the tnne of the inauguration of the Civil War. Although a .southern man by birth and training, he believed that the government at Washington was fupii-'je and that no state had a right to withdraw from the Union. Thus it >vaf, liiat when some of the southern states attempted to secede he joined the Union forces, becoming a member of the Third Tennessee Infantry, at Camp Dick Robinson, at Crab Orchard, Kentucky. He was commissioned ,1'ijutf'nt of the regiment and served with that command for six months, ■.lieii he was commissioned colonel of the Second Tennessee Cavalry. His . - TOPnt started for the field of action from Cumberland Gap and was ,\iih the Army of the Cumberland. After the battle of Stone river Colonel Rfiy was placed in command of the Second and Third Division of th.' r.'ivalry. and refused a brevet, preferring to be colonel with a replitatioii ■•ather than a general w-ithout one. On many a battlefield his own bravm'y .insr.'red his men to deeds of valor and he made for himself a most cred "■ XI bio .nilitary record as a defender of the stars and stripes which now floa: so I ! oudly over the nation. He served until 18(54 when, on acciUit of fail- iiur ."lealth. he was obliged to resign. Although often in the thickest of the fight, he was never wounded, but the rigors and hardships of war under- n)ined his constitution. He participated in the hotly contested engage- ments at Stone river. Chickamauga. relief of Knoxville. the Atlanta cam- paign and the capture of the city, the battles of Franklin. Nashville and Jonesboro. After resigning Colonel Ray returned to his home and family in Ten- nessee. He had been married in Burnsville, North Carolina, on the 26th oi' ]\Iarch. 1854, to ]\Iiss Louise Farris, a daughter of Joseph Parris, who belonged to an old Kentucky family. They have one son, Philip S., born SS2 MiSTORY Of ALLEM ANT) Decfinber 22, 1864, who is now engaged with his father in the real estale' 1 iisiuess. He married Miss Laura Heizer, a daughter of J. W. Heizer of I'^ldorado, Kansas. In 1866 Colonel Ray removed with his family to' Iroquois county, Iliinois. where be engaged in farming until 1870, when he came to Woodson county, Kansas, locating here in the month of September. Upon the home- stead in Everett .township, which he st cured, he resided for twelve years, placing the land under a high state of cultivation and thus transforming it into one of the fine farms in the community. In 1882 he sold the property and took up his abode in Yates Center, where -he was engaged in merchandising for a year. He afterwaid held the office of county sur- veyor for twelve years and has probably found and located more corner stones than any other man in the county. In 1875 he laid out the city of Yates Center on Section 11, Township 25 and Range 15, and for the past eighteen j'eare he has been an active factor in its development and l)rogress. As a real e^■tate dealer he is a man of comprehensive knowledge of land values and locations and is tl;us enabled to aid his clients in making .iudieious investments. He sustains an una^:sailable reputation as a business man, his honesty being proverbial. Socially he is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and the A. 0. U. W. His has been a creditable record in all life's relations and no resident of Yates Center more richly deserves the regard of his fellow townsmen than Colonel Daniel M. Ray. ORPHEITS S. WOODWARD. ORPMEirs S. WOODWARD, who is practically living a retired life in Xeosho Falls, has met with creditable success in business, his honorable career having gained for him the high regard of all with whom he has been associated. He was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of May^j 1835, and is a sou of Ebenezer Woodward, whose birlh occurred in New York on the 15th of April, 1S04. \\ hen a young man the father went to Pennsylvania and was there married to iMiss Cornelia Prindle, who was born in Erie county. May 31, 1814. Through the greater part of his business career he carried on agricultural pursuits. The wife died December 17, 1855, at the age of forty-one years, and in 1876 he went to California where his death occurred July 25, 1882, when he was seventy- e.ght years of age. This worthy couple were the parents of seven children, five of whom are now living, namely: Augustus G., a resident of Tulare, California ; Mrs. Caroline Keller, a resident of Oregon : JMary, the wife 111" Robert Cowden, who re.':ides on the old homeste^id in Pennsylvania; Mis. Georgia Desmond of Santa Paula. Cal., and 0. S., of this review. In taking up the personal history of Mr. Woodward we present to our iiaders one of the most prominent men of Woodson county. In this com- liiimi'v. iiiH to know him is to ar-jue one's self unknown. No event of VvOODSON COUNTIES. KANSAS. 8S3 special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for him in his youth. He was reared on the old homestead in Pennsylvania and pur- sued his studies in the country schools, completing his education in the .Academy of ^Vaterford, Pennsylvania. After leaving that institution he e:igaged in teaching for four years in the public schools and was then choren principal of the Northwestern Normal School of Pennsylvania, in Avhich capacity he served for a year and a half. AVlieu the war broke out hi put aside all personal considerations, for his patriotic spirit was aroused b\' the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union. He therefore enlisted as a private in ]\lcLain's Erie regiment on the 16th of April, 1861, and .str\:ed for three months. On the expiration of that period he returned home and again entered his country's service in September, 1861, at which t me he was assigned to Company D, of the Eighty-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers and was ehoren captain, serving in that capacity until 1863. when on the 8th of July he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and subsequently brevet brigadier general for gallant and meritorious ser- vices. He participated in many battles and skirniiihes. among which were +he important engagements at Antietam, Chancel h)rsville, Gain's Mills, ^Malvern Hill, Fair Oaks. INIine Run. Gettysburg. Rappahannock Station, where he commanded the corps skirmishers, and the "Wilderness. He was in e\ ery battle in which his regiment was engaged except at Second Bull Rim and Fredericksburg. Colonel Woodward was wounded through the left a?'m at the battle of Malvern Hill and at the battle of the Wilderness he lost his right leg, su-'taining in.juries which necessitated its amputation above the knee. He was never captured and on many an occasion his own personal valor inspired his men, his bravery proving an important factor in winning the day. His was a noble record of which he has every reason \^ be proud. When the war was over Colonel Woodward returned home to his yiumg wife, whom he married in the interim between his first and second enlistments. It was on the 9th of September, 1861, that Miss ilarietta Himrod of Waterford,.PennFylvania. became his wife. She is a daughter ot' David and Abigail Hiinrod. Their marriage has been blessed with three childicn: Anna, who is at home: Kate, the wife of G. F. Clark, now of Pewaukee. Wisconsin ; and Alice, the wife of J. S. McDonald, .jr., who r.sides in Chicago. Mrs. Woodward died April 11. 1887, and is bi;i-ied in Neosho Falls cemetery. Colonel Woodward has ever been prominent in public affairs. Imme- diately after his return from the war in 1865 he became a recoarnized leader in political circles in Pennsylvania and sei'ved in the house of representa- tives through the session of 186.3-6. In the latter year he was re-elected for a second term and did much towards shaping the legislature of his state in the epoch which followed the Civil war. In April. 1868. he arrived ill Kansas and AVoodson county gained thereby a valued citizen. He pur- chared a fai-m and continued its cultivation until 1871, when he removed 8S4 HISTOKV OF ALLEN AND to Neo;:li() Palls and cnibai'ktd in the hardware business, continuing in that enterprise for twelve years. He has Deen very successful in his business transactions and today owns five hundred acres of valuable land in Wood- son county, all improved and bringing to him a handsome income. He had not been long in Kansas when his ability for leadership gained him promi- nence in the republican ranks of this state, and in 1888. he was elected to the senate where he served for four years, representing Woodson and Allen counties. He has ever been a stalwart republican and his services in office have won for him the highest commendation and have demonstrated beyond doubt his fidelity to the bent interests of his constituents. Mr. Woodward holds membership in the Masonic fraternity, belonging 'o Neosho Palls lodge, and also in the G. A. R. He has a very pleasant home presided over by MisK Anna Woodward and celebrated for its gracious hospitality which is enjoyed by a very extensive circle of friends. The colonel's career illustrates the possibilitie.s that are open in this country to earnest and ]iersevering young men who have the courage of their convic- tions and are determined to be the architects of their own fortunes. When judged by what he has accomplished, his right to a first place among the representative citizens of Neosho Palls cannot be questioned. He has ever been true and loyal to principle and in the legislative halls of two states, as well as upon the battle fields of the south, he has manifested his love for the old flag and the cause which it represents. ALBERT B. IMANN. ALBERT B. MANTST of Toronto has for thirty .years been a resident of Woodson county. He was born in Sidney, Shelby county, Ohio, October 10. 1839. His father, Albert Mann, was a native of New Hampshire, born on the Ist of May, 1813. and was a son of Alexander Mann, who came to New Hampshiie from Ireland while a boy. He was a highlv educated gentleman who became a leading and influential citizen of New Hampshire, where he spent his remaining days. His wife was a daughter of Captain Joseph Parker, who commanded the company that drew the first fire at the bnt<-le of Ijexington. Albert Mann, the father of our subject, was married in Boston. Massachuset^^s. to Miss Mary Harvey. He died in Wichita. Kansas, December 11, 1874. and his wife parsed away in Chicago, on the 20th of August, 1877. He had been educated in the common schools and in an academy, and afterward pursued a course of medicine, practicing his profession in Lexington, Delaware county, Ohio, and later in Knoxville. Illinois. In 1873 he came to Kansas, and in the Sunflower state spent his 7-emaining days. In polities he was first a whig, afterward an advocate of the freesoil party and later, when the republican [)arty sprang into exist- ence, he joined its ranks. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Mann were as follows: A. B.. of this review, is the eldest; Harvey of Springfield, Illinois, WOODSON COUNTIES, KANSAS. 885 was a member of the Tweuty-sixth Volunteer lufautry. During the Civil: war he served as hospital steward until April, 1864:, when he was made assistant surgeon and in ilarch, 1S65, was appointed surgeon. On the expiration of his term of enlistment he joined the United States regular army as assistant surgeon and was stationed in the department of the Piatte until May, 1S67, when he was ordered to Vicksburg, Mississippi. He .'.erved in Arkansas and in Mis.sissippi until 1869 when he came to Toronto, Kansas, and here practiced his profession while waiting for an a.ssignment. He was next ordered to Fort Stephenson, Dakota, and afterward to Collins- ville. South Carolina. He accompanied General Custer's command to the Yellowstone and Black Hills country and was severely wounded in an engagement with the Indians at the Grand river agency in Dakota. In 1876 he located in Chicago, turning his attention to the practice of medicine. Afterward he came to Toronto where he resided until 1896. During the Spanish-Cuban war was surgeon of an immune regiment and in charge of general hospital at Key West, and since that time has been a resident of Springtield, Illinoif:. Mary A., the third member of the family, is the wife (if Captain Samuel Wist, a resident of Boulder, Colorado. George is a l)ractieing dentist at Waco, Texas. Hiram is living in Phoenix, Arizona. .Mrs. Laura. Barker, the youngest member of the family, makes her home in Toronto. Albert Buchanan Mann, whose name introduces this review, pursued his education in the public schools and when eighteen years of age began teaching. He followed that business for three years and during two years of the lime wa.s employed in the graded schools of Knoxsville, Illinois. He had resided for ten years in Richland county, Ohio, before leaving the Buckeye state for Illinois, at the age of nineteen. On abandoning teaching lie joined the army, becoming a member of Company E, of the One Hun- dred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the spring of 186-4. He was at the front five months when his health failed and he was there- fore discharged. Returning to Illinois he engaged in merchandising at Knoxville, carrying on a dry goods establishment throughout a period of six years. In April, 1870, he came to Toronto, bi'inging with him a stock . STOUT. JACOB N. STOUT, postmaster of Neosho Falls, editor ami proprietor 0^' the Nei>sho Falls Post, was born iu Adams county, Illinois, June 11, 185 i His father was Samuel 0. Stout, a native of North Carolina, and his mother was Lucinda Jidian, also born in North Carolina. The parents moved up into Indiana and later on into Illinois, where they resided till 1S6S, when they came on to Kansas. They settled in Bourbon county, where they resided three years. In 1S71 they made their tinal change of location, going into Woodson county, where the father died in 1882 at the age of seventy yiai"s. His widow survives him and is a resident of Yates Center, Kansas. Jacob N. Stout was one of a family of eight children. He Mas fifteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Kansas. He was brought up on the farm and was a pupil of the district school. In 1880 he entered the State University of Kansas and spent one year thei-e. The next year I.e entered tlie State Normal School of Kansas and finished a course there, with graduation, in 1882. He engaged in teaching at once, as principal of the Howard city schools. He remained there a year and entered the schools at Neosho Falls in a like capacity and remained two years. The fall of 1886 he took charge of the schools at Kinsley, Kansas, and closed his career F.S' an educator with that year's work. He purchased the Neosho Falls Post in 1885 and he went from the school room to the editorial chair. He has rfniained in control of the Port since it first came into his hands and has i\ voted all his energies to its proj)er editing and publication. The Post is a newspaper with strong i-epubliean proeli\ities and an advocate of the interests of Neosho Falls and "Woodson county. Its publisher has performed whatever duties, in his town, that devolved upon him as a citizen and official, ar.d was appointed by Governor Humphrey a member of the Board of Regents of the Kansas State Normal School, where lie served two yeaijr. April 23, 1898, i\[r. Stout was appointed postmaster of his town for a term of four years. He is clerk of the city board of education and is one of the "school men" of the cotinty. Mr. Stout was married in 1878 to Miss Emma Higginbotham, who died within a few months afterward. In 18Sfi he was again married to IMiss •\\t)01)S0N COf NTIES. KA>!SAS. S87 .i\unfetta Michner, which niarriatie was fruitful, and productive of two slaughters, Grace and Marie. Mrs. Stout died in 1893 and for his third wife Mr. Stout nuiriied Mrs. Carrie (Lockard) Shears of Lincoln, l^«eb., a ■daughter of M. B. Lockard of Port Scott. Being interested in fraternities. Mr. Stout has become a member of some of the prominent ones. lie is a Mason, a Red Man, a Woodman, and 111. (. nf \\f\nity HENKY SCHLICHTING. That Henry Schliehting is one of the most pojmlar and i-epresentative ■citizens of Yates Center" is indicated by the fact that in 1900 he was re- elected to tlie office of mayor of the city without opposition, and certainly the choice was M'isely made for he is a practical business man, deeply inter- ested in the welfare of his adopted town and his devotion to the public good is above question. A native of Hanover, Germany, Mr. Schliehting was born on the 18th rt September, 1856, and when only two years old was brought to America Avorld and took up his abode in Calhoun county, Illinois. There he engaged in farming until hi.s death, which occurred in 1865, when he was forty years ■of age. His wife bore the maiden name of Isabel Heinsom. She is now jyirs. Wintien and resides in Crawford county, Kansas. The children of iicr first marriage were: Henry; Gaslia, wife of John Fredrick, of Craw-, ford county. Kan.sas; John, and Harnran C, also of the same county. Henry Schliehting spent his j'outh and early manhood on the home farm and enten d upon his business career as a clerk in Hambiirg. Calhoun •county, Illinois, where he remained for a year. In 1880 he came to Hepler, "Crawford county, Kansas, and engaged in clerking for John Viets, remain- ing in his employ for about ten j'xf'ars, after which he embarked in business rt\ his f atlK r. Clause Schliehting, who with his family emigrated to the new en his own account, as a partner of his former employer, Mr. Viets. This afsociation was continued until 1893. when it was dissolved, Mr. Schliehting going to "Weir City, Kansas, where he accepted a clerkship in a store belong- ing to a coal mining company. In 1895 he entered the employ of Davis & Company, ha.v and grain dealers at Fort Scott, and the same year was sent by them to Yates Center to manage their b.usiness here. He also carries Oil business for himself as n dealer in coal, flour and mill feed and enjoys a ■good trade in that line, his patronage steadily increasing as time passes. On the 7th of December. 1884, in Ci-awford county, Kansas. Mr. ochlichting was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Alice Johnson, a daugh- ter of David Johnson, who came from Pennsylvania to the west. Mrg. Schliehting was born in Iowa, December 7. ISfil. jind by her marriage has become the mother of four children : Melissa. Edith, David C, Florence A. and Henry G. The hospitality of the best homes is extended to the family S>SS HTSTORY OF ALLEN A!W and tlii'ii- iiuiiiy iiifiuls may always be sure of a conlial ami fricinUy gieei- iiisr in the Sehlieluiiio; residence. Ifi his political views ^Ir. Sehlichtinyr hai: bten a stalwart republicaa since casting his first vote for James A. '.arfieki. and since coming to Yates Center he has been honored with various public offices of trust. In 1897 he was elected a member of the city council, was re-elected in 1888, and in 1899 was chosen by popular vote nuiyor of the city. He filled the office so capably that in 1900 he was re-elected— a- filting recognition of his ability and fidelity and an unmistakable evidence •■! liis personal popularity and worth for he had no o])ponent. He has secured many needed improvements and reforms and has promoted the welfare of the city along various lines. In Masonry he has attained the Ki.yal Are.h degrees, and has filled most of the offices in lodge and chapter. J. H. FRY. iMarUed [irogress has been nuide in business metiiods along the varicms lines in which men find opportunitj' to exercise their talents, and agriculture hils kept pace with the general advancement. Among the progressive, prac- tical farmers and stock-raisers of Woodson county who have won success is J. H. Fry, who wa;- born in Warsaw, Illinois, on the 19th of December, 1849. His father, Solomon Fry, was a native of Pennsylvania and during his boyhood accompanied his parents on their removal to the Prairie state where he learned the mason's trade which he followed for some time. He was married to Mi.ss Sarah E. House, a native of Connecticut, and resided in Hancock county. Illinois, until after the sectional differences between the ■mr.h an.i :;>uth involved the country in Civil war. He then joined the .Teat army 'vhich was formed for the preservation of the Union, enlisting as a pr'vate with Company D, Seventy-eighth Illinois Infantry, with which h<- t. i-ved for three years, participating in all the battles in which his regi- ment engaged. He was very fortunate in that he wa.s never wound. 'i nor captured and was never absent from duty for a single daj'. After his -.•!■! am from the army he removed to Kansas in lSf59, locating on a farm i-i Linn county, where he made his home until 1886 when he became a resident of «"'arthage, Missouri, where he still resides. His wife died many years ago. J. H. Pry was the eldest of their four children and was reared in TTaneock county, Illinois .spending his youth upon the homestead farm. He oenuired an academic education and afterward prepared for the prac- tical duties of busine.s life by learning the mason's trade with his father. When the war broke out he was left to care for the three yotinger children .ind supported them by his work. He has ever been a man of marked in- d'usliy and liis diligence and perseverance formed an example well worthy of emulation. On the 23d of January, 1873, he was united in marriage to Mii^s Sarah E. Buckley, a native of New Jersey, who had removed to Illinois TvOfCDSON CfHTNTIKS, KA'NSAS 'SSo '=s\'itli her parents, Joel T. aud Salinda (Wilson) Buckley. Her father was :an attorney at law aud at one time a nominee for •iovernor of Illinois on the prohibition ticket- After his marriage, Mr. Fry rented a farm in La Salle county and began dealiup: in stock. Success attended his efforts, and in .'even yeai's" time he was al)lo to buy a good farm, owning two hundred and eighty acres of well imi)roved land on which he raised cattle, shijiping them to the city market. He lived upon his farm until 1897 and then sold the propei-ty for seventy-five dollars per acre, after which he came to Kansas- and pur- chased two hundred and eighty-eight acres in Allen count}', three and one- half -miles southwest of Neorho Palls. Here he has engaged in genei'al farming and stock-raising and has at the present time about two hundred head of cattle, and feeding about one hundred head each winter. In 1900 he received nineteen hundred dollars for hogs of his own raising. In the fall of 1899. in accordance with the advice of his physician, he removed to >;eosho Palls and to some extent has laid aside buriness cares, ^)ut drives back and forth to the farm in order to superintend its management. Unto our subject and his wife have been Tiorn three children: R. Thurston, now twenty-five years of age : Ora L.. an estimable young lady at home, and Adisa V., the wife of Jesse Everett, now of Streator, Illinois. Mr. Pry is a nn'!)dier of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the lodge at Neosho Falls' and to the Royal Arch chapter at Yates Center. He also be- l.mgs to Neosho Falls camp No. 3383, M. "\V. A., and to the order of the Rid ]\Ien and Elks at lola. He has been an active worker in the ranks of tlK- repul>lican party since attaining his ma.jority and is unfaltering in his support of its principles. Tn the spring of 1900 he was elected mayor of "Neo.sho Palls and has filled minor offices in the county in which he lived in IViinoi.'-. He is now discharging his duties in a manner highly commenda- tory, his administration being business-like and progressive. He exercises his official prerocatives in support of the pidilic cood and .has seciired a number of needed reform.s and improvements. He is a popular citizen, esteemed for his fidelity to dut\' as well as for his social qualities and for his business success. He is a man of forceful character, strong individuality ard genuine worth, and as one of the leading men of Woodson dounty he ^s numbered. WILLIAM STOCKEBRAND. AATM. STOCKEBRAND is numbered among the prominent and influen- tial ciMyens of Woodson county, and has a wide acquaintance among leading n.en of the state for he represented his county in the legislature and served on a number of impoi-tant committees. Called to office by popular vote his ■election was an indication of the trust reposed in him by his fellow towns- snen and well did he dircharge the duties that devolved upon him. Forty- ■Sgo ?rrsTORY of .iLLESr AS'O three yiars have passed siuee he came to Woodson eoiiiity, the date of hfe arrival being 1857. Mr. Stoekebrand was born in Lippe Detniold, Germany, August II, 1833, and was a son of Adolph Stoekebrand, a farmer of that ccnntry. He spent the first twenty-two years of his life in the fatherland and then crossed the Atlantic, coming to Kansas in company with his brother, with xVugust Lauber and August Toedman. They traveled west- ward by rail to Jefferson City, JMissonri, and by boat to Kansas Citj', where tliey hired a team to haul them to Lawrtuce, Kansas. At the last named place they purchased au ox. team and with that continued their journey to Woodson eountj-. There were practically no roads south of Toy creek iu Franklin county, and they made their way acrors the prairies with little to guide them on their journey. They were all young men looking for homes and they found in Kansas the opportunity they sought. An acquaint- ance, Ernest Tjinder, had preceded them and was living on Om'1 creek. They made their way to his home and there started out to seek locations for themselves iu the timber belt. Mr. Stoekebrand of this review secured the southAvest quarter of Section 1, Township 25, Range 15. and has resided Oil this tract for forty-three years, devoting his time to farming and stock raiding. His success enabled him to increase his landed possessions until he was the owner of twelve hundred acres, of which he has since given four hundred acres to his childien. At the time of the Civil war Jlr. Stoekebrand enlisted in the fall of 18fil, as a member of Company F, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, and after one year he was discharged on account of disability. His service was given chiefly in fighting bushwhackers in Missouri and the Indian Territory. He had become a republican on the organization of the party and has always given to it his stalwart support, taking an active interest in county politics and doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the pai-ty. • When the populist movement began to spread Woodson eoimty became a strong populistic center and the republican majority was reduced from several hundred to almost zero, but when Mr. Stoekebrand became the re-publican canelidate for the state legislature in his district iu 1895. he received the very flattering majority of one hundred and eighty- nine— this vote indicating in an unmistakable manner his popularity as a citizen and the trust reposed in him by his fellow to«Tismen. While serving ii! the house he was a member of the committees on the re-apportionment of jridicial district, on forestry, labor and woman's rights. He was interested in a measure whereby it was proposed to force all railroad companies to build and maintain fences along farm lots and pastures, through which hogs could not make their way, but the bill failed to pass. He also endeav- ored to secure the passage of a bill to protect prosecuting witnesses from intimidation or fear of harm from a guilty party, but this also failed. He gave an earnest support to every measure which he believed would prove of public aood, and the record of his official service is one without blemish. WOODSON coii.vtik:;. Kansas. S91 On the 81st of January. 18fi3, in Coffey coiintj% Kansa.'?, Mr. Stoeki'- lirand inari'iod Minnie Steffen, a daughter of Mrs. Louisa (Pribernow) Stoffen. They have -even eliildien : William, of Woodson county : Jlatihla. wife of Fnd \\ eide of the .same eounty : George and Prank, bolh of Woodson eounty; Louisa, wife of William Fuhlhacen; Emma and Rudolph. The parents hold meinhership in the German Evangelical church. Mr. Stockehvarid is niniiVe''ed among the honored pioneers of Wood.son county. Pn-'ing the first fall of his residence in the conn nelds and soon hail a hiiilily improved farm on which he resided iiv.li! Ivs (ir.ath, which oecuned in ISSO, wiien he was forty-nine years of aye. His wife survived him until March. 1900, wheu she parsed away at llie aiie of fifty-two yeais. This worthy couple were the parents of sev'^n ihihbeu. Thomas M. Heidman. whose name begins this record, was the second i;j order of birth, and was about two years old when brought by his par- ents I0 this ^tate. Tlce he was reared and educated, attending the dis- trict s-chools through the winter months and assisting in the work of the hr>uii> farm throu.gh +he summer sea'ou. He is now living on the old home- s<(ad and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. The heirs have one hund'ed and sixty ac^es of land, which is yet undivided. On tie 2d of December, 1891. Thoma." Hei-dman was united in mar- r.age to J.liss Dellah .Vddleman. who was born in Venango County. Penn- sylvania, and came with her parents to Kansas in 1887. She is the daugh- i( ■• of "Robert and T?ni'bn''i I'Hoffman) Addleman. both of Avhom are natives of the Keystone r'^ate. Mr. and Mrs. Herdman now have two children: rioyd and Helen acred respec'ivelv six and three vears, and their presence adds sunshine and happiness to the home. Mr. Herdman holds member- ship with the Modern Woodmen of Amenca. He is one of the industrious yountr farmers of AVood'on County, and if he continues iu his present indus- ti ioi's and honorable course will in a few years be rankcil wilh the wealthy ;• '"ie" I'nvis's of *^l'e communitv. OEORGE H. LYNN. ( Il'^Ot;!.'!'] Tl. LYNX, who carries on farming and stock raising in Xeosho Fall? township, Woodson county, is numbered among the native sons of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Moultrie County, October fi. ''■i-'i^i. His father. Simon Tvun. was a native of Kentuck.y and wedded Marcia A. Stevens, who was also born in that state. In 1854, he went to Illinoir'. and ten years later came to Kansas, arri^^ng in Woodson County 1". the l.ith of Sep' ember, 1804. He settled on the Len Fuqua farm, a mile and a half ea«t of Neosho Falls .where his son Ceorge is now living, and there his life's labor.s were ended in death in 1888, when he was ■ eventy-one years of age. His wife died August 1, 1882. at the age of fifty-two years. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom six are yet living, namely: Mrs. Belinda Levett of Xeosho Falls: Adaline, wife of O. B. Miller, a resident of Hutchinson. Kansas: Belle, wife of T'eortre Odi 11 of Oklahoma : J. A. ; Cfeorge H.. and James W. George H. Lvnu was a lad of only nine summers when, in 1S64, his parents came to Kansns, and he spent the greater part of his youth on the 894 HISTOKV UK ALLKN AXJi» fii.rm which he now (iwiis and occupies. His pi'eliniinnry mentnl tliseipliiie was received in the disti'iot schools and he was also a student in (leneva Academy. He remained with his parents until they passed away, rcnderinu- them filial care and devo'ion in their declininp; years. Mr. Lynn has been twice married. He first wedded Miss Jennie Lee, a di.stant relative of General Robert E. Lee. She died in 188G, leaving two children. Earl and Perry Ijee. The latter is now livinc with his maternal grandmother in Tojieka. Kansas, having been reared by her. while Earl is at home with his father. Mr. Lynn was again married in 1891, his second union being with Mi.=s Lula Odell, who wa>' born in Illinois, and in 1S8S came to Kansas with her paren's, James TI. and Phoebe Odell. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn now have four children : Elvyn, Floyd, Oleyn and Gladys. Mr. L.ynn secured his start in the bni^iness world on a capital of three dollars. The father gave to each of his children that sum of money, and Mr. Lynn and his sister, combined their finances, purchased a calf for rix dollars. T'his was the beginning of his stock raising interests. With- in three years they had twenty-one head of cattl(>, and Mr. Lynn has long been recognized as one of the leading stock raisers of Woodson County Upon his father's death he purchased of the o'^her heirs their intere^'ts in the old homestead, which he has since occupied. He here owns two hun- dred and twenty-seven acres of fine farming land, both timber and prairie, and upon the place are some splendid never failing springs. He has indeed, one of 1he fine stock farms of southens+ern Kansas. He raises registered Poland China hogs and sells many of these for breeding purposes. His horses and cattle are of excellent grades, and his annual sales of stock bring him a good profit. His barn is built on the side of a hill, thus having excellent drainage, and in his feed lot is nice timber, mak- ing good shelter for his stock. The farm residence was erected in 1860 of native walnut lumber which was cut in the sawmill owned by L. L. North- rup. An air of neatness, thrift and affluence pervades the place and Mr. Iiynn is accounted one of the substantial agriculturists and stock raisers of his adopted county. Bociall}' Mr. Lyjin is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America, belonging to Neosho Pall.'; Camp. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, believing lliat its principles are Ixst calculated to promote good government and secure (he wealth ol' Hie nation. INDEX PART I ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS iGE 37 Bench and Bar 59 Churches and Schools 62 Criminal Record 96 Elsmore " 648 Election Returns and Other Statistics 33 First Things ■' 69 Geneva 95 Gas 91 Humboldt !! 41 Humboldt Lawyers 73 lola TOLA CHURCHES 80 American M. E. 77 Baptist, First 80 Baptist, Second 79 Catholic 78 Methodist 78 Presbyterian 79 Reformed 78 United Brethren 5 Location and Natural Features 31 Land Titles 95 LaHarpe 82 Moran " 56 Natural Gas 6 Natural Resources lOLA NEWSPAPERS 80 lola Register 80 Allen County Courant 81 Tola Farmers Friend 81 Allen Cuonty Herald 81 Western Sentinel 8! lola Daily News 81 lola Daily Record 81 Population and Wealth 341 Reminiscence of an Old Settler 88 Savonburg 54 Swedish Settlement 8 Territorial Period 25 Thirty- five Years of Peace 38 Valentine's Recollections 21 War Period BIOGRAPHIES 52-44"^ 269 . 57' 0-6 4S-4S7 104 2-6 1S6 191 1 13 30S 4'^ 459 -5<^ 4S9 4S 29S 504 55 J -45 3S7 4^7 565 226 122 334 34' 5^ 530 466 4S2 3^^ 57 42S 199 300 306 400 235 1S2 26S 543 Ard. X. L. Acers. N. F. Adams, H. B. Adams. \V. M. Alexander. \V. E. Ama-;. G. A. Anderson. J. R. Anderson, T. T. Andrews. \V. H. Armel. J no. H. Ariielt. J. D. Arnold. E. \V. Ashbrot^k. J. M. Aushernian. C. C. Bacon, Geo. H. Baland. Chas. Bale, Jno. \V. Barber. E. A. Barker. Jesse Barnelt. W. T. Bariihart, Adam Barnholt. Clans Bartels. W. L- Barth, C. F. J. Bealim. J. H. Beatty. J. C. Beeman. A. M. Beck, A. \V. Bennett, Zar E. Benton, C. E. Bird, \Vm. Blakelv, H. E. Bogle. A. C. Booe, J. M. Bastwick. D. \V. Boulson. Dr. C. H. Boyd. J. K. Bragg. Harry Brandenberg, S D. Braucher, \Vm. Brett, O C. Brown, A. \V. J. Bunvn. Dr. H. A. Brown. Gei->. M. Brown. Jno. M. Brown, \V. M. Browning Mrs. M M 545 1S2 45 20^ 246 390 45 43. > 4^3 446 31 1 3-9 43 56' 259 525 25S 3S2 146 323 234 131 218 28 1 330 473 36S 570 440 320 468 563 104 40S 528 23** 152 291 ',60 Bruner. Elias Buck. L. D. Buchanan, Wni. Burleinh. H. M. Burtis, H. M. Busley, Henry Butler, Joshua Byrne. Tho<. L. Cain, Edward CampNell. A. H. Campbell. A. L. Campliell. W. T. Carman. H, H. Cates. J. B. F. Cation. Thos.. Jr. Cecil, S. G. Chastain, Dr. W. D. Choguill, \V A. Cholk-tte, Mrs. M J Christian, J. D. Christv. J. L. Claiborne. R. R. Coe. I. S. Coffinan. J. H. ColUirn. J. F., lola. Cope, Dr. Benj. C>|Krlin, R. S. Cornell. John Courtney. Dr. John Courtney, I". R. Cowan. \V. A. Cox. W. D. Crowell, E. I. Cunningham Alfred Cunningham, Wni. Cunningham, R. \I. Curtis, E. D. Daniels. C. \V. Davidson, B. O. Davis, Brothers Davis. \Vm. Davis, Wni. Daniels, A. L. Daughters. W. T. Deal, Margaret C. Decker. T. P. nioGKAPinEs r.vo.u 50J ■' 407 -47 • 176 " 340 " 453 50 •• 412 16S • 565 264 3S6 127 129 291 •• 297 379 150 •• 2S4 • 552 '" 45^ " 432 559 453 " 431 •" 156 169 192 " 399 509 374 -75 54> •' 50« 51 200 290 " 495 445 31S 537 ■■ 452 271 Decker, M. L. DeClute. C. H. Delaplaiiie. K. P. Delapluue. J. W. Deniiev, F. S. DeWitt. G. Dickey. Jno. P. Donoho, L T. Donoho. M. H. Don nan. \V. J. Dornberijh.Dr. A. Downs. S. 1:. Downs, C. L. Drake, J. \V. Drake, Rev. L. I. Dnncan. J. P Dnnc.in. L. \V. Diiniinsa;, D. P. Ebert, Henrv Ed.son, C. \r. Kdwards, J. \V. Eldruii^e, G. T. Ellis. G. W. Englehar.it, Giis Enos, \V. E Ericson, E. D. Ericson, JiKepli Ericson, Jacoh Evans, John M. Evans, \V. J. Evans, S. H. Evans, H. T. Ewing, H. A. Feeley. Martin Fergus. J. B. Fin lev, James Fisher. Geo. \V. Fisher. J. H. Fisher. Mrs. X Firzpairick. T. : Forti. Mr>:. Marv Fowler. HP." Fox, G^i. G Francis, Jno. Freed, Daniel Freeman. Geo. K 204 439 355 5 '9 540 463 579 S16 105 44^ 394 4^ 14- 557 569 4^ >4> .-40 127 490 34- 4^5 144 2P7 393 527 150 322 265 2S4 -S ^ lO'; 467 260 3S0 479 567 230 395 100 Frevert. F. \V. Funk. Mrs. A. L. Fulton. Dr. A. J. Funston. Frederick Fun.ston, E. H. Furneaux, W. J. Gants, Jno. H. Gard. G. R. Garvl. S. A. Gardner, J. H. Gay, Ephraim Giy, Frank Garrett. L. A. Gilbert, Eli Gilbert, E. G. Givler, Henry G\x>dner, Jacob Goodwin, Jno. R. Gordon, Jno. C. Goyette. Frank Grim. Jno. Gwillim. Jno. Gwillim. \Vm. Hacknev & Son Hall. C' W. Hall, W. T. Hamni. J. \V. Haukins, Ximrod Harris, Geo. Harris. T. B. Hartman, W. M. Haves, J. P. Havs.Jno. B. Heck. Mis. E. Heim, Conrad Helle, C. F. Henderson. H. L. Hess. G. W. Hildebrant. G. D. Hite. Edward Hoban. Harmon Hogan. Thos. Hokanson. Peter Holmes. N. T. Holtz, J. C. Horton. F. J. BIOGRAPHIES 4^5 Hcwxille. Daniel page 222 5^3 Hoslev. J. L- 204 479 Honenitein, J. O. 4^^ S*6 Honser. Cha«. 554 514 Hnck. W. J. 1S9 36-' Han, Lewis, Jr. 4^ 559 Hnfimire. W. W. 248 510 Hnnter. Orlander 316 305 260 rhrig. W. J. 160 429 Ingels, Marion 14S 261 Inman. A. D. 556 515 Ireland. Jno. E. ^5^ 531 Irwin. S. M, 55'^ 222 Isaac, A. B. 3H ^=4 Jackson. Frsnk 47- Jacobson. P. C. 52: Japhet. C. A. 337 "7 Jav. Elisha 1S5 215 Jewell. Dr. J. E. 21C 4S1 Jewell, W. D. '47 219 Jones. W. X. 170 299 Jones. Mr^ Jennie I2> 432 Jones, J. E. 2S0 470 Jordan. A. W. 366 410 161 Keith, C- B. 51 196 Keith. C. P. 549 2SS Kellam. Dr. S. H. -^43 116 Kellev. I. D. 302 iiS Kelley. W. B. 351 441 Kennedy, Wm 344 55S Kenyon, J, G. 174 47 Kepljnger, L. W. 49<^ '95 Kern, M. P. 477 249 Kerr. \V. A. 135 165 Kerr, Obed 240 140 Kettle, Fred 22c 102 Keyser. Benj, 405 :o2 Kinne. L. B. 22S 56S Kitzmiller, T. I. 5*^ 2S7 Klotzbach, Simon 512 51 Kaight. R. H. 457 536 Knowlion, C L- 107 166 Knox. S. M. 437 251 Kohler. A. C. 416 517 Knder, T. H. Lacey. M. L. Lacey, EU D. Ladd. Jacob H. Ladd. L- O. Lanibeih. Dr. G. B. Larimer. W. T. Lanry, Jno. W. Lehman, Jno. S. Leitzbach. E. H. Lent. Robinson Lienrance. Hiram Ling. W. H. Linqnist. P. M. List. G. H. Liitlejohn. Dr. Wm Lockhart, J. W. Longsaeih. B. A. Mable. Mr*. C M. Manbeck. Jno. Mapes. G. G. Marnn. Dr. C. S. Mattock. W. M. Mattoon. J. M. McCarlev. Jav McClang. A.'j. McDonald. J. M. McDonald. W. G. McDowell.W. H . McEliov. W. T. McGiiew. W. P. McKaughcji. James McKinley, Geo. McLaughlin, Geo McXief. C. W. Mendenh,ait, L- D. Mei chant. Wm Meredith. Geo. Merrill, G. L. Miller, H- M. Milk. C. K- Miner. E. P. Mitchell. MissC Moffitt, \V. \V. Moon. Geo. W. Moonev, F. C. Mali. C. G. Mveiv;, HA. 3I«x:kapgiss PACE oi^5 Xisi. D- T- ir5 N«iifoa. Rooest " jjS XdisML. G- M. 17^ Xeisec, Cs*s. ^7- Nici Fri=k " I5i Ncrr- — "r- «o7 Xc;: 4«5 X.— - i«5 XccTc^. ;. ^- 3*5 XTTHiir. T:3j. - .^o XvTBsia- C- W- 455 .Vl%-^e« l<^«c 1*7 ~ ~ , ' i»! 5i« 4-S^ J4v> RcctEtfoa. Giv-oni Rogfcss, H. C- R<*=«rs. S. G- Rose- J- ?- RoJC Friz:il:3 Rocc W. H- Rsbis, S- ?. R==hsl W.J. R=»2qe3ss. J. A- Rs-y-t::. J, H. SkEJJO. I. X- -JC _ S. >?7 - 5C0 .^Jo J i*^ -^ +5 ^ "- -5!^ ^- rrjcfc. W- i- 47^ S*T^T»». j3* RsajBjjhoL. I- F- 4=5 R£SB&^ Br. C 12; Rr 30S 23o 309 54!^ 125 44 25<^ 221 396 206 403 197 45S 47-^ 4S4 317 471 162 549 154 155 464 545 Waul Richard Wedin. A. Weith S- H. Wen, E X. Whitaker. C. L. White. R. F. Wliilnev H. C. Wilhite. S. B. WiUett. E N. Williams, H. W. Williamson. J. M. Wilson. Fiances Wilson Jas. Wilson J. S. Wisbors- A. P. Wishar^. L. H. Wood A. M. Wooti Jno. T Woodin J. C. Works. R. M. Wright A. E. Wright A. M. YonugG. H. Young J. M. Young W. F. 451 Zimmerman, Robt. PAGE >79 •• 5S0 • 626 ■ 5S2 " 6iS " 610 *' 594 '• 599 • 5S^ • 6cvS • 6S^ PART II WOODSON COL.NTV Woodson Conntv Mec- - n : on Returns ~ etc. - . -.a WiT Wcs>iSwa CounPT Ne\rsrap«ers KA.N5.AS BIOGRAPHIES PAGE 753 " 836 " 788 " 825 " 828 " 709 " Soo " 635 " 647 " 645 " 756 " 750 " 724 " S71 " 775 " 676 " 730 " 832 " 662 " 869 " 719 " 773 ■ " 873 " 706 " 799 " 637 " 829 " 695 " 641 " 630 " 700 " 777 " 677 " 810 " 748 " 807 " 764 " 7S5 " 640 " 727 " 783 " 699 " 752 " 744 " 692 Agnew. W. J. Aicnew, \V. F. Allen. J. J. Armstrong, John F. Arnold, F. L. Askren, David Augustine, O. P. Baker, B. P. Bauersfeld, C. H. Baver, F. H. Bayer. J. H. Bayer, J. F. Bay less, J. F. Beam, A. J. Bennett, D. C. Berndsen, F. H. Blume, Protas Boatman. \V. B. Bradford, H. E. Brenner, A. F. Buck, X. B. Butler. F. W. Campbell, G. W. Camac. Isaac J. Carpenter, G. D. Coe, Albert Coe. A. D. Conger, F. H. Cope, S. J. Cox. Geo. W. Culver. J. C. Darst, A. F. Davis, T. T. Davidson, T. H. Dickerson, W. P. Diver, C. F. Dumond. F. J. Dumond. Fred A. Dutro. James Eagle. J. Worth Eagle, Stanford Easley. Oliver Eisenbart, John Elliott, John Ferree, W. H. PAGE 737 • • S38 S09 " S17 " 888 " 705 •• 661 '■ 77' " 681 ■' 683 '■ 863 " 713 " 745 " 670 725 •• 856 " 729 ■■ 792 " 712 •' 870 " 892 " 697 !! '"' 732 '■ 843 •• 852 W 7S4 755 " 702 ■ 743 •' 666 '• 827 " 722 " 658 •• 857 " 793 '• 758 " 863 " 684 " 844 " 849 " 673 " 718 " 740 " 744 Frame, Madison Frevert, Frederick Foote, Geo. K. Frv, Jacob Fry. J. H. Fuhlhage. Hermann Gailev. David Goodale, C. B. Grogman, Geo. Grubbs, Edward Hale, J. A. Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton, J. O. Harder, C. F. Harding, John Hartwig. Fred Hartwig, William Hays. Frank Heffern, Michael Henn,-, D. H. Herd man. T. H. Hill, George Hogueland, S. H. Hogueland, W. E. Holcomb, S. C. Huff, A. J. Huff, Jefferson Hunt. M. E. Hurt, H. C. Hurt. R. A. Inge, D. R. Jackson, Joseph B. Jeffries, Hiram Jones, Reuben Jones. Albert J. Kahl, Samuel Keck. A. A. Keck, S. Grant Kees, Wm. Keller. Adam Kellev, J. P. Kimb'ell, R. Kinyon, W. P. Kinyon, C. M. Kingan, John BIOGRAPHIES PAGE S74 S20 876 786 854 859 629 642 S4S S78 727 694 SSo 814 893 S84 73S 715 70.-, 683 770 826 626 804 634 797 671 680 631 796 711 767 656 SiS 653 801 853 687 696 835 658 64S 716 659 Klick, Lewis Kluckhuhn. Fred'k Lamb, Hon. G. H. Lanktou, C W. Laiides. C. H. Laude, G. A. Lauber, August Lee. Dr. G.' \V. Leedv, R. B. Lewis, J. W. I,,inder, E Liglit. John Lockani, Wni. Lvtle. \Vm. Lynn. G. H. .\Lann, A. B. Macoubrie, M. S. Nfaclaskev, J. VV. Markham. A \V. Marple. \V. F. Martin. J. L. Mason, J. \V. Maxson, Dr. D. W. Massotli. Henrv McGill. C. F. McGill. G. W. McCoruiick, H. H. Mentzer, Geo. Mentzer, C. O. Miller, A. B. Mitchell, T. A. Mitchell. W. J. Moerer, George Morse, Ensign Navlor, E. W. Naylor, G. \V. Xaylor, Silas L. Xeimann, L. C. Xoteman. G. H. O'Gilvie, William Old, H. E. Parrish, Malen Paris, S. G. Parsons, W. L. PAGE S06 ■■ 830 " 794 840 " S02 " 7''7 " 683 ■' 833 " 760 " 63S " 790 " 650 " 745 ' ' 689 •' S05 " 880 " 685 690 •' 627 •• 708 " 750 " 821 " 701 " 776 "• S65 " 643 " 632 '• 887 " 674 " 851 " 815 " 655 " 7S1 " 649 " 691 " 669 " S37 " 798 '• 780 " 664 " 860 " 862 " 841 " 779 " 889 " 886 Parks. Joseph Park, Janifs 'SI. Patterson. S. L. Patterson. W. M. Peniberton, L P. Peters, Clans Phillips, David Pitman, Benj. Plummer, T \V. Porter, S. E. Pringle, John Pribbernow, C. F. Puckett, J. J. Purcell, J. M. Quick, John \V. Ray, D. M. Reedy, Michael Rcedv, William Reid.Tho-. L. Rhodes, P. M. Rnbbins, Levi Rogers, G. W. Rollins. H. C. Ross, J. A. Saferite, C. S. Seaton, John A. Schaede, Fred'k Schlichting, Henry Schnell, Albert Shaw, S. R. Shannon, J. X. Siienck. John Shotts, D. T. Sicka, Wenzel Slack. T. M. Smith, Peter Smith, Levi Spencer, F. H. Strange, William Strange, Christian Stephenson, G. R. Sticher, J. H. Stines, W. B. Stockebrand, E. Stockebrand, Wm. Stout, J. X. BIOGRAPHrK.S 633 875 834 762 768 765 822 668 651 665 741 735 Stoll, George Suppe, R. C. Summers, I. T. Surprise, Harvey Taylor, W. P. Thompson, E. T. Toedman, Adolph Trout, G. W. Trueblood, H. S. Walters, John H. Wamsley, Thos. Weide, C. H. «'5 766 846 823 866 882 646 675 678 791 733 891 Wcido. \V. M. Wille. \V. C. Wilkinson, William Winter, H. H. Woodruff, C. A. Woodw.Trd, O. S. Wright, S. H. Wright, F. H. Wright, I^. W. Wright, .\mos Yates, Ahner Young, C. B. ;'; '"i' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS II III III II II III II II II III If f 1 I |,1 k 016 094 288 5 •