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 |HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers oi 
 the present century, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the 
 lives of its people." In conformity with this idea the Pokteait and Biographical 
 Album of this county has been prepared. Instead of going to mustj' records, and 
 taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, our 
 corps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their 
 enterprise and industry, brought the county to a rank second to none among those 
 comprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have the story of their life 
 struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli- 
 gent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the 
 imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by 
 industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited 
 advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an 
 influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who 
 have risen from the lower wallts of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have 
 become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and 
 records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very 
 many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content 
 to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy — "they have done what 
 they could." It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the 
 anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's 
 call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace 
 once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not 
 be lost upon those who follow after. 
 
 Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact 
 that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be 
 inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible 
 given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers flatter them- 
 selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph- 
 ical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given. 
 
 The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the 
 publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the 
 information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of 
 the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested 
 one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made 
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 HE Father of our Country was 
 born in Westmorland Co., Va., 
 Feb. 22, 1732. His parents 
 were Augustine and Mary 
 (Ball) Washington. The family 
 to which he belonged hns not 
 been satisfactorily traced in 
 England. His great-grand- 
 father, John Washington, em- 
 igrated to Virginia about 1657, 
 and became a prosperous 
 planter. He had two sons, 
 Lawrence and John. The 
 former married Mildred Warner 
 and had three children, John, 
 _^Augustine and Mildred. Augus- 
 tine, the father of George, first 
 married Jane Butler, who bore 
 him four children, two of whom, 
 Lawrence and Augustine, reached 
 maturity. Of six children by his 
 second marriage, George was the 
 eldest, the others being Betty, 
 Samuel, John Augustine, Charles 
 and Mildred. 
 Augustine Washington, the father of George, died 
 in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his 
 eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on 
 the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, 
 and to George he left the parental residence. George 
 received only such education as the neighborhood 
 schools afforded, save for a short time after he left 
 school, when he received private instruction in 
 mathematxs. His spelling v/as rather defective. 
 
 Remarkable stories are told of his great physica. 
 strength and development at an early age. He was 
 an acknowledged leader among his companions, and 
 was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- 
 ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. 
 
 When George was i4yearso]dhehadadesiretogoto 
 sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him, 
 but through the opposition of his mother the idea was 
 abandon«d. Two years later he was appointed 
 surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. Li 
 this business he spent three years in a rough frontier 
 life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
 essential to him. In 175 r, though only 19 years of 
 age, he was appointed adjutant with the rank of 
 major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for 
 active service against the French and Indians. Soon 
 after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother 
 Lawrence, who went there to restore his health. They 
 soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence 
 died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter 
 who did not long survive him. On her den^ise the 
 estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. 
 
 Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten- 
 ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was 
 reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- 
 tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to 
 Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this 
 a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- 
 cepted, which others had refused. This was to pro- 
 ceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North- 
 western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed 
 was between 500 and 600 miles. AMoter was at hard, 
 and the journey was to be made without military 
 escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The 
 
20 
 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON. 
 
 trip was a perilous one, and several times he came near 
 losing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished 
 a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
 of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- 
 mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was 
 commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was 
 then begun against the French and Indians, in which 
 Washington took a most important part. In the 
 memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- 
 dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer 
 of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
 day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock 
 were disabled early in the action, and Washington 
 alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter 
 to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through 
 my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped 
 unhurt, though death was levelin-j my companions 
 on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was 
 not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken 
 direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit 
 him. 
 
 After having been five years in the military service, 
 and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he 
 took advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the 
 expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 
 CO resign his commission. Soon after he entered the 
 Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an 
 active and important part. January 17, 1759, he 
 married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy 
 widow of John Parke Custis. 
 
 When the British Parliament had closed the port 
 ~jf Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces 
 that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." 
 It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- 
 gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- 
 delphia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, 
 peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- 
 ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
 Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of 
 England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- 
 cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the 
 first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- 
 mander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and 
 responsible office was conferred upon Washington, 
 who was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted 
 it on June 19, but upon the express condition that he 
 receive no salary. He would keep an exact account 
 of expenses and expect Congress to pay them and 
 nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to 
 trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the 
 foftunes and liberties of the people of this country 
 were so long confided. The war was conducted by 
 him under ever}- possible disadvantage, and while his 
 forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every 
 obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion 
 and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest 
 nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in 
 a parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his 
 
 commission as commander-in-chief of the army to 
 to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
 retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed 
 his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all 
 connection with public life. 
 
 In February, 1789, Washington was unanimously 
 elected President. In his presidential career he was 
 subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new 
 government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part 
 of other governments ; trials from want of harmony 
 between the different sections of our own country; 
 trials from the impoverislied condition of the country, 
 owmgto the war and want of credit; trials from the 
 beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His 
 clear judgment could discern the goldA mean ; and 
 while perhaps this alone kept our government from 
 sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to 
 attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and 
 very annoying. 
 
 At the expiration of his first term he was unani- 
 mously re-elected. At the end of this term many 
 were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely 
 refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 
 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- 
 dent, he returned to his home, lioping to pass there 
 his few remaining years free from the annoyances of 
 public life. Later in the year, however, his repose 
 seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France. 
 At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
 take command of the armies. He chose his sub- 
 ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- 
 ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
 home. In accepting the command he made the 
 reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
 it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations 
 his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took 
 a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling 
 in his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated 
 fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- 
 teenth his body was borne wi'h military honors to its 
 final resting place, and interred in the family vault at 
 Mount Vernon. 
 
 Of the character of Washington it is impossible to 
 speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- 
 miration. The more we see of the operations of 
 our government, and the Biore deeply we feel the 
 difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, 
 the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- 
 ent and character, which have been able to challenge 
 the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- 
 tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits 
 of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will 
 be as lasting as the existence of man. 
 
 The person of Washington was unusally tan, erect 
 and well proportioned. His muscular strength was 
 great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. 
 He commanded respect without any appearance of 
 haughtiness, and ever serious without being dull. 
 
hECOND PRESIDENT. 
 
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 OHN ADAMS, the second 
 , President and the lirst Vice- 
 ' President of the United States, 
 was born in Braintree ( now 
 Quincy),Mass., and about ten 
 miles from Boston, Oct. 19, 
 1735. His great-grandfather, Henry- 
 Adams, emigrated from England 
 about 1 640, with a family of eight 
 sons, and settled at Braintree. The 
 parents of John were John and 
 Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His 
 father was a farmer of limited 
 means, to which he added the bus- 
 iness of shoemaking. He gave his 
 eldest son, John, a classical educa- 
 tion at Harvard College. John 
 graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the 
 school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a 
 'sci:ool of affliction," from which he endeavored to 
 gain lelief by devoting himself, in addition, to the 
 study-'of law. For this purpose he placed iiimself 
 under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He 
 had thought seriously of the clerical profession 
 but seems to have been turned from this by what he 
 termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun- 
 cils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'' 
 of the operations of which he had been a witness in 
 his native town. He was well fitted for the legal 
 profession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being 
 ready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep- 
 tive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in 
 1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, 
 and :v lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
 marriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa- 
 tion turned him from law to politics. He took initial 
 steps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu- 
 
 tions he offered on the subject became very populai 
 throughout the Provmce, and were adopted word for 
 word by over forty different towns. He moved to Bos- 
 ton in 1768, and became one of the most courageous 
 and prominent advocatesof the popular cause, and 
 was chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- 
 lislature) in 1770. 
 
 Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates 
 from Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress, 
 which met in 1774. Here he distinguished hiraselt 
 by his capacity for business and for debate, and ad- 
 vocated the movement for independence against th^ 
 majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved 
 and carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies 
 should assume the duties of self-government. He 
 was a prominent member of the committee of ave 
 appointed June 11, to prepare a declaration of inde- 
 pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but 
 on Adams devolved the task of battling it through 
 Congress in a three days debate. 
 
 On the day after the Declaration of Independence 
 was passed, while his soul was yet warm with ths 
 glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife 
 which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated 
 by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "the 
 greatest question was decided that ever was debated 
 in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil 
 be decided among men. A resolution v. as passed 
 without one dissenting colony, ' that these United 
 States are, and of right ought to be, free and inde. 
 pendent states.' The day is passed. The fourth of 
 July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history 
 of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated 
 by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary 
 festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of 
 deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty 
 It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows. 
 
 God. 
 
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 JOHN ADAMS. 
 
 games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations 
 from one end of the continent to the other, from this 
 time forward for ever. You will think me transported 
 with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of 
 the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to 
 maintain this declaration, and support and defend 
 these States', yet, through all the gloom, I can see the 
 rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is 
 worth more than all the means; and that posterity 
 will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I 
 hope we shall not." 
 
 In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a 
 delegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin 
 Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in 
 the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms amd money 
 from the French Government. This was a severe trial 
 to his patriotism, as it separated him from his home, 
 compelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex- 
 posed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis- 
 ers, who were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
 1779. In September of the same year he was again 
 cliosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi- 
 ness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce 
 with Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet 
 might be found willing to listen to such pioposels. He 
 sailed for France in November, from there he went to 
 Holland, where he negotiated important loans and 
 formed important commercial treaties 
 
 Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed 
 Jan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, 
 toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed 
 i't.cvv him into a fever. After suffering from a con- 
 tinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he 
 was advised to go to England to drink the waters of 
 B.Uh. 'While in England, still drooping anddespond- 
 ing, he received dispatches from his own government 
 urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
 negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was 
 delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through 
 storm, on sea, on horseback and foot,he made the trip. 
 
 February 24, 1785; Congress appointed Mr. Adams 
 envoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face 
 to face the King of England, who had so long re- 
 garded him as a traitor. As England did not 
 condescend to appoint a minister to the United 
 States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom- 
 plishing but little, he sought permission to return to 
 fiis own country, where he arrived, in June, 1788. 
 
 When Washington was first chosen President, John 
 Adams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at 
 home and abroad, was chosen Vice President. Again 
 at the second election of Washington as President, 
 Adams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash- 
 ington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was 
 elected President,though not without much opposition. 
 Serving in this office four years,he was succeeded by 
 Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 
 
 While Mr, Adams was Vice President the great 
 
 French Revolution shook the continent of Europe, 
 and it was upon this point which he was at issue with 
 the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. 
 Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people 
 in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their 
 power of self-government, and he utterly abhored the 
 class of atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. 
 On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly , 
 enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or- 
 iginated the alienation between these distinguished 
 men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ- 
 ized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies 
 were with England and Jefferson led the other in 
 sympathy with France. 
 
 The world has seldom seen a spectacle of more 
 moral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the 
 old age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling 
 had died away, and he had begun to receive that just 
 appreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till 
 after death. No one could look upon his venerable 
 form, and think of what he had done and suffered, 
 and how he had given up all the prime and strenjjth 
 of his life to the public good, without the deepest 
 emotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar 
 good fortune to witness the complete success of the 
 institution which he had been so active in creating and 
 supporting. In T824, his cup of happiness was filled 
 to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest 
 station in the gift of the people. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half 
 century since the signing of the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence, arrived, and there were but three of the 
 signers of that immortal instrument left upon the 
 earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is 
 well known, on that day two of these finished their 
 earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as 
 to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. 
 Adams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning 
 of the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from 
 his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the 
 customary celebration of the day, he exclaimed " In- 
 dependence FOREVER." When the day was ushered 
 in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, 
 he was asked by one of his Ettendants if he knew 
 what day it was? He replied, "O yes; it is the glor- 
 ious fourth of July — God bless it — God bless you all." 
 In the course of the day he said, "It is a great and 
 glorious day." The last words he uttered were, 
 "Jefferson survives." But he had, at one o'clock, re- 
 signed his spirit into the hands of his God. 
 
 The personal appearance and manners of Mr. 
 Adams were not particularly prepossessing. His face, 
 as his portrait manifests,was intellectual ard expres- 
 sive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his 
 manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. 
 He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor 
 the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked 
 the manners and address of Jefferson, 
 
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THIRD PRESIDENT. 
 
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 HOMAS JEFFERSON was 
 
 born April 2, 1743, at Shad- 
 
 l^vvell, Albermarle county, Va. 
 
 His parents were Peter and 
 Jane (Randolph) Jefferson, 
 the former a native of Wales, 
 and the latter born in Lon- 
 don. To them were born six 
 daughters and two sons, of 
 whom Thomas was the elder. 
 When 14 years of age his 
 father died. He received a 
 most liberal education, hav- 
 ing been kept diligently at school 
 from the time he was five years of 
 age. In 1760 he entered William 
 end Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat 
 of the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion 
 avid splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 
 years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine 
 horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he 
 was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- 
 able in his morals. It is strange, however, under 
 such influences,that he was not ruined. In the sec- 
 ond year of his college course, moved by some un- 
 explained, inward impulse, he discarded his horses, 
 society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had 
 previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen 
 hours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex- 
 ercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out 
 of the city and back again. He thus attained very 
 high intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- 
 phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and 
 Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished 
 scholar has seldom gone forth from cellege halls ; and 
 
 there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a 
 more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. 
 
 Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
 study of law. For the short time he continued in the 
 practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- 
 guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a 
 lawyer. But the times called for greate/ action. 
 The policy of England had awakened the spirit of 
 resistance of the American Colonics, and the enlarged 
 views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led 
 him into active political life. In 1769 he was choser. 
 a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In. 
 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti- 
 ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow 
 
 Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, thsrc 
 was a majestic swell of land, ca'led Monticello, which 
 commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and 
 beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new 
 home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye' 
 elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon 
 became the most distinguished resort in our land. 
 
 In 1775 he was sent to the Cclonial Congress, 
 where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
 writer and a reasoner soon become known, and ha 
 was placed upon a number of important committees, 
 and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw- 
 ing up of a declaration of independence. This com- 
 mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams. 
 Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. 
 Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed 
 to draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested 
 a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- 
 gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made 
 in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 
 4, 1776, What must have been the feelings of that 
 
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 THOMAS JEFFERSON. 
 
 man — what the emotions that swelled his breast — 
 who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- 
 laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of 
 America, A'as also to publish her to the world, free, 
 «overign and independent. It is one of the most re- 
 markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort 
 \>l the mind of its author exist, that alone would be 
 sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. 
 
 In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to 
 Patrick Henry, j^s Governor of Virginia. At one time 
 the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to 
 Monticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five 
 minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- 
 ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- 
 sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never 
 very good, was much injured by this excitement, and 
 in the summer of 1782 she died. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
 Two years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- 
 tentiary to France. Returning to the United States 
 in September, r789, he became Secretary of State 
 in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned 
 Jan. T, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- 
 dent, and four years later was elected President over 
 Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 
 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, 
 and George Clinton, Vice President. 
 
 The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- 
 tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the 
 tranquility and peace of the Union ; this was the con- 
 spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election 
 to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled 
 ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a 
 military expedition into the Spanish territories on our 
 southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
 a new republic. This has been generally supposed 
 was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been 
 generally known what his real plans were, there is no 
 doubt that they were of a far more dangerous 
 character. 
 
 In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for 
 which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined 
 to retire from political life. For a period of nearly 
 forty years, he had been continually before the pub- 
 .ic,and all that time had been employed in offices of 
 the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- 
 voted the best part of his life to the service of his 
 country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his 
 declining years required, and upon the organization of 
 the new administration, in March, i8og, he bid fare- 
 well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. 
 
 Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitaHty. Whole 
 famiUes came in their coaches with their horses, — 
 fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and 
 nurses, — and remained three and even six months. 
 Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a 
 fashionable watering-place. 
 
 The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- 
 
 sary of the Declaration of American Independence, 
 great preparations were made in every part of th; 
 Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and 
 the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity 
 of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as "the frame*, 
 and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- 
 tion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill- 
 ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and 
 had been continually increasing, compelled him to 
 decline the invitation. 
 
 On the second of July, the disease under which 
 he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
 state that his medical attendants, entertained nc 
 hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly 
 sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next: 
 diiy, which was Monday, he asked of those around 
 him, the day of the month, and on being told it was 
 the third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha. 
 he might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth 
 anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose 
 dawn was hailed with' such rapture through our land, 
 burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- 
 ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble 
 life ! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - 
 the day which his own name and his own act had 
 rendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and 
 festivities of a whole nation, who looked, up to him, 
 as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, 
 was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. 
 
 Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
 dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
 him company, left the scene of his earthly honors, 
 Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of 
 freedom; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- 
 ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and 
 animated their desponding countrymen; for half a 
 century they had labored together for the good of 
 the country; and now hand in hand they depart. 
 In their lives they had been united in the same great 
 cause of liberty, and in their deaths they v/ere not 
 divided. 
 
 In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
 above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
 were Ught, his hair originally red, in after life became 
 white and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore- 
 head broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and 
 thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as 
 well as personal courage; and his command of tem- 
 per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends 
 never recollected to have seen him in a passion. 
 His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- 
 affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that 
 all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- 
 sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic; and 
 his language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
 was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is 
 discernable the care with which he formed his styk- 
 upon the best models of antiquity. 
 
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FOURTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 prrjES nj^DisoQ. 
 
 AMES MADISON, "Father 
 of the Constitution/' and fourth 
 President of the United States, 
 was born March i6, 1757, and 
 died at his home in Virginia, 
 June 28, 1836. The name of 
 James Madison is inseparably con- 
 nected with most of the important 
 events in that heroic period of our 
 country during which the founda- 
 tions of this great repubhc were 
 laid. He was the last of the founders 
 of the Constitution of the United 
 States to Ije called to his eternal 
 reward. 
 
 The Madison family were among 
 the early emigrants to the New World, 
 landing upon the shores of the Chesa- 
 peake but r5 years after the settle- 
 ment of Jamestown. The father of 
 James Madison was an opulent 
 planter, residing upon a very fine es- 
 tate called "Montpeher," Orange Co., 
 Va. The mansion was situated in 
 the midst of scenery highly pictur- 
 esque and romantic, on the west side 
 of South-west Mountain, at the foot of 
 Blue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of 
 Jefferson at Monticello. The closest personal and 
 pohtical attachment existed between these illustrious 
 men, from their early youth until death. 
 
 The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted 
 mostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of 
 rS he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. 
 Here l)e applied birnself to stqdy with the most ini- 
 
 prudentzeal; allowing himself, for months, but three 
 hours' sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so 
 seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor 
 of constitution. He graduated in 177 1. with a feeble 
 body, with a character of utmost purity, and wiih a 
 mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning 
 which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsr ■ 
 qiient career. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of 
 law and a course of extensive and systematic reading. 
 This educational course, the spirit of the times in 
 which he lived, and the society with which he asso- 
 ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong 
 love of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of 
 a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of 
 mind, and his frail health leading him to think that 
 his life was not to be long, he directed especial atten- 
 tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind 
 singularly free from passion and prejudice, and with 
 almo.vt unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed 
 all the arguments for and against revealed religion, 
 until his faith became so established as never to 
 be shaken. 
 
 In the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he 
 was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to 
 frame the constitution of the State. The next year 
 (1777), he was a candidate for the General Assembly. 
 He refused to' treat the whisky-lovirg voters, and 
 consequently lost his election ; but those who had 
 witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the 
 modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, 
 and he was appointed to the Executive Council. 
 
 Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were 
 Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained 
 niem'per of the Coii'icil ; and their appreciation of his 
 
32 
 
 JAMES MADISON. 
 
 intellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not 
 a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 
 1780, he was elected a tnember of the Continental 
 Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in 
 our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of 
 the most conspicuous positions among them. 
 
 For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- 
 gress, one of its most active and influential members. 
 In the year 1784, his term having expired, he was 
 elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. 
 
 No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
 utter inefficiency of the old confedeiacy, with no na- 
 tional government, with no poweP'to form treaties 
 which would be binding, or to enforce law. There 
 was not any State more prominent than Virginia in 
 the declaration, that an efficient national government 
 must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison 
 carried a resolution through the General Assembly of 
 Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis- 
 sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss 
 this subject. Five States only were represented. The 
 convention, however, issued another call, drawn up 
 by Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
 delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft 
 a Constitution for the United States, to take the place 
 of that Confederate League. The delegates met at 
 the time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island 
 was represented. George Washington was chosen 
 president of the convention ; and the present Consti- 
 tution of the United States was then and there formed. 
 There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- 
 tive in framing this immortal document than the mind 
 and the pen of James Madison. 
 
 The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was 
 to be presented to the several States for acceptance. 
 But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected 
 we should be left but a conglomeration of independent 
 States, with but little power at home and little respect 
 abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- 
 tion to draw up an address to the people of the United 
 States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, 
 and urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
 to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and 
 went into effect in 1789. 
 
 Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
 sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the 
 avowed leader of the Republican party. While in 
 I^ew York attending Congress, he met Mrs, Todd, a 
 young widow of remarkable power of fascination, 
 whom he married. She was in person and character 
 queenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied 
 so prominent a position in the very peculiar society 
 which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. 
 Madison. 
 
 Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under 
 Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
 was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
 ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. 
 
 British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and 
 our flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison 
 was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring 
 in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the 
 meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood 
 boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought 
 to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. 
 A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
 crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- 
 ance he selects any number whom he may please to 
 designate as British subjects ; orders them down the 
 ship's side into his boat; and places them on the gun- 
 deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the 
 battles of England. This right of search and im- 
 pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce 
 the British cabinet to relinquish. 
 
 On the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave 
 his approval to an act of Congress declaring war 
 against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter 
 hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country 
 in general approved ; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th 
 of March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority, 
 and entered upon his second term of office. This is 
 not the place to describe the various adventures of' 
 this war on the land and on the water. Our infan'. 
 navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- 
 pling with the most formidable power which ever 
 swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest 
 by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 
 i8r3, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole 
 coast of the United States under blockade. 
 
 The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me 
 ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- 
 ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks 
 of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa- 
 peake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- 
 burg, upon Washington. 
 
 The straggling little city of Washington was thrown 
 into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict 
 at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the 
 metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. 
 The President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White 
 House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to 
 await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers 
 in a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed, 
 and he could not go back without danger of being 
 captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential 
 Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in 
 Washington were in flames. 
 
 The war closed after two years of fighting, and on 
 Feb. 13, i8i5,the treaty of peace was signed atGhent. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of 
 office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair 
 to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- 
 tiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- 
 mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the 
 age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- 
 son died July 12, 1849. 
 
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FIFTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 35 
 
 AMES MONROE, the fifth 
 Presidentof The United States, 
 was born in Westmoreland Co., 
 Va., April 28, 1758. His early- 
 life was passed at the place of 
 nativity. His ancestors had for 
 =) many years resided in the prov- 
 ince in which he was born. When, 
 at 17 years of age, in the process 
 «» of completing his education at 
 William and Mary College, the Co- 
 lonial Congress assembled at Phila- 
 delphia to deliberate upon the un- 
 just and manifold oppressions of 
 Great Britian, declared the separa- 
 tion of the Colonies, and promul- 
 gated the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly 
 probable that he would have been one of the signers 
 of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left 
 school and enlisted among the patriots. 
 
 He joined the army when everything looked hope- 
 less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased 
 from day to day. The invading armies came pouring 
 in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the 
 mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, 
 who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- 
 tending with an enemy whom they had been taught 
 to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James 
 Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through 
 difficulty and danger, the United States owe their 
 political emancipation. The young cadet joined the 
 ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country, 
 with a firm determination to live or die with her strife 
 
 for liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel- 
 ancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White 
 Plains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled 
 before its foes through New Jersey. In four niontlis 
 after the Declaration of Independence, the patriots 
 had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of 
 Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg- 
 ing upon the enemy he received a wound in the left 
 shoulder. 
 
 As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was pro- 
 moted a captain of infantry ; and, having recovered 
 from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, 
 receded from the line of promotion, by becoming an 
 officerin the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- 
 paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Pjrandy 
 wine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued 
 aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his 
 position in the army, he exerted himself to collect a 
 regiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed 
 owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon 
 this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
 that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable 
 ardor, the study of common law. He did not, howevei'. 
 entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; 
 but on the invasions of the enemy, served as avolun 
 teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. 
 
 In 1782, he was elected from King George county, 
 a member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that 
 body he was elevated to a seat in the Executive 
 Council. He was thus honored with the confidence 
 of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age ; and having 
 at this early period displayed some of that ability 
 and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards 
 employed with unremitting energy for the public good, 
 
36 
 
 /■AMES MONROE. 
 
 lie was in the succeeding year chosen a member of 
 the Congress of the United States. 
 Deeplyas Mr. Monroe ft-lt the imperfections of the old 
 Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, 
 ihinking, with many others of the Republican party, 
 that it gave too much power to the Central Government, 
 and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- 
 tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm 
 supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition 
 secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member 
 of the United States Senate ; which office he held for 
 four years. Every month the line of distinction be- 
 tween the two great parties which divided the nation, 
 the Federal and the Republican, was growing more 
 distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep- 
 arated them were, that the Republican party was in 
 sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a 
 strict construction of tlie Constitution as to give the 
 Central Government as little power, and the State 
 Governments as much power, as the Constitution would 
 warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, 
 and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
 stitution, which would give as much power to the 
 Central Government as that document could possibly 
 authorize. 
 
 The leading Federalists and Republicans were 
 alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the 
 good of the nation. Two more honest men or more 
 pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and 
 James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In 
 building up this majestic nation, which is destined 
 to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- 
 bination of their antagonism was needed to create the 
 light equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- 
 nounced as almost a demon. 
 
 Washington was then President. England had es- 
 poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- 
 ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn 
 into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. 
 Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- 
 tween these contending powers. France had helped 
 us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms 
 of Europe were now combined to prevent the French 
 from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse 
 than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more 
 magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
 whatever hazard, we should help our old aUies in 
 their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous 
 and noble nature. He violently opposed the_ Pres- 
 ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in 
 magnanimity. 
 
 Washington, who could appreciate such a character, 
 developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, 
 by appointing that very James Monroe, who was_ de- 
 nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister 
 of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
 Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention 
 in Fraijce with the most enthusiastic demonstrations. 
 
 Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- 
 roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the 
 office for three yeais. He was again sent to Prance to 
 co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining 
 the vast territory then known as the Province of 
 Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- 
 tained from Spain. Their united efforts were sue ■ 
 cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen 
 millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and 
 district of Louisiana were added to the United States. 
 This was probably the largest transfer of real estate 
 which was ever made in all the history of the world. 
 
 From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- 
 tain from that country some recognition of our 
 rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those 
 odious impressments of our seamen. But Eng- 
 land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- 
 land on the same mission, but could receive no 
 redress. He returned to his honie and was again 
 chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned 
 to accept the position of Secretary of State under 
 Madison. While in this office war with England was 
 declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during 
 these trying times, the duties of the War Department 
 were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- 
 bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient 
 business man in his cabinet. Upon the return of 
 peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- 
 tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- 
 piration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec 
 tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had 
 been chosen President with but httle opposition, and 
 upon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years 
 later he was elected for a second term. 
 
 Among the important measures of his Presidency 
 were the cession of Florida to the United States; the 
 Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.'' 
 
 This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe 
 doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. At that 
 time the United States had recognized the independ- 
 ence of the South American states, and did not \\ish 
 to have European powers longer attempting to sub- 
 due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine 
 is as follows : " That we should consider any attempt 
 on the part of European powers to extend their sys- 
 tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous 
 to our peace and safety," and "that we could not 
 view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing 
 or controlling American governments or provinces in 
 any other light than as a manifestation by European 
 powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United 
 States." This doctrine immediately affected the course 
 of foreign governments, and has become the approved 
 sendment of the United States. 
 
 At the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired 
 to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830, 
 when he went to New York to live with his son-in- 
 law, Jn that city he died^on the 4th of July^ 1831 
 
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SIXTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 OHN QUINCY ADAMS, the 
 sixth President of the United 
 ^States, was born in the rural 
 home of his honored father, 
 John Adams, in QLiincy, Mass., 
 on the I ith of July, 1767. His 
 mother, a woman of exalted 
 worth, watched over his childhood 
 during the almost constant ab- 
 sence of his father. When but 
 eight years of age, he stood with 
 ' his mother on an eminence, listen- 
 ing to the booming of the great bat- 
 tle on Bunker's Hill, and gazing on 
 upon the smoke and flames billow- 
 ing up from the conflagration of 
 Charlestown. 
 
 When but eleven years old he 
 took a tearful adieu of his mother, 
 to sail with his father for Europe, 
 through a fleet 01 hostile British cruisers. The bright, 
 animated boy spent a year and a half in Paiis, where 
 his father was associated with Franklin and Lee as 
 minister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted 
 the notice of these distinguished men, and he received 
 from them flattering marks of attention. 
 
 Mr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
 cour-try, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad, Again 
 Tohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he 
 applied himself with great diligence, for six months, 
 to itudy; then accompained his father to Holland, 
 v/nere he entered, first a school in Amsterdam, then 
 the University at Leyden. About a year from this 
 time, in 17 81, when the manly boy was but fourteen 
 yea's of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min- 
 ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary. 
 
 In this school of incessant labor and of enobling 
 culture he spent fourteen months, and then returned 
 to Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and 
 Bremen. This long journey he took alone, in the 
 winter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed 
 his Studies, under a private tutor, at Hague, TJiepc?, 
 
 in the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father t: 
 Paris, travehng leisurely, and forming acquaintance 
 with the most distinguished men on the Continent; 
 examining arcnitectural remains, galleries of pointings, 
 and all renowned works of art. At Paris he again 
 became associated with the most illustrious men of 
 all lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal 
 themes which can engross the human mind. Afte" 
 a short visit to England he returned to Paris, ana 
 consecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785, 
 wlien he returned to America. To a brilliant young 
 man of eighteen, who had seen much of the world, 
 and who was famiUar with the etiquette of courts, a 
 residence with his father in London, under such cir- 
 cumstances, must have been extremely attractive 
 but with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre- 
 ferred to return to America to complete his education 
 in an American college. He wished then to study 
 law, tliat with an honorable profession, he might be 
 able to obtain an independent support. 
 
 Upon leaving Harvard College, at theageof twentj- 
 he studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be- 
 ing then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap- 
 pointed by Washington, resident minister at the 
 Netherlands. SaiHng from Boston in July, be reached?' 
 London in October, where he was immediately admit- 
 tedto the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney, 
 assisUngthem in negotiating a commercial treaty with 
 Great Brilian. After thus spending a fortnight it 
 London, he proceeded to the Hague. 
 
 In July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal a,-, 
 minister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal 
 upon arriving in London, he met with despatches 
 directing him to the court of Beiiin, b\it requeslirp 
 him to remain in London until he should receive his 
 instructions. While waiting he was married to ar. 
 American lady to whom he had been previously en- 
 gaged,— Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter 
 of Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London; 
 a lady endownd with that beauty and those accom- 
 plishment which eminently fitted her to move in the 
 ?lev3,ted sphere for which sh? w<vs <iestir)ed. 
 
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 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 
 
 He reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797 ; 
 where he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful- 
 filled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his 
 recall. 
 
 Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to 
 Ihe Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then 
 was elected Senator of the United States for six years, 
 from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his 
 ability and his experience, placed him immediately 
 among the most prominent and influential members 
 of that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern- 
 ment in its measures of resistance to the encroach- 
 ments of England, destroying our commerce and in- 
 sulting our flag. There was no man in America more 
 familiar with the arrogance of the British court upon 
 these points, and no one more resolved to present 
 a firm resistance. 
 
 In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres- 
 idential chair, and he immediately nominated John 
 Quincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign- 
 ing his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked 
 at Boston, in August, 1809. 
 
 While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu- 
 dent. He devoted his attention to the language and 
 history of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the 
 European system of weights, measures, and coins ; to 
 the climate and astronomical observations ; while he 
 kept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and 
 Latin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a 
 more accomplished scholar could scarcely be found. 
 All through life the Bible constituted an important 
 part of his studies. It was his rule to read five 
 chapters every day. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the 
 Presidential chair, and immediately appointed Mr. 
 Adams Secretaiy of State. Taking leave of his num- 
 erous friends in public and private life in Europe, he 
 sailed in June, 181 9, for the United States. On the 
 1 8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his 
 home in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon- 
 roe's administration, Mr. Adams continued Secretary 
 of State. 
 
 Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's second 
 term of office, new candidates began to be presented 
 for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought 
 forward his name. It was an exciting campaign. 
 Party spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and 
 sixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re- 
 ceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four; 
 William H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty- 
 sevfen. As there was no choice by the people, the 
 question went to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
 Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and 
 he was elected. 
 
 The friends of all the disappointed candidates now 
 combined in a venomous and persistent assault upon 
 Mr. Adams. There is nothing more disgracefuHn 
 *he nast history of our country than the abuse which 
 
 was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this 
 high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was 
 an administration more pure in principles, more con- 
 scientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun- 
 try, than that of John Quincy Adams ; and never, per- 
 haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- 
 lously and outrageously assailed. 
 
 Mr. Adams was, toa very remarkable degree, ab- 
 stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising 
 early, and taking much exercise. When at his homein 
 Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, 
 seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said 
 that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his 
 own fire and applying himself to work in his library 
 often long before dawn. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
 from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew- 
 Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- 
 dent. The slavery question now began to assume 
 portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to 
 Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- 
 abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- 
 main in retirement. In No\'ember, r830, he was 
 elected representative to Congress. For seventeen 
 years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- 
 sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to 
 do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of 
 " the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in 
 the House, he announced that he should hold him- 
 self bound to no party. Probably there never was a 
 member more devoted to his duties. He was usually 
 the first in his place in the morning, and the last to 
 leave liis seat in the evening. Not a measure could 
 be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The 
 battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against 
 the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime 
 in its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in 
 presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he 
 was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, 
 with expulsion from the House, with assassination ; 
 but no threats could intimidate him, and his final 
 triumph was complete. 
 
 It has been said of President Adams, that when his 
 body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of 
 fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little 
 child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before 
 he slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in 
 his infant years. 
 
 On the 2 1 st of February, t848, he rose on the floor 
 of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the 
 speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- 
 sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. 
 For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to 
 the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- 
 ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and 
 said " This is ihe end of earth ;"then after a moment's 
 pause he added, " T am content" These were the 
 last words of the grand " Old Man Eloquent," 
 
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 NDREW JACKSpN, the 
 seventh President of the 
 United States, was born in 
 Waxhaw settlement, N. C, 
 March 15, 1767, a few days 
 after his father's death. His 
 parents were poor emigrants 
 from Ireland, and took up 
 their abode in Waxhaw set- 
 tlement, where they lived in 
 deepest poverty. 
 Andrew, or Andy, as he was 
 universally called, grew up a very 
 rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
 features were coarse, his form un- 
 gainly; and there was but very 
 little in his character, made visible, which was at- 
 tiactive. 
 
 When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- 
 teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 
 r78i, he and his brother Robert were captured and 
 imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer 
 ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am 
 a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of 
 the dauntless boy. 
 
 The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate 
 Dlow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. 
 Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- 
 ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the 
 head. The officer then turned to his brother Robert 
 with the same demand. He also refused, and re- 
 ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite 
 disabled him, and which probably soon after caused 
 his death. They suffered muchother ill-treatment, and 
 were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their 
 mother was successful in obtaining their exchange. 
 
 and took her sick boys home. After a long illnjsc 
 Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother f^oon 
 left him entirely friendless. 
 
 Andrew supported himself in various ways, s ich as 
 working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and 
 clerking in a general store, until 1784, when he 
 entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, 
 gave more attention to the wild amusements of the 
 times than to his studies. In r7S8, he was appointed 
 solicitcr for the western district of North Carolina, of 
 which Tennessee was then a part. This involved 
 many long and tedious journeys amid dangers of 
 every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear, 
 and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmish 
 with the Sharp Knife. 
 
 In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who 
 supposed herself divorced from her former husband. 
 Great was the surprise of both parties, two years later, 
 to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been 
 definitely settled by the first husband. The marriage 
 ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- 
 rence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr. 
 Jackson into disfavor. 
 
 During these years he worked hard at his profes- 
 sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, 
 one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec- 
 ially disgraceful. 
 
 In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then 
 containing nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the 
 people met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con- 
 stitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven 
 counties, Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates. 
 The new State was entitled to but one member in. 
 the National House of Representadves. Andrew Jack-! 
 son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he 
 rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its 
 
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 ANDRE W JACKSON. 
 
 S'sjssions, — a distance of about eight hundred miles. 
 
 Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- 
 cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired 
 Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. 
 Jackson took his seat, G^n. Washington, whose 
 second term of office was then expiring, delivered his 
 last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a 
 complimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson 
 did not approve of the address, and was one of the 
 twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to 
 say that Gen. Washington's adminstration had been 
 " wise, firm and patriotic." 
 
 Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
 Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. 
 Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court 
 of his State, which position he held f^^r six years. 
 
 When the war of 1812 with Great Britian com- 
 menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
 Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there was 
 an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who 
 \' ould do credit to a commission if one were con- 
 ferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson 
 offered his services and those of twenty-five hundred 
 volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops 
 were assembled at Nashville. 
 
 As the British were hourly expected to make an at- 
 tack upon New Orleans, where Gen, Wilkinson was 
 in command, he was ordered to descend the river 
 with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The 
 expedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev- 
 eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, 
 the men were ordered back to their homes. But the 
 energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire 
 devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him 
 golden opinions ; and he became the most popular 
 man in the State. It was in this expedition that his 
 toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickory." 
 
 Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. 
 Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman 
 made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in 
 which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, 
 he received two severe pistol wounds. AVhile he was 
 lingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the 
 Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from 
 Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- 
 tlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- 
 cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with 
 his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in 
 a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- 
 tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
 army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. 
 
 The Creek Indians had established a strong ford on 
 one of the bends of the Tallapoosa River, near the cen- 
 ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. 
 With an army of two thousand men. Gen. Jackson 
 traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven 
 days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or 
 Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814- The bend 
 
 of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of 
 tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow 
 neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast- 
 work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, 
 with an ample suply of arms were assembled. 
 
 The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- 
 perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When 
 bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- 
 deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- 
 ing until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was 
 awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the 
 river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as 
 they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- 
 rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam 
 the river and escaped. This ended the war. The 
 power of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold 
 plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffiic slaughter, 
 so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants 
 of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. 
 
 This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- 
 centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the 
 allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will 
 than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian 
 campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he 
 was appointed major-general. 
 
 Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
 men, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to 
 Mobile. A British fleet came from Pen sacola, landed 
 a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, 
 and from both ship and shore commenced a furious 
 assault The battle was long and doubtful. At length 
 one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. 
 
 Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his lutle 
 army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
 And the battle of New Orleans w hich soon ensued, 
 was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won 
 for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his 
 troops, which numbered about four thousand men, 
 won a signal victory over the British army of about 
 nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the 
 loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. 
 
 The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- 
 tioned in connection with thePresidency, but, in 1824, 
 he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, 
 successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected 
 for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he 
 assumed the reins of the government, he met with 
 the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of 
 his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has 
 perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of 
 her death he never recovered. 
 
 His administration was one of the most memorable 
 in the annals of our country; applauded by one party, 
 condemned by the other. No man had more bitter 
 enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his 
 two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where 
 he died June 8, r845. The last years of Mr. Jack- 
 son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. 
 
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EIGHTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 WW^ 'Wl Bn^EQ. 
 
 ARTIN VAN BUREN, the 
 eighth President of the 
 United States, was born at 
 Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 
 1782. He died at the same 
 place, July 24, 1862. His 
 body rests in the cemetery 
 at Kinderhook. Above it is 
 a plain granite shaft fifteen feet 
 high, bearing a simple inscription 
 about half way up on one face. 
 The lot is unfenced, unbordered 
 or unbounded by shrub or flower. 
 
 There is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren 
 of romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged 
 i.i no wild adventures. Though his Hfe was stormy in 
 political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many 
 signal victories, his days passed' uneventful in those 
 incidents which give zest to biography. His an- 
 cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, 
 and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland 
 to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, 
 residing in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, 
 also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
 ligence and exemplary piety. 
 
 He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un- 
 usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the 
 age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies 
 in his native village, and commenced the study of 
 law.. As he had not a collegiate education, seven 
 years of study in a law-office were required of him 
 before he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with 
 a lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur- 
 sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After 
 spending six years in an oflSce in his native village, 
 
 he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his 
 studies for the seventh year. 
 
 In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of 
 age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil- 
 lage. The great conflict between the Federal and 
 Republican party was then at its height. Mr. Van 
 Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, 
 perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the 
 many discussions which had been carried on in his 
 father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with 
 Jefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the 
 cause of State Rights; though at that time the Fed- 
 eral party lield the supremacy both in his town 
 and State. 
 
 His success and increasing ruputation led him 
 after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th,' 
 county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years 
 constantly gaining strength by contending in tht- 
 courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned 
 the bar of his State. 
 
 Just before leaving Kinderhook for Htidson, Mi. 
 Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
 beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
 years she sank into the grave, the victim of consump- 
 tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over 
 her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was 
 an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record 
 of those years is barren in items of public interest. 
 In t8i 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to 
 the State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to 
 Mr. Madison's adrainstration. In 1815, he was ap- 
 pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moyed 
 to Albany, the capital of the State. 
 
 While he was acknowledged as one of the most 
 piominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had 
 
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 MARTIN VANBUREIST. 
 
 the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
 not require that '' universal suffrage" which admits 
 the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of 
 governing the State. In true consistency with his 
 democratic principles, he contended that, while the 
 path leading to the privilege of voting should be open 
 to every man without distinction, no one should be 
 invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were 
 in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue 
 and some property interests in the welfare of the 
 State. 
 
 In 1821 he was elected a member of the United 
 States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat 
 in the convention to revise the constitution of his 
 native State. His course in this convention secured 
 the approval of men of all parties. No one could 
 doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the 
 interests of all classes in the community. In the 
 Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a 
 conspicuous position as anactive and useful legislator. 
 
 In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
 Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to 
 ihe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- 
 termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the 
 "State Rights" view in opposition to what was 
 deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams, 
 
 .Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof 
 the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his 
 seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United 
 States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. 
 Adams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it 
 Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether 
 entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- 
 garded throughout the United States as one of the 
 most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. 
 It was supposed that no one knew so well as he how 
 to touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all 
 the wires to put his machinery in motion ; and how to 
 organize a political army which would, secreily and 
 stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By 
 these powers it is said that he outv/itted Mr. Adams, 
 Mr, Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
 few thought then could be accomplished. 
 
 When Andrew Jackson was elected President he 
 appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This 
 position he resigned in i83r, and was immediately 
 appointed Minister to England, where he went the 
 same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, 
 refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned 
 
 home, apparently untroubled ; was nominated Vice 
 President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election 
 of President Jackson ; and with smiles for all and 
 frowns for none, he took his place at the head of that 
 Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination 
 as ambassador. 
 
 His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of , 
 President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- 
 ite ; and this, probably more than any other cause, 
 secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu- 
 tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- 
 ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. 
 Jackson as President of the United States. He was 
 elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the 
 retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the 
 canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van 
 Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. 
 Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred 
 upon him the power to appoint a successor." 
 
 His administration was filled with exciting events. 
 The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in 
 volve this country in war with England, the agitation 
 of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- 
 cial panic which spread over the country, all were 
 trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- 
 tributed to the management of the Democratic party, 
 and brought the President into such disfavor that he 
 failed of reelection. 
 
 With the exception of being nominated for the 
 Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, 
 Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
 his death. 
 
 He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits, 
 and living within his income, had now fortunately a 
 competence for his declining years. His unblemished 
 character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned 
 patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he 
 had occupied in the government of our country, se- 
 cured to him not only the homage of his party, but 
 the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 
 4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from 
 the presidency. From his fine estate at Linden wald 
 he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
 of the country. From this time until his death, on 
 the 24th of July, r862, at the age of eighty years, he 
 resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of 
 culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old 
 age, probably far more happiness than he had before 
 experienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life. 
 
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NINTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 5' 
 
 
 ILLIAM HENRY HARRI- 
 SON, the ninth President of 
 the United States, was born 
 at Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773. 
 His father, Benjamin Harri- 
 son, was in comparatively op- 
 ulent circumstances, and was 
 one of the most distinguished 
 men of his day. He was an 
 intimate friend of George 
 Washington, w as early elected 
 a member of the Continental 
 Congresj^ and was conspicuous 
 among the patriots of Virginia in 
 resisting the encroachments of the 
 British crown. In the celebrated 
 Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- 
 rison and John Hancock were 
 both candidates for the office of 
 speaker. 
 
 Mr Harrison was subsequently 
 chosen Governor of Virginia, and 
 was twice re-elected. His son, 
 William Henry, of course enjoyed 
 in childhood all the advantages which wealth and 
 intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
 ing received a thorough common-school education, he 
 entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated 
 with honor soon after the death of his father. He 
 '-hen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under 
 the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of 
 Robert Morris, both of whom were, with his father, 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- 
 withstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he 
 abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, 
 having obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi- 
 
 dent Washington. He was then but 19 years old. 
 From that time he passed gradually upward in rank 
 until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose 
 death he resigned his commission. He was then ap- 
 pointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This 
 Territory was then entitled to but one member in 
 Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that 
 position. 
 
 In the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory 
 was divided by Congress into two portions. The 
 eastern portion, comprising the region now embraced 
 in the State of Ohio, was called '' The Territory 
 north-west of the Ohio." The western portion, which 
 included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and 
 Wisconsin, w^as called the "Indiana Territory." Wil- 
 liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap- 
 pointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana 
 Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of 
 Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as 
 extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He 
 was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- 
 vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now 
 rapidly increasing white population. The ability and 
 fidelity with which he discharged these responsible 
 duties may be inferred from the fact that he was four 
 times appointed to this office — first by John Adams, 
 twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- 
 dent Madison. 
 
 When he began his adminstration there were but 
 three white settlementsin that almost boundless region, 
 now crowded with cities and resounding with all the 
 tumult of wealth and traffic. One of these settlements 
 was on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at 
 Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French 
 settlement. 
 
 The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisoi, 
 reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Abou' 
 
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 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 
 
 the year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, 
 of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of 
 these was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching 
 Panther;" the other, Olliwacheca, or " The Prophet." 
 Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man 
 of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- 
 able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might 
 engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, 
 and had long regarded with dread and with hatred 
 the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- 
 grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was 
 anorator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 
 Indian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which 
 they dwelt. 
 
 But the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was, 
 in the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested 
 with the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a 
 magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter 
 the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went 
 from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent 
 by the Great Spirit, 
 
 Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate 
 the Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe- 
 canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. 
 October 28, 18 12, his army began its march. When 
 near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made 
 their appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was 
 approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a 
 short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- 
 ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. 
 
 But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with 
 the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- 
 tations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- 
 campment, he took every precaution against surprise. 
 His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept 
 upon their arms. 
 
 The troops threw themselves upon the ground for 
 rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his 
 loaded musket by his side,and his bayonet fixed. The 
 wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in 
 the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- 
 tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It 
 was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In 
 the darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- 
 ble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all 
 the desperation which superstition and passion most 
 liighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the 
 little army. The savages had been amply provided 
 with guns and ammunition by the English. Their 
 war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. 
 
 The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the 
 light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- 
 jus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a 
 speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's 
 troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them 
 until day dawned ■• they then made a simultaneous 
 charge with the ba)'onet, and swept every thing be- 
 fore them, and completely routing the foe. 
 
 Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
 to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - 
 adas, were of themselves a very formidable force ; but 
 with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the 
 forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- 
 ing, iilundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier 
 was plunged into a state of consternation which even 
 the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. 
 The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the 
 forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- 
 tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull Jiad made 
 the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. 
 Under these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison 
 was appointed by President Madison commander-in- 
 chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake 
 Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. 
 
 It would be difficult to place a man in a situation 
 demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but 
 General Harrison was found equal to the position, 
 and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re- 
 sponsibilities. 
 
 He won the love of his soldiers by always sharing 
 with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while 
 pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a 
 valise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket 
 lashed over his saddle Thirty-five British officers, 
 his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. 
 The only fare he could give them was beef roasted 
 before the fire, without bread or salt. 
 
 In 1816, Gen. Harrisol? was chosen a iriember ol 
 the National House of Representatives, to represent 
 the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an 
 active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with 
 force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested 
 the attention of all the members. 
 
 In iSig, Harrison was elected to the Senate ol 
 Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors 
 of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The 
 same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. 
 
 In 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him 
 forward as a candidate for the Presidency against 
 Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of 
 Mr. Van Buren 's term, he was re -nominated by his 
 party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated 
 by the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency. 
 The contest was very animated. Gen. Jackson gave 
 all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but 
 his triumph was signal. 
 
 The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster 
 at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most 
 brilliant with which any President had ever been 
 surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- 
 istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country 
 more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and 
 joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a 
 pleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick- 
 ness, died on the 4th of April; just one month after 
 his inauguration as President of the United States. 
 
TENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 5S 
 
 OHN TYLER, the tenth 
 «& Presidentof the United States. 
 He was born in Charles-city 
 Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He 
 was the favored child of af- 
 fluence and high social po- 
 sition. At the early age of 
 twelve, John entered William 
 and Mary College and grad- 
 uated with much honor when 
 but seventeen years old. After 
 graduating, he devoted him- 
 self with great assiduity to the 
 study of law, partly with his 
 father and partly with Edmund 
 Randolph, one of the most distin- 
 guished lawyers of Virginia. 
 
 At nineteen years of age, ne 
 commenced the practice of law. 
 His success was rapid and aston- 
 ishing. It is said that three 
 months had not elapsed ere there 
 was scarcely a case on the dock- 
 et of the court in which he was 
 not retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he 
 was almost unanimously elected to a seat in the State 
 Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
 cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of 
 Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he 
 was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the 
 unanimous vote or his county. 
 
 When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and 
 ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national 
 bank, internal improvements by the General <^overn- 
 
 ment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con- 
 struction of the Constitution, and the most careful 
 vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress 
 were so arduous that before the close of his second 
 term he found it necessary to resign and retire to his 
 estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He, 
 however, soon after consented to take his seat in the 
 State Legislature, where his influence was powerful 
 in promoting public works of great utility. With a 
 reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen 
 by a very large majority of votes. Governor of his 
 native State. His administration was signally a suc- 
 cessful one. His popularity secured his re-election. 
 
 John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
 man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the 
 United States. A portion of the Democratic party 
 was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, 
 and brought forward John Tyler as his opponent, 
 considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient 
 popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of 
 Roanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor. 
 
 In accordance with his professions, upon taking his 
 seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- 
 tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and 
 voted against the bank as unconstitutional; he stren- 
 uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- 
 ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- 
 eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. 
 Calhoun's view of nullification ; he declared that Gen. 
 Jackson, by his opposition to the nuUifiers, had 
 abandoned the piinciples of the Democratic party. 
 Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record 
 in perfect accordance with the principles which he 
 had always avowed. 
 
 Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of 
 his profession. There was a cplit i',i the Democratic 
 
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 JOHN TYLER. 
 
 party. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- 
 fersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- 
 ments upon him. He had now attained the age of 
 forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- 
 sequence of his devotion to public business, his pri- 
 vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was 
 not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice 
 of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- 
 tation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, 
 for the better education of his children ; and he again 
 took his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 
 
 By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national 
 convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in 
 1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har- 
 rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of 
 the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- 
 ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the 
 convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- 
 ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- 
 thy with the Whig party in the Noith : but the Vice 
 President has but very little power in the Govern- 
 ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- 
 side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- 
 pened that a Whig President, and, in reahty, a 
 Democratic Vice President were chosen. 
 
 In r84r, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States. In one short month from 
 that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler 
 thus found himself, to his own surprise and that of 
 the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential 
 chair. This was a new test of the stability of our 
 institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our 
 country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler 
 was at home in Williamsburg when he received the 
 unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri- 
 son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of 
 April was inaugurated to the high 'and responsible 
 office. He was placed in a position of exceeding 
 delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been 
 opposed to the main principles of the party which had 
 brought him into power. He had ever been a con- 
 sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. 
 Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. _ Should 
 he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- 
 sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own.? or, 
 on the other hand, should he turn against the party 
 which had elected him and select a cabinet in har- 
 mony with himself, and which would oppose all those 
 views which the Whigs deemed essenrial to the pub- 
 lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma._ He in- 
 vited the cabinet which President Harrison had 
 Felected to retain their seats. He reccommended a 
 day of fasUng and prayer, that God would guide and 
 bless us. 
 
 The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the 
 incorporation of a fiscal bank of the Unitefl States. 
 The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with 
 his veto. He suggested, however, that he would 
 
 approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he 
 proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and 
 privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval. 
 It was passed without alteration, and he sent it back 
 with his veto. Here commenced fhe open rupture. 
 It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- 
 ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
 Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely 
 touched the pride of the President. 
 
 The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- 
 dent into their arms. The party which elected him 
 denounced him bitterly. All the members of his 
 cabinet, excepdng Mr, Webster, resigned. The Whigs 
 of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a 
 meeting and issued an address to the people of the 
 United States, proclaiming that all political alliance 
 between the Whigs and President Tyler were at 
 an end. 
 
 Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
 appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and 
 Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party 
 men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, 
 forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus 
 the four years of Mr. 1'yler's unfortunate administra- 
 tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The 
 land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs 
 and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, 
 however, he brought himself into sympathy with his 
 old friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term, 
 he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 
 Polk, the Democratie candidate for his successor. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the 
 harassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and 
 probably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife. 
 Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; 
 and in June, 1844, PresidentTylerwasagain married, 
 at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of 
 many personal and intellectual accomplishments. 
 
 The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly 
 in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- 
 est, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 
 his manners, richly furnished with information from 
 books and experience in the world, and possessing 
 brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was 
 the scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient 
 means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he 
 might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few 
 friends who gathered around him, were it not for the 
 storms of civil war which his own principles and 
 policy had helped to introduce. 
 
 When the great Rebellion rose, which the State- 
 rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal- 
 houn had inaugurated, President Tyler renounced his 
 allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- 
 erates. He was chosen a inember of their Congress ; 
 and while engaged in active measures to destroy, by 
 force of arms, the Government over which he had 
 once presided, he was taken sick and soon died. 
 
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ELEVENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 5S 
 
 AMES K. POLK, the eleventh 
 ^President of the United States, 
 was born in Mecklenburg Co., 
 N. C.,Nov. 2, 1795. His par- 
 ents were Samuel and Jane 
 (Knox) Polk, the former a son 
 of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
 at the above place, as one of the 
 first pioneers, in 1735. 
 
 In the year 1S06, with his wife 
 and children, and soon after fol- 
 lowed by most of the members of 
 the Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi- 
 grated some two or three hundred 
 miles farther west, to the rich valley 
 of the Duck River. Here in the 
 midst of the wilderness, in a region 
 which was subsequently called Mau- 
 ry Co., they reared their log huls, 
 and established their homes. In the 
 hard toil of a new farm in the wil- 
 derness, James K. Polk spent the 
 early years of his childhood and 
 youth. His father, adding tlie pur- 
 suit of a surveyor to that of a farmer, 
 gradually increased in wealth until 
 he became one of the leading men of the region. His 
 mother was a superior woman, of strong common 
 sense and earnest piety. 
 
 Very early in life, James developed a taste for 
 leading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain 
 a liberal education. His mother's training had made 
 iiim methodical in his habits, had taught him punct- 
 uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty 
 principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his 
 father, fearing that he might not be able to endure a 
 
 sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the 
 counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. 
 
 This was to James a bitter disappointnient. He 
 had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
 were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
 uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his 
 earnest sohcitation his father removed him, and made 
 arrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon 
 after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With 
 ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed 
 forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half 
 years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore 
 class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel 
 Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
 scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing 
 himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious 
 service. 
 
 He graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be- 
 ing deemed tlie best scholar of his class, both in 
 mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- 
 three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this 
 time much impaired by the assiduity with which he 
 had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of 
 relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the 
 office of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk 
 renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who 
 resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few- 
 miles from Nashville. They had probably been 
 slightly acquainted before. 
 
 Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, 
 and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- 
 cal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was 
 constantly called upon to address the meetings of his 
 party friends. His skill as a speaker was such thct 
 he was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump. 
 He was a roau of unblemished morals, genir,! c: d 
 
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 JAMES K. POLK. 
 
 :ourterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic 
 natui-e in the J03 s and griefs of others which ever gave 
 him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected 
 to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his 
 strong influence towards the election of his friend, 
 Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States. 
 
 In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
 Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was 
 altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- 
 ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a 
 member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave 
 to his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that 
 for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- 
 tinuec-' in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, 
 only that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair 
 of Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious 
 menober, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was 
 always in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever 
 he spo'ke it was always to the point, and without any 
 ambitious rhetorical display. 
 
 During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was 
 Speaker of the House. Strong passions were roused, 
 and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr Polk per- 
 formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 
 tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was 
 passed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of 
 March, 1839. 
 
 In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a 
 candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was 
 elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- 
 ber, T839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, 
 his term of office expired, and he was again the can- 
 didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- 
 ated President of the United States. The verdict of' 
 the country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted 
 its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the 
 administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- 
 nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 
 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to 
 the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas 
 as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, 
 Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and 
 left the country, declaring the act of the annexation 
 to be an act hostile to Mexico. 
 
 In his first message. President Polk urged that 
 Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- 
 ceived into the Union on the same footing with ttie 
 other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent 
 
 with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was 
 sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the 
 western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent riearly 
 two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, 
 where he erected batteries which commanded the 
 Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on 
 the western banks. 
 
 The anticipated collision soon took place, and war 
 was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The 
 war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration 
 with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first 
 called one of "observation,'' then of "occupation," 
 then of "invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The 
 feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly 
 and awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement 
 alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. 
 It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration 
 that the war was brought on. 
 
 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was 
 prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. 
 We now consented to peace upon the condition that 
 Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas,, 
 all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- 
 ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of 
 Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This 
 was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the 
 size of New York, Thus slavery was securing eighteen 
 majestic States to be added to the Union. There were 
 some Americans who thought it all right : there were 
 others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution 
 of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and 
 more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this 
 money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. 
 
 On the 3d of M.rrch, 1849, J^f- Polk retired from 
 office, having served one term. The next day was 
 Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
 as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the 
 same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- 
 ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his- return to 
 Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. 
 He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, 
 and his health was good. With an ample fortune, 
 a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties 
 of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years 
 of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the 
 cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up 
 the Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted, 
 and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth 
 year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. 
 
TWELFTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth 
 President of the United States, 
 l^was born on the 24th of Nov., 
 1784, in Orange Co., Va. His 
 ^^^^^^pa father. Colonel Taylor, was 
 a Virginian of note, and a dis- 
 tinguished patriot and soldier of 
 the Revolution. When Zachary 
 was an infant, his father with his 
 wife and two children, emigrated 
 to Kentucky, where he settled in 
 the pathless wilderness, a few 
 miles from Louisville. In this front- 
 ier home, away from civilization and 
 all its refinements, young Zachary 
 could enjoy but few social and educational advan- 
 tages. When six years of age he attended a common 
 school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
 rather remarkable for blimtness and decision of char- 
 acter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and 
 oianifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight 
 the Lidians who were ravaging the frontiers. There 
 is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of Ills 
 childhood on his father's large but lonely plantation. 
 In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him 
 the commission of lieutenant in the United States 
 army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed 
 at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after 
 this he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady 
 from one of the first families of Maryland. 
 
 Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- 
 land, in 18 12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been 
 promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort 
 Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above 
 Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- 
 ness by Gen. Harrison.on his match to Tippecanoe. 
 It v.-asone of the first points of attack by the Indians, 
 'jcd by Tecumseh, Its garrison consisted of a broken 
 
 company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of 
 whom were sick. 
 
 Early in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily, 
 and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. TI11..1 
 approach was first indicated by the murder of t«o 
 soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor 
 made every possible preparation to meet the antici- 
 pated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of 
 forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, 
 waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that 
 in the morning their chief would come to have a talk 
 with him. It was evident that their object was merely 
 to ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
 Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept 
 them at a distance. 
 
 The sun went down; the savages disappeared, the 
 garrison slept upon their arms. One hour before 
 midnight the war-whoop burst from a thousand lips 
 in the forest around, followed by the discharge of 
 musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick 
 and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that 
 defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- 
 ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- 
 ture. No pen can describe, r.o immagination can 
 conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- 
 ceeded in setting lire to one of the block houses- 
 Until six o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict 
 continued. The savages then, baffled at every point, 
 and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. 
 Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the 
 rank of major by brevet. 
 
 Until the close of the war. Major Taylor was placed 
 in such situations that he saw but little more of active 
 service. He was sent far away into the depths of the 
 wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which 
 empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little 
 to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one 
 best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 
 
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 ZACHARY TAYLOR. 
 
 tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful 
 years rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of 
 colonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in 
 Ihe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor 
 took a subordinate but a brave and efficient, "part. 
 
 For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in 
 the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in 
 employments so obscure, that his name was unknown 
 beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. 
 In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel 
 the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- 
 tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, 
 hac" promised they should do. The services Tendered 
 heic secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
 the Government; and as a reward, he was elevated 
 tc fne rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon 
 after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- 
 mand of the United States troops in Florida. 
 
 After two y^ars of such wearisome employment 
 amidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor 
 obtained, at his own request, a change of command, 
 and was stationed over the Department of the South- 
 west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, 
 Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters 
 at Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family 
 to a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. 
 Here he remained for five years, buried, as it were, 
 from the world, but faithfully discharging every duty 
 imposed upon him. 
 
 In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land 
 between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river 
 being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed 
 by the United States. Soon the war with Mexico 
 was brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la 
 Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the 
 Mexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet 
 was then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name 
 was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in 
 the Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
 Buena Vista in which he won signal victories over 
 forces much larger than he commanded. 
 
 His careless habits of dress and his unaffected 
 simplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, 
 ih& sobriquet of "Old Rough and Ready.' 
 
 Tne tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista 
 .spread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The 
 name of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The 
 Whig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- 
 ful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- 
 lettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the 
 Presidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an- 
 nouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- 
 claring that he was not at all qualified for such an 
 office. So little interest had he taken in politics that, 
 for forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not 
 without chagrin that several distinguished statesmen 
 who had been long years in the public service found 
 thiir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name 
 
 had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo 
 Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena 
 Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- 
 marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." 
 
 Gen. Taylor was not' an eloquent speaker nor a fine 
 writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- 
 pared such few communications as it was needful 
 should be presented to the public. The popularity of 
 the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- 
 umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — 
 Gen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren. 
 Though he selected an excellent cabinet, the good 
 old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, 
 and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. 
 His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably 
 tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party 
 was pushing its claims with tireless energy, expedi- 
 tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was 
 pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery 
 stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found 
 the political conflicts in Washington to be far more 
 trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or 
 Indians. 
 
 In the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor, 
 after he had occupied the Presidential chair but little 
 over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of 
 but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. 
 His last words were, " I am not afraid to die. I am 
 ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died 
 universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- 
 pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the 
 affections of the people ; and the Nation bitterly la- 
 mented his death. 
 
 Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with 
 Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful 
 description of his character: — '' With a good store of 
 common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- 
 larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse 
 with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- 
 quence. The frontiers and small military posts had 
 been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his 
 rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim- 
 plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- 
 dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the 
 tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, 
 chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat 
 a little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave 
 a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- 
 side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the 
 offender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), 
 whom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase, 
 ' touch with a pair of tongs.' 
 
 "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- 
 worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a 
 sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter 
 unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short, 
 few men have ever had a more comfortable, labor- 
 saving contempt for learning of every kind." 
 
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THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
 67 
 
 ^'MILLflRn FILLfflHRE.'^ 
 
 ILLARD FILLMORE, thir- 
 teenth President of the United 
 States, was born at Summer 
 Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on 
 the 7th of January, 1800. His 
 father was a farmer, and ow- 
 ing to misfortune, in humble cir- 
 cumstances. Of his mother, the 
 daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, 
 of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been 
 said that she possessed an intellect 
 of very high order, united with much 
 personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- 
 posit'on, graceful manners and ex- 
 quisite sensibilities. She died in' 
 183 1 ; having lived to see her son a 
 young man of distinguished prom- 
 ibe, though she was not permitted to witness the high 
 dignity which he finally attained. 
 
 In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
 means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- 
 vantages for education in his early years. The com- 
 mon schools, which he occasionally attended were 
 very imperfect institutions; and books were scarce 
 snd expensive. There was nothing then in his char- 
 acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he 
 was about to enter. He was a plain fanner's boy ; 
 intelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred 
 influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, 
 and had laid the foundations of an upright character. 
 When fourteen years of age, his father sent him 
 some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of 
 Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
 Near the mill there was a small villiage, where some 
 
 enterprising man had commenced the collection of a 
 village library. This proved an inestimable blessing 
 to young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read- 
 ing. Soon every leisure moment was occupied with 
 books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate 
 and the selections which he made were continually 
 more elevating and instructive. He read history^ 
 biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- 
 kindled iii his heart a desire to be something more 
 than a mere worker with his hands; and he was be- 
 coming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed, 
 educated man. 
 
 The young clothier had now attained the age of 
 nineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance 
 and cf gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that 
 there was a gentleman m the neighborhood of ample 
 pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Judge Walter 
 Wood, — who was struck with the prepossessing aD- 
 pearance of j'oung Fillmore. He made his acquaint- 
 ance, and was so much impressed with his ability and 
 attainments that he advised him to abandon his 
 trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The 
 young man rephed, that he had no means of his own, 
 no friends to help him and that his previous educa- 
 tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had 
 so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to 
 take him into his own office, and to loan him such 
 money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous 
 offer was accepted. 
 
 There is in many minds a strange delusion about 
 a collegiate education. A young man is supposed to 
 be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col- 
 lege. But many a boy loiters through university hal" ■, 
 *nd then enters a law office, who is by no means as: 
 
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 MILLARD FILLMORE. 
 
 well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was 
 Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- 
 mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during 
 which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- 
 tense mental culture. 
 
 In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he was 
 admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then 
 went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the 
 practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, 
 his practice of course was limited, and there was no 
 opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. 
 Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great 
 moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station 
 she might be called to fill, — Miss Abigail Powers. 
 
 His elevation of character, his untiring industry, 
 his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, 
 gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to 
 enter into partnership under highly advantageous 
 circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in 
 Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, 
 he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the 
 State of New York, as a representative from Erie 
 County. Though he had never taken a very active 
 part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with 
 the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, 
 and he found himself in a helpless minority in the 
 Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parlies, 
 that his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very 
 unusual degrte the respect of his associates. 
 
 In the autmnn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in 
 the United States Congress. He entered that troubled 
 arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our 
 national history. The great conflict respecting the 
 national bank and the removal of the deposits, was 
 then raging. 
 
 His term of two years closed ; and he returned to 
 his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- 
 utation and success. After a lapse of two years 
 he again became a candidate for Congress ; was re- 
 elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe- 
 rience as a representative gave him stiength and 
 confidence. The first term of service in Congress to 
 any man can be but little more than an introduction. 
 He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- 
 gies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every 
 measure received his impress. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and 
 his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, 
 he was elected Comptroller of the State. 
 
 Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven 
 years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in 
 Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- 
 siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to 
 find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- 
 dent at the approaching election. Far away, on the 
 waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old 
 soldier, who liad fought one or two successful battles 
 with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be 
 proclaimed in trumpet-tones all over the land. But 
 it was necessary to associate with him on the same 
 ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. 
 
 Under the influence of these considerations, the 
 names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became 
 the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for 
 President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was 
 signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, 
 Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard 
 Fillmore Vice-President, of the United States. 
 
 On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but 
 about one year and four months after his inaugura- 
 tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- 
 stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- 
 dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which 
 the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. 
 
 Mr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend 
 with, since the opposition had a majority in both 
 Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate 
 •the South ; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt 
 theinadequacyof all measures of transient conciliation. 
 The population of the free States was so rapidly in- 
 creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- 
 evitable that the power of the Government should 
 soon pass into the hands of the free States. The 
 famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. 
 Fillmore's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition 
 was sent out. On the 4tb of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- 
 more, having served one term, retired. 
 
 In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- 
 idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten 
 by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in 
 retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, 
 he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that 
 his sympathies were rather with those who were en- 
 deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President 
 Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any 
 cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. 
 He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe 
 old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874. 
 
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 RANKLIN PIERCE, the 
 fourteenth President of the 
 'United States, was bom in 
 Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 
 23, 1804. His father was a 
 Revolutionary soldier, who,- 
 with his own strong arm, 
 hewed out a home in the 
 wilderness. He was a man 
 of inflexible integrity; of 
 strong, though uncultivated 
 mind, and an uncompromis- 
 ing Democrat. The mother of 
 Franklin Pierce was all that a son 
 could desire, — an intelligent, pru- 
 dent, affectionate, Christian wom- 
 an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. 
 
 Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- 
 erous; warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the 
 love of old and young. The boys on the play ground 
 loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors 
 looked upon him with pride and affection. He was 
 by instinct a gentleman ; always speaking kind words, 
 doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 
 which taught him what was agreeable. Witliout de- 
 veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
 devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, 
 in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. 
 
 When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he 
 entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was 
 one of the most popular young men in the college. 
 The purity of his moral character, the unvarying 
 courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and 
 
 genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite, 
 There was something very peculiarly winning in his 
 address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- 
 gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of his 
 own magnanimous and loving nature. 
 
 Upon graduating, ill the year 1824, Franklin Pierce 
 commenced the study of law in the office of Judge 
 Woodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of 
 the State, and a man of great private worth. Ths 
 eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his 
 father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant 
 political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- 
 tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci- 
 nating yet perilous path of political life. With all 
 the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. 
 Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the 
 practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected 
 to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here 
 he served for four years. The last two years he was 
 chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. 
 
 In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected 
 a member of Congress. Without taking an active 
 part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty, 
 and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom 
 he was associatad. 
 
 In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, 
 he was elected to the Senate of the United States; 
 taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced 
 his administration. He was the youngest member in 
 the Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane 
 Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- 
 plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every 
 station with wiiich her husband was honoted. Of the 
 
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 FRANKLIN PIERCE. 
 
 three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with 
 their parents in the grave. 
 
 In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame 
 and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his 
 residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. 
 President Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed 
 Mr. Pier-ce attorney-general of the United States; but 
 the offer was declined, in consequence of numerous 
 professional engagements at home, and the precariuos 
 state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also, about the 
 same time declined the nomination for governor by the 
 Democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. 
 Pierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of 
 brigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his 
 troops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847. 
 He took an important part in this war, proving him- 
 self a brave and true soldier. 
 
 When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native 
 State, he was received enthusiastically by the advo- 
 cates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo- 
 nents. He resumed the practice of his profession, 
 very frequently taking an active part in political ques- 
 tions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery 
 wing of the Democratic party. The compromise 
 measures met cordially with his approval ; and he 
 strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa- 
 mous fugitive-slave law^ which so shocked the religious 
 sensibilities of the North. He thus became distin- 
 guished as a " Northern man with Southern principles.'' 
 The strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
 quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
 safely trust in office to carry out their plans. 
 
 On the 1 2th of June, '1852, the Democratic conven- 
 tion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the 
 Presidency. For four days they continued in session, 
 and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a 
 two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown 
 for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation 
 brought forward his name. There were fourteen 
 more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly 
 gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he 
 received two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all 
 other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was 
 the AVhig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with 
 great unanimity. Only four States — Vermont, Mas- 
 sachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their 
 electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce 
 was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
 States on the 4th of March, 1853. 
 
 His administration proved one of the most stormy our 
 country had ever experienced. The controversy be- 
 tween slavery and freedom was then approaching its 
 culminating point. It became evident that there was 
 an " irrepressible conflict " between them, and that 
 this Nation could not long exist " half slave and half 
 free." President Pierce, during the whole of his ad- 
 ministration, did every thing he could to conciliate 
 the South ; but it was all in vain. The conflict every 
 year grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution 
 of the Union were borne to the North on every South- 
 ern breeze. 
 
 Such was the condition of affairs when President 
 Pierce approached the close of his four-years' term 
 of office. The North had become thoroughly alien- 
 ated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded 
 by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all 
 the intellectual ability and social worth of President 
 Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad- 
 ministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also, 
 unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo- 
 cated those measures of Government which they ap- 
 proved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had 
 rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be 
 able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped 
 him, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 
 
 On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
 tired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two 
 had died, and his only surviving child had been 
 killed before his eyes by a railroad accident ; and his 
 wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of 
 ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The 
 hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left 
 alone in the world, without wife or child. 
 
 When the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di- 
 vided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr. 
 Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he 
 had always cherished, and gave his sympathies to 
 tliat pro-slavery party with which he had ever been 
 allied. He declined to do anything, either by voice 
 or pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov- 
 ernment. He continued to reside in Concord until 
 the time of his death, which occurred in October, 
 i86g. He was one of the most genial and social of 
 men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal 
 Church, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen- 
 erous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al- 
 leviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- 
 people were often gladened by his material bounty. 
 
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 AMES BUCHANAN, the fif- 
 teenth President of the United 
 States, was born in a small 
 frontier town, at the foot of the 
 te eastern ridge of the Allegha- 
 nies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on 
 the 23d of April, 1791. The place 
 where the humble cabin of his 
 father stood was called Stony 
 Batter. It was a wild and ro- 
 mantic spot in a gorge of the monn- 
 tains, with towering summits rising 
 grandly all around. His father 
 was a native of the north of Ireland ; 
 a poor man, who had emigrated in 
 1783, with little property save his 
 own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married 
 Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, 
 and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilder- 
 ness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a 
 clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- 
 form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- 
 Lkided home, where James was born, he remained 
 for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual 
 advantages. When James was eight years of age, his 
 father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where 
 his son was placed at school, and commenced a 
 course of study in English, Larin and Greek. His 
 progress was rapid, tind at the age of fourteen, he 
 entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- 
 veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among 
 the first scholars in the institution. His application 
 to study was intense, and yet his native powers en- 
 
 abled him to master the most abstruse subjects with 
 facility. 
 
 In the year 1809, he graduated with the highest 
 honors of his class. He was then eighteen years of 
 age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of 
 athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with 
 an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately 
 commenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster, 
 and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was 
 but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose 
 in his profession, and at once took undisputed stand 
 with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but 
 twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- 
 cessfully defended before the State Senate one of the 
 judges of the State, who was tried upon articles of 
 impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally 
 admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and 
 there was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu- 
 crative practice. 
 
 In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
 candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for 
 ten years he remained a member of the Lower House. 
 During the vacations of Congress, he occasionally 
 tried some important case. In i83r, he rerired 
 altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- 
 quired an ample fortune. 
 
 Gen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency, 
 appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The 
 duties of his mission he performed with ability, which 
 gave saUsfaction to all parries. Upon his return, in 
 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States 
 Senate. He there met, as his associates, V/ebster, 
 Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas- 
 ures proposed by President Jackson, of milivng repri- 
 
76 
 
 JAMES BUCHANAN. 
 
 sals against Fiance, to enforce the payment of our 
 claims against that country ; and defended the course 
 of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale 
 removal from office of those who were not the sup- 
 porters of his administration. Upon this question he 
 was brought into direct collision with He;iry Clay. 
 He also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging 
 from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure 
 against Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits. 
 Earnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the 
 District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the 
 circulation of anti-slavery documents by the United 
 States mails. 
 
 As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he advo- 
 cated that they should be respectfully received; and 
 that the reply should be returned, that Congress had 
 no power to legislate upon the subject. " Congress," 
 said he, " might as well undertake to interfere with 
 slavery under a foreign government as in any of the 
 States where it now exists." 
 
 Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. 
 Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, 
 took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of 
 the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing 
 the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed 
 territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross 
 the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration 
 of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the 
 account of the course our Government pursued in that 
 movement. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with 
 the party devoted to the perpetuation and extension 
 of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind 
 to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his 
 cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50, 
 which included the fugiiive-slave law. Mr. Pierce, 
 upon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr. 
 Buchanan with the mission to England. 
 
 In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- 
 tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The 
 political conflict was one of the most severe in which 
 our country has ever engaged. All the friends of 
 slavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re- 
 striction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre- 
 mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re- 
 reived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
 174, and was elected. The popular vote stood 
 1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On 
 March 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four 
 years were wanting to fill up his threescore years and 
 ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been 
 allied in political principles and action for years, were 
 seeking the destruction of the Government, that they 
 might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a 
 nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. 
 In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be- 
 wildered He could not, with his long-avowed prin- 
 
 ciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in 
 their assumptions. As President of the United States, 
 bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws, 
 he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, 
 imite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub- 
 lic. He therefore did nothing. 
 
 The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration 
 nominated Abraham Lmcoln as their standard bearer 
 in the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery 
 party declared, that if he were elected, and the con- 
 trol of the Government were thus taken from their 
 hands, they would secede from the Union, taking 
 with them, as they retired, the National Capitol at 
 Washington, and the lion's share of the territory of 
 the United States. 
 
 Mr. Buchanan's sympathy with the pro-slavery 
 party was such, that he had been willing to offerthem 
 far more than they had ventured to claim. All the 
 South had professed to ask of the North was non- 
 intervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu- 
 chanan had been ready to offer them the active co- 
 operation of the Government to defend and extend 
 the institution. 
 
 As the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders 
 claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow- 
 ing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of 
 the most pitiable exiiibitions of governmental im- 
 becility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He 
 declared that Congress had no power to enforce its 
 laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which 
 was attempting to withdraw from the Union. This 
 was not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with 
 his hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed. " The 
 Union must and shall be preserved!" 
 
 South Carolina seceded in December^ i860; nearly 
 three months before the inauguration of President 
 Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. 
 The rebel flag was raised in Charleston r Fort Sumpter 
 was besieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenals 
 were seized ; our depots of military stores were plun- 
 dered; and our custom-houses and .post-offices were 
 appropriated by the rebels. 
 
 The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our 
 Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked 
 on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away, 
 and close the administration, so terrible in its weak- 
 ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver- 
 ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the 
 scepter. 
 
 The administration of President Buchanan was 
 certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
 perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with 
 pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, 
 that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows 
 of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came 
 from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's 
 banner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion. 
 He died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868. 
 
SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 sixteenth President of 
 United States, was born 
 Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 
 1809. About the year 1780, a 
 man by the name of Abraham 
 Lincohi left Virginia with liis 
 family and moved into the then 
 wilds of Kentucky. Only two years 
 after this emigration, still a young 
 man, while working one day in a 
 field, was stealthily approached by 
 an Indian and shot dead. His widow 
 was left in extreme poverty with five 
 little children, three boys and two 
 girls. Thomas, the youngest of the 
 boys, was four years of age at his 
 father's death. This Thomas was 
 the father of Abraham Lincoln, the 
 President of the United States 
 whose name must henceforth fo>-ever be enrolled 
 with the most prominent in the annals of our world. 
 Of course no record has been kept of the life 
 of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among 
 ihe poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched 
 log-cabin ; his food the coarsest and the meanest. 
 Education he had none ; he could never either read 
 or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for 
 himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his 
 starving mother, and push out into the world, a friend- 
 .ess., wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- 
 self out, and thus spent the whole of his youth as a 
 Laborer in the fields of others. 
 
 When twenty-eight years of age he buill a log- 
 cabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
 daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- 
 grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their 
 second child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of 
 this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble 
 woman, gentle., loving, pensive, created to adorn 
 a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. 
 " All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- 
 ful son " I owe to my angel-mother. " 
 
 When he was eight years of age, his father sold his 
 
 cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana Where 
 two years later his mother died. 
 
 Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated 
 community around him. He could not have had a 
 better school than this to teach him to put thoughts 
 into words. He also became an eager reader. The 
 books he could obtain were few ; but these he read 
 and re-read until they were almost committed to 
 memory. 
 
 As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family 
 was the usual lot of humanity. Thne were joys and 
 griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sister 
 Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar- 
 ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and 
 soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr. 
 Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter's claim in 1830, 
 and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age. 
 With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing 
 another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this 
 until he saw the family comfortably settled, and their 
 small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when 
 he announced to his father his intention to leave 
 home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- 
 tune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril- 
 liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of 
 education and was intensely earnest to improve his 
 mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin 
 which ardent spirits were causing, and became 
 strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- 
 cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in 
 God's word, " Thou shalt not take the name of the 
 Lord thy God in vain;" and a profane expression he 
 was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His 
 morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a 
 single vice. 
 
 Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired laborer 
 among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, 
 where he was employed in building a large flat-boat. 
 In this he took a herd of swine, floated them down 
 the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis- 
 sissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lin- 
 coln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give 
 great satisfaction to his employers. In this advcn- 
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 tiire his employers were so well pleased, that upon 
 his return they placed a store and mill under his care. 
 
 In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he 
 enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He 
 returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 
 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but 
 was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew 
 Jackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem, 
 His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he 
 received he carried there ready to deliver to those 
 he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon 
 made this his .business. In 1834 he again became a 
 candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. 
 Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He 
 walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of 
 Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and 
 began his legal studies. When the Legislature as- 
 sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 
 one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it 
 was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- 
 moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. 
 His success with the jury was so great that he was 
 soon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. 
 
 In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
 Lincoln and Mr, Douglas, on the slavery question. 
 In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, 
 in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became 
 one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's 
 speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- 
 test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form 'a most 
 notable part of his history. The issue was on the 
 slavery question, and he took the broad ground of 
 ;he Declaration of Independence, that all men are 
 created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- 
 test, but won a far higher prize. 
 
 The great RepubUcan Convention met at Chicago 
 on the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and 
 strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- 
 five thousand. An immense building called "The 
 Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- 
 tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes 
 were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame 
 as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most 
 orominent. It was generally supposed he would be 
 the nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received 
 the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then 
 dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the 
 bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him : 
 and as little did he dream that he was to render services 
 to his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of 
 the whole civilized world, and which would give him 
 a place in the affections of his countrymen, second 
 only, if second, to that of Washington. 
 
 Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 
 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, 
 constitutionally elected President of the United States. 
 The tirade of abuse that vas poured upon this good 
 
 and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was 
 greater than upon any other man ever elected to this 
 high position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started 
 for Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his 
 way making speeches. The whole journey was frought 
 with much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
 already seceded, and several attempts at assassination 
 were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- 
 more had arranged, upon his arrival to "get up a row," 
 and in the confusion to make sure of his death with 
 revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled 
 the plot. A secret and special train was provided to 
 take him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at an 
 unexpected hour of the night. The train started at 
 half-past ten ; and to prevent any possible communi- 
 cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- 
 federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had 
 started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln 
 reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, 
 although great anxiety was felt by all loyal people. 
 
 In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
 to Mr Seward the Department of State," and to other 
 prominent opponents before the convention he gave 
 important positions. 
 
 During no other administration have the duties 
 devolving upon the President been so manifold, and 
 the responsibihties so great, as those which fell to 
 the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and 
 feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in 
 his own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he 
 learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in 
 determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his 
 trials, both personal and national Contrary to his 
 own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the 
 most courageous of men. He went directly into the 
 rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, 
 with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
 had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been 
 made for his assassination,and he at last fell a victim 
 to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, 
 was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It 
 was announced that they would be present. Gen. 
 Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- 
 ing, witii his characteristic kindliness of heart, that 
 it would be a disappointment if he should fail them, 
 very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to 
 the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth 
 entered the box where the President and family were 
 seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the 
 next morning at seven o'clock. 
 
 Never before, in the history of the world was a nation 
 plunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler. 
 Strong men met in the streets and wept in speechless 
 anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was 
 in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a 
 model. His name as the savior of his country ■»':U 
 live with that of Washington's, its father; hiscc>untry- 
 men being unable to decide which is tKe greater. 
 
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SEVEiVTEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 NDREW JOHNSON, seven- 
 teenth President of the United 
 States. The early life of 
 Andrew Johnson contains but 
 the record of poverty, destitu- 
 tion and friendlessness. He 
 was born December 29, 1808, 
 in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, 
 belonging to the class of the 
 "poor whites " of the South, ^'ere 
 in such circumstances, that they 
 could not confer even the slight- 
 est advantages of education upon 
 their child. When Andrew was five 
 years of age, his father accidentally 
 lost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a 
 friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew 
 was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the 
 labor of his mother, who obtained her living with 
 her own hands. 
 
 He then, having never attended a school one day, 
 and being unable either to read or write, was ap- 
 prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman 
 was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- 
 ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often 
 read from the speeches of distinguished British states- 
 men. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more 
 than ordinary native ability, became much interested 
 in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he 
 was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. 
 
 He accordingly applied.himself to the alphabet, and 
 with the assistance of some of his fellow- workmen, 
 learned his letters. He then called upon the gentle- 
 man to borrow the book of speeches. The owner, 
 
 pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book., 
 but assisted him in learning to combine the letters 
 into words. Under such difficulties he pressed oi. 
 ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours 
 at work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest 
 and recreation to devote such time a,s he could to 
 reading. 
 
 He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at 
 Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos- 
 sessed some education. Under her instructions he 
 learned to write and cipher. He became prominent 
 in the village debating society, and a favorite with 
 the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- 
 ganized a working man's party, which elected him 
 alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which 
 position he held three years. 
 
 He now began to take a lively interest in political 
 affairs ; identifying himself with the working-classes, 
 to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a 
 member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- 
 see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. 
 He became a very active member of the legislature, 
 gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 
 1840 " stumped the State," advocating Martin I'ati 
 Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thos^ 
 of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired mucii 
 readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
 his reputation. 
 
 In 1841, he was elected Stale Senator; in 1843, he 
 was elected a member of Congress, and by successive 
 elections, held that important post for ten years. In 
 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and 
 was re-elected in 1855. In all these resjionsible posi 
 tions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi. 
 
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 ANDRE IV JOHNSON. 
 
 ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- 
 ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected 
 United States Senator. 
 
 Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated 
 the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his 
 reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- 
 ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable 
 sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, 
 and become merged in a population congenial to 
 themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- 
 promise measures, the two essential features of which 
 were, that the white people of the Territories should 
 be permitted to decide for themselves whether they 
 would enslave the colored people or not, and that 
 the ^ree States of the North should return to the 
 South persons whd attempted to escape from slavery. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was never ashamed ofhis lowly origin: 
 on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that 
 he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," 
 said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget 
 that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam 
 was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- 
 ior was the son of a carpenter." 
 
 In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i8u3, lie 
 ivas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the 
 Presidency. In 186 1, when the purpose of the South- 
 ivci Democracy became apparent,,he took a decided 
 Stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery 
 must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever 
 cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly 
 imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of 
 Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the 
 Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th,. 1862, ap- 
 pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he 
 established the most stringent military rule. His 
 numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 
 
 1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United 
 States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 
 
 1865, became President. In a speech two days later 
 he said, " The American people must be taught, if 
 they do not already feel, that treason is a crime and 
 must be punished ; that the Government will not 
 always bear with its enemies ; that it is strong not 
 only to protect, but to punish. * * The people 
 
 ■ must understand that it (treason) is the blackest of 
 crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole 
 administration, the history of which is so well known, 
 was in utter iiwonsistency with, and the most violent 
 
 opposition to, the principles laid down in that speech. 
 
 In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
 amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char- 
 acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly 
 defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In 
 the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes 
 and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the 
 removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- 
 ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- 
 ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. 
 
 It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
 months. A test article of the impeachment was at 
 length submitted to the court for its action. It was 
 certain that as the court voted upon that article so 
 would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced 
 the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- 
 sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- 
 quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against 
 him. The change of one vote from the not guilty 
 side would have sustained the impeachment. 
 
 The President, for the remainder of his term, was 
 but little regarded. He continued, though impotently, 
 his conflict with Congress. His own party did not 
 think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- 
 dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- 
 alleled since the days of Washington, around the name 
 of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. 
 The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the 
 President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was 
 there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- 
 mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a 
 nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home 
 in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in 
 politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting 
 struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- 
 nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- 
 gress, and took his seat in that body, at the speciai 
 session convened by President Grant, on the sth of 
 March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President 
 made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter 
 Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was 
 apparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach- 
 ing the residence of his child the following day, was 
 stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. 
 He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 
 2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- 
 eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, 
 with every demonstration of respect 
 
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 LYSSES S. GRANT, the 
 eighteenth President of the 
 ^^ United States, was born on 
 the 2gth of April, 1822, of 
 Christian parents, in a humble 
 home, at Point Pleasant, on the 
 banks of the Ohio. Shortly after 
 his father moved to George- 
 town, Brown Co., O. In this re- 
 mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses 
 received a common-school edu- 
 cation. At the age of seven- 
 teen, in the year 1839, he entered 
 the Military Academy at West 
 Point. Here he was regarded as a 
 solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of 
 sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank 
 as a scholar. In June, T843, he graduated, about the 
 middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- 
 fantry to one of the distant mihtary posts in the Mis- 
 souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary 
 solitudes, watching the vagabond _ and exasperating 
 Indians. 
 
 The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
 sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first 
 battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here 
 for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at 
 Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle 
 of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that 
 he performed a signal service of daring and skillful 
 horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- 
 munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along 
 a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. 
 Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, 
 grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one 
 side of the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety. 
 
 From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, 
 10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In 
 preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he 
 was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the 
 battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a 
 first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- 
 pultepec. 
 
 At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re- 
 turned with his regiment to New York, and was again 
 sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The 
 discovery of gold in California causing an immense 
 tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. 
 Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in 
 Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- 
 migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. 
 Grant resigned his commission and returned to the 
 States ; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- 
 tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but 
 little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- 
 munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into 
 the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- 
 lena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings 
 of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears 
 of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — 
 " Uncle Sam has educated me for the army ; though 
 I have served him through one war, I do not feel that 
 I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready todischarge 
 my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword 
 and see Uncle Sam through this war too." 
 
 He went into the streets, raised a company of vol- 
 unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, 
 the capital of the State, where their services were 
 offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by 
 the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. 
 Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the 
 volunteer organization that was being formed in the 
 State in behalf of the Government. On the 15th of 
 
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 ULYSSES S. GRANT. 
 
 June, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as 
 Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- 
 unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who 
 had served for r5 years in the regular army, were such 
 that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- 
 General and was placed in command at Cairo. The 
 rebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth 
 of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- 
 peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The 
 rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and' 
 stripes were unfurled in its stead. 
 
 He entered the service with great determination 
 and immediately began active duty. This was the be- 
 ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond 
 he was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and 
 effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- 
 prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry 
 won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight 
 at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the 
 victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was 
 immediately made a Major-General, and the military 
 district of Tennessee was assigned to him. 
 
 Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how 
 to secure the results of victory. He immediately, 
 pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the 
 terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the 
 siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an 
 unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty 
 thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- 
 non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most 
 severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, 
 and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. 
 
 Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
 Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
 ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from 
 his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he 
 was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid 
 of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and 
 by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- 
 ures put the Union Army in fighting condition. Then 
 followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout 
 Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
 were routed with great loss. This won for him un- 
 bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- 
 ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- 
 general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. 
 He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials 
 and enter upon thf duties of his new office. 
 
 Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of 
 the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National 
 troops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal 
 capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- 
 stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- 
 sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole 
 continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these 
 majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. 
 Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains 
 were burdened with closely packed thousands. His 
 plans were comprehensive and involved a series of 
 campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- 
 ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- 
 render of Lee, April 9, 1865. 
 
 The war was ended. The Union was saved. The 
 almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. 
 Grant to be the most .prominent instrument in its sal- 
 vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered 
 the country brought him conspicuously forward as the 
 Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. 
 
 At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. 
 May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the 
 Presidency, and at the autumn election received a 
 majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 
 electoral votes. 
 
 The National Convention of the Republican party 
 which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872, 
 placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term 
 by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- 
 cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 
 electoral votes being cast for him. 
 
 Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. Grant 
 started upon his famous trip around the world. He 
 visited almost every country of the civilized world, 
 and was everywhere received with such ovations 
 and demonstrations of respect and honor, private 
 as well as public and official, as were never before 
 bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. 
 
 He was the most prominent candidate before the 
 Republican National Convention in 1880 for a re- 
 nomination for President. He went to New York and 
 embarked in the brokerage business under the firm 
 nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, 
 wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to 
 the penitentiary. The General was attacked with 
 cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like 
 manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as 
 General of the Army and rerired by Congress. The 
 cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 
 1885, the nation wenf in mourning over the death of 
 the illustrious General. 
 
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NINETEENTH PRESIDENT. 
 
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 UTHERFORD B. HAYES, 
 ^the nineteenth President of 
 the United States, was born in 
 Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- 
 most three months after the 
 death of his father, Rutherford 
 Hayes. His ancestry on both 
 the paternal and maternal sides, 
 was of the most honorable char- 
 acter. It can be traced, it is said, 
 as far back as 1280, when Hayes and 
 Rutherford were two Scottish chief- 
 tains, fighting side by side with 
 Baliol, William Wallace and Robert 
 Bruce. Both families belonged to the 
 nobility, owned extensive estates, 
 and had a large following. Misfor- 
 tune ova<aking the family, George Hayes left Scot- 
 land in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
 George was born in Windsor, and remained there 
 during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- 
 ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar- 
 riage until hJs death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, 
 son of Daniel, was born in t724, and was a manufac-, 
 turerof scythes; at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, 
 son of Ezekiel z.\iA grandfather of President Hayes, was 
 born inNew Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, 
 blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to 
 Vermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, 
 where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- 
 erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was 
 
 born. He was married, in September, 18 13, to Sophia 
 Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- 
 grated thither from Connecticut, they having been 
 among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. 
 Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 
 1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders 
 of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers 
 in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 The father of President Hayes was an industrious 
 frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- 
 chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- 
 ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to 
 undertake. He was a member of the Church, active 
 in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- 
 ducted his business on Christian principles. After 
 the close of the war of 1812, for reasons inexplicable 
 to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 
 
 The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day, 
 when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways, 
 was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was 
 first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter- 
 mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived 
 in i8r7. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial 
 fever, less than three months before the birth of the 
 son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- 
 reavement, found the support she so much needed in 
 her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
 household from the day of its departure from Ver- 
 mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted 
 some time before as an act of charity. 
 
 Mrs, Hayes at this period was very weak, and the 
 
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 RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 
 
 subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he 
 was not expected to live beyond a month or two at 
 most. As the months went by he grew weaker and 
 weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- 
 quiring from time to time '' if Mrs. Hayes' baby died 
 last night." On one occasion a neighbor, who was on 
 familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the 
 boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of 
 nim, said in a bantering way, " That's right ! Stick to 
 him. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't 
 wonder if he would really come to something yet." 
 
 " You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You 
 ivait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him 
 President of the United States yet." The boy lived, 
 in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy 
 death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was 
 drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his 
 mother. 
 
 The boy was seven years old before he went to 
 school. His education, however, was not neglected. 
 He probably learned as much from his mother and 
 sister as he would have done at school. His sports 
 were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being 
 his sister and her associates. These circumstances 
 tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- 
 sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings 
 of others, which are marked traits of his character. 
 
 His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest 
 ~in his education ; and as the boy's health had im- 
 proved, and he was making good progress in his 
 studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- 
 paration commenced with a tutor at home; but he 
 was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the 
 Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- 
 tered Kenyon College in 1838,3! the age of sixteen, 
 and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. 
 
 Immediately after his graduation he began the 
 study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq., 
 in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in 
 Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter 
 the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- 
 mained two years. 
 
 In 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was 
 admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shordy 
 afterward went into practice as an attorn ey-at-law 
 with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- 
 mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, 
 and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- 
 fession. 
 
 In 1849 he moved to Cincmnati, where his ambi- 
 tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- 
 ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at 
 this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse- 
 quent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss 
 Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of 
 Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin- 
 cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its 
 members such men as'^hief Justice Salmon P. Chase, 
 
 Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many 
 others hardly less distinguished in aftet life. The 
 marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as 
 everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our 
 Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced 
 and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did 
 more than she to reflect honor upon American woman- 
 hood. The Literary Club brought Mr. Hayes into 
 constant association with young men of high char- 
 acter and noble aims, and lured him to display the 
 qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and 
 modesty. 
 
 In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judg^ of 
 the Court of Common Pleas ; but he declined to ac- 
 cept the nomination. Two years later, the office ot 
 city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council 
 elected him for the unexpired term. 
 
 In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at 
 the zenith of his professional life. His rank at the 
 bar was among the the first. But the news of the 
 attack on Fort Sunipter found him eager to take up 
 arms for the defense of his country. 
 
 His military record was bright and illustrious. In 
 October, 186 1, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and 
 in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio 
 regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades 
 and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he 
 was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle 
 of South Mountain he received a wound, and while 
 faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude 
 that won admiration from all. 
 
 Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after 
 his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed 
 in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, 
 and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles 
 of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was 
 promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted 
 Major-General, "forgallant and distinguished services 
 during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In 
 the course of his arduous services, four horses were 
 shot from under him, and he v/as wounded four times. 
 
 In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from 
 the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- 
 ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, 
 and after his election was importuned to resign his 
 commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I 
 shall never come to Washington until I can come by 
 the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in r866. 
 
 In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, 
 over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat. 
 In 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. 
 He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. 
 
 In 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub- 
 lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a 
 hard long contest was chosen President, and was in 
 augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his 
 full term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party, 
 but his administration was an average one 
 
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 AMES A. GARFIELD, twen- 
 tieth President of the United 
 States, was born Nov. 19, 
 i83r, in tlie woods of Orange, 
 Cuyahoga Co., O His par- 
 ents were Abram and Ehza 
 (Ballou) Garfield, both of New 
 England ancestry and from fami- 
 lies well known in the early his- 
 tory of that section of our coun- 
 try, but had moved to the Western 
 Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- 
 ment. 
 
 The house in which James A. was 
 born was not unlike the houses of 
 poor Ohio farmers of that day. It 
 >vfls about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- 
 tween the logs filled with clay. His father was a 
 nard working farmer, and he soon had his fields 
 cleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. 
 The household comprised the father and mother and 
 iheir four children — Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and 
 Tames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con- 
 iracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At 
 this time James was about eighteen months old, and 
 Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can 
 rell how much James was indebted to his brother's 
 toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- 
 ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very 
 much. He now- lives- in Michigan, and the two sis- 
 ters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. 
 
 The early educational advantages young Garfield 
 enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of 
 them. He labored at farm work for others, did car- 
 penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that 
 would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed 
 mother in he- =ttnggles to keep the little family to- 
 
 gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of hi? 
 origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- 
 gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they 
 ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, 
 the humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly 
 greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the 
 sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness 
 of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
 sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, 
 modest gentleman. 
 
 The highest ambition of young Garfield until he 
 was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of 
 a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard 
 a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She 
 finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the 
 understanding, however, that he should try to obtain 
 some other kind of employment. He walked all the 
 way to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city. 
 After making many applications for work, and trying 
 to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with 
 success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
 Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. He re- 
 mained at this work but a short time when he wen- 
 home, and attended the seminary at Chester for 
 about three years, when he entered Hiram and the 
 Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in 
 the meantime, and doing other work. This school 
 was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of 
 which church he was then a member. He became 
 janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way. 
 He then becanne both teacher and pupil. He soon 
 " exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in the 
 fall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which 
 he graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon- 
 ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram 
 College as its President. As above stated, he early 
 united with the Christian or Diciples Church at 
 Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- 
 ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where 
 he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of 
 Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion : 
 
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 JAMES A. GARFIELD. 
 
 " President Garfield was more than a man of 
 strong moral and religious convictions. His whole 
 history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to 
 man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and 
 faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs 
 of his beitig, and to a more than usual degree. In 
 my judgment there is no more interesting feature of 
 liis character than his loyal allegiance. to the body of 
 Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent 
 sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian 
 communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty 
 and noble who are called ' show a similar loyalty to 
 the less stately and cultured Christian communions 
 in which they have been reared. Too often it is true 
 that as they step upward in social and political sig- 
 nificance they step upward from one degree to 
 another in some of the many types of fashionable 
 Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the 
 church of his mother, the church in which he was 
 trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an 
 evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 
 tarian charity for all 'who love our Lord in sincerity.'" 
 
 Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss 
 Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. ir, 1858, who proved herself 
 worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and 
 mourned. To them were born seven children, five of 
 whom are still living, four boys and one girl. 
 
 Mr.Garfieldmade his first political speeches in 1856, 
 in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three 
 years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- 
 ings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he 
 was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio 
 Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, 
 and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great 
 Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, 
 and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had 
 talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- 
 ceived his commission as Lieut.-Colonel of the Forty- 
 second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
 14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser- 
 vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, 
 was placed in command of four regiments of infantry 
 and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
 work of driving out of his native State the officer 
 (Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of 
 those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given 
 to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- 
 ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- 
 ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him 
 Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had 
 been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years 
 before, so now he was the youngest General in the 
 army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, 
 in its operations around Corinth and its march through 
 Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of the 
 General Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fit2-John 
 Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- 
 crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." 
 
 The military l""story of Gen. Garfield closed with 
 
 his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won 
 the stars of the Major-General. 
 
 Without an effort on his part Gei? Garfield wa» 
 elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the 
 Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio 
 had been represented in Congress for sixty years 
 mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua 
 R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he 
 resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- 
 tered Congress he was the youngest member in that 
 body. Ther« he remained by successive re- 
 elections until he was elected President in 1880. 
 Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since 
 the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which 
 has been debated in Congress, or discussed before a 
 tribunel of the American people, in regard to which 
 you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argu- 
 ment on one side stated, in almost every instance 
 better than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
 the House of Representatives or on the hustings by 
 Mr. Garfield." 
 
 Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to 
 the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the 
 same year, was nominated as the candidate of his 
 party for President at the great Chicago Convention. 
 He was elected in the following November, and on 
 March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- 
 ministration ever opened its existence under brighter 
 auspices than that of President Garfield, and every 
 day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first 
 of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- 
 liminary work of his administration and was prepar- 
 ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams 
 College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- 
 pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind 
 him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. 
 The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the 
 assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the" 
 left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting nofjrthei 
 injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was 
 " the shot that was heard round the world " Never 
 before in the history of the Nation had anything oc- 
 curred which so nearly froze the blood of the people 
 for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- 
 ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and 
 was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty 
 days, all during the hot months of July and August, 
 he lingered and sufTfered. He, however, remained 
 master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent 
 bearing was teaching the country and the world the 
 noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the 
 very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- 
 ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 
 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the 
 ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The 
 world wept at his death, as it never had done on the 
 death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. 
 The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- 
 cuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT. 
 
 99 
 
 HESTER A. ARTHUR, 
 
 Ltwenty-first Presi':'.„iu of the 
 
 United States, was born in 
 
 Franklin Cour.ty, Vermont, on 
 
 thefifthof Odober, 1830, and is 
 
 the oldest of a family of two 
 
 sons and five daughters. His 
 
 father was the Rev. Dr. William 
 
 Arthur, a Baptistc'lrgyman, who 
 
 emigrated to tb'.s country from 
 
 the county Antrim, Ireland, in 
 
 his 18th year, and died in 1875, in 
 
 Newtonville, neai Albany, after a 
 
 long and successful ministry. 
 
 Young Arthur was educated at 
 Union College, S( henectady, where 
 he excelled in all his studies. Af- 
 ter his graduation he taught school 
 in Vermont for two years, and at 
 the expiration of that time came to 
 New York, with $500 in his pocket, 
 and entered the office of ex-Judge 
 E. D. Culver as student. After 
 being admitted to the bar he formed 
 3. partnership with his intimate friend androom-mate, 
 Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing 
 in the West, and for three months they roamed about 
 in the Western States in search of an eligible site, 
 but in the end returned to New York, where they 
 hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success- 
 ful career almost from the start. General Arthur 
 soon afterward niarripd the daughter of Lieutenant 
 
 Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at 
 sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in 
 recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
 sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur's 
 nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two 
 children. 
 
 Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity 
 in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, 
 brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had 
 been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior 
 Court of New York City. It was in 1852 -that Jon, 
 athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with 
 his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when 
 they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided 
 that they could not be held by the owner under the 
 Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from 
 the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the 
 Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. 
 Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed 
 to represent the People, and they won their case, 
 which then went to the Supreme Court of the United 
 States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the cause 
 of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs 
 Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward 
 the emancipation of the black race. 
 
 Another great service was rendered by General 
 Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings, 
 a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth 
 Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. 
 General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a 
 verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- 
 ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride 
 on their cars, and the other car companies quickly 
 
CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 
 
 followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- 
 nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- 
 sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 
 
 General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention 
 at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
 Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the 
 Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- 
 ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed him Engineer- 
 in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- 
 tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- 
 ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered 
 great service to the Government during the war. At 
 the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the 
 practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. 
 Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney 
 of New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac- 
 tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- 
 tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able 
 lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, _if 
 not indeed one of national extent. 
 
 He always took a leading part in State and city 
 politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of 
 New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- 
 ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, 
 20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 
 
 Mr. Arthur was nominated ou the Presidential 
 ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous 
 National Republican Convention held at Chicago in 
 June, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political 
 convention that ever assembled on the continent. It 
 was composed of the leading politicians of the Re- 
 publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and 
 fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for tlieir 
 respective candidates that were before the conven- 
 tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- 
 ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur 
 for Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
 was one of the most animated known in the history of 
 our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of 
 the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his 
 party made a valiant fight for his election. 
 
 Finally the election came and the country's choice 
 ,vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated 
 March 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President. 
 A few months only had passed ere the newly chosen 
 President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then 
 came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of 
 anxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na- 
 
 tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- 
 covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- 
 able patience that he manifested during those hours 
 and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- 
 fering man has often been called upon to endure, was 
 seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- 
 like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. 
 Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his 
 credit that his every action displayed only an earnest 
 desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to 
 serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- 
 ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested 
 in deed or look of this man, even though the most 
 honored position in the world was at any moment 
 likely to fall to him. 
 
 At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar- 
 field from further suffering, and the world, as never 
 before in its history over the death of any other 
 man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of 
 the Vice President to assume the responsibilities of 
 the high office, and he took the oath in New York, 
 Sept. 20, i88r. The position was an embarrassing 
 one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all 
 eyes were on him, anxious to know what he would do, 
 what policy he would pursue, and who hp would se- 
 lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been 
 greatly neglected during the President's long illness, 
 and many important measures were to be immediately 
 decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he 
 did not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
 became President, and knew the feehngs of many on 
 this point. Under these trying circumstances President 
 Arthur took the reins of the Government in his own 
 hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of 
 affairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so 
 wisely that but few criticised his administration. 
 He served the nation well and faithfully, until the 
 close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was 
 a popular candidate before his party for a second 
 term. His name was ably presented before the con- 
 vention at Chicago, and was received with great 
 favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity 
 of one of the opposing candidates, he would have 
 been selected as the standard-bearer of his party 
 for another campaign. He retired to private life car- 
 rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- 
 ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactorv 
 to them and with credit to himself. 
 
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TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT. 
 
 1=3 
 
 <xr>o 
 
 TEPH.W GROVER CLEVE- 
 LAND, the twenty- second Pres- 
 ident of the United States, was 
 born in 1837, in the obscure 
 town of Caldwell, Essex Co., 
 N. J., and in a little two-and-a- 
 half-story white house which is still 
 standing, characteristically to mark 
 the humble birth-place of one of 
 America's great men in striking con- 
 trast with the Old World, where all 
 men high in oflSce must be high in 
 origin and born in the cradle of 
 wealth. When the subject of this 
 sketch was three years of age, his 
 father, who was a Presbyterian min- 
 ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, 
 by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to 
 Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a 
 larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
 straggling of country villages, about five miles from 
 Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. 
 
 At the last mentioned place young Grover com- 
 menced going to school in the " good, old-fashioned 
 way," and presumably distinguished himself after the 
 manner of all village boys, in doing the things he 
 ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of 
 all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he 
 arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the 
 capacity of the village school and expressed a most 
 
 emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this 
 his father decidedly objected. Academies in those 
 days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to 
 become self-supporting by the quickest possible 
 means, and this at that time in Fayetteyille seemed 
 to be a position in a country store, where his father 
 and the large family on his hands had considerable 
 influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services 
 the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to 
 receive $too the second year. Here the lad com- 
 menced his career as salesman, and in two years he 
 had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness 
 that his employers desired to retain him for an in- 
 definite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- 
 -hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or 
 eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. 
 But instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette- 
 ville, he went with the family in their removal to 
 Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a 
 high school. Here he industriously pursued his 
 studies until the family removed with him to a point 
 on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a 
 village of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica, 
 N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching 
 but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
 and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a 
 small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an 
 asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two 
 years, and although he obtained a good reputation in 
 this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his 
 
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 5. GROVE R CLEVELAND. 
 
 calling for life, and, reversing the traditional order, 
 he left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going 
 to a city. He first thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as 
 there was some charm in that name for him; but 
 before proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to 
 nsk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted 
 stock-breeder of that place. The latter did not 
 speak enthusiastically. " What is it you want to do, 
 my boy ? " he asked. " Well, sir, I want to study 
 law," was the reply. " Good gracious ! " remarked 
 ilie old gentleman ; " do you, indeed ? What ever put 
 that into your head? How much money have you 
 got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven't got 
 anv. 
 
 After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a 
 place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a 
 year, while he could "look around." One day soon 
 afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, 
 Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told Ihem what he 
 wanted. A number of young men were already en- 
 gaged in the office, but Grover's persistency won, and 
 he was finally permitted to come as an office boy and 
 have the use of the law library, for the nominal sum 
 of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for 
 his board and washing. The walk to and from his 
 uncle's was along and rugged one; and, although 
 the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
 shoes were out of repair and his overcoat — he had 
 none — yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular. 
 On the first day of his service here, his senior em- 
 ployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him 
 with a bang that made the dust fly, saying " That's 
 where they all begin." A titter ran around the little 
 circle of clerks and students, as they thought that 
 was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans ; 
 but in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
 Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland 
 exhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for 
 chasing principles through all their metaphysical 
 possibilities. " Let us quit talking and go and do 
 it," was practically his motto. 
 
 The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was 
 elected was that of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in 
 which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell 
 to his duty to inflict capital punishment upon two 
 criminals. In 1881 he was elected Mayor of the 
 City of Buffalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es- 
 pecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms 
 
 in the administration of the municipal affairs of that 
 city. In this office, as well as that of Sheriff, his 
 performanee of duty has generally been considered 
 fair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer- 
 reted out and magnified during the last Presidential 
 campaign. As a specimen of his plain language in 
 a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui- 
 tous street-cleaning contract: "This is a time for 
 plain speech, and ray objection to your action shall 
 be plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of 
 a mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme 
 to betray the interests of the peopls and to worse 
 than squander the people's money," The New York 
 Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- 
 land's administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there- 
 upon recommended him for Governor of the Empire 
 State. To the latter office he was elected ia 1882, 
 and his administration of the affairs of State was 
 generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if 
 any, were made very public throughout the nation 
 after he was nominated for President of the United 
 States. For this high office he was nominated July 
 II, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at 
 Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. 
 Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, 
 Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he 
 was elected by the people, by a majority of about a 
 thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub- 
 lican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve- 
 land resigned his office as Governor of New York in 
 January, r885, in order to prepare for his duties as 
 the Chief Executive of the United States, in which 
 capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of 
 March, 1885. For his Cabinet officers he selected 
 the following gentlemen: For Secretary of State, 
 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; Secretary of the 
 Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York ; Secretary 
 of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts ; 
 Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New 
 York ; Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of 
 Mississippi ; . Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas, 
 of Wisconsin ; Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of 
 Arkansas. 
 
 The silver question precipitated a controversy be- 
 tween those who were in favor of the continuance of 
 silver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr. 
 Cleveland answering for the latter, even before his 
 inauguration. 
 
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TWENTY-THIRU PRESIDENT. 
 
 107 
 
 > .0^0-(§^<^@..040.- 
 
 jENJAMIN HARRISON, the 
 iwenty-third President, is 
 the descendant of one of the 
 historical families of this 
 country. The head of the 
 family was a Major General 
 Harrison, one of Oliver 
 Cromwell's trusted follow- 
 ers and fighters. In the zenith of Crom- 
 well's power it became the duty of this 
 Harrison to participate in the trial of 
 Charles I, and afterward to sign the 
 death warrant of the king. He subse- 
 quently paid for this with his life, being 
 hung Oct. 13, 16G0. His descendants 
 came to America, and the next of the 
 family that appears in history is Benja- 
 r,:in Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand- 
 father of the subject of this sketch, and 
 after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison 
 was a member of the Continental Congress during 
 the years 1 774-5-6, and was one of the original 
 signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
 was three times elected Governor of Virginia. 
 Gen William Henry Harrison, the son of the 
 
 distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suc- 
 cessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812, 
 and with -a clean record as Governor of the North- 
 western Territory, was elected President of the 
 United States in 1840. His career was cut short 
 by death within one month after liis inauguration. 
 President Harrison was born at North Bend, 
 Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. f>0, 1833. His life up to 
 the time of his graduation by the Miami University, 
 at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun- 
 try lad of a family of small means. His father was 
 able to give him a good education, and nothing 
 more. He became engaged while at college to the 
 daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female school 
 at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en- 
 ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin 
 oinnati and then read law for two years. At the 
 expiration of that time young Harrison receivi-.d tb.-, 
 only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left iiin: 
 a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as a 
 fortune, and decided to get married at once, taks 
 this money and go to some Eastern town an 'I be- 
 gin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with 
 the money in his pocket, he started out wita his 
 young wife to fight for a place in the world. Ee 
 
108 
 
 isENJAMlN ifAERISON. 
 
 decided to go to laciianapolis, which was even at 
 tiiat time a town of promise. He met with slight 
 encouragement at first, making scarcely anything 
 the first year. He worked diligently? applying him- 
 self closely to his calling, built up an extensive 
 practice and took a leading rank in the legal pro- 
 lession. He is the father of two children. 
 
 In 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the 
 position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be- 
 gan his experience as a stump speaker. He can- 
 vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a 
 handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th 
 Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His 
 regiment was composed of the rawest of material, 
 aut Col. Harrison employed all his time at first 
 mastering military tactics and drilling his men, 
 when he therefore came to move toward the East 
 with Sherman his regiment was one of the best 
 drilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he. 
 especially distinguished himself, and for his bravery 
 at Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen- 
 eral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most 
 eomplimentarj' terms. 
 
 During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field 
 .he Supreme Court declared the office of the Su- 
 preme Court Reporter vacant, and another person 
 was elected to the position. From the time of leav- 
 ii^g Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 
 he had taken no leave of absence, but having been 
 nominated that year for the same office, he got a 
 thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time 
 made a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected 
 for another terra. He then started to rejoin Sher- 
 ffian, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet 
 :'ever, and after a most trying siege made his way 
 to the front in time to participate in the closing 
 Incidents of the war. 
 
 In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined :i re-election as 
 reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876 
 £e was a candidate for Governor. Although de- 
 veated, the brilliant campaign he made won for him 
 a National reputation, and he was much souglit, es- 
 pecially in the East, to make speeches. In 1880, 
 as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, 
 and was elected to the United States Senate. Here 
 he served six years, and was known as one of the 
 ablest men, best lawyers and strongest debaters in 
 
 that body. With the expiration of his Senatorial 
 term he returned to the practice of his profession, 
 becoming the head of one of the strongest firms in 
 the State. 
 
 The political campaign of 1888 was one of the 
 most memorable in the history of our country. The 
 convention which assembled in Chicago in June and 
 named Mr. Harrison as the chief standai-d bearer 
 of the Republican party, was great in every partic- 
 ular, and on this account, and the attitude it as- 
 sumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief 
 among which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest 
 in the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly 
 after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. 
 Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move- 
 ment became popular, and from all sections of the 
 country societies, clubs and delegations journeyed 
 thither to pay their respects to the distinguished 
 statesman. The popularity of these was greatly 
 increased on account of the remarkable speeches 
 made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through 
 the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- 
 tions, and so varied, masterly and. eloquent were 
 his speeches that they at once placed him in the 
 foremost rank of American orators and statesmen. 
 
 On account of his eloquence as a speaker and his 
 power as a debater, be was called upon at an un- 
 commonly early age to take part in the discussion 
 of the great questions that then began to agitate 
 the country. He was an uncompromising anti 
 slavery man, and was'matched against some of '^Iie 
 most eminent Democratic speakers of his State. 
 Xo man who felt the touch of his blade desired to 
 be pitted with him again. With all his eloq-.'ence 
 as an orator be never spoke for oratorical effect, 
 but his words alwaj-s went like bullets to the mark 
 He is purely American in his ideas and is a splec 
 did type of the American statesman. Gifted witlt 
 quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, 
 he is one of the most distinguished impromptu 
 speakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches 
 sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained 
 arguments of greatest weight. Many of his terse 
 statements have alreadj^ become aphorisms. Origi- 
 nal in thought, precise in logic, terse in statement, 
 yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as 
 the sound statesman and brilliant orator o^ the day 
 

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 HARLES ROBINSON, the 
 first Governor of Kansas, 
 was elected under the Wy- 
 andotte Constitution, and 
 upon the admission of the 
 State, Jan. 29, 1861, was 
 inaugurated as Chief Ex- 
 No better man could have 
 been selected to lay the foundations 
 of the State, for his mind was crea- 
 tive, original and vigorous. Rarely 
 working by copy, he belongs to the 
 class who think and originate, and 
 with whom precedence and text-books 
 have little authority. At this time a 
 great State was to be formed from most incongru- 
 ous elements. It required men of genius and orig- 
 inality to formulate laws and a constitution, and 
 to tliis work the vigor and ingenuity of Rob- 
 inson were peculiarly adapted. Men of all classes, 
 sorts and conditions, had rushed to this section 
 upon different objects bent — some to assist in build- 
 ing up a State, some to make mone}"^, to secure no- 
 toriety and political preferment, but more, perhaps, 
 as cosmopolitans, having little interest in its repu- 
 tation or its future. 
 
 That the work before Gov. Robinson was ac- 
 complished in a praiseworthy manner, a grateful 
 people readily acknowledge. In his course, which 
 necessarily was opposed to the rough and irrespon- 
 sible clement, he made many enemies and was im- 
 peached b}^ the House, but on his trial by the 
 Senate no evidence was adduced to connect liira 
 with any illegal transaction, and a case of malicious 
 
 prosecution was clearly established, which left his 
 good name untarnished. 
 
 In reviewing the career of a prominent public 
 man, it cannot bo called complete without the story 
 of his early life. Gov. Robinson was born at 
 Hardwick, Mass., July 21, 1818, and received a 
 good common-school and academic education, be- 
 sides two years' drill at Amherst College. His 
 father, Charles Robinson, was a pious and consci- 
 entious man, who cherished an inherent hatred of 
 slavery, and the latter quality of his father's char- 
 acter Charles inherited in a marked degree. Upon 
 religious subjects, however, he was always inde- 
 pendent and liberal, and is considered heterodox, 
 although for the great principles of Christianity, 
 which serve to improve society and make better 
 men and women, he has the highest regard. 
 
 There is but little which is ideal or sentimental 
 in the nature of Gov. Robinson, as his life has 
 been spent principally dealing with men upon prac- 
 tical principles. Before completing his studies he 
 was obliged to leave college on account of ill- 
 health, and his eyes failing him from hard study, 
 he walked forty miles to consult a celebrated phy- 
 sician. Dr. Twichel, of Keene, N. H., and there 
 became so sensibly impressed with both the quack- 
 erics of medicine as so often practiced, and the real 
 utility of the healing art as a science, that he deter- 
 mined to study medicine, and after a preparatory 
 course entered for a series of lectures at Wood- 
 stock, Vt., and Pittsfleld, Mass., and from the 
 school of the latter he was graduated, receiving his 
 diploma with the high honors of the class. Subsc- 
 quentl}"^ he became connected with the celebrated 
 
112 
 
 CHARLES ROBINSON. 
 
 Dr. J. G. Holland in the management of a hospital. 
 In 1849 he started out as a physician to a colony 
 bound overland to California. Tliey arrived in 
 Kansas City April 10, and on the 10th of May fol- 
 lowing, left with ox and mule teams for the Pacific 
 Slope. 
 
 On the lltli of May, thirty-nine j'ears ago, rid- 
 ing his horse at the head of a colony of gold- 
 seekers, Gov. Robinson ascended Mt. Oread, where 
 now stands the State University of Kansas, whose 
 Regent he has been for thirteen consecutive 
 years, as well as its faithful, intelligent and gener- 
 ous friend. In his note book at that time he wrote 
 that if the land was opened to settlement and entry, 
 he would go no further, as there seemed to be gold 
 enough for all human wants in the rich soil of the 
 Kaw Valley, and beauty enough in the rolling prai- 
 ries beyond to meet all the aspirations of ordinary 
 men. He pushed on, however, to California, and 
 there followed a variety of occupations, being mi- 
 ner, restauranteur, editor and member of the Leg- 
 islature. Then he returned to Massachusetts, and 
 in 1852 commenced the publication of the Fitch- 
 burg JVews, which he conducted two years. 
 
 At the time of the repeal of the Missouri Com- 
 promise, and the intense excitement coincident 
 with the organization of the Territories of Kansas 
 and Nebraska, Gov. Robinson was sent out bj- 
 the New England Aid Society to Kansas, charged 
 with saving it to freedom. In the darkest hours of 
 that long struggle, as well as in its hour of victoiy, 
 he seemed to be the one safe counselor and leader 
 of the Free-State forces. His California experience 
 had rounded and ripened a robust nature, and the 
 perils that the hero of the squatter troubles had 
 passed through in that strange combination of craft 
 and cunning, fitted and schooled him. for his Kan- 
 sas work. In the "Wakarusa War," when the city 
 of Lawrence, only 600 strong, was besieged b3^ an 
 opposing force of 1,200, Dr. Robinson, as he was 
 called in those days, was chosen Major General of 
 the Free-State party. He constructed forts and 
 rifle-pits which did their service, but as a negotiator 
 and diplomat he excelled. He wanted Kansas to 
 be lawfully free, and felt justified in availing him- 
 self of an}* agency which would assist him in ac- 
 complishing this. Although the recognized "leader 
 
 of the Free-State forces, it was not Robinson, but 
 Lane, that the Quantrell ruffians sought when they 
 massacred in cold blood 180 of the inoffensive citi- 
 zens of Lawrence. 
 
 In 1855 the Free-State men had been driven 
 from the polls. Robinson was among the first to 
 repudiate the authority of the bogus laws, and was 
 unanimously chosen a delegate to the convention 
 which met at Topeka to formulate a State govern- 
 ment. From May, 1 856, until September, he was a 
 prisoner at Locompton, charged with treason. Af- 
 ter serving his term as the first Governor of the 
 State, he was, in 1872, chosen a member of the 
 Lower House of the Legislature, and in 1874 
 elected State Senator and re-elected in 1876. At 
 the last election he came within forty-three votes 
 of beating his opponent for the State Senate, and 
 where the party majority of the latter was about 
 1,500. 
 
 Gov. Robinson has been twice married. By 
 his first wife. Miss Sarah Adams, daughter of 
 a highly respected Massachusetts farmer, two chil- 
 dren were born and both died in infancy. The 
 mother died in 1846. On the 30th of October, 
 1851, he was married to Miss Sarah D. T. Law- 
 rence, daughter of a distinguished Massachusetts 
 lawyer, and connected with the celebrated Law- 
 rence family of that State. Of this union there 
 are no children. Mrs. Robinson is a lady of 
 high literary culture, and has written one of the 
 best of the many books which have been published 
 on Kansas. Though highly accomplished, she is 
 not much of a society woman, being content to 
 dwell quietly at home on their farm, which lies 
 five miles out from Lawrence, and is the resort 
 of many friends, who meet a refined and elegant 
 liospitality. 
 
 In 1856 Gov. Robinson pre-empted a portion 
 of the land which, upon his journey to Califor- 
 nia, he had viewed with so much admiration. He 
 now has one of the finest homes in his section 
 of countr}', where he resides in affluent circum- 
 stances, bus3nng himself in looking after his farm, 
 esteemed by his neighbors, and amply honored by 
 the great State, in laying the firm foundations of 
 which he rendered sucii efficient service over a 
 quarter of a cenluij- ago. 
 

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 §HOMAS CARNEY, the sec- 
 ond Governor of Kansas, 
 was born in Delaware Coun- 
 ty, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1824. 
 His ancestry was a mixed 
 one, composed of Irish and 
 German. His father, James 
 Carney, was of Irish descent, be- 
 ing the grandson of one of the 
 saipe name, who came to this 
 country and assisted the Colonies 
 in the war with Great Britain. 
 His mother was remotely of Ger- 
 man descent, and like his father 
 was born in Pennsylvania. Thej' 
 removed to Ohio the year before 
 the birth C)f Gov. Carney. They 
 were Presbyterians, in which faith Mr. C. was reared. 
 The portion of Ohio in which Mr. Carney was 
 born was then a wilderness, and the family engaged 
 in farming, the land having to be cleared first. The 
 father died when the lad was but four years old, leav- 
 ing the mother with four children, the eldest being 
 only six years of age, the early life of young Carney 
 therefore was spent in work of the hardest kind, 
 from the moment he was old enough to be of any 
 assistance. From the age of seven to eighteen he 
 worked on the farm belonging to the; family, and 
 then started for himself as a farm hand for six 
 months, at $10 a month. From the time he was 
 eleven years of age until he left home, he was the 
 teamster of the famil}', and carried the products of 
 the farm to Newark, tiiirty-six miles, his motive 
 power being a yoke of oxen for most of the time. 
 He attended school some during the winter 
 
 months, and after he was eighteen went to school 
 in Berkshire, Ohio, for six months. After this he 
 commenced a long, persistent and weary search for 
 employment in a store, and was finally successful 
 in Columbus, where he remained in the employ of 
 a retail dry-goods house for two years, and then took 
 service with a wholesale dry-goods establishment in 
 Cincinnati. He obtained, while in the retail house, 
 $50 a year and his board for the first year's serv- 
 ice, and for the second year $100. At the end 
 of this period he was given a quarter interest in 
 the firm, with his name at the head of it. A rise 
 of so great rapidity is unprecedented. He resided 
 in Cincinnati twelve years. 
 
 Mr. Carney's health became impaired by his de- 
 votion to business, and in 1857 he visited the West, 
 and commenced business in Leavenworth in the 
 spring of 1858. In 1861 he was elected to the 
 State Legislature, and in 1862 was elected Gov- 
 ernor. He entered on his duties the 1st of Janu- 
 ary, 1863, at a time when Kansas affairs were in 
 a most critical condition. 
 
 In 1864 he was elected to the United States Sen- 
 ate, but as there was some doubt as to whether or 
 not the time at which the election was held was 
 the proper one, he declined the position. He was 
 soon after elected Mayor of Leavenworth, and was 
 re-elected. Since that period, 1866, he has occupied 
 himself wholly with his private business. 
 
 The earlier struggles of the future Governor 
 were arduous and severe, but probably had their 
 effect in strengthening him for the career for which 
 he was destined. When he took possession of the 
 gubernatorial oflfice, in January, 1863, he found the 
 State of Kansas but Utile better than a i)olitical and 
 
116 
 
 THOMAS CARNEr 
 
 financial wreck. A local writer referring to that 
 period says, that the "State was in peril at almost 
 every point, and its settled portions were one ex- 
 tended camp. A rebel force hovered on its eastern 
 and southern borders, while Indians were murdering 
 and scalping in tlie west. Nothing short of a con- 
 stant vigilance could prevent the rebel enemy 
 invading the State and butchering the people." 
 
 An appeal was made to the military authorities 
 for assistance and to Gov. Carney for protection. 
 It was at a time when the General Government was 
 too busy with the Rebellion to give close attention 
 to matters in a new and remote State, and hence 
 the Governor was obliged to depend on his own 
 resources. He was equal to the emergency. The 
 State had no money, no men, no arms, no ammuni- 
 tion, with which to protect itself, but even this did 
 not discourage him. He visited the menaced re- 
 gions, and soon satisfied himself that something had 
 to be done, or the State would be overwhelmed by 
 the perils which threatened it. In the counties 
 which were more particularly threatened, the popu- 
 lation became uneasy, and removals were being 
 made to places of safety by so many of the resi- 
 dents that there loomed up a probability that the 
 entire region would become a desert. 
 
 After looking over the ground. Gov. Carney de- 
 termined to raise a force of 150 men from citizens 
 of the menaced region, and to employ them as a 
 patrol along the border, so that no hostile move- 
 ment could be made without detection, and the 
 people could be warned of danger in time to rally^ 
 at the necessary points for defense, all being armed 
 and organized into military organizations. This 
 patrol was hired by the Governor for the public 
 defense out of his private means. He agreed to 
 pay $1 a day each, for man and horse, the United 
 States Government furnishing the rations. He put 
 this force in the field, and kept it in active opera- 
 tion, at a cost to himself of over $10,000. At the 
 same time he was a Captain in the home guards, 
 and many a night was on guard like the private 
 soldier. 
 
 The little patrol put in the field by the Governor 
 preserved the borders from invasion so long as it 
 lasted, which was some three moutiis. At a later 
 period the Governor was notified by the com- 
 mander of the Federal forces that he was able to 
 care for the safety of the State, and thereupon the 
 patrol was abolished. Almost immediately' after it 
 was disbanded Quantrell made his raid into Kansas, 
 and Lawrence was attacked, burned, and its resi- 
 dents massacred. Concerning this feature of the 
 transaction the Governor saj's: "While this patrol 
 was on the border the arrangements were such that 
 the different members could speak with each other 
 
 every hour, and thus be in a position to almost in- 
 stantly communicate with the residents in case of 
 invasion. When the Government notified me that 
 it could take care of the border I disbanded the 
 patrol, and within three da)'s Lawrence was in ashes 
 and 180 people were foully murdered. The mili- 
 tary was scattered in squads over a distance of 
 twenty-five miles along the border, and when Quan- 
 trell moved into Kansas he had no difficulty in 
 marching between the Federal divisions. The march 
 of Quantrell was entirely unknown and wholly un- 
 expected. Not a living soul knew that he was in 
 the State when he arrived before Lawrence. A 
 man living on the route taken by the guerrillas saw 
 them, and mounted a horse and undertook to carry 
 the information to Lawrence. His horse fell and 
 the rider's neck was broken, and thus the sole wit- 
 ness of the invasion was silenced." 
 
 It will show the benevolent disposition of the 
 Governor to state that from his own pocket he gave 
 $500 to the widow of the man who undertook to 
 carry the warning of danger to Lawrence. 
 
 The entire official career of Gov. Carney was of 
 the stormiest and most perplexing character, and it is 
 certain that, with an official head less clear and 
 efficient, the embarrassments and perplexities of 
 Kansas would have proved insoluble. Cool, self- 
 possessed, firm, intelligent, he guided the State 
 through the storms, breakers, whirlpools and rocks, 
 which were encountered, and finally reached the 
 harbor, with the vessel much battered but sound in 
 frame and in all essential particulars. 
 
 The following is a copy of a resolution passed by 
 the Kansas Legislature after his term of office had 
 expired : 
 
 "Resolved by the House of Representatives of 
 the State of Kansas, that the thanks of this House 
 and the people of tiie State of Kansas are justly 
 due to Hon. Thomas Carney, late Governor of the 
 State of Kansas, for the honest, faithful and im- 
 partial manner in which he discharged his executive 
 duties." 
 
 Gov. Carney is possessed of ample wealth, which 
 he uses to the best advantage. His wife was Re- 
 becca Canady, of Kenton, Ohio, who has devoted 
 much of her time for a number of years in caring 
 for the orphaned children of the State. His chil- 
 dren aie four in number, all boys. 
 
 No man in Kansas is more honored and re- 
 spected than he, and no man has done more, either 
 in a public or private way, for the advancement of 
 the State and its institutions. Its railroads, bridges, 
 churches, school-houses, and its citizens needing 
 assistance, all bear witness to his liberality and 
 bounty. 
 
iAMUEL J. CRAWFORD, tho 
 
 third Governor of the State of 
 Kansas, was born in Lawrence 
 County, Ind., April 10, 1835. 
 His ancestors were Scotch- 
 ' Irish, who emigrated to Amer- 
 ica at an early period in Col- 
 onial days. His paternal grandfather 
 served in the war of the Revolution 
 as a soldier from the State of Nortli 
 Carolina, and his maternal grand- 
 father was a planter in the same State. 
 His father, William Crawford, emi- 
 grated, in 1815, to the then Territory 
 of Indiana, and located in Lawrence 
 County, where he became a success- 
 ful farmer. Although born, reared 
 and educated in a slave State, the elder Crawford 
 had imbibed unconquerable prejudice to the insti- 
 tution of slavery, and as a consequence turned his 
 back upon friends and kindred and sought a home 
 in the Northwest Territory, in which slavery and 
 involuntary servitude had been forever inhibited. 
 The subject of this sketch was reared upon his 
 father's farm, and received a common-school and 
 academic education. At the age of twenty-one he 
 became a student at law in the office of the Hon. S. 
 W. Short, of Bedford, Ind., pursuing his studies 
 until the fall of 1857, when he entered the Law 
 College at Cincinnati, from which institution he 
 was graduated in 1858. 
 
 In March, 1859, he bade adieu to home and friends, 
 proceeded to the Territory of Kansas, and located 
 in Garnett, the county seat of Anderson County. 
 Here he practiced his profession of the law, and was 
 elected a member of the first State Legislature, 
 which convened at Topeka, March 27, 1861. 
 
 The attack upon Ft. Sumter, following swiftly 
 after the Montgomery Secession Convention, the 
 failure of the Peace Conference, the Proclamation 
 of Jegersou Davis calling for 100,000 men, and 
 
 the seizure of Government property by Floyd 
 and Twiggs, without protest from the Executive, 
 thrilled loyal Kansas to the very core. President 
 Lincoln made his first call for 75,000 volunteers in 
 April, 1861. Responding to this call, Mr. Craw- 
 ford resigned his seat in the Legislature, returned 
 home, recruited a company, was chosen its Captain, 
 assigned to the 2d Kansas Infantry, and mustered 
 into tlie United States service. He served with the 
 regiment, participating under the gallant Gen. 
 Lyon in the battle of Wilson's Creek and various 
 other battles of the Missouri Campaign fought 
 during the .summer and fall of 1861. In the winter 
 of 1861-62, the regiment was re-organized, and 
 became the 2d Kansas Cavalry. Capt. Crawford 
 was assigned to the command of Company A, and 
 soon thereafter promoted to the command of a 
 battalion. He participated with his regiment in the 
 battles of Newtonia, Old Ft. Wayne, Cane Hill, 
 Prairie Grove, Van Buren, and various other en- 
 gagements fought by Gen. Blunt during the Trans- 
 Mississippi campaign of 1862. 
 
 It was in these engagements that Capt Crawford 
 developed extraordinary ability as a cavalrj- leader. 
 At the battle of Old Ft. Wayne he charged tlie 
 enemy's lines and captured a battery under circum- 
 stances which almost forbade the venture, and for 
 which achievement he was complimented in General 
 Orders. At the battles of Cane Hill and Prairie 
 Grove he acquitted himself with great credit, and 
 was again complimented by the commanding Gen- 
 eral. In March, 1863, although holding the rank 
 of Captain, he was assigned to the command of the 
 2d Kansas Cavalry, and led the regiment in t!iu 
 campaign of that year through the Indian Territory 
 and Western Arkansas, which resulted in the battles 
 of Perryvillc, McAllister and the Backbone Mount- 
 ain, and the capture of Ft. Smith by the Federal 
 arms. The 2d Kansas Cavalry covered itself with 
 glory in these memorable campaigns. 
 
 In October, 1863, Capt. Crawford was promoted 
 to be Colonel of the 83d United States Infaniry, 
 and with his regiment accompanied Gen. Stctlo on 
 the Shreveport, La., expedition, which moved 
 southward, in March, 1864, from Ft, Smith and 
 
120 
 
 SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD. 
 
 Little Rock to co-operate with Gen. Banks in his 
 Red River campaign, participating in the battles 
 of Prairie De Hand and Saline River. At the latter 
 affair Col. Crawford charged and captured a battery, 
 which his men brought off the field by hand, all tiie 
 artillery horses having been killed or disabled. 
 This battle resulted in a complete victory for the 
 Union forces, to which consummation Col. Craw- 
 ford's regiment largely contributed. After this 
 battle he returned with the 7th Corps to Little 
 Rock, and thence, with the Kansas Division, under 
 the command of Gen. Thayer, to Ft. Smith, Ark. 
 In July, 1864, Col. Crawford commanded an expe- 
 dition into the Choctaw Nation in pursuit of the 
 rebel General, Standweighty, whom he routed. 
 
 September 8, 1864, while still in the field. Col. 
 Crawford was nominated as the Republican candi- 
 date for Governor of Kansas. Obtaining leave of 
 absence, he bade adieu to the gallant army with 
 which he had served so long, and on the 9th of 
 October returned to Kansas. Upon arriving at Ft. 
 Scott he learned that a heavy body of the enemy, 
 under Gen. Price, was moving westward through 
 Central Missouri, with the design of laying Kansas 
 in waste. He hastened to Kansas Citj', arriving 
 October 17, reported to Gen. Curtis, commanding 
 the Federal forces there concentrating to resist Gen. 
 Price, and was assigned to duty as a volunteer aid 
 on his staff. A few days subsequently the battles 
 of the Blue, Westportand Mine Creek were fought, 
 and at the latter engagement Col. Crawford ordered 
 and participated in a clio.rge with two brigades of 
 cavalry, which resulted in the capture of the Con- 
 federate Generals, Marmaduke and Cabell, 500 
 prisoners and eight pieces of artillery. This battle 
 closed his military career in the war for the sup- 
 pression of the Rebellion, and on April 13, 1865, he 
 was promoted by the President of the United States 
 to the rank of Brigadier General by brevet, for 
 meritorious services in the field. 
 
 On the 7th of November, 1864, Col. Crawford 
 was elected Governor of the State of Kansas, and 
 in 1866 was re-chosen for a second term. During 
 his holding of the gubernatorial office, he re-organ- 
 ized and consolidated the Kansas Volunteer Regi- 
 ments, and secured the enactment of new. laws, 
 under which the State Militia was placed on war 
 footing for the protection of the people against 
 rebel invasions and Indian incursions. He devoted 
 much of his time to the establishment and main- 
 teuance of the various State institutions, and on 
 retiring from office he left the Deaf Mute, Blind and 
 Insane Asylums, the State Universitj', the Agricult- 
 ural College and State Normal School, in success- 
 ful operation. He also gave considerable attention 
 to the preparation and dissemination of pamphlet 
 
 literature respecting the advantages of his State, 
 with the view of encouraging emigration thereto. 
 
 During the memorable years of 1867 and 1868, 
 hostile bands of Indians hovered on the borders of 
 Kansas, driving back the settlers, checking the con- 
 struction of the railroads and threatening to cut off 
 communication between Kansas and the Western 
 States and Territories. For two years an Indian 
 war of •savage barbarity was carried on. Many 
 settlers were killed, scalped, and their bodies mutil- 
 ated. Large amounts of property were captured 
 and destroyed. "Women and even children were 
 outraged, and others carried into captivity to suffer 
 a fate worse than a thousand deaths. 
 
 The Federal forces stationed on the border and 
 the State troops furnished by Gov. Crawford were 
 inadequate for the protection of the people. The 
 Indians followed their custom of making war dur- 
 ing the summer months, and then retreating to their 
 homes in the Indian Territory to be fed, clothed 
 and nurtured by the Government in winter. Finally, 
 in August, 1868, the settlements of Northwest 
 Kansas were raided by these Indians, who killed 
 and wounded some forty persons, carried women 
 into captivity, and also committed other atrocities. 
 
 As soon as the terrible details of this last mas- 
 sacre reached the ears of Gov. Crawford, he pro- 
 ceeded at once to the scene of disaster, saw that the 
 dead were properly buried and the wounded cared 
 for, returned to Topeka, organized a regiment of 
 cavalry, resigned the office of Governor, and with 
 his regiment accompanied Gen. Sheridan on his his- 
 toric campaign into the interior of the wild country 
 bordering on Texas, where the hostile tribes had 
 always felt secure from punishment during the win- 
 ter season. These Indians were attacked and cap- 
 tured in the Washita Valley, in December, 1868, 
 and several of their chiefs held as hostages until the 
 captive white women were delivered up. 
 
 Gov. Crawford returned home after the close of 
 this campaign and has since been successfully en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession. Nov. 27, 
 1866, he was married to Miss Isabel M. Chase, 
 an estimable and accomplished lady, of Topeka, 
 where they now reside, and the union has been 
 blessed by two children, daughter and son. Gov. 
 Crawford is possessed of an imposing presence, his 
 height being six feet two inches, with the accom- 
 paniment of a Herculean frame, symmetrically 
 proportioned, and a pair of shoulders Atlas might 
 fairly envy. His manners are the very essence of 
 courtesy and gentleness, and altogether he presents a 
 marked type of the energetic, patriotic and sturdy 
 sons of tlie great West — suaviter in modo, fortiter 
 in re — with whom the high sense of duty stands first 
 and foremost in every relation of life. 
 

 |'eA@2K.mA ^^eeria 
 
 . NEHEMIAII GREEN, 
 fourth Governor of the 
 State of Kansns was, dur- 
 ing the years of his active 
 life, a man essentially in 
 advance of his time. 
 Progressive in thought, cultured, 
 and to a great extent self-educated, 
 he was, in addition to these quali- 
 ties, endowed by nature with a 
 strong character and deep sympa- 
 thies, a temperament sanguine j'et 
 sedate, and with a steady inspira- 
 tion to good deeds. He is now a 
 confirmed invalid, having been con- 
 fined to his room for the last three years, an 
 uncomplaining sufferer. Comparatively few are 
 aware of the fact that this affliction, overtaking 
 him in the prime of life, is due to his exertions 
 while un officer iu the army, relieving his exhausted 
 soldiers by himself carrying their guns and haver- 
 sacks, during which a blood vessel was ruptured, 
 and since Mr. Green has never seen a well daj'. 
 
 Mr. Green was born March 8, 1837, in Grassy 
 Point Township, Hardin Co., Ohio. His father, 
 Shepard Green, was a native of Washington County, 
 Pa., where he was born August 2, 1808, and tiie 
 son of Nehcmiah Green, Sr., who was born in 
 England, and came to America during revolution- 
 ary times. He espoused tiie cause of the Colonists, 
 and while doing his duty as a soldier, was taken 
 prisoner and conveyed to England, where he was 
 confined until after the surrender of Cornwallls, 
 when he was exchanged. He then located in Wash- 
 ington County, Pa. 
 
 Shepard Green, when a boy in his teens, went to 
 Ohio and was one of the early settlers of Cham- 
 paign County. There he learned the tinner's trade. 
 
 which he followed a few years, but after marriage 
 he purchased a tract of timber land in Grassy Point 
 Township, Hardin County, and put up a log house. 
 In that humble dwelling the subject of this sketch 
 was born. The country was wild and new, and 
 there were no railroads for many years afterward. 
 The State road, known as the Sandusky & Dayton 
 road, passed by the farm, and after a few years 
 Shepard Green put up a hotel which he conducted for 
 several years, and which was made a stage station. 
 Many distinguished guests sought entertainment 
 under its roof; among them were Henry Clay, Tom 
 Corwin, and Richard M. Johnson. About 1850 
 Mr. Green removed to Logan County, where his 
 death occurred July 26, 1880. 
 
 For his wife Shepard Green chose in early man- 
 hood Miss Mary A. Fisher. This lady was born at 
 Fairfax Court House, Va., and was the daughter of 
 AVilliam Fisher, a Virginian by birth, and one of 
 the earliest pioneers of Ohio, he locating first on 
 the Scioto river above Columbus. Later he re- 
 moved to Logan County, where he piirchased tim- 
 ber land, improved a farm and died. The mother 
 of our subject made her home with her parent* 
 until her marriage, learning to card, spin and 
 weave, and when her children were small she made 
 the greater part of the cloth in use in the family. 
 Having no stove, her cooking was performed many 
 years by a fire-place. She died at the home farm 
 in Logan County, Ohio, in 1859. 
 
 Both Shepard Green and his excellent wife were 
 conscientious members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and the father for many years was one of 
 its chief pillars. His house was the headquarters 
 of the pioneer preachers, and services were fre- 
 quently held there. Politically, he was an Old 
 Line Whig. The parental family included nine 
 children, all of whom lived to mature years, viz : 
 William F., Louis F., Nehemiah, Nancy, Fanny, 
 Shepard, George S., Mary and Emma. The soiis 
 all served in the Union army during the Civil AVar. 
 
124 
 
 NEHEMIAH GREEN. 
 
 When the Green family changed their residence 
 to Logan County, Oliio, Nehemiah was a lad of 
 thirteen years. He continued attending the sub- 
 scription school until sixteen j'ears old during the 
 winter season, and in the meantime improved his 
 opportunities for useful knowledge. His desire was 
 for a finished education, and now to his great satis- 
 faction he was permitted to enter Wesleyan Uni- 
 versity at Delaware, Ohio, where he stu9ied two 
 years. In 1855 he left school to visit the Territory 
 of Kansas. The journey was made by steamer on 
 the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers to Kansas 
 City; tlience by team to Douglas County, this 
 tjtate. Mr. Green made a claim twelve miles south of 
 Lawrence, and during that spring the troubles be- 
 gan between the Free State and Pro-Slavery men. 
 
 Mr. Green was an ardent Free State man, and 
 was prominently identified with John Brown, Jim 
 Lane, Montgomery Bain, Gov. Robinson and Mar- 
 cus Parrott, with whom he participated in the 
 trials, struggles and triumphs which followed. He 
 remained in Kansas until late in 1857, then returned 
 to Ohio and entered the ministry, becoming a mem- 
 ber of the Cincinnati Methodist Episcopal Confer- 
 ence. He was stationed at Aberdeen and Williams- 
 burg until the first call by President Lincoln for 
 troops to quell the Rebellion. 
 
 It was not long before Mr. Green proffered his 
 services as a soldier of the Union, enlisting as a 
 private in Company B 89th Ohio Infantry. Two 
 weeks later he was commissioned by Gov. Todd, as 
 First Lieutenant and served with his regiment in 
 Kentucky and West Virginia. He was in the cam- 
 paign which drove Kirby Smith out of the Blue 
 Grass State and Loring out of the Kanawa Vallej^ 
 While on the Kirby Smith campaign he ruptured a 
 blood vessel and suffered hemorrhages and has not 
 seen a well day since. In 1863 he was obliged to 
 resign. He recuperated in a measure and in 1864 
 enlisted in the Oliio National Guards and was Ser- 
 geant Major of the 153d Regiment, serving in the 
 Army of the Potomac. He received his discharge 
 in September, 1864, and, returning to Kansas, re- 
 sumed his ministerial labors, being placed in charge 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Manhattan. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Green had kept himself well 
 posted upon State and national events and was 
 looked upon as a fit representative of the people's 
 interest in legislative halls. In 1866 he was nomi- 
 nated for Lieutenant-Governor and elected. In 
 1868 the Cimaron War broke out and Kansas was 
 asked to raise a regiment of cavalry for the United 
 States service. Gov. Crawford resigned and was 
 appointed Colonel of the regiment and Mr. Green 
 was then sworn in as his successor, administering 
 the duties of his office until the close of the term. 
 Executive business had in the meantime accumu- 
 
 lated while Gov. Crawford was raising tiic regi- 
 ment, and the military and contingent fund had 
 been exhausted while the whole frontier was threat- 
 ened by hostile Indians. The soldiers and their 
 horses had to be fed and the former clothed. Gov. 
 Green wns equal to the emergency and borrowed 
 money, while at the same time letting contracts sub- 
 ject to the approval of the Legislature to carry on all 
 business, both military and civil. He visited the ■ 
 various military posts, traveling in an Ambulance, 
 and perspnally inspecting the militia. The war ended 
 with the capture and destruction of the bands of 
 Indians commanded by Black Kettle and Little 
 Raven, by Gen. Custer. 
 
 After the expiration of his term of oflSce Gov. 
 Green delivered the great seal of the State to his 
 successor and resumed preaching. In due time he 
 was chosen Presiding Elder of Manhattan District, 
 which included the western half of the north half of 
 the State. He followed up the frontier and laid the 
 foundation for many prosperous churches. He thus 
 labored actively in the church until 1873, when 
 failing health compelled him to retiie. That year 
 he setcled on his farm in Grant Township, Riley 
 County. This farm comprises 840 acres of land. 
 
 Gov. Green lived a few years in comparative 
 quiet but in 1880 was brought forward again by 
 his old constituents, elected to the State Legisla- 
 ture and took an important part in the proceedings 
 being finally elected Speaker pro tern. During this 
 term the principal subjects acted upon were educa- 
 tion, transportation, agriculture and temperance. 
 Mr. Green took an important part in the proceed- 
 ings to compel the Union Pacific Railroad to ac- 
 knowledge its obligation to the State. A measure 
 was passed which forced the matter to the Supreme 
 Court when the Company surrendered every point 
 and although its offices were moved from the State, 
 agreed to accept service. on any local agent. 
 
 The marriage of Nehemiah Green and Miss Ida 
 K. Lefflngwell, of Williamsburg, Ohio, was cele- 
 brated in 1860. This lady was born at that placo 
 and was the daughter of Sidney and Melissa 
 (Bryant) Leffingwell. She became the mother of 
 three children and died in 1871. The eldestchild, 
 Glenzen S., is a resident of Oregon. E£He married 
 Dr. William B. Sweatman, and they live in Parkers 
 ville, Morris Co., this State. Alice is the wife of 
 Prof. John E. Edgerton, Principal of the schools 
 of White City. In 1873 Mr. Green contracted a 
 second marriage with Miss Mary Sturdevant. This 
 lady was born in Rushville, N. Y. and is the daugh- 
 ter of Josiah and Hannah (Peabody) Sturdevant, 
 who were natives respectively of New England and 
 New York State; they spent their last years in 
 Rushville, N. Y. Of this union there have been 
 born two children — Burtis W. and Ned M. 
 
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 AMES M. HARVEY, fifth Gov- 
 ernor of the State of Kansas, and a 
 Virginian by birth, is a native 
 of Monroe County, and was born 
 Sept. 21, 1833. His parents, 
 Thomas and Margaret (Walker) 
 Harvej^, were also natives of the 
 Old Dominion, but removed 
 from that State when their son 
 James M. was quite young. 
 He acquired his education in the 
 public and select schools of In- 
 diana, Illinois and Iowa, and 
 following his tastes and talents, 
 became a finished practical sur- 
 veyor and- civil engineer. Mr. 
 Harvey, in the 3'ear 1859, just before Kansas was 
 freed from Territorial enthrallment, and when she 
 was struggling to become one of the sisterhood of 
 States, removed hither, settling in Riley County. 
 He at once became warmly interested in the affairs 
 of this section of country, and distinguished him- 
 self for his ability, intelligence and enthusiastic sup- 
 port of the measure which was to make the Territory 
 a full member of the American Union. The pur- 
 suit of agriculture at that time offered a more ample 
 income than his profession, and in this he at once 
 engaged, but the seclusion of the farm did not con- 
 ceal his eminent ability and his talents from the 
 public, and he was a prominent factor in the affairs 
 3f Kansas for a period of nearly thirty years. 
 It was not long after his arrival here until the 
 
 Civil War was precipitated upon the country, and 
 James M. Harvey enlisted as a soldier of the Union 
 army, and was soon given a Captain's commission 
 in the 4th and 10th Regiments, which were consoli- 
 dated. He served with honor in the campaign in 
 which his command tooli part, and was mustered out 
 in 1864. The following year, and also in 1866, he 
 was elected to represent his county in the Kansas 
 Legislature, where he displayed such power as to 
 attract the leading men of the commonwealth, and 
 in which he gave unmistakable indications of the 
 distinction he would achieve in the future. After 
 serving his terms creditably as a member of the 
 House, lie was, in 1867-71, a member of the Senate, 
 and in the latter year was elected Governor. 
 
 The duties of these various offices Mr. Harvey 
 discharged with that fidelity and ability which en- 
 titled him to still higher distinction, and accordingly 
 on the assembling of the State Leglature, in 1874, 
 he was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned b}' the 
 resignation of Alexander Caldwell, United States 
 Senator. This vacancy had been temporarily filled 
 by the appointment of Robert Crozier, but the 
 Legislature promptly recognized the claims of Mr. 
 Harvey, and gave him the merited compliment of 
 his regular election to that position. He took his 
 seat on the 12th of February, and in this, as in all 
 other places which he was called upon to fill, dis- 
 charged his duties with great credit to himself and 
 honor to his State until the 4th of March, 1877, at 
 which time his term expired. 
 
.15(8 
 
 JAMES M. HARVEY. 
 
 During Mr. Harvey's incumbency of the Gov- 
 ernor's office much important work was done b}' the 
 Legislature, including the issuance of bonds for 
 the military expenses of the Indian War, and pro- 
 viding a military contingent fund for the protection 
 of tlie frontier of tiie State against Indian depreda- 
 tions — these two objects calling for $275,000 ; and 
 also the further issuance of bonds to aid in com- 
 pleting the west wing of the State Capitol, $70,000; 
 to defray the expenses of raising the 19th Regiment, 
 $14,000; and $1,500 was appropriated to buy seed 
 wheat for destitute farmers on the frontier. Dur- 
 ing that term also the east wing of the new capitol at 
 Topeka was so far completed that on December 25 
 tliey were occupied by the State officers. At that 
 date there had been expended on the wing com- 
 pleted and on the west wing, on which work was 
 still progressing, the sum of $417,588.29. At the 
 annual election, which occurred Nov. 8, 1870, 
 Gov. Harvey received over 19,000 majority over 
 his Democratic opponent. For United States Sena- 
 tor, to serve the unexpired term of Caldwell, the 
 balloting commenced January 27, and was continued 
 four days, no candidate receiving the required 
 seventy votes necessary to a choice. On the 2d of 
 February, Mr. Harvey was elected on a joint vote 
 of seventy-six as against fifty-eight thrown for all 
 other candidates. 
 
 During the twelfth session of the Kansas Legis- 
 lature, James M. Harvey, Governor, thirty-eight 
 laws were passed. Among them were bills authoriz- 
 ing or legalizing the issuance of municipal bonds ; the 
 State Board of Agriculture was created; $3,000 was 
 appropriated for the relief of Western settlers, and 
 $2,500 for the Freedman's University of Quindaro; 
 the boundaries of Kingman and Harvey Counties 
 were defined, the latter named in honor of James 
 M. ; two new judicial districts were created, the 
 Thirteenth and Fourteenth; the salaries of State 
 officers and Judges of the Supreme Courts and 
 Districts Courts were increased; and an act passed 
 providing for the sale of Normal School lands; 
 Commissioners were also appointed to provide for 
 the settlement of losses by Indian depredations 
 between 1860 and 1871. 
 
 Gov. Harvey upon retiring from public life re- 
 turned to his farm at Vinton, Riley County, where 
 
 he resided for a time, and then returned to the 
 vicinity of his old home in Virginia, and is now 
 living in Richmond. On the 4th of October, 1854, he 
 was united in marriage with Miss Charlotte Cutter, 
 of Adams County, 111., and of this union there 
 were born six children, four daughters and two 
 sons, namely: Clara, Emma, Lillian, Martha, James 
 N. and John A. 
 
 The assuring smile of peace fell upon Kansas for 
 the first time in her existence when the war of the 
 Rebellion ended, and about the time Mr. Harvey, 
 after serving valiantly in the ranks of the Union 
 army, returned to Riley County, and was called 
 upon to assist in the further great work which lay 
 before both legislators and people. It was a time 
 demanding the best efforts of its wisest men, and 
 Mr. Harvey in his sphere was equal to the emer- 
 gency, and to the perplexing duties devolving upon 
 him as Legislator, Senator and Governor. Twelve 
 years of turmoil and strife had trained the inhabitants 
 to know no rest save in motion, and no safety ex- 
 cept in incessant vigilance. Under this discipline 
 their character had become as peculiar as the expe- 
 riences through which thej' had passed. A rest- 
 less energy was the controlling element, and the life 
 of ease and peace was one so foreign to their ex- 
 perience as to strike them as almost unnatural. 
 They, however, under the fortunate rule of a wise 
 executive, turned to the pursuit of the peaceful arts 
 and conquered the right to the free soil they now 
 tread. Mines were opened, railroads built, hus- 
 bandry and manufactures brought wealth and plenty, 
 and peace and prosperity reigned. 
 
 Along with the happy state of affairs just above 
 mentioned, there were also built up the indispensa- 
 ble adjuncts of churches, schools and charitable 
 institutions, together with happy homes, villages 
 and cities, and all else which marks the develop- 
 ment of a civilized and free people. Every man 
 who at that critical period performed his duty de- 
 serves to be perpetuated in history. Among these 
 James M. Harvey was likewise equal to the emer- 
 gency, and is amply entitled to have his name en- 
 rolled among the patriots of that period, who labored 
 efficiently in bringing about the future prosperity 
 of the commonwealth which now occupies a proud 
 position among the States west of the Mississippi. 
 
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 CKj>d 
 
5H0MAS A. OSBORN, one 
 of the most popular and 
 distinguished gentlemen 
 who ever served the State 
 of Kansas as her Executive, 
 is to-day an honored citi- 
 zen of that great common- 
 wealth and a resident of her capital 
 city. He was chosen to this high 
 position at a critical time in the 
 history of the State. While it 
 is true that no commonwealth in 
 our glorious galaxy of States has 
 been so sorel}' tried or passed 
 through so many and such severe 
 ordeals, there have been some peri- 
 ods of greater trials than others. 
 One crisis after another has come upon this people, 
 but there was always a firm and wise hand ready 
 and able to guide the ship of State through the 
 storm and over the shoals. Kansas found in the 
 person of Mr. Osborn a safe leader, a patriot and a 
 statesman. From the year 1872 to 1877 was an 
 important period in the history of Kansas, and during 
 this time Thomas A. Osborn stood at the head of 
 its affairs. Manj' vital questions were forced upon 
 the Executive during these eventful years, and the 
 record he made then will ever endear him to tlie 
 hearts of the people of the State he so efficiently 
 served. When tried he was not found wanting, 
 but demonstrated that he possessed a sound judg- 
 ment, a keen foresight, and an unfaltering devotion 
 to the well-being and prosperity of the State. Though 
 a stanch Republican as a citizen, as a Governor he 
 was non partisan, and worked impartially to the bet- 
 terment and welfare of the whole people. Not only 
 
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 has he been a valued citizen of the State because 
 he so ably filled the Gubernatorial Chair for two 
 terms, but because for over a quarter of a century 
 he has stood in the front rank of her most progres- 
 sive and patriotic citizens, aiding in every laudable 
 enterprise having for its object the public good. 
 
 Thomas A. Osborn was born nearly fifty-two 
 j'ears ago, at Meadville, Pa., Oct. 26, 1836. He 
 attended the common sciiools of his neighborhood 
 during his boyhood, and at the age of fifteen com- 
 menced life as a printer by carrying the newspapers 
 of the office. Here he served a full apprenticeship, 
 and in the meantime pursued the course of study 
 which had been interrupted by the necessity of 
 making his own living. By his labors at the case 
 he was enabled in due time to earn enough money 
 to pay his way through Allegheny College, and i:i 
 1856 he commenced the study of law in the office 
 of Judge Derrrickson, of his native town. The 
 year following he came to Michigan, and was soon 
 afterward admitted to the bar. In November, 
 1857, he migrated to Kansas, and began his career 
 in the Territory at Lawrence, as a compositor in the 
 office of the Herald of Freedom. Such was his 
 fidelity to duty, and his industry and efficienc3., 
 that he was soon promoted to the position of foreman, 
 and in March, 1858, the editor of the paper, after 
 a two-weeks absence, expressed his thanks "to his 
 worthy foreman, T. A. Osborn, Esq., for the very 
 satisfactory manner in which he has conducted its 
 columns." 
 
 Before Mr. Osborn was twenty-two years old lie 
 commenced the practice of law at Elwood, Doni- 
 phan County, and soon acquired a fine reputation 
 in his chosen profession. Politically, he was a strong 
 
132 
 
 THOMAS A. OSBORN. 
 
 Republican and Free-State man, and in 1859 was 
 elected Senator from Doniphan County to the first 
 State Legislature, talcing his seat in 1861, when 
 twenty-five years old. The year following he was 
 chosen Piesident pro iem of the Senate during the 
 absence of the Lieutenant Governor, and during 
 the impeachment trial of Gov. Robinson and others. 
 His next promotion was his election to the office of 
 Lieutenant Governor over his competitor, Hon. J. J. 
 Ingalls. 
 
 In 1864 Mr. Osborn received the appointment of 
 United States Marshal in Kansas, by President 
 Lincoln, and occupied the position until 1867, re- 
 siding during and after his term of ofHce at Leaven- 
 worth. In the fall of 1872 he accepted from the 
 hands of his party the nomination for Governor of 
 Kansas. The convention assembled at Topeka, and 
 their candidate was elected by a majority of 34,000. 
 He was duly inaugurated in January, 1873, and 
 served with so great ability and rendered such sat- 
 isfaction that he was again chosen at the State Con- 
 vention of his party for a second term. The fol- 
 lowing November he was duly elected, and served 
 another two years. 
 
 It is proper in this connection to give a resume 
 of some of the occurrences in Kansas at the time 
 Gov. Osborn occupied the position of State Execu- 
 tive. In May, 1874, during his second year as 
 Governor, the Indians on the southwestern frontier 
 commenced depredations upon the settlers in Bar- 
 bour County, which were confined for a time to the 
 stealing of their cattle and horses. In an attempt 
 to recover some of the plunder, a detachment of 
 United States Cavalry fatally wounded a son of 
 Little Robe, a chief of the Cheyennes. This in- 
 cited the Indians to open outrages, and in June five 
 murders were committed. These outrages alarmed 
 the entire southwestern border, and action was at once 
 taken to place the more exposed points iii as good 
 a condition of defense as was possible. Companies 
 were organized and armed in readiness for an emer- 
 gency, and stockades were constructed by the set- 
 tlers at Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Sun City, and at 
 points midway between the two latter places. Not- 
 withstanding these precautions, hundreds of people 
 deserted their homes and sought protection in the 
 larger towns. In July other murders were com- 
 mitted, and suspicion pointed strongly to the Osage 
 Indians. Early in August a party of these, twenty- 
 five in number, appeared near the town of Kiowa, 
 claiming to be out on a buffalo hunt, and upon be- 
 iiio' ordered to return to their reservation ttiey re- 
 fused to do so. This was communicated to Capt. 
 Ricker, who was in command of a company of 
 mounted militia, and who in setting out to find 
 tiiem, overtook them about fifteen miles northeast 
 
 of Medicine Lodge. In the skirmish which ensued 
 four Indians were killed. The savages now grew 
 more bold and decided in their onslaught upon the 
 white settlers, and by the 1st of Sei)tember they 
 had slain sixteen citizens, six of whom were resi- 
 dents of Lawrence and peaceably engaged in sur- 
 veying public lands foily miles south and twenty 
 miles west of Dodge City. Gov. Osborn was com- 
 pelled to keep the volunteer militia companies on 
 the border in active service until nearly the close 
 of 1874, and between those who urged extreme 
 measures and those who, more timid, advised a pol- 
 icy of extreme forbearance, he was in a position re- 
 quiring great ingenuity and temperance of action. 
 Few men in his position could have done better, 
 and more would probably have failed in assisting to 
 bring all these troubles to a i)eaceable conclusion. 
 
 After leaving the Gubernatorial Chair in 1877, 
 Jlr. Osborn was appointed by President Hayes, 
 United States Minister to Chili. In this position he 
 remained for four 3'ears, when he was tendered by 
 President Garfield the position of Minister to the 
 Empire of Brazil. This he accepted, and remained 
 near the court of Don Pedro until the administra- 
 tion of President Cleveland came into power. 
 
 Mr. Osborn's record as a foreign Minister was 
 not only highly creditable to our own Nation, but 
 doubly so to him as an official and a citizen of the 
 great peace-loving Republic of America. While in 
 Chili he was quite active in trj'ingto bring to an 
 end the bloody war in which that country was en- 
 gaged with Pern and Bolivia, and in 1880 presided 
 over a conference of representatives of the bellig- 
 erent power on board the American man-of-war 
 "Lackawanna" in the bay of Arica, which had in 
 view that object. He also interested himself in 
 bringing to a peaceful conclusion the long-pending 
 boundary dispiite between Chili and the Argentine 
 Republic. For his valued and able services in this 
 connection he received the thanks of both nations. 
 
 Since Gov. Osborn's return to the United States 
 he has occupied himself in various enterprises, and 
 while not entirely eschewing politics, has made 
 known his desire to be excused from filling further 
 official positions. He stood at the head of the Kansas 
 delegation to the National Republican Convention in 
 1888, and in that august assembly was a prominent 
 figure. He is a man' whose opinions are universally 
 held in respect, and one who has no unimportant 
 influence in the councils of his party. His early 
 life and training served to build up within him that 
 patience and self-reliance, and that perseverance in 
 behalf of a worthy principle, which has been the 
 secret of his standing among his fellowmen, and 
 distinguished him as a man of more than ordinary 
 ability, and one eminently to be trusted. 
 
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 EORGE T. ANTHONY, 
 the seventh Governor of 
 the State of Kansas, came 
 of an excellent family of the 
 Empire State, who ■\vcre or- 
 thodox Quakers religiously, 
 and who in point of the ele- 
 
 S(§iMlM''f- ments which go to make up the bone 
 Ai^i^^j' and sinew of the social fabric, pos- 
 
 sessed all the characteristics of that pe- 
 culiar people. He was born in May- 
 field. Fulton Co., N. Y., June 9, 1824, 
 and spent his boyhood and youth on a 
 farm, acquiring his education mostly 
 in the winter season, and making him- 
 self useful at agricultural pursuits in summer. 
 About the age of nineteen he commenced learning 
 the tin and copper smith's trade at Union Springs, 
 Cnyuga County, which he followed as a journey- 
 niau five years, then repaired to Ballston Spa, and 
 clerked in a hardware store until his removal to 
 Medina, in 1850. 
 
 In the town above mentioned Mr. Anthony found 
 
 his future wife. Miss Eose A. Lyons, to whom he 
 was married Dec. 14, 1852, and thereafter for a 
 period of nine years was engaged in trade in hard- 
 ware, tin and stoves, and also carried on the manu- 
 facture of stoves and agricultural implements. Later 
 he engaged in the commission business, and in due 
 time was made Loan Commissioner for Orleans 
 County, being thus occupied three years. 
 
 During the late Rebellion and under the call of 
 July 2, 1862, for additional troops, Mr. Anthony 
 was selected by request of Gov. Morton as one of a 
 committee of seven to raise and organize troops in the 
 Twenty-eighth District of New York, embracing the 
 counties of Orleans, Niagara and Genesee. In Au- 
 gust following he was authorized to recruit an inde- 
 pendent battery of light artillery of six guns, and 
 which was subsequently known as the 17th New 
 York Independent Battery. Such was the in- 
 dustry with which he set about this commission, 
 that in four days the maximum number was secured 
 and mustered into service, with Mr. Anthony as 
 Captain, and they proceeded at once to Washington. 
 
136 
 
 GEORGE T. ANTHONY. 
 
 Capt. Anthony served with his battery until the 
 ulose of the war, operating between Washington and 
 Richmond, and in front of the latter city and Pe- 
 tersburg, being with the 18th Army Corps during 
 the last year of the war. He was breveted Major 
 for services in the last campaign ending at Appo- 
 mattox Court House, and after the surrender of the 
 Confederate forces, was mustered out of service at 
 Richmond, Va., June 12, 1865. 
 
 In November, 1865, Mr. Anthony changed his 
 residence from Rochester, N. Y., to Leavenworth, 
 this State, and became editor of the Leavenworth 
 Daily Bulletin, also of the Leavenworth Daily Con- 
 servative, filling the position two years and one-half. 
 He subsequently assumed proprietorship of the Kan- 
 sas Farmer, which he conducted six years. In the 
 meantime such had been the zeal with which he in- 
 terested himself in the affairs of a State struggling 
 for recognition, and only needing good men for 
 leaders, that he was recognized as a man eminently 
 fitted for promotion, and in December, 1867, was 
 appointed United States Internal Revenue Assistant 
 Assessor, and the following year Collector of Inter- 
 nal Revenue. For three years he was President of 
 the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, and for two 
 j'ears held the sa.me position on the Board of Cen- 
 tennial Managers for the State, and was discharging 
 the duties of the three ofHces at the time of his 
 election as Governor, on the 7th of November, 
 1876. 
 
 Gov. Anthony, while State Executive, presided 
 wisely as counselor over the many difficult ques- 
 tions arising at that time, and retired from the 
 office with the best wishes of those who had realized 
 how faithfully he had endeavored to perform his 
 duty. He continued his residence in Leavenworth 
 Lfter the expiration of his term of office, and there- 
 after was employed much of the time in a respon- 
 sible position, in connection with the extension of 
 the great Santa Fe Railroad through New Mexico 
 and into Old Mexico. 
 
 That Gov. Anthony was popular during his in- 
 cumbency of the Executive office, is indicated by 
 the fact that the county seat of Harper County was 
 named in his honor. Over the establishment of 
 this town there was much earnest debate in regard 
 to its location and many other important details in 
 
 connection therewith. It is now a city of impor- 
 tance, and was honored with a post-office in the 
 summer of 1878. At first the service was only 
 weekly, but in due time became daily, and it was 
 made a money-order office in 1 880. Previous to 
 this, however, a bank had been established in a 
 small frame structure standing on the street, and 
 its business was soon condncted in a store building, 
 with a capital of $20,000. The Globe Mills were put 
 up in 1880-81, at a cost of over $25,000, and in due 
 time commanded a large trade from points in the 
 Indian Territory, as well as the surrounding towns. 
 
 Churches and newspapers sprang up in due time 
 in the town of Anthony, and various lodges of the 
 different societies were named in honor of the 
 Governor. The town itself lies on the edge of a 
 beautiful valley, a trifle over two miles from the 
 geographical center of Harper Countj-, and the site 
 was selected after much deliberation by tlie Town 
 Company, which had been formed at Wichita for 
 the purpose, as it was found desirable to establish a 
 town not far from the center of Harper County, 
 which embraced large tracts of beautiful roiling 
 land. The projected town was considered a 
 matter of serious importance, and not the least 
 among the matters connected with its establishment 
 was the name by which it should be called. The 
 descendants of Gov. Anthonj' may be pardoned if 
 in preserving their family history they keep prop- 
 erly in view this fact in connection therewith. The 
 town site was made to cover 320 acres, and the first 
 work of the company was to build a barracks for 
 the accommodation of emigrants, and to dig three 
 public wells. 
 
 About as soon as the announcement went forth 
 that the " city of Anthony " was ready for settle- 
 ment, about a dozen box houses sprang up as if by 
 magic, and were soon followed bj' a store of general 
 merchandise, a hardware and a drug-store, and closely 
 upon the heels of these came a physician and an 
 attorney. The new town grew rapidly, and now 
 occupies a proud position among the other cities 
 adjacent, going in some respects ahead of those 
 which are older. As may be supposed, the patriot, 
 the ex-soldier, and one of the most conscientious 
 men who ever occupied the Gubernatorial Chair of 
 Kansas, has watched its growth with lively interest 
 
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 OHN P. ST. JOHN, eighth 
 Governor of the State of 
 Kansas, was born in Broolf- 
 flcld, Franklin Co., Ind., 
 Feb. 25, 1833. The family 
 is of Huguenot descent. 
 Daniel St. John, the paternal 
 grandfather, was a native of 
 Luzerne Countj', Pa., and for 
 sixty years was one of the fore- 
 most ministers of the Universalist 
 denomination, preaching with un- 
 swerving faith the doctrines he 
 had espoused, and illustrating their 
 purity by aguilelcss and untarnished 
 reputation. He was the friend and 
 of Murray, Ballou, Streeter and 
 Thomas, and was numbered with them as one of 
 the American fathers of this religious faith. He 
 was also a Freemason, and at the time of his 
 death, which occurred in Broad Ripple, Ind., was 
 the oldest member of the fraternity in the State. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the son of Samuel 
 St. John, who was born in Orange County, N. T., 
 j.nd was a man of more tlian ordinary ability. The 
 mother, Sophia (Snell) St. John, was of English 
 extraction, a lady of rare intelligence, with a char- 
 acter adorned by all the Christian virtues. The 
 children of farmers in the rural districts of Indiana 
 lorly years ago were taught by such instructors as 
 the limited means of the inhabitants could com- 
 mand, and who dispensed knowledge usually only 
 two short terms each j'ear. Und^r these circum- 
 
 stances the early education of John P. St. Johi, 
 was acquired. He soon mastered the elementary 
 branches taught in the district school, but deter- 
 mined to carry on his education as soon as he could 
 secure the means, and for this purpose, while yet 
 a youth, entered a store,, but devoted his leisure 
 hours to his books. 
 
 In 1852 Mr. St. John made his wdy tb the Pa- 
 cific Slope, and employed himself at whatever he 
 could find to do — wood-chopping, steamboating, 
 mining, merchandising, etc. During the period of 
 eight years, which were pregnant with advexiture, 
 hardship, danger and toil, if not of profit, he made 
 voyages to Central America, South America, 
 Mexico, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands. He 
 was engaged in the Indian Wars of Northern Cali- 
 fornia and Southern Oregon in 1852-53, in which 
 he suffered all the perils and hardships incident to 
 the struggles of that time, and was several times 
 wounded in the service. 
 
 During his mining life in California the long- 
 cherished predilection of Mr. St. John for the legal 
 profession ripened into a definite purpose. He 
 accordingly procured a few elementary law books, 
 and under circumstances calculated to try the 
 courage of one less determined, he commenced his 
 law studies in his mining camp, reading each even- 
 ing after the close of the day's labor by the light 
 of a burning pine knot or the camp fire, lie thus 
 pursued his studies laboriously for two years. In 
 1860 he returned eastward with but little more of 
 this world's goods than when he set out eight years 
 before, but equipped with a rich experience, a 
 
1 10 
 
 JOHN P. ST.. JOHN. 
 
 knowle(ige of the world and a fair idea of common 
 law. With the view of perfecting himself still 
 further in his studies, he entered the office of 
 >.[cssrs. Starkweather & McLain, at Charleston, 111., 
 and at the expiration of a year's time was admitted 
 to practice at the bar, and became a member of the 
 firm above mentioned. 
 
 The anticipated professional career of Mr. St. 
 John, however, was rudely broken iu upon by the 
 mutterings of Civil War, and laying aside his per- 
 sonal interests, he enlisted as a private in Company 
 C, t58th Illinois Infantry. The regiment was soon 
 sent to Alexandria, Va., and St. John was assigned 
 to detached duty as Assistant Adjutant General. 
 He continued in this capacity until his term of 
 enlistment had expired, but subsequently at Camp 
 Mattoon, 111., he was placed in command of the 
 troops tliere, given the commission of Captain, and 
 upon the organization of the 143d Illinois, was 
 elected Lieutenant Colonel of this regiment. They 
 operated subsequently in the Mississippi Valley, and 
 Col. St. John continued in the service until 1864, 
 when he retired to private life, and resumed the 
 practice of law in connection with Judge McLaiu) 
 the surviving partner of the old firm. 
 
 In February, 1865, Mr. St. John with his family 
 removed to Independence, Mo., where he first 
 became prominent as a politician, and as a most 
 cfiective and popular orator. During his four- 
 years residence at that point he took an active part 
 in the political campaign of 1868, making an effect- 
 ive and vigorous canvass of Western Missouri in 
 behalf of the nominees of the Eepublican party. In 
 May, 1869, he changed his residence to Olathe, 
 Kan., and associated himself with M. V. B. Parker 
 for the practice of law. This continued until 1875, 
 and Mr. St. John then formed a partnership with 
 Hon. I. O. Picliering, of Olathe, and continued the 
 practice of his profession until pressing public 
 duties forced him to abandon it. 
 
 The prominence of Gov. St. John in public life 
 seems to have become his unsought, and as the re- 
 sult of circumstances entirely outside his individ- 
 ual purposes or designs. Up to 1872 he had given 
 only such attention to political affairs as was 
 vouchsafed by all intelligent and patriotic voters. 
 He had held unsought the various local ofHces 
 
 which fall to the lot of responsible citizens in the 
 administration of town affairs, and as an ardent Re- 
 publican had done acceptable work on the stump 
 during the canvass of 1868. Four years later he 
 was elected State Senator from Johnson County, 
 and at once took a leading position, both on the 
 floor as a debator, and in the committee rooms as 
 an efficient business member. 
 
 The temperance movement found a sturdy and 
 fearless advocate of prohibition in Mr. St. John. 
 Consequently when the question came to be an 
 issue in the politics of Kansas, he was at once rec- 
 ognized as the fit exponent and defender of the 
 then unpopular doctrine. The Kansas State Tem- 
 perance Convention accordingly nominated him as 
 its candidate for Governor, in 1876. He declined 
 the nomination, although in full accord with the 
 convention on the issue it presented. That same 
 fall he was on the first ballot in the Republican 
 convention, the leading gubernatorial candidate. 
 On the seventh ballot he withdrew his name, which 
 action resulted in the nomination and subsequent 
 election of Hon. George T. Anthony. 
 
 At the Republican State Convention held two 
 years later at Topeka, in August, 1878, Mr. St. 
 John received the Republican nomination for 
 Governor. Considering the distracting element of 
 a third party, the campaign was brilliant and effect- 
 ive, and the result one of the most decisive politi- 
 cal victories ever achieved in the State. In 1880, 
 in a total vote of 198,238, Mr. St. John was re- 
 elected by a majority over the next highest candi- 
 date of 51,647 and a majority over all of 32,170, a 
 fact wliich shows how satisfactory to the people 
 had been the manner in which he had discharged 
 the duties of his office during his first term. 
 
 The great exodus of the colored people from the 
 Southern States to Kansas began in 1879, and Gov. 
 St. John at once took an active interest in their 
 behalf. Through his influence, personal and official, 
 the necessities of thousands of these destitute and 
 suffering people were relieved and themselves 
 placed in a position to become self-sustaining. In 
 1882 his friends nominated him as Governor for a 
 third term, but he failed of are-election. In 1884 
 he was the nominee of the Prohibition party for 
 President, and received 150.000 votes. 
 

 EORGE W. GLICK, ninth 
 Governor of Kansas, was its 
 first Democratic State Ex- 
 ecutive. He was born at 
 Greencastle, Fairfield Co., 
 Oliio, July 4, 1827, and on 
 the paternal side is of Ger- 
 man descent. His great-grandfather. 
 Henry Glick, was one of five brothers 
 who left the beautiful Rhine country 
 prior to the Revolutionary War. In 
 this immortal struggle they all partici- 
 pated and subsequently settled in Penn- 
 sylvania. George Glick, grandfather 
 of the Governor, served as a soldier 
 in the War of 1812, and was severely wounded at 
 the battle of Ft. Meigs. 
 
 Isaac Glick, the father of George W., and who 
 was prominent as a farmer and stock-raiser of San- 
 dusky County, Ohio, held for three consecutive 
 terms the office of Treasurer of that county, and 
 was a man accounted above reproach, both in his 
 business and private character. He married Miss 
 Mary Sanders, daughter of George Sanders, who 
 was a soldier patriot in the War of 1812, in which 
 he ranked as a Captain and bore the marks of his 
 bravery in bodily wounds of a serious nature. Mrs. 
 Mary (Sanders) Glick is a lady of high culture and 
 great piety, active in the work of Christian charity, 
 and of that retiring disposition which fully car- 
 ried out the command of the great teacher, "Let 
 not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth.'' 
 As a boy, George W. Glick was more than usually 
 studious, and acquired a good English education, 
 embracing the higher mathematics and the lan- 
 guages, which lent a polish to his practical sense and 
 business qualifications, and enabled him to succeed 
 
 almost uniformly in his undertakings. When he 
 was a little lad of five years the family removed to 
 Lower Sandusky, now Fremont, where, after com- 
 pleting his education, he entered the law office of 
 Buckland & Hayes, the junior member of the firm 
 being afterward President of the United States. In 
 due time he passed a thorough examination in con- 
 nection with the Cincinnati Law School students, 
 and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court. 
 
 Mr. Glick commenced the practice of his profes- 
 sion at Fremont, Ohio, where his careful attention 
 to the interests of his clients secured him a large 
 patronage. Later he removed - to Sandusky City, 
 and in 1858 was made the Congressional nominee 
 of the Democratic party in his district, but declined 
 the honor in the presence of the convention, but 
 accepted later the nomination for State Senator. 
 Although defeated, he ran nearly 2,000 votes ahead 
 of his party ticket. Later he was elected Judge 
 Advocate General of the 2d Regiment of the Sev- 
 enteenth Division of the Ohio Militia, with the rank 
 of Colonel, receiving his commission from Gov. 
 Salmon P. Chase. 
 
 Late in 1858 Mr. Glick came to Kansas, locating 
 in Atchison, and associated himself in the practice 
 of law with Hon. Alfred G. Otis. This gentleman 
 was well versed in jurisprudence, and as Judge of 
 the Second Judicial District from January, 1877, to 
 January, 1881, won golden opinions as an adminis- 
 trator of justice. The firm of Otis & Glick contin- 
 ued fifteen years, and was finally dissolved in con- 
 sequence of a throat affection from which Mr. Glick 
 had suffered for some time. The firm settled up 
 its affairs annually, never a dispute occurring, 
 its last settlement having been effected within an 
 hour. 
 
 \t the first election held under the Wyandotte 
 
144 
 
 GEORGE W. GLICK. 
 
 Constitution, Dec. 6, 1859, Mr. Glick was made tlie 
 Democratic nominee for Judge of tiie Second Judi- 
 cial District, and received a vote larger than that 
 of any candidate on his ticket. He was elected a 
 member of the House of Representatives from the 
 city of Atchison, in 1862, and each consecutive year 
 thereafter until 1867. He was re-elected in 1875 
 and again in 1 880. During these years he was Chair- 
 man of the Judiciary Committee, and was chosen 
 to fill this position by the Republican Speakers of 
 the House, who manifested the utmost confidence 
 in his wisdom and integrity. Thereafter he served 
 on the most important committees existing, and 
 during the session of 1876 was Speaker pro tern of 
 the House. In May, 1874, he served as State Sen- 
 ator, having been elected to fill the vacancy caused 
 by the resignation of the Hon. Joseph C. Wilson. 
 From this time on Mr. Glick was constantly called 
 into requisition by his party, being in 1886 a dele- 
 gate to the Union Convention at Philadelphia, and 
 in 1870 a member of the Democratic State Central 
 Committee. Subsequently he was a member of t'.io 
 State Central Relief Committee, and was commis- 
 sioned a Centennial Manager by Gov. Thomas A. 
 Osborn in 1876. Subsequently he was elected 
 Treasurer of the Board of Managei's, and was pres- 
 ent at the first meeting in Philadelphia, when the 
 arranging of the display was completed. In July, 
 1882, he was nominated by acclamation as the Dem- 
 ocratic candidate for Governor, and at the election 
 received considerable support outside of his party. 
 Mr. Glick was County Commissioner of Atchison 
 County upon his accession to the office of Governor, 
 and was also holding the position of Auditor. In 
 his election to this office he received about forty- 
 six per cent of the votes cast, and was outdone by 
 only one man in this respect, namely, John P. St. 
 John, who, in 1880, received about fifty -eight per 
 cent. Although a man of temperate habits, he does 
 not consider prohibition a sovereign remedy for 
 the evils arising from the use of, and tiafflc in, in- 
 toxicatinp; drinks. In February, 1876, while a 
 member of Jue House and during the tendency of 
 the proposed amendment to the Dram Shop Act, he 
 entered a protest, which was spread upon the House 
 Journal, in which he maintained that the Prohibi- 
 tory Liquor Law had, wherever tried, failed to ac- 
 
 complish its purpose, and that this proposition was 
 conceded by all who were not controlled by fanat- 
 icism ; that no one would attempt to enforce such 
 a law, and that regulation and control of the traffic 
 was an absolute necessity for the preservation of 
 the peace and good order of society, and that this 
 control was made of no effect by the proposed 
 amendment. 
 
 Mr. Glick furthermore contended that the reve- 
 nue derived from the sale of intoxicating liquors 
 aided in pai'ing the burdensome expenses following 
 the wake of such sales, and that by the proposed 
 law the burdens upon the public were increased 
 while its ability to prevent them was decreased. 
 He believed that if the bill became a law it would 
 increase the number of places where liquor would be 
 sold, thereby resulting in the increase of the evils of 
 the traffic, and also the expenses of protecting life and 
 propert3' and preserving the public peace. 
 
 The early Kansas railroads found in Gov. Glick 
 a stanch and efficient assistant, and he was one 
 of the first Directors of the Central Branch of the 
 Union Pacific, running west from Atchison. He 
 was also a Director of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa 
 Fe — the important transportation line of the State 
 and of the country west of the Mississippi. From 
 the time of the organization of the Atchison & Ne- 
 braska, he was its President to its completion, and 
 spent four years of incessant labor in order to effect 
 its construction from Atchison to the capital city 
 of Omaha. He organized the Atchison Gas Com- 
 pany and secured the building of the works. Many 
 of the buildings in the city of Atchison, both busi- 
 ness and dwelling-houses, were erected by him, and 
 he has generously disbursed his capital to encourage 
 those enterprises best calculated to increase the im- 
 portance of the city. 
 
 Mr. Glick was married at Massillon, Ohio, Sept. 
 17, 1857, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. A. 
 Ryder, of Fremont, that State. While he was State 
 Executive his son Frederick was his private secre- 
 tary. This son and a daughter Jennie are his only 
 children. Mr. Glick was the first Master of the 
 Shannon Hills Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. 
 He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 nearly forty years, and aided in organizing the 
 Royal Arch Chapter and Commandery, of Atchison, 
 
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 jHE tenth Goveinor of Kansas 
 was born March 10, 1839, at 
 Brownsville, Pa., and in his 
 early days, after an ordinary 
 education, learned the prin- 
 ter's trade. In 1857 he went 
 to Pittsburgh, and was em- 
 ployed in the olBce of the Commer- 
 cial Journal, and early in October 
 of that year he emigrated to 
 Kansas and located in Atchison. 
 He purchased the office of the 
 Squatter Sovereign in February, 
 1858, and changed its name to the 
 Freeman's Champion, and on the 
 20th of the month commenced his 
 editorial career in this State, by 
 the issue of the first number of the paper which he 
 has since been identified with. He was always a 
 stanch free-State man, and an earnest and ardent 
 Republican, being among the organizers of that 
 grand old party in his native State. He was Sec- 
 retary of the Wj'andotte Constitutional Convention, 
 and was elected State Senator before he was of age. 
 During the summer of 1861 Mr. Martin assisted 
 in organizing the 8th Kansas Infantry, of which he 
 was appointed Lieutenant Colonel. The regiment 
 served on the Missouri border during the fall and 
 
 winter of 1861. Early in 1862 he was appointed 
 Provost Marshal of Leavenworth, and in March, of 
 the same year his regiment was ordered to Corinth, 
 Miss., Lieut. Col. Martin in command. A few weeks 
 after, when at Corinth, the regiment with the 
 division to which it was attached, was ordered to 
 join Gen. Buell in Tennessee, and thereafter during 
 the whole war it served in the Army of the Cumber- 
 land. Lieut. CoL Martin was promoted to be 
 Colonel on the 1st of November, 1862, and was 
 Provost Marshal of Nashville, Tenn., from Decem- 
 ber, 1862, to June, 1863. The regiment, under his 
 command, took part in the battles of Perryville 
 and Lancaster, K3'., the campaign against Tul- 
 lahomaand Chattanooga, the battle of Chickamauga, 
 the siege of Chattanooga, the storming of Mission 
 Ridge, the campaign of East Tennessee, in the win- 
 ter of 1863-64, the campaign from Chattanooga to 
 Atlanta, and the subsequent pursuit of Hood north- 
 ward. Col. Martin commanded the 3d Brigade, 1st 
 Division, 20th Army Corps, on the second day of 
 the battle of Chickamauga, and during the siege of 
 Chattanooga, and commanded the 1st Brigade, 3d 
 Division, 4th Army Corps, from August, 1864, until 
 his muster out at Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1864. 
 
 In a lengthy description of the battle of Mission 
 Ridge, published in the New York Times of July 
 
148 
 
 JOHN A. MARTIN. 
 
 18, 1876, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Wood, who com- 
 manded the 3d Division, 4th Corps, Army of the 
 Cumberland, says: 
 
 "Willich's brigade, in the center, had with it the 
 heroic, accomplished Martin, Colonel of the 8th 
 Kansas. What that regiment could not take it was 
 not worth while to send any other regiment to look 
 for. Martin was among the foremost to set the 
 example of the upward movement, and among the 
 first to reach the crest." 
 
 In a letter published in the Cincinnati Commer- 
 cial ot Jan. 24, 1876, the late Brig. Gen. August 
 Willich, commander of the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 
 4th Army Corps, after stating that the orders he 
 received at Orchard Knob, concerning the advance 
 to Mission Ridge, were to "take the rifle pit at the 
 foot of Mission Eidge, and to keep that position," 
 and describing the advance to the base of the ridge 
 and the capture of the rifle pits there, says : 
 
 "Herein the work assigned by Gen. Grant was 
 accomplished. But now the fire of the enemy be- 
 came very severe; the shells rent the ground in 
 every direction; our lines were infiladed from the 
 different spars of the ridge, where the enemy was 
 protected against our fire by his works and his 
 dominant position. There appeared at first thought 
 to Gen. Willich, holding position about 100 yards 
 behind the rifle pits, to be only three chances, viz: 
 To obey orders and to be shot without effective 
 resistance ; to fall back, or to charge. The second 
 chance being out of the question, I galloped with 
 Lieut. Green, of my staff, up to the 8lh Kansas, 
 lying in line behind the rifle pits. Col. Martin, 
 commanding the regiment, seeing me, jumped on 
 the breastworks and shouted : 'Here we are. Gen- 
 eral, what more?' 'Forward, storm! We have to 
 take the works on the ridge,' was the answer. The 
 Colonel: 'Altogether, boys, forward! Hip, hip, 
 hurrah!' Like one man, the whole line, with one 
 leap, cleared the breastworks; forward they moved 
 and the air was soon filled with the sound, 'Forward ! 
 Forward!' extending more and more, right and left." 
 
 Returning home, Col. Martin resumed control of 
 the Atchison Champion early in January, 1865, and 
 on the 22d of March issued the first number of the 
 Daily Champion. He has been commander of the 
 department, a delegate to the National Republican 
 
 Conventions of .1860, 1868, 1872 and 1880; was a 
 United States Centennial Commissioner, and one of 
 the Vice Presidents of that body ; was one of the 
 incorporators of the State Historical Society, of 
 which he was President for one term; was elected 
 by the two Houses of Congress one of the Board of 
 Managers of the National Soldiers' Home, in 1878, 
 and re-elected in 1882, being now Second Vice 
 President of that body. He was married, June 1, 
 1871, to Miss Ida Challiss, eldest daughter of Dr. 
 William L. Challiss, of Atchison, and has seven 
 children. 
 
 At the Republican State Convention, held in 
 Topeka July 17, 1884, the rules were suspended and 
 John A. Martin was nominated for Governor by 
 acclamation. At the November election following 
 he was elected Governor by a plurality of 38,495 
 votes. At the Republican State Convention, held 
 in Topeka July 7, 1886, he was again unanimously 
 nominated for a second term, and at the November 
 election following was elected Governor by a plu- 
 rality vote of 33j918. He was the first and only 
 Governor of Kansas who was twice unanimously 
 nominated by his party for that office, and has 
 served with distinction, filling the honored position 
 occupied by his able predecessors with equal ability, 
 and giving to the people as the Chief Executive of 
 the populous and growing State, satisfaction. He 
 is a man of honest, upright character, and abhors 
 trickery and deceit, and in looking over his long 
 and useful life he may well feel a just pride at tlic 
 position he has won in the esteem and confidence 
 of honest men, and the respect of all good citizens. 
 There are but few men of the stirring State of 
 Kansas who have been more closely identified with 
 all public movements for the general welfare and 
 prosperity of the State than John A. Martin. His 
 name may be found on almost every page of the 
 memorable history of Kansas, from the holding of 
 the first Republican Convention, held at Osawato- 
 mie in 1859, imtil to-day, when he is the leading 
 spirit among the enterprising men of the most pro- 
 gressive State of the Nation. A man of excellent 
 judgment, moved by honest purpose and love for 
 the general welfare of the whole State, he is always 
 found identified with the right, and, as might be 
 expected, popular with the people. 
 
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 L. U. HUMPHREY. 
 
 This distinguished gen- 
 tleman was chosen Gov- 
 ernor of Kansas, at the 
 election held in Novem- 
 ber, 1888. He had made 
 for himself an honorable record on 
 the deadly battle-field, as well as in 
 the more monotonous, though not 
 less courage-requiring hours of po- 
 litical life, in the fields of journal- 
 ism, in the forensic arena, and in 
 the various capacities in which he 
 has labored for the public weal. It 
 is not our purpose in this brief 
 sketch, to dwell at great length upon his private 
 life, his public record sufficing to indicate that his 
 character is noble, and his example a worthy one. 
 Gov. Humphrey was born in Stark County, Ohio, 
 July 25, 1844. His father, Col. Lyman Humphrey, 
 who was a native of Connecticut, of English de- 
 scent, and a lawyer of distinction, died when the 
 subject of this sketch was but eight years of age. 
 At the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, Gov. 
 Humphrey was attending the High School at Mas- 
 sillon, and his fervid, patriotic heart was thrilled to 
 the utmost, with an enthusiastic desire to serve his 
 country, and uphold the flag which he had been 
 taught to revere. Though only a boy of seven- 
 
 teen, he enlisted in Company I, 76th Ohio Infan- 
 try, a regiment famous for its bravery, and for the 
 eminent men who belonged to it. Such was the gal- 
 lantry, and the proper conception of a soldier's du- 
 ties exhibited by him, that he had been promoted 
 to the office of 1st Lieutenant, had acted as Adju- 
 tant of his regiment, and had commanded a com- 
 pany for a year, before he was out of his minority. 
 
 Much active service was experienced by Capt. 
 Humphrey, and among the battles in which he par- 
 ticipated, were those of Donelson, Pittsburg Land 
 ing, Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga, 
 Atlanta, and the fighting around that city, he be- 
 ing under flre five or six weeks in that single cam- 
 paign. He was with Sherman in his march to the 
 sea, was present at the capture of Savannah, and 
 was engaged in many other trying scenes. He was 
 with his regiment in the campaign through the 
 Carolinas, and took part in the battle of Benton - 
 ville, as well as in the capture of Gen. Joe John- 
 ston's army. He was twice wounded, once at 
 Pittsburg Landing, and once at Chattanooga, but 
 refused to retire from the field. During the four 
 years of his military service, he never was absent 
 from duty for a day. The regiment of which he 
 was a member, belonged to the 1st Brigade, 1st 
 Division, 15th Corps, Army of the Tennessee. 
 
 At the termination of the war Capt. Humphrey 
 resumed the studies which had been interrupted by 
 
152 
 
 LYMAN U. HUMPHREY. 
 
 the "irrepressible conflict," feeling the need of a 
 more thorough education to fit him to act well his 
 part in the battle of life. He entered Mt. Union 
 College, and soon after matriculated in the law de- 
 partment of the Michigan University, from which 
 he was fjraduated after having completed his stud- 
 ies in the legal profession. Returning to his native 
 State he was admitted to practice in the several 
 courts of Ohio, in 1868, but feeling that the West 
 would afford a broader field for his labors, he re- 
 moved to Shelby County, Mo., where for a time he 
 assisted in editing the Shelby County Herald. 
 
 The newer State of Kansas, which had already 
 become the home of many men eminent in various 
 walks of life, seemed to beckon Capt. Humphrey 
 still further West, and in February, 1871, he crossed 
 the Missouri and located at Independence. He 
 formed a law partnership with the Hon. Alexander 
 M. York, the attempt at whose bribery by Senator 
 Pomeroy in 1873, during the contest for United 
 States Senatorial honors, brought his name promi- 
 nently before the people of Kansas as an opponent 
 to fraud and corruption. The legal relation be- 
 tween the two gentlemen lasted until 1876, after 
 which time G-ov. Humphrey continued the practice 
 of his chosen profession alone. The Independence 
 Tribune was founded by Messrs. A .M. York, 
 W. T. Yoe and L. U. Humphrey, the latter with- 
 drawing from the firm at the expiration of a year. 
 
 Gov. Humphrey had not long been a resident of 
 Kansas before his talents were known and his fit- 
 ness for public office appreciated. In 1871, the 
 year of his arrival in the State, he was honored by 
 the Republican nomination as. candidate for a seat 
 in the State Legislature, but because of his vigor- 
 ous opposition to the issue of questionable bonds 
 to the L. L. & G. Railroad Company, he was de- 
 feated by a small vote. In 1876 he was vindicated 
 by an election to the House from a district form- 
 erly Democratic, and served two years as a member 
 of the Republican State Central Committee. In 
 1877 Melville J. Salter having accepted a position 
 in the land office at Independence, resigned his 
 position as Lieutenant Governor, and our subject 
 was chosen to fill the vacancy. His principal op- 
 ponent was the Democratic candidate, Thomas W. 
 Waterson, who received 24,740 votes, while Mr. 
 
 Humphrey received 62,750, his majoritj' over all 
 other candidates being 27,381. The following year 
 he was re-elected; the covention which nominated 
 him having, after a protracted and exciting strug- 
 gle, placed John P. St. John at the head of the 
 ticket. 
 
 In 1884 Mr. Humphrey was elected to the State 
 Senate for the term of four years, and upon the or- 
 ganization of that Legislative bodj' was chosen 
 President, pro tem, by a unanimous vote. On 
 July 25, 1888, that being the forty-fourth anni- 
 versary of his birth, he was nominated for Gover- 
 nor of the State of Kansas, and was elected by the 
 splendid majority of 73,361. Gov. Humphrey 
 carried 104 out of the 106 counties in the State, 
 his opponent in the contest being no less prominent 
 a person than Judge John Martin. 
 
 Gov. Humphrey has been frequently called upon 
 to preside as a Judge, pro tem, of the District 
 Court, an honor which indicates the degree of con- 
 fidence reposed in him by the public. He has been 
 an active Republican, and has an enviable record 
 both as a speaker and writer in behalf of the prin- 
 ciples to which he is a devotee. He is deeply in- 
 terested in the promulgation of the fundamental 
 doctrines of true government, and the loyal prin- 
 ciples for which our forefathers in earlier years and 
 our nearer kinsmen in recent times, gave their 
 strength and even their lives. He belongs to the 
 Loj'al Legion, a body made up of those who, like 
 himself, are intensely patriotic. Also is a member 
 of the G. A. R., and a prominent Mason. His affa- 
 bility, his frankness, and his justice in dealing with 
 men, has won for him a high place in the esteem of 
 all with whom he comes in contact, either personally 
 or through the medium of his published addresses. 
 His keen perception as to the wants of the growing 
 State, his desire that she shall be built up in all the 
 elements that constitute the true greatness and glory 
 of a government or of a people, and the powers of 
 discrimination, which lead him to discern right from 
 wrong, justice from injustice, especially qualify him 
 for the high office to which the people called him. 
 
 Gov. Humphrey was married at Independence on 
 Christmas Day, 1872, to Miss Leonard, daughter of 
 James C. Leonard. Thej' have two ch Idren, Ly- 
 man L., and A. Lincoln. 
 
TRAXSPORTATION. 
 
 
 -«-^-^-i'^^4^H— 
 
 'JME of the njost important fac- 
 tors in tlie business develop- 
 ment and prosperity of a 
 city, county or State, is its 
 k'^lj l^^^^^^y^g railroad communications. A 
 '"^ retrospection of the history 
 
 of the South Platte Country since 
 the advent of raih'oad facilities, will 
 convince the careful observer of the 
 immense benefit resulting from the 
 introduction of this essential adjunct i 
 of commercial enterprise. The fol- ! 
 lowing brief sketches of the leading 
 railroads of this section of the great 
 commonwealth will form an interesting feature of 
 tliis Album. It may be remarked in this connec- 
 tion that the roads referred to are not only the im- 
 portant corporations of Kansas, but stand among 
 the first in the Nation. 
 
 * i W 
 
 The Missouri Pacific Railway System. 
 
 HIS great system, which now threads its way 
 
 through several States west of the Mississippi 
 River, has been a potential factor in the de- 
 velopment of Missouri and Kansas, and with its 
 ajccustomed ei^terprise, a short time ago penetrated 
 with its lines into the rich agricultural districts of 
 
 Nebraska, to compete in this growing State with its 
 rapidly accumulating business. It was also among 
 the (lioneer roads in Kansas, and its many branches 
 now traverse in different directions the most thickly 
 • settled portions of the State. It has contributed 
 in a large measure, by its liberal and aggressive 
 policy toward the rapid development of the great 
 , resources of Kansas. It is interesting to note 
 briefly its history, as it was the first road built 
 West from St. Louis, as early as 1850-51. The 
 preliminary steps to build the road were taken, and 
 it has since gradually extended its lines,,like the 
 arteries and veins of the human system, until it has 
 encompassed in its range the best portions of Mis- 
 souri, Kansas and Nebraska, and lias even reached 
 out and tapped the large commercial centers of 
 Texas and Colorado. In Missouri its several lines 
 and connections pierce the great coal and mineral 
 fields of the State, enabling it to lay down in Kan- 
 sas City, Topeka, Leavenworth, Atchison, Wichita, 
 Omaha and Lincoln, cheaper than any other roads, 
 these essential adjuncts so necessary in the devel- 
 opment of commercial centers, and even the set- 
 tlers in the outlying districts of Kansas and Ne- 
 l)raska have fuel laid down to them more cheaply 
 on account of this road. 
 
 Its splendid and far-reaching management e:^- 
 tends to its patrons, both in freight and passenger 
 ti|afflc,,the best facilities for reaching the sea-board 
 and the great Eastern marts of trade. The growth 
 
TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 and development of tlie Missouri Pacific system 
 have been rapid and fully abreast of the times. Its 
 local business is enormous and rapidly increasing. 
 In respect to its through business no other road 
 or system in the West is better equipped than this. 
 Its steel rail tracks, well ballasted road-beds and 
 superior passenger coaches constitute it one of the 
 greatest railroad systems of the West. Its superb 
 fast train between iSt. Lonisand Denver via Kansas 
 City and Pueblo, is unquestionablj' tiie most ele- 
 gant and best equipped train of any road wtiich 
 enters the Peerless City of the Plains. It runs more 
 passenger trains and finer coaches between St. Louis 
 and Kansas City than any other road, and the 
 volume of its freight traffic between the above- 
 mentioned emporiums of tlie State of IMissouri, is 
 vastly greater than any other line. It has con- 
 tributed in a marked and wonderful degree toward 
 the building up of the various cities along its nu- 
 merous lines. Kansas City has felt its influence 
 more than that of any other road centering there, 
 largely on account of its lines that lead into the 
 heart of the coal, iron and granite fields of Mis- 
 souri, and the extensive timber districts of Arkan- 
 sas, and by its connecting lines with the extensive 
 and growing cattle interests of Texas and the 
 Southwest. 
 
 It gives to its numerous and rapidly increasing 
 patronage in Nebraska and Kansas, unsurpassed 
 facilities for reaching the great health resorts of 
 Arkansas and Texas over its line from Omaha to 
 St. Louis, about five hundred miles in extent. It 
 runs the finest trains between these two cities, pass- 
 ing through Weeping Water, where connection is 
 made with the line from Lincoln, the State capital, 
 thence to Nebraska City and Falls City, in Ne- 
 braska, and St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, 
 before reaching Kansas City. The length of its main 
 line and branches is over 322 miles, its northern 
 terminus being Omaha, where connections are made 
 with all the roads centering in that metropolis. 
 The line from Omaha to Falls is 115 miles, the 
 Crete branch .58 miles, Lincoln to Auburn 76 miles, 
 Warwick to Prosser and Hastings 73 miles. Various 
 extensions and divisions are constantly being made 
 in Nebraska. Thus it will be seen that this road 
 already taps the two leading cities in the State, 
 
 Omaha and Lincoln, besides Nebraska City, rapidly 
 growing into importance, and likewise Hastings. 
 
 Kansas is literally covered by the lines and 
 branches of the Missouri Pacific Railway, which 
 amount in mileage in the State to over three thous- 
 and. The Central Branch Division extends from 
 St. Joseph and Atchison, through the northern por- 
 tion of the State out toward the western line, giv- 
 ing the rich counties in these tieis and the flourishing 
 cities and towns, direct outlet to Omaha, Kansas 
 City and St. Louis. 
 
 Another main stem extends through the central 
 portion of the State, from Kansas City to Pueblo, 
 over which through trains are run from St. Louis 
 and Kansas City to Pueblo and Denver. Still 
 farther to the south is the Ft. Scott,Wichita & West- 
 ern Railway, extending from the eastern to the 
 southwestern portion of the State, and giving a di- 
 rect' outlet from Hutchinson, Wichita, and the 
 growing countrj- in this part of this State, Kansas 
 City and St. Louis. In the extreme south of the 
 State, the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Division, 
 extends from Chetopa through Larned and the 
 western part of the State, opening up the rich coun- 
 try tributary to Larned, Conway Springs, Winfield, 
 Arkansas City and Coffeyville, and giving it a di- 
 rect outlet also to St. Louis. A new division has 
 already been survej'ed, and work commenced from 
 Ft. Scott through to Tipton in Missouri, on the 
 Main Line, which will bring Central and Southern 
 Kansas nearer than thej- have ever been before tu 
 St. Louis and the great centers of the East. Per- 
 h.aps the most momentous event in the history of 
 the road for the past j'ear, has been the completion 
 of the small portion amounting to about eighty- 
 two miles, of the Kansas & Arkansas Valley Rail- 
 wa}', extending from Ft. Smith up tiirough the 
 Indian Territory to Coffeyville. It is hardly real- 
 ized as yet, what this means for the great country 
 west and south of the Missouri River. This, it will 
 readily be seen by a glance at the map, gives a 
 direct line between the great cotton and iron 
 producing country of the Southeast, and the corn, 
 wheat, pork and beef producing region of the West, 
 formed by the divisions of the Missouri Pacific 
 Railway, south from Omaha, St. Joseph and Kan- 
 City — also from Denver, Pueblo and Wichita to 
 
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 Farm REsmENCE of W. H.Aldrigh, Sec- 29. Pauls Te, Sumner Go. Kans 
 
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 Coffey ville, tlie Kansas & Arkansas Valley Railway, 
 extending from Coffey ville via Wagoner to Ft. 
 Smith, a division of tlie great Iron Mountain 
 Route, wliicb, as is well Itnown, forms a part of tlie 
 Missouri Pacific System. From Ft. Smith, the Lit- 
 tle Rook & Ft. Smith Railroad — another division 
 of the Iron Mountain Route extends to Little 
 Rock, copnecting with other divisions there for 
 Texarkaija, Arkansas Cit^', Hot Springs and Mem- 
 phis. The Iron Mountain Route which has been 
 before mentioned as a part of this system, extends 
 from St. Louis to the South and West, to Memphis, 
 Little Rock, Hot Springs and Texarkana, and runs 
 through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars in connec- 
 tion with the various Texas Lines to Galveston on 
 the Gulf of Mexico, and to Laredo and El Paso, on 
 the Rio Grande River, connecting at those points 
 for California and the City of Mexico, and the in- 
 terior States of the Republic of Mexico. This con- 
 stitutes largelj- the Railway System of the State of 
 Arkansas, passing through it from northeast to 
 southwest, from Poplar Bluff to Texarkana, and 
 from east to west, connecting Mem[)his and Ar- 
 kansas City with Ft. Smith. The total mileage of 
 tlie Missouri Pacific System is five thousand and 
 ninety-four miles. Hence the reader will readily 
 observe that this great System is one of the most 
 important which traverses the growing Stales west 
 of the Mississippi River; on account of its exten- 
 sive mileage and ramifications the System is des- 
 tined to promote ir. a large degree, the develop- 
 ment of the material interests of the country 
 through which it passes. 
 
 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 
 
 ^f S among the oklest and most important trunk 
 lines, having Chic.ngo for its eastern terminus — 
 the completion of this road in Illinois marked 
 an important era in the development of the north- 
 ern and western portion of the State, as well as 
 contributing to' the upbuilding of many thriving 
 manufacturing cities on its line— notably Joliet, 
 Moline, Rock Island and Davenport; also with its 
 two branches extending to Peoria, has opened up 
 
 goc'd markets for the extensive coal and agricul- 
 tural resources of that locality, likewise giving a 
 rapid impetus to the commercial and manufactur- 
 ing resources of Peoria. Moline (except Chicago), 
 is probabij' the most important and extensive man- 
 ufacturing city on the line, and through the enter- 
 prise of the great Rock Island Route it has been 
 enabled to lay down its manufactured wares to the 
 farmers of Southern Iowa, Northern Missouri and 
 Kansas, cheaper than by any other road, and the 
 vast lumber interests of the cities of Rock Island 
 and Davenport have by means of this line been 
 enabled to reach the most important, as well as the 
 most remote, places in Kansas. The Rock Island 
 has always been in the very van of railroad prog- 
 ress; while always solid and substantial, yet it has 
 ever been steadily and constantly building new 
 lines and extending its system until it now ramifies 
 into the best regions of the Mississippi and Mis- 
 souri Valleys. It lines extending to Denver, Colo- 
 rado Springs, and other points in Colorado, offer 
 unsurpassed facilities, to the tourist or man of busi- 
 ness for elegant and comfortable traveling; its 
 superb dining ears have among travelers made it 
 renowned as among the best roads of the West. In 
 brief the Rock Island Company has bj' a judicious 
 system of permanent improvements, and by the in- 
 troduction of all modern appliances which tend to 
 the preservation of life and property, placed itself 
 in such a condition, matertelly and physically, that 
 its financial future cannot be affected by the con- 
 tingencies which seriously affect other roads. Its 
 success as one of the great highways of the West 
 is an assured reality. It might be appropriately 
 noted here that while much of this road's past suc- 
 ^ cess may be attributed to its admirable geograph- 
 ical location, embracing a very rich section of the 
 country for local trafHc, and with a termini on Lake 
 Michigan, the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and 
 Denver, the heart of the Rocky Mountain le- 
 gions, equally as much is due to the stability of the 
 management, and to the fact that the property has 
 never yet become the foot-ball of speculators. It 
 is not surprising that the Chicago, Rock Island & 
 Pacific has maintained a firm position as an invest- 
 ment in the moneyed centers of the world, and it 
 has acquired a well-merited popularity with the 
 
TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 traveling and slu|)ping piiblii-. Its steel rails and 
 well ballasted road-bed have long since made it the 
 favorite with shippers, and its freight traffic is im- 
 mense and growing. At Council Bluffs and Omaha, 
 connections are made with all roads centering 
 there. It is the most direct and shortest route be- 
 tween Omaha and Chicago — and hence the favorite 
 of shippers. At Davenport a branch diverges to 
 the Southwest, and extends to Kansas City, Leav- 
 enworth, Atchison and St. Joseph. 
 
 At St. Joseph the road crosses the Missouri and 
 enters Kansas; at Horton the line diverges and ex- 
 tends up into Nebraska as far as Nelson ; from 
 Fairbury, Neb , the Hue extends through Northern 
 Kansas to Denver, and Colorado Springs. From 
 Horton the line leads in a southwesterly direction 
 through Topeka, tlie capital of the State; thence to 
 Herington, Hutchinson and to Liberal, the latter 
 place on the line of the Indian Territory. At Mc- 
 Farland a spur extends in a northwestern direction 
 through Manhattan and Clay Center to Belleville, 
 where a junction is made with the main line to 
 Denver, C'ol.; at Herington a short branch goes to 
 Abilene and Salina. From Herington the line 
 passes south through Wichita and Wellington to 
 Caldwell, on the line of the Indian Territory. 
 
 With its accustomed energy this road was the 
 first to complett; itsline into the Oklahoma country, 
 passing through Kingfisher, and iiaving El Reno 
 for its Southern terminus. 
 
 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROAD. 
 
 The whole number of miles operated by the Chi- 
 cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway at the present 
 time, including second tracks and sidings, is about 
 four thousand and ninety- three miles. The main 
 track mileage in the following States is : Illinois, 
 236 miles; Iowa, 1,066.10; Missouri, 286.70; Kan- 
 sas, 1,147.37; Nebraska, 140.97; Colorado, 376.06 ; 
 and Indian Territory, 106.75 — 186.70 second track, 
 and about 565.45 side traik. 
 
 This company has a contract for joint use of 
 track with the Hannibal & St. Joseph between Kan- 
 sns City and Cameron Junction; with the Union 
 Pacific Railway from Kansas City to North Topeka, 
 also from Linion to Denver; and with the Denver 
 & Rio Grande between Denver and Pueblo. 
 
 The principal shops of this company are located 
 at Chicago, 111.; Rock Island, 111.; Stewart, Iowa; 
 Trenton, Mo.; Horton and Good land, Kan.; and 
 Roswell, Colo. Solid trains, carrying all classes 
 of passengers, are run through between Chicago, 
 Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, via St. Joseph, 
 Kansas City and Topeka; through trains to Wich- 
 ita, El Reno (Ft. Reno), Hutchinson, Dodge City, 
 Salina and Abilene. The line is equipped with 
 first-class baggage, mail, smoking cars and coaches; 
 chair cars of the latest improved pattern of chairs, 
 and Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. Dining cars 
 are now running on. all through passenger trains 
 between Colorado points and Chicago, and also 
 between Council Bluffs and Chicago, and eating- 
 houses are located at convenient points on all divis- 
 ions for the accommodation of local trains. It is 
 contemplated to establish dining-car service on the 
 whole line, in tlie near future. In regard to freight 
 traffic, the management has a comprehensive sys- 
 tem of through cars and way-billing to all promi- 
 nent points in the West, Northwest and Southwest. 
 Ilaving their own rails between Chicago, Peoria 
 and Kansas Cit}', St. Joseph, Omaha and Denver, 
 no delays or transfers betneen Chicago and any of 
 these points. Also run through cars to the Pacific 
 Coast via all lines Iiaving terminals on the coast. 
 Less than car-load shipments to all prominent 
 points in through cars, thus avoiding transfers and 
 delay. Special attention is paid to live stock from 
 all points on the line. At present there is one 
 hundred and eighty-seven miles of double track 
 being operated, one hundred and eighty-one miles 
 of which is located in Illinois, between Chicago 
 and Rock Island ; the balance in Iowa, from Da- 
 venport to what is known as Double Track Junc- 
 tion, about six miles west of Davenport on the 
 Council Bluff line. 
 
 The experience of the past has clearly demon- 
 strated that whatever is undertaken by the mana- 
 gers of the Rock Island is not merely done, but 
 done well, that they possess to an almost unlimited 
 extent the confidence of Eastern and European 
 capitalists, and that they are remarkably shrewd 
 and far-seeing in anythiiig which affects the present 
 or the future interests of their property. 
 
 It will be observed that all the great leading 
 
TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 marts of trade ir( Kansas are tapped by this road, 
 thereby giving to that portion of the West a strong 
 and substantial competitive market with the great 
 Eastern commercial centers. 
 
 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail\\iij, 
 
 .OPULARLY known as the Santa Fe Route. 
 The initial lines of this great system were 
 first built from Atchison to Topeka, in 
 1869, and for many years the former city 
 was the Eastern terminus of the road. The man- 
 agement of the Santa Fe, with wonderful energy, 
 pushed out its lines in every direction into the 
 young and growing Slate of Kansas, and in the 
 majority of instances preceding settlement and 
 civilization. This road was the first to penetrate 
 across the southern part of Colorado, via Pueblo 
 and Trinidad into New Mexico, until its lines pene- 
 trated the old adobe town of Santa Fe, whose citi- 
 zens were half Spanisii and half Mexican. As its 
 course penetrated the wilderness it sometimes fol- 
 lowed the old Santa Fe Trail, and generally not far 
 distant at any time from the ''trail" which had 
 been made famous years before by trappers and 
 also by the Government freighters. The mar- 
 velous growth and development of the State of 
 of Kansas is in a great measure due to the enter- 
 prise and public spirit of the managers of the Santa 
 Fe System. Not only did thej' devote their en- 
 ergy to the upbuilding of the road, but at great 
 expense they maintained emigration and Colonial 
 agents in the various countries of Euiope, as well 
 as in the Eastern, Middle and Southern States, 
 thereby advertising the State of Kansas as no other 
 State has heretofore been done. Its climate, its 
 soil and great advantages to the home seeker were 
 at times fully portrayed by the enterprise of this 
 road — every fostering care was given to the stocjc 
 and ranch men, to the merchant, the mechanic and 
 the manufacturer to settle in Kansas — as a result 
 we have here a State in the center of the Union, of 
 boundless agricultural resources, settled by a wide- 
 awake, enterprising and prosperous people. The 
 Santa Fe owns and operates more miles of road in 
 
 Kansas than any other line, with its vast system of 
 East and West, North and South lines reaching 
 every important town in the State, and penetrating 
 sixtj'-three counties in Kansas. The magnitude of 
 its business is immense. Its lines beginning at the 
 IMissouri River towns in Kansas are St. Joseph, Atch- 
 ison, Leave:; wor'.h and Kansas City; extends south 
 to Coffeyville, Arkansas City, Ilunnewell, Caldwell, 
 New KiovVa (thence to the Pan Handle of Texas), 
 and north to Superior, in Nebraska; Concordia, 
 Clay Center. Minneapolis, and other Northern 
 Kansas cities. Its main lines and branches reach 
 nearly every important city in the State. St. Jo- 
 seph, on the Missouri side of the river, has a popu- 
 lation of nearl}' one hundred thousand, and its 
 wholesale trade is heavy throughout the West. 
 Atchison is a growing city of about twenty thous- 
 and people; the Soldiers' Orphans Home of the 
 State is located here. Leavenworth, with her thirty 
 thousand people, is an important manufacturing 
 center. Leavenworth was the earliest famous city 
 of Kansas, as it was the original outfitting point for 
 txavel and traffic across the plains. The Kansas 
 system may be described as a main east and west line, 
 over four hundred miles in length, with branch 
 lines extending in everjr direction where an area of 
 particulai-ly rich country, or some other special 
 advantages invited a line of rails. 
 
 The road from Topeka, after 1869, was extended 
 west and south, and then east to Kansas City by 
 purchase of a line built by another company. From 
 Kansas City, in 18.S7-88 tjie line was extended to 
 Chicago, under the name of the Chicago, Santa Fe 
 & California Road; in 1887, also the purchase of 
 the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Road, and the ex- 
 tension of the Kansas lines through the Indian 
 Territory to Texas, gave the company aline to the 
 Gulf of Mexico. So that at the present time the 
 Santa Fe System proper begins at Chicago, passes 
 through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, 
 Indian I'erritoiy, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona 
 .and California, and has for its Southern terminals 
 Galveston, on the Gulf of Mexico, and El Paso, on 
 the Mexican frontier; and for its Western terminals 
 .San Diego and Los Angeles, on the Pacific Coast, 
 (San Francisco being practically a Pacific-Coast 
 terminal, as it is reached via Mojave, ovtjr the 
 
TRANSPORTATION. 
 
 tracks of the Southern Pacific Railway); and for 
 its Northern terminals Chicago, St. Joseph, Mo., 
 Superior, Neb., and Denver, the capital of Colo- 
 rado. 
 
 Chicago to Kansas City is practically an air line, 
 being the most straight and direct of any road 
 between the two cities. It passes through a largo 
 number of important towns in Illinois, including 
 Joliet, with its great steel wori<s, and other manu- 
 facturing interests. The next important place is 
 Streator, a few miles south of the latter .place; a 
 branch extends to the thriving city of Pekin, on 
 tiie Illinois River. From Streator the main line 
 crosses the Illinois at Chillicothe, and extends 
 through Peoria and Knox Counties to the beauti- 
 ful ind enterprising city of Galesburg, here it 
 comes in competition with several lines of the 
 Burlington S}'stem ; thence running in a southwest- 
 erly direction through a rich and populous section, 
 crossing the Mississippi at Ft. Madison, on a mag- 
 nificent steel bridge. Here the company have 
 established shops, that being the terminus of the 
 two operating divisions of the road. From Ft. 
 Madison by a spur Keokuk is reached. The line 
 through Missouri shows very heavy construction 
 work, made to secure what was desired in the way 
 of distance and grades. Along the Santa Fe new 
 towns are springing up, and new industries are be- 
 ing developed. Twenty miles east of Kansas City 
 the ^Missouri River is crossed by a steel bridge, so 
 that the line enters Kansas City on the south sids 
 of the river. From Kansas City to Topeka the 
 line runs on the Soutli bank of the Kansas River; 
 at Wilder and HoUiday are points for the depart- 
 ure of branch lines — one northwest to Atchison, 
 and the other southwest through Ottawa and Soutli- 
 ern Kansas, being known as the Southern Kansas 
 division of the Santa Fe System. From Lawrence 
 ti) Topeka tiie road is still in the Kansas Valley, 
 through a veritable garden. Native trees of great 
 height overhang the railway here and there, and in 
 tlie spring and summer the crops look green and 
 luxuriant. The approach to Topeka is through the 
 long 3'ards, and by the vast machine shops of the 
 Santa Fe Compan}', across various broad streets to 
 a commodious brick station. 
 
 The general offices of the road are in Topeka, 
 
 and occupy a handsome and commodious building 
 near the State capitol. From Topeka to Denver 
 the Santa Fe Route runs for about seventy- five 
 miles in a southwesterly direction to the upper wa- 
 ters of Neosho River, at Emporia, passing through 
 Osage CountJ^ where are found some of the richest 
 coal fields of the AVest. At Newton the line di- 
 verges south through Southern Kansas, the Indian 
 Territory nnd Texas to Galveston; continuing 
 west from Newton the first city of importance 
 reached is Hutchinson; here are some of the heaviest 
 salt works in the United States, besides other ex- 
 tensive manufacturing interests. West of Hutch- 
 inson the line extends through a fertile, prosperous 
 and rapidly growing district. The line is beautified 
 here and there by many thriving cities and villages. 
 At La Junta, in Colorado, the line for New Mex- 
 ico, Arizona and beyond, turns south. Pueblo, 
 sixty-five miles due" west of La Junta, for years the 
 terminus of the Santa Fe Si'stem, is a growing 
 manufacturing city. It is admirably located with 
 reference to the great ore-producing canons of Col- 
 orado. All roads leading to it, coal, iron, silver, 
 gold, lead, copper, building stone, everything in 
 fact which is produced in the greatest mining State 
 in the Union, roll naturally down hill to Pueblo. 
 Beyond Pueblo to the west are many thriving cities 
 founded on mining and agriculture, notably : Lead- 
 ville, the greatest mining camp in Colorado; while 
 forty miles north, on the line of the Santa Fe, are 
 the lovely villages of Colorado Springs, and Mani- 
 tou, nestling at the foot of Pike's Peak. Manitou 
 is at the mouth of a deep canon, and is one of the 
 most lovely summer resorts in America. Near here 
 is the famous "Garden of the Gods," whose won- 
 drous beauty and grandeur is unsurpassed. From 
 Colorado Springs westward, through Manitou and 
 up the canon beyond Pike's Peak, the Colorado 
 Midland Railway is pushing its way far toward the 
 the western borders of the State. Eighty miles 
 north of Colorado Springs the Santa Fe line ter- 
 minates at Denver, a magnificently built city of 
 nearly two hundred thousand people. It is prob- 
 able that no American city has so many features of 
 unique beauty as Denver. Its splendid public build- 
 ings, and its broad avenues lined with beautiful 
 residences, cogily located at the foot of the snow- 
 
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 capped mountains of the Rocky range, render it 
 unlike any other city of its size in the world. The 
 ride from Pueblo to Denver along the foot of the 
 mountains is one never to be missed. The snow- 
 covered peaks, the many combinations of sun and 
 cloud, and rain and snow; the marvelous atmos- 
 phere, all combine to surprise and charm t'lo be- 
 holder. 
 
 From Newton to Galveston, the line leaving the 
 main east and west line in Kansas at Newton, runs 
 directly south to Galveston. The first place of 
 importance reached is the phenomenal city of Wich- 
 ita, located on the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers, 
 a city of thirty-five thousand people, where only a 
 few j'ears ago was an Indian trading-post. Wichita 
 is one of the most remarkable cities in the West. It 
 has a heavj' and growing wholesale trade, and a 
 large amount of manufacturing business, including 
 the Burton Stock Car Works, the Dold & Whit- 
 aker Meat-Packing establishments. The city is 
 handsomely laid out, and has many handsome pub- 
 lic buildings, commodious business houses and 
 spacious residences, situated on broad avenues, 
 lined with beautiful shade trees. South of Wichita 
 is a cluster of growing cities, comprising Winfield, 
 Wellington, Arkansas City and Caldwell. Wichita 
 and Arkansas City have profited much hy the 
 -opening up of Oklahoma to settlement. Entering 
 the Indian Territory the line passes through a 
 magnificent agricultural countrj', as yet almost 
 wholly undeveloped. In Texas the principal cities 
 on the line between the Indian Territorj^ and Gal- 
 veston, are Gainesville, Paris, Ft. Worth, Cleburne, 
 Dallas, Morgan, Temple, Brenham, Houston and 
 Riciimond. Galveston, the terminus, is a rapidly 
 growing city of fifty thousand inhabitants. It is 
 charmingly situated on the Gulf Coast, and has an 
 unsurpassed climate in both summer and winter. 
 
 From La Junta to El Paso, the line leaving La 
 Junta climbs to the summit of the Raton Range, 
 seventy-six hundred and twenty-two feet above the 
 sea. On the way up it passes through the impor- 
 tant Colorado towns of El Moro and Trinidad. The 
 village of Raton is an important division point for 
 the railway, and then comes Las Vegas and its 
 famous hot springs, six miles distant from the main 
 line, but connected with it by a short line with 
 
 good equipments. At the Hot Siirings is the Phoe- 
 nix Hotel. The springs are unsurpassed anywhere 
 in the world, and the hotel is conducted by the 
 company in the most generous manner imaginable. 
 The springs are forty-two in number, and are hot 
 and cold, and have a variety of mineral properties 
 which render them remarkably strong in their cura- 
 tive power. Srjuth of Las Vegas the line passes 
 .through fertile valleys, heavy forests, and black 
 and rugged canons, until the valley of the Rio 
 Grande is reached. A branch line from Lamy ex- 
 tends up the mountain to Santa Fe, the capital of 
 New ^Mexico, next to St. Augustine, the oldest city 
 in America. Santa Fe has a new State House, and 
 its quaint old churches and dwellings are inter- 
 spersed with modern structures. It should be seen 
 before the peculiar charm of its antiquity has been 
 entirely destroyed. Albuquerque, Socorro and San 
 Marcial are the chief points between Santa Fe and 
 El Paso. All are important points for the business 
 of mining, cattle raising and general commerce. 
 From Rincon a bramdi line leads to Deming, where 
 junction is made with the Southern Pacific Rail- 
 way, and to Silver City, and to the other mining 
 towns of Southern New Mexico. It is the fortunate 
 destiny of New Mexico generally, and the Rio 
 Grande "\^alley particularly, to soon take front rank 
 in the line of fruit production. The grapes produced 
 in the Lower Rio Grande A'alley are not surpassed 
 in either quality or quantity by the product of any 
 part of the Continent. 
 
 From Albuquerque to the Pacific Coast, in Iha 
 heart of New Mexico, due west, the Atlantic & 
 Pacific Railroad forms the main Santa Fe Route to 
 California. The line passes through a great minino- 
 and stock-raising countrv, where the climate is per- 
 fect. Prescott, the capital of Arizona, is reached 
 by a branch from Prescott Junction. Constant 
 changes of scenery characterize the line, and the 
 crossing of the Colorado Canon is one of the most 
 remarkable accomplishments known in the railroad 
 world. In Southern California the lines of the 
 California Central & Southern reach every impor- 
 tant city. Barstow, San Bernardino, Colton, San 
 Diego, National City, Los Angeles, and a hundred 
 other beautiful towns offer unequaled inducements 
 to the seeker after health, wealth and pleasure. 
 
TRANSiPORTATlON. 
 
 San Francisco and other cities of Cenlial and 
 Northern California are reached by the lines of the 
 Southern Pacitic by virtue of a special arrangement 
 for tralHc. Between Chicago and Kansas City 
 meals are served on the finest dining cars; on the 
 other lines and branches are superb eating-houses 
 and hotels. No expense is spared in securing ele- 
 gant accommodations; the supplies are secured 
 from the best markets East and West. 
 
 From the resume thus given of the facilities pos- 
 sessed by the Santa Fe Railway, for interclianging 
 traffic at its termini and various junctions, it must 
 be apparent to the reader that the line is admirably 
 situated, and that in many respects it occupies a 
 strategic position, superior to that of other trans- 
 Missouri and Mississippi railroads. Tliese advan- 
 tages have been utilized in the past, as they will be 
 in the future, in developing the localities through 
 which the various branches extend, and to build 
 up the permanent prosperity of the property whose 
 history is so closely interwoven with the settlement, 
 development and prosperity' of the West beyond 
 the Missouri River. lis local traffic compares fa- 
 vorably with that of other competing lines. To 
 
 this purely local traffic must be added the contri- 
 butions of its several termini, air large cities and 
 prominent trade centers in the Missouri and Mis- 
 sissippi Valleys. With the growth and steady 
 development of the manufacturing and other indus- 
 tries of Chicago, Kansas Citj-, St. Joseph, Atchi- 
 son, Leavenworth, Topeka, AVichita, Galveston, 
 El Paso, Pueblo and Denver, the Santa Fe Rail- 
 way must materially make corresponding strides 
 toward attaining that proud financial position which 
 has been the life dream of its originators and 
 present owners. Under the present progressive and 
 conservative management, all advantages of geo- 
 grapical position, and all the resources of the 
 through line will be constantly utilized in building 
 up the future prosperity of the road itself, and in 
 developing the extended area of Chicago's com- 
 mercial supremacy. The Land Grant from the 
 Government amounted substantially to three mill- 
 ion acres. In brief its commanding geographical 
 position, coupled with its direct Elastern alliance 
 for through business, must render the Santa Fe 
 eventually one of the most remunerative of our 
 Western railroads. 
 
SUMNER COUNTY, 
 
 Kansas. 
 
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INTRODUQTO 
 
 |HE time has arrived when it 
 becomes the duty of the 
 people of this county to per- 
 petuate the names of their 
 pioneers, to furnish a record 
 of their early settlement, 
 and relate the story of their 
 progress. The civilization of our 
 day, the enlightenment of the age 
 and the duty that men of the pres- 
 ent time owe to their ancestors, to 
 themselves and to their posterity, 
 demand that a record of their lives 
 and deeds should be made. In bio- 
 graphical history is found a power 
 to instruct man by precedent, to 
 enliven the mental faculties, and 
 to waft down the river of time a 
 safe vessel in which the names and actions of the 
 people who contributed to raise this country from its 
 primitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly 
 the great and aged men, who in their prime entered 
 the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
 heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
 maining who can relate the incidents of the first days 
 jf settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
 ;ictual necessity exists for the collection and preser- 
 vation of events without delay, before all the early 
 settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 
 
 'I'o be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
 from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, 
 in spite of their best works and the most earnest 
 efforts of thtir friends to perserve the memory of 
 their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
 and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- 
 tion to the nmount of inteUigence they possessed. 
 ThT pyramids of Kgypt were built to perpetuate the 
 names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- 
 mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
 buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people 
 
 to perpetuate the memory of their achievements. 
 The erection of the great obelisks were for the same 
 purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the 
 Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
 ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their 
 great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
 It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
 up their great mounds of earth, had but this idea — 
 to leave something to show that they had lived. All 
 these works, though many of them costly in the ex- 
 treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac- 
 ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
 perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of 
 the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
 some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; 
 the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
 bling into dust. 
 
 It was left to modern ages to establish an intelli- 
 gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating 
 a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
 limited in extent and perpetual in its action; and 
 this is through the art of printing. 
 
 To the present generation, however, we are in- 
 debted for the introduction of the admirable system 
 of local biography. By this system every man, though 
 he has not achieved what the world calls greatness, 
 has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
 through the coming ages. 
 
 The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
 physical man is left. The monument which liis chil- 
 dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme- 
 tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
 life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, 
 which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
 by a record of this kind. 
 
 To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
 engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
 lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
 think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to 
 wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
 them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to 
 publish to the wodd the history of those whose hves 
 are unworthy of public record. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 HITFIELD TOWNSEND, 
 whose portrait is presented 
 ^S on the opposite page of 
 this volume, was one of 
 S u tn n e r County's well- 
 known men. He was the 
 owner of a fine estate in 
 Wellington Township, which during his 
 residence upon it of about seven years 
 he developed from an anbroken tract of 
 prairie land to a fine condition, erecting 
 upon it a large frame dwelling, adequate 
 barns and other necessary buildings; he 
 further added to its value by planting an 
 orchard, and in various ways embellish- 
 Mr. Townsend was born in St. Clair 
 County, 111.. October 24, 1823, and was a son of 
 George Whitfield Townsend, who is supposed to 
 have been born in Tennessee, from whi(th State lie 
 removed to Illinois, becoming a pioneer of St. Clair 
 County. There he bought a large tract of land 
 and carried on the pursuit of agriculture quite 
 extensively, contiuuing to abide in that county 
 until his death. He of whom we write was reared 
 and educated there, the school which he attended 
 being held in a log house, with a fire-place and 
 home-made furniture, the seats made by splitting 
 logs, hewing them to a tolerably smooth surface on 
 one side, and inserting wooden pins in the other 
 side for legs. In this temple of learning, under 
 the instruction of teachers whose curriculum com- 
 prised little else than the "three R's," he acquired 
 all the education possible to be obtained, and de- 
 
 veloped the sturdy nature befitting the son of a 
 pioneer. 
 
 Mr. Townsend assisted his father on the farm 
 and resided with his parents until their death, and 
 for a time thereafter continued to live on the old 
 homestead. He then located on land adjoining it, 
 added a kitchen to the small house that was already 
 on the place, and made other improvements as 
 rapidly as possible. In 1880, renting tlie farm, 
 which is still owned by his family, he came to this 
 county, where he had previously purchased three 
 hundred and twentj" acres of prairie land, compris- 
 ing the west half of section 19, in Wellington 
 Township. When he took possession the only 
 improvements consisted of a small house and 
 straw stable, but these were soon replaced by more 
 substantial structures. On this now beautiful es- 
 tate, which he brought to .i high state of cultiva- 
 tion, Mr. Townsend breathed his last January 20, 
 1887, deeply mourned by a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances, to whom his high moral and 
 Christian character had endeared him. In the 
 family circle he had been a loving companion and 
 parent, and here his loss was still move deeply felt. 
 
 Mr. Townsend was twice married. His first 
 wife, .Jane Bradsby, so far as known, was a native 
 of Illinois. She died on the home farm in St. Clair 
 County, fifteen months after her marriage, leaving 
 no cliildren. The second matrimonial alliance of 
 Mr. Townsend was contracted March 18, 1866, the 
 bride being Mrs. Annie (Huseman) Cook. She 
 was born in Bielefeld, in the Westphalen district 
 of Minden, Piussia. Her father, Henry Huseman, 
 
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 was a native of the same place, and thore followed 
 the occupation of farming until his death, in 1845. 
 The wife of Henry Huseman bore the maiden name 
 of Wilhelmina Westerbeck, and was a native of the 
 same lor-.ality, where she was reared bj' strangers, 
 having been left an orphan at an earlj' age. On 
 the death of her husband she was left with four 
 children to care for, and a few years later started 
 with three of her brothers to America. While on 
 board a Mississippi River steamer she was attacked 
 with cholera and died, her remains, together with 
 those of one of her brothers, being taken ashore 
 and buried on the banks of the river. The sur- 
 viving brothers — Phillip and Albert — settled in 
 Burlington, Iowa. This was in 1853. Mrs. Town- 
 send found a home with a family named Damke, in 
 St. Louis, for a year and a half, and then spent 
 six years with the family of Maj. Walker in the 
 same city. 
 
 In that city, in 1861, Annie Huseman was united 
 in marriage with Herman Cook, a teamster by occu- 
 pation and a native of Germany. After their mar- 
 riage they removed to St. Clair County, 111., where 
 Mr. Cook rented a farm, and where he departed 
 this life in 1865. His widow later became the 
 wife of our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Townsend 
 came five children— T had is S., the first born, was 
 with them only from December 17, 1869, to July 
 19, 1872; Virginia, James, Whitfield an 1 Annie 
 are still spared to their widowed mother. Mrs. 
 Townsend possesses many womanly qualities and 
 virtues of character, and is displaying good judg- 
 ment in the management of her worldly affairs and 
 the rearing of the fatherless ones who are left to 
 her care. She is a member of the Christian Church, 
 with which she united at the age of twenty-one 
 years, and in which her late husband was an P]lder 
 for many years. 
 
 ^^EORGK G. HUMPHREYS. The life of 
 III ^-- , this gentleman affords an excellent repre- 
 ^^5J sentatioii of the success that attends on en- 
 ergy and perseverance, and of the reputation which 
 may be gained by an upright life and a steadfast 
 character, without becoming famous, or having 
 
 one's name spread broadcast over the world. The 
 influence of these quiet lives is that to which our 
 country owes its greatest debt of gratitude, in the 
 example set before the young, as well as in the per- 
 sonal deeds. 
 
 Born in Champaign County, Ohio, February 16, 
 1825, Mr. Humphreys has spent many years in ag- 
 ricultural work, has participated in the pioneer 
 work of development, and with but limited edu- 
 cational advantages in his boyhood, has kept him- 
 self well informed regarding general topics and 
 current events. He has also won an honorable 
 record in the ranks of his country's defenders 
 during the attempt to destroy the Union. His par- 
 ents, Thomas and Nancy Humphreys, took up their 
 abode in Champaign- County, Ohio, when that sec- 
 tion of the country was very new and sparsely set- 
 tled. There the early years of our subject were 
 passed, and while acquiring a limited education in 
 the subscription schools, which he attended only 
 during the winter seasons and which he abandoned 
 entirely when about fourteen j'ears old, he assisted 
 the other members of the family in the develop- 
 ment of his father's farm. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Humphreys was cele- 
 brated in March, 1846, his chosen companion being 
 Miss Mary Howver, a native of the Buckeye State, 
 who shared his fortunes until December, 1855, 
 when she was called from time to eternity. She 
 bore two children : Cornwell, deceased, and Nancy 
 J., the wife of Joseph Piatt of Wellington. Mr. 
 Humphreys contracted a second matrimonial al- 
 liauce, taking as his companion Mrs. Mary How- 
 ver, nee Gleason. She was the widow of Peter 
 Howver, a native of Champaign Count}', Ohio, 
 who was born in 1828, reared in his native State, 
 and married in 1847. To him she bore two chil- 
 dren — Lydia, the wife of Thomas Berkley of Ver- 
 milion County, 111., and William, who resides with 
 our subject. 
 
 Mrs. Humphreys is the daughter of Arah Glea- 
 son, a native of New York. He married Lydia 
 Safford,a native of ttie same State. She bore her hus- 
 band twelve children, named as follows: Amanda 
 M., is deceased; Marj' M. ; Martha is deceased; 
 Phoebe lives in Champaign, 111.; James, Lydia, 
 Nathaniel R., an infant son who died unnamed, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM, 
 
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 and Minnie, all deceased; Lorinda lives in Filer 
 City, Mich.; Charles is a minister of the Congrega- 
 tional Church, now located in Angola, Ind.; and 
 George is a farmer in Holt County, Nob. Arah 
 Gleason died at the home of our subject the 2d of 
 June, 1870, aged seventy years, having been born 
 June 5. 1800. Mrs. Lydia GJeason departed this 
 life June 11, 1886, aged nearly eighty-one years, 
 she was born August 2, 1805. 
 
 Mr. Humphreys enlisted in the Federal army 
 August 12, 1862, placing his name upon the mus- 
 ter-roll of Company B, Ninety-fourth Illinois In- 
 fantry, and becoming an integral part of the 
 Western army. He took part in the battles at 
 Springfield, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, the siege of 
 Vioksburg, Red River, Algiers, Brownsville, 
 (Texas), Fts. Morgan, Gaines, Spanish and Blake- 
 ley, the siege of Mobile, and others of minor im- 
 portance. He was honorably discharged August 
 29, 1865, and returned to DcWitt County, 111., in 
 which he had resided prior to his gallant service in 
 the army. Some time subsequently to the war he 
 lived in Vermilion County, III., three years. In 
 1878 he turned his footsteps westward with the de- 
 termination to become a citizen of Kansas, and se- 
 lecting this county as his place of abode, settled on 
 the farm where he still resides. It is located in 
 Belle Plaine Township and comprises a quarter of 
 section 23; has been brought to a high state of cul- 
 tivation and affords its owner a comfortable sub- 
 sistance. When he took possession of it, it was in 
 an almost primitive condition, the only improve- 
 ment having been the breaking of thirteen acres 
 of the sod. Its present Qne condition and the im- 
 provements of various kinds which it bears, are a 
 standing monument to the efforts of Mr. Hum- 
 phreys. 
 
 Both Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys belong to the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Belle Plaine, and 
 the former has served as Steward of the organiza- 
 tion. It is a matter of course that he belongs to 
 the G. A. R. Post. 
 
 The father of our subject was a native of Ire- 
 land, who, upon emigrating to America in 1792, 
 settled in Erie County, Pa., whence he afterward 
 removed to Ohio. He belonged to along-lived race 
 and himself lived to be one hundred and twelve 
 
 years and six months old, dying in 1850. He 
 was asoldier in the War of 1812. The mother of our 
 subject was a native of Kentucky. She bore her 
 husband six children, as follows: William, a resi- 
 dent of DeWitt County, 111.; Elizabeth, wife of 
 Patrick Gorman, of the same county; James, who 
 lives in Ohio; our subject; Joseph H., of Baxter 
 Springs, Kan., and an infant who died unnamed. 
 
 ON. T. A. HUBBARD. The Rome Park 
 Stock Farm, located in Jackson Township, 
 which has attained a reputation through- 
 out Sumner County, is one of the most 
 monuments to the industry and persever- 
 ance of its proprietor with whose name we intro- 
 duce this sketch. Mr. Hubbard makes a specialty 
 of fine cattle, horses and hogs, in which he has 
 met with unqualified success and he has done much 
 to raise the standard of this industry in Southern 
 Kansas. He may. be properly called a self-made 
 man — one who has been endowed by nature with 
 tine abilities and who has been fortunate in choos- 
 ing that wise course which has enabled him to in- 
 crease his talent ten-fold. 
 
 The first eleven years of the life of Mr. Hub- 
 bard were spent in McKean County, Pa., near the 
 town of Tarpert,and Centerville, Allegany County, 
 N. Y., where his birth took place December 22, 
 1843. His father, Jeremiah Hubbard, was a na- 
 tive of Vermont as was also his paternal grand- 
 father, Abner Hubbard. The first mentioned was 
 reared among his native hills and when approach- 
 ing manhood employed himself as a boatman on 
 Lake Champlain. Later he followed the trade of 
 a shoemaker. He finally left Vermont and settled 
 in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., whence, later, he 
 removed to Allegany County, purchasing a tract 
 of land where he prosecuted farming until 1854. 
 That year he emigrated to Michigan, settling in 
 Barry County and securing land from the United 
 States. He at once put up a frame house and pro- 
 ceeded to clear the farm, constructing a com- 
 fortable homestead upon which he spent the 
 remainder of his days; he departed hence about 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 1 863. The wife and mother, Mrs. Eliza (Sherman ) 
 Hubbard, was born in Connecticut and died in 
 Barry County, Mich., about 1874. Of this union 
 there were born three children. By a previous 
 marriage Jeremiah Hubbard had become the father 
 of seven children. 
 
 The subject of this slietch attained to manhood 
 on a farm in the Wolverine State, obtaining a prac- 
 tical education in the common scbuols. Upon 
 the outbreak of the Civil War he was only seven- 
 teen j'ears old, but after watching the conflict for a 
 time he resolved to assist in the preservation ot the 
 Union. On October 1, 1861, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany B., Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, first 
 seeing the smoke of battle at Stevenson, Ala., in 
 1862. He was afterward a participant in all the 
 battles fought by Gens. Rosecrans and Sherman 
 until the close of the war. At Chickamauga, Sep- 
 tember 19, 1863, his company suffered almost an- 
 nihilation, being reduced to four members. Young 
 Hubbard was three times wounded and was con- 
 veyed to the hospital at Nashville, where he re- 
 mained until his wounds permitted him to travel, 
 when he was sent home on a furlough, remaining 
 sixty days. He rejoined liis regiment at Chat- 
 tanooga, Tenn., and in January following veter- 
 anized and was granted a furlough. Ho returned 
 home and assisted in recruiting a full regiment and 
 afterward returning to Chattanooga performed en- 
 gineer duty until the fall of 1864. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard's regiment was now sent to Nash- 
 ville to assist in driving Gen. Forrest from Ten- 
 nessee, and he later joined Sherman's army at 
 Rome, Ga., going from there on the famous march 
 to the sea. His regiment was in the rear and 
 burned the bridges over the Chattahoochie River, 
 thus severing the connection and cutting off all 
 communication of Gen. Sherman's array with the 
 outside work. After this long tedious march was 
 ended by the capture of Ft. McAllister and Sa- 
 yannah, the army went into camp for a brief rest. 
 They then olarted on the march through the Caro- 
 linas, the most remarkable winter campaign on 
 record. Young Hubbard said the general order 
 was reveille at 4:30 A. M., march at 6, one day's 
 rations for five days and live off the country, 
 and forty rounds of cartridges in the cartridge 
 
 box. Railroads were destroyed and the country 
 stripped of nearly everything on which an army 
 could subsist, consequently the boys in blue found 
 t'leir lines cast in anything but pleasant places, yet 
 manfully, and on the whole cheerily, they marched 
 along "shouting the battle crj' of freedom." 
 
 At Bentonville, N. C, the Fourteenth Corps 
 met the gallant .Joe Johnston and were threshed 
 unmercifully, but the Union army soon got into 
 position and after three days hard fighting, Sher- 
 man was victorious in the last great battle of the 
 war. Mr. Hubbard says that he escaped without a 
 scratch but did some tall running. The army then 
 marched to Goldsboro, where the boys got their 
 first mail for sixty days. There also they heard 
 the general order of Gen. Sherman which was for 
 rest and a supply of stores from the rich granaries 
 of the North. A.fter a short rest they marched to 
 Raleigh, soon after which Johnston surrendered. 
 Then followed the famous march to Richmond, 
 Va., then to Washington, D. C, and participation 
 in tlie Grand Review, after which the corps was 
 transported back to Louisville, Ky., where it went 
 into camp. Young Hubbard was promoted to be 
 First, or Orderly Sergeant, and after a season of 
 rest, camp duty and drill he was mustered out, 
 July 25, 186.5, and returned to his old haunts in 
 Michigan, receiving liis honorable disciiarge at 
 Jackson, August 10. 
 
 Mr. Hubbard purchased his father's old farm in 
 Yankee Spring Township, Barry County, Mich., 
 during the War an:l lived upon it until 1872. 
 That year he came to Kansas to visit friends in 
 Marion County and while here explored the sur- 
 rounding country. Emigrating finally into Sum- 
 ner County he resolved to purchase land and 
 selected the northwest quarter of section 26, in what 
 is now Jacktson Township. On the 4th of July, 
 that year, he filed his claim in the general land 
 office at Wichita and the following year July 5, 
 1873, secured his title to the land. He settled 
 upon it a few months later and lived there for a 
 number of years. Wichita, for some years was 
 his nearest market and to that point he hauled his 
 grain residing upon that farm until 1880. In the 
 meantime Mr. Hubbard had become quite promi- 
 nent in local affairs and after filling other positions 
 
PORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 165 
 
 of trust and responsibility was selected Register 
 of Deeds, which necessitated his removal to Wel- 
 lington, January 1880. He resided there until the 
 March of 1889, then returned to his farm of eight 
 hundred acres. In the meantime he had retained 
 the management of this and in 1882 commenced 
 the breeding of Poland-China swine, becoming 
 interested the following year in Berkshires. He 
 now (1889) has a herd of probably four hundred 
 head of full blooded animals of both kinds and 
 is said to be the second largest breeder of swine in 
 the United States. He has been in the habit of 
 carrying off the blue ribbons at the State and 
 County Fairs in which he has competed with the 
 best herds west of the Mississippi. He secured 
 the general sweeijstaiie prize for the best herd of 
 swine of any age or breed at two of the Kansas 
 State Fairs and tlie same at the Bismarck Fair. He 
 likewise received the first prize at the State Fairs 
 at Lincoln, Neb., and at the Fairs in Kansas City 
 and St. Louis, Mo., in several classes. He also 
 gives much attention to the breeding of Short- 
 horn cattle, of which he has two hundred and fifty 
 head of high-grade Kentuck}' Short-horns and he 
 has twenty-four head of graded Percheron horses. 
 It cannot be denied that the live stock interests of 
 the Sunflower State have been greatly augmented 
 by the labors and efforts of Mr. Hubbard. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married Novem- 
 ber 3, 1869, at the bride's home in Michigan to 
 Miss Almira I. Barto. Mrs. Hubbard was born in 
 Kalamazoo County, Mich., February 1, 1849, and 
 is the daughter of Orin Barto, a native of Hines- 
 burg, Vt. Her paternal grandfather, David Barto, 
 was a native of France and upon coming to 
 America settled in Vermont. In that State David 
 Barto was reared to manhood and prosecuted farm- 
 ing there until 1854. That year he emigrated to 
 Michigan, locating in Kalamazoo County, where 
 he spent the remainder of his life. He married 
 Miss Polly Stevens, whom it is supposed was like- 
 wise a native of the Green Mountain State. After 
 the death of her husband, Grandmother Barto 
 went to Montana to visit her children and died 
 there. The fatiier of Mrs. Hubbard was reared 
 and married in ihe Green Mountain State where 
 he lived until about 1831 and then emigrated to 
 
 Michigan during the earliest settlement of Kala- 
 mazoo County. He jonrneyed by Lake Cham- 
 plain and the Champlain Canal, then by the Erie 
 Canal and the lakes to Detroit, whence he proceeded 
 the balance of the journey by team. He purchased 
 a tract of timber land when bear, deer and wolves 
 were plentiful, and constructed a good farm which 
 he occupied until 1865. That year, selling out, he 
 removed to Barry County where he purchased a 
 farm upon which he resided until the death of the 
 wife and mother, about 1881. Afterward he made 
 his home with his children until his death, which 
 took place at the home of his daughter in Mecosta 
 County, in January, 1882. 
 
 The mother of Mrs. Hubbard bore the maiden 
 name of Esther Averill. She was born in Vermont 
 and was the daughter of Truman Averill, likewise 
 a native Of the Green Mountain State and who 
 emigrated to Kalamazoo County, Mich., as earlj' as 
 1829. He wos thus among the first settlers of that 
 region. He possessed all the hardy elements of 
 the pioneer and improved a farm from the wilder- 
 ness, where he spent the remainder of his days. 
 Mrs. Esther (Averill) Barto departed this life 
 October 17, 1881. 
 
 The Republican party has received the cordial 
 endorsement of Mr. Hubbard since he became a 
 voting citizen He has kept himself well informed 
 upon current events and while a resident of Mich- 
 igan was Clerk of Yankee Springs Township for a 
 period of six years. Upon coming to Kansas he 
 served the people of Jackson Township as Road 
 Overseer one year and Trustee of said township 
 two terms, and in 1875 was elected to the State 
 Legislature, serving to such good purpose that he 
 was returned in 1876. While a member of the 
 General Assembly he was on various important 
 committees, including Ways and Means, .and Rail- 
 roads, and was Chairman of the committee on 
 Roads and Highways. He voted every time for 
 nine days for Mr. Plumb for United States Senator. 
 He was elected Register of Deeds in 1879 and re- 
 elected in 1881. He served as a delegate to numer- 
 ous State and county conventions and in 1889 was 
 a delegate to the third Deep Harbor Convention 
 which met at Topeka. Socially he belongs to 
 Wellington Lodge, No. 150, F. & A. M., Sumner 
 
166 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Chapter No. 37, R. A. M., St. John Coramandery, 
 No. 24, K. T., Wcllinglon Lodge, No. 24, A. O. 
 U. W., and James Shield Post. January, 1890, the 
 President appointed Mr. Hubbard Supervisor of 
 Census for the Fourth District in Kansas, about 
 one-fourth part of the State. Mr. Hubbard has 
 about eight hundred or one thousand appointments 
 to make In his district. 
 
 ^1/ AMES R. GIDEON. The home of this gen- 
 tleman and his family is pleasantly located 
 on section 22, Belle Plaine Township, of 
 which he is quite an early settler. He now 
 owns three hundred and twenty acres of valuable 
 land, in the accumulation of which he has been 
 ably assisted by his devoted wife, who shared in all 
 the hardships of their early years in the West, and 
 who with him is now enjoying the fruit of useful 
 and industrious lives, the respect of all who know 
 them, and the devotion of their children. 
 
 Mr. Gideon was born in Loudoun County, Va., 
 December 28, 1828, to Henry and Nancy (Miller) 
 Gideon, who were natives of the same county, 
 and of German ancestry. His grandfather, Peter 
 Gideon, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 
 and his uncle, George Gideon, took part in the war 
 of 1812. To his parents eleven children were born, 
 of whom all survive save David, the ninth on the 
 family roll. .Jacob lives in Hall County, Neb. ; 
 Alfred, in Macon County, 111 ; Joseph, in Musca- 
 tine County, Iowa; Ann, the wife of Samuel Gar- 
 vey, in Sangamon County, 111.; Peter, in Hall 
 County, Neb. ; Valentine and Sanford, in Omaha, 
 Neb.; Mary E., the wife of Andrew Bennett, in 
 Madison County, Iowa; and Oliver, in Hall County, 
 Neb. 
 
 While still a small infant James R. Gideon a(, 
 companied his parents in their removal to Cliam 
 palgn County. Ohio, where they were among the 
 early settlers-, taking up their abode there while 
 wild hogs and bears and Miami Indians were still 
 numerous in the region. The parents endured such 
 hardships as fell to the lot of Ohio pioneers, and the 
 boyhood of our subject was passed amid frontier 
 
 scenes. When he was fourteen years old the fam- 
 ily emigrated to Sangamon County, 111., where he 
 was reared to manhood. His entire boyhood and 
 youth having been spent where there were no free 
 scliools, and where all educational work was kept 
 up by subscriptions, he had not the advantages 
 afforded the youth of this day and age, but ac- 
 quii-ed what knowledge he could under the circum- 
 stances which surrounded him, and added to his 
 information by reading in later years. 
 
 In the spring of 1873, Mr. Gideon with his fam- 
 il3', which at that time comprised his wife and four 
 children, removed to Sumner County, Kan., and 
 settled on the farm which they still occupy. Four- 
 teen acres of the quarter section on which he lo- 
 cated was broken ground, and a 12x14 foot house, 
 made of planks, was the only other improvement. 
 He has not only well improved the acreage of 
 which he first took possession, but has added to his 
 landed estate, and successfully carried on his agri- 
 cultural work. 
 
 A quarter of a century ago, on September 20, 
 1864, the rites of wedlock were ce'ebrated between 
 Mr. Gideon and Miss Catherine Blue. She is of 
 Irish descent in both her paternal and maternal 
 lineage, and a daughter of Robert and Martha 
 (Blue) Blue, both of whom were natives of Ken- 
 tucky. Her paternal grandfather is supposed to 
 have been a Revolutionary soldier. Her parents 
 were early settlers in Menard County, 111., where 
 her birth occurred September 1, 1846. The family 
 circle of which she made one comprised seven chil- 
 dren, five of whom still live. One died in infancy, 
 and Elizabeth in mature years; Eliza is the wife of 
 Edward Vaughn, of Christian County, 111.; -Tohn 
 lives in Springfield, 111.; Emily is the wife of An- 
 thony Kinnamon, of Macon County, III.; and 
 Nancy, the wife of Hiram Hendrix, of Nebraska. 
 
 Eleven children hav.e come to bless the union of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gideon, and nine still live: Anne is 
 Uic wife of Robert Nugent, of Belle Plaine Town- 
 ship, this county; and Martha, the wife of Julius 
 Bender, also of this county; Peter, Minnie, Oliver, 
 Mabel, Edward, Ettie and Kalie still linger under 
 the parental roof-tree. Mr. Gideon is a believer in 
 the principles of the Democratic party, and there- 
 fore casts his vole in its favor. For several years 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 167 
 
 he lias served on the School Board of his district, 
 and evinces an interest in educational matters, and 
 in all other movements which tend to elevate and 
 improve society and forward the interests of the 
 community. 
 
 ^SEORGE RINEI-IART, a prosperous farmer 
 II (=, of Jackson Township, owns two hundred 
 '^^S and forty acres o!' good land on sections 
 22 and 23 ; one hundred and sixty acres on the 
 former, and eighty on the latter section. His en- 
 tire farm is under high cultivation, is well- im- 
 proved and stocked, and fully supplied with all 
 necessarj' buildings. His family residence, barns 
 and other buildings are all frame structures, 
 erected in a tasty and substantial manner, and are 
 a credit to his enterprise. His success in his 
 chosen vocation is owing to his unremitting en- 
 ergy and intelligent adaptation of necessary means 
 to secure the desired results. He holds a high 
 place in the neighborhood as a man and friend, and 
 is entirely worthy of the esteem which he receives 
 from all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. 
 David Rinehart, father of our subject, was born 
 in Pennsylvania, it is thought in Northumberland 
 County'. His father, Valentine Rinehart, was a na- 
 tive of Pennsylvania, and thence removed to Ohio 
 while the latter State was in the first stage of its 
 settlement. They crossed the mountains iu wagons 
 drawn by horses, and wound slowly along through 
 the almost trackless forests till they reached their 
 destination in the county of Stark, where they were 
 among the very first settlers. Upon his arrival in 
 the county he took up a tract of Government land, 
 a portion of which was heavily timbered and the 
 rest oak openings. It was hard work clearing the 
 land, but he persevered until he had a nice farm, 
 upon which he lived till he fell asleep to awake in 
 that land where the inhabitants never grow weary 
 or faint with the toil which is the common lot of 
 man on this sphere. 
 
 The father of our subject was eighteen years of 
 age when he accompanied his parents to Ohio. He 
 remained under the parental roof till he married 
 
 and set up in housekeeping for himself. Following 
 his marriage he removed to Carroll County, Ohio, 
 where he bought a tract of heavily timbered land, 
 which he proceeded to clear and fit for agricultural 
 purposes. His first care, however, was to build a 
 house, which he constructed out of logs. It was 
 only a humble cabin, but it sheltered a noble heart, 
 fired with the resistless spirit of progression, which 
 has made tho American name famous over the 
 whole world. Mr. Rinehart split puncheon for the 
 floor of his little cot, and constructed a chinaney 
 out of earth and sticks. This lowly abode was the 
 birthplace of the subject of this sketch, and in that 
 vicinity he grew to manhood. 
 
 Timber was of no appreciable value in that part 
 of the country during the youth of George Rinehart, 
 consequently they rolled large logs together and 
 burned them to get them out of the way. Diligent 
 labor on the part of the father of our subject was 
 rewarded with a fair measure of success, and he 
 was soon enabled to abandon the "little old log 
 cabin" for a substantially built two-story house of 
 hewn logS; in which he passed the greater part of 
 his life. There were no railroads in that neighbor- 
 hood during the youth of our subject, and they 
 were obliged to carry all their produce to the town 
 of Bolivar, on the Ohio Canal. In 1883 David 
 Rinehart sold his farm, but purchased another in 
 the same township, where he removed and resided 
 till his death, April 7, 1886. The maiden name of 
 the mother of our subject was Elizabeth Snyder. 
 She was born in Pennsylvania, and is a daughter 
 of John Snyder. She is an estimable woman, and 
 still lives on the homestead in Rose Township, Car- 
 roll County, Ohio. The union of Mr. and Mrs. 
 David Rinehart resulted in the birth of six chil- 
 dren, of whom four survive, and are named as 
 follows: George, Sarah A., Valentine and James H. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Rose 
 Township, Carroll County, Ohio, March 6, 1835. 
 He was reared in his native township, and re- 
 ceived such education as was afforded by the 
 schools of his district. There were no free schools 
 in his neighborhood in those days, and the people 
 were obliged to maintain such centers of education 
 as they desired at their own expense. The first 
 school that George attended was taught in a loo- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 building, heated by an open fireplace. He was an in- 
 dustrious youth, and early began assisting his father 
 in clearing and cultivating his land. Upon reaching 
 his majority he took to himself a wife in tlie person 
 of Miss Harriet Walls. Their nuptials were cele- 
 brated March 18, 1856, and they went to house- 
 keeping on eight3' acres of land in Rose Township, 
 which was given to Mr. Rinehart by his father, nnd 
 which had a log house already built upon it. Mrs. 
 Rinehart was a native of the same township as her 
 husband. Her birth occurred October 17, 1835, 
 and her active life vvas spent in her native place. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Rinehart removed from Ohio to 
 Kansas, locating in Sumner Countj', where he now 
 resides. In the year following, on the 3d of 
 September, his wife departed this life for a better, 
 leaving four children to the care of their bereaved 
 father. They were named respectively: Sarah E., 
 David 0., John E. and Hugh M. The second mar- 
 riage of our subject took place October 19, 1865, 
 to Miss Martha Emily Walters, a native of Co- 
 shocton County, Ohio, and daughter of George and 
 Martha (Thompson) Walters. This union resulted 
 in the birth of three children, whose names are Ed- 
 ward E., Walter 0. and Emma A. 
 
 Mr. Rinehart was reared in the Lutheran Churcli, 
 and Mrs. Rinehart was reared in the Presbyterian 
 faith, but since taking up their residence in Sumner 
 County' they have both united with the Presbyte- 
 rian denomination which worships at Rome. Thej' 
 are highly respected in the community for their 
 many good qualities, and have a large circle of 
 friends. Mr. Rinehart is a stanch Republican in 
 politics, hut does not usually take a verj' deep in- 
 terest in purely political affairs. 
 
 Alexander carnahan. Register of 
 
 Deeds, Sumner County, although he has 
 w not resided in this county manj' j'ears, 
 i^ has gained a high standing among her cit- 
 
 izens, being known as a man of strict probity, va- 
 ried knowledge, and more than ordinary culture. 
 He was elected to the oflice which he now holds in 
 1889, at which time he removed to Wellington, 
 
 where he now makes his home. In politics he is a 
 Republican, and is proud of the fact that he cast 
 his firsfPresidential ballot for James A. Garfield. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born upon land 
 in Pennsylvania which his great-grandfather had 
 entered from the Government, and where his father 
 and grandfather were born and spent their lives. 
 His grandfather was well known throughout West- 
 ern Pennsylvania, and occupied many prominent 
 and useful positions in his da}'. He[served in the 
 War of 1812 under Gen. Harrison. He was 
 County Commissioner for along term of years, be- 
 ing a member of the board when the location of 
 the court house was decided; the ballot was a tie, 
 and it fell to his lot to cast the deciding vote, which 
 he did in favor of the present site. He also served 
 as a member of the State Legislature with credit to 
 himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He 
 died in 1879 at the advanced age of ninety years. 
 He was a member of the United Presbyterian 
 Church. The maiden name of his wife was Nancy 
 Smith. Unto them were born seven children, of 
 whom but two are now living — George R., who re- 
 sides on the old homestead, and David T., a promi- 
 nent minister in the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Wiliiam Carnahan, the father of our subject, died 
 in March, 1865, at the age of forty-three years. 
 He was the father of eight children, one of whom 
 was born after his own death. His widow was 
 spared to see her family grow to womanhood and 
 mt.nhood, her death occurring March 16, 1887. 
 She had fulfilled all her duties as a good Christian 
 and devoted wife and mother, in a manner to call 
 forth the highest praise. 
 
 The gentleman whose name introduces this bio- 
 graphical compendium opened his eyes to the light in 
 Union Township, Allegheny County, Pa., February 
 28,1852. He is the second son of his parents,and was 
 left fatherless at the age of thirteen years. After tak- 
 ing a special course in the University of Pittsburg 
 he concluded to try his fortunes in the West,and hav- 
 ing journe3'ed as far as Illinois, spent a year in that 
 State. He then came to Belle Plaine, Kan., during 
 the winter and purchased a tract of wild land in 
 Sedgwick County, which he improved, and upon 
 which he resided until the spring of 1883. He 
 then sold and removed to Sumner County, where 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 169 
 
 he bought two hundred and forty acres, nearly all 
 raw land. This he improved ^nd made his home 
 until his election to the office of register of deeds, 
 being engaged in general farming and stock-raising, 
 proving his ability as an agriculturist, and placing 
 himself in a front rank among the farmers. 
 
 An important step in the life of Mr. Carnahan 
 was taken in 1879, when he became the husband of 
 Miss Emma Kimble. She is a native of Pickaway 
 County, Ohio, the daughter of Solomon and Sarah 
 Kimble, and is a woman of intelligence, refinement 
 and fine character. She is a devoted member of the 
 Presbyterian Church, as is her husband, and like 
 him she holds a high position in the esteem of the 
 community. Mr. and Mrs. Carnahan are the par- 
 ents of three children who are living, and of one 
 — Maggie A. — who died when a year old. 
 
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 117 OUIS N. PHILLIPPI. Few men within 
 I (©I the limits of Morris Township have attained 
 jl'— ^, to a better position through a course of in- 
 dustry and good management than the subject of 
 this biographical outline, who is the owner of one 
 of its finest farms, embracing three hundred and 
 twenty acres on section 6. Mr. Phillippi is in 
 possession of the true secret of comfort and profit, 
 paying others to do his hard work and keeping out 
 a close eye to the general management, noting the 
 receipts and disbursements and knowing at all times 
 where he stands financially. He is a man liberal 
 and progressive in his ideas and one evidently who 
 was born to make his mark in his community. 
 
 The native place of our subject was in Westmore- 
 land County, Pa., and the date of his birth .luly 
 16, 1834. He was the fourth in a family of six 
 children born to John and Eve (Brant) Phillippi, 
 both of whom were natives of the Keystone State, 
 where they were reared and married and whcic 
 they spent their entire lives. John Phillippi was a 
 farmer by occupation and he likewise officiated as 
 an exhorter in the United Brethren Church. He 
 died at the old homestead in Westmoreland County 
 in 1851. The mother survived her husband for a 
 period of thirty-two years, remaining a widow and 
 
 departed this life at the age of eighty. The farm 
 which the father secured in his early manhood is 
 still in the family and considered one of the finest 
 estates in Westmoreland County. 
 
 Young Phillippi acquired such education as was 
 furnished by the common school and at the age of 
 eighteen years started out for himself, engaging for 
 about one year with a partner in the mercantile 
 business. He was then broken up by the rascality 
 of his partner, losing nearly all he had and assum- 
 ing the debts of the concern, all of which he liqui- 
 dated to the full extent. He continued in business 
 for eleven years and was then burned out, with no 
 insurance. He then raiived to Stahlstown, continu- 
 ing there also in the mercantile business for eleven 
 years in all, and in the meantime traded a farm 
 which he liad purchased for a three story hous?, 
 two lots and a stable. This also was destroyed by 
 fire, and no insurance. In 1870 he removed to 
 Wayne County, Ohio, and was in business there 
 two years. Then pushing on further Westward he 
 settled on a farm in Effingham Countj^, III., where 
 he sojourned four years. 
 
 Selling out then again, we next find Mr. Phillippi 
 at Altamont, where he again associated himself 
 with a partner and at the end of three years found 
 himself again a loser, and forced to commence once 
 more at the foot of the ladder. This brings Mr. 
 Phillippi up to 1879, in which year he came to this 
 State and settled in Ness County, where he so- 
 journed five years, living in a sod house and was 
 never able to raise a crop during the whole time. 
 Finally, securing a small stock of notions and jew- 
 elry he packed them into trunks and traveled on 
 the railroad from one town to another, disposing 
 of his merchandise, and thus managed to clear 
 llOO above expenses every month. After thus 
 securing a sufficient sum of money he, in 1885, 
 came to this county and purchased three hundred 
 and twenty acres of partially improved land, em- 
 bracing his present homestead. This last venture 
 proved highly successful. He has now a well-de- 
 veloped farm which yields in abundance the rich 
 crops of the Sunflower State and is also largely de- 
 voted to the breeding of cattle and swine. 
 
 While a resident of Pennsylvania Mr. Phillippi, 
 in 1855, took unto himself a wife and helpmate, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIO&RAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Miss Mary, dnughter of William and Jane (Grove) 
 Weaver. Parents and daughter were natives of 
 the same township in Pennsylvania as our subject. 
 Mrs. Phillippi was born September 10, 1837, and 
 was the eldest in a family of five children. The 
 mother died April 16, 1887. Mr. Weaver is still 
 living in Pennsylvania, being now past eighty 
 years old. There have also been born five chil- 
 dren to Mr. and Mrs. Phillippi, four of whom are 
 living. John is a resident of Halstead, this State; 
 Imelda, Edgar and Bertram are at home with their 
 parents. The latter are members of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church in which Mr. Phillippi has been 
 for many years a Class-Leader and Steward. He 
 identified himself with the Masonic fraternity while a 
 resident of his native State and at the present time 
 belongs to the lodge at Argonia. For over fifteen 
 years he has been a member in good standing of 
 the A. 0. U. W., holding various offices, and he 
 also belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. He cast liis 
 first Presidential vote for John C. Fremont, at the 
 organization of the Republican party and has since 
 been an active supporter of its principles. After 
 the outbreak of the Civil War he endeavored to 
 enter the ranks as a Union soldier in the Two Hun- 
 dred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry, but was 
 rejected on account of physical disability. He, 
 however, was elected sutler and sent a man in his 
 place. The latter robbed him of $4,000 worth of 
 goods wliich had been purchased on thirty days' 
 time. 
 
 NTHONY WINDELL. Considering the 
 limited amount of capital with which the 
 subject of this notice commenced life in 
 Kansas a few years since, his success has 
 been almost phenomenal. This has only been 
 brought about by the most unflagging industry 
 and the exercise of good judgment, in addition to 
 the practice of a close economy. He has now a 
 well-improved farm in Morris Township, free from 
 encumbrance, with convenient modern buildings 
 and a very fine apple orchard, besides trees of the 
 smaller fruits. The homestead is beautifully lo- 
 cated, and is invariabl}' an object of admiration to 
 
 all who pass by it. The proprietor is a man held 
 in high respect in his communitj' — a respect which 
 he has earned by his straightforward dealings with 
 his fellow-men. 
 
 The early tramping ground of Mr. Windell was 
 in Harrison County, Ind., where he first opened 
 his eyes to the light November 27, 1842. He was 
 the tenth in a family of eleven children born to 
 Anthony and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Windell, 
 the father a native of the Shenandoah Valley, Va., 
 and the mother born in Hardin County, Ky. Both 
 went to Indiana with their respective parents early 
 in life, and were there married. The father car- 
 ried on farming in Harrison County, eliminating a 
 good homestead from the wilderness, and departed 
 this life in 1855. The mother survived her hus- 
 band for a period of twenty -one years, remaining 
 a widow and passing away in September, 1876. 
 Anthony Windell, Sr., served in the Black Hawk 
 War as Captain of the celebrated Yellow Jacket 
 camp of Indians. Eleven of the children of the 
 parental family are living. 
 
 Young Windell attended the common school 
 during the winter seasons in his boyhood, and as- 
 sisted his father on the farm until a lad of four- 
 teen years. Then, starting out on his own account, 
 he was employed on a farm until after the outbreak 
 of the Civil War. In January, 1862, when a little 
 over nineteen years of age, he enlisted as a Union 
 soldier in Company B, Fifty -third Indiana Infan- 
 try, under the command of Col. W. Q. Gresham. 
 They remained on duty at Indianapolis for a time, 
 guarding prisoners, then repaired to Savannah 
 and Corinth, and subsequently took part with 
 Gen. Hurlbut's Division — the Seventeenth Army 
 Corps — in the engagements which followed. Mr. 
 Windell met the enemy at Hatchie's Run and the 
 siege of Vicksburg, about which time his term of 
 enlistment expired. He then veteranized, while on 
 the Black River, near Vicksburg. Subsequently, 
 while on a foraging expedition, he fell over a cliff 
 and was seriously injured, so that he was obliged 
 to accept his honorable discharge, in December, 
 1864, for disability. 
 
 Upon leaving the army, Mr. Windell returned 
 to Indiana and resumtd farming, sojourning there 
 until 1875. He tlien removed to Texas and set- 
 
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 171 
 
 tied in Dallas County, but soon became dissatisiieci 
 with bis surroundings, and we next find him in 
 Cowley County, this State. He sojourned there 
 also only a brief season, then coming to this county, 
 located upon the land which he now pwns and oc- 
 cupies. The outlook at that time was an^'thing 
 but encouraging, the land being as the Indians 
 had left it. Mr. Windell first secured one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres, to which he has since added, 
 and has now three hundred and twenty acres, one 
 hundred and ninety of which are under the plow. 
 He has expended no small amount of time and 
 hard cash in erecting his buildings, gathering to- 
 gether the necessary machinery and putting the 
 farm in good running order. His orchard com- 
 prises fifty apple trees in good bearing condition, 
 this alone being the source of a handsome income. 
 Otherwise, he raises the usual crops of this region 
 and also considerable live stock. 
 
 Mr. Windell was married in Harrison County, 
 Ind., April 29, 1865, to Miss Emily C, daughter 
 of Henry and Annie (Pennington) Sieg. Mrs. 
 Windell was the third in a family of thirteen chil- 
 dren, and was born in Indiana November 19, 1841. 
 Her parents were natives respectively of Virginia 
 and Indiana, to which latter State the father re- 
 moved when a young man, and was there married. 
 They were residents thereafter of Harrison County, 
 where the father died in 1865. The mother is 
 still living at the old homestead, and is now sixty- 
 five years old. 
 
 Mrs. Windell acquired her education in the 
 common school, and remained under the parental 
 roof until her marriage. Twelve children have 
 been born to this couple, ten of whom are living. 
 Mary Madeline is the wife of John T. Johnson, a 
 resident of Morris Township, this county, and they 
 have one child; Anna Florence married Charles 
 Holland, and they live on a farm in Morris Town- 
 ship; Elizabeth remains with her parents; Sarah is 
 the wife of Samuel H. Brooks, of Harper County; 
 Charles, Alice, Minnie, Ida, Amanda and Atta are 
 at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Windell 
 are members in good standing of the Christian 
 Advent Church. Mr. Windell belongs to the 
 Farmer's Alliance, in which he officiates as Assist- 
 ant Lecturer. He takes an interest in political af- 
 
 fairs and gives his support to the Republican party. 
 
 The material grandfather of Mrs. Windell was 
 Dennis Pennington, a native of Tennessee, who 
 emigrated to Indiana in time to assist in organiz- 
 ing the Territorial Government. He was a man of 
 fine talents and executive abilitj^, and was a mem- 
 ber of the Indiana Legislature many years after it 
 was admitted into the Union as a State. He mar- 
 ried Miss Elizabeth English, a native of Kentucky, 
 whose father was one of the earliest settlers of the 
 Blue Grass State. Mr. English was murdered by 
 Indians, who captured his wife and three children. 
 The wife soon escaped with her youngest child, 
 l)ut Elizabeth and her brother were kept in captiv- 
 ity for a period of twelve years. Peace was then 
 declared, and a treaty was made with the Indians 
 by which they released all their white prisoners, 
 and the two were thus returned to their friends. 
 Mr. Windell, our subject, was one of six sons, 
 three of whom entered the Union service during 
 the Civil War, and John died, in 1862, at home; 
 Washington was the Captain of Company F, Thir ' 
 ty-eighth Indiana Infantry. 
 
 When Mr. Windell came to Kansas he reached 
 Wichita with a wife and six children and $5.50 In 
 money. He hired an ox-team to break his prairie 
 farm land, then returned to Cowley County and 
 broke an equal number of acres for the owner of 
 the oxen. 
 
 _^. NTON WENGLER. The farmers of Oxford 
 IP^I Township have a worthy representative in 
 If Is this gentleman, who in less than a decade 
 ^ has made of his estate one of the finest and 
 
 most productive in the vicinity. That farm was 
 purchased by hira in 1880, and was but slightly 
 improved at that time, and the one hundred 
 and sixty acres which comprise it now bear a fine 
 orchard, grove and hedges, a comfortable and 
 substantial dwelling, and other adequate farm 
 buildings. 
 
 Mr. Wengler was born in Madison County, Mo., 
 March 16, 1850, and is the son of Anton and Cath- 
 erine (Shumer) Wengler, natives of Germany, who 
 settled in Missouri on coming to the United States, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and there remained until the death of the father 
 in 1872. Our subject was reared and educated at 
 his native place, and his boyish eyes witnessed 
 some of the ravages of the late Civil War. He was 
 married January 27, 1876, to Miss Lizzie Emde, of 
 Burllngham County, and continued to reside in 
 Missouri until he came to this place. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Wengler was born August 22, 
 1855, and is a daughter of Henry and Marj' Emde, 
 who were natives of Germany, and identified them- 
 selves with the farming communities of Missouri 
 upon coming to the United States. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Wengler five children have been born, all of 
 whom are still spared to them. They bear the 
 names of Catherine, John, Bertha, Lizzie and Mary, 
 and it is the intention of the parents to give them 
 the best advantages in the way of schooling, and 
 §uch moral and practical training as shall fit them 
 for useful lives. 
 
 An enterprising and energetic farmer, an intelli- 
 gent and honorable man, and a reliable citizen, Mr. 
 Wengler is respected by his neighbors, and his 
 worthy wife shares in their esteem. 
 
 ■-•' ^ • S ' B ' S ' .V '" " 
 
 ASPER C. MANEE. There are few farms 
 in Sumner County upon which the proprie- 
 tors have labored to better advantage than 
 that which is owned and occupied liy the 
 subject of this sketch. His well-tilled fields pro- 
 duce in abundance the rich crops of the Sunflower 
 State, but Mr. Manee has made a specialtj' of fruit- 
 growing, in which industry he excels. Upon com- 
 ing to this county, in 1872, he purchased one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land on section 7, Falls 
 Township, and subsequently pre-empted one hun- 
 dred and ten acres on section 6. In 1877 he re- 
 moved to his present quarters, where he has a neat 
 and substantial residence, good outbuildings, an 
 abundance of fruit and shade trees and all the 
 other appliances of modern farm life. 
 
 Mr. Manee was born on Staten Island, N. Y., 
 January 16, 1821, and is the son of Isaac and Maria 
 (Cropsey) Manee, who were natives respectively 
 of Staten Island and Long Island. The father 
 
 was a ship carpenter by trade and during his early 
 manhood served as a soldier in the War of 1812, 
 afterward receiving a pension. He spent his entire 
 life on his native island. The paternal grandfather, 
 Abraham Manee, was also born on Staten Island. 
 His ancestors were of old Huguenot stock and were 
 prominent people in their day among the early 
 Colonists. Grandfather Cropsey was likewise a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
 
 Mrs. Maria (Cropsey) Manee was the daughter 
 of Harmonis Cropsey, whose ancestors came from 
 Holland. Of her union with Isaac Manee there 
 were born ten children, viz. : Harmon, Anna E,, 
 Abraham, Jasper C, Isaac, Harmon, 2d; Susan, 
 Nicholas, Ellen J., and one who died unnamed in 
 infancy. Jasper C, of this sketch, was the fourth 
 child and was reared on his native island, attending 
 school until a lad of fourteen years. He was unu- 
 sually bright and ambitious and at an early age 
 became anxious to start out in the world for him- 
 self. When leaving school he repaired to New 
 YorkCity and commenced serving an apprenticeship 
 to the silversmith's trade with which he occupied 
 himself until 1849. .At that time the California 
 gold excitement was attracting many young men 
 to the Pacific Slope and Mr. Manee joined the cara- 
 van journeying thither, entering the mines, and 
 engaged in searching for the j'ellow ore with fair 
 success until 1855. 
 
 Six years of life in the extreme wild West sufficed 
 to satisfy Mr. Manee and he gladly returned to his 
 native place, but only to sojourn one year or less. 
 He now found he could no longer content himself 
 in the place of his birth or any where else in the 
 East, and in 1856 he again set his face toward the 
 Mississippi, which he crossed a second time, coming 
 then to Jefferson County, this State, and taking up 
 a homestead claim in Jefferson Township. About 
 this time the border troubles commenced and Mr. 
 Manee was one of the very few men who had the 
 courage to maintain their position among the In- 
 dians and highway assassins who infested the coun- 
 try. In addition to the danger of an encounter 
 with these, there were also many hardships to en- 
 dure in endeavoring to develop a homestead and 
 make a living. 
 
 Mr. Manee, however, stood his ground, remaining 
 
Farm Residence of 1. R.Winter5,5ec.9.CaldwellTr,5umner Co. Kan. 
 
 Farm Residemceof J.C.Manee,Sec.T. Falls Tr,Sumner Co. Kan. 
 
PORTRAIT AISD BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 175 
 
 a resident of Jefferson County until 1872 and be- 
 coming a prominent man in his community. He 
 served as a County Commissioner several years 
 and held the minor offices. Such was his course as 
 a citizen, that he enjoyed the confidence and es- 
 teem of all who knew him and no man was more 
 warmly interested in the welfare and advancement 
 of his adopted county. However, in 1872, desir- 
 ing a change of location and believing he could 
 better himself in Sumner County, he removed 
 hither. 
 
 During the progress of the Civil War Mr. Manee 
 joined the Jefferson Countj;^ militia and assisted in 
 driving the rebel General Price from Independence. 
 He is a Republican, politically', and during the 
 times which tried men's souls he steadfastly main- 
 tained his loyalty to the Union. While a resident 
 of New York City, Mr. Manee, on the 2d of 
 August, 1846, was united in the bonds of wedlock 
 with Miss Eliza J. Denton. Mrs. Manee was born 
 in Connecticut in 1831, and when about eighteen 
 years old removed with her parents to West Milton, 
 N. J. Her union with our subject resulted in the 
 birth of six children, and the mother died at the 
 homestead in Jefferson County , Kan., in 1861. With 
 the exception of an infant who died unnamed, the 
 children were christened respectively: Harmon, 
 Jasperena, Jessie, Avery, and Lucy. Three of these 
 are living and making their homes in Caldwell. 
 
 Mr. Manee has a pleasant and commodious resi- 
 dence, which is represented by a fine view on 
 another page of this work. 
 
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 'i? SAAC R. WINTERS. A front rank among 
 || the farmers of Sumner County is occupied by 
 /il the abovC' named gentleman, and Lis assured 
 position in financial circles has been accomplished 
 by his own efforts and bis wise use of the strength 
 and ability bestowed upon him by nature. He has 
 not only a high standing among farmers and fruit- 
 growers, but enjoys a meritorious war record and 
 a reputation for uprightness and Christian charac- 
 ter which make it a special pleasure to represent 
 him in this volume. 
 
 Before entering upon the sketch of the life of 
 
 our subject, it may be well to devote a few lines 
 to his progenitors. His father, John S. Winters, 
 was born in the Green Mountain State, December 
 12, 1812, and in his boyhood was taken by his 
 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Winters, to Pre- 
 ble County, Ohio. He entered the ministry of 
 the United Brethren Church when twenty -one years 
 of age, preaching his first sermon in Preble County, 
 Ohio. In Darke County, Ohio, March 29, 1832, 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Prudence, 
 danghter of Nathaniel Harris. She was born in 
 that county in 1813, and her death took place in 
 1866. About the year 1850 Elder Winters moved 
 to Logansport, Ind., and preached in that vicinity 
 until his death, in Maj', 1883. The parental fam- 
 ily comprised nine children: Eli, Isaac R., Maria, 
 John B., Marvin, Sophia, San Francisco, Theophi- 
 lus R. and Elvira. 
 
 Isaac R. Winters was born in Preble County, 
 Ohio, February 21, 1838, and passed the first twelve 
 years of his life in his native county. From that 
 time until 1871 his home was in Cass County, Ind., 
 whence he removed to Kansas, and the followino- 
 spring pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres on 
 section 9, Caldwell Township ; he immediately iden- 
 tified himself with the agriculturists and the bet- 
 ter class of citizens of Sumner County. He has 
 given all his time to general farming and fruit 
 growing, improving his land and bringing it to a 
 state of cultivation second to none in the vicinity. 
 He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance and of the 
 Christian Church. 
 
 In 1861 Mr. Winters determined to devote his 
 energy to the preservation of the Union, and join- 
 ing the army as a private in Company B, Forty- 
 sixth Indiana Infantry, became an integral part of 
 the Army of the Cumberland, having for his com- 
 manding officers three of the most noted generals 
 in contemporaneous history — Logan, Sherman and 
 Grant. Although he participated in struggles on 
 many a hard-fought field, he fortunately escaped 
 wounds and retained such excellent health that he 
 was never an inmateof the hospital. At i<:ew Mad- 
 rid, Ruddles Point, St. Charles (Ark.), Ft. Pember- 
 ton. Ft. Gibson, Champion Hills,Siege of Vicksburo-, 
 Jackson (Miss.), Grand Coteau (La.) and Mans- 
 field he bore the part of a brave soldier, as well as 
 
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 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 in the minor engagements and weary marches. 
 Under all circumstances he manifested the same 
 loyal and uncomplaining spirit, and the same de- 
 termination that his share in the great conflict 
 should be bravely borne. In November, 1865, he 
 received his tionorable discharge at Louisville, 
 Ky., and once more resumed the peaceful occupa- 
 palions which had been interrupted by the call to 
 arms. 
 
 In Cass County, Ind., October 14, 1868. llie 
 riles of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. Win- 
 ters and Miss Mary E. McCoy. The bride was born 
 in Pulaski County, Ind., July 19, 1846, and de- 
 parted this life March 29, 1873. She had borne her 
 husband three children : Amy, Frank P. and Harry 
 P., the latter of whom died March 4, 1873, at the 
 age of three months. On May 30, 1874, Mr. Win- 
 ters was again married, taking as his companion 
 Mrs. Sarah M. Malone, of Sumner County, widow 
 of Ezekiel S. Malone. She is a daughter of Ezekiel 
 V. and Icyphena (Marrs) Lisenby; her father was 
 born in Washington County, Tenn., on February 
 14, 1808, and her mother in Monroe County, Ky., 
 February 25, 1816. Mrs. Lisenby departed this 
 life September 14, 1884; her husband still survives, 
 and is making bis home with our subject. 
 
 On another page of the Album will be found a 
 lithographic view of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Winters. 
 
 ^ OSEPHUS W. FORNEY, State Senator for 
 Sumner County, Twent3'-eighth District, is 
 a pioneer of Belle Plaine Township, and 
 has for a number of years enjoyed a good 
 legal practice in Belle Plaine. He is the possessor 
 of an excellent education, his collegiate course 
 liaving been due to his own efforts, and has thor- 
 oughly learned the principles of justice and equity. 
 Mr. Forney is of German and English ancestry, 
 and needs to go back but three generations on the 
 genealogical tree ere reaching Germany. His 
 grandfather Forney was born in Maryland, but 
 spent the greater part of his life in Guernsey 
 County, Ohio, where he settled in 1811, and where 
 
 John Forney, father of our subject, was born. The 
 latter is still living there and is now well advanced 
 in years. He married Miss j;iiza Wilson, and to 
 this union on September 26, 1841, a son was born, 
 of whose history this sketch will give an outline. 
 
 Reared to manhood on a farm in his native 
 county and State, he of whom we write received 
 an elementary education in the district schools, 
 and took up the profession of a teacher at the age 
 of sixteen years. For nine winters he was oc- 
 cupied in the instruction of others and during this 
 time he took the scientific course in Madison Col- 
 lege at Antrim, Ohio, attending during the sum- 
 mer months and paying his tuition and other 
 expenses with the money he earned in teaching. In 
 1858, he began the study of the law alone, con- 
 tinuing his reading in this way until 1861, when 
 he entered the office of Col. J. D. Taylor, at Cam- 
 bridge, Ohio, with whom he read between two and 
 three years. 
 
 Mr. Forney was admitted to the Ohio State bar 
 in 1863. In the winter of 1864 he re-enlisted, be- 
 coming a member of Company B, One Hundred and 
 Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry and receiving the com- 
 mission of Lieutenant, which office he filled dur- 
 ing the remainder of his service. The greater 
 part of his second term of service was spent in 
 post duty in various States, and he was honorably 
 discharged in July, 1865, although not virtually 
 released until the spring of 1866. 
 
 Returning to the Buckeye State, Mr. Forney en- 
 gaged in the practice of his profession in Cam- 
 bridge, until some time during the year 1867, 
 when he opened an office in St. Charles, Iowa. 
 After sojourning in that town until the spring of 
 1871, he came to Belle Plaine, since which time he 
 has given this section the benefit of his legal 
 knowledge and professional skill. The fall after 
 his arrival here he pre-empted one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land in Belle Plaine Township, com- 
 prising the northwest quarter of section 18, upon 
 which he settled, being practically its first occupant 
 as it WIS virtually bare of imptovement. For ten 
 years he made his home upon his farm but still at- 
 tended to his legal duties — keeping an office in 
 town. 
 
 In the fall of 1888 our subject was elected State 
 
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 177 
 
 Senator for a term of four years, his practical 
 knowledge of the life and needs of the agricultur- 
 ist, and his forensic skill, alike fitting him for the 
 position, and his constituents confidently expect 
 their varied interests to be advanced through his 
 instrumentality. Mr. Forney is a member of the 
 A. F. & A. M. and has served as Secretary of the 
 lodge. He also belongs to the G. A. R. Post at 
 Belle Plaine and for two years was its Commander. 
 
 His political adherence is given to the Republi- 
 can party. He and his wife are members of the- 
 Methodist Episcopal Church and endeavor to carry 
 the principles of their faith into the details of their 
 daily life. 
 
 His marriage took place Julj- 3, 1870, and the 
 lady in whom he found the traits of mind and 
 character whicli he thought most desirable in a life 
 companion, was Miss Sarah E. Ergenbright. She 
 is a native of Clay County, Ind., and a daughter 
 of William Ergenbright. The happy union has 
 been blessed by the birth of six children — May, 
 Nora, John, Lyda, James G., and Minnie, and the 
 loving parents have been bereaved of the last 
 named. 
 
 ^v OL. GEORGE BURTON, Postmaster of 
 '' Argonia, is what may be termed " a gentle- 
 
 c 
 
 man to the manor born," possessed of more 
 than ordinary intelligence and that courteous bear- 
 ing which wins for him friends wherever he. goes. 
 He comes of substantial Irish ancestry, and was 
 born March 7, 1819, in the city of Dublin, where 
 he spent the first thirteen years of his life. Then, 
 equipped with only a limited education, he started 
 out in the world for himself, embarking as cabin 
 boy on an ocean vessel and from that time until 
 1842 his life was spent on the water — the sea and 
 lakes. The next four years were occupied at vari- 
 ous businesses and in 1846 he entered the volunteer 
 service of the United States during the war witli 
 Mexico, being a member of Company G, Fourth 
 Illinois Infantry, under Col. Ed. Baker. He served 
 for one year and returned a Third Sergeant. He 
 and ex-Gov. Richard Oglesby, who was then a Ser- 
 geant in Company K, frequently reported together. 
 
 He served under Gen. Taylor until a part of the 
 army was ordered to join Gen. Scott, and he par- 
 ticipated in the battles of Vera Cruz, Natural 
 Bridge, Cerro Gordo and other minor engagements. 
 Later he was under the command of Gen. Shields 
 and under Division Commander, Gen. Twiggs. 
 
 Upon retiring from the service Mr. Burton re- 
 paired to Tazewell County, 111., where he operated 
 a sawmill until 1849. Being seized then with an 
 attack of the California gold fever, he set out 
 overland across the plains and worked in the mines 
 until the fall of 1850. In returning home he went 
 down the coast as far as Cape St. Lucas, where the 
 vessel "Louisa Boston'' was sunk in the harbor of 
 Mazatlan, and he rode a mule from there to Du- 
 rango, and finally succeeded in reaching home 
 safely after being chased in Mexico by the Apache 
 Indians. He now resumed sawmilling and was en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business for probably two 
 years. He in 1852, crossing the Mississippi, took 
 up his abode in Decatur County, Iowa, where he 
 operated as a general merchant three years and 
 also engaged in farming. He became prominent 
 in local affairs and was County Auditor for three 
 3'ears until the outbreak of the Civil War. 
 
 Watching the conflict which ensued with more 
 than ordinary interest. Col. Burton in June, 1861, 
 organized a military company in Leon, Iowa, of 
 which he was elected Captain and which was as- 
 signed to the Fourth Iowa Infantry, under com- 
 mand of Col. Dodge. He fought at the battle of 
 Pea Ridge, skirmishing all through Arkansas, was 
 in the fight at Chickasaw Bayou, and then at 
 Arkansas Post, Lookout Mountain, Mission Rido-e 
 Ringgold, Ga., and Woodville, Ala. On the 2d 
 of May, 1862, he was commissioned Lieuten- 
 ant-Colonel of the Fourth Iowa Infantry. At the 
 battle of Pea Ridge he was wounded by a canis- 
 ter shot through the left arm, and at Cherokee 
 Station received a sabre cut in the left hand. He 
 resigned his commission April 10, 1864, and return- 
 ing to Iowa resumed the duties of a private citizen. 
 
 Col. Burton became well-known in the Hawkeye 
 State and in 1869 was elected Auditor of Decatur 
 County, which office he held three years. Later 
 for the same length of time he engaged in the live- 
 stock business, purchasing cattle in Indian Terri- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tory, and selling themjin Iowa. In 1875 he settled 
 on a farm near Mayfield, tliis county, where he so- 
 journed until 1883, coming that year to Argonia 
 and engaging in the mercantile business. He also 
 began speculating considerably. On the •2d of 
 April, 1888, he was appointed to the office of 
 Postmaster, the duties of which have since oc- 
 cupied his time and attention until February 1, 
 1890. 
 
 In"1848, Col. Burton was united in marriage 
 with Miss Jane Waring, who died in 1863, leaving 
 no children. In 1865, the Colonel contracted a 
 second marriage with Miss Martha S. Walton. ""/rhis 
 lady was born in Ohio and is the daughter of 
 George and Martha Walton who spent their last 
 days in Iowa. Of this union there were no chil- 
 dren. Mrs. Burton was a very excellent lady and 
 a member in good standing of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church. The Colonel takes an interest 
 in politics, voting the straight Democratic ticket. 
 He is Past Grand in the I. O. O. F., belongs to the 
 Encampment, is a Knight of Pythias and a member 
 of the Chapter in Masonry. 
 
 The father of our subject was John Burton, a 
 native of Dublin, Ireland, and a manufacturer of 
 cotton cloth. The mother bore the maiden name 
 of Martha Whitehead and she also was born in 
 Dublin. They came to America in 1S33, settling in 
 Cleveland, Ohio, and about 1842, removed to 
 Bloomington, 111. There the mother died in 1835 
 and the father in 1848. Only two of the five chil- 
 dren born to them are living — G. B. and Eliza, 
 now Mrs. Burnes, the latter being a resident of 
 Leroy, McLean County, 111. 
 
 \f OSEPH T. McCLUER is the owner and 
 occupant of an excellent farm in Ryan 
 Township, and is one of the best farmers in 
 all the section roundabout. His industry' 
 has been unremitting, his energy unfailing, and all 
 who know liim rejoice in the success which is 
 crowning his efforts to secure a competence. He 
 came to this locality in the spring of 1878, pre- 
 empted a tract of raw land, and with but seventy- 
 
 flve cents in his pocket, began a struggle which 
 only his love for his family, his self-respect, and 
 his conscientiovis determination to do his best in 
 the battle of life, made endurable. He was not 
 able to bring his family here until late in the fall, 
 after his own arrival, but he is now comfortably 
 situated, with stock and all necessary farm tools 
 and appliances, and freed from all but a slight in- 
 cumbrance upon his property. 
 
 The father of our subject was born in Rock- 
 bridge County, Va., near the Natural Bridge. He 
 was christened Samuel, and adopted the occupation 
 of a farmer. He was married in Ohio in 1832, to 
 Jliss Hannah Sharp, who died in 1849, after hav- 
 ing borne eleven children, five of whom are living. 
 After the death of his wife Samuel McCluer re- 
 moved to Illinois, settling in Peoria County, where 
 he died August 16,1859. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the eighth in 
 order of birth in the parental family, and first 
 opened his eyes to the light in Adams County, 
 Ohio, January 29, 1841. He received a (.ommon- 
 school education, partly in his native State and 
 partly in Illinois, and at the early age of thirteen 
 began life for himself. He worked in the coal 
 mines in Peoria and Fulton Counties, 111., until his 
 twenty -first year, when the breaking out of the 
 Civil War aroused all the patriotic fervor and 
 loyal devotion of his young heart, and he deter- 
 mined to devote the opening years of his manhood 
 to his country's cause. 
 
 Enlisting in Company C, Forty-seventh Illinois 
 Infantry, August 18, 1861, young McCluer was sent 
 with his comrades to St. Louis to acquire his first in- 
 struction in army discipline and tactics in the 
 barracks there. Thence they went to Otterville, 
 Mo., thence to Island No. 10, to Pittsburg Land- 
 ing, Corinth. luka, thence back to Corinth, on to 
 Vicksburg, next entering the Red River expedition 
 under Gen. Banks, and subsequently going to 
 Mobile, Ala. Mr. McCluer participated in all 
 these battles except that of Pittsburg Landing, 
 where his command arrived the day after the con- 
 test. He also took part in the battle of Nashville 
 under Gen; Thomas. At Corinth he was struck on 
 the left arm by a minie ball, but was not disabled, 
 and at Pleasant Hill, on the Red River, he had a 
 
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 very narrow escape from death, being knocked 
 down by a ball which graced the back of his neck. 
 He enlisted as a private, and was promoted to the 
 rank of Sergeant. At the expiration of his term of 
 enlistment, when at Black River Bridge, Miss., he 
 re-enlisted and served until February 22, 1865. 
 
 The short list of heavy engagements in which 
 Mr. McCluer took part makes up a very small 
 portion indeed of his army record, but all who are 
 familiar with the history of the '-iirepressible con- 
 flict," can readily fill in the details of experience 
 spreading over a period of nearly four years. 
 Especially can those who have witnessed the life in 
 camp, who know the drill which is necessary in 
 preparing for active campaigns, and the watchful- 
 ness and care that are ever required, appreciute the 
 service rendered by those gallant men who, like 
 our subject, were conscientious, brave and pains- 
 taking in every detail of a soldier's life. 
 
 When mustered out of the service Mr. McCluer 
 returned to Peoria County, 111., spending the sum- 
 mers in farming and the winters in working in the 
 mines for a few years. The farm which he pre- 
 empted in this countj' comprises one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, all improved and one hundred 
 and ten acres under the plow; He has put on all 
 the improvements, raises all the stock the farm 
 will support, and now has thirty head of cattle, 
 thirty of hogs and six horses. During the season 
 of 1889 he raised thirty-five hundred bushels of corn 
 on eighty-four acres,eleven hundred bushels of wheat 
 on eighty acres, and eleven hundred bushels of oats 
 on forty acres. With the grain he has raised and 
 the sale of his soldier's claim in Garfield Township, 
 he has paid off |I,200 indebtedness, and is now 
 feeling quite comfortable in regard to the claims 
 upon him. The dwelling in which the family re- 
 sides was built in 1885. The next year he went 
 to Garfield County, where he remained two years, 
 securing his soldier's homestead. 
 
 In Illinois, August 16, 1866, Mr. McCluer was 
 united in marriage with Mrs. Margaret Obarr, nee 
 Bradley. She is a daughter of Thomas D. and 
 Mary A. (^ Jordan) Bradley, natives of Mississippi, 
 who removed to Tennessee, where the father died 
 in 1861. Mrs. Bradley removed to Illinois two 
 years later and settled in Fulton County, whence 
 
 she came to Kansas in 1881. She is now living 
 with our subject, and has reached the advanced age 
 of seventy-five j'oars. She is the mother of six 
 children, the wife of our subject being the second 
 in order of birth, and her natal day April 2, 1842. 
 Mrs. McCluer was the recipient of a common- 
 school education, is a lady of estimable character, 
 and of many domestic virtues. She has borne her 
 husband six children, five of whom are now living, 
 named respectively: Lucy A., George W., Samuel 
 D., and Oscar and Ernest (twins). The eldest 
 daughter is a member of the Christian Church 
 and Sunday-school, the parents also being active in 
 the Sunday-school work, and members of the 
 Church of Christ at Milan. 
 
 Mr. McCluer is a member of the Southern 
 branch of the Farmers' Alliance. He is Treasurer 
 of School District No. 23, and has been a member 
 of the board since the district was organized. He 
 has served as Road Overseer. He keeps himself 
 postad in political matters, and now votes the 
 ITnion Labor ticket; he was previously a Green- 
 backer. It is needless to state that he is highly 
 esteemed by his fellow-citizens, among whom his 
 character is above reproach. 
 
 (| MLLIAM B. ] 
 \^l is prominent 
 W^J Springdale T( 
 
 ILLIAM B. MALABY. This gentleman 
 t among the leading men of 
 Springdale Township as an advanced ad- 
 vocate of the Union Labor movement, and one who 
 keeps himself thoroughly posted upon the leading 
 topics of the day, advocating progressive measures 
 in all things as far as is wise and prudent. He has 
 the honor of being one of the pioneer settlers of 
 this county, becoming first a resident of Palestine 
 Township. His native place was in Fayette County, 
 Pa., and the date of his birth July 23, 1848. He 
 was the eldest of the twelve children of his parents, 
 ten of whom are living, making their homes mostly 
 in Kansas. 
 
 George A. Malaby, the father of our subject, 
 was a native likewise of the Keystone State, and 
 occupied himself as a farmer and bricklayer. He 
 was married in early manhood to Miss Esther A, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Johnson, a maiden of his own county, anrl they re- 
 sided there vintil 1854. Then emigrating to La- 
 Salle County, 111., they lived there sixteen years, 
 and next removed to Marshall County. After a 
 three years' residence in the latter, they, in 1870, 
 disposed of their property and transported them- 
 selves and their household goods across the Missis- 
 sippi to Kansas, settling in this county. The father 
 departed tiiis life at his home in Palestine Town- 
 ship, August 1, 1878; the mother is still living at 
 the old homestead, and is aged fifty-nine years. 
 
 The Malaby family removed to Illinois when 
 William B. was a little lad six years of age. He 
 attended school for a few winters thereafter, and at 
 the age of twenty years commenced farming on his 
 own account. He came to Kansas in 1870, settling 
 in this county on the 7th of August, when there 
 was not a woman within its limits, and when the 
 Osage Indians mostly owned and occupied the land. 
 Herds of buffalo roamed over the prairie, and Mr. 
 Malaby spent days at a lime without seeing the 
 face of a human being. Settlers soon began com- 
 ing in, liowever, and there was soon a growing 
 community. But few are living in this county 
 who came to this region at that time. Mr. Malaby 
 located first on what was known as the McCamon 
 farm, and labored as best he could without capital, 
 and with few conveniences or farm implements. 
 Later he removed to the John Widick farm in Pal- 
 estine Township. About 1872, he with the Dea- 
 ver Bros., put up the first livery stable in Belle 
 Plaine, which he operated one year. 
 
 Mr. Malaby was married in February, 1873, to 
 Martha S., step-daughter of Joseph Daniels, of Pal- 
 estine Township. Mrs. Malaby was born May 2, 
 1855, in Illinois, and by her union with our sub- 
 ject, became the mother of three children: William 
 L. F. was born March 20, 1875; Joseph E. A., Feb- 
 ruary 22, 1877; and Ross E., July 13, 1879. Mrs. 
 Martha Malaby died at her home in Palestine, July 
 22, 1881. Our subject was married again July 17, 
 1882, to Miss Margaret, daughter of Alfred and 
 Susan Rice, who were natives of Gallatin County, 
 111. Mrs. Rice died in 1880. Mr. Rice is still 
 living in Illinois. Mrs. Margaret Malaby was born 
 December 15, 1860, in Gallatin County, 111., where 
 she was reared and attended the common school. 
 
 This union resulted in the birth of four children: 
 Clareuce I., born May 13, 1880; Myra Helena, 
 March 31, 1886; Norah Esther, January 4, 1888, 
 and Howard Raymond, August 5, 1889. The pre- 
 sent wife of our subject is a member in good stand- 
 ing of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Mr. Malaby is President of the Farmers' Alli- 
 ance, Springdale Lodge, No. 656, and has been a 
 member of the school board of his district for the 
 past five 3'ears. He has just completed his second 
 term as Township Trustee. He takes an active in- 
 terest in politics, and until about three years ago, 
 was a stanch supporter of the Republican party. 
 His S3'mpathies are now with the Union Labor 
 movement, of which he is a leader in this locality. 
 His farm embraces three hundred and twenty acres 
 of good land, the greater part of which is under 
 a good state of cultivation. Upon taking posses- 
 sion of this in 1877, preempting it from the Gov- 
 ernment, it presented an appearance widely differ- 
 ent from that of the present, having upon it no 
 improvements whatever, lying as the Indians had 
 left it. Mr. JMalaby put up his present residence 
 in 1882. He is quite extensively interested in the 
 breeding of live-stock, cattle, horses, sheep, and 
 swine. He has planted large numbers of fruit 
 trees, having two orchards, including four hundred 
 apple trees, one hundred cherry trees, .ind fifty of 
 peach. As a pioneer settler of this region, he is 
 regarded with more than ordinary* interest, and as 
 one who has made for himself a good record, he is 
 eminently worth}' of representation in a work de- 
 signed to perpetuate the names and deeds of the 
 earlj' settlers of Sumner County. 
 
 yfclLLIAM A. McLAIN, one of the progres- 
 / sive farmers of Jackson Township, was 
 W^ born in Hillsboro Township, Montgomery 
 County, 111., October 20, 1845. His father, Addi- 
 son McLain, was a nativeof Greensborough, N. C, 
 where he was reared and married. In 1835 he left 
 his native State to find his home in the then far 
 Northwest. He journeyed with teams across the 
 mountains, traversed the States of Tennessee and 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 Kentuckj' and entered the Slate of Indiana, w h( re lie 
 remained one year. At tbe expiration of that time 
 he again started Westward, and reached Illinois, 
 where, being pleased with the country, he located 
 in Montgomery County of which he was one of 
 the first settlers. He bought a tract of land which 
 was covered with timber and had a log house upon 
 it, the one in which our subject was born. The re- 
 gion in which he fixed his abiding place was 
 sparsely settled at that time and deer and other 
 wild game abounded. St. Louis, sixty-five miles 
 distant, was their nearest market and they were 
 obliged to draw their grain and pork (here and back 
 with teams. 
 
 Addison McLain improved his place and made 
 it into a fine productive farm which yielded him a 
 good income in the latter years of his life, and 
 which was his residence until his death, which oc- 
 curred in 1873. The maiden name of the mother 
 of our subject was Catherine Lewy. She is a na- 
 tive of North Carolina and now resides in the 
 homestead in Hillsboro, 111. Mr. and Mrs. A. Mc- 
 Lain were the parents of eight children of whom 
 two are deceased. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared and edu- 
 cated in his native county and made that his home 
 until 1883. In 1876 he visited Texas and bought 
 land in Hunt and Kaufman Counties but did not set- 
 tle there. He retui-ned to Illinois and in 1878 
 made a trip to Sumner County, Kan., traveling by 
 rail as far as Hutchison, then finishing the journey 
 in a wagon. The nearest railroad point at that 
 time was at Wichita and the country was but spar- 
 ingly settled in that portion of the State. When 
 Mr. McLain examined Sumner County's advan 
 tages, present and prospective, he was so pleased 
 with the outlook that he bought the southwest 
 quarter of section 10, Jackson Township. Follow- 
 ing ills purchase of land in Sumner County, our 
 subject returned to Illinois where he continued to 
 reside until 1883. In that year he removed to 
 Kansas and located on the land which he had pre- 
 viously purchased. 
 
 As soon as possible after the arrival of Mr. Mc- 
 Lain in his new home he erected good, substantial 
 frame buildings, enclosed his farm with a strong 
 fence, planted fruit and shade trees and in every , 
 
 respect brought it up to a high standard of excel- 
 lence. June 30, 1887, our subject and Miss Olive 
 Finefrock were united in the holy bonds of matri- 
 mony and began housekeeping on the farm which 
 was then in a high state of development and pro- 
 ductiveness. Mrs. McLain is a native of Ohio. 
 She is a member of the Presbyterian Church at 
 Rome, and a refined, cultivated. Christian lady, 
 whom it is a pleasure to know. Mr. McLain is a 
 Republican in politics and takes a moderate share 
 in the active work of his party. They are the pa- 
 rents of one child, named — Charles Sumner. 
 
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 ^t, OSHUA WRIGHT is a well-known dweller 
 in Belle Plaine, and was, for about thirteen 
 years, a member of the agricultural class of 
 ^^^ Belle Plaine Township. He spent some 
 time in serving his country during the trj'ing 
 days of the War of the Rebellion, was elected 
 Captain on the organization of the company, and 
 has since that time been known by that title. He 
 has acquired a sufficient amount of this world's 
 goods to allow him to give up active work and 
 to enjoy the repose that seems so fitting after a 
 life of industry and well-doing. He and his es- 
 timable wife are regarded with confidence and 
 esteem by all who know them. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 born in England, but having become a citizen of 
 the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, en- 
 tered the Colonial army and met his death at the 
 hands of the British. His son, Jonathan, was born 
 in Virginia, was bound out when a child, taken 
 to Kentucky, and there grew to manhood. He 
 married Miss Sarah Read, and became the father 
 of twelve children, of whom three only beside our 
 subject are now living. Mrs. Parraelia Turley lives 
 in Orange County, Ind., and Aaron and Emmett in 
 Lawrence County, of the same State. The parents 
 had removed to that State in 1802, taking their 
 place among the pioneers of Orange County, where 
 they endured the privations and hardships incident 
 to such life, rearing their family among the frontier 
 surroundings and bestowing upon them such ad- 
 
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 vantages as the circumstances would admit. The 
 father died November 17, 1838, and the mother did 
 not long survive, her death taking place August 4, 
 1840. 
 
 In the State and county in which his parents so 
 long resided, Capt. Wright was born, December 
 20, 1822, spending his boyhood amid the scenes 
 of the frontier, where a sturdiness of character is 
 developed and habits of observation learned that 
 take the place of extended schooling. Even be- 
 fore the death of his parents, he was obliged to 
 begin labor for his own support, at the age of 
 sixteen going ont to work by the month or day. 
 On April 8, 1842, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Parmelia Hall, also 9 native of Orange County, 
 Ind., who has borne her share in the burdens of 
 life by her husband's side since the day of their 
 union, and has faithfully endeavored to fill her 
 place as a wife and mother. She is becoming ad- 
 vanced in years, having been born September 27, 
 1823. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Wright were William and 
 Sophia (Dabney) Hall, who, like her husband's 
 parents, were early settlers in the county in which 
 she was born. Her father was a native of Ken- 
 tucky and of English descent. The household 
 band comprised twelve children, of whom the fol- 
 lowing now survive: Mrs. Nancy Stewart, of Iowa; 
 Mrs. Polly Fender, of Kansas; Mrs. Wright; and 
 Marintha, wife of George Moore, of Lawrence 
 County, Ind. 
 
 In the spring of 1849 Capt. Wright, with his 
 wife and two children, removed to Jefferson 
 County, Iowa, where he resided for over a quarter 
 of a century, and whence, in 1876, he came to 
 Kansas. He located on a farm near Belle Plaine, 
 in this county, and remained there until Febru- 
 ary, 1889, when he became a citizen of the village. 
 His farm comprised 160 acres of well-improved 
 land, which he sold some time since. The enlist- 
 ment of Capt. Wright took place in July, 1862, 
 as a member of the Nineteenth Iowa Infantry, and 
 he was elected Captain of Company D. The com- 
 mand became a part of the Army of the South- 
 west, and participated in numerous skiimishes and 
 various engagements. During the battle of Prai- 
 rie Grove the Captain received a wound in the 
 
 right arm, and still carries a musket ball embedded 
 in that member as a trophy from the battle-field. 
 He now receives a pension of $20 per month on 
 account of his injury. During the same engage- 
 ment he received two other slighter wounds. In 
 July, 1863, he was discharged and returned to his 
 home to again take up the life of a civilian. He 
 was connected with the home militia in Iowa after 
 his return from the seat of war. 
 
 To Capt. and Mrs. Wright eight children hare 
 been born, of whom Sarah J., Eliza M. and Mary 
 E. have been removed from them by death. Ma- 
 tilda is the wife of Henry Kline, of this county; 
 Rhoda E., the widow of David Snider, also lives 
 in this county; George W. makes his home in Iowa; 
 Millard is mining in Colorado; and William oper- 
 ates a farm in Belle Plaine Township, this county. 
 The parents of this family have been identified 
 with the Christian Church and are active members 
 of society. Capt. Wright belongs to the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, and gives his political ad- 
 herence to the Republican party. He has served 
 as Justice of the Peace here for nearly six years. 
 
 ^^^EORGE W. HENDERSON. This gentle- 
 man represents a large amount of wealth 
 and influence, and is considered one of the 
 most stirring and useful citizens of Morris Town- 
 ship. He has built up one of its most valuable 
 farms and has been no unimportant factor in the 
 growth and development of this region, having 
 by his very example promoted, to a large extent, 
 its material interests. He occupies a substantial 
 modern dwelling, and has all the other necessary 
 farm buildings, together with modern machinery 
 and the appliances requisite for the successful 
 prosecution of agriculture. Among the other good 
 things which have fallen to his lot in life is the 
 possession of an intelligent and helpful wife, who 
 not only manages her household affairs in a most 
 praiseworthy manner, but is at the same time the 
 efBctent helpmate of her husband in many of his 
 business enterprises, being a safe counselor at all 
 times, Thus, in addition to being in the enjoy- 
 
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 ment of a model home, they are most happily 
 situated in their domestic relations. There have 
 been born to them two children only — Marshall 
 E., April 1, 1875, and Rose Myrtle, July 23, 1877. 
 The son and daughter are being given a good 
 education, including instruction in music, in which 
 art they are quite proficient. 
 
 Mr. Henderson has made his permanent loca- 
 tion many miles from liis birthplace, which was in 
 Sussex County, N. J., and the date thereof July 
 12, 1829. He was the eldest in a family of seven 
 children, four of whom are living, the other three 
 being located in Kansas and Iowa. The father, 
 Eleazer, was an ir(m manufacturer, and like his 
 wife, who in her girlhood was Mary Castimoie, 
 was a native of New Jersey. This branch of the 
 Henderson family is of Irish and French descent, 
 while the mother traced her forefathers to England 
 and Germany. 
 
 The parents of our subject were reared and 
 married in New Jersey, residing there until 1839. 
 That year they removed to Pennsylvania, where 
 they lived until 1857. Still looking Westward, 
 they next removed across the Mississippi to Fay- 
 ette County, Iowa, where the iron manufacturer 
 changed his occupation to that of a farmer. The 
 wife and mother departed this life at the home- 
 stead, in Faj'ette County, in 1876, at the age of 
 seventy-four years. The father subsequently took 
 up his abode with his son, George W., and died at 
 his house, April 5, 1882, aged seventy, five years, 
 four months and fifteen days. 
 
 After emerging from the common school, Mr. 
 Henderson, in 1877, took a thorough course in 
 the business college at St. Joseph, Mo. He left the 
 parental roof when a youth of seventeen years, 
 commencing an apprenticeship at wagon-making 
 and wheelwrighting, at which he was employed 
 continuously thereafter for a period of twenty 
 years. He completed his apprenticeship in Penn- 
 sylvania, and during the years mentioned resided 
 in that State and Illinois. In the spring of 1856 
 he preceded his family to Iowa, settling in Fayette 
 County, where he followed his trade and purchased 
 a farm, upon which he resided until 1859. He then 
 recrossed the Father of Waters, and took up his 
 abode in Centralia, HI., whtie he sojourned until 
 
 the fall of 1856. In the meantime he spent one 
 year in the Quartermaster's Department at Nash- 
 ville and Chattanooga, Tenn., employed in putting 
 up hospitals and warehouses. 
 
 In the fall of 1865 Mr. Henderson came to Kan- 
 sas, and settling in Doniphan County, engaged in 
 farming. He lived there until 1881, and his next 
 removal was to this county, where he secured pos- 
 session of the land which he now owns and occu- 
 pies. When a little over twenty-one years old he 
 was married, January 28, 1851, in Pennsylvania, 
 to Miss Hannah M. Venrick. The two children 
 born of this union are sons — William, a resident 
 of Trinidad, Col. ; and Alexander, employed in the 
 freight depot of the Missouri Pacific Railroad at 
 Leavenworth. Mrs. Hannah M. Henderson de- 
 parted this life at her home in Iowa, May 2, 1857. 
 The second marriage of Mr. Henderson occurred 
 August 1, 1861, with Miss Mary Beaver, and she 
 also became the mother of two children — George 
 L., a resident of this county; and Ella, the wife 
 of Edward Brooks, of New Mexico. Mrs. Mary 
 Henderson died October 23, 1873. 
 
 The present wife of our subject, to whom he 
 was married, at Pana, April 22, 1874, was in her 
 girlhood Miss Hattie L. Yeager. Her parents were 
 Moses and Margaret (Campbell) Yeager, natives 
 of Pennsylvania, and the father engaged in farm- 
 ing pursuits. They removed with their respective 
 parents to Ohio, where they were married, and 
 whence they emigrated to Indiana, probably fifty 
 years ago. After a sojourn there of twenty years, 
 they went over into Illinois, and then, in 1884, came 
 to this State, settling in Argonia. Mr. Yeager 
 died February 6, 1888, at the age of seventy-four 
 years. His widow is still living, and is aged sev- 
 enty-six. Four of their six children are living. 
 Mrs. Henderson was the second, and was born 
 March 11, 1841, in Rush County, Ind. As a child, 
 she was a bright beyond her years, made good use 
 of her time in school, fitting herself for a teacher, 
 and followed this profession for a period of seven- 
 teen years in Indiana and Illinois. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Henderson are devoted members 
 of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they 
 have been active workers, especially in the Sun- 
 day-school, Mr. Henderson oflSciating as Superin- 
 
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 tendent and teacher of the Bible Class, and in the 
 church proper he has held the offices of Class- 
 Leader and Steward. He is rather conservative in 
 politics and strongly in favor of prohibition. He 
 voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but is now 
 rather independent, aiming to support the men 
 whom he considers will best serve the interests of 
 the people. For seven years ho has been Treas- 
 urer of his school district. He was elected a Trus- 
 tee of Morris Township, but resigned. He served 
 at one time as Justice of the Peace in Morris Town- 
 ship. He belongs to the Grange, the Farmers' Al- 
 liance and the A. H. T. A. 
 
 Mr. Henderson's farm embraces three hundred 
 and twenty acres of choice land, which is devoted 
 to the raising of grain and stocls, he making a 
 specialty of cattle, horses and swine. The present 
 residence was put up in 1881. It is handsomely 
 finished and furnished, and is considered one of the 
 best structures of its kind in Morris Township. 
 Mr. Henderson is one of those men whose name 
 will be held in remembrance long after he has been 
 gathered to his fathers. 
 
 5K (y 
 
 ^, J^YATT B. GOAD. Postmast( 
 
 y! is of English extraction, ar 
 Tennessee, born in Smith Cc 
 
 YATT B. GOAD. Postmaster at Mayfield, 
 
 and a native of 
 ounty. May 3, 
 1845. His early boyhood was passed in his native 
 State, and in 1857 he accompanied his parents to 
 Kentucky, continuing his education in the com- 
 mon schools there, and growing to early manhood 
 on the farm which his father owned and operated, 
 lie had been taught to love his country, and the 
 spirit of loyalty which was implanted within his 
 breast led him to desire to assist in the preserva- 
 tion of the Union, and he therefore, in the spring 
 of 1862. although but seventeen years of age, en- 
 listed at Glasgow, Ky.- was enrolled in Company 
 C, Thirty-seventh Kentucky Infantry, and served 
 twenty-two months; he then re-enlisted in the 
 Fifty-fifth Regiment, Company E, Infantry, until 
 May 24, 1865, when he was honorably discharged 
 at Covington. Although he was not called upon 
 to take part in any of the most famous battles of 
 
 the war, he bore his part bravely in the battles of 
 Mt. Sterling, Cynthiana, and King Salt Works in 
 Virginia, a few minor engagements, in the routine 
 duties of camp life, and in various marches. 
 
 When mustered out of the service, young Goad 
 returned to Kentucky, and remained in that State 
 until 1882, when he came to Wellington, Kan., and 
 for two years followed his trade as a carpenter in 
 this vicinity. He then moved on to a farm, and 
 for about three }'cars carried on the pursuit of 
 agriculture. Having received the appointment of 
 Postmaster, he took possession of the office, Sep- 
 tember 20, 1887. Mr. Goad is a Republican, never 
 failing to exercise his right to the elective fran- 
 chise in behalf of what he considers most conducive 
 to the welfare of the country. He is an honorable 
 and upright man, and throughout his entire life has 
 exhibited a spirit of prudence and industry, and a 
 cordial, friendly nature in his dealings with man- 
 kind. 
 
 In November, 1866, Mr. Goad was united in 
 marriage with Miss Harriet R. Bullock, who was 
 born October 2, J834, and who died May 23, 1880. 
 Mr. Goad subsequently became the husband of 
 Mrs. Nannie Owens, widow of James T. Owens, the 
 rites of wedlock being celebrated between thera 
 September 28, 1880. Mrs. Goad is a (laughter of 
 Thomas and Emily (William) Franklin, natives of 
 Virginia, and was born March 28, 1852. Her 
 mother died in Warren County, Ky., at the age of 
 fifty-five years, and her father is still living t'uere. 
 She has borne her husband one child, Thomas H., 
 whose natal day was Februarj' 4, 1883. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Joshua A. Goad, who was born in Virginia about 
 the year 1770, and who died at Carthage, Tenn., at 
 the advanced age of eighty-five years. His son, 
 Henry, was born in Colfax County, Va., October 9, 
 1800, and was six years old when the family re- 
 moved to Tennessee. In 1857 he became a resi- 
 dent of Kentucky, where his death occurred April 
 20, 1885. He was a Republican in politics, and a 
 member in good standing of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church. 
 
 The wife of Henry Goad, and the mother of our 
 subject, bore the maiden name of Martha Duke, 
 and was born in Jackson County, Tenn., January 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 28, 1806, and is still living in Monroe County, Ky. 
 Her parents, McKauge and Annie; (Brooks)] Duke, 
 were natives3]of Virginia, andj her ,father was a 
 planter'and slave trader. Mr. and Mrs. Duke died 
 in Jackson County, Tenn. The family of Mr, 
 and Mrs. Henry Goad comprised eight. children — 
 Martha, Harvejs Sallie A., Henry^ C., Mathew, 
 Mary, Wyatt and Katherine. Three of this family 
 are] deceased, Martha having died at the age /of 
 three years, Mathew in infancy, and Henry at the 
 age of thirty-flve. The latter was a Union soldier 
 during the Civil War. 
 
 II OHN L. MEARS. If a man's character may 
 lie determined by his surroundings, that of 
 Mr. Mears and his no less capable and 
 worthy wife, possesses all the elements of 
 thrift, industry and good citizenship. We find 
 them in the midst of pleasant surroundings, the 
 occupants of a well-developed farm on section 14, 
 Dixon Township, having a substantial dwelling 
 with convenient outbuildings, fruit and shade trees 
 and the land under a good state of cultivation. 
 The family occupies a good position in the com- 
 munity, and the fact that they are well spoken of 
 by their neighbors is sufficient indication of the 
 sterling worth of character which has had its in- 
 fluence upon those with whom they have become 
 associated. 
 
 A native of Muskingum County, Ohio, Mr. 
 Mears was born May 29, 1837, being the eleventh 
 child of the Rev. William and Elizabeth (Latham) 
 Mears, who were natives of the city of London, 
 England. The father for a period of forty years 
 officiated as a minister of the Baptist Church. 
 Upon coming to America, in 1830, he located in 
 Zanesville, Ohio, being among its earliest settlers 
 and teaching the first school esrablished there. He 
 purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land north 
 of the town site and after a residence of three years 
 in the town removed to his farm, where he built 
 up a permanent homestead and where his death took 
 place in 1869. The mother survived her husband 
 for a period of fifteen years, dying in Ohio in 1884. 
 
 They were the parents of thirteen children, eight 
 of whom grew to mature years. Six are now. liv- 
 ing, making their lioraes'in Ohio, Kansas and Ne- 
 braska. 
 
 Young Clears lived at the farm with his parents 
 until a youth of nineteen years, learning tlie arts 
 of sowing and reaping and choosing agriculture for 
 his life vocation. In the fall of 1856, starting out 
 for himself he sought the Great West and settled 
 on a tract of new land in Tama County, Iowa. He 
 was one of the earliest pioneers of that region and 
 not realizing his hopes of making a fortune, re- 
 turned, after about two years, to his old home in 
 Ohio. Sojourning there until 1877 he again turned 
 his steps AVestward, coming to this State and set- 
 tling on a tract of raw land, from which he has 
 since constructed his present farm. He commenced 
 at first principles in its development and has him- 
 self effected all the improvements upon it. He put 
 up a new residence in 1888, and has one hundred 
 and tliirtj' acres under the plow." He makes a spec- 
 ialty of swine. 
 
 JMiss Jlarj^ daughter of Abraham C. and Mary 
 ( Wallwork ) Romino, was wedded to John L. 
 Mears, October 10, 1860, in Ohio. Mrs. Mears was 
 born .September 3, 1838. near Zanesville, Ohio. 
 Her fatlier>as a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a 
 plasterer by trade, which he followed the greater 
 part of liis life and died in Ohio in 1889. The 
 mother was born in the city of London, England, 
 and came with her parents to America when quite 
 young. She passed away prior to the decease of 
 her husband, her death occurring in 1881 in Ohio. 
 Of the three children born to them only two are 
 living, the one besides Mrs. Mears being Mrs. 
 Black, a resident of Ohio. 
 
 Six children have been born to Mr. Mears and 
 his estimable wife, the eldest of whom, :Mary Louisa, 
 is the wife of James Mack, and the mother of two 
 children; James Baxter married :\Iiss Vesta Thur- 
 low, and is a resident of Milan, Kan.; Alice is the 
 wife of Thomas Looper, a resident of Belle Plainc, 
 this State; Laura married J. JM. Bunker, is the 
 mother of one child, and lives in Ryan Townehip ; 
 J. AVelcome and Ellen Blanche remain at hoihe 
 with their parents. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mears are connected witli the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Church of God. Mr. Mears was formerly a Class- 
 Leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church and is 
 identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which he 
 has held the office of Junior Deacon. For a period 
 of eight years he has served on the school board of 
 his district and he has also officiated as Road Over- 
 seer. His political sympathies are with the Union 
 Labor party. 
 
 In 1863, during the progress of the Civil War, 
 Mr. Mears enlisted in Company E, One Hundred 
 and Fifty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and was promoted 
 to Corporal in the one-hundred days' service. His 
 duties lay around Camp Bradford in Maryland. 
 After serving his first term he re-enlisted in Com- 
 pany B, One hundred and Eighty-ninth Battalion, 
 Ohio Infantry, and was stationed at Camp Chase, 
 being held as a reserve, and as it was near the close 
 of the war was not required in the active service. 
 
 LFRED LASHLEY is the owner and occu- 
 pant of a valuable farm on section 33, Ox- 
 Is ford Township, where he is engaged in 
 general farming. He came to this county 
 in January, 1880, and the following August pur- 
 chased one hundred and sixty acres, which he soon 
 afterward began improving, putting upon it such 
 outbuildings as are usually erected by an enterpris- 
 ing farmer, and substantial fences, and cultivating 
 it tiioroughly. He has also set out shade trees, a 
 wind-break, and an orchard which is considered as 
 fine as any to be seen in this vicinity. The estate 
 is ably conducted, and the fortunate owner is a 
 fine representative of the class to which he belongs. 
 John Lashley, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was a native of New Jersey, his wife's maiden name 
 was Grace Bortons, and moved to Ohio, when it was 
 a new country, and in Warren County, June 8, 
 1829, a son was born to him. That son, David 
 Lashley, grew to maturity in his native State, mar- 
 ried, settled on a farm, and is still living in his na- 
 tive county. His wife bore the maiden name of 
 Sarah Slaclt, and she was born in the same county 
 as himself, her natal day being Julj' 2, 1826. Her 
 parents, Job and Rebecca (Searle) Slack, were early 
 
 settlers in the Buckeye State, to which they came 
 from Pennsj'lvania, and the father was a mechanic. 
 To David and Sarah Lashley, seven children were 
 born: Rebecca A., our subject, Sylvester S., Will- 
 iam H., Florence E., and Robert B., still survive; 
 Marshall E. is deceased. 
 
 The subject of this biography is a native of War- 
 ren County, Ohio, where his eyes first opened to the 
 light November 26, 1857. He received a good 
 education in the common schools of his native 
 county, and completed his studies at Waynesville, 
 and at the age of twenty-two years, left his home 
 to become a resident of Kansas. He is not only 
 succeeding in his agricultural work, but is winning 
 the respect of all with whom he comes in contact, 
 by his honorable dealing, his intelligence, friendli- 
 ness, and excellent moral principles. He has al- 
 ready a good financial standing, and bids fair to 
 become one of the wealthy men of the township ere 
 middle age. He is a member of the Farmers' Alli- 
 ance, and casts his vote with the Republican party. 
 He belongs to the United Brethren Church. 
 
 Sylvester Lashley, brother of our subject, was 
 also born in Warren County, Ohio, and'there grew 
 to maturity. His natal day was November 23, 
 18.59, and after finishing his education, and remain- 
 ing with his parents until twenty-two years old, he 
 came to this county in February, 1882, and has 
 since spent the most of his time here. He, how- 
 ever, took up a claim in Grant County, on which 
 he resided, and which he proved up on. 
 
 ■j^^ EORGE S. HILL, manager of the business 
 of the Rock Island Lumber Company, at 
 Caldwell, is comparatively a young man 
 starting out with the promise of making for him- 
 self an excellent record. He was born in East Sul- 
 livan, Me., June 15, 1859, and istheson of Thomas 
 B. and Pruda (Simpson) Hill, who were likewise 
 natives of the Pine Tree State, and born in the 
 same place as their son. Thomas B. Hill followed 
 the seas the greater part of his life, but is now lo- 
 cated at East Sullivan, Me., where they are peace- 
 fully spending their declining days. There were 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 born to them five children, namely: Elwood W., 
 George S., H. Ernest, Arthur T., and Helen C, all 
 of whom are living, making their homes principally 
 in Maine, Kansas and Novia Scotia. 
 
 The subject of this notice, the second child of 
 bis parents, removed with them when quite young, 
 to East Sullivan, in his native State, where he at- 
 tended the common school. After becoming suffi- 
 ciently advanced in his studies, he entered East 
 Maine Conference Seminary, at Bucksport, where 
 he completed his studies. He commenced his busi- 
 ness career as clerk in a store of general merchan- 
 dise at Bucksport, Me., in 1883. That year he 
 sought the Far West, and in September took up his 
 abode in Caldwell, and engaged in the lumber 
 business, in which he has since been interested. 
 He has improved his opportunities for information 
 in this line of trade, and is thoroughly posted as to 
 its details. Although meddling very little with 
 politics, he gives his support to the Republican 
 party, and occupies a good position among the 
 Knights of Pythias. 
 
 After becoming a resident of Caldwell, Mr. Hill 
 formed the acquaintance of Miss Emma G. Cragin, 
 to whom he was wedded March 11, 1886. Mrs. 
 Hill was born in Groton, Mass., July 31, 1864. and 
 is the daughter of Rodney and Jennie (Gill) Cra- 
 gin, who wereSnatives of Groton, Mass., and are 
 now in Caldwell, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Hill occupy 
 a 'neat home^in the central part of the city, also a 
 good position, socially, .nmong its people. 
 
 eALVIN B. McAllister. Although by 
 no means an old man, this gentleman is one 
 of the old settlers of the county, to which 
 he came in the spring of 1870, opening a bachelor's 
 hall in Belle Plaine Township, assisting in the de- 
 velopment of the agricultural resources of this 
 section, and seeing the country around him grow 
 to a well-cultivated, well-settled and prosperous 
 region. 1'he characteristics which make of the 
 "canny Scot" so reliable a citizen, so stanch a 
 friend, and so brave a soldier when called to bat 
 tie, have been manifested in the career of the gen- 
 
 tleman above-named, who from both lines of 
 descent derives these traits, and that pride in the 
 family name which is also a leading trait in the 
 Scotch character. 
 
 James and Nancy (Andrew) McAllister were na- 
 tives of Franklin County, Pa., and the parents of 
 eleven children, of whom our subject is the tenth 
 in order of birth. Of this family all the survivors 
 except our subject are living in Pennsylvania — 
 Margaret and John make their home in Adams 
 County; Alexander is deceased; Mary, Agnes and 
 Samuel live in Adams County; Sarah is the wife of 
 John Young, of York County : Martha and Theo- 
 dore live in Adams County, and Robert is de- 
 ceased. The father of this family' died about the 
 year 1870, and the mother survived him about 
 four years. The parental home was within one 
 and a half miles of the town of Gettysburg, and 
 the McAllister estate formed a part of the historic 
 and memorable battlefield. 
 
 The subject of this biography was born Septem- 
 ber 15, 1844, was reared to manhood on a farm in 
 Adams County, Pa., and received his education in 
 the common schocls. He was still in his teens at 
 the outbreak of the Civil War, but with the pat- 
 riotism and enthusiasm manifested bj"^ so many of 
 the youth of the land, he entered the Union army 
 in December, 1863, as a member of Company B, 
 Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry. The band to 
 which he belonged became a part of the Second 
 Brigade, Second Division of the Army of the 
 Potomac, under the command of Gen. Crook, since 
 so widely known as a successful Indian fighter. 
 Mr. McAllister participated in the fight at Din- 
 widdle Court-House, at Farmerville, Sailor's 
 Creek, in the engagement prior to the surrender of 
 Lee at Appomattox Court-House, and in numerous 
 affrays of minor importance, his conduct in every 
 position doing honor to the family name. 
 
 After receiving an honorable discharge, in June, 
 I860, Mr. McAllister returned to his native county 
 and State, whence in the spring of 1868 he emi- 
 grated to Kansas. For some two years he re- 
 mained near Junction City, and then coming to 
 this county, pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land on Cow Skin Creek, Belle Plaine 
 Township. There he lived about two years, at the 
 
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 expiration of wiiicli time lie bought tlie quarter- 
 section, upon whicli lie now lives, paying $2,200 
 for it. About sixty acres of breaking had been 
 rlonc upon it, and a shanty of Cottonwood boards, 
 ten by twelve feet, had been constructed. This 
 "shack," to use the Western term, was the bachelor 
 home of Mr. McAllister until a better structure 
 could be put up and take its place. 
 
 For a number of jears Mr. McAllister practiced 
 the self-denials and endured the discomforts of 
 life in a bachelor's hall, which, although sufficiently 
 jolly at times, is scarcely tlie ideal of home life, 
 and he then, on January 1st, 1884, took to himself 
 a wife in the person of Miss Emma North. His 
 bride was born in Ohio, and is a daughter of \Ves- 
 [ej and Amelia (Moore) North, who settled in this 
 county about the year 1872, and a sketch of whom 
 appears on another page of this work. By dint of 
 energy and hard work ilr. McAllister had brought 
 his land to a fine state prior to his marriage, and 
 is able to provide his loved companion and bright 
 family with all the comforts of life, and he receives 
 an ample return in the neatness, order and added 
 cheerfulness to be found under liis roof. Three 
 children have come to bless the home — Ray, born 
 October 10, 1884; and Nellie and Noma (twin 
 girls) November 16, 1886. 
 
 Mr. McAllister has served as Clerk of Belle 
 Plaine Township three terms. He belongs to the 
 Grand Army of the Republic Post, at Belle Plaine, 
 is a Republican in his political opinions and ballots, 
 and both he and his wife are members in good 
 standing in the Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 ONATHAN H. DAVIS, a Sumner County 
 pioneer of 1873 and one of the Trustees of 
 Jackson Township, is a citizen deserving of 
 I^J/' more than a passing notice. He was born 
 near Greenville, Bond County, 111., October 19, 
 1840, and is the son of Matthew Davis, a native of 
 Trigg County, Ky. The paternal grandfather, the 
 Rev. Jonathan Davis, a preacher of the Ironclad 
 Baptist persuasion, was born and reared in A'irginia. 
 .Jonathan Davis when a young man left his na 
 
 five soil and removing to Kentucky, established 
 himself among the earliest pioneers of Trigg 
 County. He remained there until about 1815, then 
 emigrated to what was then the Territory of Illi- 
 nois, locating in what is now Bond County. There, 
 likewise, he was one of tlie first settlers. The re- 
 moval from the Blue Grass State was made with 
 teams, and a portion of the way had to be cut 
 through the v/ilderness in order for the travelers 
 to reach their destintaion. The earthly plans and 
 expectations of Grandfather Davis and his family 
 were cut short in one brief year by his death. The 
 widow and her seven children soon afterward re- 
 turned to Kentucky and resided in Trigg and 
 Christian Counties. Matthew, the father of our 
 subject, sojourned in that region until 1838, then 
 returned to Illinois accompanied by his mother and 
 two brothers. This time they located about the 
 center of Bond County, where Matthew purchased 
 a tract of wild land, part prairie and part timber, 
 and built a log house. In the meantime he was 
 married and in that humble dwelling the subject 
 of this sketch was born. 
 
 Matthew Davis was a resident of Bond County, 
 III., until October, 1843, when he sold out and 
 removed to Montgomery County. There he pur- 
 chased a partially-improved farm near the town of 
 Donelson. Of this twenty acres had been cleared 
 and a set of log buildings had been erected. Deer 
 and other wild animals were plentiful. It was be- 
 fore the days of railroads and St. Louis, sixty miles 
 distant, was the nearest market. Stoves were un- 
 known and the mother performed her cooking by 
 the fireplace. She also spun and wove wool and 
 flax and clad her children in cloth made by her own 
 hands. The father was in ill health for some years 
 and the children were trained to habits of industry 
 at an early age. Matthew Davis departed this life 
 at the old homestead in Montgomery County, 111., 
 in 1858. He was married in Illinois to Miss Sarah 
 Bentley, a native of Giles County, Tenn. Grand- 
 father Richard Bentley was a native of Virginia, 
 whence he removed to Tennessee and from there 
 to Bond County, 111., during its earliest settlement. 
 He there spent the closing years of his life, dying 
 in 1873, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. The 
 maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Hayes. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 The mother of Mr. Davis came to this county in 
 1873 and died at his home in Jackson Township in 
 August, 1886. Of her children, seven in number, 
 the eldest, Margaret C. A., became the wife of 
 David D. Moss, now deceased. Jonathan H. was 
 the second born; Nancy, Clarissa E., Richard B. 
 and James B. are residents of Jackson Township; 
 Sarah E. married E. M. Desart and lives in South 
 Haven Township. Jonathan H. was reared to man's 
 estate in Montgomery County, 111,, where he at- 
 tended the pioneer schools conducted on the sub- 
 scription plan. The temple of learning was a log 
 house with slab benches and a fireplace extending 
 nearly across one end. The chimney was made 
 outside of earth and sticks and the system of in- 
 struction corresponded very well with the sur- 
 roundings of the pupils. Toung Davis being the 
 eldest son he, after the death of his father necces- 
 sarily assumed much of the care of the family and 
 he remained with his mother, superintending the 
 farm until a man of twenty-seven years. He made 
 his home there until coming to Kansas in 1873, and 
 after retiring from the management of the farm 
 occupied himself as a carpenter. 
 
 The journey to the Sunflower State was made by 
 Mr. Davis overland with a team of horses and a 
 wagon, he being accompanied by his wife and his 
 brother, Richard B. They arrived in this county 
 on the 6th of April, 1873, when the country was 
 thinly settled and Wichita, forty miles away, was 
 the nearest market and railroad station. Mr. Davis 
 entered a claim to a tract of Government land on 
 section 27, in what is now Jackson Township, filing 
 the same in the land office at Wichita. He put up a 
 box house, 12x14 feet in dimensions and commenced 
 at first principles in the development of a farm. 
 He resided there five years, effecting good improve- 
 ■ ments, then sold out and removed ,to that whereon 
 he now resides. Deer, buffalo and other wild game 
 was plentiful a few miles west of his present home- 
 stead at the time of his settlement here. He has 
 watched the march of events in his adopted State 
 with that interest only felt by the intelligent and 
 public-spirited citizen, and in adding to the value 
 of the taxable property of Sumner County has thus 
 contributed his full quota to its prosperity. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Davis, to whom he was married 
 
 in Montgomery County February 23, 1873, was in 
 her girlhood Miss Elizabeth Desart. Mrs. Davis 
 was born in Jidgar County, 111., and is the daughter 
 of George and Emily (Martin) Desart, who were 
 natives of Ohio and New York and are now de- 
 ceased. This union resulted in the birth of three 
 children, all daughters — Olive, Emily and Augusta. 
 They are a bright and promising trio and, it is 
 hardly necess iry to state, the pride of their parents' 
 hearts. 
 
 Mr. Davis cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. 
 McCIellan and has since remained a steadfast sup- 
 porter of the principles of the Democratic party. 
 He is serving his sixth term as the Trustee of Jack- 
 son Township, and has been the candidate of his 
 party for the State Legislature. He belongs to 
 Lodge No. 255, A. F. & A. M., and is prominently 
 connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
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 ORNELIUS I. CUSHMAN. The farming 
 community of South Haven Township 
 recognizes in Mr. Cushman one of its most 
 faithful representatives, although he has only been 
 a resident of Kansas since 1883. That year he came 
 to this county supplied with a reasonable amount 
 of hard cash, and purchased three hundred and 
 thirty-three acres of wild land on section 9. By a 
 course of unflagging industry, he has now one 
 hundred acres under the plow, has erected a sub- 
 stantial frame residence with a barn, corn cribs, 
 granary and other necessary structures, and has 
 set out an apple orchard, together with trees of the 
 small fruits. He makes a specialty of live stock, 
 mostly cattle and swine of good grades. 
 
 A native of Windsor County, Vt., Mr. Cushman 
 was born June 21, 1839, and was there reared to 
 manhood on a farm. His father, John Cushman, 
 Jr., was also of New England birth, and the son of 
 John, Sr., who was born, and reared his family 
 chiefly in Vermont, where he spent his last days. 
 John, .Jr., remained a resident of his native county 
 until reaching manhood, and was then married to 
 Miss Fanny, daughter of Raszell Spaulding. There 
 were born to them seven children, of whom Cor- 
 
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 nelius I. was next to the youngest. He and his 
 brother, Edmund E., are the only surviving niem- 
 bers of the family. 
 
 Mr. Cushraaa remained a resident of his native 
 State until November, 1868, then, leaving New 
 England, emigrated to Illinois, and was a resident 
 of Jacksonville until the winter of 1873. Next, 
 crossing the Mississippi, he established himself as a 
 resident of Fairmount, Neb., where he was employed 
 as a clerk in a store three years. In the meantime, 
 in 1876, he was married to Miss Isabel Perry. 
 There were born to them one child, a son, Anbert 
 J., and Mrs. Cushman died April 28, 1879, aged 
 twenty-nine years. In 1876, Mr. Cushman removed 
 to Clay County, Neb., where he prosecuted farming 
 ufitil coming to this county. 
 
 Our subject contracted a second marriage April 
 1, 1889, with Miss Hannah M., daughter of Carson 
 and Christina E. (Meyer) Ehlers. Mrs. Hannah 
 Cushman was born in Adams County, 111., of 
 parents who were natives of Germany. Her mother 
 came to America with her mother and sister in 
 1856, and located in Illinois. Mr. Ehlers came to 
 the same state in 1854, and was there married. In 
 1886 they came to Kansas and purchased a farm in 
 Falls Township, upon which they still live. In 
 the fatherland they were members in g(jod standing 
 of the German Lutheran Church. 
 
 During the progress of the late Civil War, Mr. 
 Cushman enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
 A, Twelfth Vermont Infantry, and served as a pri- 
 vate nine months. Politically, he votes independ- 
 ently. He became a member of the Independent 
 Order of Odd Fellows, in Illinois, and joined the 
 Farmers' Alliance after coming to this count}-. 
 
 The Cushman family, it is supposed, originated 
 in England, and the first representative in 
 America was one Robert Cushman, who was born 
 about 1585, and was one of the band who left his 
 native land for the sake of religious freedom. To 
 him had been given the responsible task of going 
 to London and hiring a vessel larger than the May- 
 flower, of "burden about nine score," and to see 
 that she was sent around to Southampton, there to 
 meet their companions from Holland. These facts 
 are selected from a work compiled as the ''Cushman 
 Genealogy." The Cushmans later flourished in 
 
 both Massachusetts and Vermont, and were people 
 generally well-to-do, noted for their industry, 
 honesty and moral worth generally. They experi- 
 enced all the inconveniences and discomforts inci- 
 dental to the early settlement of New England, and 
 in all the relations of life conducted themselves in 
 a manner which, as the records show, should be a 
 matter of pride to their descendants. 
 
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 JOHN EIKLOR. The number of compara- 
 tively young men who occupy positions of 
 public responsibility ,carry on extensive busi- 
 . . ness operations, and own large and valuable 
 
 estates in the great expanse west of the Mississippi 
 River, is a contin\ial source of surprise and com- 
 ment to Eastern visitors, who are accustomed to 
 see such places occupied either by men of middle 
 age or as an inheritance from those who have lived 
 long in the East. The above-named gentleman, 
 though still young, is in a position of flnarjcial 
 prosperity highly creditable to his own energy and 
 ability, and is justly considered one of the most 
 substantial and progressive agriculturists of Greene 
 Township. 
 
 Mr. Eiklor came to this county in January, 
 1878, and pre empted one hundred and sixty acres 
 of land on section 29, and to that acreage he has 
 added until his landed estate now comprises eight 
 hundred acres, principally located in Greene Town- 
 ship, and bearing improvements which are more 
 than usually adequate, substantial, and attractive 
 in appearance. He is one of the largest dealers in 
 stock in this count}', his herd of cattle ^numbering ' 
 some five hundred head. Since youth he has been 
 engaged in farming, and endeavors in every de- 
 partment of agriculture to keep up with the times 
 in the use of modern and labor- saving machinery ; 
 he takes the advantage of every opportunity to in- 
 crease the quantity and quality of his farm pro- 
 ducts, and keeps fine grades of stock, exhibiting 
 good judgment in the qualities most desirable in 
 them. That he has met with success in his under- 
 

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 takings is evidenced by a litliograpliic engraving 
 of his homestead, presented tdsewherc in this vol- 
 ume. 
 
 The birth of Mr. Eiltlor tool? place February 2, 
 1852, in DeKalb County, 111., which was his home 
 until he reached the age of twelve years. Then, 
 accompanying his parents to McLean County, he 
 there grew to manhood, making it his home until 
 he came West. There also his father died, about 
 two years after settling in the county. Mr. Eiklor 
 was united in marriage with Miss Emeline Olm- 
 sted, also a native of DeKalb Count}', December 
 17,1872. Four bright children — Daisy, Andrew, 
 Herman and Lawrence — have come to bless their 
 union. Mrs. Eiklor is a woman of intelligent and 
 cultured mind, practical domestic acquirements, 
 and consistent Christian character. 
 
 Mr. Eiklor belongs to the Republican partj', 
 and while neither an aspirant for political honors 
 nor what is commonly known as a politician, is 
 deeply interested in the success of the principles 
 in which he believes, and in the election of the 
 candidates in whose hands he believes the reins of 
 Government will be most wisely held. Both he and 
 his wife are members of the Methodist Church, and 
 it is needless to say that they have many warm 
 friends in the community and are held in high es- 
 teem bv all who know them. 
 
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 eHARLES F. HORNER, in whose death this 
 county lost one of her earliest pioneers and 
 most highly esteemed citizens, was a native 
 of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., his natal day 
 having been April 29, 1848. He was a son of 
 John and Jane Horner, of the same county, was 
 reared on a farm, and received his early education 
 in the district schools. He lost his mother by 
 death when he was about seventeen years old. He 
 remained in his native State until eighteen years of 
 age, when he came to Kansas, following various oc- 
 cupations here during the first years of his sojourn. 
 He and his brother, D. W. Horner, herded cattle 
 here before Sjumner County was organized, and 
 they built one of the 3rst houses within its limits. 
 
 Among the employments in which Mr. Horner 
 was engaged, was that of milling, but his principal 
 occupation was buying and selling cattle. In 1870 
 he pre-empted land in Belle Plaine Township, 
 liis location being on the Arkansas bottoms, where 
 he resided a short time, and then moved to within 
 a half mile of the village of Belle Plaine, where he 
 was a resident until his death. That sad event 
 occurred on the 9th of January, 1889>, and was 
 made doubly sad by the suddenness with which the 
 dreadful blow fell. Mr. Horner seemed as well as 
 usual during that day except for a slight pain in 
 his back, of which nothing serious was thought. 
 During the evening, however, it was thought best 
 to call a physician, and his devoted wife sent word 
 to his brother, that -'Charley" did not seem well. 
 The brother and a friend went to the house about 
 eleven o'clock, found Mr. Horner in good spirits, 
 and inclined to joke about the matter. Shortly 
 after their arrival the Doctor gave him a soothing 
 potion, and requested him to lie down and try to 
 sleep. He was attended up stairs to his room by 
 his wife, who, after seeing him comfortably dis- 
 posed for rest, returned below, thinking he would 
 fall asleep in a few minutes, but on going back to 
 the room a short time afterward, she found that 
 life had departed. Although no noise had been 
 perceptible to those below, it was evident from the 
 position of the lifeless body, that Mr. Horner had 
 risen and fallen across the bed. So suddenly did 
 apoplexy remove an honored citizen from the midjt 
 of his fellowmen. 
 
 The family from which a kind and loving hus- 
 band and father was thus removed, comprised a wife 
 and three children. Mrs. Horner, who has the sym- 
 pathy of many devoted friends in her sad bereave- 
 ment, is a native of Gettysburg, Pa., a daughter of 
 John and Margaret A. Knox, of that place, and was 
 united in marriage with him whose loss she now 
 mourns, November 7, 1883. The first child born 
 of this happy union, is Edith, whose natal day was 
 August 21, 1884; Johtt B. added his presence to 
 the family circle May 23, 1886; and Margaret C, 
 October 16, 18S8. Mrs. Kate M. Horner is a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian Church, in which her de- 
 ceased husband held high standing. She still lives 
 near Belle Plaine, owning her residence with ten 
 
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 acres of land surrounding it, and one hundred and 
 sixty acres near Conway Springs. 
 
 Mr. Horner belonged to the Masonic fraternity, 
 and gave his political affiliation to the Republican 
 party. Like other pioneers he had endnred some 
 of the hardships attending the early settlers, and as 
 he had no one to start him in life, his success was 
 due to his personal efforts and capabilit}'. The 
 prosperity at which he had arrived was a source of 
 rejoicing to all who knew him, as he had ever man- 
 ifested the generous and whole-souled spirit which 
 viewed with favor every movement that would ad- 
 vance the interests of tiie community, would ele- 
 vate the standard of morality and good citizenship, 
 and lead to a higher and nobler civilization. 
 
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 HARLES RUMBLE. If great credit is due 
 to the men and women who do the pioneer 
 ^^/ work in any section of country and open 
 the way for the advance of civilization, how much 
 greater credit should bo accorded those who take 
 their places upon the frontier in one section after 
 another, doing a double share of the labor and un- 
 dergoing a double share of the privations and dan- 
 gers which surround the lives of the early settlers. 
 The gentleman above named, who is now the owner 
 of a fine tract of land in Wellington Township, is 
 not only a pioneer of this county but in another 
 section of this State was also an early settler and 
 developed a tract of land, reclaiming it from the 
 primitive condition and making of it a valuable 
 estate. 
 
 Mr. Rumble is a native of ''Merrie England," in 
 which country his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 
 Rumble, were also born and where they were reared 
 and married. In 1834 they left their native land 
 and, with their children, crossed the Atlantic and 
 settled near Toronto, Canada, in a section which 
 was then sparsely inhabited. There the father of 
 our subject was employed at various occupations 
 for a few years when he purchased twenty acres of 
 land twenty miles from Toronto, in Vaughn Town- 
 ship, where he built a set of log buildings and lived 
 
 until after the death of his wife. He then sold his 
 property and lived with his chddren in the Domin- 
 ion, all of whom except our subject remained there. 
 The family comprised eight sons and daughters — 
 Thomas, William, Robert, John, George, Charles, 
 Mary and Lucy. 
 
 Tiie subject of this sketch was about six years 
 old when the family came to the New World, and 
 he was reared in Canada, whence about the year 
 1855 he removed to the United States. He located 
 in LaSalle County, 111., which was then a new 
 country in which Ottawa, twenty miles distant 
 from his home, was the nearest railroad station and 
 depot for supplies. He purchased a tract of prai- 
 rie land in Otter Creek Township, which was un- 
 broken and unimproved and upon which he at once 
 erected a frame house 16x14 feet, and began other 
 necessary improvnments and which he cultivated 
 and made his home until 1874. He then sold and 
 turning his face Westward, arrived in this county 
 on the 9th of May. 
 
 Mr. Rumble thought best to rent a farm and 
 raise a crop that year while looking about for a 
 place that would suit him as a permanent location. 
 The people who were living here in the year 1871 
 will always remember that as the "grasshopper 
 year" and our subject, with other residents, suf- 
 fered the loss of his entire crop, as the grasshopers 
 came in clouds and devoured every green thing, 
 leaving corn-stalks as bare as bean poles. In the 
 fall of that year Mr. Rumble purchased the south- 
 east quarter of section 8, in Wellington Townshii), 
 which was an unbroken tract of prairie land. He 
 continued his work as a renter for two years and 
 then located upon his own estate where he has since 
 resided and where he began making improvements 
 immediately after taking possession. It is a fine 
 body of land lying on the Slate Creek bottoms and 
 capable of producing excellent crops. During the 
 first few years of Mr. Rumble's residence here an- 
 telope were to be seen from his door, and deer and 
 bison were plentiful a few miles farther west; 
 Wichita was the nearest railroad station and market 
 for farm produce, and all the travel throughout 
 this vicinity was accomplished with teams or on 
 foot. 
 
 The lady who for over thirty years presided over 
 
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 the household economy of Mr. Rumble's luime, 
 faithfully discharging the duties whicli devolved 
 upon her sphere in life and encour.iiriiig him in his 
 labors, was a native of Clearlield County, Pa , and 
 the rites of wedlock were celebrated between them 
 in 1854. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Corle, 
 and she was a daughter of Isaac and Jane Corle, 
 natives, respectively of New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
 vania. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Rumble re- 
 sulted in the birth of seven children — Isaac. Miriam 
 J., Lucy May, Mary A., Rella Belle, Phoebe A., 
 and Elizabeth R. The wife and mother was torn 
 from her family by the hand of death May 1 8, 
 1885, deeply regretted by many friends and espe- 
 cially by the home circle wherein her virtues wore 
 best known and understood. 
 
 ^^EORGE M. D. HINCKLE, a representative 
 III ^-^ farmer and stock-raiser residing on section 
 ^^j) 9, Belle Plaine Township, is the subject of 
 this brief biography. He was born ]March 28, 1846, 
 in Frederick County, Va., to Daniel and Mary J. 
 (Duckwall) Ilinckle. The parents were born n.a- 
 tives of Virginia, the father of Daniel Hinckle hav- 
 ing settled in Frederick County, upon his arrival 
 as an emigrant from Germany many years before. 
 The parental family consisted of five children, 
 named respectively: Mary C, wife of John Shade, 
 resides in Sedgwick County, Kan.; Rebecca, de- 
 ceased; George M. D., the subject of this notice; 
 Sarah E. is the wife of Dr. W. B. Hollis, and re- 
 sides in Virginia; and William A. P., who resides 
 in Belle Plaine Township, Kan. 
 
 Mr. Hinckle was reared in his native State to the 
 occupation of a farmer. His educational advan- 
 tages were limited, being confined to the early sub- 
 sciiption schools of the State, which were far from 
 being efficient in either method or scope of instruc- 
 tion. Realizing the benefits to be conferred bv 
 knowledge, our subject was not discouraged at the 
 little opportunities which were within his reach, but 
 applied himself diligently to reading and study of 
 such subjects as were presented to him from time 
 
 to time. By this means he became well acquainted 
 wiih all the leading topics of the day, and has al- 
 ways kept abreast of the general trend of modern 
 thought. 
 
 When J\[r. Ilinckle was in his twentieth year, he 
 left home and went to Portland Ky., where he 
 clerked in a store for about ten months, then went 
 north as far as Macoupin County, 111., where he 
 hired out as a farm-hand. He followed the latter 
 occupation for about two years, receiving 825 per 
 month, and his board. Subsequently he rented 
 land in the same county, and farmed it one season 
 then moved to Montgomery County, 111., where he 
 oi)erated a farm two years for another man, receiv- 
 ing one-half of the products as his share. He left 
 Illinois in the spring of 1872, and located on sec- 
 tion 3.4, Salem Township, Sedgwick County, Kan., 
 where he resided a number of years. He then went 
 to Mulvane, Kan., where he handled stock for a 
 time, then removed to his present place in the 
 spring of 1886, where he has since lived. 
 
 Upon first coming to Kansas, ]Mr. Hinckle pre- 
 empted one hundred and sixty acres in Sedgwick 
 Count}', when it was in a perfectlj-'raw condition, 
 with no improvements, and but few neighbord. 
 The usual hardships of a pioneer fell to his lot, but 
 he was made of sterner stuff than to mind a little 
 trouble when the object in view was a home of his 
 own. He persevered in his work, and, after keep- 
 ing bachelor's hall for some time, in 1874, on the 
 10th of November, was united in marriage to Miss 
 LiUie Wilson, a daughter of David O.. and Corne- 
 lia D. Wilson. They are now residents of Stevens 
 County, Kan., but were at the time of the marri;)<Te 
 of their daughter, residents of Sedgwick Count}-. 
 Mrs. Hinckle was born January 14, 1858, in Ran- 
 dolph County, W. Va., is a lady of domestic habits, 
 and is a model wife and mother. There have been 
 born to Mr. and Mrs. Hinckle, three children, wlio 
 are named respectively: Pearl; Earl, deceased- 
 and Mabel. Mr. Hinckle and his wife are both ac- 
 tive and efficient members of the church known as 
 the United Brethren in Christ. They are not only 
 regular in their attendance upon its services, and 
 liberal contributors to its financial prosperity, bm 
 in many other ways are zealous in their labors of 
 love for the Lord. Their duties to their home and 
 
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 church, do not, however, interfere with their par- 
 ticipation in the pleasures and refinements of so- 
 ciety, nor in their obligations to the community in 
 general. They are ever ready to assist the right 
 whether in political affairs of the State or Nation, 
 or in the more immediate concerns of their own 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Hinckle owns three hundred and twenty 
 acres of land in Isumner County in addition to that 
 already mentioned as belonging to him in Sedgwick 
 County. He is a self-made man, having accumu- 
 lated all his present property since he began life as 
 an humble hired farm hand. Industry and good 
 management have been the principal factors in the 
 success which he has achieved. He is not a politi- 
 can, and has no desire for office, preferring home 
 life to the agitation of public affairs, but, neverthe- 
 less, he keeps posted in all issues of national or lo- 
 cal importance. He affiliates with the Prohibition 
 party, but is not a strict party man, aiming to vote 
 for the best man irrespective of party. He was a 
 member of the Patrons of Husbandry when that 
 organization had an existence. His experience in 
 this county dates back to its beginning. He has 
 witnessed its gradual improvement and develop- 
 ment from a wild prairie where the Indian and 
 buffalo held full sway, to the present, when the 
 forces emanating from the brain of man have 
 changed it to a fit residence for refined people, and 
 made it the dwelling place of cheerful prosperity. 
 The parents of Mr. Hinckle were both members 
 of the denomination known as the United Brethren 
 in Christ, and were worthy and devout people. 
 The father of Mr. Hinckle was a local preacher in 
 tiiat church. Mr. and Mrs. Hinckle are natives of 
 Virginia and West Virginia, respectively, where 
 they have many friends. 
 
 >ICHARD B. DAVIS. For the past sixteen 
 'l!^ years Mr. Davis has been a continuous resi- 
 (11>\V dent of this county, and during this time 
 \^has lived at his present homestead on sec- 
 tion 27, Jackson Township. He shared in the la- 
 bors and struggles of the early pioneers, and has 
 
 made for himself a good record, having been a 
 peaceful and law-abiding citizen, attending closely 
 to his own concerns, and in assisting in the de- 
 velopment of a good farm, has thus contributed his 
 quota to tlie growth and prosperity of his adopted 
 county. 
 
 Mr. Davis is a native of Illinois, having been 
 born in Bear Creek Precinct, Montgomery County, 
 November 20, 1846. He is the second son of Mat- 
 thew and Sarah (Bentley) Davis, further mention 
 of whom is made in the sketch of the brother of 
 our subject, J. H. Davis, on another page in this 
 volume. 
 
 As soon as large enough, young Davis was sent 
 to the pioneer school of his neighborhood, and at 
 an early age, he also was required to assist in the 
 labors of the farm as far as his strength would per- 
 mit. His father died when he was a lad of twelve, 
 and he continued at the homestead during the years 
 which followed, assisting his mother in the support 
 of the family, and remaining under the old roof- 
 tree until 1873. Then, in company with his 
 brother, .Jonathan H., he started out for the coun- 
 try west of the Mississippi, overland witli a team, 
 making his way to this county. Mucli of the land 
 in this region was at that time owned by the Gov- 
 ernment, and was thinly settled, presenting a wild 
 picture of frontier life. 
 
 The land selected by Mr. Davis, comprised the 
 southeast quarter of section 28, in what is now 
 Jackson Township, and after he had filed his claim, 
 he returned to Illinois to settle up his affairs. In 
 the fall of that same year, he started on the return 
 journey to Kansas, accompanied by his mother, his 
 sisters, and a younger brother, journeying as be- 
 fore, overland with a team. The mother, upon her 
 arrival here, selected the southwest quarter of sec- 
 tion 27, as her property, entering the same at the 
 Land OtHce at Wichita. Upon this land a house 
 was at once put up, and other buildings added as 
 time and means allowed. Mr. Davis and his broth- 
 ers proceeded with the improvement of the joint 
 farm, and the mother resided with them until her 
 death, in August, 1886. 
 
 The two sisters, Nanc}' and Clarissa, continue 
 their residence at tlie homestead. The latter now 
 presents the picture of a thoroughly improved 
 
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 farm, wliich has been enlarged from its original 
 proportions, comprising now two hundred and 
 forty acres, and embellished with sulistantial build- 
 ings. 
 
 Mr. Davis for the past few j'ears has given con- 
 siderable attention to stoclt-raising, in which indus- 
 try he has been fairly successful. He still pursues 
 his life of single blessedness, his sisters presiding 
 over his domestic affairs, and he has accumulated a 
 sufficiency of this world's goods to defend him 
 against want in his declining years. In summing up 
 the list of the earlj' pioneers of this county, it must 
 be acknowledged that Mr. Davis, one of the most 
 worthy, has performed well his part, and is amply 
 worthy of representation in a work designed to 
 perpetuate their names and deeds. 
 
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 OHN T. McMillan, one of the earliest 
 settlers of Sumner County, resides on the 
 
 southwest quarter of section 34, Belle Plaine 
 
 (^j^' Township. He was born December 6, 1833, 
 in Jefferson County, Ind., to Joim and Mary (Slian- 
 non) McMillan. The father was a native of Ayr, 
 Scotland, and emigrated to America in October, 
 1803, locating first in New York and afterward re- 
 moving to Lexington, Ky., September 12, 1805. 
 He was a fine architect and followed that profes- 
 sion in both of the above-named places for a num- 
 ber of years. The mother of our subject was born 
 in Fayette County, Ky., and was a daughter of 
 George Shannon, who settled in Jefferson County, 
 Ind., in the early days of its history when every- 
 thing was new and the future gave little promise 
 of the wonderful development that was to come. 
 
 The father and mother of oursubjeci were united 
 in marriage April 26, 1815. They had a family of 
 eight children, of whom John T. is the youngest in 
 order of birth. Their eldest son, George, was a 
 minister of the United Presbyterian Church until 
 death relieved him. The rest of the family were 
 all members of the Presbyterian faith. The Shan- 
 non family was of considerable note in that new 
 country, as they invested in quite a body of choice 
 
 land, and the uncle of this subject, George Shannon, 
 was the first Surveyor in this part of the State, and 
 did much valuable work for the community in 
 which he lived. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared in his 
 native county, and after a thorough course in 
 the common school, he attended the Hanover 
 College awhile. This institution is located in 
 Hanover, Ind., and is the oldest Presbyterian col- 
 lege in the State. The father of our subject was a 
 hardware merchant for a number of years and 
 besides this, he was the owner of two fine farms, 
 one of which he had farmed himself, and after the 
 death of his father, John T. being then not quite 
 twelve years of age, he and his mother lived on 
 the farm and followed agricultural pursuits until 
 the year 1856. His mother died September 21, 
 1855, and a portion of 1857 he spent in Illinois 
 and other places. He then leased out the home- 
 stead which he had fallen heir to, and in the 
 fall of 1858, concluded to go to Texas, and leaving 
 the Hoosier State at Madison, on board a new 
 steamer, the " Diana," which had just been built 
 for the Galveston and Houston trade, he thus 
 proceeded down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers 
 to New Orleans, where he crossed on the Gulf to 
 Galveston, Tex. Tlie passage across the Gulf 
 came very near being of a serious nature, had 
 the -'Diana" not reached a harbor at Vermillion 
 Bay, just in time to escape a fearful storm, in 
 which two Gulf steamers were badly disabled. The 
 passage across the Gulf occupied several days 
 before reaching Galveston, but our subject enjoyed 
 the novel experience of a taste of sea life on a 
 common river steamboat. In a few more da3's he 
 reached his destination, Houston, Tex., where his 
 friends met him, rejoicing, as the report had been 
 there for several days, that the '' Diana" was lost. 
 Mr. McMillan remained at that place for some time 
 engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a resident 
 of the Lone Star State for six or seven years, re- 
 siding in different counties and following different 
 occupations, but principally engaged in an agency, 
 after leaving Texas. He finally drifted North- 
 ward again and in July, 1865, found himself once 
 more in his native State, where he remained some 
 two or three years. He concluded to settle again 
 
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 on the old homestead, and was married the first 
 time to Miss Sarah A. Leap. The marriage was 
 celebrated at the home of the bride, near Hanover, 
 Ind., January 4, 1866. She was a refined and 
 gentle woman, but unfitted, ph3'sically, to cope 
 with the rigors of their changeable climate. So in 
 the spring of 1868 they removed to Kansas, hoping 
 it might benefit his wife's health, and first located ' 
 in Lawrence, Douglas County, where he remained 
 but a short time, then went to Labette County, 
 where he engaged in the milling business. His first 
 venture was with a sawmill which he operated with 
 good success in that county, until he had the sad 
 misfortune of losing his wife, who had previous to 
 this time borne her husband two children: Cora A., 
 and Ada E.. who are at rest beneath the green sod 
 with their loving mother. So not long after Mr. 
 McMillan's sad bereavement he removed his saw- 
 mill west to Cowley County, on the Walnut River, 
 three miles below AVinfield, where it was operated 
 one season with good success, during which time 
 he located for pre-emption a quarter section of 
 land In Sumner County on section 34, the same ou 
 which he now lives, which was done in the fall of 
 1870. He afterward decided to remove his mill to 
 Oxford, Sumner County, and in addition to the 
 sawmill he also put up a gristmill at the same place, 
 which was the first to be erected in that part of the 
 State. He operated the mill in that place for al:out 
 three years, in the meantime controlling territory 
 from thirty to fifty miles around, as he was the 
 only gristmill owner within a radius of that dis- 
 tance. He is proud of the distinction of being the 
 first to grind (grain) wheat, corn, and buckwheat 
 in his section of the country where it was so much 
 needed. After this Mr. McMillan went East onto 
 the Mississippi River and engaged again in the 
 sawmill business for two or three years, afterwhich 
 time he had the misfortune to have his mill burned 
 up. He then went to the mountains in Colorado 
 to look for his fortune but was not very successful. 
 He was in the milling business altogether about 
 twelve years. After Mr. JIcMlllan returned from 
 the mountains ho tlien went fintr) his huicl where lie 
 now lesides, and commonced im|)roving with a 
 determination of making a home of it. Mr. 
 Mc^Iillan was again married on the 29th of Decem- 
 
 ber, 1879, to Miss Hattie M. Dickinson, a young 
 lady of great decision and force of character, and 
 the daughter of George W. Dickinson, of Madison, 
 Ind. They are the parents of one daughter. 
 Pearl B. 
 
 Mr. McMillan owns three hundred and sixty acres 
 of land under a high state of cultivation. He 
 turned the first furrow on his place at a time when 
 there was no wagon road near, nothing but the 
 hunter's trail. Tliere was no town laid off in the 
 county when he settled in it and he has lived to see 
 it develop from that primitive state of wildness to 
 its present condition of wealth, culture and refine- 
 ment. In common with most pioneers he endured 
 some privations and hardships but he feels amply 
 rci)aid for his saciifices by the present prosperous 
 condition in which everything is progressing in his 
 adopted State and count}'. He is a friend and 
 helper of everything tending to the upbuilding of 
 the community cither from a material or intellect- 
 ual point of view. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. McMillan are members of the 
 Presbyterian Church and take a deep interest in 
 the religious education of the rising generation and 
 are highly esteemed in church and society circles. 
 Mr. McMillan is a Democrat and is distinguished as 
 the first Democrat to locate in the county. He takes 
 only a moderate sh;ire in purely party affairs, but 
 keeps himself well posted in regard to those ques- 
 tions of the time that concern all good American 
 citizens and is ever ready to lend a helping hand 
 to whatever promises good to the nation or his 
 own eommunitj'. 
 
 ^^LBERT 1). SPA RR, Postmaster of Miller- 
 ton and its pioneer merchant, is widely and 
 
 favorably known to the people of this part 
 of Sumner County as a man who has been 
 for many years Identified with her closest interests. 
 Notwithstanding a varied experience and many 
 years spent in liiisiiCfS cliimnels. he is a cfimparii- 
 tively young man, having been born February 1 1, 
 18.50, His native place was in Blair County, Pa., 
 
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 and his parents were John and Susannah (Shultz) 
 Sparr, who were likewise natives of the Keystone 
 State, within whose limits thej' reared their family 
 of ten children, of whom Albert D. was the eldest. 
 The father occupied himself at farming until his 
 death, which took place in bis native State in 18G5. 
 Me was a man of many excellent qualities and a 
 member in good standing of the Lutheran Church. 
 He had been twice married, becoming by his first 
 unii<n the father of two children. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, in 1869, leaving his 
 native State, made his way to Peoria County, 111., 
 and sojourned there until April, 1873. Then cross- 
 ing the Father of Waters, he came to this county 
 and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres in 
 London Township, where he lived until 1876. In 
 the meantime he had been joined by his widowed 
 mother. That year he sold out and purchased an 
 improved farm of one hundred and sixt}^ acres in 
 Conway Township. He occupied that four years, 
 effecting manj- improvements, then retiring from 
 the active labors of farm life removed to the vil- 
 lage of Millerton, which had just been laid out. 
 Soon afterward he added to the importance of the 
 embryo town by putting up a substantial residence 
 .ind purchasing a stock of goods of his brothers, 
 Edmund and Martin L., who had opened the first 
 store in the town. He entered upon his career as 
 business merchant, which be has since followed suc- 
 cessfully, building up a good business. 
 
 Mr. Sparr was appointed Postmaster in the fall 
 of 1886, a position which he still holds and in 
 which he has given general satisfaction. In the fall 
 of 1887 he was elected Township Assessor, and lias 
 sinee been annually re-elected. In the meantime 
 he has served as Clerk of the School Board and is 
 the only Notary Public in Millerton, having held 
 this office since November, 1885. He has also 
 served as Township Clerk. Every movement cal- 
 culated to advance the welfare of the place has been 
 warmly seconded by Mr. Sparr, who may be looked 
 upon as decidedly one of tlie city fathers. 
 
 Mr. Sparr remained a bachelor until twenty- 
 eight years old and then took unto himself a wife 
 and helpmate, ]Miss Mary F. Martin, to whom he 
 was wedded April 25, 1888. This lady was born 
 in Jasper County, Mo., and wa§ the daughter of 
 
 Joshua and Sarah (A'ance) MarLin. Mr. Martin 
 was a stanch Union man during the war and was a 
 man who was highly respected in his community. 
 He was shot and instantly killed by bushwhackers 
 July 29, 1863, at bis home in Joplin, Mo. These 
 bushwhackers claimed to be Union men and accused 
 Mr. Martin of secretly working in behalf of the 
 rebel army. It was confidentl}' believed, however, 
 that they were rebels and accomplished his death 
 to effect their purpose. Prior to this they had 
 burned his house with the most of its contents, to- 
 gether with his barn, granary, corn cribs and all the 
 buildings on the farm with the outstanding grain. 
 Mrs. Martin was compelled to flee for her life on 
 foot, as her teams and stock were also driven off, 
 she being thus left without means or resources of 
 any kind. Upon one occasion her thirteen -year- 
 old son, who had gone to mill with an ox-team, 
 was wa3'laid by the outlaws and the wagon and 
 team taken from him, he being compelled to walk 
 home. The Martin family were not by any means 
 the only sufferers from maurauders in that region, 
 as Unionists generally were treated in the same 
 manner by the rebel element. 
 
 Mrs. Martin spent the winter of 1863-64 in 
 Carthage, Mo., and the following spring came with 
 her family of eight children to Kansas, traveling 
 from Ft. Scott with a freighting train. (Her two 
 3rounger children, twins, were born in September, 
 1863, a short time after the death of their father). 
 She was destitute of money, but having extended 
 much kindness to a sick soldier in Missouri, the 
 United States supply train men on this account as- 
 sisted her in getting to Kansas, providing all the 
 necessities for her and her children on the journey 
 to Ft. Scott, and at that point iiired a team by which 
 she was conveyed to Lawrence, in the vicinity of 
 which she had a brother living. The latter was 
 unable to go down to Carthage after her because it 
 was dangerous for a Northern man to visit that 
 region. 
 
 Mrs. Martin lived for a time in Douglas County, 
 this State, until one of her sons, Joseph, came to 
 Illinois Township, this county, and took up a claim, 
 after which she joined him. Four of her cbildren 
 are now residents of this county, and she makes her 
 home among them. Joshua Martin wag a prominent 
 
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 member of the Baptist Church, in which he offici- 
 ated as Deacon. He was born in Kentucky and 
 went to Missouri with his parents when a mere boy. 
 He was first married to Miss Elizabeth Edwards, 
 who bore him eight children and died in Joplin. 
 
 The mother of Mrs. Sparr was a widow when 
 she married Mr. Martin, her first husband having 
 been Isaac N. Thompson, who died in 1860. while 
 on his way to California, leaving two children. 
 
 There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sparr five 
 children, viz: Luther L., Ernest E., Albert D., Mil- 
 son V. and Zora Q. They are all living at home. 
 Mr. and Mrs Sparr, as may be supposed, enjo}' the 
 esteem and confidence of a host of friends. Beside 
 his village and farm property Mr. Sparr has a busi- 
 ness house at Conway Springs, a part of which is 
 occupied as the post-office. For four years he con- 
 ducted a store on his farm, abandoning it when the 
 railroad was built and the station located at ]\Iill- 
 erton. 
 
 AMUEL F. CLINARD. This gentlemun 
 is numbered among the old settlers of 
 Sumner Countj', and is well known as an 
 enterprising and progressive farmer, a 
 reliable citizen, and a man of upright life and 
 character. His attractive farm consists of three 
 hundred and twenty acres on sections 17 and 8, 
 Greene Township, and is a productive and valuable 
 estate. 
 
 !Mr. Clinard w.as born in Clermont County, Ohio, 
 March 22, 1844, and is a son of Henry and Sarah 
 (Ferguson) Clinard. The parents removed to 
 Pettis County, Mo., when our subject was about 
 five years old, and in that and Saline Counties he 
 grew to manhood. The father was a blacksmith 
 and gave his son every advantage possible in the 
 way of acquiring an education. The j'oung man 
 attended Jones Commercial Academy at St. Louis 
 about six months, and also attended the Missouri 
 State Normal School at Kirks vi He, for more than 
 half a year. He adopted the profession of a 
 teacher, and for seven or eight years was engaged 
 in pedagogical labors in Pettis and Saline Counties, 
 proving his efficienc}* in llie school ruom, and sow- 
 
 ing seed which would develop and bring forth 
 fruits of usefulness in the lives of his pupils long 
 after he had left their midst. 
 
 In the summer of 1876, Mr. Clinard came to this 
 county and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
 acres on section 17, immediately beginning work 
 upon the same, which is now in a fine state of pro- 
 ductiveness and improvement. Since settling here 
 Mr. Clinard has given his attention almost wholly 
 to farming and stock-raising, and is demonstrating 
 the fact that book lore is not incompatible with 
 success in the more mechanical employments, when 
 practical common sense and good judgment are 
 brought to bear with one's theoretical knowledge. 
 He has added to his landed estate since his first 
 settlement, now holding the amount mentioned at 
 tlie beginning of this article, the whole comprising 
 a home with which any man might well be pleased. 
 
 In Saline County, Mo., February 27, 1879, Mr. 
 Clinard was united in marriage with Mrs. Magda- 
 line (Carmean) Stanley, who was born in Ross 
 County, Ohio, December 26, 1845, and who is an 
 educated woman, of noble Christian character, and 
 one who in evers' department of life is faithful and 
 efficient in the discharge of her duties, so letting 
 her light shine in the midst of her associates. Mrs. 
 Clinard is a daughter of John and Susannah 
 (DeHaven) Carmean, and at the date of her marriage 
 with our subject was the widow of Winfield S. 
 Stanley, who died in Saline County, Mo., February 
 11,1876. By her first marriage she became the 
 mother of two children, Frank M. and Mattie E. 
 To herself and Mr. Clinard three children have 
 come: Pearlie M., now brightening their fireside, 
 while John H. and Rhoda were taken from them in 
 their infancy. 
 
 In the spring of 1880, Mr. Clinard was elected 
 Trustee of Greene Township, being the first incum- 
 bent of that office, a position which he held for 
 five consecutive years. He has also held some of 
 the school offices, and in every position manifests 
 an intelligent understanding of the duties accruing 
 to it and an earnest determination to fulfill them to 
 the best of his ability. In politics he favors the 
 principles of the Democracy and therefore supports 
 them with Ids vote. He belongs to the Farmers' 
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 Christians, the one being a member of the Baptist 
 and the other of the Methodist Church, and both 
 having high standing in their respective denomin- 
 ations. 
 
 )OSTIEN L. WRIGHT. No citizen of 
 South Haven is held in higher respect tlmn 
 i^\ the subject of this notice, who was one of 
 ^^ the first men upon the ground after the 
 laying out of the town and had the honor of serv- 
 ing as the first City Treasurer. He is at present 
 engaged in the grocery business, including cigars, 
 tobacco and confectionery, and by his straightfor- 
 ward method of dealing with his fellow-citizens, 
 has earned their confidence and esteem as well as a 
 substantial patronage. 
 
 Mr. Wright was born in Montgomery County, 
 Ohio, February 9, 1850, and spent his early years 
 in Springfield, Yellow Springs and Dayton, tliat 
 State. His father, Isaac K. Wright, a native of 
 Philadelphia, Pa., was engaged during his later 
 years as a merchant tailor, and died at Philadelphia 
 in 1868. His mother bore the maiden name of 
 Mitchell and is now living in Cowley County, Kan. 
 
 Mr. Wright after reaching his majority, came, in 
 October, 1871, across the Mississippi, joining a 
 corps of men who had been appointed to survey 
 the Indian Territory. He operated with them two 
 years and .it the expiration of this time, located on 
 a pre-emption claim at a time when few white set- 
 tlers had come to this section and when buffalo 
 and other wild animals roamed at will over the 
 country. Erecting a frame house, young Wright 
 thereafter lived by himself for about ten years, 
 carrying on farming and keeping bachelor's hall. 
 He had a dairy of from ten to twenty cows, from 
 which he manufactured quantities of butter. He 
 hired men to assist him in his farm operations, do- 
 ing the cooking for the whole crowd, and afterward 
 occupied for some time an old log building that 
 had formerly been utilized as a trading post. 
 
 Finally, however, realizing the fact that it was 
 not good for man to be alone. Mr. Wright, in 
 September, 1881, was wedded in Cowley County, 
 
 this State, to Miss Lydia A., daughter of N. C. and 
 Margaret (Easzell) Heizer. This lady was born in 
 Fayette County, Ind., in 1852, of parents who 
 were natives of Indiana and who are now living in 
 Sumner County. Mr. and Mrs. Wright remained 
 on the farm in Cowley County until the spring of 
 1885, then Mr. Wright purchasing a farm in Guelph 
 Township, this county, removed to it, living there 
 until February, 1 887. His next removal was to 
 the embryo town of South Haven. Here he asso- 
 ciated himself with a partner, J. M. Johnson, 
 and they engaged in the dry-goods and grocery 
 business. In April following Mr. Wright estab- 
 lished a new grocery store by himself, which he has 
 since successfully conducted. There have been 
 born to him and his estimable wife two children : 
 Maggie E. and Carrie C. Mr. and Mrs. Wright 
 are actively connected with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Wright came to Kansas in 
 1877, settling first in Cowley County and later re- 
 moved to South Haven Township, this county. Mr. 
 Heizer was born in Fayette County, Ind., and his 
 wife was a native of Decatur County, that State. 
 The latter with her parents, Nehemiah and Nancy 
 A. (Wherrett) Raszell removed to Fayette County 
 where she was reared, and where her parents spent 
 the remainder of their lives. 
 
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 LBERT M. COLSON, President of the 
 Citizen's Bank of Caldwell, is also exten- 
 sively engaged as a dealer in live stock and 
 ^1 is one of the leading men of Southern 
 
 Kansas. By a course of industry and prudence, 
 he has become independent, financially, while 
 his genial and companionable temperament draws 
 around him friends wherever he goes. He is a 
 gentleman of fine business abilities, and enjoys the 
 distinction of being one of the first settlers of 
 Sumner County. A native of Eaton, Madison 
 County, N. Y., he was born March 13, 1843, and is 
 tiic son of Brackley and Susan (Salter) Colson. 
 Brack ley Colson was a native of Connecticut 
 
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 and a hatter by trade, at wliicli he worked the 
 greater part of his life. He accumulated con- 
 siderable means and lived to a ripe old age, dying 
 in 1 885, after having passed his ninety-second 
 year. The wife and mother was born in Massa- 
 chusetts and outlived her husband one month only, 
 dying in 1885 at the age of eighty-seven years. 
 Their married life had embraced the long period 
 of sixty-seven years. There were born unto them 
 nine children of whom Albert M. was the young- 
 est. 
 
 Mr. C'olson was reared in his n.ative town, re- 
 ceiving such advantages as were afforded by the 
 common school. He was variously employed until 
 the outbreak of the Civil War, then enlisted as a 
 private in Company C, Ninety-first New York In- 
 fantry, which was first assigned to the Department 
 of the Gulf and later went with the Fifth Army 
 Ccrps under the command of Gen. "Warren. After 
 a faithful service of four years, during which he 
 shared with his comrades the various dangers and 
 hardships in the army, Mr. Colson received his 
 honorable discharge in July, 1865. Soon after- 
 ward he emigrated to the Pacific Coast, following 
 various pursuits for a number of years. We find 
 him first in Kansas in 1870, locating in this countj^ 
 of which he has since been a continuous resident. 
 He arrived here prior to its organization and upon 
 this important occasion was elected Superintendent 
 of Public Instruction. He soon took up his resi- 
 dence in Caldwell and in due time became a mem- 
 ber of the City Council and finally the Mayor. 
 Ho has watched the growth and development of 
 the town with unabated interest, and has con- 
 tributed his full quota toward bringing it to its 
 present condition. 
 
 In 1887 in company with other leading residents 
 of Caldwell, Mr. Colson assisted in organizing the 
 Citizens Bank, of which he was elected President, 
 a position which he has since held with credit to 
 himself and satisfaction to all concerned. He 
 came to the Sunflower State poor in purse, and has 
 had no assistance from any one, financially. By 
 industry and good management, he has accumulated 
 a comfortable property, including considerable 
 veal estate in Uiis county. '.ic.-id^'S llu' S')ii'.;i«-e tcni 
 Hotel at Caldwell, He has for .sume yeais dealt 
 
 considerably in live stock, realizing ample returns 
 therefrom. He cast his 6rst Presidential vote for 
 Lincoln and remains a loyal adherent of the Re- 
 publican paity. He is a Mason in good standing 
 and Commander of Upton Post, No. 27, G. A. R. 
 at Caldwell. He is also a K. of P., Uniform Rank. 
 Mr. Colson was first wedded in 1874, to Miss Mary 
 Goldey of Milan, this State. This lady was born 
 in Iowa and after becoming the mother of one 
 child, a daughter, Fawnie, died at their home in 
 Caldwell in 1879. The following year Mr. Colson 
 contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Mary J. 
 (xaretson. Mrs. Marj' Colson was born in Litch- 
 field, 111., April 11, 1853. Of her first marriage 
 there was born two children, a daughter, Katie and 
 son Charlie who died July 14, 1877. The Colson 
 residence is pleasantly located in the north part of 
 the cit}' and is the frequent resort of its most in- 
 telligent' and cultured people. 
 
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 J RS. MARGARET E. CAPPS. One of 
 1 the finest farms in Belle Plaine Township 
 belongs to the lady with whose name we 
 introduce this sketch and embraces two 
 hundred and forty acres of well-developed land on 
 sections 1 and 12. It is embellished with good 
 buildings with fruit and shade trees and is sup- 
 plied with the most approved machinery for the 
 successful prosecution of agriculture. Mrs. Capps 
 is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and 
 fine business capacities and manages her property 
 with rare good judgment. Socially, she occupies a 
 leading position in her community. 
 
 Mrs. Capps was born in Sangamon County, 111.. 
 September 2, 1848, and is the daughter of James P. 
 and America (Morris) Hilyard, who were natives of 
 Virginia. Mr. Hilyard removed from the Old 
 Dominion with his parents when a small boy to 
 Sangamon County, 111., they locating among its 
 earliest pioneers. His wife, America, also came to 
 that region with her parents when a young girl. 
 They lived there for some time after their marriage, 
 yir. riilynrd riicaging in agricultural pursuits. In 
 the iDcantime he ,soi\v..l ;is a soldier during the 
 
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 war with Mexico and afterward removed from 
 Sangamon to Macon Coanty, where he made his 
 home four years. 
 
 Mr. Hilyard came to Kansas in 1870, taking up 
 his abode in Greenwood County. The parental 
 household consisted of fourteen children of whom 
 Margaret E. was the fourth in order of birth. She 
 was a maiden of seventeen years when the family 
 removed to Macon County and she was there mar- 
 ried November 21, 1867, to Ephraim James. Mr. 
 James was born near Columbus, Ohio, March 19, 
 1 837, and became a resident of Maeon County, 111. 
 After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. James continued 
 to live there until their removal to Kansas in 1874. 
 They settled in Belle Plaine Township, Mr. James 
 purchasing six hundred and Bfty acres of land 
 upon which he engaged quite extensively in farm- 
 ing until the illness which resulted in his death, 
 April 11, 1884. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. James there was born a family 
 of eight children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, 
 Laura J,, is the wife of O. C. Watson of Belle 
 Plaine; W.'Uiam lives in Belle Plaine Township; 
 Powell died when one j'ear old ; Emma, Elmer, Al- 
 bert, George and Sybil, remain at home with their 
 mother. Mrs. Margaret E. James was a second 
 time married April 19, 1888, to E. S. Capps, a na- 
 tive of Illinois and of English parentage. 
 
 In rrligious belief Mrs. Capps is a Universalist, 
 as was also her first husband. Mr. James was an 
 intelligent man and took a warm interest in educa- 
 tional affairs. 
 
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 c^^^HOMAS R. MORDY. Among the resi- 
 'l^^ dents of Sumner County, who claim Eu- 
 ^^0' glish birth and parentage, this gentleman is 
 numbered. As a successful agriculturalist, an 
 early settler and a prominent citizen, he well de- 
 serves notice in a volume of this character. He 
 now resides on a farm in Belle Plaine Township, 
 which fr'im nii p'ghty-acre tract, he has increased 
 two-folil, bi.-sides ledeeniiug llic soil fiom its prim- 
 itive condition and erecting substantial buildings 
 on the homestead. lie is identified with all im- 
 portant movements in the history of the township. 
 
 and is a member of the Subordinate Lodge of 
 I. 0. O. F. at Belle Plaine, also of the Encamp- 
 ment at Mulvane, being a charter member of both 
 organizations. Politically, he supports the prin- 
 ciples of the Republican party, and is at present 
 serving his third term as Treasurer of the Twenty- 
 fourth School District. 
 
 Durham County, England, was the native place 
 of our subject, and the date of his birth February 
 13, 1845. He was the youngest son born to John 
 and Dorothy (Robson) Mordy, who were born in 
 England, and after passing their entire lives on its 
 soil, also passed to rest there. Our subject's edu- 
 cation has been principally self-obtained, as in his 
 youth he had very limited advantages. He was 
 reared in his native county, and until the age of 
 seventeen years, remained under the parental roof. 
 Then, commencing for himself, he worked in the 
 Durham County coal mines until he resolved to 
 come to America. 
 
 Taking passage in the steamer '-Louisiana," 
 which sailed from the port of Liverpool April 26, 
 1864, Mr. Mordy arrived in New York City on 
 the 1 1th of May. Thence he went to Pennsylvania 
 and worked in coal mines, principally in Schuylkill 
 County. He was there during the Mollie McGuire 
 period, but in the spring of 1866 removed to Tus- 
 carawas County, Ohio, whence, after spending a 
 short time engaged in digging coal and farming, 
 he returned to Pennsylvania. He once again sought 
 the Buckeye State, where he was united in mar- 
 riage August 22, 1867, with Emma Beberly, who 
 was born in Germany July 10, 1844 and was the 
 daughter of Charles and Theresa Beberly. When 
 about two years of age she came with her mother 
 to the United States. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Mordy have a family of bright 
 and intelligent children, Ave in number. The 
 eldest, James, is deceased. Cora, Thomas, Simon, 
 John and Vivian are at home and are receiving 
 good educational advantages. In January, 1878, 
 Mr. Mordy, with his wife and children, came from 
 their home in the Buckeye State to Sumner County, 
 Knn.. having in the former jjlace traded a horse 
 :ind buggy and seventy bushels of corn, for the 
 eighty-acre f.arm where they now live. This land 
 was practically unimproved, when he settled on it, 
 
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 being in about the same condition left by the 
 Indians. It required many years to bring the 
 farm up to its present higli sta'.e of cultivation, 
 while prudent economy enabled him to purchase 
 another eighty acres. Upon coming to the Sun- 
 flower State he had $6 ahead. His present pros- 
 perity is due in no small measure to the assistance 
 he has received from his wife, who has been his 
 helpmate and counselor for j'ears. He has wit- 
 nessed the gradual development of the county and 
 has contributed his share to the same. His farm is 
 a monument to his industry, and is being subiected 
 to constant improvements. 
 
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 eAPT. GEORGE D. ARMSTRONG. This 
 . gentleman first set foot upon the soil of 
 Kansas during the early settlement of this 
 county, when the land now lying within its limits was 
 the property of Uncle Sara and when few settlers 
 had ventured into this region. He landed here in 
 June, 1871, and at once entered a claim to the 
 northeast quarter of section 33, in what is now 
 Avon Township, filing his claim in the Land Office 
 at Wichita. He was not then married and did not 
 build upon his land until the following year, when 
 he put up a solid oak frame house which thereafter 
 remained his residence until 1879. Then selling 
 out, he purchased his present farm, which occupies 
 the southeast quarter of section 3, Jackson Town- 
 ship. Here he has erected a set of frame buildings, 
 has gotten together the requisite farm machinery, 
 planted a large variety of fruit trees and surrounded 
 his dwelling with shade and ornamental trees. His 
 property is now numbered among the attractive 
 rural homes of the county where is indicated in a 
 marked manner the enterprise of the proprietor, 
 his industry as an agriculturist and his worth as a 
 member of the community. 
 
 Mr. Armstrong was born a little over fifty years 
 ago, December 3, 1839, in Shelby County, Ohio, 
 where he spent the first ten years of his life and 
 then removed with his parents to Illinois. He was 
 a young man approaching the twr-.i' v-sccond )'cnr 
 
 of his age at the outbreak of the Civil War and 
 that same year, in October, 1861, proffered his 
 services to assist in the preservation of the Union, 
 enlisting in Company F, Fifty-ninth Illinois In- 
 fantr}'. A few months later, however, in April, 
 1862, he was obliged to accept his discharge on ac- 
 count of disability. Upon recovering from his 
 ailment, however, he in July following, re-enlisted 
 in Company B, Ninety-seventh Illinois Infantry 
 and had the satisfaction of serving until the ene- 
 mies of the Government bad been subjugated. He 
 participated in manj' of the important battles of 
 the war, meeting the enemy at Pea Ridge, Chicka- 
 saw Bluffs, the siege of Vicksburg, Port Gibson, 
 Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Ft. 
 Blakely and other minor engagements. After the 
 close of the war he received his honorable dis- 
 charge and was mustered out at Galveston, Tex. 
 
 At the second enlistment of Mr. Armstrong in 
 the army, he was mustered in as private and later 
 for gallant and meritorious conduct on the field, 
 was promoted through the different gl-ades and 
 finally was given a Captain's commission. He 
 justly looks upon that period of his life as some- 
 thing to be proud of. In August, 1865, Mr. 
 Armstrong returned to Illinois and in connection 
 with farming, worked at the trade of a plasterer, 
 which he had learned prior to entering the arm}'. 
 He sojourned in Coles Count}' until 1870 and spent 
 the following year in California. In 1871 he came 
 to Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Armstrong found a wife and helpmate in 
 this county, having been married October 13, 1872, 
 to Miss Sarah A. Gregson. Mrs. Armstrong is a 
 native of Indiana and the daughter of Joseph and 
 Elizabeth (Montgomery) Gregson, who came tu 
 this county at an early day, settling in Avon 
 Township; they are now residing in Avon. Of 
 the seven children born to the Captain and his ex- 
 cellent lady, three died in infancy. The survivors 
 are Irving, Albert, Minnie and Edwin. Since 
 coming to this county Mr. Armstrong has identified 
 himself with its most important interests, especially 
 in the rural districts and among the fruit growers. 
 He is a leading member of the State and Sumner 
 County Horticultural Societies and belongs to the 
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 Post, No. 57, G. A. R. recognizes Capt. Armstrong 
 as one of its most worthy members. He and iiis 
 estimable wife are prominently connected witli the 
 Methodist Episcopal Churcl). 
 
 The immediate progenitor of Capt. Armstrong 
 was John S. Armstrong, who was born September 
 30, 1806, in Gallia County, Ohio. The paternal 
 grandfather, Andrew Armstrong, a native of Mifflin 
 County, Pa., was born March 11, 1777, and was 
 reared in his native county. He emigrated to 
 Ohio during the early settlement of the State and 
 was married in Gallia County, October 4, 1803, to 
 Miss Susan Snider. Grandmother Armstrong was 
 born in North Carolina June 18, 1779. Her father, 
 John Snider, was born in September, 1751, in North 
 Carolina and removed to Ohio during the pioneer 
 days of Gallia County, where he constructed a 
 home in the wilderness and spent his last years. 
 
 Andrew Armstrong after his removal to Ohio 
 sojourned a few years in Gallia County, then re- 
 moved to Clark County and finally to Shelby 
 County. In the latter he entered a tract of heavily 
 timbered land from which he cleared a farm and 
 there resided until his death on the 25th of March, 
 1840. His wife had died in Clark County, August 
 24, 1817. Their son, John S., the father of our 
 subject, when becoming his own man, took up his 
 abode in Miami County where he sojourned a few 
 years, but about 1845, settled in Logan County. 
 There he proceeded as had his father and grand- 
 father before him, purchasing a tract of timber 
 land and constructing a farm. Upon this, how- 
 ever, a few acres had been cleared and there had 
 been erected a double log house. This was long 
 before the days of railroads in that region and for 
 some 'years thereafter the town of Sidney, twenty- 
 five miles away, was the nearest market and trading 
 point. Upon the building of the first railroad, 
 John Armstrong secured the contract to supply the 
 timber for one mile of the road. Much more lum- 
 ber was then employed in the construction of a 
 track than is now used, heavj^ timbers then being 
 laid lengthwise the road bed, the cross ties being 
 laid upon them and upon these another layer of 
 lengthwise timbers upon which were spiked the 
 iron rails. Father Armstrong cleared considerable 
 of his land, residing there until about 1851. 
 
 In the above-mentioned year the father of our 
 subject, selling out his interest in liie Buckeye 
 State, started overland for Illinois with teams. He 
 was accompanied by his wife and seven children, 
 and upon arriving in Cumberland County pur- 
 chased a tract of land in Long Point Precinct, com- 
 prising one hundred and sixty acres of timber and 
 the same of prairie. The latter embraced a part of 
 what was known as Parker's Prairie. A hewed log 
 house was put up, the first ever built in that region. 
 No railroads were made in Illinois for several years 
 thereafter and Terre Haute, forty miles distant, 
 was the nearest market, milling place and depot 
 for supplies. Deer were plentiful and the Arm- 
 strongs could often see droves of them passing not 
 very far from their own doorway. They lived 
 there until 1863, then the father, selling out once 
 more, changed his abode to Coles County, purchas- 
 ing a farm six miles southeast of Mattoon. In 
 1871 he made another removal, selling out again 
 and settling in Bond County, purchasing an im- 
 proved farm near Greenville. There John Arm- 
 strong spent his last years, dying on the 20th of 
 June, 1880. 
 
 The mother of Mr. Armstrong of this sketch 
 bore the maiden name of Priscilla Dye. She was 
 born in Miami County, Ohio, July 12, 1818, and 
 was the daughter of John Minor Dye who was born 
 August 24, 1773, and was one of the earliest pio- 
 neers of Miami County. He was a man of great 
 industry and perseverance and improved a large 
 farm from the wilderness near which the city of 
 Troy afterward grew up. There he spent his re- 
 maining days, passing away April 1, 1842, at the 
 age of sixty-nine years. He was married to Eliza- 
 beth Clyne who was born in June, 1775, and died 
 .January 5, 1852. 
 
 Mrs. Priscilla (Dyej Armstrong departed this 
 life at her home in Bond County, 111., March 31, 
 1879. To her and her husband was born a family 
 of twelve children, two of whom, James and Sam- 
 uel died young. They were named respectively.- 
 Andrew M., James, George D., Elizabeth A., John 
 C, Henry C, Charles M., Priscilla, T. Alexander, 
 Mary E., Samuel S., and Walter Grant. 
 
 Joseph Gregson, Mrs. Armstrong's father, was 
 born in Indiana in 1828, and was married June l, 
 
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 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Montgomeiy, who was 
 born in Ohio in 1836. Of this union there were 
 born eight children, as follows: Snrah A., Marj- C, 
 William C, Joseph F., Carrie E., Alvin W., Com- 
 modore P., Lee "^V. All of these are living. 
 
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 f) OSEPH THEW, one of the early settlers of 
 Oxford, came to this county before the rail- 
 road was built through, and purciiased a 
 farm of one hundred and sixty acres, adjoin- 
 ing the village of Oxford on the west. With the 
 exception of the soil having been broken, no im- 
 provements whatever had been made on the place, 
 but going at once to work, our subject planted out 
 an orchard, erected a good residence, setting out a 
 grove and in other ways improved the farm. 
 
 Upon coming to Kansas, .Joseph Thew was ac- 
 companied by his wife, whose maiden name was 
 Mary Hayward, and who was born in England May 
 20, 1824. When four years of age she accom- 
 panied her parents to the United States, and settled 
 with them in Pennsylvania. Her father, Isaac 
 Hayward, was a farmer by occupation. Her 
 mother, Ann Shcpard, was also a native of Eng- 
 land. Later the family removed to Ohio, whore 
 ^I.Try met and married Joseph Thew, the wedding 
 being celebrated December 20, 1843. The father 
 afterwai'd located near Fi. Wayne, Ind., and lived 
 there until his death in 1881, and after a residence 
 in the Hoosier State of about twenty years. 
 
 Mrs. Thew first began housekeeping in Marion 
 County, Ohio, where her husband was engaged in 
 the shoe business and where their children were 
 born. They were six in number and are all living, 
 and named respectively: Olive Ann, J. Wesley, 
 Francis, P^lla, A. Lizzie and William. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Thew removed to Indiana when their youngest son 
 William was eighteen months old. After a short 
 sojourn there they located in Noble Cou)ity, Ihe 
 same State, where Mr. Thew continued in the same 
 business as before. In that county they resided for 
 eighteen years, coming thence to Kansas in 1877. 
 
 Having purchased his farm before coming to this 
 State, Mr. Thew came directly here via the rail- 
 
 road to Wichita. He conveyed his lumber from 
 the latter city and put up at the first good house in 
 tlie country, and it is still in a good condition. He 
 wnsnota politician, but was a member for many 
 years of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was 
 born in England in 1819 and when six years of age 
 with his father removed to Ohio, settling in Mor- 
 row County. His father, Richard Thew, there en- 
 gaged as a farmer. Here our subject grew to man- 
 hood and lived until his marriage, which occurred 
 as above stated, in 1843. He was one of the lead- 
 ing men of the township in which he resided, and 
 highly spoken of by all who knew him. He died in 
 Oxford after a long illness, January 8, 1883. Of 
 his children, Olive married Albert Rice of this 
 township, and has one child, Frank. J. W. married 
 Miss Quintilla Flowers, by whom he has two chil- 
 dren — Grace and Lenna. He lives in Oxford. F. 
 H. married Emma Frink, and they have three chil- 
 dren — Iva, Bessie and Bernie. Ella married D. F. 
 Owens, of Dodge City, Kan. They have two chil- 
 dren, Mabel and William. A. Lizzie married D. A. 
 Griffith, now of Chicago. Their two children are 
 Ethel and Mansure. William married Ann A. Gib- 
 bons, and has one child, Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Thew lost two children, Pollen M. and Charles 
 Wesley. 
 
 Mrs. Thew was again married in this township to 
 William G. Lewis, who came to Kansas in the sum- 
 mer of 1877, settling at Belle Plaine, and there 
 lived until coming to Oxford. He was born in 
 1837 in Pittsburg, Pa., where he lived until com- 
 ing West and taking up a claim. 
 
 BENJAMIN F. HAMILTON, M. D., Coio- 
 ^ ner of Sumner County, and a leading phy- 
 siciau.and surgeon of Wellington, was first 
 elected to his present ofHce in November, 
 1887. He was re-elected in 1889, having filled tlie 
 office most acceptably to the people. He located 
 in Wellington, in the fall of 1884. 
 
 Dr. Hamilton was born near Mendon, Mercer 
 County, Ohio, August 31, 1857, and there grew to 
 mature years. He completed his education at Val- 
 
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 paraiso, Ind., and subsequently taught school fivo 
 years in Ohio, a part of which time he was Super- 
 intendent of the Mendon schools. In the meantime 
 for three years he occupied his leisure hours in the 
 reading of medicine and later placed himself under 
 the instruction of Dr. J. B. Haines, of Mendon. 
 When sufficientl}' prepared he took a course of lec- 
 tures in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, 
 from which he was graduated in the class of 1883. 
 He commenced the practice of his profession in his 
 native place and in the fall of 1884, coming to 
 Kansas, settled first at Millerton, Sumner County, 
 whence in the spring of 1886 he removed to Wel- 
 lington. He is now in the enjoj'ment of a lucra- 
 tive business and is looked upon as a valuable 
 member of the community. He has never sought 
 ofBce but keeps himself well posted in political af- 
 fairs and gives his support to the Republican party. 
 Dr. Hamilton was married August 23, 1886 in 
 Wellington, Kan., to Miss Luella ]\Iann. Mrs. Ham- 
 ilton was born in Shelby County, 111., September 
 5, 1866, and is the daughter of John and Maggie 
 Mann, who were natives of Illinois. Mr. Mann is 
 at present engaged in the hardware business at 
 Wellington. He came to Sumner County in 1881. 
 To the Doctor and his estimable wife there have 
 been born two children, only one of whom is liv- 
 ing, a babe unnamed. Barrus F. died at the age of 
 one year, three months and seventeen days. The 
 father of our subject was Justin D. Hamilton, a 
 native of Mercer County, Ohio, who married Eliza 
 J. Snavely. He was bred to farming pursuits and 
 with his estimable wife occupies the old homestead 
 wher^ he was born. 
 
 ^ RMOIJR C. LAMBE. In making notice 
 of the men who came to this county dur- 
 ing the period of its early settlement, the 
 name of Mr. Lambe could by no means 
 be properly omitted from the category. His 
 career has been signalized by unflagging industry 
 and a perseverance that was bound to overcome 
 all obstacles. He met with the usual difHculties 
 and drawfjacks of life in a new country at a time 
 
 when a long journey was involved in going to 
 market and mill, and when the country was poorly 
 supplied with the facilities for either agriculture or 
 any other industry. He not only watched the 
 march of events with a warm interest and faith in 
 the future of the Sunflower State, but in building 
 up one of its most creditable homesteads has con- 
 tributed his full quota to bring about the welfare 
 and prosperity of his adopted county. He is now 
 in possession of a vrell-tilled farm of one hundred 
 and sixty acres, whereon he has effected good im- 
 provements and is in a condition to rest upou his 
 oars. 
 
 Mr. Lambe, besides the property above men- 
 tioned, owns another body of land on section 23, 
 the homestead proper lying on section 28, and 
 both pre largely devoted to stock-raising. His 
 native place was County Tyrone, Ireland, and the 
 date of his birth September 25, 1830. He lived 
 there until a youth of sixteen years, attending the 
 common schools and learning the art of agricul- 
 ture as conducted in the Emerald Isle. When a 
 youth of sixteen years, desirous of bettering his 
 condition, and seeing little prospect of this upon 
 his native soil, beset out with his father for Amer- 
 ica, settling in Clinton County, 111. He lived there 
 until a young man of twenty yeai-s, then emigrated 
 to St. Louis, Mo., and for ten years thereafter 
 had charge of an omnibus line. At the expiration 
 of this time, tired of city life, he returned to Clin- 
 ton County, 111., and engaged in farming. Ho 
 sojourned there until coming to Kansas in 1870. 
 In this State ho first took up his abode in ]\Iunt- 
 gomery County, but only lived there about one 
 year, removing the following spring to Sumner 
 County. He pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land on section 28, where he established 
 his abiding place and has since remained. 
 
 Mr. Lambe after coming to this State was mar- 
 ried in Coffey ville, Montgomery County, April 21 
 1871, to Miss Mary Sproul. The lady was born 
 in Pike County, 111., June 10, 18.54. The result of 
 this union was five children, who bear the namos 
 respectively of Charles B., William J., Xettie, 
 Maggie and Armour C, Jr. Mr. Lambe was in 
 St. Louis, Mo., during the progress of the Civil 
 War, and was identified with the Home Guards. 
 
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 Upon becoming a voting citizen, Mi-. Larabe 
 identified tiimself witli tlie Democratic party, of 
 which he has since been a uniform supporter. 
 Recognizing his ability and sound sense, the Demo- 
 crats of this county nominated him in 1881 to 
 represent them in the State Legislature, and ten- 
 dered him the same compliment in 1889. The 
 party being in the minority, he was defeated with 
 the balance of his ticket. He has officiated as 
 Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace for a 
 period of six years. Mr. and Mrs. Lam be are 
 prominently identified with the Christian Church, 
 in whose welfare and advancement they take an 
 active interest. 
 
 The father of our subject was John Lambe. also 
 a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and a farmer 
 by occupation. After coming to this country he 
 prosecuted farming in Clinton County, 111., wh('re 
 he died. 
 
 S7 EWIS A. SALTER. The legal profession 
 I (© ^^ ''^^'^ county embraces manj"^ able men, 
 j*'—^^. and among them may be properly num- 
 bered Mr. Salter, who is a prominent citizen of 
 Aigonia, and in- the enjoyment of a thriving busi- 
 ness. He is a young man still, just having pa-ssed 
 the thirty-second year of his age, having been born 
 January 7, 1858. His native place was in the vi- 
 cinity of Marshall, Calhoun Countj-, Mich. His 
 parents were Melville J. and Sarah pjlizabeth 
 (Hinkle) Salter, natives respectively of New York 
 and Pennsylvania. The paternal grandfather. Da- 
 vid N. Salter, was a native of Vermont, a farmer 
 by occupation, and spent the closing years of his 
 life in Michigan. 
 
 Melville J. Salter sought the State of Michigan 
 in early manhood and was there married. He con- 
 tinued a resident of the State until Februarj-, 
 1871, coming then to Kansas and locating in Neo- 
 sha County. Later he removed to Bourbon County, 
 settling at Pawnee Station, where he now lives, en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business with two of his 
 sons. The latter and Lewis A. comprise the house- 
 hold circle. The elder Salter was Register of the 
 United States Land Office at Independence for 
 
 about eight years, during which time the family 
 lived at Independence. The father of our subject 
 was elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1874, and 
 again in 1876 of Kansas. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the eldest born of 
 his parents, and pursued his early studies in the 
 common schools of his native township. After 
 the removal of the family to Kansas, he entered the 
 State Agricultural College at Manhattan, from which 
 after a three years' course, he was graduated in 
 1879. Subsequently for two years he employed 
 himself on his father's farm. 
 
 Our subject, Lewis A., subsequently removed to 
 Cherry Yale and engaged in the hardware trade 
 with Messrs. Carson & Baldwin. In 1882, he re- 
 moved to Argonia and opened a hardware estab- 
 lishment with the same gentlemen, they operating 
 under the firm name of Carson, Baldwin & Salter. 
 A year later Messrs. Carson & Baldwin sold out their 
 interest to Mr. O. Kinsey, and under the firm name 
 of Salter & Kinsey the business was conducted un- 
 til the fall of 1885. i\lr. Salter then sold out and 
 embarked in the real-estate and insurance business, 
 in the meantime improving his leisure hours in 
 the reading of la.w, and was admitted to the bar in 
 1887. He has been successful in both in his prac- 
 tice and his other interests, and is the owner of two 
 hundred acres of valuable land, one and one half 
 miles southwest of Argonia, where his residence 
 now is. 
 
 The marriage of Lewis A. Salter and ^MisS Su. 
 gannah M., daughter of Oliver and Terrissa A. 
 Kinsey, occurred at Silver Lake, Shawnee County, 
 this State, in September, 1880. Mrs. Salter was born 
 in 1860, in Ohio, and was given a good education, 
 developing at an early age uncommon brightness 
 and intelligence. She is a lady who has read ex- 
 tensively and keeps herself well informed upon all 
 the leading topics of the day. She sympathizes 
 entirely with her husband in his political views, 
 being with him a stanch Republican with prohibi- 
 tion tendencies. She became so thoroughly inter- 
 ested in the well-being of the city of Argonia that 
 she was considered fully competent to stand at the 
 head of the municipal affairs, and in the spring of 
 1887 was elected Mayor, serving her term of one 
 year acceptably and with great credit. She wa*i 
 
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 the first lady holding this position in the State of 
 Kansas, and it was considered a great triumph for 
 her sex, she receiving letters of congratulation 
 from all over the world. Mr. Salter has always 
 been an active politician, prominent in his party, 
 and is frequently sent as a delegate to the county 
 and State conventions. In Neosha County he was 
 a member of the school board, and in (Sumner 
 County) City Clerk and Notary Public. He was 
 the Master Workman in the A. O. U. W., Argonia 
 Lodge, No. 171, in which he has held many other 
 ofHces. lie and his estimable wife are members in 
 good standing of the Baptist Church, in which Mr. 
 Salter has officiated as clerk and trustee. 
 
 There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Salter 
 Ave interesting children, viz.: Clarence E., Francis 
 Aigonia, who was the first child born in the city; 
 Winfred A., Melva Olive and Bertha Elizabeth. 
 
 SAMUEL BUTTERWORTH is one of the 
 leading farmers of Oxford Township, where 
 he owns a valu.nble farm of four hundred 
 acres, his residence being on section 31. 
 He was born in England, April 14, 1833, and when 
 nine years of age was brought to the United States 
 by his father, Gouther Butterworth, who settled in 
 Pequaniek, near Bridgeport, Conn., where he it 
 mained about four years. They then removed to 
 Fall River, Mass., where our subject remained 
 seven years, his next place of residence being 
 Shirley, whence he came AVest to Illinois, settling; 
 on a farm in DeAVitt County. The father Icfl 
 Massachusetts in 1849, and went to California, 
 where ho died. 
 
 Samuel Butterworth, of whom we write, made; 
 his home in DeWitt County, 111,, until 1874, thougli 
 he h;ul spent some time in Canada. In that coun 
 try, on March 16, 1874, he was united in marriage 
 with Mrs. Mary E. Alyea, and came at once to this 
 county, where he had purchased a farm a few 
 months before. When Mr. Butterworth pur- 
 chased the place it was in almost its primitive con- 
 dition, and he has put upon it the fences and other 
 
 improvements that are expected of an enterprising 
 farmer, and has so cultivated and conducted it that 
 he now has one of the finest farms in the south- 
 western part of the township. 
 
 Mrs. Butterworth was born in County Prince 
 Edward, Canada, December 31, 1851, and is a 
 daughter of James and Sarah (Abrams) Cum- 
 mings. Her father was born in Ireland, and her 
 mother in Rome, N. Y., their home after marriage 
 being in Canada, where their daughter also resided 
 until her marriage to her present husband. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Butterworth have one son, .James S. 
 Sarah Al3'ea, the daughter of Mrs. Butterworth and 
 her first husband, is now the wife of Charles Brant, 
 of this township. 
 
 Until recently Mr. Butterworth belonged to the 
 Republican party, but he is now in sympathy with 
 free trade. He has been Trustee of the School 
 District for four years, and his continuance in 
 ofHce is proof of his fitness for the position. He is 
 n member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 while his wife belongs to the Friends' Church. 
 Both receive their due measure of respect from 
 their associates therein, as well as from the com- 
 munity in general. 
 
 A lithographic portrait of Mr. Butterworth may 
 be found on another page of this volume. 
 
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 bEWLS J. MATSON, the popular liveryman 
 I, of Argonia, established himself at his pre- 
 ) sent headquarters in August, 1889, with a 
 
 fair outlook for the future. He is well-to-do, finan- 
 cially, owning a good farm in Morris Township, and 
 m!i3^be properly classed among the leading citizens 
 of his town. He was born March 26, 1844, in Ohio, 
 ■ind was the seventh in a family of nine children, 
 the oifspring of James and Mary (Kels) Matson, 
 the former of wliom departed this life at his home 
 in Pennsylvania, in 1854, and the latter died in 
 Nebraska, in 1881. Seven of their chihi.en are 
 still living, located in Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and 
 Is^ansas. 
 James Matson was one of the early pioneers of 
 
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 the Buokeye State, whence he removed to New 
 York State, sojourning there one year, and from 
 there went to Bradford County, Pa. The parents 
 were married in New York State. The mother was 
 a native of Vermont, and descended from a sub- 
 stantial Dutch family, who settled in New Jersey. 
 Young Matson commenced "paddling his own 
 canoe" at the age of fifteen years. He worked on 
 a farm and chopped cord wood until the outbreak 
 of the Civil War, then made two separate attempts 
 to enter the army, both of which were failures, be- 
 cause of his youth in one instance, and the negli- 
 gence of a mustering officer in the other. In 1863, 
 however, he succeeded in getting into the Pennsyl- 
 vania State Militia, for a term of three months, and 
 finally in September, 1864, he enlisted in Company 
 K, Second New York Cavalry, as a recruit. This 
 regiment operated in the Shenandoah A'allej', and 
 assisted in fighting the famous battle of Winchester 
 the day before Mr. Matson joined it. He served 
 under Gen. Phil Sheridan in tiie lamented Gen. Cus- 
 ter's Division, going on several scouting expedi- 
 tions. He served under Custer until April, 1865, 
 and in all the engagements under that dashing com- 
 mander. At the battle of Five Forks he was 
 wounded through the left knee by a minie ball. 
 At the field hospital near Dinwiddle court house, 
 he submitted to amputation of the left leg above 
 the knee. He was then conveyed to City Point, 
 thence to Harwood hospital ne.ir Washington, from 
 tliere to Lincoln hospital at Washington, and thence 
 back to Harwood, where he received his honorable 
 discharge, September 2, 1865. 
 
 Returning now to Bradford County, Pa., Mr. 
 Matson sojourned there one year, then selling his 
 farm, removed to Muscatine, Iowa. He lived there 
 on a farm one year, then changed his residence to 
 Mercer County, Mo., where he remained ten years. 
 During this time he took charge of a stock of tin- 
 ware for another party, adding a stock of groceries 
 himself, and carried on this business for some time, 
 returning then to his farm. 
 
 In March, 1877, Mr. Matson first struck the soil 
 <jf Kansas, and secured a tract of land on section 8, 
 Morris Township, this county. He occupied this 
 until August, 1889, tlien renting his farm, estab- 
 lished himself in his present business in Argonia. 
 
 He was married on the 8th of January, 1864, to Miss 
 Julia Ann, daughter of George and Eliza (Fox) 
 Locke. Mr. Locke was a carpenter by trade, which 
 he followed in Bradford County, Pa., until his 
 death September 11, 1851. There were born to 
 him and his excellent wife, three children, only one 
 of whom is living, Mrs. Matson. She was born 
 April 26, 1846, in Bradford County, Pa., and was 
 left fatherless five years later, Mr. Locke dying in 
 1851. The mother subsequently married Isaiah 
 Carr, and is now a resident of Kansas. Miss Julia 
 Ann remained with her mother until her marriage, 
 which took place in Bradford County, Pa. Seven 
 children have been born of her union with our sub- 
 ject, five of whom are living. The eldest, George 
 L., is operating his father's farm; Willis A. lives 
 with Ills parents; Marian E. is the wife of Simon 
 Dobson, and lives in Argonia; Elnora is the wife 
 of Joseph Varner, and they also live on the home 
 farm; Cora is with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mat- 
 son belong to the Christian Advent Church, in which 
 Mr. Matson is a Class-Leader. He is also a Master 
 Workman in the Ancient Order of United Work- 
 men,a member of the Grange, and the Grand Army 
 of the Republic, at Argonia, in the latter of which 
 he has been surgeon and Senior Vice Commander. 
 He votes the straight Republican ticket, although 
 conservative in his ideas. He has officiated as Road 
 Overseer in his district., and as a member of the 
 school board. 
 
 The deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Matson 
 are: Harry, who died in Missouri when one year 
 old, and Cecil Clay, who died at the home farm in 
 this county in 1886, in his fourth 3'ear. 
 
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 C!^ ALE S. DOWIS, general merchant, of Perth, 
 =, established himself in business here in 1883, 
 III and by his good management and strict at- 
 tention to business details, has built up a lucrative 
 and steadily increasing patronage. He is a gentle- 
 man just past the fifty-fourth year of his age, hav- 
 ing been born December 12, 1835, and his native 
 place was the town of Barboursville, Ky. His an- 
 
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 cestiy from away back were Southerners. His 
 fatlier, Robert Dowis, was born in South Carolina, 
 whence he emigrated to the Blue Grass State with 
 his parents when a child. The family were among 
 the earliest settlers of Knox Countj', where the 
 father followed farming and died at the early age 
 of forty-one years. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was also 
 a native of South Carolina and lived to the ad- 
 vanced age of ninety years, spending his last days 
 in Knox County, Ky. Robert Dowis was married 
 in early manhood to Miss Nanc3' Steele, who was 
 born in Virginia and who is now living in Knox 
 County, Ky., at the age of eiglity-eight years. She 
 is a daughter of William and Annie Steele, who 
 were likewise natives of the Old Dominion. To 
 her and her husband were born a family of nine 
 children, viz.: Martlia, Helen, Jackson, Gale S., 
 Jasper, Franklin, Elizabeth, Robert and Dallas. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the fourth child 
 of his parents and was reared in his native county, 
 altliough he attended scliool for a time in Tennes- 
 see. Upon approaching manhood he was occupied 
 in various pursuits until the outbreak of the Civil 
 War when, on the 20th of August, 1861, he enlisted 
 as a soldier in the Union army, being then twenty- 
 six years old. He was assigned to Company I, 
 Seventh Kentucky Infantry, served as Sergeant 
 until January, 1862, was tiipn promoted to be Sec- 
 ond Lieutenant and at the end of two months was 
 again promoted to the ranli of Fu-st Lieutenant, in 
 which position he served until May, 1864, when 
 he was promoted to the rank of Captain. He was 
 discharged from the service on the 5th of October, 
 1864, by reason of the expiration of term of ser- 
 vice. Ho participated in the seige of Yicksburg 
 and various other engagements. After leaving the 
 army he returned to his native county, sojournino- 
 there until 1865. 
 
 In the year above mentioned Mr. Dowis turned 
 his face toward the country west of the Mississippi, 
 removed to Jackson Countj', Mo., where he so- 
 journed until 1883. In the meantime he was mar- 
 ried, March 17, 1867, in Jackson County, to Miss 
 Betty H. Dupuy. This lady was born in Shelby 
 County, Ky., in 1845, and by her union with our 
 subject became the mother of four children, viz : 
 
 Nellie, Cora, Robert and Albert. Robert died in 
 infancy ; Nellie is married and living in Guthrie, 
 Oklahoma; Cora and Albert are at home. Mr. 
 Dowis was not quite twenty-one years old upon the 
 organization of the Republican party, but he en- 
 dorsed its principles and has remained its loyal ad- 
 herent. 
 
 ^ ESSE A. BURNETTE, attorney-at-law in the , 
 city of Caldwell, and who is making for him- 
 ' self a good record among his brethren of the 
 legal profession, is a gentleman still young in 
 years, having been born May 26, 1859. His native 
 place was Cocke County, Tenn., to which his father, 
 James B. S. Burnette, removed in boyhood, living 
 there until December, 1869. Thatyear he set out for 
 the Far West and located in Fremont County, 
 Iowa, where he sojourned until 1874. He then re- 
 moved to Atchison County, Mo., where he now 
 resides. He was born in Buncomb County, N. C, 
 in 1824, and has followed farming all his life. He 
 served "in the Confederate army during the late 
 Civil War in an East Tennessee Regiment. With- 
 out making any great stir in the world, ho has pur- 
 sued the even tenor of his way as a peaceable and 
 law-abiding cir.izen and is a member in good stand- 
 ing of the Baptist Church. The paternal grand- 
 father of Mr. Burnette, William by name, was also 
 a native of Xorth Carolina and the son of a hero 
 of the Revolution. 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca (Young) Burnette, the mother of 
 our subject, was born in Cocke County, Tenn., of 
 parents who were North Carolinians by birth. One 
 of her grandfathers served in the Continental army 
 and met his death on the battle-field at King's 
 Mountain. Mrs. Burnette is sixty-three years old. 
 
 The parental family consisted of twelve children, 
 of whom Jesse A. was the seventh in the order of 
 birth. His boyhood days were spent in his native 
 county until he was eleven years of age, when he 
 accompanied his parents, first in their removal to 
 Iowa and then to Blissouri. He worked on a farm 
 amd attended the common schools until approach- 
 ing manhood, then completed his education at 
 
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 Amity College, College Springs, Iowa. He utilized 
 tlie knowledge which he had acquired in teaching 
 scliool and employed his spare moments in reading 
 law. In the htter he made such good progress that 
 in the spring of 188ij he was admitted to the bar 
 in Atchison County, Mo. 
 
 Soon after entering the ranks of the legal profes- 
 sion young Burnette repaired to Mobeotie, the 
 county-seat of Wheeler County, Tex., where he 
 commenced the practice of his profession and 
 taught school one year. At tlie expiration of this 
 lime, leaving the Lone Star State, he came to this 
 county and located in Caldwell, opening an office, 
 and has since given his attention to the duties of 
 his profession. He has served as City Attorney 
 three terms an(i is evidently on the highway to 
 prosperity, being in the enjoyment of a lucrative 
 [iractice and able from time to time tolayupsome- 
 thing for a rainy day. He is a working member of 
 the Republican party, and is identified with the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen and Modern 
 Woodmen of America. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Burnette with Miss Kate 
 Purse] was celel)rated at the bride's home in Atch- 
 ison County, Mo., May 20, 1886. Mrs. Burnette 
 was born in that countj' October 20, 1863, and is :i 
 daugliter of Alex and Annie Pursel, who are now 
 residents of Atchison County, Mo. Two daughters 
 have been born of this union, named, respectively, 
 Imogen an'! Emma. 
 
 ^^:S^ELSOX SMITH. One of the finest stock 
 I jji farms in Jackson Township has been de- 
 |1\^; veloped and improved by Mr. Smith and 
 is eligibly located where it is amply watered by 
 two branches of Shoo Fly Creek — this creek being 
 fed by springs and during the coldest weather has 
 ni^vcr been known to have its current interrupted 
 by ihe formation of ice. In the industry to which 
 Mi-. Smith devotes tlie most of his time and atten- 
 tion, he lias been very successful and ships annually 
 numbers of cattle and hogs. 
 
 A native of the Buckeye State, Mr. Smith was 
 
 born in Chillicothe, Ross County, March 7, 1833, 
 and is the son of Jacob and Eliza (Hanes) Smith, 
 111 3 former a native of New York State and the 
 hitter of Ross County, Ohio. Jacob Smith, when 
 a young man emigrated to Ohio and was there 
 married. He purchased a tract of land near Del- 
 ])hi, Ross County, where he prosecuted farming 
 ii.itil his death, in 1838. The mother had also died 
 several years prior to the decease of her husband 
 and the latter married a second time. Five chil- 
 dren were subsequently cared for by the stepmother, 
 who kept the 'amily together about three years and 
 then Nelson went to live with his guardian, David 
 Holderman, a farmer of Ross County, Ohio. 
 Grandfather Frederick Hanes was a native of Ger- 
 many and emigrated to America when a young 
 man, settling among the pioneers of Ross County, 
 Ohio. He took up a tract of timber land from 
 which he cleared a farm and there spent the remain- 
 der of his days. 
 
 Voung Smith attended school a part of each 
 }eiir during his boyhood and the balance of the 
 time worked on the farm with his guardian until 
 fourteen years old. He then entered the employ 
 of his brolher-in law, David Whetsel, witli whom 
 he remained for a period of seven years during 
 whicli he was absent from his duties but three days. 
 j\Ir. Whetsel was a stock dealer and there being no 
 railroads young Smith assisted him in driving his 
 cattle across the mountains to the Eastern markets. 
 Upon one occasion he went to New York City with 
 a drove of cattle. He had saved his earnings and 
 when twentj' -two years old had a snug little sum of 
 money with which he went to Illinois and purchased 
 land in Macon County, two and one-half miles 
 f;om Decatur, the county seat. Mr. Smith resided 
 in Illinois until 1877. then, selling out, came to 
 Kansas locating in this county, when the nearest 
 lailroad station was at AViciiita. He had visited 
 this region previously and purchased one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land on the southeast quarter 
 of section 22, Jackson Township. There were fif- 
 teen acres broken, but no buildings. Mr. Smith 
 rented a house near by in which he resided with 
 his family ore and one-half years, then put up a 
 dwelling on his own land, which he has since occu- 
 pied. As his capital increased, being prospered in 
 
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 his labors, be added to his landed possessions and 
 is now the owner of three hundred and twenty 
 acres, all fenced and improved with modern build- 
 ings. He is now enjoying the fruits of his industry 
 and feels well repaid for the toils and sacrifices 
 which he eixlured when settling upon vvhat was 
 very nearly approaching the frontier. 
 
 The marriage of Nelson Smith and Miss Susanna 
 May was celebrated at the bride's home in Ross 
 County, Ohio, September 6, 1855. Their union 
 has been blest by the birth of five children: Frank, 
 Btiman, Chancey, Maggie and Clara. Mrs. Smith 
 was born in Green Township, Ross County, Ohio, 
 and is the daughter of Francis and Barbara (Betzer) 
 May, who were likewise natives of Ross County, 
 Ohio. It is believed that the paternal grandfather, 
 George May, was born in Germany and if so, he 
 emigrated to America at a very early day and was 
 reared in Pennsylvania. He was among tlie earliest 
 pioneers of Ross County, where he cleared a farm 
 and spent the remainder of his life. Francis May 
 was reared in his native county where, upon reach- 
 ing man's estate he purchased an improved farm, 
 which he lived upon until 1858. Then removing 
 to Macon County, 111., he settled in Decatur where 
 he resided until his death, about 1887. The mother 
 of Mrs. Smith was the daughter of William Betzer, 
 a native of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. 
 He likewise was a pioneer of Ross County, Ohio, 
 and died there. Ills d;iughter, Barbara, was taught 
 in her girlhood to card wool and flax, also to spin 
 and weave and made her home with her parents 
 until her marriage. She spent her last days in 
 Decatur, 111., passing away prior to the decease of 
 her husband. Mrs. Smith remained with her par- 
 ents until her mariiage. 
 
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 RA M. VICKERY. In noting the leading 
 farmers and stock-raisers of Walton Township, 
 Mr. Vickery is deserving of special mention. 
 He has by a course of plodding industry and good 
 management become one of the leading land-own- 
 ers of this section, holding the warranty deeds to 
 
 eight hundred acres lying in tiie counties of Cow- 
 ley and Sumner, his residence being on the Indian 
 Territory line. He came to this county in 1883 
 and commenced operations upon his present estate, 
 which has yielded bountiful returns, rendering tlie 
 owner practically independent. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Oswego 
 County, N. Y., November 2, 1838, and is the son 
 of William and Hannah L. (Manwarren) Vickery, 
 both also natives of the Empire State and the latter 
 born in Oswego County. William Vickery lived 
 in that county from a child of four j-ears, until 
 1857, when he set out for the far West, settling in 
 Doniphan County in 1858, before Kansas was ad- 
 mitted into the Union as a State. Taking up land, 
 he prosecuted farming successfully, becoming well- 
 to-do and leaving an estate valued at 110,000. His 
 death took place in 1865 when he was sixty-two 
 years old. He was for man}^ years a member of 
 the Christian Church. 
 
 Tlie mother of our subject was born in 1816 
 and is still living, making her home with our 
 subject. Her father, John Manwarren, likewise a 
 native of New York State, served as a soldier in 
 the War of 1812, and his father, carried a musket 
 on behalf of the Colonists in the Revolutionary 
 War. To William and Hannah Vickery there was 
 born a family of eight children, namely : Fanny L., 
 Ira M., William M., Lucy A., Hannah A., William 
 E., Lillie H. and Frank. Four of these are living 
 and located in Colorado and Kansas. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the second child 
 of his parents and was reared on the farm in Os- 
 wego County, N. Y. He attended the common 
 schools and later Falley Seminary, and at an early 
 age was trained to those habits of industry and 
 frugality which have probably been the secret of 
 his success in life. He came to Kansas Territory 
 with the family in 1857, working still with his 
 father until after the outbreak of the Civil War. 
 That same year he joined the army, enlisting as a 
 private in Company A, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, 
 and served with the Sixteenth Army Corps in 
 Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama 
 and Mississippi. He maintained his position in 
 the ranks until the close of the conflict, escaping 
 wounds and imprisonment and received his honor- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 able discharge at Ironton, Mo., July 20, 1865, on 
 account of disabilities from a horse falling on him. 
 After retiring from the service Mr. Vickery re- 
 turned to Donipiian County, this State, remaining 
 there until leniovingto his present homestead. He 
 gives his entire attention to farming and stock- 
 raising. Aside from his membership with the 
 Church of God, he is not identified with any organ- 
 ization, social, religious or political, not even cast- 
 ing his vote for President. On the 30th of January, 
 1866, Mr. Yickery was united in marriage with 
 Miss Georgia A. Smith. This lady was born in 
 Randolph County, Ala., in 1 847, and is the daughter 
 of David D. and Sarah H. (Thrasher) Smith of that 
 State. Mr. Vickery formed the acquaintance of 
 his wife in Alabama during the war. There liave 
 been born to them six children, viz. : Clara J., 
 Minnie L., Ivan "W., Willie M., Jesse A. and Nannie 
 E. Clara J. and Jesse A. died at the ages of three 
 years and fourteen months respectively. 
 
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 RA T. GABBERT, :\r. D., one of the ablest 
 physicians and surgeons of Caldwell, aside 
 1^ from occupying a high position in the medical 
 profession, is also numbered among the business 
 men of this plate. He is intelligent and progress- 
 ive in his ideas, a man who keeps himself thoroughly 
 posted upon leading events and for whom is pre- 
 dicted a career of more than ordinar}* success. He 
 was born December 3, 1852, in the town of Weston, 
 Platte County, Mo., and is the son of William and 
 Frances (Hamner) Gabbert. William Gabbert was 
 born in Warren County, Ky., about 1816. 
 
 The father of our subject when a young man 
 removed to Southern Indiana, sojourning there 
 until about 1840. Thence he emigrated across the 
 Mississippi to Platte County, Mo., where he still 
 resides. He has followed agricultural pursuits the 
 most of his life, accumulating a large property, and 
 is now retired from active labor, with the exception 
 of occupying himself as a money-loaner. He is an 
 active member of the Christian Church, contribut- 
 ing liberall}' of his means to fujther the cause of 
 
 the Master. Politically, he is a sound Republican 
 and socially, belongs to the Free and Accepted 
 Masons and Modern Woodmen of America, of 
 which he is Examining Physician. 
 
 Mrs. Frances (Hamner) Gabbert, the mother of 
 our subject was born in Virginia about 1818, and 
 is still living. The parental family included eight 
 children, Ira T. being the fifth in order of birth. 
 He was reared in his native town, receiving a 
 collegiate education. In 1878 he began reading 
 medicine under the instruction of Dr. J. W. Martin, 
 of Weston and subsequently attended three courses 
 of lectures in Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- 
 phia, from which in 1882, he was graduated with 
 high honors. He began the practice of his profes- 
 sion in Kansas City, Mo., but a year later came to 
 this count3', estal)lishing himself in Caldwell of 
 which he has since been a resident. Ilis close 
 attention to business gained him the esteem and 
 confidence of his fellow-citizens and he soon found 
 himself in the midst of a lucrative business. In 
 addition to this he conducts a thriving drug store, 
 of which he became part owner in 1886 and sole 
 proprietor in the spring of 1889. He has also 
 dealt largely in real estate. As a member of the 
 Knights of Pythias he has taken the Uniformed Rank 
 degree, and in i olitics is a straight Republican. 
 
 Dr. Gabbert was mai-ried in Gap, Lancaster 
 County, Pa., October 2, 1889, to Miss Elizabeth 
 Slay maker. Tiiis lady was born in Lancaster 
 County, Pa., in 1860 and is the daughter of John 
 and Elizabeth Slaymaker, who were likewise natives 
 of the Kej'stone State and the mother is- still living 
 at Gap, Pa. The father died at Williamstown 
 about 1875. 
 
 J I OSEPH M. .JOHNSON, a prominent citizen 
 t)f Creek Township, is the proprietor of one 
 of the finest homes within its limits, and is 
 apparently' surrounded with all the good 
 things of life. He has been more than ordinarily 
 successful as an agriculturist, and is considerably 
 interested in sheep-raising, an industry which he 
 believes is far too much neglected among the fertile 
 
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 districts of LLe Sunflowri- State. The career of Mr. 
 Johnson has been eminently creditable to him as a 
 man and a citizen, but that perhaps upon which lie 
 piideg himself most is the fact that during the late 
 Civil War he was a brave and gallant soldier of the 
 Union Army. In viewing the wealth and pros- 
 perity of this great country, he justly feels that he 
 was one of the humble instruments in preserving 
 to her her continued prosperitj' and standing among 
 the nations. 
 
 Coming of substantial Pennsylvania stock, Mr. 
 Jijlinson was himself a native of the Keystone 
 State, and born in Fayette County, December 21, 
 1832. Pie acquired a practical education in the 
 common-schools, and at an early age developed the 
 independence of character which has made him a 
 successful man in life. He left home before reach- 
 in his majority, emigrating to Delaware Count}', 
 Iowa, and was there em[)loyed on a farm the 
 gicater part of the year. He then returned to his 
 native State, sojourning there and engaging in 
 in farming mostly until 1858. He had, however, 
 learned the tanner's trade, at which he worked a 
 part of ihe time. During the year last mentioned, 
 he went to LaSalle County, 111., but in 1859, re- 
 turned to Pennsylvania, remaining there until after 
 the outbreak of the Civil War. 
 
 On the 27th of August, 1861, Mr. Johnson sig- 
 nalized his patriotism by enlisting as a Union 
 soldier in Company I, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania 
 Infantry. When the organization of the regiment 
 was completed, the "boys in blue" were sent to 
 Washington City and attached to the Army of the 
 Potomac, which was then under the command of 
 Gen. McClellan. Mr. Johnson took part in the 
 battle of Williamsburg, the siege of Yorktown and 
 the fights at Savage Station, Seven Pines, Jones' 
 Ford and Black Water. Later, in North Carolina, 
 he met the enemy at Southwest Creek, Kniston, 
 Whitehall, Goldsboro, the sieges of Morris Island 
 and Fts. Wagner and Gregg, and was at White 
 Marsh Island in Ga., Gloucester Point, Va., Biir- 
 muda Hundred and in the„ skirmish near the Rich 
 mond & Petersburg Railroad. 
 
 At Richmond, Mr. Johnson was wounded in the 
 thigh by a minie ball, and sent to tiie general 
 hospital at Fortress ^lonroe, On the 30th of 
 
 August, 1863, lie was wounded in the face and 
 breast by a shell, one piece of which he still carries 
 in his breast. He entered the service as a private, 
 and was first promoted to Orderly Sergeant. On 
 the 4tli of March, 1863, he was tendered the com- 
 mission of Second Lieutenant. After his wounds 
 were healed, he returned to his regiment and Served 
 the balance of his time in the armj' as Regimental 
 Quartermaster. He was given an honorable dis- 
 charge November 22, 1864. 
 
 Returning now to Pennsylvania, Mr. Johnson 
 sojourned there until 1 869. That year he came to 
 this State, settling first on a. farm in Waubansee 
 Township. In 1871 he came to this county, locat- 
 ing first in Palestine Township, where he lived 
 eight years. His next removal, in 1879, was to 
 Creek Township, of which he has since remained a 
 resident. His farm embraces two hundred acres of 
 thoroughly-cultivated land with all the modern im- 
 provements. The residence, a well-built and con- 
 venient structure, was erected in 1885. Mr. John- 
 son has given considerable attention to fruit grow- 
 ing, having an orchard of 80 apple trees, 50 cherry 
 trees, 30 pears, and 1,000 peach trees, besides the 
 smaller fruits, and he gives considerable attention 
 to stock-raising. 
 
 Mr. Johnson was first married November 10, 
 1853, to Miss Margaret Diamond, and there were 
 born to them three children, only two of whom are 
 living. The daughter, Catherine Jane, is the wife 
 of Frederick Rinehart, of Springdale Township, 
 and they are the parents of eight children; William 
 A. B. married Miss Myra Brown, is the father of 
 two children, and lives in Riley County, this State. 
 Mrs. Margaret Johnson departed this life at her 
 home in Illinois many years ago. Mr, Johnson was 
 again married September 27, 1860, to Miss Hannah, 
 daughter of John and Sarah (CloVis) Ganoe. This 
 lady was born March 19, 1838, in Fayette County, 
 Pa. Her father was a native of that State, and her 
 mother was born in Maryland; the father is 
 deceased, and the mother resides in Pennsylvania. 
 
 To Mr. Johnson and his present wife have been 
 born twelve children, ten of whom are livino-. 
 Martha E. is the wife of George W. Lewis of 
 Ewell, and they have one child; Jesse E. is unmar- 
 ried, and remains at home with his parents; Dessie 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 May is the wife of William Dempsey, and they 
 live five miles northeast of Conway Springs; Benja- 
 min A., Phebe A., Sarah E., Quindora L., Mary 
 E., Kate S. and Joseph E. sojourn under the 
 parental roof. Mr. Johnson belongs to the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, while his estimable 
 wife is a Baptist in her religious views. Politieallj', 
 Mr. Johnson supports the principles of the Repub- 
 lican party. He is Trustee of Creek Township, 
 serving his third term, He was Justice of the 
 Peace for three terms, and is a member of the School 
 Board, taking a warm interest in educational mat- 
 ters, and having been a school official in Pennsj'l- 
 vania and other places where he has resided. 
 Socially, he belongs to the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows at Milan, in which he has passed 
 through all the Chairs, and is now Past Grand. 
 He is also identified with the Grand Army of the 
 Republic at Milan, in which he has been Senior 
 Vice Commander. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Simon and .lane 
 (Jefferys) Johnson, natives of Peimsylvania, and 
 the father a farmer by occupation. The parents 
 were reared and married in their native State, where 
 they spent their entire lives. The father died in 
 1853, at the age of fifty-five years, having been 
 born in 1798. The mother was born April 2, 1805, 
 and died in Pennsylvania about 1880. Of the 
 twelve children born to them, eight are now living, 
 located mostl}- in Pennsylvania. Simon Johnson 
 was a prominent man iu his community, and served 
 as a Justice of the Peace for many years. 
 
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 lOSEPH T. BRENEMAN, M.D. Among 
 the old landmarks of Wellington may be 
 numbered Dr. Breneman, who, as the result 
 of a long and successful practice, has become 
 fully established, both as a physician and a citizen. 
 He does business at a well-equipped office on the 
 corner of Washington and Harvey Avenues, and 
 occupies a pleasant residence at No. 1028 South 
 Washington. His professional career has been sig- 
 nalized by close study and extensive reading, re- 
 
 sulting in a thorough understanding of the most 
 modern and approved methods adopted by the 
 medical fraternity of the present day. 
 
 Dr. Breneman was born twelve miles east of 
 Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, January 23, 1849, 
 but when a boy of seven years, was taken by his 
 parents to New Middletown, Mahoning County. 
 He there developed into manhood, and completed 
 his literary education. When a young man of 
 twenty years, he removed with the family to Iowa 
 County, Iowa, where the father took up new land 
 and improved a homestead. Joseph T., after fol- 
 lowing the profession of a teacher for a time, be- 
 gan reading medicine under the instruction of Dr. 
 W. W. Orris of Victor, Iowa, and later entered 
 Bennett Medical College of Chicago, where be re- 
 mained from 1872 until 1874. He commenced the 
 practice of his profession at Morris, Iowa, remain- 
 ing there until 1877. That year he entered the 
 Iowa State university, and took two full courses, 
 being graduated on the 5th of March, 1879. He 
 then resumed practice at Morris until the fall of 
 that year, when he changed the field of his opera- 
 tions to Audubon, Iowa, where he sojourned four 
 years, and conducted a drug store for three years, 
 doing a good business. 
 
 Dr. Breneman became a resident of Wellington 
 in 1883, and for two years conducted a drug store 
 here in connection with his practice. He now 
 give* his entire attention to the latter, and has met 
 with unqualified success. He was for a time a 
 member of the Board of United States Pension 
 Examiners under the administration of President 
 Cleveland. Although a warm supporter of the 
 Democratic party since becoming a citizen, he has 
 never aspired to office. He is identified with the 
 Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights 
 of Pythias. 
 
 Dr. Breneman was first married in Iowa Cit}', 
 Iowa, to Miss Allace Ewing. She was the daughter 
 of Frank Ewing. Of this union there was no issue. 
 She departed this life at Salon, Iowa, May 16th, 
 1877. 
 
 On the 13th of May, 1883, Dr. Breneman was 
 wedded to Miss Fanny Humptry, of West Union, 
 Iowa. This lady was born in West Uniou, and is 
 the daughter of William H. Humptry, a farmer by 
 
PORTRAIT AND lUOIiUAl'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 219 
 
 occupation, and now deceased. This union resulted 
 in the hirth of three children — Fay Alice, Hazel 
 and a babe, George H. The father of our subject 
 was Christian B. Breneraan, who was born in Ma 
 honing Countj', Ohio, in 1814. He married Miss 
 Mary A. Robison and engaged in farming. In 
 1869, leaving the Buckeye State, he removed to ! 
 Iowa, and thence t(/ Kansas in the spring of 1884. 
 His death took place at his residence in Wellington, 
 November 10, 1884; the mother is still Jiving, and 
 makes her home with the Doctor. i 
 
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 -«-v 
 
 ICHAEL TROUTMAN. The State of 
 m Illinois parted with a most excellent cili- 
 i* zen in October, 1872, when Mr. Troutman 
 left the fertile lands of Macon County, 
 hoping for still better things in Kansas. He first 
 settled in Avon Township, nrar Wellington, where 
 he lived about two years, then removed to South 
 Haven Township, where he had secured possession 
 of a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, upon 
 which he removed, and where he continued to live 
 until 1879. Then, selling out, he came to Harmon 
 Township, and selected his present homestead on 
 section 13. Here he has erected good buildings, 
 and operates largely as a stock dealer and feeder, 
 reaping therefrom a comfortable income. 
 
 Mr. Troutman was born in Fulton County, Ind., 
 April 17, 1852, and lived there until a youth of 
 seventeen years. He then went to Macon County, 
 where he sojourned until coming to this State. He 
 has had a lifelong experience as an agriculturist, 
 and enjoys nothing better than watching the grow- 
 ing grain and gathering in the harvest. His farm, 
 two hundred and sixty-two acres in extent, has all 
 been brought to a good state of cultivation, and 
 yields abundantly the rich crops of Southern 
 Kansas. 
 
 One of the most interesting and important events 
 in the life of our subject was his marriage in Ox- 
 ford Township, April 20, 1876, to Miss Delilah 
 FJder. This lady was born in Kosciusco County, 
 Ind,, April 1, 1857, and is the daughter of Lewis 
 
 and Elizabeth (Firestone) Elder, who were natives 
 of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Elder died in 
 Kosciusco County, Ind., about 1860. The mother 
 is still at the old home in Indiana. The parental 
 liouseholil consisted of eight children, seven of 
 whom are living. There have been born to Mr. 
 and Mrs. Troutman five children, only one of whom 
 is living, a son, George H., who was born April 26, 
 1882, in Kansas. The deceased are Fayette, 
 Joseph M., Veda and James E. Mrs. Troutman is 
 a lady highly esteemed in her community, one who 
 lias been a devoted wife and mother, looking care- 
 fullj' after the -vnxys of her household, and by her 
 wise management, prudence and economy, has 
 assisted her husband materially in his struggles for 
 a home and a competence. Mr. Troutman, politi- 
 cally, supports the principles of the Democratic 
 party, and has held the office of Township Trustee. 
 The parents of our subject were Joseph and 
 Phebe (Clark) Troutman, natives of Kentucky and 
 Indiana, and who are now residents of South Haven 
 Township, this county. 
 
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 UARNER A. TILTON is one of the promi^ 
 nent business men of Oxford, where he is 
 W^ engaged in the sale of clothing and gen- 
 tlemen's furnishing goods. His business establish- 
 ment is furnished with a complete and well- 
 assorted stock, and is conducted in a manner 
 creditable to the business tact and energy of its 
 owner, and on the principles of honorable dealing 
 with all. Mr. Tilton owns a fine farm of three 
 hundred and twenty acre.« in Greene Township, 
 which he still supervises, in addition to the man- 
 agement of his excellent business in this city. 
 
 The birth of our subject took place in Goshen, 
 Hampshire County, Mass., October 21, 1820, and 
 he lived in his native place until sixteen j'ears old, 
 attending the public schools and in intervals work- 
 ing with his father, who was a tanner and farmer. 
 In 1836 the family removed to Hawley, and two 
 years later to South Deerfleld, Franklin County. 
 Young Tilton finishe<l his education at North 
 
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 POETRAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Hampton, and when about of age left the parental 
 roof and started in life for himself, occupying his 
 time in teaching and tanning. He finally went into 
 the business of manufacturing buttons and doing 
 all kinds of turning and sawing at South Deertield, 
 continuing in this business until 1852. He then 
 went to California, via Cape Horn, and engaged in 
 ranching and mining. At Grass Valley, Nevada 
 County, he carried on his mining work, and at 
 Iowa City, Placer County, conducted his search 
 for the precious metal. After four years spent in 
 these employments he went to Sacramento, where 
 for about eighteen mouths he dealt in wood and 
 coal. He then returned to the occupation of min- 
 ing, working in various parts of the State until 
 1860, when he returned home via the Isthmus of 
 Panama. 
 
 After some time spent in farming at liis former 
 place of abode, Mr. Tilton removed to Toledo, 
 Ohio, and engaged in the milk business and tobacco 
 growing. In 1877 he left the Buckeye State to 
 become a resident of Kansas, .-md having purchased 
 a farm which was almost entirely in its primitive 
 condition, he set about its improvement and cul- 
 tivation. He erected good buildings, brought the 
 soil to a fine state of productiveness, and now has 
 as fine a farm as one could desire. After living 
 upon the rural estate for six years, Mr. Tilton 
 came to this place, and with his son, C. G., opened 
 a dry-goods and grocery establishment, but not 
 lono- after changed to the line of trade which he 
 has conducted during the past five years. 
 
 Mr. Tilton is descended from one of three 
 brothers who emigrated from Devonshire. Eng- 
 land, in 1660, and who settled in Martha's Vine- 
 yard, N. H., and New Jersey respectively. From 
 the New Jersey settler descended Theodore Tilton. 
 From the Martha's Vineyard branch descended 
 Salalhiel Tilton, the grandfather of our subject, 
 who was born on the Island. His son, Benjamin 
 B father of our subject, was born in Goshen, 
 Mass., October 20, 1796. He learned the trade of 
 a tanner, and always made his home in the old Bay 
 State, being gathered to his fathers in October, 
 1876 when he lacked but a few days of being 
 eighty years old. His wife bore the maiden name 
 of Clymena Warner, and she was born in 1802, 
 
 and died in 1847 of consumption. She was a 
 daughter of Capt. Warner, who took part in the 
 first fighting done by Vermont during the Revolu- 
 tion, and in after years settled in Williamsburg, 
 Hampshire County, Mass , his occupation being 
 that of a farmer. The parents of our subject 
 reared three children. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in June, 
 1843, in South Deerfield^ Mass., his bride being 
 iMiss Harriet N., daughter of Col. Zebediah 
 Graves, wiiose character and acquirements well 
 fitted her for the duties of wife and mother. Their 
 union has resulted iu the birth of four children — 
 Theressa M. is now the wife of Mr. Cole, of 
 Glen St. Mary, Fla.; C. G. is engaged in general 
 merchandising in this city; Mrs. Flora A. Dewey 
 lives in Avondale, Ala.; Edward W. resides in 
 Tacoma, Wash. 
 
 Mr. Tilton is not an aspirant for political honors, 
 and takes no interest in political affairs, except in 
 so far as to exercise the elective franchise, and his 
 vote is given to the Union Labor party. He is a 
 man highly spoken of by all who know him, for his 
 business integrity and ability, his good principles 
 and his kindly nature. 
 
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 ^^EORGE W. 
 (ij {==•. lington Car 
 ^^ of Sumner 
 
 ^EORGE W. CLARK, proprietor of the Wel- 
 'arriage Works, is an old resident 
 County, to which he came in 
 January, 1871, the first settlement in this county 
 having been made the preceding fall. Althouo-h 
 identified with the history of this county at so early 
 a date, Mr. Clark has not been a continuous resi- 
 dent. He is one of those gallant soldiers who en- 
 tered the Union army soon after the breaking out 
 of the Rebellion, and spent several of his best years 
 in the service of his country', receiving various 
 injuries, but ever faithful to the cause he loved. 
 
 Mr. Clark was born at Coshocton, Ohio, Septem- 
 ber 18, 1840, and vi^hile quite young accompanied 
 his parents to New Philadelphia, where he remained 
 till seventeen years old. He then went to Fairfield 
 Iowa, and entered a b]acksmith-shop with the pur- 
 
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 pose of learning the trade. After sojourning there 
 two years he went to Burlington, and the war hav- 
 ing broken out, enlisted in Companj' I, .Sixth Iowa 
 Infantry, his enrollment taking place June 17, 
 1861. 
 
 The command to which Mr. Clark belonged was 
 sent to Jlissouri, with Gen. Fremont as their leader 
 under Sherman. They then went to Shiloh, where 
 Mr. Clark participated in the first engagement, and 
 subsequently took part in the battles of Corinth, 
 Holly Springs, Memphis, Vicksburg, Jackson 
 (Miss), Missionary Ridge, Knoxville, and the 
 various combats preceding the taking of Atlanta, 
 thence accompanying Sherman on his march to the 
 sea, and being mustered out after having served a 
 little more than three and a half years. The first 
 wound which he received was at Jones' Ford, Miss., 
 on the Black River, in July, 1803, from the effects 
 of which he was sent from the field hospital to Pa- 
 ducah, K3'. While forming the part of the right 
 wing at Atlanta, on the 27th of July, 1864, he was 
 again wounded, the injury being sufficiently serious 
 to detain him in the hospital for some time. The 
 explosion of a shell at Dallas caused partial deaf- 
 ness of each ear, and an injury received at Gris- 
 woldville, Ga., caused his discharge. 
 
 After being mustered out of the service Mr. 
 Clark went to Pittsburg, Pa., and being desirous 
 Of enlarging his fund of information and knowl- 
 edge, attended school there for a year. In 1867 
 he came to this State, and engaged in blacksmith- 
 "ing at Salina, where he remained until 1869. He 
 then removed to Hays City, and took a contract 
 to furnish wood for the railroad. The following 
 January he came to Sumner Township, this county, 
 and put up the first blacksmith-shop therein, and 
 a store being subsequently started by C. Gifford, 
 both situated on the old cattle trail, the place re- 
 ceived the name of Austin, and our subject was its 
 Postmaster for some time. In 1875 he went to the 
 Wichita Agency, where he was employed by the 
 Government for about five years. He then went 
 to Texas, and purchased seven hundred head of 
 cattle, and moving them to the territory occupied 
 himself in the cattle business until 1886. He then 
 sold out, came to this place, and with O. G. Brown 
 engaged in carriage manufacturing. He now has a 
 
 fine two-story and basement edifice, 50x100 feet, 
 built of stone, in which all kinds of work pertain- 
 ing to carriage-making are carried on. 
 
 The marriage licsnse of Mr. Clark and Miss 
 Catherine Wright was the first issued. The bride 
 was born at Bladensburg, Iowa, and in 1871 accom- 
 panied her parents to this county, of which they 
 were early settlers. She died in December, 1873, 
 leaving no children. On April 10, 1878, Mr. Clark 
 contracted a second matrimonial alliance, the lady 
 with whom he was unit<id being Mrs. Anna M. 
 Egner. She was born in Batesville, Ark., and is a 
 daughter of Reuben Harpham, who is well-known 
 in this county. 
 
 Mr. Clark belongs to the Grand Army of the 
 Republic and to the Masonic fraternity. He is 
 highl}' spoken of liy all who know him, as a man ot 
 strict integrity in all business transactions, and 
 honorable in his social life. 
 
 The father of our subject was an Englishman, 
 who came to the United States when a young man, 
 and spent some time in New York State, there mar- 
 rying Miss Anna Syron, and afterward settling in 
 Coshocton, Ohio. While in this place he worked 
 in a sawmill, although his trade was that of a baker 
 and coufectioner. He changed his location to New 
 Philadelphia, where his death took place about the 
 year 1846, when he was forty years old. The 
 mother of our subject was born near Trenton, N. J., 
 about the year 1821, and after the death of Mr. 
 Clark remained a widow for a number of years, 
 eventually marrying again, and surviving until 
 1881. 
 
 UCIDS S. CAMPBELL, M. D. During his 
 ten years' residence in the city of Welling- 
 ton, Dr. Campbell has fully established him- 
 self in the confidence and esteem of his fellow- 
 citizens. The story of his life is in its main points 
 as follows: He was born in the town of Ferrisburg, 
 Addison Count}^ Vt., October 26, 1826, and is the 
 son of Capt. George Campbell, a native of Mans- 
 field, Conn. His paternal grandfather is supposed 
 to have been likewise a native of Connecticut and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tradition says that the family in America was per- 
 petuated by four brothers who emigrated from 
 Scotland. Grandfather Campbell followed farm- 
 ing all his life which it is supposed he spent in 
 Connecticut. Capt. George Campbell was reared 
 in his native State whence he went to Vermont and 
 after his marriage located in Vergennes, where he 
 established a tannery and in addition to the manu- 
 facture of leather, also made boots and shoes. 
 This was before the days of railroads and trans- 
 portation was effected via Lake Champlain and the 
 Champlain Canal. 
 
 The father of our subject remained a resident 
 of Vergennes a number of years, then purchasing 
 property in Ferrisburg, put up a sawmill and bought 
 a tannery. He was occupied with these until liis 
 death, which occurred in October, 1845. He earned 
 his title of Captain by commanding a company of 
 State Militia a number of years. Politically', hn, 
 was an old line Whig and he was for many years 
 identified with the Masonic fraternity. He was 
 twice married. 
 
 The maiden name of the mother of our subject, 
 who was the second wife of Capt. George Camp- 
 bell, was Harriet E. Powers. She was born in Fer- 
 risburg, Vt., and was the daughter of Capt. Joseph 
 Powers, a native of Massachusetts. Capt. Powers 
 received only limited educational advantages in his 
 youth, being a good-sized boy when first attending 
 school. That very first day the British invaded 
 Lexington and young Powers loft the schoolhouse 
 and joining the citizens assisted in driving the 
 British back to Boston. He also participated in 
 the battle of Bunker Hill and continued in the 
 Federal service until the close of the war. Then 
 removing from Massachusetts to Vermont he set- 
 tled in Ferrisburg where he spent his last days. 
 
 Mrs. Campbell accompanied her son, Lucius S. to 
 Wisconsin and thence to Michigan, spending her 
 last days at his home in Glen Arbor. Her death 
 took place in 1858. She was the mother of four 
 children, only two of whom lived to mature years. 
 Six children were born to Capt. George Campbell 
 by his first wife. Lucius S. was reared in his na- 
 tive county, receiving a good education. After 
 leaving school he taught one term in Shoreham, 
 Vt. In 1-848 he went to Tolland, Conn., and com- 
 
 menced the study of medicine with Dr. J. C. Eaton, 
 Thence in 1850 he emigrated to Wisconsin and 
 practiced for a short lime in Fond du Lac County. 
 There being then a good opening for a builder and 
 contractor, he embarked in this business and re- 
 sided there eight years. His next removal was to 
 Glen Arbor, Mich., where he erected a sawmill 
 and engaged in the lumber business two years. 
 Then returning to Wisconsin he superintended the 
 erection of seven buildings at Lapeer. 
 
 During the Civil War 3Ir. Campjjell, at St. 
 Louis, Mo., entered the Quartermaster's Depart- 
 ment of the Second Missouri Light Artillery as 
 regimental wheelwright. He remained with the 
 army in ^Missouri a few months and was then sent 
 to the frontier, being in the service about one year. 
 When the war closed he received his honorable dis- 
 charge with his regiment at St. Louis. Next visit- 
 ing the Southwest, he sojourned briefly at Spring- 
 field and from there traced his steps to Douglas 
 County, Mo., where he put up a steam sawmill. 
 Later in Dallas County, he erected the first steam 
 saw and grist mills within its borders. Later he 
 operated similarly in MarshQehi, Webster County, 
 taking a contract also for buildi.jg the court house 
 and several other important structures. He spent 
 a few months following in New Orleans and then 
 coming to this county established himself in a drug 
 store at Marshfield which he operated until 1879. 
 Then selling out he came to Wellington which was 
 at that time a town of about twelve hundred in- 
 habitants. He purchased lot No. 20, block 59, 
 Washington Avenue, and erected a frame building 
 which was destroyed by fire in 1883. He at once 
 put up an iron clad building and resumed business 
 within a short time. 
 
 Ill 1 884 Dr. Campbell erected one of the best 
 buildings in Wellington, 25x100 feet in dimensions 
 two stories in height and with a Ore-proof metal 
 roof. In October, that year he sold his stock of 
 drugs and rented the building. In the meantime 
 he was studying medicine and in 1883 attended the 
 Cincinnati Medical College to which he returned in 
 1885, and in 1886 was regularly graduated. He is 
 now following his profession with flattering success. 
 
 Dr. Campbell was married in 1871 to Miss Jose- 
 phine E. Straw. This lady was born in New Hamp- 
 
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 shire, in 1850, and is the daughter of Jacob and 
 Lucy Straw. Her mother is living at Springfield 
 Mo., and her father is deceased. Tlie two sons born 
 of this union bear the names of Robert G. and 
 Lucius S. During liis early manliood Dr. Camp- 
 bell, politically, afHliated witli the old Whig party 
 and upon its abandonment cordially endorsed Re- 
 publican principles. He was a charter member of 
 the I. O. O. F. Encampment at Marshfield, Mo., 
 and at the same place identified himself with the 
 Masonic fraternity. He has been a charter mem- 
 ber of three lodges of the Knights of Pythias. He 
 and his little family occupy a neat home in the 
 northeast part of the city, and a good position in 
 its social circles. 
 
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 <S)ACOB H. ALLEN. This gentleman is a 
 veritable pioneer of Sumner County, having 
 entered what are now its limits before it 
 was yet surveyed or organized, and when 
 every foot of the land was held by the Gqvern- 
 ment, which has since been sold for $1.25 per acre. 
 Mr. Allen is a large land-owner, his acreage in 
 Wellington Township amounting to six hundred 
 and forty acres, while he has a half-interest in six- 
 teen hundred and sixty- three acres in Falls Town- 
 ship. He farms a portion of the land and rents the 
 remainder, his home being on section 23, Welling- 
 ton Townsiiip, where he has a commodious and 
 tasteful dwelling, accompanied by all necessar}^ 
 outbuildings, substantially erected and conven- 
 iently disposed. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was one of the 
 first settlers of Montgomer}' Coimty, Ohio, where 
 he cleared and operated a large farm, upon which 
 his son, Scott Allen, father of our subject, was 
 born and reared. On reaching mature years the 
 latter married Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Hosier, 
 an early settler of the same county. 
 
 After his marriage Scott Allen leased a farm in 
 Fayette County, and lived upon it until 1847, 
 when he bought land in Shelby County and re- 
 moved there. In the latter county he remained 
 
 until his death, October 10, 18G9, although during 
 that period he changed farms two or three times. 
 His wife had been taught to card, spin and weave, 
 and when her children were small she used to 
 weave the cloth and fashion their garments there- 
 from with her own hands. She also departed this 
 life in Shelby County, the date of her decease 
 being in the fall of 1888. To Mr. and Mrs. So.ott 
 Allen, twelve children were born, nine of them 
 attaining to years of maturity. 
 
 Jacob H. Allen was born in Fayette County, 
 Ohio, April 6, 1842, and was but five years 
 old when his parents changed their residence 
 to Shelby County, where he attended school as 
 opportunity offered, and in early boyhood began 
 to assist his father upon the farm, continuing his 
 labors as strength would admit. The breaking out 
 of the Civil War roused in our subject a desire to 
 do a man's work in the armies of his country, and 
 in July, 1861, though still lacking some months of 
 being of age, he entered the Union army as a mem- 
 ber of Company B, Twentieth Ohio Infantry. 
 
 The army life of Mr. Allen carried him into 
 various parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, 
 Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia, and be partici- 
 pated in a number of the most noted and bloody 
 ((jnllicts of the Rebellion. Among the engage- 
 ments in which he took part were those at Ft. 
 Donelson, Shiloh, La Grange, Bolivia, Grant Junc- 
 tion, Corinth, Yicksburg, Jackson, Black River, 
 Snake Creek and Ft. Gibson. He joined Sherman's 
 command in Georgia, and took part in the battle 
 of Jonesburg and tlie engagements around Atlanta. 
 Like all faithful soldiers he had a wcaiy round of 
 camp duties to perform at times, and much arduous 
 marching to undergo, but they were all cheerfully 
 fulfilled until the expiration of his term of service 
 in October, 1864, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged. 
 
 On being mustered out of the service Mr. Allen 
 went to Louisville, where he spent six mouths 
 driving a Government Post team. He then went 
 to Washington, Iowa, and rented some land on 
 which he began farming for himself, and where he 
 remained until November 2, 1869, on which day 
 he started on horseback for this State. He stopped 
 in Miami County and rented a farm, upon which 
 
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 he resided until late in the fall of 1870, when he 
 started on horseback for the Western frontier, and 
 reaching this county, located a claim, built a dug- 
 out, and began his labors as a pioneer farmer. He 
 occupied the dug-out a twelve month, ajid then 
 erected a frame house, and as time rolled on added 
 to his original quarter-section and made various 
 marked improvements, some of which have been 
 noted above. 
 
 On April 10, 1874, Mr. Allen was united in 
 marriage with Mary E. Sullivan, an estimable lady , 
 who was born in Wisconsin and was a daughter of 
 Hiram and Mary Sullivan. She died on the IStli 
 of October, 1878, after having borne two children 
 — Ralph J. and Minnie E. After having remained 
 a widower several years, Mr. Allen contracted a 
 second matrimonial alliance, the ceremony taking 
 place November 15, 1883, and the bride being 
 Miss Mary E. Gregson, a native of Rochester, 
 Fulton County, Ind. Mrs. Allen lias borne her 
 husband two children — Fred and Glenn. She is a 
 member of- the Christian Church, and an intelligent 
 and noble-hearted woman. 
 
 The grandparents of the present Mrs. Allou 
 were William and Mary (Myers) Gregson, the 
 former born in North Carolina in 1803, and the 
 latter a native of Lexington, Ky., while their mar- 
 riage took place in the Hoosier State, to which Mr. 
 Gregson had gone when a young man. He was 
 an early settler in Morgan County, where on April 
 
 23, 1834, a son was born to him, who was christ- 
 ened James R., and who became the father of Mrs. 
 Allen. William Gregson carried on a farm in 
 Morgan County, whence' he subsequently removed 
 to Fulton County, which he made his home until 
 1873, when he came West and lived with his chil- 
 dren in this county until his death, November 1, 
 1876. His companion survived him until March 
 
 24, 1887, when she also fell asleep, and was buried 
 beside her husband in Prairie Lawn Cemetery. 
 
 James R. Gregson was but an infant when his 
 parents removed to Fulton County, where he was 
 reared and attended the pioneer schools. He re- 
 mained with his parents until lis marriage lo 
 Christina, daughter of Michael and Sarah (Mc- 
 Mahon) Morris, who was born in Fayette County, 
 Ohio, October 15, 1837. He then purchased a 
 
 tract of timber land, comprising eighty acres, and 
 located five and a half miles from Rochester, built 
 a frame house and log stable thereon, cleared half 
 of the land and resided there until 1873. He then 
 sold his Indiana properly and came to this county, 
 traveling by rail to Wichita, which was then the 
 western terminus of the road, and thence continu- 
 ing his journey with a team. He bought the 
 southeast quarter of section 24, where the sort had 
 been turned on a half acre, and a small board 
 shanty had been erected. Wellington then con- 
 tained but a few houses, Wichita was the nearest 
 lailroad station, and for some years continued to 
 be the market for this locality. Herds of buffaloes 
 roamed over the prairies a few miles west, and 
 deer and smaller game were abundant. Mr. Greg- 
 son immediately began to improve bis farm, and 
 at tlie time of his death, July 20, 1884, was in 
 possession of a productive and valuable estate. 
 While Wichita was yet the market for produce, he 
 drew eight hundred bushels of grain there one 
 year. 
 
 $, I^.ILLIAM R. WALLACE. Few, if any, of 
 dwellers of tiiis county have a more 
 sense of pioneer life than the 
 above-named gentleman, who, as boy and man. has 
 labored in frontier development. He is one of those 
 to whom Belle I'laine Township owes its improve- 
 ment, and that he has many friends is attested by 
 the fact that he has been elected Mayor of Belle 
 Plaine, in which town he has lived for a few years 
 past. He was born in DeWitt County, III., Jan- 
 uary 13, 1844, to Charles C. and Rebecca R. Wal- 
 lace, natives of Kentucky, whence his father had 
 gone to the Prairie State at an early day, laboring 
 among the pioneers there. His paternal ancestors 
 were Scotch-Irish, and his grandfather Wallace is 
 said to have been a soldier in the War of 1812. 
 Our subject is the oldest son in a family of four' 
 children, of whom the other survivors are: Eliza- 
 beth A., wife of C A. Stewart, of Kansas City; 
 and James D., of Girard, Kan. 
 
 Mr. Wallace was reared to manhood among the 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 scenes of pioneer life, and liaving lost his father 
 when he was but eight years old, and living on a 
 farm, he was early obliged to assume control of 
 the farm, and the support of the family depended 
 to a considerable extent on his efforts. His educa- 
 tion was therefore somewhat limited, although he 
 attended the district schools of the county in which 
 he liveil, and for about two years was a student in 
 the schools of Atlanta, III. On the 2d of Au- 
 gust, 1862, having but a short time before attained 
 to eighteen j'ears of age, he became a member of 
 Company C, One Hundred and Sixth Illinois In- 
 fantry, which was a part of the army of the Missis- 
 sippi, under the command of Gen. Grant. The du- 
 ties of Mr. Wallace for some time, were to form 
 one of the body which was watching Johnston to 
 prevent him from breaking through Grant's lines 
 while the latter was besieging Vicksburg. He sub- 
 sequently did duty in Arkansas, and was shifted 
 around to various places doing guard duty. On 
 March 19, 1865, after an army life of over thirty- 
 two months, he was honorably discharged, leaving 
 the service v/ith a worthy record as a member of 
 the rank and file who so faithfully carried out the 
 orders of their commanders. 
 
 Returning to Illinois Mr. Wallace remained there 
 until the sumrher of 1874, at which time he was 
 numbered among the inhabitants of this county. In 
 the meantime, December 28, 1871, he was united in 
 marriage with Miss Elizabeth A., daughter of 
 James and Sarah Temple, of Pike County, 111., n 
 lad>' to whose housewifely skill and Christian char- 
 acter he owes the physical comforts of his home, 
 and the sympathy and good counsel which every 
 true man finds agreeable. The happy union has 
 been blessed by the birth of the following children : 
 Helen, born' December 22, 1872; Nora, April 1, 
 1875; lid na, September V, 1882; and Charles, de- 
 ceased. 
 
 Upon becoming a citizen of Kansas Mr. Wallace 
 first located on a farm in the northern part of Belle 
 Plaine Township, and after operating the same 
 some five years, removed to the town where he 
 now lives, and where, with the exception of tw^o 
 years which was spent in Wellington, he has since 
 been a continuous resident. He still owns one hun- 
 dred and fifty acres of outlying land in the town- 
 
 ship. He was Township Triistee there three differ- 
 ent terms, and for two years he served as Register 
 of Deeds for Sumner County. In April, 1889, he 
 was elected Mayor of Belle Plaine, the term of 
 office being one year. He is a member of the 
 G. A. R. Post, and he and his wife are members of 
 the Christian Church, in which he has officiated as 
 an Elder for a number of years. In politics he is 
 a true-blue Republican. 
 
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 f^. ANIEL E. HOLLIDAY, now following 
 the peaceful pursuits of agriculture on a 
 one hundred and sixty-acre farm , com- 
 prising a portion of section 24, Harmon 
 Township, looks upon that period of his life which 
 was spent in the Union army as the one most 
 creditable in his whole career. He enlisted as a 
 private soldier, October 1, 1863, at the organiza- 
 tion of Company C, which was assigned to the 
 Ninety -first Ohio Infantry, and served until the 
 close of the war. Prior to this, however, he had 
 been in the army in the employ of C'apt. John 
 Cook, of the Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, one year. 
 Upon entering the ranks, he went with his com- 
 rades to the front and participated in the battles 
 of Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Stevenson Depot, 
 Winchester, Opeguan, Cedar Creek and others, 
 thirteen general engagements in all. With the ex- 
 ception of receiving a slight flesh wound, which 
 did not incapacitate him from service, he escaped 
 unharmed, and was mustered out at Cumberland, 
 Md., after which he received an honorable dis- 
 charge at Camp Denison, Ohio. 
 
 At the expiration of his first term of service, 
 Mr. HoUiday enlisted in Company D. Eighteenth 
 Regular United States Infantry, in which he served 
 three years, going to the Far West among the In- 
 dians. Upon returning to the pursuits- of civil 
 life, he took up his abode in Warren Coun'y, 
 111., where he was engaged iii agricultural pui-- 
 suits for about four years. At the expiration of 
 this time he came to Kansas, locating in Miami 
 County, where he engaged in farming until the 
 
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 spring of 1878. That year, coming lo this county, 
 he purchased liis present farm in Harmon Town- 
 ship, of whicli he has since been a resident. His 
 land is all in a productive condition, enclosed and 
 divided with good fences and embellished with 
 substantial modern buildings. Both as a farmer 
 and a citizen he may be accounted a success. 
 
 Mr. HoUiday was married in Paulding County, 
 Ohio, June 10, 1869, to Miss Sarah Drake. This 
 lady was born in Licking County, that State, 
 April 11, 18.51, and is the daughter of the Rev. 
 James H. and Caroline Drake, who were natives 
 of Ohio, [and are now living in Wayne County, 
 Iowa. Eight children have been born of this 
 union, viz: Arthur O., Oliver M., Clara, Frank, 
 Milton Garfield, Lulu B., Robert L. and George 
 A. Mr. HoUiday gives his support to the Repul)- 
 lican party, and has taken qnite an active part in 
 political affairs. He has held the oflSce of Town- 
 ship Clerk and served at different times on the 
 School Board of his district. He is a member in 
 good standing of Belle Plaine Post, No. 337, G. A .R., 
 with headquarters at Belle Plaine. Both he and his 
 wife are prominently connected with the Metiio- 
 dist Episcopal Church. 
 
 When entering the regular army, Mr. HoUiday 
 was at once promoted to Second Sergeant, and 
 served in that capacity for eighteen months. He 
 was then made a First Orderly Sergeant, witli 
 which rank he was mustered out. While in the 
 volunteer army he was detached, and served about 
 .sis months as Orderly of his regiment at depart- 
 ment headquarters, and at the headquarterr, of 
 Gen. George Crook. 
 
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 . OHN E. HUTSON, one of the leading far- 
 I mers and stockmen of Caldwell Township, 
 lias been a resident of Kansas for .ibout 
 twenty years, and during the extended pe- 
 rtod of his sojourn here has made many warm 
 friends. He inherits the thrift and sturdy integrity 
 of his Scotch ancestry, and has succeeded inamass- 
 ino- a comfortable property. He was equally for- 
 
 tunate in the selection of a helpmate, his wife 
 being a lady of culture and refinement. She was 
 Miss Rettie, daughter of James and Eliza (Black) 
 Stevens, and was born Juno 12, 1850, in Jefferson 
 Count}', Ohio, though at the time of her marriage 
 she was living in Miami County, Kan. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hutson are the parents of six children, as 
 follows: Ella, Delia, Eddie, Jessie, Nellie K. and 
 Asa. 
 
 In Greene County, Mo., our subject was born 
 December 1, 1842, his parents being William and 
 Ellizabeth (Ryan) Hutson. The former was born 
 in Ray County, Tenn., and removed to Greene 
 County, Mo., in 1842. After the late war he re- 
 moved to Douglas County, Kan., and subsequently 
 to Miami County, where he died in 1872, having 
 attained to the age of sixty-four years. His entire 
 life from boyhood had been spent in tilling the 
 soil, with the exception of three years, which he 
 devoted to the service of his country. In 1861 he 
 joined the Union army in Company E, Thirty- 
 seventh Missouri Infantry, but was afterward trans . 
 ferred to Company B, SevcntJi Missouri Cavalry, 
 and held the rank of Lieutenant. He served three 
 years, and during the term of his enlistment par- 
 ticipated in many of the hard-fought battles of 
 the war. He was a Republican, and a member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church. His father, 
 David Hutson, was a native of Tennessee, and a 
 soldier of the War of 1812. 
 
 Tlie mother of our subject was born in Ray 
 County, Tenn., and has now reached the ripe age 
 of seventy-six years. She is a daughter of Abner 
 Ryan, who was also a native of Tennessee. She is 
 the mother of eleven children, of whom our subject 
 is the fourth in order of birth. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was reared on the farm in Johnson County, and 
 received a common-school educaticm. He was not 
 yet of age vfhen the Civil War broke out, bnt 
 during the first year of that struggle he joined the 
 Union forces as a private in Company L, First 
 Missouri Battery, and served with that command 
 in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and 
 Pennsylvania, until the winter of 1862, when his 
 term of service expired. He then returned to 
 Sedalia, Mo., and re-enlisted, becoming a member 
 
Farm Residence of 6eorge Lsinn, Sec. 4., Dixon Tp, Sumner Co. Kans. 
 
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 of Company L, .Sfcond Missouri Battery, in which 
 he served until the close of the war, most of the 
 time in the Sixteenth Army Corps. There are few 
 men who took part in as many hard engagements 
 as did Mr. Hutson, and he had a share in man)' 
 minor conflicts, in much heavy marching, and in 
 the usual camp duties whicli pertain to a soldier's 
 life. The list of hotly-contested fields upon which 
 he bore a gallant part, includes Vicksburg, Gctt3'S- 
 burg, Shiloh, Stone River, Nashville, Franklin 
 (Tenn.) and Chickamauga. At the latter place 
 his Cf'mmanding officers fell, and he assumed their 
 duties during the battle. He took part in the 
 famous Georgia campaign with Sherman's army, 
 and with the 60,000 marched through to the sea. 
 During his term of service he received seven 
 bullet wounds, although none were of a serious 
 nature. Just before his term of service expired 
 he was, with three companions, out scouting on 
 Powder River, Wyo. Ter., when they were en- 
 countered by the Indians, and all were killed with 
 the exception of our subject. Being able to run 
 barefooted, he escaped, though being compelled to 
 run for a long distance on prickly pears, the thorns 
 penetrated his feet, and it required three days for 
 the physician to extract them. Even after that, 
 for many months the small particles would work 
 through his feet. The last battle our subject was 
 engaged in was with Price at Pleasanton, Kan. 
 
 The limits of a sketch like this will not allo^- 
 of any detailed account of Mr. Hutson's expe- 
 riences during the Rebellion, and we can only say 
 that he was ever found ready at the word of com- 
 mand, and that his conduct on the field of battle, 
 and in many positions where even greater moral 
 courage was needed than in those exciting scenes, 
 was such as became a brave and loyal young man. 
 He was honorablj' discharged at St. Louis, Mo., in 
 November, 1865, and took up his residence in 
 Miami County, Kan., (having first become a resi- 
 dent of this State in 1861). In 1870 he removed 
 to Labette County, and three years later to Sum- 
 ner County, purchasing two hundred and two 
 acres of land on section 4, Caldwell Township, 
 where he has since resided. He has given his 
 entire attention to farming and the stock business, 
 and has one of the best improved farms in 
 
 the township. All that he has, has been made by 
 his own unremitting industry, his prudent economy, 
 and the exercise of a discriminating judgment re- 
 garding the agricultural needs of the community, 
 the best methods of cultivation, and the number 
 and kind of stock of which be could readily dis- 
 pose. 
 
 Mr. Hutson belongs to the Grand Army of the 
 Republic and to the Independent Order of Odd 
 Fellows. A firm believer in the principles of the 
 Republican party, he exercises the right of suffrage 
 in its behalf and upholds it with his personal in- 
 fluence. He is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church, and endeavors to live in a manner 
 consonant with his belief; consequently he gains 
 the respect of all who know him, and among his 
 associates has many warm friends. 
 
 By careful labor and systematic business manage- 
 ment, Mr. Hutson has become the i)ossessor of a 
 commodious residence, which, with its convenient 
 accessories, is represented by a view elsewhere in 
 this work. 
 
 ^lEORGE LINN. The Linn homestead, which 
 'II <^ '^ pleasantly situated on section 4, Dixon 
 "^^a! Tow-nshifi, invariably attracts the attention 
 of the passing traveler as one which has evidently 
 been built up by a man possessing more than ordi- 
 nary industry and enterprise. A handsome resi- 
 dence still further embellishes it, and is represented 
 on another page of this volume by a lithographic 
 engraving. The proprietor is a self-made man in 
 the broadest sense of the terra, having begun at the 
 foot of the ladder in life, and made his way un- 
 aided, bending his energies to the accomplishment 
 of a certain purpose, and he has reason to be proud 
 of the result of his efforts. He has been a hard 
 worker, and a good manager, and has surrounded 
 himself and his family with all the comforts and 
 many of the luxuries of life. 
 
 In noting the career of the successful citizen, the 
 mind naturally reverts to those from whom he drew 
 his origin. The subject of this sketch is the son of 
 
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 Jacob Linn, and was born February 12, 1839, in 
 Stark County, Ohio, being the thirteenth in a fam- 
 ily of fourteen children, ten of whom are still liv- 
 ing. The mother, who in lier girlhood was Miss 
 Elizabeth Allen, was a native of the Keystone State, 
 where both she and iier husband developed into 
 mature years, and where thej' lived nearly twenty 
 years after their marriage. Then removing to 
 Ohio, they settled on a farm in Stark County, where 
 they spent the remainder of their days. Tiie elder 
 Linn was a blacksmith by tra^le, which he followed 
 more or less until the close of his life. He departed 
 hence in 1848, after having made the record of an 
 honest man and a good citizen. The mother sur- 
 vived her husband nine years, dying in Ohio in 
 1857. 
 
 Mr. Linn spent his early years in his native 
 township, and acquired his education by a some- 
 what limited attendance at the common school. He 
 was only nine years old at the time of his father's 
 death, after which he went out to work among 
 strangers, giving his earnings to bis widuwcd 
 mother. He continued this course until his mar- 
 riage, giving even the proceeds of his summer's 
 work before that event, to his mother. He was 
 united in wedlock with Miss Helen E., a daugh- 
 ter of the Rev. Jonathan M. and Mary (Brown) 
 West, the former a minister of the Church of God, 
 preaching for many years in Ohio, Missouri and 
 Kansas. Both he and his wife were natives of 
 Pennsylvania. He departed this life at his home in 
 Missouri in 1881. The mother died in Ohio in 
 1887. They were the parents of nine children, 
 three of whom are still living. Mrs. Linn was born 
 January 22, 1840, in Stark County, Ohio, and there 
 obtained her education in the common school. 
 
 Our subject and his wife became the parents of 
 five children, namely: Mary J., born September 5, 
 1861; Dora B., June 19, 1863; Emma I., March 
 24, 1868, died June 23, 1871 ; Helen A., born Octo- 
 ber 3, 1870; and George N.f April 11, 1874. The 
 latter is at home with his parents. Mary J. Is the 
 wife of William Keplinger, and they live in Na- 
 varre, Stark County, Ohio; Dora B. is at home with 
 her parents; Helen A. is the wife of Corwin Bry- 
 ant, of Meade County, this State, and they have 
 one child, Floyd, an infant. Mr. Linn's children 
 
 have been given a good education, and are, like 
 their parents, intelligent and bright, reflecting 
 credit upon the home training. 
 
 Until the early part of 1885, Mr. Linn remained 
 a resident of his native State, then decided upon 
 seeking the farther West. Setting out for Kansas, 
 he arrived in this county on the J8th of February, 
 settling at once upon his present farm. This em- 
 braces one hundred and fifty-six acres of fertile 
 land, and Mr. Linn owns besides a quarter-section, 
 two and one-half miles southeast of Argonia on the 
 Chikaskia River bottoms. The latter Is operated 
 1.3- a tenant. The homestead proper is embellished 
 with good buildings, including a neat residence, 
 put up in 1885, at a cost of -Si, 200. PJighty acres 
 of the land are devoted to the raising of grain, and 
 the ordinary crops, and the balance is utilized prin- 
 cipally for live-stock, Mr. Linn being considerably 
 interested in cattle, horses and swine. 
 
 In politics, Mr. Linn votes the Democratic ticket. 
 He has been somewhat prominent in local affairs, 
 serving as Treasurer of Dixon Township two terms. 
 In Ohio he was for many years a member of the 
 school board of his district, and served as Town- 
 ship Trustee two terms. Socially, he belongs to 
 Argonia Lodge, I. O. 0. F., and is foreman in the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mrs. Linn, a 
 lady greatly respected in her community, is con- 
 nected with the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 UDOLPH J. TRACY. Among the solid 
 men of Dixon Township may be most prop- 
 \\ erly mentioned Mr. Tracy, whom we find 
 ^^in independent circumstances, financially, 
 the result of his own industry and good manage- 
 ment. He is one of the many who may be termed 
 "self-made," having sprung from an humble posi- 
 tion in life, and without any other aid than his 
 native good sense and steady application has at- 
 tained to a worthy position and is deserving of 
 more than a pasting mention. It is to perpetuate 
 the record of such men that the present work has 
 been instituted, in the hope that the story of their 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 231 
 
 lives, perused by a generation to come, will be- 
 come an incentive to those who may bo similarly 
 situated. 
 
 Mr. Tracy first opened his eyes to the light on 
 the other side of the Atlantic, in the Kingdom of 
 Prussia, December 13, 1849. He is thus a little 
 past the age of forty years, still a young man, 
 and having already acquired a competence, may 
 reasonably hope for many years in the enjoyment 
 of this world's goods. He comes of substantial 
 German stock, being the son of George and Catli 
 erine (Yerka) Tracy, who were likewise natives of 
 that country and born under the reign of the good 
 old Emperor, Wilhelm. They were reared and 
 married in their native Province, whence they 
 emigrated to America in 1860, settling first in the 
 city of Baltimore, Md. In 1867 they emigrated 
 to the West, settling in Lisbon, Iowa. From thex', 
 in 1870, they came to Kansas, locating in Sedg- 
 wick County, where the mother still lives. The 
 parental household comprised seven children, only 
 two of whom are living — Rudolph J. and Augusta, 
 the latter a resident of Wichita. 
 
 Mr. Tracy was a lad of only eleven years when 
 coming to America, and immediately upon his 
 arrival began to work in a factory at Baltimore, 
 turning over his earnings to his mother. After 
 coming West, he was employed on a farm and a 
 railroad, and spent one season in Nebraska, part of 
 the time chopping wood near old Ft. Cottonwood, 
 past wiiich wild Indians frequently roamed and dis- 
 played feelings which were anything but friendly. 
 After removing to Sedgwick County, this State, 
 the Tracy family, who were among the earliest 
 pioneers, occupied a dug-out for some timi;, and 
 Rudolph J. subsequently was emi)loyed in freiglit- 
 ing between Wichita and Emporia. 
 
 At the age of twenty-two years, Mr. Tracy was 
 united in marriage, on the 9th of January, 1872, at 
 Wichita,with Miss Euphemia L. Lane, the ceremony 
 being performed by the first probate judge at 
 Wichita. Mrs. Tracy was a daughter of Reuben 
 C. and Susannah (Mood) Lane, who were natives 
 of Ohio, where they were reared and married. The 
 father was a farmer by occupation, and, leaving 
 the Buckeye State in 1854, settled in Illinois. Two 
 years later, with his family, he pushed on further 
 
 Westward into Iowa, locating on a farm in Madi- 
 son County, where they sojourned until 1870. 
 That year they moved to Sedgwick County, this 
 State, of which they were residents until 1877. 
 Their next removal was to this county, where they 
 remained until 1884. They then removed to Ed- 
 wards County, where the father now lives, the 
 mother having died, in 1874, near Wichita. Mr. 
 Lane is living with his third wife. During the 
 Civil War he enlisted in Company H, Twenty- 
 third Iowa Infantry, and served gallantly until the' 
 close. By his first wife he became the father of 
 thirteen children, six of whom are living, and of 
 whom Mrs. Tracy was the eldest. She was born 
 January 9, 1852, in Ohio. 
 
 The seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Tracj^ 
 were named respectively: Harmon F., Emma L., 
 freorge C, Henry M., Veruon R., Luella A. and 
 Benjamin Levi. They form a bright and intelli- 
 gent group, acquiring their education in the dis- 
 trict school, and all living at home with their par- 
 ents. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy were in former years 
 members of the Cumberland Presb3'terian Church. 
 They now perform the office of guardian to Elmer 
 R. Tracy, a nephew, who is the only surviving 
 member of his family. Mr. Tracy takes an active 
 interest in politics, and uniformlj' votes the Re- 
 publican ticket. He is liberal and progressive in 
 his ideas, a member of the Grange and also of the 
 Farujcrs' Alliance. He has little ambition for of- 
 fice, and aside from serving as Road Overseer, has 
 held himself aloof from responsibility in this line. 
 
 The estate of Mr. Tracy embraces three hundred 
 and twenty acres of prime land, all improved, and 
 upon which he has built four and one-half miles 
 of fencing. The greater part of his land is under 
 the plow, and twenty-five acres are devoted to an 
 apple orchard and nearly all other kinds of fruit. 
 Several thousand evergreens add beauty to the 
 premises, including five red cedars, which Mr. 
 Tracy brought with him from the battlefield of 
 Pea Ridge. These also are in a flourishing condi- 
 tion. The present residence was completed in 
 1888. 
 
 When Mr. Tracy came to Sedgwick County, this 
 State, he brought with him a capital of thirty 
 cents and seven bushels of feed for his team. After 
 
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 completing his house in this county, he had nothing 
 left and was $50 in debt. In 1878, his dwelling, 
 with all its contents, was destroyed by fire. He 
 has thus met with reverses, but he never allowed 
 himself to give way to discouragements, simply 
 following" the rule of always doing the best he 
 could under all circumstances. 
 
 AWSON W. COOLEY. The Oxford 
 Bank is one of the flourishing institutions 
 (^ of Sumner County, and is now operating 
 under a State charter, obtained iNIay 15, 
 1885. It was organized by J. H. Allen and D. W. 
 Cooley as a privaie enterprise, opening its doors 
 for business in November, 1883. These two gen- 
 tlemen were President and Cashier respectively, 
 and the capital was 110,000, which has been in- 
 creased to a stoclcof ^25,000, while a few wealthy 
 farmers are added to the stockholders, and the 
 some officers retain the positions which they as- 
 sumed at the opening of the institution. 
 
 Our subject is a son of John B. Cooley, who was 
 b<rn in the Empire State, Februarj- 7, 1817, and 
 reared on a farm, but who became a steamboat 
 captain. On October 18, 1838, John Cooley was 
 united in marriage with Miss Wealthy A. Win- 
 chester, who was born in Wyoming County, Sep- 
 tember 30, 1820. The home of the family was 
 in New York State until the fall of 1866, when 
 they removed to BrookBeld, Mo., and thence to 
 Rogers, Ark., in the spring of 1883. In the latter 
 l)lace the father departed -this life. May 21, 1888, 
 and the widow is still living. John Cooley was 
 quite prominent in local politics, though not an 
 aspirant for office. He belonged to the Democratic 
 party. The parental family comprised five chil- 
 dien, of whom our subject was the first born — 
 George W. is now living in New York City; Mar- 
 ion L. lives in Las Vegas, N. M.; Frank P. died 
 in 1878; Donna died March 27, 1862. 
 
 The subject of this sketch opened his eyes to the 
 light in Wyoming County, N. Y., August 11, 1839, 
 and remained in his native place until sixteen 
 
 years of age. He then went to Wisconsin, where 
 he sojourned until the fall of 1860, when he re- 
 turned to his native State, and the following spring 
 offered his services to uphold the Union, being one 
 of the first volunteers in the State or country. 
 Three days after Ft. Sumter was fired upon he en- 
 listed in Company C, Hawkins' Zouaves, which 
 was mustered into service on the 3d of May, and 
 is said to have been the first organized regiment of 
 volunteers in the war. It was attached to the 
 Ninth Army Corps, and for some time formed a 
 part of the Army of the Potomac. The command 
 was first sent to Fortress Monroe, and took part in 
 the capture of Hatteras, Roanoke Island and 
 Elizabethtown; in engagements at Winton and 
 Camden Court-House; and in the terrible conflicts 
 at Antietam and Fredericksburg. The regiment 
 was one of those that suffered the greatest loss in 
 battle, Hawkins' Zouaves being ever in the thick of 
 the fight or in the most exposed position, and the 
 gallantry of the members of that band is unques 
 tioned. Mr. Coole}' was discharged at Suffolk, and 
 returned to New York, and until the close of the 
 war was in the employ of the Government in the 
 Quartermaster's Department. 
 
 After peace was declared Mr. Cooley went to 
 Brookfield, Mo., and there remained until 1869, 
 when he changed his place of abode to Baxter 
 Springs, Kan. In the spring of 1871 he came to 
 this county, and took up a claim which now forms 
 a part of the town of Wellington, being one of the 
 few settlers in the vicinity, and building the first 
 frame house on the prairie where Wellington now 
 stands. The dwelling is still standing in what is 
 now the Rose Hill Addition, and our subject con- 
 tinued to occupy it until the population of the 
 town was about twelve hundred, and in place of 
 the buffaloes which covered the plains when he 
 came here, iierds of cattle were to be seen over its 
 broad expanse. 
 
 Mr. Cooley removed from Wellington to Mis- 
 souri, and spent two years as a traveling salesman, 
 afterward going into the mercantile and banking 
 business at Golden City, Mo., where he remained 
 about two years. He then came to Oxford, and 
 organized tiie bank of which he has since had sole 
 charge and which is in a very prosperous condition, 
 
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 owing to his business tact and good management. 
 He was married in Oneida County, N. Y., October 
 26, 1870, to Miss Estella M. Temple, who was re- 
 moved from liini bj' death October 17, 1885. Mr. 
 Cooloy contraitcd a second matrimonial alliarice 
 October 26, 1886, tlie bride being Miss Anna 
 Milner, who was born in Oliio, January 10, 1855. 
 
 Mr. C'ooley is a member of the Masonic fra- 
 ternity, and his good character, as well as his abil- 
 ity and uprightness in business life, command the 
 respect of his fellow-citizens, and insure his popu- 
 larity among them. 
 
 Mr. Cooley takes great pleasure in the preserva- 
 tion of some family relics which have been handed 
 down to him. Among them is a deed given to his 
 grandfather. Grove Cooley, by the Holland Land 
 Company in November, 1733. There is also a 
 demit from the Dryden (X. Y.) Lodge of Master 
 Masons to Grove Cooley, dated February 6, 1820. 
 The commission of John B. Cooley as Captain in 
 the Ninety-ninth Infantry (New York State Militia) 
 dated October 3, 1839, and signed by W. H. Sew- 
 ard, is a valued relic of the Black Hawk War, to 
 which our subject's father had started, although 
 he did not get to the front until the Indian troubles 
 were settled. 
 
 ^>^^(;^i^^^^^^^-^ 
 
 JOHN S. EPPERSON. In the person of the 
 subject of this notice we have one of the 
 most liberal-minded and public-spirited men 
 of Sumner County. This fact is duly recog- 
 nized by his fellow-citizens, who, in November,' 
 1888, elected him County Commissioner, the duties 
 of which office he is discharging in a manner credit- 
 able to himself and satisfactory to his constituents. 
 He is a lifelong agriculturist by occupation, al- 
 though he is now retired from active labor and is 
 living at his ease, having accumulated a compe- 
 tence. A Republican of the first water, he takes a 
 warm interest in political affairs, and has been the 
 Treasurer of Avon Township in the past, and a 
 member of the School Board. He and his estima- 
 ble wife are members in good standing of the Chris- 
 
 tian Church, and have taken a prominent part in 
 its prosperity and welfare, Mr. Epperson holding 
 its various offices, and in fact being one of the 
 chief pillars. P'or forty years both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Epperson have laboicd conscientiously to further 
 the Master's cause. 
 
 Madison County, Ky., was the native place of 
 Mr. Epperson, and the date of his birth June 27, 
 1827. His father, Charles Epperson, likewise a na- 
 tive of the Blue Grass State, emigrated to Indiana 
 where he sojourned a few years, then pushed on 
 further Westward into Benton Count}', Iowa,,where 
 he spent his last years. The maiden name of the 
 mother was Martha Wooilery, and she is now with 
 our subject. Mr. Epperson was a young man of 
 twenty years when he accompanied his father's 
 family from Indiana to Iowa, in which State he 
 continued to reside until 1870. In the meantime 
 he was married, in Benton County, November 27, 
 1848, to Miss Nancy p:. Forsyth. In August, 1870, 
 he removed with his family to Independence, this 
 State, and November 7, 1872, came to this county. 
 Soon afterward he entered one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land on section 3, Avon Township, and in 
 November following removed to it, and there has 
 since continued to reside. His sound sense and the 
 spirit of enterprise which has signalized his opera- 
 tions have had the effect, not only to place him in 
 a good position, financially, but also to establish 
 him in the esteem and confldence of his fellow- 
 citizens. He has built up one of the best home- 
 steads in this part of Sumner County, his well-tilled 
 fields yielding him a handsome income. 
 
 In his labors and struggles Mr. Epperson has . 
 found a most efficient assistant in his amiable and 
 estimable wife. Mrs. Nancy E. (Forsyth) Epper- 
 son was born in Decatur County, Ind., July 5. 
 1831, and is the daughter of Judge J. S. Forsyth, 
 who was formerly the County Judge of Benton 
 County, Iowa, for a period of four years, and for 
 the same length of time was the Sheriff of Boone 
 County. Ind. He came with his family to Kansas 
 in 1872, and made his home with our subject, in 
 Avon Township, where his decease occurred in 
 1877. His wife died in 1850. 
 
 Prior to their removal to this State Mr. and 
 Mrs. Epperson had charge of the Benton County 
 
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 rOllTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 (Iowa) Poor Farm for three years, and the insti- 
 tution under the management of Mr. Epperson 
 underwent many improvements and reforms. There 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Epperson six 
 children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Martha 
 J., became the wife of W. G. Hollingsworth, and 
 died in Harmon Township, this county, April 28, 
 1887; Harry married Miss Susie Nottingham, and 
 is farming in Scott County; Julius married Miss 
 Ella Seeger, and is farming in Harmon Township; 
 Alma is the wife of W. H. C. Bowers, of Welling- 
 ton; Mary and Florence remain at home with 
 their parents. 
 
 J^ ACOB SMITH, one of the leading farmers in 
 I' Walton Township, was born in Prussia, Sep- 
 ll tember 8, 1841, to Anthony and Elizabeth 
 }j (Keiser) Smith. Thoy emigrated to Amer- 
 ica in 1857, and settled in St. Clair County, 111., 
 where the father lives, and where the mother died 
 on the 24th of August, 1889. The father had been 
 a manufacturer of woolen goods in Germany, but 
 adopted a farmer's life after becoming a resident of 
 the United States. He was in easy financial cir- 
 cumstances, and was a devout member of the Catho- 
 lic Church. He was the father of five children — 
 • Mary, Catherine, Jacob, John and Christina, all liv- 
 ing but the first born. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch, 
 was but a boy when his parents came to America, 
 and he was brought up on the farm in St. Clair 
 County, 111. In 18G9 he took up his residence in 
 Montgomery County, Kan., lived there until 1872, 
 and then removed to Cowley County, and pre- 
 empted one hundred and twenty acres of land. Ho 
 subsequently bought six hundred acres in Cedar 
 Township, of that county, and lived on the same 
 until 1885, when he removed into Arkansas City, 
 continuing to reside in that town until the spring 
 of 1888, when he moved to his present home. His 
 home farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres 
 cns(ctiousl2 and 13, Walton Township, which 
 bears marked improvements, the whole estate evinc- 
 
 ing careful management and skillful oversight. He 
 is now devoting his entire attention to farming and 
 stock-raising, and is adding to his prosperity, and 
 placing his affairs on a still more substantial finan- 
 cial basis. In addition to his farm in this county, 
 he owns one hundred and sixty acres in Cedar 
 Township, Cowley County, and some valuable real 
 estate in Arkansas City. All his property has been 
 acquired since he became a resident of this State, 
 and is a proof of his unflagging industry and busi- 
 ness ability. He is a devout member of the Catho- 
 lic Church, a reliable citizen, and his social, kindly 
 nature are manifested in his associations with his 
 neighbors and in his domestic relations. 
 
 An important step in the life of Mr. Smith was 
 taken in 1874, when he became the husband of 
 Miss Katie Gallagher, of Cowley County, whose 
 capable and tasteful conduct of the household 
 economy makes his home pleasant, and his heart 
 happy. Mis. Smith was boi-n in Canada. She has 
 borne her husband two children, Mary and An- 
 thony, who are yet under the parental roof. 
 
 h.i^^ AKE IIACKNKY, a pioneer of 1871, came 
 to this county in the fall of that year from 
 K Adams County, 111., and purchased one 
 hundred and sixty acres of l-ind on section 
 27, Harmon Township. Of this township he has 
 since Iieen a resident, making good improvements 
 on his farm, eighty acres of which, however, he has 
 disposed of, having the remaining eighty in a fine 
 state of cultivation. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Chatham 
 County, N. C, November 7, 1846, and when a 
 small boy removed with his parents to Adams 
 County, III., where he grew to manhood. He spent 
 his time after the manner of most farmer's sons, 
 attending the district school in winter and making 
 himself useful about the homestead in summer until 
 after the outbreak of the Civil War. On the 24th 
 of February, 1864, when a young man of eighteen 
 yetirs, he enlisted in Company B, Fiftieth Illinois 
 Infantry and served eighteen months, operating 
 
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 with liis regiment mostly with Gen. Sherman. Ho 
 savv active fighting, and after being mustered out 
 at Springfield returned to Adams County, 111., and 
 occupied himself at farming until his removal to 
 Kansas. 
 
 On the 14Ui of March, 1867, Mr. Hackney was 
 married, at the bride's home in Schuyler County, 
 111., to Miss Maggie Baxter. This lady was born 
 in Carroll County, Ohio, December 9, 1847, and is 
 the daughter of John and Ellen Baxter,who are na- 
 tives of Ohio and spending their last years in Brown 
 County, Kan. There have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hackney six children, two of whom, John and 
 Etta, died in infancy. The survivors are Ella, 
 Emma, Myrtle and Jessie. Mr. Hackney votes the 
 straight Republican ticket, and has held some of 
 the school offices of this district. He belongs to the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen and Belle Plaine 
 Post, G. A. R. 
 
 The parents of our subject were John and Milly 
 (Dorsett) Hackney, natives of North Carolina and 
 now residents of Schuyler County, 111. The paren - 
 tal household included six children. 
 
 ALPH A. BROWN, M. D. This promis- 
 ■f ing young physician of South Haven es- 
 tablished himself here in the spring of 
 1886, and bids fair in the near future to 
 take a leading position among the practitioners of 
 this county. His native place was Ashtabula 
 County, Ohio, his birth occurring April 6, 1858, 
 and in 1861 his parents, George P. and Mary 
 (Seymour) Brown, removed to Richmond, Ind., 
 where the early school days of the boy were spent. 
 Ten years later they changed their residence to 
 Indianapolis, and in that city Ralph A. developed 
 into manhood. The family consisted of four sons 
 — Charles C, Ralph, George A. and Walter S. 
 
 In. 1877 the Brown family removed to Ann 
 Arbor, Mich., in order that the boys might re- 
 ceive the advantages of a thorough education. 
 The four were all graduated from the Michigan 
 
 State Univeisity. During this time the mother 
 kept house for her sons, while the father was en- 
 gaged as a traveling salesman. Later, the parents 
 removed to Bloomington, 111., where they now re- 
 side, the father being publisher of the Illinois 
 School Journal. He is a well-educated man, and 
 in former years served as Superintendent of the 
 Richmond Public Schools. Later, he was Princi- 
 pal and Superintendent of the High .Schools of 
 Indianapolis. The elder Brown identified himself 
 some years ago witli the Ancient Free & Accepted 
 Masons, of which he still remains an honored 
 member. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 William Brown, a native of England, who crossed 
 the Atlantic when a young man, locating in the 
 Dominion of Canada. Later, he emigrated to 
 New York State, where he was married to Miss 
 Mary Piper, a lady of Irish ancestry. Finall3- 
 leaving New York State, they remove 1 to Ohio, 
 where they reared a large family and died. Ralph 
 A., our subject, was graduated from the schools 
 of Indianapolis in 1875, and in due time entered 
 the medical department of the University of Mich- 
 igan, from which he emerged in 1880, well equip- 
 ped for the duties of his chosen profession. He, 
 however, spent one year in the hospital at Ann Ar- 
 bor, and then established himself in Boone County, 
 Ind., where he remained until the fall of 1885. 
 Then, on account of failing health, he spent sev- 
 eral months traveling. 
 
 Returning to Indianapolis, in January, 1686 
 Dr. Brown was married to Miss Cora J., daughter 
 of James M. and Mary (Council) Smith. This 
 lady was born December 28, 1864, in Boone County, 
 In<l., and was the daughter of an early pioneer of 
 that region. Her mother died when she was a 
 smdl child. Her father, an attorney-at-law, is still 
 a resident of Ti|)ton. Mrs. Brown received a care- 
 ful home training and a good education, and at 
 an early age developed a rare taste for music in 
 which she became quite proficient and is now an 
 experienced and skillful pianist. 
 
 Dr. Brown, by his strict attention to the duties 
 of his profession, is rapidly gaining a foothold in 
 his community, no less as a physician and suro-eon 
 than as a business man and a member of the com- 
 
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 munity. He is a regular attendant at the Christian 
 Church, of which Mrs. Brown is a devoted mem- 
 ber, and he served one year as Superintendent of 
 the Sunday-school. While a resident of Boone 
 County, Ind., he became a member of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He votes the 
 Independent ticket, and was the first City Clerk of 
 South Haven. There has been born to the Doctor 
 and his estimable lady one child, a son, Ralph S., 
 August 25, 1889. 
 
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 ?REDERICK W. BAUM. The farming 
 community of Falls Township recognizes iu 
 Mr. Baum one of its most enterprising and 
 successful men. He was born in the Kingdom of 
 Prussia, December 10, 1838, and is the son of 
 Frederick C. and Johanna F. Augusta (Finke) 
 Baum, who were likewise natives of that kingdom, 
 and who emigrated to America in 1853. They 
 settled in Calhoun County, 111., and there spent the 
 remainder of their lives; the father engaged in 
 farming pursuits. In former years, in his native 
 land, he had been a weaver. He was a highly- 
 educated man, and possessed of more than ordinary 
 intelligence. There were born to him and his ex- 
 cellent partner two children only — Johanna F. 
 Augusta and Frederick W. The former died in 
 Illinois. Frederick W. is consequently the only 
 surviving member of his family. 
 
 Mr. Baum was a lad of fifteen 3fears when leaving 
 his native land, and he sojourned with his parents 
 in Calhoun County, 111., until the outbreak of the 
 Civil War. In 1861, at an early stage in the con- 
 flict, he joined the Union army as a private in 
 Company C, Tenth Missouri Infantry, and served 
 with tliat command until November, 25, 1863. He 
 particiiDated in many of the important battles which 
 followed, and at Missionarj' Ridge received a 
 wound which necessitated the amputation of his 
 left leg, between the ankle and the knee. Conse- 
 quently he received his honorable discharge, in the 
 spring of 1864, at St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Upon leaving the army, Mr, Baum returned to 
 
 Illinois, where he spent one year, then repaired to 
 St. Louis, jMo.. and for a time officiated as City 
 AVeigher. He followed various pursuits until May, 
 1868, when he came to Kansas, locating in Johnson 
 County, and sojourning there until 1871. In De- 
 cember, that year, he came to this county, and the 
 following January purchased a claim on sections 7 
 and 18, Falls Township, upon which he located and 
 where he has since resided. His industry and 
 perseverance brought him ample returns, and he 
 added to his possessions in due time by the pur- 
 chase of additional land, until he is now the owner 
 of two hundred acres, which have become the source 
 of a fine income. At the time of his settlement 
 here, the country was wild and new, infested with 
 Indians and highwaymen, who frequently made 
 life a burden to settlers on the frontier. His first 
 dwelling, constructed very imperfectly with the aid 
 of limited tools and material, offered very little 
 protection against the elements, and for awhile the 
 only door was a blanket. Mr. Baum had no prop- 
 erty worthy of mention when coming to this county, 
 and naturally feels warmly attached to the Sunflower 
 State, which has made of him a comparatively 
 wealthy man. He is a strong defender of the 
 principles of the Republican party, and belongs to 
 Upton Post, No. 27, G. A. R., of Caldwell. " 
 
 On the 25th of September, 1864, Mr. Baum was 
 married to Miss Fredericka D. Wernecke. Mrs. 
 Baum is a native of the same country as her hus- 
 band, and was born November 13, 1841. Her 
 parents were Andrew and Dorothy (Franke) Wer- 
 necke, who were likeirise natives of Prussia. The 
 mother died there when Mrs. Baum was a child of 
 eight years. Mr. Wernecke came to this country 
 in 1857, and settled in Warren County, Mo., where 
 he was severely dealt wifti during the war on ac- 
 count of his Union sentiments. He became well-to- 
 do, and died there in 1880, aged sixty -seven years. 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Wernecke were born five children, 
 named Fredericka D., Theresa, Wilhelmina F., 
 Gustaf and F. Herman. Mr. Wernecke was married 
 a second time, his wife being Louisa Sontag, and 
 unto them were born two children — Louisa B. and 
 Anna. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Baum there has been born a 
 family of six children, namely: Edward, Benjamin, 
 
PORTRAIT AND B100RA_PHICAL ALBDM. 
 
 239 
 
 Walter, Lydia, Ada and Arthur. Edward, Benja- 
 min and Arthur are deceased ; the other three are 
 at home with their parents. We direct the atten- 
 tion of the reader to a lithographic view of the 
 residence of our subject, found elsewhere in this 
 volume. 
 
 '^ APT. LEWIS K. MYERS is one of the 
 i[ _ original Town Site Company of Welling- 
 ^5^;'' ton, which place has been liis home since 
 the spring of 1871, although he has been absent 
 temporarily at various times. During his early 
 years he learned considerable of the privations, 
 toils and needs of the pioneer, and was well quali- 
 fied to take a position among the frontiersmen in 
 this State. During the Civil War he was a gallant 
 soldier, and his title is an honorable testimony to 
 his faithfulness and courage. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 George Myers, -who was probably born in Pennsyl- 
 vania, and was the son of German parents. He 
 moved from the Keystone State to Jefferson 
 Count}', Ohio, where tjie latter part of his life was 
 spent. He reared eight sons and four daughters, 
 all of whom married and also reared families. One 
 of his sons, Abraham Myers, was born in Wash- 
 ington County, Pa., and was nearly grown when 
 his parents moved to Ohio. In Jefiferson County he 
 married Miss Margaret Spiller, a native of Wash- 
 ington County, Pa. Her parents are presumed to 
 have been natives also of the Keystone State, and 
 her materral grandfather, Jackson, was made a 
 captive by a small band of Indians. Two brothers, 
 John and Andrew Poe, attacked the savages and 
 enabled Mr. Jackson to make his escape. 
 
 Abraham Myers purchased a tract of one hun- 
 dred and sixty-acres in KnOx Township, Jefferson 
 County, on which there was an improved water 
 power .and grist mill. There he resided, carrying^ 
 on the occupations of a miller and a farmer, until 
 1843, when be sold and purchased land in Carroll 
 County, on which he resided over, a decade. Sell- 
 ing that lie went to Iowa, and settled in Union 
 County, where he took Government land and built 
 
 a log house. The removal from Ohio was made 
 by teams and they camped by the way. There 
 were no laih-oads west of the Mississippi until two 
 years after his settlement in the Hawkeye State, in 
 which he had lived but a few months when his de- 
 mise took place, the date of the event being Octo- 
 ber, 1854. His widow survived until January, 1860, 
 when she too passed awaj'. 
 
 The subject of this biography was born in Jeffer- 
 son County, Ohio, May 15, 1832, and was reared in 
 his native State, his youth being spent in study 
 and in aosisting his father upon the farm. Before 
 the family moved to Iowa, whither he accompanied 
 tliem, he had taught one term of winter school 
 The family was among the earliest settlers of 
 Union County, Iowa, where Indians still lingered 
 and where deer and other kinds of wild game 
 were abundant. Soon after their arrival there 
 young Myers began surveying and he also entered 
 several tracts of land under the Government land 
 laws. After his father's death he an I his older 
 brother improved tlie land which his father had 
 taken. He had not long been a resident of the 
 State ere he received the appointment of Deputy 
 County Surveyor, and in 1869 he was elected 
 County Surve3'or and two years later was elected 
 to the office of .Sheriff. 
 
 The breaking out of the Civil War found Mr. 
 Myers filling the two positions last named wiiich 
 lie resigned to take his place among the defenders 
 of the Union. In August, 1862, he enlisted in 
 Company II., Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, and 
 was mustered into the service as P'irst Lieutenant 
 and not long after promoted to the Captaincy, re- 
 taining the command of the company until his dis- 
 charge. The most important battles in which he 
 participated were at Helena, Ark., Little Rook, 
 Saline River, and Spanish Fort. At the latter place 
 he was severely wounded and was transferred to 
 the hospital at New Orleans, and as soon as he was 
 able to travel was granted a furlough and returned 
 home. He rejoined his command' at Mobile, 
 whence they went to the mouth of the Rio Grande, 
 where the order for his discharge reached him. 
 
 Returning to his former home in Iowa, Capt. 
 Myers remained there until 1871, and in February 
 of that} ear came to Kansas, traveling l)v rail to 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Emporia, which was then the western terminus of 
 the railroad, and thence by stage to Wichita. 
 Thence he started withaleam and accompanied by 
 others for a point two and a half miles southeast of 
 the present site of Wellington, which was desig- 
 nated as Meridian and had been named by the 
 Governor as the temporary county seat of the newly 
 organized county of Sumner. A village had been 
 staked out there but no buildings had been erected, 
 a tent in the timber near by being the residence of 
 one of the proprietors of the town site. The 
 Government survey of the countj' was not yet 
 completed and there was not a building where 
 Wellington now stands, the land, like that in other 
 parts of the county, being still held by tlie Gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 Capt. Myers made no claim here, but returned 
 to Wichita, bought a pony and set out to explore 
 the country northwest of that town. Late in 
 March, however, he returned to .Sumner County, 
 and with seven other gentlemen formed a Town 
 Site Company and made claim to the land now oc- 
 cupied by the city of Wellington. On the 4th of 
 April, 1871, he made the first survey and at once 
 platted the town. On the same day he got a man 
 to remove his log cabin to this place and at once 
 erected it here. Other buildings went up about 
 the same time and soon quite a little village was 
 started. In September an election was held to de- 
 termine the location of the county seat, and Well- 
 ington was one of the five towns which competed 
 for that honor. None of them had a majority of 
 the votes cast and W. P. Hackney, the representa- 
 tive, secured the passage of the present law that 
 governs county seat elections in Kansas, and at the 
 fifth election Wellington was victorious. The 
 township built a stone court house that was leased 
 to the county, rent free, for ten years, and which 
 W.-.S occupied as the Seat of Justice until 1881, 
 when the present handsome and commodious struc- 
 ture was erected. 
 
 The wife of Capt. Myers bore the maiden name 
 of Mary Guthridge and their marriage was cele- 
 brated October 30, 1860. The bride was born in 
 Champaign County, Ohio, April 24, 1840, and her 
 father, Darius J. Guthridge, was a native of the 
 same county. In 1854 he removed to Iowa, his 
 
 first settlement in that State being on the line of 
 Union and Clarke Counties, where he was one of 
 the pioneers. He opened a general store there and 
 when the town of Afton was started the following 
 year, he moved his stock of goods and opened the 
 first store in the new town. There he continued to 
 reside until 1880, when he was gathered to his fa- 
 thers. He was a successful business man, a natural- 
 orator, and possessed an eminently social nature. 
 His wife, whose maiden name was Mary J. Owens, 
 died in Ohio while quite j'oung. Mrs. Myers re- 
 ceived the best training and education which her 
 father's means could compass in the circumstances 
 which surrounded them during her youth, and 
 grew to a worthy womanhood. She has borne her 
 husband three children — William A., Edith and 
 May; the elder of the girls is now a teacher in the 
 schools in the county. 
 
 Capt. Myers is tiie only member of the original 
 Town Site Company who now resides in Welling- 
 ton. His social and benevolent nature has led him 
 to take a decided interest in the social orders and 
 he belongs to several lodges. He is a member of 
 James Shield Post No. 57, G. A. R., Wellington 
 Lodge No. 150, A. F. & A. M.; Sumner Chapter 
 No. 37, R. A. M., and St. John Commandery No. 
 24, K. T. It is needless to state that he is well re- 
 spected, not only in the city in whose welfare he 
 has ever been interested, but wherever his char- 
 acter and works are known. 
 
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 f=x'RANKLIN E. KNOWLES is the owner and 
 IMgi occupant of an improved and cultivated 
 l|j farm in Osborn Township, which was taken 
 by him as a pre-emption claim in 1876, since which 
 time he has become well-known as d business man 
 of Wellington, where he was for some years en- 
 gaged in carrying on a meat market. He is a son 
 of Henry and Sarah (Waters) Knowles, who be- 
 came residents of this county in 1877. His father 
 was born in New York State, and after living there 
 many years, became a resident of McHenry County, 
 111, After coming to this State, he engaged m the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 241 
 
 cattle business, and is still so occupied. Mrs. 
 Henry Knowles is a native of Michigan, and is the 
 mother of seven children — Ellen, Wesley, Frank E., 
 Eva, Alice, Flora, and Charles. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch, 
 first opened his eyes to the light in McHenry 
 County, 111., April 5, 1853, and was reared in 
 Marengo, receiving a common-school education, 
 and supplementing it by a commercial course of 
 study. When, in the Centennial year, he deter- 
 mined to become a citizen of Kansas, he took up 
 one-hundred and sixty acres on section 8, Osborn 
 Township, and made such improvements as were 
 necessarj', coupled with his residence thereon, to 
 enable him to prove up. He then engaged in busi- 
 ness in Wellington, continuing it until 1886, when 
 he sold out, and in February, 1889, owing to ill 
 health, he abandoned it and returned to his farm. 
 
 The lady whose housewifel3' skill and amiable 
 disposition makes a happy home for Mr. Knowles, 
 was in her niiddenhood Miss Maggie E. Culley, 
 and the rites of wedlock were celebrated between 
 tliem May 30, 1883. Mrs. Knowles was born in 
 Logan County, 111., February 28, 1861, and is the 
 daughter of James and Margaret (Jackson) Culley, 
 who are also natives of the Prairie State. She has 
 borne two children, Harley and Edna, both of 
 whom have been removed from their loving par- 
 ents by the hand of death. 
 
 ^RANK K. ROBBINS, President of the First 
 .. ™.. National Bank of Wellington, came to Sum 
 1^ ner County, in May, 1887, and succeeding 
 Reuben H. Harpham in the position which he now 
 holds, has since retained that place, to which he 
 was elected in January, 1888-89-90, and re-elected 
 the following j'ear. He was also incumbent of the 
 office of cashier for two years, but in January, 1890, 
 Mr. R. L. Beattie was elected cashier. Though so 
 short a time a resident of this city, Mr. Robbins is 
 a prominent and popular citizen, his excellent moral 
 character and business tact winning respect, and his 
 affable and social nature gaining warm friends. 
 
 His father, Daniel Robbins, was born in Ken- 
 tucky about the year 1795, and went to Illinois at 
 an early day, becoming one of the first settlers of 
 Dewitt County, and laying out the town of Dewitt, 
 then called Marion. About the year 1837, Daniel 
 Robbins married Miss Rebecca Day, and being 
 elected County Judge in 1850, removed to Clin- 
 ton, the county seat, where he continued to reside 
 until his death in 1869. He was Postmaster of that 
 city for a number of j'ears, and was a prominent 
 politician, being a life-long Whig and Republican. 
 His widow married R. Rollins, and is now living 
 in McLean County. 
 
 The subject of our sketch was born in Dewitt 
 County, 111., November 17, 1847, and grew to ma- 
 turity in Clinton, where he learned the profession 
 of a druggist, and engaged in that business, follow- 
 ing it for some eight j^ears in that place, under the 
 firm name of Day & Robbins. He then carried on 
 the same 'business in Kenney for nine years, and 
 until the date of his removal to this State. While 
 in Kenney, he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Lura Randolph, the ceremony taking place on De- 
 cember 28, 1876, at the home of the bride's father, 
 J. II. Randolph, a prominent farmer of that county. 
 BIrs. Robbins was born there May 22, 1859, was 
 well-educated, and possessed many fine traits of 
 character. While en route to San Antonio, Tex,, 
 for her health, in December, 1881, she was called 
 from earth, her decease taking place in New Or- 
 leans. She had borne two children, of whom one, 
 a daughter, Edna, is still living. 
 
 Though only a boy in his teens, Mr. Robbins en- 
 listed October 5, 1864, in Company K, of Gov. 
 Oglesby's old Regiment, the Eighth Illinois Infan- 
 try. They were sent to Memphis, Tenn., and on to 
 the Mississippi River, taking part in the charge at 
 Spanish Fort, and also chaiging Ft. Blakele}', and 
 going into Mobile at the head of the troops, the 
 colors of that regiment being the first planted on 
 the fort by the Union soldiers. Mr. Robbins served 
 until October, 5, 1865, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged, and returned from Texas to his home, 
 having fortunately escaped wounds or capture. 
 
 During his residence at Kenney, 111., Mr. Rob- 
 bins was appointed Postmaster by President Hayes, 
 and served eight years, uniil the change of admin- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 istration. He was an active Republican worker in 
 that count}^ but not an aspirant for office, being 
 content to serve his party in the ranks. He be- 
 longs to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of 
 Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
 lows, and for two years represented the Odd Fel- 
 lows Lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State, at 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 
 ^^f LBERT R. QUICK, Assistant Cashier of the 
 Stock Exchange Bank at Caldwell, may be 
 classed as a self-made man, as l.e began 
 life for himself with only what nature had 
 bestowed upon him in tlie way of capital, if we 
 except n. common-school education. He began a 
 business career early in his teens, and young as he 
 is has an enviable reputation in Sumner County 
 for his business ability and good character. 
 
 The paternal ancestors of our subject were from 
 Holland, and the Keystone State was the family 
 abiding place for many j-ears. In that State Eman- 
 uel B., the father of our subject, was born about 
 1814, and he breathed his last in Milford, in 1881. 
 He was a shoemaker and worked at his trade all iiis 
 life, securing a comfortable support and being in 
 easy financial circumstance at the time of his death. 
 He served as one of the Commissioners of Pike 
 County seveial years, and had good standing 
 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife, 
 whose maiden name was Catherine Ennis, was also 
 born in the Ke3'Stone State, still survives and is in 
 good he ilth although she is now about seventy- 
 three years old. The parental family was made up 
 of two sons and a daughter, who were christened 
 pjdgar, Bella and Albert R. 
 
 In Milford, Pike County, Pa., October 1, 1852, 
 the eyes of our subject first opened to the ligiit, 
 and his early 3'ears were passed amid the usual 
 surroundings of boyhood in the family of a trades- 
 man. Having acquired a good understanding of 
 the common-school branches, at the age of fifteen 
 years he began clerking in a general store, subse- 
 quently engaging in general merchandising for 
 
 himself and enjoying a very successful business 
 career in that line until 1881, when he sold outand 
 moved West. He located in Emporia, Kan., and 
 for a time was engaged in the stock business, after 
 wjiich he entered the employ of the Atchison, To- 
 peka & Santa Fe Railroad as agent.- In 1885 he 
 was located at Caldwell and served in the capacity 
 of agent at that place until the following year, 
 when he was tendered the position which he is now 
 filling in the Stock Exchange Bank. He is well 
 qualified for the post which he occupies and is re- 
 garded by business men as a very careful and ac- 
 curate cashier. He is a stockholder in the bank 
 and also owns valuable real estate in Caldwell. In 
 politics he is a Democrat and is a Master Mason in 
 one of the social orders. 
 
 In 1873 Mr. Quick was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mae E. Chapman, of Readfield, Me., a daugh- 
 of Ira S. and Elizabeth (Taylor) Chapman. Two 
 sons and one daughter have been born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Quick, and they bear the names of Harry C, 
 J. AVallace and Bell H. 
 
 i>HOiIAS y. OGDEX. This gentleman is one 
 of the oldest settlers of Sumner County, and 
 one of the most substantial and highly re- 
 spected citizens of Wellington, where he is engaged 
 in the livery business and horse dealing. His estab- 
 lishment is situated on Lincoln Avenue, and is well 
 patronized, and is well supplied with vehicles and 
 steeds, thirty to forty head of equines being usually 
 kept. Mr. Ogden was born in Fulton County, III., 
 August 11, 1854, and in the spring prior to his 
 eighteenth birthday accompanied his parents to this 
 county. They settled six miles east of Wellington, 
 which was then but a small village, the father tak- 
 ing up a raw quarter section in Avon Township, 
 erecting a frame house upon it and beginning its 
 further improvement. Our subject can well re- 
 member when buffaloes roamed over these prairies, 
 and when deer and smaller game abounded. 
 
 Mr. Ogden remained with his parents until about 
 nineteen years of age, when he took a quarter sec- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 243 
 
 tion of land in the same township, tiiree miles east 
 of this place, and began reclaiming the raw prairie 
 and putting upon it such improvements as are usu- 
 ally made by enterprising agriculturalists. He 
 broke one hundred and twenty acres of the sod, and 
 put the balance under good fences for use as pas- 
 ture, set out an orchard and grove, erected good 
 buildings, and made one of the fine faims of the 
 county. For the past five years he has rented his 
 estate, and has been carrying on the livery business 
 here, proving his business ability in its manage- 
 ment) and winning esteem by his honorable con- 
 duct and good character. He votes with the 
 Democratic partj^, but has no political aspirations, 
 and has little to do with party affairs except in ex- 
 cising the right of suffrage. 
 
 The father of our subject, T. V. Ogden, Sr,, was 
 born in Ohio, and married Miss Sarah Boardwine, 
 of Fulton County, III., where he settled as a farmer. 
 His wife is a native of Virginia, but lived in Illi- 
 nois some time previous lo her marriage. Their 
 family comprises eight children, all still living. 
 The senior Mr. Ogden is well-known as one of the 
 early settlers of this county, and as a successful 
 farmer, now owning three liundred acres in Falls 
 Township, twenty miles southwest of this place. 
 He and his wife are worthy parents of the son who 
 is taking a high stand among the young men of the 
 county, and who bids fair to become still more 
 prominent and influential in the \'ears to come. 
 
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 ■S^i DMUND ROCKHOLD. This gentleman, in 
 Hg the spring of 1889, established himself as a 
 jl} — -^ farmer in Downs Township, purchasing 
 eighty acres of land on section 13, where he still 
 lives and carries on general farming. He has at- 
 tained to considerable prominence in the commu- 
 nity, being a stanch supporter of the Republican 
 party, and is an Elder of the Cumberland Presb}'- 
 terian Church. He is now approaching the sixty- 
 fifth year of his age, having been born March 19, 
 1825, and is a native of Baltimore Counly, Md., 
 where for many years his father, the Rev. Edmund 
 
 RoL'khold, a native of the same county, ofticiated 
 as a minister of the Methodist Protestant Chnrch. 
 The latter was born in 1770, and departed this life 
 in Baltimore County, Md., at the age of seventy- 
 six jeare. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of the subject of this 
 notice was Jacob Rockhold, a native of England, 
 who emigrated to America in 1760, locating in 
 Baltimore County, Md., where he carried on farm- 
 ing and died at the age of seventy-six years, six 
 months and twenty days. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was in her girlhood Miss Susan Miller, she was 
 a native of the same county as her husband and 
 son, and spent her last days in Butler County, 
 Ohio, passing away at the age of sixty-three years. 
 Her parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Marshall) 
 Miller. Grandfather Miller was born in Germany, 
 whence he emigrated to the United States at an 
 early day, settling in Penns3'lvania, where he mar- 
 ried his wife, who was a native of that State. Sub- 
 sequently the}' removed to Mai-yland, where 
 Grandfather Miller died when eighty-seven years 
 old. He was a miller by occupation, a steady-go- 
 ing, prudent and industrious man who enjoyed the 
 esteem and confldence of his fellow-citizens. 
 Grandmother Miller died at the age of seventy- 
 eight years in Stark Count}', Ohio. 
 
 To Edmund Jr., and Susan (Miller) Rockhold 
 there was born a famil}' of five children, namely : Ed- 
 mund. Susan, Hannah, William and John. The sub- 
 ject of this notice was the first-born and is the only 
 living member of the family. He was reared on a 
 farm in his native county, and received the educa- 
 tional advantages afforded by the common schools. 
 When a man of twenty-seven years, he, in 1852, 
 removed to Butler County, Ohio, and after the out- 
 break of the Civil War, enlisted as a Union soldier 
 in September, 1863, in Company B, One Hundred 
 and Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry'. He only served 
 until the following year, being mustered out and 
 returning to his old haunts in Butler Count}'. He 
 remained there until the spring of 1880, then 
 turned his face to the country west of the Missis- 
 sippi. 
 
 Mr. Rockhold was married in his native State 
 October 20, 1846, to Miss Eliza Elderdice. Mrs. 
 Rockhold was born in Frederick County, Md., 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 June 20, 1820. and is the daughter of Hugh and 
 Catherine (;Me3ers) Elderdice, who were natives of 
 Ireland and Pennsylvania, respectively. The grand- 
 mother on the mother's side was a Barbara Martin, 
 and on the father's side, was Mary Stewart, who 
 was Scotch-Irish, and was of royal blood. Mr. FA- 
 derdice was a farmer by occupation, and removed 
 from his native State to Maryland, where he and 
 his excellent wife spent their last days. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Rockhold there have been born seven 
 children, viz.. Kote, James, Abbie, Mary, Tillie, 
 Ella and John C. Mary was taken from the home 
 circle when a young woman of twentj'-seven years; 
 James died when a promising youth of sixteen; 
 Abbie died at the age of three years. John C. 
 married Miss Rose DeFreese and lives in Si)ivey, 
 and is Roadmaster of the Mulvane extension of the 
 Santa Fe Railroad; Mary married J. W. Hoover, 
 who is County Superintendent of Schools; Kate is 
 married to B. F. Grove, of York, Pa. 
 
 #>*- 
 
 SI OHN R. SIMONS is the owner and oc< ;i 
 I pant of a pleasant home in Wellington 
 i Township, where he has been living since 
 ^^ '' 1884. Early in life he began agricultural 
 labors and the management of a farm, provii'^>, 
 very successful in his occupation and ever mani- 
 festing an industry and good judgment highly 
 creditable to his natural qualities and his training. 
 He is a man of probity and intelligence, a reliable 
 citizen, and stands well in the regard of his asso- 
 ciates and fellow-citizens. 
 
 Wales claims the honor of being the birthplaco 
 of our subject and of the ancestral line for gener- 
 ations. His grandfather, Edward Simons, spent 
 his entire life in that land. Edward Simons. Jr., 
 the father of our subject, was born in Denbigh 
 shire, was there reared and educated and lived until 
 1843, when accompanied by his wife and four 
 children he came to America. His first settlement 
 was made in Kendall County, 111., and among the 
 frontiersmen of Oswego Township he began tin, 
 development of a tract of wild land which he hiui 
 
 purcliased. At that date and for some j^ears after, 
 there were no railroads in the Prairie State, and 
 Chicago, then a city of about seven thousand in- 
 habitants, was the nearest market and a drive of 
 forty miles was necessary to reach it. The parents 
 of our subject resided in Illinois until 1886 when 
 tiiej' came to Kansas to spend their last days with 
 our subject. Both are still living at an advanced 
 age, the father will be ninety in June and the 
 mother eight}'- eight years of age. The maiden 
 name of the mother was Margiiret Roberts and she 
 also is a native of Wales. She has borne nine 
 children, two of whom, Hannah, and our subject, 
 still survive. 
 
 He whose name initiates this sketch was born in 
 Hope, Wales, about two and a half years before 
 the family moved to America and he therefore has 
 no recollection of the land of his nativity. He, 
 however, well remembers the pioneer life in Illi- 
 nois, where as soon as he was large enough he 
 began to assist his father on the farm and being 
 the only son, while yet in his teens had its manage- 
 ment placed upon hisshouldeis. After his marriage 
 he purchased two hundred and fort}' acres in the 
 sanne township, and in addition to his farming 
 operated a threshing machine twenty seasons. He 
 sold his Illinois property in 1884 and coming to 
 Wellington bought one hundred and sixty acres of 
 land adjoining the town and at once began farming 
 here. Two years later he took advantage of the 
 boom and sold the greater part of his land at a 
 good advance on its original price, but still occu- 
 pies the house into which he first moved on becom- 
 ing a resident of this State. 
 
 In 1864 Mr. Simons was united in marriage with 
 Miss Susannah R. Minkler, an estimable lady pos- 
 sessed of many womanly qualities. She had borne 
 five children: Burton R., Louisa E., Minkler E., 
 Ivah A., and Kansas. The oldest daughter is the 
 wife of Samuel J. Lumbard, attorney-at-law, of 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Simons is Smith G. Minkler, 
 who was born in Albany County, N. Y., and whose 
 father, Peter Minkler. is presumably a native of the 
 same State. In 1833, Peter Minkler and his family 
 joined a colony and journeyed to Illinois, travel- 
 ing with teams. A graphic description of their 
 
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 245 
 
 journey, as told by .Smith Minkler, appears in the 
 history of Kendall County, 111., which was pub- 
 lished a few years since. In that county the elder 
 Mr. Minkler located, being one of the first settlers 
 in what is now Kendall Township, where he secured 
 a tract of Government land upon which he resided 
 until his death. 
 
 Smith G. Minkler was a young man when the 
 family moved from New York and he reached 
 man's estate in Kendall County, where he wa.s 
 married and where ho also secured a tract of Gov- 
 ernment land, building upon ib a log house in 
 which Mrs. Simons was born. At the time of his 
 settlement, deer, wolves and other kinds of game 
 were plentiful in the vicinity, Indians still lingered 
 there, and the surrounding country was very 
 sparsely settled. The greater part of the land was 
 prairie and was the last to be settled, as the first 
 comers thought it would not produce crops and 
 therefore cleared the groves. When the land 
 Smith Minkler took came into market he was short 
 $16 of the requisite amount of money to pay for 
 it and he started out to hire the money. He trav- 
 eled a long distance on horseback before he could 
 find any one possessing that amount, but he finally 
 obtained the loan, giving a mortgage on the farm 
 to secure it. He has been a continuous resident of 
 that place since he first located upon it. He very 
 early developed an interest in fruit culture and 
 started a nursery, and for many years past has been 
 an influential member of the Northern Illinois 
 Horticultural Society, and has served both as its 
 President and its Treasurer. He has served as 
 Steward and Trustee of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church and has been a Class-Leader for many 
 years, his wife also being a member of that denom- 
 ination. To him and his wife five children were 
 born, of A'hom four reached years of maturity. 
 They are: Betsey, Mrs. Simons, Ellis T., and 
 Florence. 
 
 The mother of Mrs. Simons, and wife of Smith 
 ^linlder, was in her maidenhood Jliss Sarah A. 
 Burton. She was born near Yarmouth, England, 
 and is a daughter of Nathaniel and Susannah 
 (Ransom) Burton, both of whom were natives of 
 the Mother Country, whence they came to America 
 about 1836, locating in Ivendall County, 111. as 
 
 pioneer residents. Mr. Burton improved a farm 
 there upon which he and his wife resided many 
 years and whence they went to Ottawa to live 
 with a daughter, dying in that city when quite 
 advanced in years. 
 
 HOMAS RICHARDSON, Sr. The subject 
 of this biography stands prominent among 
 the mercantile interests of ^^'ellington and 
 deals chiefly in dry-goods, having a fine large store, 
 occupying No. 114 Washington Avenue, at Wel- 
 lington. Engaging in business here in May, 1879, 
 he is therefore one of the oldest established mer- 
 chants of the place and carries a complete stock of 
 everything in his line. He has built up a large 
 patronage and his business ability and integrity are 
 unquestioned. 
 
 Mr. Richardson was born near Frankfort, Ky., 
 April 2, 1814, and lived there until a young man 
 of twenty-one years. After completing his educa- 
 tion he established himself in business at La Grange, 
 Mo., and carried on general merchandising in that 
 State for the long period of thirty-six years and 
 about seven years at Lancaster, Schuyler Count}', 
 Mo. He has been continuously behind the dry 
 goods counter for fifty-five years, having begun 
 August 20, 1835, and all this time has been in busi- 
 ness for himself. With the exception of havino- 
 been burned out at La Grange he has been uni- 
 formly successful. While a resident of Missouri 
 he served in the various city offices and was Presi- 
 dent of the Board of Trustees of the La Grange 
 Baptist College for fourteen years. In the early 
 days he was an Old Clay Whig, but later identified 
 himself with the Democratic party. For thirty- 
 five years he has been a member in good standino- 
 of the Baptist Church and for probably twenty- 
 five years has been connected with the Masonic 
 fraternity. 
 
 In March, 1846, Mr. Richardson was united in 
 marriage with Miss America C. Muldrow at Phila- 
 delphia, Mo., where Mrs. Richardson had been at- 
 tending a Presbyterian institution of learnincr. 
 
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 This union resulted in the birth of eight children, 
 of whom only three are living, viz.: Lizzie, Thomas, 
 a resident of Pueblo, Col, and John, who mar- 
 ried Miss Belle Patton, of Wellington, and is en- 
 gaged in merchandising in business with his father. 
 Mr. Richardson is a man highly respected in his 
 community and bears an unblemished reputation. 
 His parents are Allen and Elizabeth (Payne) 
 Richardson, who were residents of Kentucky and are 
 now deceased. 
 
 
 ^Sv^ HARLES L. CROOKHAM, business raan- 
 \l( ager of the New Era at South Haven, also 
 
 ^^>!' holds the offico of City Clerk, to which he 
 was elected in May, 1888. He is still a young man, 
 having been born September 13, 1863, but Las al- 
 ready entered upon a promising career. His na- 
 tive place was Circleville, Ohio, from which his 
 parents, Oliver and Mar}- J. (Walden) Crookbam, 
 came to Kansas in 1871 . Tiiey located at P^ureka, 
 where the mother is still living. Oliver Crookliam 
 onl}- survived his removal to the West three short 
 years, being murdered in October, 1874, by one 
 Alexander Herman, who is now serving a life sen- 
 tence for the crime which was premeditated and 
 unprovoked. Herman was the first criminal given 
 a life sentence in Greenwood County. He had 
 been hired by Mr. Crookham to break prairie, and 
 when only balf the j';b was completed, was re- 
 quested by Mr. Crookham to discontinue his labors 
 as his work was not satisfactory, which conclusion 
 on the part of Mr. Crookham was upheld by arbi- 
 trators. Mr. Crookham paid the man his full price, 
 and two years later, one day Herman went up to 
 him and shot him without any words passing be- 
 tween them. Mr. Crookham was at the time husk- 
 ing corn on his farm. 
 
 Oliver Crookham was a man of excellent char- 
 acter, a Swedenborgian in his religious views, a 
 consistent Christian, and an honest man. He was 
 born, reared and married in Jackson (bounty, Ohio, 
 of which the mother of our subject was also a na- 
 tive, and they lived in Circleville sixteen years be- 
 
 fore coming to this State. After leaving Ohio they 
 reside.! four years at Springflold, Mo. The pater- 
 nal grandfather of our subject was George L. 
 Crookham, a native of England, who emigrated to 
 the United States when a young man, and located 
 in Jackson County, Ohio. He was of studious 
 habits, and through his own efforts obtained a good 
 education, and spent much of his time as a natural- 
 ist. When employed he manufactured sugar from 
 beets, and established some of the salt works in the 
 Buckej'e State. He was in the Government em- 
 ploy as a naturalist and a mathematician, and be- 
 longed to the National Mathematical Association. 
 A man of broad and liberal ideas, he identified 
 himself with the early abolitionists, and assisted 
 fugitive slaves in making their escape to Canada. 
 He was born in England, and spent his last days in 
 .lackson County, Ohio, dying at the age of sixty- 
 six years. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Jonathan Walden, a native of Greenbriar County, 
 in what is now West Virginia. He emigrated to 
 Jackson County, Ohio, when a mere boy, was there 
 married, reared a family, and died there about 
 1856. He traced his ancestry to the pilgrims who 
 landed in the Mayflower, and who were of Scottish 
 birth and antecedents. To Oliver and Mary Crook- 
 ham there was born a family of six children, of 
 whom Charles L., our subject, was the youngest. 
 The days of his boyhood ami youth were spent un- 
 eventfully on a farm, and in attendance at the dis- 
 trict .school. Later he entered the Kansas Normal 
 College at Ft. Scott, from which he was graduated 
 in June, 1886. In the fall of that year he made 
 his fiist advent in South Haven, and established 
 himself as a general merchant. Afterward he 
 served as clerk in the bank six months. He is now 
 engaged as a loan agent and in the insurance busi- 
 ness. The Neiv Era with which he is at present 
 connected as business manager, was first established 
 as a private enterprise, and purchased later by a 
 stock company. It has a circulation of about four 
 hundred, and is a newsy local paper, devoted 
 chiefly to the interests of Sumner County. 
 
 Mr. Crookham. on the 27th of July, 1887, was 
 joined in wedlock, at Eureka, Kan., with jNIiss Con- 
 stance E., daughter of Robert and Elizabeth J. 
 
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 249 
 
 (Brysoii) Wiggins. The ancestors of Mrs. Croolt- 
 hara were of Irish origin, and first represented in 
 the United States at a very earl3' day. Slie was 
 born August 27, 1865, in Canada. Of her union 
 with our subject there is one child, a son, Artliur 
 L. Mr. Crookham, politicallj'^, afHliatcs with the 
 Republican party, and sociallj', belongs to South 
 Ilaven Lodge, No. 114, I. O. O. F. In addition to 
 his other interests, he is a member and Secretary of 
 the South Haven Building and Loan Association, 
 and Vice-President of the State Immigration Bu- 
 reau of Sumner County. 
 
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 PRANCIS M. MILLS is one of the oldest 
 settlers of Oxford Township, to which ho 
 came in 1871, sticking a stake on the claim 
 which he still occupies, about the 23d of April, and 
 beginning (he labor of preparing a home at once. 
 The land occupies the nortlieastern part of section 
 20, and was the outside claim from the village in 
 that direction when Mr. Mills filed on it. Oxford 
 then consisted of four buildings in process of con- 
 struction, only the frames being up. Mr. Mills 
 drew the lumber for his home from Newton, sixty 
 miles distant, and was ten days in making the trip, 
 during which he experienced some very cold 
 weather. He saw some antelopes and prairie 
 wolves when he first set up housekeeping here, and 
 was a witness to all the development in this section, 
 assisting in the organization of the school district 
 (No. 33) and in the building of the schoolhuuse. 
 Mr. Mills is a son of John and Dorcas (Allison^ 
 Mills, both of whom were born in Augusta County , 
 Va., where their marriage also took place. They 
 removed to Ohio, where the father cleared up a 
 farm, upon which the family resided until his 
 death, in 1839. The eldest son in the family- 
 William Mills — was born in 1812, and he ol 
 whom we write, December 19, 1831. When our 
 subject was fourteen years old the family removed 
 to Sangamon County, 111., where he grew to matu- 
 rity, leaving the parental roof when of age, and 
 going to Logan County, where he engaged in farm- 
 
 ing for some time. The mother also went to that 
 county, where she died in 1864. During that year 
 our subject went to Montana and engaged in 
 mining, remaining in that Territory about five 
 years, when he returned to his home in Logan 
 County. The following spring he came to Mont- 
 gomery County, in the eastern part of this State, 
 and a year later to this county, and after having 
 filed his claim and erected a dwelling, began his 
 permanent residence here in May. 
 
 The lady who nobly shared in Mr. Mills' pio- 
 neer work here bore the maiden name of Harriet 
 C. Shaw, and the rites of wedlock were celebrated 
 between them in DeWitt County, 111., .January 21, 
 1863. The union has resulted in the birth ()f three 
 children — Abbie L. died at the age of six years 
 and twenty days; Fannie, at the age of nine 
 months; the surviving daughter, Mary E., is now 
 nine years of age and a bright and interesting 
 young girl. Mrs. Mills was born in Orange Countj', 
 N. Y., July 7, 1840, and is a daughter of Alexander 
 W. Shaw, who was boni in Westchester County, 
 November 2, 1806, and after his marriage to Miss 
 Adeline Welch, made his home in Orange County 
 until his death, which took place in December, 
 1852. His entire life in that county had been 
 spent on the same farm. After the dfath of her 
 mother, in December, 1858, the daughter went to 
 Illinois, where she resided until some time after 
 her marriage. 
 
 Mr. Mills never fails to cast his vote with the 
 Republican party, feeling a deep interest in the 
 welfare of the countr}-, though he has no pei'sonal 
 political aspirations. He is a highly-respected 
 citizen, and a man whose life has been usefully 
 and quietly spent. 
 
 We invite the reader's attention to a lithographic 
 portrait of Mr. Mills, presented in connection with 
 his biographical sketch. 
 
 HARLES RANDALL, a peaceable and law- 
 abiding citizen of Avon Township, owns 
 i^' and occupies a snug homestead on section 
 12, of which he became the owner in 1871. He 
 
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 lives quietly and unostentatiously, making the 
 record of an honest man and a good citizen, and 
 reaping from his well-developed fields a comforta- 
 ble income. 
 
 A native of Rensselaer County, N. Y., Mr. Ran- 
 dall was born October 17, 1848, but spent the most 
 of Ills time until twenty- one years old in Warren 
 County, that Stale, being reared upon a farm. 
 Later lie visited Pennsylvania and Illinois, and in 
 the spring of 1870, crossing the Father of Waters, 
 established himself as a resident of Wilson County, 
 this State. 
 
 After a sojourn of two years in the above- 
 mentioned county, Mr. Randall, in the spring of 
 1871, arrived within the borders of Sumner 
 County and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land, which has since remained in his 
 possession. He settled upon it in February, 1872, 
 and commenced at first principles in the construc- 
 tion of a homestead. No small amount of labor 
 was required in the cultivation of the primitive 
 soil, tiie building of fences and the erection of his 
 farm buildings, which, without making any preten- 
 tions to elegance, are reasonably convenient and 
 comfortable. Mr. Randall prospered as a tiller of 
 tlie soil, and invested his capital in additional land, 
 until he is now the owner of two hundred acres, 
 all of which has been brought to a gool state of 
 cultivation, and the taxes upon which assist in 
 augmenting the contents of the county treasury 
 to no small extent. 
 
 After coming to this county Mr. Randall was 
 married at the home of the bride in Avon Town- 
 ship, April 20, 1875, to Miss Sarah A. Batt. This 
 lady was born in Somersetshire, England, June 
 10, 1858, and is the daughter of William J. and 
 Sarah A. (Brice) Batt, who were both likewise na- 
 tives of that shire. The mother spent her last 
 3-e;irs in Sumner Count}-, Kan., and the father is in 
 New Zealand. 
 
 Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 R.indall, whom they named respectively: William 
 C, who died at the age of six months; Havy, 
 Henrietta I., Grace M., Francis R., Louis, Charles, 
 Lena and Irving W. Mr. Randall, politically, is a 
 sound Republican. He was elected Township 
 Treasurer in the fall of 1887. and re-elected the 
 
 two following years, serving now his third term. 
 He is the friend of education and all the enter- 
 prises set on foot for the progress and welfare of 
 the people, socially, morally and financially. 
 
 The father of our subject was Elisha Randall, 
 who married Miss Melvina Prouty, and both were 
 natives of New York State. Both died in Warren 
 County, N. Y. 
 
 ,,.v LPHONSO B. RICE. One of the most 
 W^M attractive rural residences of Oxford 
 Township is that owned and occupied by 
 the above named gentleman, and which 
 was erected in August, 1884, and was the first 
 fine house built in the neighborhood. It is a two- 
 story structure, the main part having a dimension 
 of 16x28 feet, and with an addition 18x22 feet in 
 the form of an L. The estate which surrounds it 
 comprises one hundred and sixty acres on section 
 21, and is supplied with a fine orchard, grove, and 
 other shrubbery, hedges, barn, wind-mill, and such 
 farm buildings as are necessary to one engaged in 
 general farming and stock-raising, all being well 
 constructed, commodious and adequate. Mr. Rice 
 raises excellent grades of stock, and his crops are 
 among the best in quality and quantity. 
 
 Our subject is a native of Ohio, and a son of 
 Alfred Rice, whose history may be found in the 
 biography of Albert Rice, which occupies another 
 place in this volume. His natal day was Novem- 
 ber 6, 1847, and when but a child he went with 
 the other members of the family to Noble County, 
 Ind., where he grew to maturity, completing his 
 education at Kendallville. He then engaged in 
 farming, leaving his mother's home at the age of 
 twenty years to spend some time in the northern 
 part of Michigan. In the fall of 1870, he came to 
 Cowley County, Kan., and took up a quarter-sec- 
 tion of land, and after proving up on it sold 
 and purchased in the valley of the Arkansas, where 
 he liked the country better. He is the second 
 member of the family who settled in this county, 
 and when he bought his farm it was nearly un- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 broken, and his first dwelling was a little cotton- 
 wood house. His industry and energy have been 
 displayed in his management of the estate, and tlie 
 success he has met with in bringing it to its pres- 
 ent state of perfection. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place near 
 Moline, Allegan County, Mich., June 13, 1869, 
 the bride being Miss Sophronia M. Montague, an 
 intelligent and worthy lady, who has borne hiin 
 three children, two of whom — Laura Ellen and 
 Maud M. — still survive. Mrs. Rice was born in 
 Ohio, October 18, 1853, and was two years old 
 when her parents removed to Michigan, where slie 
 grew to womanhood. Her father, Sandford Mon- 
 tague, is a native of Vermont, where he married 
 Miss Jerusha Washburn. He was thirty years old 
 when he removed to Ohio, whence he afterward 
 went to Allegan County, Mich., and there he and 
 his wife are still living, their present home being 
 near Bradley. 
 
 Mr. Rice is a believer in and supporter of the 
 principles of the Republican party. He is highly 
 respected as an honest, honorable and upright man, 
 and a citizen of reliability. 
 
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 ylLLIAM 
 W^ pioneer 
 
 MLLIAM G. WHEALY. The industry 
 enterprise exercised by this honored 
 pioneer of Sumner County has resulted in 
 the accumulation of four hundred broad acres of 
 land, finely located on sections 15 and 22, Avon 
 Townsliip. To the cultivation and improvement 
 of this he has given his undivided time and atten- 
 tion since first settling upon it,bringing the soil to 
 a productive condition and erecting thereon sub- 
 stantial buildings. In addition to general agricul- 
 ture he is considerably interested in stock-raising. 
 In his labors and struggles Mr. Whealy has been 
 aided and encouraged by the industry and counsel 
 of a sensible and excellent wife who has performed 
 her part in building up the home and providing 
 something to defend them from want in their do 
 clining years. 
 
 A native of the Dominion of Canada, Mr.Whealy 
 
 was born in Perth County, Province of Ontario, 
 March 21, 1843, and there attained to man's estate. 
 When twenty-three years old, he in the winter of 
 18(56 repaired to the lumber regions of Michigan, 
 and the following spring returned Eastward as far 
 as Starke Count}-, 111. He sojourned there until 
 the fall of 1870, occupying himself in farming 
 pursuits. Next he crossed the Mississippi and 
 coming into Woodson County, this State, resided 
 there until the spring of 1871, then coming to this 
 county, pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of 
 land on section 22, Avon Township. 
 
 Upon his arrival in this region Mr. Whealy put 
 up a small frame house, transporting the lumber 
 from Chenute, one hundred and thirty miles away. 
 This was ths first dwelling erected between Wel- 
 lington and Oxford. The country around was 
 thinly settled and for a number of years it was a 
 struggle with Mr. Whealy to carry on properly tlie 
 cultivation of his land and effect the needed im- 
 provements. Patience and perseverance, however, 
 finally gained the day and he found him.self upon 
 n solid footing, financially. In the meantime, as 
 the countrj' settled up and the necessity arose for 
 trusty men to take charge of public affairs, Mr. 
 Whealy was selected as a fitting man for the various 
 ofldces, officiating as Township Clerk and Trustee 
 and holding the latter office for seven consecutive 
 terms. The cause of education found in him a 
 stanch friend and the Republican party a faithful 
 supporter. He has been active in the ranks of the 
 latter and has exercised no small influence in party 
 politics in this region. 
 
 The marriage of William G. Whealy with Miss 
 Mary Magwood, was celebrated at the bride's home 
 in Kewanee, III., September 1, 1866. This lady 
 was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, Jaiuary 17, 
 1845, and was the daughter of Thomas and Ann 
 (Gillis) Magwood, who were natives of County 
 Monaghan, Ireland. They are now deceased. 
 Eleven children came to bless the union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Whealy, all of whom are living and form 
 ;i most intelligent and interesting family group. 
 They bear the names respectively of Thomas W., 
 George K.. Arthur C, Edward, Lizzie, Annie, Re- 
 becca, Minnie, Julia, Cyrus H. and Benjamin H. 
 i\Ir. and Mrs. AVhealy have for many years been 
 
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 prominently connected with tlie Congregational 
 Church. The parents of Mr. Whealy were Joseph 
 and Elizabeth (Bradley) Whealy, natives of County 
 Tyrone, Ireland, and who spent their last years in 
 Ontario, Canada, and Dakota. Arthur C. was the 
 second boy born in Sumner County and Miss Jennie 
 Whealy, a sister of ovir subject, taught the first 
 school in the county, at Oxford. 
 
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 vw/ OHN R. JOHNSTON. This volume would 
 li be incomplete were not mention made within 
 || its pages of the above-named gentleman, 
 ^^jf' who is a prominent business man at Oxford. 
 He is a dealer in furniture and an undertaker, and 
 iias the exclusive trade at this point in both lines 
 of his business. He is well-known throughout this 
 section as an old resident of the county to which 
 he came in the spring of 1876, and where for a 
 time he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, open- 
 ing up a fine farm. His natal day was December 
 1, 1830, and his birthplace Shelby County, Ky., 
 where he lived till the Centennial year engaged in 
 farming. 
 
 During the Civil War, Mr. Johnston was so for- 
 tunate as not even to lose a horse, though living in 
 a country which was somewhat unsettled, and over- 
 run in turns by the Union and the Confederate 
 armies. He fed the soldiers of both troops, and so 
 succeeded in avoiding their ill will. 
 
 On leaving the Blue Grass State, Mr. Johnston 
 moved to Logan County, III., and after a short 
 sojourn near Atlantic came on to this State and 
 settled four miles west of the town in Oxford 
 Township. He paid $800 for a tract of raw land, 
 which he so improved that he was able to sell it a 
 ft'w years later for $6,.500. He had broken the sod 
 and thoroughly cultivated it, fenced the estate, 
 erected an excellent house, barn, etc., set out nu- 
 merous trees, and made of it, all in all, one of the 
 best farms in the vicinity. After having lived on 
 the estate six years. IMr. Johnston sold and moved 
 to town, buying out an old establishment and en- 
 
 gaging in his present business, which he has built 
 up to a fine trade. 
 
 Mrs. Johnston bore the maiden name of Anna E. 
 Young, and the ceremony which united her to our 
 subject took place February 24, 1856, in Shelby 
 County, Ky. She was born in the Blue Grass 
 State, July 25, 1836, is a daughter of Catesby 
 Young, and remained with her parents till her 
 marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have reared a 
 family of four children: Lucy Ellen is now the 
 wife of A. M. Rees, of this city; Willie P., is the 
 wife of C. F. Reed, of Edwards County; Shelby 
 Thomas married Miss Maggie Bartlett, of this 
 county; Farris Lee is the remaining member of the 
 family circle. 
 
 While in Kentucky Mr. Johnston served as 
 Constable, and since making his home in Oxford 
 has been a member of the city council two terms. 
 He has no desire for office, finding sufficient occu- 
 palion in conduct of his business affairs, in the so- 
 cial circle and in his home. He votes the Demo- 
 cratic ticket. He is a member of the Christian 
 Church, is regarded as of strict integrity in all 
 business transactions, and is highly esteemed by 
 his fellow citizens. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Permenus and 
 Lucy (Reed) Johnston, the former of whom was a 
 native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. 
 Their marriage took place in the Blue Grass State 
 where they lived until called from time to eternity. 
 The occupation of tha father was that of tilling 
 the soil. 
 
 '^/OHN T. STEWART. The career of this 
 gentleman affords an example of persevering 
 industry, unflagging zeal, and a sturdy in- 
 iJJ^/' tegrity which has met with its reward and 
 secured to its exhibitor a very comfortable home 
 and pleasant surroundings. It is seldom indeed 
 that a Scotchman is found who does not display 
 these traits of character and the subject of this 
 biography is a worthy son of the race from which 
 he sprang. 
 
 Mr. Stewart was a child of about three years 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 253 
 
 wlien liis parents, John and Elizabeth (Bremmer) 
 Stewart, both of whom were natives of Scotland, 
 emigrated to the New World and settled in Wel- 
 lington County. Province of Ontario, Canada. 
 They are still living upon the farm where they first 
 located and which has been operated by the father, 
 although in his own land he had followed the trade 
 of a shoemaker. Both are members of the Presby- 
 terian Church. Their family comprised ten chil- 
 dren, named Eliza, Alexander, Jessie, John T., 
 Ellen, Robert, Flora, David, Betse}^ J., and Collin. 
 
 The gentleman whose life we will briefly outline 
 was born January 1, 1842, and leaving his native 
 land in early childhood was reared on a farm in 
 Canada, receiving a common-school education and 
 acquiring the trade of a carriage-maker ere he 
 grew to manhood. After having served an ap- 
 prenticeship of three years, in 1864, he went to a 
 place near Eochester, N. Y., and there worked at 
 his trade a year. He then removed to Davenport, 
 Iowa, and combined farming with work at his 
 trade for several months, after which he again 
 changed his location and did carriage work in 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 A few months later Mr. Stewart was to be found 
 in Covington, Tenn., first working at his trade for 
 an employer and conducting a business of his own 
 for two years. His next removal was to Mountain 
 Lake, Giles County, Ya,, where he remained until 
 1871, at which time he became a citizen of Kansas. 
 His first location in this State was at Arkansas 
 Cit}', Cowley Count}', where he conducted a shop 
 for a year and a half, after which he secured land 
 in Sumner County, and turned his attention to 
 farming and the stock business. He pre-empted 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land and purchased 
 an equal amount on section 21, Walton Township, 
 which makes up a valuable tract of land and upon 
 which Mr. Stewart has made ell necessary improve 
 ments. His wife also owns one hundred and sixty 
 acres on section 28, of the same township. 
 
 In 1870 Mr. Stewart became the husband of 
 Jemima (^. Jackson, of Canada, who bore him one 
 daughter, Maud M., who is now deceased. Mrs. 
 Jemima Stewart departed this life in 1881, and 
 after having remained a widower until 1886, Mr. 
 Stewart contracted a second matrimonial alliance. 
 
 His bride on this occasion was Mrs. Margaret A. 
 Mountjoy, of this countj', widow of Henry C. 
 Mount joy, by whom she had three children: Henry 
 L., lona M., and Nettie I. 
 
 Mr. Stewart belongs to the Farmers' Alliance, 
 and casts his vote and influence with the Republi- 
 can party. He has been a member of the Presby- 
 terian Church for twenty years and all who know 
 the Scotch character will understand that he is a 
 reliable and steadfast member, and that he deserves 
 the hearty respect of his fellow men on account of 
 his private character as well as for the ability dis- 
 played in his worldly affairs. 
 
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 I RAM H. SIIITLL. There is probably not 
 ,. a finer home within the limits of Dixon 
 'ij^ Township than that which has been planned 
 ^) and built up by him with whose name we 
 introduce this sketch. A man of more than ordi- 
 nary intelligence and enterprise, he stands second 
 to none in his township, and by his own efforts has 
 acquired a competence, climbing up slowly from a 
 modest position in life, and surrounding himself 
 and his family with all of its comforts and many of 
 its luxuiies. Well informed, of correct habits and 
 cultured tastes, he keeps hin'self posted upon the 
 general topics of the day and is a lover of the fine 
 arts, especially music, to which he has given much 
 attention during his life, and is possessed of no 
 mean talents as a singer and performer on musical 
 instruments. In bis youth he took a thorough 
 course of voice culture and theory in the Miami 
 Conservatory of Music at Xenia, Ohio, and for 
 three successive years taught music in the High 
 School at Fulton, that State. Later he was gradu- 
 ated from the Central Conservatory of Music at 
 Columbus, Ind., and for six years was professor of 
 Harmony and Musical Theory. Since that time he 
 has kept up his interest and practice, and has now 
 a number of private pupils. 
 
 The subject of this sketch wa-sborn Maj' 5, 1844, 
 in Stark County, Ohio, and is the son of David and 
 Elizabeth (Herman) Shull, who were born, reared 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and married in Pennsylvania. Thej' emigrated to 
 Ohio in 1832, settling in Stark County during its 
 pioneer days. Ti>e father took up land, became 
 well-to-do, and was a prominent man in his com- 
 munity. He departed this life at the old homestead 
 in 1870. The mother survived her husband ten 
 years, dying February 10, 1880. Of the six chil- 
 dren born to them, three only are living, the two 
 besides Hiram H., being residents of Indiana. 
 
 Until a youth of eighteen years, Mr. ShuU spent 
 his time upon the old farm in Stark County, Ohio. 
 He attended the schools of his native township, and 
 bncame familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing 
 and reaping. In 1862, during the progress of the 
 Civil War, he enlisted as a Union soldier, in Com- 
 pany A, One Hundred and Fourth Ohio Infantry, 
 and served three years. He participated in the bat- 
 tles of Covington and Danville, Ky., and while on 
 picket duty at the latter place, was captured by the 
 enemy. He was taken only a short distance, however, 
 when he was paroled, and soon afterward, at Camp 
 Chase, was exclianged. He then rejoined his regi- 
 ment at Stanford, Ky., and under command of Gen. 
 Burnside, was present at the siege of Knoxville, 
 from the beginning until the close. He then went 
 with his regiment after Longstreot to Strawberry 
 Plain, and during the holiday season of 1863, suf- 
 fered much hardship from cold and exposure, also 
 from ague. He was subsequently with Gen. Sherman 
 at Red Clay, Ga., and then, under the same General, 
 went to Atlanta. He fought at Nashville and in 
 the series of battles against the rebel Gen. Hood. 
 
 While at Pumpkin Vine River, Ga., Mr. ShuU 
 suffereil a sunstroke which for a longtime rendered 
 him unfit for active duty. He, however, in due 
 time, was on the field again, and fought at the 
 battle of Columbia, near the Duck River, Tenn., 
 where a shell was thrown by the enemy, killing a 
 man on each side of Mr. Sliuil, and wounding one 
 in front of him. The concussion so affected Mr. 
 Shuil that he fell unconscious and knew nothing 
 until waking up in the hospital at Nashville, sixty 
 miles from the spot where lie fell. 
 
 Mr. Shull, however, soon returned to active duty 
 again, in time to participate in the chase after 
 Hood's army from Nashville. He was then trans- 
 ferred to Stoneman Barracks at Washington, D, C,, 
 
 and next his regiment was ordered to Ft. Fisher, 
 N. C , being the first to enter the city of Wilming- 
 ton. Here Mr. Shull was assigned to provost duty, 
 and in due time rejoined Sherman's army in time 
 to witness the surrender of the rebel Gen. 
 Johnston, near Raleigh. The war now being ended, 
 the regiment was sent to Cleveland, Ohio, where 
 the boys received their honorable discharge. 
 
 When leaving the service, Mr. Shull sought his 
 old haunts in his native county% and resumed his 
 musical studies, remaining there until 1883. Then, 
 resolving upon a change of location, he came to 
 this State and purchased his present farm. He put 
 up his residence that same year, an elegant dwelling 
 not exceeded in point of finish and furnishing by 
 anything in the township. Adjacent are the usual 
 farm buildings, neat and convenient, and agricul- 
 ture is here carried on after the most approved 
 methods, and by the aid of modern machinery. 
 The estate embraces four hundred and ten broad 
 acres, all in one body, half of it being under culti- 
 vation, and one hundred and fifty acres, during the 
 season of 1889, was planted to corn alone. 
 
 Mr. Shull assumed matrimonial ties December 9, 
 1869, being wedded at Dalton, to Miss Martha R. 
 Dodd. Mrs. Shull was born November 21, 1844, 
 in Stark County, Ohio, and is the daughter of John 
 and Hannah (Gunn) Dodd, who were natives of 
 England, and who settled in the Buckeye State over 
 fifty years ago. The father carried on farming suc- 
 cessfully, and died in Stark County in 1850. The 
 mother survived her husband thirty -seven years, 
 remaining a widow, spending the closing years of 
 her life in Ohio, and passing away in 1887. The 
 parental household included six children, three of 
 whom are living. 
 
 Mrs. Shull acquired her education in the common 
 school, and remained under the home roof until her 
 marriage, receiving careful parental training and 
 becoming familiar with all useful household duties. 
 Only two of the three children born to Mr. and 
 Mrs. Shull are living, viz: Clara E. and Sherman 
 H. Mr. Shull, politically, takes a lively interest in 
 the prosperity of the Republican party, and advo- 
 cates the cause of temperance at every opportunity. 
 He was atone time Clerk of the school board in his 
 distrif't, and at present officiates as Director. He 
 
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 also belongs to the Grand Array of the Republic, in 
 which he has held some of the ofHccs. For twenty- 
 eight years he was chorister in the Presbyterian 
 Church and is now an Elder. He has always taken 
 an active interest in the Sunday School, and for 
 over thirty-five years has rarely ever missed at- 
 tendance, laboring actively in the instruction of 
 the young. Mrs. Shull in religious matters, is in 
 full sympathy with her husband, belonging to the 
 same church. It will thus be seen that they occupy 
 no secondary position among the social, moral and 
 religious elements of their community. 
 
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 ^:^EORGE E. ROBINSON. Within the limits 
 ff| g^ of this county no subject can be found bet- 
 ^^sS ter worthy of representation than the gen- 
 tleman above named. His long life has been spent 
 in useful labors, and while he has not occupied a 
 prominent place in the public view he has exhibited, 
 in his own quiet way, the traits of character most 
 worthy of admiration, and such as have a wide in- 
 fluence over all by whom he is surrounded. He is 
 now retired from active pursuits, and with his aged 
 companion, enjoying the fruits of his former indus- 
 try and the comforts which the competence they 
 have secured ensures them. 
 
 The paternal ancestry of our subject were Eng- 
 lish, and in the maternal line he is descended from 
 German stock. A number of his relatives were 
 soldiers in the Revolutionary War, in which strug- 
 gle his grandfather, Thomas Robinson, was a 
 Colonel. Three of his uncles took part in the War 
 of 1812. His father, Thomas Robinson, Jr., was a 
 native of New Hampshire and, with his wife, Bet- 
 sey McDonell, abode in Maine for years. In Som- 
 erset County, of the latter State, our subject was 
 born June 20, 1819. The house in which that 
 event took place was erected one year before, is 
 still standing and is yet a substantial structure. 
 
 Mr. Robinson was reared to man's estate amid 
 the scenes of his boj'hood, became well acquainted 
 with farming and lumbering, and after he was of 
 
 age left the parental home and engaged in the lat- 
 ter occupation. The winters were spent in the 
 woods and the summers in the mills during a period 
 of some thirteen years. In 1852 he went to Cali- 
 fornia, taking ship at New York City, crossing the 
 Isthmus and continuing his journej' by vessel on 
 the Pacific, landing in San Francisco twenty-nine 
 days after leaving New York. He followed gold 
 mining in California about fifteen months, meeting 
 with varied success, and then returning to New 
 York City in the same manner as he had come. 
 
 Several years were spent by our subject in the 
 Pine Tree State whence, in 1856, he journeyed 
 West, and taking up his abode in Bureau County, 
 111., resided there many years engaged in farming 
 and stock-raising, among the beasts of his fields 
 being Short-horn cattle. While there he served 
 two terms as Supervisor of the township in which 
 he lived. In 1881 lie again turned his footsteps 
 toward the setting sun, going to Nebraska and so- 
 journing for a time in Beatrice, thence removing 
 to Junction City, Kan., for a short period of time, 
 thence to St. Joseph, Mo., making the latter place 
 also his home for a short time only. In 1884 he 
 came to Belle Plaine, where he has since made his 
 permanent home. He owns one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land in Harmon Township and his village 
 residence with its plot of five acres. 
 
 The lady who for more than forty years has 
 shared in the joys and sorrows of Mr. Robinson, 
 was born November 28, 1823, and bore the maiden 
 name of Nancy H. Malhon. Her parents were 
 Nathaniel and Polly (Robinson) Malbon, her father 
 a native of Maine and the son of a Frenchman who 
 came to America when about eight years old. The 
 rites of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. and 
 Mrs. Robinson September 24, 1847, and they have 
 been blessed by the birth of four children: George A., 
 the first born, is deceased; Thomas R. lives in Kan- 
 sas City, Mo.; Sade H. is the wife of F. C. Parker. 
 Secretary of the School Board and Inspector of the 
 school buildings at St. Joseph, Mo., and Burton S. 
 is an express agent on the Denver, Memphis & At- 
 lantic Railroad from Nevada, Mo., to Larned, Kan. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write had not the 
 early school advantages offered young men of this 
 day and age, but being possessed of native inteUi- 
 
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 gence and a desire to bo well informed he has, bj' 
 reading and observation, become conversant with 
 general topics and the current events of the day, 
 and his wife, whose early surroundings were simi- 
 lar to his own, is also well informed. In the accu- 
 mulation of his property he has been ably assisted 
 by his devoted companion, who has been his help- 
 mate and counselor in all the chief events of his 
 life from the time of their union. Both are mem- 
 bers of the Presbj'terian Church. Mr. Robinson is 
 a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Re- 
 publican party. 
 
 T RA M. LEWIS is the owner and occupant of 
 I a half-section of land in Ryan Township, of 
 lii which he took possession when there were but 
 three houses in sight from his claim. Although he 
 obtained a good insight into the trade of a carpen- 
 ter when he was a young man, he has made farm- 
 ing his life work, and has shown ability and judg- 
 ment in tilling the soil and in every department of 
 labor connected with a successful fanner's career. 
 His land is improved, intelligently cultivated, and 
 makes an estate which any man might be well 
 pleased to own. 
 
 The Buckeye State claims Mr. Lewis as one of 
 her sons, his birth having taken place in Ilarris- 
 ville, November 7, 1837. He is the first-born in 
 a familj' of twelve children, whose parents, Insley 
 and Amy (Grissell) Lewis, were natives of Ohio. 
 They were married in Columbiana County, and 
 two years afterward removed to Jay County, Ind., 
 where they made their permanent home. The 
 fatlier was a mechanic and the owner of a farm. 
 The devoted husband and wife, and loving parents, 
 "in death were not divided," both contracting ty- 
 phoid fever, which occasioned their decease at the 
 same time, in 1864. 
 
 The subject of this biography grew to manhood 
 in Indiana, and began his liftf work by superintend- 
 ing his father's farm until he was twenty-three 
 years of. age. He had acquired^ a good common- 
 
 school education, to which his native intelligence 
 and his keen observation have added much prac- 
 tical knowledge since he left the schoolroom. In 
 1863 he started for the pineries of Michigan and 
 tarried at a place six miles from Battle Creek, that 
 State. There he was drafted, but not being able 
 to pass the required physical examination, he did 
 not enter the service. In 1872 he removed with 
 his family to Carroll County, Iowa, building the 
 second house in the township in which he located. 
 The Hawkeye State was the home of the family 
 until 1877, at which time they were numbered 
 among the inhabitants of Kansas, the first two 
 years of their sojourn in this State being spent in 
 Sedgwick County. At the expiration of that time 
 a removal was made to the place which is now their 
 home, and where Mr. Lewis is successfully giving 
 his attention to the raising of crops and stock. 
 
 On August 11, 1861, Ira M. Lewis and Sarah J. 
 Spayd were united in marriage at the home of the 
 bride. She is a daughter of Reuben and Mary 
 (Hart) Spayd, and was born in Darke County, 
 Ohio, on Christmas Day, 1840. She acquired a 
 good common-school education, and before her 
 marriage was engaged in school teaching, a work 
 for which her tact, excellent education and pleasant 
 disposition admirably qualified her. Her father, a 
 cabinetmaker by trade, was born in Dauphin 
 County, Pa., October 24, 1814, and died in 1886. 
 Her mother was born in Wayne County, Ohio, 
 August 10, 1824, and her death took place July 12, 
 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Spayd were the parents of 
 ten children, seven of whom now survive. 
 
 To our subject and his worthy wife five chil- 
 dren have been born, two of whom are married 
 and living in homes of their own. Estella J. is the 
 wife of William A. Adams and the mother of three 
 children; she occupies a pleasant dwelling two 
 miles north of the parental home. Annie M., the 
 fourth born, married John Miller, who lives on the 
 northeast quarter of section 11, Ryan Township; 
 thej' have one child; Linley I., Insley M. and 
 John W. remain with their parents. All the chil- 
 dren are well educated, and Estella has been a 
 teacher. 
 
 Mr. Lewis belongs to the Farmer's Alliance, and 
 is now a member of the Committee on Inquiry. He 
 
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 is Treasurer of the School District, has been a 
 member of the Board for several years, and takes 
 a deep interest in the progress of the schools. He 
 is also serving as Road Overseer. The Repub- 
 lican ticket is that which he always votes, and he 
 IS much interested in political movements. While 
 in Indiana, prior to the Civil War, he lived in a 
 settlement through which the underground railroad 
 passed, and became somewhat acquainted with the 
 workings of that road and quite interested in the 
 abolition of slavery. Among his neighbors and 
 fellow-citizens he is spoken of as a reliable citizen 
 and an honorable man. 
 
 In this connection we present a lithographic 
 view of the residence wherein Mr. and Mrs. Lewis 
 are so pleasantly domiciled. 
 
 ^p/ACHARIAH H. PATTON. The subject uf 
 /if this notice came to this county with a eapi- 
 (jL^ tal of forty-five cents, but is now numbered 
 among its most thrifty and successful farmers. He 
 is proprietor of one of the finest estates in Falls 
 Township, embracing three hundred and sixty 
 acres of as valuable land as is to be found on the 
 Chikaskia River. A beautiful twostory residence 
 embellishes the place and is represented by a litho- 
 graphic view on another page; together with its 
 surroundings it presents one of the most attractive 
 pictures in the landscape of this region. The pass- 
 ing traveler invariably turns to take a second look 
 at the homestead which has been built up only by 
 tl>e most unflagging industry and the exercise of 
 good judgment and fine taste. 
 
 A native of what is now West Virginia, Mr. 
 Patton was born in Gilmer County, November 28, 
 1843, and is the son of William and Mary (Smith) 
 Patton, the former of whom was a native of Mary- 
 land and born in 1799. William Patton left liis 
 native State with his parents when a child, the fam- 
 ily removing to Gilmer County, W. Va., where 
 they all spent the remainder of their lives, William 
 dying about 1868. He followed the vocation of a 
 
 farmer and accumulated a good property. Both 
 he and his estimable wife were for many years 
 prominently connected with the Baptist Church. 
 The paternal grandfather, likewise named William, 
 was also a native of Maryland. The mother of 
 our subject was born in the State of West Virginia, 
 and died in Gilmer County that State, in 1885, 
 after the, deatli of her husband. Her father was 
 John Smith, who traced his ancestry to GermanJ^ 
 To William and Mary Patton there was born a 
 family of eight children, viz : John S., Zachariah 
 H., Hannah E., Mary L., Phebe J., Susan K., Na- 
 than L. and Anna C. Four of these are living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the second child 
 of his parents and spent his bojdiood and youth 
 on the farm in his native county acquiring his edu- 
 cation in the common school. After the outbreak 
 of the Civil War, he, in 1862, joined the Confed- 
 erate Army as a private in Company B, Twentieth 
 West Virginia Cavalry and served until in Novem- 
 ber, 1863. Then, being wounded by a ball at Droop 
 Mountain, he was rendered unfit for further ser- 
 vice and receiving his honorable discharge returned 
 home. He sojourned there until 1868, then started 
 for the far West and locating in Kansas City, Mo., 
 worked at anything he could find to do in order to 
 make an honest living. In 1870 he came to Kansas 
 and prosecuted farming in Neosha County until 
 1874. That year he came to this county and pre- 
 empted sixty acres of land on section 28, Falls 
 Township, of which he has since been a resident. 
 He was prospered in his labors and later added two 
 hundred acres to his real estate, this lying on sec- 
 lions 21 and 28. After a few j^ears engaged in till- 
 ing the soil he gradually became interested in live 
 stock, from wliich he has realized handsome re- 
 turns. He knows all about the hardships and dif- 
 ficulties of beginning in a new country without 
 capital, and has maintained a warm interest in the 
 material welfare of his adopted home. He belongs 
 to the Farmers' Alliance, and is a stanch supporter 
 of the Democratic party. 
 
 Mr. Patton was married November 6, 1867, to 
 Miss Phebe P. Spurgeon of Doddridge County, W. 
 Va. This lady was born November 17, 1848, and 
 is the daughter of John and Phebe (Smith) Spur- 
 geon, who were natives of West Virginia and are 
 
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 now living in Kansas. The result of this union 
 was a famil}' of eleven children who were named 
 respectively — William E., Charles, Laura D., Sa- 
 mantha J., Jessie, John, James L., Lenna, Nettie 
 B., Luther and Joseph. 
 
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 ^^ EORGE W. ELLIS. In making note of the 
 public-spirited citizens of Avon Township, 
 the name of Mr. Ellis should occupy a lead- 
 ing position. He is a farmer in good circumstances, 
 owning and operati;ig a fine body of land, one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres in extent, and located on 
 section 29. He has erected good buildings, and 
 provided himself with modern farm machiner}', 
 together with all the other appliances necessary for 
 the successful prosecution of agriculture. He is 
 one of the older settlers of this county, having 
 pitched his tent here in 1870. 
 
 Mr. Ellis was born in Adams County, Ohio, No- 
 vember 7, 1835, and was there reared to manhood 
 on his father's farm, learning the arts of ))lowing, 
 sowing and reaping, and acquiring his education in 
 the district school. His life passed in a compar- 
 tiveiy uneventful manner until the outbreak of the 
 Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union army, 
 November 15, 1862, becoming a member of Com- 
 pany G, .Seventieth Ohio Infantry. He served for 
 three years, or until nearly the close of the war, 
 experiencing all the vicissitudes of a soldier's life, 
 but escaped comparatively unharmed, receiving his 
 honorable discharge, and afterward returned to his 
 native county, sojourning there until setting out 
 for the West. 
 
 Upon coming to Kausas Mr. Ellis pre-empted 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 29, 
 Avon Township, where he made his home until 
 1873. He then returned to his native State, and 
 for twelve years thereafter engaged in farming in 
 Adams County. Finally, in 1885, he returned to 
 Kansas, taking up his residence once more in Avon 
 Township, and again became owner of a quarter 
 section of land, in the cultivation and improve- 
 ment of which he has since been engaged, 
 
 Mr. Ellis was married, in Mason County, Ky., 
 October 7, 1878, to Miss Josephine Burgle. Mrs. 
 Ellis was born twenty miles from Paris, in France, 
 and was brought to America by her parents, in 
 1852, when a child of three years. The family set- 
 tled in Ohio, where she was reared to womanhood. 
 Of her union with our subject there have been born 
 two children — Landis and Andrew. Mr. Ellis, po- 
 litically, is a decided Republican, while he and his 
 estimable wife are prominently connected with the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, attending services at 
 Wellington. 
 
 The regiment with which Mr. Ellis was connected 
 was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee, and he 
 participated in the battles of Shilob,and the sieges 
 of Corinth and Meksburg; he was also engaged in 
 the Mississippi campaign, and was with the troops 
 of Gen. Hazen at the storming of Ft. McAllister, 
 in 1804. He met the enemy at Mission Ridge, and 
 marched with Sherman to the sea. He also par- 
 ticipated all through the Atlanta campaign, and 
 never once turned his back to the enemy, was never 
 wounded or taken prisoner. He was mustered out 
 at Savannah, Ga., receiving an honorable discharge 
 in January, 1865. 
 
 /p^ EORGE W. DURHAM. Second only to the 
 (|[ (=, influence of the home, is that exerted by 
 ^^^ the school, and the character and example 
 of the teacher are even more potent than his pre- 
 cepts and mental instruction in molding the lives 
 of the young, ancl preparing them for their future 
 as citizens of this great republic. The position of a 
 teacher is, therefore, one of great responsibility, 
 and those who have charge of educational affairs 
 should allow it to be filled only by persons pos- 
 sessed of upright characters and correct lives, as 
 well as the tact which from a store of information 
 can instill instruction into the receptive minds. It 
 is a pleasure to all who are interested in the true 
 growth and advancement of our country to find 
 this principle carried out in the selection of in- 
 
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 structors, and to feel assured th.it not only the 
 mental but moral training of the youth is under- 
 taken by competent teachers. 
 
 The subject of this biography is a young man of 
 high mental attainments, cultured manners and fine 
 moral character, and Sumner County is fortunate 
 in having for several years enjoyed his services as 
 an instructor. He was born in Warren County, 
 Ky., July 5, 1861, and was reared and educated 
 iinder favorable auspices, completing his studies at 
 Smith Grove College, in his native county. He 
 became a resident of this county in 1884, and has 
 since been numbered among Kansas teachers, gain- 
 ing a reputation and a popularitj highly creditable. 
 
 At the home of the bride, on September 12, 
 1889, Mr. Durham was united in marriage with 
 Miss Linnie K. Frable, a young lady who was well- 
 fitted to become liis companion, being cultured and 
 refined, and like her husband, a worthy member of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. Durham 
 was born in Pennsylvania, October 25, 1869, and 
 is a daughter of Solomon and Mary (Scball) Fra- 
 ble. who were also natives of the Keystone State 
 The familj' moved to Sumner County in 1878, and 
 Mr. Frable is now engaged in farming here. Mr. 
 Durham is a Democrat in his political views, and 
 never fails to support with his vote the principles 
 in which he believes. 
 
 The Rev. Willis W. Durham, the father of oui' 
 subject, was born in Barren County, Ky., fifty-four 
 years ago. He is a Baptist minisf-ar, and is now 
 employed by the Philadelphia Bible Association, 
 as a traveling missionary in Southwestern Kansas, 
 having taken up his residence in this county in 
 1884. He married Miss Susan J. Renfro, who was 
 born in the same county in which he first saw the 
 light, and who is now flfty-flve years old. She is 
 a daughter of Jesse J. and Pollic (Mitchell) Ren- 
 fro, who were natives of the Old Dominion. At 
 the age of twenty- one years Mr. Renfro went to 
 Kentucky, and took charge of a plantation which 
 he carried on for five years. He then purchased a 
 farm, where, after having lived thereon sixty-eight 
 years, he died at the advanced age of ninety-six. 
 He had served as a soldier in the Mexican War. In 
 politics he was a Democrat. Mrs. Renfro died 
 when about seventy years of age. The parents of 
 
 our subject reared six children, all still living, and 
 named respectively: Alice E., George W., Dora 
 W., Nathael T., Jesse J. and Amanda A. 
 
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 UGH PAISLEY. The family of which this 
 |l( If) gentleman is a lineal descendant, is an old 
 and honored one in Scotland, and to this 
 fact the city of Paisley owes its name, and 
 is a standing monument. His maternal ancestry 
 were Irish, and the family of his mother is also a 
 w(>ll-known one. Our subject is a man of honor, 
 intelligence and genialit}-, and is accorded his just 
 measure of respect by his fellowmen. 
 
 Mr. Paisley is the ninth of twelve children born 
 to Robert and Mary (MeCullough) Paisley, and his 
 natal day was September 14, 1846. His parents 
 were natives of Pennsylvania, were married in 
 Ohio, and resided in the latter State until the death 
 of the mother in 1863. Eight members of the pa- 
 rental family are now living. The father departed 
 this life in 1882. He was a son of Hugh Paisley, 
 who was an American soldier during the War of 
 1812. 
 
 During his youth our subject was afflicted with 
 phthisic, but he was able to obtain an excellent 
 common school education, and remaining with his 
 father until twenty-five j-ears of age, worked for 
 twelve years in his grist and saw mill. In 1870, he 
 came to Kansas, located in Sedgwick County, where 
 he sojourned two years, after which he spent an 
 equal length of time in Iowa. Returning to Sedg- 
 wick County, he was a resident therein for six 
 years, and then, in 1880, came to Sumner County, 
 and settled on a farm in Ryan Township, which he 
 has since made his home. His farm comprises one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land, all improved, and 
 changed from the raw and primitive condition in 
 which he took possession of it, to that of a well- 
 cultivated and well-improved acreage. Mr. Pais- 
 ley devotes his attention to general farming and 
 stock-raising, and is winning a competence in his 
 chosen field of labor. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Hugh Paisley and MissMa^ 
 
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 tildaNeighburg, was celebrated in December, 187-1, 
 in Burlington, Iowa. Mrs. Paislej' was born in 
 Calraerlain, Sweden, April 13, 1817, to Adolf and 
 Christina Neighburg, who were prominent people 
 in their section of Scandinavia. The mother died 
 in 1884, and the father in 1889. Their family com- 
 prised nine children, of whom three are now living. 
 Mrs. Paisley is the second child, and came to Amer- 
 ica in 1872. She has borne her husband six chil- 
 dren, of whom Adolphus A., Benjamin O., Merton 
 H., Matilda, and Shaenie are now living. She has 
 been a member of the Lutheran Church, and has 
 many womanly and domestic virtues. Mr. Paisley 
 belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. He has been 
 Road Overseer, and is now Constable of Ryan 
 Township. 
 
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 ylLLIAM T.BOATRIGHT, a warm-hearted 
 Southerner, with Northern proclivities, 
 especially in politics, is one for whom na- 
 ture has done much, and who has made the most of 
 his opportunities, at times under adverse circum- 
 stances. He may be properly classed as among the 
 most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of 
 Creek Township, a man who keeps his eyes open to 
 what is going on around him, and never intends to 
 be left at the rear, where there is any worth}' pro- 
 ject in view, or an}- commendable enterprise to be 
 encouraged. His native place was Graves County, 
 Ky., and the date of his birth January .5, 1847. He 
 was the tenth in a familj' of eleven children, the 
 offspring of William V. and Sally W. (Gates) Boat- 
 right, who were natives of Virginia. 
 
 The father of our subject operated as a farmer 
 and miller combined, and as earl}' as 1821 left the 
 Old Dominion, settling among the pioneers of 
 Graves County, Ky., where he was married. In 
 1851, leaving Kentucky, he emigrated with his fam- 
 ily, across the Mississippi into Platte County, Mo. 
 They only lived there, however, about eighteen 
 months, removing then to Gentry County, Mo. 
 Mr. Boalrigiit departed hence in 1867; his wife, 
 Sally, survived him for a period of eighteen years, 
 
 remaining a widow, and died in Gentry County, 
 jNlo., in 1885. Eight of their children are still liv- 
 ing. 
 
 William T. in the meantime, acquired such edu- 
 cation as he could obtain in the common school, 
 and worked with his father on the farm until after 
 the outbreak of the Civil War. Then, a youth of 
 seventeen years, be enlisted in Company D, Forty- 
 third Missouri Infantry, which operated mostly in 
 that Slate. During the Price raid, young Boat- 
 right was captured, October 15, 1864, at Glasgow, 
 Mo., but was soon paroled and sent to Benton Bar- 
 racks, near St. Louis. Later he returned to St. 
 Joseph, and subsequently assisted in chasing bush- 
 whackers, being in several skirmishes, and thus oc- 
 cupying his time until after the close of the war. 
 He was mustered out June 30, 1865, and returning 
 to the farm, remained with his father until his mar- 
 riage. 
 
 The above-mentioned interesting event in the 
 lite of our subject occurred January 3, 1869, the 
 bride being Miss Sarah E., daughter of Jackson and 
 Mary (Compton) Burger, all natives of Kentucky. 
 The Burger family emigrated to Missouri about 
 1855, settling in Platte Count}-. In 1878 they 
 came to Southern Kansas, and are still residents of 
 this county. Their family consisted of eleven 
 children. Mrs. Boatright was the eldest, and was 
 born February 27, 1851, in Russell County, Ky. 
 (Jf her union with our subject there have been born 
 eight children, seven of whom are living, viz: Levi 
 J., Laura A., James F., Orilla J., Jesse O., Charles 
 W. and Viola M. 
 
 Mr. Boatright has always taken a warm interest 
 in politics, and uniformly votes the straight Re- 
 publican ticket. He is serving his second term as 
 a director in school district No. 140, and for four 
 years in Missouri served in a similar cai)acity. Ho 
 is a member in good standing of the John Goldy 
 Post, No. 90, G. A. R., of Milan, occupying the 
 office of Junior Vice, and has also served as Ser- 
 geant Major. He began life for himself with a 
 capital of $375, this comprising his portion of his 
 father's estate. He came to Kansas in 1884, arriv- 
 ing in Creek Township, March 11, and that day he 
 purchased his present farm, which was then but a 
 tract of unimproved land. He now has ninety 
 
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 acres under the plow, with an orchard of sixty-five 
 apple trees, and one hundred and fifty peach trees, 
 besides pears and cherry trees. He has enclosed 
 and divided his fields with substantial fencing;, and 
 in 1887, put up his present residence at a cost of 
 over $600 besides his own labor. It is fair to sup- 
 pose that in the course of a few years he will be 
 able to retire upon a competence. 
 
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 , HARLES G. EPPERSON, traveling corres- 
 pondent of Kansas City Daily Journal^ is a 
 Ji^ff'' resident of Wellington, having an attractive 
 home at No. 709, N. A. Street. He is the pos- 
 sessor of a bright intellect, being a forcible and 
 vigorous writer, and has made himself an enviable 
 reputation in the newspaper world. He was born 
 in Lebanon, Boone County, Ind., February 17, 
 1840, and is the son of Charles and Martha (Wool- 
 cry) Epperson, who are natives respectively of 
 Virginia and Kentucky. 
 
 The Epperson family is of English extraction, 
 and the first representatives here settled in Virginia 
 prior to the Revolutionary War. Several members 
 of it served in this great struggle, and the paternal 
 great-grandfather of our subject, David Epperson, 
 had a number of sons in the war; one, Thompson, 
 was "* Major. Charles Epperson, later, removed 
 from Virginia to Kentucky, about 1810, sojourning 
 there until probably 1839. We next find him in 
 Montgomery County, Ind., where he lived until 
 1842. That year he pushed on further westward 
 into Illinois, settling at Rio, in the northern part 
 of Knox County. He spent his last days in Ox- 
 ford, Henry County, dying about 1849. His wife 
 survived him only three months. They had lived 
 together harmoniouslj' for the long period of 
 over fifty years. Thej' reared a family of seven 
 sons and four daughters, among them being Charles, 
 the father of our subject, who was born in Vir- 
 ginia, August 14, 1802. 
 
 The father of our subject removed with his par- 
 ents to Kentucky in his youth and there made the 
 acquaintance of Miss Martha Woolery, to whom he 
 
 was married in Richmond, Madison County, and 
 they lived in the Blue Grass State until about 
 1827. Thence they emigrated to Putnam County, 
 Ind., and from there removed to Boone County, 
 that State, about 1838. We next find them on the 
 other side of the Mississippi, in Benton County, 
 Iowa, taking up their abode at Marysville in Oc- 
 tober, 1847. This was during the early settlement 
 of that region, and Charles Epperson improved a 
 large farm from the wilderness. He became well- 
 to-do, but in 1863 sold out and improved another 
 farm in Harrison Townsliip. He departed this life 
 October 14, 1864. He was first a Whig and then 
 a Republican, and a man warmly interested in the 
 success of his party. For many years he was a 
 member of the Christian Church. He was widel}- 
 and favorably known, and stood high in his com- 
 munity, his word being considered as good as 
 his bond. He left a valuable estate. The mother 
 of Mr. Epperson is still living, making hor home 
 with her son, John, in Avon Township, this county, 
 and has arrived at the advanced age of eighty- two 
 years. 
 
 To the parents of our subject there was boru a 
 family of thirteen children, nine of whom are still 
 living. Joim S., one of the Commissioners of this 
 county, is a farmer by occupation, and makes his 
 home in Avon Township; Hiram T. is farming 
 near Vinton, Iowa; Mary, Mrs. Steffy resides in 
 Boone, Iowa; Martha J. married J. P. Wood, and 
 lives in Pulaski, Ind.; Minerva A. is the wife of 
 E.G. Stowe, of McPherson County, this State; 
 Charles G., our subject, was the next in order of 
 birth; William AV. is a commercial salesman, and 
 makes his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Kittie E. 
 is the wife of P. D. Stout, of Jacksonville, Til.; Al- 
 bert G., a speculator, resides in Boone, Iowa. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was a lad of seven 
 years when the family settled in Iowa, and he re- 
 sided there until a man of twenty-five. He first 
 attended school in Boone County, Ind., havino- for 
 his teacher William Carey, he being then a little 
 lad of five years. His teacher was little more than 
 a boy. After an absence of forty-two years, Mr. 
 Epperson visited his old home and found his former 
 preceptor owner of the old Epperson homestead 
 and worth 1100,000. Pupil and teacher enjoyed a 
 
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 very pleasant visit. At Marysville young Epper- 
 son completed liis education, and afterward as- 
 sisted his father in carrying on the farm until his 
 marriage. 
 
 In 1862 Mr. Epperson offered his services to 
 the Government to aid in putting down the Re- 
 bellion, and was accepted and made a member of 
 Company A, Twenty-eighth Iowa Infantry, and 
 was assigned to the Army of the Mississippi. Moon 
 after entering camp he was taken to the hospital 
 sick, where he remained a short time, and was dis- 
 charged. 
 
 In October, 1864, Mr. Epperson was wedded to 
 Mrs. Mary C. (Van Cleef) Martin, whose husband 
 had yielded up his life on the battlefield of Shiloh 
 during the Civil War. Mrs. Epperson was a daugh- 
 ter of Richard N. and Susan Van Cleef, who were 
 natives of Indiana. The father is now living in 
 Guthrie, Iowa; the wife died in 1882. The young 
 couple spent their first j-ear upon the homestead, 
 then removed to Cedar Rapids, and Mr. Epperson 
 embarked in the lumber business as manager of the 
 firm of J. S. Alexander & Co. On the 27th of 
 March, 1867, he met with a severe affliction in the 
 death of his wife, who passed away, leaving one 
 son, Judson Elmore, who was born June 1(), 1866, 
 and who was a babe of nine months at the time of 
 his mother's death. He is still living and makes 
 his home with his father, being likewise a news- 
 paper man. 
 
 After the death of his wife Mr. Epperson con- 
 tinued in business in Cedar Rapids until 1869, and 
 then removed to St. Joseph, Mo. There he asso- 
 ciated himself in partnership with J. B. Johnson, 
 and egaged in the marble business. He began his 
 newspaper career in February, 1873, as correspond- 
 ent for the Daily Herald, of St. Joseph, and in 
 May of that j'ear accepted a position with the 
 Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, which 
 necessitated his removal to Louisville, Ky. In 
 January, 1874, he was transferred to the office at 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 For a number of years Mr. Epperson had given 
 his attention to the study of medicine, and while 
 in St. Joseph took a course of lectures in the Ec- 
 lectic Medical College, of St. Louis. In the fall of 
 1874 he repaired to Evansville, Ind., where lie 
 
 commenced practice, and later, in order to receive 
 further instruction in the profession, returned to 
 St. Joseph, and while pursuing his studies in this 
 direction, accepted a position on the Herald in 
 order to earn money to meet his necessities. He 
 found that the newspaper business was more con - 
 genial to his tastes than the medical profession, 
 and, accordingly, abandoned the latter, giving to 
 the former his entire attention. 
 
 Mr. Epperson continued his connection with the 
 Herald until 1882, in the meantime traveling 
 tlirough New Mexico, accompanied by his wife 
 and baby, Oscar, in 1880-81, and employing his 
 facile pen in writing up something of the early 
 history of the country as compared with its con- 
 dition of to daj', and treating of its antiquities. He 
 was accompanied on part of this trip by Capt. 
 Jack Crawford, the scout — a man who had a large 
 experience among the wild western regions. In 
 1882 Mr. Epperson resigned his position on the 
 Herald, and coming to this county, began the im- 
 provement of a farm which he had previously pur- 
 ( based. In the meantime, in 1876, while on a visit 
 to his brother in this county, he made the acquaint- 
 ance of Mrs. Alice J. (Eggleston) Chamberlain, 
 which resulted in a mutual attachment, and on the 
 28th of April, 1878, they were united in marriage 
 at the home of the bride's parents, in Belle Plaine, 
 Sumner County, Judge Elijah Evans officiating. 
 
 Mrs. Epperson was born in Springfield, 111., No- 
 vember 25, 1856, and is the only child of Henry 
 N. and Elizabeth (Artman) Eggleston, who are 
 row residents of Wellington. The family came to 
 this county in 1872, and Miss Alice officiated as 
 one of the first teachers within its limits, a profes- 
 sion which she followed for seven years, beginning 
 at the age of fifteen years. She was first married 
 in August, 1874, to William R. Chamberlain, who 
 died January 5, 1875. Mrs. Epperson attended 
 the funeral services of President Lincoln at Spring- 
 field, 111., and frequently saw the martyred Presi- 
 dent during his lifetime. 
 
 Residing on his farm from January 1, 1883, until 
 January 1,1884, Mr. Epperson then bought an inter- 
 est ill the WelUngioman, a weekly paper, the official 
 organ of this county, and then moved to Wellington. 
 He associated himself in partnership with the Rev. 
 
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 Samuel L. Hamilton, a Presbyterian clergyman of 
 Wichita, and J. C. 0. Morse, the Sheriff of this 
 county, but in October following- Mr. Epperson 
 retired ffom the firm and again became the travel- 
 ing correspondent of the St. Joseph Herald. In 
 January, 1886, he again resigned this position to 
 accept a similar one with the Kansas City Daily 
 Journal, which he still holds. 
 
 Republican in politics, Mr. Epperson is a stanch 
 supporter of the principles of his party through 
 the columns of his paper, and is prominent in its 
 councils. While a resident of Sumner County he was 
 a member of the Central Committee representing 
 Palestine Township, where he and his wife own two 
 farms, the best in the State. Mr. and Mrs. Epper- 
 son ore members of the Christian Church, and Mr. 
 Epperson belongs to the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen. Of the present marriage there have 
 been born two children — Oscar Eggleston, July 7, 
 1880, and Charles Henry, October 17, 1883. In 
 1884 Mr. Epperson was a delegate from Sumner 
 County to the State Republican Convention at 
 Topeka, which was called to select delegates to 
 the National Convention, which nominated James 
 G. Blaine for President. In 1879 he accompanied 
 the Hayes Presidential party on their trip through 
 Kansas and to Springfield, 111. The Eppersons 
 have a very pleasant home in Wellington, and 
 move in its highest social circles. 
 
 I LBERT RICE is one of the early settlers 
 of Oxford Township, and is the owner and 
 occupant of a productive farm comprising 
 two hundred and forty acres on section 22. 
 This land was purchased b^' Mr. Rice in 1875 and 
 was entirely raw and unbroken, and its present 
 owner has made all the improvements upon it, 
 which include a fine house, barn, wind-mill and 
 such other buildings as are usually erected by a 
 man of enterprise and industry, together with 
 adequate fences and fruit and shade trees. The 
 estate is devoted to the purposes of stock-raising 
 
 and farming, in both of which the owner is proving 
 very successful. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Sanauel Rice, who, being left an orphan, went on 
 board a man-of-war, where he served until years 
 of maturity. He then left the navy and married, 
 and with his family soon removed to Ohio, from 
 the eastern part of our country. His son Alfred 
 was but a boy when the removal took place, and 
 after reaching man's estate, he married Miss Eliza- 
 beth Furman, daughter of John Furman, of New 
 York State, wiio, with his family, had removed to 
 Ohio at an early day. Alfred Rice and his wife 
 remained in Ohio until 1841, when they removed to 
 Noble County, Ind., and there continued to reside 
 until death. Mr. Rice cleared up a farm and made 
 a home upon it, also working at the carpenter's 
 trade in Kendallville. He reared a family of ten 
 children, of whom our subject is one. The father 
 died in 1848, and the mother lived to be eighty 
 years of age, dying about the year 1886. Of the 
 members of the parental family who lived to ma- 
 ture years, we note the following: Samuel married 
 Miss Elizabeth Godwin, and now lives in Oklahoma; 
 Amos is now deceased, leaving one child — Harriet; 
 Elizabeth was the wife of Jerome Trowbridge, and 
 died in Michigan; Isaac married Miss Edna Godwin 
 and lives in Western Kansas; Alvin married Miss 
 Maria Herrick and lives in ValVerde; Alphonso 
 married Miss Sophronia Montague and lives in this 
 township; William married Miss Emeline Miller, 
 and they also live in this township. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this notice 
 was born February 6, 1844, in Noble County, Ind., 
 and grew to maturity at Kendallville, first leaving 
 his home to engage in the service of his country 
 during the Civil War. Fired with the enthusiasm 
 which swept like wild fire over the Hoosier State, 
 when hostilities were declared, he enlisted in 1862, 
 as a member of Company G, Forty-fourth Indiana 
 Infantry, and was first sent to the Western army, 
 but after a time was discharged on account of ill- 
 ness. When able to travel, he went to Iowa, and 
 after regaining his health, again entered the service, 
 his second enrollment being in Company I, Fourth 
 Iowa Cavalry. He wps sent to Tennessee, Missis- 
 sippi and Georgia, the command being engaged in 
 
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 scouting and skirmishing mostly, and seeing much 
 hard service. Mr. Rice was wounded in tlie left 
 leg at Ripley, Miss., and after recruiting from this 
 injury, continued his gallant work until the close 
 of the war. 
 
 Receiving an honorable discharge, and returning 
 once more to civil life. Mr. Rice made his home in 
 his native State for several years, and then resided 
 in Eaton County, Mich., three years, after which, in 
 1874, he came to this county, and the following 
 year bought the farm upon which he is now living. 
 Since that time he has been a continuous resident 
 here, and has earned a high reputation among the 
 citizens for intelligence, integrity and ability. He 
 is a member of the Masonic order, and is now fill- 
 ing the office of Treasurer of School District No. 
 33. He has no desire for political preferment, but 
 never fails to cast his vote in the interest of good 
 government, his judgment leading him to take his 
 place in the ranks of the Republican j)art}'. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Rice took place in the 
 Hoosier State, June 12, 1871, his bride being ]Miss 
 Olive A. Thew, whose parental history will be found 
 in a sketch of Joseph Thew, on another page in this 
 work. This worthy and highly respected lady has 
 borne her husband one son — Frank J., who is now 
 seventeen years old, his birth having taken place 
 May 13, 1872. 
 
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 (SI ftlLLIAM H. ALDRICH. This gentleman 
 \/\JK o^"S ^^^^ occupies one of the finest homes 
 V^ in Sumner County. It embraces a highly- 
 cultivated and valuable farm, embellished with an 
 elegant residence and the outbuildings required for 
 the shelter of stock and the storage of grain. Tlie 
 farm operations are conducted by the aid of im- 
 proved, modern machinery, and in all its operations 
 indicates the intelligence and enterprise of the pro- 
 prietor. Mr. Aldrich is the owner of two hundred 
 and sixty acres of land, and has dealt largely in 
 real estate since coming to Kansas, buying and sell- 
 ino- farm lands extensively. He came to this countj' 
 in 1877, pre-empting first one liundred and sixty 
 
 acres on section 29, Falls Township, of which he 
 has since been a resident. He started in life at the 
 foot of the ladder and has made every dollar of 
 his property by hard work and honest dealing. He 
 has found live stock very profitable, and accord- 
 ingly has given to this industry a large share of his 
 attention. 
 
 Kalamazoo County, Mich., was the early tramp- 
 ing ground of our subject, and where his birth took 
 place November 17, 1842. He is the offspring of 
 an excellent family, being the son of Amos N. and 
 Margaret (Heath) Aldrich, the former of whom 
 was a native of Clyde, Wayne County, N. Y. 
 Amos Aldrich when quite young removed with his 
 parents to Jackson County, but later obtained 
 work in Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he 
 spent the remainder of his life. He learned the 
 trade of a stone cutter in early manhood, but only 
 followed it a comparatively short time, being more 
 inclined to farming pursuits. He was a man looked 
 up to and respected in his community, being for 
 many years prior to his death a Class-Leader in the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and was otherwise in- 
 strumental in furthering the interests of religion 
 and morality. The paternal grandfather of our 
 subject was Edward Aldrich, a native of New 
 York State, and a farmer by occupation. He spent 
 his last years in Kalamazoo County, Mich. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret (Heath) Aldrich, the mother of 
 our subject, was born in Niagara County, N. Y., 
 and removed with her parents in her youth to Kal- 
 amazoo County, Mich., where she made the ac- 
 quaintance of her future husband. Their union 
 was blest by the birth of nine children, all of whom 
 are living, and who were named, respectively: 
 William H., our subject; Nelson E., Joseph H., 
 Margaret A., Arccna E., Martha D., Herbert S., 
 Frank B. and John. 
 
 William H. remained a resident of his native 
 county until a man of twentj'-five years, acquiring 
 such education as the district schools afforded, and 
 becoming familiar with the various pursuits of farm 
 life. He left Michigan in 1867, removing to Taylor 
 County, Iowa, where he sojourned for a period of 
 ten years. Then, in 1877, he cast his lot with the 
 people of this county. While a resident of Iowa, 
 he served as a Justice of the Peace, and since com- 
 
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 ing to Kansas has for one term been a Trustee of 
 Falls Township. Both he and his estimable wife 
 are active members of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Falls Center. Politically, Mr. Aldrich 
 is independent, but favors prohibition. 
 
 While a resident of Taylor County, Iowa, Mr. 
 Alih'ich was married, September 17, 1868, to Miss 
 Annie M. Warriner. This lady was born in Cal- 
 houn County, Mich., June 13, 1844, and is the 
 daughter of Lemuel C. and Jane (Beedle) War- 
 riner, who were natives of New York, and are now 
 deceased. Four children have been born of this 
 union, viz: Cassel, Lenna, Maggie and Nelson. 
 Mrs. Aldrich owns a quarter-section of valuable 
 land in Caldwell Township, from which she derives 
 a good income. 
 
 Elsewhere in this volume will be found a litho- 
 graphic view of the residence of our subject. 
 
 ^RANK KUBIK. Kansas is the home of 
 .j-^xsi m'^ny foreign born citizens, whose indus- 
 ^ try, thrift and energy have been effective in 
 developing the natural resources of the Sunflower 
 State, and in advancing ever^'good work within its 
 borders. The department of farm labor has been 
 fortunate in including so large a number of indi- 
 viduals who represent the best elements of their 
 various nationalities, and who demonstrate by their 
 lives that " man is the architect of his own for- 
 tune." The subject of this biography has proved 
 himself to be a successful farmer and stock-raiser, 
 and has built up a fine estate from a small capital. 
 While doing so he has maintained a large family 
 in comfort, and nobly assisted by his wife, has 
 reared them to an honorable manhood and woman- 
 hood, which fact is the brightest star in his crown 
 of rejoicing. 
 
 In the Kingdom of Bohemia, the gentleman of 
 whom we write was born April 9, 1831. His p.ar- 
 ents, Joseph and Mary Kubik, had a family of six 
 children, bearing the names of Joseph, John, Ann, 
 Frank, Mary and Kate. With the exception of 
 the latter, now the wife of Oscar Lender, of Racine, 
 
 Wis., our subject is the only survivor of the pa- 
 rental band. He was reared on a farm in his na- 
 tive country, and, at the age of twentj'-three years, 
 accompanied his parents across the Atlantic, and 
 with them located in Racine, Wis., where the father 
 and mother subsequently died. Joseph Kubik not 
 only followed farming but was also proficient at 
 the trade of a stone cutter. 
 
 The Badger State was the home of our subject 
 until March, 1878, when became to Sumner County, 
 Ran., and bought one hundred and sixty acres of 
 land on section 3, Caldwell Township. He subse- 
 quently pre-empted eighty acres on section 33, of 
 the same township, and has since added by pur- 
 chase to his acreage until he now owns four hun- 
 dred and eighty acres of well-improved land on 
 sections 34 and 3. He is a man of more than or- 
 dinary intelligence, and his citizenship and private 
 character reflect credit upon his nationality and the 
 home of his adoption. In 1864 he joined the 
 Union army as a private in Company B, Twenty- 
 second Wisconsin Infantry, and served until the 
 close of the war. 
 
 In 1855, Mr. Kubik was united in marriage with 
 Miss Mary Jeuesta, a native of Bohemia, but at 
 the time of their marriage, a resident of Wiscon- 
 sin. The union was blessed bj' the birth of one 
 daughter — Anna— born November 3, 1857. The 
 loving wife and mother was stricken by death 
 March 3, 1858. Mr. Kubik contracted a second 
 matrimonial alliance August 22, 185U, being then 
 united with Miss Anna Danek, a lady of Bohemian 
 nativity, whose eyes first opened to the light Au- 
 gust 28, 1836. She is the daughter of Nicholas 
 and Mary (Eelik) Danek, who emigrated to Amer- 
 ica in 1853, settling in Wisconsin. The .father died 
 in that State and the mother in Minnesota. 
 
 Mrs. Anna Kubik has borne her husband twelve 
 children, the date of their births being as follows: 
 Frank, born July IS, 1860; Mary, September 18, 
 1861; Charley, May 27, 1863; Lydia, September 
 9, 1864; Lewis, April 13, 1866; George, August 
 17, 1867; Joseph, Feburary 6, 1869 ; John, No- 
 vember 16, 1870; Jerry, February 14, 1872; Dan- 
 iel, September 7, 1874; Pauline, April 8, 1876; 
 Henry, November 17, 1877. All of this interest- 
 ing grouparest:il living, although four have left the 
 
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 parental roof for homes of their own. Frank, Jr., 
 married Miss Mary Jeck, of Kansas, and after her 
 death was united with Miss Catherine Renik, of 
 Wisconsin, in which State they are now living; 
 Mary married Anthony Ratt, a farmer of Sumner 
 Countj-^; Lydia married Joseph Jenesta, a farmer in 
 Racine County, Wis.; George became the husband 
 of Miss Anna Bobek, of Sumner County, where lie 
 is engaged in farming. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Kubik are members of the Evan- 
 gelical Church in Bohemia. A fine lithographic 
 view of the residence of Mr. Kubik is shown else- 
 where in this volume. 
 
 (||_^^ENRY KNOWLES, of the firm of Knowles 
 'if)^! & Garland, is joint proprietor of one of the 
 /J^^ finest meat-markets in Soutliern Kansas. 
 ((^ It was established in Wellington in 1882, 
 by our subject and his son, V. E., and had not 
 long been operated ere a fine trade had been ac- 
 quired. On account of ill-health the son was 
 obliged to abandon the business, and selling his 
 interest to Mr. Garland, departed to California. 
 Mr. Knowles does the buying for the establishment, 
 having had quite an extended experience in the 
 cattle trade, and being an excellent judge of flesh 
 on foot. 
 
 The father of our subject was Daniel Knowles, 
 son of Moses Knowles, and a native of New York 
 State. He married Miss Sallie Spring, of Massa- 
 chusetts, and his death occurred in February, 
 1823, a month prior to the birth of our subject, 
 who therefore has but little knowledge of pater- 
 nal history. The widow subsequently married a 
 second time, her husband being Abner Goodrich, 
 and after residing in New York State several 
 years longer, went to Worcester, Mass., where she 
 departed this life. 
 
 Henry Knowles was born in Livingston County, 
 N. Y., March 18, 1823, .and w.is reared there, 
 attending school as opportunity offered during 
 bis early years. His step-father kept an hotel on 
 Hemlock Lake, which was known as the '-Half 
 
 Way House," and our subject made himself useful 
 about the hotel, which was his home until twenty 
 years of age, when he started in life for himself. 
 Ho was industrious and willing, and found work 
 at various kinds of employment during the fol- 
 lowing year. He was always inclined to make 
 trades, and when twenty-one he went to Rochester, 
 with a drove of cattle, which he sold, this being 
 his first deal in that stock, and being accomplished 
 in the interests of another man. 
 
 In 1847 Mr. Knowles went by lake to Chicago, 
 and thence by.'.team to McHenry County, III., 
 where he bought a tract of land in what was 
 known as the Burr Oak Openings, and on this wild 
 acreage built a log house with a clay and stick 
 chimney, and took up his pioneer work. Soon 
 after he began dealing in stock, and as there were 
 no railroads through that section cattle had to be 
 driven to maiket. One of his first experiences in 
 business was in driving a herd to Milwaukee, 
 eighty miles distant, making the drive alone and 
 on foot. The Cream City was then a small place, 
 and it and Chicago were about of equal size. 
 When the Chicago & Galena Union Railroad was 
 completed to Marengo, Mr. Knowles shipped the 
 first load of cattle ever sent from that place to 
 Chicago. At that time c.n,ttle were unloaded at the 
 freight depot and driven to the stock-yards at 
 Madison Street, three-fourths of a mile west of the 
 river. 
 
 After sojourning on his farm four years, Mr. 
 Knowles moved into Marengo, and remained there 
 engaged in the cattle and butcher business until 
 1878, when he came to this county and purchased 
 one hundred and sixty acres of wild land seven 
 miles north of town. He built a dwelling and at 
 once began to improve land. He had been in ill- 
 health for some time previms to his removal West, 
 and was poor in purse, but his short-comings in 
 that respect were balanced by a large fund of 
 energy and thrift. After having operated his 
 farm about two years be engaged in the cattle 
 business in a small way, buying stock in the coun- 
 try and selling to the butcher in town. In 1881 
 he removed to this place and devoted his atten- 
 tion to buying and shipping cattle and hogs, and 
 about a year later opened the market whose his- 
 
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 tory has been before noted. He has been very 
 prosperous and has accumulated a very nice prop- 
 erty. He has erected a tasty and comfortable 
 residence in town, and owns one hundred acres of 
 land adjoining the city, and two outlying farms. 
 He rents one of these estates, and supervises the 
 work upon the other, where he feeds cattle for 
 shipping. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Knowlestooic place in 184r), 
 his bride being Miss Sarah Waters, who was born 
 near Johnsonsburg, Wyoming County, N. Y., on 
 the 1st of March, 1826. She remained under the 
 |)arental roof until her marriage, acquiring many 
 household arts, those of spinning and knitting 
 f)eing included among them. Her father, Robert 
 Waters, was born in New England, and was a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1812, after which contest he 
 settled in Wyoming County, N. Y. He was one 
 of the pioneers of that section, and having pur- 
 chased a tract of heavy timber land, cleared a 
 large acreage and resided there until 1836, when 
 he removed to the Territory of Michigan, and 
 again took up pioneer labors as a citizen of Kala- 
 mazoo County. After spending five years on the 
 frontier he returned to Wyoming County, N. Y., 
 and purchased a farm, upon which he resided until 
 his death. The mother of Mrs. Knowles was in 
 her maidenhood Miss Amarila Knight, and was a 
 native of the Empire State. She was a daughter 
 of Simeon Knight, an early settler of Chautauqua 
 Count}', whence he removed to Wyoming County, 
 where he subsequently died. Miss Knight remained 
 with her parents until her marriage to Mr. Wateis, 
 and became conversant with those household 
 duties of carding, spinning and weaving, which 
 are unknown to the present generation, and which 
 she transmitted with good teaching of a more 
 intellectual and moral nature, to her daughter. 
 Her children were clothed in garments made from 
 cloth which she had woven. Her decease took 
 place in Wj'oming County. 
 
 To Mr. Knowles and his worthy wife seven chil- 
 dren have been born — Ellen and Alice are now 
 deceased; Wesley and Frank E. are living in this 
 county; P>a married Miner Youmans, and lives in 
 Mayfield; Charles and Flora are deceased. Both 
 the parents are members in good standing of the 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Knowles has 
 been a Class-Leader for many years. Both are 
 thoroughly respected for their useful and upright 
 lives, in a retrospect of which they And no cause 
 for serious regret. Politically, he is a stanch 
 Republican. 
 
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 land. 
 
 "if AMES B. FOLKS. This gentleman is looked 
 upon by his community as one of the best 
 citizens of Chikaskia Township. In addition 
 to developing a farm from a tract of wild 
 he has reared a fine family of sons and 
 daughters, who are now doing well in their various 
 stations in life afid reflecting credit upon their par- 
 ental training. There is still spared to Mr. Folks 
 his faithful life-partner, and the two are passing 
 their declining years quietly together, enjoying the 
 confidence and esteem of their neighbors, and 
 justly feeling that they have not lived in vain. 
 Mr. Folks is a man who does his own thinking, and 
 still trains with the Republican party, although a 
 radical prohibitionist. He, like many other sensi- 
 ble men, esteems it not wise yet to form a third 
 party, believing that greater good can be accom- 
 plished by remaining in the selid ranks of Repub- 
 licanism. 
 
 Born on the Atlantic coast, in the State of Mary- 
 land, September 19, 1826, Mr. Folks is thus a 
 little past the sixty-fourth year of his age. He 
 only remained a resident of his native State three 
 years, going then with his parents to Ohio. His 
 father, Jonathan Folks, was a native of Delaware, 
 and a farmer by occupation. The mother, who 
 bore the maiden name of Leah Folks, was not a 
 relative of her husband, and was born in Mary- 
 land. To that State Jonathan Folks emitrrated in 
 early manhood, and there the young people were 
 married. They removed to Ohio in 1829, and the 
 father died there eleven years afterward, in 1840, 
 when his son, James B., was a lad of fourteen 
 years. The mother is still living, making her home 
 with her son, Jolin H., in S.an Diego, Cal., and is 
 eighty-four years old. The parental household 
 
272. 
 
 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 included nine children, only two of whom are liv- 
 ing — James B., and bis brother, Capt. John FT. 
 Folks, a resident of San Diego, Cal. 
 
 Mr. Folks acquired a excellent education in 
 Ohio, completing his studies at the South Salem 
 Under College, in Ross County. He began teach- 
 ing at the age of twenty-one, and followed this 
 profession for twelve years thereafter, mostly dur- 
 ing the winter season, while in the summer he made 
 himself useful at whatever he could fine to do. 
 Afler his children were sufficiently advanced in 
 tlieir studios he removed to Ciiampaign, 111., in 
 order that the elder two might enjoy the advant- 
 ages of the State Agricultural College. In tlie 
 meantime Mr. Folks engaged in the pump and 
 windmill business, at which he was occupied five 
 years, leaving it then to his son, Willis. Subse- 
 quently he was engaged in the marble business for 
 two years. In 1877 he came to Kansas, and for 
 one season lived in the vicinitj' of Wellington. 
 Wo next find him at I^t. Reno, where he was con- 
 nected with the sutler's department for sixteen 
 months. Tlien returning to his farm in this county, 
 he engaged in the live-stock business, raising cat- 
 t'.e and swine, in which he has since been largely 
 engaged. He put up his present residence in 
 1882, and has himself effected all the other im 
 provements upon the place. 
 
 One of the mqgt interesting and important 
 events in the life of Mr. Folks was his marriage, 
 P'ebruary 7, 1850, to Miss Eleanor M. Lindsey, at 
 the bride's borne in Ohio. Mrs. Folks was Iiorn 
 December 30, 1830, in Ross County, Ohio, and is a 
 d:uigliter of Robert and Sarah (Robertson) Lind- 
 sey, who were natives 'of Pennsj'lvania and the 
 parents of six children. They spent their last 
 years in Ohio, the father dying in 1856, and the 
 mother in 1858. 
 
 Tlie household circle of Mv. and Mrs. Folks was 
 completed by the birth of .sixcliildren, all of whom 
 are living — Florence J. is the wife of J. T. Sbultz, 
 of San Diego, Cal. ; thej' have no children; Ida L 
 is the wife of J. D. Downey, of Indianola, III., and 
 they have four children; Willis K. married Miss 
 Emma .lessee, and is engaged in the coal and grain 
 trade at Wellington, this State; they have one 
 child; Cl.ira E. is the wife of W. E. Thralls, of 
 
 Reno City, in Oklahoma, and they have one child; 
 Louie M. is the wife of H. Llewellyn Jones, of An- 
 thony, this State, and they have two children; bus- 
 band and wife are engaged as abstractors; Ralph 
 N. is engagedjas^a'printer at Seattle, Wash. 
 
 Since early youth Mr. and Mrs. Folks have been 
 identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 
 which Mr. Folks oflflciates as Steward. Both have 
 been active^Vorkers in the Sunday-school, and 
 Mrs. Folks has held the office of Superintendent. 
 Politically, Mr. Folks affiliates with the Republican 
 party, and is in sentiment a strong prohibitionist, 
 taking an active part in local politics. He has 
 been a member of the School Board for many 
 years, and in Ohio was for a number of years 
 Township Clerk. T He is a Master Mason, and lias 
 held various offices in his lodge. "^ The Folks home- 
 stead embraces two hundred and forty acres of 
 land, while Mr. Folks has one hundred and sixty 
 acres in California. 
 
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 s^, HARLES E. MURLIN, one of the leading 
 ,, business men of Jackson, is likewise re- 
 
 ''^^^ garded as one of the most valued members 
 of his community, being enterprising, liberal and 
 public-spirited, and the encourager of every com- 
 mendable enterprise. His native place was Men- 
 don, Mercer County, Ohio, and the date of his 
 birth March 18, 1858. He comes of substantial 
 stock, being the son of the Rev. Orlando Murlin, 
 who was born in Kentucky, August 10, 1830. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 William Murlin, a native of Genesee County, N. Y., 
 arid born October 28, 1804. The latter was the son 
 of John Murlin, who was born in Northumberland 
 County, Pa., in 1770, and who was married in 1792, 
 to Miss Sadie Danderer. They emigrated to Gen- 
 esee County, N. Y., during its pioneer days, and 
 resided there until 1817, then they removed to 
 Kentucky, where they spent their last days. Their 
 son William was reared in the Blue Grass State, 
 and was married, December 25,' 1824, to Miss Lydia 
 Bigelow. The latter was born December 25, 1809, 
 
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 and was thus made a bride at the age of sixteen 
 years. In 1837 the pair with their little family 
 removed to Ohio, settling among the pioneers of 
 Mercer County, where Grandfather Murlin pur- 
 chased a tract of heavil3' timbered land in Union 
 Township. He first put up a log house, and cleared 
 a farm from the wilderness, burning hundreds of 
 large, line logs, which, were they now in existence, 
 would prove a fortune to any man. There he 
 si)ent his last days, passing away June 10, 1886. 
 When he took up his residence in the Buckeye 
 State not a railroad had crossed its borders, and 
 Pickaway, forty miles distant, was his nearest mar- 
 ket until the completion of a canal. He lived to 
 see the country settled up with an intelligent peo- 
 ple. 
 
 The father of our subject was a lad of seven 
 years when his parents removed to Ohio, where he 
 was reared to man's estate. He was converted to 
 religion in his youth, and at an early age ofHciatcd 
 as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and finally became a circuit preacher. He is still 
 living, making his home in Spencerville, Allen 
 County, and is still laboring in the Master's vine- 
 j'ard. 
 
 Mrs. Esther (Hankinsl Murlin, the mother of our 
 subject, was the daughter of Timothy Hankins, 
 who was born in Pennsylvania, and who settled in 
 Mercer County, Ohio, about 1837. He likewise 
 cleared a farm from the wilderness, being- located 
 on Eight Mile Creek, Union Township. There his 
 death took place in 1887, after he had probably 
 attained his fourscore years. To the parents of our 
 subject there was born a family of nine children, 
 viz. : Timothy W., Martin G.. Matilda J., Charles 
 E., lA'dia, Lemuel H., Sarah E., Frank O. and 
 Unity A. Charles E. attended the district school 
 in his neighborhood, and by giving due attention 
 to his books developed into a pedagogue at the age 
 of twenty years, and was thereafter employed in 
 this profession the greater part of the time for five 
 years, in Allen and Mercer Counties. Afterward 
 he employed himself as clerk in a dry-goods store 
 in Cridersville, between three and four years. In 
 1884 he came to Kansas, landing in Wellington on 
 the loth of May. He secured a position as clerk 
 in a store, but shortly afterward resigned, and going 
 
 to Rome assumed cliarge of the office of the Rock 
 Island Lumber Company, entering upon the dis- 
 charge of his duties January 1, 1885. This posi- 
 tion he has since held with great credit to himself 
 and satisfaction to those in whose interests he is 
 operating. He also deals considerably in grain at 
 times. 
 
 The 25th of December, 1879, was appropriately 
 celebrated by Mr. Murlin by his marriage with 
 ;Miss Arvilla Hall, which took place at the bride's 
 home in West Cairo, Ohio. Mrs. Murlin was born 
 in West Cairo, Allen Count3', Ohio, and is the 
 daughter of Abram Hall, who was born in Hun- 
 tington County, N. J., in 1826. Her paternal grand- 
 father, William Hall, was a native of Sussex County, 
 N. J., and born in 1799. He sojourned there until 
 after his marriage. He then removed to Ohio, in 
 May, 1835, settling in Carroll County, where he 
 lived two years. Later he removed to Tuscarawas 
 County, where he purchased land and prosecuted 
 farming until 1853. Next he changed bis residence 
 to Allen County, purchasing also a farm there, in 
 Bethel Grove District, where he died in 1876. His 
 wife, Christina Smith, was born September 15, 
 1795, in Huntington County, N. J., and died in 
 Allen County, Ohio. The father of Mrs. Murlin 
 was nine years old when he removed with his par- 
 ents to Ohio, where he was reared and married. He 
 dealt in live stock, and finally took up his residence 
 in West Cairo, where he now lives. He served in 
 an Ohio regiment during the Civil AN^ar, from the 
 beginning until its close, and has for some years 
 been an invalid. The maiden name of his wife was 
 Barbara Waltz. She was born in Ohio, and was the 
 daughter of Samuel Waltz. Mr. L. Waltz, a resi- 
 dent of Wadsworth, Ohio, prepared and published 
 some time since a history of the Waltz family in 
 America. Much care was exercised in the prepar- 
 ation of the work, and it is highly valuable. There 
 are several different branches of tlie family in 
 America. 
 
 The first ancestor of Mrs. Murlin in this country 
 was Frederick Reinhart Waltz, a native of Switzer- 
 land, who crossed the Atlantic in 1750, and settled 
 in Pennsylvania. It is stated in the work above 
 spoken of, that it is believed two of his brothers 
 also came over. The line of descent from Freder- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ick Reinhfirt Waltz is as follows: His son John, 
 and next his son, S. P. Waltz; then Samuel Waltz, 
 the grandfather of Mrs. jMurlin. The mother of 
 the latter died in West Cairo, February 4, 1877. 
 To our subject and his estimable wife there have 
 been born four children — -Arthur D., Henry H., 
 Grace and Esther A. The latter, who was next to 
 the youngest, died when two years old. 
 
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 UILLIAM P. McELHINNY. This gentle- 
 man is the owner and occupant of a pleas- 
 ^^^ antly located, improved and valuable farm 
 in Greene Township, comprising two hundred and 
 forty acres on section 36, upon which he located 
 January 19, 1876. He is engaged in farming, and 
 the air of thrift and prosperity which marks his es- 
 tate indicates that he is desirous of maintaining a 
 front rank among the tillers of the soil, and to en- 
 joy the comforts with which he has been blessed. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Robert McEl- 
 hinny and Mary Creaghead,who after their marriage 
 settled in Allegheny County, Pa., wiiere the mother 
 died when their son William was about eight years 
 old. Some three years after her death, the father 
 removed with his family to Meigs County, Ohio, 
 where he died in November, 1886. He was a car- 
 penter, and by his marriage with Miss Creaghead 
 he became the father of three sons and three daugh- 
 ters. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this notice 
 was born in Allegheny County, Pa., April 5, 1843, 
 and during his bo3'hood in that county, attended 
 the common schools, acquiring a good foundation 
 for the knowledge whicii he obtained in later years. 
 He grew to manhood in Meigs County, Ohio, 
 where for several years he was employed as a clerk 
 in the business establishment of his brother in Mid- 
 dleport. Thence he went to Scioto County, where 
 he acted as superintendent of a stone quarry be- 
 longing to H. D. Stewart during a period of four 
 years, after which, for some two years, he was en- 
 gaged in selling fruit trees. He then took up his 
 residence in this county, where his industry and 
 
 prudence are reaping a merited reward, and he is 
 favorably regarded by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 In Clay CounDy, 111., April 25, 1876, our subject 
 was united in marriage with Lucy ChaflSn, a lady 
 of Christian character and many domestic virtues. 
 Mrs. McElhinny was born in Scioto County, Ohio, 
 April 19, 1837. The union has been blessed by 
 the birth of two daughters — Lizzie M., and Sarah 
 E. — whose minds are being developed and culti- 
 vated, and into whose hearts the principles of right 
 living are being instilled, and who promise to attain 
 to useful womanhood. 
 
 In the spring of 1863 Mr. McElhinny enlisted 
 in the Union army and served about six months as 
 a member of Company A, One Hundred and For- 
 tieth Ohio Infantry. In politics he is a Republican, 
 firmly believing that the principles of that party 
 will best insure the future prosperity and welfare 
 of the nation. As a citizen he is reliable and pub- 
 lic spirited, as a neighbor and business man just 
 and honorable, and in domestic life, kindly and 
 considerate. INIrs. McElhinny is a member of the 
 Methodist Church, of which her husband and chil- 
 dren are attendants. 
 
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 ^ I^ILLIAM H. CARNES. This gentleman 
 \\/*v// ^®^ elected County Clerk in November, 
 W^ 1889, and during his term of office will 
 make his home in Wellington. He is already well- 
 known as one of the most energetic young men in 
 the county, where he has not only carried on a farm, 
 but during the winter seasons has been engaged in 
 school teaching for several years, and is held in 
 good repute on account of his intelligence, genial- 
 ityr and uprightneess. He is a native of the Buck- 
 eye State, was born in Union County, November 
 30, 1855, and is one of two children born to his 
 parents, and the only survivor, his brother Joseph 
 having died in infancy. 
 
 The parents of our subject, Cyrus N. and Eliza 
 (Heminger) Carncs, were born in the Buckeye 
 State, and the mother died when our subject wag 
 
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 275 
 
 but a lad. The father is now living in Slaik 
 County', Ind., is a farmer and stock dealer, and is 
 quite wealthy. In 1.S63 he enlisted in the Union 
 army and served until the close of the war. Polit- 
 ically he is a Republican, and is a member of the 
 Methodist p4jiscopal Church. He is of Scotch- 
 Iiish extraction. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was reared 
 principally in Indiana, and educated in that Stale, 
 in which, after completing his course of study, he 
 engaged in teaching. In 1877 he came to Kansas, 
 took up a claim in Creek Township, Sumner County, 
 and after proving up on it returned to the Hoosier 
 State, where he remained until 1882. He then came 
 back to this county, and since that time has been 
 engaged in farming and teaching as before noted. 
 Like bis father, he is a believer in the principles of 
 the Republican party, which he supports with voice 
 and vote. 
 
 The lady who presides with housewifely skill over 
 the home of Mr. Carnes, was born in White Count3', 
 Ind., December 2, 1858, and is the daughter of 
 George W. and Agnes (Thompson) Cornell, who 
 were also natives of the Hoosier State. She became 
 the wife of Mr. Carnes June 18, 1884, and is the 
 mother of two children: Alta, was born June 24, 
 1885, and Everett C, December 22,1887. The 
 parents of Mrs. Carnes became residents of Sum- 
 ner County in 1877. Mr. Cornell is a farmer, and 
 in his political affiliations joins with the Republi- 
 can party. 
 
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 AMES C. 0. MORSE, Sherilf of Sumner 
 County, is one of the j'ounger men who are 
 taking front ranks in business enterprises 
 and in public stations in the West, where 
 energy and "push" are necessary, and win their 
 meed of success. He was born in Cambridge, 
 Henry County, 111., January 15, 1855, and attended 
 school quite steadily in his native State until fifteen 
 years old, when his parents removed to Kansas, 
 and he linished his studies in Wichita. After his 
 father's death in the spring of 1875, he managed 
 the farm on which he had previously aesisted, and 
 
 remained in London Township, Sumner Count3', 
 until the fall of 187i), when he came to this place. 
 
 The following spring Mr. Morse went to Colo- 
 rado, and after spending the summer there, went 
 into New Mexico where he sojourned nearly a year, 
 and then returning to this place he started a job 
 printing establishment and a few weeks later pur- 
 chased a half interest in the WelUngtonian, a weekly 
 newspaper. He retained his interest in the journal 
 and the printing establishment until October, 1884, 
 when he sold out and became an assistant to Sher- 
 iff Henderson. It was not long before he was ap- 
 pointed Deputy Sheriff and he fulfilled the duties 
 of that position until January, 1888, since which 
 time he has served as Constable, and in the fall of 
 1889 was elected Sheriff of the county. 
 
 The Rev. John C. Morse, the father of our sub- 
 ject, was a native of Ashtabula County, Ohio, and 
 a son of Elias Morse, who was born in Massachusetts, 
 and who was a pioneer farmer in the Buckeye State. 
 About the year 1850 the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject removed to Henry County, 111., and purchased 
 a farm one and one half miles from Cambridge, on 
 which he spent his last years. His wife, whose 
 maiden name was Sarah Dailey, also departed this 
 life on the farm there. 
 
 The Rev. John Morse was reared in his native 
 county, and removed to Illinois with his parents, 
 their journey being made by the lakes to Chicago, 
 and thence by team to their new home. During 
 the first few- years of their residence in the Prairie 
 State there were no railroads in that section of the 
 country, and Rock Island was the nearest market 
 until the railroad was completed to Geneseo. When 
 a lad of ten years of age young John was con- 
 verted, and united with the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, and in his early manhood he began minis- 
 terial labors as a local preacher. He bought a 
 farm west of Cambridge, on which his family re- 
 sided until 1870, when he came to this State, mak- 
 ing the removal with teams. Wichita was then 
 but a small village and there was no railroad nearer 
 than Emporia, one hundred miles distant. The 
 Rev. Mr. Morse selected a location three miles 
 north of Wichita, filed a claim on Government 
 land and at once built a frame house, drawing the 
 lumber from Emporia. The country around him 
 
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 was very sparsely settled, large herds of Txeas cat- 
 tle fed there, deer were abundant, and buffalo in 
 large numbers were to be found a few miles west. 
 As emigrants were frequently passing, there was a 
 good home market for produce. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Morse resided on the claim he had 
 taken on first coming to the State, from November, 
 1870, until December, 1873, when he sold and pur- 
 chased a tract of land in what is now London 
 Township, this county. The farm was situated on 
 both sides of the Ninneseah River, a number of 
 acres had been broken, and there were a log house 
 and stable on the north side of the river. Taking 
 possession of this farm, its new owner superintended 
 the work thereon and also continued bis labors in 
 spreading the Gospel until the time of his death, 
 which occurred at Cambridge, 111., (where he had 
 been summoned on account of his father's sick- 
 nois,) May 31, 1875. His widow is now a resident 
 of this city. She was born in Coshocton County, 
 Ohio, and bore the maiden name of Rebecca Jane 
 Westlake. To her and her husband four children 
 were born. 
 
 At the home of the bride, in London Township, 
 in 1876, Mr. James Morse was united in marriage 
 with Miss Rachel E. Chenoweth, who was born in 
 Fayette County, Ohio. Her parents, Lewis F. and 
 Martha (Morgan) Chenoweth, were natives of 
 Madison and Franklin Counties, Ohio, and came 
 to Kansas in 1871, first settling in Doniphan County 
 and in 1873 removed to this count}-, the father 
 buying a tract of land in London Township, which 
 he improved and on which they still live. To Mr. 
 Morse and his estimable wife two children have 
 been born — Emma K. and Lucretia L. Mrs. Morse 
 belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has 
 many warm friends in the community, where her 
 husband also is highly regarded. 
 
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 ^^EORGE MORTON. This gentleman is one 
 
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 ^^^Sl ford Township, and one of the largest land 
 owners, and he also ranks among the early settler.?, 
 
 as he came here in 1873. His home is situated on 
 section 20, and bears marked improvements, in- 
 cluding a fine orchard, neatly kept hedge, and a 
 dwelling which is one of the finest farm houses in 
 the vicinity. It is .a two-story structure, 16x28 
 feet and 14x16 feet, and is well built and of a pleas- 
 ing architectural design. The entire landed estate 
 of Mr. Morton comprises seven hundred and twenty 
 acres, and the most of his property has been ac- 
 cumulated by his own energy and able management 
 since coming here. 
 
 The birth of Mr. Morton took place near Glas- 
 gow, Scotland, February 7, 1844, and he lived upon ' 
 a farm in that country until 1866, obtaining a good 
 education and a practical knowledge of agricul- 
 tural pursuits. At the date mentioned he accom- 
 panied a Scottish colony to New Zealand, where he 
 lived until about the close of the year 1871, when 
 he came to the United States via California, and 
 worked along for a place until he arrived in Wich- 
 ita, Kan., where he sojourned two years. He then 
 came to this county, bought out the claim to the 
 quarter section upon which his home is, and proved 
 upon it, receiving the only deed ever given to the 
 place. He paid 36 per cent, for money to prove 
 up with, made almost all the improvements, and as 
 he was able, paid his indebtedness and purchased 
 more land. The first addition to his acreage was 
 purchased for the sum of 15.50 and $2,800 was 
 paid for the next. Mr. Morton keeps both horses 
 and cattle, has one quarter section mainly in pas- 
 ture land, and carries on both grain and stock rais- 
 ing quite extensively'. 
 
 At the home of the bride in this county, March 
 17, 1881, Mr. Morton was united in marriage with 
 Miss Stella Russell. She was a daughter of John 
 Russell, who now lives in Avon Township, and was 
 born in Canada in 1855. She is well educated and 
 possesses many housewifely and womanly virtues. 
 The happy union has been blessed by the birth of 
 four children, of whom three are now living — 
 Minnie, George and Thomas. The parents were 
 bereaved of their daughter Mary, on February 8, 
 1889. 
 
 Mr. Morton has been School Director for tv/o 
 years, and njanifests an intelligent interest in the 
 wcllfare of the schools, He is a man of strict 
 
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 honor and probity, and of a companionable nature, 
 and is highly regarded by his fellow-citizens. He 
 is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian 
 Churcli. Mrs. Morton is a member of the Cliurch 
 of God. 
 
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 'S^UGAK D. KA 
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 /'' — ^ ticing physicia 
 
 IDGAR D. KASTER, M. D., whose portrait 
 on the opposite page, is a prac- 
 ; physician and dealer in drugs at Milan, 
 and is rightly classed among the most prominent 
 citizens of that flourishing town. He carries a full 
 line of drugs, and has the exclusive trade in that 
 branch of merchandise. He also has a fine practice 
 in his profession, which he has thoroughly studied, 
 not only in America but also in Europe. His beau- 
 tiful residence is built on the same lot with his 
 drug-store, and is as attractive and cozy a home as 
 anyone could desire. He also owns residence prop- 
 erty and lots in Anthony, Harper Countj', Kan., 
 and considers that city the best for its size in the 
 State. The prosperity which has attended his 
 efforts in life is a proof of his natural ability and 
 liis unbounded energy, for, with the exception of 
 his early education, his extended linowledge and 
 worldly possessions are due entirely to his own 
 efforts. 
 
 The father of our subject was J. J. Easter, a na- 
 tive of Virginia, who was educated for the ministry, 
 and who moved to Pennsylvania during his earl^- 
 years. When he had grown to manhood he bought 
 a farm in Fayette County, and gave his attention 
 principally to raising cattle and horses. He mar- 
 ried Miss Mary E. Ebert, a native of the Keystone 
 State, who bore him fourteen children. Of this 
 large family ten are now living. During the Civil 
 War the two oldest sons served their country as 
 members of a Pennsylvania regiment. The father 
 died in 1887, and the mother still survives at the 
 age of sixty-eight years, and lives on the home 
 farm. 
 
 Dr. Easter was the sixth child born to his par- 
 ents, and opened his eyes to the light in B'ayette 
 County, Pa., June 7, 1851. Until his thirteenth 
 year he attended the district schools, pursuing the 
 
 elementary branches, and then became a pupil in 
 the High School, after which he spent twd years at 
 work in a woolen factory. In 1869 he went to 
 Iowa, and for a short lime was employed in a 
 w<jolen factory in Fairfield, next entering the office 
 of Dr. P. N. Wood, now deceased, and spending 
 a year in medical studies. Fully determined to ac- 
 quire a thorough knowledge of his chosen profess- 
 ion, he engaged in the business of selling organs 
 and sewing machines, as a temporary expedient by 
 which to acquire means to prosecute his studies, 
 and in this way saved enough to pay tuition for 
 three and a half years. 
 
 We next find the young student in attendance at 
 the Keokuk Medical College during nearly two 
 courses of lectures, following which he bought out 
 the office, and good will of a physician in Van 
 Buren County, contracting to pay $1,,560, and go- 
 ing in debt for the entire amount. Four years and 
 five months were spent in that county, whence, in 
 1878, Dr. Easter came to Kansas, and locating on 
 a claim two miles south of Milan, built a sod- 
 house and began life as a Kansas citizen, with a 
 capital consisting of a team of horses and $35 in 
 money. Eighteen months later he returned to 
 Keokuk, accompanied by his wife, and both took a 
 six months' course of lectures. Dr. Easter was 
 graduated in 1881, while Mrs. Easter returned to 
 the institution the following year, and won her 
 diploma also. 
 
 Two years after the Doctor's graduation he 
 crossed the Atlantic, accompanied by his wife, and 
 in London, England, took a surgical course at St. 
 Thomas College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a 
 course in obstetrics at the women's hospital. After 
 this addition to the theoretical and practical under- 
 standing of medical science, which he had pre- 
 viously possessed, the cultured couple returned to 
 their home in June, 1884, and there, in December, 
 1886, the wife breathed her last. 
 
 Dr. Easter contracted a second matrimonial 
 alliance, April 5, 1888, his chosen companion being 
 Miss AUie M., daughter of Dr. G. M. Walker, of 
 Rosemond, 111. She is the older of two children 
 born to her parents, and her natal day was March 
 12, 1865. She is a cultured and refined lad}^, was 
 the recipient of a collegiate education at Lincoln, 
 
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 III., and is a worthy companion for a man of her 
 liusband's intellect and acquirements. Her mother 
 died in 1873, and her father is still practicing medi 
 cine in Rosemond. 
 
 Dr. Easter belongs to the Ancient Order of 
 United Workmen, and is now one of the Examining 
 Surgeons of tliat organization in Milan. He lias 
 also been a member of the Independent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, in which he has held several offices. 
 Interested, as all American citizens should be, in 
 politic.'il affairs, he has decided in favor of the 
 principles of the Democracy, and therefore casts his 
 vote in their behalf. It is needless to state that he 
 is not only respected by his fellow-citizens in Mi- 
 lan, but over a wide extent of country he is favor- 
 ably known as a successful and learned physician 
 and surgeon, and as a gentleman of integrity and 
 honor. 
 
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 ^^ANIEL FEAGINS, a veteran of the late 
 11 jl) war, is well and favorably known to the 
 ^jjj^^ people of Walton Township, where he 
 owns a well-regulated farm of eighty acres 
 on section 14. With the exception of the time 
 spent in the army, he has teen a life-long agricult- 
 ui'ist and very successful. While in the service of 
 his country he contracted a severe cold which re- 
 sulted in the loss of his eyesight, and on account 
 of which he draws a pension of $72 per month. He 
 has learned to bear his affliction with equanimity 
 .nnd succeeds in a remarkable degree in making the 
 best of circumstances. His course in life has been 
 such as to establish him in the esteem and confi- 
 dence of his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Fayette Countj', Ohio, was the early tramping 
 ground of our subject, and where his birth took 
 place February 10, 1817. He was the first born of 
 Willis and lilizabetli (Jones) Feagins, the former 
 of whom was a native of Kentucky and born May 
 4, 1795. Willis Feagins, when a young man, emi- 
 grated to Faj'ette County, Ohio, with his parents, 
 where he sojourned until 1844. That year he 
 souo^ht the Far West, removing across the Missis- 
 sippi to Davis County, Iowa, where he prosecuted 
 
 farming successfully and departed this life in 1873. 
 For many years prior to his death he was a promi- 
 nent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 and politically, voted the Democratic ticket. Dan- 
 iel and Violet (Combs) Feagins, the paternal grand- 
 parents of our subject, were probably natives of 
 Virginia and both died in Fayette County, Ohio, 
 Grandmother Feagins at the advanced age of one 
 hundred and seven years. Grandfather Feagins 
 served all through the Revolutionary War, with 
 the rank of Major. The mother of our subject 
 was a daughter of Thomas Jones, likewise a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier, and a native of the Blue Grass 
 State. 
 
 There were born to the parents of our subject 
 eight children besides himself, and who were named 
 respectively, Violet, Thomas, Catherine, Ellen, 
 Susan, James, William, and Sarah J. Six of these 
 are living. Daniel remained a resident of his na- 
 tive countjr until 1840, and then, a young man of 
 twenty-three j'ears, went to Iowa in advance of the 
 family, settling on a farm in Davis Countj'. He 
 sojourned in the Hawkeye State until 1877, then 
 came to Kansas, settling first in Cowley County, 
 and thence removing in 1878 to this county. 
 
 While a resident of Iowa Mr. Feagins, in 1863, 
 enlisted as a Union soldier in Company D, Third 
 Iowa Cavalry, and was subsequently promoted to 
 be Sergeant. He was in the service until July, 
 1865, and then, the war being over, received his 
 honorable discharge at Edgefield, Tenn. He par- 
 ticipated in many of the important battles of the 
 war, including Big Blue and Nashville. The hard- 
 ships and privations which he endured were borne 
 with the fortitude and heroism which almost uni- 
 formly distinguished the conduct of the Union 
 soldiers. They have been cited too-often to need 
 repetition here. The memory of those brave boys 
 will be cherished as long as the United States stands 
 as a nation. Mr. Feagins cast his first Presidential 
 vote for Van Buren and has since remained a stanch 
 adherent of the Democratic party. He belongs to 
 the G. A. R. Post at Arkansas Cit}-. 
 
 While a resident of Iowa Mr. Feagins was mar- 
 ried, June 13, 1846, to Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderson, 
 who was a native of his own county in Ohio, and 
 who was born July 28, 1824. Mrs. Feagins is the 
 
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 281 
 
 daughter of Jesse and Regina (Ilinkle) Fisk, who 
 were natives of Virginia and Penns3'lvania. Her 
 father spent his last years in Iowa; the mother is 
 still living. She lived with her parents until her first 
 marriage with Daniel Sanderson who died Novem- 
 ber 19, 1845. Mr. ^and Mrs. Feagins are the parents 
 of eight children — James W., Daniel F., William 
 T.. Emily E., Elvira A., Mary E., Thomas J. and 
 Jesse C. 
 
 UILLIAM C. GLAIZE, Cashier of the State 
 National Bank at Wellington, came to 
 W^J Sumner County in April, 1884, and has 
 held his present position since that time. This bank 
 is located at the intersection of Lincoln and Wash- 
 ington Avenues and is one of the most reliable in- 
 stitutions of the kind in the county. 
 
 Mr. Glaize was born in W^inchester, Frederick 
 County, Va., September 21, 1852, and lived there 
 until the spring of 1875. He attended the common 
 school during his boyhood and youth and com- 
 menced his business career in the employ of his 
 uncle, W. A. Rinker, with whom he remained three 
 years. We next find him in Kirksville, Mo., as a 
 member of the firm of Steer, Glaize & Co. Remain- 
 ing in business there until the spring of 1881, he 
 then sold out and located in Muscatine, Iowa, en- 
 gaging in the same business. In the spring of 1882, 
 he changed his field of operations to Washington, 
 Iowa, associating himself with a Mr. Ball and con- 
 tinuing there until 1886. That year, coming to 
 Wellington, he assisted in the organization of the 
 State National Bank, which was organized on the 
 Is'; of August and opened its doers for business 
 October 11, with A. H. Smith, President, William 
 Myers, Vice President and Mr. Glaize, Cashier, the 
 capital stock being 150,000. With the exception 
 of the Vice President the officers still remain the 
 same. Mr. Myr.rs was succeeded by George Hunter. 
 Mr. Glaize in addition to his connection with the 
 bank as a stockholder, also has an interest in the 
 Southern Kansas Farm, Loan & Trust Company, 
 and is a heavy stockholder in the gas plant at Wel- 
 lington, The bank building is a line three-story 
 
 structure with a basement and occupying an area 
 of 25x50 feet. It is thoroughly equipped and an 
 ornament to the city. 
 
 Mr. Glaize was married at Kirksville, Mo., Janu- 
 ary 29, 1886, to Miss Nellie T. Bagg. Mrs. Glaize 
 was born in New York, January 1, 1862, and is the 
 daughter of John Bagg who came West at an early 
 date and operated as a railroad bridge contractor 
 both in Missouri and Kansas. Mr. and Mrs Glaize 
 are members in good standing of the Baptist 
 Church, and Mr. Glaize, politically, is a stanch 
 Democrat. During the progress of the Civil War 
 he visited the South and was at Winchester at the 
 time of the famous battle there and had a view ot 
 the conflict. 
 
 The father of our subject was George Glaize, 
 liicewise a native of Frederick County, Ya. He was 
 born October 4, 1822, and has spent his entire life 
 within Ave miles of his birthplace. Although quite 
 aged, he is still hale and hearty. The mother, born 
 March 28, 1821, bore the maiden name of Harriet 
 S. Rinker, and the parental family' consisted of nine 
 children. Tlie maternal grandfather of our subject 
 was Casper Rinker, a native of Yirginia and who 
 spent the greater part of his life in Frederick 
 County. 
 
 EUBEN A. ANDERSON. This gentleman 
 Ij,,. is recognized as one of the largest land- 
 ii \V owners of this county,holding the warrantee 
 ^^ deed to one thousand and twelve acres, be- 
 sides a large stock ranch in B\rbour County. He 
 gives considerable attention to the breeding of 
 graded stock, while a part of his lan'd is devoted 
 to general agriculture. He is a man in the prime of 
 life, having been born October 23, 1845, and his 
 native place was Sullivan County, Ind. He came to 
 Kansas in 1878, locating on section 31, London 
 Township, of which he has since been a resident. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the eldest child of 
 Absalom and Cynthia A. (Pierce) Anderson, the 
 former of whom was born in Kentucky, in 1808. 
 Six years later he was taken by his parents to 
 Indiana, of which State he remained a resident 
 
282 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 thereafter until his death, at the age of Mty years. 
 He followed farming successfully and was a man 
 intelligent and well-informed, keeping himself 
 posted upon political events and uniformly voting 
 the Democratic ticket. His father, Robert Ander- 
 son, was a native of Scotland, whence he emigrated 
 to America at an early day, settling in Kentucky 
 and Anally removing to Indiana where he spent his 
 last days. 
 
 Mrs. Cynthia (Pierce) Anderson, was born in 
 Ohio and is still living, being about sixt3-eight 
 3'ears old and making her home in Kansas. She is 
 the daughter of John and Sophia Pierce, who were 
 likewise natives of the Buckeye State, whence they 
 subsequently removed to Indiana, where the}' spent 
 their last days. Grandfather Pierce was a farmer 
 by occupation and both he and his good wife were 
 members of the Baptist Church. To Absalom and 
 Cynthia Anderson there was born a family of nine 
 children, viz : Reuben A., Commodore P., Jonathan 
 M., John P., Sophia, James A., Elizabeth, Robert 
 C. and Charles. Only four of these are living, viz: 
 Reuben, Jonathan, Robert and Charles. Reuben 
 was reared and educated in his native count}', liv- 
 ing there until coming to this State. He is quite 
 prominent in local affairs and served one term as 
 County Treasurer. During the progress of the Civil 
 War he enlisted October 9, 1864, at Terre Haute, 
 in Company B, Thirtieth Indiana Infantrj^, and 
 participated in the battles of Franklin and Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., besides many minor engagements. He 
 serv^ed until the close of the war, being mustered 
 out October 18, 1865. On the 12th of July, 1866, 
 he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. Nel- 
 son. This lady was a native of Indiana and by 
 her union with our subject became the mother of 
 nine children, viz: Ellazan, Arminna A., William 
 A., Joseph, Lemuel L., James W., Reuben H. and 
 two who died in infancy. Mrs. Eliza J. (Nelson) 
 Anderson departed this life at her home on May 6, 
 1883. 
 
 Mr. Anderson contracted a second matrimonial 
 alliance January 28, 1885, with Miss Lucinda Bow- 
 dre. This lady was born March 19, 1849, in Union 
 County, Ohio, and is the daughter of Samuel and 
 Nancy (Green) Bowdre, who were likewise born in 
 th*; Bucke3'e State. The mother died' in Ohio at the 
 
 age of sixty-six years. I\Ir. Bowdre is still living, 
 making his home in Ohio and being now seventy 
 years old. He has been a lifelong farmer and served 
 as Justice of the Peace. Two children have been 
 born to Mr. and ;Ans. Anderson — Ruth A., July 4, 
 1887, and Maude H., April 21, 1889. 
 
 i»jRUMAN TUCKER. The lives perhaps of 
 the majority of men pass on apparently like 
 the smooth current of a river and those who 
 only observe the surface know little of what lies 
 beneath or how has been brought about the appa- 
 rently smooth current. Those who have perhaps 
 struggled under the greatest difflculties, have 
 been the most quiet under all circumstances; but 
 still have atihieved frequently greater results than 
 their more- noisy brethren. The subject of this no- 
 tice has buildcd well as far as character and dispo- 
 sition goes and is a man held in the highest respect 
 in his community. Upon his well-cultivated farm 
 of one hundred and thirty acres he has lived 
 for a period of seventeen years, developing a good 
 homestead and at the same time establishing him- 
 self upon a firm basis as a man and a citizen. He 
 lives unpretentiously, yet comfortably, his home 
 lying on section 13, Avon Township. 
 
 A native of Meade County, Ky., Mr. Tucker was 
 born August 19, 1854, and when quite young was 
 taken by his parents to Missouri where his father 
 died when he was a lad of eight years. The family 
 sojourned five years in that State and at a time 
 when the climate was verj' unlioallhy, and after 
 the death of her husband the widowed mother re- 
 turned with her children to the Blue Grass State 
 where Truman was reared to manhood. They 
 lived upon a farm and young Tucker acquired his 
 education in the common schools. Leaving his 
 native State he repaired to Henderson County, III., 
 where he prosecuted farming eight j'ears, and in 
 1869, crossing the Mississippi, established himself 
 in Labette County, this State. 
 
 In Labette County Mr. Tucker was married 
 May 1, 1870, to Mi&s Calsina George, a native of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 283 
 
 Marion County, lovva, and born March 2G, 1850. 
 The young people cominenoed their wedded life 
 together on a farm in that county, sojourning there 
 until 1872. Their next removal was to this county 
 when they settled upon their present farm in Avon 
 Township. In the meantime during the Civil War 
 and while a resident of Henderson County, 111., 
 Mr. Tucker enlisted as a Union soldier, in Company 
 I, Elighteenth Illinois Infantry, and served six 
 months during the last part of the war. He cast 
 iiis first Presidential vote for Lincoln, and is a 
 stanch supporter of the principles of the Republi- 
 can party. He and his estimable wife are active 
 members of the Christian Church, endeavoring to 
 carry out their professions in their daily lives. 
 
 They have made many friends during their long 
 sojourn in this countj- and have welcomed under 
 their hospitable roof its best citizens. Genial and 
 companionable they are ever ready to extend a 
 helping hand to those less fortunate than themselves 
 and are possessed of that good breeding which is 
 recognized at once in their intercourse not only 
 witii friends but with strangers. They are full 
 worthy of representation among the better classes 
 of people of this county. The mother of our sub- 
 ject died in Hancock County, 111., in May, 1886. 
 
 EMELINE MUCKLEY, the subject of this 
 sketch, is the widow of Michael Mucklev, a 
 ' pioneer of Sumner County, who was born 
 
 in Stark County, Ohio, on the 7th of September, 
 1839. John Muckley, the father of Michael, was 
 born near Baden, Germany, and came to Amer- 
 ica with his parents, who were among the first set- 
 tlers of Stark County, and resided there during the 
 rest of their lives. John M. was but a lad when he 
 cnme to this country. He was reared in the home of 
 his parents and received such an education as the 
 county afforded at that time. Upon reaching his 
 maturity he was united in marriage with a lad}^ of 
 the same county and they spent their life in Pike 
 Township, Stark County, Ohio, on a farm. 
 
 Michael Muckley was reared on the farm of his 
 
 parents and remained at home assisting his father 
 to operate the place until the war broke out in 
 1861, when he tendered his services for the defense 
 of his countrj' and was assigned to duty with the 
 Army of the Potomac. He enlisted in Company 
 D, One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Infantry for a 
 term of three j'ears. He bore his part bravelj- in 
 all the engagements that his regiment was called 
 upon to take part in, and was one of the gallant 
 supporters of the old flag in the glorious and deci- 
 sive^battle of Gettysburg, when the hitherto proud 
 hosts of the Confederacy were shattered and driven 
 back to their native place soon to dwindle awaj' 
 and s:n-render to the brave boys in blue. When 
 the terra of service expired for which Mr. Muckley 
 had enlisted, he returned to his father's farm and 
 operated a sawmill for some two years. He then 
 entered a general store and engaged as a clerk for 
 about one year, but his health proving unequal to 
 the task he returned once more to the farm. 
 
 Shortly after leaving the store Mr. Muckley 
 formed a partnership with an uncle and bought a 
 tract of land upon which there was a sawmill and 
 also a flouring-mill. Mr. Muckley superintended 
 the work of the farm and also operated the two mills 
 with good success. He resided there until 1878, 
 when lie sold out his interests and removed to Kan- 
 sas. He settled in Sumner County at a time when 
 Wichita, forty miles away, was the nearest railroad 
 point and the nearest market. The county had but 
 few settlers and was very little improved. Mr. Muck- 
 lej- bouglit a tract of land embracing the southwest 
 quarter of section 22 in Jackson Township, and at 
 once set to work to improve it and convert it into 
 a fine farm. He resided there until his death, May 
 6, 1887. He had in the meantime erected a com- 
 fortable set of frame buildings and planted fruit 
 and shade trees. 
 
 January 4, 1866, Michael Muckley and Emeline 
 Ilowenstine were united in marriage. ^Irs. Muck- 
 ley is a native of Pike Township, Stark Countv, 
 Ohio, where she was reared in th<ihome of her par- 
 ents. Her father, Jacob Howenstine, was born in 
 Hagcrstown,Md., and his father, also named Jacob 
 Howenstine, was born of German parents in Ger- 
 many. The grandfather of Mrs. Hinckley removed 
 from Maryland to Ohio„ crossing tiie mountains in 
 
284 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the usual style of the times with teams, and settled 
 in Stark County when there were few other resi- 
 dents in the neighborhood. He took up Govern- 
 ment land and made a comfortable home for bis 
 family. His last days upon earth were spent in the 
 place where he had been a pioneer so many years 
 before. The father of Mrs. Muckley was reared in 
 Maryland and accompanied his father to Ohio when 
 the latter emigrated to that State. The family lo- 
 cated in Pike Township, and after some time Jacob 
 H., Jr., started out for himself. He bought a tract 
 of heavy timbered land in Pike Township and set 
 to work cutting down trees to make room for the 
 log cabin which was to be his home until such 
 time as he could make a better. The cot then 
 built was the birthplace of Mrs. Muckley, and sim- 
 ilar lowly dwellings have been the homes of thous- 
 ands of the best citizens of which America can 
 boast. 
 
 The trials and hardships of the pioneers are a 
 constant source of supply to the story-tellers of the 
 present age. The open fireplace where the cooking 
 had to be done, the rolling of tiie logs together only 
 to burn them, because in the stage of development 
 which they were then in, that was the only use that 
 could be made of what would be almost of price- 
 less value at the present time, and the many other 
 things curious and pitiful that are related, were ail, 
 or nearly all, the lot of the parents of Mrs. Muck- 
 ley during the early years of their life. Energy 
 and industry overcame all the trials to which they 
 were subjected, and they succeeded in making a 
 fine farm and erecting good buildings. The father 
 of Mrs. ^Muckley is still living on the place which 
 he improved during the years of his youth and 
 manhood, although his years number eighty-two. 
 The mother of Mrs. Muckley was Margaret Miller, 
 a native of Pennsylvania and daughter of John and 
 Rebecca Miller. Mrs. Howenstine died in 1887, 
 having reached a good old age. 
 
 Mrs. Muckley is one of a family of six children, 
 whose names are as follows: Emeline, the subject 
 of this notice; William and Jacob, who are resi- 
 dents of Huntington County, Ind. ; Cyrus and 
 Emery, who are living in Stark County, Ohio, and 
 Almira who is married to David Evans. Since the 
 death of her husband Mrs. Muckley has resided on 
 
 the home farm, which she carries on with good 
 success. She is a womm of much force of charac- 
 ter and enjoys the esteem of her many friends; she 
 is a devoted and worthy member of the Presb3te- 
 rian Church, of which Mr. Muckley was also a con- 
 sistent member during his life time. 
 
 <S^LI W. MORRIS. Although it has been but 
 fe] a few years since the above-named gentle- 
 1'— ^' man located in Harmon Township, he and 
 his estimable wife have already established them- 
 selves among the most highly respected residents 
 of the county, and have many warm friends therein 
 who thoroughly appreciate their noble qualities of 
 heart and mind. The father of Mr. Morris was 
 christened Lorenzo D., and was born in West A'ir- 
 ginia. His mother bore the maiden name of Mary 
 Witt, and Tennessee was her native State. After 
 the marriage of this couple they settled in Greene 
 County. 111., where four children were born to 
 them, of whom our subject is the youngest. The 
 death of the motlier took place in Marcli, 1842, and 
 the father survived until June, 1887. 
 
 The natal day of our subject was March L5, 
 1841, and he grew to manhood in his native county, 
 acquiring a good education in the common schools 
 and a practical training from his worthy father. 
 Upon reaching man's estate he engaged in farming 
 in Macoupin County, and after tilling the soil there 
 a year took his departure for the Pacific Coast, and 
 in California carried on the dairy business three 
 years. He then returned to the Mississippi Valley 
 and again entered upon a farmer's life in Macoupin 
 County, 111., continuing so employed there until 
 September, 1883, when he went to Arkansas and 
 engaged in the cattle business. He prosecuted that 
 business until May, 1887, and then settled in Har- 
 mon Township, where he now owns one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land lying on section 28. The 
 estate is thoroughly and intelligently cultivated 
 and bears all needful buildings, which have been 
 erected in a substantial manner and with due re- 
 gard to their convenient location and attractive 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 285 
 
 appearance. The whole estate has an appearance 
 of order and thrift which plainly indicates to a 
 passer-by that its owner is a thorough farmer and a 
 man of good taste and good judgment. The inter- 
 nal arrangements of the dwelling, and the neatness 
 and good cheer that abound within, as plainly 
 mark the housewifely qualities and refinement of 
 the lady who presides within its walls. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Morris is a native of Macoupin 
 County, 111., where their marriage took place Feb- 
 ruary 13, 1870. The bride bore the maiden name 
 of Arabella T. Bates and her natal day was Febru- 
 ary 3, 1853. She is the eldest of two children born 
 to F. M. and Tabitha M. (Davis) Bates, the latter 
 of whom died in Kentucky and the former during 
 the war, in which he was an officer of the Confed- 
 erate army. Seven bright children make up the 
 jewels of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, and thej' bear the 
 names respectively of Leon L., Nevada B., Paul F., 
 Ethel B., Mary M., Jennie L. and Marvel E. 
 
 Mr. Morris belongs to the Farmers' Alliance, 
 and both he and Mrs. Morris are members in good 
 standing of the Baptist Church. Mr. Morris pos- 
 sesses the pleasant and affable manners which com- 
 bined with his intelligence and good principles 
 would naturally win friends, and it is not strange 
 that even in his short residence in this countj' he 
 is so well and favorably known. 
 
 DANIEL _F. JANEWAY, M. D. In 
 person of the subject of this notice we 
 •^ have that of a leading physician and sur- 
 geon of Argonia,a gentleman well-educated, 
 intelligent, and thoroughly understanding the du- 
 ties of his profession. In the fall of 1888 he was 
 elected on the Republican ticket as a Representa- 
 tive to the Kansas Legislature from the Eighty- 
 fifth District, holding until 1891. He is entirely 
 in sympathy with the principles of his party, and a 
 liberal and public spirited citizen, serving as Secre- 
 tary of the school board, and otherwise identifying 
 himself with the best interests of his communitv. 
 
 In Masonic circles he belongs to Chikaskia Lodge 
 No. 285, in which he is Master, and he is also a 
 member of Argonia Lodge, No. 272,1. 0. O. F.,in 
 which he is Past Grand, and has been a Representa- 
 tive to the Grand Lodge. He is a member of the 
 Southwestern Kansas Medical Association, and by 
 virtue of his powers as Representative, served on 
 the committee of Public Health in cities of third- 
 class, and Manufactures. 
 
 The Doctor was born January 6, 1854, in Jeffer- 
 son County, Tenn., and was the ninth in a family 
 of twelve children, the offspring of Charles and 
 Susannah (Hammer) Janeway, also natives of that 
 State. Nine of their children are still living. The 
 parents were married in Tennessee, December 24, 
 1836, and emigrated to Iowa in 1858, settling in 
 Jasper County, where they now reside. The father 
 is seventy-five years old, and the mother seventy- 
 four. They celebrated tiieir golden wedding in 
 1886. 
 
 The early education of Dr. Janeway was con- 
 ducted in the district schools of Iowa, and later he 
 attended Hazel Dell Academy at Newton, where he 
 prepared for college. He entered the Freshman class 
 at Penn College, Oskaloosa, from which he was 
 graduated June, 1879, in the regular classical course, 
 receiving the degree of A. B. For two years af- 
 terward he held the position of principal of public 
 schools at Kellogg, and later was similarly occu- 
 pied at Cottonwood Falls, this State. In the mean 
 time he employed his leisure hours in the reading 
 of medicine. In July, 1882, repairing to Kansas 
 City, he entered the medical college there from 
 which he was graduated March 4, 1884. He opened 
 his first office in Argonia, Sumner County, where 
 he has since resided and built up a fine practice. 
 
 Dr. Janeway contracted matrimonial tiL's July 
 28, 1881, with Miss Ada V. Moore. Mrs. Janeway 
 Is a native of Indiana, was the eldest child of her 
 parents, Morris and Rebecca (Beals) Moore, and 
 was born October 26, 1858. Her father was a na- 
 tive of North Carolina, and her mother of Tennes- 
 see. They came to this State at a very early day, 
 settling in Chase County, where the father prosecu- 
 ted farming successfully, and died in 1871. The 
 mother was remarried to Z. W. Morgan, and is now 
 living in Chase County. Of her first union there 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 was born six children, five of whom arc now liv- 
 ing. Mrs. Janeway acqnireri an excellent educa- 
 tion, completing her studies in the Normal School 
 at Emporia. Subsequently she was employed as a 
 teacher, some of the time in the schools of Argonia. 
 With one exception, all her brothers and sisters are 
 occupied in the same manner. Her sister. Belle, is 
 a primary teacher in the First Ward at Welling- 
 ton, Kan. 
 
 To the Doctor and his estimable lady there have 
 been born three children: George IM., May 25, 
 1882; Susan Lucille, October 24, 1885, and Rosa 
 Lenore, June 27, 1888. Doctor and Mrs. Janeway 
 are members of the Friends' Church. They occupy 
 a neat home in the aorthern part of the cit}-, and 
 number their friends and acquaintances among its 
 most cultured people. 
 
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 ^^' BEL L. TILTON, one of the earliest set- 
 '•' tiers of Oxford Township, entered a claim 
 on section 1, in 1870, then returned to his 
 home in Vermilion County, 111., for his 
 family, removing them hither the following year. 
 The story of bis trials and triumphs thereafter is 
 similar to those which have been detailed so often 
 in the compilation of this volume. Suffice it to 
 say that he labored industriously, practicing econ- 
 omy, and in due time met with his reward. 
 
 A native of the Island of Montreal, Canada, 
 A. L. Tilton was born February 18, 1832, and 
 made his home there until about 1835, when he 
 accompanied his parents upon their removal to 
 Ohio, and subsequently removed to Vermilion 
 County, 111. Settling at Danville, Grandfather 
 Tilton established a brick kiln and also operated 
 as a contractor and builder. Among other work 
 he constructed a dam across the Vermilion River 
 for Amos Williams, who was one of the most 
 prominent millers in that part of the State. Abel 
 and his brother Fred assisted their father in his 
 labors, and in 1838 they were engaged in hauling 
 stone for the abutments of the Wabash Railroad, 
 which was being built by the State. They also 
 
 carried the mail from Danville to Joliet, a distance 
 of one hundred and ten miles with about seven offices 
 between. There was not a bridge between the 
 two places, they having to ford the streams and 
 the trip occupying two days. Many a time there 
 was nothing in the mail bag, but they made 
 it a point to fulfill their contract. Numbers of 
 people in that region were then suffering from 
 ague, and the mail-carrier, after his day's journey, 
 frequently was obliged to cut the feed himself for 
 his horse. The Tilton boys remained in the em- 
 ploy of Uncle Sam until the fall of 1840. Grand- 
 father Tilton spent his last days in Illinois. 
 
 A very important event in the life of our subject 
 was his marriage, February 21, 1860, with Miss 
 Arminta Sliepard, of Fairmont, III., after which 
 event they settled on a farm in the vicinity of 
 Rossville, Vermilion County, where he dwelt until 
 coming to Sumner County, Kan. Upon his arrival 
 here he selected a tract of land on the northeast 
 part of section 1, Oxford Township, from which 
 he constructed a comfortable homestead, putting 
 up a frame house and other buildings and setting 
 out quantities of fruit and shade trees. His chil- 
 dren, later, after his decease, erected a modern 
 dwelling, but covered in the old room which he 
 had occupied, preserving it intact as he left it. 
 He departed this life September 30, 1877. He was 
 a stanch defender of Republican principles, and a 
 regular supporter of t^e various churches which 
 he attended, although not identifying himself in 
 membership witli them. Liberal and public-spir- 
 ited, kind and charitable, he was a man bearing an 
 irreproachable reputation, and was honored and 
 respected by all who knew him. 
 
 Mrs. Arminta (Shepard) Tilton was born Sep- 
 tember 27, ] 841, and was the daughter of Abra- 
 ham Shepard, formerly of Ohio and now deceased. 
 To her and her husband were born five children, 
 all of whom are living with the exception of a son, 
 Fred, who died three iveeks prior to the decease 
 of his father — Frank was born March 17, 1862, 
 and is now a resident of Kansas City; John L. was 
 born August 24, 1864, and is still living at the old 
 homestead; he completed his studies in the schools 
 at Oxford, and then assumed charge of the farm; 
 Grace was born September 11, 1866, and Charles 
 

 Residence of Abel L.Tilton (Deceased) Sec. i. Ox fordTp Sumner Co. Kan 
 
 Residence of Charles Shaffer, Sec.30. Ryan Tp, Summer Co, Kans. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 289 
 
 A., November 21, 1868. They are at home with 
 their brother. John L. Frank belongs to the An- 
 cient Order of United Workmen. After the de- 
 cease of her husband Mrs. Tilton was married to 
 J. J. Daniels, of Palestine Township, where they 
 are now living. 
 
 A view of tiie homestead of the late Abel L. 
 Tilton is shown elsewhere in this work. 
 
 ,^ HARLES HENRY SHAFFER. Tlie relia- 
 (|(^^ ble German element of this county has 
 ^^l) played no unimportant part in its growth and 
 prosperity. The sons of the fatherland have pene- 
 trated to every corner of Kansas, as well as other 
 parts of the Great West, and are almost uniformly 
 good citizens, well-to do, self-supporting, and use- 
 ful members of the community. Among the fore- 
 most farmery of Ryan Township may be mentioned 
 Mr. Shaffer, who, like the most of his neighbors, 
 commenced at the foot of the ladder, and now oc- 
 cupies a leading position in the agricultural dis- 
 tricts. 
 
 A native of what was then the Kingdom of West- 
 phalia, the subject of this notice was born Decem- 
 ber 13, 1849, and was the fifth in a family of six 
 children, the offspring of George and Elizabeth 
 (Lenze) Shaffer, who were also natives of West- 
 phalia, where thoy lived after their marriage until 
 1849. That year the father emigrated to America, 
 and settled on a farm in Reading Counts', Pa., 
 whither his wife also came in 1850. There thej^ 
 spent the remainder of their lives, the father de- 
 parting hence in 1862, and the mother in 1870. 
 Five of their children are now living, one in Sovith 
 America and one in Germany, and the other three 
 in the United States. 
 
 Mr. Shaffer was but a year old when brought to 
 America, and his parents esteeming the school 
 privileges of their native land superior to those of 
 America, sent him back there when he was six 
 years old, and he was thoroughly educated in the 
 German tongue, remaining there six years. Wlien 
 leaving school he returned to this country, and at 
 
 Philadelphia, being determined to go as a sailor, 
 shipped on a merchant vessel as cabin boy for three 
 years. At the expiration of this timejhe went as a 
 regular sailor, and was on the lakes for two years. 
 Then settling down on terra fir ma he engaged in 
 the mercantile business in Ohio. In 1868;he set 
 out for the AVcst, and located in Black Hawk 
 County, Iowa, of which he was a resident for three 
 years, removing thence to Sioux County, where 
 he lived six years. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Shaffer spent two years in 
 Montana, in the interests of the American Fur 
 Company. In 1877 we find him at Joplin, Mo., 
 where he worked in the lead mines nearly one year. 
 He first struck the soil of Kansas in Januar}', 1878, 
 taking possession of the land which constitutes his 
 present farm. It was then an uncultivated tract, 
 upon which no improvements whatever had been 
 attempted. By great perseverance and industrj^, 
 while at the same time experiencing all the hard- 
 ships and difficulties of life in a new country, Mr. 
 Shaffer succeeded in opening up a good farm, and 
 added to his landed possessions until he is now the 
 owner of two hundred and forty acres, thoroughly 
 improved and valuable. He put up, in 1883, as 
 fine a residence as the traveler will And in all Rj-an 
 Township. In addition to raising the crops com- 
 mon to this region, he has been quite successful as 
 a breeder of horses, cattle and swine. When com- 
 ing to this place he was empty-handed, having bv 
 a series of misfortunes lost all that he had earned 
 hitherto. Looking upon his surroundings to day 
 it must be admitted that he has labored to excel- 
 lent advantage, and he forms a fine illustration of 
 the results of unflagging industry and perseverance. 
 
 Mr. Shaffer was married, February 9, 1887, to 
 Miss Carrie L., daughter of Leonard P. and Char- 
 lotte (Hines) Sayrs. The parents of Mrs. Shaffer 
 were natives of New York State, whence they emi- 
 grated to Wisconsin in 1846, and from there came 
 to Kansas thirty years later, settling first in Miami 
 County. In 1883 they came to this county, and 
 are now living in Argonia. There were born to 
 them thirteen children, of whom Mrs. Shaffer was 
 next to the youngest. Her birth occurred July 10, 
 1870, in Wisconsin^ She applied herself to her 
 books during her school.days, and is ^an intelligent. 
 
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 pleasant lady, respected by all who know her. Mr. 
 and Mrs. Shaffer are the parents of two children, a 
 son and daughter — George Leonard and Catharina. 
 Mr. Shaffer, during important elections, supports 
 the Democratic party, but at home easts his vote 
 for the man whom he considers will best serve local 
 interests. He has been five years on the School 
 Board of his district, and officiated as Trustee of 
 Ryan Township for two terms. The Anti-Horse- 
 Thief Association claims him as one of its most 
 efficient members. 
 
 An additional feature of interest is a lithographic 
 view, on another page of this volume, of Mr. Shaf- 
 fer's pleasant home and surroundings. 
 
 
 -^ 
 
 ERBERT BARRETT. A prominent place 
 among the businessmen of Oxford, Sumner 
 County, is that held bj^ the above named 
 i^^ gentleman, who is tlie proprietor of a gen- 
 eral dry-goods store in that flourishing town, and is 
 also the principal organizer of the Bank of Com- 
 merce of Oxford, which was opened in April, 1889, 
 bv the firm of Barrett & Hardy. Mr. Barrett has 
 been engaged in the dry-goods business in this place 
 since March, 1879, when he bought out an old 
 firm, and his aim has ever been to carry the best 
 line of goods possible and retain his customers. 
 He has built up one of the finest trades in the city, 
 and his honorable dealing and manly character 
 have won for him the hearty resi)ect of his towns- 
 people and those of the adjoining section of coun- 
 try. 
 
 Mr. Barrett was born in England, November 2, 
 1838. and is a son of M. and Ann (Evans) Bar- 
 reU, who came to the United States when lie was a 
 lad of six years. They settled in Jo Daviess 
 County, 111., not far from Galena, where the mother 
 subsequently died ; the father is still living in that 
 CDuntv. Our subject obtained a good High School 
 education in his home town, Elizabeth, and finished 
 his studies in Chicago, being graduated from Bry- 
 ant & Stratton's Business College. He then cn- 
 o-aged in clerking at his home, and after coming to 
 
 j-ears of maturity began a general merchandise bus- 
 iness there, which he continued until he came to 
 this place. His was the fourth place of bugine.ss in 
 Oxford when he began dealing here, and he has not 
 only succeeded in his mercantile pursuits, but has 
 also accumulated other property, and filled posi- 
 tions of public importance. 
 
 For some time prior to the opening of his own 
 banking institution, Mr. Barrett was Vice-President 
 of the Oxford Bank. He has been Township Treas- 
 urer and Treasurer of the city schools, and served 
 faithfully and ably. He owns some valuable farm 
 lands near the city, and his finances are on a substan- 
 tial basis enabling him to live in great comfort and 
 bestow hospitality abundantly upon friends and 
 acquaintances. 
 
 The marriage of our subject was celebrated in 
 Elizabeth, 111., October 29, 1869, his chosen com- 
 panion being Miss Maria "Weir, a young lady of 
 intelligence and refinement who has ever been his 
 most cherished friend. Mrs. Barrett was born in 
 Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Thompson 
 Weir, one of the early settlers of Jo Daviess 
 County, 111. The union has resulted in the birth 
 of two sons — G. M. and E. T. — both now in Win- 
 fiehl, Col. 
 
 UILKES E. BOZMAN. The mercantile in- 
 terests of Argonia find a worthy represen- 
 ^^^ tative in the person of the subject of this 
 notice, who established himself in business at this 
 place in 1886, and is enjoying a fair share of pat- 
 ronage. He has seen considerable of the great 
 "West, going when a young man of twenty years to 
 California, by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, 
 and was engaged at mining in the Golden State for 
 a period of nine years, being fairly successful. He 
 has been a keen observer, although quiet and self- 
 contained, and possesses a good fund of general 
 information, being a man with whom an hour may 
 always be spent in a pleasant and profitable manner. 
 He is held in high esteem in his community, both 
 as a man and a citizen. 
 
 A native of Morgan County, Ohio, Mr. Bozman 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 291 
 
 was ))orn August 8, 1831, anrl there grew to man's 
 estate, acquiring such education as was to be ob- 
 tained in the common school. After his sojourn on 
 the Pacific Slope, he returned, in 1860, to his native 
 State, and settling in Muskingum County, engaged 
 in farming and stocls-raising for about twenty-one 
 years, coming then to Kansas. In the meantime, 
 in 1864, he assumed domestic relations, being mar- 
 ried in January, that year, to Miss Asenath, daugh- 
 ter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hiatt, the latter being 
 natives of Virginia. Mrs. Hiatt departed tliis life 
 at her home in Ohio manj' years ago. The father 
 of Mrs. Bozman came to Kansas, and is now resid- 
 ing on a farm in Reno County. Of his first mar- 
 riage there were born five children, only three of 
 whom are living. Mrs. Bozman was born in Ohio, 
 in January, 1833, to which State the familj' had re- 
 moved about 1828-29. 
 
 Four children liave been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
 Bozman, the eldest of whom a daughter, Frances, 
 is the wife of Dr. J. S. Baughman, of Argonia, and 
 they have two children; Edward married Miss Ber- 
 tha Hall, 'ind they are living in Argonia; John 
 Wilkes married Mis.i Nettie Hettrick; neither of 
 these have children; William T. is unmarried, and 
 makes his home with his parents, being a telegraph 
 operator for the Santa Fe Railroad. Mrs. Bozman 
 and her daughter are prominently connected with 
 the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 While a resident of Ohio, Mr. Bozman served 
 as a Justice of the Peace for the long period of 
 eighteen years insuccession. He nas also a mem- 
 ber of the School Board therefor twenty-one years. 
 A fctanch Democrat and active in local politics, he 
 was as at one time made the candidate of his party 
 for the legislature, but was defeated with the bal- 
 ance of the ticket. His people were the old-line 
 Whigs, with southern proclivities, and later iden- 
 tified themselves with the Democratic party. 
 
 The father of our subject was John Bozman, a na- 
 tive of Ohio, who, during the years of bis active 
 life, was engaged as a stock dealer and grazier. He 
 was first married in his native State to Miss Eliza 
 Brady, a native of Virginia, and they settled in Mor- 
 gan County, -where the mother of our subject died 
 in 1845, when Wilkes E. was a lad of fourteen. The 
 elder Bozman was subsequently married to Jane 
 
 Glass, and is now deceased, aged eight-rive years 
 old. His wife is also deceased. Of the first mar- 
 riage there were born four children, all of whom 
 are living. The paternal grandfather was Wilkes 
 Bozman, a native of Baltimore County, Md., and 
 who removed to Ohio in 1808. He served during 
 the War of 1812, and assisted at the bombardment 
 of Ft. Henry. A prominent and successful man, 
 he became an extensive farmer, leaving at his death 
 two thousand acres of land in Morgan County, 
 Ohio. 
 
 1 EDGAR BISSELL, who is the owner and 
 I occupant of a most excellent farm in Ryan, 
 I Township, has passed through scenes which, 
 ' if well described and furnished in detail 
 would make up an account of the most interesting 
 description. Amid the grand and rugged scenery 
 of the Rocky Mountains he has spent much time, 
 and that at a period when great bravery and cour- 
 age were needed in those regions. His first visit 
 to Kansas was made in 1855, and his permanent 
 residence within the State dates from 1878. Al- 
 though he can scarcely be classed among the pio- 
 neer settlers, there are few residents of the county 
 who realize more full}' the development of the sec- 
 tion and the changes that have taken place since his 
 first visit West. 
 
 The parents of our svibject, Roderick and Fannie 
 (Gay lord) Bissell, were born in Connecticut, were 
 there married, and made that State their permanent 
 home. The father was born in Litchfield County, 
 was a manufacturer and lived until February 10, 
 1875. The mother, who has now reached the age 
 of eighty-six years, is surrounded by all the com- 
 forts and luxuries of life in her elegant home in 
 Winsted. The family of this worthy couple in- 
 cluded six children, four of whom still survive. 
 
 The gentleman whose biography will be briefly 
 sketched below, is the fourth in the parental family, 
 and was born March 15. 1833, in Litchfield County, 
 Conn. After having received a common school 
 education, he attended the academy at Torring- 
 ford, acquiring a more thorough and extended 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 knowledge of the higher English branches, and 
 prior to his majority be had also served an appren- 
 ticeship at the carpenter's trade. He began life for 
 himself upon reaching man'sj'estate, and not many 
 months thereafter paid his first visit to the West, 
 spending several months in roaming about the 
 northern part of this State, visiting Ft. Riley, 
 Lawrence and Topeka. He next paid a visit to 
 Pennsylvania, and then settled down in Ft. Dodge 
 for a period of two years. 
 
 In the winter of 1858-59. Mr. Bissell joined the 
 throng whose cry was "on to Pike's Peak," and 
 during the following two years he had tlie varying 
 fortunes of a miner. The mines at that period 
 were not supplied, as many are at present, with 
 good machinery for drilling and blasting, with 
 hoisting works, and the conveniences for separat- 
 ing ores, but tlie work entailed upon the miner was 
 all of the pick and shovel, and pack-horse descrip- 
 tion. The prospect holes were deepened and 
 widened by slow degrees, and if the upper stratum 
 of rocks was supported at all, it was by the rudest 
 arrangement of timbers. The rock was cleared 
 away by the hand which had so gallantly wielded 
 the pick, or if the dirt was searched, it was panned 
 by the same hands, the process of gaining "pay 
 dirt" in either case being irksome and prolonged. 
 The roan who was so fortunate as to discover nug- 
 gets of value, or even a lead which promised well, 
 was in constant danger, as the camps were filled 
 with men who, in their thirst for gold, would stop 
 at no deed which would secure it. Not only was 
 it neccessnry for one who would win success in the 
 gold fields to be keen of observation in his search 
 for metal, but he must be equally shrewd in his 
 judgment of character, quick-witted and courage- 
 ous, and with a large amount of physical endurance. 
 
 In the spring of 1861, Mr. Bissell determined to 
 visit a region farther to the northwest, which is 
 now comprised within the bounds of Montana, and 
 which, at that date, was an unexplored and almost 
 trackless region. The party which he joined 
 crossed the Snake River, fifteen miles above old Ft. 
 Hall, ferrying the river in tlieir wagon-beds, being 
 guided by old Tim Goodell. They stopped where 
 Bannock City now stands, and there Mr. Bissell 
 again began prospecting and mining. He was for- 
 
 tunate in his efforts, and the "output" of his two 
 months' stay was very satisfactory. He was next 
 to be found in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he saw 
 and listened to the preaching of the notorious 
 Brigham Young. Until 1 866, Mr. Bissell remained 
 among the mountains, mining and freighting. The 
 latter occupation was one which required qualifica- 
 tions very similar to, one might say!]a!most identi- 
 cal with those of a successful miner, together with 
 a skill in managing horses,' mules or oxen to which 
 that of the ordinary four-in-hand driver bears but 
 a'slight resemblance. 
 
 The freighter's outfit comprises several yoke or 
 span of animals, the number varying according to 
 the route or the freight 'carried, the most frequent 
 numbers being from five to thirteen span. These 
 are attached to a wagon, behind which other 
 wagons are trailed, the number of the "prairie 
 schooners also varying. The wagons, or at least a 
 portion of them, are supplied with a strong brake, 
 which the driver can operate by means of a rope 
 when he is on foot. The long-handled skillet, the big 
 coffee pot, the tin cups and a few other rude house- 
 hold utensils which the freighter uses at mealtime, 
 generally form decorations to one of the wagons, 
 which contains a supplj' of meal, coSfee, bacon and 
 blankets. In crossing the mountain passes and 
 winding around the precipices, a skillful hand is 
 needed to avoid accidents. Particularly is this the 
 case upon meeting other outfits in the narrow 
 gorges where there is scarcely room to pass ; indeed, 
 in many places, it is impossible to do so, and should 
 some unlucky chance occasion a meeting here, one 
 outfit must be backed out of the way, or lifted by 
 bodily strength to one side. To avoid catastrophies, 
 bells are used upon the animals which warn an ap- 
 proaching driver of danger. 
 
 After years spent amid such scenes and experi- 
 ences, Mr. Bissell returned to his New England 
 home for a visit with his family and friends, after 
 which he again took up his residence in Iowa, re- 
 maining there about six years. During that time, 
 in 1869, he was united in marriage with Miss Leah 
 E. Byerley, a daughter of George and Leah Byerley 
 of North Carolina, both of whom are now deceased. 
 Mrs. Bissell was born in Indiana. She is a member 
 of the Lutheran Church, and possesses many 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 233 
 
 domestic virtues and acquirements. She has borne 
 her husband one son, Manney D., who has a good 
 common-school education. In 1878, Mr. Bissell 
 removed to Kansas, pre-empted one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land upon which he still lives, and 
 which he has placed in fine condition. The entire 
 acreage is improved, perhaps its most notable fea- 
 ture beting a fine orchard of two hundred bearing 
 apple trees. It is the intention of Mr. Bissell to 
 erect a new dwelling this year, which, when com- 
 pleted, will be an added attraction of the estate. 
 He is engaged in farming, and also raises horses, 
 cattle and hogs. 
 
 Mr. Bissell is now Junior Warden of the Masonic 
 lodge in Milan. He has been Clerk of Ryan 
 Township, and a member of the School Board of 
 District No. 87. He takes an active interest in 
 political issues, is a strong believer in tl>e principles 
 advocated by the Democratic party, in support of 
 which he alwa^'s casts his vot \ Not only has he 
 the respect of his fellow men, but he has the pleas- 
 ure of knowing that other members of his family 
 have been honored by those among whom they 
 have lived. His brother, G. G. Bissell, who died 
 in Iowa, was Judge of the Miners' Court in Mon- 
 tana in 1861-62. Another brother, Dr. C. R. Bis- 
 sell, now living in New York, was Judge of the 
 Miners' Court in Colorado in 1859. 
 
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 HARPE P. G. LLWIS, President of 
 First National Bank of Caldwell, 
 prominently connected with the growth 
 and development of the city, was born in 
 Bucks County, Pa., June 24, 1849, and is a son of 
 Reading and Margaret (Shadinger) Lewis. The 
 paternal ancestry are of English origin, the first 
 settlements in this country having been made in 
 Connecticut. Thomas Lewis, the grandfather of 
 our subject, was a native of the same county in 
 which he of whom we write first saw the light, and 
 Reading Lewis was also born in that county. The 
 latter was born about 1821, and lived in Pennsyl- 
 vania until 1873 when he removed to Newton, 
 
 Kan., whence ten years later he removed to Cald- 
 well, in which city his death took place in January, 
 1888. He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical 
 College at Philadelphia and devoted most of his 
 life to the practice of the medical profession. Ho 
 was in easy financial circumstances. For many 
 years before his death he was a member of the 
 Friends' Church. His wife was born in Bucks 
 County, Pa., about 1827 and departed this life in 
 1862. She was of German ancestrj', her forefathers 
 having been among the first settlers of the county 
 in which she was born. 
 
 Our subject is the eldest in a family of four 
 children, was reared in Bucks and Montgomery 
 Counties, Pa., and was the recipient of excellent 
 educational advantages, as well as the best of home 
 training. He acquired an academic education and 
 in quite early life taught school. In 1872 he went 
 to Macon County, III., and was engaged in teach- 
 ing, and in carrying on the mercantile business and 
 buying grain at Argenta until 1878. He then fol- 
 lowed his father to Newton, Kan., and the next 
 year took up his abode in Caldwell where he has 
 since resided. In Pennsylvania and at Newton he 
 read law, and in the latter place was admitted to 
 the l)ar and practiced his profession, and in con- 
 nection therewith carried on a loaning business. 
 In 1881 he, with others, organized and put into 
 running order the Caldwell Savings Bank and was 
 male Vice-President of the institution, but in the 
 following year became President, continuing in 
 that capacity until 1887, when the bank was re- 
 organized as the First National Bank of Caldwell, 
 Kan. He has since served as President of the new 
 institution and he is also extensively engaged in 
 the real-estate and money-loaning business. He 
 started in life without a dollar, and has made all 
 he now possesses since he came to Kansas. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Lewis was celebrated at 
 Argenta, III., in 1875, his bride being Miss Mary 
 A., daughter of Nathanial Griffin, and a native of 
 Champaign County, 111. The estimable and intel- 
 ligent lady has borne her husband six children: 
 Anna, Edna, Ralph, Eugene, Francis, and Ernest. 
 Anna and Francis have been removed from their 
 parents by death. Mr. Lewis belongs to the social 
 orders of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and the Knights of Pythias. He is a stanch sup- 
 porter of the Republican party. A man of more 
 than ordinary intelligence and fine business qualifi- 
 cations, honorable in his dealing with mankind and 
 exerting all his influence for the advancement of 
 the material and moral interests of the city and 
 vicinity, Mr. Lewis is regarded with respect by the 
 citizens of Caldwell and wherever he is known. 
 
 OSES GUM. Among the younger farmers 
 of Morris Township, none are more deserv- 
 ing of special mention than he with whose 
 name we initiate this sketch. He is well 
 fixed, financially, being the owner of a fine body 
 of land, thoroughly improved, with a neat modern 
 residence, a good barn, substantial outbuildings 
 and the other appliances of the model country 
 estate. Sociall3' and morally, as well as financially, 
 Mr. Gum occupies an enviable position, being 
 looked up to in his community as one of whom 
 even better things may be expected in the future. 
 His farming operations include the raising of the 
 ordinary crops of Southern Kansas. He is also 
 successful as a breeder of cattle, horses and swine. 
 He takes an active interest in politics and is a Re- 
 publican, "'dj'ed in the wool" from his birth. His 
 sentiments in regard to the temperance question 
 are best illustrated in his own habits of total 
 abstinence. 
 
 The fifth child in a family of seven born to Amos 
 and Rebecca (Johnson) Gum, the subject of this 
 sketch first opened his eyes to the light in North- 
 ampton County, Pa., September 2, 1854. Amos 
 Gum, a native of Pennsylvania, was a miller b}' 
 trade, but spent the latter years of his life in farm- 
 ing pursuits. His wife, Rebecca, was a native of 
 his own State and after marriage they resided there 
 until late in the year 1854 when they emigrated to 
 Wisconsin. They were residents of the Badger 
 State eleven years, removing thence, in 1865, to 
 Iowa. In 1880 they went North to Dakota, settling 
 in Hanson County, where they still remain. Amos 
 Gum is now seventy-one years old and his wife. 
 
 Rebecca, seventy-three. There were born to them 
 seven children, four of whom are living, the three 
 besides our subject being residents of Nebraska 
 and Kansas. 
 
 Mr. Gum received his schooling in Wisconsin 
 and Iowa and when a young man of twenty years 
 began farming on his own account. He came to 
 Kansas from Iowa in 1878 and took up a claim on 
 section 35, Morris Township, this county, where he 
 has since made his headquarters. When ready to 
 establish domestic ties he was married March 24, 
 1881 to Mrs. Mary H. (Pope) Manela. This lady 
 is the daughter of T. J. Pope, of Kansas, and who 
 was born May 7, 1850, in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Gum are the parents of two interesting children: 
 Loyette, born July 24, 1882, and John Hoy, 
 now three years old. Mrs. Gum is a member 
 in good standing of the Missionary Baptist 
 Church. Mr. Gum belongs to the Independ- 
 ent Order of Odd Fellows at Milan and is a 
 warm defender of the principles of the order. He 
 is also connected with the Farmers' Alliance. For 
 three years past he has been a member of the 
 school board of District No. 146, and for two terms 
 has served as Treasurer of Morris Township. He 
 was also Road Overseer for the same length of 
 time. 
 
 The farm of Mr. Gum with its fine improve- 
 ments is the result of his own energy and industry. 
 The homestead embraces three hundred and twenty 
 acres while he has sixty acres on section 12. The 
 whole is improved and in a highly' productive con- 
 dition. His residence was erected in 1884 at a cost 
 of $1,000. Mr. Gum has an orchard of two hun- 
 dred and fifty apple trees and the same number of 
 peach trees, together with the smaller fruits. It 
 will thus be seen that he has aided largely in ad- 
 vancing the material interests of this township. 
 
 jjILLIAM E. COX, Justice of the Peace at 
 Wellington, is of Southern antecedents, 
 possessing marked traits of character, trans- 
 mitted to him from a very worthy ancestry. His 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 29.') 
 
 native place was in Frankfort, Franklin County, 
 Ky., and the date of his birth March 17, 1842. 
 His father, Austin P. Cox, was born in Shelby 
 County, that State. His paternal grandfather re- 
 moved from Virginia to the Blue Grass regions at 
 an early day and carried on farming successfully 
 in Shelby County where he spent his last years. 
 
 Austin P. Cox when a young man commenced 
 the study of law, going for this purpose to Frank- 
 fort about 1806-07. Upon the present site of that 
 city there was then only a fort with a few settlers 
 ji round it. The young barrister attained success 
 and built up quite an extensive practice in the 
 Court of Claims. He was President of the Board 
 of Internal Improvements and otherwise a promi- 
 nent man in his community. About 1859 he was 
 appointed by the Governor as one of the commis- 
 sion to fstablish the State line between Kentuck}'- 
 and Tennessee. While in the pursuance of his duties 
 he was subjected to much exposure and contracted 
 a violent cold from the effects of which he died at 
 his home July 20, 1861." 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca L. (Phillips) Cox, the motiier of 
 our subject was likewise a native of Kentucky and 
 the daughter of William J. Phillips who was born 
 in ^Maryland. Grandfather Phillips left his native 
 State during the pioneer days of Kentucky and 
 there spent his last years. Theie were born to the 
 parents of our subject twelve children, viz: Eliza- 
 beth F., Sarah M., Charlotte L., Rebecca A., Laura 
 S., Mary P., William E., Wallace H., Josephine C, 
 Philip M., John C. and Willis T. 
 
 William E. Cox was reared and educated in his 
 native county completing his studies in Sayers 
 Academy. Hi? business experience began as a 
 clerk in the State Auditor's office and later he was 
 employed in the office of the Adjutant General. He 
 was thus occupied until in February, 1868, when he 
 started for the West. Coming to Kansas he took 
 up his abode in Montgomery County where he so- 
 journed until the fall of 1869. He then started 
 out to explore the western part of the State, visit- 
 ing Sumner County in his travels, in company with 
 two others. This county was not then organized 
 and it was principally peopled 113' wild animals and 
 Indians. Buffaloes were still plentiful and fre- 
 quently roamed over the ground upon which stands 
 
 the present flourishing city of AVellington. Mr. 
 Cox spent three or four months traveling through 
 this section and then returned to Montgomery 
 County, where he remained until the spring of 1871 . 
 He then came back to this county and located in 
 Sumner City in time to witness the contest for the 
 county seat. When the question was decided in 
 favor of Wellington he carne to this point and 
 here has invested his labor and his capital. When 
 first coming to Sumner County the Government 
 survey had not been made and every foot of land 
 was owned by Uncle Sam. Later it was sold at 
 $1.25 per acre. Mr. Cox has viewed with warm 
 interest the growth and development of his adopted 
 State and as far as he could has assisted in advanc- 
 ing the prosperit}' of Sumner County. 
 
 The marriage of William E. Cox and Miss Mary 
 D. Evans was celebrated at the bride's home in the 
 city of Wellington in 1875. Mrs. Cox was born in 
 Benton County, Iowa, June 10, 1849, and is the 
 daughter of Judge Ellijah and Amazetta H. (For- 
 sytlie) Evans. Her parents were natives of Indiana 
 and spent their last years in Kansas.' To Mr. and 
 Mrs Cox there have been born five children, viz: 
 Helen, Nettie. Keith, Amazette and William E. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members in good standing of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Cox 
 votes the straight Republican ticket. He keeps 
 himself posted upon the current events of the day 
 — the political as well as the social questions^and 
 is identified with Lodge No. 24, A. O. U. W. at 
 Wellington. 
 
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 OFIN H. WENDELL, proprietor of the Star 
 Livery barns at Caldwell, is numbered 
 among the leading men of the city — a man 
 ' enterprising and successful, and a general 
 n social and business circles. His 
 native place was Adams County, III, and the date 
 of his birth October 18, 1857. His parents were 
 John H. and Annie C. (Kruse) Wendell, who were 
 natives respectively of Missouri and Germany. 
 
 The Wendell family came to Kansas about 1867. 
 John H., Sr., operated the most of his life as a mer- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 chant an(l hotel man and was successful in accu- 
 mulating a comfortable property. In his religious 
 belief he conformed to the doctrines of the Catho- 
 lic Church. The seven children of the parental 
 household included five sons and two daughters, of 
 ^Yhom John H., Jr., was the fourth child. He was 
 a lad of ten years when the family left Illinois and 
 came to Kansas and lived with his parents at Neo- 
 sha until 1868. That year he went into Butler 
 County and in 1872 came to Caldwell, where he so- 
 journed until 1 880. He then went to Colorado, 
 but in 1881, returned to Caldwell of which he has 
 since been a continuous resident. He has been 
 quite extensively engaged as a dealer in live stock, 
 and as a trader is eminently a success. For sev- 
 eral years he had the management of the stock- 
 yards in the interests of the Atchison, Topeka & 
 Santa Fe Railroad at Caldwell. He established 
 himself in the liveiy business in 1886, which he 
 has since successfully conducted. He is a sound 
 Republican, politically, and holds an honorable 
 membership with the Independent Order of Odd 
 Follows. 
 
 Mr. Wendell was married October 18, 1883, in 
 Caldwell, to Miss Lucy D., daughter of Jasper C. 
 Manee. The mother of Mrs. Wendell bore the 
 maiden name of Jessie E. Denton; her parents we/e 
 natives of New York. The father is living in Falls 
 Township and the mother is deceased. Two 
 daughters, Bessie and Ethel, have been born of this 
 union, the former April 10, 1884, and the latter 
 October 8, 1885. 
 
 'S; OHN B. BROWN BACK. Among the many 
 i prosperous farmers of Falls Township, none 
 I occupy a higher position, socially and finan- 
 (^J / cialt_y, than he vyith whose name we initiate 
 this sketch. He commenced the battle of life at an 
 early age on his own account, and without receiv- 
 ing any financial assistance, has, by a course of 
 unflagging industry, and the practice of a wise 
 economy, become independent. He is still in the 
 prime of life, having been born April 8, 1842, and 
 
 is a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, of which 
 his parents, Henry and Rebecca (Niece) Brown- 
 back, were early pioneers. 
 
 Henry Brownback was born in Pennsylvania, in 
 1810, and after emigrating to Ohio lived in Pick- 
 awy County until 1852. Then, pushing on further 
 Westward to Illinois, he located in Shelby County, 
 that Stale, where he still resides. He learned cab- 
 inet-making when a young man, but later abandoned 
 it for the more congenial pursuits of farm life. He 
 has been for many years an active member of the 
 United Brethren Church, and is a citizen in good 
 repute, greatly respected in his community. His 
 father, Benjamin Brownback, was likewise a native 
 of the Keystone State, and traced his ancestry to 
 Germany. The mother of our subject was also a 
 native of Pennsylvania, and born about 1814; she 
 departed this life in Shelhy County, 111., in 1887. 
 
 To Henry and Rebecca Brownback there was 
 born a family of eight children, whom they named 
 respectively — Edward, Elizabeth, John B., William 
 H., David, Jacob, Sophia and Joseph. Seven of 
 these are living, making their homes in Illinois, ex- 
 cepting our subject, and Jacob, who lives in this 
 State. John B., the third child, spent his early 
 years on the farm in Shelby County, 111., pursuing 
 his studies in the district school. During the prog- 
 ress of the Civil War, he, early in 1862, enlisted as 
 a Union soldier in Company C, Thirt3'-fif th Illinois 
 Infantry, and served after the close of the war un- 
 til September, 1865, receiving then his honorable 
 discharge at Indianapolis, Ind. He experienced 
 all the hardships and privations of life in the army, 
 and participated in the following hard- fought bat- 
 tles: Perry ville. Stone River, Chickamauga, Mis- 
 sionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Kenesaw 
 Mountain, and was at the siege of Atlanta, and in 
 all the battles of the Georgia campaign. Subse- 
 quently his command operated in Tennessee under 
 the leadership of Gen. Thomas, taking part in the 
 battles of Franklin and Nashville. 
 
 After leaving the army Mr. Brownback contin- 
 ued a resident of Illinois until 1874. That year, 
 crossing the Father of Waters, he came to Sedgwick 
 County, this State, and took up a claim in what is 
 now Downs Township, upon which he lived three 
 voars. Then selling out he, in 1878, purchased 
 
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 land on sections 17 and 18, Falls Township, this 
 county, and prosecuted farming there until 1883. 
 That year he removed to Corbin, where he pur- 
 chased land, and he also owns a farm on section 5, 
 Falls Township. His landed possessions altogether 
 embrace three hundred and ninety broad acres, 
 thoroughly improved and equipped with suitable 
 buildings. Stock-raising enters largely into his 
 operations, and he is also engaged quite extensively 
 in buying grain at Corbin. 
 
 Since the organization of the First National 
 Bank at Caldwell, Mr. Brownback has been one of 
 its Directors. He uniformly votes the Republican 
 ticket, and has held some of the minor offices. He 
 has little ambition for political preferment, finding 
 more satisfaction in the peaceful pursuits of farm 
 life. He is a member in good standing of the G. 
 A. R, Post, No. 470, at Corbin. 
 
 One of the most important and interesting events 
 in the life of our subject was his marriage with 
 Miss Nancy PI Listen, which was celebrated at the 
 bride's home, at Tower Hill, 111., October 12, 18G6. 
 This lady was born in Clay County, Ind., Septem- 
 ber 13, 1845, and is the daughter of Perry and 
 Mary A. (Riley) Listen, natives of Indiana. The 
 eight children born of this union are named re- 
 spectively — Perry, William, Flora, EfHe E., Charles, 
 Bertha, Jessie and Ettie. They are all living, and 
 form a very bright and interesting family group, 
 making their home with their parents. 
 
 A lithographic view of Mr. Brownback's resi- 
 dence is presented in connection with this sketch. 
 
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 ,^^ AMUEL C. BARTLETT. The solid ele- 
 
 ^^^ ment of the township of Jackson recog- 
 
 \Vu7 )}) nizes no more worthy citizen than Mr. 
 
 Bartlett — a life-long farmer of more than 
 
 ordinarily good judgment, and one who has been 
 
 very successful. He comes of substantial New 
 
 England stock and was born in Guilford, New 
 
 Haven County, Conn , March 4, 1844. 
 
 The immediate progenitor of the subject of this 
 sketch was John Bartlett, likewise a native of Guil 
 
 ford. Conn., and the son of Samuel Bartlett, who 
 was born in the same town. The father of the lat- 
 ter was John Bartlett, who was a farmer hy occu- 
 pation, and as far as is known, spent his entire life 
 in Guilford. Samuel Bartlett likewise followed in 
 the footsteps of his father, spending his entii-e life 
 in his native place. His son, Johi^ the father of 
 our subject, was reared in Guilford and was there 
 married. He obtained a good education and taught 
 school when a young man, but aside from this oc- 
 cupied himself as a farmer. His entire life was 
 spent at the homestead of his birth. 
 
 Mrs. Lodoiska (Coan) Bartlett, the motiier of 
 our subject, was born in New Haven County, Conn., 
 and was the daughter of Josiah Coan, a native of 
 the same county, and a carpenter by trade, who 
 also followed farming. Mrs. Bartlett died in 18.51, 
 when her son, Samuel C, was a lad of seven years. 
 He was wholly orphaned by the death of his father, 
 which took place in 1864. He remained a i-esident 
 of his native county until the death of his father, 
 then emigrated to Illinois and secured employment 
 on a farm near Quincy. He sojourned there three 
 years, then went into Pike County, Mo., where he 
 secured land and prosecuted farming until 1875. 
 Then selling out he started with a team for Texas, 
 intending to settle there; he visiting Denison, Sher- 
 man, Dallas, and various other counties in the 
 northern part of the State. Not being suited with 
 the country he turned his horses' heads northward, 
 riding up through the Indian Territory into Sum- 
 ner County, this State. 
 
 Upon his arrival in Kansas Mr. Bartlett entered 
 a tract of Government land — that which constitutes 
 his present farm, and comprising the northwest 
 corner of section 8, Jackson Township. At that 
 time the small village of Wichita — forty miles dis- 
 tant — was the nearest railroad depot, and the near- 
 est market for grain and stock. Only a few miles 
 west deer and buffalo were plentiful, roaming un- 
 disturbed over the prairies and through the wood- 
 lands. Mr. Bartlett possessed the elements most 
 needed to battle with th(! difficulties and dangers 
 of frontier life, ancl proceeded with the improve- 
 ment of his property, being greatly prospered. 
 He brought the soil to a good state of cultivation, 
 erected a fine set of frame buildings, and added to 
 
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 his landed possessions until lie is now the owner of 
 three hundred and sixty broad acres, all in one 
 tract and well-improved. As a member of the 
 community he stands second to none in Jackson 
 Township. His estimable wife, to whom he was 
 married in Pike County, Mo., Octobers, 186S, was 
 formerly Miss Mary C. Wheeler, a native of Cass 
 County, Mo. The parents of Mrs. Bartlett were 
 Edmund and Barbara A. (Robinson) Wheeler, na- 
 tives of Kentucky, but now deceased. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Bartlett there have been born seven children, 
 five now living, namely: Walter Edward, Lav ina. 
 Pearl, Samuel and P3rnest. Charles Sumner, the 
 tliird in order of birth, and an infant unnamed, 
 are deceased. 
 
 In connection with this sketch of Mr. Bartlett 
 may be found on another page of this work a lith- 
 ographic view of his Jkomestead. 
 
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 1^^. AMUEL BAIN. They who looked upon 
 Kansas during the days of its .early settle- 
 ment witnessed scenes which in all proba- 
 bility will never be repeated here. It re- 
 quired more than ordinary courage and persistence 
 for a man to maintain liis position during the years 
 when this part of the West was visited by various 
 ealaniitics, and when those men who then settled 
 here were by no means in affluent circumstances. 
 Mr: Bain, like his brother pioneers, came here poor 
 in parse, but nature had endowed him with a large 
 amount of resolution and perseverance, and he held 
 to his first purpose of building up a homestead, in 
 which he finally succeeded. He has brought his 
 land to a good state of cultivation and realizes 
 therefrom a comfortable income. He cares little 
 for parade or show, and is content to dwell amid 
 modest surroundings, his chief ambition being to 
 live at peace among his neighbors, keep clear of 
 debt and do good as he has opportunity. 
 
 The farm of Mr. Bain is pleasantly located on 
 section 8, Avon Township, to which he came in 
 1872, and where he has since lived with the excep- 
 tion of two years spent in California, He was born 
 
 in Jefferson County, Ind., August 20, 1823, and re- 
 moved with his parents to Miami County, Ind., 
 when a lad of twelve years. There he developed 
 into manhood, obtaining a practical education in 
 the district school and becoming familiar with the 
 'various pursuits of farm life. He also learned the 
 trade of a carpenter. He remained a resident of 
 Miami County until 1856, and then, a young man 
 of thirty-three years, started out for himself, and 
 going into Monroe County, Iowa, purchased a farm 
 and engaged in its cultivation and improvement 
 until 1872. 
 
 In the fall of the year above mentioned, Mr. 
 Bain came with his family to this county, and with 
 his children pre-empted a section of land including 
 the north half of section 8, and the south half of 
 section 5. He gave to the former his chief atten- 
 tion, making of it his homestead. He has not been 
 wholly absorbed in his own personal interests, but 
 has taken time to look after the school of his dis- 
 trict, officiating as Trustee, and giving his support 
 and encouragement to the various other enterprises 
 calculated for the advancement of the people. He 
 served as County Commissioner three terms, and 
 has held the office of Justice of the Peace, under 
 appointments by Govs. Osborne and Glick, and 
 one term by election. The Republican party has 
 received his uniform support since he became .i 
 voting citizen. He takes an active part in politics, 
 and keeps himself well posted upon current events. 
 
 In October, 1887, Mr. Bain went to California, 
 where he spent nearly two years. After the out- 
 break of the Civil War, he felt called upon to 
 proffer his assistance in the preservation of the 
 Union, and in February, 1862, enlisted in Company 
 A. Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry, serving two years. 
 In the meantime, he officiated as Quartermaster 
 Sergeant about ten' months. He was married in 
 Miami County, Ind., August 30, 1849, to Miss 
 Experience Busick. Mrs. Bain was born in Pick- 
 away Countj-, Ohio, February 9, 1829, and is the 
 daughter of Ilezekiah and Matilda (Hazel) Busick, 
 who were natives respectively of Ohio and Ken 
 tucky, and are now deceased. Of this union there 
 were born four children: William E., who chose 
 the occupation of a farmer, married Miss Mattie 
 Hickenlooper and died in Avon Township, Febru- 
 
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 ary 5, 1884; Maggie is the wife of William H. 
 Pierce of California; Sarah L. married James Jor- 
 don and they live on a farm in Caldwell Township; 
 Nancy J. is the wife of Andrew H. Swan, a farmer 
 of Wellington Township. Mr. and Mrs. Bain have 
 bean consistent members of the Presbyterian 
 Church for the long period of thirty-five years. 
 
 The father of our subject was William Bain, a 
 native of North Carolina, who married Miss Mar- 
 garet Jameson, of Garrett County, Ky. They emi- 
 grated to Miami County, Ind,, during its pioneer 
 days, and there spent the remainder of their lives. 
 Their family consisted of nine children. 
 
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 y*ILLIAM MYERS. This gentleman is a 
 '/ prominent resident of Wellington and the 
 ^i^J fortunate possessor of sufficient of this 
 .world's goods to enable him to spend his years in 
 comfort retired from active business pursdits. He 
 was at one time the possessor of considerable land 
 ne.ar this place, and good judgment was displayed 
 by him in selling at an opportune time, so realiz- 
 ing a decided advance on the first cost of his prop- 
 erty. He possesses fi.ie business ability and ranks 
 among the honorable and reliable citizens of this 
 community. 
 
 George Myers, the grandfather of our subject, 
 was of German ancestry and himself a native of 
 Pennsylvania. He owned a large tract of land in 
 York County, where he carried on farming opera- 
 tions extensivelj' and where he departed this life. 
 He was the father of three sons, one of whom died 
 young,while another went West in an early day. His 
 third son, Henry, was born in York, York County, 
 Pa., and having acquired the trade of a carpenter 
 at the age of twenty-one became a contractor and 
 builder in Carlisle. After an active life of forty • 
 years from that date he retired from business and 
 spent the remainder of his life enjoying the fruits 
 of his labors. At the age of eighty-five ye.ars he 
 was gathered to his fathers, the date of bis decease 
 being December 2, 1883. He had married Miss 
 Anna McFadden, who "as likewise a native of Ygrk 
 
 County, and who also died in Carlisle, the date of 
 the sad event being March 4, 1863. 
 
 The parental family comprised ten children, all of 
 whom reached years of maturity: Emeline married 
 William. Skiles and after his death married Maj. 
 A. A. Line, and now resides in Carlisle, Pa.; Susan 
 married Joseph Gutshall, of Carlisle, and died in 
 California, March 30, 1851; George W. went to 
 California in 1849, and finally settled in Boise City, 
 Idalio, where he died on the 19th of October, 1870; 
 Henry was also a " '49er" and his death took place 
 at Soda Springs, Idaho. October 21, 1871; John 
 died in Carlisle, November 24, 1875; Henrietta be- 
 came the wife of Samuel H. Gould and lives in 
 Carlisle; in that place Luther M. also resides. So 
 also does Anna, who married Joseph W. Oglebj'; 
 Louesia married Samuel A. Brunbaugh, of Har- 
 risburg. Pa., and they live in Beloit, Wis. 
 
 William Myers, of whom wc write, is a native of 
 Pennsylvania, having been born in Carlisle, Cum- 
 berland County, April 20, 1842. He was reared 
 and educated in the place of his nativity, and while 
 in his teens began to learn the trade of a carpenter 
 and worked at the same with his father until of 
 age. He then engaged in the service of the United 
 States as a clerk in the Quartermaster's depart- 
 ment at Nashville, Tenn., and remained there for 
 three years under Charles H. Irvine. After the 
 close of the war he returned to his home and in 
 March, 1866, went to Bloomington, 111., where he 
 accepted a position as clerk in the station of the 
 Chicago & Alton Railroad. After serving in a 
 clerical capacity five years, he was appointed sta- 
 tion agent and occupied that position eight j'ears. 
 
 In 1879, on account of the ill health of his wife, 
 Mr. Myers resigned his position in Bloomington 
 and came here, arriving on the first train that ever 
 brought passengers to this city. He had previously 
 visited this section and had bought one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land adjoining the town. Im- 
 mediately following his removal here he built a 
 comfortable dwelling and began improving his 
 land, which he operated until 1886. In the spring 
 of 1880, he accepted the agency of the Southern 
 Kansas Railroad, and opened the station for this 
 line on the 30th of March, of that year. He re- 
 tained the position of station agent during the sue- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ceerling seven years ami then resigned, having 
 reached that degree of financial prosperity which 
 enabled him to retire from active pursuits. The 
 previous year he had sold one hundred and fifty 
 acres of land for nearly $23,000, and now owns 
 sixteen acres, upon which he resides and which 
 forms a beautiful home. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Myers took place July 3, 
 1867, his bride being Mrs. Martha B. Carpenter, a 
 native of Rochester, N. Y. Her father, William 
 Cook, was born in Plymouth, England, and was 
 the son of another AVilliam, also a native of the 
 Mother Country, who came to Canada with his 
 family and settled in Kingston, where he died. 
 William Cook, Jr., was reared and married in 
 Halifax, Nova Scotia, and after his marriage re- 
 sided in the Island of Cape Breton for some years. 
 He then came to the United States and engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits in Rochester, N. Y., for a time, 
 whence he removed to Oberlin, Ohio, and there 
 managed a college boarding house for a short per- 
 iod. His next removal was to Columbus, Ohio, 
 in which place he was employed as a book-keeper 
 by a hardware firm until his death, which occurred 
 when he was forty-four years old, on the 30th of 
 July, 1849. His widow continued to reside in that 
 city until 1856, when she removed to Bloomington, 
 111. 
 
 The maiden name of Mrs. Myers' mother was 
 Mary M. Adams; she was born in Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, and was the only child of Thomas Adams, 
 and a direct descendant of Henry Adams who em- 
 grated from England about the year 1 640 and was 
 a pioneer of Braintree, Mass. Thomas Adams was 
 a nephew of John Adams, the second President of 
 the United States. He was a ship builder and fol- 
 lowed his trade in Halifax and Cape Breton, and 
 after her marriage made his home with his daugh- 
 ter, departing this life at her residence in Columbus, 
 Ohio. His wife was of German ancestry and bore 
 the name of Amelia Sophia Cobright. William 
 and Mary Cook, parents of Mrs. Myers, reared a 
 family of eleven children, named, respectively, 
 William P., Mary, Amelia, Thomas, Richard, Wal- 
 ter, Alexander, Ellen, Martha. Charles and Samuel. 
 
 Mrs. Myers was first married in Bloomington, 
 111., in 1859, being united to Erastus S. Carpenter 
 
 who was born in Rochester, N. Y., and followed 
 the primer's trade. Mr. Carpenter departed this 
 life in January, 1865, in the city in which his mar- 
 riage had taken place, leaving one son, Edwin L., 
 who now enjoys a lucrative position with the Rio 
 Grande Western Coal Company. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Myers one son has been born, William H., who is 
 now a student in Spaulding's Commercial College, 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 Mr. Myers is a member of Wade Bonney Post, 
 No. 512, and the A.F. & A. M.,of Bloomington. He 
 was one of the organizers of the State National 
 Bank and was its first Vice President. 
 
 OSES R. JACKSON, who is engaged in 
 cornice manufacturing in Wellington, was 
 born in Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio, 
 August 8, 1883. His father, John Jack- 
 son, was born in Pennsylvania, and so also was his 
 grandfather, P^bon Jackson. The traditional his- 
 tory of the family lineage, is that the3' are de- 
 scended from five brothers who came to America 
 at an early period in the settlement of the colonies. 
 The grandfather of our subject removed from East- 
 ern to Western Pennsylvania, at the time of the 
 first settlement in that part of the State, and located 
 in the wilderness thirty miles from any white fam- 
 ily, taking up Government land. He built a saw- 
 mill and engaged in the lumber business, and rafted 
 the first lumber ever floated down the Mononga- 
 hela River to Pittsburg. In 1 808 he removed to 
 Ohio, making the trip on a raft down the Monon- 
 gahela and Ohio Rivers. He settled on the present 
 site of Cincinnati, in what was then a wilderness, 
 and subsequently took a tract of timber land twenty 
 miles distant, where he remained. A part of this 
 land is now owned and occupied by his son, Ethan 
 Jackson, and the town of Harrison occupies another 
 portion of it. Ethan Jackson and his sons estab- 
 lished a pottery which they conducted for some 
 years, and in that place the old gentleman and his 
 wife departed this life. Mrs. Jackson was a na- 
 tive of Pennsylvania, and bore the maiden name 
 
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 of Nancy McLean. Four children were reared to 
 j-ears of maturity — Neal, John, Daniel, and Ethan. 
 
 The father of our subject was a young lad when 
 his father moved to Oliio. He learned the trade of 
 a potter in Cincinnati, and was interested with his 
 father and brothers in establishing the pottery, and 
 prosecuted his trade nearly forty years. He resided 
 in Harrison until 1868, when he removed to Liv- 
 ingston County, III., where he died late in the year 
 1872, his remains being taken back to Harrison for 
 burial. His wife was born in Trenton, N. Y., and 
 bore the maiden name of Ruth Ann Riggs. She 
 died in Harrison in 1863, after having reared six 
 children — our subject, Ethan, Isaac, Sarah J., John 
 and Ruth Ann. 
 
 Moses Riggs, the father of Mrs. John Jackson, 
 was a native of New Jersey, from which Slate he 
 removed to Harrison, Ohio, and later to Pike 
 County, 111., where his death occurred. He was a 
 millwright and miller. Besides his daughter Ruth, 
 he had three other children. His only son, Cyrus, 
 died in Franklin County, Ind.; Rhoda married 
 John Durand, and is now living in Pittsfield, Pike 
 County, 111. ; Emma married Alva Shaw, and they 
 crossed the plains and settled in Oregon in 1846, 
 being among the first whites to settle there ; Mr. 
 Shaw took the first sheep to the Territory. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared and educa- 
 ted in Harrison, and while a youth, in the intervals 
 of study, assisted in the pottery. His father had a 
 tin shop in connection with that establishment, and 
 in 1849, young Jackson entered the shop and 
 learned the tinner's trade, which he subsequently 
 followed until Jul}^, 1862. He then took up arms 
 in defense of the Union, becoming a member of 
 Company B, Ninety sixth Ohio Infantry, in which 
 he served thiee years, when he was discharged on 
 account of the expiration of his service. He next 
 engaged in farming on the estate of his father-in- 
 law, and continued thus employed until 1866, 
 when he located in Fairbury, III., and there fol- 
 lowed bis trade for twelve months. At the expira- 
 tion of that time he opened a shop in Chatsworlh, 
 in partnership with his brother Ethan, the connec- 
 tion continuing until 1873, when he sold, and a 
 short time after located in Wichita, Kan., which was 
 then a city of about two thousand inhabitants, and 
 
 the western terminus of the railroad. In that city 
 he continued his trade as foreman of a shop until 
 1881, when he came to this place, where he filled a 
 similar position for four and a half years, after 
 which he established himself in the business which 
 he is now conducting. He lias a thorough knowl- 
 edge of his trade, and turns out excellent work, and 
 in every relation of life dispiays an honorable char- 
 acter. 
 
 In Miss Phoebe, daughter of Moses and Phoebe 
 Marsh, Mr. Jackson discovered the qualities which 
 he desired in a life companion, and with her he was 
 united in marriage in 1857. The bride was born 
 in Butler County, Ohio, and like her husband, is a 
 worthy member of the Brethren Church. Their 
 happy union has resulted in the birth of three chil- 
 dren — E. Edwin, George J., and John. 
 
 -l-^-i'^^5|-l-4— 
 
 ^ EROME W. KENDRICK, an early pioneer 
 of Sumner County, pre-empted in 1876, the 
 northwest quarter of section 22, in wliat is 
 i{^/; now Jackson Township, and taking up his 
 abode thereon, has continued to live there. He 
 settled upon a tract of wild prairie .at a time when 
 the country around him presented a desolate appear- 
 ance, inhabited principal!}' by wild animals. There 
 was not a railroad station nearer than Wichita, and 
 the present flourishing city of Wellington was a 
 hamlet containing only a few hundred people. The 
 transformation which has taken place during the in- 
 tervening years has been watched by Mr. Kendrick 
 with the warmest interest, while he has contributed 
 by his own labors to bring about the great change, 
 which, within a period of twenty-five years has 
 [lassed over the face of the Sunflower State. 
 
 A native of Butler Grove Township, Montgom- 
 ery County, 111., the subject of this notice was born 
 February 11, 1844, and is the son of the Rev. John 
 C. and Rebecca (Ware) Kendrick, both natives of 
 New Hampshire. The parents were reared and 
 married in the old Granite State, and about 1830 
 emigrated to Illinois, locating in the wilds of Mont- 
 gomery County. The removal was made overland 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 with teams before the days of stages or hotels, and 
 the travelers carried with them their beds and pro- 
 visions, camping and cooking, and sleeping by the 
 wayside. The Kendrick family first settled in what 
 is now Butler Township, but only remained there 
 a short time, tlie father later entering a tract of 
 Government land in what is now Fillmore Town- 
 ship. This land was all prairie, and no railroad was 
 built through that region for many years there- 
 after. The nearest market was at St. Louis, sixty- 
 five miles distant, and from three to five days were 
 employed in making the round trip. 
 
 The elder Kendrick improved forty acres of land 
 upon which he lived a number of years, then selling 
 out, returned to Butler Grove Township, and pur- 
 chased one hundred and twenty acres where he 
 made his home until his death, which occurred 
 about 1868. His wife, Rebecca, was the daughter 
 of Benjamin Ware, who spent his last years in 
 New Hampshire; she passed away in 1856, twelve 
 years prior to the decease of her husband. Their 
 family consisted of nine children. John C. Ken- 
 drick united with the Methodist Episcopal Church 
 in his youth, and began preaching, becoming a 
 member of the Conference. After his removal to 
 Illinois he traveled the circuit as a local preacher, 
 receiving little or no remuneration for his services. 
 
 The subject of this sketch attended the pioneer 
 schools of Montgomery County, III., which were 
 mostly conducted during the winter season, and as 
 soon as old enough he was required to make him- 
 self useful about the farm. On account of the ill 
 health of his father, he at the age of fifteen, assumed 
 many of the cares and responsibilities of the head 
 of the household. He remained with his parents 
 until his marriage, and then purchasing a farm ad- 
 joining, lived there until 1876. Then selling out 
 he started for the farther West, driving overland 
 with a team to Booncville, Mo., and at that point 
 chartered a car which conveyed him and his goods 
 to Osage ^Mission, whence he came with a team to 
 this county. The story of his later toils and strug- 
 gles, is the common one of those who settled upon 
 the frontier, and his prosperity has only been 
 achieved by the most unflagging industry, and the 
 exercise of a close economy. He was successful as 
 a tiller of tlie soil, and in addition to the cultiva- 
 
 tion of his land, has erected a good set of frame 
 buildings, and gathered around himself and his 
 family the conveniences and comforts of modern 
 life. 
 
 Miss Rebecca Livengood, a native of Hancock 
 County, Ohio, became the wife of Mr. Kendrick on 
 the 28th of November, 1866, the wedding taking 
 place at Hillsboro, III. The household now num- 
 bers nine children, viz: Carrie C. J., George A., 
 Ida May, Nellie G., Ella R., John J., Jennie F., 
 Minnie E., and Pearl Ethel. 
 
 Mrs. Kendrick is the daughter of the Rev. Jolin 
 J. Livengood, a native of Pennsylvania, who re- 
 moved to Ohio in his youth, and was there married 
 to Miss Amanda Byers, a native of that State. 
 The^' removed to Illinois about 1851, settling in 
 ^Montgomery County. Mr. Livengood was reared 
 in the doctrines of the Lutheran Church, and prior 
 to this time had become a preacher. After the re- 
 moval to Illinois, he was assigned to a charge in 
 Hillsboro, having four appointments in that vicin- 
 ity. He lived there until 1864, then removed to 
 Butler Grove Township, and purchased the farm 
 upon which he still resides. He labored faithfully 
 in the Master's vineyard until 1871, then retired 
 and spent his remaining jears in quietness at 
 Hillsboro, passing away March, 1886. His wife had 
 died at the home farm in Butler Grove Township 
 in Februar}', 1879. Mr. Livengood was a Repub- 
 lican, politically, and Mr. Kendrick is a Democrat. 
 
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 UILLIAM CORZINE, Vice-President of the 
 First National Bank at Caldwell, is also 
 ^^ engaged extensively in the live stock busi- 
 ness, being one of the largest land-owners of Sum- 
 ner County. Of Southern antecedents, he was born 
 in Tobias County, N. C, January 5, 1835, and is 
 the son of John R. and Elizabeth (Madden) Cor- 
 zine, the former of whom was a well-to-do planter 
 during his residence in the South. 
 
 Jolin R. Corzine, in 1838, emigrated to Jer- 
 sey County, 111., wiiere he sojourned for a period 
 of fourteen years, then changed his residence to 
 
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 Montgomery County, that State. In the latter be 
 spent his last days engaged in farming. He was a 
 strict member of the Baptist Church from early 
 raanhood and possessed of the nnquestioned integ- 
 ritjr which gained him the confidence and esteem 
 of all with whom he had dealings. His wife, Eliza- 
 beth, was born in Roan County, N. C, and was 
 the descendant of an old and honored family of 
 high respectability. She also like her husband died 
 in Montgomery County, 111. There were born to 
 them six children, viz: William, Saiah J.. Noah, 
 Jefferson, Francis M. and Elizabeth A. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the Brst-born of 
 hia parents and was reared on a farm in Jersej' 
 County, 111. He attended the common school'and 
 in 1852 removed with his parents to Montgomery 
 County, where he commenced farming for himself 
 and was thus occupied there until 1873. In the 
 meantime he was prospered, but decided to invest 
 his capital in Kansas lands, and coming to this 
 county purchased nine hundred and sixty acres on 
 sections 16 and 21, Falls Township. He still main- 
 tains possession of this land, which is now valuable. 
 He gave his attention strictly to farming until 1882, 
 then removed with his family to Caldwell, of which 
 he has since been a resident. He still has the general 
 management of his farming interests and as a lead- 
 ing stockman of this county, holds membership in 
 the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association. He 
 started out for himself unaided and his possessions 
 are solel}' the result of his own industry and good 
 management. For three years he served as County 
 Commissioner, and is recognized everywhere as a 
 liberal and public-spirited citizen, willing to aid 
 in any project which will result in the advancement 
 and welfare of the people around him. He is an 
 uncompromising Democrat, politically, and has 
 taken the third degree of the Ancient Free & Ac- 
 cepted Masons. The Caldwell First National Bank 
 has become one of the leading institutions of its kind 
 in this county, owing its prosperity largely to the 
 standing of its Vice-President, who is also a leading 
 director. 
 
 Mr. Corzine was first married in 1858 near 
 Litchfield, to Miss Sarah Forehand, of Montgomery 
 County, 111. This lady was a native of Tennessee, 
 and departed this life at her home in Falls Town- 
 
 ship in 1875. There were born to her and her hus- 
 band six children, viz: James A., Emma J., Thomas 
 J., Ida E., Mary and Albert. Mr. Corzine in 1877 
 contracted a second marriage with Miss Margaret 
 S. Blackwelder, of this county, and who is still liv- 
 ing. Of this union there are no children. 
 
 
 ENRY J. BEILET. This gentleman is not 
 only one of the substantial citizens of the 
 county, financially speaking, but is one of 
 ^P its educated citizens and a man of enterprise, 
 morality and good citizenship. His natal day was 
 March 9, 1843, and Texas claims him as one of her 
 sons. His father, Joseph Beilet, was born in Ger- 
 many and came to America when a young man, 
 making his first settlement in Philadelphia, Pa. He 
 became one of the early settlers of Texas, and being 
 a man of more than ordinary intelligence became 
 a prominent citizen, and was the incumbent of sev- 
 eral minor official positions. He served as a pri- 
 vate in the Mexican War. In politics he was a 
 Democrat, and in religion was a member of the Lu- 
 theran Church. He was not only influential among 
 his fellowmen, but displayed excellent business 
 ability and at the time of his death was in good 
 financial circumstances. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was the fifth in a family of ten children, and was 
 reared and educated in his native State, finishing 
 his schooling as a student in St. Mary's College. 
 In 1869, he went to Louisville, K3\, and learned 
 the trade of a painter, which he followed but a few 
 years ere he was compelled to abandon it, as he 
 found it was injuring his health. Returning to 
 Texas in 1872, he entered upon the business of 
 stock-raising and has since kept up his interest in 
 stock, his principal business at present consisting 
 of buying and selling good grades. In 1880 he 
 came to this county and purchased one hundred 
 and sixty acres in Sumner Township, where he now 
 lives; he also owns considerable real estate in Ne- 
 braska and altogether is in a condition of prosperity 
 commendable to his prudence and industry and 
 
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 liighly satisfactory to any man whose ideas of com- 
 fort are not exorbitant. 
 
 The family of Mr. Beilet is made up of his wife 
 and three charming daughters — Mary E., Annie 
 L., and Birdie. Mrs. Beilet bore the maiden name 
 of Laura J. Wright and was born in Iowa, April 
 19, 1858, to Henry and May (Heart) Wright, who 
 were natives of Ohio. The Wrights came to Kan- 
 sas in 1871, and settled in this county, where the 
 father is still carrying on his occupation of a 
 farmer. The rites of wedlock were celebrated be- 
 tween the daughter and our subject May 27, 1880. 
 
 H. D. CLEVELAND. This gentleman is 
 Jll the proprietor of the Capital Livery, Feed 
 ' & Sale Stable, in Wellington, and has one 
 of the finest establishments of the kind in 
 Sumner County. His stables are located on Lin- 
 coln Avenue, and there he usually keeps for work 
 sixteen to twenty horses, and he also has a fine line 
 of trade in boarding. He has been carrying on the 
 establishment here since 1878, and is one of the 
 oldest livery men now in the city. He has also 
 been quite extensivelj' engaged in buying and sell 
 ing stock. He is quite an old settler of this State, 
 having landed in Wichita in 1872, when that pros- 
 perous city was but a small village, and there 
 eno'ao'ed in the grocery business, in which he con- 
 tinued some three years. He then clianged his em- 
 ployment to that in which he is now engaged, and 
 a few years later removed his stock to this city, of 
 which he is now a prominent business man. 
 
 Mr. Cleveland is a son of Joseph and Sallie 
 (Barrett) Cleveland, natives of Niagara County, 
 N. Y., where they were married and where for 
 "many years the father was engaged in farming. In 
 1856, they removed to Stephenson County, 111., 
 about eight miles from Beloit, Wis., thence remov- 
 ing to Sheboygan County, Wis., where Mr. Cleve- 
 land continued his former occupation until elected 
 Sheriff, which office he held four years. He also 
 served as Supervisor six years. In 1869 he removed 
 to Iowa, and in 1774 caire to this State, and is now 
 
 living in Pawnee County. His wife died in Wis- 
 consin in 1868. 
 
 The subject of this brief biograpjiy was born in 
 Niagara County, N. Y., February 24, 1848, and;re- 
 mained in his native county until eight'years old 
 when he accompanied his parents farther West. 
 Young as he was at the breaking out of the Rebel- 
 lion, Mr. Cleveland was anxious to devote his 
 youthful energy to the cause of the Union, and 
 therefore placed his name on the muster-roll of 
 Company F, Second Wisconsin, the date of'his en- 
 listment being March 22, 1861. He was first sent 
 to Washington and then went to the front, being 
 present at the first battle of Bull Run. After the 
 expiration of his first term of enlistment he entered 
 the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin, as Captain of Company 
 F, which he had raised. This command was also 
 sent to Washington and thence to the seat of con- 
 flict, and Mr. Cleveland participated in all their 
 engagements, from the battle of the Wilderness 
 through to Richmond. His services included par- 
 ticipation in the battles of Spottsylvania Court- 
 house, Cold Harbor and Welton Railroad, and 
 many smaller engagements, with the usual amount 
 of hard marching and camp duties. At Spottsyl- 
 vania Court-house, he received a flesh. wound in 
 the leg, and was an inmate of the'field hospital for 
 a time. He attended the Grand Review at Wash- 
 ington and was mustered out at Chicago, June 18, 
 1865. 
 
 At the cessation of his soldier's life, Mr. Cleve- 
 land returned to Wisconsin and there engaged in 
 buying horses for the Western markets until the 
 fall of 1869, wlien he removed to Iowa and en- 
 gaged in the livery business in Cedar Falls, also 
 owning a farm in Grundy County. From Iowa he 
 removed to Austin, ]Minn., where for three years 
 he was engaged in the sale of agricultural imple- 
 ments, after which he became a resident of this 
 State and employed as before noted. 
 
 The lady in whom Mr. Cleveland found the 
 companion he desired was Miss Anna Porter, who 
 was born in Cumberland County, Ky., June z3 
 1856, and there made her home until about six 
 years of age, when her father, R. Porter, was killed, 
 after which her home was in Bowling Green. In 
 that city the rites of wedlock were celebrated be- 
 
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 tween herself and Mr. Cleveland .Tune 5, 1883. 
 Their happy union has been blessed by the birth 
 of three children — Alida P., Grover and Chester. 
 Mr. Cleveland belongs to the Grand Army of 
 the Republic and to the Ancient Order of United 
 Workmen. He is a reliable citizen, an honest man, 
 kindly in his domestic relations, and receives iiis 
 due measure of respect from his associates. 
 
 aALVIN L. READ. No more popular man 
 can be found in a "day's journey," nor one 
 ' more worthy of the regard in which he is 
 held, than he whose name stands at the head of this 
 biography, and whose portrait appears on the op- 
 posite page. He settled on his present location in 
 Dixon Township, in 1879, and during the decade 
 of his residence here has been actively and officially 
 interested in various social organizations, in politi- 
 cal and educational matters, and has always mani- 
 fested an intelligent interest in every movement 
 which has for its object thie welfare of the commu- 
 nity. His farm is now rented to a tenant, and com- 
 prises one hundred and sixty acres, eighty of which 
 are under the plow. 
 
 Truman Read, the father of our subject, was a 
 native of Windsor, Mass., and the son of Joshua 
 Read. He was a carpenter by trade as well as a 
 farmer, and during the War of 1812, served in the 
 American army. In the Empire State he married 
 Miss Sallie Brown, who was also a native of Wind- 
 sor, Mass., and they made their permanent abode 
 in Yates County, N. Y., where Mrs. Read died in 
 1842. The father of our subject subsequently mar- 
 ried Rebecca Hennebergh, who is still living on the 
 old homestead, her husband having departed this 
 life in 1877. The first marriage of Truman Read 
 was blessed by the birth of eight children, four of 
 whom are now living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the seventh in the 
 parental family, and was born February 3, 1834. 
 He received a good common-school education, and 
 remained at home, helping his father until he was 
 twenty-one years of age. He has always been en- 
 
 gaged in farm pursuits, excei)t during the Civil 
 War, and began life for himself by renting a farm 
 which he carried on until his patriotism was roused 
 to a pitch of enthusiasm by the efforts made to de- 
 stroy the Union, and he abandoned his peaceful 
 calling to take his place in the ranks of his coun- 
 try's defenders. In 1862 he became a member of 
 Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New 
 Y'ork Infantry, and until June, 1865, was far from 
 home and friends, undergoing the hazards of army 
 life. 
 
 About the 1st of September, 1862, Mr. Read was 
 sent with his comrades to Harper's Ferry, Va., and 
 on the loth of the same month, they were taken 
 prisoners by Stonewall Jackson's army. After hav- 
 ing been kept on parole at Chicago for two months, 
 they were exchanged and sent to Washington, and 
 placed upon picket duty at Bull Run until 1863. 
 They were then attached to the Second Army 
 Corps at Gum Spring, Va., and took part in the trj'- 
 ing scenes of Gettysburg. Returning to Virginia, 
 they crossed the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers 
 to the banks of the Rappahannock, remained there 
 for a time, and then moved over to Culpeper on 
 the Rapidan River, Where they remained until Lee 
 undertook to flank the army, when they again re- 
 turned to Bull Run. The command started South 
 again, went into the Mine Run expedition, and 
 then into winter quarters'. In May, 1864, they 
 broke camp and entered upon the Petersburg 
 Campaign, and in April, 1865, they followed Gen. 
 Lee's army to the surrender at Appomattox Court 
 House. During these years Mr. Read had taken 
 part in the battles at Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg, 
 Auburn Run, Va., and Bristol Station. 
 
 Although this outline of the movements of the 
 command lo which Mr. Read belonged, does not 
 include many of the most terrible and noted battle 
 fields, those who are acquainted with a soldier's life 
 know that it was not the less arduous or hazardous. 
 Indeed what are commonly called minor eno-ao-e- 
 ments, and the minor duties of campaignino- re- 
 quirp perhaps more true courage than that called 
 for during a great battle, as in the latter there is 
 an excitement, and even an exhilaration of spirit 
 "when the fight is on," that leads men generally to 
 forget their personal danger, and the very number 
 
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 engaged lessens the individual chances of injury. 
 It is tlierefore true that the greatest bravery is fre- 
 quentlj' displayed during the scenes which history 
 does not record, or passes over with but a slight 
 comment. Mr. Read was one of a special detail of 
 one hundred men to act as Gen. Hancock's Pro- 
 vost Guard, and was serving in that capacity at the 
 close of the war. He was on duty at Washington 
 during the Grand Review in 1865. 
 
 When mustered out of the service, Mr. Read re- 
 turned to his home in New York, and soon after 
 settled ill Oceana County, Mich., on a farm which 
 he operated for twelve years. He then removed 
 to Arkansas, and after sojourning in that State 
 about eighteen months, came to Kansas in 1879, 
 and took up his residence on the farm where he 
 still lives. In 1856 he became the husband of Ma- 
 ria Gerould of New York. They have one child, 
 Anson Revell Read, now living in New York, where 
 he owns and operates a vinej'ard. 
 
 Mr. Read takes an active interest in politics, and 
 always votes the Republican ticket. He is a mem- 
 ber of the school board in District No. 160, and has 
 been Road Overseer. He has been Tyler in Argonia 
 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a member; 
 is now Master of the Grange; is Commander of 
 Argonia Post, No. 342, G. A. R., in which he has 
 formerly held other offices; and is President of the 
 Farmers' Alliance. 
 
 JOHN F. RUGGLES. This gentleman is one 
 of those prosperous farmers of the count}', 
 who settled within its limits at an early pe- 
 ^_^ riod in its history, and who have witnessed 
 the development of its agricultural and business in- 
 terests, and the change from wild land which was 
 the haunt of buffalo, bear, deer, and other wild 
 animals, to well-kept and productive farm lands dot- 
 ted with peaceful herds. 
 
 Mr. Ruggles was born in Lewis County, Ky., on 
 New Year's Day, 1850, and is a son of Moses and 
 Eliza (Roberts) Ruggles, the former of whom was 
 
 of New England ancestry, and born in the same 
 county in which his son, our subject, first saw the 
 light. Tlie mother was born in Fleming County, 
 Ky., and was a daughter of one Samuel Roberts. 
 The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
 Thomas and Louisa (Bourse) Ruggles, both of 
 whom were born in New England, the grandfather 
 being of English ancestry. They were among the 
 early settlers of Lewis County, Ky., where Thomas 
 Ruggles took up a tract of timber land, upon which 
 he cleared a considerable acreage, changing the 
 wilderness to a fertile farm. There the father of our 
 subject was born in April, 1816, and grew to ma- 
 turity, his early life being passed before railroads 
 were built in the Blue Grass State, and when Rich- 
 mond, Va., was the market for hogs and cattle, to 
 which the people drove them from farms far dis- 
 tant. Being reared to agricultural pursuits, ]Moses 
 Ruggles, upon attaining to manhood, bought some 
 improved land a mile distant from his father's 
 homestead, and there took up his employr/ient, and 
 is still residing on the same place. He has lived to 
 see that section develop into a well-settled and 
 wealthy country, and now finds a much nearer mar- 
 ket than Richmond for all that he desires to buy or 
 sell. His wife, the mother of our subject, departed 
 this life about the year 1854, wlfen he of whom 
 we write was scarcely more than a babe. 
 
 John F. Ruggles passed his boyhood and youth 
 in his native county, leaving the parental roof at 
 the age of eighteen years, and going to DeWitt 
 County, 111., where he began life for himself by 
 working on a farm. He then rented land and car- 
 ried on agricultural pursuits there until 1875. The 
 previous year he had visited this section of coun- 
 try and purchased land in Wellington Township, to 
 which, at the date mentioned, he came as a settler. 
 Wichita was the nearest railroad station, whence he 
 traveled to this county by stage. The only im- 
 provement upon the place which he had purchased 
 was a small dwelling, and all the conveniences 
 which now mark the place have been accomplished 
 by him. He is the fortunate possessor of a half sec- 
 tion of land which is all enclosed, and which is im- 
 proved for general farming or used as pasture land. 
 The industry and practical ability of Mr. Ruggles are 
 plainly indicated by the appearance of everj'thing 
 
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 about the estate, aDd as 0'.;e who has assisted in the 
 development of the county, and been for a number 
 of j'ears one of its reliable citizens, he is entitled 
 to and receives the respect of his fellow-raen. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Ruggles was celebrated in 
 1871, the bride being Miss Armenia, daughter of 
 Samuel and Harriet (Grovsj') Wilson, who was 
 born in Lewis County, Ky., and who has been a 
 faithful and loving wife and mother since the date 
 of their union. Seven children have come to 
 brighten their fireside. They are nameii, respect- 
 ively: Hattie L., Dollie J., Annie L., Eliza J., Ka- 
 tie L., and Samuel W. and Vadie L., twins. 
 
 OHN J. STANDS, an extensive farmer re- 
 siding in Jackson Township, Sumner County, 
 was born in Pike Township, Stark Count\', 
 i^^J Ohio, February -24. 1850. His father, Henry 
 Stands, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he 
 was reared and married. AVhen a j'oung man, he 
 learned the trade of a weaver, and worked at that 
 branch of industry in his native State for a number 
 of years. In those days hand-looms were in use, 
 machinery not having as yet made its appearance 
 to benefit both the workman aid his employer. 
 Sometime after marriage he removed to Ohio, 
 where he rented land and engaged in farming. He 
 met with gratifying success, and after a time was 
 enabled to purchase a partly improved farm in 
 Pike Township, upon whicii he moved, and where 
 he resided until his death in 1885. He had lived 
 to see Stark County, Ohio, develop from a wilder- 
 ness to a wealthy and populous country. The 
 maiden name of the mother of our subiect was 
 Lydia Holm. She was born in Ohio, and now re- 
 sides on the famil}"^ estate in Pike Township, Stark 
 County, where she eujoj'S the confidence and es- 
 teem of a large circle of friends. Henrj- and Lj'- 
 dia Stands were the parents of fourteen children, of 
 whom ten were reared to maturitj-. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared on his 
 father's farm, and commenced to assist him in his 
 labors as soon as he was old enough to be of any 
 
 use. He continued to reside with his parents until 
 his marriage, when he struck out for himself. He 
 rented land in the neighborhood of his old home, 
 and operated it as a farm until the year 1878, when 
 he removed to Kansas. Although his native State 
 was endeared to him by many ties of kindred and 
 the hallowed associations of his 3-outh and man- 
 hood, 3-et as it oflrered him no prospect of obtaining 
 a new home for himself in the future, be concluded to 
 sever the chain binding him to his nativs soil, and 
 seek a home in the great and glorious West, where 
 he could call the land his own. Hearing good re- 
 ports of Sumner Count}-, he decided to locate in it, 
 and has never had occasion to regret his choice, as 
 it has fully met his expectations in every respect. 
 
 The removal of Mr. Stands and his family was 
 made from his native State to his new home, via 
 railroad to Wichita, then the terminus of the line 
 in that direction, and from that point to their final 
 location by teams. Upon his arrival in the county 
 he bought one hundred and sixty acres of slightly 
 improved land, including the southwest quarter of 
 section 20, Jackson Township. Energy, industry, 
 and good management have secured for our subject 
 a large measure of success, and he has been enabled 
 to add by purchase to his original tract of land, 
 until he now has a fine farm of four hundred acres, 
 all good land and enclosed by a thrift}' and beau- 
 tiful hedge. He has erected good buildings and 
 planted fruit and shade trees, which will in the near 
 future amply reward him for his labor in their be- 
 half. He manages his business of a general farmer 
 and stock-raiser with intelligence and skill, andean 
 show as good land and improvements as can be 
 found in the county. 
 
 In 1874 our subject and ^Miss Christina Kahler 
 were united in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. 
 Stands was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and 
 is a lady well-fitted by nature and education to be 
 the wife of a good man. She is an earnest Chris- 
 tian worker, and exemplifies the precepts of re- 
 ligion in her daily life, and as a consequence en- 
 joys the respect and esteem of all with whom she 
 comes in contact. She is a member of the United 
 Brethren Church, and is a regular and devoted at- 
 tendant upon all its services. Mr. Stands is a Re- 
 publican in politics, and exerts his influence for 
 
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 the success of his part3\ Mr. and Mrs. Stands have 
 been charged with the rearing of six children, 
 named respectively: Bertha E., OUie M., Irving S., 
 Delia N., John H., and Myrtle L. 
 
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 eHOMAS A. DAVIS has been a resident of 
 . this county since 1876, and is the owner of 
 a pleasant and well-improved farm on sec- 
 tion 30, Sumner Township, ?.nd engnged in general 
 farming and stock-raising. In addition to his agri- 
 cultural employments, he finds time for labors in 
 behalf of the cause of Christianity, and is the local 
 Baptist preacher at Mayfleld. He was Justice of 
 the Peace for a number of years, and ha.s high re- 
 pule among his fellow-citizens as a just Judge, a 
 kindly neighbor, and a worthy citizen. 
 
 The ancestral line of our subject is traced through 
 a number of generations of North Carolinians to 
 English ancestors. His grandfather was Daniel 
 Diivis, and his father William Davis, who was born 
 in 1819, and is now living in Jackson County, 
 Mo., whence he removed in 1845. He is engaged 
 in tilling the soil, and has an honorable record as a 
 private during the late war. The mother of our 
 subject was bcrn in 1818, to Thomas and Mary 
 Winfrey, and was christened Nancy. Her father 
 was a farmer, and tike her husband's family, she and 
 hers were natives of North Carolina. She also is 
 still living. The parental family comprised Thomas, 
 Elvira, Caleb J., John S., and Mar}- J.; all are still 
 living except Caleb J., who died at the age of sev- 
 enteen. 
 
 Mr. Davis was born September 6, 1839, in North 
 Carolina, and being but a lad when his parents lu- 
 moved to Missouri, his rearing and education were 
 completed in the latter State. He finished his 
 course of study in 1858, and taught school until 
 1861, when he determined to devote his strength, 
 and his life if need be, to tlie cause of the Union. 
 He therefore enlisted in Company I, Second Mis- 
 souri Cavalry, and served his country faithfully 
 until June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged 
 
 and mustered out of the service. The principal 
 battles in which he participated, were Lexington, 
 Lone Jack, Prairie Grove, and Helena, and in many 
 minor engagements, brilliant cavalry dashes and 
 scouting exploits, he bore a gallant part. 
 
 At the conclusion of the war Mr. Davis adopted 
 the occupation of farming, and until the year 1870 
 was thus engaged in Missouri, and he then entered 
 upon a mercantile career, pursuing it until the 
 fall of 1876, when he pre-empted the land upon 
 which he yet resides, and again turned his atten- 
 tion to the pursuit of agriculture. 
 
 On January 14, 1860, Mr. Davis was united in 
 marriage with Miss Emily S. House, a native of 
 Jackson County, Mo , whose natal day was Octo- 
 ber 17, 1843. She was a daughter of Samuel and 
 Julia House, who were natives of Kentucky and 
 North Carolina, respectively. Mrs. Davis breathed 
 her last Julj^ 30, 1884, [leaving six children to 
 mourn the loss of a loving mother, and to whom 
 she left as a heritage, the knowledge of her kind- 
 ness and consistent Christian character. She was a 
 member of the Baptist Church. Her children are 
 named respectively: Caleb S., Julia A., John H., 
 William, Henry J., and Isaac W. By a second 
 marriage, Mr. Davis has one child, DeForest, who 
 is now living in Missouri. 
 
 =£*- 
 
 fi^^REDERICK S. PHILLIPS is making a 
 [=40 specialty of fruit-growing and has, at his 
 /il, pleasant homestead on section 10, a grow- 
 
 ing orchard comprising one hundred apple trees, 
 besides pear trees, an abundance of raspberries, 
 blackberries, grapes, strawberries and other small 
 fruits. For eight years after coming to his present 
 location he followed the trade of a blacksmith, and 
 had a shop on his farm. Gradually he gave up 
 this business to engage in other departments of 
 labor in connection with his farm, which consists of 
 forty acres of well-improved land. 
 
 Of sturdy English ancestry, our subject was born 
 March 30, 1827, in Hunterdon County, N. J. His 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALliUM. 
 
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 parents were Jonathan and Sarah Phillips,, like- 
 wise natives of New Jersey, of which State their 
 forefathers were among the very earliest settlers. 
 It is said that to these early representatives of the 
 Phillips family were issued during Queen Anne's 
 reign, deeds to large tracts of hind in New Jersey. 
 Jonathan Phillips was twice married, our subject 
 being the eldest child by the second marriage. He 
 was reared to manhood in his native State, and 
 until the age of sixteen was mainly occupied in the 
 (If tails of faim life. At that time, however, he 
 commenced to learn the blacksmith's trade, serving 
 a four years' apprenticeship, and afterward follow- 
 ing it in New Jersey for a period of thirty years. 
 His early education was received in subscription 
 schools, and was limited to the mere rudiments of 
 knowledge. 
 
 Mr. Phillips is numbered among those valiant 
 patriots who offered their lives in their country's 
 defense. In 1862 he enlisted in Company G, 
 Thirtieth New Jersey Infantry, which was incorpo- 
 rated with the Army of the Potomac. He partici- 
 pated in the battles of Chancellorville, Fredericks- 
 burg, Gettysburg, and other minor engagements. 
 He enlisted as Second Lieutenant, serving in this 
 capacity during his active campaign of nine months. 
 He endured with hardihood the severe marches 
 accompanying army life, for, being of a sturdy 
 frame and compact build, he suffered less from 
 hardships and exposure than most of the soldiers. 
 
 On the 20th of January, 1849, our subject was 
 united in marriage with Miss Caroline Johnson, 
 who, like himself, was a native of Hunterdon, 
 County, N. J., and was born October 26, 1827. 
 She was a daughter of Asher and Mary A. John- 
 son, of the same State, and of an old family proba- 
 bly of English origin. Eight children were born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, of whom five survive, 
 namely: Emma A., wife of John Watson, of 
 Trenton, N. J.; William, a resident of Stockton, 
 N. J.; Eva, wife of George Bruner, and a resident 
 of Colorado; Sallie, who married Charles Gurtner, 
 of Mulvane, Kan.; Lewis, who lives in Colorado. 
 The deceased are — Mary H., Asher J., and one who 
 died in infancy. 
 
 Leaving his Eastern home in Januarj', 1877, Mr. 
 Phillips cast his lot among the people of Sumner 
 
 County, Kan., where his familj' followed him the 
 ensuing March. B3' dint of toil and good business 
 management, he has made for himself and family' a 
 cemfortable home, and there is passing the close of 
 a well-spent life. He has gained the respect of the 
 community by his upright, consistent chaiacter, and 
 is associated with the Grand Army of the Repuli- 
 lic, at Mulvane. Politically, he affiliates with the 
 Republican party, and is an earnest worker in the 
 interests of anything calculated to benefit the 
 county where he makes his home. 
 
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 IDWARD C. JEFFRIES. Nineteen years 
 ago there might have been seen the team and 
 L=^ wagon of an emigrant slowly making its 
 way across the countrj' to Palestine Township in 
 the month of July, and which upon arriving on the 
 northeast quarter of section (J, halted and the travel- 
 ers alighting, proceeded to look around them in 
 contemplation of that which they expected would 
 be their future home. The outlook was not remark- 
 ably encouraging, being a broad stretch of open 
 country over which wild animals roamed at will 
 and which had been scarcely distuibed by the foot 
 of a white man. Upon the land selected there 
 stood a little 12x14 frame house which had been 
 put up by some discouraged '■ squatter " but into 
 which Edward C. Jeffries and his family soon re- 
 moved and proceeded to make the best of circum- 
 stances. 
 
 The Jeffries family, as maybe supposed, were not 
 over-stocked with this world's goods, although Mr. 
 Jeffries had paid for his claim the snug sum of 
 $500. He was of a hospitable disposition, which 
 quality was shared by his excellent wife, and that 
 little house during that first fall sheltered from time 
 to time four other families who sojourned there 
 temporarily. Neighbors were few and far between 
 and in the fall of 1872 Mr. Jeffries went only about 
 twelve miles west of the present site of Belle 
 Plaine to kill buffalo for his winter meat, laying 
 low as many as five or six in an hour. Large herds of 
 these animals then roamed over that section of coun- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tr3'. Upon one of these expeditions while out hunt- 
 ing Mr. Jeffries' attention was attracted by a move- 
 ment in the grass and he discovered the head of an 
 Indian who was stealthily watching his movements. 
 The savage upon being discovered mounted his 
 ponj' and rode at a rapid rate over the hill, point- 
 ing an arrow in his bow at the white' man. Mr. Jeff- 
 ries leveled his repeating rifle on his threatening 
 foe and they each came to a halt, thus regarding 
 each other and each waiting for further demonstra- 
 tions. Finally the Indian wheeled and left, much 
 to the relief of the peaceable white man. 
 
 In due time there was constructed from this 
 primitive .tract of land one of the best farms in 
 Palestine Township, presenting now the picture of 
 a pleasant country home where peace and plenty 
 abound. The first dwelling has been supplanted by 
 a commodious frame residence, near which have 
 been built a substantial barn, corn cribs, granaries 
 and other necessary structures, while Mr. Jeffries 
 has planted over a thousand fruit trees, including 
 apple, peach, pear and cherry, besides blackberry 
 and grape vines. The farm is mostly enclosed and 
 divided with hedge fencing. !Xo more fitting mon- 
 ument could be erected to him whose perseverance 
 and encT'gy have met with such ample reward. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Wood 
 County, Ohio, May' 12, 1836, and was reared there 
 on a farm, acquiring a practical education in the 
 district school. His parents, George and Rebecca 
 (Buse) Jeffries, vvere natives of Pennsylvania and 
 born near the town of Little York. At an early 
 date they removed to Harrison County, Ohio, with 
 their respective parents and endured all the hard- 
 ships incident to pioneer life. Later the mother 
 became a resident of Wood County^, that State 
 wliere her death took place in 1864. Prior to the 
 removal there they had sojourned for a short time 
 in Cincinnati, where the father died in 1848. The 
 mother was a consistent member of the United 
 Brethren Church. The paternal grandfather, Sam- 
 uel Jeffries, was of Scotch ancestry and it is be- 
 lieved was born in the Land of the Thistle. 
 
 pjdward C. Jeffries remained a resident of the 
 Buckeye State until after the outbreak of the Civil 
 War and at an earlj' j)eriod in the conflict enlisted 
 as a Union soldier in Company K, Sixty-seventh 
 
 Onio Infantry, being mustered in as a private No- 
 vember 7, 1861. He served three years, then vet- 
 eranized, and on March 18, 1865, was given a First 
 Lieutenant's commission with which rank he served 
 until the close of the war. Prior to this he had 
 acted as Commissary Sergeant. He participated in 
 many important battles, including the fight at Win- 
 chester, met the enemy in the Shenandoah Valley 
 near N'ew Market, and in front of Richmond and 
 was at the battle of Black Water, Morris Island, 
 Chapin Farm, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, and 
 had the satisfaction of witnessing Lee's surrender 
 at Appomattox. His company was held afterward 
 about twenty miles north of Richmond until De- 
 cember 7, 1865, when they repaired to City Point 
 where Mr. Jeffries received his honorable discharge, 
 and the company later was disbanded at Columbus, 
 Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Jeffries returned home without a scratch, 
 able to enter at once upon the duties of a civilian. 
 Esteeming one of the first of these duties to be the 
 establishment of a home, he had prior to this taken 
 unto himself a wife and helpmate, Miss Ellen 
 North, to whom he was wedded April 24, 1865. 
 This lady was a native of his own county and the 
 daughter of William and Matilda (Skinner) North, 
 the father a native of Philadelphia, Pa., and the 
 mother of Perry County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. 
 North became residents of Wood County with 
 their respective parents early in life and during 
 the pioneer days of that region. Grandfather Jos- 
 eph North and his wife, Catherine, it is believed 
 were both natives of Pennsylvania. Upon emi- 
 grating to Ohio, they settled in the heavy timber 
 among Indians, bear, wolves, wild hogs and other 
 animals, and they laboriously' constructed a home- 
 stead from the wilderness. There they spent their 
 last days. On the maternal side, Grandfather John 
 and Elizabeth (Oakley) Skinner, likewise natives of 
 the Keystone State, were early pioneers of Perry 
 County, Ohio, whence later they removed to Wood 
 County and underwent an experience similar to 
 that of the North family. Those courageous 
 spirits have long since passed away and it becomes 
 the duty of their descendants to hold their names 
 in remembrance. 
 
 In the spring of 1867 Mr. Jeffries removed with 
 
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 Iiis little family to Benton County, Iowa, where 
 they sojourned until coming to Kansas. There has 
 been born to them one child onl3', a sou, George 
 L., who, with his parents, is a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Jeffries is 
 one of the pillars and officiates as Trustee. Mrs. 
 Jeffries' family, as far back as she has the records, 
 were all identified with this religious denomination. 
 Her parents accompanied her to Kansas, remaining 
 with her until their decease, the father dying No- 
 vember 29, 1880,andthe mother February 19, 1881. 
 Although usuall}' fortunate Mr. Jeffries has met 
 with reverses like most other men. In 1874 his 
 crops were destroyed by the grasshoppers which put 
 the family upon very short rations for the follow- 
 ing winter and spring. Mone)" likewise was scarce, 
 and during the fall of that year Mr. Jeffries hauled 
 corn from Ft. Reno, thus making mone3' enough to 
 meet his expenses. 
 
 Politicall}', Mr. Jeffries affiliates with the Re- 
 publican part}'. He has served as Treasurer of 
 Palestine Township since 1887, and as Trustee from 
 1884 to 1886. He belongs to Belle Plaine Post, 
 No. 337, G. A. R., and his son to the Sons of 
 Veterans. Mrs. Jeffries is an efficient worker in the 
 Relief Corps. 
 
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 IJS*. ANIEL GILCHRIST, a farmer and stock- 
 |i Jl] raiser of Belle Plaine Township and the 
 ofj^^ owner of two hundred and sixty acres of 
 land therein, is a native of Caithness Shire, 
 Scotland, where bis eyes first opened to the light 
 April 10. 1838. He is the son of William and 
 Margaret (Dunbar) Gilchrist and is the oldest liv- 
 ing member of the parental family. An older 
 brother, William, is deceased ; John lives also in 
 Belle Plaine Township ; Alexander is deceased ; 
 and Margaret is the wife of J. W. Dand, of Belle 
 Plaine. The mother now lives in that town, but 
 the father departed this life in 1883. 
 
 The early years of our subject were spent in the 
 usual occupations and recreations of looyhood, and 
 
 at t!ie age of sixteen years he began an apprentice- 
 ship at the carpenter's and joiner's trade, serving 
 four years. He subsequently pursued that occupa- 
 tion as a journeyman and followed it for a period 
 of about thirty years. On May-day, 1 860, he was 
 i united in marriage with Miss Mary Brims, adaugh- 
 [ ter of Donald and Catherine Brims, who was born 
 in Scotland in 1828. A son William, born July 1, 
 1861, came to bless this union. The wife and mo- 
 ther participated in her husband's fortunes until 
 November 25, 1889, when she breathed her last, 
 leaving behind her a wealth of love aad affection, 
 and great!}' missed both b}' her family and the peo- 
 ple who knejT her so well. She was a consistent 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Mr. Gilchrist emigrated to America in 1861, 
 passage being taken at Glasgow, on the steamer 
 "Caledonia," of the Anchor Line, which after an 
 ocean voyage of sixteen daj's made a landing at 
 Quebec, Canada. Thence Mr. Gilchrist went to 
 Montreal, where be followed his trade for four 
 years, after which he removed to Boston, Mass. 
 residing near that city two years, working in a sash, 
 door and blind factory. In 1865, he became a cit- 
 izen of Chicago, 111., and during the following ten 
 years was employed as a journeyman carpenter in 
 that city. His next removal was to Sumner Countj', 
 Kan., and bis first settlement was on Cow Skin 
 Creek, on section 19. That location was his home 
 for four years, after wliich he settled on section 25, 
 Belle Plaine Township, which has since been his 
 home. 
 
 The home farm of Mr. Gilchrist comprises one 
 hundred and sixt}' acres, which at the time of his 
 sattlement upon it was in a primitive condition 
 with the exception of having had the sod turned 
 on about iwenty-five atres. There was no house 
 whatever on the land and the condition in which 
 the estate is now seen has resulted from the energy 
 and hard labor of the owner, and his son, wlio from 
 his boyhood proved an efficient helper. They en- 
 dured the hardships subject to pioneer life, the 
 devoted wife and mother being a helpmate and 
 counselor, and encouraging the father and son in 
 every effort. 
 
 Mr. Gilchrist has served for three terms as Treas- 
 urer of School District No. 76. In politics he is a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Democrat while his son is an equally stanch Repub- 
 lican. The sturdy elements of the Scotch character 
 have been well manifested in the career of Mr. 
 Gilchrist, and it is a, pleasure to his many friends 
 to know that he is prospering in his worldly affairs, 
 and to feel that he is interested in all movements 
 which pertain to the public good in the section of 
 which he has been so long a worthy resident. 
 
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 THOMAS N. CORNWELL. A mixed popu- 
 lation has been blended together very har- 
 moniously in the settlement of this county, 
 men having come from nearly all parts of the 
 United States. The subject of this notice, one of 
 the well-to-do farmers of Palestine Township and 
 comfortablj' located on section 5, is a native of Old 
 Virginia and was born in Fauquier Count3', August 
 31, 1832. About six years later his parents, Ben- 
 jamin and Nancy (Grant) Cornwell, removed to 
 Madison County, Ohio, locating on a farm in the 
 heavy timber, or upon land which the father, by 
 the exercise of great industry and perseverance 
 transformed into a farm. He felled the heavy tim- 
 ber, grubbed out and burned the stumps, plowed, 
 harrowed and sowed, and this process repeated 
 season after season in due time placed the family 
 in comfortable circumstances. 
 
 Amid these scenes young Cornwell was reared to 
 man's estate. He assisted his father in the devel- 
 opment of the farm, remaining under the home 
 roof until 1854, being then a youth of twenty-two 
 years. In the meantime, in 1 853, the mother had 
 passed away. In 1856, Benjamin Cornwell emi- 
 grated to DeWitt County, 111., and died the follow- 
 ing year. Prior to this, in 1854, Ttiomas N. had 
 gone to Illinois, of which State he remsined a resi- 
 dent until 1880. He there met his fate in the 
 person of Miss Margaret James, to whom he was 
 married in 1858. This lady was born Jul}' 26, 
 •1837, in Fayette County, Ohio, and was the daugh- 
 ter of William and Susan (Belford) James, who 
 jemoved from Ohio to DeWitt County, III., during 
 the earl} settlement of the Prairie State, They 
 
 there spent the remainder of their lives. The 
 grandfather, William James, emigrated from Mary- 
 land to Ohio at an early date and died there. On 
 the maternal side Grandfather WilUiam Belford, 
 removed from Virginia to Illinois, likewise in pio- 
 neer times, and there he died. 
 
 Mr. Cornwell prosecuted farming in Illinois un- 
 til the fall of 1880, then disposing of his interests 
 in that region came to Kansas and invested his 
 capital in his present farm of two hundred and 
 forty acres. With the exception of an old box 
 house, which had been erected by some pioneer 
 who had become discouraged and abandoned it, 
 there were no improvements upon the place. Mr. 
 Cornwell's first business was to provide a shelter 
 for his family, and he then began at first principles 
 in the construction of a farm. He has been greatly 
 prospered in his labors, bringing the soil to a good 
 state of cultivation, planting fruit and shade trees, 
 erecting buildings and bringing about the other 
 improvements naturally suggested to the enterpris- 
 ing individual. He and his family are now domi- 
 ciled in a fine, large frame dwelling, a view of 
 which appears in connection with this sketch. Ad- 
 jacent to the residence is a substantial barn and other 
 good buildings, an orchard of about five acres, and 
 there are also twenty acres of timber which has 
 chiefly grown up since he came here. 
 
 The household circle of Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell 
 was completed by the birth of nine childrefl, seven 
 of whom are living, viz: Albert, Stephen, Alvin, 
 Elmer, James, Anna and Ida. The two deceased 
 died in infancy. Tiie wife and mother departed 
 this life February 4, 1884, at the homestead in 
 Palestine Township; she was forty-six years of age, 
 and her death cast a gloom over the neighborhood. 
 Mr. Cornwell formed a second matrimonial alliance 
 March 17, 1886, the lady being Mrs. Ruth E. 
 (Hatfield) Shay, who was born September 9, 1840, 
 in La Porte County, Ind., her parents being Moses 
 and Nancy (Christy) Hatfield, natives of Virginia 
 and Ohio respectively. They removed to Indiana 
 at an early day, but after the late war removed to 
 Missouri, where the mother died, aged about sixty- 
 six years. The father is still living in Harrison 
 County, Mo., and has now reached the advanced 
 age of eighty-six years. Mr?- Cornwell was first 
 
Farm Residence of T. N.Cornwell,5ec.5. Pale5tineTp.,5umnerCo.Kan. 
 
 Farm Residence of W^ A. Darby, SEC.2.BELLEBLAiNETr!,SuiviNERCo.KAN. 
 
 Farm Residence of Isaac Van curen,Sec8,PalestineTp. Sumner Co.Kans. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 married, January 7, 1858, to Isaiah Shay, the cere- 
 mony being performed in Tazewell County, 111. 
 Their five children were named, respectively: Kit 
 tie, Ira, Mary, Rachael and Iva. KitLie died near 
 Belle Plaine in 1887. All are married and have 
 families, with the exception of Ira who makes his 
 home in Palestine Township. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Cornwell belong to the Christian 
 Church, attending services in Belle Plaine, and in 
 which our subject servtis as a Deacon. In Illinois he 
 was an Elder, tie has always been interested in edu- 
 cational matters, believing in giving to the young all 
 the advantages, fitting them to become useful and 
 intelligent members of society. lie has served 
 as Treasurer most of the time since coming to Pal- 
 estine Township. In DeWitt County, 111., he rep- 
 resented Texas Township in the County Board of 
 Supervisors a number of years. He also in Illinois 
 identified himself with the Inde[)endent Order of 
 Odd Fellows, and he is a charter member of Belle 
 Plaine Lodge, No. 198, and the Encampment at 
 Belle Plaine. The paternal grandfather of our 
 subject was Payton Cornwell, a native of Virginia, 
 in which State his father located upon coming to 
 America from England. On ihe maternal side his 
 grandfather, Isaac; Grant, was of Scotch ancestry 
 and died in Virginia. 
 
 fSAAC VANCUREN. The subject of this 
 I notice holds a prominent position in the agri- 
 \ cultural community of Palestine Township, 
 and is successfully cultivating two hundred and 
 forty acres of good land, pleasantly located on sec- 
 tion 8. As a farmer, he is thorough and skillful, 
 and as a member of the community, is held in high 
 respect. By birth, he is an Ohio man, a native of 
 Belmont County, and was born October 29, 1839. 
 "When a mere boy, his parents, Cornelius and Cathe- 
 rine (Hagen) Vaucuren, changed their residence 
 from Belmont to Hocking County, where they spent 
 the remainder of their lives. The mother first 
 passed away, being then sixty years old. Cornelius 
 Vancuren lived to liic advanced age of eighty 
 
 years. Both were church members, worthy and 
 conscientious people who lived at peace with their 
 neighbors and enjoyed the respect of all who knew 
 them. Tlie father, politically, was a Democrat, 
 and had served as a soldier in the war of 1812. 
 
 Mr. Vancuren was reared to man's estate in 
 Hocking County, Ohio, and when ready to establish 
 domestic ties, was wedded, in March, 1849, to Jliss 
 Eliza A., daughter of Solomon and Maiy A. (Flen- 
 ncr) Yantes. This lady was born in Pickaway 
 County, Ohio, but her parents later removed to 
 Hocking County, where they spent the closing years 
 of their lives, dying in the faith of the Lutheran 
 Church. The paternal grandfather, Henry Yantes, 
 was born, it is supposed, in Germany. Both he 
 and his wife, Catherine, died in Pickaway Count}', 
 Oliio. On the mother's side. Grandfather George 
 Flenner, with his wife, Elizabeth, died in Sanduskj^ 
 County, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Vancuren lived on a farm in 
 Hocking County, Ohio, until the spring of 1865, 
 then removed to Shelby County, III., locating there 
 also upon a farm, and remaining three years, when 
 they removed to Macon Count}', where they re- 
 mained until February, 1877. Their next removal 
 was to this county. Mr. Vancuren at once pur- 
 chased one hundred and sixty acres of land, which 
 is now included in his present farm. Later he 
 added to his landed possessions, until he has now 
 two hundred and forty acres, all in productive con- 
 dition and devoted to general agriculture. The 
 family first occupied a small liouse, and beyond a 
 few acres of ground having been plowed, this was 
 the only improvement upon the place. The near- 
 est market was at Wichita, to which place the farm- 
 ers of this region conveyed their produce overland 
 with teams. Mr. Vancuren labored industriously 
 in the construction of his homestead, and its present 
 condition indicates to what good purpose he em- 
 ployed his time. Besides the cultivation of the 
 soil, and the erection of buildings, he planted a 
 grove of forest trees and numbers of apple trees, 
 besides the smaller fruits. The family enjoy all 
 the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. 
 
 Seven children came to bless the union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Vancuren, all of whom are still spared to 
 them. Tiie eldest born, a daughter, Catherine, is 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the wife of Anthony Hahn, and they live in this 
 county; Mary J. is the wife of James L. Vaughan, 
 of Winfield; liilizabeth, Mrs. Benjamin Aurbert, 
 lives in Dalton, 111.; Rebecca J. is the wife of 
 Henry Graban of Washington ; John and William 
 remain at home with their parents; Harriet A. is 
 the wife of William Daily, and they live in Win- 
 field. Mr. and Mrs. Vancuren are connected with 
 the Christian Church at Belle Plaine, and occupy a 
 good position in their community. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Mr. Vancuren was 
 a Tory during Revolutionary times, and after the 
 war was over, settled in New York State, where it 
 is supposed he spent his last days. On his mother's 
 side. Grandfather David Hagen, it is supposed, was 
 born in Ireland. He lived in Pennsylvania many 
 years, and died there. On another page of tliis 
 volume may be found a view of Mr. Vancuren's 
 residence. 
 
 <| MLLIAM ALFRED DARBY. Here and 
 \/\//l there we find a man of advanced thought, 
 \^^ ahead of his time, keeping himself well 
 posted upon the march of events, and taking a 
 warm interest in the various enterprises calculated 
 to benefit the world in general. Mr. Darby is one 
 of the most public spirited men of Belle Plaine 
 Township, and is a farmer by occupation, operating 
 one hundred and sixty acres of well-developed land 
 on section 2. He came to this county in the spring 
 of 1871, from Independence, this State, and during 
 his eighteen years residence among the people of 
 this community, has fully established himself in 
 their confidence and esteem. 
 
 Mr. Darby was born in West Virginia, March 
 18, 1842, and when a child, was taken by his parents 
 to Richland County, Ohio. His boyhood and 
 youth were spent amid the quiet pursuits of farm 
 life, and he acquired his education in the common 
 school. The family left the Buckeye State about 
 1860, removing to Logan County, 111., and later 
 crossing the Mississippi, took up their abode in 
 Indepenlence, this State. William A. remained 
 there one winter, then coming to this county, pre- 
 
 empted one hundred and sixty acres of land — that 
 which constitutes his present farm — and where he 
 has since resided. This was then a tract of wild 
 land, without any improvements, and it has taken 
 no small amount of labor and capital to bring it to 
 its present condition. Th^ results of perseverance 
 and industry have been illustrated in a marked 
 degree in the labors of Mr. Darby, who is now in 
 possession of one of the most desirable homes in this 
 part of the county. 
 
 Mr. Darby came to this section an unmarried 
 man, but in due time formed the acquaintance of 
 Miss Angeline Lawless, to whom he was wedded in 
 Belle Plaine Township, April 25, 1876. Mrs. 
 Darby was born in Russell County, Ky., April'Sth, 
 1855, and is the daughter of James and Nancy 
 (Cook) Lawless, who aie now living in Harmon 
 Township. The young people began the journey 
 of life together at their own home, and toiled 
 mutually in gathering around themselves the con- 
 veniences and comforts of modern life. Mr. Darby 
 is a reader, and keeps himself posted upon political 
 events, giving his cordial support to the Republican 
 party. 
 
 The father of our subject was Jolni O. Darby, 
 who married Miss Sarah Neal; they were natives 
 of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectivelj'. They 
 became the parents of eleven children, and -spent 
 their last days in Richland County, Ohio. 
 
 Among other lithographic views of well-de- 
 veloped farms in Sumner County, we present that 
 of Mr. Darby, with some of its improvements and 
 principal buildings. 
 
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 ESLEY S. NORTH. This gentleman ranks 
 among the leading farmers of Palestine 
 Township, being the owner of eighty acres 
 of choice land on section 32. This land has been 
 thoroughly improved and embellished with good 
 buildings, including a neat modern dwelling, with 
 stables, corncribs, etc. ; adjacent to them is an or- 
 chard of five acres, with an abundance of the smaller 
 
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 fruits. Mr. North makes a specialty of stock-rais- 
 ing, principally Poland-Cliina swine. He is amply 
 worthy of a representation in tliis work as a thor- 
 ough and skillful agriculturist and a useful mem- 
 ber of the community. 
 
 A native of Wood County, Ohio, Mr. North was 
 born February 5, 1838, and spent his early j'ears 
 learning tlie arts of agriculture. His parents, Will- 
 iam and Matilda (Skinner) North, were natives re- 
 spectively of Germantown, Pa., and Perry Countj', 
 Ohio. Each emigrated with their parents at an 
 early date to Wood County, Ohio. The paternal 
 grandparents of our subject were Joseph and Cath- 
 erine (North) North, and on his mother's side his 
 grandparents were John and Catherine (Oakley) 
 Shinner. They all look up their abode in the 
 Buckeye State about 1836, among Indians and wild 
 animals, the latter including bears, wild cats, 
 wolves and other dangerous creatures. Each fam- 
 ily put up a little log cabin and began the con- 
 struction of a farm from the heavy timber at a 
 time when the nearest settlement was forty miles 
 away. 
 
 To the above-mentioned settlement these pion- 
 eers had also to repair in order to get their milling 
 done, traveling laboriously through the heavy tim- 
 ber where scarcely a trail sometimes wasdiscernable. 
 There was a little trading post at Perr^'sburg, about 
 twelve miles distant, where dry-goods could be 
 procured. They took up a portion of canal land, 
 paying to the Government $1.25 per acre, and im- 
 proved their farms with the aid of rude imple- 
 ments. There their children were born and reared, 
 and there all the grandparents died. The land 
 which they thus reclaimed from the wilderness is 
 now valued at over $100 per acre. 
 
 The subject of this sketch upon reaching man's 
 estate was married in his native county, July 4, 
 18C0, to Miss Amelia M., daughter of Michael and 
 Fanny (Payne) jNIoore. Six years later leaving the 
 Buckeye State they came this side of the Missis- 
 sippi, locating in Benton County, Iowa. Mr. North 
 purchased land upon which he operated until the 
 fall of 1871. His next removal was to this county 
 and he pre-empted one hundred and sixtj' acres of 
 land, a tract of wild prairie, which is now included 
 in his present farm. In those days about a day's 
 
 drive west there was found an abundance of buf- 
 falo, and other wild animals infested Ihe country. 
 Occasionally a buffalo would be seen in Palestine 
 Township. Mr. North, with a company of his 
 neighbors, frequently went hunting in the fall, kill- 
 ing buffalo for their winter's meat, upon which the 
 early settlers lived almost entirely. Deer and an- 
 telopes were still numerous in this part of the coun- 
 try. 
 
 Mr. North and his family, when first coming to 
 this county, lived for a time in a small, frame house, 
 12x14 feet in dimensions. The nearest market was 
 first at Newton and then at Wichita, where the set- 
 tlers transported their grain and stock, following a 
 trail across the open prairie. Religious services 
 were held in private houses, until the Methodist 
 built a church at Belle Plaine. Schools were con- 
 ducted in vacant-claim shanties on the subscription 
 plan. 
 
 B'our children were born to Mr. and Mrs. North, 
 the eldest of whom, a daughter, Emma, is now the 
 wife of C. B. McAllister, of Belle Plaine Town- 
 ship; Ossie died in 1879, when an interesting 
 maiden of sixteen years; Alta and Daisy remain 
 under the parental roof. Mr. and Mrs. North and 
 their daughter, Emma, are members of the Pres- 
 byterian Church. The family holds a good posi- 
 tion in the community, and have an attractive 
 home replete with all the comforts and conve- 
 niences of modern life. 
 
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 AJ. GEORGE W. DOUGHTY, Sr., Post- 
 master of Dalton, was appointed to his 
 ll> present office in 188.5, and is the only man 
 who has been its incumbent since its estab- 
 lishment. The following year, in February, 1886, 
 he was appointed a Notary Public, and thus has 
 sufficient business to keep him employed. He came 
 to this point in 1884, and purchased twenty-five 
 acres of land, upon which he proceeded to lay out 
 a town, putting up first his own residence and a 
 store building. The former was destroyed by fire 
 on the morning of the 20th of November, entailing 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 a loss of over $5,000. In due time, Mr. Doughty 
 rebuilt, and now has a comfortable and well-ap- 
 pointed home. Among his fellow citizens he is re- 
 garded as a man of strict honesty, and he has been 
 no unimportant factor in the development of Avon 
 Township. 
 
 A native of Roane County, Tenn., the Major was 
 born May 28, 1838, and was reared to man's estate 
 under the home roof in that county. His father, 
 Sampson Doughty, was a carpenter by trade, which 
 he followed for thirty years at Lenoirs, Tenn. 
 George spent his boyhood days in hig native county, 
 remaining there until a youth of nineteen years. 
 Then going to Georgia, in company with his 
 brothers, he settled near Resaca, where he engaged 
 in the manufacture of agricultural implements 
 until 1861. 
 
 The Rebellion now having broken out, and being 
 surrounded as he was by the most ultra secessionists 
 from the ver}^ commencement of the strife, and be- 
 ing one of the few men in the South who dared to 
 express their Union sentiments, he at once became 
 a target for all the fire-eating Southerners for miles 
 around. For many months his life was a continual 
 round of hair-breadth escapes and persecutions that 
 would seem almost incredible if related at this day 
 to those who did not witness, or have personal 
 knowledge of, similar experiences during that ter- 
 rible time when traitors sought to destroy the 
 unity of the Nation. Going back to Tennessee, he 
 joined the Union Army, being the only man from 
 Gordon County, Ga., to enlist in the Federal forces. 
 This was done in the month of March, 1863, 
 young Doughty becoming a member of the Thir- 
 teenth Tennessee Cavalry, and being commissioned 
 Major upon the organization of the regiment. He 
 served as such until the 10th of March, 1865, when 
 hs resigned and returned to his native town to en- 
 gage in the manufacture of leather. He sojourned 
 there this time for seven years, then struck out for 
 the Southwest, crossing the Mississippi, and going 
 into Dennison, Tex. There he engaged in the 
 lightning rod business for a period of twelve years 
 and until coming to Kansiis. 
 
 Maj. Doughty was married in Clinton, Tenn., 
 January 21, 1868, to Miss Sallie Owen. This lady 
 was a native of that place, and accompanied her 
 
 husband to Texas, dying in Denison, November 
 13, 1884. She was a lady of many estimable 
 qualities, and a member of the Baptist Church. 
 
 Maj. Doughty identified himself with the 
 Masonic fraternity, in which he has risen to the 
 Royal Arch degree, and he is a member in good 
 standing of the Nathaniel Lyon Post, No. 5, G. A. 
 R., at Dennison, Tex. In politics, he was formerly 
 an Old Line Whig, but upon the abandonment of 
 that party, cordially endorsed Republican princi- 
 ples. The Major, on the 19lh of February, 1886, 
 in alighting from a passenger train at Argentine, 
 this State, on the Southern Kansas Railroad, was 
 thrown down by the train, striking the steps and 
 breaking his arm, which subsequently was ampu- 
 tated. He also sustained other serious injuries. He 
 is a man genial and companionable in disposition, 
 and makes friends wherever he goes. His name 
 will be held in remembrance by the people in Avon 
 Township long after he has been gathered to his 
 fathers. 
 
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 'if OHN L. PEGRAM. In his migrations it is 
 seldom the lot of the biographer to meet as 
 fine a couple as Mr. Pegram and his amiable 
 and excellent wife. They occupy a high 
 position, socially, in Dixon Township and have a 
 pleasant and comfortable home in the shape of a 
 well-developed farm on section 8. A career of 
 prudent industry has made them financially wtll- 
 to-do, and the sterling qualities of their characters, 
 have drawn around them hosts of friends. They 
 are among the pillars of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church at Argonia in which Mrs. Pegram is an 
 especially faithful laborer, having charge of two 
 classes in the Sunday-schools and doing good in 
 other channels as opportunity presents. 
 
 A native of Guilford County, N. C, Mr. Pegram 
 was born April 28, 1844, being the fifth child of 
 Daniel and Jane (McMichael) Pegram, who were 
 also natives of that State. They were reareil and 
 married in their native county where the father 
 prosecuted farming, hiring colored people to do his 
 work, as, although a Southern man, he was decidedly 
 
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 opposed to slavery, and would take no part in the 
 ownership of human flesh. Politically, he was an 
 old line Whig, and nearly all his life was a Class 
 Leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died 
 in North Carolina in 1854, following the wife who 
 h.ad passed away the year previously. Five of the 
 eight children comprising the original household 
 are still living, the four besides John L., making 
 their homes in Texas and North Carolina. 
 
 The subject of this sketch, having become or- 
 phaned by the death of his parents when a boy of 
 eleven years, was obliged to look after himself and 
 commenced working on a farm at $8 per month. 
 He was thus employed until a youth of eighteen 
 years and then, in 1862, during the second year of 
 the war, was conscripted into Millett's Battalion 
 of Infantry, State troops of the Confederate Army, 
 and ineligible to go out of the State. He was thus 
 held until June, 1864, much against his will, doing 
 duty at Camp Instruction in Raleigh. Then, being 
 allowed thirty days furlough, he was assigned to 
 the Twenty-ninth North Carolina Infantry and un- 
 der Gen. Joseph E. Johnsion repaired to Kenesaw 
 Mountain and for six days was under the hot fire 
 between the Union troops and the Confederates. 
 The latter then fell back to Atlanta, followed bj' 
 Gen. Sherman. Young Pegrara watched his oppor- 
 tunity and escaping from the ranks hid in the brush 
 until both armies had passed him, leaving him in- 
 side the Union lines upon which he soon reported 
 to Gen. Thomas. Shortly afterward he took the 
 oath of allegiance at Chattanooga and remained 
 with the Union troops until his release. 
 
 After the war was over Mr. Pegram emigrated 
 to Bartholomew County, Ind., and in the vicinity 
 of Hope, began working for a stockman. Shortly 
 afterward, however, he removed to Tipton County, 
 where he worked one season. We next find him at 
 Kokomo, at which place he remained a resident for 
 a period of twenty-one years, being engaged as 
 clerk in an hotel part of the time and for eleven 
 years was in the employ of the Panhandle Railroad. 
 In 1881 he made a visit to his old home in North 
 Carolina. Upon his return he located in Grant 
 County, Ind., where he commenced farming, re- 
 maining there until 1887. In July of that j'ear he 
 came to Kansas and settled on the land from which 
 
 he has since constructed his present fine farm. In 
 addition to general agriculture he is considerably 
 interested in the breeding of; horses and swine. 
 
 While a resident of Indiana, Mr. Pegram formed 
 the acquaintance of Miss Eliza J. Reeder, to whom 
 he was married October 1, 1877. This lady was 
 born September 18, 1849, in Howard County, Ind., 
 and is a daughter of James' M. and "Jane (Bur- 
 bridge) Reeder, who were natives of Ohio. They 
 emigrated to Indiana quite early and are still living 
 being residents of Kokomo. They are quite aged, 
 Mr. Reeder having been born in 1805, and his wife, 
 Jane, in 1819. There was born to them a family 
 of nine children, three of whom are living. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Pegram there has been born 
 one child only a son, Rephelius, August 1, 1878, at 
 Kokomo, Ind. Parents and son are connected with 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. 
 Pegram is Steward and Trustee. He is also Chap- 
 lain of the Farmers' Alliance. He takes an active 
 interest in politics, and while a resident of Indiana 
 was frequently sent as a delegate to the various 
 Republican conventions, uniformly giving his sup- 
 port to this party. Mr. Pegram serves as Director 
 in his school district. He was upon^one occasion 
 nominated Justice of the Peace, but declined the 
 proposed honor. "Mrs. Pegram comes from a good 
 family, her maternal grandfather having been 
 Judge WilliamjBurbridge, of Crawfordsville, Ind. 
 
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 ENRY F. HARBAIIGH. Among the agri- 
 ^' culturists of Greene Township, none are 
 more worthy of representation in a volume 
 of this kind than the above named gentle- 
 man, whose enterprising character, intelligent mind, 
 and useful labors in the teacher's profession, as 
 well as in the business which he is now following, 
 [ilaces him in the front rank of the citizens of the 
 county. He was born in Trenton, Tuscarawas 
 County, Ohio, on the 1st of August, 1849, and was 
 but three years old when his parents removed to 
 Washington Countj^, Iowa, where he grew to man- 
 hood. There he acquired a fundamental education 
 
324 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 in the common schools, supplementing it by an at- 
 tendance at the High School, and becoming 
 thoroughly versed in the common Englisli branches. 
 
 The father of our subject, Eli Harbaugh, was a 
 cabinet maker, and also carried on a farm, in the 
 work of which our subject assisted as his strength 
 would permit during his youth, and on which he 
 labored several years after attaining his majority. 
 The mother, whose maiden name was Catherine 
 Engel, departed this life April 2, 1872, after hav- 
 ing reared a family of eleven children, of whom 
 our subject is the eldest. The father still survives, 
 and is now a resident of Barber County, Kan. 
 
 At the age of twenty-five, he of whom we write, 
 went to California with the intention of making 
 that country his home, but not being as well satis- 
 fied with his surroundings there as he had antici- 
 pated, he remained but two years and eight 
 months, when he returned to Washington County, 
 Iowa, and there remained until he became a citizen 
 of Kansas. In that county he taught school dur- 
 ing the winter seasons for several years, and also 
 engaged in pedagogical labors during some of the 
 summer terms. Since coming to this county he has 
 taught two terms, and here, as in his former fields 
 of labor, he has been successful in the work of in- 
 struction, and has been popular with pupils and 
 parents. 
 
 In April, 1878, Mr. Harbaugh came to this 
 county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres 
 of land on section 20, Green Township, upon which 
 he made his home, and where he now has one of the 
 best improved farms in this section of the country-. 
 Since taking up his abode here he has added one 
 hundred and sixty acres to his original purchase, 
 and has made excellent improvements on the entire 
 estate, hit residence, barn and other buildings being 
 especially good, adequate in size and numbers, and 
 thoroughly first class in every respect. Mr. Har- 
 baugh is engaged in general farming, and is quite 
 an extensive dealer in stock, exhibiting a marked 
 degree of enterprise in carrying on both branches 
 of his employment. 
 
 The lady who ably presides in the home of Mr. 
 Harbaugh, and who in her domestic affairs and 
 elsewhere exiiibits.good judgment, a kindly spirit, 
 and a marked intelligence, bore the maiden name of 
 
 Lizzie Blattner, and was born in Washington 
 County, Iowa, May 24, 1 857. In lier native county, 
 March 10, 1880, she became the wife of Mr. Har- 
 baugh, to whom she has borne four children: 
 Nellie M., George E., William G. and John P. 
 William G. died when a little more than twelve 
 months old, and the others form a bright group by 
 the family fireside. 
 
 In the fall of 1889, Mr. Harbaugh was elected 
 Trustee of Greene Township, in which he has form- 
 erlj' held the office of Township Clerk. He has 
 also been a member of the Scliool Board, and 
 evinces an earnest interest in the cause of educa- 
 tion, as in other elevating and developing move- 
 ments. He has taken quite an active part in 
 political affairs, and is an ardent Prohibitionist. 
 He is a Director and Treasurer of the Sumner 
 County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, and 
 is a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Mrs. Har- 
 baugh was api)oinled Postmistress of Concord b}' 
 ex Postmaster Gen. Gresham, and has held the 
 office since that time. 
 
 ^^EORGE PFEIFE 
 
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 ^^4! and one-half mil 
 
 ,^^EORGE PFEIFER, the subject of this no- 
 in Harrison Township, one 
 es west of Dayton, Mont- 
 gomery County, Ohio, March 30, 1849. His father, 
 Adam Pfeifer, was born and reared in Germany, 
 and was the first member of his family to emigrate 
 to America. He came to this country about the 
 year 1840 and located in Montgomery County, 
 Ohio. As he had been reared to agricultural pur- 
 suits he sought that kind of work and labored for 
 farmers for some time receiving his pay monthly'. 
 Being economical in his habits he saved enough 
 from his wages to begin for himself at the time of 
 his marriage. He rented land for a few j'ears but 
 was soon enabled by good management and in- 
 dustry to buy a farm of his own. He purchased 
 unimproved land in Madison Township and built a 
 house into which he moved and then proceeded to 
 
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 make all the improvements customary at that time 
 on the best farms. 
 
 As Mr. Pfeifer was able he bought small tracts 
 adjoining his original purchase and after some 
 years traded the whole place for an improved farm 
 in Clay Township, the same county. He operated 
 his new place some years then again traded, giving 
 his farm in exchange for fourteen miles of turn- 
 pike extending from Dayton to Brookville, and 
 known as the "Dayton and Wolf Creek turnpike." 
 He retained possession of that property until his 
 death. He also owned a house and lot in Trotwood, 
 a village on the "pike," and that was the family 
 residence at the time of his death in 1865. The 
 maiden name of the mother of our subject was 
 Mary Grim. She was born in Germany and 
 came to America when a young lady. She lived 
 in Montgomery County, Ohio, until her marriage 
 which took place in that State. The parental 
 family consisted of nine children, six of whom 
 were daughters. Thej' are all living and enjoying 
 a fair degree of prosperity. 
 
 George Pfeifer was reared and educated in his 
 native county and as soon as able to do so was put 
 to work assisting his father on the farm. After the 
 death of the latter our subject worked on farms for 
 some time then bought an interest in a threshing 
 machine and threshed for farmers in the neighbor- 
 hood for four seasons. When not engaged at that 
 he followed farming. In 1876 he rented a farm 
 and operated it until 1879, when he removed to 
 Kansas and rented land in Harvey County for one 
 year then located in Sumner County. He pur- 
 chased the place where he now resides, tlie north- 
 west quarter of section 25, Jackson Township. 
 Tliere were some slight improvements made when 
 it came into his possession and to that he has added 
 until now he has an excellent farm of one hundred 
 and sixty acres all fenced, well cultivated and good 
 buildings erected. He has Ave acres in orchard 
 trees and in all respects is prosperous and delighted 
 with the country. 
 
 In 1876 Mr. Pfeifer was married to Miss Minnie 
 Wogaman, a native of Madison Township, Mont- 
 gomery County, Ohio. She is the daughter of Mar- 
 tin and Eliza (Bradenburg) Wogaman^ and is an 
 excellent woman in every respect. Mr. and Mrs. 
 
 Pfeifer are the parents of three children, named 
 respectively — Clarence, Lena and Harry. They are 
 worthy members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. 
 Pfeifer upholds the principles of the great Demo- 
 cratic party and takes quite an interest in its 
 success. 
 
 Martin Wogaman, the father of Mrs. Pfeifer, 
 was horn in Montgomery County', Ohio, and his 
 father, John Wogaman, was a native of Pennsylva- 
 nia, and removed from there with his parents to 
 Ohio during the early years of the settlement of 
 Montgomery County, ami was reared in the county 
 in which his parents located and tliere married Miss 
 Mary Burkett. Mrs. John Wogaman was a native 
 of North Carolina and accompanied her parents to 
 Ohio when quite young. The great-grandfather of 
 Mrs. Pfeifer bought a tract of Government land 
 nine miles west of the present site of Dayton. It 
 was heavily timbered and difficult to clear but he 
 succeeded in making a good farm out of it and re- 
 sided on it until his death. For many years Cin- 
 cinnati was their nearest market and depot of 
 supplies. Deer, bears, wolves, wildcats and other 
 game were plentiful and rather undesirable ac- 
 quaintances except when laid low by the hunts- 
 man's unerring aim. 
 
 John Wogaman inherited land from his father- 
 in-law and added to it by purchase until he had 
 quite an extensive estate. He resided on his farm 
 until his death, which occurred in 1883, when he 
 was nearly eighty years of age. The father of Mrs. 
 Pfeifer was reared on his parents' farm and when 
 grown to maturity took a wife in the same county 
 and made his home on a farm in Jackson Township, 
 Montgomery County, where he resides at present. 
 He owns a good farm of one hundred and forty 
 acres, all under superior cultivation and well im- 
 proved in every respect. The mother of Mrs. 
 Pfeifer was born in Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 The grandfather of Mrs. Pfeifer, John Braden- 
 burg, removed from Maryland to Dayton where he 
 settled and worked at his trade, for he was a me- 
 chanic, and' made his home there during the 
 remainder of his life. The maiden name of his 
 wife was Mary Suman. She was a model wife and 
 mother and her last days were passed in the peace- 
 ful enjoyment of her children's love and care. The 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 mother of Mrs. Pfeifer has survived the storms of 
 life to tlie present time and bids fair to live to be a 
 blessing to her descendants for many years to come. 
 Mr. Pfeifer is a stanch Democrat and highly es- 
 teemed in the community in which he lives. He is 
 a member of the Farmer's Alliance, an organization 
 that has been of much service to the tillers of the 
 soil, especially in the West where means of trans- 
 portation are limited. 
 
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 J~' EREMIAH D. GREENMAN. The beauti- 
 I ful farm which is owned and occupied by 
 i the above-named gentleman, comprises three 
 ' hundred and twenty acres of the finest land 
 inCaldwell Township. Everything about the place 
 denotes the present prospeiity and the past industry 
 of the owner, and still further betokens that it is 
 the home of an intelligent and refined family. 
 Among the many Improvements upon the estate 
 a fine orchard is noticeable, and is a profitable as 
 well as an attractive feature. 
 
 The paternal ancestry of Mr. Greeuman were of 
 Welsh stock and Rhode Island was the birthplace 
 of more than one generation. The grandparents, 
 Jeremiah and Mary (Eddy) Greenman were natives 
 of Providence, whence about the year 1808 they 
 moved to Washington County, Ohio. The grand- 
 father had been a seafaring man, served in the 
 Colonial army during tlie Revolutionary war, and 
 drew a pension for injuries received in the service. 
 The next in the direct line of descent was another 
 Jeremiah Greenman, who was also born in Provi- 
 dence, R. I., his natal day being August 8, 1794. 
 Being but a lad when his parents moved to Ohio, 
 be grew to manhood there and, November 26, 1818, 
 married Miss Letitia McCoy, who was born in 
 Washington County, June 26, 1799. On June 1, 
 1830,thiseouplestartedfortheAVest,and,embarking 
 
 in a family boat, floated down the Ohio River to its 
 mouth, thence going by steamboat to Pekin,Ill., and 
 continuing their journey by teams to what is now 
 WMynesville,Ill. They shortlyafterward entered two 
 hundred acres of land in what is now Padua Town 
 
 ship, McLean County, where Mr. Greenman died 
 October 17, 1843, his wife surviving until Septem- 
 ber 5, 1878. The father was interred in Dawson's 
 Cemetery, at Old Town, McLean County, 111., while 
 the mother lies buried in the cemetery on our sub- 
 ject's farm. They were not members of any 
 church but were remarkable for the integrity and 
 correct principles which governed their lives. 
 Their family comprised nine children, as follows : 
 Thomas M., Sarah E., Emeline, Henry C, George 
 W., Elizabeth J., Jeremiah D., Mary L. and a son 
 who died in infancy. 
 
 The birth of the subject of this biography oc- 
 curred in McLean County, 111., November 20, 1839, 
 and he was reared on his father's farm there, re- 
 ceiving a common school education and a practical 
 training in the duties of farm life. When the war 
 cloud arose in 1861, no State was more prompt 
 than Illinois to respond to the call for troops, and 
 young Greenman with hundreds of his compeers 
 eagerly laid aside the arts of peace and took up 
 arms in his country's cause. Joining the Union 
 army as a private in Company K, Eighth Illinois 
 Infantry, in 1861, he participated in the battles of 
 Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, and in the other 
 work of his regiment during a period of fourteen 
 months, when, owing to disability, he was dis- 
 charged. As soon as his health was restored, he 
 began to look eagerly toward the front with a de- 
 sire to again participate in the work which was 
 going on, and in 1865 he enlisted as a member of 
 Company B, One Hundred and Fiftieth Illinois In- 
 fantry, in which he served until February, 1866, 
 when he was diseharge.1 at Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 There being no further need of his services on 
 the field of battle, Mr. Greenman returned to his 
 native county in Illinois, and remained there until 
 1876, when he removed to Kansas. He pre-empted 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land and subse- 
 quently added an equal amount by purchase, mak- 
 ing up the acreage before mentioned, which he has 
 so conducted as to merit his reputation as one of 
 the leading farmers of the township. He began 
 his battle iii life with no capital except what nature 
 had bestowed upon tiim, and his prosperity has 
 been gained without financial assistance, being due 
 entirely to his own efforts and the co-operation of 
 
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 Caldwell. 
 
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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 his worthy wife, who in her own department has 
 shown herself a capable manager. 
 
 Mrs. Greenman was born in McLean County, 
 111., May 1, 1843, and bore the maiden name of 
 Sarah E. Vanscyoc. She is a daughter of Perry 
 0. and Mary (Neweomb) Vanscyoc and her union 
 with our subject was celebrated on Christmas Day. 
 1863. Eight children have come to gladden the 
 house of Mr. and Mrs. Greenman with their affec- 
 tion and growing intelligence. Thej' have been 
 christened Perry D., Alvin H., John L., Millie E., 
 Mary C, Jeremiah M., Mary L., and William L. 
 
 Mr. Greenman belongs to the Independent Or- 
 der of Odd Fellows, the Grand Army of the Re- 
 public, and to the Republican party. An honorable 
 man, upriglit in his dealings with all with whom he 
 comes in contact, and kindly in every social and 
 domestic relation, he well deserves the high reputa- 
 tion which he has among his fellow citizens. 
 
 An additional feature of interest to the readers 
 of this volume is the lithographic view of the resi- 
 dence owned and occupied by Mr. Greenman. 
 
 yJLLIS F. WILLHOITE, M.D., in addition 
 to a successful practice as a physician and 
 IJ?^ surgeon, is also conducting a thriving 
 trade in drugs and medicines. He is a regular 
 graduate of the Physio-Medical College of Indian- 
 apolis, Ind., from which he emerged in 1883 with 
 the proper credentials, and began the p'-actice of 
 his profession at Colfax, 111. A year later, in July, 
 1884, he came to Kansas, locating in Corbin, of 
 which he has since been a resident. He has a full 
 understanding of the duties of his profession, and 
 is building up a successful business. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in McLean 
 County, 111., January 5, 1859, and is the son of 
 Lewis J. and Mary A. (Willhoite) Willhoite, who 
 were natives of Owen County, Ky. The father was 
 born April 24, 1 829, and lived in the Blue Grass 
 State until a man of twenty-five years. In 1854, 
 he changed his residence to McLean County, 111., 
 where he still remains. His life occupation lias 
 
 been that of a farmer, by which lie has accumulated 
 considerable property. For the last twenty- five 
 years he has been a member in good standing of 
 the Christian Church. Politically, he is an un- 
 compromising Democrat. The paternal grandfather. 
 Lewis Willhoite, Sr., was likewise a native of Ken- 
 tucky, and the son of John Willhoite, who was 
 born in Virginia. The latter served asa soldier,in 
 the Revolutionary War. The family traces its an- 
 cestry to Germany, and was first represented in this 
 country during the early Colonial days. 
 
 Mrs. Mary A. Willhoite was born April 27, 1829, 
 and was the daughter of AVillis C. Willhoite, being 
 distantly related to her husband. There were born 
 to them five children, viz: Maria L, Henry L., 
 Willis F.. Mary E. and Ellis L. Willis F., the third 
 child, was reared on the farm in McLean County, 
 111., obtaining such education as was afforded by 
 the common schools. When twentj-one years old, 
 he began reading medicine with Dr. N. Loar, of 
 Bloomington, and in due time entered college, as 
 before stated. Under the influence of his honored 
 father, he imbibed Democratic sentiments, and re- 
 mains a firm adherent of that party. Socially, he 
 belongs to the Indeijcndent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 and in his religious views is, also like his father, a 
 devout member of the Christian Church. 
 
 Dr. AVillhoite was wedded February 23, 1886, to 
 Miss AUie J. Stagner, of McLean County, III. 
 Mrs. Willhoite was born in that county, and is the 
 daughter of John S. and Julia (Golden) Stagner. 
 There have been born of this union two bright little 
 daughters — Grace M. and Nona J. The family 
 occupy a neat residence situated in the south part 
 of the town, and represented by a lithographic 
 view, to be found on another page. 
 
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 "fW'ESSE BARNES. There are always in every 
 community a few men evidently born to be 
 leaders. Those who attain the greatest in- 
 fluence are the men who usually pursue the 
 even tenor of their way quietly and without os- 
 tentation, but still carry with them the moral 
 
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 suasLon which causes them to be looked up to and 
 tacitly recognized as possessing the sound judgment 
 which may be relied upon and the substantial traits 
 of character which roake them worthy of being as- 
 signed to positions of importance and responsibil- 
 ity. 
 
 The gentleman with whose name we introduce 
 Uiis biographical outline, is not only a tliriving 
 farmer and business man of Avon Township, but 
 has been no unimportant factor in promoting its 
 social and moral interests. He is prominently con- 
 nected with the Methodist Episcopal Church and a 
 faithful worker in the church and Sunday-school. 
 All the enterprises which tend to the moral ad- 
 vancement of the people have uniformly received 
 his cordial support. In politics he is a stanch Re- 
 publican, although he has never sought office, but 
 he keeps himself posted upon the march of events 
 and stands ready to do his duly whenever occasion 
 requires it. 
 
 A native of St. Clair County, 111., Mr. Barnes 
 was born June 29, 1829, and was reared there on 
 his father's farm until reaching man's estate. He 
 acquired a practical education in the common school 
 and was content to engage in the peaceful pursuits 
 of agriculture, lie was first married in his native 
 township in 1850 to Miss Louisa Davis and there 
 were born to them seven children, viz: William J., 
 Laura, Marcus, Etta, Franklin, Mary N., and Cor- 
 rino'ton. Mrs. Louisa (Davis) Barnes departed tliis 
 life in Mercer County, 111., January 18, 1866. 
 
 Mr. Barnes contracted a second marriage at the 
 home of the bride in St. Clair County, 111., with Miss 
 Sarah Myer. Of this union there has been born a 
 daughter, Jessie. From St. Clair County Mr. Barnes 
 removed to Mercer County, 111., and engaged in 
 farming, sojourning there for a period of twelve 
 years. Then, in November, 1876 he came to this 
 county and settled in Avon Township of which he 
 has since bi.en a resident. His farm comprises one 
 hundred and sixty acres of well-developed land 
 upon which he has erected convenient and substan- 
 tial buildings and gathered around himself and his 
 family all the comforts of modern life. There is 
 noia man in Avon Township who stands higher in 
 the estimation of iiis fellow-citizens. 
 
 Joseph Barnes, the father of our subject, was a 
 
 native of Kentucky and received a good education. 
 He followed the profession of a teacher for raanj- 
 years and also prosecuted farming successfully. He 
 was a man highly rcspectcdin his community and 
 departed this life at his home in Illinois in 1872. 
 The maiden name of the mother was Elizabeth 
 Bariy. 
 
 eLARK R. PERSONS, Cashier of the Bank 
 of Belle Plaine, is a lineal descendant of an 
 old New England family and the son of a 
 worthy couple who were born in New York. He is 
 one of the best educated and most intelligent citi- 
 zens of the county, has acquired a wide fund of 
 information through his ohservation and investiga- 
 tion in different parts of the United States, and has 
 accumulated a large amount of property, his real 
 estate and stocks being estimated at about $20,000. 
 Mr. Persons was born in Wyoming County, N. 
 Y., March 13, 1847, and is the oldest son in the 
 family of Solomon H. and Mary R. Persons. His 
 father having been a farmer, he was reared amid 
 the surroundings of rural life, receiving an ele- 
 mentary education in a district school and later at- 
 tending the Academy at East Aurora, N. Y. He 
 engaged for a short time in teaching school, but 
 spent the greater part of his time in the intervals 
 of study in the work of the farm. When twenty- 
 two years old he went to Nebraska and crossed the 
 plains with a surveying party, spending perhaps 
 two years in the Western Wilds. 
 
 Drifting baok as far as Ohio, Mr. Persons re- 
 mained in that State until 1876, being in the em- 
 ploy of the Lake Shore Railroad Company as a 
 clerk at Genoa, about three years. During the Cen- 
 tennial year he secured the position of chief clerk 
 for tiie agent on tlie Sante Fe Railroad at Wichita, 
 Kan., and officiated in that capacity until the fall of 
 1879,at which time he was appointed station agent 
 at Wellington. He was the first agent the Sante Fe 
 Railroad had at that point and he remained in 
 charge of affairs there until the summer of 1884, 
 subsequently to which he engaged in the drug busi- 
 ness with F. B. Snyder. The business was con- 
 
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 ducted under the firm name of F. B. Snj'der & Co., 
 the connection continuing over a year, when Mr. 
 Persons sold out his interest and in the fall of 1886 
 came to Belle Plaine. 
 
 The firm of Fultz Millard & Co., opened a banli- 
 ing business here, which was conducted under that 
 head for about three years, and then merged tern 
 porarily into the firm of C. R. Persons & Co. After 
 having been conducted until October 15, 1889, by 
 the above named firm, it was re-organized into the 
 bank of Belle Plaine, E. T. Williamson becoming 
 its President and the gentleman of whom we write 
 its Cashier. The concern is duly incorporated under 
 the laws of Kansas with a capital stock of $15,000, 
 an ample reserve fund, and does a banking business 
 consistent with the size of the town and the con- 
 tributory territory. Mr. Persons is a heavy stock- 
 holder in the bank and he also owns property in 
 Wellington and a farm in Osborn Township. He 
 served a term as Mayor of Wellington and since 
 coming to Belle Plaine has become known as a pub- 
 lic-spirited cicizen. In politics he is a Democrat. 
 
 On May 27, 1874, the rites of wedlock were 
 celebrated between Mr. Persons and Miss Clara S. 
 Dean, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of B. and 
 Nancy Dean. Mrs. Persons is an intelligent and 
 well-bred lady, is a member in good standing of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, and both she and her 
 husband take an active interest in social matters. 
 They are popular in the circle in which they move 
 and are regarded with respect by all who know 
 them. 
 
 ^ OHN GOLIGHTLEY. Kansas has provided 
 a home' for representatives of the best na- 
 tionalities on the face of the earth, including 
 l^^ old England, from which Mr. Golighlley 
 came in 1871. He landed first at Quebec, whence 
 he proceeded to Wisconsin, but he only sojourned 
 a few months in the Badger State, coming then to 
 Brown County, Kan. Of that county he was a 
 resident about five years and then removed to 
 Harper County. After a sojourn there of one 
 year he came to this county and worked by the 
 
 month for several years. He was prudent and 
 saved his earnings and in due time purchased one 
 hundred and sixty acres on section 36, Harmon 
 Township, of which he has since been a resident. 
 
 Mr.Golightley was born in the Countyof Durham, 
 England, October 24, 1846. His parents were 
 Robert and Jane Golightley who came from pure 
 English stock; they were born in England and 
 spent their last years there. The parental house- 
 hold included nine children, eight of whom are 
 living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch attended the common 
 schools during his boyhood and at an early age was 
 trained to habits of industry and economy. In his 
 native England he was employed mostly at farm- 
 ing, living there until a 3'oung man of twenty-five 
 years. After coming to Kansas he was married in 
 Belle Plaine, September 13, 1883, to Miss Elizabeth 
 Johnson. This lady, a native of the Dominion of 
 Canada, was born in the Province of Ontario in 
 1852 and came with R. Robertson to Kansas about 
 1882. Their union has resulted in the birth of two 
 sons — Robert and George — aged six and four 
 years respectively. Mr. Golightley, politically, is 
 a Republican. He gives his chief attention to his 
 farm and his family, caring very little for the 
 honors of office. He lives in a modest manner in 
 an unpretentious residence, but surrounded by the 
 comforts of life. 
 
 ^^EORGE R.STEELE was born in Virginia, 
 if ^ January 25, 1849, and is a son of Eli and 
 '^yl Virginia (McGuire) Steele. His father was 
 also a native of the Old Dominion, was a son of 
 Ralph Steele, of Fairfax County, and was killed 
 during the late rar when thirty -six years of aoe. 
 He was a member of the Twenty-Second Cavalry 
 Regiment of Virginia. Mrs. Eli Steele was a daugh- 
 ter of James and Betsey (Brown) McGuire, her 
 parents also being Virginians, and she was the 
 mother of three children — George R., Ralph and 
 Mary E. 
 
 Tiie subject of this biography was reared on a 
 farm in his native State, and received a good com- 
 
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 mon-school education. In 1872 he went to Cedar 
 County, Mo., and a little later changed his location 
 to Wyandotte County, Kan., remaining in the lat- 
 ter County until 1876, following the occupation of 
 a farmer. He then went to Bent County, Col., re- 
 maining there until 1885, when he returned to 
 Kansas, and located in Sumner County, where he 
 has since been actively engaged in farming, stock- 
 raising and grain buying. He now resides at May- 
 field, and is filling the office of Trustee of Osborn 
 Township. 
 
 At the bride's home, January 20, 1876, the rites 
 of wedlock were celebrated between Mr. Steele and 
 MissRachael Bousman, whose many womanly vir- 
 tues and graces had won his high esteem. The 
 bride was born in Miami County, Ind., April 17, 
 18.57, and is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 (Hall) Bousman. The happy union of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Steele has been blessed by the birth of six 
 children — Nellie M., Maggie R., Edith C, Georgie 
 C, and Hazel and Hiley (twins), who form a briglit 
 and charming group around the family fireside. 
 The mother of our subject died in 185."), in Vir- 
 ginia, leaving three children, whose names we give 
 above. His father married again, in 1858, in Vir- 
 ginia, to Miss Louisa Lockhart, daughter of John 
 M. Loukhart. She became the mother of three 
 children, named Charles W., James M. and Ham- 
 milton W. They are all living. 
 
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 ^ EBECCA R. WALLACE, one of the oldest 
 pioneers of Belle Plaine Township, came to 
 «\ this county in the summer of 1874, and 
 ^p) purchased land, on which she still lives. It 
 is located on section 11, comprises three hundred 
 and twenty acres, now in a fine state of cultivation 
 and well improved, forming an estate remunerative 
 and attractive. There were but twenty acres of 
 broken ground upon it when her settlement was 
 made, and she and her boys have brought it to its 
 present condition. She has witnessed the gradual 
 development of the country from a sparsely settled 
 
 and uncultivated region, into a productive and 
 prosperous one, and during the years of its growth 
 she and hers experienced some of the hardships in- 
 cidental to their surroundings. 
 
 Mrs. Wallace is still quite hale and hearty for a 
 lady of her age, being somewhat advanced in years, 
 as she was born March 19, 1821. She is a native 
 ot Bourbon County, Ky., and ad.aughter of Hughes 
 and Elizabeth (Payne) Bowles. Her parents were 
 natives of Virginia,'and the lineage on both sides is 
 of French stock. Her father was twice married, 
 and had a large family, of whom the following sur- 
 vive: Anderson resides in Illinois ; Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Hall in the same State; Mrs. Wallace; Julia, wife of 
 P. J. Hawes, of 'Butler County, Kan.; David in 
 Illinois; Jesse P., in Mulvane, Kan. ; and William 
 F.,in Illinois. 
 
 When she was about twelve years old the lady of 
 whom we write accompanied her parents to DeWitt 
 County', III., where they were among the early set- 
 tlers, and where they died. She received but 
 meager educational advantages, but with a desire 
 to become well informed, she has taken advantage 
 of the opportunities afforded her throughout her 
 long life, and is very well versed on the general 
 topics of the day. She grew to maturity in Illi- 
 nois, and there, March 3, 1840, became the wife of 
 Charles C. Wallace. Like herself he was a native 
 of Bourbon County, Ky., born January 13, 1819, 
 to Andrew and Hester (Campbell) Wallace, who, 
 during his youth, removed to DeWitt County, III. 
 Amid the pioneer scenes of that State he grew to 
 manhood, and remained a resident there until his 
 death, which took place in 1852. He was the father 
 of four sons and daughters, three of whom are now 
 living. Of these Elizabeth is the wife of C. A. 
 Steward ; William R., whose sketch occupies another 
 page in this volume; and James D. resides in this 
 county. The deceased child bore the name of 
 Charles C. 
 
 James D. Wallace, the youngest surviving mem- 
 ber of the above family, was born in DeWitt 
 County, 111., May 8, 1850, and was reared oa a 
 farm in his youth, and entered the regular army in 
 his nineteenth year. His enlistment dated from 
 February, 1869, and he was a member of Company 
 F, Sixth United States Cavalry. During the period 
 
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 of reconstruction he did service in Texas; in the 
 Indian Territory assisted in keeping the red men 
 in their place on the Reservation, and did guard 
 duty in Wichita in 1870, when there were but a 
 few hundred people in that town. In 1870-71-72 
 he was stationed with his regiment at Ft. Riley, 
 and was on duty in Sumner County, preventing 
 the Indians from leaving their Reservation. The 
 five years which is the Regular Army period of en- 
 listment having expired, he was discharged, Feb- 
 ruary 15, 1874, at which time he lield the rank of 
 Sergeant-Major of tlie United States Cavalry at Ft. 
 Hays. He had been a Sergeant with the escort 
 party that accompanied the Russian Grand Duke 
 Alexis, over the plains during his buffalo hunt. 
 
 Upon leaving the service young Wallace returned 
 to his native State, and the following year became 
 a resident of this county and State. On the 1st of 
 September, 1878, he was united in marriage with 
 Miss Alma Epperson. For eight years he traveled 
 as a salesman for the grocery house of Ridenour, 
 Baker & Co., of Kansas City. In politics he is a 
 strong Republican. 
 
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 jl LBERT MORRILL. He with whose name 
 we introduce this biographical record, bore 
 an important part in the early settlement 
 of Oxford Township, arriving here as early 
 as December, 1870. He filed a claim occupying a 
 part of section 13, west of the Arkansas River and 
 one-half mile south of Oxford Postofflce. There 
 was then not even a house to mark the site of the 
 town. Wild game of all kinds was plentiful and a 
 year or two afier settling here Mr. Morrill pur- 
 chased one hundred and eighty-five buffalo hides 
 at $1.50 per hide, tanned. His only neighbors were 
 John and William Burnett with John's wife and 
 her mother who had preceded Mr. Morrill to this 
 region that same year, settling one mile north. 
 La Fayette, John and Perry Binkley, and John Hor- 
 ton traded with the Indians. 
 
 Mr. Morrill made his way to this region from 
 Webster County, Iowa, driving OYerkud with a 
 
 team and reaching his present location just at night- 
 fall. He occupied himself that, winter trading 
 witirthe Indians and getting out timber for his first 
 house. Tlie nearest trading point Vas Emporia 
 and the nearest mail station^Winfieldjand Wichita. 
 The following winter Messrs. Morrill, Buckley, 
 Corbin andjDoyle, the^ latter a surveyor, laid out 
 six blocks of Oxford, calling it Neptuwa, after an 
 Indian Chief. In March following they sold their 
 interest to a town company who changed the name 
 and proceeded with its improvement. In the 
 spring of 1871 a goodly number of emigrants 
 came, crossing the Arkansas River in an ash -'dug- 
 out" belonging to Mr. Morrill & Co. The first 
 prairie boat was built in the summer ofJ1871. 
 
 After completing his first dwelling Mr. Morrill 
 sent his son-in-law after his family, jMr. Morrill in 
 the meantime having charge of the store which he 
 had bought out. He then took up a tract of land 
 which he su|)posed_to be two hundred acres in 
 extent, but at the] survey there were found to be 
 only one hundred and thirty-six acres. It lay in 
 its primitive condition and Mr. Morrill broke the 
 sod and first planted fifteen acres of corn of as 
 good quality as he has ever raised since. He 
 planted fruit and forest trees and effected the usual 
 improvements suggested to the enterprising and 
 progressive farmer. Later he embarked in stock- 
 raising, bringing into this county the first Magee 
 swine and with one exception being the first man to 
 introduce this breed of swine into the State of 
 Kansas. He continues to make a specialty of these 
 and has at the present time a herd of very fine 
 animals. He handles thoroughbreds entirely. He 
 has invested his capital in additional land, having 
 now a well developed farm — two hundred and six- 
 teen acres in extent — and has erected a more mod- 
 ern dwelling near the first one. 
 
 Mr. Morrill assisted in organizing school district 
 No. 1, and was mainly instrumental in putting up 
 their schoolhouse. He also instituted the first 
 Sunday-school, conducting the services in one place 
 after another as the houses were built up. He was 
 the only man making a profession of religion at 
 that time in this region and conducted the first 
 prayer meeting, which was held in a, "dug-out" 
 He officiated as Sunday-school Superintendent and 
 
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 had for his assistant later, Capt. John Folks, who 
 was editor of the Oxford Press, the first paper 
 published in this place. Mr. Morrill was tlien, as 
 he is now, a Methodist in religious belief and he 
 assisted in organizing the first society of this de- 
 nomination in Oxford Township. The first man to 
 preach for them was Rev. Mr. Perkins, a Presby- 
 terian. Meetings for some time were held in 
 schoolhouses. Mr. Morrill officiated as Class- 
 Leader and Steward for a period of forty years. 
 In his pious labors he received the assistance of his 
 devoted wifeand latertheir four children also became 
 members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. 
 Morrill first voted with the old Whig party, but 
 upon its abandonment identified himself with the 
 Republicans. He belongs to the Farmers' Alliance 
 in which he officiates as Chaplain at Oxford. 
 
 The native place of Mr. Morrill was at Napoli, 
 Cattaraugus County, N. Y., where his birth took 
 place May 1, 1827. His father, Masten Morrill, 
 was born at Danville near St. Johnsburg, Vt., Jan- 
 uary 15, 1788. The latter was reared to manhood 
 in his native place and was there married to Miss 
 Sally Osborn, January 19, 1816, who was born 
 near the early home of her husband, October 1, 
 1795. The parents of Mr. Morrill lived together 
 for the long period of nearly sixty years. Masten 
 Morrill was one of tiie early settlers of Olean, 
 N. Y.. but the family of ten children, nine of whom 
 lived to mature years, was reared in Cattaraugus 
 County. In 1861 they removed to Illinois, settling 
 at Leon, Whiteside County, where the parents 
 spent their last days. Their remains were laid to 
 rest in the little burying ground which Mr. Morrill 
 instituted on his own farm for the settlers from New 
 Y'ork State. Most of the family were buried 
 there. The wife and mother departed this life 
 December 2, 1877. Mr. Morrill passed away 
 September 22, 1882. He had been a professor of 
 religion for many years. 
 
 Arriving to man's estate in his native county, 
 the subject of this notice was married March 22, 
 1848, to Miss Hannah Boardman. This union re- 
 sulted in the birth of eight children, only four of 
 whom are living: Cynthia L. became the wife of 
 PtTiy Binkley, of Oxford; Charles M. is a practic- 
 ing physician of Prophetstown, Whiteside County, 
 
 HI. ; Marion is occupied at farming in Sumner 
 County, Kan.; Willard C. is a resident of Oxford 
 Township. Mrs. Hannah Morrill, who was born 
 August 27, 1828, at Napoli, Cattaraugus County, 
 N. Y"., departed this life at the homestead in Web- 
 ster County, Iowa, February 14, 1866. 
 
 The present wife of our subject to whom he was 
 married in 1866 was in her girlhood Miss Jemima 
 Jadwin. This lady was born in Tuscarawas 
 County, Ohio, December 1, 1844, and is the daugh- 
 ter of Andrew and Mary Ann (Packer) Jadwin, 
 who, when she was a child of six years left the 
 Buckeye State, removing to Indiana. Locating in 
 DeKalb County, Ind., they there spent the remain- 
 der of their days. Their daughter, Jemima, sub- 
 sequently went to Iowa where she lived until her 
 marriage. Ten children, one deceased, have been 
 born of this union. Those who arc living are 
 named respectively : Ernest, John Delbert, Freder- 
 ick, Minnie, Grace, Albert, Lettie, Alma and 
 Flossie. 
 
 ^=§EORGE C. CARPENTER. Without making 
 III any great pretensions to elegance, the home 
 
 ^^J) of Mr. Carpenter, in point of solid comfort, 
 is probably not excelled by any in his community. 
 It lies in the shape of a well-developed farm on 
 section 1, Chikaskia Township, comprising one 
 hundred and sixty aci-es of choice land, improved 
 with good buildings and supplied with the neces- 
 sary farm machinery. Besides stock-raising and 
 general agriculture, Mr. Carpsnter makes a specialty 
 of fruit-growing, having an orchard of seven hun- 
 dred trees, including apple, peach, plum, cherry, 
 apricot and nectarine. He takes a lively interest 
 in politics, voting the straight Republican ticket 
 and is a man of decided views, keeping himself 
 thoroughly posted upon all the leading topics of 
 the day. Of the seven children born to him and 
 his estimable wife, five are living. Robert V. mar- 
 ried Miss Frances V. Ward, is the father of two 
 children and lives in Ryan Township; George B. 
 married Miss Nancy DeMoss, and is also a resi- 
 dent of Ryan Township; he is the father of one 
 
POUTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 cliilfl ; Clara B. is the wife of Josepli L. Kearns, of 
 Chikaskia Township, and they have two children; 
 Ira W. and Mary E. remain with their parents. 
 
 The youngest in a family of eight children, Mr. 
 Carpenter was born December 1, 1833, in Warren 
 County, Ohio, where he acquired the rudiments 
 of a common-school education. He commenced 
 the battle of life for himself when a lad of fifteen 
 years, in the State of Indiana, to which his parents 
 removed when he was less than two years old, con- 
 tinuing in the agricultural districts of the Iloosier 
 State, until 1857. That year he removed to Appa- 
 noose County, Iowa, of which he was a resident for 
 a period of nineteen years. In 1876 he changed his 
 residence to Monroe County, Mo., where he so- 
 journed four years. His next removal, made in 
 1880, was to this county and to his present farm. 
 
 Mr. Carpenter, in the meantime, while a resident 
 of Indiana, was married September 4, 1856, in Rip- 
 ley County, to Miss Nancy, daughter of Benjamin 
 and Nancy (Funkhauser) Raster. Mrs. Carpenter 
 was the seventh child of her parents and was born 
 in Ripley County, Ind., February 9, 1837, being one 
 of fourteen children. Her parents were natives of 
 Pennsylvania and resided there until 1828, going 
 thence to Indiana. The father died at the old 
 homestead in Ripley County, in 1854. The mother 
 subsequently remarried and spent her last days in 
 Lucas County, Iowa, passing away in February, 
 1885. 
 
 During the progress of the Civil War, Mr. Car- 
 penter in July, 1862, enlisted as a Union soldier in 
 Company F, Thirty- sixth Iowa Infantry, and was 
 first sent with his regiment to Camp Lincoln, Iowa, 
 and then to Benton Barracks, Mo. Thence they 
 were ordered to Memphis, Tenn., becoming a part 
 of the Sixteenth Army Corps under Gen. Hurlbut. 
 Later they were assigned to the Seventh Corps, 
 commanded by Gen. F. Steele. Mr. Carpenter 
 participated in the bombardment of Ft. Pemberton 
 and was in the battle of Helena, Ark., at the cap- 
 ture of Little Rock and Prairie De Ann, in tht 
 fight at Elkin's Ford, Mark's Mill and numerous 
 other engagements, skirmishes and raids. At the 
 battle of Mark's Mill he received a gunshot wound 
 in the left jaw, the ball entering the left corner of 
 his mouth and passing through bis neck came out 
 
 behind the jugular vein, breaking liis jawbone in 
 three places and taking off a piece of his tongue. 
 After this he was considered fully entitled to an 
 honorable discharge, which was given hira October 
 24, 1864. With good care and skillful treatment 
 he recovered from this painful injury and in tlie 
 course of a few^ months was enabled to resume his 
 farming operations. The improvements upon his 
 farm have all been effected by his own enterprise 
 and industry. Ninety acres of his farm are under 
 the plow and each year sees something added to its 
 beauty and value. The present residence was 
 erected in 1881. 
 
 The father of our subject was George Carpenter, 
 Sr., a native of Virginia, who. in 1800, removed to 
 what was then the Territory of Ohio, settling near 
 the present site of Cincinnati, which was then des- 
 ignated as Ft. Washington, at Waynesville, Warren 
 County. He commenced farming in the wilder- 
 ness, sojourning in what subsequently was named 
 the Buckeye State until 1835. That year he re- 
 moved to Indiana where he prosecuted agriculture 
 until his death in 1850. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Susan Cozad. She was a native of Maryland 
 and was taken by her parents to Ohio when quite 
 young where she met her future husband. There 
 were born to them eight children, six of whom are 
 living. The mother departed this life in Indiana, 
 in 1874. Mr.^ Carpenter, of this sketch identified 
 himself with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 in Iowa, with which he still holds membership. He 
 also belongs to the Grange and Corbin Post No. 
 426, G. A. R. at Corbin, in which he has held the 
 offices of Surgeon and Junior Vice-Commander. 
 
 ANIEL W. BENTON. The subject of 
 this biograpli3' was born in Pickaway 
 County, Ohio, August 10, 1832. He is a 
 son of Elias Benton, who was born in 
 Litchfield, Conn., August 9, 1795. Daniel Benton, 
 the grandfather of our subject, was born in Con- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 necticut, September 12, 1764. His wife was Mar- 
 gery Frisbee, and their marriage was celebrated in 
 1789. His father, the great-grandfather of our 
 subject, was Nathaniel Benton, a native of Connec- 
 ticut, where he was born August 25, 1726, and was 
 united in marriage to Miss Abigail Gillett. He 
 settled in Litchfield, Conn., during Colonial times, 
 where he followed the occupation of a farmer. He 
 died in that town in 1800, and was followed to the 
 silent land by his wife some ten or twelve years 
 later. Daniel Benton was reared in his native 
 place, and resided there till 1821, when he started 
 with his family for the far West, as Ohio was then 
 called, and journeyed with a team to that State, 
 and located at Somerset, Ohio. They crossed the 
 Ohio River at "Wilksburg, Va.,on the 1st of August 
 of that year. As soon as the family was fairij' 
 well established in their new home, Mr. Benton re- 
 turned in the same jear to Connecticut to finish 
 some important business that it had been found im- 
 possible to transact before leaving that State. On 
 his way back to Ohio to the waiting family he was 
 stricken by a mortal disease, and died in the town 
 of Harmonj', N. J., where his remains were interred. 
 His wife survived till the year 1835, when she too, 
 paid the debt of nature and lies quietly sleeping in 
 the Salem churchyard in Pickaway Township. 
 
 Elias Benton was reared in his native town and 
 received a liberal education in the common schools 
 of the place. He took the Freeman's oath while a 
 resident of Connecticut, and in 1821, accompanied 
 his parents to Ohio. After the death of the father, 
 he took up a tract of timbered land in Pickaway 
 County, upon which he put up a log cabin, which 
 was afterwards the birthplace of the subject of this 
 sketch. The cabin, according to the fashion of the 
 time, was built with a large fire-place, and as Mrs. 
 Benton had no stove, she performed all cooking 
 operations by the open fire. Rail-roads were an 
 unthought of possibility in that section at that 
 time, and for many years the farmers hauled their 
 produce to the river towns, where they exchanged 
 tliem for cash, or, most likely, for goods of some 
 description. Upon one occasion, Mr. Elias Benton 
 had his wheat made into fiour, and in company 
 with a neighbor, built a fiat-boat on the Sciota 
 River, aud by that means, transported the flour to 
 
 New Orleans, where, after waiting six months, they 
 received their payment of 35 cents per bushel. 
 
 In a few years the log cabin in which Mr. E. 
 Benton began housekeeping, gave place to a small 
 frame dwelling, where the family lived a few more 
 years, then it in turn gave way to the present sub- 
 stantial structure of brick.. The residence of Mr. 
 Benton was the first brick dwelling to be erected 
 in Pickaway Township. He lived there many 
 years, and reared his family in habits of industry 
 and economy. He spent his last days in Hardin 
 County, Ohio. His death occurred on the 18th of 
 May, 1886. He had lived to see Ohio develop 
 from a wilderness to a well-settled and wealthy 
 country. It was his good fortune to be present at 
 the ceremonies attendant upon the commencement 
 of the Ohio canal, when the first spadeful of earth 
 was lifted at Licking Summit, July 4, 1825, in the 
 presence of the Governor, De Witt Clinton, and 
 many others of note in the State. It was a gala 
 day for Ohio, and a time long to be remembered by 
 those present on the occasion. 
 
 Elias Benton was thrice married: his first wife 
 was Rosanna Cherry, to whom he was united June 
 20, 1820. After her death he again married, his 
 second wife being Elizabeth Johnson Caldwell, who 
 was born June 12, 1797, and died May 7, 1865. 
 Their marriage was celebrated January 20, 1823, 
 and the union resulted in the birth of six children, 
 as follows: Orlando was born July 7, 1826, and 
 died October 17, 1852; William Johnson, March 
 6, 1828, died December 25, 1833; Maria Jane, born 
 April 19, 1830, married Joseph Wright, November 
 9, 1852, and died November 18, 1860; Daniel W., 
 the subject of this sketch; Aim ira, born February 
 11, 1834, died March 25, 1853; Sarah Ellen, born 
 May 22, 1838, married John Saylor, November 13, 
 1856. On the I2th of February, 1867, Mr. Benton 
 was married the third time, the lady being Mrs. 
 Catherine Cherry. 
 
 As stated before, Mr. Benton received a good edu- 
 cation and was a man of literary tastes. He fre- 
 quently employed his pen on articles for the news- 
 papers, also in writing a history of the Benton family, 
 which latter work was published in book form in 
 1878, when the author was eighty-three years old, 
 and blind, Tlie book is an interesting one, and wo 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 are indebted to it for the principal portion of the 
 facts herein recorded. One of the stories related 
 in the book just mentioned, reveals one of the curi- 
 ous laws passed by the State of Connecticut in the 
 early days of its history. The Legislature enacted 
 a law to the effect that every taxable person not 
 identified with any church, should be assessed a 
 certain amount for the support of the Congrega- 
 tional church, to which most of the legislators be- 
 longed. The law had the effect of making many 
 non-church members hasten to one or other of the 
 various religious bodies, where they signed them- 
 selves as members, by which means they escaped 
 paying the tax. The Methodists and Episcopals 
 received many additions to their numbers in that 
 way. One day Daniel Benton, upon his arrival 
 home, announced the fact that he had that day 
 signed himself as a member of the Protestant Epis- 
 copal church, and stated that they would thereafter 
 attend the services of that denomination. In that 
 manner it transpired that the father of our subject 
 was reared a Protestant Episcopal. Mr. Benton 
 also states in his book that the public school teach- 
 ers were obliged to teach the catechism in the daily 
 sessions of school, but were permitted to teach the 
 one that was desired by the parents of the pupils. 
 Politically, Mr. Benton was a Whig, and always 
 took an active interest in the affairs of the country. 
 He served many years as Justice of the Peace, and 
 enjoyed the esteem of his neiglibors and friends. 
 He was an extensive and judicious reader, delight- 
 ing piineipally in historical works, and his retentive 
 memory enabled him to lay up a large fund of 
 valuable and interesting knowledge. His mental 
 faculties were preserved unimpaired to the day of 
 his demise. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared in his 
 native State, and resided with his parents until 
 after his marriage. In 1856, he removed to Hardin 
 County, where he bought a farm and made his 
 home till 1887, when he emigrated lo Kansas. He 
 located at Ft. Scott, where he bought city property, 
 and also purchased farm land in the neighborhood. 
 He made his liome in that city until 1889, when he 
 disposed of a portion of his interests in that place, 
 and removed to Wellington and purchased the farm 
 which is his home at present, He ha& two hundred 
 
 and forty acres of fine land adjoining the city of 
 Wellington, upon which are a superior set of frame 
 buildings adapted to all the wants of a farm carried 
 on in accordance with the best methods employed 
 in modern agriculture. In addition to the farm 
 just mentioned, Mr. Benton owns three hundred 
 and twenty acres in Harmon Township. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place Septem- 
 ber 18, 1855, the lady of his choice being Miss 
 Harriet Maria Wharton. Mrs. Benton was born in 
 Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio, February 9, 1836. 
 Her fatlier. Rev. Henry Wharton, was a native of 
 Clermont County, Ohio, and his father, John Whar- 
 ton, was a native of Virginia, of English ancestry. 
 John Wharton was a pioneer of Clermont County, 
 where he improved a large farm, and passed the re- 
 mainder of his days in the State of his adoption. 
 His wife was Eleanor (Salts) Wharton, a native of 
 Virginia, of English ancestry. The father of Mrs. 
 Benton was reared in his native county, and when 
 quite young professed conversion and united with 
 the Methodist Episcopal church of that place. In 
 1834 he was admitted to the Ohio Conference as a 
 preacher, and from that time forward was an active 
 and efficient worker in the ranks of the ministry of 
 that denomination. His field of service extended 
 to many different points within the bounds of the 
 Conference, but at all places he was highlj' esteemed 
 for his eminent piety and superior pulpit ability. 
 His death occurred in 1864, when he was sixty 
 years of age. His wife was Sarah (Winters) Whar- 
 ton, a native of the same county as her husband. 
 The father of Mrs. Wliarton, William Winters, was 
 of Welsh ancestr3\ He was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion, and followed that calling throughout his life. 
 His wife was Xancy (Carr) Wharton, an estimable 
 woman who performed all the duties of life in a 
 manner pleasing to her family, and in accordance 
 with the dictates of her conscience. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Benton have had six 
 children born unto them, as follows: Henry W.,an 
 attorney at Minneapolis, Minn.; Guy Potter, 
 Principal of the Ft. Scott Public Schools ; Clarence 
 and Eva are students at Winfield College, south- 
 western Kansas; jNIary and ^larguerite are at home. 
 The entire family, except Henry and his wife, are 
 member? in good repute in the aiethodist Episco- 
 
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 pal Cliurch, South. Henry and wife are members 
 of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Benton is an ar- 
 dent Republican in politics, and a strict temperance 
 man in practice and principle. 
 
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 (AMES L. M. STRANGE. The subject of 
 this notice first struck Kansas soil in the fall 
 of 1881, locating first on a rented farm in 
 Cowley County. Two years later he came 
 to this county and purchased the land which he 
 now owns and operates, this embracing one hundred 
 and sixty acres on section 11. It was originally 
 an open prairie with no improvements, but by the 
 exercise of industry Mr. Strange is now in the 
 possession of a good homestead, with his land all 
 fenced, provided with substantial buildings and in- 
 dicating at all points the intelligence and progress 
 of the proprietor. The most of the land is devoted 
 to the raising of wheat, with the exception of ten 
 acres in pasture. 
 
 The subject of this notice was born in Adair 
 County, Ky., October 23, 1839, and is the son of 
 William Strange, likewise a native of the Blue 
 Grass State within which he spent his entire life. 
 He was cut down in his prime, however, dying in 
 1846, at the early age of about thirty-five years. 
 The paternal grandfather was Archelus Strange, a 
 native of Virginia, and who was married there to 
 Miss Elizabeth Coffee. Soon afterward they re- 
 moved to North Carolina and from there to Adair 
 County, Ky., where they spent their last days. 
 There were born to them twelve children, viz.: 
 Clayborne, Louis, Abram, William, the father of 
 our subject, Archelus, Levi, Larkin, Elizabeth, 
 Betsey, Polly. Wenston and Ellen. Elizabeth, 
 Claj'borne and Wenston are the only survivors, 
 they being residents of Arkansas and Kentucky. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of Damarius Davis; she was born in Adair 
 County, Ky., and with her family of five children, 
 after her husband's death, removed to Warren 
 County, Ky., where James L. M. was reared on a 
 farm. Our subject obtained such education as the 
 
 common schools afforded and when reaching man's 
 estate was wedded to Miss Sarah J., daughter of 
 Ransom and Lettie (Bevil) Conklin. jMrs. Strange 
 was likewise a native of the Blue Grass State. Of 
 her union with our subject there were born eight 
 children, the eldest of whom, a daughter Lillie, is 
 the wife of W. A. Hiser of South Haven Township; 
 Elmeta V. married M. H. Elliott and lives in South 
 Haven, Kan.; William R., Molly B., Tandy W., 
 Nannie D., James L. W., and Sally, remain at home 
 with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Strange are con- 
 sistent members of the Christian Church at South 
 Haven, and Mr. Strange belongs to Lodge No. 336, 
 A. F. & A. M. .at Smith's Grove, Ky. 
 
 The father of Mrs. Strange was born in Tennes- 
 see and her mother in Virginia. They came to 
 Kansas in the fall of 1881, locating, like Mr. 
 Strange, in Cowley County where they still live. 
 Grandfather Howell Bevil a native of Virginia, 
 removed to Kentucky at an early day and there 
 spent the remainder of his life. 
 
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 J|OHN C. THRAILKILL, of Wellington, is 
 I successfully engaged in the grocery trade, 
 having a thriving business located on North 
 Washington Street. He is one of the old 
 settlers, having come to this region in March, 1872, 
 when the present flourishing city was a village of 
 probably five hundred souls. He has grown with 
 its growth and contributed materially to its welfare 
 and advancement. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Trenton, 
 Grundy County, Mo., May 18, 1844, and when a 
 child two years of age, was taken by his parents to 
 Andrew County, that State, where he grew to ma- 
 turitj'. He was given a fair education in the com- 
 mon schools, and when starting out for himself en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business at East Nebraska 
 City, Iowa, where he sojourned from 1867 to 1872. 
 Then, selling out, he came to Kansas, and has since 
 been a resident of Wellington. Prior to his settle- 
 ment in East Nebraska, however, he had been to 
 this locality and entered a claim in the vicinity of 
 
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 Belle Plalne, which he proved np, obtaining his 
 clear title. He established himself in the grocery 
 business at Wellington in 1877, prosecuting this 
 until 1883. Then selling out, he embarked in the 
 live stock business, and was thus occupied until 
 1889, buj'ing and feeding. He is now in the en- 
 joyment of a lucrative trade, and occupies a well- 
 equipped store, keeping a full line of all the goods 
 pertaining to his business. Although meddling 
 very little with politics, he usually votes the Demo- 
 cratic ticket, and he belongs to the Masonic fra- 
 ternity. 
 
 Mr. Thrailkill was married in Nebraska City, 
 Neb., Ap;il 13th, 1876, to Miss Jonnie Cockrill, a 
 native of Kentucky, and who removed with her 
 parents to Western Iowa when a child. Her father, 
 J. B. Cockrill, engaged in the mercantile business, 
 and died June 5, 1887, in Wellington, Kan. Tlie 
 mother is still living, making her home in Welling- 
 ton. Our subject and his estimable wife are the 
 parents of ihree children, namel}', Clyde, Lee and 
 Ray. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the son of John 
 Thrailkill, a native of Tennessee, and who married 
 Miss Emily Moore. Tliey first removed to Mis- 
 souri, where the father engaged in mining, and 
 then in merchandising. He died in Missouri in 
 August, 1854. The mother died October 11, 1888, 
 at St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
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 )OBERT J. SMITH, dealer in agricultural 
 ;,,. implements and also engaged in the real- 
 S.\ estate and loan business at Wellington, 
 came to the city in 1883 and has made for 
 himself the reputation of an honest man and a good 
 citizen. His native place was Brown County, Ohio, 
 and the date of his birth February 18, 1839. His 
 boyhood and youth were spent in a comparatively 
 uneventful manner in attendance at the district 
 school, and he afterward served an apprenticeship 
 as a tanner, harness-maker and in the saddlery busi- 
 ness. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he 
 enlisted as a Union soldier in August, 1861, in 
 
 Company A, Seventieth Ohio Infantry. Ilis regi- 
 ment was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee 
 under the command of Gen. Sherman. Mr. Smith 
 participated with his comrades in the battles^of Shi- 
 loh, Corinth, Vieksburg, Jackson and Mission 
 Ridge, besides other minor engagements. At the 
 expiration of his term of enlistment he repaired to 
 Knoxville, Tenn., but immediately returned and 
 re-enlisted, in January, 1864, in the same company 
 and regiment. 
 
 Soon afterward followed the siege of Atlanta and 
 the Fifteenth Army Corps, of which Mr. Smith was 
 a member, started for Savannah, Ga., and joined in 
 the famous march to the sea. During this trying 
 journey Mr. Smith did not ride one hour. He par- 
 ticipated in the charge of Ft. McAllister under 
 Gen. Hazen, and thereafter fought at Columbia, and 
 Rolla. His division was then sent to Little Rock, 
 Ark., and at the close of the war he was mustered 
 out at Camp Denison, Ohio. He was never too 
 ill to report for duty, never in the guard house and 
 never captured or wounded, although experiencing 
 some hair- breadth escapes. He likewise never 
 missed a battle or skirmish in which his reo-iment 
 was engaged. 
 
 Upon returning to the pursuits of civil life Mr. 
 Smitli engaged in harness-making at his father's old 
 stand in Decatur, Ohio, where he lived until com- 
 ing to Kansas. On January 11, 1869, he was married, 
 in Adams County, Ohio, to Miss Lina McClung. 
 This lady was born in that county in August, 1844, 
 and is the daughter of James McClung, an Adams 
 County farmer, who is now deceased. The four 
 children born of this union are still living and at 
 home with their parents, bearing the names, re^ 
 spectively, of Frederick M., Herschel B., Robert 
 Charles and Nora. They are being carefully trained 
 and will be given good educational advantages. 
 Mr. Smith, politically, is a Republican, and in his 
 religious views sides with the doctrines of the 
 Presbyterian Church, being connected with this 
 church at Wellington. He also belongs to the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 The father of our subject was John S. Smith, who 
 was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1813. He 
 removed to Ohio at an early day was there married 
 to Miss Ruth Simpson, He engaged in harness- 
 
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 making and saddlery at Decatur, that State, and 
 with his estimable wife is still living. The latter 
 is now seventy three years old and a member of 
 the United Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 OHN W. CHAPMAN. This gentleman is 
 well worthy of representation in this vol- 
 ume, not simply on account of his financial 
 prosperity and as the owner of a beautiful 
 farm in ValVerde Township, but as a loyal, intelli- 
 gent and upright citizen, useful in his day and gen- 
 eration, and allying example of worth of character. 
 
 Mr. Chapman is of Southern parentage and cn- 
 cestry, and is a worthy descendant of an honore(t 
 line in America, the early members of the family 
 having settled in Virginia on their emigration from 
 England. The paternal grandfather was one Dan- 
 iel Chapman, of North Carolina, and in that State 
 Thomas Chapman, the father of our subject, was 
 born in 1803. Daniel Chapman removed with his 
 family to Robertson County, Tenn., when his son 
 Thomas was but a lad, and there the boy grew to 
 maturity, making that his home until 1840. He 
 married l\Iiss Rachael Garrison, who was born in 
 Tennessee about the year 1802, and who died in 
 Marion County, 111., in 1846, about six years after 
 she and her husband took up their residence there. 
 Thomas Chapman spent his life in the pursuit of 
 agriculture, and was in easy circumstances. He 
 served in the Black HawkWar and also in the Florida 
 War of 1836. He was a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Ciiurch for many years before his death, 
 wliichtook place in 1874. The old gentleman, father 
 of our subject, enlisted during the War of the Re- 
 bellion, notwithstanding his advanced age, and was 
 discharged on account of his inability to endure 
 the hardships. The parental family comprised nine 
 sons and daughters, namely: Jane E., Susan E., 
 Richard M., Mary, Nancy, Sarah, John W., Dan- 
 iel W. and Louisa. Susan E. is now deceased. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born in 
 Robertson County, Tenn. .October 23, 1837, and was 
 reared on his father's farm in Marion County, TIL, 
 
 acquiring an excellent common-school education. 
 He had been taught to love his country as a sister- 
 hood which should be unbroken, and upon the 
 breaking out of the Civil War he took his place in 
 the ranks of the Union army, entering the service 
 in 1861. as principal musician of the Fortieth Illi- 
 nois Infantry, in which capacity he served the term 
 of his enlistment, three years. He not only was 
 present during many minor engagements and 
 cheered his comrades on weary marches, and in the 
 waiting hours in camp, but participated in the 
 noted battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jack- 
 son, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionar3' 
 Ridge, Siege of Knoxville and all of the hard- 
 fought conflicts of the Georgia campaign. 
 
 At Atlanta, Ga., in August, 1864, Mr. Ciiapman 
 was honorabl}' discharged and he then returned to 
 Marion County, 111., making that his home until 
 1882, when he removed to Sumner County, Kan. 
 He purcliased land and entered upon the life of a 
 Kans.os farmer, adding to his acreage and improving 
 the estate until it reached its present state of high 
 cultivation and development. Ho now owns three 
 hundred and twenty acres, lying on sections .5 and 
 9, ValVerde Township, on which is an excellent 
 residence, good barns, a fine orchard of several 
 acres, and other minor improvements which every 
 enterprising and progressive farmer makes. Mr. 
 Chapman is giving his entire attention to the stock 
 business and to tilling the soil, and is proving sue 
 cessful in his enterprise. 
 
 On March 11, 1857, the marriage ceremony was 
 performed which united Mr. Ciiapman and Miss 
 Margaret Rogers, of Marion County, 111. The 
 young and charming bride was born in Mississippi, 
 January 18, 1840, and lived to make a happy home 
 until April 18, 1870, when she breathed her last. 
 The union resulted in the birth of five children : 
 Wilber C, Fannie G., Ruth G., Laura L., and an in- 
 fant that died unnamed. 
 
 Mr. Chapman was again married September 11, 
 1870, the lady with whom he was united being Mrs. 
 Abigail Massey, who was born in Clay County, 111., 
 in 1837, and died May 4, 1878. Mrs. Abigail 
 Chapman bore her husband five children — Aaron 
 C, Fred M., Bertha A., Merida W. and Flora M. 
 Mr, Chapman contracted a third matrimonial aU 
 
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 liance December 6, 1878, his companion being Miss 
 Lida A. Songer, of Clay County, 111., wlio was born 
 there August 13, 1851. This union has been blessed 
 by the birth of six children : Pearl, John R. For- 
 est A., Bessie J., Daisy F. and D wight L.; the last 
 two are twins. 
 
 Mr. Chapman belongs to the Farmers' Alliance, 
 and to the Masonic fraternity. He gives his polit- 
 ical support to the Republican party. He is a 
 member in good standing of the United Brethren 
 Church. 
 
 ANCELOT JOHNSON. The pioneer his- 
 i§i tory of Sumner County and the men who 
 were instrumental in its early growth and 
 development forms a most interesting story which 
 will not part with any of its importance as time 
 rolls on. Among those who came to this region 
 nearly a score of years ago and who battled with 
 dangers and difficulties was Mr. Johnson, who is 
 now looked upon as one of its most honored resi- 
 dents. He established himself on section 6, Ox- 
 ford Township, on the 28th of May, 1871, taking 
 up from the Government the quarter section which 
 he now owns. He put his stakes in front of his 
 present residence at a time when the now flourish- 
 ing town of Oxford had just been laid out and con- 
 tained one small store conducted by Mr. P. 
 Binley. The latter purchased furs from the In- 
 dians and made a precarious living as best he 
 could. There were no improvements, whatever, 
 on the uplands and but one shanty between Oxford 
 and Mr. Johnson's claim. 
 
 Soon after Mr. Johnson selected his location he 
 was joined by two neighbors; in fact, fourteen 
 claims were taken in one day by a delega- 
 tion from Iowa, In those days there was a com- 
 munity of feeling among the pioneers which led 
 them to take an interest in each other's welfare and 
 very soon all were not only acquaintances but 
 friends. Mr. Johnson proceeded with the im- 
 provements of his property, breaking the sod and 
 putting in a full crop that same year. He filed his 
 claim at Augusta and obtained his outfit for farm- 
 
 ing at Independence, and for building purposes 
 made his lumber from cottonwood. At first he was 
 obliged to haul water from Oxford. The neighbors 
 joined together in obtaining water, one going at 
 one time and another the next. The only ladies in 
 the colony was Miss Cordie, the daughter of Mr. 
 Johnson, and Mrs. Frank Evans. The ladies were 
 sheltered in a tent while the men lived in their 
 wagons, the camp being on the present farm of Mr. 
 Carpenter. 
 
 The first shanty of the colony, a structure twelve 
 feet square, was put up by Mr. Johnson and within 
 it Mr. Jc/hnson and family lived for two summers. 
 In the winter Mr. Johnson and his daughter re- 
 paired to Independence. 
 
 On the 1st of January, 1872, Mr. Johnson re- 
 moved his wife and family to this place and then 
 proceeded with the improvement of his property 
 until 1879. He then embarked in sheep-raising, 
 transferring the scene of his operations to Meagher 
 County, Mont. In that region he took another 
 claim, remaining on it until proving up, then sold 
 it and returned to Kansas and sojourned upon his 
 his farm until 1884, Upon the latter Mr. Johnson 
 had planted a good grove and set out quantities of 
 hedge for fencing. After prosecuting general agri- 
 culture he became interested in stock-raising and 
 in this, as with the other, was uniformly successful. 
 
 Liberal and public-spirited, he was ever a friend 
 of education and progress, assisting in organizing 
 the school district and officiating as Director. 
 
 Mr. Johnson, about 1884, put up a more modern 
 dwelling at this place assisted by his son. The lat- 
 ter then went to No Man's Land, where he is now 
 engaged in stock-raising. Mr. Johnson, although 
 making no pretentions to being a politician, votes 
 the straight Republican ticket and keeps himself 
 posted on matters of general interest. He is a 
 member in good standing of the Christian Church. 
 Such has been his course in life, his honesty and 
 fair dealing with his fellow-men, that he has gained 
 the unqualified respect of all those with whom he 
 has come in contact. 
 
 A native of Shelby County, Ky., Mr. Johnson was 
 born September 23, 1827, and when a child of two 
 years was taken by his parents to Orange County, 
 Ind. Later they removed to Putnam County, 
 
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 that State, thence to Boone Countj', and finally 
 to Beuton County, Iowa, where j'oung Johnson 
 develoijed into manhood. He left the parental 
 roof when about nineteen years old and commenced 
 learning the carpenter's trade, then going to St. 
 Paul, Minn., he sojourned there one year. Return- 
 ing then to Iowa he prosecuted his trade in Benton 
 County and finally purchased land five miles from 
 Vinton, the county seat of Benton County, where 
 he made his home for a period of twenty-five years. 
 In the meantime he was married, March 5, 1850, to 
 Miss. M. J. Forsythe. 
 
 After the outbreaK of the Civil War Mr. John- 
 son enlisted in October, 1862, in Company K., 
 Sixth Iowa Cavalry, and leaving home November 
 3, following, was sent to the Northwest to fight the 
 Indians. His duties led him all over Dakota Ter- 
 ritory, and he returned home November 3, 1865, 
 after a service of three years and nine houis. He 
 had now a family of five children. He con- 
 tinued a resident of of Benton County, Iowa, until 
 1870, although in the meantime he had sold his 
 farm. That year they came to Kansas and pur- 
 chased a town lot in Independence, where they 
 lived until their removal to Oxford Township, this 
 county. 
 
 Mrs. Johnson was born in Decatur County Ind., 
 February 5, 1830, and is the daughter of J. S. and 
 Jane (McCoy) Forsythe, the former a native of 
 Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. Mr. Forsythe 
 lived for a time in the vicinity of Lebanon, Boone 
 County, Ind., where he was among the first settlers. 
 He engaged in merchandising and for some years 
 was Sheriff of Boone County. In 1844 he crossed 
 the Mississippi into Linn County, Iowa, settling at 
 Marion, but two years later changed his residence 
 to Benton County. He was married in the latter 
 county where the wife and mother died in 1849. 
 In Iowa, as he had been in Indiana, Mr. Forsythe 
 was prominent in local affairs, serving as County 
 J udge and Township Supervisor and holding other 
 public positions until quite aged. Finally, leaving 
 the Hawkeye State in 1873 he came to Kansas and 
 spent his last years in Avon Township, dying in 
 1876 at the age of seventy-nine years. 
 
 Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John- 
 son, of whom only three are living. John A. mar- 
 
 ried Miss Lundy King, and is the father of five 
 children; he has alreadj^ been spoken of as a resi- 
 dent of No Man's Land. Eva is the wife of E. 
 Platte, and they live on a farm near Greensburg, 
 adjoining the county seat. Cordie remains at 
 home; Ida married James Johnson, who died in 
 1884 and she died in 1888, both being the victims 
 of consumption. Their son, Allen W., died when 
 three years old. 
 
 Alexander Johnson, the father of our subject, 
 was born in Ohio and married Miss Sarah Allen, of 
 Kentucky. They made their home in Shelby 
 County, that State, until coming West, as already 
 stated, and reared a family of ten children to ma- 
 ture years. Mr. Johnson died in Iowa April 13, 
 1855, at ttie age of sixty-six years. The mother 
 died about 1875-76, in Iowa. She was a member 
 in good standing of the Christian Church. Mr. 
 Johnson had served as a soldier in tlie War of 
 1812. 
 
 '1^ EACON JAMES T. CHURCH. The sub 
 I jV ject of this sketch is particularly well 
 ffi^^^ known in the religious circles of Welling- 
 ^^^ ton, being one of the pillars of the Bap- 
 tist Church, in which he has officiated as Deacon 
 for many years. He was born in Lancaster, F"air- 
 field County, Ohio, November 19, 1828, and is the 
 son of Isaac Church, a native of Cape May, N. J. 
 The latter was reared in his native State, and be- 
 came an architect and builder. He was converted 
 in Lis youth, joining the Baptist Church, and for 
 many years officiated as a minister of that de- 
 nomination. Upon leaving New Jersey he estab- 
 lislied himself in the city of Philadelphia, where he 
 continued preaching. About 1820 he emigrated to 
 Ohio, and located among the pioneers of Fairfield 
 County, 
 
 After his removal to Ohio, the father of our sub- 
 ject being located in the town of Lancaster, en- 
 gaged as a carpenter and builder, while he also 
 continued his labors in the Master's vineyard. With 
 the exception ol a short time spent afterward in 
 New Jersey, he remained a resident of Lancaster 
 
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 until his death, which occurred about 1853-54. He 
 was married in early manhood to Mrs. Susan Dun- 
 lap. She was the mother of our subject and his 
 twin sister, and passed away about 1832, twenty 
 years prior to the decease of her husband. The 
 Rev. Isaac Church was four times married. 
 
 The subject of this sketch attended the primitive 
 schools of Lancaster, Ohio, and after reaching man- 
 hood completed a business course in the Commer- 
 cial School at Ottawa, 111. He was only four years 
 old at the time of bis mother's death, and when a 
 boy of eight years went to live with an uncle in 
 the same county, where he was reared on a farm 
 and remained until reaching his majority. He was 
 then given $100, with a horse and saddle, and 
 started out to seels hJs fortune. Locating in Fair- 
 field Count}' he engaged with a firm of contractors 
 six months, then secured a position as clerk and 
 book-keeper in the employ of Malilon Ashbrook, in 
 Pickaway County. This gentleman also conducted 
 a sawmill, distillery, etc. Young Church remained 
 with him one year, then returned to his old home 
 in Fairfield County and engaged in sheep raising, 
 and also dealt in sheep in company with his uncle, 
 John M. Ashbrook. He was thus occupied two 
 j'ears, then engaged in farming. He purchased land 
 in Fairfield County, and continued there until 
 1857. Then selling out he went to Ottawa, 111., 
 and engaged in the grocery trade and the manufac- 
 ture of vinegar. In 1866 he sold out once more, 
 and engaged in the lumber and grocery trade until 
 1877. He now met with reverses, losing all of his 
 property, and we next find him in Chicago, 111., as 
 a dealer in groceries. Later he embarked in the 
 lumber business, on the Lumber Exchange, until 
 1880. 
 
 In the above-mentioned year Mr. Church came 
 to Kansas, locating first at Humboldt, and engaging 
 in the lumber trade one year. In 1882 lie sold out 
 and removed to Lincoln, Xeb., where he prosecuted 
 tlio lumber business a few months, and then, in 
 1883, came to Wellington. Here he opened a lum- 
 ber yard and instituted a branch yard at Caldwell, 
 conducting these until January, 1889. His next 
 move was to form a partnership with J. L Wood, 
 and they opened an office for the practice of law, 
 also attending to collections and insurance. 
 
 Mr. Church was married, October 9, 1853, in 
 Fairfield County, Ohio, to Miss Laura C. Kagy. 
 This lady was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, 
 March 19, 1832, and is the daughter of Lewis B. 
 and Francina P. (Ashbrook) Kagy, who were na- 
 tives of Virginia, and pioneers of Ohio. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Church there were born two children — 
 Francina and Mary. The first mentioned was mar- 
 ried to Ricardo Miner, and they live in Phoenix, 
 Arizona; they have one child, George E. Mary is 
 the wife of C. A. Foss, of San Diego, Cal., and they 
 have three children — C. Stanford, James C. and 
 Laura C. Politically, Mr. Church is a stanch Re- 
 publican. 
 
 JOHN P. NICE is one of the most practical 
 and prosperous farmers in ValVerde Town- 
 sliip and an exponent of the excellent traits 
 which are to be met with among the Teutonic 
 races. His residence and barn are the finest in the 
 township, and taken all in all, his farm, although 
 not so large as many, is one of the most attractive 
 in the entire county. Hard work, a wise economy, 
 and a determination to succeed, have been the levers 
 by which he has won success since he came to 
 Kansas a poor man. 
 
 The birth of our subject took place in Prussia, 
 April 15, 1846, and he is the youngest of three 
 children born to Mathew and Gertrude Nice. The 
 mother died in Germany, and in 1853 the father 
 emigrated to America, settling in Grant County, 
 Wis., where he lived until 1887, when he too. de- 
 parted this life. Three years after his own passage 
 across the Atlantic, his children — Gertrude, Nicho- 
 las and John P. — followed him to America, and 
 our subject grew to manhood on his father's farm 
 in Wisconsin. He remained in that itate until 
 1871, and then became a citizen of this county, 
 making Oxford his first abiding place. There he 
 carried on a mercantile business for a time, but in 
 1883, moved to his present home on section 16, 
 ValVerde Township, where he owns one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land. The estate is not only 
 furnished with the fine residence and barn before 
 
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 mentioned, but with all other buildings necessary 
 for the carrying on of the work of the farm, and 
 with such fences, trees, and shrubs as make it beau- 
 tiful and add largely to its value. 
 
 The lady to whose housewifely skill and amiable 
 character, Mr. Nice owes the comforts and pleasure 
 of his home life, was born in Austria, in 1855, and 
 bore the maiden name of MoUie Potucek. At the 
 time of their marriage in 1875, she was a resident 
 of this county. Their happy union has resulted in 
 the birth of four children, William, Avice, Lena, 
 and an infant who died unnamed. Mr. Nice has 
 held some minor offices, exercises the elective fran- 
 chise in behalf of the Democratic party, and is a 
 member of Ihc Farmers' Alliance. He does not 
 belong to any religious organization but is a Catho- 
 lic in belief. 
 
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 ©SCAR J. HACKNEY. In 1871 this gentle- 
 man left Logan County, 111., for the Kansas 
 frontier, coming by rail to Newton, wliich 
 was then the western terminus of the road, and 
 thence by stage to Wichita, then an unpretentious 
 village, where he was met by a brother and driven 
 to this county, his arrival being in the month of 
 September. Wellington had just been platted and 
 contained but few houses, and in the western part 
 of the county deer and buffaloes abounded, while 
 the surrounding country was still in the possession 
 of the United States Government. Mr. Hackney 
 took up the southeast quarter of section 25, in 
 what is now Wellington Township, and at once 
 erected a house and began a successful career as a 
 Kansas pioneer farmer. He has added to his 
 landed estate, and now owns five hundred and 
 twenty acres of fine land, one hundred and sixty 
 acres being in Aron and the rest in Wellington 
 Township. 
 
 Mr. Hackney was born in Jefferson County, 
 Iowa, April 26, 1847, and was a child of aliout Ave 
 years when his parents removed to Logan County, 
 111., where he was reared and educated until about 
 sixteen years old. In the meantime the Civil 
 
 War had broken out, and all over the Northern 
 States the tidal wave of patriotic enthusiasm had 
 rolled, carrying with it to the front many a lad 
 who, though young in years, was old in devotion 
 to his country; while many a lad was compelled to 
 remain at home on account of his youth or insuffi- 
 cient strength, whose heart was with the forces and 
 who waited longingly for the day to come when he 
 could enter the army. 
 
 In 1863 young Hackney enlisted in Company 
 IT, Seventh Illinois Infantry, and soon after his 
 enrollment was taking his part in campaign life in 
 Alabama. From that State the following year he 
 went to Georgia, joining Sherman's forces at the 
 famous field of Resaca, and subsequently partici- 
 pating in the battles, skirmishes and weary marches 
 from that point to Atlanta, being present during 
 the siege and at the capture of that city, and in 
 the battle of Alton a Pass. During the latter en- 
 gagement he was seriously wounded, .ind was laid 
 up for two months, after which he rejoined his 
 comrades and marched with the victorious army to 
 Washington, via Petersburg and Richmond, where 
 after participating in the Grand Review he was hon- 
 orably discharged and mustered out of the service. 
 Returning to his home he rented land, and devoted 
 liimself to the peaceful occupation of farming, 
 quitting Logan County only to become a citizen 
 of Kansas. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Hackney is a native of Logan 
 County, 11!., and bore the maiden n.ame of Lena 
 Clark. She is a daughter of John and Eliza Clark, 
 and with the educational advantages afforded in 
 her childhood and the careful training of her wor- 
 thy parents, was well fitted to discharge all her 
 duties in life upon reaching womanhood. Her 
 union with Mr. Hackney was celebrated January 
 28, 1868, and six children have come to bless their 
 fireside — Edward, John, Frank, William, Mamie 
 and Kate. 
 
 Mr. Hackney belongs to James Shields Post, No. 
 57, G. A. R. Until the year 1872 he was a Repub- 
 lican, but since that time his suffrage has been 
 given to the Democratic party. Durlno- Gen. 
 Grant's presidential term he received the appoint- 
 ment of Postmaster at Wellington and served two 
 years in that capacity. He is enterprising and 
 
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 prudent in his agricultural worls, keeps himself 
 well informed regarding current events and general 
 topics of information, and is regarded as a good 
 citizen and honorable man. 
 
 The father of our subject is now living at Win- 
 fleld, Kan., to which place he lemoved in 1880. 
 He was born in Ohio, and is the son of a farmer 
 who removed from the Buckeye State to Illinois, 
 thence to Iowa, returning subsequently to the 
 Prairie State and spending his last years in Logan 
 County. Jacob T. Hackney accompanied his 
 father to Illinois, and thence to the Territory of 
 Iowa, and was a pioneer settler in Jefferson County. 
 In 1852 he purchased a farm three miles from 
 Mount Pulaski, in Logan County. 111., upon which 
 he made his home until his removal to this State. 
 His wife, the mother of our subject, bore the mai- 
 den name of Lucy Chapman, and was a native of 
 Lexington, Ky. She departed this life at her home 
 in Logan County, 111., some years since. 
 
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 lEORGE A. SOMMERVILLE. The name of 
 this hardy pioneer, whose portrait is pre- 
 sented on the opposite page, lias been fa- 
 miliar to the people of Oxford Township since 
 1873, when he took up, his abode in a then thinly 
 settled region, selecting land on section 36, to the 
 extent of three hundred acres. He comes of sturdy 
 ancestry and was born in Harrison County, W. Va., 
 January "24, 1812. His father, Alexander Sommer- 
 ville, was born in Scotland and emigrated to the 
 United States a single man. He married Miss Grace 
 Miller and they made their home in the Old Do- 
 minion thereafter until the death of the father. 
 
 The father of our subject engaged in various 
 pursuits and was looked upon as a man of more 
 than ordinary ability. He was elected Sheriff of 
 Harrison County when his son, George A., was a 
 mere boy, and retained the office for many years. 
 In the meantime the home of the familj^ was in 
 Clarksburg, the county seat, where George A. de- 
 veloped into manhood. The elder Somraerville, 
 
 also followed the profession of a teacher for a num- 
 ber of years. The parental household included 
 eleven children, all of whom grew to mature years 
 and of whom George A. was the seventh in order 
 of birth. Alexander Sommerville departed this 
 life at the old homestead in Virginia in 1839. The 
 mother survived her husband for a period of twenty 
 years and in the meantime removed to Indiana 
 where her death took place in 1859. 
 
 Upon leaving bis native State Mr. Sommerville 
 repaired to Elkhart County, Ind., where he so- 
 journed three years and then took up his abode in 
 Kosciusko County. In the meantime he was occu- 
 pied in agricultural pursuits and on the 6th of 
 December, 1840, was married in Kosciusko County, 
 to Miss Delilah Firestone. Mrs. Sommerville 
 was born in^ogan County, Ohio, in 1822 and was 
 the daughter of Samuel Firestone. When she was 
 a young lady the parents removed to Indiana where 
 they lived until called home to a better land. Six 
 children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Som merville of 
 whom two only lived to mature years, both sons — 
 Marion, a resident of Harper, Kan., and Jasper, 
 who lives one and one-half miles north in Oxford 
 Township. 
 
 The land which Mr. Sommerville first took up 
 had undergone but very slight improvement, al- 
 though there was a frame building on the place. 
 .He thus practically commenced at first principles 
 in the construction of a home, breaking the land, 
 making fences and setting out fruit and shade trees. 
 He was prospered in his labors and in due time 
 found himself in the enjoyment of a competence. 
 He retired from active labor in 1881, renting the 
 farm, but still makes his home tliere. Mr. Som- 
 merville has given to each of his sons eighty acres 
 of land and has sufHcient left to yield him a com- 
 fortable income. The first schoolhouse in his dis- 
 trict was put up the first summer he located there. 
 He has been Treasurer four years and School Di- 
 rector for two years. He gives his unqualified sup- 
 port to the Republican party. He has been for 
 some time a member of the Missionarj^ Baptist 
 Church and is looked upon as a representative man 
 whose career has been such as to gain him the es- 
 teem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Mrs. 
 Delilah Sommerville departed this life at her home 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 in Oxford Township, August 14, 1881. She was 
 a member of the same church as her husband and 
 an active Christian. 
 
 ^ ft'ARREN WOLLAM, one of the enterpris- 
 \jsj// ing and progressive farmers of Greene 
 \y\P Township, was born in Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, November 9, 1851, and is a son of Alfred 
 Wollam, a tiller of the soil in the Buckeye State. 
 In 1863, Alfred Wollam, with his family, which 
 (ionsisted of a wife, seven sons and two daughters, 
 removed to Mercer County, where he and his wife 
 still reside, and where our subject grew to man- 
 hood. 
 
 Mr. Wollam, of whom we write, acquired an 
 excellent education, and early in life adopted the 
 profession of a teacher, spending the winters in 
 professional work, and during the summers working 
 upon his father's farm until he was twenty-two 
 years old. He taught sixteen terms of school in 
 Mercer County, seven of them being successive in 
 his home district, and since coming to Kansas has 
 spent one term in similar employment. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Mercer County, 
 Ohio, August 16, 1873, Mr. Wollam was united in 
 marriage with Miss Elscina, daughter of Wesley 
 Copeland. The bride was tiorn in Auglaize County, 
 Ohio, June 15, 1851, and has been an able assistant 
 and loving companion since their marri.age. After 
 that event the young couple continued to reside in 
 Mercer County until the spring of 1883, when they 
 removed to Kansas, locating on section 29, Greene 
 Township, where they have ever since resided. 
 'J here Mr. Wollam now owns one hundred and 
 sixty acres of fertile and productive land on which 
 excellent buildings have been erected and other 
 good improvements made. Since coming to this 
 State he has devoted considerable time to carpen- 
 terin" and has built several houses in Green Town- 
 ship. He is a good workman at the trade, as well 
 as a successful farmer. The family of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Wollam comprises four living children: 
 
 Nellie, Alfred, Oma, and Carl, and two infant 
 daughters, Eva and Gertie, were removed from 
 them by the reaper — Death. 
 
 Mr. Wollam is an active worker in the Farmers' 
 Alliance, and has been business agent since the 
 organization of the society here. He has held the 
 ofHce of Trustee of Greene Township for three suc- 
 cessive terms. He takes an active part in political 
 matters, laboring earnestly for the advancement of 
 the Republican party. In July, 1888, he was sent 
 as a Delegate to the State Republican Convention. 
 In the fall of 1 889 he was the Republican candi ■ 
 date for County Clerk, but was defeated by William 
 H. Carnes. Few men of his years within the 
 bounds of Kansas possess a wider fund of informa- 
 tion, a more agreeable manner, or a more energetic 
 nature than does he, and his reputation among his 
 associates is that of an upright man and reliable 
 citizen. 
 
 .^/ LEXANDER BARNES, a homesteader of 
 w£M 1876, established himself that year in Lon- 
 il' don Township, taking up one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land on section 32. The 
 country around him was then mostly in a wild con- 
 dition, where few people had settled, presenting 
 thus not a very cheerful outlook. Mr. Barnes, 
 however, had abundant faith in the future of his 
 adopted State, and held his ground, while others, 
 to a certain extent, were coming and going. He 
 carried on the cultivation of his land as rapidly as 
 possible, erected the necessary buildings, planted 
 fruit and shade trees, and in due time found him- 
 self the possessor of a snug homestead. He prose- 
 cutes general agriculture, and makes a specialty of 
 attending strictly to his own concerns, meddlino- 
 very little with public affairs, otherwise than to 
 maintain his allegiance to the Democratic party. 
 
 A native of what is now West Virginia, Mr. 
 Barnes was born in Brook County, November 4 
 1835, and lived there until a young man of twenty 
 years. He then emigrated to Illinois, accompanied 
 by his brother, and subsequently moved to Iowa 
 
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 of which he was a resident until coming to this 
 county. After leaving his native State, he was 
 married February 4, 1858, to Miss Harriet Barker. 
 This lady was born in Fulton County, 111., on the 
 9th of August, 1841, and is a daughter of John 
 and Rachel (Harris) Barker, who were natives of 
 Ohio. Mr. Barker followed farming as his chosen 
 vocation, and is now deceased. Ten children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, whom they 
 named respectively: John W., Warren A., Elmer, 
 Carrie, Mattie, Melvin, Walter, Clyde, Dollie, and 
 Cora. They are all living, making an exceedingly 
 bright and interesting group. Carrie married Da- 
 vid E. Rogers, and lives in this township. 
 
 The father of our subject was Alexander Barnes, 
 Sr., a native of Maryland, who emigrated to the 
 western part of the Old Dominion when a young 
 man. Later we find him in Washington County, 
 Ohio, where he followed his trade of carpenter, and 
 spent his last days. The parental household con- 
 sisted of ten children. The mother is long since 
 deceased, having died in Ohio at the advanced age 
 of eighty years. 
 
 ^ AMi:S H. WILLIAMS. The subject of this 
 notice lives quietly and unostentatiously at 
 a snug homestead in Harmon Township, 
 ' where he has three hundred and twenty acres 
 of choice land, occupying a part of section 19. He 
 came to this countj' in the fall of 1881 from San- 
 gamon County, 111., where he was liorn August 8, 
 1842. He spent the first twenty years of his life 
 on his father's farm, little occurring to disturb the 
 even tenor of his way until the outbreak of the 
 Civil War. He celebrated his twentieth birthday 
 by enlisting as a soldier in the Union Army in 
 Company E, One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois 
 Infantry, and rendered a faithful service of three 
 years or until the close of the war. The regiment 
 was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee and he 
 endured the various hardships inseparable from life 
 in the army, but preserved his health and strength 
 
 in a remarkable degree, escaping capture and 
 wounds from the enemy. He was present at the 
 battles of .Jackson, Vicksburg, Brandon, Nashville, 
 Mobile, Ft. Blakely and numerous other engage- 
 ments. 
 
 After receiving his honorable discharge from the 
 service of Uncle Sam, Mr. Williams returned to the 
 place of his birth and sojourned there until 1868. 
 In the meantime he was married March 12, 1868, 
 to Miss Caroline F. Hedrick. The newly wedded 
 pair settled in Christian County, 111., where Mr. 
 Williams engaged in farming and where they lived 
 until the spring of 1881. Then returning to Sanga- 
 mon County thej' resided there until the fall of that 
 year and then set their faces toward the country 
 west of the Mississippi. Mrs. Williams, like her 
 husband, is a native of Sangamon County, 111., and 
 was born August 11, 1851. Her parents w^ere Al- 
 fred and Nancy Hedrick, natives of Tennessee and 
 Ohio. The father resides in Taylorville, 111., the 
 mother is deceased. 
 
 To our subject and his estimable wife there have 
 been born five children, viz.: Herbert I., Frederick, 
 P^mma, Hattie, and Rosa. Hattie died when an in- 
 teresting child of twelve years; the other children 
 are at home with their parents. It is hardly neces- 
 sary to state that Mr. Williams thoroughlji believes 
 in the principles of the Republican party to which 
 he has given his support since becoming a voting 
 citizen. He was elected Township Trustee in the 
 fall of 1885, serving two terms and was re-elected 
 in the fall of 1889. He lias been a member of the 
 school board of his district and occupied other 
 positions of trust and responsibility. He and his 
 wife, with their son Frederick and daughter Emma, 
 are members in good standing of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 The home surroundings of Mr. Williams and his 
 family present a picture of plenty and content 
 which is delightful to contemplate. The dwelling 
 is a comfortable structure and adjacent is a goodly 
 assortment of fruit and shade trees, together with 
 the various other appurtenances usuallj' belonging 
 to a rural home. Mr. Williams keeps a fair assort- 
 ment of live stock and realizes each year from his 
 well-cultivated fluids a sufficient income to supply 
 his wants and enable him to lay bj' something for 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 a rainy day. Isaiah B., and Phebe Williams, the 
 parents of our subject, were natives of Vermont 
 and Kentucky and came to Illinois when small, 
 where they have since resided. They live in 
 Custer, 111. 
 
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 NDREW S. OMO. Among the lionored 
 ill veterans of .Jackson Township none are 
 held in greater respect than Mr. Omo and 
 his estimable wife. They commenced the 
 journey of life together over fifty j^ears ago, a 
 journey in which their interests have been mutual, 
 and which has been singularly blest by affection 
 and contentment. Both are remarkably well pre- 
 served, and from choice still continue the perform- 
 ance of their daily duties, finding in them a solace 
 far more comfortable than idleness. Mr. Omo has 
 passed his seventy-seventh birthday, having been 
 born in 1813, and his native place was ait Little 
 York, York County, Pa. 
 
 In reverting to the antecedents of the subject of 
 this notice, we find that he is the son of Simon 
 Omo, who was born in Paris, France, and entered 
 the army when a lad of fifteen years, serving under 
 Napoleon. He thus spent seven years of his life, 
 and at the expiration of this time was detailed to 
 cross the Atlantic with three vessels for provisions. 
 The vessels laid at the port of Philadelphia nearly 
 three months, and in the meantime Simon Omo and 
 three of his comrades deserted. They had but 
 fifty cents between them, and were unable to speak 
 the English language. They struck out for the 
 country, and luckily found a well-to-do French- 
 man on a farm, who gave them a square meal be- 
 sides provisions to take with them and $2 in cash. 
 Thus equipped, the father of our subject and 
 his comrades proceeded to Lancaster, Pa., and 
 young Omo engaged with a blacksmith to learn 
 the trade. He served an apprenticeship of four years, 
 and continued with his employer a number of 
 years longer. Then, being married, he located at 
 Little York, where he continued to sojourn until 
 
 1820. That year he removed to Union County, 
 and was a resident of Lewisburg one j^ear. Sub- 
 sequently he rented a tract of land four miles south 
 of New Berlin, where he lived two years. Next 
 he removed into the town, where he resumed work 
 at his trade and resided many years. 
 
 Finally, selling out, Simon Omo left the Key- 
 stone State, emigrating to Allen County, Ind., 
 where he spent his last days with his children. His 
 death took place in 1871, after he had reached the 
 advanced age of ninety- three years. His wife, the 
 mother of our subject, bore the maiden name of 
 Mary Mosher. She was born in Lancaster, Pa., 
 and descended from German and Swiss ancestry. 
 She departed this life in New Berlin, Pa., about 
 1859. There were born to her and her husband 
 eight children. 
 
 Mr. Omo, of this notice, remained a resident of 
 Union County, Pa., until 1852. In addition to 
 blacksmilhing, his father also engaged in the manu- 
 facture of brick, and Andrew learned the trade, 
 which he followed in Union County until the date 
 above mentioned. Then, removing to Lycoming 
 County, he officiated as Superintendent of a brick- 
 yard there three years. In the fall of 1855 he set 
 out for Iowa, making his way by railroad to Rock 
 Island, 111., which was then the western terminus 
 of the Great AVestern Railroad. Thence he took a 
 stage to Tipton, Iowa, crossing the Mississippi on 
 a steamboat at Rock Island. He purchased land in 
 Cedar County to the extent of a half-section ten 
 miles northeast of the town and one and one-half 
 miles east of the present site of Clarence. He put 
 up a frame house and then returned to Pennsyl- 
 vania for his family. The nearest markets to his 
 land were at Davenport and Muscatine, forty miles 
 away. Mr. Omo settled upon his land, which he 
 brought to a good state of cultivation, and whereon 
 he erected comfortable buildings. 
 
 Sojourning in' the Hawkeye State until 1876, 
 Mr. Omo then sold out and came to Kansas, locat- 
 ing in Pawnee County and taking up a timber 
 claim as a homestead. In common with his neigh- 
 bors, he suffered from drouth, grasshoppers and 
 other ills, but lived there until 1883. Then, sell- 
 ing out at a sacrifice, he came to Sumner County 
 ' and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of 
 
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 351 
 
 land on section 23, in wliat is now Jackson Town- 
 ship. His house is now but a few rods from Rome 
 station — a room^- and convenient structure, where 
 Mr. Omo and his excellent wife entertain travelers 
 in that home-like manner more like a private fam- 
 ily than an hotel. At the time Mr. Omo took pos- 
 session of his land only sixty acres liad been 
 broken, and the only improvement was a small 
 "box" house. It is hardly necessary to say that 
 tlie premises presented a widely different appear- 
 ance from that of to-day. Mr. Omo in due time 
 put up a more modern residence and planted about 
 fourteen hundred fruit trees, which are now in a 
 good bearing condition, including a large and 
 choice variety. As time passed on, he gathered 
 around himself and his family the other com- 
 forts and conveniences of modern life. His course 
 has been signalized by industry and perseverance, 
 while as a man and a citizen Mr. Omo has con- 
 ducted himself in such a manner as to gain the 
 confidence and esteem of all who know him. 
 
 The marriage of Andrew S. Omo and Miss Sarah 
 Rudy was celebrated at the bride's home, in New 
 Berlin, Pa., August 10, 1839. Mrs. Omo was born 
 in Union County, Pa., May 6, 1821, and is the 
 daughter of Philip and Sarah (Overmoyer) Rudy, 
 who were natives of Pennsylvania, and spent their 
 last days in that State. To Mr. and Mrs. Omo 
 there was bor-n a family of sixteen children, of whom 
 the following were reared to mature years. Agnes, 
 the eldest living, is the wife of Harvey Lowrey and 
 the mother of four children ; her husband is de- 
 ceased, and the widow resides in Wellington, Kan. 
 A. Percival during the Civil War served as a 
 Union soldier in an Iowa regiment; he is married 
 and the father of eight children, making his home 
 in Pratt County, Kan. Simon A. is married, and 
 has two children; Sarah J. is the wife of Robert 
 Laporte and the mother of two children; Laura 
 married Edwin Olive, and also has two children; 
 Henrietta, Mrs. Donald Cory, is the mother of 
 eight children ; George Ira is married, and has four 
 children; Alice, Mrs. James Hagerty, is the mother 
 of four children; Cyrus died when thirty years old; 
 Jerome is married, and lives in Montana; Freder- 
 ick is married, and has two children; Lizzie re- 
 mains at home with her parents; Maggie is the 
 
 wife of William Newton. Mr. and Mrs. Omo pride 
 themselves on the possession of thirty-two gran<l- 
 children and six great-grandchildren. They form 
 a ]arge and pleasant family, and are recognized 
 as among the most respectable elements of Sumner 
 County. Mrs. Omo, a kind, motlierly woman, is a 
 member in go^d standing of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
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 ^/ONATHAN D. BILLITER is a typical 
 Southern gentleman, brave and high spir- 
 ited, enthusiastic in his support of any 
 measure to which he gives adherence, the 
 soul of hospitality, and generous and whole-souled 
 to those in need. The paternal ancestry were 
 Scotch, and North Carolina was the home of both 
 the parental lines for more than one generation. 
 
 The parents of our subject, Mathew and Sarah 
 J. (Yates) Billiter were born, reared and married 
 in the State above mentioned, and there the father 
 carried on his occupations of a mechanic and a 
 farmer until his death in 1847. The widow sub- 
 sequently married Richard Ransom of the same 
 State, who has since died, and she still lives there 
 at the age of seventy-two 3'ears. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was the young- 
 est of three children born to his parents, and is the 
 only one who now survives. His natal day was 
 September 17, 1846, and the place of his birth, 
 Forsythe County, N. C. He received a common- 
 school education and an excellent home training, 
 and began life for himself at the age of twenty 
 years without financial assistance and in possession 
 of only the clothes he wore. He adopted the oc- 
 cupation of a farmer, has made it his life work and 
 successfully prosecuted it for nearly a quarter of a 
 century. 
 
 Mr. Billiter was in his teens when the Civil War 
 broke out but, young as he was, was deeply inter- 
 ested in the interuicine strife and at the age of 
 eighteen years he took up arms in behalf of the 
 Confederacy. He enlisted in Company B. Third 
 North Carolina Infantry, and took part in the bat. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 ties at Petersburg, Ft. Fisher, Kingston, Goldsboro 
 and Sniithfield, bearing himself gallantly in every 
 conflict, and enduring cheerfully the toils incidental 
 to a soldier's life which proved so monotonous when 
 unmixed with the excitement of battle. He was 
 attached to the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston 
 and was present at the surrender of Goldsboro, N.C. 
 Whatever may be our opinion regarding the rights 
 and wrongs of the Civil War, honor belongs to all 
 who abandoned home and friends for the field ofbat- 
 tle and who displayed in the thick of the fight their 
 bravery and devotion to the principles in which they 
 believed, and it is a pleasure to the biographer, while 
 deeply regretting the losses of the great struggle.to 
 note the worthy conduct of American citizens from 
 the North and the South during those sad 3'ears. 
 Both the brothers of our subject served in the 
 Twenty-first North Carolina Regiment — John, the 
 second son, dying in the service, and Phillip L., 
 going through the war and surviving until 1874. 
 
 In 1866, Mr. Billiter went to Missouri and settled 
 in Jackson County, where he remained twelve 
 years. While there, November 17, 1869, he was 
 united in marriage with Miss Margaret E. Benton, 
 a most estimable ladj', who has shared his fortunes 
 since that day, adding to his joys and endeavoring 
 to assist and encourage him in every good work. 
 Mrs. Billiter is the fourth of twelve children born 
 to her parents, is a native of Tennessee, and her 
 natal day was August 11, 1844:. She received a 
 common- school education, and by reading and ob- 
 servation has added to the knowledge thus obtained 
 an excellent fund of information. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Billiter are C. L. and Mary 
 (Gentry) Benton, natives of North Carolina and 
 Kentucky, respectively. They were wedded in In- 
 diana, lived in that State two years, thence removed 
 to Tennessee and nine years later returned to the 
 Hoosier State where the3' sojourned four years. In 
 1856 they removed to Missouri, settling in Harrison 
 County, where they resided four years, removing 
 thence to Decatur County, Iowa. After a sojourn 
 of four years in the Hawkeye State they went 
 again to Missouri, spent a year in Clay County, 
 and then took up their abode in Jackson County. 
 There Mrs. Benton died in 1869. After living in 
 Jackson County five years Mr. Benton removed'to 
 
 Cass County, where he now resides with his second 
 wife, his age being sixtj'-nine j-ears. He served in 
 the Union army during the Civil War as a member 
 of Company A, Thirty-fourth Missouri Infantry. 
 Of the children borne l)y the mother of Mrs. Billiter 
 eight are now living. 
 
 In 1878 Mr. and Mrs. Billiter removed from 
 Jackson County, Mo., to Kansas, locating upon 
 a farm in Ryan Township, Sumner County, where 
 they have since resided. When they began their 
 occupancj' of the farm it was all raw land, but it is 
 now in an excellent condition of cultivation and 
 improvement, with one hundred and thirty-five 
 acres of the quarter section which comprises it un- 
 der plow. Cattle, horses and hogs are raised in the 
 numbers usually to be found on a quarter-section 
 of Kansas land. 
 
 The family of Mr. and Mrs. Billiter comprised 
 four sons and daughters — John C, Edgar P"., Sarah 
 Lutitia and James Dawson. John C. died in 1879. 
 Mr. Billiter is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, 
 is actively interested in politics and votes the Dem- 
 ocratic ticket. He served two terms as Township 
 Treasurer and one term as Township Trustee. He 
 is Elder in the Christian Church and Superintend- 
 ent of the Sunday-school, and his wife also is a 
 member of the same religious organization. Both 
 are prominent in the community in which they live, 
 are well known and held in high repute by their 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
 117 ESLIE COOMBS. The subject of this notice 
 I (^ is numbered among the prominent and well- 
 /J'— ^ to-do farmers of Downs Township, being 
 the owner of three hundred and sixty broad acres 
 of land and having his residence on section 15, A 
 part of his land lies on this section and the balance 
 on sections 11 and 16. He came to this county in 
 1884 and has proved a valuable acquisition to its 
 agricultural interests, having had a life-long ex- 
 perience as a farmer and dealer in live stock and 
 prosecuting his labors in that thorough and syste- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
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 matic manner which forms an excellent example for 
 otiiers to imitate. He was born in LaRue County, 
 Ky., February 24, 1852, and is the sou of Walter 
 W. and Sarah E. (Churchill) Coombs, who were 
 likewise natives of the Blue Grass State. 
 
 Walter W. Coombs was born July 8, 1829, and 
 spent his entire life in Iiis native State, being, how- 
 ever, cut down in his prime when only thirty-three 
 years of age. His father, Samuel Coombs, likewise 
 a native of Kentucky, was born in 1799 and died in 
 that State. The mother of our subject's still living 
 in Kentucky, being about sixty years old, having 
 been born February 4, 1830. Her parents were Arm- 
 stead and Mary (Brown) Churchill, natives of Vir- 
 ginia and members of well-known Virginia families. 
 To Walter W. Coombs and his estimable wife were 
 born a family of five children, viz. Churchill, Les- 
 lie, Susan, John A. and Ida. Three are living, two 
 residing in Kentucky with their mother and our sub- 
 ject. 
 
 The subject of this sketch spent the days of his 
 boyhood and youth amid the peaceful pursuits of 
 farm life in his native county and at an early age 
 gained a good insight into the arts of plowing, sow- 
 ing and reaping. After coming to this county he 
 was married April 2, 1885, to Miss Fanny Rasdall. 
 Mrs. tDoombs is likewise a native of Kentucky and 
 was born in Warren County, March 21, 1866, thus 
 being twenty years old at the time of her marriage. 
 Her parents were Clay and Belle (Clayton) Rasdall 
 natives of Kentucky who came to this county in 
 1880 and are still residing here in Downs Township. 
 
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 >UBEN NEAL. This model farmer and stock- 
 raiser of Falls Township, is considered one 
 ^^ \ of the most liberal and public-spirited men 
 ^^ in his community, and who, by his genial 
 and companionable disposition and courteous treat- 
 ment of all around him, finds friends wherever he 
 goes. He has been no unimportant factor in ad- 
 vancing the agricultural interests of this section, 
 his own example of thrift and industry furnishing 
 
 an incentive to those around him to do likewise as 
 far as in them lay. He has one of the mosi attrac- 
 tive homesteads in the township, comprising three 
 hundred and twenty acres of highly-improved land, 
 embellished with tasteful and convenient modern 
 buildings. He has found stock-raising extreniel3' 
 profitable, and to this industry gives the most of 
 his attention. 
 
 The native place of Mr. Neal was on the other 
 side of the Atlantic in Lincolnshire, England, where 
 his birth took place February 19, 1851. He comes 
 of stanch English ancestry, being the son of Rev. 
 William H. and Phebe (Dudley) Neal, who were 
 both descended from good families and who emi- 
 grated to America durinL>, the same j'car in which 
 their son Ruben was born. They settled in the city 
 of Buffalo, N. Y., where the father for many years 
 officiated as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, serving with distinction, being posseesed 
 of marked ability and a good education. He re- 
 mained connected with this denomination until 
 1878, then went over to the Society of Friends, 
 and later, coming West, is now installed as pastor 
 of a Quaicer Church in Emporia, this State. He is 
 now aged about sixty-six years, having been born in 
 1824, while his estimable wife is two years younger. 
 They nre the parents of three sons — Ruben, Wil- 
 liam H. and John T. The two younger are residents 
 of Buffalo, N. Y., and Bay City, Mich. 
 
 Mr. Neal was reared in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., 
 where he attended the city schools and upon be- 
 coming his own man, chose farming for his voca- 
 tion. He followed this in Erie County, N. Y., un- 
 til 1876, then determined to seek his fortunes in 
 the far West. Coming to this county he pre-empted 
 one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 30, 
 Falls Township, where he settled and has since re- 
 sided. Subsequently he purchased another quarter 
 section, these lying on sections 19 and 30, so that 
 he now has in all three hundred and twenty well- 
 tilled acres, comprising as fine a farm as is to be 
 found within the limits of this county. When com- 
 ing to this region he was entirely witliout means, 
 having even to borrow the money to pay for enter- 
 ing his land. 
 
 The first dwelling of Mr. Neal in Kans.ns was a 
 sod bouse, which he constructed at a cost of $6, and 
 
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 which he occupied with his famih' for two years. 
 He is now domiciled in a fine two story frame resi- 
 dence, finished and furnished in modern style, and 
 has an equally fine barn and conveniently arranged 
 outbuildings. Providence smiled u^on his efforts 
 from the beginning, and he is in the enjoyment of 
 this fine property, free from incumbrance, and with 
 the prospect of a sufficiency for his old age. He 
 operates almost altogether in high-grade stock of 
 all kinds and has contributed in no small degree to 
 the live stock interests of this county, assisting in 
 raising the standard and laboring with his brother 
 farmers in eliminating the poorer grades, so that 
 each year there is noticeable an improvement 
 throughout Sumner County in this respect. 
 
 Politically, Mr..Neal is a sound Republican. He 
 and his excellent wife are active members of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church at Caldwell, contribu- 
 ting a liberal support thereto and being among its 
 chief pillars. Mrs. Neal was in her girlhood Miss 
 Clara Broughton, daughter of William and Adelaide 
 (Palmer) Broughton, and was married to our sub- 
 ject at Buffalo, N. Y., January 1, 1875. Her native 
 place was Covington, Wyoming County, N. Y.,and 
 the date of her biith September 6, 1 856. Eight chil- 
 dren came to bless this union, four of whom are liv- 
 ing, viz: John F., George H., William R., and 
 Howard. Jessie, Phoebe and two infants unnamed 
 are deceased. 
 
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 ORMAN GRIST, an early settler of Sum- 
 ner County, Kan., resides on section 4, 
 Belle Plaine Township. He was ushered 
 into this world May 27, 1842, in Bradford County, 
 Pa. His parents, Lyman and Caroline (Ellis) 
 Grist were also born in that State, and their an- 
 cestors are supposed to be natives of New England 
 of English stock. Lymau and Caroline Grist were 
 the parents of nine children, named, respectively : 
 Savannah, who is the wife of Morris Wilcox and 
 lives in Bradford County, Pa.; Mary, the wife of 
 George Burgess, resides in Barber County, Kan.; 
 
 Thomas H. makes his home in Wisconsin; Salina is 
 the wife of Andrew Melville, of Bradford County, 
 Pa.; Norman, the subject of this sketch; Ann, John 
 and Sarah are at home, and one is deceased. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared on a farm 
 in his native State, where he secured a fine physical 
 development and a fair elementary education in 
 the common English branches taught in the country 
 schools of that State. Although the means of ob- 
 taining a good education were far more limited in 
 those days than in the present time, yet our subject 
 was undismayed at the prospect and kept "pegging 
 away," learning a little here and a little there until 
 he has managed to obtain a large fund of useful 
 and interesting knowledge embracing all the essen- 
 tials of a liberal education. 
 
 When the dark cloud of Civil War burst upon 
 the devoted head of the nation, our subject was 
 only a boy of eighteen years but, in response to the 
 call for troops to defend the old flag from mis- 
 guided zealots who would have trailed the starry 
 banner in the dust, he enlisted April 21, 1861, in 
 Company I, Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves and was 
 assigned to duty in the A.rmjf of the Potomac. He 
 remained with that portion of the Federal troops 
 during the entire war, a period of over four j'ears. 
 He made an honorable record as a gallant soldier 
 and was faithful to his dutj' during all the vicissi- 
 tudes through which that famous army passed. He 
 fought in the battle of Manassas and during the 
 Peninsular campaign his regiment was engaged in 
 guarding railroads leading from Whitehouse Land- 
 ing on the Pamunky River to the main body of the 
 army. He was also in the second battle of Bull 
 Run when the boys in blue were a second time put 
 to flight by the lads in gray, and in the battles of 
 South Mountain and Antietam where the "blues ' 
 cleverly turned the tables on their exultant foes 
 and drove them across the Potomac. 
 
 Mr. Grist was in the fiercely fought battle of 
 Fredricksburg where he was wounded in the left 
 shoulder. This necessitated his I'emoval to the 
 hospital where he was detained some three months, 
 and during that time the battle of Chancellorsville 
 was fought. As soon as his wound was healed our 
 subject rejoined his command and participated in 
 the conflict at Gettysburg when the tide of victory 
 
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 turned in favor of the Northern arms. He was 
 afterward in the three days' fight in the Wilder- 
 ness; at the siege of Petersburg where, while as- 
 sisting to capture the Eidon Railroad, he was 
 wounded in the right side, which sent him to che 
 hospital once again, but he recovered in time to be 
 present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. 
 When the latter event took place our subject was a 
 member of the Fifth Corps under Sheridan. He 
 was finally discharged, July 4, 1865, and returned 
 to his home in Pennsylvania. While in Washington 
 he participated in the grand review of the troops 
 which took place in the presence of the President 
 and all the high oflScials in addition to the prin- 
 cipal generals. It was a grand sight and one not 
 easily forgotten. 
 
 Upon returning to Pennsylvania our subject took 
 up his life again at the old home, but soon wearied 
 of the place and resolved to try the West to make a 
 fortune. He went to Fayette Countj', Iowa, where 
 he resided several years. February 24, 1869, he vvas 
 married to Miss Libbie Davis, a daughter of John 
 and Ann (Fox) Davis, who were both natives of 
 Wales. Eight children have come to their home 
 to share their love and claim their care, named, 
 respectively: Harry B., Carrie A., Maggie M.,Earl 
 J; Hattie, who is deceased; Kate, Lura and Fay. 
 
 In the spring of 1871 our subjecit emigrated to 
 Sumner County, Kan., and pre-empted one hundred 
 and sixty acres of land, upon which he now resides. 
 It was all new, unimproved land and our subject 
 turned the first furrow on the section. By energy 
 and persevering industry he has brought it up to 
 its present state of high cultivation and productive- 
 ness. The usual hardships of a pioneer life have 
 fallen to his lot but cheerful courage has enabled 
 him and his excellent wife to surmount them all, 
 and they are now rewarded for their faith in the 
 possibilities of the country which they found in 
 such an undeveloped state, by its present fine con- 
 dition as regards education, morals and refinement, 
 
 For some j'ears Mr. Grist has not enjoyed good 
 health, rheumatism and other ailments have con- 
 tributed to undermine his physical well-being, but 
 he is a patient sufferer and keeps up good heart 
 not wishing to dampen the pleasure of his family by 
 useless repining. He is a member of the Old Set- 
 
 tlers Society and finds himself regarded as a repre- 
 sentative farmer and veteran soldier. No one is 
 more deserving of the respect and esteem which he 
 receives than the subject of this biography. He has 
 seen the growth of the county from nothing, as it 
 were, to its present thriving condition and rejoices 
 in the progress which has been made. He is a Re- 
 publican in politics and favors whatever will help 
 to build up the community in material or intellect- 
 ual prosperity. Mr. Grist^is now Clerk of the School 
 Board and has served one term as Director, in which 
 position he gave good satisfaction. 
 
 I^^EV. ROLLIN H. SEYMOUR, proprietor of 
 Ipsif the Waldon House at South Haven, is well- 
 i4i mA known to the people of this vicinity, and 
 ^^ is doing the entire hotel business of the 
 city. He located at this point in 1886, putting up 
 the present structure, which has become an almost 
 indispensable institution to the traveling public. 
 It is conducted upon first-class principles, and 
 "mine host" is not only a favorite with his guests, 
 but among the people of the entire community. 
 
 Of Eastern antecedents, the subject of this notice 
 was born in New Haven County, Conn., August 
 24, 1834. He lived there on a farm until a lad of 
 fourteen years. His father, Stephen Seymour, was 
 a member of the firm of Ives, Kendrick & Co., 
 brass manufacturers at Waterville, where he lived 
 until about sixty-eight years old. Then, retiring 
 from active labor, he removed to Waterbury, Conn., 
 where lie spent his last days, dying at the age of 
 about seventy-one years. He was a member of 
 the Episcopal Church, to which the various ether 
 members of the family belonged. 
 
 Tlie mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 . name of Flora Harrison. She was the daughter of 
 Aaron Harrison, and was born in Wolcott, Conn., 
 of which her parents were residents many years. 
 Grandfather Harrison was a musician of considera- 
 ble talent, and oflBciated as Drum-Major in the 
 War of 1812. He died in Camp at Brantford, 
 
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 Conn. The parents of our subject both died at 
 the old homestead. Grandfather Seymour was a 
 native of Wales, whence he crossed the Atlantic 
 with three brothers and their families and located 
 on the Connecticut River, where they all spent 
 the remainder of their lives. They were promi- 
 nent members of the old Welsh colony which made 
 for itself a name during the early settlement of 
 Connecticut, and were members of the Episcopal 
 Church. The Harrisons traced their ancestry to 
 England. 
 
 After reaching his fourteenth year young Sey- 
 mour began to assist his fatlier in the office at the 
 factory, and two years later he entered a good 
 school in tlie city of New Haven, where he took 
 a four years' course, in the meantime assisting his 
 father during vacations. After completing his 
 studies he worked in the factory for a time, and 
 later entered the Middleton Theological Methodist 
 Episcopal College, having identified himself with 
 this religious denomination at the age of twenty- 
 one years. He soon exhibited uncommon talent 
 as a pulpit orator, was ordained, and preached until 
 about 1881. 
 
 The elder Seymour at one time entered upon the 
 hazardous undertaking of going to England for 
 the purpose of bringing two English mechanics to 
 the United States, these being Samuel Forest and 
 Israel Holmes, the plan being to convey them from 
 the Old Country in a water cask, as there was a 
 severe penalty for importing such service to this 
 country. The enterprise, however, proved suc- 
 cessful, they being placed in the cask and fed 
 through the bung-hole until they were out of 
 English waters. They worked in the factory many 
 years, and died in Waterbury, Conn, at a ripe old 
 age. 
 
 To the parents of our subject there was born a 
 family of eight sons, all of whom lived to mature 
 years — the eldest, Mason S. S., has for thirty years 
 been practicing medicine successfully on Long 
 Island; Charles H. was graduated from Trinity 
 College at Hartford, and is now a prominent 
 clergyman of the Episcopal Cluirch; RoUin H., 
 our subject, was the third in order of birth; Will- 
 iam G., who won considerable distinction as an 
 artist, died at the age of twenty-eight years, in 
 
 Haverhill, Mass.; Harry A. is living on a farm 
 near Watertown, Conn., and is a large grower of 
 fine-wool sheep; John 0. died at the age of eigh- 
 teen years; Ralph died when two years old; Benja- 
 min F. was graduated from Trinity College, and 
 from Francova j;va, at Montreal, Canada, after 
 studying in the latter seven years, and was an 
 Episcopal clergyman, also. professor of French and 
 German in a college at Puget Sound. Prior to his 
 removal to the West he held a Professor's Chair in 
 a school in Pennsylvania. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married in Sep- 
 tember, 1857, at Norfolk, Conn., to Miss Ellen L. 
 Brown, of that city. About that time he asso- 
 ciated himself in partnership with one Samuel 
 Ives, in New Haven, engaging in the mercantile 
 business. In the spring of 1863 he disposed of his 
 interest in the concern to his partner, and ids 
 home was broken up by the death of his wife, 
 which occurred that same year. In 1865 he con- 
 tracted a second marriage with Mrs. Agnes S. 
 (iMurphy)Bunce, of Salsbury. He continued to 
 reside in New Haven until October, 1868, then 
 coming to Kansas, located at Junction City, and 
 became a contractor for the erection of brick build- 
 ings. In the spring of 1870 he removed to Ottawa 
 County, where he engaged in the live-stock busi- 
 ness, and also kept supplies for stockmen. 
 
 Five years later Mr. Seymour removed to Norton 
 County, and now turned his attention more closely 
 to religious matters, entering the ministry of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he had 
 officiated on Sundays for many years. As time 
 passed on he organized a number of churches in 
 the Northwestern District of Kansas, but was 
 finally compelled to resign his labors on account 
 of ill-health. We next find him a resident of 
 South Haven, in which he put up the first hotel. 
 At Norton he also erected the first hotel, the first 
 store and the first residence, having taken up land 
 as a homestead claim. He was for some time 
 President of the Town Site Company there. He 
 was a third time married at Alma, Neb., in 1886, 
 to Mrs. Mary A. (Ramsey) Simpson, and they have 
 one child living, a daughter, Bessie M. 
 
 Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War Mr 
 Seymour, in June, 1861, enlisted as a Union sol- 
 
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 dier iu Company H, Forty-third New York In- 
 fantry, as a private. On the 21st of September 
 following he was commissioned Second-Lieutenant 
 of his regiment, in Hancock's Brigade, and served 
 in that capacity until wounded by a gunshot. May 
 5, 1862, at the battle of Williamsburg. He was 
 struck three times, once in the knee, once on the 
 foot and once in his side. He carried the latter 
 ball until January, 1877, when it was removed. 
 As may naturally be supposed he has been a 
 great sufferer from this, and for two years his side 
 was wholly paralyzed, and is only now partially 
 restored to its natural condition. He was hon- 
 orably'- discharged on account of wounds received 
 while in line of duty. 
 
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 'LEXANDER K. CULBERTSON, the 
 II! founder of Drury, which he laid out in 
 1877, on his farm, has his residence in 
 South Haven Township, ,on section 6, 
 where he has erected a fine dwelling and gives his 
 attention to agricultural pursuits. He is the owner 
 of five hundred and ten acres of land, being thus 
 well-to-do, financially, and is a self-made man, the 
 architect of his own fortune, indebted simply to 
 his own energy and industry for his possessions. 
 A native of Ohio, he was born near Zanesville, 
 Muskingum County, March 18, 1844, and is thus 
 in the prime of life, and the midst of his useful- 
 ness. His career since coming to the Sunflower 
 State has furnished an admirable example of per- 
 severing industry, and should be asonrce of encour- 
 agement to the young man beginning at the foot 
 of the ladder in life, and liaving only his own re- 
 sources to depend upon. 
 
 Mr. Culbertson is descended from substantial 
 Pennsylvania stock on his father's side, being the 
 son of William B. and Louisa B. (Moody) Cul- 
 bertson, the former of whom was born in Chambers- 
 burg, Pa., about 1808. William B. Culbertson, when 
 an infant, was taken by his parents to Muskingum 
 County, Ohio, where ho was reared to man's estate, 
 
 and chose farming for his life vocation. At this he 
 was very successful, becoming the possessor of a fine 
 property. He did not live to be aged, departing 
 this life in March, 1861, when about fifty-three 
 years old. His father was Samuel Culbertson, like- 
 wise a native of the Keystone State, and of Irish 
 extraction. 
 
 The mother of Mr. Culbertson was born in the 
 city of Portland, Me., November 12, 1809, and de- 
 parted this life January 22, 1890, at Muncie, Ind. 
 The ten children of the parental family are re- 
 corded as follows: William M. is engaged as a coal 
 and lumber dealer at Lawrence, this State; Gran- 
 ville M., died in infancy; Harriet A. is the widow 
 of A. E. Fillmore, of Zanesville, Ohio; Sidney E. 
 is the wife of Jefferson Van Home, a banker of 
 Zanesville; Louisa and Stillman are deceased; Ida 
 L. is the wife of A. E. Lyman, a boot and shoe 
 dealer of Muncie, Ind.; George V. died when 
 a promising young man, about twenty-four years 
 old; Samuel W. died when about twenty-seven 
 years old; and the subject of this sketch. Samu°l 
 W. was the eldest. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the sixth child of 
 his parents, with whom he spent the years of his 
 boyhood and youth, residing on the home farm 
 near Zanesville, Ohio, and acquiring a practical ed- 
 ucation in the district schools, also attending school 
 in Zanesville. He lived in the Buckeye State un- 
 til a man of twenty-seven years, then in March, 
 1871, turned his steps toward the farther West, 
 coming to this county and pre-empting one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land on the Chikaskia 
 River. This embraced the northeast quarter of sec- 
 tion 1, Falls Township, where he put up a log cabin 
 and lived six years. At the expiration of this time 
 he changed his residence to his present homestead, 
 and is now the owner of five hundred and ten 
 broad acres. Ho deals largely in sheep and cattle, 
 and has been no unimportant factor in developing 
 the agricultural interests of Sumner County. He is 
 a sound Republican, politically, and belongs to the 
 Farmers' Alliance, and has held some of the minor 
 oflBces. 
 
 On the 8th of March, 1877, Mr. Culbertson was 
 wedded at the bride's home in South Haven Town- 
 ship, to Miss Drury Davis, This lady was born in 
 
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 Nodaway County, Mo., June 12, 1855, and is the 
 daughter of Hiram and Mary J. (Bi'oyles) Davis. 
 Her parents were natives of Virginia, and are now 
 residing in Oklahoma. There have been born of 
 this congenial union three children, all sons; Will- 
 iam B., Sidney B. and Berryman K. In addition 
 to being a thorough and skillful farmer, Mr. Cul- 
 bertson is considered one of the most liberal and 
 public-spirited men in his community, encourag- 
 ing the projects calculated to advance the interests 
 of the people, socially, morally and financially. 
 
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 ^^ELSON H. SNOWDEN has for several years 
 j) been Superintendent of the Sumner County 
 
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 1^1^ Poor Farm, and so successful and satisfac 
 tory has been his management that he is re-engaged 
 for the years 1890-91. He is a native of the Hoo- 
 sier State to which his grandfather, James Snow- 
 den, moved from Ohio, settling among the early 
 inhabitants of Union County and entering a tract 
 of Government land, located partly in Harmony 
 and partly in Liberty Townships, building a log 
 house in the latter. At that time and in that section 
 timber was valueless, and in clearing the land large 
 logs were rolled together and burned. The grand- 
 father cleared and cultivated his farm and lived 
 upon it until his death. His son Jacob, the father 
 of our subject, was born in Ohio, but was a mere 
 child when his parents moved to the Hoosier State 
 where he spent the remainder of his life. Having 
 grown to manhood, he married Miss Eliza A. Lang- 
 ston, and purchased a tract of land in Harmony 
 Township, upon which he built the log house in 
 which our subject was born. There were no railroads 
 in that section for many years, and the nearest mar- 
 ket was Cincinnati, forty-five miles distant. Like 
 his father before him, Jacob Snowden cleared his 
 farm, and there ten children were born to him, nine 
 of whom lived to mature years. His death took place 
 December 15, 1869, and his wife survived until 
 August, 1878, both passing away on the home farm. 
 The natal day of our subject was January 1. , 
 
 1852. In his youth he attended school as regularly 
 as was possible, and as his strength would admit as- 
 sisted in the work upon the farm, of which he took 
 charge at the death of his father and upon which he 
 continued to reside until 1875. He then entered the 
 employ of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis 
 Railroad, and after four years spent in railroading, 
 again took up his labors on the home farm which 
 he rented until 1884, at which date he became a 
 resident of this county. 
 
 At the home of the bride's parents, G. W. and 
 Ellen Mills, in Houston County, Minn., July 11, 
 1877, Mr. Snowden was united in marriage with 
 Miss Emma Mills, a native of Henry County, Ind., 
 and a young lady whose character and acquirements 
 promised well for the future happiness of tlie home. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Snowden are the parents of two chil- 
 dren — Cora and Louis. In politics Mr. Snowden is 
 a sound Republican. He belongs to the Christian 
 Church and endeavors in his daily life to carry out 
 the Golden Rule and fulfill all the duties which de- 
 volve upon him as man and citizen, in a worthj"^ 
 manner. 
 
 I OHN C. LAMBDIN. This gentleman has a 
 large circle of acquaintances throughout the 
 State of which he is a pioneer, and is held in 
 high esteem by all who know his life and 
 character. He was the first Probate Judge of Butler 
 County, which he assisted in organizing in 1858, 
 and the title which was then bestowed upon him, is 
 the one by which he is familiarly known to this 
 day. In 1859, he was elected a member of the Ter- 
 ritorial Council, and served in the sessions of 
 1859-60. Although capable of serving a constitu- 
 ency in any department of public life, he declines 
 to be a candidate for office, preferring to serve his 
 fellow-men in a private capacity. 
 
 Judge Lambdin was bom in Pittsburg, Pa., 
 October 15, 1819, and is the only survivor of a 
 family of six children. His boyhood was passed in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, and he received only a common- 
 school education. When about seventeen years of 
 
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 age, he went on to his father's farm in Clermont 
 County and remained thereuntil 1837, when he re- 
 moved to Johnson County, Ind., and engaged in a 
 manufacturing business. He moved the business to 
 Paris, 111,, in 1861, and to Point Commerce, Ind., 
 about two years later, remaining in the latter place 
 until May, 1857, when he started for Kansas. A 
 few months later we find Mr. Lambdin located in 
 Butler County, at Chelsea, and soon after filling the 
 positions of public responsibility before noted, and 
 in the intervals of public life, devoting his time to 
 farming and stock-raising. 
 
 When the Civil War broke out, Kansas was not 
 behind her older sisters in her desire to uphold the 
 Union and it was not long until almost every able 
 bodied man living in the section with Judge Lam])- 
 din had joined the army, even his two sons having 
 left their home for a life on the tented field. He de- 
 termined to send the remainder of his family back 
 to Illinois, and he too joined the Union forces as 
 stock Quartermaster of Lane's brigade. He subse- 
 quently left that command, assisted in the organi- 
 zation of the Indian brigade of five regiments and 
 re-entered the service as Quartermaster of the Fifth 
 regiment of Indian troops, serving in that capacity 
 until the fall of 1863, when he was called to Leav- 
 enworth and put on Provost Marshal duty in the 
 Southwest. In that capacity he served until the 
 close of the war, when he returned to Butler County, 
 and resumed the arts of peace. 
 
 Judge Lambdin again took up his former occu- 
 pations of farming and the stock business, and he 
 also conducted a mercantile business at Eldorado 
 for more than fifteen years. In 1884 he moved to 
 Caldwell, but has been engaged in no regular busi- 
 ness since except that of looking after his real 
 estate business. He was Superintendent of the Water 
 Works, the first year the system was put in, and al- 
 though he declines office is one of the most liberal 
 and public-spirited citizens of the town, manifest- 
 ing a deep interest in every scheme which is pro- 
 mulgated for the public good and contributing 
 generously to all in which his judgment concurs. 
 Being possessed of mental abilities of no mean or- 
 der, and desirous of adding to the knowledge ob- 
 tained in his early years, he has taken advantage of 
 every opportunity which reading and observation 
 
 would afford and has become well informed on cur- 
 rent topics and in various lines of thought. He be- 
 longs to the Masonic fraternitjr and to the Knights 
 of Pythias. 
 
 Judge Lambdin has been twice married. His first 
 matrimonial alliance was contracted in 1839 and he 
 became the husband of Miss Caroline Beaehbard of 
 Madison, Ind., who was spared to him and her fam- 
 ily until 1853. She was the mother of three sons, 
 William R., Joshua T, and John W. The first two 
 served during the late war; John W. is now de- 
 ceased. After having remained a widower until 1855, 
 Judge Lambdin became the husband of Mary V. 
 Vaught, of Paris, 111., who has borne him one son 
 —Robert M. 
 
 In the paternal line. Judge Lambdin is of Welsh 
 descent, his grandfather, Robert Lambdin, having 
 emigrated from Wales to America prior to the Rev- 
 olutionary War and settled in Maryland. John 
 Lambdin, the father of our subject, was born in 
 that State about the year 1776, grew to maturity 
 there and married Miss Mary Roberts, a lady of 
 Irish extraction. They removed to Pittsburg, Pa., 
 whence, in 1821, they departed to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 where Mrs. Lambdin died in 1857. A portion of 
 their time was spent on a farm in Clermont County. 
 Mr. Lambdin was a carpenter and one of the most 
 skilled workmen of his day; his financial circum- 
 stances were easy. He was a member of the Metho- 
 dist Church, and his death, which occurred in 1852, 
 found him prepared for the scenes of futurity. 
 
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 iHOMAS DUNBAR, a successful general 
 farmer of South Haven, may usually be 
 found at his headquarters on section 16, 
 where he has one hundred und sixty acres of land 
 in a high state of cultivation and makes a specialty 
 of stock-raising, mostly good grades of cattle and 
 horses. He came to this county in 1876 when the 
 greater part of the land in this region was the prop- 
 erty of the Government and when wild animals 
 were plentiful, including deer, antelope, turkeys and 
 
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 wolves. The nearest market was at Wichita to 
 which the produce of the few farmers who liad set- 
 tled in this region was hauled laboriously overland 
 with teams, across the prairie, in many places un- 
 marked save by an Indian trail. 
 
 Upon first coming to this region Mr. Dunbar 
 took up his abode in a little frame house, 14x20 
 feet in dimensions, which he occupied for three 
 years and in the meantime proceeded with the im- 
 provement of this property. He sold this farm in 
 1879, purchasing that which he now owns. His ca- 
 reer has been marked by close application to his 
 calling and straightforward dealings with his fellow- 
 citizens by which he has established himself in their 
 confidence and esteem. 
 
 A native of New York State, Mr. Dunbar was 
 born in the romantic regions around Lake Cham- 
 plain, February 4, 1844. Two years later his par- 
 ents, John and Mary i, Linton) Dunbar, removed to 
 Canada,, locating at Ormston, where the father oc- 
 cupied himself as a carpenter. About 1853 they 
 changed their residence to Lashute, on the North 
 River, and there the father died in 1867, aged sixty- 
 five years. He was a native of Northern Scotland, 
 where he was reared in the doctrines of the Presby- 
 terian Church and where he was married to his first 
 wife, who died there. His second wife, Mary Lin- 
 ton, the mother of our subject, likewise a native of 
 Scotland, was born in the city of Edinburg and 
 when a mere child was brought by her parents to 
 Canada; they settled in Montreal where the parents 
 died in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. 
 
 Mrs. Dunbar after the death of her husband, re- 
 moved with her family of eight sons to Livingston 
 County, 111., and later came to this State of which 
 she is still a resident, making her home with three 
 of her sons in Gunnison County. Thomas, our sub- 
 ject, on the 25th of February, 1888, was wedded 
 at the bride's home in South Haven Township, this 
 county, to ftliss Jenny E., daughter of Henry and 
 Melissa (Jotudan) Clayton, a native of Byron 
 County, Ky. Mrs. Dunbar came to Kansas with her 
 mother in 1883, her father haying died in Ken- 
 tucky. Mrs. Clayton was subsequently married to 
 Stephen Riggs and is now a resident of South 
 Haven Township. Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar have had 
 one child, a son, Bruce, who died when five months 
 
 old. Mrs. Dunbar is a member in good standing 
 of the Christian Church. Mr. Dunbar was reared in 
 Presbyterian doctrines but is not at present identi- 
 fied with any religious organization. Politically, he 
 votes independently. 
 
 
 5H0MAS J. MYERS has been a resident of 
 "Wellington for nearly a decade, and has 
 been engaged in buying and shipping live- 
 stock. He is the third son of Abram and Margaret 
 Myers, and the parental history will be found in 
 the biography of L. K. Myers, in this book. Our 
 subject was born in Knox Township, Jefferson 
 County, Ohio, on the 4th of December, 1830, and 
 during his boyhood attended the pioneer schools of 
 the county, which were taught in the log house 
 where the benches were made of hewn logs, with 
 wooden pins for legs. He was a lad of ten years 
 when his parents moved to Carroll County, where 
 he attended school during the winter months, and 
 and the rest of the year assisted his father in clear- 
 ing land and tilling the soil. There were no rail- 
 roads in that section for a number of years, and all 
 their transportation was done on the Sandy and 
 Beaver Rivers, and the Ohio Canal. 
 
 In 1853 Mr. Myers, with a brother and three 
 sisters, made the journey to Indiana with teams, 
 and spent the winter in Whitlej' County, whence 
 the family went to Iowa. Soon after their arrival 
 in the Hoosier State our subject and his brother 
 took a contract to build a mile of railroad, a short 
 distance west of Columbia City. Work on that 
 part of the road ceased in the spring of 1854, and 
 Mr. Myers secured a situation as fireman on an- 
 other part of tlie road, which he resigned after a 
 short time to follow the rest of the family to the 
 Hawkey e State. He traveled by stage to Goshen, 
 Ind., thence by rail to Rock Island, III., where he 
 again boarded a stage which landed him in Wash- 
 ington, W"ashington County, Iowa. He there se- 
 cured a ride in a carriage to Winterset, nearly one 
 hundred and fifty miles distant, and then continued 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 361 
 
 his journey on foot. He walked hard all day, and 
 made a distance of fifteen miles. 
 
 Coming upon a log cabin after dark Mr. Myers 
 asked the privilege of remaining during the night. 
 The house consisted of one room, and the two 
 bedsteads in it were made by boring holes in the 
 wall and inserting poles, the other ends of which 
 were supported by posts. There was not a chair 
 in the house, and neither lamp nor candle. Corn 
 bread and fat meat constituted the supper, which 
 Mr. Myers ate from the top of a chest while sitting 
 on a small trunk. The inmates of the cabin con- 
 sisted of a man and wife and seven children, but 
 notwithstanding the meager accommodations, a 
 kindly welcome was accorded to the stranger. Be- 
 ing very tired he passed a very comfortable night, 
 but arose in the morning not feeling well, with 
 twelve miles yet to walk. He had heard of the 
 town of Pisgah, and expected to see something of 
 a place, but on reaching its site found it consisted 
 of one log cabin, occupied by a Mr. Locke, who 
 was one of the first settlers of Union County. Mr. 
 Myers was quite exhausted when he reached this 
 place, but succeeded in hiring a horse from Mr. 
 Locke, and made the rest of the journey more 
 speedily and with a little more comfort. 
 
 The father of our subject had entered a tract of 
 Government land, upon which the family lived, and 
 during the winter our subject and his brother 
 L. K., entered and sold several tracts of land in 
 Union County, and in the spring of 1855, began to 
 improve the land the father had taken, continuing 
 together there until 1859. Our subject then re- 
 moved to Afton, and engaged in mercantile busi- 
 ness. The nearest railroad station was at Ottumwa, 
 one hundred miles distant, and the greater part of 
 his goods were teamed from there. In connection 
 with his mercantile employ Mr. Myers had bought 
 and shipped live stock, and some three years after 
 becoming a resident of Afton he abandoned the 
 former business and devoted his atteuiion entirely 
 to the latter, remaining in that city until 1880, 
 when he came to this place, bought a home, and 
 enrered upon the same pursuits, shipping his stock 
 to Kansas City and Wi( hita. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Myers ijore tbe maiden name of 
 Elizabeth Roberts, and the rites of wedlock were 
 
 celebrated between them in 1864. She is a daugh- 
 ter of Dr. J. F. and Tamar (Smith) Roberts, the 
 latter of whom died when^she"was;an infant. The 
 fatlier was born in Culpcper County, iVa., and it 
 is probable that his] father, Benjamin Roberts, was 
 also born in that State. In 1822 the grandfather 
 moved to Ohio, and having purchased land in 
 Athens County, tilled the soil there for a number 
 of years. His wife, Mary Delaney, died in Perry 
 County after having lived to a good old age. Mr. 
 Roberts departed this life also ripe in years, in 
 Athens County. His son, J. F., received a liberal 
 education, and took up the study of medicine in his 
 early manhood, being graduated from the Medical 
 College at Columbus, Ohio, and successfully prac- 
 ticing his profession for many years. His skill was 
 displayed in Meigs and Vinton Counties, Ohio, un- 
 til 1859, and he then removed to Afton, Iowa, 
 where he continued his professional labors for two 
 years. He next opened an office in Brookfield, Mo., 
 and some time later went to Centralia, 111., where 
 his death took place in April, 1889, at the age of 
 sixty-five years. His daughter, now Mrs. Myers, 
 received an excellent education, and is a worthy 
 and efficient companion. She has borne her hus- 
 band two children — Frank L. and Harry W. 
 
 In politics Mr. Myers advocates the principles of 
 the Democratic party. His wife and two sons are 
 members in good standing of the Presbyterian 
 Church, and both have many friends in tht com- 
 munity, where their uprightness, intelligence and 
 friendly natures are well known. 
 
 
 *^~V 
 
 ^^ ARON KING, late of Oxford Township 
 l@0 and who owned one of the most valuable 
 quarter sections of land in Sumner County, 
 departed this life March 31, 1889, leaving 
 behind him the record of an honest man and a o-ood 
 citizen. He pitched his tent at his late homestead 
 on section 6, June 1, 1871, and maintained his po- 
 sition through the scourges of grasshoppers, drouth 
 and chinch bugs, and was one of the three men who, 
 
362 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 with Iheif families, spent tlie winter following in 
 one small dwelling. Upon coming to this region 
 Mr. King drove overland from Vinton, Iowa, look- 
 ing out for a location as he traveled and being one 
 of the first men to cross the Arkansas River. He 
 dug a cellar and while on a trip to Thayer, one 
 hundred and twenty miles away, Mrs. King arrived 
 August 25, 1871, and put up with the family of a 
 Mr. Carpenter, remaining there until Mr. King had 
 completed a roof to shelter his family. 
 
 The Carpenter domicile comprised one room 
 only 16x24 feet in dimensions and into it three 
 families moved and lived there until Mr. King had 
 his own home ready. This domicile sheltered 
 thirteen persons, including two children, but they 
 had all come to this region with a mutual purpose 
 in view and assisted each other. They bought 
 their supplies from peddlers in the eastern part of 
 the State and paid $2.50 per bushel for seed corn 
 of a very poor quality. Wichita at that time was 
 a hamlet of a few houses and one saloon. Mr. 
 King proceeded with the improvement of his land, 
 setting out fruit trees, hedge and forest trees, from 
 the latter of which they still obtain all the fuel 
 needed. 
 
 Mr. King was elected the first Director in his 
 school district and Mrs. King was Chairman of the 
 first meeting and administered the oath of office to 
 him. They voted upon the question of building a 
 schoolhouse and by the aid of the women present, 
 carried it in the aflirmative. Mr. King served as 
 Director a number of terms and Mrs. King was the 
 one who invited the minister to preach first in that 
 vicinity, the services being held at Mr. Carpenter's 
 house, and there a Methodist Episcopal church was 
 organized. After the schoolhouse was erected the 
 services and Sunday-school were conducted in it 
 and Mrs. King was Superintendent of the latter for 
 several years. She has been connected with this 
 church for the long period of fifty years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Cuyahoga 
 County, Ohio, July 30, 1812, and was the son of 
 William King who spent his last days in Ohio. He 
 grew to mature years in his native State and then 
 removed to Indiana where he was married to Miss 
 L3'dia- Hoover. Of this union there were born 
 seven children, all of whom aie living. 
 
 Mis. King was born near Batavia, Ohio, 
 March 14, 1822, and is the daughter of Richard 
 and Margaret Allison, the former of whom was 
 born in Cayuga County, N. Y. His wife was for- 
 merly a Miss Patton. Mr. Allison died in Ohio. 
 The mother subsequently removed to Indiana and 
 made her home with her daughter until her death. 
 Miss Allison was first married to David Craig, Octo- 
 ber 12, 1842, and they settled in Rush County, 
 Ind. There were born to them four children, only 
 two of whom are living: Demetrius, in the Choc- 
 taw Nation, and Huldah M., the wife of Enoch 
 Piatt. Mr. Craig died in Vinton, Iowa, (to which 
 place he had removed with his family) January 6, 
 1857. 
 
 — V 
 
 OLOMON MILLER. This peaceable and 
 law-abiding citizen of Falls Township, 
 came to Sumner County in 1877, and pre- 
 empted eighty acres of land on section 2, 
 to which he subsequently added another eighty 
 acres, and is now in the possession of a well-im- 
 proved farm provided with convenient and suitable 
 buildings. Upon his arrival here he was without 
 capital, and has not only evolved from the soil of 
 the Sunflower State a comfortable living, but man- 
 aged to laj'' by something for a rainy day. 
 
 A native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Mr. Mil- 
 ler was born May 29, 1837, and lived there with 
 his parents until 1846. The family then emigrated 
 to Grant County, Ind., where they spent their last 
 days. The parents were John and Susan (P(3nrod) 
 Miller, natives of Pennsylvania. John Miller was 
 an enterprising and industrious farmer, becoming 
 well-to do, and was a leading member of the Pres- 
 byterian Church. Possessing decided views, lie 
 was not easily turned from his convictions, and 
 from the time of becoming a voting citizen, gave 
 his unqualified allegiance to the Democratic party. 
 The parental household included nine children, viz: 
 Polly, Daniel, Lizzie, Henry, Mary A., Solomon, 
 Rachel, John and Susan. Three of these are living. 
 Mr. Miller was the sixth child of his parents and 
 
■Res. or Solomon Miller, 3 ecS.South Half FallsTf?. Sumner CountxKans. 
 
 '*iS^i.i S 
 
 Residence of Andrew C2APLiNSKi,SEc.i£,CALDWELLTp, Sumner Co. Kans. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 365 
 
 was reared on a farm in Grant County, Ind., ac- 
 quiring liis education mostly in the district school. 
 He worked with his father until after the outbreak 
 of the Civil War, then, in 1862, joined tlie Union 
 army as a private in Company K, One Hundred 
 and Eighteenth Indiana Infantry. He repaired 
 with his regiment to Cumberland Gap, and shortly 
 afterward was injured in a railroad accident, which 
 so disabled him that, being unfit for further mili- 
 tary duties, he was obliged to accept his honorable 
 discharge. Returning then to the farm in his na- 
 tive county, he remained there until coming to this 
 State, in 1877. Mr. Miller tinds his religious home 
 in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a mem- 
 ber in good standing of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. He keeps himself posted upon current 
 events, and is identified with the Farmers' Alliance. 
 Miss Mary E. Kirkendall of St. Joseph County, 
 I- a Ind., became the wife of Solomon Miller, in Feb- 
 ruary, 1864. The young people commenced the 
 journey of life together in Grant County, Ind., 
 where Mr. Miller prosecuted farming on his own 
 account until removing west of the Mississippi. 
 To him and his excellent wife there were born three 
 children, viz. : Rachel A., Sarah C. and Mary J. 
 Mrs. Mary E. Bliller departed this life at the home- 
 stead in Falls Township, October 15, 1873. In 
 1875 Mr. Miller contracted a second marriage with 
 Miss Margaret Clevingcr, of Howanl County, Ind. 
 There have been born of this union two sons — 
 Henry and William — bright and intelligent lads, 
 who remain at home with their parents. 
 
 A lithographic engraving of the residence 
 wherein Mr. and Mrs. Milicr are so comfortably 
 domiciled is presented in connection with this 
 sketch. 
 
 ,^NDREW CZAPLINSKI. A well-improved 
 *^yl[ farm of two hundred and forty acres in- 
 I li dicates the perseverance and industry of 
 ^ this well lo-do resident of Caldwell Town- 
 ship, who came to this region poor in puise, and 
 who has by his own exertions and perseverance, sur- 
 
 rounded himself with all the comforts of life. He 
 was born in the Province of Posen, Prussia, No- 
 vember 30, 1835, and comes of substantial Ger- 
 man ancestry. His parents, Toney and Josephine 
 Czaplinski, were natives of the same Province as 
 their son, and there spent their entire lives. The 
 father was a distiller of liquors. There was born 
 to them one child only — Andrew, of whom we now 
 write. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared in his na- 
 tive Province, and received a common-school edu- 
 cation. He was trained to habits of industry, and 
 at an eaily age went to work at the manufacture of 
 fur goods. When reaching his majoritj', he deter- 
 mined to seek his fortune in America, and accord- 
 ingly crossed the Alantic, settling first at Toledo, 
 Ohio. He worked there at his trade until the out- 
 break of the Civil War and soon after the call for 
 troops, enlisted as a private in Company B, Thirty- 
 seventh Ohio Infantry, which was assigned to the 
 Army of the Cumberland, and to the Fifteenth 
 Army Corps, under the command of Grant and 
 Sherman. Mr. Czaplinski participated in manj' of 
 the important battles of the war, being at Vicks- 
 burg, Missionarj' Ridge, and upon other hard- 
 fought fields. At Vicksburg, on the 22d of May, 
 1863, he was wounded by a gunshot; from this, 
 however, he recovered in due time, rejoining 
 his regiment, and on the 25th of November, fol- 
 lowing, at the battle of Missionary Ridge, received 
 a second wound which disabled him for further 
 service. He received his honorable discharge at the 
 city of Washington, September 9, 1864. 
 
 Returning now to his native haunts in Toledo, 
 Ohio, Mr. Czaplinski established himself in the 
 mercantile business, at which he continued until 
 1871. The following ye.ir, resolving upon a change 
 of location and occupation, he pre-empted one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of land on sections 32 and 33, 
 Caldwell Township, this county. He proceeded in 
 true pioneer style to culiivate and improve his land 
 and liere he has since made his home. He added 
 to his first possessions by the purchase of eighty 
 acres on section 28, and has brought the whole to a 
 productive condition, erecting thereon suitable 
 buildings, and gathering about himself and family 
 the comforts and conveniences of modern life. 
 
366 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married in Toledo, 
 November 7, 1866, to Miss Elvina Demki. This 
 lady is a native of the same Province as her hus- 
 band, and was born January 12, 1845. She came 
 to America with her parents in 1864, settling in 
 Archibald, Ohio. Eight children have been born 
 of this union, viz.: Hugo, Laura, Oscar, Charles, 
 Hammond, Ada, Annie and Lydia. Laura and Os- 
 car died at the ages of- ten and seven years, re- 
 spectively. 
 
 Mr. Czaplinski has gathered around himself and 
 his family the comforts and conveniences of life, 
 and a lithographic view of his pleasant homestead, 
 with its principal buildings, is a valuable addition 
 to the Album. 
 
 "I ' S ' l ' ^ ' ^"" " " 
 
 'i^EWITT S. BLACKMON. A well-regu- 
 I )j) lated farm of one hundred and sixty acres 
 a^J\^ indicates the industry and perseverance 
 ^^ which have signalized the operations of 
 Mr. Blackmon since the year 1877, during which 
 he settled on section 14, Walton Township. Aside 
 from dealing somewhat in farm lands, he has given 
 his attention strictly to agricultural pursuits, mak- 
 ing a specialty of stock-raising. A native of Lewis 
 County, N. Y., he was born November 24, 1829, 
 and is a son of Sylvester and Clarissa (Peek) 
 Blackmon, who were natives, respectively, of Con- 
 necticut and Vermont. 
 
 Sylvester Blackmon emigrated at an early date 
 to Lewis County, N. Y.. whence he removed, about 
 1839, to Defiance County, Ohio. He followed 
 farming successfully in the Buckeye State and died 
 at the homestead where he first settled, in 1864, at 
 I In age of about eighty -two years. He became 
 well-to-do, leaving an estate worth about $10,000. 
 He was one of the early members of the Masonic 
 fraternity in that State and, politically, was first a 
 Whig and then a Republican. The wife and mother 
 died at the homestead in DeQance County, Ohio, 
 during the boyhood of her son, DeWitt S. The 
 parental family included six children, viz: Per- 
 
 melia, Delia, Maria, Mary, DeWitt S. and Fanny. 
 Our subject and his sister Permelia are the only 
 survivors, and the latter is a resident of West Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 A boy of ten years when going with his parents 
 from his native State to Ohio, Mr. Blackmon was 
 reared in Defiance County on the home farrn, liv- 
 ing there, with the exception of the time spent in 
 army, until 1877. That year, coming to Kansas, 
 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land 
 on section 14, Walton Township, of which he has 
 since been a resident. While a resident of Ohio, 
 he, in 1862, during the progress of the Civil War, 
 enlisted as a private in Company B, Forty-Seventh 
 Ohio Infantry, and served until June, 1865, when, 
 the conflict being ended, he repaired to Washing- 
 ton, D.-C, and received his honorable discharge. 
 His duties as a soldier were performed in that 
 faithful and uncomplaining manner which gained 
 him the respect of his comrades and the approval 
 of his superior officers. He served in the Army 
 of the Tennessee under Gen. Logan and was in 
 all of the principal engagements of his regiment 
 from the taking of Atlanta to the surrender of Lee. 
 'I'he paternal grandfather of Mr. Blackmon 
 served in the War of 1812, while his paternal 
 great-grandfather shouldered his musket and fought 
 with the Colonists during their struggle for inde- 
 pendence. He attained to the ripe old age of nine- 
 ty-nine years and nine months, spending his last 
 jears in New York. Mr. Blackmon is a member 
 in good standing of the Masonic fraternity and 
 also belongs to the Farmers' Alliance. In politics 
 he is independent. 
 
 Nearly thirty-eight years ago, on the 14th of 
 July, 1852, Mr. Blackmon was married to Miss 
 Elizabeth Butler. The bride was born in Coshoc- 
 ton County, Ohio, December 31, 1834, to John 
 and Sarah ( Devall) Butler, who were natives of 
 Ohio, and spent their last years there. This union 
 resulted in the birth of ten children, viz: Clara, 
 Viual, John, DeWitt S., Jr., Elizabeth, Mary, Al- 
 len, Albert, Mattie and Maude. John, Allen and 
 Albert are deceased. The Blackmon homestead 
 invariably attracts the eye of the passing tr.aveller 
 as presenting a picture of one of the most elegant 
 homes in Sumner County. The fine residence in 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 367 
 
 all its appointments is indicative of cultivated tastes 
 and ample means, and its surroundings reflect great 
 credit upon the intelligence and enterprise of the 
 proprietor. The family occupies no secondary 
 position among the best I'esidents of the township. 
 
 n 
 
 S^ EWELL S. COZAD. There is probably not 
 'I within the limits of Falls Township a more 
 prosperous or enterprising citizen than he 
 with whose name we introduce this sketch. He is 
 descended from an ancestry possessing marked pe- 
 culiarities and who were noted almost uniformly 
 for their wealth and influence in the communities 
 where they resided. The landed possessions of Mr. 
 Cozad embrace one thousand broad acres in Sum- 
 ner and Kingman Counties, this State, including 
 one of the finest farms on section 15, Falls Town- 
 sliip, where he settled in the spring of 1880. He 
 also owns three hundred and forty town lots in 
 Caldwell and valuable real estate in Cleveland, 
 Ohio, where he spends the greater part of his time. 
 In addition to the prosecution of farming extens- 
 ively, he is also largely interested in live stock, of 
 which he possesses a thorough knowledge and which 
 yields him large returns. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Cleveland, 
 Ohio, July 23, 1831, and is the son of Samuel and 
 Mary (Condit) Cozad, the former of whom was a 
 native of New Jersey. The parents of Samuel 
 Cozad upon leaving that State settled in Washing- 
 ington County, Pa., when their son was a child of 
 two years. Ten years later they removed to Cleve- 
 land, Ohio, where the father departed this life in 
 1870. He was a successful farmer and a man of 
 large means leaving an estate valued at $300,000. 
 His farm occupied ground now included in Wade 
 Park, whichis one of the most popular resorts of the 
 people of the Forest City. Samuel Cozad in early 
 life was a Presbyterian in his religious views, but 
 afterward', in company with fifteen others, organ- 
 ized the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church in 
 Cleveland, and was largely instrumental in the 
 
 erection of the church edifice. He contributed 
 liberally to the support of the society until his 
 death. In early manhood he had served as a sol- 
 dier in the War of 1812. His father, likewise named 
 Samuel, was a native of New Jersey and of French 
 descent. 
 
 The mother of Mr. Cozad was likewise a native 
 of New Jersey, where she was reared to woman- 
 hood. When she was nineteen years old her par- 
 ents removed to Ohio, thej"^ likewise settling in the 
 city of Cleveland where Miss Mary met her future 
 husband and where they were married. She died 
 in Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 1871. Grand- 
 father Abner Condit was likewise a native of New 
 Jersey. To Samuel, Jr., and Mary Cozad there 
 was born a family of six children, viz; Silas H., 
 Hettie A., Mary C, William, Newell S. and Martha 
 J. I-Jettie and Newell are the only surviving mem- 
 bers of the family; the former is the wife of J. D. 
 Bennett and is living in Kingston, N. Y. 
 
 Mr. Cozad was reared at the old homestead in 
 the vicinity' of Cleveland and attended the city 
 schools until sufficiently advanced to enter an 
 academy. Later he was in college two years. He 
 then took up the study of law and was admitted to 
 the bar in Cleveland about 1 855.- He practiced two 
 years only but, being inclined to a more active life, 
 then abandoned the profession and turned his at- 
 tention to farming and gardening near the citj^, 
 whicli vocation he prosecuted successfully until 
 1876. That year, coming to Kansas, he purchased 
 land and began dealing in cattle with such suc- 
 cess that he has since prosecuted the business and 
 become independent, financially. In the mean- 
 time his son Charles, under the able tuition of his 
 father, has also developed fine business qualifica- 
 tions, and the two together are members of the 
 Cherokee Strip Live Stock Association, having 
 large pastures in the Territory and operating under 
 the firm name of Cozad & Son. Mr. Cozad is a 
 devout member of the Presbyterian Church, to 
 which he gives a liberal' support, and in politics he 
 is a sound Republican, strongly advocating prohi- 
 bition doctrines. 
 
 Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. 
 Cozad, in 1861, joined the army with the '-Squirrel 
 Hunters" from Cleveland, a body of men organized 
 
368 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 to protect the southern border of Ohio. In 1864 
 he joined the regular army, enlisting in Company 
 D, One-hundred and Fiftieth Ohio Infantry, serving 
 one hundred days. His services being then no 
 longer, required, he received his honorable dis- 
 charge and returned to the pursuits of civil life. 
 
 The marriage of Newell S. Cozad and Miss Sa- 
 rah J. Goe, of Cortland, Ohio, was celebrated at the 
 bride's home June 16, 1858. Mrs. Cozad was born 
 in Cortland, May 7, 1835, and is a daughter of 
 John and Mary (Meek) Goe, who were natives, re- 
 spectively, of Ireland and Pennsylvania. The lat- 
 ter spent their last years at Cortland, Ohio. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Cozad there have been born a son and 
 daughter, the latter named ]\lary A. and now the 
 wife of George W. Bradford, of Caldwell. Charles 
 N. is unmarried and remains at home with his par- 
 ents. The home farm has been brought to a high 
 state of cultivation and embellished with modern 
 buildings. Everytliing which cultivated tastes and 
 ample means can afford has been brought together 
 in the improvement of the premises, and it is not 
 only a matter of pride to the people of the neigh- 
 borhood, but is the means of enriching the county 
 treasury each year by a handsome sum in the way 
 of taxes. Mr. Cozad occupies no secondary' posi- 
 tion among the prominent men of this county and 
 has contributed his full quota toward advancing 
 its material interests. 
 
 OHN STIGER was born in Dale Town- 
 ship, McLean County, 111., on the 9th of No- 
 vember, 1845. His father, William Stiger, 
 is a native of Bedford County, Pa., and his 
 gi'imdfather was also a native of the same State, 
 Abram Stiger, the grandfather of our subject, was 
 reared in his native State, and continued to reside 
 there for some years after his marriage. His wife 
 was a native of the old Keystone State, and their 
 marriage was celebrated at her home in the usual 
 style of those times. Hearing the marvelous tales 
 that were related of the unsurpassed richness of 
 
 liie soil of Illinois, Abram Stiger packed his house- 
 hold goods and family in wagons, and in that man- 
 ner they were drawn to their new home in McLean 
 County, 111. They were among the early settlers 
 of that county, and as there were no railroads built, 
 or even thought of, they were obliged to travel 
 slowl}^ across the country, in order that the cattle 
 and teams should not be too much fatigued with 
 the long journejr. 
 
 'I'he father of our subject was but a boy when his 
 parents located in Illinois. He grew to manhood 
 on his father's farm, receiving such education as 
 the schools of the time afforded, and has a vivid 
 recollection of the times, when, for want of a nearer 
 market and better facili'Jes for transportation, they 
 were obliged^to haul their produce to Chicago in 
 wagons drawn by horses or oxen. He has lived to 
 see the wonderful transformation wrought by the 
 advent of railroads in the State of his adoption. 
 He is still a resident of the place where his child- 
 hood and youth were pas.ied, and has no desire to 
 remove until he receives the summons to go up 
 higher. The mother of our subject was Miss Mary 
 Beeler. She wis a native of Dale Township, Mc- 
 Lean County, 111., and a daughter of William and 
 Betsy Beeler, who were natives of Ohio, and pio- 
 neers of Dale Township. 
 
 John Stiger was reared in Dale Township, 
 where he attended school during the early years of 
 his life, but as soon as he was able to work, was 
 obliged to do what he could to help his father 
 carry on the farm. He remained with his parents 
 until his twentieth year, when he started out for 
 himself. For a time he worked by the month for 
 his grandfather Beeler, and resided in his house, 
 tlien rented a farm and operated it by himself. Be- 
 ing industrious and economical, he prospered in his 
 undertaking, and was able to lay up a fair share of 
 wealth besides furnishing himself and family with 
 the comforts and conveniences of modern rural 
 life. 
 
 Mr. Stiger was a resident of Dale Township, Mc- 
 Lean County, until the year 1883. In the fall of 
 that year he removed to Sumner County, Kan., and 
 located on section 34, southwest quarter'of Jackson 
 Township, where he bought one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land. He now has an excellent farm, well 
 
PORTRAIT AND BiOGRAPHlCAL AL15UM. 
 
 369 
 
 improved, having fruit and shade trees, and good 
 buildings, and neither himself nor family have ever 
 regretted leaving their old home in Illinois. 
 
 September 5, 1865, Mr. Stiger and Miss Mary 
 Banner were united in the bonds of matrimony, 
 and the union has been blessed by the birth of 
 eight children, namely: William, Edward, Amy, 
 Julia, Alice, Ora, Burtie, and EfHe. Mrs. Stiger is 
 an estimable lady, and commands the respect and 
 esteem of all who know her. She is a native of 
 Forsythe County, N. C, and daughter of Joshua 
 Banner, a native of the same State. The grand- 
 father of Mrs. Stiger, Joshua Banner,as far as known, 
 spent his entire life in North Carolina. The father 
 of Mr. Stiger grew to manhood, and was married 
 in his native State, and resided there until the year 
 1865, when he removed to Illinois, and settled in 
 Dale Township, McLean Count}^. The entiie jour- 
 ney was made in wagons drawn by horses, and con- 
 sumed a great deal of time. Thej^ camped by the 
 way, and during the trip Mr. Banner caught a cold 
 which terminated fatally, about two weeks after 
 their arrival in Illinois. Mrs. Banner was thus left 
 a widow with seven* children to support. She was 
 a woman of energy and spirit, and succeeded in 
 keeping her family together until they were grown 
 and able to do for themselves. Her maiden name 
 was Amy Ogburn, and she is a native of North 
 Carolina. She is now living with a daughter in 
 Colorado. The family of Mr. Stiger attend the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Stiger 
 is a worthy member, she having united with that 
 denomination in Illinois. 
 
 yfelLLIAM ALLEN McDONALD. There 
 is probably not a more talented lawyer in 
 W^l Sumner County, or one understanding the 
 intricacies of his profession more thoroughly than 
 Mr. McDonald, who established himself in the city 
 of Wellington, in January 1, 1875. He was born 
 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, December 
 
 1, 1816, and is the son of Patrick McDonald, a na- 
 tive of County Donegal, Ireland, and of Scotch an- 
 cestry. 
 
 He emigrated to America early in life and loca- 
 ted in Circleville, Ohio, where his death took place 
 in 1849, wheu his son, William A. was a child of 
 three years. He had been married in Circleville 
 to Miss Rebecca Loofborrow, a native of Fairfield 
 County, Ohio, and the daughter of Maj. Wade 
 Loofborrow, who was a soldier in the Warof 1812, 
 whom it is believed was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and of German ancestry. The latter settled in 
 Fairfield County, Ohio, during its pioneer days, 
 and followed farming there the remainder of his 
 life. To Patrick McDonald and his wife there was 
 born two children. The brother of our subject, 
 John Wade McDonrdd, now practicing law at San 
 Diego, Cal., was one of the pioneers of Sumner 
 County, and held the offices of Probate Judge and 
 County Attorney, respectively, during his residence 
 in the county. The mother died in 1849; the same 
 date of the death of her husband, both dying with 
 the cholera. 
 
 Young JlcDonald was thus left an orphan early 
 in life, and was taken into the home of his mater- 
 nal uncle, B. F. Loofborrow of Delaware County, 
 Ohio, where he attended the common school, ob- 
 taining a very good education. In 1861, when a 
 youth of not quite fifteen years, the Civil War hav- 
 ing broken out, he enlisted as a Union soldier, No- 
 vember 26, 1861, in Company I, Eighty-second 
 Ohio Infantry,and participated in many hard-fought 
 battles, among them the second battle of Manassas 
 or Bull Run, besides minor engagements. At Bull 
 Run he was severely wounded and sent to a hos- 
 pital, but before being fully recovered, rejoined his 
 regiment. Later he participated in the battles of 
 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and was slightly 
 wounded at both places. He fought at Chatta- 
 nooga and Mission Ridge, and went with his corps 
 to the relief of Burnsides at Knoxville. He re- 
 turned to Chattanooga, and on the 1st day of Jan- 
 uarj', 186 4, his term of enlistment having expired, 
 he veteranized, and was granted a furlough of 
 thirty days. At the expiration of this time he re- 
 joined his regiment at Columbus, Oliio, and soon 
 afterward they were ordered to Bridgeport, Ala. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Two weeks later Mr. McDonald was placed on de- 
 tached duty, and returned to Columbus to assist in 
 collecting, drilling and forwarding recruits, drafted 
 men, and substitutes to the front. He was thus oc- 
 cupied until the close of the war. and received his 
 honorable discharge July 12, 1865. 
 
 Upon retiring from the array, Mr. McDonald, 
 desirous of increasing his store of book knowledge, 
 attended school until March, 1866, at the Ohio 
 Wesleyan University at Delaware. He entered upon 
 his business career as ■', dealer in live-stock, espe- 
 cially horses, making his headquarters at Huntsville, 
 Ala. He had all these years improved his oppor- 
 tunities for reading and observation, and in due 
 time became an important factor in politics in Ala- 
 bama. On the 29th of April, 1869, he was ap- 
 pointed Register of the Land OfHee ft Huntsville, 
 which office he held for a period of five years. In 
 the meantime he improved his leisure hours by 
 studying law. In December, 1874, he started West- 
 ward, and in January, 1875, arrived in Wellington, 
 this State, where he entered in earnest upon his law 
 studies, devoting to them his whole time. He was 
 admitted to the bar in Wellington, in 1876. Judge 
 W. P. Campbell presiding, and at once opened an 
 office, and since that time has engaged in a continu- 
 ous and successful practice. He is considered one 
 of the leading members of the profession in this 
 part of Kansas. 
 
 Mr. McDonald was married July 4, 1876, at the 
 bride's home in Wellington, to Miss Sarah M. Bates. 
 This lady was born in Yates County, N. Y., in April, 
 1847, and is the daughter of Charles and Mary 
 (Payne) Bates. Her father died December 3, 
 1872. The mother is still living, arid resides 
 in San Diego, Cal. Mrs. Bates was the first 
 woman to reside in Wellington. The onlj' child 
 born of tliis union, a daughter, Mary Delia, died 
 when three months old. Mr. McDonald cast his 
 first Presidential vote for Gen. Grant, but from 
 1876 to 1888, affiliated with the Democratic party. 
 During the Presidential election of the latter year, 
 he gave his support to Gen. Harrison. He has 
 served two terras as City Attorney, and as an ex- 
 soldier, belongs to James Shields Post, No. 57, G. 
 A. R., of which he is Past Post Commander, and 
 also Post Judge Advocate of the Department of 
 
 Kansas. Socially, he belongs to Wellington Lodge, 
 No. 24, A. O. U. W., and is also a member of the 
 Masonic Lodge at Wellington. 
 
 He was also a member of the Twentieth and 
 Twenty-second National Encampment at San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal., and Columbus, Ohio, 1886 and 1888, 
 respectively. Mrs. McDonald is a member of the 
 Methodist Church. 
 
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 ^EORGE H. WINSOR. One of the finest 
 farms in Oxford Township is that owned 
 and occupied by the above-named gentle- 
 man, who came to this section 'before either "county 
 or township [were organized, and who assisted in 
 forming school district No. 1, which extended to 
 the Territory', and in other pioneer work of this 
 vicinity, besides making for himself a beautiful 
 home. His estate comprises a quarter of section 
 31, and was staked out by him in the early part of 
 April, 1871, before the section survey had been 
 made. He was looking for a location with living 
 water, and finding a spring and branch, and a dry 
 building spot above the spring, he put up a log 
 house and a Kansas barn — i. e., a board frame cov- 
 ered with straw or willow withes twisted in closely. 
 Mr. Winston used the former. He now has a fine 
 grove of five acres on the branch, which will fur- 
 nish wood enough to keep his fires going for years, 
 and an excellent orchard, together with all the usual 
 improvements of a progressive farmer. The resi- 
 dence is of a pleasing design and first-class con- 
 struction, and two stories in height, and both main 
 portion and L are 26x24 feet. It was erected in 
 1883. 
 
 The birth pf Mr. Winsor took place at Dart- 
 mouth, Devonshire, England, October, 3, 1822, and 
 the parental home was at the mouth of the Dart 
 River till our subject had reached the age of twelve 
 years, when a removal was made to Upper Canada. 
 The mother, Mary (Couch) Winder, departed this 
 life in the fall of 1 860. The father, George Win- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 371 
 
 sor, Sr., having moverl to Marion, Iowa, died there 
 in October, 1873, at the age of seventy eight years. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write grew to matu- 
 rity in Canada, and on October 21, 1845, near 
 Simcoe, was united in marriage with Miss Mar}' 
 Wiltse. Tiie bride was a native of Vienna, Chau- 
 tauqua Conntj', N. Y., and a daughter of Mr. and 
 Mrs. Nathaniel Wiltse, natives o£ Dutchess County, 
 N. Y. During her early eliildhood her parents re- 
 moved to Canada, where she was educated and 
 married. 
 
 Mr. Winsor learned the boot and shoe business 
 at Simcoe, and engaged in the same in that plane, 
 nnd later in St. Charles, Kane County, 111., whence 
 he removed to Marion, Iowa, after a sojourn of a 
 year. Some time after talcing up his abode in the 
 latter place, he changed his line of busiaess, and 
 engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, 
 which he continued until 1866, when he located in 
 Miami County, and bought an Indian Head Right, 
 which he sold four years later to become a resident 
 of Kansas. 
 
 Seven children are now living of the ten born to 
 Mr. and Mrs. Winsor. P^dward W. is prosecuting 
 the ice business in Chicago; Frank is on a farm in 
 Avon Township; Jennie, wife of James Holliday, 
 lives in this county; George G. is now living in 
 Avon Township; Harry and A. D. are graduates of 
 the Kansas Normal School, and are engaged in 
 teaching; Lizzie is also a teacher. All have been 
 given excellent educational advantages, Mr. Win- 
 sor having resided in Oxford for two years before 
 there was a school here, in order that they might 
 not lack school privileges. 
 
 After his return to his farm and the organiza- 
 tion of a new school district, Mr. Winsor was made 
 Director and filled that office during a period of 
 ten years. He has voted the Republican ticket un- 
 til within the last four or five years,since which time 
 his allegiance has been given to the Union Labor 
 party. While ever interested in goqd government, 
 he has never aspired to political honors, but has 
 endeavored to serve his country in a more quiet 
 way, as one of the cool-headed and reliable citizens. 
 He is of a social and benevolent nature, and be- 
 longs to tlie Masonic order, the Independent Order 
 of Odd Fellows and the Farmers' Alliance. He 
 
 possesses excellent judgment, not only in business 
 matters but in affairs which relate to the welfare of 
 the community, and is highly respected by his fel- 
 low-citizens as one of the most upright and reliable 
 of their associates. 
 
 U 
 
 ILLIAM C. F. CUMMINGS, one of the 
 
 M early pioneers of this county, made his 
 „ „ first appearance in South Haven Township, 
 in 1873, and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land on section 26. He put up a plank 
 house 16x28 feet in dimensions, and occupied this 
 several years while he proceeded with the improve- 
 ment of his property. His nearest market for some 
 time was at Wichita, to which his grain and pro- 
 duce was transported laboriously overland with 
 teams. The country was in its wild and unculti- 
 vated state, with not even a wagon road, and noth- 
 ing to mark a path to any point except an Indian 
 trail. The red man still prowled around, while 
 buffalo and other wild animals were plentiful, deer, 
 antelopes, and a great many wolves. The present 
 site of South Haven was marked by a solitary store. 
 
 Notwithstanding the disadvantages under which 
 he was obliged to labor, Mr. Cummings was pros- 
 pered, and in due time added eighty acres to his 
 original purchase. He placed one hundred and 
 eighty acres under the plow, reserving the balance 
 for pasture and meadow. He planted an orchard 
 of apple trees, and set out two hundred peach trees, 
 besides trees of the smaller fruits. The necessary 
 buildings were also erected, the plank house giv- 
 ing place to a modern and comfortable residence. 
 Mr. Cummings resided there until the fall of 1881, 
 when he removed to South Haven, where he has a 
 pleasant home, including a neat frame dwelling 
 with the other necessary structures, and five lots. 
 He sti;i retains possession of his farm property, and 
 has the management of its operations. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Erie 
 County, Pa., June 7, 18:23, and was reared as a 
 farmer's boy. The father, John Cummings, was a 
 
372 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 native of Slrasburg, Pa., where he lived until reach- 
 ing manhood, and then went to Erie County, that 
 State. There in due time he was married to Miss 
 Sarah, daughter of Michael McKelvy. Grand- 
 father McKelvy was a native of Virginia, whence be 
 removed with his family to Erie County, Pa., dur- 
 ing its pioneer days. John Cummings, died in that 
 county in 1829. The paternal grandfather, John 
 Cummings, Sr., was a native of Germany, and emi- 
 grated to America when a young man, settling near 
 Strasburg, Pa., where he spent the remainder of 
 his life. 
 
 When a youth of sixteen years, William Cum- 
 mings migrated to Buffalo, N. Y., where he learned 
 blacksmithing with his brother John, and where he 
 lived five years. Then starting out again, he com- 
 menced traveling over different parts of the United 
 States and Canada, working at his trade as oppor- 
 tunity afforded. He likewise spent throe years on 
 the lakes as fireman on steamers running from Buf- 
 falo to Cliicago. Finally he located in Kendall 
 Count}', III., where he took unto himself a wife and 
 helpmate, lieing married in 1856, to Miss Anna E., 
 daughter of James and Margaret (Wilson) 3Iack. 
 Mrs. Cummings was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 
 and came to America with her parents in 1846, 
 when a child of six years. They lived for a time 
 in jS'ew York City, then removed to Illinois, and 
 from there to Wright County, Iowa. In the latter 
 county the parents spent their last da}'s. The 
 father was a native of Paisley, and the mother of 
 Glasgow, Scotland. They were married in the lat- 
 ter city, where for a number of years Mr. Mack 
 occupied himself as a weaver. In their own coun- 
 try they were members in good standing of the 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 After their marriage ]Mr. and Mrs. Cummings re- 
 moved to Wright County, Iowa, where Mr. Cum- 
 mings worked at his trade, and also prosecuted 
 farming about nine years. We next find him in 
 Davis County, Mo., where he sojourned about 
 seven years, after which he returned to Iowa. From 
 there, in 1873, he came to this countj'. 
 
 There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cum.- 
 mings, eleven children, six of whom are living, 
 viz: Addie, Mrs. James Clark, of South Haven; 
 Anna, Mrs. William Noble, of Sumner County; 
 
 AVilson; TMattie, the wife of Albert Moss, of South 
 Haven; Charles, and Daisy. The five deceased are 
 Marion, who died at the age of six years; Rosanna, 
 who died when four years old; William who died 
 aged sixteen months; Andrew, and Allen, twins, 
 who closed their infant eyes at the ages of two and 
 three months. Mrs. Cummings is a member in 
 good standing of the Christian Church. Mr. Cum- 
 mings, politically, votes the Democratic ticket, but 
 otherwise than serving as Justice of tlie Peace for 
 one term, has had very little to do with public 
 affairs. 
 
 John Cummings, the father of our subject, wont 
 to Canada during the War of 1812, and being a 
 citizen of the United States, was arrested as a spy, 
 convicted and sentenced to be shot. He, however, 
 succeeded in effecting his escape before the day ap- 
 pointed for execution, receiving, it is believed, as- 
 sistance from the Masonic lodge, of which he was 
 a member. 
 
 ellARLES W. SMITH, the leading agricult- 
 ural dealer of AVellington, was born near 
 „ Fulton, Oswego County, N. Y., September 
 29, 1859. His father, James Smith, was born in 
 Ireland, and the paternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject was also, as far as known, a native of the Em- 
 erald Isle, in which he spent his last years. He 
 was a member of the Methodist Church and reared 
 his famil}' in that faith. Jaires Smith remained a 
 resident of his native land until sixteen years of 
 age, when he accompanied his brothers, George 
 and Samuel, to America and all settled in Oswego 
 County. The father of our subject had been reared 
 to agricultural pursuits, and after living in Oswego 
 County a few years he bought a tract of timber 
 land three miles from Fulton and cleared a farm 
 from the wilderness, residing there until 1865. He 
 then sold out and removed to Fulton, where he en- 
 gaged in the butchering business and where he is still 
 living. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth 
 Jane Mason fvnd she is also a native of Ireland. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOfUIAl'IlICAL ALBUM. 
 
 373 
 
 Her father, James Mason, came to America with 
 his family and spent his last years near Fulton, 
 where he had purchased a farm. James and Elizabeth 
 Smith reared four children — George L., Emma J., 
 R. J., and our subject. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write attended 
 school quite steadily until fifteen years of age and 
 then commenced working in a grocery store, con- 
 tinuing in the employ of one man for four years, 
 when with a friend he started out to seek his for- 
 tune in the West. Young Smith was the fortunate 
 possessor of $30 in cash as a capital with which to 
 begin his life. The two boys visited different 
 places in New York and Ohio, and finally reached 
 Bryan, in the latter State, out of funds. They 
 started on foot from there and walked one hundred 
 and twenty miles to Lenawee County, Mich., where 
 they found employment in a siwmill at Ottawa 
 Lake. After working a few weeks and so replen- 
 ishing their pocket books, they went to Adrian and 
 there made a contract with the city council to 
 number the houses, stores, etc., in that city. After 
 completing that job they went to Hudson and, their 
 money being soon spent, they sought work on a 
 farm. 
 
 The lads spent but a few days in agricultural 
 labor when they started out in the interest of a 
 Detroit firm to sell Harper's Circulating Library, 
 and traveled in Southern Michigan from April un- 
 til July when they went to the City of the Straits. 
 There our subject met a merchant from Augusta, 
 Kalamazoo County, and returned with him to his 
 home, where he clerked in a general store sbout six 
 months. He was then offered a better position 
 with a farm-implement house and accepted the 
 offer, becoming very successful in that line of mer- 
 cantile work and making large sales. After a few 
 months a Kalamazoo firm made him a very flatter- 
 ing offer, but his employers, rather than lose his 
 services, took him into partnership. This connection 
 continued about two years when it was terminated 
 by the death of one of the partners and Mr. Smith 
 went to Kalamazoo, where he entered the service 
 of C. A. Crosby & Co., a firm which was afterward 
 incorporated into the Kalamazoo Wagon Company, 
 and traveled in their interest until 1883. 
 
 Mr, Smith then resigned his position and came 
 
 to this place, where he engaged as salesman for 
 C. G. Larned & Co., implement and hardware deal- 
 ers, with whom ho remained two j'cars. He then 
 engaged in business for himself and is now carry- 
 ing a full line of farm implements of the best 
 quality, barbed wire, wagons, carriages, etc. His 
 building, which is known as the Wigwam Imple- 
 ment House, is a commodious and substantial 
 structure 50x120 feet, and tbe business which is 
 carried on within it is conducted according to the 
 highest principles of business integrity and honor- 
 able dealing. 
 
 In 1883 the rites of wedlock were celebrated 
 between Mr. Smith and Miss Kate S., daughter of 
 John G. and Martha M. Schmucker. The bride was 
 born in Pennsylvania and is one of those intelligent 
 and noble-hearted women who are well fitted to 
 make a happy home. The happy union of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Smith has been blessed by the birth of 
 two children — Ruby L. and Mildred M. 
 
 Mr. Smith is a member of Anchor Lodge No. 9, 
 K. of P., and of Wellington Lodge No. 133, 
 I. O. O. F. In politics lie is a stanch Republican, 
 and his first vote for President was cast for James A. 
 Garfield. Few young men can look back over a 
 more successful career than has been that of our 
 subject and he may justly be pleased with the rep- 
 utation bestowsd upon him by his fellow-citizens. 
 Both he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
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 LIJAH M. ADAMS. Few of the prominent 
 residents of Bluff Township are unfamiliar 
 /li=^ with the personality of the gentleman who 
 bears this name, and who, although only comino- 
 here in 1882, has made for himself a record emi- 
 nently creditable, pursuing the even tenor of his 
 way at a well-regulated farm of one hundred and 
 sixty acres on section 33. Besides this property he 
 has twenty acres on section 4. He is a self-made 
 man in the strictest sense of the term, having com- 
 menced life at the foot of the ladder, and has by 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 his own efforts climbed up to a good position, so- 
 cially and financially. He is prominently connected 
 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, has officiated 
 as Township Clerk, and uniformly votes the Re- 
 publican ticket. 
 
 A native of Johnson County, Mo., Mr. Adams 
 was born May 3, 1848, and was the sixth in a fam- 
 ily of twelve children, the offspring of Daniel and 
 Susan (McCrary) Adams. He spent his boyhood 
 days at the homestead in his native county, attend- 
 ing first the common schools and later the acadenlJ^ 
 He completed his education in the Missouri State 
 Normal School, at Warrensburg, and remained a 
 resident of his native county until 1883, coming 
 then to Kansas, and settling upon a claim which he 
 had taken in 1876. On the 21st of March, the 
 Brst-mentioned year, he was married to Miss Louie 
 A. Smith, of Johnson County, Mo. This lady was 
 born in AVisconsin, February 26, 1866, and is the 
 daughter of LaFayette and Sarah (Custard) Smith, 
 natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Adams be- 
 came the parents of four children, viz. : Ida, Al- 
 fred, Eva and Lotta. In the sketch of W. P. 
 Adams, which will be found on another page of 
 this work, there is furnished a more extended no- 
 tice of the Adams family. Elijah M. has given con- 
 siderable attention to fruit culture, having a large 
 orchard of apple trees, and numerous varieties of 
 the smaller fruits. He is a thorough and skillful 
 farmer, and has done his share in furthering the 
 agricultural interests of this county. 
 
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 a^'MOS CANN. 
 
 A pleasant and valuable 
 farm in Wellington Township is owned 
 and occupied by the above named gentle- 
 man, whose citizenship of this county dates 
 from the fall of 1873, when he purchased one hun- 
 dred and sixty acres of prairie land, twenty acres 
 of which had been broken, and upon which there 
 was a small house. Innumerable droves of buffaloes 
 crossed the plains a few miles west, deer and ante- 
 lopes were plentiful throughout the region, and 
 
 farm products had to be hauled to Wichita, thirty 
 miles distant, that being the nearest market. Mr. 
 Cann has seen the country change from that primi- 
 tive and thinly settled condition into a populous 
 district, spanned by railroads, where the wild game 
 of those early years is replaced by herds of domes- 
 tic animals, and the far-reaching landscape is cov- 
 ered with fertile farms. v 
 
 Before entering upon a brief sketch of the life 
 of our subject, a few words in regard to his pro- 
 genitors will not be amiss. His paternal grand- 
 father, William Cann, was born near Washington, 
 D. C, was reared to manhood there, and served as 
 as a Justice of the Peace in the Capital City. His 
 grandchildren have now in their possession a bond 
 which was given for a deed, and which bears the 
 signature of George Washington. From Washing- 
 ton William Cann moved to Pennsylvania, in which 
 State the father of our subject was born. About 
 the year 1820 he became a pioneer settler of But- 
 ler County, Oliio, the removal from the Keystone 
 State being made by boat down the Ohio River to 
 Cincinnati, and thence by .sleds to the location 
 which he had selected, where he took up a tract of 
 timber land and cleared a farm, and where he re- 
 sided until his death. 
 
 Amos Cann, Sr., father of our subject, grew to 
 manhood in his native State, where he married 
 Miss f^lizabeth Biddinger, whose father, Freder- 
 ick Biddinger, was a farmer and also a native of 
 the Keystone State, and who, like the Canns, be- 
 came a pioneer settler of Butler County, Ohio, 
 where his death occurred. Mr. Cann accompanied 
 his parents to Ohio, and clearing a tract of timber 
 land there, built a substantial log house, in which 
 our subject was born some years later. Cincinnati 
 was but a small village at the time of his removal 
 to Southern Ohio, and for many years after, though 
 still a small place, was the only available market. 
 
 The people in those days spent their time almost 
 entirely at their own homes, the facilities for 
 friendly intercourse and travel being limited, and 
 many household duties were then necessary, which 
 have been done away with by the introduction of 
 modern machinery and railroads. The mother of 
 our subject carded, spun and wove all the cloth 
 used by her family. On one occasion her husband, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 375 
 
 while in Cincinnati, was offered three lots on Main 
 Street, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, for a linen 
 vest he wore, the cloth for which she had made. 
 
 The senior Amos Cann had but meager educa. 
 tional advantages in his youth, but being very 
 ambitious to acquire a good education, he spent all 
 his leisure moments in reading and studying by the 
 light of pine knots, and thus acquired a thorough 
 fund of information, turning it to account as a 
 teacher in his native State and later in Ohio, where 
 he was one of the early pedagogues. This worthy 
 representative of the old regime was gathered to 
 his fathers in April, 1881. His widow is now re- 
 siding on the homestead, in Butler County, Ohio, 
 and enjoys a full measure of regard as one of the 
 pioneer mothers of the county. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 is one of the eleven children born to his parents, 
 and first opened his eyes to the light January 19, 
 1840, in the log house twelve miles southwest of 
 Hamilton, Ohio. He was reared and educated in the 
 home county, and as soon as his strength would 
 admit began to assist in farm work, taking more 
 and more active part in the labors of the estate as 
 he grew toward manhood. He was an inmate of 
 the paternal household until his marriage, and then 
 rented land in the vicinity, carrying on agricul- 
 tural labors there until the period of his becoming 
 a resident of this county. He had previously' vis- 
 ited this State, though not this part of it, and de- 
 termined to set up his household gods within its 
 borders. His removal here was made by rail to 
 Wichita, thence by wagon to this county, where 
 he now has a finely improved and thoroughly cul- 
 tivated farm, which bears an excellent set of build- 
 ings, including a tasty and comfortable dwelling. 
 
 The lady who for a quarter of a century has 
 been the valued companion of Mr. Cann, and to 
 whose careful management and amiable disposition 
 the comforts of his home are largelj"^ due, is a na- 
 tive of the same county and State in which he was 
 born, and in which they were united in marriage 
 January 12, 1865. She was christened Phcebe, 
 and is a daughter of Pierson and Margaret Apple- 
 ton. She has borne her husband five children : 
 Henry, Sylvester, Maggie, Charley and Amos. 
 
 Mr, Cann is now a member of the Democratic 
 
 party, although for man}' years he advocated the 
 principles of R(publicanism. He is a reliable citi- 
 zen, an intelligent, enterprising and honest man, 
 and has an excellent standing among his fellow- 
 citizens. 
 
 !' 
 
 OHN A. BLAIR. Only about twenty-five 
 families had made settlement in this county 
 when Mr. Blair crossed its borders with the 
 intention of making it his future home. 
 The face of the country then presented a vastly 
 different appearance from that of to-day, wild 
 animals being plentiful, and the primitive dwell- 
 ings of the pioneers, few and far between. It 
 needed men of more than ordinary nourage, facing 
 such an outlook, to finally resolve upon permanent 
 settlement, but Mr. Blair was equal to the emer- 
 gency, and establishing himself as a resident, has 
 since maintained his position. 
 
 Commencing with modest means and dependent 
 upon his own resources, Mr, Blair, by a course of 
 great industry and prudence, advanced step by 
 step until he has now become one of the most 
 prominent residents of the county, and is ore of 
 its most extensive live-stock dealers. His opera- 
 tions along the Cherokee Strip have probablj' not 
 been exceeded by those of any man in the vicinit}-. 
 He is a Westerner by birth, his native place being 
 Plainfield, Hendricks County, Ind., where he first 
 opened his eyes to the light September 20, 1851. 
 His immediate progenitors were Enos and Margaret 
 (Morgan) Blair. The father was a native of North 
 Carolina, whence he emigrated with his parents to 
 Hendricks County, Ind., in boyhood, residing there 
 until a young man of twenty years. 
 
 Enos Blair, in 1871, came to Kansas and settled 
 in Caldwell, when it was little more than a hamlet. 
 He made bis continuous residence there until 
 1887, then removed to Alamosa, Colo., where he 
 now resides. During his sojourn in the Hoosier 
 State he carried on farming successfully, dealt in 
 live-stock, and was also interested in pork-packing 
 at Indianapolis for several years. He became 
 
376 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 wealth}', but subsequently met with financial re- 
 verses which nearly ruined him. After coming to 
 Kansas he continued his live-stock operations. 
 He also became interested in newspaper work, and 
 for a number of years was editor and publisher of 
 the Caldwell Post. He had been reared in the 
 Quaker faith, to which he adhered until business 
 cares absorbed his mind to the exclusion mostly of 
 religious matters. He was identified with the 
 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons and the In- 
 dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and votes the 
 Republican ticket. He is now retired from active 
 business. 
 
 Mrs. Margaret (Morgan) Blair was born in 
 Knoxville, Tcnn., and coming to Kansas with her 
 family, died in Caldwell, in 1874. The household 
 circle was completed by the birth of five children, 
 viz.: Julia, Will P., John A., Hattie and Francis 
 M. The two daughters are deceased. John A. 
 spent the early years of his life in his native town- 
 ship, attending first the common school, and later 
 entered Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind.; he 
 also studied in a private school at Indianapolis. 
 After coming to Kansas he occupied himself as a 
 clerk until 1874, and during that year he was 
 appointed Postmaster of Caldwell, holding the 
 position until 1881. In the meantime he also en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business. During the year 
 last mentioned he disposed of his store and stock and 
 turned his attention to live stock, becoming a 
 member of the Cherokee Strip Live Stock Asso- 
 ciation, of which he has been Secretary since the 
 time of its organization. He is a Knight of Py- 
 thias, Uniformed Rank, and is also a member of the 
 Masonic frateinity. He cast his first Presidential 
 vote for Grant, and has since maintained his ad- 
 herence to the Republican party. 
 
 When approaching the twenty-third year of his 
 age Mr. Blair was married, March 17, 1874, to 
 Miss Katie Wendell. Mrs. Blair was born in 
 Adams County, III., June 5, 1859, and is a daugh- 
 ter of the late John H., Sr., and Anna Catherine 
 (Kouse) Wendell, both of whom are deceased. 
 There have been born of this marriage two daugh- 
 ters — Mabel and Marguerite. Mr. Blair has always 
 signalized himself as a liberal and public-spirited 
 citizen, and the uniform encourager of the enter^ 
 
 prises calculated to build up the interests of his 
 adopted town. He is amply worthy of representa- 
 tion in a work designed to perpetuate the names of 
 the leading men of Sumner County. 
 
 OHN H. PORTER, a farmer residing on sec- 
 tion 20, Wellington Township, was born five 
 miles east of Madisonville, the county seat 
 i^^ of Monroe County, Tenn., Februarj- 28, 
 1862. His father, William W. Porter, was born in 
 Washington County, of that State, and his grand- 
 father, Boyd Porter, is supposed to have been a 
 native of Virginia. The latter moved to Washing- 
 ton County during its early settlement, and there 
 improved the farm upon which he spent his last 
 years. 
 
 The father of our subject was reared in bis na- 
 tive county, and learned the trade of a tanner. He 
 purchased a farm near Riceville, and established a 
 tannery here, managing his farm and operating his 
 tannerj' until 1862, when he sold out and removed 
 to Monroe County, purchasing property and estab- 
 lishing himself in similar occupations there. In 
 1876 he visited this county and bought two hun- 
 dred and forty acres of land on sections 20 and 29, 
 of Wellington Township. Sumner County was 
 sparselj' settled at that time, and there were no rail- 
 roads within its limits, so Mr. Porter deferred mov- 
 ing here, but continued to operate his farm and 
 tannery in Tennessee for several years. He had 
 sold his property there, and almost completed his 
 arrangements for removal to this State, when he 
 was stricken by disease, and May 21, 1885, breathed 
 his last. The maiden name of his wife was Eliza- 
 beth Swan, and she was born in Knox County, 
 Tenn. Her father, James Swan, was a native of 
 the same county, was a blacksmith by trade, and 
 spent his last years at his home near Campbell's 
 Station. She passed from time to eternity in July 
 21, 1884. 
 
 The parents of our subject, and all of the family 
 a-e members of the Presbyterian Church, in which 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 377 
 
 the father was an Elder for many years. The first 
 and third born of the children, James and Fran- 
 cina are missionaries in Japan ; Belle is now the 
 wife of S. D. Jewell, of New York. The other 
 members of the family circle in their order are : 
 o;\r subject, Ella E., Jennie A., Lillie, Mamie G., 
 and Dora. 
 
 In accordance with the wishes of the father, all 
 the children, with the exception of James and Fran- 
 cina, came to Kansas and located upon the land 
 the father had purchased. Our subject being the 
 only son here, has superintended the improving of 
 the land, has erected an excellent and adequate set 
 of farm buildings, and has the estate under thor- 
 ough and intelligent cultivation. It is locatiid 
 three miles from Wellington, and its situation adds 
 to its value from a monetary point of view, as well 
 as to its desirableness as a residence. 
 
 Mr. Porter received the advantages of the best 
 schools of his native eountv, and supplemented his 
 earlier education by a course of study inKnoxville 
 Business College, and is one of the best informed 
 young men in the county. He is displaying excel- 
 lent judgment and practical ability in his agricul- 
 tural work, and has already built up an excellent 
 reputation for his manly character, and gives prom- 
 ise of becoming one of the most prominent and in- 
 fluential citizens of the county when a few more 
 years shall have been added to his life. 
 
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 SHOMAS J. HOLLINGSWORTH,M.D. Al- 
 though only establishing himself at South 
 Haven, in December, 1888, Dr. HoUings- 
 worth has already succeeded in building up a good 
 practice, this being done by a strict attention to 
 the duties of his profession, and his attitude as the 
 encourager of those movements and enterprises cal- 
 culated for the good of the community. He was 
 born in Clay County, Mo., September 1, 1854, and 
 obtained his preliminary education in Wyandotte 
 County, this State. Later he attended the State 
 University of Missouri, from the medical depart- 
 
 ment of vviiich he was graduated in 1877. He be- 
 gan the practice of his profession in Wyandotte 
 County, and later followed it in Kansas City, Mo., 
 and in the city of the same name in this State. 
 From the latter he removed to South Haven. 
 
 Of Southern antecedents, Dr. HoUingsworth is 
 the son of Jeptha H. and Sarah F. (.Tessup) Hol- 
 lingsworth, who were natives of Todd County, Ky. 
 They removed to Missouri in the spring of 1853, 
 and located in Clay County. The elder HoUings- 
 worth organized the first Battalion of Confederate 
 soldiers in Bates County, of which county he was 
 at that time resident. A short time afterward he 
 removed his family to Collin County, Tex., while 
 he remained in the service until the close of the 
 war, acting under a Captain's commission. Then 
 i-eturning to Platte County, Mo., he engaged in 
 stock-raising two years. Next he sold out, and 
 coming to Kansas, located in WyandoUe County, 
 where he was interested in live stock until his death 
 May 27, 1888, at the age of fifty-nine years. The 
 wife and mother died at the same farm March 4, 
 1884. The elder HoUingsworth was a well-educa- 
 ted man, having been graduated from the Louis- 
 ville Law University, and he for a number of years 
 was engaged in the practice of law in Kentucky 
 and Missouri. 
 
 The mother of our subject was a niece of Gen. 
 Thomas S. Jessup, who was at one time a member 
 of the Kentuckj' Legislature, and later represented 
 his district in Congress at Washington, in which 
 city he died many years ago. She was carefully 
 educated, completing her studies at a Female Semi- 
 nary in Greenwood, Ky. She united with the 
 Cumberland Presljyterian Church at the age of 
 sixteen years, to the faith of which she consistently 
 adhered until her death. The father of our subject 
 was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, 
 with which he identified himself at the a^e of 
 twenty years, and in which he was an earnest worker 
 from that time on. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, Jeptha 
 HoUingsworth, Sr., was a native of South Carolina, 
 and traced his ancestry to Scotland. He was left 
 an orphan when a mere child. When reachino 
 man's estate he settled in Kentucky, and was mar- 
 ried to Miss Mary Gordon, who was born there. 
 
378 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 They lived in tlie Blue Grass regions many years, 
 but finally removerl to Missouri, where they spent 
 their last days. Grandmother Hollingsworth was 
 a member of the Baptist Church. On the maternal 
 side Grandfather William Jessup was a native of 
 Ireland, and closely related to the O'Connells of 
 that co.untry. He emigrated to America when quite 
 young, and was married in Kentucky, where he 
 reared a familj' and died. 
 
 Dr. Hollingsworth of this sketch was married in 
 Chicago, 111., November 29, 1881, to ^Nliss Lois 
 Kenyon Fellows, daughter of Mrs. Mary K. P'ellows. 
 Mrs. Hollingsworth was born September 27, 1861, 
 in Syracuse, >«. Y., of parents who were natives of 
 New York. To the Doctor and his good wife there 
 have been born three children, the eldest of whom, 
 Jeptba B., died young. Tlie survivors are Albert 
 B., and Lola M. F. The Doctor affiliates with the 
 Democratic party, and is a member of Pomeroy 
 Lodge, No. 88, 1. O. O. F. at Pomeroy, this State. 
 
 fNDERSON GILBERT FORNEY. This 
 gentleman and his brother, J. W., occupy 
 leading positions among the farmers and 
 stock-raisers of Palestine Township, hav- 
 ing' about one thousand acres of land, and dealing 
 largely in good grades of cattle, of which they usu- 
 ally feed about five hundred head annually, besides 
 draft and road horses. The term "self-made" may 
 properly be applied to them, as when coming to 
 this section, they had but little means, but by great 
 industry and a wise investment of that which they 
 managed to save, they are now comparatively in- 
 dependent. Besides this land they have two other 
 good farms and property in Wichita, AVellington, 
 and Belle Plaine. Anderson G. may usually be 
 found at his headquarters on section 7, Palestine 
 Township, where he has a comfortable home, and 
 apparently everything aroui:d him to make life de- 
 sirable. 
 
 A native of Guernsey County, Ohio, Mr. Forney 
 was born December 3, 1847, and spent his early 
 
 years in the agricultural districts. His primary 
 studies were conducted in the common school, and 
 later he entered Cambridge College, Ohio. When 
 leaving school, be occupied himself at teaching, and 
 in 1867 was married in his native county, to Miss 
 Samantha, daughter of David and Eliza J. (Hamil- 
 ton) Dull. Mrs. Forney was also born in that 
 county. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 and her mother of Ohio. Her maternal grandfather, 
 James Hamilton, was of Scotch birth and parent- 
 age. He emigrated to America at an early period 
 in his life, and settled in Pennsylvania, where it is 
 believed he spent his last days. 
 
 In 1869 Mr. Forney took a trip to Iowa, having 
 in view tiie location of a permanent home, but find- 
 ing nothing desirable, returned to Ohio, where he 
 remained until the spring of 1871. His next ven- 
 ture was to this county, and he pre-empted one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land, which is now in- 
 cluded in his present farm. He put up a frame 
 shanty which he occupied with his little family for 
 several months, and commenced at first principles 
 in the construction of a farm from the primitive 
 soil. He hauled his provisions from Emporia by 
 team, the journey occupying about two weeks, and 
 paid $2 for corn, $9.50 per barrel for salt, and 
 twenty-five cents per pound for bacon. AVild ani- 
 mals were still plentiful, including deer, antelope, 
 buffalo, and turkeys. Mr. Forney upon one occa- 
 sion assisted in catching a buffalo with a lasso. His 
 companions in the sport were John Gilchrist and 
 L. Martin St. Clair. They loaded the animal into 
 a wagon, and hauled it into the town of Belle 
 Plaine, where it soon died, surrounded by an ad- 
 miring crowd. Indians were often seen strolling 
 over the country, but they did not offer to molest 
 the settlers. 
 
 There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Forney eleven 
 children, two of whom, Emma and Sylvester, died 
 in infancy. The survivors are Amanda B., Frank 
 W., Jennie H., Cora, Rosa Nell, Charles D., Marj' 
 D., Josie, and Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Forney 
 gives his political support to the Republican party. 
 He has served as Township Clerk, and been Clerk 
 of the School Board since taking up his residence 
 here. A man of liberal aiid progressive ideas, he 
 keeps himself thoroughly posted in regard to cur- 
 
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 379 
 
 rent events, and is an earnest worker with the Farm- 
 ers' Alliance of Home Valley. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the son of John and 
 Eliza (Wilson) Forney, who were also natives of 
 Guernsey County, Ohio, where the mother died in 
 1863, in the faith of the Methodist Protestant 
 Churcii. The father is still living there. The pa- 
 ternal grandfather, Abraham Forney, was born in 
 Maryland, where he lived until reaching man's es- 
 tate, and was then married to a Miss Curtis. They 
 emigrated to Ohio in 1802, the year in which it was 
 admitted into the Union as a State. Grandfather 
 Forney opened up a farm in the wilderness, and 
 there, with his estimable wife, reared his family, 
 and spent his last days. The father of our subject 
 occupies that same homestead. Grandfather For- 
 ney shouldered his musket during the War of 1812, 
 assisting in driving the British finally from Ameri- 
 can soil. Mr. Forney belongs to the A. O. LT. W., 
 Lodge No. 83, of Belle Plaine. 
 
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 JAMES W. BELLER, now a resident of 
 Perth, was born in Berkeley County, Ya., 
 August 29, 1838. Abisha Beller, his father, 
 likewise a native of that county, was born in 
 1779. He served in the War of 1812, and was by 
 occupation a planter. Legacia Beller, James W. 
 Beller's grandfather, was born in France. He 
 came to the United States when a cliild, located in 
 Virginia and died in Berkeley County at an ad- 
 vanced age. He served in the Revolutionary 
 War, and was a farmer, cultivating a large planta- 
 tion. 
 
 Margaret (Morgan) Beller, the mother of the 
 subject of this notice, was born in Berkeley County, 
 Va., in 1797, and died at the age of sixty-three 
 years. To her and her husband, Abisha, there was 
 born a family of thirteen children, of whom James 
 W. is the only surviving member. He was given 
 a good education, being graduated from Prof. 
 Frarey's High School in Jefferson County, Va. 
 Soon after the outbreajf of the Civil War he en- 
 listed, September 6, 1861, in Company H, First 
 
 Maryland Dragoons, and was mustered out at the 
 hospital in Williamsport, Md., December 16, 1862. 
 He re-enlisted, January 14, 1863, in Battery D, 
 Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, as a pri- 
 vate, and was promoted by special order No. 161, 
 Current Series 64, Adjutant General's office, Wash- 
 ington, D. C, dated April 28, 1864, by order of 
 Abraham Lincoln and countersigned by Edwin- M. 
 Stanton, Secretary of War, as Second Lieutenant, 
 and assigned with brevet rank of Captain to the 
 command of Battery E, Prov'l, Second Pennsylva- 
 nia Heavy Artillery, and was taken prisoner by 
 the Confederate Army, July 30, J 864, in the crater, 
 caused from blowing up of the rebel fort, in front of 
 Petersburg. 
 
 Mr. Beller for a period of seven months was 
 held a prisoner of war in the "officer's prison" at 
 Columbia, S. C, being at the expiration of this 
 time paroled and passed through the lines at Wil- 
 mington, N. C. He arrived at Camp Parole, 
 Annapolis, Md., on Sunday, March 3, 1865. He 
 was in all the principal battles of the Army of the 
 Potomac, except those of the Peninsular campaign 
 and the fight at Gettysburg; during the latter 
 his battery was stationed at Ft. Ethan Allen, in 
 the defense of Washington, D. C. 
 
 After he was mustered out of service Mr. Beller 
 returned to Martinsburg, which had now become 
 West Virginia, and where he resided for several 
 years. He there engaged in the sale of engines 
 and sawmills for the firm of Griffith & Wedce, at 
 Zanesville, Ohio. In 1879 he went to Porter 
 County, Ind., where he was a contractor and 
 builder, and where he also engaged in the mercan- 
 tile business. He was married there in 1879, to 
 Miss Matilda Miller, who died April 15, 1885. In 
 1 880 he came to Kansas, and for some j'ears was a 
 resident of Labette County. O.n the 1st of March 
 1887, he came to this county, settlino- in Perth, 
 where he is now engaged in the real-estate business 
 and insurance, and is also a Notary Public. Politi- 
 cally, he is an active, working Republican. 
 
 On the 19th of January, 1887, Mr. Beller con- 
 tracted a second marriage in Martinsburo-, W.Va. 
 with Miss Lizzie I., daughter of Dr. John and Mary 
 (Elderdice) Carpenter. This lady was born near 
 Gettysburg, Pa., and was of illustrious ancestry. 
 
380 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Her maternal great-grandmother was a member of 
 the Royal family of the Stuarts of Scotland, whence 
 she went with her family to Ireland when a young 
 girl, and was there married to a Mr. Alderdice, 
 which name was afterward written Elderdice. They 
 left Ireland and came to the United States about 
 the year 1797, during the reign of persecution by 
 Catholics, they being Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. 
 The}- landed at Baltimore, Md., when that citj' 
 was a small town, and letters written by Mrs. Sel- 
 ler's great- grandmother, and now in her possession, 
 show that there were no postal facilities beyond 
 the Alleghany Mountains. 
 
 Mrs. Beller is a very superior lady, possessing 
 marked literary talent, and for some years has been 
 a contributor to various newspapers and magazines. 
 For some years also she was associate editress of 
 the Martinsburg (W. Va.) Herald, and wrote up a 
 history of the county and of the prominent men 
 of Martinsburg for the special edition of that 
 paper. She was for a time court stenographer, 
 serving under the Hon. Judge Cliarles J. Faulkner, 
 now the United States Senator from West Vir- 
 ginia. 
 
 Dr. John Carpenter, the father of Mrs. Beller, 
 came to Kansas in 1889, arriving on the loth of 
 November. He was born in Adams County, Pa., 
 January 20, 1805, and in 1826 removed with his 
 father's family to Rochester, N. Y. He studied 
 medicine at Rochester, and at Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 being graduated at the latter place. He practiced 
 near Gettysburg, Pa., for a period of thirty years, 
 residing there at the time of the famous battle, 
 and acted as surgeon for the wounded during and 
 after the conflict. He removed to Martinsburg, 
 W. Va., in 1868, and practiced medicine in that 
 city for twenty-one years. His wife, Mary (Elder- 
 dice) Carpenter, died there in 1881, at the age of 
 sixty-seven years. Dr. Carpenter's maternal an- 
 cestors, the Zimmermans, came from Switzerland to 
 this country before the advent of William Penn. 
 When Penn arrived he undertook to naturalize 
 the people, and to change all the German and 
 Swiss names into English. A part of the people 
 ao'reed to this, while others refused to accept the 
 change. Among the latter was one of tlie Zimmer- 
 man's, and that branch of tlie family are spread out 
 
 through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and 
 the West, as Zimmermans, while Mrs. Beller's 
 branch of the house use the English version of 
 Carpenter. Dr. Carpenter has in his possession 
 title deeds to lands in Adams County, Pa., a part 
 of which was then called the " Manor of Maske," 
 that date back to Penn's residence and were given 
 under his hand and seal. Dr. Carpenter's grand- 
 mother, who in her maidenhood was Miss Lamon. 
 was captured by the Indians in what is now Adams 
 County, Pa., about the year 1765, when she was a 
 child. Subsequently, after she had grown to be a 
 young lad}', she was recaptured by the Provincial 
 Army and returned to her family. The Doctor is 
 probably the only person living who saw the fa- 
 mous Sam Patch make his fatal leap over the Gene- 
 see Falls, at Rochester, N. Y., in the year 1828-29, 
 he being not quite positive as to which year it 
 occurred. He has lived a useful and long life, 
 been eminently successful as a physician, and res- 
 pected and esteemed by all who have known him. 
 
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 HOMAS TRACEV/ELL. In noting the pio- 
 ^, neer settlers of Avon Township, the name 
 ^ of Mr. Tracewell should occupy a promi- 
 nent position as he came to the frontier in the win- 
 ter of 1877 and located upon the quarter section of 
 land which he had purchased in September preced- 
 ing. He has maintained his position through the 
 scourges of drouth, grasshoppers and chinch bugs, 
 and still preserves his faith in the future of the 
 Sunflower State. He lives comfortably and unos- 
 tentatiously, occupying a substantial residence and 
 has convenient outbuildings for the shelter of stock 
 and the storage of grain. This property is pleas- 
 antly located on section 23, and is represented on 
 another page of this work by a lithographic en- 
 graving. 'Slv. Tracewell has not only acquitted 
 himself as a thorough and skillful agriculturist, but 
 by his integrity of character has attained to a good 
 position among his fellow citizens. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in St. Clair 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 383 
 
 County, 111., December 29, 1840, and there spent 
 the first thirty-seven years of his life. His boy- 
 hood and youth were passed in the manner common 
 to farmers' sons, he attending the district school 
 mostly during the winter season and growing up 
 familiar with the arts of plowing, sowing and reap- 
 ing. He remained a member of the parental house- 
 hold until ready to establish a fireside of his own, 
 and was then united in marriage witli Miss Sarah 
 J. Hill, April 15, 1874. 
 
 Mr. and Tracewell commenced their wedded life 
 together on a farm in their native county of St. 
 Clair, 111., where they sojourned until coming to 
 Kansas. Mrs. Tracewell was born May 20, 1851, 
 and is the daughter of Samuel A. and Nancy C. 
 (Sargent) Hill, who were both likewise natives of 
 St. Clair County, 111., where they were reared and 
 married; thence in 1880 they came to this county 
 and settled on a farm in Dixon Township. To Mr. 
 and Mrs. Tracewell there have, been born three 
 children, only two of whom are living — Edward 
 A. and Jesse H. Eugene died when about four 
 months old. 
 
 The father of our subject was Edward Trace- 
 well, a native of Virginia, who married Miss Mar- 
 garet Glover, a native of Tennessee. They first 
 settled in St. Clair Count}', III., where they spent 
 the remainder of their days, the father occupied 
 in the peaceful pursuits of farming. Thomas 
 Tracewell is a stanch supporter of the Democratic 
 party, but aside from serving as Constable and as 
 a member of the school board he has avoided the 
 responsibilities of office. He forms one of the solid 
 elements of his community, a man who casts his 
 influence on the side of morality and good order 
 and who lives at peace among his neighbors. 
 
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 MANUEL M. RIFFEL. In noting the 
 fe) prominent citizens of Downs Township, Mr. 
 I L^ Riffel cannot be passed by without due 
 mention. He is a gentleman approaching the sixty- 
 seventh year of his age, having been born May 24, 
 
 1823, and his native place is York County-, Pa. His 
 father, Henry Riffel, was likewise a native of the 
 Keystone State and born in Adams County. He 
 died at the old home at the age of eighty-three 
 years. He was a briekmaker by trade, but his last 
 years were spent on a farm. An industrious and 
 law-abiding citizen, he became well-to-do and uni- 
 formly voted the Democratic ticket. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of Blr. Riffel was 
 Meltcher, a native of New Jersey, who moved to 
 Pennsylvania and spent his last days iu Adams 
 County. He was a farmer by occupation and 
 during the Revolutionary War carried a musket in 
 behalf of the Colonists. The mother of our sub- 
 ject bore the maiden name of Lydia Wolford. She 
 was born in York County, Pa., and was the daugh- 
 ter of George and Eliza Wolford. who were among 
 the earliest settlers of that State. Grandfather 
 Wolford followed farming and was a conscientious 
 member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Lydia 
 (Wolford) Riffel departed this life about 1881 in 
 York County, Pa., at the age of seventy-nine 
 years. 
 
 The subject of this notice was the eldest of the 
 seven children born to his parents. He was reared 
 on the farm in his native count}' and educated in 
 the common school. When quite young he beoan 
 an apprenticeship at carriage-making, which he 
 completed in Maryland, to which he had repaired 
 in 1840. I.i 1.S49, he emigrated to Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, where he sojourned three years, working at 
 his irade, then went into Butler County, that State, 
 and sojourned there until 1H85. That year found 
 him first west of the JMississippi and upon Kansas 
 soil. Locating in Perth, this county, he established 
 himself in business as a carriage-manufacturer 
 which he has since successfully followed. He dif- 
 fers in his political views from those entertained 
 by his honored father, being a sound Republican. 
 
 AVhile a I'esident of Cincinnati Mr. Riffel was 
 married June 30, 1850, to Miss Hannah Mitchell. 
 This lady was born in Pennsylvania October 21, 
 1833, and is the daughter of John and Mary 
 (Baughman) Mitchell, who, upon removing from 
 Maryland settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, wh.re they 
 both died at an advanced age. They wtre nati\cs 
 respectively of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Of 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 this union theie were born seven children, namely : 
 Jolm, Charles, Marj', William, Thomas N., Ernest 
 and Harry. John died when a babe of three and 
 one-half months; William was called hence when a 
 promising youth of eighteen years; Harry died 
 when fourteen months old. The survivors are 
 living in different States. 
 
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 ,)^,ILLIAM P. ADAMS. The farmers and 
 stockmen of Caldwell Township have a 
 ^^^J worthy representative in this gentleman, 
 and his career affords a fine example of what can 
 be accomplished by persevering industry, integrity 
 and wise economy. He began life with no capital 
 except his native abilities, his physical energy, and 
 his determination and he is now the owner of a 
 well-improved farm, comprising one hundred and 
 forty-six acres on section 7, and is regarded as a 
 very successful agriculturist and fruit-grower. 
 
 The parents of our subject are Daniel and Susan 
 (McCrary) Adams, now residents of Johnson 
 County, Mo. The father was born in North Caro- 
 lina but at an early date emigrated to his present 
 place of abode, where he has been County Judge 
 and Justice of the Peace. He has followed farming 
 throughout his life and has accumulated considera- 
 ble means. His father, John Adams, was a native 
 of North Carolina and became a resident of John- 
 son County, Mo., in 1833. John Adams served 
 under Gen. Jackson in the War of 1812, and his 
 father was a Revolutionary soldier and a partici- 
 pant in the battle of King's Mountain. The mother 
 of our subject was born in Tennessee and has borne 
 her husband twelve children, namely: John A., 
 Elizabeth, William P., Jane, Christina, Elijah W., 
 Ellen, Robert, Thomas, Emma, James and Frances. 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born in 
 Johnson County, Mo., May 29, 1844, was reared 
 on the farm and received a common-school educa- 
 tion. When about nineteen years of age he en- 
 tered the Federal army as a private in Company G., 
 
 Seventh Missouri Cavalry, serving his country to 
 the best of his ability from the date of his enlist- 
 ment in 1863 until the close of the war. His 
 regiment belonged to the First Brigade and he 
 participated with his comrades on many a hard 
 fought field. 
 
 Mr. Adams moved from his native county to 
 Humboldt County, Iowa, in 1875, but sojourned 
 there only a few months ere becoming a resident of 
 Kansas. He took up a claim which has since been 
 his home and which energetic and systematic man- 
 agement has brought to a high state of perfection 
 and which now forms one of the most attractive 
 places in the vicinity. Among its excellent im- 
 provements are a fine residence and orchard, in the 
 former in which he secures needed rest from the 
 toils of life and jileasing recreation in the bosom of 
 his family, while in the care of the latter he gains 
 both pleasure and profit. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Adams and Miss Josephine 
 McCurdy took place September S, 1870, and has 
 been blessed by the birth of four children : Lena, 
 •Ruby, Ralph and Irwin. Mrs. Adams is a daughter 
 of William J. and Margaret (Smith) McCurdy, and 
 was born near Dalton, Ga., and is a lady of estima- 
 ])le character and agreeable manners. ]Mr. Adams 
 is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 and he and his wife belong to the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church. 
 
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 UMPHREY B. OSBURN came to Sumner 
 ^^ County in the fall of 1 880 and settled on 
 section 24, Greene Township, where he has 
 i^) since been a resident and where he is car- 
 rying on the occupations of farming and stock-rais- 
 ing in which all of his years of maturity have been 
 spent. He owns a large and valuable estate, com- 
 prising six hundred and forty acres on sections 24 
 and 25, and is one of the most highly respected 
 residents of the township as well as one of its large 
 land owners. 
 
 The birth of Mr. Osburn occurred in Davis 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 385 
 
 County, Mo., and his natal day was March 15, 
 1835. His father, Martin Osburn, was a farmer, 
 and our subject not only obtained the best educa- 
 tion possible under the surroundings of his early 
 life, but also acquired a practical and thorough 
 knowledge of agriculture, which has stood him in 
 good stead since he began life for himself. He was 
 about twelve years of age when the family moved 
 to Andrew County, Mo., where he grew to man- 
 hood and remained until his thirtieth j'ear. He 
 then moved to Nemaha Count}', Nelj., where he 
 resided three years, after which he settled in Worth 
 County, Mo., and continued to abide there until 
 bis removal to this' county, where he has accumu- 
 lated property and been a useful citizen. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Osborn tool? place in An- 
 drew County, Mo., his chosen companion being 
 Miss Emma Bohart, who grew to womanhood there, 
 but is a native of Buchanan County. Six living 
 children brighten the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Os- 
 burn, a cluster of maidens who bear the names of 
 Anna C, Sarah E., Elsie, Martha, Alice and Fan- 
 nie. Three sons, James, Martin and Humphrey 
 F., have been taken from them by death. 
 
 Mr. Osburn has held the otBee of School Treas- 
 urer ever since coming to Kansas. Politicallj^ he 
 is a Democrat and never fails to cast his vote in 
 the interest of his party. Both he and his wife 
 have high standing in the Christian Church, of 
 which they have been members for many years. 
 
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 terests of Hunnewell are prominently rep- 
 il resented by the subject of this notice, who is 
 ^^ President of the City Council, Clerk of tlie 
 School Board and who is seldom without some of- 
 fice of trust and responsibility. He is a gentleman 
 in the prime of life, having been born March 27. 
 1847, and his native place in Gonzales Count}', 
 Tex. He was reared to manhood in the Lone Star 
 State on a stock farm, and acquired his education 
 by walking four miles to a district school, whioli he 
 
 attended Ave months, this comprising his book- 
 learning. He, however, has improved his leisure 
 time and keeps himself posted upon current events 
 and by his habits of thought and observation, has 
 formed an intelligent cliaracter which no one would 
 suspect of having been deprived of the ordinary 
 school advantagesof a civilized community. 
 
 Young Lemond remained with his parents, John 
 and Nancy (Brown) Leraond on the farm in Texas 
 until May, 1863. The Civil War being then in 
 progress, he, although being but sixteen years old, 
 enlisted in Company E, Ford's Regiment of the 
 Confederate Army and served as a non-commis- 
 sioned ofHcer until November following. He was 
 then promoted to be B^irst Sergeant with a regular 
 commission and served in that capacity until the 
 the close of the war. In the meantime he had also 
 had command of the company. 
 
 Returning now to the old farm in Texas young 
 Lemond sojourned there until 1882, being asso- 
 ciated with his father as a live-stock dealer, they 
 keeping from one thousand to five thousand head 
 of horses and cattle on their ranche. These they 
 disposed of largely in the ivansas markets, to which 
 tliey drove large herds periodically. 
 
 John Lemond departed this life at Gonzales, 
 Tfx., in 1878, aged sixty-three years. He was a 
 native of North Carolina, whence he removed to 
 Texas at an early day. His wife, Nancy, survived 
 him until 1881, dying at Gonzales when about fifty- 
 five years old. The parental household consisted 
 of eight children of whom Robert W. was next 
 to the eldest and of whom besides himself, 
 there is only one. survivor. One brother, Alexan- 
 der, was killed while in the Confederate service 
 during the late war. Upon leaving Texas Robert 
 W. located on a ranche in the Indian Territory, 
 where he sojourned until 1885, coming then to this 
 county. He was married at Hunnewell, July 17, 
 1883, to Miss Lena, daughter of G. A. and Lucinda 
 (Vernon) Hale. Of this (his second) marriao-e 
 there have been born two children — Walter and an 
 infant unnamed. The first wife of Mr. Lemond to 
 whom he was married in Texas, was Mrs. Mattie 
 (Price) Apath. That union resulted in the birth 
 of three children, viz: Cornelia A., Kate H. and 
 Robert W. Mrs. Mattie Lemond died in 1879 at 
 
386 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Coleman, Tex. She t.aught school some years in 
 Texas and for one term Mr. Lemond was her pupil. 
 Mr. Lemond in March, 1887, after locating in 
 Hunnewell associated himself in partnership with 
 George K. Van Hook, under the firm name of A'an 
 Hook & Lemond. They have a full line of general 
 merchandise, including groceries, hardware, flour, 
 wood and queensware, and carry a ctock of from 
 12,000 to 14,500. Their sales aggregate prolmbly 
 $12,000 per year. Mr. and Mrs. Lemond are 
 prominently connected with the Presbyterian 
 Church in which Mr. Lemond officiates as Superin- 
 tendent of the Sabbath-schoo'. He mixes veiy 
 little in political affairs aside from giving his hearty 
 support to the Democratic part}'. 
 
 AVID M. HARDMAN. Among those 
 who arrived in Oxford Township in time 
 to assist in its early growth and develop- 
 ment was Mr. Hardman, who pitched his 
 tent on section 1, in the fall of 1876. He luid 
 come to this vicinity the year previous and still 
 remains upon the land which he purchased as a 
 claim, and upon which he has effected nearly all of 
 the improvements which to-day attract the attention 
 of the passing traveler. His farm embraces two 
 hundred and forty acres of fertile land, which is 
 finely adapted to general farming and stock-rais- 
 ing. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in AVayne 
 County, Ind., June 9, 1835, and lived there until 
 reaching mature jears. His father, Israel Hard- 
 man, was a native of Kentucky, and born October 
 12, 1801. The latter removed with his parents to 
 Dayton, Ohio. Grandfather David Hardman was 
 one of the hardy pioneers of Kentucky, and was with 
 the famous Daniel Boone at the siege of Blue Lick 
 and Boonesboro. He married a Miss Leatheiman, 
 of Virginia, and removed to Ohio during the time 
 of the pioneer da3's of the Buckeye State, settling 
 near Dayton. 'I here his son Israel, the father of 
 our subject, grew to mature years and was married 
 
 to Miss Elizabeth Wagoner. Later Israel Hard- 
 man emigrated to Indiana and settled in Wayne 
 County, where he followed farming until 1855. 
 That year he removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, 
 where he sojourned until his death, in 1878. He 
 was a member of the German Baptist Church. The 
 mother had passed away in 1860. 
 
 David M. Hardman, during his younger years, 
 learned carpentering. He remained under the 
 home roof until after his mother's death. In the 
 meantime he was married, September 7, 1859, to 
 Miss Elizabeth Ullrick, the wedding taking place at 
 the bride's home. A year or two later Mr. Hard- 
 man set out overland to California, where he built 
 a mill on Center Creek in Amador County, He 
 superintended the operations of this until the fall 
 of 1866, in the heart of the mining regions. He 
 then returned to his old haunts in Iowa, via the 
 Isthmus and New York City, arriving at his des- 
 tination in December, that year, after an absence of 
 five years. 
 
 Again resuming operations as a carpenter, Mr. 
 Hardman also engaged in millwrighting, remaining 
 there until his removal to this county. He came 
 here with the expectation of putting in the ma- 
 chinery of the Oxford Water Mill, the first struct- 
 ure of any importance in the county. Upon his 
 arrival here he assumed a half interest in the enter- 
 prise in companj' with Joseph Hcwett, completed 
 the mill and then sold out. This mill was driven 
 by water-power from the Arkansas River, having a 
 fall of ten feet in a mile race. Mr. Hardman was 
 obliged to build a dam across the river above the 
 island in the form of a V, running from the island 
 up stream, instead of straight across. After with- 
 drawing from the mill j\Ir. Hardman purchased the 
 land which he now owns. The bottoms were 
 flooded in 1876, "7?here the year previous, there 
 had been raised seventy-five bushels of corn to the 
 acre. This flood swept down millions of cotton- 
 wood trees, thousands of which were taken to dif- 
 ferent counties and planted. These trees have now 
 grown to be sixteen and eighteen inches in diame- 
 ter, forming fine wind-breaks and a grateful shade in 
 summer. Mr. Hardman while carrying on the im- 
 provements of his property has, nevertheless, main- 
 tained an interest in the welfare of his adopted 
 
PORTRAIT AND HIOGkAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 387 
 
 township, serving s\s a School Director in his dis- 
 trict, and giving his support and encouragement to 
 tlie various entei'prises tending to the good of the 
 people. He votes the straiglit Republican ticket, 
 and is identified with the Ancient Order of United 
 Workman. 
 
 Mrs. Hardman was born in Wayne County, Ind., 
 Deceml'er 23, 1839, and is the daughter of John 
 and Margaret (Gatz) Ullrick, who removed to Iowa 
 in 1855. Mr. Ullrick was a native of Hesse, Ger. 
 many, and for nine years served in the German 
 army, being in the wars against Napoleon. There 
 were born to him and his estimable wife three chil- 
 dren, all natives of the Fatherland. Upon emi- 
 grating to America they settled in the citj' of 
 Baltimore, where they sojourned from 1830 until 
 1835, and then removed to Hagerstown, Pa. In 
 1855 they turned their steps Westward, locating in 
 Iowa, where the mother died in 1878, at the age of 
 seventy-four years. Mr. Ullrick only survived his 
 wife one year, dying in October, 1879, at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-four years. 
 
 Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hard 
 man only two are living — Laura F. and Charks 
 Warren — who remain at home with their parents. 
 Katie and Ralph are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hard- 
 man have made many friends during their long so- 
 journ in this county, where their upright lives and 
 hospitality have secured them the universal respect 
 of all who. know them. 
 
 ^?^EORGE W. FRIEND. Illinois is acknowl- 
 (|( (-— , edged to be one of the most prosperous 
 ^^Jjf States of the Union, but Mr. Friend, in 
 October, 1877, concluded he could remove to some- 
 thing better west of the Mississippi, and accord- 
 ingly gathering together his family and household 
 goods, set his face toward the State of Kansas. 
 Coming to this county he selected one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, on section 29, Harmon Town- 
 ship, and proceeded to build up a homestead. He 
 was prospered in his labors, bringing the soil to a 
 
 good state of cultivation, erecting substantial 
 buildings, and effecting the other improvements 
 naturally /)rought about by the enterprising and 
 progressive farmer. 
 
 Mr. Friend has been materially assisted in his 
 labors by his estimable and capable wife — a lady 
 who has proven a most efficient helpmate to her 
 husband, encouraging him in his worthy endeavors, 
 and by the wise and prudent management of her 
 household affairs has been no unimportant factor 
 in tlie accumulation of their property. Mrs. Friend 
 has illustrated in no small degree the manner in 
 which a woman may influence the well-being and 
 prosperity of a husband and a family. Mr. Friend 
 gives his attention to general farming and stock- 
 raising, making a s|)ecialty of minding his own con- 
 cerns, and has been prospered in proportion. The 
 family occupies no secondary position among the 
 best social elements of their community. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Cham- 
 bersburg. Pa.. February 3, 1838, and lived in his 
 native city until a boy of seven or eight years. He 
 tlien removed with his parents to Baltimore, Md., 
 of which tl)ey were residents four )'ears. From 
 there tiiey went to Havre de Grace, that State, and 
 not very long afterward to Philadelphia, Pa. In 
 1857 tliey struck out for the West, and took up 
 tlicir abode in Springfield, 111. 
 
 After the outbreak of the Civil War Mr. Friend, 
 In August, 1862, entered the ranks of the Union 
 Army, as a member of Company E, One Hundred 
 and Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. Soon afterward 
 he went with his regimentto the front, and partici- 
 pated in the siege of Vicksburg, and the battles of 
 Jackson, Henderson Hill, Ft. Drusey, Pleasant 
 Hill, Yellow Bayou, Lake Chicot, Tupelo, Nash- 
 ville and Mobile. He was for about one and one- 
 half years on detached service, in the pioneer corps. 
 He escaped wounds and capture, and at the close of 
 the war was mustered out of the service at Camp 
 Butler, Springfield, 111., receiving an honorable 
 discharge. 
 
 After leaving the army Mr. Friend established 
 himself in Springfield, III., as a clerk in a clothing 
 store, remaining there one year. Later he- engaged 
 in the mercantile business for nearly ten years, and 
 until the fall of 1877. He then entered upon a 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 new departure, coming to Kansas and engaging in 
 agriculturnl pursuits. These lie has found congenial 
 to bis tastes and health, and has been fairly pros- 
 perous in his undertakings. He votes the straight 
 Republican ticket, and has held the office of Town- 
 ship Trustee for the past year. Both Mr. and Mrs. 
 Friend are members in good standing of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, attending services at the 
 Plain View school-house. 
 
 The marriage of George W. Friend and Miss 
 Adeline Taylor was celebrated at the bride's home, 
 in the city of Springfield, 111., October 9, 1859. 
 Mrs. Friend was born in Sangamon County, 111., 
 January 23, 1841, and is the daughter of Jeffersoi. 
 Taylor, a native of Kentucky. The mother is de- 
 ceased, and the father lives in Sangamon County, 111. 
 Her father's family consisted of seven children, six 
 of whom are living. Of her union with our sub- 
 ject there ' have been Lborn three sons and one 
 daughter, viz.: Elmer; Norah, who died at the 
 age of , five years; George and William H. jNIr. 
 Friend as a Union soldier belongs to Belle Plaine 
 Post, G. A. R., at Belle Plaine. 
 
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 a ^.ILL T. 1 
 W^ city of V 
 
 WALKER. The subject of this 
 is one of the influential men of the 
 Wellington, and this part of Kansas, 
 possessing more than ordinary ability and highly 
 spoken of by all who know him. He follows the 
 practice of law and makes a specialty of the pension 
 business. He has been a resident of Wellington 
 since April, 1885, and makes his headquarters at a 
 well-equipped office on Washington Avenue. 
 
 Mr. Walker was born in Hancock County, Ind., 
 October 17, 1849, and there grew to mature years, 
 pursuing the common branches of study in the 
 schools of that locality. He completed his literary 
 education in Spiceland Academy in Henry County, 
 Ind., after which he for a time was engaged in var 
 ious pursuits and then commenced the reading of 
 
 law. He was admitted to practice at the age of 
 twenty-seven years, in November, 1876, commenc- 
 ing his maiden efforts at Scottsburg, Scott County, 
 Ind. He continued there until April, 1885. In 
 the meantime he officiated as Master Commissioner 
 of the Circuit Court of that county from the time 
 the office was created until it was abolished in 
 1883. 
 
 Mr. Walker, in 1882, was a candidate on the 
 Republican ticket for Congress in the Third Indiana 
 district. The district being largely Democratic he 
 was defeated. In 1884 he was a member of the Repub- 
 lican National Convention which nominated James 
 G. Blaine for President. The same year he repre- 
 sented his district on the Indiana Republican State 
 Central Committee, serving with efficiency. In 
 1873-'75 h(! was an officer of the State Senate of 
 Indiana, and in 1881, at the regular and special 
 session of the House of Representatives of Indiana, 
 was an officer of that body. 
 
 Upon locating in Wellington Mr. Walker en- 
 gaged for a time in general law business, gradually 
 working into the pension practice to which he 
 seems peculiarly adapted, having the bulk of this 
 business for all of Southern Kansas. In April, 
 1886, he was elected Police Judge of the city of 
 Wellington and re-elected in 1887 without a dis- 
 senting vote. During the session of 1887 he was 
 assistant chief clerk of the Kansas House of Repre- 
 sentatives. He has always been a Republican in 
 politics and is a member in good standing of the 
 Presbyterian Church. He has for many years been 
 a Knight of Pythias and at the present time is- 
 Grand Prelate of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. 
 
 At Greenfield, Ind., December 3, 1874, Mr. 
 Walker was wedded to Miss Kate Pierson. Mrs. 
 Kate Walker survived her marriage less than a 
 year, dying October 17, 1875. Mr. Walker con- 
 tracted a second marriage July 4, 1881, with Miss 
 Kate McKinney, of Loogootee, Ind. This lady 
 was born in Washington County, Ind., November 
 30, 1852, and removed with her parents to Martin 
 County, where she remained until her marriage. 
 Her parents were Griffin and Mary A. (Williams) 
 McKinney, who were natives of Indiana and Ken- 
 tuck}-, respectively, the father deceased. Griffin 
 McKinney who died in August, 1886, aged seventy- 
 
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 389 
 
 one years, was born in Montezuma, Ind.,in 1815, and 
 was a soldier in tlie Mexican war. He had traveled 
 when a young man over Spanish North America 
 and the northern portions of South America. The 
 mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are 
 the parents of one child, a daughter, Mary Pearl. 
 The father of our subject was Robert Walker, a 
 native of Clinton County, Ohio, and born March 
 10, 1824. When six years old he was taken by his 
 parents to Rush County, Ind. They remained there 
 a few j'ears and then removed to Hancock County, 
 Ind.. and lived there until 1871. He married Miss 
 Martha A. Tibbets and thej' reared a family of 
 eight children, seven of whom are still living. The 
 Walker family in 1871 removed to Scott County, 
 Inil., where the parents still reside. Robert Walker 
 has long been a member of the Masonic fraternity 
 and is also a Knight of Pj'lhias. 
 
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 AVID W. DORSETT. It is nearly a 
 score of years since this gentleman took 
 up his residence in this county and began 
 at once to take rank as an upright citizen, 
 an industrious man, and a kind neighbor. His 
 home is pleasantly located on section 22, Harmon 
 Township, and comprises eighty acres of fertile 
 an 1 thoroughly cultivated land, bearing an excellent 
 sot of farm buildings and such other improvements 
 as are to be expected of a man of his ability. 
 
 Mr. Dorsett is the fourth child in a family com- 
 prising nine sons and daughters. His parents, 
 Samuel and Elizabeth (Walker) Dorsett, are natives 
 of North Carolina, in which State they lived until 
 1844, when they settled in Adams County, 111., 
 where they sojourned forty years. They then 
 moved to this county and are now honored resi- 
 dents of Harmon Township. 
 
 Our subject is a native of North Carolina, where 
 his eyes first opened to the light April 4, 1842, and 
 he was therefore but two years old when the family 
 removed to Illinois. There he grew to manhood, 
 was educated, and entered upon the pursuit of agri- 
 
 iHilture. Though a native of the South and of 
 Southern parentage, he was not in sympathy with 
 the States that desired to leave the Union, and with 
 all the ardor of his young soul he desired to assist 
 in the preseivation of the Government which he 
 had been taught to revere. On July 30, 1862, 
 though not j'et of age, he was enrolled in Com- 
 pany B, Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, and until the 
 close of the war faithfully served his country in 
 the ranks, being mustered out of service at Wash- 
 ington, D. C. and honorably discharged "when the 
 cruel war was over." 
 
 Returning to his former home, Mr. Dorsett con- 
 tinued to live in Illinois until the fall of 1871, 
 when he came to this county and pre-empted one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land where he is now 
 sojourning, being therefore one of the oldest settlers 
 in this county. He has served both as Trustee of 
 Belle Plaine Township and Treasurer of Harmon 
 Township, and also as Justice of the Peace, and in 
 every position of public responsibility has shown 
 himself worthy of the trust reposed in him. He is 
 a member of Belle Plaine Post, Grand Army of the 
 Republic, at Belle Plaine. 
 
 In Miss Harriet Baxter, a native of Carroll County, 
 Ohio, born April 1, 1850, Mr. Dorsett found united 
 the qualities which he desired in a companion, and 
 after a successful wooing he was united with her in 
 marriage, the ceremony taking jjlace in Schuyler 
 County, 111. Mrs. Dorsett is a daughter of John 
 and Ellen (Moore) Baxter, now residents of Brown 
 County, Kan., and is the fifth of the ten children 
 born to them. Her happy union with our subject 
 has been blessed by the birth of seven children: 
 Samuel B., Elizabeth E., Orie L., Effle B., Loren 
 E., AVillie F. and Delia F. 
 
 'EED JAY. The subject of this notice is a 
 favorite in the amusement circles of South 
 Haven, conducting a billiard hall, and at all 
 times deporting hin-self as a gentleman. Ho is a 
 little over thirty-one years old, having been born 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 August 0, l.S;j8, and his native place was Portage 
 City, Wis. While lie was still a niere child his 
 parents, John C. and Lucy C. (Waters) Jay, re- 
 moved to Southern Iowa where they sojourned for 
 a time, then changed their residence to Northern 
 Missouri. 
 
 The next removal of the Jaj family was to Win- 
 neshiek County, Iowa, and we next find them in 
 Hancock County, that State, located on a farm and 
 where the boyhood days of their son Fred were 
 chiefly spent. He attended the district school and 
 assisted in the lighter labors of the farm, remaining 
 there until 1882. Then a young man of twenty- 
 four years, he went up into Dakota and purchased 
 a claim where he engaged in farming about two 
 years ; he also operated as an insurance agent, and 
 at the same time sold agricultural implements. In 
 the meantime his mother kept house for him until 
 his marriage, which occurred July 21, 1885. The 
 lady of his clioice was Miss Frances E. Mosier, 
 who was born in Moi'gan County, Mo., in 1856. 
 Remaining in Dakota until the fall of 1885, Mr. 
 Jay then, with his wife, parents and sister, and the 
 husband of the latter, set out overland by team for 
 this State, and after an enjoyable trip of two 
 months landed in South Haven. Soon afterward 
 Mr. Jay purchased his present residence. The first 
 season he occupied himself in buying and selling 
 corn. In January, 1887, he purchased an interest 
 in tlie billiard iiall and later became sole proprie- 
 tor, and is now in the enjoyment of a profitable 
 business. He owns considerable city property' and 
 is generally well-to do. To Mr. and Mrs. Jay there 
 has been born one child, a daughter, Coia. 
 
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 ^/AMES H. COX. He, with whose name we in- 
 troduce this biograpliical outline, is accred- 
 , ited with being one of the most extensive 
 (^^' and prosperous farmers of Falls Township. 
 Intelligent and enterprising, he has been the archi- 
 tect of his own fortune and is the owner of eight 
 hundred acres of valuable land, all in one body. His 
 
 possessions have all been accumulated since com- 
 ing to this State. He came to this county in 1876 
 and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of 
 land on section 12, Chikaskia Township, where he 
 lived until 1882. Then, selling out, he purchased 
 the whole of section 3, Falls Township, where he 
 established his homestead, and he also owns one 
 hundred and sixty acres on section 10 of this town- 
 ship. He gives his entire attention to farming and 
 stock-raising, of which he makes an art and a science 
 and from which he realizes handsome returns. 
 
 A native of Carroll County, Ohio, Mr. Cox was 
 born March 4, 1844, to Zebediah and Elizabeth 
 (Ryan) Cox. Zebediah Cox was born in Maryland 
 in 1801 and emigrated to Ohio when a young man. 
 He spent the remainder of his life in the Buckeye 
 State, dying in Harrison Count3f, in 1865. He 
 learned carpentering during his early manhood, but 
 subsequently engaged in farming as a more con- 
 genial pursuit. The paternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject was Sheridan Cox, a native of Maryland, who 
 spent his last years in Ohio. Mrs. Elizabeth (Ryan) 
 Cox, likewise a native of Marj'land, was born in 
 1809, and died in Wyandot County, Ohio, in 1858. 
 To the parents of our subject there was born a 
 family of nine children, viz: Sheridan, Joshua, 
 Samuel, Marj-, Hiram, James H., Rachel, William" 
 and Martha. They are all living with the excep- 
 tion of Hiram, who died when about twenty-one 
 years old. James H., the sixth child, was reared in 
 Carroll and Wyandot Counties, Ohio, attending the 
 common school and becoming familiar with the 
 various pursuits of farm life. When a young man 
 of twenty years, leaving the parental roof, he jour- 
 neyed to McLean County, 111., where he sojourned 
 for a time, then removed to Livingston County, of 
 which he was a resident until coming to Kansas. 
 His career presents a remarkable illustration of the 
 results of energy and perseverance he having started 
 out in life dependent upon his own resources with- 
 out means or influence, and he is now numbered 
 among the leading men of the county. He is a stanch 
 supporter of the Democratic party, but cares very 
 little for political preferment, simply serving in 
 some of the minor offices. Socially, he belongs to 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the 
 Farmers' Alliance. 
 
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 Farm Residence of J.H .Cox §ec ^. Falls Tp Sumner Co Kan. 
 
 Res. of A.A.Enders Sec. 17; South Half Falls Tf?, Sumner Co, Kan. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBLM. 
 
 31)3 
 
 At Ponliac on the 12th of IMay, 1872, occurred 
 the marriage of James H. Cox with ISIiss Nancy 
 Hallock. Mrs. Cox was born in McLean County, 
 111., September 17, 1856, and is the daughter of 
 Washington and Catherine (Skaenes) Hailock, who 
 were natives of Ohio. Mrs. Hallock still lives in 
 Illinois; Mr. Hallock is deceased. To Mr. Cox and 
 his estimable wife there have been born five chil- 
 dren, viz: George, Emma, Samuel, Nelson and 
 Edna, all of whom are living. 
 
 We invite the reader's attention to a lithographic 
 engraving of Mr. Cox's residence on another page. 
 
 \f/ OHN W. NYCE. There is nota more pop- 
 ular man in the city of Caldwell than he with 
 whose name we introduce this sketch. In- 
 deed he is widely and favorably known 
 throughout Sumner County, as one who has been 
 identified witli its best interests and who has con- 
 tributed materially to its growth and development. 
 He is at present the Mayor ot Caldwell and Cash- 
 ier of the Stock Exchange Bank, and has occupied 
 various other positions of trust and responsil)ility 
 since becoming a resident of this place. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Delanco, 
 Burlington County, N. J., July 15, 1855, and is tlie 
 son of John and Martha (Allyn) Nyce, who were 
 natives respectively of New York and New Jersey. 
 John Nyce was a lawyer of fine abilities and at- 
 tained to a high position in his profession, which 
 he followed for many years in Milford, Pa. At the 
 outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Thirty- 
 third Pennsylvania Infantry, as Second Lieutenant 
 of a company, and subsequently rose to the posi- 
 tion of Major, serving in that capacity until the 
 battle of Antietam. Then, being wounded, he was 
 for a time unfit for service. After his recovery he 
 was promoted to be Colonel of the One Hundred and 
 Seventy- fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, a position 
 which he filled with great credit to himself until 
 
 the expiration of his term of service. He was a 
 man quiet and unobtrusive in his manner, never 
 seeking- notoriety of any kind, but he held some of 
 the minor offices of his town. 
 
 Although successful as a inonej' getter, the father 
 of our subject never succeeded in accumulating 
 much means, on account of his liberality. He was 
 a devoted Christian, and for many years prior to 
 his decease, a member in good standing of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. He also officiated 
 most of his time as Sunday-school Superintendent. 
 He came of a long line of honorable ancestry, of 
 German extraction, and was gathered to his fathers 
 on the 14th of April, 1880, caused from a wound 
 received through the lung at the battle of Antie- 
 tam, at the early age of forty-nine 3'ears. The wife 
 and mother, who bore the maiden name of Martha 
 A. Allyn, is still living, making her home in Cald- 
 well; she is a lady possessing many estimable qual- 
 ities and greatly beloved in the community. She 
 is now fifty-four years of age and traces her ances- 
 try to Scotland. The parental household included 
 six children, viz.; John W., Bertha, Belle C, 
 Clara E., Mattio B. and George M. 
 
 He of whom we write was the eldest child of his 
 parents, and spent his early years at Stroudsburg 
 and Milford, Pa. He completed his studies in the 
 academy, and later read law under the instruction 
 of his father, to siicii good purpose that in 1877, 
 he was admitted to the bar. He followed the pro- 
 fession in Milford until May, 1881, in the mean- 
 time serving one term as District Attorney. He 
 determined to seek the West, believing that it could 
 furnish a better field for his ambition, and accord- 
 ingly in the month above mentioned, he came to 
 Kansas, and taking up his residence in Caldwell be- 
 gan dealing in live stock. In 1882, however, he 
 abandoned this and entered the Stock Exchange 
 Bank of Caldwell as book-keeper, and was shortly 
 afterward promoted to Assistant Cashier. He 
 proved himself to be competent and trustworthy, 
 and in 1884 was made its regular Cashier, which 
 position he still holds. In 1886 he was elected 
 Clerk of the District Court of Sumner County, 
 and served one term. In addition to his other re- 
 sponsible duties, he officiates as Treasurer of the 
 Cherokee Strip Live Stock Associaiion, a position 
 
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 requiring bonds of 1200,000. Mr. Nyce is a Ma- 
 son in liigti standing, and a Knight Templar, and a 
 member of Isis Temple, Mystic Shrine of Kansas, 
 and he also belongs to the Encampment of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows; he is a Knight of 
 Pythias, Uniformed Rank; is identified with the 
 Ancient Order of United Workman, and is Captain 
 of the Sons of Veterans, Col. John Nyce Camp, 
 No. 5, at Caldwell. Politically he is a sound Re- 
 publican. 
 
 The marriage of John W. Nyce and Miss Mag- 
 gie A. Quick was celebrated at the bride's home in 
 Mil ford, Pa., May 9, 1881. Mrs. Nyce was born 
 March 19, 1862, in Milford, Pa., and is the daugh- 
 ter of Peter A. L. and Catherine (Angel) Quick, 
 natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Xycc are 
 the parents of two sons : John W., Jr., and Peter CJ. 
 The family residence is pleasantly located in the 
 south part of town, and forms one of its most 
 attractive homes. 
 
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 ^1 WILLIAM H. LASSELL. The tasteful and at- 
 \/\lt tractive home of this gentleman is located 
 W^ on section 29, Bluff Township, and its ap- 
 pearance and surroundings are conclusive evidences 
 to the passerby that the owner is in a condition of 
 financial prosperity, and that the family is possessed 
 of refined tastes. Those indications would not be 
 belied by closer investigation, as the estate is one 
 of the best farms in the township, the dwelling, 
 barns and other improvements being excellent and 
 adequate, and the entire place pervaded by an air 
 of neatness and order highly creditable to its owner 
 and operator. The interior of the residence pre- 
 sents equal signs of good management, and the 
 family are found to be cultured, cordial and agree- 
 able. 
 
 Mr. Lassell was born in Clinton County, N. Y., 
 May 25, 1840, to Harris and Lydia (Fisk) Lassell, 
 and is the sixth in a family of seven children. The 
 eyes of his father first opened to the light in Swan- 
 ton, Vt., March 8, 1803, and when a young man he 
 
 took up his abode in Otsego County, N. Y. There 
 he married a young lauy of that county, and en- 
 gaging in the mill and lumber business, continued 
 to reside in the Empire State until 1853, at which 
 time he moved to Green County, Wis. In the lat- 
 ter State he followed farming until his death, which 
 occurrcil in January, 1885. He accumulated con- 
 siderable means, and left an estate worth 812,000. 
 He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of 
 the Republican party. Mrs. Harris Lassell was 
 born April 12, 1802, and died in Green County, 
 Wis., February 14, 1873. She was the mother of 
 seven children, Ellen and Lewis, the first and 
 fourth born being now deceased. The survivors 
 are: Eliza, the wife of R. W. Button, of Colton, 
 Cal.; Luther J., a lumberman and miner in Ari- 
 zona; Lorenzo H., a lumberman in Washington; 
 and Elmily A., the wife of Charles Smiley, a farmer 
 in Albany, Wis. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this biogra- 
 phy was reared to the age of twelve years in his 
 native county of the Empire State, and spent the 
 remainder of his years to early manhood in Green 
 County, Wis. In 1 859, when nineteen years of age, 
 he crossed the plains to California, and remained on 
 the Pacific Slope until 1868, when he returned to 
 Green County, Wis., and engaged in farming there 
 daring the succeeding eight years. He then moved 
 to Bremer County, Iowa, and in 1878 came to 
 Sumner County, Kan., and pre-empted one hundred 
 and sixty acres on sections 28, 29, 32 and 33, of 
 Bluff Township. He has since made his home here, 
 has acquired an excellent reputation among his 
 fellowmen, and proved himself a useful citizen. 
 He has served as Justice of the Peace, is .a member 
 of the Masonic fraternity and of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Lassell was celebrated 
 March 11, 1874, his bride being Miss Celia Taylor, 
 of Avon, Rock County, Wis. Her parents, James 
 H. and Caroline (Conger) Taylor, .are natives of 
 Fairfield, Vt., and emigrated to Wisconsin about 
 the year 1845, still surviving at their home there. 
 Mrs. Lassell was born in Delevan, Wis., Jul}^ 7, 
 1848, and possesses some rare accomplishments. 
 She was graduated from the White Water (Wis.) 
 Normal School in 1872, and had taught school sev- 
 
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 395 
 
 eral years before her marriage. Five bright boys 
 and girls cluster about the fireside of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lassell, and gladden their parents' hearts by their 
 growing intelligence and youthful courtesy. They 
 bear the names of Caroline L., Harris J., Ada M.. 
 "Wallace A. and Louisa A. 
 
 ikJi, ELANCTHON L. BRIGGLE, a prosper- 
 ous farmer residing in Jackson Township, 
 II was born in Pike Township, Stark County, 
 Ohio, October 16, 1847. His father, Jo- 
 seph Briggle, was a native of Wurtemburg, Ger- 
 many. The father of Joseph, also a native of 
 Germany, emigrated with iiis family to the United 
 States and settled in Pennsylvania. After a few 
 years residence in that State he moved on further 
 West and located in Ohio. As there were no rail- 
 roads or canals built, their onl}' mode of perform- 
 ing the journey was by means of teams, which was the 
 usual method of travel adopted by the emigrants 
 of those days. He was a farmer by occupation, 
 and resided on his farm in Ohio during the re- 
 mainder of Us life. 
 
 The father of our subject was only six years 
 of age when his parents came to America, and 
 remembers but little of the voyage, which was not 
 then made as quickly and easil}^ as at the present 
 time. He was reared in Pennsylvania, where he 
 learned the trade of a stonemason. He accompa- 
 nied his parents to Ohio, but found upon his 
 arrival that there was small demand !or his services 
 as a mason. Instead of idly bemoaning his fate he 
 manfully set out to secure the work in other places 
 that was denied him at his home. In the spring 
 following his entrance into Ohio he slung his kit of 
 tools on his back and trudged on foot, there being 
 no railroads, back to the State of Pennsylvania, 
 where he readily procured work at his trade. He 
 did this for five successive years, going to Penn- 
 sylvania in the spring and returning to his Ohio 
 home in the fall when the work for the season was 
 over. He worked at his trade on tlie Pennsylvania 
 
 Canal when that gi'cat waterway was in process of 
 construction. He also found employment upon 
 the public works that were being built in Pitts- 
 burg. In this manner he secured sufficient means 
 to purchase a farm of one hundred and sixty acres 
 in Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio, upon which 
 he settled. Although starting in life in such an 
 humble manner, his persevering industry secured 
 him a fine estate of one hundred and eighty acres 
 of excellently improved land, well stocked and 
 provided with good buildings. His last years 
 were spent In the enjoyment of well-earned repose 
 amid the scenes of his manhood's struggles and 
 triumphs. The mother of our subject was Cath- 
 erine Beard, a native of Pennsylvania, who re- 
 moved with her parents to Stark County, Ohio, 
 during the early days of that county. The parental 
 family consisted of twelve children, nine of whom 
 are living. 
 
 The subject of this notice attended the school of 
 his district ^during the early years of his life, but 
 as soon as he was able to be of use on the farm was 
 put to work, and from that time forward did not 
 have many idle days to spend either in mischief or 
 in the pursuit of knowledge. He continued to 
 reside under the parental roof until he had reached 
 the age of twenty-five, when he removed to a town 
 near bj' and engaged in the carpenter's trade for 
 two years. He then returned to the farm, and in 
 connection with his brother George, bought the 
 homestead and operated it with good success until 
 1883. In that year he removed to Kansas and 
 located in Sumner County on his present place, 
 which he purchased shortly after entering the 
 State. 
 
 The farm of Mr. Briggle is situated on section 
 15, and embraces the northwest quarter. It is 
 enclosed by a thriving hedge, and subdivided into 
 forty-acre tracts, all neatly fenced and finely cnl- 
 tivated. His family residence and all other build- 
 ings, of which he has all that are necessary, are 
 substantially and tastefully built frame' structures, 
 and contribute their share toward making the place 
 a cosy and prosperous home. 
 
 Our subject was married in 1875 to Miss Agnes 
 Muckley, a native of Stark Count}', Ohio, and a 
 daughter of John and Mary Mu'kley. The father 
 
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 was of German descent, and was liighlj- esteemed 
 in his neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Briggle arc 
 tlie parents of two children, whoso names are — 
 Virgil "SI. and John C. They are held in high 
 regard in the community in which they live, and 
 are fully deserving of all the kind words whicli 
 they receive from neighbors and friends. They are 
 consistent Christians, and find a religious home in 
 the Presbyterian Church. ."\Ir. Briggle is a stanch 
 and devoted adherent of the principles of the 
 Repulilican parly. 
 
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 ON. WILLIAI\I L. CHAMBERS. During 
 his residence of ten years in Wellington, 
 Mr. Chambers has become widely and fa- 
 llfQi\ vorably known to the citizens of this part of 
 the county. In former years he was engaged in the 
 practice of law, and in the fall of 1888 was elected 
 Justice of the Peace, which position he still holds. 
 He was bom in St. Clair County, 111., September 8, 
 1 834, and is the son of William Chambers, a native 
 of Hagerstown, Md. William Chambers was reared 
 in his native State, and after serving in the War of 
 1812, went to Kentucky, and was married near 
 Scottsville, to Miss Sarah M. McReynolds, a native 
 of that place. Mr. Chambers, who from his youth 
 up had been piously inclined, nov,' entered the 
 ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
 labored in the Master's vineyard until about 1830. 
 We next find him in St. Clair County, 111., where 
 he purchased land and engaged in farming a few 
 years, then removed to Greene County. His next 
 removal was to Wavcrly, Morgan County, where 
 lie resumed preaching. He also purchased land, 
 and oi)erated as farmer and preacher until after the 
 death of his wife, when he severed his connection 
 with the conference, and for some years was a local 
 preacher. 
 
 The father of our subject, in 1854, removed to 
 DeWitt County, III, and purchased a tract of wild 
 prairie land, also property in the town of Clinton. 
 He took up his abode, in tlie latter, and while 
 
 preaching proceeded with the improvement of his 
 property which he had purchased near the town, 
 and resided there until 1858. Then, selling out, 
 he removed to Cliristian County, and purchased 
 land sis miles from Taylorville, where. ho made his 
 home until his death, which occurred in the fall of 
 1859. 
 
 To the parents of our subject there was born a 
 family of six children, and of the second marriage 
 of William Chambers there were born three chil- 
 dren. AVilliam L. pursued his earh' studies in the 
 old log schoolhouse near his childhood home, a 
 structure finished and furnished in the fashion of 
 those times, with puncheon floor and slab seats and 
 dssks. His surroundings, however, did not lessen 
 his love of learning, and he made such good head- 
 waj', that in 1857 he entered McKendree College, 
 at Lebanon, III., of which he remained a student 
 until 1859. He then commenced the study of law, 
 in the office of Lawreuce Welden, at Clinton, III., 
 with whom he remained until 1862. 
 
 The Civil War now being in progress 3'oung 
 (Chambers laid aside his personal [tlans and inter- 
 ests in order to assist in the preservation of the 
 Union. In August, that year, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany B, One Hundred and Seventh Illinois In- 
 fantry, being mustered in as a private. Not long 
 afterward he was promoted to be Ouartermaster- 
 Sergeant and then First Lieutenant ana Regimental 
 Quartermaster. He served in this joint capacity 
 three or four months, and was then ordered to (he 
 headquarters of Gen. Cooper, Commander of the 
 Second Brigade, and Second Division, Twenty- 
 Third Arrpy Corps, and served as Quartermaster of 
 the brigade. Later he was ordered by the com- 
 manding general, Crouch, of the Twenty-Third 
 Army Corps, to serve as Quartermaster of that 
 division, and in addition was Quartermaster of the 
 post at Salisbury, N. C. and of transportation. This 
 occupied his time until the close of the war, when 
 he received his honorable discharge at Salisbury, 
 June 21, 1865. His duties in the army led him 
 over the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Geor- 
 gia, and after the fall of Atlanta he repaired to 
 Washington with his comrades and was present at 
 the Grand Review. 
 
 After leaving the army Mr. Chambers returned 
 
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 to Clinton, 111., where he resumed the study of law, 
 and in 1866 was admitted to the bar before the 
 Supreme Court at Springfield. He opened his first 
 offlce in Clinton, and in due time became Assistant 
 Assessor for Internal Revenue of DeWitt County. 
 In 1868 he was elected Register of Deeds, and re- 
 signing the office of Assessor served four years. He 
 then returned to his law practice, but in the mean- 
 time had been of such good service to the Re- 
 publican party, that in 1876 he was elected to 
 represent DeWitt and Macon Counties in the State 
 Legislature. He afterward had the satisfaction of 
 casting his vote for John A. Logan for United States 
 Senator. He remained a resident of Clinton, prac- 
 ticing law until 1879. That year he came to Kan- 
 sas, settling in Wellington, of which he has since 
 been a resident. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married, Novem- 
 ber 26, 1866, at the bride's home in Waverly, 111., 
 to Miss Ellen E. Woods. Jlrs. Chambers was born 
 in Morgan County, 111., and is the daughter of Ma- 
 son F. and Sarah I. (Chesnut) Woods, who were 
 natives of Kentucky, and pioneers of the above- 
 mentioned County. Her father is deceased, and 
 her mother lives in Waverly. Three children have 
 been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chambers, bearing the 
 names of Edwin C, Kate S. and William M. The 
 latter, who was the eldest, died in Wellington, in 
 1885, when a promising youth approaching the six- 
 teenth year of his age. Mr. Chambers belongs to 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, in Deraing, 
 N. M., where he opened an office in 1884, and 
 practiced two years. He is a Mason, and has 
 attained the Royal Arch degree. Politically, he is 
 a stanch Republican. 
 
 
 UILLIAM G. MOORE. The spring of 1874 
 first found Mr. Moore interviewing the 
 W^J frontier with the idea of a permanent set- 
 tlement. The outlook in this region was anything 
 but encouraging, much of the land being the prop- 
 erty of the Government and over which roamed 
 
 Indians and wild animals, inckidiiig buffalo, deer, 
 antelopes, wolves and wild turkey. After erecting 
 a domicile Mr. Moore could stand in his doorway 
 and look over a long stretch of country without a 
 dwelling where now may be seen schoolhouses, 
 I farm residences, fertile fields and all the other evi- 
 I (lences of civilization. He, himself rejoices in the 
 possession of a snug farm, one hundred and sixty 
 acres in extent, one hundred and twenty of which 
 are under the plow and yielding abundantly the 
 best crops of the Sunflower State. In addition 
 there are comfortable buildings, an orchard of apple 
 trees in good bearing condition, besides pear, cherry, 
 crab and peach trees, all planted by the hand of 
 the present proprietor. 
 
 A native of North Carolina, Mr. Moore was born 
 in Guilford County, February 2, 1834. About 1840 
 bis parents, .Tohn L. and Mary F. (Bishop) Moore, 
 leaving the South emigrated to Hamilton County-, 
 Ind., with their little family, where the father pur- 
 chased a farm in the green woods, erected a log 
 cabin in primitive style and commenced the im- 
 provement of his land. The family sojourned 
 there until 1852, then crossing the Mississippi, 
 established themselves on a farm in Appanoose 
 County, Iowa. Thence they removed to Taylor 
 County, that State, and there the father died in the 
 fall of 1862, aged fifty-one years; the mother is 
 still living, making her home with her son, our 
 subject, and is now about seventy-eight years old. 
 Mrs. Moore, notwithstanding her 3'ears, is in re- 
 markably good health, very active, and frequently 
 walks to town and to church, one and one-half 
 miles away. 
 
 To John L. and Mary F. ^loore there was born 
 a family of eleven children, of whom William G. 
 was the eldest and of whom only five survive. 
 The second son, Hubbard, enlisted in the Union 
 army during the late war and died in the service 
 at Little Rock, Ark. A younger son, Enoch T., 
 was also in the service and came home without a 
 wound. The paternal grandfather, John Moore, 
 was a native of North Caiolina where he reared 
 his family and died in the faith of the Baptist 
 Church. On the maternal side of the house. 
 Grandfather Aaron Bishop was a native of 
 Maryland and when a young man went to North 
 
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 Carolina where lie was married tu Miss Louisa 
 Caffe, a native of that State. They lived on a 
 farm and reared a family at a time when table 
 knives and forks were manufaetiived from wood. 
 Later, pewter cutlery and dishes came into vogue 
 and were considered very fine. The Bishop family 
 religiously as far as is known, was mostly identi- 
 fied witli the Society of Friends. One of the 
 early progenitors, Robert Bishop by name, likewise 
 a resident, first of Maryland and then of North 
 Carolina, finally removed to Delaware County, 
 Ohio, settling among its earliest pioneers and there 
 spent the remainder of his life. He also was a 
 Quaker in religious belief. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married in Ham- 
 ilton County, Ind., in 18ij2 to Miss Angeline, 
 daughter of Hardy and Martha (Thompson) Ward. 
 Mrs. Moore was born in North Carolina and while 
 an infant of a few months was taken by her parents 
 to Indiana. In the fall of 1852 they removed 
 across the Mississippi to Missouri, settling in How- 
 ard County. Later they came to Kansas and were 
 residents of Coffee County about four years, then 
 returned to Missouri where the father died in the 
 fall of 1867. The mother is still living, making 
 her home with her son. TJie paternal grandparents 
 of Mrs. Moore were James and Martha (McDonald) 
 Thompson, natives of North Carolina. He died 
 in North Carolina as did also his wife. 
 
 The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Moore were 
 Samuel and Sally (Womell) Thompson, likewise of 
 North Carolina; the mother of the latter lived to 
 the advanced age of one hundred and one years. 
 William G. Moore in the fall of 1852 removed to 
 Iowa and a year later to Missouri. In 1856 he 
 returned to Iowa and in. 1857 came to this State, 
 locating in Coffee County, near Burlington, the 
 latter then consisting of one house in which was 
 kept a store of dry-goods and groceries. The 
 building was about twelve feet square formed by 
 posts driven into the ground, sided up and covered 
 with clapboards. Mr. Moore pre-empted land and 
 prosecuted farming, marketing his produce at 
 Kansas City. He sojourned there until the fall of 
 1866, then returned to Iowa, coming from there to 
 
 Kansas. 
 
 There have been born to Mr. Moore and his ex 
 
 eellcnt lady thirteen children, the eldest of whom, 
 a daughter, Isabel, died in infancy. Sarah E. and 
 James O. remain with their parents; Mahala is the 
 wife of Reuben Dodaon, of Sumner County; Will- 
 iam H. died when about seven months old; Lilly 
 Q. is the wife of Amos Chambers of Sumner; 
 Rosa B. married Myron Lusk and lives in Sumner 
 County; Ichabod K. died when two years old; 
 Katie E. is one of the most popular and successful 
 teachers in the South. Haven schools; Thomas A., 
 Elmer L., Ella E. and Clara P. arc deceased. Mr. 
 Moore, politically, is a sound Republican and has 
 served as Township Treasurer one term. School 
 Treasurer six years and School Director three 
 years. He is a member in good standing of Lodge 
 No. 114, I. 0. O. F., while he and his wife are 
 prominently connected with the Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church in which Mr. Moore officiates as Trustee. 
 He has also served thirteen years as Treasurer of 
 bis Odd Fellows lodge. 
 
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 ^'ESSE T. STURM. In compiling the main 
 
 II facts connected with the history of Mr. 
 
 III Sturm, one of the most highly respected 
 ^^^ citizens of Wellington, we find that he was 
 a native of Virginia, and was born in Marion 
 County, February 11, 1844. His father, Jesse 
 Sturm, Sr., was likewise a native of that county 
 and the son of Jacob Sturm, who was born and 
 reared in Germany. The latter at an early day 
 emigrated to America, being accompanied by two 
 brotliers; he was then a young man, and settled 
 in the Old Dominion during the Colonial times. 
 He served in the Revolutionary War on the side 
 of the Colonists, and after the close of the great 
 struggle purchased a large tract of land in Marion 
 County, Va., and cleared a farm, from tiie wilder- 
 ness. He also erected a gristmill, which he oper- 
 ated, and tiiere spent the remainder of his days. 
 His wife was a native of his own county. 
 
 Jesse Sturm, Sr., was rearmed to manhood in his 
 native county, where he learned farming and mill- 
 
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 ing. When reaching manhood, he purchased a 
 tract of timber land there, of which he cleared 
 quite an area, then selling a part, laid out the town 
 of Worthington, erecting a mill and several other 
 good buildings. Tlie mill was operated by him, 
 and he also conducted an hotel. In 1849, selling 
 out the above-mentioned interests, he purchased a 
 farm and mill site along the line of Marion and 
 Harrison Counties. There he put up another mill, 
 which he operated until 1873. He then sold out 
 all his interests again and purchased another tract 
 of land on the same stream, building another mill 
 and operating this b}' steam. He purchased a 
 home in the village of Wyatt, where he spent his 
 last days, passing away October 10, 1883, at tlie 
 age of seventy -six years. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden 
 name of Matilda Davis. She likewise was a native 
 of Blarion County, Va., and the daugiiter of Caleb 
 Davis, who was born near Moorfield, that State. 
 The latter was a farmer by oci-.upation, and spent 
 his declining days in Marion County. Mrs. Ma- 
 tilda (Davis) Sturm died in Wyatt, Va., November 
 14, 1886. The parental family consisted of ten 
 children, eight of whom lived to mature years. 
 Jesse T. was reared and educated in Marion Count}^, 
 also in Harrison County, Va., and assisted his 
 father in the labors of the farm and mill. During 
 the second year of the war he enlisted, August 20, 
 1862, in Company H, Fourteenth West Virginia 
 Infantry, and served until July 3, 1865, in the 
 Army of West Virginia. He participated in the 
 battles of HuUtown, Lynchburg, Carter's Farm, 
 Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. At the 
 latter place his regiment was surprised and routed 
 when .Sherman made his famous ride at Winches- 
 ter. Mr. Sturm saw the hero as he reached the 
 line. Although Mr. Sturm was struck by a bullet 
 and knocked down, he soon recovered and assisted 
 in finishing the fight at Fisher's Hill, being the 
 first man over the ramparts at Winchester, and he 
 fired the first shot at Hulltown. In the first-men- 
 tioned place Mr. Sturm and his brother-inlaw, 
 Lieut. Hess, with about twelve others, went in ad- 
 vance of the line of battle, running into an ambus- 
 cade of the enemy, and Mr. Sturm was the only one 
 left standing when the regiment came up. Lieut. 
 
 Hess was shot, and fell dead at his feet. The cloth- 
 ing and equipments of Mr. Sturm were perforated 
 by forty-two bullets. He was then promoted to be 
 Color-Sergeant, which position he retained until 
 his discharge. 
 
 Upon leaving the army, Mr. Sturm engaged in 
 farming and lumbering at Mannington, W. Va. In 
 1870 he commenced teaching vocal music, which 
 he followed until the spring of 1872, when he 
 started for the country west of the Mississippi. 
 Leaving West Virginia in March, 1872, he trav- 
 eled by rail to Florenci;, Ma?ion County, and then 
 purchasing a team and wagon, drove through to 
 this county. Soon thereafter he filed a claim to 
 a tract of land in what is now Falls Township. 
 The country was thinly settled, peopled principally 
 by wild animals, including deer and buffalo. New- 
 ton, eight}' miles distant, was the nearest railroad 
 station. Mr. Sturm repaired thither, and purchas- 
 ing lumber, hauled it to his claim, where he put up 
 a house and commenced the improvement of his 
 propert}'. That first year he harvested a fine crop 
 of corn from the soil. He has operated upon the 
 maxim that "a rolling stone gathers no moss," and 
 to-day retains possession of the land, which under 
 his careful management has been transformed from 
 a wild, uncultivated waste to a valuable homestead. 
 He gradually added to his possessions, and is now 
 the owner of three hundred and twenty broad 
 acres. He erected good buildings and supplied 
 himself with all the necessarj'' machinery for suc- 
 cessful farming. He lived there until the 23d of 
 September, 1888, then wisely retiring from active 
 labor, took up his abode in Wellington. 
 
 On the 11th of Februarj-, 1866, occurred the 
 marriage of Jesse F. Sturm to Miss Laviaie J. 
 Hess. This lady is likewise a native of Marion 
 (Jounty, Va., and was born January 28, 1847. Her 
 parents were Peter and Orpha (Sandy) Hess, who 
 spent their last years in Worthington, W. Va. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Sturm there have been born six chil- 
 dren, viz: Leonidas W., Leodas B., Lola M., Lei- 
 ten L., Leonora L. and Lucius M. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Sturm are members in good standing of the Chris- 
 tian Church. Mr. Sturm belongs to Upton Post, 
 No. 27, G. A. R., of which he is a charter member, 
 and to Wellington Lodge, No. 133, I. O. O. F. He 
 
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 votes tlie straight Republican ticket, and has served 
 as Trustee of Falls Township, School Director, 
 Justice of the Peace, Road Commissioner, and in 
 1887 was elected County Treasurer. 
 
 The ability displayed in the management of the 
 finances of the great county of Sumner, and the 
 uniform kindness and courtesy shown to all [parties 
 with whom he came in contact, raised our subject 
 in the esteem of the people of his count}-, and in 
 1889 he was re-elected to that important and lu- 
 crative office hyji Inrgely incrensed majority, and 
 is now about entering*upon its duties for a second 
 term. 
 
 ^. ANLEY D. COVKLL. As an exponent 
 l|l of progress and enterprise Mr. Covell 
 stands foremost among the leading men 
 of Avon Township. At present he is giv- 
 ing his chief attention to the breeding of Percheron 
 horses, and is one of the best judges of horse flesh 
 in this section of the country. For many years he 
 was an importer, and has for the last fifteen jeais 
 made a siJeciriUy of breeding the pure registered 
 Percherons, of which he has thirty head on his 
 homestead in Sumnfr County. jMore than ordi 
 narily intelligent and well-informed, he is naturally 
 looked up to in his community, where he has been 
 no unimportant factor in advancing its material 
 interests. His well-regulated homestead is situated 
 on section 30, comprising three hundred and 
 twenty acres of land, whereon have been erected 
 good buildings, and which is complete in all res- 
 pects as a rural residence. 
 
 Mr. Covell came from his native place — Dela- 
 ware, Ohio — to this county in March, 188.3. He 
 was born in March, 1822, and is the son of Calvin 
 Covell, a native of Vermont, and a carriage-maker 
 by occupation. The father came to Delaware, 
 Ohio, about the year 1816, and was married to 
 Pamelia Dopson, October 19, 1820. They had a 
 family of eight children, who lived to maturity, 
 and who were named as follows: Manley D., our 
 subject; Clarissa Electa, who married Willi.ini 
 
 Likes, and at her death left one son, now living; 
 Maiy I*]., who became the wife of G. W. Emerson, 
 and they are now living in Delaware, Ohio; Lyman 
 Sanford, who was united in marriage with Miss 
 Laura Abbott, of Tiffin, Ohio; they live in Dela- 
 ware, Ohio, and have one daughter living, Anna B.; 
 Louisa Ann (Mrs. Isaac ^Y. Hickle), who lives in 
 CumDerland County, 111.; of their five living chil- 
 dren three arc boys and two girls; Pamelia J. 
 (Mrs. M. C. Cochrain) lives in Delaware, Ohio; 
 Calvin Edgar was twice married, his first wife 
 being Miss Sarah Mills, and the second Miss Mar- 
 garet Emerson; Adeline Josephine became the 
 wife of Milton Scott, and lives at Clarence, Cedar 
 County, Iowa; they had four children, one of 
 whom, Fannie, is deceased. 
 
 Our subject, after completing his education, 
 learned the trade of a carriage-maker under the 
 instruction of his father, and was engaged in this 
 at Delaware for several years. Later, in Ohio, he 
 became interested in farming, and there began the 
 importation and breeding of Percheron horses. 
 He finally resolved upon seeking the Far West, 
 and came to Kansas in 1882, selecting the land in 
 Avon Township, upon which he removed the fol- 
 lowing year. Tliis embraces three hundred and 
 twenty acres, and is finel}' adapted to the business 
 to which it is devoted. Mr. Covell usually k?eps 
 about thirty head of pure-blooded Percheron 
 horses of all ages, and his transactions extend not 
 only throughout the State of Kansas, but the two 
 States adjoining. 
 
 ^Ir. Covell was first married in his native pince 
 to Miss Louisa Lee, who became the mother of 
 seven children, three now livbig — Charles, Anise 
 and Addie. Mrs. Louisa Covell died in IDela- 
 ware, Ohio, in 1872. Our subject contracted 
 a second marriage in Franklin County, Ohio, with 
 Mrs. Anise Lee, widow of Theron Lee, and like- 
 wise a native of the Buckeye State. This lady is 
 the daughter of Alvin and Betsy Fuller, and was 
 born January 30, 1828. Her parents are deceased. 
 For nearly fifty years Mr. Covell has been a 
 faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, iden- 
 tifying himself with it in Delaware, Ohio, in the 
 winter of 1840, and has been an Polder therein since 
 1861. Politically, he is a sound Republican. He 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 401 
 
 meddles very little witli public affairs, but has 
 been a reader all his life, and keeps himself thor- 
 oughly informed upon the leading questions of 
 the day. Mrs. Covell is a lady of more tlian 
 ordinary intelligence, and in all respects a true help- 
 mate to her husband, proving of assistance, finan- 
 cially, in the prudent and economical management 
 of her household nffairs, and assisting him also in 
 sustaining his reput'iti'On among his fellow-citizens. 
 They have a pleasant and attractive home, and 
 occupy a leading position in the community. 
 
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 (K_^ANNIBAL A, TAYLOR, one of the pio- 
 ITjI' neers of Sumner County, was born in Ohio 
 %M County, Ky., November 25, 1843. His fa- 
 (^) ther, Levi Taylor, was a native of the same 
 county, and his father, the grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was a pioneer of Ohio County, Ky., in which 
 place he spent his last days. The father of oui 
 subject was left anorphan at a very early age but 
 continued to reside in his native county, where he 
 was reared to agricultural pursuits. When grown 
 to manhood he bought a tract of heavily timbered 
 land on the bank of Green River and there built a 
 log house in which the subject of this sketch was 
 born. He cleared a farm and resided there until 
 his death in 1885. The maiden name of his wife, 
 the mother of our _ subject, was Kittle Catherine 
 Taylor. She was a native of Virginia, of whicli 
 State her parents, Septimus and Priscilla Taylor, 
 were also natives. They removed to Kentucky 
 and were among the earliest settlers of Ohio 
 County where the}' spent their last days. The 
 mother of H. A.Taylor died in 1879. The pa- 
 rental family embraced eight children, all of whom 
 were reared to maturity. They were named respect- 
 ively, Septimus C.,Mary, Lewis, Mctor, Silas, IL A., 
 Volney and Quintus S. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reai-ed in his na- 
 tive county and assisted his father in tilling the 
 soil during his youth and early manhood. Wlicn 
 quite well grown he engaged in occasional trips of 
 
 flat-boating on the Green River, going as far as 
 Evansville. He made two trips down the Mississippi 
 River to New Orleans with a flatboat loaded with 
 hoops, poles and staves for the market. These va- 
 rious expeditions were keenly enjoyed by Mr. Tay- 
 lor and were also profitable in a pecuniary point of 
 view. He continued to make his home in Kentucky 
 until 1868, in which year he went to Champaign 
 County, 111., where he rented land and lived on it 
 until 1871. 
 
 In 1871 BIr. Taj'lor concluded to emigrate to 
 Kansas where he could secure Government land 
 and make a better home for himself than he could 
 in the more populous State of Illinois. Accord- 
 ingly he started with a pair of horses and a wagon 
 and drove the entire distance to Sumner County, 
 which was then opened up for settlement. Only a 
 year before his arrival buffalo had roamed over 
 the plains which were then unsurveyed and un- 
 tennanted by anything superior to the wild animals 
 which were shortly to be displaced by the settlers 
 and their domestic creatures. Mr. Ta^'lor made a 
 claim to a tract of Government land, including the 
 nortliwest quarter of section 11, in what is now 
 Jackson Township, and filed on the same at the land 
 office at Wichita. He then returned lo Kentucky 
 where he resided until 1876, in which year he again 
 turned his footsteps Westward and located on his 
 land in Sumner County. During his absence the 
 railroad had been extended from Emporia to 
 Wichita, which materially increased the value of 
 his land besides facilitating the operations of travel 
 and transportation. He continued to reside on his 
 farm until 1881 when he rented it to a good tenant 
 and went to Colorado where he spent tlie summer 
 near Gunnison. In the fall of that year he returned 
 to his farm and has resided on it from that time to 
 the present. 
 
 The sul)ject of this sketch was twice married. In 
 1877 he took Miss Martha J. Fulkcrson to wife but 
 his married happiness was of brief duration, us she 
 was claimed by the pale messenger from the unseen 
 land in the fall of 1879, and borne swiftly away 
 from the sorrowing friends who would fain have 
 detained her yet awhile longer. She was the daugh- 
 ter of Enis and Sissera Fulkerson and a native of 
 Muhlenberg County, Ky. The second union of Mr. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Taylor took place in January, 1882, when he es- 
 poused Miss Phoebe Frame, a native of Montgomery 
 County, 111. There is one child living — Howard. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are excellent people and con- 
 sistent Christians. They find a congenial religious 
 home in the bosom of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, of which they are earnest and efficient 
 members. 
 
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 OOAH E. HEIZER, an old resident of this 
 county, was born in Fayette County, Ind., 
 January 4, 1826, and spent his early life 
 there on a farm. His father, Joshua Heizer was a 
 native of Virginia, whence he emigrated to Indiana 
 in 1818 and acquired his education in the primitive 
 schools at a time when Indians and wild animals 
 roamed through the heavy timber. Tiie father 
 built a log cal)in and cleared up a farm from the 
 wilderness. 
 
 The mother of our subject, who in her girlliood 
 was Jemima Cory, was a native of Warren County, 
 Ohio, and going to Indiana to visit her brother, 
 there met her future husband to whom she was 
 soon married. They became the parents of seven 
 children, of whom Noah E. was the fourth in 
 order of birth. The parents spent their last days 
 at the old farm, the fatiier dying at the age of 
 fifty-six. The mother lived to the advanced age 
 of eifhty-five. Both were members of the Pres- 
 byterian Church. The maternal grandfather, Noah 
 Cory, it is believed was a native of Pennsylvania, 
 from which he emigrated at an early day to Ohio 
 and there died. 
 
 The subject of this notice was married in Fay- 
 ette County, Ind., to Miss Margaret, daughter of 
 Neiiemiah S. and_ Nancy (Wherrett) Raszell. The 
 parents of Mrs. Heizer were natives of Kentucky 
 whence they removed at an early day to Indiana, 
 settling at Greensburg, upon the site of which Mr. 
 llaszell erected the first brick house. Both he and 
 his wife died in that State. The paternal grand- 
 father, Charles Raszell, settled in the woods near 
 Greensburg at an early day and died in that city 
 
 when over one hundred years old. He was married 
 in Virginia to Nancy Holden; she died in Kentucky 
 and Grandfather Raszell later was married to Miss 
 Jennie Doles who died in Indiana. 
 
 Mr. Heizer lived in Indiana until February, 1 877, 
 then came to Kansas, settling first in Cowley County. 
 He lived there until March, 1884, then purchased 
 eighty acres of land from which he constructed his 
 present farm. Five of the six children born to 
 him and his excellent wife are still living. Mr. and 
 Mrif. Heizer are prominently connected with the 
 Metliodist Episcopal Church, attending services at 
 .South Haven. Mr. Heizer belongs to the Farmers' 
 Alliance. While a resident of Cowley County he 
 served as Township Trustee. 
 
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 V. B. HOLMES is the senior member of 
 /;/ \l\ the firm of Holmes & Co., grocers, in Wel- 
 /// IK lington, where he has been eng.iged in 
 business since 1874, with the exception of 
 two years. He is in charge of one of the largest 
 and most prominent groceries in the place, and is 
 liighly respected by all who know him for his 
 integrity and business ability. 
 
 The parents of our subject were Samuel and 
 Jane (Streator) Holmes, for many years residents 
 of Quincy, 111 , in whicli place our subject was 
 born July 19, 18.39. His father was a native of 
 Tliompson, Conn., having been born in 1^12, and 
 took up his residence in Quincy at an early date. 
 The senior Mr. Holmes was engaged in pork-packing 
 and later in railroad work, having been the builder 
 of the cast end of the Hannibal <fe St. Joseph, and 
 of the Quincy & Palmyra Railroad, and President 
 of the latter. He was an incorporator of the 
 Quinc3- Bridge and an extensive business man, and 
 during the latter part of the '50s was Speaker of 
 tlie Illinois House of Representatives. He departed 
 tills life in 1868 at the age of fifty six years. His 
 widow survived until 1872, when she too passed 
 away, her age being sixty-one years. 
 
 The subject of this biography grew to maturity 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 403 
 
 in his native town, acquiring an excellent educa- 
 tion in that town, where subsequently he engaged 
 in the grocery business and also in grain dealing, 
 finding his principal occupation in that employment 
 until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Modern 
 Woodmen of America. He gives his suffrage to 
 the Democratic party, but has no political aspira- 
 tions of a personal nature. 
 
 On May 20, 1885, Mr. Holmes was united in 
 marriage with Mrs. Mary W. Per^k, of St. Louis. 
 Her maiden name was Mary Whitmore and she was 
 born in St. Louis in 1849, growing to maturity in 
 that city, and there- marrying Rudolph, son of 
 Charles H. Peck. By him she had two daughters — 
 Mar}"- and Lyda — who are now living with our 
 subject. 
 
 ONS DA^S^IDSON. No resident of Well- 
 ington is more highly respected than the 
 I' above-named gentleman, whose citizenship 
 of Kansas dates from the fall of 1876, and 
 who is well known as a man of ability and integ- 
 rity of character. His life shows in a marked man- 
 ner through what discouragements and trials some 
 men arrive at prosperity and win a high reputa- 
 tion, and should be an encouraging lesson to other 
 youths. Mr. Davidson was born in Norway, .Janu- 
 ary 3, 1837, and is a son of Arne and Britavia 
 Davidson. He grew to the age of thirteen years 
 in his native country, and then accompanied his 
 parents, two brothers and a sister to America, 
 landing in New York, July 5, 1850. It was the 
 intention of Mr. Davidson, Sr., to locate in Wis- 
 consin, and the family went as far as Chicago, 
 where they waited for an uncle of our subject to 
 come from Wisconsin with a team, as there was no 
 railroad to that section. When the uncle arrived, 
 he found the father nearly dead of the cholera, and 
 a few iiours later he breathed his last. The undo 
 was taken sick at the burial, and he also died in a 
 few days, and in a short time the mother and one 
 
 brother of our subject, iiis aunt, two cousins, and 
 two uncles were also dead, leaving two orphans 
 thirteen and eight years of age, without friends or 
 relatives near them, in a strange land, with whose 
 language even they were unfamiliar. J. R. Kinzie, 
 a kind-hearted man, for whom Kinzie Street, was 
 named, took the orphans in charge and found a 
 home for tlie younger with a Mr. Hubbard, himself 
 retaining charge Of our subject. The following 
 fall our subject's uncle by marriage sent his sons 
 with an ox- team and took the boys to his home in 
 Wisconsin, where our subject remained one and 
 one-half years. 
 
 Young Davidson then hired himself out to a Mr. 
 Jewell until he was twent^'-one years of age, this 
 being a period of six years. He then went to War- 
 ren, III., and apprenticed himself to D. H. Dean, a 
 blacksmith, with whom he remained three years, . 
 after which he went to Hillsdale, Mich., having de- 
 termined to devote his savings to acquiring a better 
 education. He attended the college from 1861 till 
 the fall of 1863, when he gave up his intention of 
 graduating to engage in the service of his adopted 
 country in the war that was then going on. 
 
 Mr. Davidson enlisted in Company I, Eleventh 
 Michigan Cavalry, which was attached to the Four- 
 teenth Army Corps, his first service being in fol ■ 
 lowing the famous Gen. Morgan and assisting in 
 the routing of his band. His regiment then took part 
 in the attack at the King Salt Works, Va., and the 
 next winter again attacked that place and captured 
 it. They also fought with Breclvenridge between 
 Withville and Salt Works, and in many skirmishes 
 and raids. Near the close of the war they were en- 
 gaged at Salisbury, N. C. where they captured 
 many prisoners, and after which they joined in the 
 pursuit of Jefferson Davis. Mr. Davidson was dis- 
 charged at Knoxville, Tenn., and mustered out of 
 service at Jackson, Mich., after having faithfully 
 fulfilled the duties which devolved upon him in 
 every department of a soldier's life. 
 
 Before going into the army, Mr. Davidson was 
 united in marriage with Miss Ora A. Fiaucisco, of 
 Grass Lake, Mich., who was attending Hillsdale 
 College, and continued her studies there for some 
 time after he had joined his regiment. Upon leav- 
 ing the army, Mr. Davidson first took up the arts 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 of peace at Warren, 111., where he built up a home 
 and improved some land that he owned. Moving 
 thence to Wyota, Wis., he engaged in business with 
 his brother for four years, and then returned to 
 Warren, where he remained until 1876, when he 
 came to Wicliita, intending to work at his trade 
 there. Finding no job, however, he went to the 
 western part of Sedgwick County, and took up one 
 hundred and sixty acres of land, on which he 
 proved up and made good improvements, living on 
 it four years, when he was burned out by prairie 
 fire. He then came to this place, and for a year 
 worked by the day, after which he rented a shop 
 and began business for himself. He afterward 
 purchased the lots with nothing but a little shanty 
 on them. They are finely located on Lincoln 
 Avenue, a half block from "Washington Street, and 
 there Mr. Davidson lias erected a fine two-story 
 brink building, 50x75 feet, in which he finds abun- 
 dant occupation. 
 
 To Mr. Davidson and his estimable wife four 
 children have been born. Three of these are still 
 living. Charles H. is a book-keeper in this place; 
 Nellie V. is a teacher; William M. is still attending 
 school. All are intelligent and well-informed, fill- 
 ing their spheres in life in an honorable manner. 
 Mr. Davidson has served his fellow-citizens as 
 Alderman, and is regarded as one of the represent- 
 ative old settlers. He belongs to the Baptist Church, 
 and is a useful and honored member of that body. 
 
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 11=^ ON. S. HARVEY HORNER, who is the 
 present representative from Sumner County 
 • ^<^ 1o the Kansas Legislature on the Repub- 
 '(^ lican ticket, has been for many years idtn- 
 tifled with the interests of Caldwell and vicinity, 
 and is evidently one of its most popular men. The 
 possessor of more than ordinary capabilities, he has 
 made a good record as a business man and a citi- 
 zen, and has attained to his present high position 
 solely through his own efl'orts, having started in 
 life entirely dependent upon his own resources. He 
 
 was born in Darke County, Ohio, June 8, 1854, 
 and is consequently in the prime of life and the 
 midst of his usefulness. 
 
 Mr. Horner was the sixth in a family of nine 
 children, the offspring of John C. and Mary (Burns) 
 Horner, the former of whom was a native of Adams 
 County, Pa., and born in 1819. John Horner left 
 his native State in 1835, when a youth of sixteen 
 years, locating in Gettysburg, Ohio, and was there- 
 after a resident of the Buckeye State until his 
 death, which occurred at Versailles in 1882. He 
 accumulated a comfortable property, following the 
 pursuits of farm life, and was an active member of 
 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was 
 married in early manhood to Miss Mary Burns, 
 who was born in Ohio about 1824 and died in Ver- 
 sailles, that State, in 1876. The paternal grand- 
 father was John C. Horner, a native of Pennsylva- 
 nia, whose father owned the farm upon which later 
 was fought the famous battle of Gettysburg, Pa. 
 The family is of Irish extraction and was first rep- 
 resented in this country during the Colonial days. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm 
 in his native county, receiving such educational 
 advantages as were afforded by the common schools. 
 He was more than ordinarily bright and intelligent, 
 and at the age of sixteen j'ears began reading 
 medicine. His attention, however, was turned in 
 another direction and thereafter, until 1876, he was 
 occupied as clerk in a drug-store at Versailles, 
 Ohio. That year he sought the Great West, com- 
 ing to Wichita, this State, and was employed as 
 clerk in a drug-store there until 1879. That year he 
 took up his abode in Caldwell, of which he has 
 since been a resident. He soon established a drug- 
 store on his own account, which he has since con- 
 ducted very successfully, incorporating with it a 
 jewelry business, from which he also realizes hand- 
 some returns. He is now well-to-do financially, 
 and occupies no secondary position among the 
 leading men of his community. Liberal and pub- 
 lic spirited, he is one of the first to lend a helping 
 hand to eveiy worthy enterprise, being in favor of 
 education and every measure tending to elevate 
 society and benefit the people. He has served as a 
 member of the City Council, also as City Treasurer 
 and City Clerk. He is likewise a Director of the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALI5UM. 
 
 405 
 
 Stock Exeliange Bank, and is a largo stockholder 
 in the Caldwell water works. As a member in high 
 standing of the Masonic fraternity he has taken all 
 the degrees, ami belongs. to the Encampmeul degree, 
 I. O. O. F., Uniformed R:ink of K. of P., and the 
 Modern Woodmen of America. 
 
 Mr. Hoiner was married, October 25, 1878, to 
 ^liss Julia York, then a resident of Wichita, this 
 State. Mrs. Horner was born in Winchester, 111., 
 .January 11, 1862, and was the daughter of John 
 and Mary (Blackburn) York, the former of Illinois 
 niid the latter a native of England. The result of 
 this union is a bright little daughter — Marie, born 
 November 17, 1887. 
 
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 Vf/UDGE JOHN E. HALSELL, now residing 
 in Wellington, and engaged in legal practice 
 there, is a native of the Blue Grass State, 
 ^ having been born in Warren County, Sep- 
 tember 11, 1826. His parents, William and Mary 
 (Garland) Halsell, were early settlers in that 
 county, where the father was engaged in farming. 
 William Halsell was born in Butler County, Ky., 
 and when gathered to his fathers was eighty-two 
 years of age. To him and his wife eight children 
 were born, who lived to maturit3^ 
 
 The gentleman of whom We write acquired a 
 fundamental education at the common schools near 
 his home, finishing his literary course at Cumber- 
 land University, Lebanon, Tenn., and taking up the 
 study of legal lore in the same institution. He 
 was graduated from the Department of Law in 
 1849, and located for practice at Bowling Green, 
 Ky., where he continued his legal labors for thirty 
 years. During the early period of his practice 
 there he was elected County Attorney, which office 
 he held for four years, and was also elected Circuit 
 Judge of the Fourth Judicial District of Kentucky. 
 He held different local offices, Mayor, etc., and was 
 elected to Congress from the Third Congressional 
 District of Kentucky, serving in the Forty-eighth 
 Congress and also in the Forty-ninth. While a 
 
 member of the Legislative, Assembly he was Chair- 
 man of the Committee on Private Land ClaimSj 
 and a member of the Committee on Patents, and 
 served his constituents satisfactorily and with 
 credit to himself. Until his election to Congress 
 he practiced regularly in Warren and adjoining 
 counties. 
 
 In April, 1887, Judge Halsell located at Welling- 
 ton, entering into partnership with Judge Ray, and 
 in the short space of time since he came here has 
 acquired a reputation as one of most able attorneys 
 in this part of the State. The firm to which he be- 
 longs is now Halsell & Mumford. Judge Halsell has 
 had no political aspirations, but being a firm be- 
 liever in the principles of Democracy, and in the 
 duty of exercising the right of franchise, he is 
 ever ready to cast his vote with his favored party. 
 Of a social and benevolent nature, he is naturally 
 interested in the societies, and belongs to the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic 
 fraternity. 
 
 Judge Halsell was united in marriage, in April, 
 1876, with Mrs. Carrie Spencer nee Porter, of Todd 
 County, Ky. The union has been blessed by the 
 birth of one son, John T. Halsell. The accomplished 
 wife of Judge Halsell is a daughter of the Rev. 
 Thomas Porter, of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church, and was born in Todd County, where she 
 lived until after her marriage with our subject. 
 
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 TT OHN C. JAY, at present a resident of South 
 Haven, where he settled in 1885, is a native 
 of New York State. His early years were 
 spent in an uneventful manner on a farm 
 and when reaching man's estate he was married to 
 Miss Lucy C. Waters, who was born and reared 
 not far from the childhood home of her husband. 
 They lived in their native State until 1849, then 
 removed to Columbia County, Wis., and later to 
 Portage County, that State. In 1859 they changed 
 their residence to Ralls County. Mo., and after- 
 ward, in 1861, removed to Macon County. That 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 same fall, going into Iowa, they lived for a short 
 time in Van Buren County. Then in the fall of 
 1862 they returned to Portage County, Wis. 
 
 In 1863 Mr. Jay removed with his family to Ft. 
 Atkinson, Iowa. In 1865 we find them inCastalia, 
 that same county, and from there they removed to 
 Hancock County. Next they journeyed to Dakota 
 and from there came overland with a team to South 
 Haven. Mr. Jay's family consists of a daughter, 
 Emma D., and a son, Frederick, who is represented 
 elsewhere in this work. Socially, he belongs to 
 the Masonic fraiernitj^ His parents were Jesse 
 and Margaret (Clark) Jay, both natives of New 
 York State where they reared their family and 
 died. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Joshua J., a native of New York State, where he 
 was reared among strangers, his parents having 
 died when he was quite young. After reaching 
 manhood he married Miss Rachel Bailey and later 
 they removed to Ohio, where they spent the re- 
 mainder of their days. On the maternal side 
 Grandfather Elias Clark, also a native of New York 
 State, was of Irish ancestry'. He married Bliss Hiley 
 Cole, who was a native of New York and who 
 traced her forefathers to Holland, some of whom 
 came to America with the Plymouth Rock Colony. 
 Mr. Jay recollects seeing in his young years an old 
 family Bible marked by a blood stain of one of his 
 ancestors who was murdered by the Indians; and 
 there were also holes in several of the leaves, 
 bearing a spear mark of the Indian who killed the 
 person who was reading the Bible at the time of the 
 massacre; that old book is supposed to be still in 
 possession of some member of the familj- not at 
 present known hy Mr. Jay. 
 
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 -^„ BRANAMAN, who is the Cashier of the 
 fuv Sumner National Bank in Wellington, was 
 jink born in Milledgeville, Carroll County, 111., 
 ^1 February 21, 1854, and was a child of 
 
 about live years when taken by his parent? to Tama 
 
 County, Iowa, where he grew to maturity. He 
 finished his education at Tama City High School, 
 and was preparing for college when bis ej'es 
 failed, and he was obliged'to abandon his purpose. 
 He afterward entered a law office, and in 1875 was 
 admitted to the bar, and practiced in Tama City 
 for five years. Although a very young man he was 
 given the offices of City and School Treasurer, and 
 was activel}' engaged in political work although he 
 did not seek official honors. In the summer of 1880 
 Mr. Branaman moved to Grundy Center, Iowa, 
 and engaged in the banking business, continuing so 
 interested there until he moved to this city, about 
 the middle of April, 1886. At that time the old 
 John G. Woods Bank became the Sumner County 
 Bank, with J. G. Woods as its President; Paul 
 Weitzel, Vice President; and our subject Cashiei'. 
 Two years later it was re-organized as a National 
 Bank, Mr. Branaman retaining his former position, 
 Mr. AVeilzel continuing Vice President, and Dr. S. 
 W. Spitler becoming President of the new institu- 
 tion. The bank has a firm standing in the commu- 
 nity, and has a capital stock of $75,000. 
 
 The parents of our subject are Henry and Nancy 
 J. (Fowler) Branaman, who are now living in 
 Tama County, Iowa, where the father is engaged 
 in the grain business. He was born in Louisville, 
 Ky., June 9, 1834, and was but a small boy when 
 taken to Indiana, where he grew to manhood and 
 married. In 1854 he moved to Cairoll County, 
 111., and for some years was engaged in farming 
 there, leaving that county for the place of wliich he 
 is now a resident. 
 
 During his residence at Tama Citj-, Mr. Brana- 
 man, of whom we write, was united in marriage 
 with Miss Rosa V. Morris, the ceremony taking 
 place June 15, 1873. The charming bride was born 
 in Pennsylvania, December 1, 1854, and is a daugh- 
 ter of C. E and Elizabeth Morris, who moved to 
 Illinois when she was five years old, and thence to 
 Tama City in 1866. Her happy union with our 
 subject has been blessed by the birth of two chil- 
 dren — Minnie E. and Charles H., both of whom will 
 be given the best educational advantages which 
 their parents' love and prosperous circumstances 
 can compass. 
 
 The subject of this notice has been Treasurer of 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGliAl'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 407 
 
 the School Board in Wellington. In 1887 he was 
 Secretary of the County Republican Central Com- 
 mittee, and in 1 888-8U was Cliairman of the same, 
 lie is highly spoken of as one of the leading citi- 
 zens, and a man of business ability and of strict 
 jiitegritj' in all transactions. 
 
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 fwjOHN C. PECKHAM, a well-known citizen 
 of South Haven, well-to-do and living re- 
 tired from active labor, has just passed his 
 , _ sixty-ninth birthday, having been born 
 January 7, 1821. He is a native of Holmes 
 County, Ohio, born and reared on a farm, of par- 
 ents who located in that region during the period 
 of its earliest settlement. They hewed out a home- 
 stead from the heavy timber, and there spent their 
 last days. The mother, however, was cut down in 
 the prime of life, dying when her son, .John C. was 
 a mere child. She was a lady of many estimable 
 qualities, and a consistent member of the Christian 
 Church. Eleven children were left motherless at 
 her death, of whom John C. was among the younger. 
 The mother bore the maiden naine of Cynthia 
 Cook. William Peckham, the father of our sub- 
 ject, after the decease of his first wife, was subse- 
 quently married to Mrs. Rebecca (Ralston) Mc- 
 Laughlin, and there were born to them six children 
 who were all reared upon the same farm, and there 
 the father and stepmother died. The latter was a 
 member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Peck- 
 ham belonged to the Christian Church. He and 
 his first wife were natives of Rhode Island, where 
 the paternal grandparents of our subject lived for 
 many years. After the death of Grandfather 
 Peckham tiie son brought his mother to Ohio, and 
 she died in Holmes County at the advanced age of 
 one hundred and one years. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married in his 
 native county in 1848, to Miss Isabel, daughter of 
 James and Sarah (Leadon) Hackenberry, a native 
 of the same county, where her father located when 
 A boy, The parents of the latter were among its 
 
 ea;licst pioneers, and James, the son, was there 
 reared to man's estate. He died in Missouri about 
 1872. In 1849 John C. Peckham removed to Mar- 
 shall Count3r, Ind., where he sojourned ten years. 
 We next find him in Maries County, Mo., and from 
 there, in 1863, he removed to DeKalb County, that 
 State, where he prosecuted farming until 1878. 
 That year he became a resident of this county, 
 purchasing a farm about two miles northwest of 
 the present site of South Haven. He occupied 
 himself in agricultural pursuits until February, 
 1889, when he wisely decided to retire from active 
 labor, and is now enjoying the fruits of his industry. 
 During the progress of the late Civil War Mr. 
 Peckham enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
 A, Thirty-second Missouri Infantry, and served 
 one jear, at the expiration of which, on account of 
 illness he was obliged to accept his honorable dis- 
 charge. Politically, he is a Republican, but has 
 very little to do with public affairs otherwise than 
 casting his vote at the general elections. He 
 belongs to South Haven Post, G. A. R., at South 
 Haven, and with his estimable wife is prominently 
 connected with the Christian Church. There have 
 been born to them six children, all of whom are 
 living, and named respectively: Sarah J., Alice, 
 James W., liViza., Emma and Ella. The family 
 residence is nicely located in the east part of the 
 city, and is the frequent resort of its best people. 
 
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 rw=^RANKLIN P. LOGAN is one of the many 
 ll^jw young men who are acquiring competencies 
 !*) ^y t''e pursuit of agriculture, and gaining 
 a foremost rank among the practical and prosper- 
 ous farmers. He is the owner of a tract of fertile 
 land on section f), Caldwell Township, marked 
 with such improvements as are expected of an 
 enterprising tiller of the soil, and gives his atten- 
 tion to farming and the stock business theroon. 
 He is now filling the position of Trustee gf the 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 township, and has held many minor offices, serving 
 liis fellow-men in a satisfactory manner. He be- 
 longs to the Farmers' Alliance, and his voice and 
 vote uphold the principles of the Democracy. 
 
 Our subject is the son of James and Margaret 
 (Clendenning) Logan, who were natives of Ohio. 
 James Logan was born in LaFayette County, in 
 1819, to Thomas and Ann Logan, the former of 
 whom was born in Ireland and the latter in North 
 Carolina to Irish parents. When but a boy the 
 father of our subject accompanied his parents to 
 Cass County, Ind., where he spent the remainder 
 of his life, engaging in farm pursuits when he had 
 reached a suitable age, and leaving an estate of 
 $10,000 at his death. His demise took place in 
 1874. He had always avoided publicity, and pur- 
 sued the even tenor of his way^ occupied with his 
 own personal affairs and private life. His wife 
 was born March 30, 1823, being a daughter of 
 Thomas and Nancy (Brown) Clendenning, natives 
 of the Emerald Isle, and her death took place in 
 Cass County, Ind., February 6, 1877. The family 
 of which our subject is the fourth member com- 
 prises Nancy A., now the wife of George W. 
 Campbell, a lumber dealer of Cass County, Ind.; 
 Mary E., the wife of Arteraus Smith, a farmer and 
 stockman in the same county; John T. also lives 
 in Cass County, Ind.; our subject; Charles L., a 
 farmer of Cass Count3f, Ind.; and Martha I., de- 
 ceased, who was the wife of E. C. McDonald, of 
 Sumner County, Kan. 
 
 Franklin P. Logan, the subject of this sketch, 
 was bom August 11, 1853, in Cass County, Ind., 
 reared on his father s farm, and was the recipient 
 of such educational advantages as were to be ob- 
 tained in the common schools. In 1877 he became 
 a citizen of Kansas, pre-empting one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, which he still occupies, where 
 he has since resided, devoting his attention to 
 farming and the stock business. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Logan bore the maiden name of 
 ]\Iary E. Jones, and their marriage was celebrated 
 February 5, 1879. The bride was born in Howard 
 County, Ind., and is the third of twelve children 
 born to James M. and Elizabeth (Freed) Jones. 
 Tier parents rank among the first settlers of Sumner 
 Count}', to which they removed in 1871, and in whjcii 
 
 the}' still make their homo. Mr. and Mrs. Logan 
 are the parents of three children — Clara I , Vida I. 
 and EUiel I. Under the careful oversight of their 
 estimable mother they give promise of becoming 
 young ladies who will be a credit to any society, 
 and in whom their parents can rejoice more and 
 more as years go by. 
 
 ARON P. HARTMAN, proprietor of the 
 "Two Orphans" livery barn at Caldwell, is 
 looked upon as one of the reliable and well- 
 ^jf to-do citizens of the place, who is con- 
 
 tributing his full quota to its material interests. He 
 comes of substantial stock, being the son of John 
 and Margaret (Crisinger) Hartman, and was born 
 in Somerset County, Pa., March 16, 1811. The fam- 
 il3' is of German descent and both the parents of 
 .Varon P. were natives of Somerset County, Pa., 
 where they spent their enlire lives, the father en- 
 gaged in farming. The home circle included four 
 children, of whom Aaron P. was the eldest born. 
 He was reared in his native town of Berlin and early 
 in life learned blacksmithing, but not being partic- 
 ularly inclined to this employment, soon abandoned 
 it. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he, in 1 862 
 entered the Union Army as a private in Company 
 C,One hundred and Forty-second Pennsylvania In- 
 fantry, serving until the close of the struggle. He 
 participated in many hard-fought battles, and en- 
 dured with his comrades all the vicissitudes of a 
 soldier's life. He served until the close of the war, 
 receiving his honorable discharge and returning to 
 his native county sojourned there, variously em- 
 ployed, until 1871. 
 
 We next find Mr. Hartman in Lee County, 111., 
 where he lived a few years, then set out for the 
 farther West, and established himself as a resident 
 of the Sunflower State. In 1885 he came to Cald- 
 well, but was not engaged in any regular business 
 until July, 1889, when he became interested in his 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 409 
 
 present enterprise. He started in life without other 
 means than his habits of industry and resolute will 
 and it cannot be denied that he has made for him- 
 self a good record. He is a Mason in good standing, 
 a supporter of tiie principles of the Republican 
 party. He was married to Miss Mary Miller, the | 
 wedding taking place at the bride's home at Great 
 Bend, this State. By a former marriage Mr. Hart- 
 man became the fatlier of one child, a son, Albert, 
 who is now living in Illinois. 
 
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 ^f? EANDER A. PARKS of South Haven Town- 
 I (?S) ship, made his advent iu this region in ]\Iarch 
 j* ^^ 1878, purchasing the land which lie now 
 owns and occupies, and from which he has con- 
 structed a good farm. Only fifteen acres of the soil 
 had been broken and there were no improvements 
 except a rude log cabin. The farm now presents 
 the picture of smiling and productive fields, with a 
 good residence, a substantial barn and other out- 
 buildings, a flourishing apple orchard and trees of 
 the smaller fruits. In addition to this property Mr. 
 Parks has a like amount, one hundred and sixty 
 acres, about six miles west, which he has also im- 
 proved, and which is now valuable. 
 
 Of Southern antecedents, Mr. Parks, a native of 
 Logan County, Ky., was born March 8, 1819, and 
 spent his early years in the agricultural districts. 
 His parents, David and Mary (Sawyers) Parks, 
 were natives of North Carolina, where they were 
 reared and married. Thence in 1815, they removed 
 to Logan County, Ky., and there spent the remain- 
 der of their lives. The mother passed away when 
 about fifty years old. David Parks survived his 
 wife many years living to the age of eighty. Both 
 were members of the Presbyterian Church in which 
 the father officiated as an Elder. Five of their chil- 
 dren lived to mature years, two having died in in- 
 fancy. Leander A. was the third in order of birth. 
 The paternal grandparents removed at an early day 
 from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Grandfather 
 Parks was probably a native of Pennsylvania, while 
 bis wife was born in Ireland. 
 
 The subject of this notice attained to manhood 
 in his native State and was married in Logan 
 County in 1842, to Miss Hannah II. Sawyer. Miss 
 Sawyer was a native of the same count3' as her hus- 
 band and the daughter of James and Hannah (Hen- 
 derson) Sawyer who were born in North Carolina 
 and who died in Kentucky. Of tliis union there 
 were born three children — Sarah, Robert and David. 
 Sarah is deceased ; David is in Kentucky ; Robert 
 lives in Sumner County. Mrs. Hannah Parks died 
 in Kentuckj' in February, 1848, aged thirty-one 
 years. 
 
 Mr. Parks contracted a second marriage October 
 6, 1848, with Miss Louisa E. Henderson, a native 
 of Kentucky. Her father, Andrew Henderson was 
 born in North Carolina and married Mary Maben, 
 a native of Ireland, who came to America with her 
 parents and located in South Carolina. There she 
 was reared from infancy to womanhood. She died at 
 quite an advanced ago in Logan County, Ky., to 
 which she had removed with her husband soon 
 after marriage. Grandfather Michael Henderson 
 married Hannah Barnett and both were natives of 
 Pennsylvania. They removed first to North Caro- 
 lina and then to Logan County, Ky., where both 
 died when about ninety years old. 
 
 Mr. Parks when a young man identified himself 
 with the Presbyterian Church of which he has been 
 a member for the long period of more than thirty 
 years and in which he officiates as an Elder. Mrs. 
 Parks also belongs to that church. Of this marriage 
 there have been born four children, viz : John W., 
 Mary M., Cyrus O. and Leander N., the latter of 
 whom died in infancy. 
 
 ON. WILLIAM J. LINGENFELTER, at 
 one time a member of the State Senate and 
 ^ likewise a Representative, is now numbered 
 among the most able men of this county — 
 one who has been largely instrumental in promoting 
 its best interests. Aside from his services as a pub- 
 lic official, he has been quite extensively enga<red 
 
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 in farming and raakes his lieadquaiters at a fine 
 homestead, embracing three hundred and twenty 
 acres of ciioice land in South Haven Township. He 
 also has the same amount of land in Stafford County 
 adjacent to the village f)f Hudson and an interest 
 in another body of land adjoining St. John, the 
 countj' seat of Stafford County. He is a man popu- 
 lar in his community, one in whom the people have 
 confidence and whose ability as an ofHcial and whose 
 worth as a citizen is universally recognized. 
 
 Mr. Lingenfelter was born in Jefferson County, 
 Pa., August 17, 1840, and was there reared to man- 
 hood on a farm. His parents were John N. and 
 Catherine (Mank) Lingenfelter, natives of Bedford 
 County, Pa., and born near Claysburg, in what is 
 now Blair County, where they were man led. In 
 1839 they removed to Jefferson County with their 
 three children and there were subsequently added 
 to the household circle eight more children, William 
 J. being the eldest born in that county. The chil- 
 dren and the father are all living, the latter con- 
 tinuing to reside at the old homestead in Jefferson 
 County; the mother died there May 23, 1863, at the 
 age of forty-seven years. She was a member of tlie 
 Evangelical Church. The father of our subject was 
 seventy-four years old January 2, 1890. He has 
 been for many years a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal Church, one of its chief pillars and hold- 
 ing the various offices. Although a man of decided 
 views and an ardent supporter of his party, he 
 would never accept the responsibilities of office. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was a 
 native of Virginia whence he removed to Pennsyl- 
 vania at an early day and was married to Miss 
 Margaret Zeth, who was born near Ilagarstown, 
 ]Md. They reared their family in Bedford County, 
 Pa., then removed to Jefferson County, in 1840, 
 and there died at the ages of about seventy -six years 
 each. Both were members of the German Baptist 
 Church. An earlier progenitor of the family, George 
 Lingenfelter, was a native of Virginia and a soldier 
 in the Revolutionary War. He was married in his 
 native State to a Miss Dively who was born in Vir- 
 ginia and after rearing their family they removed 
 to Bedford County, Pa., where they spent their last 
 days. The father of George Lingenfelter was born 
 in the Grand Puchy of Baden, Germany, whence 
 
 he emigrated to America at a very early day and 
 located in Virginia. 
 
 Jacob Zeth, the maternal grandfather of our sub- 
 ject, was born in Hesse Cassell, Germany, and when 
 seventeen years old joined the Hessian soldiery and 
 thus made his way to America. While the boats 
 were in waiting in New York harbor he swam 
 ashore thus making his escape, from the troops and 
 joined Washington's army, fighting on the side of 
 the Colonists until the war was over. He was pres- 
 ent at the battle of Yorktown and after the close 
 of the war engaged in the mercantile business near 
 Hagarstown, Md., where he accumulated quite a 
 fortune. He was there married to Miss Burgoo, a 
 native of France, and born near the city of Paris. 
 The}' reared a family of children and died in Mary- 
 land. 
 
 rhe education of William J. Lingenfelter was 
 conducted in a log schoolhouse, heated from a huge 
 fireplace, with slabs for seats and desks and a floor 
 of puncheon. When eighteen years old he began at- 
 tending Stratlonville Academy in Clarion County, 
 Pa., where he pursued his studies one year. After- 
 ward he was a student at Whitehall Academy near 
 Harrisburg one year. He afterward went to the oil 
 regions of Pennsylvania where he commenced drill- 
 ing wells and remained for about eighteen months. 
 Returning then to his native county he engaged as 
 clerk in a general store and was thus occupied until 
 1863. 
 
 The Civil War now being in progress Mr. Lin- 
 genfelter enlisted as a Union soldier in Company C, 
 Two hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Infantry in 
 which he served about six months as a private. 
 When leaving the army he again went into a store 
 and was thus occupied until January-, 1865. Then 
 going to Tennessee he rented a large plantation and 
 raised a crop of cotton and corn. His employers of 
 the store had solicited him to go there, they fur- 
 nishing all the money necessary and giving him 
 one-third of the profits. Each partner thus realized 
 about $800. 
 
 Mr. Lingenfelter returned to Pennsylvania in 
 December, 1865 and in March following emigrated 
 to Missouri and purchased a farm in Gentry County. 
 He also engaged in general merchandising at Rid- 
 ing City, remaining there one and one- half years. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAl'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 411 
 
 In the meantime he was elected Surveyor of De 
 Kalb County, as his farm was on the county line 
 and his buildings in DeKalb County. He resigned 
 that ofHce on account of ill health and later com- 
 menced teaching, which profession he foUowpd 
 until 1872. That year he came to Kansas and pre- 
 empted one hundred and sixty acres of land on sec- 
 tion 3 and later purchased eighty acres adjoining. 
 With tlie exception of an occasional dugout, there 
 were no settlers in this region at that time aside 
 from a few who had located upon the present site 
 of South Haven and Wellington. The buffaloes had 
 been driven back, but three strays were killed in 
 this vicinity in 1872. The nearest market was at 
 Wichita and for a number of years the meat used by 
 the settlers was chiefly buffalo, antelope and deer. 
 Black and grey wolves (coyotes) were still plenti- 
 ful and frequently made night hideous with their 
 howling. 
 
 Mr. Lingerfelter purchased three hundred and 
 twenty acres of land about four miles east of Wel- 
 lington where he lived until 1876, carrying on its 
 improvement and cultivation. In 1876 he returned 
 to Pennsylvania to visit his father and attended the 
 Centennial Exposition. During his absence he was 
 nominated for County Superintendent of Schools, 
 but he declined the proffered honor. However, he 
 was declared the candidate and being absent was 
 defeated, although r>inning ahead of his ticket. Upon 
 returning from Pennsylvania he resumed farming. 
 
 In May, 1877, Mr. Lingenfelter was married to 
 Miss Mary C, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth 
 (Montgomery) Gregson. This ladj' was born in 
 Fulton County, Ind. That same spring the newly- 
 wedded pair settled upon the farm which has since 
 been the family homestead. In the fall of 1 882 Mr. 
 Lingenfelter was elected to represent this county in 
 the Kansas Legislature and served one term. In 
 1 884 he was elected to the Senate, serving also one 
 term of four years. He was earnestly solicited to ac- 
 cept the nomination for a second term, but declined. 
 His party in this district in 1884 was in the minor- 
 ity more than seventeen hundred and the fact that 
 Mr. Lingenfelter was elected against this, indicates 
 in a marked manner his popularity with the people. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Lingenfelter there have been 
 bora three daughters, viz: Rosu J., Mary C. and 
 
 Susan E. One son born July 20, l«83,died October 6, 
 J 886. He was a very bright and promising child and 
 his death was a severe blow to the afflicted parents, to 
 whom were extended the sympathies of _ the entire 
 community. Mr. Lingenfelter is a liberal minded 
 and public-spirited man — one who has uniformly 
 given his encouragement to the projects tending to 
 promote the best interests of Sumner County, so- 
 cially, morally and financially. 
 
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 (P^ TEPHEN DOWIS is a Southern gentleman 
 ^^^ b}? birth, education and lineage. His 
 \v^_^ grandparents were natives of the Carolinas, 
 and Kentucky was the native State of his 
 father and himself. In the paternal line he is of 
 Irish extraction, Jesse Dowis, his grandfather, 
 was born in South Carolina, and died in Knox 
 County, Kj'., when upwards of eighty years of age. 
 In the latter county, William Dowis, the father of 
 our subject, opened his eyes to the light in 1812, 
 and breathed his last in 1 862. His occupation was 
 that of a farmer, and politically he was a Demo- 
 crat. The mother of our subject is still living in 
 that county, and is now sixty-five years of age. She 
 bore the maiden name of Alia Hart, was born in 
 North Carolina, and is a daughter of Stephen and 
 Alia Hart, who, after living many j-ears in the 
 State in which she was born, took up their abode 
 in Knox County, Ky., and there breathed their 
 last. The parental family comprised ten children — 
 Lucinda, Nancy J., Jesse, Stephen, Jlary A., John 
 P., Robert P., Susan, Nancy and Rachael. Of these 
 Mary A., Stephen, Susan, Nancy and Rachael now 
 survive. 
 
 The subject of this biography was born in De- 
 cember, 1842, in Knox County, Ky., reared on a 
 farm, and educated in his native county, receiving, 
 an excellent home training from his worthy par- 
 ents. Although he was not yet of age when the 
 Civil War broke out, he entered the Union Array, 
 August 28, 1861, as a member of Company I, Sev- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 entli Kentucky Infantry, and devoted the opening 
 years of his manhood to the service of his country. 
 He participated in tlie battles of Richmond (Ky.), 
 Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Jackson (Miss.), and in 
 many minor engagements, remaining in the service 
 until October o, 1864, when he was honorably dis- 
 charged and returned to his home. 
 
 A few months after resuming civil life Mr. 
 L)owis took to himself a compftnion in the person 
 of Miss Eliz.abetb Elliott, the rites of wedlock be- 
 ing celebrated between them February 8, 1865. 
 The bride was born in Kentucky, April 17, 1844, 
 is a daugliter of Hiram and Adeline (Steele) El- 
 liott, and a lady whose estimable character endears 
 her to many friends. 
 
 In January, 1884, Mr. Dowis came to Kansas, 
 and selecting a location in Downs Township, this 
 county, bought a farm, upon which he lived until 
 1886, when he rented it and engaged in the mer- 
 cantile business at Perth. The business is con- 
 ducted under the firm name of Dowis & Son, and 
 is steadily increasing, owing to the tact displayed in 
 its management, and the honorable manner in which 
 its patrons are treated. The junior member of the 
 firm, Greene E. Dowis, was born July 17, 1868, 
 and is the only child of our subject and his estima- 
 ble wife. The young man gives promise of becom- 
 ing a thorough and successful business man, as he 
 already exhibits a mercantile capacity creditable in 
 one so young. 
 
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 ^^EORGE W. FAUCHIER is an old settler of 
 ill _-. this county, his settlement in Harmon 
 ^^JJi Township having been made in 1873, at 
 which time he began to develop the northwest 
 quarter of section 27, where he now owns and 
 operates eighty-five improved and thoroughly cul- 
 tivated acres. He is actively pursuing his farm 
 life, and with his chosen companion enjoying the 
 fruits of bis industry and the esteem of their many 
 friends. 
 
 Mr. Fauchier was born in Montgomery County, 
 
 I;id., June 4, 1830, and was twelve years old when 
 his parents moved to Parke County, thence going 
 to Howard County, where he grew to manhood. 
 He received as good an education as could be ob- 
 tained in the counties in which his home was, 
 and on arriving at a suitable age learned the car- 
 penter's trade, which he followed in his native 
 State until October, 1866, when he changed both 
 his residence and his occupation. At that date he 
 determined to make for himself a home farther 
 west, and selecting Franklin County, this State, 
 settled there and engaged in farming, leaving that 
 county to take up his abode here at the date before 
 mentioned. 
 
 The grandfather of our subject was John Fau- 
 chier, a French Revolutionist, who, being exiled 
 from his native land, sailed to Boston, Mass., and 
 made for himself and family a home on American 
 soil. He died in Parke County, Ind., when ripe in 
 years. His son, John B., father of our subject, was 
 born in Boston, and adopted the occupation of a 
 farmer. He was married in Kentucky, to Miss 
 Sarah Broyles, a native of Virginia. The result of 
 their union was tlie birtii of fifteen children, of 
 whom our subject was the fourth. John Fauchier 
 died in Howard County, Ind., and his widow died 
 in the same county, February 7. 1890, aged eighty- 
 five years. 
 
 The marriage of our subject took place in How- 
 ard County, Ind., February 3, 1853, and his bride 
 was Miss Martha A. Scott, a native of Putnam 
 County, where her birth occurred December 11, 
 1834. Her father, Thomas M. Scott, was born in 
 North Carolina, and her mother, whose maiden 
 name was Leta Anderson, was a native of Tennes 
 see. The parents settled in the county where Mrs. 
 Fauchier first saw the light, subsequently removing 
 to the county wherein she was married, and in the 
 latter they departed this life. Their family con- 
 sisted of eight children, and Mrs. Fauchier is the 
 second in order of birth. To our subject and his 
 estimable wife four children have been born : 
 James J. married Miss Alice I. Collins; Sarah J. is 
 the wife of F. P. Willey; Rachel C. is the wife of 
 J. S. Farris;and Enos F. married Miss Hattie Dor- 
 sett. 
 
 Mr, Fauchier has held some of the school offices, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 413 
 
 and bas proved an efficient servant of the people in 
 the cause of education. For seven years he was 
 Justice of the Peace. Since the organization of the 
 Republican pari}' he has been a sound believer in 
 the principles embodied in its platform, and has 
 been an active worker in the political field. Mrs. 
 Fauchier is a member of the Christian Church. 
 Both are honored by their fellow-citiz -ns for their 
 intelligence, uprightness, kind hearts, and earnest 
 endeavor to fulfil] all their duties in life. 
 
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 S^DSON WIGGINS. A pleasan';ly located 
 
 llN ^"'"^ °^ '^^° '''^"'^'■'^'^ ^f"^ forty acres on 
 /irr^ section~26, Sumner Township, is the home 
 of this gentleman, who is engaged in the occupa- 
 tions of farming and stock-raising, and who has 
 been a resident of the county for twenty years. His 
 home is one of comfort and good cheer, and while 
 not occupying any prominent public position, Mr. 
 "Wiggins in his own quiet and straightforward man- 
 ner performs the duties of citizenship and of the 
 individual in a manner entitling him to the respect 
 of his fellow-men. 
 
 The parents of our subject were natives of Aver- 
 ment, and in tiiat State he of whom we write was 
 born August 2, 1837. His father, Peter U'iggins, was 
 a farmer by occupation, and died in his native 
 State at the age of sixty-eight years. The mother, 
 who bore the maiden name of Elmira Stephens, is 
 still living, and is now seventy-two years old. Tiie 
 parental family comprised seven children, namely: 
 Elizabeth, Albert, Charlotte. Edson, Elias S., Frank 
 and Calista; of these, Edson and Calisla are the 
 only survivors. 
 
 Edson Wiggins was reared on a farm, early ac- 
 quiring a practical knowledge of the occupation 
 which he has since followed, and being the recipi- 
 ent of a good common-school education, grew to 
 manhood in possession of the thrifty and sturdy 
 characteristics which seem to belong to natives of 
 the Green Mountain State. In 1865 he became a 
 resident of Kansas, spending the first five years of 
 
 his citizenship in .Tackson Count}', whence, in 1870, 
 he moved to Sumner County. He pre-empted one 
 hundred and sixty acresiof Government land, 'add- 
 ing to the acreage as prosperity attended his labors, 
 and making upon his estate such improvements as 
 are expected of an enterprising agriculturist. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Wiggins was celebrated in 
 June, 1876, the lady with whom he was united 
 being Miss Amanda Cross, who was born in Ohio, 
 March 13, 1843. Her father, Albert Cross, was one 
 of the early settlers of Kansas, and was engaged in 
 farming. His death took place when he had reached 
 the ripe age of seventy-two years.] He had held 
 several minor offices, and for many; years was a 
 Justice of the Peace. ;^ To Mr. [and Mrs. Wiggins 
 five children have been]_born, named,' respectively: 
 Lizzie, Albert, Elsie, Laura and Frank. The latter 
 died when one year old; the survivors are being 
 carefully trained byi! their estimable mother, and 
 receiving such educational advantages as [befits 
 their years. 
 
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 J^ILLIAM W. LEMMON, M. D. Few phy- 
 sicians in this county have attained to a 
 
 more enviable position, considering the 
 time they have been in practice, than Dr. Lemmon, 
 who is popular and prominent among tiie people 
 of Soutii Haven, where he ostablisiied himself in 
 1884. For two years after locating here he was 
 engaged in the drug business, but has since aban- 
 doned this, his time being all occupied in his pro- 
 fessional duties. He is a Western man l)y birth, 
 his native place being Dubois County, Ind., where 
 he first opened his eyes to the light September 15, 
 1845. He spent the first eighteen years of his life 
 upon a fa)-m, where he grew up healthy in mind 
 and body, and was trained to those jirineiples of 
 right and honesty which have characterized his 
 dealings with his fellow men. 
 
 Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War young 
 Lemmon enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
 E, Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served as 
 
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 a private three years. He saw much of active 
 service, participating iu the battle of Ft. Gibson, 
 the siege of Vicksburg, tiie fight at Jacltson, Miss., 
 and was at Ft. Blalieley and other important points 
 held by the enemy during the war. Although often 
 in the thickest of the flght, he escaped without 
 injury and received an honorable discharge. Re- 
 turning then to Indiana, he supplemented his edu- 
 cation by an attendance of two years at Asbury 
 (now DePauw) University, in Greencastle, and then 
 spent two j'ears on the old farm. 
 
 At the expiration of this time, Mr. Lemmon de- 
 cided to take up the study of medicine, and enter- 
 ing the Medical College at Indianapolis, he was 
 graduated from that institution in 1873, after tak- 
 ing a full course. Later, he attended lectures three 
 terms at Detroit and Indianapolis. Locating in 
 Washington, Ind., he there began the regular prac- 
 tice of his profession, and later removed to Hunne- 
 well, Kan., from which place he came to South 
 Haven in 1884. 
 
 Dr. Lemmon was married in Greencastle, Ind., 
 March 10, 1874, to Miss Matilda, daughter of Ed- 
 ward H. and Desire (Waterhouse) Crow. Mrs. 
 Lemmon was born May 29, 1850, in Greencastle, 
 and by her union with our subject has become the 
 mother of four children — William G., Helen, Jacob 
 and Eddie; the latter two are deceased. The little 
 family occupies a snug home in the southern part 
 of the town, and number among their friends and 
 acquaintances its most cultured people. The Doc- 
 tor meddles very little with political affairs, but 
 keeps himself posted upon current events and 
 votes the Republican ticket. He is a charter mem 
 ber of Post No. 407, G. A. R., at South Haven, 
 which was organized in 1887, and has now a mem- 
 bership of about forty. He held the post of Com- 
 mander for two years. He also belongs to Lodge 
 Xo. 407, A. F. & A. M., at Greencastle, Ind., and 
 the Commandery. 
 
 The father of our subject was Jacob Lemmon, 
 likewise a native of Dubois County, Ind., where 
 he was reared to man's estate. There also he was 
 married to Miss Elizabeth Corn, a native of Ken- 
 tucky, and they became the parents of nine chil- 
 dren. The mother departed this life at Green- 
 castle, Ind., in 1869. She was a l.uly of many 
 
 estimable qualities, and a member in good standing 
 of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Jacob 
 Lemmon survived his wife six years, dying on the 
 old home farm in Dubois County, Ind., in 1875. 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, also named 
 Jacob, removed from Virginia to Kentucky at an 
 early date, and finally to Indiana, where he and his 
 wife spent their last days. 
 
 The parents of Mrs. Lemmon were natives re- 
 spectively of Kentucky and Maine, and the vari- 
 ous members of the family belonged to the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Crow 
 are still living in Indiana, and are the parents of 
 eleven children. 
 
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 ,^^ AMUEL NUTT. The main points in the 
 history of this prominent citizen and 
 well-to-do resident of South Haven may 
 be gained in the following compara- 
 tively brief outline. A native of Vermont, he was 
 born May 29, 1840, and lived there until a youth 
 of fifteen years. His father, Isaac B. Nutt, was a 
 native of Massachusetts, whence he removed to 
 Vermont in early manhood. He was there mar- 
 ried to Miss Sarah Monroe, a native of that State, 
 and within its limits they spent the remainder of 
 their lives, Mr. Nutt dying December 4, 1853. He 
 served as a minute man in the War of 1812. The 
 mother subsequently removed to Massachusetts, 
 and Samuel being the youngest at home, virtually 
 became the head of the family. They were left in 
 limited circumstances, and at an early age Samuel 
 began learning the trade of a shoemaker, at which 
 he worked in Massachusetts until the outbreak of 
 the Civil War. The mother in the meantime had 
 died, in 1857, in the faith of the Baptist Church. 
 On the 15th of April, 1861, the subject of this 
 notice enlisted as a Union soldier in Company H, 
 Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry, and in August 
 following was promoted to be Corporal. He re- 
 mained in the army until the fall of 1862, when he 
 was obliged to accept his honorable discharge on 
 
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 account of continued illness. It was believed by 
 all that he simply went home to die. He had par- 
 ticipated in the battle of Winchester and other 
 minor engagements, and experienced the various 
 liardships and privations of a soldier's life. After 
 the close of the war, leaving New England, he 
 went to New York City, where he engaged in the 
 boot and shoe business as foreman of a factory and 
 where he continued variously occupied in different 
 branches of his business until 1875. 
 
 January 1, 1867, at Worcester, Mass., the subject 
 of this notice was united in marriage with Miss 
 Mary E. S., daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Foster) 
 French. Mrs. Nutt was born in Grafton, Mass., 
 February 14, 1841. Her parents were also natives 
 of the Bay State. Her paternal great-great .grand- 
 father was one of the earliest settlers of Massachu ■ 
 setts, locating probably not far from the time at 
 which the Bay Colony sought that region for its 
 home. He was of Irish birth and parentage, and 
 spent his last days in Massachusetts. The next in 
 line of descent was Joshua French, who was one of 
 fourteen sons born when the United States was 
 composed of fourteen colonies, in one of which 
 each one settled. Joshua chose Massachusetts for" 
 his abiding-place, within which he spent most of 
 his life, dying in New York State. 
 
 On the maternal side the grandfather of Mrs. 
 Nutt was Abner Foster, a native of Worcester 
 County, Mass., and of English ancestry from 
 the second generation settling on American soil. 
 His wife, Judith Weatherbee, likewise traced her 
 ancestry to England, and she also was of the 
 second generation, many of whom fought valiantly 
 in the Revolutionary War. Grandfather Benjamin 
 Nutt, a native of Massachusetts, was a Captain in 
 the Vermont Rangers during the struggle for in- 
 dependence, and received an honorable wound in 
 the service. He spent the greater part of his life 
 in Vermont, where he reared his family and died. 
 
 In 1875 Mr. Nutt, leaving New York City, emi- 
 grated to Linn County, Iowa, and located at Cen- 
 tral City, where he engaged in the boot and shoe 
 business. He remained there until 1878, coming 
 thence to Rooks County, this State. He changed 
 his residence to South Haven in April, 1884, when 
 the present site of the town was unmarked save 
 
 liy a blacksinith-shop, an hotel, a general store and 
 a drug-store. That same season he put up his 
 present residence and shops, a,nd established him- 
 self in the boot and shoe business, which he has 
 since conducted successfully. In the meantime he 
 had become prominent in local affairs, being 
 elected the first Ma^'or of the city soon after its 
 organization, in the fall of 1887. Politically, he 
 afflh'ates with the Union Labor party, and while a 
 resident of Rooks County served as Justice of the 
 Peace, and has been the candidate of his party for 
 State Treasurer and Sheriff of the county. 
 
 To Mr. and Mrs. Nutt there have been born two 
 ^ons — Vincent S. and Vivian J. Mr. Nutt while a 
 resident of New York City identified himself with 
 Lodge, No. 632, A. F. & A. M., and he also belongs 
 to Palestine Chapter, No. 255, in which he has 
 taken seven degrees. He is also a Knight of 
 Labor at South Haven, being a member of Lodge 
 No. 8,685, with which he became identified at its 
 organization, and in which he is a Master Work- 
 man. He also belongs to the Anti-Monopolists of 
 Springfield, Mo., and is National Vice-Foreman. 
 He is a liberal-minded and public-spirited citizen, 
 one who keeps himself thoroughly posted upon 
 events of general interest, and who is always to be 
 found on the side of the enterprises calculated to 
 benefit the people at large. 
 
 EV. AVAN LA VANCE, M. D. This vet- 
 ? eran in the medical profession is a man.whose 
 ) personal history possesses very many points 
 ^ of interest, he having had a large experi- 
 ence of life and being possessed of that quality of 
 observation in regard to what has been going on 
 around him in the world, which has proved of great 
 value in a moral and intellectual point of view. He 
 is a gentleman of fine tastes and has one of the most 
 attractive homes in South Haven. The interior lias 
 been decorated largelj' by the handiwork of its in- 
 mates, the Doctor and his amiable wife and their 
 daughter, Viola, all of whom possess rare skill with 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the pencil aiirl brush. It is at once recognized as 
 the home of culture and rer.neraent and is po less 
 indicative of ample means. 
 
 Dr. 1,0, Vance was born in the city of Paris, 
 France, June 22, 1818, but when a mere child re- 
 moved from there with his parents, Joseph and 
 Anna (Napoleon) La Vance, they settling on tlie 
 Rhine where their son was reared and educated. In 
 1834 tliey emigrated to America, locating in Ban 
 gor, Me. In that city the [)arents spent the remain- 
 der of tiieir lives, both dying at about the age of 
 sixty eight years. Thej' likewise were natives of 
 France and of pure French ancestry. When a young 
 man the subject of this sketch began the studj' o 
 medicine in the Eclectic College of New York Cit^' 
 and the Old School of Boston, Mass., from both of 
 which he was graduated. He began the practice of 
 his profession at Dorcester, Mass., when about 
 twentj'^-two years old. Later he was a resident of 
 Boston seven years and he also resided in Plymoutli 
 a number of years. From there he went to New 
 York City and thence, in 1849, to California, Tlie 
 wild life of the West, however, not being congenial 
 to his tastes he returned the following year and two 
 years later took up his abode in Henderson, Ky. 
 
 After a three 3'ear's residence in the above-men- 
 tioned place, Dr. La Vance turned his eyes once 
 more westward and we next find himin Carlinville, 
 111. He remained there until 1867, then came to 
 this State, locating in Marion during the pioneer 
 davs of that region. He now entered upon a widely 
 different field of labor from that to wliich he had 
 been accustomed, liding on horseback across the 
 open prairie, frequenth' forty miles, wlien there 
 were no roads or bridges and he had nothing to 
 euide him but his compass. Indians still infested 
 the country and the intrepid physician never ven- 
 tured out without a brace of revolvers to protect 
 himself from them and other natural enemies. The 
 few white settlers were located principally along 
 the creeks and the red man was troublesome and 
 dangerous. The settlers put up a substantial school- 
 house at Marion which they enclosed with a stone 
 wall and this served as a fort to which the}- retreated 
 in times of danger. Dr. La Vance in addition to 
 the practice of his profession interested himself in 
 the settlement of the country, locating many farms 
 
 for tlie emigrants. He practiced in that region until 
 1884, in the meantime watching the growth and de- 
 velopment of the country with warm interest and 
 assisting to this end whenever possible. He Anally 
 decided to cast his lot with the people of South 
 Haven and settled here when the present flourishing 
 town was a village of a very few houses. His in- 
 tention was to gradually retire from practice, but 
 at South Haven he found quite a number of old 
 Illinois friends who still call upon him, unwilling to 
 be put aside. 
 
 The first marriage of Dr. La Vance took place in 
 the city of New Orleans with Miss Sarah, daughter 
 of Abraham and Sarah (Jackson) Moore. This lady 
 was born in Louisiana and died at New Orleans in 
 1840, where the Doctor had located temporarily. 
 There were born to them two children, both of 
 whom died young. The present wife of our subject, 
 to whom he was married January 6, 1857, at Mont- 
 gomery, 111., was formerly Miss Parthenia, daughter 
 of Daniel and Eveline (Hamilton) Bagby. She was 
 born in Macoupin County, 111., March 20, 1839. 
 Phis union resulted in the birth of five children one 
 of whom, Napoleon, died when two years old; Riz- 
 pah is the wife of Ira P. Smith of Montgomery 
 County, III.; John resides in South Haven, and 
 Eldora the youngest is at home with her parents, 
 ^^iola is the wife of C. B. Wolfe of Wabaunsee 
 County, Kan. 
 
 Mrs. La Vance and her daughters are members 
 in good standing of the Christian Churcli,in which 
 the Doctor has labored as an Evangelist for more 
 than thirty years. He organized the church at Pal- 
 myra, III., and while living there officiated as Elder, 
 and he has also organized a number of societies 
 since coming to Kftnsas. He is still devoted to his 
 ministerial labors, confining his attention mostly to 
 this State, although sometimes called out of it. The 
 Sunday-school has ever received his earnest and 
 faithful attention. He was born and reared a Cath- 
 olic, in the faith of which church his father lived 
 and died. The son was converted to the Protestant 
 religion when a young man and at once began 
 preaching and working in the Sunday-school. The 
 mother, who had been born and reared a Catholic, 
 changed her religious views at the same time that 
 her son embraced Protestantism and died a mem- 
 
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 417 
 
 ber of tbe Protestant Methodist Church. Dr. La 
 Vance has exercised a wide influence and has been 
 the means of causing many adherents of the Catho- 
 lic faith to come under the pale of the Christian 
 Church. He is a man of broad and liberal views and 
 fine intelligence — one of those who will be remem- 
 bered long after he has been gathered to iiis fathers. 
 
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 'ir AMES F. ROBERTSON, M. D. In every 
 qualification which pertains to good citizen- 
 sliip, this young gentleman has a prominent 
 place, and in the professional ranks of Cald- 
 wTll he is an able, well-informed and busy man. 
 He has built up an excellent practice in the medi- 
 cal profession during the few years in which he 
 has been a resident lierc, occupies a leading posi- 
 tion among the practitioners of the place, and has 
 a reputation s cond to none. He may well be 
 called a self-made man, as his education was the re- 
 sult of his own exertions, and the knowledge which 
 he acquired from books and observation, has been 
 made of practical use bj' his discrimination and 
 wise application of theories. 
 
 From worthy parents Dr. Robertson derives the 
 characteristics which belong to the "canny Scot."' 
 His father, Amelious Robertson, was born in Scot- 
 laud, in October, 1819, and was brought to America 
 by his parents v,-hen a child. The family settled in 
 Black Hawk County, N. Y., and in 1836 removed 
 to Wood County, Ohio, where the remainder of his 
 life was passed, and where he breathed his hist, .Tulj' 
 5, 1888. His occupation was that of a farniei-. 
 His wife, Margery P\-azier, was born in Scotland, 
 May o, 1824, and still survives. She came to Amer- 
 ica with lier parents when about fifteen years old, 
 the family settling in Wood County, Ohio. Ame- 
 lious and Margery Robertson were the parents of 
 eight children, of whom our subject is the second 
 in order of birth. 
 
 Dr. Robertson was born in Haskins County, Ohio, 
 May 2, 1855, and was reared on the farm in AVood 
 County, acquiring a common-school education there. 
 
 In 1874, he began reading medicine with Drs. Peck 
 and Powers, of Prairiesburg, Ohio, and after at- 
 tending the Detroit (Mich..) Medical College three 
 sessions, was graduated with high honors in the 
 spring of 1877. He at once located in Haskins 
 County, Ohio, began the practice of his profession, 
 and remained in that place until 1882, at which 
 time he removed to Caldwell, Kan. He has since 
 been constantly engaged in professional work, and 
 together with his professional reputation, lias ac- 
 quired a worthy one as a private individual. 
 
 Dr. Robertson has been a member of the Cald- 
 well City Council for six years, and is still serving 
 on that board. He belongs to the Free and Ac- 
 cepted Masons, the Encampment of the Indepen- 
 dent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, 
 and .the Ancient Order of United Workmen. At 
 the home of the bride in Haskin, Ohio, June 17, 
 1879, he was united in marriage with Miss Corne- 
 lia J. Meagley. The bride was a native of the 
 town in which she was married, was born in 1834, 
 and is a lady of intelligence, refinement, and those 
 sterling straits of character which endear her to her 
 acquaintances. She and her husband .are the happy 
 parents of one sou, Wright. 
 
 ,,^ ARON 'r. BALL, Cashier of the Bank of 
 (@£Jj| Geuda Springs, although still a young 
 man; has displayed decided business quali- 
 fications, and exhibits a high morality and 
 courteous bearing in private as well as in public 
 life, winning respect and friendly regard on all 
 sides. He is a son of the Hoosier State, and the 
 youngest of six children born to John and Mary J. 
 (Biyant) Ball. His father was born near Louisville, 
 Ky., about the year 1818, and having moved to Ful- 
 ton County, Ind., when a young man, spent the re- 
 mainder of his life there, breathing his last in 1854. 
 He was a farmer, possessed of considerable means, 
 held some minor offices, and was for many years 
 connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 Tlie mother of our subject was born in Fulton 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 County, Ind., and in that county breathed her last. 
 The brothers of Aaron Ball were christened An- 
 sel B., Daniel U., George W., John H., and Will- 
 iam. 
 
 The subject of this sketch first opened his eyes 
 to the light Octobers, 1850, in Fulton County Ind., 
 and was reared on the parental estate, acquiring an 
 excellent education at F't. Wayne. He was Deputy 
 Auditor of the county seven years. In 1869, he 
 went to Red Cloud, Neb., and after sojourning 
 there a year, returned to his native State, going 
 again to Red Cloud in 1879, and remaining there 
 in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincj"^ 
 Railroad until 1882. He next removed to Geuda 
 Springs, Kan., engaged in the general mercantile 
 business for a period of two years, when he sold 
 out, and until August, 1888, had no regular occu- 
 pation. The Bank of Gueda Springs was then or- 
 ganized, and he has since been its cashier; he is 
 also a stock-holder in the institution. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Warsaw, Ind., Octo- 
 ber 7, 1875, Aaron Ball and Miss Mary McGren- 
 were united in marriage. Mrs. Ball was born near 
 Goshen, Ind., March 10, 1855, possesses an estima- 
 ble character and many w^omanly virtues, and her 
 chief object has ever been to make her home happy, 
 and attractive to her husband and the son who was 
 born to them, October 30, 1876. The bright lad 
 who is the only offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Ball, 
 bears the name of Chester B. Mr. Ball belongs to 
 the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the En- 
 campment Degree. He is a believer in, and sup- 
 porter of the principles of the Republican jjart}'. 
 
 UILLIAM H. BROWN. Among the fiist 
 settlers of South Haven may be mentioned 
 \^^ Mr. Brown, who pitched his tent in the 
 embryo village in June, 1885, and established him- 
 self in the livery business. There were then but 
 comparatively few people who could act as patrons 
 to such an enterprise, but by the exercise of pa- 
 tience, with a seasonable amount of waiting, satis- 
 
 factory results began to develop. Mr. Brown has 
 now a large barn stocked with a fine assortment of 
 horses and vehicles, and is doing a paying business. 
 He runs a hack line to and from the railroad depot, 
 and by his courteous treatment of those with whom 
 he has dealings, has fully established himself as a 
 successful business man. 
 
 A native of Steuben County, N. Y., the subject 
 of this notice was born September 17. 1836, to 
 Samuel and Mary (Burr) Brown. The following 
 jear Samuel Brown resolved to seek the farther 
 West, and taking with him his little family, emi- 
 grated to Tazewell County, 111. He settled upon a 
 farm, and there William H. grew to be a lad of fif- 
 teen years. The family then changed their resi- 
 dence to Jefferson County, and later the parents 
 removed to Fulton County, where they spent their 
 last years, dying at an advanced age. They were 
 most excellent and worthy people, and members in 
 good standing of the Baptist Church. There had 
 been born to them twelve children, of whom Will- 
 iam H. was the sixth in order of birth. 
 
 The paternal grandparents of our subject were 
 Thomas and Mary Brown, who lived in New York 
 State a number of years, and then accompanied 
 their son to Illinois. Thomas Brown was a noted 
 preacher of the Baptist Church for many years, an 
 active worker, preaching until past his threescore 
 years and ten. and organizing many societies of 
 that denomination both in New York and Illinois. 
 No fancy salaries were paid in the pioneer days, 
 and Grandfather Brown's labors were mostly gratu- 
 itous. His duties were performed mainly on the 
 Sabbath day, while during the week he attended 
 to the cultivation of his farm. He passed away 
 firm in the faith which he had professed for so 
 many years, justly feeling that he had earned the 
 reward of a good and faithful servant. 
 
 The early education of William H. Brown was 
 obtained in the district schools of Tazewell County, 
 111. When the family removed to Jefferson County 
 the latter contained a large area of land still be- 
 longing to the Government. He assisted his lather 
 in transforming a portion of this into a comforta- 
 ble homestead, much of the sod being turned by 
 the old fashioned wooden mold-board plow. In 
 Jefferson County he developed fully into manhood, 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 419 
 
 and when ready to establish a fireside of his own 
 was ioined in wedlock with Miss Mary Estes. 
 
 Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
 removed to Fulton County, 111., settling on a farm 
 where they lived about two years. There their 
 eldest child, Columbus, was born. Illinois, how- 
 ever, was not quite far enough West to suit Mr. 
 Brown, and so, in 1857, gathering together his lit- 
 tle family and liis household effects, he pushed 
 across the Father of Waters into Douglas County, 
 this State. Settling on a homestead claim, he op- 
 erated in true pioneer style until 1872. That year 
 he came to this county, and locating near Caldwell 
 engaged as a dealer in live-stocli about two years. 
 Then, removing to Hunnewell, he established him- 
 self in the livery business, and was thus occupied 
 until coming to South Haven. 
 
 Mr. Brown was wedded, October 23, 1873, at 
 Wichita, to Mrs. Lydia (Moliere) Edwards. This 
 lady was born in Indiana, December 31, 1841, and 
 is the daughter of William and Mary (Aughee) Mo- 
 liere, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and are 
 now deceased. Mrs. Brown was first married, in 
 Indiana, January 12, 1860,to Samuel Edwards, who 
 served in the Union army during the late Civil 
 War, and subsequently located in Sumner County, 
 this State, of which he was one of the earliest pio- 
 neers, and wbere he died in 1872. There was born 
 to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards one child, a son, Myron, 
 who is now a resident of South Haven. 
 
 Mr. Brown while a resident of Hunnewell served 
 as a member of the City Council two terms, and 
 lias held the same position the same length of time 
 in South Haven. During the progress of the Civil 
 War Mr. Brown, in August, 1862, enlisted in the 
 First Kansas Battery, under the command of Nor- 
 man Allen, of Lawrence. Mr. Allen died in July, 
 1863, and was succeeded in the command by M. D. 
 Tinney. Mr. Brown served until the close of tiie 
 war, in the meantime being promoted to Corporal. 
 He participated in a number of important engage- 
 ments, being at Newtonia, Mo., Ft. Wayne, Kane 
 Hill, Van Buren and others. In the spring of 1863 
 he returned to Lawrence, and from there was or- 
 dered to Ft. Leavenworth, where the battery ob- 
 tained fresh horses, and thence proceeded to RoUa, 
 Mo. Next they went to St. Louis, and from tjiere 
 
 to Indianapolis, Ind., after which tliey drove the 
 raider Morgan from the soil of Ohio. Returning 
 then to St. Louis they went from there to Cairo, 
 and next to Columbus, Ky. After sojourning there 
 one month tliey returned to Cairo, where they re- 
 mained five months. 
 
 Afterward Mr. Brown was at Chattanooga, and 
 in August, 1865, returning to Ft. Leavenworth, re- 
 ceived his honorable discharge. Although not 
 being wounded or captured, his health was under- 
 mined by the exposures and hardships which he 
 endured, and which induced rheumatism, from 
 which he has since suffered. He belongs to South 
 Haven Post, G. A. R., and South Haven Lodge, 
 No. 114, I. O. O. F., being a charter member of 
 both lodges. Mrs. Brown belongs to Rebecca 
 Lodge, No. 97, I. O. 0. F. 
 
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 JAMES P. ELSEA is a large land owner, one 
 of the most extensive cattle men in this sec- 
 tion of the country, and who, although do- 
 ing some general farming, devotes his atten- 
 tion almost wholly to the handling of stock, buy- 
 ing, feeding and shipping, in laige numbers. He 
 owns Ave hundred and sixty acres of land in this 
 county, and an extensive range in Barber County, 
 having a controlling interest in about nineteen hun- 
 dred acres theie. At this writing he has about 
 one hundred and seventy- five head of cattle, and 
 his herds number far more at some seasons. 
 
 Mr. Elsca was born in Elkhart County, Ind., De- 
 cember 4, 1847, and there grew to manhood, ac- 
 quiring a fair education under the fine system of 
 the Hoosicr State, and residing in his native county 
 until the spring of 1873. Having chosen Kansas 
 as his future home, ho came to this county in Aiiril 
 of that year, and pre-empted one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land on section 32, Greene Township, where 
 he still makes liis home. During some six or seven 
 years he spent much of his time in the Indian Ter- 
 ritory, looking after the cattle which he fed upon 
 the ranges there, and he also spent two or three 
 
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 years'in Barber County, althouglrthis has been bis 
 home since hc'first^'took up bis claim here. He 
 spent two years upon the Pacific Coast in Cali- 
 fornia. 
 
 Mr. Elsea is a Democrat, and is deeply interested 
 in the welfare of the party, although he has no po- 
 litical aspirations. ~ He belongs to the Masonicifra- 
 ternity. He is one of the most energetic of men, 
 jolly and companionable, and with the exception 
 that'he still pursues a life;of single' blessedness, bi.s 
 citizenship has'in it 'no cause'of complaint. As 
 maj' well be supposed, he has niany^friends, and is 
 warmly welcomed in'social circJes. 
 
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 fOLNEY S. WIGGINS, one of the pioneers 
 [of Sumner County, was born near Circle- 
 ville, Pickaway County, Ohio, August H, 
 1855. His father, H. II. Wiggins, was born in the 
 Province of Ontario, Canada, and was a sou of 
 Samuel Wiggins, a pioneer of that province, where 
 be cleared a farm and engaged in agricultural pur- 
 suits, continuing to reside there until his death. 
 
 The father of our subject received his early 
 training in the province, and when a young man 
 went to Ohio and purchased a tract of land near 
 Cirelevillo. Thinking be could better his condi- 
 tion by going West, in 1858 he left his family and 
 made his way to Louisa County, Iowa, where be 
 |)urchnsed a tract of prairie land on the Iowa River. 
 There were a few acres broken, and that, with a 
 log house of which he immediately took possession, 
 constituted the improvements. A few nights after 
 his arrival there lie was awakened by a strange 
 sound, and jumping out of bed found himself 
 nearly waist deep in water. There had been a sud- 
 den rise in the river, and the banks had been over- 
 flowed, an occurrence which did not often happen. 
 
 The father was soon joined by his family, and 
 continued to improve llie farm, upon which they 
 lived until after the Civil AVar. He then sold and 
 
 bought a tract of wild land near by, which was the 
 family residence until 1869, when he again sold out 
 and journeyed farther Westward. This time he 
 located in Crawford County, Kan., buying a claim 
 to a tract of land one and a half miles east of Gi- 
 rard, which he at once began to improve. He had 
 resided upon this place five years, when he found 
 that it was railroad land, 'to which he could secure 
 a title only by pajing a large sum to the'railroad 
 company. He therefore abandoned it, and again 
 started Westward, on this" occasion coming to this 
 county, where he was one of the pioneers. Deer 
 and antelope still roamed over the prairie, and a few 
 miles west buffalo abounded. He made claim to 
 the southeast quarter of section 1, in what is now 
 Osborn Township, and prosecuted the labors in- 
 cidental to the improvement of the primitive soil. 
 For some years there was no railroad nearer than 
 Wichita, and that city was the nearest market for 
 farm products. Prior to his death, which occurred 
 March 18, 1889, he had seen the county develop 
 to one of the most populous, and which contained 
 more miles*of railroad than any other in the State. 
 The wife of 11. H. Wiggins and mother of our 
 subject, bore the mairlen name of Lucinda Jones. 
 She was a native of New York, and a daughter of 
 Nathaniel Jones, wiio was, as far as known, a na- 
 tive of the same State, and who was a carpenter by 
 trade. Mr. Jones removed from New York to 
 Ohio, and lived in Pickaway County a number of 
 years, after which he went to Iowa, and thence came 
 to this State, where for some years he lived with his 
 daughter, 3Irs. Wiggins. He subsequently went to 
 the home of a son in Michigan, and there departed 
 this life. Three children were born to the parents 
 of our subject — Hiram, Volney and Charles. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was three years of age when his parents moved to 
 Iowa, in which State he attended the pioneer 
 schools. When his parents came to Kansas he ac- 
 companied tliem, and as soon as he was large 
 enough he began to assist his father in the work of 
 the farm, and adopting his father's employment has 
 always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 
 188;i he located upon the farm which he now owns 
 and occupies, and which comprises the south half 
 of the southwest quarter of section 6, Wellington 
 
PORTRAIT AND J510GKAP1IICAL ALBUM. 
 
 421 
 
 Township. He stands well among his fellow cili- 
 zcns as a young man of industrious habits, intelli- 
 gence, and good principles, and one who merits 
 their respect. 
 
 The homo of Mr. Wiggins is brightened by the 
 childish forms of three children — Samuel, Lucinda 
 J. and Josephine — who have blessed his union with 
 the lady who exercises such pleasant and orderly 
 control of the household affairs. This lady, form- 
 erly Miss Lucy Ramble, native of Tower Creek 
 Township, LaSalle County, 111., and daughter of 
 Charles and Elizabeth Rumble, whose sketch will 
 be found elsewhere in this volume, was united in 
 marriage to Mr. Wiggins on December 3, 1882. 
 
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 ^^^EORGE J. MILLER is the owner and occu- 
 apant of a pleasantly located, well-im- 
 rovcd farm of one hundred and sixty 
 acres on section 34, Wellington Township. This 
 land was purchased by him in 1879, and was then 
 in the primitive condition of unbroken prairie. 
 Taking possession of it in 1880, he has erected a 
 set of farm buildings, which, though built of wood, 
 are substantial and well designed. He has fenced 
 and otherwise improved the estate, among the 
 notable features of its adornment being many fruit, 
 shade and ornamental trees. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Benning- 
 ton, Wyoming County, N. Y., July 27, 1853, and 
 is the oldest member of the parental family. His 
 father, George Miller, was born in Germany, and 
 came to America when a young man. He learned 
 the trade of a miller in his native land, and fol- 
 lowed this for some time, later purchasing a farm 
 in Bennington Township, where for many j^ears he 
 prosecuted agriculture. He is now living in War- 
 saw, the same county. The maiden name of his 
 wife, the mother of our subject, was Kate Clar. 
 Her father, Adam Clar, was a native of France, and 
 spent his last years in Wyoming County. Beside 
 our subject the members of the parental family 
 were Margaret, John, Charle§, Sarah and Lizzie 
 
 The subject of this sketcli received his early ed- 
 cation in the i)ublic schools of his native town, and 
 prosecuted the study of i)igher branches at the 
 Union School at Batavia. When not engaged in 
 the schoolroom he assisted his father on the farm, 
 early acquiring a practical understanding of a far- 
 mer's life and labors. At the age of twenty years 
 he left the parental roof-tree and started out in life 
 for himself, visiting different parts of the State of 
 Michigan during the next few months. He then went 
 to Ohio, and after spending the winter in another 
 section, visited Toledo, where he accepted a posi- 
 tion with the Water Compan3' for a year, following 
 which he entered the employ of the Summit Street 
 Railway Company, remaining with them until he 
 became a citizen of Kansas. 
 
 Though j'oung in years Mr. Miller exhibits a 
 judgment and discrimination equal to that shown 
 by many older men, and manages his estate pru- 
 dently and discreetly. He possesses an upright and 
 manly character, and is highly respected among 
 those with whom his lot is cast. 
 
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 man is 
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 vILLIAM B. COLDWELL. This gentle- 
 is a Justice of the Peace in Oxford, 
 is well known as a stock-raiser, his 
 specialty being Jersey cattle, of which he has the 
 best herd in the county, made up of the A. J. C. C, 
 registered Jerseys. Mr. Coldwell is not only widely 
 known as a Jersey cattle dealer, but has for a num- 
 ber of years filled a prominent position in Oxford 
 as a business man and a public servant, and he still 
 holds positions of public responsibilitj' for which 
 a long experience in mercantile and clerical capaci- 
 ties has well fitted him. His home estate com- 
 prises seventy acres adjoining the town, and he 
 also owns one hundred and sixty acres in anotiier 
 part of the township. 
 
 Mr. Cold well is a son of T. M. (]oldwell and a 
 grandson of Abiram Coldwell. The latter was a 
 native of Virginia and the son of a man who came 
 from Scotland. He grew to maturity in tbo Old 
 
422 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Dominion, aivl ttiere mairierl a Miss Montgomery, 
 after which he moved to the eastern part of Ten- 
 nessee anrl engaged in farming, subsequently going 
 to Dickson County, 'J'enn., where he died. He 
 reared a family of fifteen children. Of these, 
 Thomas M. was born in December, 1808. in Dicl<- 
 son County, and there grevv to maturity on his 
 father's farm. After his marriage to Miss Eliza- 
 beth BfU, he removed to Sbelbyville, where he 
 engaged in the sale of groceries and produce, and 
 where he remained until his death, which took 
 place in 1871 . He was an able financier and a suc- 
 cessful business man, but lost heavily in the war, 
 saving but 1250 out of the wreck made of his 
 fortunes at that time. He was an Elder in the 
 Presbyterian Church for more than a quarter of a 
 century. He was kind and affectionate in his home 
 relations and a prominent and respected citizen 
 of his county. Ho was the father of nine chil- 
 dren, of whom all but one are still living. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is the first-born in the 
 parental family. The second son and child, Em- 
 mett, is now engaged in the foundry business at 
 Birmingham, Ala.; Alice is the wife of William E. 
 Mathews, of Shelby vil!e, Tenn.; Mary, who died 
 in November, 1872, was the wife of B. F. Pea- 
 cock, of this township. John is now agent for the 
 Adams Express Company in St. Louis, Mo.; he 
 camo to Oxford in 1871, and resided here twelve 
 years. The above-named children were born to 
 the first wife of T. M. Coldwell, and after her 
 death he married Miss Jane Cannon, of Rutherford 
 County, Tenn., who became the mother of four 
 children. Joseph C. is pastor of the Presbyterian 
 Church at Elizabethtown, Ky.; Emma is still at 
 home; Abbie is the wife of Mr. Black, of Louis- 
 burg, Tenn.: Maggie is with her mother. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Sbelby- 
 ville, Tenn., January 18, 1839, and grew to man's 
 estate in his native place, finishing his education at 
 Sbelbyville Academ3'. At the breaking out of the 
 Civil War, in 1861, he went to Nashville, Tenn., 
 and entered the Commissary Department of Gen. 
 Thomas' command, having charge of Taylor depot, 
 with two or three million dollars' worth of stores, 
 shipping to the front all the time. He next en- 
 tered the large retail dry-goods house of Col. W. 
 
 W. Berry & Co., on College Street, Nashville, and 
 subsequently handled the penitentiary productions 
 — wagons, .stores, etc. — in the same city, with 
 ^lessr?. McCampbell and Michael. He next held 
 the position of Inspector of Customs in New York 
 City during the years 1869-70, and then returned 
 to his youthful home to assist in settling his father's 
 estate. 
 
 In October, 1872, Mr. Coldwell came to this 
 place, where there were but few people, and where 
 deer were so plentiful that he could shoot all he 
 wanted within the distance of half a mile, and 
 herds of antelope were to be seen on Slate Creek. 
 There were several Indian scares after he came 
 here, but it was found that they were gotten up by 
 desperate characters who had gathered here from 
 various points, and the object was to steal horses. 
 In the fall of 1873 Mr. Coldwell went into Harper 
 County on a hunt and found but one white man 
 in that county. Ilis first claim here was the north- 
 east quarter of section 22, upon which he made im- 
 provements, and in 1874 moved to the land which he 
 now occupies, where he has also erected good build- 
 ings and placed the land under excellent cultiva- 
 tion, erected a windmill, and set out fruit and shade 
 ti-efs. At the same time he engaged in the dry- 
 goods business, opening one of the first establish- 
 ments of the kind in Oxford and after a time 
 beginning a trade in agricultural implements, which 
 he continued for ten or twelve years. He then en- 
 gaged in the breeding of thoroughbred Jersey 
 stock and good grades of horses, and, as before 
 stated, has become well known in this business. 
 
 Mr. Coldwell was Secretary of the Committee 
 which was appointed to secure a wagon bridge 
 across the Arkansas River, his coadjutors being H. 
 Barrett, Jasper Summerville, G. J. Hess and Dr. 
 I. J. Maggard. They raised a private subscription 
 and the county gave assistance, and the highway 
 was secured. Our subject is' manager of the co- 
 operative store at Wellington, which is controlled 
 by the Farmers' Alliance, and has been elected Sec- 
 retary of the Oxford Farmers' Elevator and Mill 
 Company, composed of members of the same body, 
 which is soon to erect the buildings indicated in 
 the title of their association. Mr. Coldwell has 
 never desired office, but has been willing to serve 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL ALBUM. 
 
 423 
 
 his fellow-citizens wiicn called upon to fill any 
 position which does not require his absence from 
 home. He has therefore served as Township Clerk, 
 and in 1888 was elected as Justice of the Peace. He 
 hns also been Chairman of> the Democratic Town- 
 ship Committee. Of more than ordinarj' intelli • 
 gence, undoubted ability and excellent character, 
 Mr. Coldwell is highly respected by all who know 
 him. 
 
 The wife of Mr. Coldwell bore the maiden name 
 of Nellie Malaby, and their marriage was cele- 
 brnted at her home, in Palestine Township on the 
 last day of 1878. The bride was born in Pennsyl- 
 vania April 27, 1854, and moved to Illinois with 
 her parents, and in 1871 came with them to this 
 county, where her mother is still living. Her 
 father, the late George A. Malaby, was one of the 
 early settlers of this county. He married Miss 
 Esther Johnson, and their family comprised Ave 
 sons and six daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Coldwell 
 are the happy parents of five interesting children, 
 wlio are named respectively: Irma, Irene, Irving, 
 Ivan and Ion. 
 
 J~|AMES W. HOUSEWORTH. The work of 
 I the biographer is particularly pleasant when 
 I to a record of financial prosperity and suc- 
 ' cess one can add that of a useful career on 
 the field of battle and in various departments of 
 local affairs, and a character above reproach. Such 
 a life and character may well he recorded for the 
 benefit of future generations, who will eagerly 
 glance backward to learn what worthy examples 
 have been given by their progenitors. The gentle- 
 man who is the subject of this sketch can look back 
 over years well spent since his early manhood, 
 and turning his thoughts to the future, may con- 
 fidently hope for still more extended usefulness 
 through his personal efforts and the family whom 
 he has reared. 
 
 Mr. Houseworth is the third in a family of fif- 
 teen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity. 
 Their parents were Abram H. Houseworth, who 
 
 was horn near Orange Court House, Va., and Lucy 
 A. Blackwell, who was also a native of the Old 
 Dominion. This worthy couple were married in 
 Kentucky, and resided there until 1842, when they 
 removed to Clark County, Ind., locating on a 
 farm. They sojourned in the rural districts but a 
 short time ere removing to the county seat, where 
 Mr. Houseworth again occupied himself at his trade 
 of a mechanic. Four years later they returned to 
 their farm, upon which they remained until 1878, 
 when they settled in Carroll County, Mo. The 
 mother departed this life in 1885, and the father 
 in 1888. 
 
 The gentleman of whom we write was born at 
 Simpsonville, Shelby County, Ky., June 29, 1841, 
 and was still an infant when the family removed 
 to the Hoosier State, in the district schools of 
 which he received a good common-school educa- 
 tion. He began life for himself when he still lacked 
 a year of his majoritjr, by enlisting at the breaking 
 out of the Civil War in Company B, Eighty-flrst 
 Indiana Infantry. The command was sent to Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., and forming a part of Gen. Rosen- 
 crans' army, took part in the battle of Stone River, 
 and thence went to Chattanooga, later participat- 
 ing in the battle of Chickamauga, and fighting al- 
 most continually until the siege of Atlanta. 
 
 Under the command of Gen. Thomas they next 
 participated In the engagement at Jonesboro, 
 whence they returned to Nashville, fighting in the 
 battle of Franklin on their way thither, engaging 
 in another hard contest at their objective point and 
 driving awa}' Gen. Hood's army. Their next move- 
 ment was to Huntsville, Ala., following which they 
 entered East Tennessee, and then went to North 
 Carolina on a scouting expedition. At the con- 
 clusion of this expedition they returned again to 
 Nashville, where they remained until mustered out 
 of service, at Camp Harper, in June, 1865. Dur- 
 ing the battle of Stone River, Mr. Houseworth was 
 struck on the left elbow by a minie ball, but re- 
 mained with his company notwithstanding the 
 wound. He entered the ranks as a private, and 
 was promoted to the position of Corporal. 
 
 After being honorably discharged, Mr. House- 
 worth returned to his father's farm, happy in the 
 consciousness that there was no cause for regret in 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 fi retrospective view of iiis conduct during tlie war, 
 and that the years wLicli tie bad devoted to tiie 
 service of liis country liad been well and nobly 
 spent. During the winter after his return liome he 
 attended school, and the following spring rented a 
 farm, which he operated about a year. He then 
 purchased thirty-two acres, which he lived upon 
 until 1868, when he removed to Missouri and set- 
 tled in Carroll County, where he purchased a farm 
 of forty acres, which was his home until 1877, 
 when lie came to Kansas and settled on the farm 
 which he now occupies. This comprises two hun- 
 dred acres in Ryan Township, and when he took 
 possession of it every acre was in the raw condi- 
 tion of the Sumner County prairie. One hundred 
 and sixty acres are now devoted to crops, and 
 the owner divides his attention equally between 
 the raising of crops and stocls. The estate bears 
 the usual improvements, the dwelling, which was 
 erected in the year 1879, having been added to 
 in 1887, forming a pleasant and commodious resi- 
 dence. In 1887 Mr. Ilouseworth went to Garfield 
 County and took up one hundred and sixty acres 
 of land as a soldier's homestead, and on that tract 
 he lias broken forty-flvu acres of ground and dug 
 a good well. 
 
 Tlie marriage of Mr. Houseworth was celebrated 
 in Indiana, March 20, 18G6, his bride being Miss 
 Elizabeth Mitchell, who was born in Clark County, 
 of that State, January 30, 1840. Sbe was the re- 
 cipient of a good common-school education, has 
 many womanly viitues, and possesses a character 
 which endears lier to many hearts. Her parents, 
 John and Rachel (St. Clair) Mitchell, were natives 
 of Pennsylvania, but lived for a time in Ohio and 
 later in Indiana. Mr. Mitchell was a farmer. He 
 died in 1879, and his wife in 1858. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Houseworth are the parents of six 
 cliildren : Theodore E., Rachael Estella, John Leno 
 and Abram Leman (twins), Frances Olga and Lucy 
 Gertrude. The oldest son is now teaching in School 
 District No. 137; Rachael Estella teaches five miles 
 north of Milan; Abram Leman is teaching four 
 and one half miles northwest of Argonia. 
 
 Mr. Houseworth is a member of the Farmers' Al- 
 liance, and of John Goldy Post, No. 90, G. A. R., 
 of Milan, being Chaplain in the latter organiza- 
 
 tion. He is Director of School District No. 123, 
 and has been elected Justice of the Peace ; he is 
 also serving his second term as Trustee of Ryan 
 Township. While a resident of Missouri, he was 
 twice elected Township Collector, and was also 
 Registering Officer. He takes an active interest in 
 politics, and votes the Republican ticket. Mrs. 
 Houseworth is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
 copal Church and Mr. Houseworth of the Christian 
 Church, and he has taught in the Sunday-school. 
 
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 Vi^BERLE D. WHITESIDE. In noting the 
 IN business men of Caldwell, the name of Mr. 
 It — ^ AVhiteside deserves more than^a passing 
 mention. In reverting to the incidents of his early 
 life, we find that he was born in Casey County, 
 Ky., January 13, 1863, and is the son of Christo- 
 pher and Eilizabeth (Wilson) Whiteside, who were 
 natives of Kentucky. The latter lived in the Blue 
 Grass State until about 1865, then emigrated to 
 Illinois, and four years later to Cherokee County, 
 Kan. The elder Whiteside spent his earlj' years 
 mostly in farming pursuits, but is now engaged as 
 an hotel-keeper at Neosha. He boars the reputa- 
 tion of an honest man and a good citizen, is a worthy 
 member of the Christian Church, a Democrat in 
 politics, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. 
 The mother is also still living. The parental fam- 
 ily included nine children, who were named re- 
 spectively: William A., James T., Mattie, John, 
 Eberle D., Eliza, Kittle, Lizzie, and Charles C. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the fifth child of 
 his parents, and was reared on the farm in Chero- 
 kee County, this State, acquiring a practical educa- 
 tion in the common school. He made good use of 
 his tinae and opportunities for the acquisition of 
 useful knowledge, and for a time followed teaching. 
 Later he entered the printing office of the Colum- 
 bus Times, where he learned the "art preservative" 
 and was engaged at this until 1883. That year he 
 became the employe of the Long Bell Lumber Com- 
 pany, with which he has since continued, having 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGkaPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 425 
 
 charge of this business at Caldwell since 1885. He 
 possesses fine business qualifications, and is evi- 
 dently bound to make of life a reasonable success. 
 He votes tiie Democratic ticket, and belongs to the 
 Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
 
 On the 29th of December, 1886, Mr. Whiteside 
 was wedded to Miss Mamie Hammett, of Colum- 
 bus, Kan. Mrs. Whiteside was born in Martha's 
 Vineyard, Mass., May, 1865, and is a daughter of 
 John M. and Cordelia (Tilton) Hammett, likewise 
 natives of the Bay State, and now of Columbus, 
 Kan. There has been born to Mr. and Mrs. White- 
 side, one child, Gladys E., July 29, 1888. 
 
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 yfclLLlAM D. MOORE, proprietor of the 
 I Wellington Foundry, Stove and Machine 
 '^(^ Works, is numbered among the stirring 
 business men of the city, and established himself 
 in his present busiiiese in January, 1886, being lo- 
 cated at the intersection of Harvey Avenue and C 
 Street. He gives employment to several men, and 
 is contributing his full quota to the industrial in- 
 terests of Sumner County. 
 
 Es.sentially a Western man, Mr. Moore was born 
 in Sangamon Councj-, 111., July 6, 1856, and was 
 reared to manhood on his father's farm twelve 
 miles south of Springfield. He completed a thor- 
 ough education in the university at Champaign, 
 being graduated in the Class of '83, from the me- 
 chanical and civil engineering departments. Soon 
 afterward he assumed the positiou of Assistant Su- 
 perintendent of River Survey on the Mississippi 
 River in the employ of tiie Government. He was 
 thus occupied one year, and then went into the 
 Champaign machine shops, where he worked also 
 one year, and acquired a practical knowledge of 
 the business. At the expiration of this time, com- 
 ing to Wellington he purchased a small foundry, 
 and was ready for business on the 1st of January, 
 1886. 
 From the start Mr. Moore has been prosperous. 
 
 being obliged to increase his facilities, and now has 
 one of the best-equipped shops in the city, giving 
 employment to ten men during the busy season. 
 He devotes his entire attention to his business, hav- 
 ing neither time nor inclination for politics, sim- 
 ply casting his vote in support of the Democratic 
 party. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was married at Au- 
 burn, 111., February 17, 1887, to Miss Mattie Hill. 
 Mrs. Moore, like her husband, was born in Sanga- 
 mon County, 111., and is the daughter of William R. 
 and Jane (Mason) Hill, the former of whom was a 
 a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Illinois. 
 Mrs. Moore received excellent parental training, 
 and remained under the home roof until her mar- 
 riage. 
 
 The father of our subject was Morrison M. 
 Moore, who was a native of Virginia, and born 
 about 1810. He removed to Kentucky when aboj' 
 where he grew to .man's estate, and then emigrated 
 to Sangamon County, 111. There he was married to 
 Miss Sarah Crow, and they became the parents of 
 eight children, all of whom are living. Mrs. Moore 
 was born in Kentucky, and removed with her par- 
 ents to Illinois when a young girl, about 1830. 
 She and her husband are still living at the old farm 
 in Sangamon County, and the elder Moore votes 
 the Democratic ticket. Our subject and his familj^ 
 occupy a neat home in the northern part of the 
 city, and enjoy the acquaintance and friendship of 
 its best people. Mr. Moore has recently determined 
 to engage in the manufacturing of stoves. 
 
 W. SHEARMAN. Among those who 
 have borne no unimportant part in build- 
 ll\ ing up the town of Wellington, aad whose 
 (^ interests have centered here for these many 
 
 years, the subject of this notice deserves special 
 mention. Notwithstanding that he has witnessed 
 changes that seemed more like a dream than a reality, 
 and vr-as in Wellington during its earliest settlement. 
 
426 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 he is still a man in the prime of life, having been 
 born September 23, 1836. His native place was 
 Yates County, N. Y., where he was reared on a farm 
 and attended the common school. The death of his 
 mother, when he was a boj' of thirteen years, re- 
 sulted in his going out in the world to earn his 
 own living, and he worked on the farm in the sum- 
 mer, and in tlie winter season in the timber. When 
 a youth of nineteen years, he went into Chemung 
 County, N. Y'., and for some time thereafter was 
 engaged as a traveling salesman for a boot and shoe 
 house. He then returned to his native county, 
 and engaged in the grocery business at Penn Yann, 
 remaining there until 1851. Afterward he changed 
 his residence to Niagara County, and became 
 Superintendent of Gen. Whitney's farm, holding 
 the position seven j'ears. In 1858, he repaired to 
 Louisiana and became overseer of a plantation, 
 sixty nine miles above the citj' of New Orleans. 
 
 We next find Mr. Shearman again in the North, 
 in consequence of the outbreak of the Rebellion, 
 located near Geneva, N. Y. In 1862 he enlisted as 
 a Union soldier in Company F, One Hundred and 
 Twenty- sixth New York Infantry. The regiment 
 soon afterward was ordered to Harper's Ferry. 
 In September, that year, Mr. Shearman was captured 
 with 13,000 others. The next day they were 
 paroled, sent to Chicago, 111., and Mr. Shearman 
 was discharged on account of disability. In Febru- 
 ary, following, he returned to New York State, and 
 lived one year in Ontario County. He then clerked 
 one year in Penn Yann, and going from there to 
 Elmira, engaged again as a salesman for a boot and 
 shoe house three years. He next established him- 
 self in the grocerj' business at Penn Yann, sojourn- 
 ino- there until 1871, although for two years, he was 
 not engaged in any active business. 
 
 In the year last mentioned, Mr. Shearman turned 
 his face towards the Great West with the intention 
 of settling in some new town. Coming to Kansas, 
 he visited a brother in Leavenworth, and there 
 learned that a new town named Meridien had just 
 been started in Sumner County. He accordingly 
 set out for that point, going by rail to Emporia, 
 then the Western terminus of the Santa Fe Road, 
 and from there by stage to Wichita. There being 
 no stage from this point as he expected, and deter- 
 
 mined not to abandon his enterprise, he started out 
 on foot with another man, and about two and one- 
 half miles southeast of the present site of Welling- 
 ton, he found the village of Meridien. This con- 
 sisted of a few tents near the timber. The pro- 
 prietors of the land offered Mr. Shearman two lots 
 if he would put up a store building and embark in 
 merchandising. He stopped over night with them, 
 and the following day two gentlemen named Wood 
 and Godfrey invited him to their camp, one mile 
 distant. Lfpon arriving there, they unfolded to him 
 their plans. They were about to lay out a village 
 where Wellington now stands, and offered him two 
 business lots and two residence blocks for himself 
 and his brother. 
 
 Mr. Shearman had already made arrangements 
 with a friend at Emporia to send him lumber, and 
 who at once dispatched teams for this place, and on 
 the 4th of April, in company with others, com- 
 menced laying out the town. As soon as his lumber 
 arrived, he put up the first building erected in 
 Wellington, and as it approached completion, 
 placed within it a stock of general merchandise, in- 
 cluding most everything in general use. This, with 
 the exception of Mr. Godfrey's drug store, was the 
 onlj' store in the town for many years. Mr. Shear- 
 man gave his sole attention to his mercantile busi- 
 ness about eight years, and then served two years 
 as under sheriff. When the Wells-Fargo Express 
 Company established an office here, be accepted the 
 agenc}' and discharged the duties of this position 
 until the office was consolidated with that of the 
 Adams Express Company. He then embarked in 
 the grocery business, which he is still conducting. 
 
 When Mr. Shearman came to this county, deer, 
 antelope and buffalo were numerous, and the land 
 was owned by the Government. It was sold for 
 $1.25 per acre to homesteaders, who are now in 
 possession of valuable and productive farms. Mr. 
 Shearman has lived to see the surrounding country 
 settled up with an intelligent and prosperous peo- 
 ple, , and a city, numbering probably 6,000 souls, 
 grow up from the prairie. Since attaining his ma- 
 jority, Mr. Shearman has voted the Democratic 
 ticket. He was the first Trustee of Wellington 
 Township, and was a member of the Board of 
 County Commissioners during the erection of the 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBDM. 
 
 427 
 
 court house in 1881. He has been a member of 
 the City Council, and served as Mayor three years. 
 As one of the old landmarks he is known to a 
 large portion of the people of Sumner County, and 
 will be gratefully remembered long after he has de- 
 parted hence. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Shearman occurred 
 December 14, 1866, tiie bride being Miss Ophelia 
 Bennett. This lady was likewise a native of New 
 York State, and died in Penn Yann in 1868. In 
 1879, Mr. Shearman contracted a second marriage 
 with Miss Alwilda DeArmand, who was born in 
 Butler County, Ohio. Of the first marriage there 
 was born one child, a daughter, Helen, who is now 
 the wife of P. J. Ivers. The second union resulted 
 in the birth of three children — Grace, Siiirley and 
 John. 
 
 The father of our subject was John Shearman, 
 a native of Dublin. Ireland, and the son of George 
 Shexrman, who probably was born in the same 
 country, and spent his entire life there. George 
 Shearman was an attorney, and successfully engaged 
 in the practice of his profession. The maiden 
 name of his wife was Rebecca Brown. She was born 
 in England, and died in the city of Dublin at the 
 advanced age of one hundred and five years. Both 
 were Episcopalians in religious belief. Four of 
 their children emigrated to America — James, John, 
 Frank and George — settling in Yates County, N. Y. 
 Frank and James never married. George reared 
 a family. John acquired an academic education in 
 his native city and sailed for America when a 
 a j-outh of nineteen years. Later he engaged in 
 farming in Yates County, N. Y., but a few years 
 after marriage removed to Wilkesbarre, Pa., and 
 embarked in the distillery business. After a twenty 
 years' residence there he returned to Yates County, 
 and purchased a flouring mill, which he operated 
 some years. He died in that county in 1867, at 
 the age of ninety -seven years. 
 
 The mother of our subject bore the maiden name 
 of Anna Woodruff. She was born in Connecticut, 
 and was the daughter of Elisha Woodruff, who 
 probably was also a native of that State, and who 
 emigrated to Yates County, N. Y.. during its pio- 
 neer days, purchasing a tract of timber land in the 
 wilderness, This was long before tlie days of canals 
 
 and railroads, and for a time the nearest mill to 
 Grandfather Woodruff was at Elmira, seventy-five 
 miles distant, to which he carried his grist on horse- 
 back. He cleared a farm, and resided there until his 
 death. Mrs. Shearman spent her last days with her 
 son in Tompkins County, N. Y. To her and her 
 luisband there have bean born nine children, four 
 sons and five daughters, viz.: Frank, Charlotte, 
 Bradley, Rhoda, Anna, John. Mary, A. W., and one 
 who died in infancy. 
 
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 ENRY L. BENEDICT, Postmaster at Milan, 
 is one of those deserving citizens whose 
 
 J^ history the biographer takes great pleasure 
 
 !^ in writing. For more than a decade he has 
 resided in Ryan Township, and during those years 
 he has filled positions of responsibility among his 
 fellow-men, and has ever been found faithful in 
 the discharge of his duties, both in those public 
 capacities and in those of private life. His loyalt}' 
 and devotion to his country were manifested during 
 the Civil War, and proved him a worthy son of a 
 father who had served in the War of 1812, under 
 the leadership of William Henrj' Harrison. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Obadiah Benedict, a native of Scotland, and a 
 Quaker in his religious belief; his wife was of 
 Welsh ancestry. Among the progeny of this 
 worthy couple was Asahel Benedict, who was born 
 in the State of New York, and adopted the occupa- 
 tion of farming. During the second contest for 
 American relief from British tyranny, he became a 
 teamster, driving oxen and carrying stores and 
 ammunition, and using a musket on various occa- 
 sions. He participated in the battle e^ Tippecanoe 
 and during the war became very strongly attached 
 to Gen. Harrison, with whom he at one time 
 swapped horses. 
 
 Asahel Benedict married Miss Evelina Moore, 
 a native of Connecticut, and a daughter of Chandler 
 Moore, of England, «vho served in the Colonial 
 Army during the Revolution, and w.is wounded 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 by a sabre cut at the battle of Brandy wine. This 
 couple was united in marriage in Ohio, and per- 
 manently resided in that State, having been among 
 the earliest settlers of Franklin County. They 
 were the parents of nine children, two of whom are 
 now living. Four sons grew to manhood, and all 
 served in the Union Army during the Rebellion — 
 Anson was a member of the Fourteenth Ohio In ■ 
 fan try, and died from disease at Kingston, Ga. ; 
 Flavel T. belonged to the Ninety- fifth Ohio In- 
 fantry, and served under Gen. Thomas at the battle 
 of Nashville, during which he received a death 
 wound ; Charles W. belonged to the Third Ohio 
 Infantry, and was captured by the Confederates in 
 the early years of the war, but was exchanged, and 
 continued to serve his country until the close of 
 the contest. The mother of this family died in 
 1839, and the father survived until 1881, when he 
 passed away at the age of eighty-nine years. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was the second member of the parental family, was 
 born in Franklin Count}', Ohio, April 1, 1827, and 
 was reared to the age of sixteen at the place of his 
 birth. He received a common school education in 
 the district schools, and at the age of thirteen 
 3^ears began life for himself as a farm hand, work- 
 ing by the month. Three years later he went to 
 Louisiana, and was engaged in checking timber and 
 in sawmill work near New Orleans for about four 
 years, after which he spent a year getting out 
 timber in the swamps. He became of age while 
 there, and cast his first vote for Gen. Zachary 
 Taylor for President. 
 
 After the lumbering and milling experiences in 
 the South, Mr. Benedict turned his face Northward 
 and settled in Washington County, Ind., on a 
 farm, continuing to reside in the Hoosier State 
 and occupy himself with agricultural labors until 
 1871, with the exception of the time which he 
 devoted to his country's service on the field of 
 battle. At the date last mentioned he removed to 
 Kansas, settled on a farm in Cowley County, and 
 six years later removed to the farm which he now 
 occupies. His estate comprises one hundred and 
 sixty acres of land, all improved, and supplied 
 with a full assortment of buildings in good con- 
 dition, and everything about the place indicates 
 
 that its owner is thoroughly acquainted with the 
 details of his chosen occupation, and a capable 
 judge of the needs of the eouutiy, and conse- 
 quently discriminating in regard to stock and crops. 
 Mr. Benedict was appointed Postmaster at ]\Iilan, 
 June 24, 1889, and beside conducting the oflice, 
 which is a fourth-class and money order one, he 
 handles a stock of groceries. 
 
 ■'The shot heard round the world " had scarcely 
 ceased lo re-echo throughout the land ere Mr. 
 Benedict had determined to do what lay in his 
 power to prevent the dissolution of the Union. He 
 enlisted July 13, 1861, as a private in Company K, 
 Twenty-third Indiana Infantr.v , and six months later 
 was promoted to the rank of Corporal. The command 
 was sent to St. Louis, and thence to Paducai), Kj'., 
 and served under Gen. U. S. Grant until after the 
 fall of Vicksburg, following which they were under 
 the leadership of Gen. Logan, Gen. ^McPherson 
 and of Gen. F. P. Blair. Still later Mr. Benedict 
 was a member of the force under command of Gen. 
 Gresham, and still later fought under Gen. Sher- 
 man. He participated in the trying contests of 
 Fts. Henry and Donelson, on the bloody lield of 
 Shiloh, throughout the siege of Vicksburg, at Ray- 
 mond, Jackson (Miss.), Champion Hill and Black 
 River. He took part in a running fight with 
 Bragg's army, in the Sherman raid to Meridian, 
 Miss., in the affray at Big Shanty, and in the 
 notable engagement at Kenesaw Mountain; he 
 celebrated the Fourth of July, 1864, by taking 
 part in the rattle of musketry and the clash of 
 arms on the Chattahoochie River, and during the 
 following day also spent the hours in renewed 
 attempt to preserve the life of the Nation that had 
 been born eighty-eight years before. A few days 
 after this engagement, the three-years term of 
 service for which the regiment had been enlisted 
 having expired, they were sent to Rothwell, Ga., 
 discharged, and going to Chattanooga, Tonn., were 
 there mustered out of the service. Although Mr. 
 Benedict did not attain to a high rank, and his 
 name was not blazoned before the world as a great 
 general or the leadei of some dashing exploit, he 
 is nevertheless as brave, gallant and worthy a sol- 
 dier as could be found in all the ranks. Praise 
 and honor are justly due to the great leaders wUo^e 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 429 
 
 capacity to plan and to execute campaigns led 
 victory to perch upon tbe banners of tlie Union 
 forces. But to the noble men, who, like our sub- 
 ject, left home and loved ones and endured all the 
 privations, dangers, and arduous toils of "life on 
 the tented field," no less is a meed of honor due; 
 no less is the heart of a lover of his country thrilled 
 by recollection of all they suffered and all which 
 we owe to them. And what shall be said of the 
 noble women who, after bidding their loved ones 
 a fond good-bye, took up tiie great burden of 
 anxiety and suspense regarding their safety, adding 
 it to the other burden of family support, which so 
 often devolved upon them. The wife of Mr. 
 Benedict was left with four small children wlien he 
 took up arms, and during the weary months of his 
 absence she filled a father's place to them, exercised 
 a wise oversiglit over their worldly affairs, and 
 proved that she too could sacrifice and endure in 
 her country's cause. 
 
 This lady, who for many years has stood by Mr. 
 Benedict's side, sharing in his trials and his joys, 
 and with him endeavoring to worthily fill their 
 sphere in life, bore the maiden name of Sarah E. 
 Andrew. She is a daughter of Thomas Andrew, a 
 native of North Carolina and a mechanic, who 
 departed this life in 1878, and of Lucy Dollans. a 
 native of Virginia, whose death took place in 1874. 
 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew were the parents of eight 
 children. Mrs. Benedict was the third in order of 
 birth, first opened her eyes to the light May 24, 
 1831, and was united in marriage with our subject 
 September 13, 1849. Two of her brothers, Will- 
 iam and John, entered the Union Army, and tlie 
 latter died, in the service in 1865. To Mr. and 
 Mrs. Benedict eight children have been born, and 
 six are now living. These are named respectively: 
 John A., Caroline, Robert A , Ciiarles H., May 
 and Crowder. 
 
 Mr. Benedict belongs to John Gold}- Post, No. 
 90. G. A. R., and wasA'ice Commander in 1888. 
 He is much interested in educational matters, and 
 has been a member of the School Board for several 
 years. He was Treasurer of Ryan Township in 
 1887, and he is one of the gentlemen who named it. 
 In politics he is always actively interested, and is a 
 never failing supporter of the Republican ticket. 
 
 Both he and his wife are members of the Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church, in which lie is a Trustee 
 and tlie Chairman of the Board, and the entire 
 tumUy take an active part in the work of the Sun- 
 day school. Mrs. Benedict has been a member of 
 the church since 1842, having identified herself 
 with that religious body at the age of eleven years. 
 
 JAMES C. DAVIS is the owner and occupant 
 of the southeast quarter of section 25. Jackson 
 Township, where he has resided for several 
 ,. , years, and where he has erected a good set 
 
 of farm buildings, planted a fine orchard, and made 
 other improvements such as are usually accom- 
 plished by a thorough farmer. His grandfather, 
 Samuel Davis, was born in Wales, in which country 
 the ancestors had been living for generations. He 
 came to America and in Vermont continued his la- 
 bors as a farmer, and in that State departed this 
 life. 
 
 Samuel Davis, Jr., son of the above, and father 
 of our subject, was born in Rutland County, Vt., 
 and reared to agricultural pursuits. He first re- 
 moved to New York, anrl about 1820 went to Ohio, 
 becoming a pioneer resident of Miami County. He 
 took up a tract of heavily timbered land in Stan- 
 ton Township, erected a log cabin, and resided 
 there until 1834, when he sold and purchased other 
 timber land in Union Township, Mercer County, 
 building a log cabin in that wilderness also,and again 
 undergoing the hardshi|is and trials of a frontiers- 
 man. Deer, bears, wolves, coons, wild cats and 
 gray foxes were numerous, there were no railroads 
 or canals for several years, and the nearest town of 
 any note was Pickaway, forty miles distant. He 
 cleared a farm, and as there was no sale for timber, 
 many fine logs which he cut were rolled together 
 and burned to get rid of them. On that place he 
 resided until a short time before his death, when he 
 took up his abode with his children. His wife, who 
 was born in New York, bore the maiden name of 
 Laura Spicer, and was a daughter of Samuel and 
 
430 
 
 PORTRAIT AND JilOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Sarah (Rudd) ,'Spicer. She (Ueil at tliu liome of 
 her children in March, I860. She had reared seven 
 children: Samuel, Laura, Justus, James, Marjr, Sa- 
 rah and Eliza. Justus and James took part as sol- 
 diers in the late war. 
 
 James C. Davis was born in Miami County, 
 Ohio, September 8, 1827, and being a lad of seven 
 years when his parents removed to Mercer County, 
 he was practically reared in the latter. There were 
 no free schools at that period, and institutions of 
 learning were kept up by subscription, and were 
 held in log houses, with benches made by splitting 
 logs, inserting pins for legs and hewing the upper 
 side smooth. As soon he was large enough, young 
 Davis began assisting his father on the farm, and 
 continued so employed until 1849, when he bought 
 a tract of timber land near the parental homestead, 
 built a log cabin, and commenced housekeeping. 
 He cleared the land and worked it, residing there 
 until 1864, when he entered the one hundred days' 
 service as member of Company K, One Hundred 
 and Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry. At the expiration 
 of his term of service he resumed farming, and re- 
 mained upon his original homestead until 1882, 
 when he came to Kansas, locating in this county. 
 A year later he sold his Ohio farm and bought that 
 upon which he is now residing. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Mercer County, 
 Ohio, July 12, 1841), Mr. Davis was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Mary H. Gordon, a native of Har- 
 din County, Ky. Her grandfather, John Gordon, 
 was born either in Scotland or Ireland, and came 
 with his father, Hugh Gordon, to America, locating 
 in Virginia. In 1801 they went to Kentucky, set- 
 tling in "Washington County, where he cleared a 
 tiact of land, and where both the grandfather and 
 «reat-grandfather remained until their death, the 
 latter being one hundred and three years at the 
 time of his decease. The wife of John Gordon 
 bore the maiden name of Mary Latham, and after 
 the death of her husband she went to Illinois, and 
 spent her last years with her children there. 
 
 Henry Gordon, the father of Mrs. Davis, was 
 born in Fauquier County, Va., and was reared and 
 married in Kentucky, in his manhood settling in 
 Hardin County, where he lived until 1840, when 
 he removed to Mercer County, Ohio, buying a tract 
 
 of timber land, whicli he cleared and made his 
 his home until his death. His wife. Miss Catherine 
 Drur3', was born in Bennington County, Vt., and 
 was the daughter of Samuel Drury, a saddler, who 
 after working in New York City, went to the Green 
 Mountain State, where he married Miss Hannah 
 Brunson, later removing to Lake Geneva, N. Y"., 
 thence to Hardin County, Ky., where both subse- 
 quently died. The mother learned the trade of a 
 mantau-maker in Albany, N. Y., and also learned 
 to spin and vveave, as was the custom in that day. 
 Her daughter, Mrs. Davis, also learned to spin and 
 weave, and now has in her possession coverlets of 
 her own manufacturing. She also learned the trade 
 of a tailoress. 
 
 eORBANCE R.DONLEY. This sturdy vet- 
 'f[(^\ eran bears the distinction of being one of 
 *^^^ the oldest living settlers of Sumner County 
 and the oldest settler in the village of Oxford. He 
 came to this region when the present site of Ox- 
 ford was marked simply by a sawmill, and here lie 
 has since maintained his residence, watching the 
 growth and development of the country and prov- 
 ing himself a worthy and useful citizen. 
 
 When Mr. Donley came to this region, in the 
 winter of 1871, he staked out a claim just west of 
 the town of Oxford and also made a home at the 
 mill which he had removed from Winfleld. This 
 latter was operated by steam, and the first structure 
 of the kind in the county. Three years later Mr. 
 Donley traded the mill for land. Later he and Mr. 
 Chandler embarked in the furniture trade, .and put 
 up a substantial new building in the central part of- 
 town, bringing into tiie latter the first full stock of 
 furniture, they operating under the firm name of 
 Cl-.andler & Donley. A year later, however, Mr. 
 Donley disposed of his interest in the business, 
 and in due course of time commenced dealing in 
 live stock, being thus occupied for a number of 
 
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 431 
 
 years. He was also at one time engaged in a store 
 of general merchandise and grooeries, in company 
 with Mr. A. Gridley, who had the post-offlee in the 
 store and who was the second post-master there. 
 
 His real estate comprises a farm of one hundred 
 and sixty acres, which is conducted under his sup r- 
 visiou. Mr. Donley settled in Oxford Township 
 prior to its organization or that of the school dis- 
 tricts. He has served as Township Trustee, and 
 was a member of the town council two terms. He 
 has supported the principles of the Republican 
 party since becoming a voter. 
 
 A native of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Mr. 
 Donley was born Aprils, 1845, and lived there un- 
 til a youth of eighteen years. In the meantime he 
 pursued his studies at the schools of Little Valley 
 and Perryville. During the progress of the Civil 
 War he, in 1863, joined a construction corps and 
 assisted in building bridges, houses, platforms, 
 store-rooms, etc., in the meantime assisting to build 
 the bridge at Bull Run and Bridgetown. Later he 
 went to Richmond, Va., expecting to assist in build- 
 ing the bridge across the James River, but the war 
 ended before it was completed. 
 
 We next find Mr. Donley in Salamanca, N. Y., 
 where he purchased property and conducted a gro- 
 cery store for eighteen months. Then coming to 
 Junction Cit}', Kan., during the time of the build- 
 ing of the Union PaciBa Railroad, he again com- 
 menced working with a construction corps. The 
 following spring he repaired to Omaha, Neb., so- 
 journing there until 1864, Tliat year he went to 
 Texas, via Ft. Smith and Memphis, purchasing 
 horses and cattle, and driving the latter to Abilene, 
 Kan. Wichita was then a hamlet of a few log 
 houses. Subsequently Mr. Donley was in Labette 
 County, this State, and afterward made an over- 
 land trip to Ft. Smith in order to recover the bag- 
 gage he had left there. That same winter Mr. 
 Donley purchased a sawmill at Chetopa, Kan., 
 which he removed first to Winfleld and then to 
 Oxford. During these years, although making sevr 
 eral changes, he prospered financially, and is now 
 independent. 
 
 On the 25th of November, 1878, Mr. Donley- 
 was united in marriage with Miss Virginia B. 
 Cheuvrout at tlie bride's home iu Oxford Town- 
 
 ship. Mrs. Donley was born in West Virginia, 
 June, 13, 1856, and was the daughter of Morris 
 Cheuvrout, who, upon leaving the old Dominion, 
 settled near Fairmount, 111., where his daughter, 
 Virginia, grew to womanhood. Later the family 
 came to Kansas. Of this union there have been 
 born four (hildren — Torrance E.. Morris, June and 
 a babe, Hermon. 
 
 The father of our subject was Torrance R. Don- 
 lc3', Sr., wlio married Miss Margaret Cain. They 
 spent the greater part of their lives in Cattaraugus 
 County, N. Y., where their remains are laid to rest. 
 
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 ■^4- 
 
 ^/OHN BOTKIN is one of the first settlers of 
 Sumner County, and is the owner of several 
 farms within its limits, which he rents while 
 himself living in Wellington, practically 
 retired from active pursuits. He has had an ex- 
 tended observation of life on the Plains and in the 
 Rocky Mountain regions, and can tell man^' an in- 
 teresting tale of experience in the Western wilds, 
 lie was born in Morgan County, Ohio, Ma3- 8, 
 1842, and is of remote Scotch ancestry, although 
 the family for a time resided in Ireland, and prob- 
 ably one generation at least was born in the Emer- 
 ald Isle. 
 
 The first of the family to settle in America was 
 Robert Botkin, wlio was born in Ireland, and on 
 coming to this country located in Lancaster County, 
 Pa., where he operated a farm, and also ran a 
 ferry-boat across the Susquehanna River at a point 
 known as Crab's Ferry. He had a son who bore 
 his own name, and who ivas but a boy when they 
 came to America. Robert Botkin, Jr., was reared 
 and married in Lancaster County, wlience lie went 
 to Fayette County, and later to Greene Count3'. 
 In the latter he rented land and farmed for many 
 years, spending his latter days in Morgan County, 
 Ohio, with his children. His wife was Miss Sarah 
 Hoiner, a native of Lancaster County, and a daugh- 
 ter of Robert and Sarah (Cook) Horner. Her death 
 took place in Greene County, Pa., where her son. 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Amos II., the father of our subject, was born, Octo- 
 ber 15, 1815. 
 
 Amos H. Botkin was reared in the Keystone 
 State, and when about of age went to Ohio, mak- 
 ing his home in Belmont County for a time, and 
 then removing to Morgan County, where he was 
 engaged in farming and where he continued to 
 reside until 1850. He then removed to Indiana, 
 and locating in Clark County, fifteen miles from 
 Charleston, lived in the Hoosier State two years. 
 He next started for Iowa witli a team, and after 
 spending a few months in Christian County, 111., 
 continued on to the Hawkeye State and became an 
 early settler of Van Buren County. He bought a 
 tract of land there, and another in Davis County, 
 and resided upon the former until 1878, when he 
 came to this place, where he has since made his 
 home. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah 
 Ann Bony, and she was born in Washington 
 County, Pa. Her parents wore Jacob and Sarah 
 (Ault) Bony, who were natives of York County, 
 Pa., whence they removed to Ohio in 1830, making 
 their first settlement in the Buckeye State in 
 Guernsey County, and later changing their resi- 
 dence to Morgan County. Tiiey subsequently re- 
 moved to Iowa, where Mr. Bony spent his last 
 years. He was a shoemaker, and followed his trade 
 all his life. 
 
 John Botkin, whose name initiates this sketch, 
 was but four years old when his parents removed 
 to Clarke County, Ind., and was in his seventh 
 year when they settled in Iowa. There he attended 
 the pioneer schools, and in the intervals assisted 
 his father in improving the farm. He was still 
 residing with his parents when ho determined to 
 devote his energy to the (Jnion cause, and in April, 
 1863, though not yet of age, he enlisted in Com- 
 pany G, Seventh Iowa Cavalry. He served until 
 after the close of the war, his duties carrying him 
 into Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Wyoming, Colo- 
 rado, Dakota, Idaho, Utah and Xew Mexico, and 
 including much bard riding, as all the marches 
 from State to State and from Territory to Terri- 
 tery were made on horseback. The various phases 
 of cavalry campaigns became familiar to him, and 
 lie also :icquired a considerable knowledge of the 
 untrodden wilderness, and unsettled plains and | 
 
 valleys of that little known region on the eastern 
 slope of the Rockies. 
 
 After being discharged from the army in June, 
 1866, Mr. Botkin returned to Davenport. Iowa, 
 and thence to the paternal home, where he re- 
 mained eleven months, after which he crossed the 
 plains to the Rocky Mountains. At that time 
 innumerable numbers of buffaloes traversed the 
 plains, and deer, antelope, elk and mountain sheep 
 were plentiful. Mr. Botkin spent nearly three 
 years in Wyoming Territory engaged in getting 
 out timber to be used in the construction of the 
 Union Pacific Railroad, and also in getting wood 
 and hay for the Government. Returning again to 
 his home, he remained in Van Biiren County a 
 few months, and then started to cross the plains 
 again, but at Columbus, Neb., he met his brother 
 Simon, and concluded to come to Southern Kansas 
 to locate. 
 
 The brothers therefore bought teams and drove 
 across the country nearly four hundred miles, 
 arriving in Wichita in June. That flourishing 
 city was then a small village, and Indian tepees 
 lined the banks of the Little Arkansas River. 
 Our subject took a claim on a school section, but 
 remained in that vicinitj' but a few weeks, when 
 he again pursued his investigations, and in Sep- 
 tember settled in the southwestern quarter of sec- 
 tion 27, in what is now Wellington Township, this 
 county, and is incluiled in the present city limits 
 of Wellington. At that time there was not a 
 house where the city now stands, and the land was 
 owned by the Government. The general survey 
 was not yet completed. There was no railroad 
 nearer than Emporia, and Wichita was the nearest 
 post-office. Mr. Botkin built a log house covered 
 with sod in lieu of shingles, and began to break the 
 soil and improve the land. The following spring 
 the village was platted a half-mile distant. Mr. 
 Botkin confined fanning and stock-raising until 
 1887, when he took advantage of the boom here 
 and sold his farm to a syndicate and built where 
 he now resides. After selling his original farm he 
 bought other tracts of land in different parts of 
 the county, and is deriving a comfortable income 
 from their rental. 
 
 On January 11, 1877, the rites of wedlock were 
 
PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 433 
 
 t.elebrated between Mr. Botkin and Miss Anna, 
 daughter of Daniel and Anna E. Ellington. The 
 bride was born in Clark Oounty, 111., and pos- 
 sesses many womanly virtues. Their family com- 
 prises foftr living children — Everett, Grace, Laura 
 and Bessie. Harry, the fifth child, died at the ag fc 
 of twenty-nine days; John Q. died when nine 
 months old. 
 
 Mr. Botkin is interested in the social orders, and 
 holds membership in the James Shields Post, No. 57, 
 G. A. R., and in Wellington Lodge, No. 150, 
 A. F. & A. M. He is an intelligent and reliable 
 citizen, a man of good character, and has many 
 friends in the community. 
 
 '^'^^S^^P^^^l^^^f^^^^'^ 
 
 R^AVID STEPHENS. In noting the lead- 
 ■ ing pionesrs of Sumner County, due men- 
 tion should be made of Mr. Stephens, who 
 established himself as a resident of South 
 Haven Townshii), at a time when the nearest market 
 was at Wichita, to which point he and his neigh- 
 bors hauled all their produce overland with teams. 
 For several seasons there were to be seen only a 
 few rude dwellings in the open country where 
 wolves and antelopes were plentiful. He has since 
 been a continuous resident of the townsliip, and 
 has evinced that warm interest in its growth and 
 development which is only felt by intelligent mem- 
 bers of the community. He is a Virginian by birth, 
 and first opened his eyes to the light in Rocking- 
 ham County, March 11, 1825. 
 
 The early years of Mr. Stephens were spent on a 
 farm in his native State, and about 1831 his par- 
 ents, Louis and Elizabeth (Alder) Stephens emi- 
 grated to Madison County, Ohio. The father took 
 up a tract of new land and prosecuted farming in 
 the Buckeye State until 1849. That year he pushed 
 on further westward into Knox County, 111,, where 
 he purchased a piece of raw jirairie, froir which he 
 built up a valuable homestead, and there spent his 
 last days, passing away in August, 1887, at the ad- 
 vanced age of eighty-four years. The mother sur- 
 
 vived her husband one year, dying in August, 1888, 
 at the age of eighty-three. They were the parents 
 of ten children, seven of whom survive, and of 
 whom David was the third in order of birth. 
 
 The paternal grandfather of our subject, was 
 Mark Stephens, a native of Germany, who emi- 
 grated to America when a young man, paying liis 
 passage by working at seven cents per daj-. When 
 landing he located in Virginia, and in due time was 
 there married to Miss Mary Wolf, a native of Ger- 
 many. They settled on a farm in the Old Domin- 
 ion, and became well-to-do, rearing a fine family of 
 children, and there closed their e3'es to earthly 
 scenes. 
 
 On the maternal side Grandfather Michael Alder, 
 was likewise a native of Germany, also crossed the 
 Atlantic early in life, settled in Virginia, and mar- 
 ried Miss Barbara Moyers. Grandmother Alder 
 was likewise a native of the Fatherland. To them 
 was born a family of sons and daughters, and they 
 spent their last days on the soil of the Old Domin- 
 ion. They passed through many thrilling scenes, 
 having located in a wild country where Indians 
 were numerous. About that time Jonathan Alder, 
 an uncle of Michael, was captured by the Indians 
 when a boy of eight years, and lived with them un- 
 til a man of thirty years. He died in Ohio. 
 
 Mr. Stephens when a young man went from Illi- 
 nois to Virginia, and was there married to Miss 
 Arminda, daughter of Evan and Margaret (Burn- 
 sides) Hinton. Mrs. Stephens was born in Vir- 
 ginia. Her parents were also natives of the Old 
 Dominion, and her paternal grandfather, a stanch 
 tory, who located there at an early day, also died 
 there, together with her parents. Soon after their 
 marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Stephens took up their 
 abode on a farm in Knox County, 111., where they 
 sojourned until 1874, coming then to this county. 
 Mr. Stephens purchased one hundred and sixty 
 acres of land about two and one-half miles* north 
 of the present site of the city, and establ'shed him- 
 self with his little family in a small box house 
 which constituted their domicile for several years. 
 From this land the father improved a good home- 
 stead, and secured eighty acres adjoining. He 
 placed one hundred an.l eighty acres under a good 
 state of cultivation, planted an orchard of apple 
 
434 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 trees, also other fruit trees, and effected good im- 
 provements. He sold this farm in 1880, and lived 
 tliereafter near South Haven until 1886, when he 
 removed to South Haven. 
 
 Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ste- 
 phens, one of whom, Evan, died when quite young. 
 The seven survivors are named respectively : Ezra, 
 Evan, Ruhama, Charles, Wilson, Albert, and Les- 
 ter: J\Irs. Stephens departed this life in Knox 
 County, III., in 1870, in the faith of the Methodist 
 Ei)iscopal Church, of which she had been a consist- 
 ent member several years. 
 
 In 1886 Mr. Stephens contracted a second mar- 
 riage at South Haven, with Mrs. Rachel (Poll<; 
 Swiney. This lady was born in Hamilton County, 
 Ohio, and when quite young removed with her par- 
 ents to Madison County, Ind,, where she was first 
 married to Thomas Swiney. They settled in Knox 
 County, 111., where Mr. Swiney died in 1884. Mrs. 
 Stephens is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. Mr. Stephens, politically, affiliates with 
 the Democratic party, and is a member of Pacific 
 Lodge, No. 400, A. F. & A. M., at Knoxville, also 
 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at the 
 same Tjlace. 
 
 ^ AMES H. OWENS. The agricultural inter- 
 ests of Sumner County, are worthily repre- 
 sented by Mr. Owens, who was one of the 
 pioneer farmers of Oxford Township, where, 
 besides his home farm of two hundred and forty acres 
 on section 10, he also owns two quarter-sections a 
 little further West. He came to this region in 187;j, 
 and selected a fine location west of Oxford Center, 
 where he now has one of the most attractive homes 
 ill the township. He commenced at first principles 
 in the construction of his farm, which had been 
 suhji^cted to very little improvement when he as- 
 sumed ownership. He put up a fine residence in 
 1877, which still stands flanked by a substantial 
 barn and all other necessary outbuildings, besides 
 forest and fruit trees and shrubbery. He avails 
 himself of first-class machinery in the prosecution 
 
 of his calling, including a costly windmill, and he 
 has operated with such thoroughness and skill, that 
 he has secured the reputation of being one of the 
 most successful farmers in the county. His landed 
 possessions altogether embrace six hundred and 
 twenty -four acres, forming as fine a body of land 
 as can be found in the Sunflower State. He rents 
 all but the home farm. 
 
 P'or the past seven years Mr. Owens has been 
 quite extensively engaged in the breeding of thor- 
 oughbred Short-horn cattle. Of these he has a 
 very fine herd from which he sold in the fall of 
 1889, forty-nine head at a good round sum. He is 
 also a successful breeder of blooded horses. In 
 bringing his farm to its present fine condition, he 
 has expended much time, labor and money, but 
 they have proved a wise investment. Mr. Owens 
 is a liberal and public-spirited citizen, a stanch sup- 
 porter of the Democratic party, and a member in 
 good standing of the Christian Church. He is a 
 man of standing in his community, exercising no 
 small influence among his fellow-citizens, by whom 
 lie is universally respected. 
 
 Born in Posey County, Ind., December 4, 1836, 
 Mr. Owens lived there until a youth of fifteen years. 
 His parents were James H. and Sarah (Cox) Owens, 
 natives of North Carolina, the former of whom re- 
 moved to Indiana when a child of five years. The 
 mother died at the birth of her son, James H. The 
 father and son removed to DeWitt County, 111., in 
 1 851, where the former carried on farming, and the 
 latter acquired his education in the common school. 
 When eighteen years old he began farming for 
 himself, prosecuting this successfully until his mar- 
 riage on the 4th of March, 1862, with Miss Jane 
 Marquis. The young people began the journey of 
 life together on a farm in Macon County, 111., 
 where they sojourned until coming to Kansas. The 
 elder Owens in the meantime died in 1864. While 
 in Illinois, James H. held the ofHce of Township 
 I oinmissioner until resigning, and since ihat time 
 has carefully refrained from accepting the respon- 
 sibilities of office, although he is acknowledged as 
 a leading man of this township. 
 
 Mrs. Jane Owens was born in Posey County, Ind., 
 September 22, 1836, and is the daughter of Pleas- 
 ant Marquis, who spent his last years in Posey 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAL'HICAL ALBUM. 
 
 435 
 
 County, Ind. Of her union with our subject there 
 have been born five children, four of whom are 
 living: Minnie is the wife of A. A. Richards, of 
 Wellington; Robert remains with his father; Fanny 
 died when two years old. The two younger are 
 EfBe and Alfred. EflSe is attending school at 
 Wichita. Mr. Owens believes in education, and 
 has carried outhis theory in regard to his own chil- 
 dren. 
 
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 )|>1LLIAM H. NOTTINGHAM was reared 
 to farm pursuits, and among the young agri- 
 
 ^ culturists of the county has a high rank as 
 one who is thoroughly acquainted with the details 
 of farm work, and wise in his adoption of methods 
 for adding to the resources of the soil. He gives 
 his entire attention to farming and the stock busi- 
 ness, and the one hundred and sixty acres of im- 
 proved land on section 3, Caldwell Township, 
 which is his place of abode, presents an orderlj' 
 and attractive appearance to the passer-;)y. 
 
 Mr. Nottingham is a native of Vinton, Benton 
 County, Iowa, was born July 29, 1856, and re- 
 ceived an excellent common-school education in 
 the schools of his native town. When fourteen 
 years of age his parents became residents of Sum- 
 ner County, Kan., and after assisting his father 
 upon the home place until he had arrived at a 
 suitable age to do so, he pre-empted some Govern- 
 ment land, and began his individual life as a 
 farmer. 
 
 The parents of our subject are Morgan J. and 
 Caroline (Underwood) Nottingham, early settlers 
 of Sumner County, to which they came in 1871. 
 Morgan Nottingham was born in Virginia, fifty- 
 four years ago, and was five years of age when his 
 parents removed to Ohio, In the year 1850 lie 
 took up his residence in Benton County, Iowa, 
 whence he came to this State and county, pre- 
 empting one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
 Oxford Township. Altiiough he learned the trade 
 of a carpenter . in his early life, he has followed 
 farming the most of the time, and is still so occu- 
 
 pied. He is numbered in the ranks of the Repub- 
 lican party, and in the social order of the Ancient, 
 Free and Accepted Masons. He is Justice of the 
 Peace and a worthy member of the Christian 
 Church, His wife was born in Franklin County, 
 Ind., and departed this life in Sumrfer County, 
 Kan., in 1873, at the age of thirty -three j'ears. 
 Siie had borne seven children — William H., L. 6., 
 Ella M., Susie, Anna D., James W. and John. 
 
 At the home of the bride, January 9, 1883, the 
 the subject of this biography was united in mar- 
 riage with Miss Lula King, an attractive and in- 
 telligent young lady, whose birth occurred in Kos- 
 ciusko County, Ind., January 14, 1863. She is a 
 daughter of Aaron and Lydia, (Hoover) King, 
 natives of Ohio. Both parents are now deceased. 
 The union of Mr. and Mrs. Nottingham has been 
 blessed by the birth of three children — Bernerd F., 
 Murl and Ray — and they have suffered the loss 
 of the second born. Mr. Nottingham follows his 
 father's example in being a stanch member of the 
 Republican party^ and a consistent member of the 
 Christian Church. He belongs to the Farmers' 
 Alliance. 
 
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 W~.ILLIAM N. BLAMPIED is one of the 
 pioneers of Sumner County, Kan., and re- 
 sides on section 3, Belle Plaine Township, 
 where he came in the summer of 1871, although 
 for two previous years he had sojourned in the 
 Sunflower State. He is a prominent citizen, both 
 socially and politically, being a supporter of tlie 
 principles of the Republican party, and identified 
 with any movement tending to improve the county. 
 Having been born August 6, 1850, BIr. Blampied 
 is now in the prime of a useful life. Guernsey 
 County, Ohio, was his native place, and his pater- 
 nal ancestry is supposed to iiave been of French 
 extraction. His father, Thomas Blampied enlisted 
 in the Union army in 1862; he was talcen prisoner 
 in Monocacy, Va., and died in the Lynchburg 
 prison from hardship and exposures. The mother. 
 
436 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 Hannah (Helm) Blampied is now living in Belle 
 Plaine, Kan. She was a native of the Old Domin- 
 ion, and i-emoved to Ohio at an early day in the 
 history of our country, where she married Thomas 
 Blampied, a native of the Buckeye State. Their 
 family coftopriscd four children, of whom three 
 survive: Rachel, wife of Harry Halpin; Milton, 
 William N.; our subject; Mary is deceased. 
 
 Our subject remained in Ohio until he reached 
 the nineteenth year of his age, and in his youth 
 worked at harness-making for about two years. 
 He also served two years in the Ohio State Militia 
 and did duty at Camp Chase, being subject to State 
 call. He enlisted ' as a private in Company G, 
 Forty-seventh Regiment, Ohio National Guards. 
 After serving with them he returned to Guernsey 
 County, and once more engaged in farming. He 
 left tlie Buckeye State about 1868, and went to 
 Polk County, Mo., where be worked as a farm la- 
 borer for a few years. He sojourned in Davis (now 
 Geary) County, Kan., and in other counties of the 
 same State about two years, coming in the summer 
 of 1871 to Sumner County. 
 
 Not a furrow had ever been turned on the one 
 hundred and sixty-acre farm, which Mr. Blampied 
 then commenced to improve, transforming it from 
 a wild tract of raw land to a well-regulated estate. 
 Some of this property has been sold, the farm now 
 consisting of one hundred and twenty acres. Mr. 
 Blampied was married in Ohio May 22, 1873, to 
 Miss Sarah J. Rose, whn was born in Harrison 
 County, Mo., August 16, 1855. Her father, Timothy 
 Rose, was a native of Ohio, and her mother, (Cath- 
 erine (Cpstor) Rose, a native of Pennsylvania. 
 Mrs. Blampied accompanied her mother to Ohio 
 when eleven years of age, her father having been 
 killed during the Civil War in Missouri by Quan- 
 trell's gang, and it is said that Quantrell himself 
 committed the murder. In company with eleven 
 men he was returning home on a furlough, when all 
 except one, fell victims to the enemy's unerring 
 fire. Mrs. Blampied has two brothers, Benjamin 
 and Timothy, both residents of Ohio. After the 
 death of her husband, Mrs. Rose was again married 
 to William Vansickel, by whom she had five chil- 
 dren, namely : Ida B., wife of AYillard Little, of 
 Ohio; William M., of Ohio; Eddie, who is de- 
 
 ceased; Joseph and Harry, who live in Ohio. Mrs. 
 Vansickel died in Ohio in December, 1886. 
 
 When Mrs. Blampied was a girl, she removed 
 with her mother and other members of the family 
 to Guernsey County, Ohio, where she remained 
 until her marriage. To her and her husband have 
 been born eight children, namely : Ida A., Elmer 
 C, Lillian, Charles, Jesse, Willis H., (deceased) 
 and Ora V., (deceased), and an Infant daughter 
 unnamed. The children are receiving good educa- 
 tions in the district schools, and are being carefully 
 trained for future positions of responsibility. Mrs. 
 Blampied is a member of the United Brethren 
 Church and with her husband occupies a prominent 
 position in society. Thej' have endured hardships 
 of frontier life, and have been interested witnesses 
 of the development of the country from a wild 
 state to a land of plenty, where well-cultivated 
 farms are the rule and not the exception. 
 
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 ENRY H. JACOBS. The subject of this 
 Ji notice, the present Postmaster of Perth, 
 ^Jy first struck the soil of Kansas March 20, 
 i^) 1886, coming directly to this county and 
 locating on the northeast quarter of section 14, 
 Downs Township, where he has since successfully 
 prosecuted farming pursuits. He was born March 
 9, 1837, and is a native of York County, Pa. His 
 father, George Jacobs, was also born in that county, 
 in 1804, and died there in his prime, aged forty- 
 five years, Ave months and seventeen days. He 
 was a farmer by occupation, and a member in good 
 standing of the Lutheran Church. The Jacobs 
 family was of German extraction and noted princi- 
 pally for their substantial and reliable traits of 
 character and the industry which has made of them 
 well-to-do citizens, who have always been useful 
 members of their community. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth (Cromer) Jacobs, the mother of 
 our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1807, and 
 is still living, making lier home with her daughter 
 in Perth. The parental household included seven 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 437 
 
 cliildren, viz.: Susannah, Mary, Henry H., George 
 W., Amelia S., Elizabeth A., and John Q. Elizabeth 
 died at the age of four years, four months and 
 twelve days; John died when a little lad of five 
 years; Henry H., the third child of the family, 
 spent his boyhood and youth after the manner of 
 most farmers' sons, attending the district school 
 and assisting his father on the farm. He remained 
 a resident of his native county until coming to this 
 State. His homestead lies adjacent to the town 
 limits of Perth, and he was appointed to the office 
 of Postmaster in 1889. He is also connected with 
 the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company pf Sum- 
 ner County. In politics, he is decided!}' Repub- 
 lican. 
 
 In November, 1862, during the progress of the 
 Civil War, Mr. Jacobs enlisted as a Union soldier 
 in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-fifth 
 Pennsylvania Infantry, serving until July of the 
 following year. He is a prominent man in church 
 matters, and assisted in the organization of the 
 Lutheran Church at Perth. He was married in 
 his native county, February 2, 1860, to Miss 
 Elmira F. Heagey. Mrs. Jacobs was born in 
 Adams County, Pa., March 8, 1841, and is the 
 daughter of Henry and Rachel (Schriver) Heagey, 
 who were likewise natives of that State, and spent 
 their last days in Pennsylvania. Six children 
 have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, whom 
 they named respectively: Luther H., Elmer E., 
 Annie E., Emery G., Allen G. and Melvin H. 
 Luther died at the age of nine months and twelve 
 days, and Elmer was taken from the home circle, 
 aged one year and thirteen days. The other chil- 
 di en are with their parents. 
 
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 B. FREEMAN is a prominent and rising 
 young physician of Wellington, where he 
 has been engaged in the practice of h^s 
 profession for about four years. He has 
 built up an excellent and growing practice among 
 the better class of citizens, and is highly spoken of 
 
 by those who know him as a man of ability in his 
 chosen field of labor and of strict integrity in all 
 transactions. 
 
 Dr. Freeman was born in Metcalf County, Ky.. 
 in 1859, and is a son of Albert L. Freeman, who 
 was born in the same county about thirty years 
 prior to his son's birth. The father was married in 
 that county to Miss Juliette S. Morrison and car- 
 ried on his occupation of tilling the soil there until 
 1885 when he removed to this county. Here the 
 parents and their three children now live, two sons, 
 Ji. P. and W. L., being engaged in farming. The 
 entire family are members of the Cumberland 
 Presbyterian Church in Wellington. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this notice 
 received an excellent education, acquiring the 
 fundamental branches in his native State and com- 
 pleting the literary course in Cumberland Univer- 
 sity at Lebanon, Tenn. He then read medicine 
 under Dr. J. W. Good, of Hiseville, Ky., taking 
 his lectures in the Medical Department of the 
 Louisville University and being graduated there- 
 from in the class of 1885. Thinking the West af- 
 forded a better field for a young physician than 
 localities in the East where there were so many old 
 established practitioners, he came to Kansas and 
 opened an office in Rome, this county, where he 
 sojourned but nine months ere coming to this 
 place, with the result already noted. 
 
 Wl OHN W. PARKS, a successful general far- 
 mer of Sumner County, came to this legion 
 from the Blue Grass State within which he 
 J was born, on the 27th of October, 1854, in 
 Logan County. He was reared there on his father's 
 farm, the father being Leander A. Parks who is 
 represented elsewhere in this work. When a young 
 man of twenty-three years John W.eame to Kansas 
 and took up a claim of one hundred and sixty acres 
 on section 32. Two months later, however, he re- 
 turned to Kentucky, bnt came back to Kansas the 
 following spring and purchased one hundred and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 sixty acres of land, wliich is now the property of 
 his brother R. N. After fencing liis fields and 
 effecting other improvements, Mr. Parlss traded 
 this property to his brother for that which he now 
 owns and operates. 
 
 Having now established iiimself on a firm basis 
 and secured the wherewithal to Iceep a family, Mr. 
 Parks was married, April 5, 1888, to Miss Sarah 
 Rinehart. This lady is the daughter of George Rine- 
 Lart, a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and who is 
 now a resident of this county. When Mr. Parks first 
 came to this section his nearest grain market wis 
 at Wichita. Wild animals were plentiful and buf- 
 falo could be found within a day's drive west. In 
 the fall of 1873 Mr. Parks set out wiih a party of 
 four men on a buffalo hunt, and during their ab- 
 sence of two weeks killed twenty-two of the mon- 
 arehs of the plain. 
 
 Mr. Parks, in addition to being a good farmer, 
 has become a popular citizen. He was elected 
 Township Treasurer in the fall of 1889, an office 
 of which he is still an incumbent. He belongs to 
 the Farmers' Alliance, and with his estimable wife 
 is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian 
 Church. 
 
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 HARLE8 WICIH:RN, the oldest settler of 
 (ii this county, who is now a resident of 
 
 ^^^ Wellington, was born near Hamburg, 
 Germany, October 28, 1839. His grandfather 
 John Henry Wichern, was a native of Hamburg, 
 and spent his entire life in his native land. He was 
 a well educated man and an accomplished linguist 
 and acted as translator in the courts. His son, 
 John H. Wichern, D. D., was also born in Ham- 
 buro- and attended the schools very steadily in his 
 youth, afterward studying theology and then en- 
 gaging in home missionary work independently of 
 any church or society. He held various official posi- 
 tions under the Prussian Government. He was for 
 a time an officer of the Department of the Interior, 
 
 the whole prison department being under his su- 
 pervision. He was a member of the Evangelical 
 Church and was the founder of several benevolent 
 and educational institutions. Like his father he 
 spent his entire life in his native land, where his 
 death took place in 1881. He was the father of 
 nine children — Caroline, Elizabeth, Charles, So- 
 phia, Uenrj', Amanda, John, Mary, and Louis. All 
 were reared to maturity except Mary, who died 
 young. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was the eldest son, 
 and the only member of the family who ever 
 came to America. He attended the Hamburg 
 schools very steadily until he was sixteen years of 
 age, and then went to Prussia and advanced his edu- 
 cation by attendance at an academy and univer- 
 sity. At the age of twenty-one he entered the 
 Prussian army and after being in active service a 
 year, was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served 
 in the Reserve Corps until 1869. During this 
 time he acquired the reputation of an energetic and 
 active young man, a credit to himself and his 
 worthy parentage. He then came to America, 
 and after sojourning for a time in Virginia, in 
 1870 started to go to California but stopped at Sa- 
 lina, Kan., and concluded to investigate the terri- 
 tory of Southern Kansas. There being no railroads, 
 he purchased a pony and started for the head 
 waters of tlie Little Arkansas River, and on arrival 
 * there found Indians and buffalo in abundance and 
 no white settlers. 
 
 Having heard of the new town of Wichita, which 
 had just been laid out, he concluded to make his 
 way there and on his arrival found a few buildings 
 in process of erection. The surrounding country 
 was owned by the Government and was very 
 sparsely settled. He stopped with a man named 
 Weikert and from his home started out to find a 
 suitable place to establish a ranch for cattle-raising. 
 He wished to find a tract including both prairie and 
 timber land close to water, and finally selected the 
 northwestern part of section 3, township 30 south, 
 range 1 west, now known as Sumner County. The 
 land had not yet been surveyed but he built a house 
 of Cottonwood logs and went to Emporia, one hun- 
 dred and twenty-five miles distant, which was the 
 nearest railroad station, and there procured lumber 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 439 
 
 wilh which to finish his cabin. When the Govern- 
 ment survey was made he was obliged to move his 
 liouse a short distance. 
 
 Immediately after locating, Mr. Wichern en- 
 gaged in the stoclt business but in tlie winter of 
 1871-72 his herds all died and he then undertook 
 general farming, in which he has been highly pros- 
 pered. He has added to his landed estate, and at 
 tiie present time owns three hundred and twenty 
 acres, three hundred of which is under cultivation. 
 He continued to reside upon his farm until 1884, 
 when he rented the estate and came to Wellington, 
 wliere he has since lived and where he is deservedly 
 popular and respected. In politics Mr. Wichern is 
 independent, voting for the candidate whom he 
 tliinks best fitted for office. He is a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. He not only posses- 
 ses an excellent education, but keeps himself well 
 posted regarding general topics and current events, 
 and manifests an intelligent interest in public en- 
 terprises, doing his share in bringing up the status 
 of the county in good citizenship, morality and in- 
 telligence. 
 
 ' LONZO M. REECE, is one of the promi- 
 ^'fUl) nent farmers in this county, owning a finely 
 improved farm of eighty acres, on which 
 he built for himself one of the finest dwell- 
 ings in this part of the country, and where he has 
 the largest orchard in the vicinity coming into 
 fruitage. He is engaged in general farming arid 
 stock-raising and keeps good grades of stock. 
 
 William J. Reece, the father of our subject, was 
 born in Clark County, Ohio, July 5, 1831, and 
 about seven years later made his advent into Lo- 
 gan County ,111., with his father, Samson Reece, who 
 was a member of the first colony that came to that 
 county. There he grew to maturity and op the 
 23d of December, 1853, was united in marriage 
 with Miss Hannah Hull, was born in Madison 
 County, Ohio, in 1836. Marrying young and 
 starting in life with but one horse and $100, the 
 father of our subject accumulated a fine property, 
 
 and became one of the most respected men in this 
 county, in which he held various township and 
 count}- offices. He was a member of the Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian Church, in the faith of which he 
 died in 1882. His widow is still living on the 
 old farm. The parental family, comprised four 
 children — our subject, Oswald T., Maria C. (now 
 deceased), and William J. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born on the pa- 
 ternal acres in Logan County, 111., October 10, 
 1854, and received a good education in his county, 
 in which he lived until 1876. At that date he 
 came to this State and county and first rented a 
 farm at Oxford upon which he lived two years. He 
 then went to Harper County and took up a claim 
 near Harper City upon which he proved up, and 
 he then spent a year "on the range" and in March, 
 1883, returning to this county, bought the farm 
 upon wliicli he is-now living and made the improve- 
 ments upon it. Mr. Reece is one of the represent- 
 ative men of the township and is highly respected 
 by all who know him. He has been Trustee of the 
 townsliip two terms and proves an efficient and 
 satisfactory public officer. 
 
 In Logan County, 111., December 24, 1874, the 
 rites of wedlock were celebrated between Mt. 
 Reece and Miss Lucy E., daughter of J. R. John- 
 son, whose history is found elsewhere in this work. 
 Mrs. Reece was born in Pleasureville,Henry County, 
 Ky., March 7, 1855, and is an educated and cul- 
 tured lady. To herself and husband five children 
 have been born. Carrie died at the age of two 
 years. The survivors are Floyd, Gertie, Cora and 
 Bessie. 
 
 ^ i>,lLLIAM H. FITZ HUGH, M. D. The 
 
 yi' gentleman vvith whose name we introduce 
 this biograpliical record, and whose home- 
 stead is familiarly known as ''The Hive," has the 
 honor of being the largest land-owner and stock- 
 raiser in township Seventy-Six. He possesses the 
 warrentee deed to eight hundred acres, bavin o- his 
 home on section 27, where he has erected substan- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 tial buildings and sits under his own vine and fig 
 tree, comparatively independent. He developed 
 the greater part of this farm from land lying in its 
 primitive condition and has been more than ordin- 
 arily successful in his labors as a tiller of the soil 
 and his investment of capital. 
 
 In noting the career, especially of a successful 
 man, it is natural to revert to, his antecedents. The 
 father of our subject was William H. Fitz Hugh, a 
 native of Washington County, Md., and born Oc- 
 tober 17, 1794. He was of English descent and 
 followed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. In 
 early manhood he was married to Miss Maria A. 
 Hughes, .1 maiden of his own county and who was 
 born April 1, 1801. After marriage they settled 
 in Hagerstown, where they reared a family of nine 
 children and spent their entire lives. Of the sons 
 and daughters born to them four are living. 
 
 Dr. Fitz Hugh was born in Hagerstown, Md., 
 January 30, 1826. He was reared to manhood on 
 his father's farm and attended the common school 
 tiiere until a lad of eleven years. Afterward he 
 received instruction from private tutors at home. 
 When sufflcientlj' advanced in his studies, he be- 
 came a student of the Pennsylvania College at 
 Gettysburg, where he attended three years. Then 
 he pursued his studies further in the academy at 
 Hagerstown until a youth of eighteen years. 
 
 The study of medicine was entered upon by 
 young Fitz Hugh at Hagerstown, Md., under the 
 tutorship of Drs. Dorsey & Son, in whose office ho 
 remained about three years. Later he attended 
 lectures at the University of Maryland. In the 
 meantime, however, he enlisted as a soldier in the 
 United States armj- and served in the Mexican War 
 about eighteen months. He participated in the 
 battles of Contreras, Churn busco and Molina Del 
 Key, and was present at the storming of Chapulte- 
 pec. In the last engagement he was wounded in 
 the head but soon recovered. Upon leaving the 
 army he returned to Maryland and attended another 
 course of lectures at the University, receiving his 
 diploma. 
 
 Wintering upon the practice of his profession at 
 Martinsburg, Va., Dr. Fitz Hugh resided there nine 
 months when on account of the death of his father 
 he returned home and resumed charge of the 
 
 farm. Upon withdrawing from this he dropped 
 his professional duties for a time and engaged as a 
 clerk in the store of his uncle in Pennsylvania for 
 one 3'ear. The next four years were spent on the 
 old farm, which he operated as a renter. On the 
 27th of November, 1856, he was united in marriage 
 with Miss Amelia J. Alves at the bride's home near 
 Henderson, Ky. The newly wedded pair took up 
 their abode in Hagerstown where they lived until 
 April, 1857, then removed to Logan County, 111., 
 where Dr. Fitz Hugh again turned his attention to 
 farming and where, with the exception of two years 
 spent in Pennsylvania in the employ of his uncle, 
 he sojourned until April, 1877. 
 
 In April of the year above mentioned Dr. Fitz 
 Hugh came to Kansas and secured eight hundred 
 acres of land on section 27, in Seventy- Six Town- 
 ship, of which he has since been a resident. He 
 named this estate the "hive" after the old farm in 
 Maryland. He commenced his live-stock opera- 
 tions upon a large scale, and he deals in cattle, 
 sheep and swine. He has all the facilities for the 
 successful prosecution of this industry, while his 
 good judgment and ample store of information 
 upon all subjects connected with agriculture can 
 scarcel}' do otherwise than insure success. 
 
 To the Doctor and his estimable lady there have 
 been born two children only, William H., Jr., who 
 married Miss Jimmie Alves, and Alves,who is a resi- 
 dent of Wellington. The Doctor has always taken 
 a warm interest in politics and gives his support to 
 the Democratic party. While a resident of Illinois 
 he officiated as Collector of the township for sev- 
 eral years. The Doctor and his wife are regular 
 attendants and liberal supporters of the Episcopal 
 Church. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Fitz Hugh, 
 also named William, served as a soldier in the Rev- 
 olutionary War, and for a time was Aid-de-camp 
 to Gen. Washington. His great-grandfather won 
 distinction as an officer in the British army. Will- 
 iam H. Fitz Hugh, Sr., father of our subject, suf- 
 fered the affliction of blindness several years prior 
 to his death. 
 
 Mrs. Fitz Hugh was born near Henderson, Ky., 
 October 7, 1833, and is the daughter of Dr. Will- 
 am J. and Augusta (Hughes) Alves. Her father 
 was the owner of a plantation known as "Hurrlcan- 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 441 
 
 nia." Dr. Fitz Hugh enlisted as a private in the 
 Mexican War and on account of excellent service 
 rendered was promoted, first to be Sergeant and 
 then Second Lieutenant, with which rank he was 
 mustered out. 
 
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 \ft OHN R. SPARR, one of the most highly-re- 
 1 spected young farmers of Illinois Town- 
 I ship, operates one hundred and sixty acres 
 I of land on section 12, and by his straight- 
 forward methods in his business affairs, gives 
 promise of occupying in the near future a leading 
 position in his community. He was born in Blair 
 County, Pa., June 14, 1865, and is the son of John 
 Sparr, a native of Center County, that State. The 
 latter when two weeljs old was taken by his father 
 to the vicinity of Williamsburg, Pa., where he was 
 reared by his grandparents. Christian and Mary 
 Sparr, his mother, Mrs. Sarah (Foutz) Sparr having 
 died in April, 1820, two weeks after the birth of 
 her son. John Sparr, Sr., upon reaching man's es- 
 tate, was married in Huntingdon County, Pa., to 
 Miss Susan J. Shultz, who was a native of that 
 county. They settled upon the old Sparr home- 
 stead and Jolm Sparr, Jr.. departed this life May 
 13, 1865. His remains were laid to rest in the old 
 family cemetery. The paternal great-parents of 
 our subject was early settlers of the Keystone 
 State and are supposed to have been of German 
 birth, or at least of German ancestrj', and the fam- 
 ily were almost without exception members of the 
 Lutheran Church, in the faith of which John Sparr, 
 Sr , likewise passed away. 
 
 On the maternal side the grandparents of our 
 subject were John and Mary (Beaver) Shultz, na- 
 tives of Huntingdon County, Pa., wherein they 
 spent their entire lives, dying on the old farm 
 where they reared their family. They also were 
 members of the Lutheran Church. An early pro- 
 genitor was Henvy Shultz, also a native of Hun- 
 tingdon County, and who married Miss Sarah 
 Solraa, of that counly. They belonged to the Ger- 
 
 man Baptist Church. Anthony Beaver, the pater- 
 nal great-grandfather of our subject, married Miss 
 Susan Clapper, both of whom it is supposed were 
 natives of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. 
 
 In the fall of 1873 the mother of our subject 
 came to this county with her five children and pre- 
 empted one hundred and sixty acres of land in 
 London Township. They commenced farming in a 
 primitive style, marketing their produce at Wich- 
 ita and Wellington. Their first dwelling was a 
 structure 10x12 feet in dimensions, built of Cot- 
 tonwood boards. But few houses were in sight, 
 the country being open and the land mostly the 
 property of the Government. Mrs. Sparr kept the 
 post-office in her own house one year. In January, 
 1875 the sons put up a more substantial dwelling 
 which the family occupied until 1878. Buffalos 
 roamed the country a short distance west, while 
 antelopes and wolves were numerous. There were 
 no churches and religious services were held in 
 schoolhouses and private dwellings. Both John 
 Sparr and his wife were members of the Lutheran 
 Church in the faith of which the father died about 
 1865. 
 
 John Sparr, father of our subject, was married 
 twice; his first wife was Sarah Hall, and a native of 
 Pennsylvania. She died in that State leaving two 
 children, named — Lucy J., now deceased, and 
 William M., living now in Iowa. 
 
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 0— APT. JOSEPH A. CORBETT. Who is 
 there in Chikaskia Township unacquainted 
 , , with or, at least, unfamiliar with the name 
 
 of Capt. Oorbett, who is one of its most stirring 
 citizens and the hero of a history of more than or- 
 dinary interest. He has been for many years suc- 
 cessfully engaged in farming and is the owner of 
 four hundred acres of choice land, well improved 
 and finely situated on section 9. There are few 
 enterprises of any importance and none affecting 
 the progress and advancement of the people to 
 
442 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 which he has not given his hearty assent. An act- 
 ive member of the Republican party, he takes a 
 lively interest in politics, remaining loyal to the 
 old flag since the time when, in the State of Ken- 
 tucky, his rebel neighbors twice put the rope 
 around his neck, threatening to hang him on ac- 
 count of his adlierence to the Union. He has served 
 as justice of the Peace in Cliikaskia Township, 
 has officiated as a member of the school board in 
 his district, is President of Dobbs Farmers' Alli- 
 ance, and at Milan belongs to the A. H. T. A., is 
 Secretary of the Masonic Lodge and Post Comman- 
 der of John Goldy Lodge, No. 90, G. A. R. In 
 his farming operations he raises the crops common 
 to tills region and is somewhat interested in live 
 stock. 
 
 The fourth in a family of five children, the sub- 
 ject of this notice was born October 20, 1838, in 
 Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., and is the son of 
 .Joseph and Agnes L. (Bigus) Corbett, who were 
 natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Virginia. 
 The father emigrated to Tennessee when a young 
 man, where he was married and emploj'ed himself 
 as a carpenter. He left Tennessee with his family 
 in 1854, removing to Kentucky, and thence, in 
 1857, crossing the Mississppi into St. Charles 
 County, Mo. The mother died there that year, 
 the father lived until 1865, spending the closing 
 years of his life in Kentucky. There are living of 
 the parental family only two children, the one be- 
 sides Joseph A. being D. W., a resident of Ken- 
 tucky. One son, William D., was a very promi- 
 nent physician and died in Hickman, Ky., in 1878, 
 from the effects of yellow fever. On account of the 
 services which he had rendered during that terrible 
 epidemic. Gov. Blackburn recommended the appro- 
 priation of funds by the Legislature for the erec- 
 tion of a monument over the grave of him who had 
 so faithfully performed his duties amid disease and 
 death. 
 
 Leaving home when a yonth of sixteen years, 
 young Corbett commenced the battle of life wholly 
 dependent upon his own resources, having no capi- 
 tal and few friends or advisers. He was a cour- 
 ageous and adventurous lad and soon, in 1857, he 
 joined an expedition to chastise the ^Mormons, tlic 
 enterprise being under the command of Gen. Albert 
 
 Sidney Johnston. This occupied seven months. 
 Afterward Mr. Corbett lived in Missouri one year, 
 then returning to Kentucky located in Butler 
 County and engaged in farming two years and vin- 
 til after the outbreak of the Civil War. On January 
 1, 1862, he enlisted as a Union soldier in Company 
 B, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, which was 
 attached to the Army of the Cumberland in Gen. 
 Buell's division. Prior to this, however, he had been 
 in the smoke and heat of battle, eight miles west of 
 Russellville,Ky., where there were about three thous- 
 and rebel cavalry as the outposts of Gen. Buckner's 
 army at Bowling Green. Capt. Netter of Company 
 B, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, took sixteen 
 men, including Mr. Corbett,who had volunteered to 
 accompany him, and procuring turpentine carried 
 it in canteens to a bridge across the Whip-poor-will 
 River, which was guarded by sixteen rebels, with 
 whom they had a desperate fight luit carried the 
 day, firing the bridge and thus cutting off commu- 
 nication. They left their wounded in care of a 
 Union man who lived in the vicinity and escaped 
 from a whole battalion of rebels who pursued them 
 for forty miles. 
 
 After entering the regular service our hero took 
 part in some of the principal battles of the war, 
 viz; Shiioh, Perryville, Kingston, Ft. Fisher and 
 Wilmington. After the fight at Perryville, the 
 regiment was transferred to the Eastern Army 
 under the command of Gen. Scofield. In the 
 meantime Mr. Corbett had been promoted to he 
 Sergeant and in 1864, at the end of his term of en- 
 listment, he veteranized. He frequently executed 
 important commissions, and at one time with a 
 squad of four men under his command was left to 
 guard an immense quantity of stores left on the 
 bank of the Cumberland River at Ilarpeth Shoals. 
 He succeeded in saving the stores in the face of the 
 army of Gen. Wheeler, five thousand strong, being 
 assisted by Capt. Allen of the gunboat "St. Clair" 
 and ills marines. 
 
 In December, 1864, Sergt. Corbett was commis- 
 sioned as First Lieutenant bj^ President Lincoln, 
 being attached to the One-hundred Twenty-fifth 
 United States Infantryas Regimental Quartermaster. 
 He remained in the service after the close of the war, 
 and in August, 1866, was presented with a captain's 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 443 
 
 commission and made the acting assistant (Quarter- 
 master at Ft. Cummings, New Mexico, where he 
 sojourned three and one-half years. Then on ac- 
 count of failing health he was obliged to send in 
 his resignation. 
 
 Returning now to Kentucky, Capt. Corbett fol- 
 lowed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture until 
 1883. That year he left the Blue Grass regions, 
 and coming to Kansas took up his abode in Well- 
 ington,, and was there engaged as a dealer in real 
 estate two years. His next removal was to his 
 present farm. He took unto himself a wife and 
 helpmate in the person of Mrs. Mary J. Johnson, 
 the wedding being celebrated at the bride's home 
 in Kentucky, May 20, 1882. Mrs. Corbett was 
 born June 25, 1854, in Smith County, Tenn., and 
 is the daughter of John and Amanda (Walker) 
 Kittle, who were natives of that State, and there 
 spent their entire lives, the father dying in 1857 
 and the mother in 1876. Their family consisted 
 of five children, of whom Mrs. Corbett was the 
 third, and only one living. The Captain and his 
 excellent lady arc the parents of one child only, a 
 daughter, Sierra Florieta, who was born February 
 It, 1883. Mrs. Corbett is connected with the Mis- 
 sionary Baptist Church at Milan. In his younger 
 years the Captain also belonged to the Baptist 
 Church. 
 
 \ '■: AMES Q. BROWN, who has been a resident 
 of this county since 1875, is well worthy of 
 representation in a volume of this nature, 
 ills good citizenship, his fine moral char- 
 acter, and his intelligence and practical ability in. 
 agriculture, alike entitling him to respect. His pa- 
 ternal ancestry is of Scotch and English blood, and 
 the long line of honored lineage have transmitted 
 from generation to generation, -sturdy qualities of 
 manhood, and a record for industry and honor 
 which are the best inheritance a man can have. 
 
 Going back to the fifth generation prior to our 
 subject, we find James Brown, who was born in 
 1686, and died in 1770. The next in the line is 
 
 another James, born in Dorchester County, Md., 
 in 1710, who married Priscilla, daughter of Judge 
 Tliomas White, and who died in 1794. Following 
 him comes his son. White Brown, who was born 
 in the same county as himself, the date of his birth 
 being March 23, 1749. After reaching years of 
 maturity. White Brown engaged in tilling the soil in 
 Delaware, and was a resident of that same State until 
 1801, when he emigrated to the Northwest Terri- 
 tory, and settled in what is now Ross County, 
 Ohio. He was one of the first settlers in that al- 
 most untrodden wilderness, where bear, deer, wild 
 cats, coons, beavers, and wild turkeys were numer- 
 ous for many years, and where many privations 
 and hardships and frequent dangers beset the path- 
 way of the frontiersman. He settled on military 
 Land, buying a large tract for twelve and a half 
 cents per acre, which is still owned by his descen- 
 dants. His land was heavily timbered, with an ex- 
 cellent water-power on it, and after damming the 
 stream, he put up one of the first mills ever built 
 in that section. He cleared his farm and operated 
 it and the mill, continuing to reside there until he 
 had reached the advanced age of ninety- three years 
 when he departed this life. His wife bore the 
 maiden name of Anna Withgott, and she, like her 
 husband, earned the respect of their contemporaries 
 for her cheerful and arduous labors in the develop- 
 ment of a new country, and in the proper rearing 
 of her family. 
 
 The father of our subject was christened Nelson 
 and was born in Newcastle County, Del., he beinir 
 twelve years old when his parents went to the North- 
 west Territory. He learned the trade of cloth manu- 
 facturing, and built a woolen factory on Deer 
 Creek, the same stream his father's mill was on and 
 after operating the factory some years, abandoned 
 it and devoted his attention entirely to farming. 
 He was a large land owner, holding thirteen hun- 
 dred acres in Ross and Pickaway Counties, and on 
 his farm he resided until his death in 1862. He 
 was an old-line Whig, and upon the disintegration 
 of that party, became a Republican. His wife was 
 Miss Anna Maria, daughter of John and Sarah 
 Hughes, who was born in Maryland, add who de- 
 parted this life in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was a 
 worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
 
444 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 The parental family fjomprised twelve children, and 
 nine reached maturity. These are: Ellen, Sarah, 
 "White, James, Eliza, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Allen F., 
 and Alice. 
 
 James Q. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was 
 born in Ross County, Ohio, November 13, 1828, 
 and was reared and educated there, beginning to 
 assist his father in the woolen factory as soon as he 
 was large enough, and later bearing his share in the 
 farm labor. He remained with his parents until 
 twenty years old, and then farmed in connection 
 with his father for a time, and in 1849 went to Illi- 
 nois on horseback. He located in Pike County, 
 and with his brother bought an improved farm, 
 upon which he lived seven 3'ears. He then changed 
 his location to Macon County, and bought a four 
 hundred-acre farm seven miles from Decatur, mak- 
 ing that his home until 1864, when he sold it and 
 moved into the town. 
 
 While a resident of Decatur, Mr. Brown dealt in 
 land and lumber, continuing to abide there until 
 1873, after which he spent two years in Cameron, 
 Mo., whence he came to this county. He purchased 
 one hundred and sixty acres in Wellington Town- 
 ship, where he still lives, and where he has erected 
 buildings suited to the various needs of agricultural 
 life, has fenced and otherwise improved the place, 
 which, when he took possession, had no improve- 
 ments but twenty acres of broken sod, and made of 
 it a highly productive and attractive estate. In ad- 
 dition to this Mr. Brown has one hundred and sixty 
 acres in Sumner Township. At the date of his ar- 
 rival here, Wellington was a village of about two 
 hundred and fifty inhabitants, and a few miles 
 west deer and buffalo were still plentiful, while 
 Wichita, thirty miles distant, was the nearest rail- 
 road station. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Brown took place in Pike 
 County, 111., in 1856, his bride being a native of 
 that county. She bore the name of Sarah F. Che- 
 noweth, and a daughter of Samuel and Rachael 
 Chenoweth, whose sketch occupies another place in 
 tills volume. The happy union has been blessed 
 by the birth of two children : Seymour N. married 
 Sarah G. Gatliff, and lives in Wellington ; Cleo re- 
 sides in Kingman. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been members of the 
 
 Methodist Church for many years. He is a Repub- 
 lican, and never fails to cast his vote in the inter- 
 est of good government, manifesting an intelligent 
 interest in everything which pertains to the good of 
 the community. J'ossessingwell-informed minds and 
 pleasant manners. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are deserv- 
 edly popular among their neighbors and associates. 
 The wife of Seymour N., died January 21, 1889, 
 in Wellington, leaving one child, named Charley 
 C, aged nine years, who makes his home with his 
 grandparents, our subject and wife. 
 
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 -4^— 
 
 tENRY BOWERS, a retired farmer now liv- 
 jl' ing in Wellington, is of German ancestry, 
 ^yr^' and two generations of his progenitors were 
 l^) natives of the Keystone State, where the 
 line was planted in Colonial times. There Daniel 
 Bowers first opened his eyes to the light, and so 
 also did his son, John, who was born in 1803. 
 About six years after the birth of the latter, the 
 family removed to Ohio, and among the pioneers of 
 Stark County, Daniel Bowers carried on his em- 
 ployments of farming and butchering. The later 
 years of his life wore passed in Allen County, and 
 he died at a ripe age. 
 
 John Bowers grew to manhood in Stark County, 
 and there married Miss IClizabeth Bysel, who was 
 bora near Harrisburg, Pa., and while quite 3'Oung, 
 was brought by her father to Ohio. Mr. Bowers 
 took up a tract of timber land, and cleared and re- 
 sided upon it until 1835, when he undertook the 
 labors of a frontiersman in Hancock County, by 
 opening up a tract of timber land about six miles 
 from the present site of Findlay. At that time a 
 few log houses constituted that village, and he 
 built a dwelling of the same kind on his farm. 
 Timber was so abundant in the region, that it was 
 practically valueless, and large black walnut logs 
 were rolled together and burned, to get rid of 
 them. Deer, bears, wild turkeys, coons and wolves 
 were numerous, and the nearest market was San- 
 dusky, sixty miles distant, while for many years 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 445 
 
 railroads were unknown in that region. Ttie set- 
 tlers were practicallj' home livers, and Mrs. Bow- 
 ers cooked by a fire-place, carded, spun and wove 
 flax and wool, and clothed her family in cloth made 
 by her own hands. After some years a railroad 
 was extended to Findlay, wooden rails with a strip 
 oi iron nailed on the top, forming the track. 
 
 Mr. John Bowers cleared a small tract of the land 
 which he had obtained, and after sojourning upon 
 it ubout three years, sold the property and bought 
 another piece of timber land twelve miles west of 
 Findlay. There he cleared a good farm, upon 
 which he resided until his death, which took place 
 July 6, 1887. His wife passed away on the home 
 farm in 1876. Their family comprised seven sons 
 and three daughters, and the subject of this bio- 
 graphy was the first born : Jonathan is now living in 
 Hancock County,Ohio ; Andrew J. lives in this city ; 
 Philip B., in Seattle, Wash. ; Daniel on the home- 
 stead in Hancock County, Ohio; Wesley at Geuda 
 Springs, this county; John served in an Ohio Regi- 
 ment, and was killed at the battle of Chickamauga ; 
 Lydia married John Haddox; Elizabeth married^ 
 D. F. Brooks; and Sarah A. married Moses Fer- 
 min. All the sisters are living in the Buckeye 
 State. 
 
 The maternal grandfather of our subject was 
 Philip Bysel, who moved from Pennsylvania, to 
 Stark County, Ohio, about the year 1823. He 
 leased a tract of land for a time, and then bought 
 a flour mill on the line between Stark and Wayne 
 Counties, and operated it until his death. During 
 his last years he made his home with a son in 
 Wayne County. 
 
 Henry Bowers was born near Canton, Stark 
 County, Ohio, March 11, 1826, and was a lad of 
 nine years when his parents moved to Hancock 
 County. The removal was made with teams through 
 the wilderness, and the father's circumstances be- 
 ing very limited, his children were obliged to assist 
 him as much as possible in clearing the farm, and 
 securing their inheritance. Our subject attended 
 the pioneer schools, and in the intervals labored on 
 the homestead. The sehoolhouse was built of logs 
 with the chimney on the outside, constructed of. 
 earth and sticks, the floor of puncheon, and roof 
 and door of boards; the windows were of greased 
 
 |iaper, and the seats were made by splitting logs, 
 leaving one side smooth, and inserting pins in the 
 other for legs. 
 
 Mr. Bowers resided under the parental roof un- 
 til his mfirriage, when he bought a tract of Govern- 
 ment land in Putnam County, built a log house, 
 himself splitting the puncheon for the floor and 
 clap-boards for the roof, and in this primitive abode 
 the young couple began house keeping, the wife do- 
 ing her cooking and other household work by the 
 fire-place, as was the custom at that time on farms, 
 and in the frontier settlements. The land upon 
 which they located was timbered, and Mr. Bowers 
 cleared a considerable tract, upon which they lived 
 for six years. 
 
 In 1857, Mr. Bowers purchased some prairie 
 land near Gridley, in ^McLean County, 111., thirty 
 acres of it being under cultivation, and alog house 
 standing upon it. On this farm the family resided 
 until 1875, good buildings being in the meantime 
 erected, and the acreage thoroughly cultivated and 
 improved. At the date above mentioned, they re- 
 moved to this county, ^vhich Mr. Bowers had vis- 
 ited the year before, and where he had purchased 
 one hundred and sixty acres of laud near this city. 
 Twenty acres of the estate were broken, and there 
 was a small frame house upon it. The nearest rail- 
 road ran through Wichita, and Wellington was a 
 village of two hundred inhabitants. As soon as 
 the family settled in their new home, Mr. Bowers 
 set to work to farther improve the estate, and when 
 the boom came he took advantage of the high price 
 of land, and sold the greater part of his quarter-sec- 
 tion. He still owns twenty acres adjoining the 
 city, and is now also the fortunate possessor of two 
 farms which are rented. 
 
 Mr. Bowers has been twice married. The first 
 ceremony took place in 1848, the bride being Miss 
 Lydia A. Fisher, who was born in Stark County, 
 Ohio. She departed this life in 1880, after having 
 borne nine children — Martha J., Levi B., Jasper P. 
 Clinton, Annie, John, Eddie, Minnie, and Abbie 
 D. The second mairiage of Mr. Bowers took place 
 in 1881, and the lady with whom he was then united 
 was Miss Mary J. Layman. Her parents, John H. 
 and Catherine (Royer) Layman, were the children 
 of German parents, and were born in Pennsylvania 
 
446 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 the father in Cumberland County, and the motlier 
 in Lancaster County. Their fainilj' comprised five 
 children — Lucinda, Mary J., Sarah A., Daniel, and 
 H. W. Mr. Layman moved to Ohio about the year 
 1836, and settled in Portage County, where he 
 bought timber land and cleared an excellent farm, 
 upon which his death took place in 1887. In that 
 county Mrs. Bowers first opened her e^'es to the 
 light. 
 
 Mr. Bowers is a member of the Methodist Epis 
 copal Church, with which he united in 1853, since 
 which time he has served as Treasurer and Steward, 
 and also as Class-Leader for many years. His first 
 wife was a worthy member of the same denomina- 
 tion, and the present Mrs. Bowers is a member in 
 good standing of the Christian Church. In his 
 early life Mr. Bowers was a Democrat, but differ- 
 ing with the party on the question of slaverj', at 
 the formation of the Republican party, he identi- 
 fied himself with it, and has ever since given it his 
 suffrage. The upright character, industrious liab- 
 its, and friendly nature of Mr. Bowers are recog- 
 nized and appreciated by all with whom he comes 
 in contact, and they accord him a corresponding 
 measure of respect and good will. 
 
 4-5#^^ 
 
 ON. ALEXANDER HANNIBAL SMITH. 
 
 There are few people sojourning any length 
 of time in Sumner County, who are unac- 
 '^) quainted with at least the name of Mr. 
 Smith, who is recognized as one of its most popu- 
 lar and prosperous citizens. Nature has endowed 
 him with fine abilities, intellectually, and with great 
 kindliness of disposition, besides the qualities which 
 have made him successful financially. He is of 
 Southern birth and antecedents, his birthplace bav- 
 in" been in the vicinity of Bucksville, Cumberland 
 County, Ky., where he first opened his eyes to the 
 light March 30, 1836. 
 
 Joim C. Smith, father of the subject of this no- 
 tice, was born in Fauquier County, Va., and was 
 the son of Mathew Smith, a native of the city of 
 
 Edinburg, Scotland. The latter left home when a 
 bo3', and came to America during the colonial 
 times. He located in Virginia, but later entered the 
 Continental Army, in which he arose to the com- 
 mand of a company, being given a captain's com- 
 mission under Gen. Nathaniel Green, his brother- 
 in-law. He was shot through both limbs and 
 crippled for life. Later he became the owner of 
 land in Virginia, where he spent his last days. 
 
 Mathew Smith married Miss Pamelia, a sister of 
 Gen. Nathaniel Green, who, after the death of her 
 husband, removed, in 1811 to Kentucky. The 
 journey was made overland with ox-teams, and the 
 widowed mother was accompanied by her nine chil- 
 dren, taking with her lier household goods and farm 
 implements. She was a woman of great courage 
 and resolution, and entered a tract of Government 
 land in the timber of Cumberland County, where, 
 with the assistance of lier children, she improved a 
 farm, building up a good homestead. 
 
 Late in life she removed to Warren County, 
 where she spent her last years. Her son, John C, 
 the father of our subject, was a lad of nine years 
 when the family removed to Kentucky, where he 
 was reared to man's estate. After his marriage he 
 purchased a tract of timber land in Warren County, 
 in what was known as Smith's Grove Valley. He 
 put up a log cabin in the most primitive style, with 
 puncheon floor, and the chimney built- outside of 
 earth and sticks. In this pioneer structure the sub- 
 ject of tills sketch was born. The mother was a 
 very industrious woman, devoted to her family. 
 She spun and wove wool and flax, manufacturing 
 thus all the cloth used in the family, and making 
 up the garments with her own hands. The father 
 cleared a considerable extent of his land, and was 
 prospered in his labors, being finally enabled to 
 erect a good brick house. For some time after tlie 
 Smith family settled in that region, wild game of 
 all kinds was abundant, including deer and turkeys. 
 
 Mrs. Sally D. (Gearhart) Smith, the mother of 
 our subject, was born in Cumberland County, Ky., 
 and was the daughter of Peter Gearhart, a native 
 of Germany. Grandfather Gearhart was reared to 
 farming pursuits, and emigrated to America when 
 Q young man, locating in Virginia. He was there 
 married and removed to Kentucky at an early day. 
 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 447 
 
 settling among the timber of Cumberland County. 
 He cleared a farm and died there. The parents of 
 our subject resided on that farm until their decease, 
 the mother passing away in 1855, and the father in 
 1857 Six of the ten children born to them lived 
 to mature years, namely: Alexander H. Herschel 
 P., Mercenia, Carroll J., Dobney W., and Julius 0. 
 
 The subject of this notice was reared to man's 
 estate in hi.s native county, and acquired his early 
 education in the subscription schools, conducted in 
 a log schoolhouse. The temple of learning was 
 erected and furnished in the most primitive man- 
 ner, the seats being of split logs, upheld by wooden 
 pins, and the chimney built outside of earth and 
 sticks. Light was admitted through an aperture 
 made by removing a log from one side of the 
 building, and closed by a wooden shutter. The 
 school was conducted mostl3f during the winter sea- 
 son, while in summer young Smith assisted his 
 father on the farm. He remained with his parents 
 as long as they lived, and then being the eldest 
 child, the care of the family devolved upon bim. 
 He managed the farm, and reared the children, tak- 
 ing the place of both father and mother, the young- 
 est child being then two and one-half years old, 
 and his oldest sister, a little girl of seven. The 
 father had made a will, giving to Alexander the 
 homestead with the provision that he was to look 
 after the children until they should be able to take 
 care of themselves. He fulfllled the duties assigned 
 him in an admirable manner and continued to re- 
 side on the old farm until 1880. He was a Union 
 man during the Civil War, but took no part there- 
 in, and although that section of country was over- 
 run by both armies, lie did not in any wise suffer 
 from personal outrage or loss of property. 
 
 Disposing of his interests in the Blue Grass State 
 in the year above mentioned, Mr. Smith came to 
 Kansas and purchased city property in Wellington, 
 also farm lands in Sumner County. He has one 
 hundred and sixty acres adjoining the city limits 
 besides other lands in different parts of the county, 
 and has been identified with many of the enter- 
 prises which have assisted in the growth and pros- I 
 perity of Wellington. He was instrumental in the j 
 organization of the State Bank, of which he was i 
 elected President, and still holds this ofiice. Dur- i 
 
 ing his early manhood he was a Whig, politicRll}^ 
 but later developed into a Jeffersonian Democrat. 
 He was prominent in the politi.cs of iiis native State 
 and represented Warren County in the Kentucky 
 Legislature, casting his vote for James B. Beck for 
 Senator. Since coming to Kansas, among other 
 positions of trust and responsibility, he served one 
 term as jNIayor of Wellington. As a financier he 
 stands pre eminent, and is now in the enjoyment 
 of not only a large share of this world's goods, but 
 the confidence and esteem of his feilowmen. Of 
 late years he has operated extensively as a money 
 loaner. 
 
 Mr. Smith was married in his native county, in 
 1857, to Miss Rebecca Shobe. Mrs. Smith like her 
 husband, was born in Warren County, Ky., and 
 there reared to womanhood, receiving a common- 
 school education, and becoming versed in all use- 
 ful household duties. The twelve children born of 
 this union were named respectively: Herschel P., 
 Jesse G., Moses S., Carrie C. L., Anna, Golsen N., 
 Girden B., Walter, Hannibal, P. F., Talmadge and 
 Dudlej^ 
 
 (*^ R. S.P:wmG SMITH. The gentleman with 
 I ^1 whose name we introduce this biographical 
 ff^J^^ record is recognized as the leading dentist 
 ^^^ of Wellington and a member of the profes- 
 sion who thoroughly understands his calling in all 
 its details. He was born in the town of Princeton, 
 Gibson County, Ind., and is the son of Josse Smith, 
 a native of Glasgow, Scotland and who was born 
 in 1794. The latter when quite young emigrated 
 with his mother and sisters to America, locating 
 with them in Raleigh, N. C. Thei-e Jesse was reared 
 and educated and remained until 1830. That 
 year he emigrated to Indiana and located among 
 the early settlers of Princeton. This was before the 
 days of railroads and canals and the removal was 
 made overland with teams. 
 
 Jesse Smith during his younger years had learned 
 the trade of a carpenter, which he followed after 
 
448 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOaRAPHlUAL ALBUM. 
 
 removing to Indiana until 1845. That year lie 
 pushed on further westward into Jefferson County, 
 111., and purchasing a farm near Spring Garden, so- 
 journed there until 1876. That year he carae to this 
 State and settled in Wabaunsee County, near 
 Alma. His death took place at the home of his son, 
 Alonzo, in 1877. 
 
 The mother of our subiect bore the maiden name 
 of Rhoda P. Dimmick. She was born in Vermont 
 and was the daughter of Adam Dimmick, a native 
 of New York State, who removed to A^ermont and 
 tiien to Indiana, being one of the earliest settlers 
 of Gibson County. He cleared a farm from the tim- 
 ber and there spent his last years. To the parents 
 of our subject there was born a family of twelve 
 children, of whom the record is as follows: William 
 died at the age of ten years in Indiana; John B., 
 during the Civil War served in the Thirty-sixth 
 Illinois Infantry and died in the army;Octavia be- 
 came the wife of James Prigmore of Spring Gar- 
 dfm, 111. ; Augustus pra( ticed dentistry in Sedalia, 
 Mo., and is now deceased; B. Frank is a resident of 
 Weir, Kan.; S. Ewing, our subject, was the nest in 
 order of birth; James died in Lutesville, Mo.; 
 Delia died in Kansas; Halla and Matilda, are twins; 
 the first mentioned became tlie wife of Jonathan 
 Casebolt, the inventor of the curve to the cable car 
 system and lives in San Francisco, Cal.; Matilda 
 married George Thomas of Linnville, Ind.; Thomas 
 is a resident of Union, Ind. ; Alonzo resides in Wa- 
 baunsee, this State. 
 
 After the removal of the family to Illinois Dr, 
 Smith made his home for a time with a sister, Mrs. 
 Prigmore. Her husband was a wheelwright with 
 which trade Dr. Smith became quite familiar and 
 at the same time completed his studies in the com- 
 mon si.hool. In 1859 he wint to Philadelphia and 
 studied dentistrj', remaining there two years. At the 
 expiration of this time the outbreak of the Civil 
 War turned his attention in another direction and 
 in 1861, returning to Illinois he enlisted, in Febru- 
 ary, 1862, in Company I, Sixtieth Illinois Infantry, 
 and served until the close. The greater part of this 
 time he was under the command of Gen. Thomas. 
 At the battle of Lookout Mountain he was wounded 
 and sent to the hosjjital at Madison, Ind. As soon 
 as able to be of assistance in any way, he was de- 
 
 tailed to the hospital service and remained in the 
 army until the expiration of his term of enlistment. 
 
 We next find Dr. Smith in Philadelphia where 
 he practiced dentistry two years, then removed to 
 New York City, where he sojourned until 1876, 
 having his ofHce at No. 710 Broadway. In the year 
 above mentioned he set his face toward the Great 
 West and coming to Kansas located in Council 
 Grove, Morris County. In 1882 he repaired to Kerr 
 City, Fla., and in the fall of 1883 he purchased one 
 thousand acres of land at Lake Kerr where he 
 planted an orange giove. In 1885 he traded three 
 hundred acres of this land for the Commercial 
 House, the leading hotel in Manhattan, Kan., which 
 he still owns. In 1885 he removed hither to look 
 after his property, remaining until 1888. That year 
 he came to Wellington and opened an oflSee and 
 during a j'ear's time has built up a large practice. 
 He still owns seven hundred acres of his Florida 
 land upon which he has expended large sums of 
 money in improvements. 
 
 Dr. Smith was wedded January 25, 1865, at the 
 bride's home in Indiana to Miss Anna Lund. This 
 lady was born in Madison, Ind., and died in Ore- 
 gon in 1868, leaving one child, F. Ewing, eleven 
 months of age and who was legally adopted bj' S. 
 D. Ewing. of Ohio. The Doctor contracted a sec- 
 ond marriage in 1872 with Miss Helen Love. 
 
 Mrs. Helen (Love) Sm'th was born near Au- 
 burn,. N. Y., and is the daughter of Volney 
 Love, a native of Niles, that State. Her paternrd 
 grandfather was Capt. Samuel Love, a native of 
 Scotland who upon coming to America settled in 
 New York State. He served in the War of 1812 as 
 commander of a company and died in the service. 
 He had married Miss Sarah Bassett, who, after his 
 death became the wife of the father of President 
 Fillmore and spent her last years in Aurora, N. Y. 
 "S'olney Love was reared on a farm and later con- 
 ducted a hotel at Skaneateles, N. Y., and at Niles. 
 In 1860 he came to Kansas, settling among the pio- 
 neers of Wabaunsee County. He purchased a tract 
 of land and engaged in farming some years prior to 
 the building of a railroad in this region. Later he 
 removed to Alma, Kan., where he was in the United 
 States mail service and where his death took place 
 in the fall of 1876. 
 
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 The maiden name of the mother of Mrs. Smith 
 was Lydia Coon. She was born in Scipio, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., and was the daughter of Eli and 
 Margaret (Van Aulcen) Coon and was married in 
 her native State. She is still living, making her home 
 in Florida. Her two children living are, Mrs. Smith- 
 and Ida May, the wife of Luther Bovece of St. 
 Augustine, Fla. 
 
 Mrs. Smith understands the profession of den- 
 tistry nearly as well as her husband and is his 
 efficient assistant in his business. The Doctor be- 
 longs to the Congregational Church and is a mem- 
 ber of the Masonic fraternity, the Ancient Order 
 of United Workmen, the Knights of Honor and the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 ^ UDGE JAMES A. RAY, Judge of the Dis 
 trict Court of Sumner County, established 
 himself as a resident of Wellington on the 
 22d of March, 1883, and with the exception of 
 one year, which he spent as Internal Revenue 
 Agent in the employ of the Government, has been 
 continuously engaged in the practice of law. He 
 was born near Bowling Green, Ky., August 22, 
 1848, and there spent his boyhood and youth, com- 
 pleting a practical education in the common schools. 
 He commenced the reading of law at home 
 and later entered the law office of Halsell <fe 
 Mitchell and was admitted to practice in 1874. He 
 commenced the duties of his profession in his native 
 town, remaining there three years thereafter. He 
 then removed to Cumberland County, Ky., and 
 accepted the position of Deputy Collector of Inter- 
 nal Revenue, still continuing, however, his law 
 practice. During that time he had many adven- 
 tures with the Moonshiners whose operations had 
 become quite extensive in that region. 
 
 In 1885 Mr. Ray was appointed Judge of the 
 District Court, the district then comprising four 
 counties, he filling a vacancy and serVing one year. 
 
 He has always been an active supporter of the 
 Republican party, and was at one time the City 
 Attorney at Wellington. While a resident of Ken- 
 tucky he was active in politics,' but since coming 
 to Kansas has been too busy with the duties of his 
 profession to give much attention to public affairs. 
 His religious views coincide with those of the Pres- 
 byterian Church, and with which he is connected 
 in Wellington. He bears the reputation among 
 his fellow citizens of an honest man and a useful 
 member of the community. 
 
 Judge Ray was married in Berksville, Ky., 
 August 22, 1879, to Mrs. Nana (Dodd) Eekles who 
 was born in Adair Countj' in 1851. Mrs. Ray 
 when quite young went with her parents, Henry 'ind 
 Sarah J. Eekles, to Cumberland County, where she 
 sojourned until her marriage. Of this union there 
 have been born five children, viz: Lawrence W., 
 Roscoe C, Anna, Frederick A. and Clifford. To 
 Mr. and Mrs. Dodd there was born one son, Charles 
 B. who remains with his mother. 
 
 The father of Our subject was Benjamin Ray, a 
 native of Warren County, Ky., and who married 
 Mrs. Louisa E. Chapman. He farmed in Kentucky 
 until about 1878, and then retired from active 
 labor. Besides our subject, there are living three 
 other sons and one daughter. W. D. is the Re- 
 publican Postmaster of Russellville, Ky., Charles 
 L. is farming in Texas; Joseph W. livesiin Bowie, 
 that State; Katie, Mrs. Hobbs, is a resident of the 
 sameiiplace. 
 
 AVID N. GILBERT. Among the farmers 
 and stock dealers of Falls Township, the 
 above-named gentleman deserves mention, 
 both on account of his excellent charac- 
 ter and the share he has in the interests of the 
 county. He has been a resident here since 1875, 
 his home being on one of the best improved farms 
 of the township, the estate comprising two hun- 
 dred and forty acres on section 12. p'or several 
 years after his arrival here he dealt largely in 
 sheep, but now gives his attention to farming and 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 cattle dealing. His financial success proves his 
 ability, as he was poor when he began his career, 
 and he has made all that he possesses and is now 
 quite well-to-do. 
 
 From a long line of honorable ancestors whose 
 home was in Virginia, and one of whom settled in 
 tli'at State in Colonial days, Mr. Gilbert derives 
 iiis origin. Prior to the emigration to the Colo- 
 nies the family had lived in England. The parents 
 of our subject were Samuel and Melvina (Crutcher) 
 Gilbert. The father was born in Lincoln County, 
 Ky., about the year 1804, but spent the most of 
 his life in Taylorsville, Spencer County, where' he 
 died in 1877. He was a miller and mechanic, and 
 at one time was quite wealthy but was bankrupted 
 through paying security debts. From early man- 
 hood until his death he was a member of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Melvina Gil- 
 bert was born in Spencer County, Ky., dying there 
 when our subject was but seven years of age. 
 
 Our subject was the only child of his parents, 
 and was bom December 28, 1829, at Taylorsville, 
 Spencer County, Ky. He was reared in his na- 
 tive town, receiving a common-school education, 
 and in early life doing wool-carding with his father. 
 In 1850 he went to California, but a year later re- 
 turned to the States and located in Buchanan 
 County, Mo., where he lived until 1.856. Ho then 
 located in Leavenworth County, Kan., where he 
 was successfully engaged in farming and stock-rais- 
 ing until 1873, when he moved to the city of 
 Leavenworth, where he lived until 1875, when he 
 sold but his interests there and became a resident 
 of Sumner County, Here he has since resided, 
 continuing to meet with success in his chosen vo- 
 cation, and adding to his worldly possessions. 
 
 During the war Mr. Gilbert belonged to the 
 Kansas State Militia, and has commissions as First 
 Lieutenant and Captain. He has lield various minor 
 township offices, among them that of Justice of the 
 Peace. Politically he has been a Greenbacker 
 since the institution of that party. He is a mem- 
 ber of the Farmers' Alliance. 
 
 The first marriage of Mr. Gilbert took place in 
 Buchanan County, Mo., October 22, 1852, the 
 bride being Miss Mary Martin, of that county. 
 She was born in Washington County, Ky., in 1828, 
 
 and lived until May 1882. She became the mother 
 of four children — Martha A., Samuel J., William 
 W. and Zula V. — all yet living. On October 6, 
 1884, Mr. Gilbert contracted a second matrimo- 
 nial alliance, being on this occasion united with 
 Mrs. Elizabeth J. Alexander, of DeLand, Fla. 
 She was born in Taylorsville, Ky., January 15, 
 1830, and was the widow of William Alexander, by 
 whom she had six children — John I., Katie, Will- 
 iam, Anna, Susie and Joseph. Her present marriage 
 has been childless. 
 
 A view of Mr. Gilbert's residence will be found 
 on another page. 
 
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 ARON A. ENDERS. Few men in Falls 
 11 Township have so valuable a farm or so 
 pleasant a home as he whose name intro- 
 ,'(3)7/ du3es this sketch. His estate consists of 
 one hundred and sixty acres of finely improved 
 land on section 17, of which he took possession in 
 1885. 'J'he dwelling is one of the noticeable ones 
 of the vicinity, and all the buildings upon the es- 
 tate are well built, affording adequate shelter for 
 crops and stock. The entire attention of Mr. En- 
 ders is turned to farming and the stock business, 
 and his capability is being abundantly displayed. 
 His excellent financial standing is due to his own 
 efforts, every dollar that he possesses having been 
 made by himself. 
 
 The birth of Mr. Enders occurred in Dauphin 
 County, Pa., August 15, 1842, and on the farm 
 where he first saw the light he was reared to man's 
 estate. He received a good common- school edu- 
 cation, and an insight into the business he is now 
 following, his father being a life-long farmer. At 
 the age of twenty one years he began railroading, 
 but afterward followed mining in his native State 
 three years. He then learned the trade of a stone- 
 mason, working at it until 1876, when be turned 
 his attention to farming. In 1884 he came to 
 
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 this county, purchased the land which he now oc- 
 cupies, and in a short time moved upon it.. 
 
 The parents of our subject are Samuel and Leah 
 (Etter) Enders, who are natives of Dauphin and 
 York Counties, Pa., respectively; they were reared, 
 married, and still live in that State. The father is 
 a member of the German Reformed Church, while 
 his wife is a member of the United Brethren Church. 
 Socially Mr. Enders belongs to the Knights of Pyth- 
 ias. His family consists of the following children 
 — Isabella, Aaron A., Rebecca, James, Louisa, 
 Charles and Ann J. The Enders family is of Ger- 
 man stock, the great-grandfather of our subject 
 having been born in the Fatherland. 
 
 Aaron Enders and Miss Susan A. Miller cele- 
 brated their marriage rites January 6, 1870. The 
 bride was born in the same county as her husband, 
 her natal day being February 5, 1845. Her parents. 
 Christian B. and Mary ( Warfle) Miller, now live in 
 this county. She is an estimable woman, looking 
 well to the ways of her household and winning 
 respect from all about her. She has borne her 
 husband tliree children — Otto, Leedora and Claude. 
 Mr. Enders is a member of the Republican parly 
 and of the E'armers' Alliance. He is a man of in- 
 telligence and good character, whose life, though 
 unmarked by any remarkable event, is well wortliy 
 of record in a volume of this nature. On anothei- 
 page will be found a fine view of tlie home and 
 surroundings of Mr. Enders. 
 
 
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 OBERT F. INGRAM. Although not yet 
 ? thirty years of age, the subject of this 
 
 sketch may be called an old settler of Kan- 
 ^; sas, and in her borders few, if anj', men 
 can be found who have exhibited more energy ami 
 capability than he. He was born in West Virginia, 
 April 1, 1863, and was about four years old when 
 his parents came to Kansas, settling in Johnson 
 County, near Olathe. After remaining there some 
 eight years a removal was made to this county, and 
 
 section 31, Osborn Township, became the home of 
 the family. 
 
 When fourteen years old young Ingram began 
 life for himself, and for some years prior to the 
 death of his father, which took place in 1882, he 
 had sole charge of his father's affairs. When he 
 became of age, he purchased and removed to the 
 farm which he now occupies in Ryan Township. 
 It comprises eighty acres of section 25, is thor- 
 oughly and intelligently cultivated, and about sixty 
 head of stock are carried upon it. The present 
 residence was erected in 1886, at a cost of $1,600, 
 and is as fine a dwelling as can be found in the 
 township. Mr. Ingram also owns eighty acres in 
 Missouri. Besides carrying on his homj place he 
 runs two steam threshers, and such is the confi- 
 dence of his fellow-citizens in his judgment that 
 they have made him Road Overseer, feeling satis- 
 fied that the interests of the agriculturists will be 
 safe in his hands. 
 
 On January 27, 1886, the interesting ceremony 
 took place which transformed Miss Edith P. Waters 
 into Mrs. R.F. Ingram. The bride was born on the 
 10th of Novpmber, 1865, to Gardner and Sarah Wa- 
 ters, and is the fourth of their five children. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Waters we^'e natives of Missouri. The father, 
 who was a farmer, died in 1870, and his widow 
 subsequently married F. B. Crigmore, and now 
 lives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Ingram were the 
 parents of two children, both of whom died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 Mr. Ingram takes a deep interest in politics, and 
 exercises the elective franchise in behalf of the can- 
 didates on the Democratic ticket, his judgment 
 concurring in the principles which they are ex- 
 pected to uphold. He and his wife belong to the 
 Christian Church, are regular attendants at theSun- 
 day-suhool, and their intelligent minds, cordial na- 
 tures and upright lives, endear them to a host of 
 friends. 
 
 The parents of our subject, William and Eliza- 
 beth Ingram, were natives of West Virginia, and 
 werii married in that State. The father served in 
 tlie Fiftieth Pennsylvania Infantry during the 
 Civil War, and his death was occasioned by dis- 
 ease contracted in the arm^r. The mother died in 
 1868, and the father subsequently married Miss 
 
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 Margaret Fletcher, who is now living in Osborn 
 Township, this county. The first marriage of 
 William Ingram was blessed by the birth of seven 
 children, six of whom are now living, our subject 
 being the fourth in order of birth; the second mar- 
 riage resulted in the birth of six children. 
 
 EVAN R. JONES, one of the early settlers 
 of Oxford Township, came to this region 
 ! in March, 1871, and secured a quarter sec- 
 tion of land on Slate Creek. Subsequently he 
 traded for that which his widow now occupies. He 
 put up a good frame house that same year, and was 
 joined by his wife in February, 1872, the latter 
 driving from Humboldt. Together they lived and 
 labored until the death of Mr. Jones, which occur- 
 red February 9, 1885. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Mer- 
 ionethshire, North Wales, November 8, 1821, and 
 lived there until a man of twenty-nine years. He 
 then emigrated to the United States, settling in 
 1850 in Madison County, N. Y. From there he 
 removed to Dayton, Ohio, and in the vicinity of 
 that now flourishing city, engaged in farming. 
 There also he married Miss Clara Davis, March 15, 
 1856. They removed to East Virginia in May 
 following, purchasing a farm in Loudoun County, 
 and sojourned there until the outbreak of the Re- 
 bellion. After the second battle of Bull Run they 
 removed to Washington, Mr. Jones having been 
 taken prisoner and held for four months, notwith- 
 standing the fact that he was neither a citizen of 
 the United States or a soldier in the Union Army. 
 After being released he lived with his family in 
 Washington until 1871, and then they all came to 
 Kansas. Mr. Jones was reared in the doctrines of 
 the Church of England, to which he afterward 
 loyally adhered. 
 
 Mrs. Clara (Davis) Jones was born at Pompey 
 Hollow, Onondago County, N. Y., March 13, 1833, 
 and is the daughter of Allen Davis, a native of 
 Cooperstown, N. Y., whence he removed to the 
 above-mentioned place. He was there married to 
 
 Miss Chloe Benson, and they lived in Pompey Hol- 
 low until the death of the mother, which occurred 
 September 23, 1847. Next they removed to Mad- 
 ison County, N. Y., where Miss Davis remained 
 with the family until her marriage. Allen Davis 
 met his death bj' drowning in Oneida Lake in June, 
 1872, at the age of seventy-two. To Mr. and Mrs. 
 Jones there were born six children, of whom but 
 two are living: Edward R., the main stay of his 
 mother, was born in Washington, in 1866, and has 
 charge of the homestead; Nellie A., also lives with 
 her mother; .John died at the age of five years; 
 Molly died when sixteen months old; Robert and 
 Catherine died at the ages of three months and six 
 years, respectively. Mrs. Jones is a lady highly 
 respected in her community, and a consistent mem- 
 ber of the P^piscopal Church. 
 
 At the organization of the school district in 
 which they lived, Mr. and Mrs. Jones were present, 
 and the latter was the only one casting her vote for 
 a schoolhouse who is still living here. Mr. Jones, 
 although by no means a politician, kept himself 
 well informed upon public events, and oflficiated as 
 a Justice of the Peace. He was a Greenbacker, 
 with Democratic proclivities. 
 
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 •)ARREN J. WOLLAM is an enterprising 
 progressive farmer of Green Town- 
 ,who was born in Columbiana County, 
 Ohio, November 9, 1851, and is a son of Alfred 
 WoUam, a tiller of the soil in the Buckeye Stale. 
 In 1863 Alfred WoUam with his family, which con- 
 sisted of a wife, seven sons and two daughters, 
 removed to Mercer County, where he and his wife 
 still reside, and where our subject grew to man- 
 hood. 
 
 Mr. WoUam, of whom we write, acquired an ex- 
 cellent education, and early in life, adopted the 
 profession of a teacher, spending the winters in pro- 
 fessional work, and during the summers working 
 upon his father's farm until he was twenty- two 
 years old. He taught sixteen terms of school in 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 453 
 
 Mercer County, seven of them being successive in 
 Lis home district, and since coming to Kansas has 
 spent one term in similar employment. 
 
 At the home of the bride in Mercer County, 
 Ohio, August 16, 1873, Mr. Wollam was united 
 in marriage with Miss Elscina, daughter of Wes- 
 ley Copeland. The bride was born in Auglaize 
 County, Ohio, June 15, 1851, and has been an able 
 assistant and loving companion since their mar- 
 riage. After that event tlie young couple con- 
 tinued to reside in Mercer County until the spring 
 of 1883, when they removed to Kansas, locating on 
 section 29, Green Township, where they have ever 
 since resided. There Mr. Wollam now owns one 
 hundred and sixty acres of fertile and productive 
 land, on which excellent buildings have been 
 erected and other good improvements made. 
 Since coming to this State he has devoted consider- 
 able time to carpentering, and has built several 
 houses in Green Township. He is a good work- 
 man at the trade, as well as a successful farmer. 
 The familj' of Mr. ar^d Mrs. Wollam comprises 
 four living children — Nellie, Alfred, Oma and 
 Carl; and two infant daughters, Eva and Gertie, 
 were removed from them by the reaper — Death. 
 
 Mr. Wollam is an active worker in tiie Farmers' 
 Alliance, and has been business agent since the 
 organization of the body here. He has held the 
 office of Trustee of Green Township for three suc- 
 cessive terms. He takes an active part in political 
 matters, laboring earnestly for the advancement of 
 the Republican party. In July, 1 888, he was sent 
 as a delegate to the State Republican Convention. 
 In the fall of 1889 he was the Republican candidate 
 for County Clerk, but was defeated by William H. 
 Carnes. .Few men of his years within the bounds 
 of Kansas possess a wider fund of information, a 
 more agreeable manner or a more energetic nature 
 than does he, and his reputation among his asso- 
 ciates is that of an upright man and reliable cit- 
 izen. 
 
 UILLIAM H. LASSELL. The tasteful and 
 attractive home of this gentleman is lo- 
 W^J cated on section 29, Bluff Township, and its 
 appearance and surroundings are concl4sive evi- 
 
 dences to the passerby that the owner is in a condi- 
 tion of financial prosperity, and that the family aie 
 possessed of refined tastes. These indications would 
 not be belied by closer investigation, as the estate 
 is one of the best farms in the township, the dwell- 
 ing, bams and other improvements being excellent 
 and adequate, and the entire place pervaded by an 
 air of neatness and order highly creditable to its 
 owner and operator. The interior of the residence 
 presents equal signs of good management, and the 
 famil}' are found to be cultured, cordial and agree- 
 able. 
 
 Mr. Lassell was born in Clinton County, N. Y., 
 May 25, 1840, to_Harris and Lydia (Fisk) Lassell, 
 and is the sixth in a family of seven children. 
 The eyes of his father first opened to the light in 
 Swanton, Vt., March 8, 1803, and when a young 
 man he took up his abode in Otsego County, N. Y. 
 There he married a young lady of that county, and 
 engaging in the mill and lumber business, con- 
 tinued to reside in the Empire State until 1853, at 
 which time he moved to Green County, Wis. In 
 the latter State he followed farming until his death, 
 which occurred in January, 1885. He accumulated 
 considerable means and left an estate worth $12,000. 
 He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and 
 of Republican politics. Mrs. Harris Lassell was 
 born April 12, 1802, and died in Green County, 
 Wis., February 14, 1873. She was the mother of 
 seven children : Ellen and Lewis, the first and 
 fourth born, being now dead. Of the survivors 
 Eliza is the wife of R. W. Button, of Colton, Cal.; 
 Luther J., a lumberman and miner in Arizona; 
 Lorenzo H., a lum.berman in Washington; and Em- 
 ily A., the wife of Charles Smiley, a farmer in 
 Albany, Wis. 
 
 The gentleman who is the subject of this biog- 
 raphy was reared to the age of twelve years in his 
 native county in the Empire State, and spent the 
 remainder of his years to early manhood, in Green 
 County, Wis. In 1859, when nineteen years of age, 
 he crossed the plains to California and remained on 
 the Pacific Slope until 1868, when he returned to 
 Green County, Wis., and engaged in farming there 
 during the succeeding eight years. He then re- 
 moved to Bremer County, Iowa, and in 1 878 came 
 to Sumner County, Kan,, and pre-empted one Imn- 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 dred and sixty acres on sections 28, 29, 32 and 33 
 of Bluff Township. He has since made his home 
 here, has acquired an excellent reputation among 
 his fellow men and proved himself a useful citizen. 
 He has served as Justice of the Peace, is a member 
 of tlie Masonic tniternity and of the Republican 
 party. 
 
 The marriage of Mr. Lassell was celebrated 
 March 11, 1874, his bride being Miss Celia Taylor, 
 of Avon, Rock County, Wis. Her parents, James 
 H. and Caroline (Conger) Taylor, are natives of 
 Fairfield, Vt., who emigrated to Wisconsin about 
 the year 1845, and are still residing there. Mrs. 
 Lassell was born in Delevan,Wis., on the 7th of July, 
 1848, and possesses some rare accomplishments. 
 She was graduated from tlie White Water (Wis.) 
 Normal School in 1872, and taught school several 
 years before her marriage. Five bright boys and 
 girls cluster about the fireside of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Lassell, and gladden their parents' hearts by tbeir 
 growing intelligence and youthful courtesy. They 
 bear the names of Caroline L., Harris J., Ada M., 
 AVallace A. and Louisa A. 
 
 OHN C. AVEBBER, M. D. The legal pro- 
 fession of Perth and vicinity finds a worthy 
 representative in Dr. Webber, who estab- 
 lished himself at this place in 1886. Being 
 equipped with a thorough knowledge of the duties 
 of his profession, he soon established himself in the 
 esteem and confidence of the people, and is now in 
 the enjoyment of a good practice. He is essentially 
 a Western man, and was born in Davis County, 
 Iowa, March 17, 1857. 
 
 The subject of this notice is the son of David 
 Webber,who was born near Vincennes, Ind.,in 1836, 
 and who died at the early age of thirty-seven years 
 in Sibley County, Minn. In early life he emigra- 
 ted to Missouri and thence to Davis Countj', Iowa. 
 He went to Minnseota in 1870, and lived but three 
 years thereafter, d^'ing after a short illness, in 1873, 
 from the effects of a suddenly-contracted cold 
 while out in a snow storm. He was a chair-maker 
 by trade, an industrious and law-abiding citizen, 
 and a stanch supporter of the Republican party. 
 
 Tlic paternal grandfather was Nathaniel B. Webber, 
 who was born in the State of Maine in 1804, and 
 who died in Texas at the advanced age of eighty- 
 three years. 
 
 The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden 
 name of Frances S. Kein, was horn in South Caro- 
 lina, and is now living in Davis County, Iowa. 
 There were born to her and her husband six child- 
 ren, viz: John, Sarah, Mary, Ambrose, Isaac and 
 David, all of whom are living, and those besides 
 John C, making their homes mostly in Iowa. 
 
 Dr. Webber spent his early years in a compara- 
 tively uneventful manner under the home roof, 
 attending the common school, and being variously 
 employed until making up his mind to adopt the 
 medical profession, he spent two years at the 
 Southern Iowa Normal school, at Bloomfleld. After 
 the proper time spent in reading medicine, he en- 
 tered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at 
 Keokuk, Iowa, from which he was dul3' graduated, 
 and commenced the regular practice of his profes- 
 sion in Savannah, Iowa, wliere he met with good 
 success for the following five years. He was mar- 
 ried May 10, 1884, in Iowa, to Miss Florence Brunk. 
 He then came to Perth where he has since re- 
 mained. This lady was born in Grayson County 
 Ky., August 6, 1863, and is the daughter of 
 Samuel and Ann (Gra^^) Brunk, who were like- 
 wise natives of the Blue Grass State. Upon leav- 
 ing that region, in 1870, they removed to Davis 
 County, Iowa, where they now live and where 
 the father is engaged in farming. The Doctor and 
 his amiable lady are the parents of three children, 
 namely: Gaillard, Glen and an infant unnamed. 
 The family residence is pleasantly situated in the 
 southeast part of the city, forming an attractive 
 home, and the Doctor and Mrs. Webber enjoy the 
 friendship and acquaintance of the best people of 
 their community. 
 
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 f; UDGE JOHN T. SANDERS. The city of 
 Wellington recognizes in Judge Sanders one 
 of its most important and useful citizens. 
 ^ He has been connected with many of its 
 important enterprises and has uniformly given his 
 
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 support and oncouragement to whatever would as- 
 sist in its advancement and welfare. He was at one 
 time Mayor of tlie city, and served nine years as a 
 member of the Board of Education, being Presi- 
 dent of the same for five years. He liolds the of- 
 fice of Probate Judge, having been first elected in 
 1886, and after serving two years, was re elected 
 In 1888. The varied duties associated with the 
 position he has discharged with eminent ability and 
 to the general satisfaction. Politically, since be- 
 coming a voting citizen, he has been identified 
 with the Republican party. He was a charter mem- 
 ber and the first Commander of James Shields 
 Post, No. 57, G. A. R., and also belongs to Wel- 
 lington Lodge, No. 150, A. F. & A. M., Welling- 
 ton Lodge, No. 133, I. O. O. F., and Sumner Chap- 
 ter, No. 37, R. A. M. 
 
 A gentleman still in the prime of life, Mr. San- 
 ders was born June 20, 1842, his native place being 
 Spring Mills, Richland Count}', Ohio. His father, 
 James Steel Sanders, was a native of Virginia, born 
 in Frederick County, February 13, 1809, while the 
 paternal grandfather, Isaac Sanders, was a native 
 of London, England, and was born about 1765. 
 Isaac Sanders came to America when eighteen years 
 of age and located in Frederick County, Va., where 
 he died in 1822. He was by occupation a weaver, 
 and was twice married. His first wife bore him 
 two children, Joshua A. and William. The latter 
 died in Virginia when young, and the former passed 
 away in Mississippi about 1833. 
 
 Isaac Sanders contracted a second marriage with 
 Elizabeth Steel, who was born in 1776, in Freder- 
 ick County, Va., and died in Richland County, 
 Ohio, September 7, 1 859. Her father, Thomas Steel, 
 was born in Ireland, and her mother in Wales. At 
 an early day they emigrated to America, and lo- 
 cated in Virginia. Elizabeth Steel Sanders had 
 four brothers and two sisters, all natives of the 
 same county in the Old Dominion. She bore Mr. 
 Sanders seven children, as follows: Mary Ann, 
 Jilizabeth, Rebecca, Thomas, James S., William 
 C. and Sarah., All are dead with the exception of 
 James S. and Sarah. 
 
 After spending his boyhood in Mrginia, James 
 S. Sanders emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pa., 
 in 1825, and four years later was married at Greens- 
 
 burg, that county. In 1835 he removed to Ohio, 
 settling in Richland County, which was the home 
 of the family for a number of years. His means 
 were limited and the opportunities for a poor man 
 not so good as those offered further West. 
 
 Accordingly, in 1846, the elder Sanders started 
 with his family for Indiana with an ox-team and a 
 covered wagon. They carried their household ef- 
 fects, cooking and camping by the way-side. Lo- 
 cating in Lake County the father took up a tract 
 of Government land in the timber, four miles from 
 any settlers. The family' lived in the wagon while 
 a log cabin was being erected, this being chinked 
 with chips and clay. The chimney was built out- 
 side of eartli and sticks. The mother had no stove 
 and did all her cooking by the fireplace. They 
 kept sheep and raised flax, the mother breaking ihe 
 latter, and spinning and weaving both flax and 
 wool. She thus made all the clothing for the fam- 
 ily, and everything required for the household. 
 
 There then roamed in the wilds of Indiana, deer, 
 bear, wolves and other wild animals, and whatever 
 the larder lacked in other provisions, there was al- 
 ways ple.ity of meat. The Sanders family were 
 prospered in their labors at felling the trees and 
 tilling the soil, and the father accumulated land 
 until he had about two. hundred acres, all of which 
 they cleared. After several years, selling out, they 
 purchased three hundred and twenty acres of tim- 
 ber, four miles distant. The greater part of this was 
 also cleared, and an orch'ard was set out and good 
 buildings erected. The country grew up around 
 them, peopled bj' a happy and prosperous commu- 
 nity, and the Sanders family became well-to-do. 
 
 James Sanders, however, not yet satisfied with 
 his surroundings, sold out again, but now wisely 
 retiring from active labor, left the farm and re- 
 moved to the village of Westville, where he and 
 his estimable wife are still living. The maiden 
 name of the mother of our subject was Mary 
 Haines. She was born April 4, 1808, in West- 
 moreland County, Pa., and was the daughter of 
 Frederick Haines, of German descent, who was born 
 in Northampton County, Pa., where he married Jo- 
 anna Janet, of English ancestry. Soon after their 
 marriage they emigrated to Westmoreland Countv, 
 Pa., where were born to them nine children, four bovs 
 
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 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 and five girls. Tlie mother died- about 1844, and 
 the fatliei- about 1857. Three of the children sur- 
 vive. 
 
 To James and Mary Sanders there was born a 
 family of eight children : William P., the eldest liv- 
 ing, is a resident of Bremer County, Iowa ; Catherine 
 E. married John Shaw, and is a resident of West- 
 vil!e, Ind. ; Reuben H. lives in Door Village, Ind., 
 and is a minister of the Methodist Episcopnl 
 Church ; James F., a resident of McCallsburg, Iowa ; 
 Johanna M. married Lemiali Shaw, and she is de- 
 ceased; Benjamin F. is a resident of Chicago, 111.; 
 John T. was the next in order of birth ; Rachel J. 
 is the wife of Sanford Culbcrtson, and lives in 
 Westville, Ind. 
 
 The subject of this slietch was a boy of six years 
 when his parents removed to Indiana. He dis- 
 tinctly remembers many of the incidents of the 
 overland journey, and of pioneer life there. His 
 early studies were conducted in the old log school- 
 house, the benches of which were made by splitting 
 small trees, hewing off one side and inserting 
 wooden legs. He usually attended school three 
 months during the winter season. The balance of 
 the year be assisted in clearing land and tilling the 
 soil. He remained under the parental roof until 
 1860, and then commenced working out by the 
 month, being thus occupied until after the out- 
 break of the Civil War. 
 
 Resolving now to have a hand in the preserva- 
 tion of the Union, young Sanders, a youth of nine- 
 teen years, enlisted. June 25, 1861, in Company B, 
 Twentieth Indiana Infantry, for three years, or 
 during the war. This regiment participated in the 
 most important battles of the war, namely: the 
 Chickahominy, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Oak 
 Grove, Peach Orchard, White Oak Swamp, jNIal- 
 vern Hills, Kelly's Ford, the second battle of Bull 
 Kun, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, 
 the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Pe- 
 tersburg, and a number of minor engagements. In 
 the fall of 1862 Mr. Sanders was seized with inflam- 
 matory rheumatism, and conveyed to the hospital in 
 Philadelphia, from which, there seeming little hope 
 of his immediate recovery, he was honorably dis- 
 charged Dec. 23, 1862. He returned home, but 
 seven days later, being much encouraged by the 
 
 improvement in his physical condition, he re-en- 
 listed in Company G, Twelfth Indiana Cavalrj', in 
 which he served until January 7, 1865. He then 
 participated in the battles of Franklin, Nashville 
 and Hurricane Creek, near Huntsville, Ala. In the 
 latter battle he was wounded in the side, and a bul- 
 let passed through both arms, completely disabling 
 him forever from doing manual labor. He was 
 taken to the hospital at Huntsville, and from there 
 to Nashville, later to Indianapolis, and in due time 
 was discharged on account of disability and re- 
 turned home. He had been mustered in as Ser- 
 geant, in which capacity he served until retiring. 
 
 Being unable to perform manual labor Mr. San- 
 ders now commenced learning telegraphy, and was 
 soon given a position as night operator at LaFay- 
 ette, Ind., by the Louisville, New Albany & Chi- 
 cago Railroad Companj'. Six months later he was 
 made Station Agent at Wanatah, La Porte County, 
 and continued thereafter as agent and operator for 
 a period of thirteen years. He resigned his posi- 
 tion as station agent to accept one as a traveling 
 salesman with the firm of Walter A. Wood & Co., 
 with whom he associated nearly two years. 
 
 We next find 'Sir. Sanders occupied as Station 
 Agent on the St. Louis & South Elastern Railroad, 
 at Mt. A'ernon, III. Two years later he resigned 
 this position also and accepted one with the Mis- 
 souri Pacific Railroarl Company, first as telegraph 
 operator at Chamois, Mo., and shortly afterward 
 as Station Agent at Herman, that State. Later he 
 was with the Adams Express Company, tempora- 
 rily assigned to the ollice in Dodge Cit3'- On the 
 27 of September, 18V9, he arrived in Wellington 
 and opened the first express office in the place in 
 the interest of the Adams Express Company. That 
 same day the first express matter was brought to 
 this place by train. When the Wells, Fargo Com- 
 pany extended their route to this point their oflflce 
 was consolidated with that of the Adams, for a 
 time Ml-. Sanders had charge of both. He con- 
 tinued his labors as agent for the Wells, Fargo 
 Company until 1886. Then having been elected 
 Probate Judge, he resigned to accept the latter 
 office. 
 
 The marriage of John T. Sanders with Miss Hes- 
 sie E. Crawley, was celebrated at the bride's home. 
 
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 457 
 
 in La Porte, Ind., in April, 1868. Mrs. Sanders 
 was born in Greencastle, Ind., and is the daugiitcr 
 of John and Nellie Crawley, wiio are now deceased. 
 Of this union there have been born two children, a 
 son and daughter: Claude is a stenographer and 
 clerk in the general office of the Atchison, Topeka 
 & Santa Fe, at Topeka; Maude A. will graduate 
 from the High School in Wellington, at the close of 
 the spring term of 1890. 
 
 ^^^EORGE W. GELBACH, junior member of 
 the firm of Dowis & Gelbach, general mer- 
 chants of Perth, pursues the even tenor of 
 his way as a man giving due attention to the details 
 of his business, and is held in general respect in his 
 community. Like many of the substantial citizens of 
 Sumner County, he is a native of Pennsylvania 
 and was born in Adams County, March 11, 1861. 
 His father, Joseph Gelbach, likewise a native of 
 that county, is still living there on a farm and 
 is now about fifty-five years old. Honest, indus- 
 trious and steady-going, he is respected by his 
 neighbors and uniformly votes the Democratic 
 ticket. 
 
 The ancestors of our subject originated in Ger- 
 many, where his paternal grandfather, John Gel- 
 bacli, was born in 1771. He emigrated to America 
 at an early day, settling in Pennsylvania, where he 
 followed blacksmithing and died at the advanced 
 age of ninety-four years. The mother of our sub- 
 ject was in her girlhood Miss Eliza Raffensburger. 
 She was born in Gettysburg, Pa., in 1843, and died 
 at the early-age of thirty-seven years. Her parents 
 were Jacob and Eliza (Miller) Raffensburger, na- 
 tives of Pennsylvania and of English extraction. 
 
 To the parents of our subject was born a family 
 of eight children, all of whom are living. They 
 bear the names respectively of John, Mary, Jennie. 
 Laura, AUie, Charles, George W. and Grace. It 
 will thus be seen that George W., of this notice 
 was next to the youngest born. He was reared in 
 bis native township and completed his education at 
 
 the Millersville State Normal School. After 
 emerging from this institution he commenced 
 teaching, which profession he followed in Pennsyl- 
 vania until 1884. That year he came to this 
 county and occupied himself as before, until 1887, 
 in the meantime also serving as Postmaster at 
 Perth. That year he associated himself with his 
 present partner, and has since given his attention 
 to mercantile business. 
 
 Mr. Gelbach was marled October 13, 1889, at 
 Perth, to Miss Josie Rosdall. This lady was born 
 in Kentucky, September 11, 1869. Mr. Rosdall 
 came to this county in 1877, and is engaged in 
 farming in Downs Township. He is a man of de- 
 cided views and votes the straight Democratic 
 ticket. 
 
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 ACOB LEIGHTY. Among the business men 
 of Conway Springs none stand higher in the 
 estimation of their fellow-citizens than Mr. 
 Leighty, whose thorough workmanship, hon- 
 orable business methods and upright character, 
 alike entitle him to their respect. He has been 
 engaged in the harness business in this place since 
 February, 1888, prior to which time he had been a 
 resident of Wellington for two years, and in that 
 place also, as in other towns in which he has lived, 
 he was ranked among the best citizens. 
 
 The birth of Mr. Leighty took place in Connels- 
 ville, Fayette County, Pa., January 25, 1846, and 
 in the same county, his father, Daniel S. Leighty, 
 was also born. The latter was a son of Jacob 
 Leighty, who lived in the section of Pennsylvania 
 where his son and grandson were born, and where 
 he breathed his last. Daniel Leighty was a carpen- 
 ter by trade, and in 1856 removed his family to 
 Warren County, Hi., which was his home until his 
 death. In 1861, he joined the Union army as a 
 private in the First Illinois Cavalry, was captured 
 by the Confederates at Lexington, Mo., but was 
 afterwards paroled and re-enlisted. In the Eleventh 
 Illinois Cavalry he served until January, 1864, 
 when at Vicksbvirg h^ wjts stvicHcn clowq -yyitU 
 
458 
 
 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 
 
 chronic diarrhcea which caused his death. For many 
 years lie was a member of the United Presbyterian 
 Church; his political adherence was given to the 
 Republican party. His wife, in her maidenhood 
 Miss Rebecca Gilchrist, was also a native of P""ayette 
 County, Pa., and belonged to a notable family of 
 Scotch-Irish, who emigrated to America before the 
 Revolution, making their settlement in the Key- 
 stone State. Her death occurred in "Warren County, 
 111., March 12, 1874. To her and her husband 
 seven children were born, named respectively, 
 Joseph W., Mathew, Jacob, Elizabeth B,. Edward, 
 Anna and Walter. 
 
 The gentleman whose name initiates this sketch 
 was reared to his tenth year in his native county 
 in the Keystone State, and then accompanied the 
 other members of the family to Illinois, where he 
 continued his studies in the common schools, ac- 
 quiring a good understanding of the branches 
 taught therein.- His early life was spent on a farm, 
 which he left at the age of eighteen to begin work 
 at the harness-maker's trade at Galva, 111. He en- 
 listed in May, 1864, in the One Hundred and 
 Thirty-eighth Illinois, was discharged the 14th of 
 
 October of the same year. In 1867 he returned to 
 his home and remained there two years after which 
 lie engaged in the harness business in Osage City, 
 Kan. Some three years later he returned to War- 
 ren County, 111., established himself in business at 
 Monmouth, and carried on the establishment there 
 until August, 1882, when he returned to Osage 
 City and there remained two years. From that 
 time until February, 1886, he had no permanent 
 location, but at that date he established himself in 
 Wellington, Kan., whence he subsequently re- 
 moved to Conway Springs, as before noted. 
 
 Mr. Leighty was united in marriage with Miss 
 Ida B., daughter of Tliaddeusand Octavia (Shaw) 
 Clarke, of Monmouth, 111. They were married 
 January 20, 1880. The parents of Mrs. Leight3' 
 are natives of Illinois and Ohio respectively, and 
 to them were born seven children: E. Joe, Ida 
 B., Elva J.. Cora M., Nellie M., David E. and Bes- 
 sie E. Her father was an enterprising and promi- 
 nent journalist. His death occurred at Monmouth, 
 111., in 1873. Mr. Leighty belongs to the Ancient 
 Order of United Workmen and is a stanch member 
 of the Republican party. 
 
BIOGFJfl^PJI^sP^- 
 
 Adams, E. M 373 
 
 Adams, John 23 
 
 Adams, John Quincy 39 
 
 Adams, W. P 384 
 
 AUrich, W. H 266 
 
 Allen, J. H 221 
 
 Anderson, R. A 281 
 
 Anthony, George T 135 
 
 Armstrong, Capt. G. D 204 
 
 Arthur, Chester A qq 
 
 B 
 
 Bain, Samuel 300 
 
 Ball, A. T 417 
 
 Barnes, A :,48 
 
 Barnes, Jesse 329 
 
 Barrett, H 290 
 
 Bartlett,S.C .259 
 
 Baiim, F. W 236 
 
 Beilet, Henry J 303 
 
 Beller, James W 371) 
 
 Benedict, H. L 427 
 
 Benton, D. W 335 
 
 EiUiter, J. U 351 
 
 Bissell, J. E 291 
 
 Blackmon, D. S 366 
 
 Blair, John A 375 
 
 Blampied, W. N 435 
 
 Boatright, William T 262 
 
 Botkiii, John 431 
 
 Boivers, Henry 444 
 
 Bo2man,W, E 290 
 
 Branaman,A .406 
 
 Breneman, J. T., M. D 218 
 
 Briggle, M. L 395 
 
 Brown, J. Q 443 
 
 Brown, R. A.,M. D 235 
 
 Brown, W. H 418 
 
 "Brownback, J. B 296 
 
 Buchanan, James 75 
 
 BuriiettcJ.A 213 
 
 Burton, Col. George 177 
 
 Butterworth, Samuel 211 
 
 Campbell, L- S., M. D 221 
 
 Cann, A 374 
 
 Caops, Mrs. M. E 202 
 
 Carnahan, A 16S 
 
 Games, William H 274 
 
 Carney, Thomas 115 
 
 Carpenter, G. C ^34 
 
 Chambers, Hon. W. L. .396 
 
 Chapman, J. W 340 
 
 Church, J T 342 
 
 Clark, George W ?2o 
 
 Cleveland, Grover 103 
 
 Cleveland, P. H.D 306 
 
 Clinard, S. F 200 
 
 Coldwell. W. B 421 
 
 Colsor, A.M 201 
 
 Cooley, D. W 232 
 
 Coombs, Leslie 352 
 
 Corbett, Capt. J. A , ..441 
 
 Corn well, T . N 316 
 
 Corzine, W 304 
 
 Covell. M. D ....400 
 
 Cox , J . H 390 
 
 Cox, W. E 294 
 
 Cozad,N. S 367 
 
 Crawford, Samuel J iig 
 
 Crookham, C. L 246 
 
 Culbertson, A. K 357 
 
 Cummings, W. C- F .371 
 
 Cushman, C.I 189 
 
 Czaplinski, A 365 
 
 D 
 
 Darby, William A 320 
 
 Davidson, M 403 
 
 Davis, J. C 429 
 
 Davis, J. H iS8 
 
 Davis, R. B ig6 
 
 Davis, T. A 312 
 
 Donley, T. R 43° 
 
 Dorsett, D. W 389 
 
 Doughty, Maj. G. W., Sr 321 
 
 Dow is. Gale S 212 
 
 Dowis, Stephen 411 
 
 Dunbar, Thomas 359 
 
 Durham, G. W 260 
 
 E 
 
 Easter, E D., M- D 279 
 
 Eik lor, John igo 
 
 Ellis, George W 260 
 
 Elsea, J. P 4tg 
 
 Enders, A. A 450 
 
 Epperson, Charles G 263 
 
 Epperson, J. S 233 
 
 Fauchier, G. W 412 
 
 Feagins, Daniel 280 
 
 Fillmore, Millard 67 
 
 Fitz Hugh, William H 439 
 
 Folks, J. B 271 
 
 Forney, A. G 37S 
 
 Forney, Hon. J. W 176 
 
 Freeman, A. B 437 
 
 Friend, George W -(S7 
 
 G 
 
 Gabbert,!. T.,M. D 216 
 
 Garfield, James A gjJ 
 
 Gelbach, George W 437 
 
 Gideon, James R i6fi 
 
 Gilbert, D.N 449 
 
 Gilchrist, Daniel 312 
 
 Glaize, W. C 281 
 
 Glick, George W 143 
 
 Goad, W. B 184 
 
 Golightley, John 331 
 
 Grant, U.S , 87 
 
 Gr.eene, Nehemiah 123 
 
 Greenman.J. D 326 
 
 Grist, Norman 35^ 
 
 G u m, M OSes 294 
 
 H 
 
 Hackney, Make 234 
 
 Hackney, 0,J 344 
 
 Halsell, Hon. J. E 405 
 
 Hamilton, E .F.,M.D 206 
 
 Harbau^h, H. F. . , 323 
 
 Hardman, D. M 386 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin 107 
 
 Harrison, William Henry 51 
 
 Hartman, A. P '. 408 • 
 
 Harvey, James M 127 
 
 Hayes, R. B gi 
 
 Heizer,N. E ^03 
 
 Henderson, George W 1S2 
 
 Hill, George S ,186 
 
 Hinckle, G. M. D igg 
 
 Holliday, Daniel E 225 
 
 HoUingsworth, T. J., M. D..377 
 
 Holmes, M. V 402 
 
 Horner, C. F 193 
 
 Htirner, Hon. S. H 404 
 
 Ho use worth, J . W 423 
 
 Hubbard, Hon. T. A 163 
 
 Humphrey, Lyman U 151 
 
 Humphreys, George G 162 
 
 Hutson,J.E 22D 
 
 .Ingram, R. F 
 
 Jackson, Andrew 4, 
 
 j2ckson, M. R ^^^ 
 
 Jacobs, H. H 435 
 
 Janeway, Hon. D. F ....385 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Jay, Fred 389 
 
 Jay, John C 405 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas 27 
 
 Jeffries, Edward C 313 
 
 Johnson, Andrew 83 
 
 Johnson, JosephM... 216 
 
 Johnson, L 341 
 
 Johnston, J. R 85= 
 
 Jones, Evan R r... 452 
 
 K 
 
 Kendrick,J.W 303 
 
 King, Aaron -.361 
 
 Knowles, Frank E 240 
 
 Knowles, HT ..270 
 
 Kubik, Frank 269 
 
 Lambe, A. C 207 
 
 Lambdin, J. C 358 
 
 Lashley, A ._ 186 
 
 LasseU, W. H '. 453 
 
 La Vance, A , M. D 415 
 
 Leighty, Jacob 457 
 
 Lemraon, W. W.,M. D 413 
 
 Lemond. R. W 385 
 
 Lewis, ira M 256 
 
 Lewis, S. P. G 293 
 
 Lincoln, Abraham 79 
 
 Lingenfelter, Hon W.J 409 
 
 Linn, George 229 
 
 Logan, F. P 407 
 
 M 
 
 McAllister, C. B 187 
 
 McCliier, J T 178 
 
 McDonald, William A 369 
 
 McElhinny.-W. P 274 
 
 McLain, William A 180 
 
 McMillan, John T ,... 197 
 
 Madison, James 31 
 
 Malaby, William B 179 
 
 Manee, J. C 17' 
 
 Martin, John A 147 
 
 Matson, L J an 
 
 Mears. John L 183 
 
 Miller, George J 421 
 
 Miller, S 362 
 
 Mills, F, M 249 
 
 Monroe, James 35 
 
 Moore , W. D 425 
 
 Moore, W. G 397 
 
 Mordy, Thomas R 203 
 
 M orrill, A 133 
 
 Morris, E. W 284 
 
 Morse, J. C. O 275 
 
 Morton, George 276 
 
 Muck ley, Emeline .283 
 
 Murlin, C. E 272 
 
 Myers, Capt. L. K 239 
 
 Myers, T.J 360 
 
 Myers, William 301 
 
 N 
 
 Neal, R 353 
 
 Nice, John P 343 
 
 North, W.S 320 
 
 Nottingham, W. H 435 
 
 Nutt, Samuel 414 
 
 Nyce, John W 393 
 
 O 
 
 Ogden, T. V 242 
 
 Omo, A. S 350 
 
 Osborn , Thomas A 1 (j 
 
 Osbiirn, H. B ;! 
 
 Owens, James H 
 
 Paisley, Hugh 261 
 
 Parks, J. W 437 
 
 Parks, L. A 409 
 
 Patton, Z, H '. 259 
 
 Peckham, John C 407 
 
 Pegram,J.L 322 
 
 Persons, C. R 33 c 
 
 Pfeifer, George 3 
 
 Phillippi, L. N I 
 
 Phillips, F. S T. 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 
 
 Polk, James K.. 
 Porter, John H. 
 
 ■ 59 
 
 ■ 376 
 
 Q 
 
 Quick, A. R 242 
 
 R 
 
 Randall, Charles 249 
 
 Ray, Judge J. A 449 
 
 Read, C L 309 
 
 Reese, A. M 439 
 
 Rice, A 2O5 
 
 Rice, A. E 250 
 
 Richardson, Thomas, Sr 245 
 
 Riffel, E. M 383 
 
 Rinehart, George 167 
 
 Robbins, F. K 241 
 
 Robertson, J. F., M. D .417 
 
 Robinson, Charles iir 
 
 Robinson, George E 255 
 
 Rockhold, Edmund 243 
 
 Ruggles, John F 310 
 
 Rumble, Charles 194 
 
 Salter, L. A :oR 
 
 Sanders, Hon. J. T 454 
 
 Seymour, Rev. R. H 355 
 
 Shaffer, Charles H 289 
 
 Shearman, A. W 425 
 
 ShuU, H. H 253 
 
 Simons, J- R 244 
 
 Smith, Hon. A. H 446 
 
 Smith, C. W 372 
 
 Smith, Jacob 234 
 
 Smih, Nelson 214 
 
 Smith, R.J 339 
 
 Smiih,S.E.,M. D 447 
 
 Snowden , N. H 358 
 
 Sommerville, G. A 347 
 
 Sparr, A. D 798 
 
 Sparr, John R 441 
 
 Stands, J. J 311 
 
 Steele, George R. . 331 
 
 Stephens, David 433 
 
 Stewart, John T 252 
 
 Stiger, John 368 
 
 St. John, JohnP 139 
 
 Strange, J. L. M 338 
 
 Sturm, J. T 398 
 
 T 
 
 Taylor, H. A 401 
 
 Taylor, Zachary 63 
 
 Thew, Joseph 206 
 
 Thrailkill, J. C 338 
 
 Tikon, A 286 
 
 Tilton, W. A 219 
 
 Townsend, Whitfield ihi 
 
 Tracewell, Thomas 380 
 
 Tracy, R. J 230 
 
 Troutman, M 219 
 
 Tucker, Truman 282 
 
 Tyler, John 55 
 
 Van Buren, Martin 47 
 
 Vancuren, 1 319 
 
 Vickery, I. M 215 
 
 w 
 
 Walker, Judge W. T 388 
 
 Wallace, Mrs. Rebecca R... 332 
 
 Wallace. W. R. 224 
 
 Washington, George 19 
 
 Webber, J,C., M. D 454 
 
 Wendell, J. H 295 
 
 Wengler, Anton 171 
 
 Whealy.W. G 251 
 
 Whiteside, E. D 424 
 
 Wichern, Charles 438 
 
 Wiggins, Edson 413 
 
 Wiggins, Volney S 410 
 
 Willhoite, W. F., M.D 329 
 
 Williams, J. H 349 
 
 Windell, A 170 
 
 Winsor, George H 370 
 
 Winters, L R 175 
 
 Wollam,W. J 452 
 
 Wright, Capt. Joshua 181 
 
 Wright, R. L 20I 
 
 Aldrich, W. H 267 
 
 Bartlett, S. C 297 
 
 Baum, F. W 237 
 
 Bro*nback, J. B 297 
 
 Cornwcll, T.N 3»7 
 
 Cox,JohnJ 391 
 
 C?aplinski,A -■• ■,• •: ---S^? 
 
 Darby, W. A 317 
 
 "Eiklor, John igi 
 
 Enders, A. A 390 
 
 Gilbert,D. N 381 
 
 Greenman, J. D 327 
 
 Hiiisoi}, J- E... ,..,,....927 
 
 Kubik, Frank 267 
 
 Lewis, Ira M 257 
 
 Linn, George 227 
 
 Manee, ). C 173 
 
 Miller, S 363 
 
 Patton,?. I?... 257 
 
 Shaffer, C. H 287 
 
 Tilton, A. L. 287 
 
 Tracewell, Thomas 381 
 
 Vancuren, Isaac 317 
 
 Willhoite, W. F 327 
 
 Winters.!. R, 173 
 
INDEX. 
 
 H^>- 
 
 Adams, John 22 
 
 Adams, John Q 38 
 
 Anthony, G. T 134 
 
 Arthur, Chester A 98 
 
 IJtichanan, James 74 
 
 Butterworth, Samuel 210 
 
 Carney, Thomas. 114 
 
 Cleveland, Grover S. 102 
 
 Crawford, S. J 118 
 
 Easter, Edgar D 278 
 
 Fillmore, Millard 66 
 
 Garfield, James A 94 
 
 Click, George W 142 
 
 Green, Nehemiah 122 
 
 Grant, Ulysses S 86 
 
 Harrison, Benjamin 106 
 
 Harrison, William H 50 
 
 Harvey, J. M 126 
 
 Hayes, Rutherford B go 
 
 Humphrey, L. U 150 
 
 Jackson, Andrew,. .^ 411 
 
 Jefferson, Thoma;s'. 26 
 
 Johnson, Andrew J, 82 
 
 Lincoln, Abraha-ife -- 78 
 
 Madison, James 30 
 
 Martin, J. A 146 
 
 Mills, F. M 248 
 
 Monroe, James 34 
 
 Osborn, T. A 130 
 
 Pierce, Franklin 70 
 
 Polk, James K 58 
 
 Read,C. L 308 
 
 Robinson, Charles ,110 
 
 Sommerville, G. A ,346 
 
 St. John, J. P 138 
 
 Taylor ,Zachary 62 
 
 Townsend, Whitfield 160 
 
 Tyler, John 54 
 
 Van Buren, Martin 46 
 
 Washington, George 18