James E. Hyett, M. D., who had been successfully engaged in practice at St. Marys since 1909, came to Kansas with his parents in 1875. He early learned the lessons of self reliance, and depended upon his own efforts to acquire both a college and a professional training. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, …
(Probably from Belmont County) Served from June 1, until August 12, 1813. Capt. Robert Irwin Lieut. Thomas Pribble Ensign, Thomas McNight Sergt. David Kirkland Sergt. Absalom Dilly Sergt. Francis Smith Sergt. William Reneson Corp. Solomon James Corp. Samuel Coonts Corp. John Richardson Corp. William Crothers Drummer. Jacob Castle Privates Barker, Amos Bates, Jesse Billman, Henry …
Gaston, William; clergyman; born, Columbiana County, O., April 19, 1835; son of James W. and Rebecca Conke Gaston; A. B., Washington College, Pa., 1858; grad. Western Theological Seminary, 1861; (D. D., 1887, LL. D., 1892, Richmond College Ohio); married, Julia M. Cunningham, of Smith’s Ferry, Pa., May 4, 1855 (died March, 1896); second wife, Jennie …
(Probably from Belmont County) Served from October 20, 1812, until January 11, 1813. Capt. John McElroy Lieut. Anthony Weizer Ensign David Rook Sergt. Alexander Smiley Sergt. Thomas Gourley Privates Ault, Peter Baker, Charles Burkirk, Isaac Cucklen, Samuel Dean, Aaron Dean, Benjamin Dean, Daniel Duff, David Duff, John Graham, William Grubb, Jacob Hardesty, Robert Hardesty, Samuel …
Archibald Steel Johnson, a resident of Kansas nearly forty years, has one of the very interesting places historically considered. It is located a few miles from North Topeka on rural route No. 6 in Shawnee County, and is a farm of eighty acres which he bought in 1907. The history of this farm is especially …
Elmer Ellsworth Enoch began practicing law at Wichita when that city was still on the southwestern frontier, and within the range of his own observation he had witnessed history in its making in that part of the state. His home had been in Wichita upwards of thirty years, and his reputation as an able lawyer …
Todd, George C.; railroad division supt.; born, Flushing, O., June 7, 1867; started as telegraph operator with the C. L. & W. Ry., in August, 1883; train dispatcher, October, 1887, to September, 1889; train dispatcher, Northern Pacific Ry., September, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1890; from that date to April, 1902, train dispatcher N. Y. S. …
(Probably from Belmont County) Served from August 22 until October 22, 1812. Capt. Solomon Bentley Lieut. Joseph Kirkwood Ensign George Love Sergt. Joseph Grimes Sergt. James Nixon Sergt. Hugh Brown Sergt. James Kyle Corp. David Dille Corp. William McCoy Corp. Dennis Forrest Corp. John Vroyd Musican Evan Rodgers Privates Adeidler, Caleb Armstrong, Travis Carrington, Nicholas …
(Probably from Belmont County) Served from January 13, until March 17, 1814. Capt. Daniel Conner Lieut. Thomas Dunn Ensign, Alfred Weeden 3ergt. Thomas Henry Sergt. Absalom Waddell Sergt. James EdwarcLs Sergt. Henry Van Fossen Sergt. Ell Nichols Corp. William Clifford Corp. William West Corp. David Milar Corp. Samuel Perkins Fifer, Isaac Midkiff Drummer, Peter Hanson …
HON. JAMES H. KOONTZ. – It is a mistake to suppose that all the fortunes are made in the large places. Many of the most considerable competences on the coast have been gained from trade in the small towns. The career of Mr. Koontz is to the point. Born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1830, …
William Edward Hogueland, who had lived in Kansas since 1869, had the unusual distinction of being admitted to the bar when he was nineteen years of age and had been in active practice at Yates Center for the past thirty-six years. He had been elected to a county office just about the time he attained …
John N. Raley is a native of Belmont county, Ohio, and was born April 11, 1829; his parents were natives of Virginia. He was educated at the Mount Pleasant Seminary, of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and lived upon a farm until he was twenty-two years old, then began clerking on a steamboat on the Illinois River, …
(Probably from Belmont County) Served from July 29, until September 8, 1813. Capt. Robert Morrison Lieut. Thomas Wason Ensign David Young Sergt. Robert Findlay Sergt. Robert Young Sergt. Abraham Thomas Sergt. Alexander Baldridge Corp. James Winter Corp. John McClure Corp. William Smith Corp. Alexander Liget Drummer, William Hamilton Fifer, David Smith Privates Alexander, Benjamin Alexander, …
Robert A. Watt has been closely identified with the business life of Edna for a number of years and is now serving as postmaster of the town. He is widely known throughout Labette County, and had lived there about forty-five years. He is of Scotch descent and his grandfather, Thomas Watt, was probably the immigrant …
Mary Scott Burkhart was born near St. Clairsville, Ohio, August 16, 1834, and died, at her home near Lebanon, on Sunday, April 4, 1897, aged 62 years, 7 months and 18 days. At an early age she removed with her parents to Iowa, where she lived until her marriage with R. S. Burkhart, which occurred …
(Probably Belmont County) Served from September 3, 1813, until March 20, 1814. Capt. William Stephenson Lieut. Daniel Berry Ensign John Bell Sergt. James Quigley Sergt. Hugh Brady Sergt. John Hardesty Sergt. Robert Yost Corp. William McCormack Corp. James Logan Corp. Thomas Holmes Corp. William McCraghill Musician, James H. Ball Musician, James Tuttle Privates Barton, William …
Any work professing to describe the representative men of the Pacific Coast would be very incomplete which failed to present a sketch of the life and labors of the distinguished jurist whose name stands at the head of this article. Coming to Oregon in the flower of his early manhood, he has grown with the …
William D. Paul, who died January 22, 1912, was one of the pioneer citizens of Shawnee County, and left a permanent memorial to his name and to his enterprise in the Town of Pauline in that county, which he founded. He resided continuonsly in Kansas from 1870 until his death, but had first come to …
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(From Guernsey or Belmont County) Served from August 26, until November 12, 1812. Capt. Absalom Martin Lieut. Wyatt Hutchison Ensign, James Shuman Sergt. John Broton Sergt. George Scadan Sergt. Thomas Mullen Sergt. William Israel Corp. Christopher Donouer Corp. James Edwards Corp. Edward Davis Corp. Henry Wolford Drummer, Thomas DeBatnon Fifer, Edward Milner Privates Atkinson, Michael …
