(Probably from Champaign Co.) Served from September 14 until October 16, 1812. Capt. Gabriel Cox Lieut. Nicholas Sturm Ensign Nicholas Van Densan Sergt. Ezekiel Rice Sergt. Walker Aldridge Sergt James Herd Sergt. William B. Craghill Corp. John Reid Corn. John Bowman Pifer. Newton Burroughs Drummer, William Hull Privates Beacon, David Bendure, William Blackford, John Blair, …
Eichelberger, George Hamilton; lawyer; born, Urbana, O., Jan. 24, 1877; son of George M. and Emma Ring Eichelberger; educated, Ohio Weslyan University; married, New York City, Aug. 11, 18908; Frances Staunton Dodge; one daughter; United States Marshal at Shanghai, China, 1897-1900; since coming to Cleveland, connected with 5th Ohio Infantry as battalion adjt.; practiced law …
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(Probably from Champaign Co.) Served from October 15, until November 15, 1812 Capt. John Lingle Lieut. Cyrus Ward Ensign, James Humphreys Sergt. John Crosly Sergt. Nicholas Prickett Sergt. David Crahill Sergt. William Patten Corp. Robert Reid Corp. George Arbogast Corp. William Kirkpatrick Fifer, John Richards Drummer, Newton Bourroughs Privates Audrick, Christopher Cleveland, Martin Coventon, Henry …
Amos S. Lapham. There are but few members of the bar of Southeastern Kansas who have exceeded the record of Amos S. Lapham, of Chanute, for length and continuity of service, for devotion to the best ethics of the profession and for connection with important litigation. His standing is that of one of the foremost …
(Probably from Champaign County) Served from August 21, until October 21, 1812 and from January 1 until February 21, 1813. Capt. Abner Barrett Lieut. William Chenoweth Ensign, John Owen Sergt. Wanet Owen Sergt. Thomas Green Sergt. Jesse Frankelberger Sergt. Daniel Weal Corp. Daniel Helmick Corp. James Walker Corp. Stephen Runyon Corp. William Runyon Drummer, John …
Another Old Pioneer Departed Last Sunday, Feb. 3, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, after several weeks of intense suffering from a complication of diseases, Levi J. Rouse, one of the oldest, most widely known and respected pioneer citizens of this part of this state was claimed by the angel of death and taken to …
Elias Anderson, farmer; P. O. Diona; is a native of Ohio, and was born in Champaign Co. June 16, 1807; he remained with his parents until he was 32 years of age, his father having died about the year 1833; he remained with his mother until her removal to Michigan, where she died in the …
Francis M. Spencer. During more than a quarter century’s identification with the building and contracting business in Kansas, with headquarters at Topeka, Mr. Spencer has established a reputation for responsible financial management and systematic and accurate execution of every contract which he undertakes, even down to the last detail. Few men in the business in …
Winfield Freeman. Lawyer, author, traveler, leader in republican politics and a business man, Winfield Freeman has been a Kansan for more than thirty-five years. He has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the foremost members of the bar in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born at London, Ohio, January 3, 1848, a son of …
Cool, Henry R.; wholesale lumber; born, Urbanna, O., Oct. 22, 1878; son of William A. and Lena Rose Cool; education, Urbanna University and Ohio State University, 1899; married, Cleveland, Nov. 23, 1904, Helen Ranney Adams; issue, Kenneth Adams, Dee. 13, 1905, Janet Ranney, July 12, 1907; New York mgr. of Eastern Sash, Door & Glass …
(Probably from Champaign County). Served from November 12, until December 12, 1812. Capt. John R. Lemmon Ensign, Joseph Coffey Sergt. William Hunt Sergt. Richard Robinson Sergt. Isaac Elsworth Sergt. Charles Irwin Corp. Daniel Wren Corp. Joseph Runyon Corp. Mathew Shaul Corp. Jacob Elsworth Privates Arbogast, Henry Baldwin, Joshua Banes, Oratio Beezly, Isaac Bombgarden, Andrew Botkin, …
(Probably from Champaign County). Served from September 19, until October 19, 1812, and from August 12, until September 21, 1813. Capt. Phillip Riser Lieut. William Rumple Lieut. John Rhodes Lieut. James Toomer Ensign, Daniel Kilbinger Sergt. Patrick McKinley Sergt. Peter Pence Sergt. Benjamin Pence Sergt. Nathan Dannall Sergt. William Steel Sergt. Colon, Moore Sergt. John …
Solomon Hendrix, stock dealer; P. O. Oakland; born in Champaign Co., Ohio, May 13, 1820, where he attended school during his youth until large enough to labor upon a farm, when he followed farming for his father until he attained his majority, when, in 1842, he located upon a farm of eighty-six acres, all heavy …
Willard Volney Church is one of the older settlers in Marion County. This county had been his home for upwards of forty years, and during that time he had played a varied part as a lawyer, public official and business man. Mr. Church was born at Fort Ann, New York, February 16, 1853, a son …
(Probably from Champaign Co.) Served from December 11, 1812, until January 11, 1813. Capt. Arthur Layton Lieut. Nathaniel Williams Ensign Elias Baker Sergt. John Layton Sergt. John John Sergt. Aaron Werner Sergt. Adam Howel Corp. William Layton Corp. Philip Mower Fifer, John Husted Privates Albin, Gabriel Albin, Samuel Crites, Conrad Gregory, Joshua Hicks, William Hughel, …
O. F. Walke who has spent most of his life in Kansas has developed a very substantial business career, and for several years has been proprietor of the Independent Laundry, one of the best equipped establishments of its kind in the southern section of the state. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and his great-grandfather came …
(Probably from Champaign County) Served from August 18 until September 23, 1812, and from July 30 until August 13, 1813. Capt. James Gates Lieut. James Munire Ensign, John Best Sergt. John Boyce Sergt. Aquila Ellsworth Sergt. Thaddeus Tuttle Sergt. Jacob Flemming Sergt. James Haney Sergt. Samuel Carey Sergt. William Boyce Corp. Joel Thomas Corp. Henry …
W. O. Smith, farmer and stock-raiser, also proprietor and superintendent of Smith’s flour, feed and saw mills; P. O. Oakland; born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Oct. 8, 1824, where he followed farming until 25 years of age, when in 1849 he removed West, and located in Coles Co., Ill., purchasing 140 acres of land, where …
(Probably from Champaign Co.) Served from September 6, until September 22, 1812. Capt. John McCord Sergt. Joseph Low Sergt. Alexander Allen Corp. Joseph 0. Lemon Privates Armstrong, Thomas Byars, David Evans, Edward Fitzpatrick, John Ford, Joseph Largent, Abraham Lemon, Laurence V. Lutser, Henry McCarthy, William Neally, William Patrick, Anthony Powell, Elijah Powell, Enoch Powell. Timothy …
Hon. John A. Fuson, an eminent practicing physician and surgeon of the Fourth District, was born in 1815, in Champaign County, Ohio. He is the third of seven children (three living) of James and Martha (Sneed) Fuson, both of whom were natives of Patrick County, Virginia. The father was of English descent, born in 1792. …
