Last Updated on February 18, 2013 by Among the worthy representatives of honest industry and good government, stands the capable and intelligent gentleman, whose name is at the head of this article, and who has achieved a success in different lines, each of which is sufficient to stamp him as a man of ability and […]
Last Updated on August 30, 2011 by 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.,
Last Updated on March 14, 2012 by 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
Last Updated on June 28, 2011 by (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.
Last Updated on October 16, 2011 by John T. Taylor, farmer; P. O. Rardin; born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Dec. 24, 1843, where he lived until 9 years of age, when he emigrated with his parents to Illinois and located in what is now known as Morgan Tp., in the fall of 1853, and where
Last Updated on June 28, 2011 by (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
Last Updated on December 29, 2011 by 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
Last Updated on March 4, 2012 by I. F. Sarver. It was due to his personal popularity and his high business standing that I. F. Sarver was elected sheriff of Sedgwick County in 1914. It was the first and only office for which he was ever a candidate, and he was elected by a large
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Champaign County). Served from August 9, until September 9, 1813. Capt. Abner Barrett Lieut. Edward Jones Sergt. John Kelley Sergt. James Guthridge Sergt. Jacob Hazel Sergt. Allen Minturn Corp. John B. Neal Corp. Obediah Valentine Corp. William Kelley Corp. Jesse Gutridge Privates Adams, John Baker, Aaron
Last Updated on June 27, 2011 by (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.
Last Updated on June 27, 2011 by (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
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (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.
Last Updated on May 26, 2012 by Austin McCreary Keene. The subject of this sketch is one of the prominent and successful attorneys of Southeastern Kansas. He was born at Middletown, Ohio, September 4, 1865, the son of Marshall B. Keene and Jennette McCreary Keene. Marshall Keene was born in 1823 at Keensburg, Illinois, a village in
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (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
Last Updated on October 21, 2011 by 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
Last Updated on June 2, 2011 by 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
Last Updated on February 11, 2012 by 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
Last Updated on March 20, 2013 by 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
Last Updated on August 31, 2011 by 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
Last Updated on February 6, 2012 by 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,
