Champaign County OH

Biography of Francis M. Spencer

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 the entire state can exhibit a finer record in buildings actually completed and now conspicuous in various cities as Mr. Spencer. While a complete list would be impossible, the more notable of his contracts are the following: Topeka Manual Training School, the Capper Building, the … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Gabriel Cox’s Company

(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, William Brooks, Thomas Carter, Israel Davidson, Stephen Dean, Barzilla Dillon, Richard Dillon, William Dotson, Thomas Gandy, Abijah Gerard, Jacob Goodfellow, Moore Green, John Griffith, Azel Haney, James Hanna, David Heaton, Jonah Herd, Thomas Hopkins, Richard Hunt, John Hutchinson, Thomas Jones, David Jones, Stephen Kennedy, Samuel … Read more

Biography of Willard Volney Church

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 of Volney and Harriet (Bush) Church. Mr. Church had the rather rare distinction at this time of being the grandson of a Revolutionary soldier. His grandfather, Willard Church was born at Mansfield, Connecticut, in 1758 and was a very young man when he took up … Read more

Biographical Sketch of W. O. Smith

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 he lived until 1869; when he removed to Oakland and purchased the steam flour and saw mill, which business he has since followed; he owns his mill and four houses and lots in Oakland, besides upward of 700 acres of land in Coles and Douglas … Read more

Biography of I. F. Sarver

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 majority by his wide circle of friends in both parties, and reelected in 1916 by a large majority. Sheriff Sarver is almost a native son of Kansas, having been brought to the state when two years of age, and is thoroughly typical of the splendid spirit of this commonwealth. He was born … Read more

Biography of Amos S. Lapham

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 members of the bar of this part of the state. Judge Lapham was born on a farm in Champaign County, Ohio, April 6, 1845, and is a son of Oziel and Mahala (Steere) Lapham, and belongs to one of America’s old and honored families. John … Read more

Biography of John T. Taylor

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 he has since continued to live within two and a half miles of his present location; he lived with his parents and engaged in farming until the spring of 1864, when he commenced farming upon his own account upon the place where he has since lived. He owns in his own farm … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Henry R. Cool

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 Co.; resigning to join his father in lumber business; later junior partner in W. A. Cool & Son (1904); sec’y Service Recorder Co.; director Adams Bag Co.; member Chamber of Commerce, and Hermit Club; Chi Phi; interested in the development of southern timber and farm … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Hamilton Eichelberger

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 in Cleveland since 1901, (Reed & Eichelberger); Mason; member Union, Athletic, and Euclid Clubs. Recreation: Golf.

Rouse, Levi J. – Obituary

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 another world. His demise is a time of sincere mourning, for he was well and favorably known throughout all parts of this and Union counties; he having been closely associated with the educational, political and industrial development of both for many years. Levi J. Rouse … Read more

Roll Of Capt. John McCord’s Company

(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 Rhodes, Sandford Robertson, Isaac Taber, Robert Tharp, Andrew Tharp, Jonothan Vincy, John Whitaker, Josiah

Roll Of Capt. Abner Barrett’s Company

(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 Beatty, Miles C Binley, James Bracken, Nathan Britten, Evans E Britten, Nathan Burnside, William Cartmell, John Cartmell, William Chaney, Edward Chaney, William Cory, John Crage, John Frankeberger, John George, Richard D George, William M. Gilpin, Elias Hail, Bradford Harbert, William Hendrix, William Hoover, Peter Hudson, Edward Hutsin, James Hutson, Abraham Jones, Daniel … Read more

Roll Of Capt. John Lingle’s Company

(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 Cowen, John Dougherty, John Gamble, Robert Gayne, Charles Goble, Daniel Goble, Thomas Hargadine, William Harnett Elijah Lewis, John McBeth, Andrew McBeth, William Meenach, William Murphy, John Nicholson, James Radish, Nathan Rankin, George Reed, Thomas Reid, James Reynolds, James Richards, Elijah Russell, James Shall, Peter Sparrow, … Read more

Biography of Winfield Freeman

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 James F. and Eleanor (Dawson) Freeman. His early life was spent in Winchester, Ohio, where he attended the public schools and where he read law in the office of Hon. A. Stiver. Admitted to the bar in 1869, at the age of twenty-one, he practiced … Read more

Biography of O. F. Walke

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 from the North of Ireland, and was an early farmer in Ohio. Mr. Walke’s grandfather, William Walke, was born in Ohio in 1840, came to Kansas about a quarter of a century ago, and was an active farmer until he retired and died at Columbus, … Read more

Biography of Austin McCreary Keene

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 Wabash County named for his forbears. The Keenes of Keensburg have been men of prominence in that locality, having served as members of the Illinois Asscmbly, and been notable physieians and manufacturers. Jennette MeCreary was born in Monroe, Ohio, in 1836, and was married to Marshall B. Keene in 1861. Mr. Keene … Read more

Roll Of Capt. John R. Lemmon’s Company

(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, William Boyer, Samuel Cartmell, Nathaniel Chance, Samuel Clemmings, Job Collins, Joseph Crantrall, Joshua Curl, William Dawson, James Dawson, Richard Dickeson, Joseph Frost, William Graham, David Hodge, Andrew Hunter, James Hunter, John Hunter, Jonothan Hunter, William Jones, Jonothan Lee, James Marris, William Marsh, Malon McKinnon, Daniel … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Elias Anderson

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 year 1844; Mr. Anderson, before his removal to this county, married, Sept. 20, 1835, Miss Hannah Place, her parents being natives of Pennsylvania; in the year 1839, they came to this county and settled where he has ever since resided; they had five children, four … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Abner Barrett’s Company

(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 Rupe Fifer, John Swisher Privates Bay, Hugh Bay, Robert Beatty, William Bishop, Aquilla Blue, William Bouseman, John Brousman, Nicodemus Carbert, Thomas Clark, Abraham Conkel, Michal Coon, Barnabus Cosan, Thomas Coterel, Hiram Cowan, Miles Curl, Jeremiah Dawson, William Flood, Francis Frerwode, John Frerwods, John Gilmore, John … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Phillip Riser’s Company

(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 Fitch Sergt. George Crosby Corp. John Tofflenoyer Corp. Edden Jenkins Corp. John West Corp. Nelson Lansdell Corp. William Haltz Corp. John Pyatt Corp. Ebenezer Rhodes Corp. Nathan Adamson Drummer, Joseph Jones Drummer, Edward Tarbutton Fifer, Pressley Ross Fifer, Henry Armacush Privates Bacer, Isaac Bags, William … Read more