Gatch, E. K.; cashier Graselli Chemical Co.; born, Milford, O., in 1865; common school and graduated from the High School of Milford, came to Cleveland in 1884; went to work for E. G. Graselli & Son, as office boy; promoted to shipping clerk, book-keeper and finally cashier; heavy stockholder in the company; member Y. M. C. A., Business Men’s Club, and Athletic Club. Recreations: Baseball.
ANSCHUTZ Fred C., b. 1884, d. 1953. BANISTER Mehettable, b. 22 Dec. 1807, d. 1863, ae. 56 yrs. Wife of Philander Banister. Philander, b. 15 Nov. 1809, d. 18 Sept. 1874. BETTLE George, b. 1850, d. 1912 Harriet E., dau. of S. and J. A. Bettle, d. 28 Feb. 1865, ae. 31 yrs., 19 days. John S., b. 1 Dec. 1842, son of Sam and Julia Bettle, d. 12 Apr. 1862. Julia Ann, d. 25 Oct. 1870, ae. 63 yrs. Wife of Sam Bettle. Mary Eliza, dau. of Sam Bettle, d. 13 Nov. 1870, ae. 43 yrs. Sam, d. 21 … Read more
Arthur C. Shriver, of the firm of A. C. Shriver & Sons, dealers in stoves, tinware and house-furnishing goods, Charleston; was born in Fleming Co., Ky., Jan. 30, 1813; when he was about 10 years old, his parents removed to Adams Co., Ohio; at the age of 18, he went to Hillsboro, in Highland Co., Ohio, to learn the tinner’s trade; after which, he worked as a journeyman in Ohio and Kentucky for a number of years; in 1836, he began business for himself in Augusta, Ky., removing a few years later to Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, and there carried … Read more
William H. Manser, M. D.,had that splendid satisfaction which comes to the man who found himself in a congenial vocation early in life and had steadily broadened and improved his service and capacity for doing good. Dr. Manser is now the oldest physician in point of continnous service at Burden, where he had practiced thirty-three years. Though of New England ancestry, the Mansers having located in Massachusetts in Colonial times, Dr. Manser is a native of old Virginia, born at Beckley in what was then simply Western Virginia and as a result of the Civil war became the State of West Virginia. … Read more
(Loc. on Edna Burdsall farm, 2½ mi. from Owensville) DAVIS Jane, d. 7 Apr. 1852, ae. 47 yrs., 5 mos., 11 days. Wife of S. E. Phoebe Ann, d. 14 Mar. 1852, ae. 1 mo., 14 days. ROBINSON Mary, d. 15 Dec. 1842, ae. 52 yrs., 3 mos., 22 days. Wife of W. SHUMOND G. b. 1775 WILLIAMS Nancy, d. 21 Oct. 1852, ae. 71 yrs., 4 mos., 15 days. W. W., d. 3 Mar. 1830.
(Loc. on Quitten Road) OSBORN Benjamin, d. 14 Aug. 1887, ae. 44 yrs., 8 mos., 18 days. Clifford, son of G. W. and H. J., d. 16 Aug. 1878, ae. 1 mo., 3 days. G. W., b. 30 Nov. 1833, d. 4 Oct. 1844. Hannah J., d. 13 June 1881, ae. 35 yrs. Wife of G. W. John, b. 1793, d. 15 Mar. 1873, ae. 80 yrs., 10 mos. Sarah, d. 15 Aug. 1843, ae. 7 yrs., 10 mos., 1 day. Sarah, d. 19 Oct. 1882, ae. 83 yrs. Wife of John. Simeon N. B., d. 5 July 1841, ae. … Read more
(Loc. on Gilbert Lutes land on Weaver Rd. in Stonelick twp.) FLETCHER Eliza, d. 19 June 1847, ae. 33 yrs., 4 mos., 19 days. Wife of John. John. Footstone J. W. SHUMARD Anna, b. Sept. 1779, d. 6 July 1830, ae. 61 yrs., 2 mos. David, d. 10 Dec. 1841, ae. 40 yrs., 8 mos. Lyman D., son of W. S. and L., d. 13 Jan. 1870, ae. 21 yrs., 1 mo., 13 days. Maria, dau. of William and L., d. 27 Apr. 1865, ae. 19 yrs., 2 mos., 27 days. WILLIAMS Samuel, d. 6 July 1846, ae. 54 yrs., … Read more
Hon. William Y. Morgan is one of the men who have attained sufficiency of public distinction so that he might merely give his address as Kansas and every one would know the who’s who and who’s what about him. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6, 1866, a son of W. A. and Minnie (Yoast) Morgan. His father served as an officer in the Twenty-third Kentucky Regiment in the Union army, and in 1871 brought his family to Kansas. For forty years he was editor of the Cottonwood Falls Leader and at the same time was prominent in public … Read more
(Loc. on Round Bottom Rd. between Milford and Perintown) BOYCE Ben F., b. 6 June 1839, d. 11 Mar. 1851, ae. 11 yrs., 9 mos., 5 days. Eliza, d. July 1844. CAZEL John J., b. 15 Nov. 1818, son of Robert and Mary, d. 5 July 1829. Nancy H., b. 9 Sept. 1837, dau. of Robert and Mary, d. 26 Oct. 1838 Robert, b. 21 July 1785, d. 19 July 1839, ae. 53 yrs., 10 mos., 25 days. DAVIS Elmer, son of Jerry and Amanda, d. 17 Oct. 1879, ae. 3 yrs., 5 mos. Joseph D. Husband of Rachel. HILL … Read more
(Loc. on Donald Rd. in Tate twp.) BREDWELL Catherine, b. 1775, d. 1849, ae. 74 yrs. Wife of Yelventon Bredwell. Mary W., b. 17 Oct. 1800, d. 15 Dec. 1867, ae. 67 yrs., 7 mos., 28 days. Wife of Thomas Bredwell. Thomas, b. 3 June 1802, d. 25 Dec. 1891, ae. 89 yrs., 6 mos., 22 days. Husband of Mary. Yelventon, b. 1758, d. 1813, ae. 55 yrs. Husband of Catherine LAYCOCK Eli, son of William and Susannah, d. 17 July 1856, ae. 21 yrs., 7 mos., 24 days. Rachel, dau. of William and Susannah, d. 21 July 1858, ae. … Read more
Anton Diebolt, Jr., cashier of the Piqua State Bank in Woodson County, is one of the younger bankers of Kansas and had studied and practiced banking with a varied experience in different institutions ever since reaching manhood. He is a native of Kansas and represents a family that have had an important share in business and financial circles. He was born in Atchison County, Kansas, October 10, 1885, a son of Anton Diebolt, Sr., and a grandson of Joseph Diebolt. The Diebolt family in the earlier generations lived in the Province of Alsace, on the border between the French and … Read more
(Loc. on Robert H. Hermann farm on Jet Hill Rd. in Monroe twp.) FERGUSON Carrie E., dau. of Ira and Nancy, d. 27 June 1868, ae. 26 yrs., 1 mo., 17 days. Nancy M., b. 27 Feb. 1820, dau. of Mr. Shaw, d. 1 May 1878, ae. 58 yrs., 2 mos., 1 day. Wife of Ira Ferguson. SHAW Infant dau. of J. R., d. ae. 2 days. John, b. 1 Apr. 1810, son of John and Nancy, d. 1 Nov. 1896. John Sr., b. 13 July 1779, York Co., Pa., d. 18 July 1847, ae. 68 yrs., 3 days. Husband … Read more
Balzhiser, E. C.; ice industry; born, Batavia, O., Aug. 24, 1868; son of Henry and Mary Balzhiser; common school education; married in 1892, Miss Cora May Walker of Oswego, N. Y.; issue, one daughter; settled in Cleveland in 1888, entering the employ of the Knickerbocker Ice Co., as driver; by 1893 had be-come supt. of the business, which in 1893, was sold to the Forest City Ice Co.; entered the employ of the Pictet Ice Co.; first plant to make manufactured ice in the city; bought interest in the Independent Ice Co.; became director, sec’y and mgr.; in 1902, became … Read more
Mrs. TIRZAH B. McMILLEN. – Especial interest surrounds the life of those mothers who made possible the social conditions of our state. They will be held in everlasting remembrance. Tirzah, the daughter of Edward and Hannah H. Barton, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1832, and at a very early age accompanied her parents to Cincinnati, later to Indiana, and in 1851 across the plains to Oregon. In October of the same year she was married in Portland to James H. McMillen, and soon removed to their new home on Tualatin Plains, ten miles west of Portland. It was … Read more
(Loc. on Elmwood Rd. N of Batavia) FITZWATER Jane, d. 27 Sept. 1846, ae. 42 yrs. Wife of Samuel. KIDD Daniel, d. 6 Mar. 1839, ae. 61 yrs. Malinda, b. 8 July 1834, dau. of Joseph and Delia, d. 2 Oct. 1851. MCCOMB Robert, d. 23 Aug. 1846, ae. 69 yrs., 6 mos.
Charlie H. Riker. At Gage’s Park, on West Sixth Street Road, near Topeks, is situated one of the most beautiful suburban homes of this locality, that belonging to Charlie H. Riker, who for many years had been engaged in agricultural pursuits in Kansas. Mr. Riker was reared a farmer and is the son of a pioneer of 1870, since which time with the exception of several years spent in Ohio, he had been engaged in operations in different parts of the Sunflower State, and in each locality in which operations have been centered, he had not only made a success … Read more
(Loc. in Goshen twp. on Goshen-Belfast Rd., on edge of Goshen) BOUTELL Sarah A., dau. of J. I. and R., d. 26 Oct. 1855, ae. 9 mos., 8 days. CLARK Charles H., d. 5 Dec. 1868, ae. 19 yrs., 6 mos., 9 days. Eleanor B., d. 13 June 1880, ae. 5 yrs., 10 mos., 7 days. Wife of John. Sarah A., b. 7 Feb. 1856, d. 17 Mar. 1888, ae. 32 yrs., 1 mo., 19 days. IRWIN Eliza H., d. 12 Aug. 1880, ae. 57 yrs., 9 mos., 14 days. Elizabeth, d. 28 June 1875, ae. 67 yrs., 7 mos., … Read more
James Scott Cummings, M. D. A former president of the State Board of Health, a member of the Legislature, and otherwise prominent in local and state affairs, Doctor Cummings is a pioneer physician of Bronson in Bourbon County, and both through his profession and as a citizen he had found many ways in which to make his career count for benefit to his community. Doctor Cummings represents a pioneer family in Southeastern Kansas. He was born in Parke County, Indiana, June 8, 1851. His Cummings ancestors were emigrants from the North of Ireland to Virginia in colonial times. Doctor Cummings … Read more
The experiences of Charles J. Buckingham in Kansas cover almost half century. He came to the state in 1868, was for many years successfully identified with the farming, stockraising and public life of Leavenworth and Wabaunsee County, but in 1912 retired and moved to Topeka, where he enjoys the comforts of a city home at 1029 Lane Street. He was born in 1837, in Clermont County, near Miamiville, Ohio. His people were among the earliest and most prominent pioneers of this section of Southern Ohio. His gradfather, Enoch, a native of Pennsylvania, was one of the first white men to … Read more
William Christee Smyser, who died at Sterling, Kansas, August 9, 1917, had been for thirty-five years a resident of that section of the state. Few men have assumed and carried out to such a successful conclusion the larger responsibilities of business affairs. One of the outstanding characteristics of big business men is a quiet efficiency of performance that handles a great volume of work with a notable absence of noise and confusion. This quiet efficiency was a mark of Mr. Smyser’s entire career. Under his direction large affairs were transacted and things got themselves done in the form of concrete … Read more