Delaware County NY

Biographical Sketch of L. M. Butts

L. M. Butts was born in Delaware County, N. Y., February 21, 1843; removed to McHenry County, Ill., in 1852, where he lived until the beginning of the war, when he enlisted September, 1861, in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, taking an active part in nearly every battle in the Army of the Potomac, and was honorably discharged in October, 1864. In the spring of 1871 he located in Jewell County, Kan., taking a quarter-section of land under the homestead act, and at the general election that fall was elected to the office County Treasurer, which office he held two years … Read more

Darling Todd of Middletown NY

Darling Todd6, (Samuel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Sept. 27, 1804, in Middletown, Delaware County, N. Y., married Sally Rogers, who was born May 24, 1811, in Shandaken, Ulster County, N. Y., died April 8, 1889. Children: *786. Margaret, b. Jan. 1, 1833. 787. Clarissa, b. Feb. 26, 1844. 788. Daniel, b. Jan. 21, 1847. 789. Walter, b. May 29, 1856.

Biographical Sketch of McKeen, D. W.

McKeen, D. W. physician and surgeon, located in Russell, Kan., in December, 1878, where he engaged in the practice of his profession. He was born in Ackworth, N. H., in 1852; began the study of medicine at the age of twenty-one; he was educated at the Kimbal. Union Academy of Meridan, N. H., graduating in June, 1875; began reading medicine the latter year; attended lectures at Long Island College, and at the hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1878. He graduated from the college of physicians and surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa; began the practice of medicine in Russell; he has been … Read more