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, […]
Last Updated on January 21, 2012 by Samuel Bowman, now of Coffeyville, where he is engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business with his sons, is a Kansas resident of nearly thirty-five years and was long prominent in Labette County, where he served two terms as probate judge. His Bowman ancestors were German
Last Updated on November 3, 2012 by G. W. Hartsock. The record of a true and upright Christian gentleman, a man of more than ordinary business acumen fortified by years of industry, is that of G. W. Hartsock, who with his noble wife is now spending years of retirement at their home on Belle Avenue
Last Updated on December 29, 2011 by Ralph M. McKee is superintendent of the consolidated city schools at Neal in Greenwood County. He is one of the younger men engaged in educational work in Kansas, and had a highly creditable record for the work he had already done and stands high both among his fellow
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Greene County). Served from October 24, until December 22, 1812, and from Sept. 20, 1813, until March 20, 1814 Capt. William Stephenson Lieut. Samuel Stites Ensign, John McCally Lieut. Edward Jones Ensign, Daniel Kebbinger Sergt. Alexander Ireland Sergt. Thomas Sleeth Sergt. Moses McNair Sergt. Peter Pence
Last Updated on June 27, 2011 by Ross Turner Campbell, D. D., who had been president of Cooper College at Sterling since 1910, had given the best years of his life to the ministry and teachers, affiliated for generations with the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Campbell was born at Clifton in Greene County, Ohio, December
Last Updated on August 16, 2011 by Charles Trader Beatty. One of the oldest and most prominent names in the history of Chanute is that of the Beatty family. It was in 1870 that the late John Brooke Beatty established himself at the old Town of Tioga, which had since become a part of the
Last Updated on October 19, 2011 by John Hunt, meat-market, Mattoon; was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1837; his father came West to Illinois and settled in Jasper Co. in 1845; his early life was that of a farmer’s boy, and his advantages for securing an education somewhat limited; most of his education
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Greene Co.) Served from May 3, until May 20, 1813. Capt. John Davis Lieut. David M. Laughead Lieut. Stephen Commwell Cornet, Henry Barnes Sergt. John B. Todd Sergt. Adam Shigley Sergt. David Hanes Sergt. John John Privates Barker, Joseph Black, Peter Blue, Davis Clifford, Thomas Devone,
Last Updated on May 1, 2021 by In the words of his biographer, Preston B. Plumb was a pioneer in Kansas. He was one of the founders of Emporia. He was in the Union army, and both major and lieutenant-colonel of the Eleventh Kansas. He was long United States senator from Kansas. In the Senate
Last Updated on September 19, 2012 by Interviewer: Evelyn McLemore Person Interviewed: Peter Bruner Date of Interview: 1936 Location: Kentucky Place of Birth: Winchester, Kentucky, Clark Co. Date of Birth: 1845 ESTILL CO. (Evelyn McLemore) Story of Peter Bruner, a former slave: Peter Bruner, was born in Winchester, Kentucky, Clark Co., in 1845. His master
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Greene County). Served from August 22, until September 22, 1812, and from May 25, until November 24, 1813. Capt. Robert McClelland Lieut. James McBride Lieut. Elisha Leslie Ensign David Douglas Ensign William Erwin Sergt. Samuel Snodgrass Sergt. Isaac Miller Sergt. Jacob Hozier Sergt. John McDaniel Sergt.
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Greene County). Served from September 23, until October 30, 1812. Capt. Zechariah Ferguson Lieut. Peter Borden Ensign, James. Popenoe Sergt. Samuel D. Kirkpatrick Sergt. Andrew Hawker Sergt. Isaac Morgan Sergt. George Hittle Corp. Peter Hoy Corp. Jacob Cosler Corp. Abraham Cosler Corp. Samuel Bowen Privates Anderson,
Last Updated on February 14, 2012 by Rider, Edwin D.; milk dealer; born, Navarre, O., Nov. 2, 1884; son of Daniel W. and Isabelle Exline Rider; educated at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Military School, at Xenia, O.; discharged, June 5, 1901, second sargt.; married, East Bangor, Pa., June 12, 1907, Carrie M. Williams; issue,
Last Updated on July 6, 2012 by J. B. THOMAS. There is no enterprise of equal importance in Howell County, Missouri, than that of insurance. Among those engaged in this business is our subject, J. B. Thomas, one of the representative men of Willow Springs and abstracter and notary public of that city. Mr. Thomas
Last Updated on July 30, 2012 by Marcus J. Parrott, the second delegate to Congress from Kansas Territory, was born at Hamburg, South Carolina, October 27, 1828. He received both a classical and a legal education and served two terms in the Ohio Legislature (having located for practice at Dayton) previous to becoming a resident
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 June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Greene County). Served from January 20, until March 2, 1813. Capt. Joseph Lucas Sergt Isaac Garard Sergt. Henry Bone Corp. Abraham Lucas Privates Bales, John Beales, Jacob Beales, Jonothan Beason, Thomas Brewin, William H Copeland, William Downey, John Ellis, Jacob Fair, Thomas Foster, Samuel Harris, Steward
Last Updated on June 27, 2011 by (From Greene County) Served August 24 until December 31, 1812. Capt. Jacob Shingledecker Lieut, Samuel Butts Ensign William Yates Sergt. John Todd Sergt. Jacob Truby Sergt. Daniel Peterbaugh or Sergt. Thomas Cottrell Corp. John Wiland Butterbaugh Corp. Oliver Crawford Corp. John Davis Corp. Alexander Forbens Corp. James Downey
