Last Updated on June 8, 2012 by Frank H. Roberts is proprietor and editor of the Oskaloosa Independent. The Independent enjoys distinction among Kansas newspapers. It was established in 1860 by his father, the late John W. Roberts. It had been published continuously and successfully during all the intervening years by father and son. No […]
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Warren Co.) Served from July 6, until July 23, 1814. Ensign William S. Crain Sergt. William Gillespie Capt. John Patterson Sergt. Thomas Phillips Sergt James Johnston Sergt. Alexander Johnston Corp. Henry Williamson Drummer, Henry Catick Corp. John Gillis Fifer, Isaac Conover Privates Chambers, John Commin, Martin
Last Updated on March 16, 2013 by Prof. J. L. Boon was born two and a half miles north of Alexandria, in Smithville County, in 1855. He is the fifth of nine children of Jas. N. and Sarah (Barry) Boon. The father was of English descent, one of the same families as the Kentucky pioneer,
Last Updated on June 14, 2011 by Robert M. Todd is an old timer of Halstead, had lived there more or less continuously for the past forty-three years, and during the greater part of that time followed his trade as a carpenter and builder. He is now manager of the Farmers Elevator Company and had
Last Updated on June 9, 2011 by Charles W. Sample has been a business man at Kingman nearly forty years and had been closely identified with the commercial affairs of that city, as a land owner, banker and in real estate and loans. Mr. Sample was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, October 29, 1851. His
Last Updated on February 13, 2012 by Phare, William G.; attorney-at-law; born, Warrensville, O., June 29, 1863; son of Thomas and Mary Short Phare; educated, public schools and Shaw Academy, East Cleveland; graduated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, O., in 1882; married, Lebanon, 0., Nov. 26, 1884, Mattie M. Linder; one son, Ray Phare;
Last Updated on December 29, 2011 by Keenan Hurst, a veteran of the Civil war, forty years a resident of Elk County, is one of the most widely known and esteemed men in this section of Kansas. He followed farming and stock raising several years, took an active part in politics, finally entered the legal
Last Updated on April 13, 2012 by Thomas C. Biddle, M. D. Superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane at Topeka, Doctor Biddle had long been prominent in his profession in Kansas, where he had practiced as a private physiclan or in connecton with the public service for thirty-five years. His name is well
Last Updated on January 28, 2012 by Gen. Joseph Kennedy Hudson. One of the ablest soldiers of Kansas and most determined fighter for the free-state movement, the late General Hudson will have a lasting fame not only for what he did in the trying years of Kansas’ youth, but also as founder and for many
Last Updated on December 29, 2011 by John Quincy Smith. The career of J. Quincy Smith, of Fredonia, had been an expression of well directed and diversified industry and in its development had invaded various fields of human activity, in each of which J. Q. Smith had won a full measure of material success and
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Warren County) Served from September 27, until October 20, 1812. Capt. Jacob Fudge Lieut. Joseph Stephens Ensign William Campbell Sergt. John Fiester Sergt. Robert Morris Sergt. Jacob Woots Privates Ayers, Michael Bonta, Peter A. Button, James Chambers, John Cox, Joshua Crow, William Forquer, Thomas Harbsell, Abraham
Last Updated on June 29, 2011 by (Probably from Warren County) Served from September 20, to November 19, 1814. Lieut. Andrew Guttery Sergt. Benjamin Baldwin Sergt. John Ulrey Privates Coburn, Francis Cox, Richard Crosson, Barnwell Cru, Robert Feaster, Richard Hale, Stephen Leggett, Henry Little, David Miller, John Nutt, Moses Parker, George Paxton, Samuel Robertson. John
Last Updated on October 10, 2012 by Dennis Abram A. Raub, M. D. One of the oldest and best known physicians and citizens of Kansas is Dr. Abram A. Raub of Topeka, who came to this state in 1879. Doctor Raub is a veteran of the Civil war. During part of his service he was
Last Updated on August 25, 2011 by James H. Pierson, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Oakland; born in Warren Co., Ohio, April 6, 1847, where he engaged in farming until Feb. 15, 1863, when, at the age of 15 years, he enlisted as private in Co. A, 12th Ohio V. I., and went forward to
Last Updated on June 3, 2012 by Dennis One of the leading representatives of the bench of Idaho is Judge Charles O. Stockslager, now presiding over the courts of the fourth judicial district. He maintains his residence in Hailey, and in that city and throughout this section of the state is widely known as a
Last Updated on September 5, 2012 by Interviewer: Miriam Logan Person Interviewed: Samuel Sutton Location: Lebanon, Ohio Place of Birth: Garrett County Kentucky Date of Birth: 1854 Miriam Logan, Lebanon, Ohio Warren County, Dist. 2 July 2, 1937 Interview with SAMUEL SUTTON, Ex Slave. Born in Garrett County, Kentucky, in 1854 (drawing of Sutton) [TR:
Last Updated on September 1, 2011 by W. J. Ashmore, dealer in boots and shoes (firm of Ashmore & Mitchell), Charleston; was born in Coles Co., Ill., May 15, 1853; he is the youngest son of Samuel C. Ashmore, who came to Coles Co. among the early settlers, and entered a large tract of Government
Last Updated on October 10, 2012 by Dennis William H. Smith. It is almost a half century that had crept around on the world’s clock since William H. Smith, one of Chanute’s substantial and respected citizens, came to Kansas, locating in Neosho County, where at present he is held in high esteem with the Old
Last Updated on September 6, 2012 by Interviewer: Miriam Logan Person Interviewed: Celia Henderson Location: Ohio Place of Birth: Hardin County, Kentucky Date of Birth: 1849 Age: 88 Miriam Logan Lebanon, Ohio MRS. CELIA HENDERSON, aged 88 Born Hardin County, Kentucky in 1849 (drawing of Celia Henderson) [TR: no drawing found] “Mah mammy were Julia
Last Updated on December 29, 2011 by John Quincy Smith. The career of J. Quincy Smith, of Fredonia, had been an expression of well directed and diversified industry and in its development had invaded various fields of human activity, in each of which J. Q. Smith had won a full measure of material success and
