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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01095 0159 E
REYNOLDS H. GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF
CENTRAL KANSAS
ILLUSTRATED
EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF MANY WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE OF THIS SECTION OF THE GREAT WEST, WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE PROMINENT IN ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.
VOL. I.
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1902
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PREFACE.
UT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, "History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object.
The section of Kansas embraced by this volume has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and even the nation, for a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, "the true grandeur of nations - is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result.
The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determi- nation to excel. Where either is wanting, failure is almost certain in the out- come. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important lesson in this connection we may appropriately quote Longfellow, who said: "We judge ourselves by what we feel capa- ble of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation.
PREFACE.
In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the ma- terial there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, · social and industrial development of the counties have been given due recog- nition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omit- ted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the "standard" histories of a country.
THE PUBLISHERS.
INDEX.
Abbott, Handsel A., 163 Ahlberg, G. F., 677 Ainsworth, Avery R., 626 Ainsworth, Jesse, 486 Albright, M. J., 378 Allen, Albert S., 598 Allison, Burton, 300 Allison, M. E., 298 American Steam Laundry, 104 Anderson, Joel M., 334 Anderson, Thomas J., 624 Andrews, Henry G., 142 Andrews, James A., 560 Appel, George A., 371 Appel, William E., 371 Astle, William, 222 Avery, George, 474 Axtell, J. T., 669
Bain, Millard F., 543 Bainum, Levi H., 606 Bainum, William G., 660 Bainum, William M., 657 Baker, Ira, 381 Baker, Jamies F., 715 Baker, James R., 561 Baker, James W., 746 Baker, Lew, 117
Baker, Willis N., 20 Banfield, Albert, 736 Bardwell, John W., 93 Barkhurst, William, 457 Bates, Frank A., 517 Baxter, Jackson B., 505 Bay, C. M., 288 Beaman, Alonzo, 693 Bean, Nathan A. C., 529 Bean, Robert R., 685 Beers, Isaac, 138 Bellew, Noah, 269 Benedict, William H. S., 256 Bennett, William R., 192 Bettenbrook, Frederick, 338 Birney, David, 325 Bishop, G. A., 473 Blackhall, Jolın, 515 Blakely, Henry H., 400 Blodgett, William C., 689 Bobb, Aaron, 216 Bolinger, Jacob, 756 Boroughs, Bartley C., 391 Boy, Charles F., 631
Boyce, David, 477 Branch, Andrew C., 535 Branch, Phineas C., 276 Brinckerhoff, Jermain W., 398 Bromley, John H., 204
Brown, G. W., 615 Brown, Jesse, 45
Brown, John B., 65
Brown, Wesley S., 437
Brown, W. L., 147
Bruce, Frederick J., 29
Burdick, Barnett, 464
Burdick, Charles E., 465
Burke, Laurence, 737
Butler. John, 220 Butler, John F., 220
Caffry, Eugene M., 557 Caldwell, A. B., 40
Calhoun, Joseph W., 491 Campbell, James M., 452
Cannon, William T., 304 Cappis, William, 622
Carhart, William H., 124 Carnalian, Elias M., 589 Chamberlin, David C., 272 Chambers, Robert R., 620 Church, Byron L., 132 Clark, Ira H., 663 Clark, William H., 573 Clarke. J. W., 100 Clayton. W. B., 670 Cloud, Fred J., 633 Cole, Baxter, 215 Colladay, Frank, 539 Collett, George A., 287 Collings, Albert W., 407 Collingwood, Daniel F., 374 Combs, Albert, 228 Conkling, Clark, 388 Connett, A. H., 712 Connor, Eugene, 701 Connor. W. B., 168 Cook, Fred W., 564 Cooper, E. C., 632 Cragun, John A., 406 Crawford, John C. F., 21 Crow, Martin, 329
Danner, Clark L., 340 Davis, Caleb R., 126 Davis, George T., 75
Davis, J. C., 343 Day, Claude D., 310 Day, John, 100 Dayhoff, Insley L., 88 Dean, Albert A., 520 Dean, C. A., 408 Deck, Peter, 720
. Deissroth, Frederick, 237 Demoret, Joseph, 366 Demoret, Mrs. Ella, 375 Dern, B. F., 439 DeWeese, Carey, 584 De Weese, William S., 360 Dickhut, Charles W., 174 Dillman, James M., 353 Dodge, D. P., 495 Dodge, E. J., 664 Dorr, Josephus, 509 Dotson, John W., 119 Doze, George W., 666 Doze, John C., 709 Duff, J. R., 654 Dukelow, James, 28 Dunham, Jay, 98 Dunkelberger, Samuel, 611 Dunkelberger, William, 612 Durham, LaRue H., 651 Duval, Claude, 178
Easton, Marquis L., 656 Ebbert, William, 202 Elbury, Thomas G., 600 Elwood, Robert J., 618 Endicott, J. S., 628 Engel, James P., 46 Eppley, Josialı T., 394 Evans, Charles J., 754 Evans, John G., 703 Evans, Perry A., 198 Everett, Elmer, 501
Faris, Winfield S., 629 Fendrick, Andrew, 610 Finley, M., 208 Fisher, E. C., 152 Fitch, D. D., 570 Fitzpatrick, William, 95 Ford, Patrick O., 662 Forsha, Alexander L., 155 Forsha, Sam W., 158 Forsyth, John D., 86 Forward, M. W., 739
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INDEX.
Foster, Frank H., 73 Foster, Frank S., 740 Fox, David, 648 Fox. Thomas O., 213 Franklin, John H., 719 Freels, W. H., 611 Freese, James A .. 566 Frisbie, George M., 338 Fry. Frank A., 392 Fuller, F. E., 250 Fulton, Samson, 53 Funk, James F., 380
Gardner, John S., 70 Gaston, W. E., 577
George, Joseph S., 450 Gerber, John, 616 Gerber, Mike, 466
Giertz, Joseph, 202 Gilchrist, John, 166 Gile, William S., 385 Giles, Daniel, 33 Gillett, Preston B., 136 Ginter; George W .. 526 Goldsborough, H. J., 695 Gordenier, Fred B., 493 Gorman, John, 704 Grant. David F., 528 Greenfield. Jesse, 608 Greenlee, Jasper J., 757 Gregg, Andrew J., 250 Gregg. Currence, 63 Griem, Renning H .. 651 Griffith, Frederick J., 320 Griffith, John D., 751 Grosvenor, William S .. 323 Groth. Henry M., 574 Grover, Dallas, 758
Hair, William T., 572 Hamilton, James W., 743 Handy, William, 749 Harbaugh. David, 492 Harding, John B., 373 Harlow. Frank. 324 Harrison, William J .. 118 Hanschild, Jacob, 307 Hauser, George F .. 207 Hay. Geo. L., 484 Heath, William V .. 405 Hedden, Elisha, 15 Hedges, M. T., 682 Hedrick. Charles, 454 Heist. Michael B .. 467 Helm, Wesley B., 308 Hendry, William F., 488 Herren, Isaac W .. 571 Heryer, David, 357 Hibbert, James, 55 Hill, W. W., 76 Hilton, James, 621 Hilyard, W. H., 363 Himes, Solomon P .. 558 Hissem, Henry Z., 552 Hoagland, Martin, 644 Hodgson, H. C .. 122 Hodgson. William. 314 Hoesman, H. F., 32 Holcomb, T. C., 639
Holland, James M., 44
Holmes, John B., 342 Holmes, John E., 115
Holton, Richard H., 318
Honey, Henry R., 732
Hopkins, Isaac A., 332
Hopkins, James L., 171 Hopkins, O. E., 224 Howard, Daniel H., 533
Howell, David. 671 Hoyt, Henry S., 18 Hudson, Robert B., 540 Huey, Thomas J., 311 Huffman, J. R., 387
Hughes, Robert W., 446
Hummel, Peter, 23
Humphrey, Joseph E., 35
Hunter, Alexander S., 246 Huntington, Frank H., 726
Hutton, Emmett. 96
Hutton & Oswald, 104
Huycke, George, 445
Inman, Henry, 506
Jellison, Charles R., 227
Jennings, Charles E., 259
Jewell, A. M., 72
Jewell, Warren D., 579
Johnson, De Witt C., 78
Johnson, G. B., 725
Johnson, Henry, 472 Johnson, Jacob, 296
Johnson, William L., 362
Johnson, William R., 247
Johnston J. E., 718
Jones, Edward W., 525
Jones, George W .. 536
Jones, Samuel, 433 Jordan, James M., 22 Judson, John S., 109
Kabler, L. W., 696
Kansas Grain Company. 592
Kauffman, Samuel, 131
Kelley, Frank, 538
Kendall. Charles T .. 512
Kidd, T. M., 617
King, William B., 47
Kirby, Elisha W .. 575 Kirk, James, 412
Klose. Edward. 302
Koons, Simon W., 239
Krey, Frederick. 283 Kunkle, Aaron, 738
Lackey, John T., 727 Landis, Levi F., 471
Lang, John A., 194 Lash, Albert R., 603
Lashmet, J. E., 468 Latshaw, Joseph. 92
Laverty, Lewis, 146 Lavielle, Bernard, 267
Lawrence. William, 43 Leighty, Stephen S., 662 Leonard, C. D .. 692 Leslie, John F .. 141 Levitt, George L., 568
Lewis, J. F .. 516
Lewis, William N., 238 Libbey, Leon D .. 172
Libby, William H., 252 Light, Jacob W .. 27
Lindsley, Herbert K., 469 Lippincott, E. M .. 623 Livingston, Samuel B., 402
Logan, David W .. 686 Long, Gabriel, 293
Lonnon, F. M., 425 Love, William R .. 463
Lucas, William B., 251
Lydecker, John E., 41I Lyman, Herbert S., 175
Maguire, M .. 653 Majors, Samuel, 431
Malcolm, John G., 206
March, John, 158
Markham. John J .. 500
Markle, H. C., 731
Martin, Andrew B., 128
Martin, John. 507 Masters, C. D., 755
Mathews, Samuel. 326
May, James S .. 56
May, W. L., 383
McAlilly, M. L .. 358
McCandless, M. H., 664
McClellan. Wylie, 395
McClelland, George F., 714
McConnell. J. A., 680
McCormack. W. B .. 390
McCracken, Isaac L .. 242
McDavitt. John L., 344 Mcllhenny. Henry L .. 706
Mckenry, Joseph F .. 683 McKinnis, Robert. 312
McLaurin, John R .. 270
McMillan, W. K .. 594 McMurphy. Alonzo, 198
McPeek. Joseph, 478
McPherson, Owen P., 597
MeVay. Mrs. Cornelia ( Buckles ), 377 Measer, John J .. 165
Melville. William. 372 Meng. Michael. 183
Miller. Charles P .. 162
Miller, P. D .. 627
Miller, Robert C .. 159
Milligan, S. C .. 84 Miner. George H .. 422
Mitchell, Ida M .. 44I
Mitchell, William H., 369
Monroe, A. J., 66 Monroe. G. A., 67 Moon, James V .. 303
Morgan, William Y., 9
Morris, Harvey. 483 Morris, Samuel J .. 544
Morris, T. E., 607
Morrison. John T .. 508 Morter, G. W., 531
Moscript, Robert O., 623
Moses, Brothers, 594 Moses, Clayton L., 594 Moses, Edward W., 594
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INDEX.
Moses, George N., 51 Mowery, G. H., 555 Murphy, Will R., 661 Murray, James, 399 Murray, William F. 354 Mustoe, H. A., 710 Mustoe, U. G., 635 Myers, Adolphus F., 569
Nash, J. T., 200 Negley, David M., 708 Nelson, John W., 189 Nesmith, William L., 13 Newkirk, R. R., 534 Newlin, William, 591 Newman, Henry B., 243 Nichols, George H., 532 Nickason, G. M., 177 Norris, F. H., 162 Nunemaker, J. S., 232 Nutter, John N., 440
Obermowe, Henry, 135 Ogle, B. F., 667 O'Hara, Henry C., 210 Oswald, Charley W., 97 Overton, Benjamin F., 541
Palmer, Daniel, 637 Park, Joseph E., 90 Patterson, J. W., 676 Peckham, Charles W., 458
Pennington, William R., 284 Peters, Samuel R., 641 Pickerill, Walter, 647 Pieper, Conrad H., 130 Pierce, William E:, 54 Plank, C. V., 17 Plankenhorn, David, 416 Pollock, William C., 379 Porter, Frank S., 597 Porter, William M., 346 Potter, Peter B., 125 Potter, William, 184 Presby, Solon P., 553 Price, John R., 275 Prigg, Frank F., II Proffitt, C. G., 219 Proffitt, J. M., 266 Prose, Joseph B., 495 Prouty, F. A., 690
Radcliffe, John C., 61 Radicl, George V., 521 Ramsey, James M., 511 Rankin, James, 77 Raup, William, 640 Rayl, Elijah, 248 Reaume, Paul, 417 Redfield, George Z., 582 Reid, Daniel E .. 285 Rice, Wilbur H., 352 Rickard. J. W., 684 Riggs, Eli J., 700 Ritchey, W. F., 438 Robbins, William W., 546 Robinson, Charles, 292 Roff, John W., 384 Root, Edwin S., 58
Rose, John W., 120 Rose, William A., 231 Ross, William J., 280 Russell, F. Vernon, 603 Ryker, Charles A., 355 Ryther, James, 48
Sallee, Samuel, 490 Sample, Charles W., 403 Sample, Edward, 711 Sanderson, Ernest W., 587
Sanderson, Samuel, 587 Schaeffer, August H., 599 Schall, Harry S., 456 Schardein, John, 134 Schermerhorn, Edward D., 723 Schmidt, William, 368 Seeley, Loren L., 613 Sentney, Charles N., 688 Shaw, Kinsey, 382 Shaw, Simeon J., 602 Sheriff, William E., 742 Sherman, E. F., 586 Shideler, Jacob C., 448 Shiells, John, 171
Shock, Benjamin, 143 Shuler, Tillman A., 562 Shuler, William D., 191
Shumway, Reuben B., 426
Shuyler, David M., 419
Shuyler, John S., 25 Siemsen, Henry, 277 Smith, C. B., 235
Smith, Edward B., 447
Smith, Edward L., 336
Smith, Ephraim A., 196 Smith, Francis M., 36
Smith, George, 81 Smith, Isaac N., 328
Smith, John L., 186
Smith, Joseph A., 519
Smith, Louis C., 279
Smith, S. J., 429
Smith, S. L., 424 Smith, William, 523
Smith, Wilson, 279 Soden, William T., 694 Southerland, Charles Y., 569
Sparks, Chauncey C., 350
Speck, A. D., 435 Sperry, Samnel A., 442 Spickard, Samuel, 205 Sponsler, A. L., 106 Stahl, C. C., 485 Stephenson, John, 678 Stevenson, C. C., 728 Stewart, Henry M., 565 Stewart, J. E., III Stewart, Samuel W., 730 St. John, James, 153 Stockwell, John H., 90 Stoltenberg, Herman A., 12 Stone, Gilbert H., 476 Stone, Solomon, 513 Stratmann, Bert, 423 Strohmeyer, Henry, 672 Sturgis, W. D., 214 Sultzbach, Henry, 581 Summers, Alvin E., 229
Swartz, Simeon, 413 Swingle, Asa S., 636 Switzer, Alexander M., 102 Sykes, C. T., 393
Tampier, Joseph F., 226 Tanton, Robert E., 31 Taylor, Charles F., 490 Taylor, Ernest A., 244 Tedrick, William R., 409
Tellin, Peter, 716 Templer, Thomas J., 592
Teter, Samnel P., 149 Thornley, David M., 273 Tibbutt, George, 722 Tincher, J. N., 655
Titus, Henry, 697 Totten, Trustimon B., 420 Townsend, George, 504 Tracy, David B., 260 Truesdell, E. F., 255 Truitt, George, 39
Van Bibber, Moses H., 234 Vandeveer, George A., 67 Van Deventer, Cyrus C., 17 Van Patten, Myndert, 188 Van Sickle, William J., 498
Vaughan, C. L., 240 Venn, Harry, 752
Vermillion, L. E., 160
Vincent, Frank, 24 Vincent, John B., 218 Volkland, William, 99
Walker, John P., 480
Walters, Leonard, 679 Ward, Mahlon, 604 Ward, William M., 734 Warner, H. C., 113
Warrell, Mark, 98 Warren, William A., 652
Waterman, William H., 482
Watkins, Robert J., 253
Watson, Robert N., 465 Weatherd, John W., 60
Weaver, Ezra, 278 Weigel, Jacob, 233
Wellman, Edward C., 555
Wellman, J. M., 556 Wells, John W., 491 Wernet, Herman, 263
Wernet, Xaver, 356 West, William, 705
Westerman, Lewis H., 261 Westfall, B. S., 418
White, C. C., 85
Whiteside, Houston, 713
Wiegel, Lonis, 294 Wiggins, Harvey, 167
Wiggins, John, 349
Wildin, John F., 144
Willett, Thomas J., 514
Williamson, Cicero, 549 Wilson, Eli C., 699 Wilson, J. A., 301
Wilson, James M., 271 Wilson, W. Henry, 290 Winsor, George R., 80
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INDEX.
Winsor, James, 79 Wolf, Fred, 396 Wolfe, Gideon R., 576 Wood, C. A., 527 Wooddell, Charles N., 124 Wright, Benjamin, 542
Wright, Hannah, 264 Wyer, John W., 721 Wyman, David, 550
Yearont, N. J., 432 Yeoman, A. O., 35I
Yeoman, J. A., 71 Young, Jacob A., 105 Young, John M., 82 Youngs, Francis L., 675 Yust, Fred, 547 Yust, John, 331
wymorgan
A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF
CENTRAL KANSAS.
WILLIAM Y. MORGAN.
William Y. Morgan, president of the State Exchange Bank, is one of the lead- ing representatives of journalistic interests in central Kansas, occupying the responsible .position of state printer. For thirty years he has lived in Kansas and has made his home in Hutchinson since 1895. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6, 1866, and was only four years of age when his par- ents came to the Sunflower state. His fa- ther, William A. Morgan, is a native of Ire- land but was reared in America where he arrived with the family when a little lad of four summers, his parents locating in Cin- cinnati. Throughout almost his entire life he has been connected with the printing business, becoming familiar with it in every department. At the time of the civil war he enlisted as a member of the Twenty-third Kentucky regiment and saw much active ser- vice. He has been prominent in Grand Army circles and takes an active interest in everything tending to advance the welfare of his comrades who wore the blue, when upon the southern battle fields they fought for the preservation of the union. He is at- taining to distinction in civic life and has served in both branches of state legislature
since coming to Kansas in 1871. He makes his home in Cottonwood Falls, where he is engaged in the publication of the Chase County Leader. A man of strong mentality and marked force of character, he has left the impress of his individuality for good upon many lines of thought and action. He married Minnie Yoast, who is prominent as a member of the Woman's Relief Corps.
William Y. Morgan, whose name begins this review, was well fitted for life's practi- cal and responsible duties by a liberal educa- tion which he pursued in the state univer- sity of Kansas at Lawrence. There he pur- sued a special course that prepared him for the vocation which he had chosen for his life work. At an early date he learned to set type in his father's office in Cottonwood Falls, and thus became connected with the art preservative of arts. The practical work which he had done in connection with the printing business, gave him a better insight into the instruction he received at the uni- versity so that he profited much more by his college training than others who had no knowledge of the business, and in his class he took high rank. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity.
After his graduation, Mr. Morgan was engaged in local work on a Lawrence paper
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and then purchased a newspaper in Strong City, which he edited and published for four years. On the expiration of that pe- riod he sold out and purchased an interest in the Emporia Daily Gazette. His work in connection therewith was very successful and he conducted a paper, making it a first class publication, until 1895, when he sold to William Allen White, the noted writer and journalist, and came to Hutchinson. The collapse of the boom at this place had af- fected the newspaper interests, as well as other lines of business, and the circulation of the papers was lessened thereby. However, recognizing the opportunity to build up a good business here, Mr. Morgan organized the News Company, of which he is president and the principal stockholder. While he has followed the plan of having his co-work- ers interested financially in the success and thus stimulating them to greater effort, he is the manager of the paper and has made it one of the leading journals in the state. Here, as in all other newspaper enterprises in which he has embarked, his own industry. capable management and enterprise have had marked effect in building up the business, increasing the circulation of the paper, and making it a paying investment. Few cities of the size of Hutchinson can boast of a daily paper issued with as much general news as has the one of which Mr. Morgan has charge. He has an efficient corps of re- porters in the field and he is a member of the Associated Press, thus receiving the latest telegraphic news. It has taken much labor and experience to place the paper in its ex- cellent condition, but he brought to bear his long and varied experience in the newspaper field together with marked business ability. Its patronage has largely increased in every department and it is now the model paper of central and western Kansas, having marked effect in moulding public opinion and at the same time greatly advancing the interests of the Republican party.
Mr. Morgan has always been a stanch supporter of the Republican principles, and was only twenty years of age when he was made secretary of the Douglas county con-
vention. In whatever community he has lived since, he has been honored with the position of either secretary or chairman of the Republican Central committee, and at the present time he is serving in the latter office here, having acted in that capacity for four consecutive years. He has never been a candidate for any office himself, outside of the line of his profession. In January, 1899, he was elected by the state legislature to the office of state printer and is still the incum- bent. His work is highly satisfactory, ow- ing to his thorough understanding of the printing business, and his efficiency is indi- cated by most excellent workmanship pro- duced under his control.
Mr. Morgan was elected president of the State Exchange Bank of Hutchinson in Jan- uary, 1902, and is deeply interested in all matters intended for the general good. He is a member of the board of managers of the Jubilee association, which has done so much to advance the musical interests not only of the city, but of the state. He is a member of both the Park and Fair associations, which he has since aided to a considerable extent in a financial way. He served for two or three years as secretary of the Commercial Club and later as its president. In Masonry he holds membership in the lodge of Emporia, in Reno Chapter, No. 34. R. A. M. ; in Reno Commandery, No. 26, K. T., and in Wichita Consistory No. 2, S. P. R. S. He is an active member of the Sons of Veterans and has served as its commander in the state leg- islature. He is also a member of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
On the 20th of November, 1891, in Strong City, Mr. Morgan married Colie Adair, a daughter of Wit Adair of that city. He has just completed the erection of a fine residence at No. 416 Sherman street, which is the highest point on the street. Mr. Mor- gan has a wide acquaintance throughout the state and is prominent among the best people of Kansas. He is known in the legislative and business circles, amid the members of
"THE NEWS" CORRESPONDENTS' REUNION. September 4, 1901.
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fraternal organizations, and wherever known, he is held in highest regard. His career is imbued with the enterprising spirit of the West, and progress has been his watchword. Every movement or concern with which he becomes connected feels the influence of his labors and is advanced there- by. A natural leader, the impress of his in- dividuality has ever been for good, and he stands to-day among the leading men of cen- tral Kansas, known and honored for his genuine worth.
FRANK F. PRIGG.
Few citizens of Hutchinson, Kansas, are unacquainted at least by reputation with the scholarly, able and successful member of the legal profession, Frank F. Prigg, the senior member of the prominent firm of Prigg & Williams, of Hutchinson, Kansas. Since 1883 he has been identified with the business interests of this city.
The birth of Mr. Prigg occurred in Madison county, Indiana, on June 5, 1853. and he traces an honorable ancestry from a worthy Welsh emigrant on down to his loyal grandfather, who made the name of William Prigg respected in the war of 1812. For valorous services during this war the govern- ment granted him land, and he removed from his former home at Havre de Grace, Maryland, first to Ohio and later to Indiana. Here he was a pioneer and entered some land in what is now Madison county. By trade he was a tanner, but after settling in Indiana followed farming.
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Edward C. Prigg, the son of William the father of our subject. was born during the family residence in Ohio, being still a lad when removal was made to Indiana. He assisted on the pioneer farm and always en- joyed agricultural pursuits, although he be- came a successful physician ; for many years he combined the two vocations. He be- came active in the Republican party, al- though never an office holder, and was a leading member of the Universalist church.
The first marriage of Dr. Prigg occurred in Indiana, to Miss Harriet Curry, and the chil- dren of this union are: Frank F., of this biography, and Mary F., who is now a Mrs. Bryant and a resident of New York. The second marriage of Dr. Prigg was to Mar- garet Jones, two children also being born to this union, namely: Helen M., who now is a Mrs. Ginn, residing in Indianapolis, and Edward R., who is a salesman in New York. Dr. Prigg is passing the evening of life in his home in Indiana, his years now reaching seventy-four.
The rudiments of our subject's education were acquired in the public schools of Madi- son county, Indiana. The natural and ir- resistible bent of his mind was in the direc- tion of the law, and very early he foresaw that his own efforts must provide the neces- sary education, although he was assisted by all that his father could provide, his mother having died when he was but seven years of age. Taking a preparatory teacher's course, he contributed to his own support by teach- ing, in the meantime employing all spare mo- ments in study. A scientific course followed at Valparaiso, Indiana, and later he was en- abled to graduate at the Central Normal College, at Danville, Indiana. Beginning to teach in 1875, he followed this profession for three years in the country schools, and four years in the graded schools, continually reading law under instruction, both in Dan- ville and Middletown. In 1882 he was ad- mitted to the bar in Danville.
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