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WHO'S WHO CID TOPEKA
Gc 978.102 T62b 1479210
M. L.
GENEALOGY COLLECTION
WHO'S WHO
IN TOPEKA
BY HOWARD D. BERRETT
978.102 T62 b
1905 ADAMS BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS TOPEKA, KANSAS
1479210 PREFACE.
Don't expect too much from the title of this book. It is not meant to imply that herein is an array of men each with his pockets bulging with money and a long string of degrees attached to his name; rather, the rich and the poor, the learned and the unlearned, who have been or who are now so connected with the interests of Topeka, that they are well known or worthy of mention.
One thing we regret, and that is, that a few of the well-known men of Topeka, those whom you will look to find, would not give us their biogra- phies, and although we could have received the material by other means yet we preferred not to do so against this wish. Some were too modest, others were indifferent, and then there were those who, having been in some paid biog- raphy schemes for which afterwards they regretted that they had done so, had firmly resolved never to give out anything again about themselves.
We have taken especial pains to get the well-known old settlers of To- peka. Biographies of many of them have never appeared in print before and, as many of the older ones are rapidly passing away, this material received by personal interviews with them before they died, is of much value.
Mention, too, should be made of the worthy women in this book. No such collection of biographies of Topeka women of all the walks of life has yet appeared.
We have tried to include all the pastors of Topeka. This has been hard to do for changes are continually being made. In one instance there have been three changes within the last four months.
As to the material: some of the most prominent men chose to give but short sketches, which accounts for some interesting things that you probably know about them being left out. Then there were those who thought sev- eral pages or so might be sufficient. Occasionally one would think this book some advertising scheme and would send us a sketch, yes, a very nice sketch. In dealing with this diversity of material, our aim has been to make the biog- raphies as uniform as possible.
We should not forget to thank the many, well acquainted with Topeka people, who have aided us much in the selection of those who are in this book, especially the old settlers worthy of mentioning.
Not a cent has been charged for these biographies, not a cent has been received so far to pay the great expense involved in getting out this book. Only by the hearty support of the public-spirited citizens of Topeka who, after reading but a few of its pages, can readily see the worthy purpose of publishing it, will it be a financial success.
HOWARD D. BERRETT.
CONTENTS.
PAGES.
Main Division, . I-135 The Supervisors and the Principals of the To- peka Public Schools, also, some Topeka High School Teachers, 135-138 Additions and Corrections, . 138-139
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Abbott, Chas. F .- Born, Taylor Co., Iowa, 1872; son of I. W. and Margaret (Hayes) A .; educated, Lincoln, Neb., Normal; married, 1895, Mary Cook, at Red Oak, Iowa; has been in mercantile business for Grand Union Tea Co., and is now proprietor Union Pacific Tea Co. store here; to Topeka, 1904. Store : 513 Kan. Ave.
Abrahams, John V .- Born, Wood- lawn, Md., Oct. 28, 1867; son of Cor- nelius S. and Clara (Vanneman) A .; ed- ucated, Albany Law School, LL. B., '93; bookkeeper and paymaster, Mccullough Iron Co., Rowlandsville, Md., 5 years; to Topeka, Oct., 1893; Murray & Abra- hams, 1893; alone in law practice since 1894. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Adams, Charles P .- (Adams Bros., publishers and printers) ; born, July 4, 1867, Eureka, Ill .; son of Wm. R. and Cornelia Clark (Davis) A .; educated, Ottawa, Kan., Univ. and Northwestern Univ., class of '95, Evanston, Ill .; resi- dent of Topeka since 1887; married, 1898, to Jessie M. Beck; editor Mer- chants Journal. Office : 7th and Jackson.
Adams, Guy D .- (Adams Bros., publishers and printers) ; born, Sept. 6, 1872, Eureka, Ill .; son of Wm. R. and Cornelia Clark (Davis) A .; educated in common and high schools; to Topeka, 1888; has been in printing and publish- ing business here ever since; sec. and treas. of Merchants Journal. Office : 7th and Jackson.
Adams, Harriet E., M. D .- Born, 1867, Kennekuk, Kan .; daughter of
Franklin G. and Harriet E. (Clark) A .; educated Washburn Academy, 3 years ; Kan. Med. Coll., M. D., '94; practicing physician since 1894; assistant to chair of the practice of medicine, Kan. Med. Coll. Office : 621 Kan. Ave.
Adams, Zu. - Assistant secretary Kansas State Hist. Soc .; born, Atchison, Kan., Jan. 3, 1859; daughter of F. G. and Harriet (Clark) A .; educated at home and in the public schools; has assisted in the work of the Hist. Soc. since 1876; registrar Topeka Chapter, D. A. R .; pres. Kan. Lib. Assn. Com- piler : Catalog of the Kansas Territorial and State Documents in the Library of the State Historical Society, 1854-98; Kansas State Publications in R. R. Bow- ker's State Publications, 1904. Res. : S. W. Cor. 15th and Mulvane.
Adell, F. E .- Pastor of Walnut Grove M. E. church; born, 1873, Wal- kerton, Ind .; son of John B. and Win- ifred Caroline A .; educated, Baker Univ., A. M., '99; Drew Seminary, B. D., '02; married Sadie E. Wadsworth, Aug. 12, 1897, Ottawa, Kan .; pastor Michigan Valley M. E. church, 1898; pastor Sil- ver Lake M. E. church. In 1903, took special work in N. Y. Univ .; finished Ph. D. course with exception of writing the- sis; fellow in Drew Theol. Sem. and N. Y. Univ., 1903. Res. : North Topeka, R. F. D. No. 5.
Albaugh, Morton .- Born, Shoals, Ind., Feb. 10, 1862; son of Samuel and Mary (Slates) A .; educated, Southern Indiana Normal Coll .; married, 1890, to
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Eula L. Houghton, Loogootee, Ind .; to Kansas, 1883; owner and publisher of Kingman Leader-Courier since 1887; pres. State Board of Charities, 1895-96; chmn. Republican state committee, cam- paigns 1898, 1900, and 1902; bank commr., 1901-04; apptd. clerk of U. S. dist. court, Nov. 29, 1904. Res .: 1024 Harrison.
Albert, Jacob .- Pastor First German Baptist church ; born in Baden, Germany, April 16, 1847; son of Leonard and Katherine A .; educated, Rochester, N. Y., Sem., 51/2 years; married, 1871, at Newark, N. J., to Pearline Schenk ; learned cabinet-making trade in Ger- many ; to Am., 1866; pastor, Berlin, Can- ada, 3 years, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 years, Hastings, Minn., 4 years, Peoria, Ill., 4 years, Minneapolis, Minn., 6 years, Den- ver, Colo., 5 years, Los Angeles, Calif., 5 years 7 months; to Topeka, 1904; oc- casional contributor to Sendbote, and writer of several tracts. Res. : 233 Mon- roe.
Alkire, H. L., M. D .- Born, Spring- field, Ill., Nov. 17, 1862; son of W. W. and J. S. (Lightfoot) A .; married, 1891, to Emma V. Somerlott, Omaha, Neb .; educated, Kan. Univ., 3 years' optional course ; read under Dr. Holland, Atchi- son, Kan., 18 months; Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., Pa., M. D., '87; general practice, Topeka, Jan., 1889-95; practice now limited to eye, ear, nose, and throat ; has been prof. chemistry and anatomy, Kan. Med. Coll .; now prof. anatomy and otology ; 1904, elected dean of Kan. Med. Coll .; member of many medical societies ; contributor to various medical magazines. Office : 715 Kan. Ave.
Allen, J. Mordecai .- Author; born, Montgomery, Ala., March 26, 1875; son of John and Sylvia (Bracy) A .; to To- peka, Kan., 1882; educated, common
schools and Topeka High School, junior class ; 1902, helper, Topeka Steam Boiler Works ; now boiler-maker there. Author, poetry : The Devil and Sis' Viney ; Drip, Drap; Shine On, Mr. Sun; Kivver; etc. Besides poetry he has written prose : Preacher for Arkansas ; Rhoda ; and Abe Holmes's Love Story. Res .: 112 Jef- ferson.
Allen, Otis S .- Born, Pleasanton, Kan., Sept. 24, 1873; son of Stephen H. and Lucina (Smith) A .; educated, Kan. Univ., 3 years; read law under G. C. Clemens, 2 years; read under David Overmyer, I year; asst. supreme court reporter, 2 years; Allen & Allen, since Jan., 1899. Office : Crawford Bldg.
Allen, Stephen H .- Born, Sinclair- ville, N. Y., March 19, 1847; son of Caleb Johnson and Emily (Haley) A .; admitted to bar, May 5, 1869; began practice, Pleasanton, Kan., Feb. 1, 1870; co. atty., Linn Co., 1874; judge, 6th judicial dist., 1890-92; associate justice supreme court, 1893-99. Author: Ad- dress as pres. Kan. State Bar Assn., on The Federal Judiciary, published 1899; Governments and Laws, unpublished; to Kan., Feb., 1870; to Topeka, 1893. Of- fice : Crawford Bldg.
Amos, W. S .- Born, Leesville, Ohio, 1864; son of W. H. and N. I. (Watt) A .; educated in the common schools ; married at Muncie, Ind., Sept. 16, 1885, to Anna Minton; in grocery business 8 years; traveling salesman, woolen goods, 2 years ; in 1901 became solicitor for Geo. M. Noble & Co., real estate agts., and is still with them; to Kansas, 1870; to Topeka, 1889. Office : 435 Kan. Ave.
Anderson, E. H .- Born, Easton, W. Va., Dec. 17, 1863; son of Wm. and Elizabeth (Coombs) A .; educated, Univ. West Virginia, through jr. yr., and Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A. B., '85 ; read law un-
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der I. E. Lambert, Emporia, I year ; law and insurance, Emporia, 1885-91 ; to To- peka, 1891 ; city agt. Northwestern Mu- tual Life Ins. Co .; married Lillian O. Murray, Emporia, Kan., Sept. 30, 1891. Office : Real Estate Bidg.
Anderson, Thomas J .- Born, At- water Twp., Portage Co., Ohio, May 29, 1839; son of Martin and Ella (Hanck) A .; married, April 12, 1890, Topeka, to May Bell Switzer ; co. surveyor, Jackson Co., 1858; enlisted, 1861, Co. A., 5th Kan. cav. as Ist lieut .; capt., Feb., 1863; major, 1863; col., by brevet, 1865; adj .- gen. Kan., 1865-67 ; gen. freight and pas- senger agt. Kansas Midland R. R., 1873; gen. passenger agt. Santa Fe, 1875-78; gen. agt. for the Rock Island, 1887-93 ; asst. gen. passenger agt. for the Rock Island, 1893-98; sec. of Commercial Club of Topeka since 1898; mayor of Topeka, 1875-76; post master, 1881-85; member of House of Representatives, 1875-81 ; state senator, 1899; originator and leader of the Modoc Club since 1876; was in command of the Santa Fe forces in the fight with the Denver and Rio Grande R. R. for the possession of the Grand Canyon; to Kansas, 1857; to Topeka, 1865. Office : 627 Kan. Ave.
Anderson, W. O .- Born, Marion Co., Ind., 1867; son of Frank S. and Martha A .; educated, Butler Univ., '80; married Maggie Sharpe, Topeka, 1890; to To- peka, 1880; started in commission busi- ness, 1882; Cope & Anderson, 21/2 years ; W. O. Anderson & Co., 5 years; Arm- strong & Anderson, since 1903. Store: 204-6 Kan. Ave.
Andrews, A. S., M. D .- Born, Oct. 7, 1850, Crawford Co., Ohio; son of John and Mary E. (McCulland) A .; educated, Med. Coll., Cincinnati, Ohio ; M. D., Jan., 1875 ; married, April 3, 1877, to Mary A. Rowse, Wyandot, Ohio; to Washington,
Kan., March, 1885; practiced there until 1901 ; to Topeka, May 15, 1901. Office : 727 Kan. Ave.
Archer, Thomas .- Born, Jefferson Co., Ky., July 13, 1833 ; son of E. B. and Eliza (Allen) A .; married, Sept. 26, 1867, to Ruth Hard, who died March 2, 1897; to Topeka, 1857; ran an "under- ground railroad" with John Brown ; was with him at Battle of the Spurs; in Co. A., 5th Kan. vol. cav., Civil War; dep- uty sheriff and constable at same time, for 12 years; admitted to bar, March 13, 1872; judge at elections for 26 years ; occasionally contributes to newspapers ; lawyer. Office : 715 Kan. Ave.
Armstrong, John .- Old settler ; born, Oxford Canada West, June 8, 1824; son of Thomas and Sarah (Dodge) A .; to Kansas at the age of 30, to help prevent it being a slave state; resided nearly 50 years in old stone house north of Office Block; engaged with Col. Ritchie and John Brown in "underground railroad" business ; is unmarried ; a farmer. Res .: 927 N. Madison.
Armstrong, T. E .- Born, Aug. 14, 1848, Belle Isle, New York; son of C. C. and Adaline (Sheldon) A .; educated, Falley Seminary, N. Y., and Hannibal School, N. Y .; married, Lincoln, Kan., to Marian Green; farmed in Missouri several years; in various lines of busi- ness in Kansas up to 1889; to Topeka, 1889, when he began commission busi- ness ; Anderson & Armstrong since 1903. Store : 204-6 Kan. Ave.
Arnold, E. C .- Born, North Topeka, Aug. 18, 1872; son of A. J. and L. (Campbell) A .; educated, Washburn Academy and Kan. Univ., Ph. G .; clerk in Arnold drug store, 1892; pres. Arnold Drug Co., since 1898; dir. Capitol Build- ing and Loan Assn .; stockholder Citizens State Bank. Store : 821 N. Kan. Ave.
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Arnold, N. B .- Born, Sept. 18, 1844; Columbus, Ind .; son of Ephraim and Edith (Perry) A .; educated, Univ. of Ind., A. B., '66, LL. B., '68; married Annie Fiske, 1876; she died, May 14, 1904; practiced, Bloomington, Ind., 3 years; to Topeka, 1870; in drug busi- ness with brother, 1871-72; began law practice here, 1872; in mining business, Oregon, 1893-94; justice of peace, 2 years ; judge of police court, 2 years ; has written on New Thought subjects. Of- fice : 821 N. Kan. Ave.
Ashby, Harry Conde .- Born, Aug. 25, 1867, Phila., Pa .; son of Frank and Emma (Beck) A .; married, Oct. 23, 1894, to Ruth Farnsworth; at 14, er- rand boy, wholesale clothing store; stock boy, wholesale notion co., 5 years; to Kan., May, 1888; cashier Topeka Rapid Transit Co., 3 years; then bookkeeper, Southwestern Fuel Co .; since 1894, Farnsworth & Ashby, dealers in crock- ery; treas. Topeka Retail Merchants Assn. Store : 503 Kan. Ave.
Ashmore, Samuel, M. D .- Born, Zanesville, Ohio, March 10, 1827; son of Samuel and Nancy (Doxon) A .; educat- ed, Western Reserve Med. Coll., M. D., '54; married Ella V. Young, Topeka ; practiced, West Carlisle, Ohio, 4 years ; to Holton, Kan., 1857; to North Topeka, 1861 ; enlisted, 1863, surgeon, 16th Kan. regt .; surgeon throughout the war; old- est doctor settler in N. Topeka. Office : 831 N. Kan. Ave.
Atchison, H. C .- Born in Indiana, Dec. 1, 1841; son of Richard T. and Hannah (Allen) A .; educated in com- mon schools of Ind .; married, Aug. 22, 1865, to Zenith Thomas; to Topeka, 1889; in grocery business, Oakland, Kan., 1889-90; established candy busi- ness, 1891, and has been in it ever since. Store: 113 E. 5th.
Atchison, W. E .- Born, June 21, 1869, Boone Co., Ind .; son of H. C. and Zenith (Thomas) A .; educated, Central Normal Coll., B. S., '88; read law in David Overmyer's law office, 1892-93; began practice of law, 1893; police judge, 1897-98; married, April 18, 1892, Minnie Shepherd, Alma, Kan. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Auerbach, Henry A .- Born in Ger- many, June 17, 1866; son of Abraham and Emma (Rothschild) A .; received common school education in the U. S .; married, 1901, to Rosine A. Deutsch ; has been in clothing business since 14 years of age; was cashier and bookkeeper, E. Rothschild & Bro., Chicago, Ill .; to To- peka, Sept., 1888; Auerbach & Guettel, Palace Clothing Co., since 1888. Store : 709-II, Kan. Ave.
August, Abram .- Born, New York City; son of Jacob and Bertha (Epp- stein) A .; to Kansas, 1879; to Topeka, 1887 ; has been in mercantile business for many years ; men's furnisher. Store : 602 Kan. Ave.
August, D. J .- Born, New York, 1873; attended school in N. Y. and St. Mary's Coll., Kan .; to Kansas, 1880; to Topeka, 1890; succeeded his father, Jacob August, in business. Store: 622 Kan. Ave.
Austin, Edward A .- Trainmaster A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, June 9, 1853, Potsdam, N. Y .; son of Phineas and Harriet (Powers) A .; educated, State Normal School, Potsdam, N. Y., 2 years ; married Carrie M. Snow, April, 1884, Des Moines, Iowa; to Kansas, March, 1887; to Topeka, March, 1902; brake- man, 11/2 years; then conductor; clerk for trainmaster and freight agt .; agt., Florence, Kan., 11/2 years ; yardmaster, Wichita, 3 years ; trainmaster since 1898. Res. : 1321 Tyler.
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Austin, Edwin A .- Born, March 22, gomery, Topeka, Nov. 9, 1870; at 20 1856, Lafayette, Ind .; son of John and years of age became clerk for J. W. Farnsworth; at 21 became bookkeeper; then was on a farm in Michigan, 2 years ; on farm in Kansas, 21/2 years; then be- gan again to work for Mr. Farnsworth, and has been cashier and bookkeeper since April 26, 1875; to Topeka, Oct. I, 1867. Store : 503 Kan. Ave. Cyrena F. (Clark) A .; educated, law dept. Univ. of Mich., 2 years ; married, 1886, Augusta Clark, Danville, Ill .; deputy circuit clerk, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., 1878; to Topeka, April 7, 1879; asst. atty. gen., Kansas, 1883-88; Guthrie & Austin, 1898; since 1899, Austin & Hun- gate. Office : Stormont Bldg.
Axtell, Wm. F .- Born, Monroe, Mich., Aug. 12, 1869; son of Rev. Seth J. and Mary (Fletcher) A .; educated, Central Univ. of Iowa, I year; mar- ried, June 17, 1896, Clay Center, Neb., to Allie M. Funk; worked for Three Rivers Paper Co., Three Rivers, Mich., 2 years ; Ranney-Alton Mercantile Co., 4 years, cashier at Arkansas City, Kan., and asst. mgr. at Oklahoma City; book- keeper Arkansas Milling Co., I year; bookkeeper Kistler-Metzler Mer. Co., Topeka, I year; cashier Kan. Mutual Life Ins. Co., I year; 1903, began as treas. of the Topeka Transfer and Stor- age Co .; to Topeka, 1901. Office: 406 E. 6th.
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Babcock, Everett E .- Born, Hart- ford, Conn., 1854; son of Stephen and Sarissa (Ewing) B .; educated in com- mon schools and high school; married, 1891, Lawrence, Kan., to Nellie E. Le- Page ; worked at printer's trade 4 years ; joined Topeka fire dept. in 1872; driver of chemical engine, 1872-77 ; engineer of chemical wagon, 1877-87; chief in clerk's office, 1887-92 ; asst. to chief since 1892; to Topeka, 1869. Office: City Hall.
Babcock, Joseph G .- Born, Wiscoy, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1847 ; son of Thomas and Althea (Monroe) B .; educated in com- mon schools; married Elnah M. Mont-
Bair, J. K .- Born, Westmoreland Co., Pa., Oct. 3, 1858; son of David M. and Susan B .; educated at State Normal of Pa., and Mt. Union Coll .; married, June 6, 1900, to Pearl Kirtpatrick ; to To- peka, 1880; has been in milling business here since 1880; has been notary public for last 12 years. Office : Shawnee Mills, 235 Kan. Ave.
Baird, John M .- Born, near Franks- town, Pa., Nov. 26, 1835; son of Davis and Anna (McLain) B .; married Jane Bronberg, March 11, 1860, Hollidays- burg, Pa .; learned tinner's trade at Holli- daysburg, Pa., and worked at it there II years; worked for a railroad company, Altoona, Pa., 3 years; worked in Kansas City, Mo., at trade, 1868-69; after com- ing to N. Topeka was alone in business for 6 years; then came to south side and has been alone since 1885; metal worker, tinsmith, and dealer in furnaces. Office : 216 W. 6th.
Baker, C. C .- Born, Douglas Center, Wis., May 31, 1855; son of Floyd and Eliza F. (Wilson) B .; educated, pub- lic schools of Topeka, and a private school, Janesville, Wis .; to Kansas, 1860; to Topeka, 1863; worked at bindery trade in father's office, 3 years; asst. post mas- ter, Denison, Texas, 3 years, when fath- er was post master ; returned to Topeka, 1875 ; bookkeeper, Daily Commonwealth, and then city editor to 1887; sec. state senate, 1884-87 ; state printer, 1888-91 ; one of organizers Topeka Rwy. Co .;
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pres., 1892-1903 ; treas., 1895-1903. Res. : 723 W. 6th.
Baker, Floyd P .- Born, Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., Nov. 16, 1820; son of Reuben and Lois Comfort (Bax- ter) B .; married, 1844, to Eliza F. Wil- son, who died in 1849; married in 1850 to Orida S. Searle; conducted line of packet boats on Champlain canal and a summer stage line between Albany and Whitehall, N. Y., and winter stage line between N. Y. and Montreal, Canada, for 7 years; went to the Sandwich Islands in 1852, and was appointed crown atty. and clerk of the dist. court of the Island of Hawaii; returned to Am., 1855; came to Kansas, April 1, 1860; purchased an interest in the Kansas State Record, 1863; located in Topeka, 1863; went to Denison, Texas, 1872, and was one of the first settlers there; post master 2 years; editor and publisher of the Den- ison Times, 1872-75; established the Kansas Newspaper Union about 1878; spent the years 1897-98 in mountains and hospitals in N. Y., because of blindness ; clerk in charge, Station B. post office, To- peka, 1898 to July 1, 1903; one of the organizers, St. Ananias Club; one of the organizers, Kansas State Historical Soc., and first sec. of it. Res. : 723 W. 6th.
Baker, F. R .- Born, June 3, 1875, Shawnee Co., Kan .; son of John W. and Letitia (Snyder) B .; educated at Wash- burn Coll .; has been in the real estate business all his life; now mgr. Benedict Real Estate Co .; to Topeka, 1883. Of- fice : 601 Kan. Ave.
Baldwin, Joseph Elias .- Born, Aug. 22, 1826, N. Y. City ; son of Elihu W. and Julia (Cook) B .; educated, Wabash Coll., Ind., A. B., '46, A. M., '49; teacher 3 years, Ind. and N. Y .; state senator, 1864-65, from Washington Co., Mo .; read law with Welch, Hibbard and Bald-
win, Buffalo, N. Y .; admitted to bar, 1858; enrolled as a private, Co. C., Ist regt. Nat. Guards, St. Louis, Mo., Aug., 1862; also in Co. E., 32d regt., E. M. M .; to Topeka, Feb. 18, 1871; has been a lawyer here ever since. Office : 23 Office Block.
Banks, Alexander R .- Born, Alle- gheny City, Pa., Aug. 9, 1835; son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Roseburg) B .; married Jennie S. Roseburg, Allegheny Co., Pa., April 23, 1863; to Kansas, April 3, 1855; to Topeka, 1887; was an Indian trader, and a soldier ; has been special examiner, U. S. bureau of pen- sions for past 25 years. Res. : 705 Fill- more.
Barber, S. E .- Born, Shubuta, Miss., May 3, 1868; son of James H. and Hester Ann B .; received Ph. G. degree, '92; married Daisy E. Kincaid, St. Louis, Mo., 1894; drug salesman, St. Louis, 1892-1901 ; with Ætna Life Ins. Co., St. Louis, 1901-1904 ; to Topeka, Feb., 1904; now mgr. Ætna Life Ins. Co. for Kansas. Office : 700 Kan. Ave.
Barkley, J. T .- Born, Port Jervis, N. Y., 1842 ; son of Alfred and Sarah (Sny- der) B .; educated at Mt. Retirement Acad., Deckertown, N. J .; married, 1865, to Myra Davis, Greenwood, N. Y .; she died, Sept. 17, 1904; in wholesale lum- ber business, 8 years ; undertaker, Water- town, N. Y., 5 years; at Canton, Ohio, 6 years; has been in undertaking busi- ness in Topeka over 19 years ; to Topeka, 1885. Establishment : 818 Kan. Ave.
Barnes, Ida C., M. D .- Daughter of J. P. and Sara Evangeline (Reed) B .; educated, Univ. of Kan., A. B., '85; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M. D., '90; post-graduate work in electro-therapeu- tics, x-ray treatment and radium; resi- dent physician, Woman's Hosp., Phila., 1890; to Topeka, 1891 ; ex-treas. Eastern
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Kan. Med. Soc .; ex-pres. Topeka Acad- emy of Medicine and Surgery ; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Kan. State Med. Soc., Shawnee Co. Med. Soc., Western Sur- gical and Gynecological Assn., and the Alumni Assn. of Woman's Med. Coll., Phila .; has been chairman of the Kan. State Committee, Y. W. C. A. for over 12 years. Office : 726 Kan. Ave.
Barnes, Samuel .- Born, Huron Co., Ohio, May 21, 1850; son of H. S. and Lydia (Gray) B .; educated in private normal school, a business coll., and Ober- lin Coll .; married, Sept. 17, 1874, Mary Phillips, who died Aug., 1900; to Jef- ferson Co., Kan., March, 1870; one of the proprietors of the Barnes & Haynes Merc. Co., Medina, Kan., a number of years ; to Carbondale, and was in mercan- tile business, 3 years; to Topeka, 1887, and has been in real estate business ever since ; his two sons, Harry E. and E. R., have been associated with him as firm members since 1899; E. R. married Maud Sargent, April 17, 1901, Topeka; H. E. is single. Office : 121 W. 5th.
Barnes, William H .- Born, N. Y. City, Nov. 1, 1845; son of Ambrose W. and Elizabeth (Littell) B .; educated in common schools and academy ; married, Nov. 19, 1865, Iroquois Co., Ill., to Clar- issa G. Anderson ; bookkeeper in N. Y .; taught school in Indiana and Ohio; served in Civil War, 1864-5, with the 34th N. Y. Light Battery; farmed in Illinois and Kansas; sec. Kansas State Horticultural Society since July 1, 1895 ; to Kansas, Oct., 1870; to Topeka, June, 1895. Office : State Capitol.
Barnum, Simon .- Born, Germany, May, 21, 1842; son of Samuel and So- phie B .; to Am., 1855; in clothing and furnishing goods business, Fayetteville, N. C .; with a clothing store, Union City, Ind., 3 years; Simon Barnum, dealer in
clothing and furnishing goods, Farm- land, Ind., 1863-69; to Topeka, Oct. I, 1869; has been a dry goods merchant here ever since; married to Emma Snat- tinger, Phila., 1870. Store: 114 E. 5th.
Barratt, Rev. Joshua .- Born, Aug. 5, 1833, Salem, N. J .; son of Elisha and Ruth (Evans) B .; married Delila Gor- don, Nov. 29, 1852, Springfield, Ohio; to Topeka, June 10, 1868; founder of N. Topeka Baptist church, 1869, and was its pastor up to 1882; in evangelistic work, 1882-93; is now retired from other than occasional services. Res .: 1009 N. Quincy.
Barton, David E .- Gen. foreman, lo- comotive dept. Santa Fe shops, Topeka ; born, Dunmore, Lackawana Co., Pa., Oct. 13, 1859; son of David P. and Me- hettable (Krotzer) B .; educated in Dun- more public schools, H. H. Merrill pri- vate school, and I. C. S. mechanical en- gineering course; chainman for city sur- veyor of Scranton, Pa., I year ; 1876-84, machinist's apprentice and machinist, Pa. Coal Co .; 1884-85, machinist Texas Pac. Rwy. Co .; foreman locomotive repairs Erie & Wyoming Valley R. R., 1886-87; 1887-1900, master mechanic same road; 1900-02, inspector and track foreman Baldwin Locomotive Works; July, 1902, apptd. to present position ; married, Sept., 1887, Dunmore, Pa., to Allie Moffit. Res. : 519 Clay.
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