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The home of Mr. and Mrs. Negley has been blessed with five children, of whom four are yet living : Minnie, the wife of L. P. Smith; Elmer, who was educated in the high school of Hutchinson and the Normal School of Nickerson, and is now a successful teacher of Reno county: William Ira and Kansas H., who are still with their parents. David Albert died May 22, 1901, at the age of seventeen years, being a promising scholar. The parents are charter members of the German Baptist church of Lincoln township and take an active part in its work. rendering signal service in promoting its spiritual and temporal interests by their ex- emplary lives, official service and substantial financial aid. Mr. Negley has been a mem- ber of the official church board most of the time since its organization, acting as trustee and secretary, his incumbency in the latter position covering eight years. He has also .taken an active part in Sunday-school work and is the musical leader in both Sunday- school and church. In politics he was a Re- publican until the free silver issue was in- troduced when he became one of its cham- pions. Without his solicitation he was non- inated township trustee, and though he made no effort to secure the election he only failed by a few votes, and most probably causing his own failure by saying that he did not want the office. He has served for three different terms of three years each as a mem- ber of the school board, has done much to promote educational standards in this local- ity and was a member of the board when the new two-room school building was erected
On section 33, Allen township, is located the fine farmstead of Mr. Doze, who here has a tract of four hundred and forty acres of exceptionally arable land and who is known as one of the progressive and repre- sentative citizens of Kingman county, where he has made his home since the year 1880 and where he retains the unqualified confi- dence and esteem of the community.
Mr. Doze is a native of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Darke county. Ohio, in 1837, being the son of Victor and Mary (Bailey) Doze. His father was born in France, being the son of John Doze, who was a valiant soldier in the armies of Na- poleon Bonaparte, and who finally emigrated to America, settling first in Kentucky, whence he later removed to Ohio, from which state he finally removed to Decatur county, Iowa, where he passed the residue of his life, passing away at the patriarchal age of ninety-six years, his wife also living to a venerable age. Victor Doze was reared to the life of the farm, in Kentucky and Ohio, receiving a common-school education, and in Darke county, of the latter state, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary Bail- ey, who was born in New York, being the daughter of Job Bailey, the former of whom died in Lee county, Iowa, at an advanced age, and the latter in Wisconsin. After their marriage Victor and Mary Doze re- moved to Lee county, Iowa, where they maintained their home until 1856, when they located in Decatur county, of the same state, and later removed thence to Sullivan county. Missouri, where the father of our subject died at the age of sixty-eight years. He
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was wie of the pioneers of Iowa, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, in politics was a Democrat, and his life was one of spotless integrity and honor. He served as captain of a company in the Missouri state militia in which connection he rendered active service at the time of the civil war. His religious faith originally was that of the Baptist church, but later he became a member of the Universalist denomination. His wife, who likewise died at the age of sixty-eight, was also a member of the Bap- tist church. They became the parents of six sons and four daughters, all of whom are living, their names, in order of birth, be- ing as follows: John C., Job, Julia A .. Mary, George, Jefferson, Margaret, Frank, -Peter and Phoebe.
John C. Doze, the subject of this re- view. was reared under the invigorating discipline of the farm, accompanying his parents on their removal from Ohio to Iowa and finally to Missouri, and attending the public schools as opportunity presented, and after. he attained maturity he continued to follow farming, in Adair county, Missouri. In 1862. in Sullivan county, that state, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Os- borne, who was born in Tazewell county, Illinois, being the daughter of Douglass Os- borne, who died in California. Mrs. Doze proved a true companion and helpmeet to her husband, aiding him in his efforts to af- tain a position of independence, but she was summoned into eternal rest at the age of fifty years, leaving four children, namely : Williain, Ellen. George and Henrietta. In Sullivan county, Missouri, Mr. Doze con- summated a second marriage, being then uni- ted to his present wife, who was born in In- diana, and whose father was a farmer by vocation and died in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Doze have two children,-Martin and Estélla.
In the year 1880 Mr. Doze came with his family to Kingman county. Kansas, and located on a tract of land in Allen township, the same comprising a portion of his present fine farm property. In the passing years, as prosperity attended his well directed efforts. he not only added to the area of his
estate until it now comprises four hundred and forty acres, but he has made excellent improvements of a permanent nature, having a commodious and attractive residence, large barn and other well equipped outbuildings for the accommodation of stock, produce, implements, etc. He has a place of two hun- dred and forty acres of his farm under effec- tive cultivation, the balance being utilized for grazing purposes, since he has been success- ful in the raising of live stock, to which branch of enterprise he devotes considerable attention. He is essentially progressive and public-spirited in his attitude, and is one of the representative men of this section of the county. In politics he accords allegiance to the Democratic party, and he has served in offices of public trust and responsibility, in- cluding those of justice of the peace and treasurer and member of the school board of his district. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Frank and genial in his intercourse with his fellow men, Mr. Doze has won warm and lasting friendships, and he has the good will of the people of the community in which he has made his home for more than a score of years.
H. A. MUSTOE.
One of the most straightforward, ener- getic and successful business men of King- man county is. H. A. Mustoe. Few men have been more prominent or widely known in this enterprising city than he. In business circles he is an important factor and his popularity is well deserved, for in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbend- ing integrity, unabating energy and industry that has never flagged. He is public-spir- ited and thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of Kingman county, and for many years he has been numbered among its valued and honored citizens.
A native of Missouri, Mr. Mustoe was born near Memphis, in Scotland county, in 1857. He traces his ancestry back to Eng- land, where his great-grandfather was born
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and reared. Leaving the fun of his birth, he crossed the bread Atlantic to the new world, and in Virginia his son Anthony, the grandfather of our subject, was born. The latter's son. H. G. Mustoe, was born in Bar- bour county, that state, and he became the father of him whose name heads this re- view. He was reared and educated in the state of his nativity, and was there married to Margaret Wilson, a daughter of John Wilson, who was of Scotch-Irish descent. After his marriage Mr. Mustoe removed from Virginia to Indiana, but after a resi- dence in that state of three years he made his way to Scotland county, Missouri, locat- ing near Memphis, where he followed agri- cultural pursuits until 1877. In that year he came to Galesburg township. Kingman county, Kansas, securing a farm of Osage Indian trust land on section 28, where he was engaged in the tilling of the soil for many years, his life's labors being ended in death on the 6th of September. 1880, when he had attained the age of sixty-eight years. At his death he left a widow and seven sons, namely : J. D., of Cheney, Kansas ; William K., a resident of Dunlap, Harrison county, Iowa: G. H., who is engaged in business at New Murdock; Thomas A., who was for many years the well known express agent at Murdock, and his death occurred at Greens- burg, Kingman county: H. A., the subject
H. A. Mustoe was reared to 'farm life in both Missouri and Kansas, and was early taught the value of industry as a preparation for the active duties of life, while the educa- tional privileges which he enjoyed in his youth were those afforded by the district schools of the two states. For a time he assisted his brother, Thomas A., in the post- office at New Murdock, and later he entered upon an independent business career as the proprietor of a large general store in this city. ' He carries a complete line of staple
and fancy groceries, dry goods. Weots and shoes and hardware, and the quality of his goods, his evident desire to please his pat- rons and his straightforward dealings have won him a very marked success.
The marriage of Mr. Mustoe took place in 1884, when he chose for his wife Miss Lillie M. Manning, a daughter of W. Z. Manning, deceased. He was a native of the Empire state, but afterward removed to In- diana, and next took up his abode in Kan- sas. At his death he left a widow and chil- dren. The union of our subject and wife has been blessed with eight children,-Ray. Roy, Kyle, Ross, Jesse, Clyde, Joyce and Francis.
The Republican party receives Mr. Mus- has ever been an active worker in its cause. toe's hearty support and co-operation and lie doing all in his power for its growth and up- building. The cause of education has also found in him a warm friend, and for ten years he served as a member of the school board. His social relations connect him with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Court of Honor.
EDWARD SAMPLE.
In no profession is there a career more of this review : Lewis H., who is engaged in | open to talent than in that of the law; and in business at Cheney, Kansas ; and U .. G., who is now representing his district in the state legislature. The father of these children was a machinist by trade, was an ardent Repub- licän; and was a worthy member of the Christian church. no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wis- dom and a determination to fully utilize the means at hand are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which. stands as the stern conservator of justice; and it is one into which none should enter without a recogni- tion of the obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be won, for success does not perch on the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray, but come only as the diametrical result of capacity and unmis- takable ability. Possessing all the requisite
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qualities . f the able lawyer, Edward Sample is 11( w numbered among the successful at- torneys of Barber county, where he located in 1880, having for twenty-one years been a resident of Medicine Lodge. Mr. Sample is a native of Scott county, Indiana, his birth having occurred on the Ist of January, 1859. He represents one of the old and well known families of that state, noted for in- tegrity, ability and devotion to duty. His father, Alexander Sample, was born in Virginia and was a son of Richard Sample, also a native of that state, the latter having emigrated to Indiana at an early period in its history, and died there after devoting many years to agricultural pursuits. Al- exander Sample was reared in Virginia, where he remained until twenty years of age, spending huis childhood and youth upon the home farm. He obtained his education in the public schools and when two decades of his life had been passed went to the Hoosier state. After a number of years he engaged in the lumber business, meeting with success in that undertaking. In Scott county, Indiana, he married Sarah. C. Whit- son, a daughter of the Honorable L. D. Whitson, one of the prominent old settlers of Indiana and a leading and influential resident of Scott county. Unto Alexander Sample and his wife were born eight chil- diren, five sons and three daughters, of whom six are now living. Two of the sons were soldiers of the Civil war,-John, who died in Greenwood county, Kansas, and Robert, who now lives in that county. Another member of the family, Nellie, is a resident of Medicine Lodge. The father, who was born in 1819, reached an advanced age, his death occurring in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1901, when he had passed the eighty-second milestone on life's journey. His wife also died in that county.
Mr. Sample supplemented his early edu- cation by a course in De Pauw University in Indiana, and when he had gained a good knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence he was admitted to the bar in 1879. For some years he was in the law office of Ches- ter I. Long and for some time he was inti- mately associated with Hon. Jerry Simpson
and had charge of his legal business in a general way. In the year 1880 he came to Barber county, and has since been prac- ticing in Medicine Lodge, having been con- nected with the important litigation tried in the courts of his district. He has a very fine law library and the best private library of general works in southern Kansas. He has always been a student, reading extensively and thinking deeply, and he is not only well versed in his profession but in many depart- ments of literature as well.
In his political views Mr. Sample is a Republican, and was once the candidate of his party for the legislature, but was de- feated owing to the Populistic wave which swept over the state. A gentleman of schol- arly attainments and broad general infor- mation, he is an interesting and entertain- ing companion and enjoys in high degree the respect and confidence of those with whom he is associated. He is a man of strong character, of upright principles and sterling worth, and Barber county numbers him among its valued and honored repre- sentatives.
A. H. CONNETT, M. D.
Perhaps no man is more subject to pub- lic criticism than the physician, and to win the favorable criticism of his fellow towns- men is an indication of superior ability and personal worth. The very nature of his business brings him into public view and in a way that few other men have to meet. Dr. Connett has for sixteen years been a rep- resentative of the medical profession of Great Bend and Barton county, and his pro- fessional skill and prominence are indicated by the fact that thie patronage now ac- corded him is universally large. Careful preparation well prepared him for his life work, and to-day he occupies a position of distinction that is indeed creditable and en- viable.
The Doctor is numbered among the resi- dents that Ohio has furnished to Kansas, his birth having occurred in Milford, in the former state, December 30, 1848. His
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father, William Connett, was a native of New Jersey and was a carpenter and joiner by occupation. After residing in Ohio for some years he removed to Indiana, where he died at the age of forty-four. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ruth Cole- man, long survived him, passing away at the ripe old age of eighty-nine. Their mar- riage was blessed with ten children, seven of whom reached years of maturity, while three of the sons became physicians, but the brothers of cur subject have now passed away.
Dr. Connett, of this review, was only three years of age when his parents removed to Indiana, and when a young man of nine- teen he accompanied his mother to Bedford, Iowa. Determining to devote his life to the alleviation of human suffering, he took up the study of medicine with his brother, Mahlon C. In the winter of 1875 and 6 he attended Rush Medical College of Chi- cago, and graduated in the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, of Keokuk, Iowa, in February, 1878. Returning to Bedford, Iowa, he there began practice, carrying on business until 1884, the year of his arrival in Great Bend, Kansas. Continued study and investigation keeps him in touch with the most advanced thought and progress of the day. He possesses marked judgment and discernment in the diagnosis of disease and is successful in anticipating the issue of complications. He is a physician of great fraternal delicacy, and no man ever .ob- served more closely the ethics of the un- written professional code than Dr. Connett.
In 1878 the Doctor was united in mar- riage to Miss Belle Fordyce, a daughter of Benson Fordyce, of Bedford, Iowa. She died at the age of twenty-six years, leaving three children: Bessie, now the wife of R. G. Russell, by whom she has one daugh- ter, Mary; Mayme G .; and Helen G. For his second wife the Doctor chose Elizabeth Fordyce, a sister of his first wife. She died at the age of forty-five years. In his so- cial relations Dr. Connett is a representa- tive of the Masonic fraternity, in which le has taken the degrees of the council and commandery, and has served in all the offices 45
of both. He is a past grand master of the grand council of the Royal and Select Mas- ters of Kansas. He is also past grand high priest of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Kansas. He also belongs to Wichita Consistory, No. 35, S. P. R. S., having thus attained the thirty-second de- gree of the Scottish Rite. He is a repre- sentative of Isis Temple, of the Mystic Shrine of Salina and is a member of the High Priesthood of the state. His father and all of his brothers were also identified with the Masonic fraternity. The Doctor is now examining surgeon and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Knights and Ladies of Security, the Fra- ternal Aid Association, and belongs to the Barton County Medical Society. He is also president of the board of pension examiners of Barton county. In political matters he is a Republican. He enjoys the high regard of his fellow men, both as a practitioner and as a citizen, and the splendid success which has crowned his efforts is well merited.
HOUSTON WHITESIDE.
The inevitable law of destiny accords to tireless energy and industry a successful career, and in no field of endeavor is there greater opportunity for advancement than in that of the law-a profession in whichi votaries must, if successful, be endowed with native talent, sterling rectitude of char- acter and singleness of purpose, while equally important concomitants are close study, careful appreciation and broad gen- eral knowledge, in addition to that of a more purely technical order. Of the legal profession Houston Whiteside is a worthy representative and enjoys a large and lucra- tive clientage in Reno county.
Mr. Whiteside was born in Bedford county, Tennessee, in October, 1848, and on both the paternal and maternal side is of Scotch-Irish descent. His paternal great- grandfather served in the British army for twenty years, and was under Wellington in the Peninsular campaign and at Waterloo.
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After the close of the Revolutionary war he came to America, locating in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. The father of our subject, Russell Whiteside, was a native of Tennessee, and there spent his entire life. He was a Whig in his political views, and his religious tendencies connected him with the Presbyterian church, in which he long held the office of an elder. He, too, fol- lowed the legal profession, and in the lo- cality in which he made his home enjoyed a large and distinctly representative clientele. As a companion for the journey of life he chose Mary Houston, a daughter of Dr. William Houston, who was formerly a resi- dent of North Carolina, but afterward re- moved to middle Tennessee, where he in- herited large tracts of land that had been given to his ancestors in recognition of their services as officers in the American army during the Revolutionary war.
Houston Whiteside, the immediate sub- ject of this review, was reared in the state of his nativity, and there also received his early mental training, pursuing his studies with the intention of later making the legal profession his life occupation. He subse- quently attended Shelbyville College, at Shelbyville, Tennessee, and after completing the classical course in that institution read law in the office of his uncle, Thomas Whiteside, at Shelbyville. Admitted to the bar in 1872, he came to Kansas in that year and located in Hutchinson, immediately en- tering upon the practice of his chosen pro- fession. For a time he first practiced alone, but he has since formed several partnerships in the prosecution of his calling. He prac- tices in all the courts of the state and in the federal court, and his ability in his line has won him prominent recognition. He has given special attention to corporation law, and has served as district attorney for the Santa Fe system. In addition to his large law practice, Mr. Whiteside has also been interested to a large extent in real estate in this city and in country property. He still owns the claim which he pre-empted on first locating in Reno county, joining the city of Hutchinson on the west, and on this prop- erty he has a large orchard. He is presi-
dent of the Water, Light & Power Company, was one of the organizers of the First Na- tional Bank, was one of the founders of the Hutchinson Daily News, and was also one of the organizers of the Kansas Salt Com- pany, but sold his interest in that corpora- tion a number of years ago.
The marriage of Mr. Whiteside was celebrated in 1880, when Julia Latimer be- came his wife. She is a daughter of Charles Latimer, who was the chief engineer for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad Company. This union has been brightened and blessed with two children,-Houston, Jr., and Ada. In political matters Mr. Whiteside is a stanch supporter of Repub- lican principles, but has never been an aspir- ant for political preference, as his time and attention are too closely occupied with his many business duties. Shortly after com- ing to this state, however, he was elected prosecuting attorney, which position he held for two terms. Socially he is a member of Reno Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. His relig- ious preference is indicated by his menber- ship with the Episcopal church, in which he has long held the office of senior warden, and he has aided materially in the construc- tion of many of the church edifices in this city. He occupies a leading place in the public regard, and he and his estimable wife enjoy the hospitality of the best homes in Kansas and in surrounding states.
GEORGE F. MCCLELLAND.
One of the honored pioneers and dis- tinguished citizens of Rice county is the popular and efficient postmaster of Frederic. George F. McClelland. For many years he has been an important factor in the develop- ment and upbuilding of this portion of the Sunflower state, and his efforts have been of material benefit in advancing the general welfare and prosperity of the city in which he now makes his home. He is a native son of the Empire state, his birth having oc- curred in Rochester, New York, on the 15th
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of May, 1853. His father, William Mc- Clelland, was of Scotch-Irish descent, his parents having been born near Belfast, Ire- land. He was a clothier by occupation. His wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Mary Lindsley, was also born near Belfast. They were the parents of five children, four sons and one daughter, namely: Thomas and William, who are residents of Balti- more, Maryland : Findley, who occupies the position of postmaster in Michigan; George F., our subject ; and Mrs. Jennie Walker, who resides in Greenock, Scotland. The fa- ther of this family departed this life in Ro- chester, New York, at the age of fifty years, and the mother afterward returned to Bel- fast, Ireland, where she died at the age of sixty-eight years.
George F. McClelland, the only one of the family residing in Kansas, was nine years of age when he removed from Roch- ester to Caledonia, Livingston county, New York, where he completed his educa- tion. The year 1877 witnessed his arrival in Rice county, Kansas, where he secured a homestead claim and erected a sod house thereon, keeping bachelor's hall for a num- ber of years. Everything was then new and wild, and Mr. McClelland has not only seen this portion of the state grow from an unclaimed waste, with only a few inhabi- tants, to a rich agricultural country, con- taining thousands of good homes and acres of growing towns, inhabited by an indus- trions, prosperous, enliglitened and pro- gressive people, but has participated in and assisted in the slow, persistent work of de- velopment which was necessary to produce such a complete change. In 1882 he was united in marriage with Anna Dickson, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Dickson, a widow lady. Four children have been born of this union,- Edna, George Lindsley, Ruby and Edith. Mr. McClelland has ever been an active and efficient worker in the ranks of the Republi- can party, and in his present position of postmaster of Frederic he is serving with credit and ability. He is well fitted for the office, having for several years served as deputy postmaster. In his social relations
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