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At the close of the war the Doctor lo- cated at Tatesville, Kentucky, where he en- gaged in the drug business for two years. after which he sold his store and entered upon a course of medicine in the American Eclectic College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1879. He then re- turned to Tatesville, where he entered upon the practice of medicine, remaining until the autumn of 1873, when he located in Asher- ville, Kansas. In 1894 he left that place, going to Ada, Ottawa county, which was his place of abode until September, 1900, when he came to Minneapolis and established an office and a home for his family.
In 1870 Dr. Smith was united in mar- riage to Miss Mahala W. Sloan, a daughter of C. W. and Mary ( Tate) Sloan. a native of Pulaski county, Kentucky, and a repre- sentative of one of the old families of that state. To the Doctor and his wife have been born seven children, as follows: Alice, who married L. O. H. Slusher, a Baptist minister of Topeka, Kansas; Susan, the wife of N. B. Peck, depot agent at Meade, Kansas ; Margaret, the wife of J. H. Coleman, a real estate man of Keokuk, Iowa: Minnie, a milliner and also a teacher of music, re-
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siding with her parents; Nina, who died July 28, 1900, at the age of twenty-one years; Roscoe, who is manager of the West- ern U'nion telegraph office at Chickasha, In- dian Territory ; and James .\ .. a liveryman of Keokuk. Iowa. The Doctor and his wife are consistent members of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and the former be- longs to Point Isabel Lodge, F. & A. M., of Kentucky. He is also a member of Tes- cott Lodge, No. 309. 1. O. O. F. and Griffin Post, G. A. R., of Ada. Kansas. Although he is comparatively a new comer in Min- neapolis his previous residence in Ada had made him well known in the county and he is here recognized as a valuable citizen as well as skilled medical practitioner.
ERASTU'S SHORE.
The name borne by the subject of this sketch is one that has long been identified with the annals of American history, and in each successive generation have been found representatives who stood for sterling integ- rity of character, consecutive and well di- rected industry and the highest order of cit- izenship-all these elements being dominant in the case of the gentleman whose name initiates this review, and who is one of the hu moral and influential farmers and stock grower- of Barber county, where he con- duct operations upon an extensive scale. having a large landed estate in section 18. McAdoo township, and having contributed in no small degree to the advancement and material prosperity of this favored section of the Sunflower state, where he has main- tained his home for a score of years.
Mr. Shore is a native of the state of Illi- nois, having been born on the parental farm- stead. in Montgomery county, on the 27th of November, 1853. the son of William and Martha { Rhodes ) Shore. William Shore was born in Todd county, Kentucky, on the 6th of March, 1829, the son of Peter Shore. who was probably born in Pennsylvania, where the family was established in an early epoch of our national history, being of
stanch German lineage. Peter Shore Te. moved from the old Keystone state to Ken- tucky, where he was a pioneer setter and where he retained his residence until 1831. when he gave a repetition to his pioneer ex- periences by removing to Maccupin county, Illinois, locating in Brighton, and there abiding until about 1853, when he took up his residence in Litchfield. Montgomery county, that state, where he died about a decade later. He was a carpenter by trade and was one of those sturdy pioneers who have ever taken advanced ground in for- warding the progress of civilization, a man of strong character and one who commanded unqualified respect and confidence. He de- voted his life to the work of his trade and to farming, and was one of the successful pioneers of both Kentucky and Illinois. He became the father of ten children, of whom three are living, according to the latest in- formation received by the subject of this sketch. namely: Thomas R., who was a veteran of the Civil war. and whois n. W engaged in farming in Oklahoma, also de- voting attention to the carpenter trade ; Marion, a farmer near Sherman, Texas, was a Union soldier in the war of the Rebellion, participating in thirty-six battles and escap- ing without a wound: and Elizabeth, the wife of Louis Whittaker, a merchant of Litchfield. Illinois. Of those deceased we offer the following data: Tillman diol in Los Angeles, California, in 1887. having been engaged in the real estate lessiness; America, the date and place of whose death are not known: Erastus, who was mie i the California argonauts of the memorable days of '49 and who died there in the early 50%; Albert, who is a merchant in Litchfield, Illi- nois, died there about the year 1862 ; George died in that place in his youth: and the others did not live to attain years of ma- turity.
William Shore, the father of our subject, was a mere child when the family removed to Brighton. Illinois, and he was reared to the sturdy discipline of the pioneer farm and continued to follow agricultural pursuits after attaining maturity. In Mac upin county, Illinois, he was married, in 1851, te
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Martha Rhodes, who was born in Kentucky, about the year 1831. the daughter of John Rhodes, who was likewise a native of that state, whence he emigrated to Macoupin county, Illinois, in the early `30s, being a clergyman of the Baptist church and one of the pioneer ministers of that county, where he also engaged in farming. He died in 1876, at the age of eighty-four years. Af- ter his marriage William Shore removed to Montgomery county, where he entered a tract of government land and where he made his home for forty years, engaged in farm- ing and stock raising, and eventually becom- ing the owner of an entire section of land, while he was known as one of the upright, successful and influential citizens of that section of Illinois, where he died on the 3d of March, 1891. In politics he was a stanch Republican. His first wife died in 1856, leaving two children. Erastus, the subject of this sketch: and Edward, who is engaged in business at Joplin. Missouri. The father later married Lydia Carriker, who was born in North Carolina. the daughter of Louis A. and Louisa Carriker. and of this union six children were born. namely: Martha, the wife of Hiram House, a farmer of Mont- gomery county, Illinois: Charles W., who when last heard from was engaged in farm- ing in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Terri- tory: William N .. also a farmer of Mont- gomery county, Illinois: Hattie, the wife of John Van Zant. a farmer of Christian county. that state : Olive, who is unmarried and who resides on the old homestead ; and one daughter who died in childhood. Mrs. Lydia Shore died in April, 1872, and sub- sequently William Shore consummated a third marriage, Mary Sorrell becoming his wife, and she still resides on the old home- stead in Montgomery county, where also reside three of her four children, whose names are as follows: Frank, a farmer of Montgomery county, Illinois: Jesse, who is engaged in farming in Minnesota: John, who remains on the old homestead. as does also the one daughter. Emma.
Erastus Shore, the immediate subject of this review, was reared on the old farmstead in his native county, where he received his
educational discipline in the public schools. At the age of twenty-three years he gave inception to his independent career by en- gaging in farming operations on a tract of land adjoining the homestead, and thus con- tinued until 1882. In the meanwhile, on March 7. 1878, he was united in marriage to Miss Kittie R. Lipe, who was born in that county, the daughter of Noah and Eliz- abeth (Weller) Lipe. Noah Lipe was born in Cabarrus county, North Carolina, on the 20th of January, 1818, being the son of John and Rachel Lipe, and at the age of fifteen years he removed to Montgomery county, Illinois, with his parents, and there, at the age of twenty-four, on the 12th of May, 1842, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Weller, who was born in Ohio April 11. 1822, coming to Illinois with her parents when she was eighteen years of age. Noah Lipe passed the residue of his life in Montgomery county, where he be- came a successful farmer and influential citi- zen, his death occurring in 1884, while his devoted wife survived until 1891, both hav- ing been consistent members of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, while he was a Re- publican in politics. His grandparents. God" frey and Barbara Lipe, were probably na- tives of Germany, and unon coming to America they located in Pennsylvania, whence they later emigrated to Cabarrus county, North Carolina, where the former became a prominent farmer and grain grower. Here his son. John, grandfather of Mrs. Shore, was born, about the year 1789. and after attaining maturity was there mar- ried, and in the early '3os he removed to Illinois, where he passed the residue of his long and useful life, having attained ad- vanced age and having lived to see the youngest of his children married, while all were living at the time of his demise, in November, 1857. His wife. Rachel, nec Blackwelder, was also a native of Cabarrus county, North Carolina, where she was born in the year 1793, and she attained a venera- ble age, passing away November 30, 1881. It is worthy of particular note in the con- nection that at the time of her death she had the remarkable progeny of thirteen children,
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one hundred and thirty-one grandchildren, two hundred and forty-three great-grand- children and twenty-one great-great-grand- children, making a total of four hundred and eight lineal descendants. Her children were Barbara, Nelson, Allen. Ella, Delia. William. Elizabeth, Helena, John G., Mar- tin, Catherine, Cressia and Diana.
Mrs. Shore was one of a family of eleven children, namely: Columbia J .. a merchant vi los Angeles, California: Martha J., who died at the age of six months; John W .. who died at the age of sixteen : Lorenzo D .. a farmer of Montgomery county, Illinois; Mary M .. the wife of P. L. Dodge, of Pana. Illinois: Kittie R., who was born December 5. 1852, is the wife of our subject; Charles E .. a farmer of Montgomery county; An- gelia, who became the wife of James Sim, and who died in that county; Alice, the wife of James D. Parsons, a farmer and stockman residing in Wichita, Kansas : Etta, the wife of John Shear, a farmer of Chey- enne county. Nebraska; and Nettie, who died when about one year of age.
About one year prior to his marriage Erastus Shore had purchased a farm of eighty acres, and to this he added from time to time, made excellent improvements and there continued in agricultural pursuits until the year 1882, when he came to Kansas and located in Greenwood county, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising for a period of four years, at the expiration of which he came to Barber county and located in McAdoo township, at a point three miles south of his present homestead. There he secured a quarter section by pre-emption. and added to the same by the purchase of thirteen hundred acres, all in one body, and upon this estate he made the best of im- provements and was successfully engaged in farming and stock growing until 1897, hav- ing. however, sold a portion of the farm in 1892, and having made a transfer of the balance two years later. Previous to changing his location he had purchased four hundred acres of his present farmstead, and here he took up his abode in 1897, since which time he has added eighty acres to the home farm and also purchased eight
hundred acres in the northwestern part of the township, while hie controls a total of three thousand acres, of which ab int ene thousand are under effective cultivation, a large part of his land being devoted to wheat and forage crops, while he make- a specialty of feeding cattle for others. In his earlier years in Kansas he met with se- rious reverses, but by energy. unfaltering courage and good management, he has fully retrieved his fortunes, and is known as one of the most progressive and prosperous farmers and stockmen of this section. Con- ducting operations upon an extensive scale and being honored for his inflexible integ- rity and straightforward course. Mr. Shore has a gord herd of cattle of his own, and each year feeds several hundred head for others. About five years ago he inaugurated the raising of thoroughbred Englishshire and Norman draft horses for the market, and he has done a large and successful busi- ness in this line, shipping his fine stock prin- cipally to Illinois and securing the highest market prices. He has shipped on several occasions two carloads of horses at one time. He has about one hundred head at the present time, and has attained a high rep- utation in this branch of his enterprise, his horses being among the best to be found in this section of the state and great care being taken in the selection of the best types for breeding purposes. In connection with his farming operations our subject end ys an average of three men during the entire year. The improvements on the place inchole an excellent residence and other buildings, and the attractiveness of the home is ene micol by a fine grove of locust trees, while the general air of thrift and prosperity le-jeaks the enterprise and well directed efforts of the owner. He is public-spirited in his at- titude and gives his support to all measures advanced for the general good, his jitical allegiance being accorded to the Republican party, in which he has been a delegate to various conventions. Though he has never sought public office. he was prevailed upon to become a candidate for the office of town- ship treasurer, to which he was elected. giv- ing a careful and able administration of the
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fiscal affairs of the township. Fraternally he is identified with Coats Lodge. No. 1703 Modern Woodmen of the World, at Coats, Pratt county, which is his postoffice address. His wife is a devoted member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. Their seven chil- dren all remain at the parental home. their names, in order of birth, being as follows : Homer. Howard, Flora, Otis, Glenn, John and Olive.
HOWARD E. STONE.
One of the well improved and attractive farms of Sharon township, Barber county, Kansas, is that owned by the gentleman whose name appears above, and though he has been a resident of the county for a comparatively short interval he has gained recognition as an enterprising and progres- sive young business man, and is clearly en- titled to representation in this compilation.
with her mother. The father was a man of genial presence, was animated by the utmost integrity of purpose and his word was as good as any bond that was ever fortified by signature and seal.
Howard E. Stone has passed practically his entire life within the confines of the state of Kansas, having been reared on the old homestead in Rice county, and having re- ceived his educational training in the schools of that locality. In 1899 he came to Bar- ber county and here in 1901 was solemnized his marriage to Miss Ethel Gibson, who is one of the nine children of W. P. and Olive Gibson, the others being as follows: Hat- tie ( the wife of William Schrock). Anna, Goldie, Pearl, Frances, Earl, Leslie and Raymond. Mrs. Stone's father is one of the prominent and influential citizens of Barber county, of which he is an honored pioneer, and here she was reared and edu- cated. Mr. and Mrs. Stone became the par- ents of one son, Edgar E., who died in in- fancy.
Mr. Stone is a native of the state of Illi- nois, having been born on a farm near Gen- Mr. Stone has a fine farm of two hun- dred and eighty acres. well improved with a good house, barn, orchard, grove and other equipments indicative of prosperity and careful management. He is a Republican in politics and is one of the highly esteemed young men of his township. eseo, Henry county, on the 2d of May, 1875, the son of Daniel F. Stone, whose death occurred in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on the 12th of September, 1901. He was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and there married Catherine Shoe- maker. who was likewise born in the old Keystone state and who now maintains her home in Medicine Lodge. They removed JOHN E. EWART. from Pennsylvania to Henry county, Illinois, where they lived until 1879. when they Among the earnest men whose depth of character and strict adherence to principle excite the admiration of his contemporaries, Mr. Ewart is prominent. In a quiet, unos- tentatious way he has done much for the development of Minneapolis and is to-day one of the most prosperous representative business men. A native of County Antrim. Ireland, he was born in 1862 and is one of eight children whose parents were Alexander and Sarah ( McBride) Ewart. also natives of the Emerald Isle. In 1865 the family came to America, taking up their abode in Lake county, Illinois, and subsequently re- came to Rice county, Kansas, where they maintained their home for many years, the father of our subject becoming a successful farmer and stock grower. A short time be- fore his death they took up their resdence in Medicine Lodge, Barber county. They became the parents of eight children, name- ly: Harry M .: Louisa, the wife of Clark Conklin, of Lyons, this state: Florence, the wife of James Hall, of Barber county ; Will- iam, who died in childhood: Daniel, a resi- dent of Medicine Lodge; Frederick, who likewise resides in this county, as do also Frank, our subject ; and Maude, who resides ) moving to Iowa, where they lived upon a
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farm for nine years. In 1876 they came to Kansas and in Ottawa county took up a claim, located in Fountain township. The father retired from farm life in 1889 and established a home in Minneapolis, where his remaining days were passed, his death occurring in 1890. His wife still survives him and is now living in Kansas City with a son and daughter.
John E. Ewart was only three years of age when the parents crossed the briny deep and in the schools of Iowa and Kansas he pursued his education. He worked upon his father's farm until eighteen years of age, when not desiring to follow the plow as a life occupation he left home and secured a clerkship in the employ of the firm of Sut- um & Son, general merchants, with whom he remained for five years-one of the most reliable and trusted employes of the house. In 1885 he embarked in the grocery busi- ness ai his own account on a small scale. but afterward sold out to J. W. Bahr and in ISS; formed a partnership with Matthew Johnston in a general mercantile establish- ment. Two months later Mr. Johnston and his wife were drowned while crossing a sw llen stream, and after his death Mr. Ewart continued the business in connection with his father and John Elston, under the firm name of J. E. Ewart & Company. The father died in 1890 and Mr. Elston's health failed so that they closed out the business. Mr. Ewart. of this review. then purchased what is known as the Jack Adams farm and engaged in dairying and stock raising. In 1895. however, he embarked in his present business and as proprietor of the Ewart Cash Grocery he is doing a large and profit- able business, having the leading grocery in the town.
In 1885 Mr. Ewart was united in mar- riage te Miss Minnie E., a daughter of John and Jane R. Elston. natives of Indiana. They are the happy parents of two interest- ing little sons : Chester Harold, born in 1803. and John Louis, born in 1898. The parents are among the prominent and highly respected citizens of Minneapolis and have a very large circle of friends here. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, his wife
of the Baptist church and they alternately a- tend services at the two churches. Ewart also belongs to the Fraternal Aid and the Sons and Daughters of Justice, and in his political affiliations is a Republican, but not a politician or aspirant for office. He Startel out in life with only limited cauka'. but through his own exertions and close at. tention to business he has built up a lucra- tive trade and is the leader in his line. He is enterprising and industrious, conducts a neat and well appointed store, and brooks no obstacles that can be overcome by hon- trable and persistent efort. He a there's closely to the ethics of commercial life, and his business record. his public history and his private life are alike above reproach.
GREENVILLE W. CAVANAUGH.
When we revert to the fact that the sub- ject of this review has been a resident of Kansas for a period of thirty years it al once becomes evident that he merits c'est. cation among the pioneers of the state. while he is to-day recognized as one of the progressive and successful farmers am stock growers of Barber county, having a well improved and highly productive farm of four hundred and thirty-two acres in Medicine Lodge township, while his past office address is Sharon. Like many others who have become prominently identified with the industrial life of the Sunflower state. Mr. Cavanaugh is himself a native sh of the middle west, having been born in Pleasanton, Decatur county, Iowa, on the 13th of February. 1860, being one of the two children of Charles Wesley Cavanaugh. who was born in the state of Ohio, where he was reared and educated and whence he removed to lowa. At the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion he showed his intrin- Sie Bitte Rest patriotism by enlisting for service in an Iowa regiment, and he sacri- ficel his life in his country's cause. meet- ing his death at Helena, Arkansas, in the menth of March. 1864. when he passel away at the untimely age of twenty-five
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vears. His widow, whose maiden name was Crawford, still survives and makes her home in Sharon. Barber county, Kansas, and is now Mrs. Wolgamott. The sister of our subject is America Viola, who is now the wife of Willard Barbour, of Greene county, Missouri.
Greenville W. Cavanaugh, to whom this sketch is dedicated, was reared and educated in Sedgwick and Harvey counties. Kansas. where his mother had resided after the death of her husband. The practical responsibil- ities of life early devolved upon him, and his educational advantages were of neces- sity very limited in scope. He early began to work on various ranches and finally as a young man became identified with the mer- cantile and transfer business with headquar- ters at Greensburg, Kansas, and he contin- ued in that line of enterprise for a period of ten years, within which he had informed himself in regard to the attractions of this section of the state, which was then held as a portion of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe In- dian reserve, and when the country was opened for settlement he located in Barber county as a pioneer farmer and stock grower, and has kept pace with the work of development and progress, thus becoming one of the successful and influential citizens of this section, where he is honored for his integrity of character and genial manners. In politics he gives his stanch allegiance to the Republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the United Brethren church.
In 1878 Mr. Cavanaugh was united in marriage to Miss Letitia Crawford, of Sedg- wick, Harvey county, Kansas. Their chil- dren are: Charles E., who is a valiant sol- dier in the regular army of the United States, having been with Admiral Dewey in the battle of Manila, and being still in mili- tary service in the Philippines; and James W. and Greenville A., who remain at the parental home. Anna died as a result of an accident. On the 25th of February, 1897, Mr. Cavanaugh consummated a second union, being then married to Miss Anna B. Dillon, then residing in Sharon. She was born in Zanesville, Ohio, but was reared and
educated in Fulton, Whiteside county, Illi- nois, being the daughter of William B. and Ellen (Izzard) Dillon, now of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
ABRAHAM DETTWEILER.
Harvey county, Kansas, is fortunate in the possession of many citizens of German birth who have been influential toward its development and prosperity. One such citi- zen is the subject of this sketch, whose homestead is in section 3. Halstead township and whose post-office address is Halstead.
Abraham Dettweiler was born in Ba- varia, Germany, May 29, 1845. His father, Jacob Dettweiler, was born in the same place in Bavaria, in 1800, and died there in 1844 (before our subject was born), leaving a widow and three children, one of whom is Abraham. The other son, Jacob, is a farm- er in Germany, and the daughter Mary mar- ried a man named Miller and also lives in the fatherland. The mother of these chil- dren, who was born about 1804. died at the age of about seventy-five years, in 1879.
Mr. Dettweiler's father was a tenant farmer, and after his father's death his mother continued farming, with the assist- ance of her sons, who thus learned the prac- tical side of the business as it is taught in Germany. In 1872 Mr. Dettweiler came to America and reached St. Clair county, Illi- nois, without a dollar with which either to bless or feed himself. He worked out by the month for German farmers until 1878, when he went to Kansas and settled on a quarter section of land in section 3. Halstead town- ship, which is now his homestead.
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