A biographical history of central Kansas, Vol. II, Part 61

Author: Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: New York Chicago: The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1084

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Mr. Dettweiler was married November 17. 1878, to Miss Anna Fast, a native of Poland, who came to America with her par- ; ents in 1874. William Fast, who married Mary Cleaver, farmed in Marion county, Kansas, until 1886, when they removed to Harvey county, where Mr. Fast died. in the spring of 1899. aged eighty-three years; Mrs. Fast. September 2, 1890. aged sev- enty-two years. They had six children, of

MR. AND MRS. ABRAHAM DETTWEILER.

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whom they reared three to manhood and womanhood: Welhelm Fast, a farmer in Burrton township, who had eight children : Mrs. Dettweiler; and Mary, who married Henry Dahlem, has eight children and lives in Oklahoma. By a previous marriage to a man named Everett, Mrs. Fast had two sons: John Everett, a farmer of Halstead township, who has had twelve children, ten of whom are living; and Frank Everet, a farmer who lives near Halstead, who has nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Dettweiler have had borne to them nine children, all of whom are living, who are here mentioned in the order of their nativity : William F .. now twenty-two years old. is well educated and has entered upon a career as a farmer. Edward A., who enjoyed like educational advantages, is, at the age of twenty years, engaged in farming. Daniel J. is fifteen years old: Adolph C., thirteen : Walter M., eleven : Carl A., nine: Elmer R., seven : Edna Amanda, five : Mary S .. three.

Mr. Dettweiler began his career in Kan- sas as a farmer on unbroken and treeless prairie land, and now has a well cultivated farm amply provided with shade and orch- ard trees which he set out with his own hands. His first house was a little box structure covering a ground space of twelve by fourteen feet : but at that time it was the best house on the section, sod houses and dug-outs prevailing in all the country round about. In that small building he and his family were domiciled for twenty years, un- til he had erected his fine two-story, six- room house. His red barn, which covers a ground space of sixteen by thirty-two feet. was erected in 1886, and he has granaries, corn-cribs and other outbuildings. Devot- ing himself to mixed crops, he runs a thresh- er in season, having owned a good machine for ten years, in the operation of which he has been successful. It is the third thresher that he has owned. a thoroughly up-to-date machine, which cost him three thousand dollars, and is provided with a self-feeding apparatus, an automatic blower and a cy- clone stacker. He threshes from fifty to sixty-five thousand bushels of grain a sea-

son. On his farm he grows every year til- teen hundred bushels of wheat and one Groll- sand bushels of corn as his crepe average. His stock consists of twenty head of cattle, ten horses and a few Poland-China hogs.

Mr. Dettweiler and his family are mem- bers of the Mennonite church. In political affiliation he is a Republican. Mrs. Dett- weiler is a young and sprightly woman, con- sidering that she has borne and reared nine children, and she and her husband are justly proud of their sons and daughters, who are dutiful, intelligent and industrious. Mr. Dettweiler's sons are young men of excep- tional ability and bid fair to take rank among the leading farmers of Harvey county. While not active as a politician Mr. Dettweiler is influential in local affairs and has in many ways demonstrated that he possesses much public spirit.

JAMES H. WARREN.

The facility with which the American soldier laid down the implements of warfare at the close of the great conflict between the northern and southern states and adapted himself at once to the pursuits of civil life. has been the wonderment of all nations and scarcely less surprising than gratifying to the American people themselves. The sub- ject of this sketch was one who donned the blue uniform and fought bravely for the old flag, and he is also one of those who. after the war had closed, took up the bur- den of life bravely and gained distinctive victories which peace ever has in store for those who have the courage and persistence to strive for the desired goal. Mr. Warren is not only one of the honored veterans of the civil war, but is a man whose whole life has been guided by worthy motives, involv- ing his preferment in positions of trust and gaining to him the most unqualified confi- dence and esteem. He is one of the success- ful farmers and stock growers of Barber county. Kansas, of which he is a pioneer. having been numbered among the earliest settlers in what is now Sharon township. and

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having contributed in a distinctive way to the development and material upbuilding of this now prosperous section of the Sunflower state.

Mr. Warren was born in Roane county, Tennessee, on the 28th of December, 1835, being a scion of stanch old Virginia stock, his ancestors having located in the Old Do- minion in an early epoch of our national his- tory, while representatives in both the pa- ternal lines have been prominent in the an- nals of the republic. John Warren, father of our subject, was born in Tennessee, being a son of Jacob Warren, who was a native of Virginia, making it certain beyond perad- venture that the family was there founded prior to the war of the Revolution. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Harrison, and she was of the same family stock as General William Henry Har- rison. president of the United States, and grandfather of the late President Benja- min F. Harrison. Mrs. Warren was daughter of James Harrison, of Virginia, who rendered valiant service as a soldier in the early Indian wars. John and Mary Warren became the parents of nine children, namely: James H., Eliza, Elizabeth, El- vira, Clementine, Margaret, William, Pene- lope and John. Of the number two are liv- ing at the present time, William, who is now deceased, having been a valiant soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. The parents were number among the pio- neers of Texas, having removed to that state in 1855, locating in Smith county, where they passed the remainder of their lives, each attaining advanced age. John Warren was a man of distinct individuality and marked force of character, honored and es- teemed for his inflexible integrity and his unflagging industry. He devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, in politics was a Whig and was a stanch supporter of the i Union cause during the dark days that cul- minated in the secession of the southern states and precipitated the Civil war.

when he went to Missouri. He had received excellent educational advantages for the day, and for a number of years he was a suc- cessful teacher in the public schools of Mis- souri. Finally he rejoined his parents in Texas, where he remained until the out- break of the Rebellion, when his intrinsic loyalty and patriotism were quickened into decisive action, leading him to tender his services in support of the integrity of the republic. When the civil conflict became an assured fact Mr. Warren came to Mis- souri and entered the service of the United States. He was associated with Martin D. Hart in the raising of a company in Texas, and acted as an officer and scout, reporting to General Herron, at Springfield, Missouri, whither he came with his company of Texas Rangers, as they were familiarly called and known. On the 22d of April, 1863, Mr. Warren enlisted as a private in Company F, Second Kansas Cavalry, which was in com- i mand of Colonel Cloud. He continued in active service until victory had crowned the Union arms, having received his honorable discharge at Lawrence, Kansas, on the 22d of June, 1865, and having made a fine rec- ord as a valiant and faithful soldier, ever at the post of duty and ever ready to respond to any demand made upon him in connec- tion with furthering the cause which he had so loyally espoused. He still retains a deep fraternal interest in his old comrades in arms and is prominently identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, being a mem- ber of Eldred Post, at Medicine Lodge. During his military career Mr. Warren par- ticipated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Saline river, in the conflict with the forces of General Price at Camden. Missouri, and in numerous engagements with the Confed- erate troops under command of General John S. Marmaduke, in Missouri and Arkansas. The Second Kansas Cavalry saw much ac- tive and arduous service in connection with repelling the guerillas and bushwhackers, who so invested Missouri and other sec- tions where the division of sentiment was so distinct and pronounced in regard to jus- tice of the two causes, and its interposition

James H. Warren, the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, was reared and educated in his native state, where he remained until he had attained the age of twenty years, I was also demanded in guarding the United

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States mails. Mr. Warren received his dis- charge at Fort Gibson, Lawrence county. Kansas, and thereafter he returned to Polk county. Missouri, where he continued to make his home until 1880, when he became one of the pioneers of Barber county, Kan- sas, where he owns a quarter section of ex- cellent land in Sharon township, the same being improved with a good residence and other buildings, and being devoted to gen- eral agriculture and stock growing, in which he has attained marked success through his able and well directed efforts, while during the long years he has shown a constant and lively interest in all that has tended to pro- mote the general welfare and the substantial growth of the community, giving his sup- port to good government, education, religion and the various other elements which make for good.

In politics he was originally identified with the Whig party, but he transferred his allegiance to the Republican party at the time of its organization and has ever since been an ardent advocate of its cause, and in 1901 was elected to the office of township treasurer, of which he is the present incum- bent. He has also given effective service as constable and as a member of the school board of his district. He is a prominent member and earnest worker of the Chris- tian church, of which he is an elder and of which his wife also is a devoted member. He is a man of broad mental grasp and kindly nature, winning to him stanch and lasting friendships and holding unequivocal confidence and esteem.

In Hickory county, Missouri, in the year 1865, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Warren to Miss Anna Starkey, daugh- ter of John and Mary ( Hendricks) Starkey, natives of Tennessee, she being a relative of the late Thomas A. Hendricks, formerly governor of Indiana and vice-president of the United States. Both parents are de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Warren have had seven children, namely: Meta, a successful teacher of Barber county; Tennessee, the wife of M. S. McMurtry; Ida, who became the wife of Geddes Cunningham: Jose- phine, the wife of L. D. White; Karen, the

wife of T. O. Ward; Frank, who is one of the popular teachers in the public schools of this county: and Emma, who became the wife of Ross Graham, and her death oc- curred in 1901. All of the children received educational advantages and all have merited the high esteem in which they have been uniformly held. the family being prominent in the best social life of the community.

WILLIAM BROWN.

The Enon stock farm, comprising seven hundred acres, in Sharon township. Barber county, is recognized as one of the finest properties in this section, and through the efforts of its proprietor, William Brown. much has been done to advance the live stock industry in the state. since he devotes spe- cial attention to the breeding and raising of thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle and pure-bred Poland-China swine. In connection with his enterprise he has gained a wide reputation for his farm and is known as one of the pro- gressive and representative business men of Barber county, where he has maintained his home since the year 1885. He is entitled to consideration as one of the pioneers of Kansas, for he came to the state in 1870, and has ever since resided within its bor- ders.

Mr. Brown was born in Dahlonega, Lumpkin county, Georgia, in the year 1834, being the son of George Brown, who was born in South Carolina, to which state his father, Amos Brown, had emigrated from Scotland, his native land. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Lucinda Little- ton, and she likewise was born in South Carolina. She died in Georgia at the age of seventy-five years, and her husband lived to attain the venerable age of eighty-five years, having devoted his life to farming in Geor- gia, where his death occurred. He was a man of sterling character and was a deacon in the Baptist church, of which his wife also was a devoted member. They became the parents of ten children, namely: Sarah, William, Mary, Amos, Richard, Alice. Car-

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oline. Rebecca. Washington and one who died in infancy. Of the family eight chil- dren are living at the present time.

William Brown was reared on the old homestead farm and received his early educa- tional training in the schools of the vicinity. After leaving the farm he became identified with railroad work, and for a number of years was an engineer on the railway line be- tween Dalton, Georgia, and Knoxville, Ten- nessee. In 1870 Mr. Brown came to Wichi- ta, Kansas, which was then a small village, while this section of the state was practi- cally unreclaimed from the primitive wilds. He located in Sumner county, where he en- gaged in farming and stock-growing. and where he maintained his home for a period of about fifteen years, having come to Bar- ber county in the year 1885, as has already been stated. He purchased his land in Sha- ron township and to the same he has since added until he now has a fine landed estate of seven hundred acres, all of which he bought, while he has made the best of im- provements on the farm, including a sub- stantial and commodious residence and other buildings, and on the place are to be found an excellent orchard and a fine grove of trees. He has a considerable portion of his farm under effective cultivation, but he has devoted his attention more particularly to the raising of fine stock, his herd of Short- horn cattle being one of the best in this sec- tion of the state, while he has also attained a high reputation as a breeder of Poland- China swine of the finest type. Progress- ive in his methods and conducting his busi- ness with marked discrimination and ability, Mr. Brown has attained a high degree of success, and his prosperity is well merited. since it comes as the result of his own in- dustry and good management, and has been secured by worthy means, his sterling char. acteristics having gained for him the un- qualified confidence and esteem of all who know him. He has ever manifested a lively interest in all that concerns the progress and material prosperity of the county, and has contributed his quota to the work of devel- opment and advancement. In politics Mr. Brown gives his support to the Populist

party, and his religious faith is that of the Baptist church, of which his wife also is a zealous member.

In the year 1865 was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Brown to Miss Elizabeth Ta- tum, who was born in North Carolina, be- ing the daughter of Buckner and Behethlum ( Sherriff ) Tatum, natives of North Carc- lina. Both parents died in Barber county, Kansas, the father living to the patriarchal age of ninety-four years, and having been the oldest man in the county. His wife passed away at the age of eighty-four, both having been devout and consistent members of the Baptist church, in which Mr. Tatum was a deacon for many years. In politics he gave his support to the Democratic party. Of their eleven children eight are yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have three children, namely : Dawson W., who is a successful farmer and stock-grower of Sharon town- ship; Florence J., the wife of Frederick Licklyter, of this county ; and James, a resi- dent of Oklahoma.

ROLAND B. HARVEY. D. D. S.

One of the most marked characteristics of America is the prominence of her young men in business, professional and political life. In no other country are the young men found so largely at the front, controlling public interests, leading extensive commer- cial and industrial concerns and upholding professional advancement. In the dental fraternity of Ottawa county Dr. Harvey has already gained a position of distinction which is indicative of his skill and ability in his chosen field of endeavor.

In Camden, Illinois, in 1872, he was born unto Dr. George E. and Mary B. ( Ba- sin ) Harvey. His paternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, and was a physician by profession. Dr. George E. Harvey was born in Indiana, whence he removed west- ward to Illinois and Iowa. In his youth he attended the public schools and later he en- tered the Keokuk Medical College of Keo- kuk. Iowa, and later practiced medicine and

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surgery in Illinois until 1880, when he came to. Kan-as, locating at MePherson, where he remained for a year, when he tok up his die in Junction City. In 1804. 11 80- count of failing health. he retired frem ac- tive connection with his profession and lo- catel in Salina, where he died in 1894. His wife was a native of Illinois, while hier pa- rent- were Pennsylvania people. Unto the Doctor and his wife were born six chil- dren, five sons and a daughter, namely : Ed- ward, who died in 1876: Will F., who is engaged in the practice of medicine in Mor- ris county, Kansas; Jennie, Ray and Clar- ence, who are with their mother in Salina.

The other member of the family is Dr. Roland B. Harvey, who pursued his literary education in the graded school of Junction City. Kansas, and in 1895 entered upon a course of dental surgery in the Chicago Den- tal College. Subsequently he became a stu- dent in the dental department of Marion Symmes College, where he was graduated in 1808. He located in Perry, Oklahoma. remaining there for seven months. after which he came to Minneapolis and secured the dental rooms of Dr. Martin, whom he succeeded in practice. He is descended from a long line of ancestors connected with the medical fraternity, his father being one of five brothers, four of whom were representa- tives of the profession. Other members of the family likewise engaged in the practice of the healing art, and an inherited tenden- cy may have had something to do with Ro- land Harvey's choice of a profession, for al- though his work is somewhat of a diver- gence from the regular line, it is still in a manner a department of the healing art. where one's energies are concentrated along but one line. With the rapid progress which has been made in the dental profession he keeps in touch and is familiar with the la- test and most improved methods of caring for and preserving the teeth. His ability has gained for him a liberal patronage which is constantly growing and already he has passed beyond mediocrity to stand among the successful representatives of his chosen calling.

The Doctor belongs to Minneapolis

Folge. No. 224. K. P. to Temple No. 9, Nights of Khorasan, of Concordia, Kan- sas: and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a young man, popular in business, fraternal and social circles, and his leading characteristics are those which ever secure entrance into the best society.

A. L. CLUDAS, M. D.

To a man of strong character, forceful individuality and laudable ambition-qual- ities which are characteristic of Dr. Cludas -it would be impossible to remain station- ary in any walk of life, and it is this which has led the Doctor to long since leave me- diocrity and advance beyond the many to stand among the successful few. He is a prominent representative of the medical pro- fession in Ottawa county, and is now en- joying a large and lucrative practice in ()t- tawa county. He is yet a young man. but has attained success which many an older practitioner might well envy.

The Doctor was born in Chicago, Illinois. in 1872, and is of German lineage. His pa- ternal grandfather was an officer in the Ger- man army. The original name was De Clau- (lius, but during the Prussian war was changed to its present form. They are de- scendants of a branch of the Napoleon fam- ily. William Cludas. the father of our sub- ject. was also born in Germany, and after emigrating to America took up his abode in Illinois, where he met and married Miss Belle Gateka, who was also born in the fa- therland, and like her husband came to the United States the latter part of the '50s. Her father was a renowned architect of Ger- many, and was one of the three who drew the plans for the great Berlin Theater. Will- iam Cludas was a carpenter and contractor. and owing to an accident which he sustained he has been unable to follow that pursuit during the past fifteen years. With his fam- ily he came to Kansas in 1884 and for twelve years had charge of the Poor Farm at Mc- Pherson, where the county's insane were al- so cared for. He and his wife are now in

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charge of the Bickerdyke Home. at Ells- worth, Kansas, an institution for the wid- ows and daughters of members of the Grand Army of the Republic, Mr. Cludas acting as superintendent, his wife as matron.

In his native city Dr. Cludas pursued his education, following his literary course by a business course in the Northwestern University. In the meantime he had re- moved with his parents to Kansas, but re- turned to Chicago to finish his education. In 1889 he edited and published the Inman Independence, and on selling that paper he began the study of medicine under the direc- tion of Dr. Salthouse, of the firm of Salt- house & Simpson. He there remained in 1889-90, after which he took a course in Rush Medical College, of Chicago, and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at .Northwestern University. In 1894 he en- tered the Keokuk Medical College, where he was graduatd, and previous to this time, in 1893-4, he had been assistant surgeon il St. Joseph's Hospital, at Keokuk, Iowa. In April. 1895, he located in Tiscott, Kan- sas, where he remained for four years, en- gaged in general practice, after which he removed to Salina, and entered into part- nership with Dr. Mayfield in the Sanita- rium. After a short time, however, he re- turned to Tiscott, and settled up his busi- ness affairs there, having been proprietor of a drug store. In December, 1899, he lo- cated in Minneapolis, where he has since remained. and his practice has steadily in- creased as he has manifested his ability in the successful manner in which he has han- dled many difficult and important cases.

In 1895 occurred the marriage of Dr. Cludas and Miss Nella Brentano, a native of Kansas. Her father was of foreign birth, and was educated for the priesthood but decided to renounce the calling. Mrs. Cludas is also a niece of Dr. Brentano, a noted physician of Oregon. A bright little son gladdens their home, born in Tiscott. in June, 1896, and named Averill B.

Although still a young man, the Doctor has had a somewhat eventful career and certainly a successful one in the line of his chosen profession. In 1900 he was appointed

health officer and county physician for Otta- wa county. There was an epidemic exist- ing, and as he had a large general practice which made heavy demands upon his time, i he resigned the office. He makes a spe- cialty of surgery and diseases of women, and is considered one of the most successful practitioners in the county. He is United States examiner of the pension board of Ottawa county, devotes his entire time to his professional duties, and is popular in both business and social circles. Politi- cally he is a Republican, and fraternally is a Knight of Pythias, belonging to the lodge in Minneapolis. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the National Aid and the Sons and Daughters of Justice, and is medical examiner for the National Aid, the Ancient Order of United Workmen. the Degree of Honor, the Sons and Daughters of Justice, the Fraternal Aid, the Mutual Life and the Union Central Insurance Companies. Mrs. Cludas is a lady of superior culture and intelligence, who was graduated in the Dunkard College of McPherson, on the completion of the literary and commercial course. after which she accepted a position as stenogra- pher to John E. Mulligan, of McPherson. Both the Doctor and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in the community where they reside they have won high regard by reason of that sterling worth which ever serves as a passport into good society.

M. M. SHERMAN.

Merritt Masters Sherman, interested in and manager of the Sherman Ranch, of Ells- worth county, Kansas, was born on a farm in the town of Salem, Washington county, New York, on the 9th of November. 1854, and belongs to the Roger Sherman branch of the family of that name. It may be of interest to the citizens of Kansas to know that our subject's mother. Lydia Walker Sherman, was a sister of Thaddeus H. Walker, at one time a large land owner in this state, and a candidate for governor of

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A biographical history of central Kansas, Vol. II, Part 61

Author: Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago Publication date: 1902 Publisher: New York Chicago: The Lewis publishing company Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: New York Chicago: The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 1084