A biographical history of central Kansas, Vol. II, Part 85

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

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R. R. Stat, Where name Firms the cu- tion of this review, spent the first -ever- teen years of his life in the city of his nativ- ity and then accompanied his pan

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their removal to Indiana and later to Kan- sas. He learned the blacksmith trade, and seems to have inherited his father's mechan- ical ability. This has been of considerable help to him in his work throughout life, enabling him to keep everything upon his place in good repair. He to-day owns a de- sirable farm of one hundred and sixty acres of well improved land. Upon this is a good barn forty by fifty feet. There are also sheds and a shop and mill, the last named being thirty-five by forty feet in dimensions. He has modern improved implements for his shop and feed mill and also for the culti- vation of his farm. He is engaged in the breeding of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs, and no better grades can be found in Barber county than are seen upon his farmn.

Mr. Stout believes firmly in Republican principles and does all in his power to pro- mote the growth and insure the success of his party. He was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends and he has many of the characteristics of the true southern gentle- man, being hospitable, cordial and genial and not afraid to express his honest opin- ions. Such qualities have made him a re- spected citizen of Cedar township and a popular neighbor.

D. S. WELSH.

In many lines of business the city of Newton, Kansas, is far superior to other cities of the same size, and one line in which she has became well known is that of livery and transfer. The large business of this kind which has been conducted here for many years,-so long that it has become one of the most important in the city,-was established by D. S. Welsh, one of the old and highly esteemed citizens. Mr. Welsh was born in Susquehannah county, Pennsyl- vania, on March 26, 1854, and he is a son of John C. and Mary E. Welsh, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The mother died in 1882, at the age of forty- nine years, but the father is still living and is a resident of Crowley, Louisiana.

In 1864 the parents of our subject moved to Elmira, New York, and there he acquired his education. After leaving school he learned the blacksmith trade, at which he worked for eight years, beginning then in the livery business. about 1877. He found it both pleasent and profitable and continued in that line for the four succeed- ing years, and then he moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and engaged in the same busi- ness. The popularity of Colorada Springs as a summer resort induced him to remove thither, and there he remained for one season. In the fall of 1882 he came to Newton, Kansas, and located on the corner which has so long been associated with his business. The premises are the largest and most complete of all within a radius of four counties, and the business was carried on in a like expansive manner. Mr. Welsh bought all his stock, employed some twenty men, and his accommodations consisted of vans and fishing and hunting houses on wheels in connection with every kind of vehicle for the accommodation of the public, and all kinds for the proper transfer of any kind of goods or commodity. An im- portant part of the business was the buying and shipping of horses. A part of these went to New York, but the greater number were shipped to Crowley, Louisiana. During one year he shipped as many as five hundred horses, of all kinds and adapted to all pur- poses. In 1902, however, he disposed of this business, and the building has been re- modeled and leased to the Y. M. C. A.

In 1874 Mr. Welsh was married to Miss Ella McCray, who was born in Minnesota, and to Mr. and Mrs. Welsh five children were born, as follows: Rev. John W., of Evanston, Illinois, who is a Congregational minister. He is a graduate of the North- western University in the class of 1901. He married Mamye Mowery, of Harney county, Kansas. Bert W., who is a gradu- ate of the high school, in the class of 1896, is now the efficient bookkeeper for his fa- ther, in whose business he has an invest- ment. June 6, 1901, he married Miss Lila Foosey, of Nickerson, this state. Frank S., also a graduate of the Newton high

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stisch. in the class of 1898, is now at Crowley, Louisiana. Ruth and Willard W. complete the family.

Mr. Welsh has long been a resident here and is known far and wide through his ex- tensive business and political connections. He has done much in shaping the social, religious and educational life of Newton and is a truly representative man of this flourishing city.

DR. HENRY N. KIRKPATRICK.

The record of an honorable, upright life is always read with interest, and it better perpetuates the name and fame of the sub- ject than does a monument, seen by few and soon crumbling into dust beneath the re- lentless hand of time. Those who have been active in the organization of their lo- cality are especially deserving of an honored place in its annals, and their posterity will turn with just pride to these records of the founders and preservers of a prosperous united nation.

Born in Parke county, Indiana, on the 14:1 . i December, 1849, Henry N. Kirk- patrick is a son ai Andrew K. and Sarah I. ( Gilkinson) Kirkpatrick, both natives of Virginia. In ISES they removed to Allen county, Kansas, taking up their abode near Carlisle, where they secured a tract of gor- ernment land. and there spent the remainder of their lives, the father passing away in death in 1870. Throughout his active busi- ness career he carried on farming and stock- raising on an extensive scale. In his politi- ca' views he was a supporter of Republican principles, and religiously he was identified with the Presbyterian church. He passed through the terrible border trouble in this state, and for seven nights was compelled to hile in a cornfield. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick were born nine children, only three of whom still survive. namely: Will- iam R .. a prominent attorney of Elreno, In- dian Territory: Sarah. the wife of R. M. So tt. who is engaged in the insurance busi- ness in Pittsburg. Kansas: and Henry N .. the subject of this review.

The last named was reared to years of maturity in the Sunflower state, and to its public school system he is indebted for the early educational privileges which he en- joel. When twenty-two years of age he entered the office of J. W. Bush of Okit- loosa, Kansas, where he par-not the study of medicine for two years, and in 1879 he entered the St. Louis Malied! Gligt, there remaining for a similar period. He then en- gagel in the practice of medicine and in the drug business in order to secure the money necessary to complete his medical education. receiving his degree of M. D. in 1878. In that year he went to Wichita to join the Anthony Town Company, but on account 1 a broken arm he was not permitted to do so for a time. However, he and his brother. W. R. Kirkpatrick, had previously visited Harper county to look for a suitable 1 ca- tion on which to found a town. and they selected the present site of the city of An- thony, of which our subject became the first practicing physician. He followed his chosen profession in this city until 1805. when his health failed and he was Higel to discontinue its practice. In those early days he was obliged to spend much .i his time, day and night, in riding through the country to visit his patients. man wt! lived on remote farms. and faithfully did he respond to all demands from sick and suffer- ing humanity, regardless of his own health and comfort. In ISSs Mr. Kirkpatrick en- gaged in the drug business in company with C. A. Miller, which relationship was main- tained for four years, when our subject & M his interest to his partner, but in INSo he purchased the business, including both the stock and building, and since 1895 he has given his entire attention to its conduct.

In October, 1880, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kirkpatrick and Miss Clara L. Anderson, a native of Zionville. Indiana. and a daughter of Philander Anders n. Three children have been born unto this union .-- Walter W., Ena R. and Beth R. The family occupy a beautiful home in An- thony, which was erected in 1887. In petit- ical matters Mr. Kirkpatrick gives an .:- faltering support to Republican principles,

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and he is indeed a public-spirited and pro- gressive citizen. He was a member of the Anthony Town Company, and for many years he has lived and labored to goodly ends among the people of Harper county. Shortly after the organization of the town of Anthony he was made a Mason, in which he has now reached the Knight Templar degree and is a past eminent commander. He is also a member of the chapter and blue lodge and of the Eastern Star. His path has been marked by good deeds, by honest pur- pose, by commendable industry and worthy. motives, and in the locality which has so long been his home he has many warm and true friends.

J. A. LYONS.

On the roster of public officials in Ray- mond township, Rice county, appears the name of J. A. Lyons, an honored and re- spected resident of his locality. He has labored effectively and earnestly for the interests of his fellow citizens, and along the line of intellectual, moral and material improvement his work has been of marked benefit. For twenty-two years he has re- sided in this portion of Rice county, years actively devoted to its upbuilding and im- provement.

Mr. Lyons is a native of the far-off state of Connecticut, his birth occurring in New Haven, in 1875. His father, Michael Lyons, died when the son was a small boy. In 1879 our subject came with his mother to Rice county, where she is still living and is now Mrs. Berry. He was reared to farm life here and was early taught lessons of industry, honesty and economy. His edu- cational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, but since putting aside his text-books he has added largely to his knowledge through practical experience, reading and observation, and is now a well informed man. For the past several years he has been prominently and successfully engaged in the grain business at Raymond. and in this he has met with a well merited degree of prosperity.

In addition to his extensive business operations Mr. Lyons has also found time to devote to the political interests of his locality, being an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party. On that ticket he was also elected to the office of justice of the peace, in which he served for two years, proving a capable official. He has also been called to the office of constable, and on the 6th of November, 1900, he was made township trustee, in which he is the present incumbent. In his social relations Mr. Lyons is connected with the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is one of the solid, successful and progressive citi- zens of his community. His worth is widely acknowledged and the people recognize that they owe much to him for his efforts in behalf of this section of the state.

CHARLES CAMPBELL.

The subject of this sketch, who is an enterprising and successful citizen of Lo- gan township, Ottawa county, Kansas, his postoffice address being Minneapolis, is an ex-soldier of the Civil war, and his record for gallant service is an enviable one. He traces the history of his family in America to Ohio, to Kentucky and to Virginia.

Charles Campbell, who has been well known in central Kansas since 1877, was born in Preble county, Ohio, February 9, 1844, a son of Charles Campbell, Sr., a na- tive of Kentucky, whose father was born in Virginia of one of the old and honored families of that state. Charles Campbell, Sr., grew to manhood in Kentucky and re- moved when quite young to Ohio, where he married Hannah Griffin. a native of Delaware and a descendant of an old fam- ily of that state. After his marriage he lived for a time in Michigan, but ill-health compelled him to return to Ohio, where he died at the age of thirty-seven years, leav- ing a widow and the following-named chil- dren: Jacob, who served in the Civil war as a soldier in the Fifty-fourth Regiment,

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Ohi Volunteer Infantry, and now live at Minneapolis, Kansas; Charles, who is the immediate subject of this sketch : Suite B., who was also a soldier in the Civil war; Aus. whe Became Mrs. Robinson, and lives in Kansas: and William, who al- fought under the starry flag in the war of the

Certes Campbell was reared to the ar- data de of the farm under the counsel and instruction of a Christian mother, who imparted to him, lessens of honests. integ ring and patriotism, thets preparing hin able quatre for the proud responsibilities of Auxolan citizenship. In 1862 at the sec- und call of President Lincoln ir trees. the young man enlisted in Company D. Eight-first Regiment. Ohio Volunteer In- fantry. Colonel Morton commanded the regiment, with Lieutenant Colonel Adams as second in command and Captain Taylor commanded Company D. The regiment was included in General Sherman's command, an : participated in the battle at Resaca. Mr. Campbell was taken prisoner by the Cos- iclerates at Rome Cross Roads, Georgia. in May, 1804, and was imprisoned at An- deranville, Georgia, and was later than. ferred to the Confederate prisen at For. ence. South Carolina, where he fined as a prismer of war for more than six months, or until November, 1864. Dur- ing that time he experience! och hardship and deprivation as made file ( prison infamous and it was we are the a naturally strong constitution and teacher in! disposition that he was able to maintain his health until he was paroled and ex- change !. He was duly discharged ir mille Service ant Washings a. Diserie: . Com- bia. and returned to Ohio to engage in farm- ing.

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Ohio. May 23. 1852. a daughter of Martin L. and Elizabeth ( Tomson) Wear. Martin L. Wear was born in Butler comy. Ofrio, and Elizabeth Thomas

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the latter is living at Calver, Crema county, Kansas. Mr. Wear was successful in life and influential in the affairs of his town- Ship and county. In religieux attriation he was a Universalist. His wife fore him -is children, four of whom are living: Cyrus who lives at Girard, Crawford county, Kimas: Murry, who lives in Preble county, Obio : caroline E., who became Mr -. Camp- bell : and Mrs. Ella Wilson, di Culver. Kan- The two others died in child'and.

Mr. Campbell located at his prosent home in Logan township, Ottawa county, Kansas, in 1877. Ilis farm, which cost- E two hundred and forty acres of rich h : tom land, is well cultivated and we'll will- era, and is one of the last in the town- ship, being divided into fields for grain. hay, pasturage and orchard purposes all a goodly part of it being fine wo alles !. successful general farmer. Mr. Campbell gives considerable attention to stick mais In politics he is a Populist, and he i ber of the Grand Army of the Roots. Ile is a man of much public spór . desordi to the best interests of his township and county, and has bing titel the township trustee. and has been five times elected assessor. He has tr .

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in Scotland, of stanch old Highland stock, notable for courage and integrity of charac- ter. The father of our subject was reared and educated in his native land, where he re- mained until he had attained the age of about seventeen years, when he accompanied his widowed mother and her other chil- dren on their emigration to America. His father was a ship carpenter by trade, and had been in the employ of the English gov- ernment in various parts of the world, his death occurring while he was far distant from his home. His widow settled in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, upon coming to America, and there her death occurred. Her son Edward removed thence to Cleveland and became a sailor on the Great Lakes, following the sea for many years and holding positions of trust and responsibility as an officer on va- rious boats. He married Theodosia Waite, who was born in the city of Cleveland, where she was reared and educated. being the daughter of Dr. Chester Waite, a pioneer physician of the Forest City and a man of prominence in the community. He was born in Massachusetts and his death oc- curred in Cleveland.

Edward and Theodosia Whitelaw, the parents of car subject, removed finally to Van Buren county. Michigan, where they passed the remainder of their lives, the m. ther passing away at the age of forty- nine years, while her husband survived to attain the age of sixty-eight. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom are living at the present time save one .- Harriet, who is the wife of Horase Tay- lor, of Kingman county, Kansas ; James, a resident of Garden Plains. Kansas; Isabelle; Chester Waite, the immediate subject of this review : Eunice : Marshall ; and Maude, who is deceased. In his early life Edward Whitelaw was a sailor on the Great Lakes, but he devoted the later years of his life to agricultural pursuits. In politics he was a stalwart Democrat, and his religious faith was that of the Christian church, of which his wife was also a devoted member. They were folk of sterling character and were held in high regard by all who knew them.

Chester W. Whitelaw. the immediate

subject of this review, grew up under the invigorating atmosphere of the old home- " stead farm in Van Buren county, Michigan, assisting in its cultivation. He is indebted to the common schools of his native county for his educational training, and there he remaned until 1877, when he came to the plains of Kansas. He saw much of the un- trammeled life of the plains and mountains, being employed on cattle ranches and in va- rious other capacities in Colorado, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and the republic of Mexico. In 1884 he returned to his old home in Michigan, making the trip on the Northern Pacific Railroad to St. Paul, this line having but recently been completed through the Rocky Mountains. On the 16th of October. of the same year, Mr. Whitelaw was united in marriage to Miss Angeline Van Wickla, who was born in Van Buren county, Michigan, the daughter of Rer. William and Mary ( Failing) Van Wickla. The former was a clergyman of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, and was an able and faithful worker in the cause of the Divine Master, maintaining his home in Michigan for a long term of years. He rendered ac- tive service as a soldier in the Union army during the war of the Rebellion, and was known as a man of the highest character and marked talent. Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw are the parents of two children .- The - sia, who was born in 1886; and Edward Henry, born in 1888.

Our subject is the owner of a fine farm property, his place comprising two hundred and eighty acres of very fertile land. and is located in Vinita township, his postoffice address being Cheney. In politics he ac- cords allegiance to the Populist party, and has shown a proper interest in public affairs of a local nature. He has been called upon to serve in offices of distinct trust and re- sponsibility, having been trustee of his town- ship and also incumbent of the office of jus- tice of the peace. Fraternally he has long been identified with the Masonic order, hav- ing been raised to the master's degree in Bloomingdale Lodge, in Van Buren county, Michigan. Mrs. Whitelaw is a member of "the Methodist Episcopal church, and is

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prominent in the social Hie of the commu- nity, where her popularity is of an unmis- takable order.

JOHN GAWITH.

John Gawith, a prominent farmer and stockman of Center township, Ottawa cun- ty, Kansas, who has been identified with prominent local interests since 1872, is a son ci Ralph Gawith, a native of England, who was one of the early settlers in that part of Kansas. Ralph Gawith was born in Eng- land eighty-seven years ago and lived there until 1872, when, bidding his old friends and neighbors a farewell, he sailed for the United States, landing at New York after a two-weeks' voyage and coming thence direct to Ottawa county. He took up a home- stead in Garfield township, where he pros- pered and where he died in 1890, at the age of seventy-six years. He was a good farmer and a patriotic and useful citizen, and was an affectionate husband and fa- der. His gider lives on his old homestead, respected and beloved by all who know her. They had children named Ralph, Elizabeth. William. Annie, Rheda Mary. John. James. Joseph. Hannah Belle. Emily Jane and Bertha Ann.

John Gawith, the immediate subject .i this sketch, was reared on his father's home- stead and was early initiated into the mys- teries of farming. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, receiving a good education in the public schools, and then engaged in the butcher- ing business, in which he continued success- fully for three years, and which he aban- doned to become a farmer and stockman. He has proved himself a good stock-raiser, producing a grade of cattle second to none in his vicinity. His farm consists of one hundred and sixty acres, well improved and cultivated. and well equipped in every way for successful operation.

Mr. Gawith was married January 17. 1880. to Mrs. Martha (Lee) Brighton. a native of England, and a daughter of J.

Lee, a well known early settler in Ottawa County. She was the wid wi lamies Brighton, of English nativity, who died in 1885, at the age of thirty-five years, leav- ing an enviable record as a good citizen and a successful farmer. By her first marriage Mrs. Gawith has a daughter. Myrtle. now sixteen years old. By her marriage with Mr. Gawith she has five children: Laura Elizabeth and Flora May (twins). Arthur Raymond, Bertha Anna and John Ernest. In politics Mr. Gawith is independent, re- serving the right to vote always for the best man for the place. He is a citizen of much public spirit who may be depended upon to further to the extent of his ability every movement for the public good.

S. A. STOUT.

S. A. Stout has been a resident of Bar- ber county since 1884 and now makes his home on section 25, Cedar township, where he is successfully engaged in farming. He is numbered among the native some of the Sunflower state, his birthplace being near Emporia, in Lyon county, Kansas. There he first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 13th of February, INGS. resetting one of the honored pioneer familie. i the state. His father. Mahlon S: :. was ene of the first settlers in Lyon county. He was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, a son of Thomas Stout, who was also barn in that state, and was of English Lineage. The father was connected with the society of Friends or Quakers, and did not believe in war or bloodshed, but believed in living in harmony and peace with all men. Mah- lon Stout was reared upon his father's farm, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, and after arriving at years of maturity he married Nancy Lamb, wh -was also a native of North Carolina. and a daughter of James Lamb. In the year IN!7 they removed to Morgan county, Indiana. becoming pioneer settlers of that locality and subsequently Kansas numbered them among

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her worthy citizens, for at an early period in the development of Lyon county they . took up their abode there, securing a claim which the father transformed into a good farm, making his home thereon until his death, which occurred when he was seventy- one years of age. He, too, was identified with the Society of Friends, and his life was in harmony with its teachings and princi- ples. In his political affilations he was a Republican, and at all times was a citizen of worth, deeply interested in every meas- ure and movement calculated to promote the general good. His wife was also identified with the same religious denomination and passed away in 1894, at the age of sixty- three years, respected by all who knew her. In their family were eight children, seven of whom are yet living: Addison T., who resides in Lyon county, Kansas : James A., of Woods county, Oklahoma ; Silas A., the subject of this review; Thomas C., also a resident of Woods county, Oklahoma: Mil- ton C .. a mail-carrier of Emporia, Kansas ; Alva M .. living on the old farm in Lyon county; and Oron, also living on the old homestead in Lyon county, Kansas.

On the old family homestead in Lyon county S. A. Stout was reared, working in the fields through the months of summer and assisting in the arduous task of de- veloping and cultivating a new farm. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges, and thus between study, play and work his youthful days were spent. When twenty-three years of age he was mar- ried, in Greenwood county, Kansas, to Sa- rah Andrews, who was born and educated in North Carolina, her parents being Jacob and Rachel (Stout) Andrews, who were also natives of North Carolina, and died in Chatham county, that state. The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed with six sons and a daughter: Harvey L., Benjamin H .. George, Charles. Roy, Clem- ma E. and Gladys N.

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A biographical history of central Kansas, Vol. II, Part 85

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