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put in steam heat. The hotel is situated on a block of ground 198 by 138 feet with a spacious lawn and fine shade trees, whose overhanging boughs impart a cooling shade, and give an air of comfort on a sultry summer day.
Cattauraugus county. New York, is the birthplace of Mr. Wilkes. His paternal grandfather was one of the thirteen men who came over with LaFay- ette during the Revolutionary war; he was a musician. The Wilkes are of French origin and their advent into AAmerica dates from that time. They settled in Connecticut. In 1853. Mr. Wilkes began his career by going to New York City and working on the Crystal Palace which was being erected for the World's Fair, and had the subordinate management of the arcade. In 1851. he came to Chicago where he railroaded in various capacities ; was con- ductor of a passenger train for four years. During his residence in Chicago a company was formed among the railroad men for duty in the Civil war. but Mr. Wilkes could not pass muster. He subsequently accepted a position as traveling salesman and considered Chicago his home until after the big "Chicago Fire." Thinking the city would never rebuild, he turned his atten- tion in the direction of Kansas, establishing the first hotel of any consequence in Belleville. From there he went to Washington, Kansas, and later to Cuba. Kansas, where he engaged in the mercantile business, at the same time own- ing a farm sixteen miles north of Clyde. He sold these interests in 1878 and enacted a good deed for Clyde when he opened a hotel with such excellent accommodations.
Mr. Wilkes was married in 1858, to Susan Lyman, who died January 23. 1864, leaving one child, a son who died one year later. In 1866, he was married to Eliza J. Faroll. a young woman of Irish birth who came to Amer- ica in her childhood. By this marriage seven children were born, three of whom are living : George I1 .. Jr., the present manager of the hotel (his family consists of a wife and three sons, Earl and Walter, two handsome and re- markably bright little fellows of ten and eight years, respectively, and Dick, aged one and one-half years) : Edward J .. of Kansas City, and a daughter. Courtney Grace. Mr. Wilkes is a Mason of twenty-eight years standing : a Knight Templar. Blue Lodge, and a Shriner. He is a democrat politically. and a member of the city council. He is a member of the Baptist church.
Mr. Wilkes has in his possession one of the rarest and most extensive collections of United States and foreign coins owned by any one individual in the state. The author is indebted to Mr. Wilkes for the following descrip- tion :
"In this country, where everything is comparatively new, anything old or antique always attracts great attention. Large sums are paid for ok fur- niture, such as andirons, candlesticks, spinning wheels, crockery, clocks, glass- ware, old arms, books and paintings, and recently old coins have been added. The local newspapers often publish long editorials about some curious coin. This is of what I want to speak. There are but few people who are posted on this subject and very few who know when the first coins were issued or
THE NEW YORKA PUBLIC LIBRARY
AUTOR, LEWY" TILBEN FOUNDAT &I
WILLIAM EMERY SMITH.
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what denomination it was. The first authorized coin by congress, as near as I can find out, was the Franklin cent, coined in 1787. This is a very curious piece of work having on one side the rising sun and sun-dial with the word "Fugio," meaning Franklin, and date; under the sun-dial these words : "Mind Your Business." On the reverse side it has thirteen links connected together, with this inscription : "We are one United States," making a very neat and interesting study. About that time there were quite a number of pennies of Washington, the most of which were struck in England, but they had nothing to do with the United States, although they were used as money and were called Washington coins and tokens. Of these there was a great variety and it would take too much space to attempt to describe all of them. There were a great number of miscellaneous coins in circulation until con- gress authorized the coinage of silver and copper coins, which was about 1792, when the act of April 2d authorized the coining of one-half pennies, weight one hundred and thirty-two grains. Weight changed. act of January 14. 1793. to one hundred and four grains, and act of March 3. 1795. to eighty- four grains. Coinage commenced in 1793, and discontinued in 1857 of this denomination ; authorized act of July 6, 1787. caused to be coined for the United States by James Jarvis, of New Haven, Connecticut, the so called "Fugio" or Franklin cent; the regular large copper cents were authorized act of April 2, 1792, coinage commenced in 1793 and discontinued in 1857, there were none coined in 1815. Authorized act of February 21, 1857. to coin nickle cents. seventy-two grains, regular coinage commenced in 1857, a few were coined in 1856. coinage discontinued in 1864. The bronze cent comes next authorized April 22, 1864. weight forty-eight grains. Two cent bronze, act of April 22. 1864, weight ninety-six grains, discontinued in 18,3. ' Three cent nickle. act of March 3. 1863. weight thirty grains, discontinued 1873. Five cent nickle. act of May 16, 1866, weight seventy-seven and six- teen hundredths grains, coinage commenced in 1866. This is a short sketch of all the coins except the silver and gold issues of the United States."
WILLIAM EMERY REID.
The public spirit entertained by the late William E. Reid entitled him to a place in the rank of prominent citizens. As an official he was keen, discriminating and exact : as a banker and business man, cautious and con- servative; as a citizen he was accorded a place among those whose influence was wielded for the welfare and business interests of the people and for the advancement of the country. He was a man of scholarly attainments and his ability was recognized by all. During the 'seventies there was no citizen of Cloud county who was more intimately associated with its business inter- ests, or who held a higher place in the confidence and esteem of the people. Mr. Reid was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, March 13, 1844. His father, John D. Reid, survives him and has been an extensive contractor, con- structing several hundred miles of the Dubuque & Sioux City, Burlington &
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Missouri River. Pacific & Western Union, and other railroads. He opened quar- ries at Joliet, and there obtained the stone for the construction of the capitol at Nashville, Tennesseee, for which he had the contract. He has also been prominent in the political affairs of Wisconsin. He now resides at Ocono- mowvc. Wisconsin, retired from the farm life he has been following in recent years.
Our subject's mother also survives him. Before her marriage she was Janette Gourlie, and is an accomplished woman. Mr. Reid received his rudi- mentary education in the schools of Nashville, Tennessee. Hle later entered the Union High School. of Joliet. Hlinbis, and subsequently graduated from the Spencerian National Business College of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and taught in the latter institution for one year. He was ambitious, even as a young man, taught school in winter and worked on the farm in summer, as a stepping stone to something more in keeping with his tistes and desires, until in 1870 when he came west. After traveling over various parts of Neb- raska Mr. Reid drifted down into Kansas and located in the new western town that did not bear a very strong resemblance to the present thriving little city of Clyde, and when the whole Republican valley was but sparsely settled. He homesteadled near the town, improved the land, but engaged in the mer- cantile business and afterward taught two terms of school at Clyde.
Mr. Reil held offices of trust and honor. In 1870 he was elected the first Clerk of the District Court of Cloud county and was re-elected in 1872. In 1871 was elected county clerk and re-elected in 1873; holding both offices two terms. In 18-5 he was elected county treasurer, re-elected in 1877 and bell the office four years. He was also the first agent of the Central Branch Railroad at Concordia. He was a member of the Concordia City Council for several years and was one of the foremost in every worthy project. ile was a friend and worker in educational affairs; was a director of the State Normal School of Concordia. He was a director of the Republican Val- ley Railroad. director and secretary of the AAtchison, Republican Valley & Pacifle Railroad from Concordia to Scandia and an officer and director of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific. Socially he was a Mason and Knight Templar of high standing; also of the I. O. O. F., and had passed . all the chairs of these orders. Politically he was a republican. Mr. Reid was engaged in newspaper work at one time and while under his control the policy of the Expositor was changed to republican.
.A year prior to our subject's locating in Kansas City, where he died in less than four months. he was associated with his brother. Walter G. Reid in the banking business at Smith Center. Mr. Reid died April 8, 1887, at the age of forty-four years, leaving a wife, four sons and one daughter who survive him and reside in their pleasant suburban home at Clyde.
Mrs. Reid before their marriage. June 9. 1872. was Jean M. Turner, one of the estimable daughters of the late David and Jean Law Turner. ( See sketch) Mrs. Turner is a sister of Doctor James Law. president of Cornell University Veterinary College, which position he has filled since
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this scat of learning was instituted over thirty years ago. Mrs. Reid's fam- ily consists of Albert Turner (see sketch). George St. John, their second son, is manager of a large manufacturing company at St. Louis. He was married October 15, 1902, to Miss Sibelle Waite a very excellent young woman of Greenville, Illinois. Frank, the third son is now connected with one of the largest railroad construction companies in the country. He is a graduate of the law department of the Kansas University. Llewellyn Arthur, the fourth and youngest son is physically disabled; the effects of illness that occurred in his youth. But the unfortunate result does not prevent him from taking a lively interest in the affairs of the day, nor make him a less genial and companionable fellow ; nor is life to him by any means a solitary existence. for he is sanguine, full of hope, and a great student, his mother's compan- ion and counselor. He is talented in art and music, and his literary efforts have already been extensively copied. Jean, their only daughter, is just dawning upon womanhood. She is a student on her first year in the Clyde High School and is a gifted musician.
HONORABLE W. S. CRUMP.
Among the oldest residents of Clyde is W. S. Crump the subject of this sketch. In outlining M1. Crump's career it can be said he is not only a men- ber of the first hardware store of Clyde but has been one of the most pros- perous business men and higly respected citizens. He has managed his affairs with judgment derived from both ability and experience. For several years he was associated with Mr. Bartlett under the firm name of Bartlett & Crump. They were the first firm of hardware men established in Cloud county, in 1869.
Mr. Crump is a native of Indiana, born in Bartholomew county, near the city of Columbus, on a farm in 1837. He is a son of William H. and Sarah (Smith) Crump. His parents died when he was young, leaving a family of four children, only one of whom beside himself is living-a sister who resides in Indiana. Mr. Crump lived on a farm until the breaking out of the Civil war when he became a sutler's clerk in the southern department of the United States army and was on duty through Tennessee, Kentucky. North Caro- lina and Alabama.
Mr. Crump was married on January 1, 1861. to Sophronia Fish, who died in January. 1863, leaving two infant sons, Charles and Harry ; the for- mer is express agent with residence in Clyde. and the latter a farmer near Santa Fe. Monroe county, Missouri. In 1889. Mr. Crump was married to Martha Russel and to their union one son has been born, Wirt R., who is in his father's employ.
Mr. Crump affiliates with the Republican party and has always been prominently identified with political affairs. During his residence in Min- hattan, Kansas, where he located in 1868, and before becoming a permanent resident of Clyde in 1872. he served on the board of councilmen which was
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the beginning of his political career in Kansas. In the spring of 1872, he was elected a member of the school board of Clyde and in 1875 a commissioner of Cloud county from the first district. In 1874, he was elected mayor of the city of Clyde and has served three different terms as member of the coun- cil. In 18So he represented his district in the Legislature and served with distinction. In 1885, he was elected police judge,and in 1888, justice of the peace.
Bartlett & Crump were succeeded by Rushmore & Son, and during an interval of several years between that event and embarking in the second enterprise of 1806. Mr. Crump was appointed, during Governor Martin's administration, a member of the State Board of Charities. He held this office from the spring time of 1885 until 1889. He has been treasurer of Elk town- ship for several years and is the present incumbent. Mr. Crump has been a Mason since 1855, and one of the charter members of the Blue Lodge and of Concordia Chapter of Clay Center.
Mr. Crump owns a handsome residence property on Green street, where many of the old settlers located and have grown fine shade trees, making it one of the most desirable localities in the city. Mr. Crump is a man of fine business qualifications and when he re-established his store in 1896, his okt customers fell in line to give him a patronage he had won by former years of honest dealing. He is a sagacious business man and his store is complete in its line. Mr. Crump has made a success of life and is a leader in every. good enterprise and is one of Clyde's foremost citizens.
ALBERT TURNER REID.
It is with pardonable pride that the people of this vicinity speak of the celebrated artist. Albert T. Reid. He is referred to as one of the most dis- tinguished men Cloud county has ever had among its citizens, in a way that reflects credit upon his high order of talent.
Concordia is the birth place of this rapidly rising young man, but in the beautiful little city of Clyde, his more recent home and where his mother still resides, he first gave evidence of the great talent he possessed and has since developed, making him nationally famous as a cartoonist and illus- trator. Mr. Reid is loyal to the friends of his boyhood days and to the place of his nativity. He refers to Clyde and Concordia people with a feeling akin to reverence and fully reciprocates their attachment for him and their unbounded interest in his career. His father, the late W. E. Reid, having been a lawyer and banker, the son was reared with the supposition that he would follow in his father's footsteps. Hence, little or no attention was given the artistic ability he evinced at an early age, and to which all his energies were concentrated until his unusual talents stood forth unchal- lenged.
While a mere boy he won the prize offered by the Mail and Breeze of Topeka, for the best cartoon, among any and all competitors. That he car-
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ALBERT TURNER REID.
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIRKAR+
ABTOA L'HY TILDEN FOUNDATIONS
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- ried away the honors from among the seventy-five sketches submitted proved him to be endowed with more than ordinary skill. That was the turning point in his life. Since then the demand for his work has steadily increased until he stands today pre-eminently among the best illustrators and car- toonists. His work is characterized for its strong originality.
He is still a young man on the sunny side of middle life, full of aspira- tions, and possessing the ambition to execute them, he has not yet reached the climax of his career. At the beginning of his career in art, he spent three years on the Kansas City Star. From there he went to the New York Her- ald and then to the staff of "Judge," and became one of the contributors to McClure's Magazine. All westerners are especially acquainted with his regu- lar contributions in the Kansas City Journal and the Topeka Mail and Breeze. His cartoons have made him a power in politics. "In Varying Moods," a charming little volume, one of the poetical gems of the day, by William Hamilton Cline, is beautifully illustrated and decorated by Mr. Reid. His excellent drawings in "Cupid is King," by Roy Farrell Greene, have been highly praised by the best critics in the country. An admirable collection of his humorous drawings illustrates Tom McNeal's Fables.
Mr. Reid is not only gifted in art. but plays the piano with a skill that denotes more than ordinary talent and has composed a number of pieces. Band masters Sousa, Innes and Sorrentio have personally complimented his "Guardians of Liberty," march, and have played it to enthusiastic audiences during their tours. Lew Dockstader, the famous minstrel gained many an encore with Mr. Reid's "Dat Meddlin' Coon."
Mr. Reid is unostentatious in his bearing and retains the simplicity of manner that would mark the earlier years of a man's life before known to fame. Instead of a misguided enthusiasm, what he has accomplished is only an index of what the future holds for him, and although he is well known, is still rising in prominence in the art world. The self-reliance he was called upon to exercise in his work undoubtedly developed his talent and his intel- lectual faculties as well. Natural ability, coupled with his zeal, established for him a reputation accorded to but few western artists.
The wedding of Albert T. Reid and Miss Vera Low, which occurred in October, 1902, was one of the most brilliant events ever celebrated in Topeka. Mrs. Reid's talents will enable her to keep pace with those of her husband. for she is an accomplished musician of rare ability and possesses a beautiful voice. She is a leader in the social world. Mrs. Reid is the daughter of Marcus A. Low, General attorney of the Rock Island Railroad. She is the original of many of Mr. Reid's pen and ink girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid's beautiful home at Thirteenth and Fillmore streets in Topeka, is one of the most attractive in that city of homes and the studio on the third floor is an interesting workshop, from which Mr. Reid turns ont the cartoons that provoke mirth, and mould public opinion and the illus- trations that adorn the pages of magazines and books. This is the home of the "Reid Girl."
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THOMAS JEFFERSON JACKSON.
T. J. Jackson is one of the pioneers of Kansas. ITe settled temporarily in Irving, Marshall county, in 1866, where his wife had relatives living. In December of the same year he located a claim in Shirley county (now Cloud) in that part of Lawrence that was afterward included in Elk town- ship. Ile still retains the homestead which he traveled all the way from Indiana to secure, but lives in the city of Clyde where he has made a com- fortable home. Ile met with many hardships and his courage was extin- quished to the extent of desiring to return to his home on the Wabash, but he was too poor for the undertaking. He lived on his homestead nearly thirty years and unlike most of the Kansas farmers, never had a mortgage hanging over his head. Mr. Jackson was among the party who engaged in the search for Miss White who was captured by the Indians. He has killed many buffalo. While on one trip in the region of the Salt Marsh, his party was compelled to stop while a herd of buffalo passed. There were thousands of them packed closely together. As they approached, their hoofs sounded like the rumbling of distant thunder. The company repaired to a knoll and waited for them to pass which required about two hours. The herd was a quarter of a mile in length. The buffalo did not seem excited but marched in an unbroken line.
The birthplace of Mr. Jackson was Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born in 1829. His mother died when he was a boy and he was reared in the home of an uncle in Logansport, Indiana, until the age of eleven years, when he began life for himself. Mr. Jackson has a brother, Noah M., living at Afton. Union county, Iowa, and a sister, Mrs. Martha A. Bully, near Eaton, Ohio. Mr. Jackson was married in 1848, to Mary E. Short, who was born in Dela- ware, in 1831. She is a daughter of Joe and Nancy ( Benson) Short. Her father was born in 1812, and her mother in 1810. Aaron, William and Reu- ben Short, well known citizens of Concordia are hier brothers. Another brother. Jacob Short, is a resident of Florida. The youngest brother lost his eyesight from fever at two years of age and died when eleven in Indian- apolis. To Mr. and Mrs. Jackson eight children have been born, five of whom are living. Martha, wife of Sherman Baker of Riley county, Kansas, a prominent farmer and stockman. John Marion, a successful man engaged in the implement business in Clyde. Edward Washington, deceased in infancy. Mary Ann. deceased at the age of ten years. Schuyler Colfax, died at the age of two years. Ella Etta, an invalid. Lucy May, was the first girl baby born in the Elk creek addition; she is the wife of C. E. Merritt, a hardware man with residence in Augusta. Oklahoma. Mary Elizabeth Shayler, with her two children. Walter A. and Lottie L., make their home with the family of her father.
Dr. Jackson votes the Republican ticket and cast his first ballot for Winfield Scott. In state affairs he has supported that party ever since. In local affairs he gives preference to the best man. For many years Mr. Jack-
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son was an anti-secret society man, but overcame his prejudices twelve years ago and became a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Christian church and are also active in temperance work. To see Mrs. Jackson one would not suppose she had passed through the vicissitudes of life and reached the mile stone of three score and ten, as she looks a much younger woman. Mr. Jackson is an hon- orable, honest man, held in the highest esteem by his neighbors and friends.
DAVID IIELLER.
No man is more justly entitled to space in these records of Cloud county than David Heller. Sparsely as the country was settled it made a contribu- tion of men to Uncle Sam and among that number was Mr. Heller. He enlisted April 3, 1862, and was mustered out March 5, 1865, serving three years. He was in four different engagements, the most prominent of which were Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove. He was the second treasurer of Cluod county and held that office two terms. Was appointed captain of the militia by Governor Harvey, and was one of the three commissioners under an act of the legislature making it their duty to estimate the damages done by dep- redations of the Indians. It will be observed that these elections and appoint- ments were of a high order and were not misplaced. Ile was always ready and willing to serve at the post of danger. Whenever there was an excursion to be made on account of Indians David Heller was sure to be among the number. His record is a proud one and worthy to be handed down to pos- terity.
A. W. CAMPBELL, M. D.
The career of Doctor Campbell was a checkered one and though he may have had faults all concede his virtues were many. He was one of the old settlers of Clyde and contributed to many a sufferer. When called to a sick bed would render all the assistance in his power. He was kind and sympa- thetic and the hungry never left his door unfed. He had held the position of United States examining surgeon since the war.
Doctor Campbell was born in Brooklyn, East Canada. in 1834. He died October 2, 1880. leaving a daughter twelve years old. Mrs. Campbell died four years prior. He was buried by the Masonic brotherhood and Grand Army of the Republic, having been a member of both societies.
JUDGE LORENZO WESTOVER.
Judge Westover who died in Wichita county, Kansas, October 31, 1893. was a conspicious character in Cloud county. He settled in Riley county in the spring of 1855, and was one of the first settlers. He came to Clyde in
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18;0, where he became one of her most distinguished citizens. He was at one time county attorney of Cloud county, but his special efforts were towards prohibition and female suffrage. Originally he was a Whig, then a Republi- can and lastly a third party Prohibitionist. He was a man of many enemies and is said to have taken advantage of Charles French. his step-son, whose guardian he was, taking from him something like nine hundred dollars, which caused the people of Clyde to entertain unpleasant recollections of him.
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