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RENIHOLD C. SUPPE.
RENIHOLD C. SUPPE, a self-made man, whose diligence and enter- prise have been the salient features in bringing to him success, now follows farming in North township, Woodson County. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 12, 1859, and is the son of Frederick and Johanna (Frolich) Suppe. The father was a native of Prussia, and the mother of Saxony, Germany, and in their native land they were married, coming thence to . the New World in 1854. Crossing the Atlantic they landed at New York and there Mr. Suppe was greeted with the news that the ship on which he had · ent his household goods had been wrecked in a storm and had sunk in the sea. He and his wife were therefore left without anything. losing all of their household effects and fifty dollars in money. In 1858 Mr. Suppe removed to Cincinnati, and in that year worked at the carpenters' trade, which he followed continuously until after the inauguration of the Civil war in 1861. His patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment and he became a member of the Seventh Ohio infantry, with which he remained for three years, participating in many hotly contested battles, including the engage- ments at Antietam, the Wilderness, Missionary Ridge and the Vicksburg campaign. When the war was ended he returned to Cincinnati and worked in railroad shops until 1868, when he removed to Saline County, Missouri. where he is still residing at the age of seventy-five years. His wife passed away in 1898 at the age of seventy-two years. They were the parents of seven children, of whom four are now living, namely: Mary ; Renihold C .; William and Bertha.
Mr. Suppe, whose name forms the caption of this review, learned the
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earpenter's trade under the direction of his father in his boyhood days, be- eoming a good workman. He was married on the 5th. of September, 1883, to Miss Elizabeth Kaul, who has been to him a faithful companion and help- mate on the journey of life. They were sehoolmates in childhood and there formed a friendship which ripened into love as the years passed by. The lady is a daughter of Peter Kanl, a native of Germany, who wedded Mary Reidenbaek, who was also born in the fatherland. They came to America in 1855 when young people and were married in this country. They then took up their abode in Wisconsin, and later moved to Missouri where they farmed about 30 years and in the spring of 1884 they settled in Jaek- son County, Kansas, where he bought 420 acres of land. cultivating it with st.ccess, where they are still living, Mr. Kaul being sixty-nine years of age, while his wife is seventy-one. They had seven children ; Jacob : Carl ; Charles : Lizzie and Mary, twins: John, Lena and Peter.
After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Suppe, they began their domestie lite upon a farm in Missouri, which he operated for two years, and in 1885, he loeated in Jackson County, Kansas, where he rented a traet of land at.d. in connection with its enltivation. worked at the earpenter's trade. In 1894 he came to Woodson County and purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty aeres, partially improved, and situated twelve miles northwest of Yates Center. He handles what cattle and horses his farm will support and is engaged in the production of such cereals as are best adapted to this elimate. He has good erops and his labors are erowned with a gratifying degree of success. He made his start in life by working by the month for twelve and one-half dollars: to-day he is the owner of a valuable farm property, and is numbered among the successful agrienlturists of the eom- munity.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Suppe have been born six children, namely: Gertie, Fred. Carl. Ida. Raymond and Esther. all of whom are yet under the parental roof. The household is noted for its hospitality and good cheer. and the members of the family have many friends in the community. In his political views Mr. Suppe is a Republican and has always taken an ac- tive interest in polities. In the fall of 1900 he was elected township trustee for a term of two years and has served on the school board for a number of years, dispatching his official duties with promptness and fidelity. His life has been a busy and upright one, and throughout his active and honorable career, he has enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow men.
G. H. LAMB.
HON. G. H. LAMB, late state senator for the Fourteenth distriet, eom- prising the connties of Allen and Woodson, was born in Fountain County, Indiana. February 22, 1858. His father was a Union soldier and fell on the field of battle. Thrown upon his own resources at the tender age of ten
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years, Mr. Lamb's early youth was one of penury and toil and hardship. From the beginning, however, he was full of courage and ambition, and however hard he may have worked through the day he nearly always found some time to devote to study in the evening. In this way he fitted himself for the profession of a teacher which he followed for several years in his native state. In 1883 he came to Kansas, locating first in Wilson County where he taught school for a few years, afterwards removing to Toronto, Woodson County, where for three years he was principal of the city schools. In the meantime he had employed his leisure in the study of law to such good purpose that in 1889 he was admitted to the bar and at once entered upon the practice of the profession which he has since followed with most. gratifying success. An ardent republican, an eloquent speaker, it was but natural that Senator Lamb should drift into polities. He was the candidate of his party for county attorney in 1892 and was elected, succeeding him- self in the same office in 1894. In 1896 he was nominated by acclamation for the office of state senator and was one of the ten Republicans elected 1. the Kansas senate in that year. In that body he advanced at once to a position of leadership, and although in the minority, wielded a commanding influence during the two sessions of the legislature through which he served. Indeed so good was the record he made that in 1898 his county presented his Lame as a candidate for congress, and while he failed of the nomination, he came out of the contest one of the recognized leaders of his party in the district and state.
As an evidence of this recognition Senator Lamb was nominated by acclamation as a presidential elector in 1900 and was a potent factor in winning the victory which restored Kansas to the republican column. When the electoral college met he was secretary of the Kansas electors, and thus made out the returns which showed that Kansas had cast her vote for McKinley and Roosevelt.
Senator Lamb is a member of the Masonic, I. O. O. F., Knights of Py:hias, S. K. and L. andA. O. U. W. orders. and while he maintains high standing in all of them, he has been especially honored by the last named having been elected Grand Master Workman at the 1901 session of the Grand lodge.
Mr. Lamb was married at Boswell, Benton County, Indiana, March 6, 1881, to Miss Bessie Shipp, a cultured. educated and accomplished woman, whose sympathy, comfort and active effort have contributed much toward the successful career of her husband. To them have been born four sons and three daughters, all living. Mr. Lamb and his family are active mem- bers of the Christian church, and while he has never been regularly en- gaged in the ministry, yet he often fills the pulpit of the church in a most acceptable manner.
Since 1897 Mr. Lamb has been in partnership with Mr. W. E. Hogue- land in the practice of law, and the firm is recognized as one of the strongest in the Seventh Judicial district.
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A life of achievement such as is here briefly recorded is its own best eulogy. Here in this new western country it is the rule rather than the exception that the men now occupying positions of power and influence have fought their own way up from obscurity and poverty. Senator Lamb's career is therefore not exceptional. But it is on that account none the less honorable and distinguished. To begin the hard battle single-handed while a mere child and to achieve leadership in a learned profession and in a great party before the meridian of life is reached, is a record that any man may well hand down to his children with pride.
Fine physical strength, unquenchable courage and hope, strong in- tolligenee, great decision of character, fluent and forceful oratory, unques- tioned integrity, unwearying diligence and pertinaeity-these are the quali- ties that have won friends fortune and fame for G. H. Lamb, and that well entitle him to a place in this history.
JOHN W. LEWIS.
Among the influential and leading men of Woodson County is John W. Lewis, the senior member of the firm J. W. Lewis & Son. He is a native of Henry County, Tennessee, born February 11, 1836. His father, Simpson Lewis, was born and reared in Virginia, made farming his life work and chied in Tennessee, in 1839. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Nancy Patterson, survived him until 1849 and passed away in St. Louis, Missouri. She was a daughter of Joseph Patterson, who removed to Perry County, Illinois, in an early day and subsequently resided in Collinsville, that state. Virginia was the place of his birth and when he left the Old Dominion he took up his residence in St. Louis, Missouri. in the year 1844.
Our subjeet has no sisters and but one brother, Porter M. Lewis, whose place of location is unknown. At the age of thirteen John W. Lewis was left an orphan and for a year thereafter he resided in St. Louis, Missouri, after which he went to Columbia, Illinois, and there learned the carpenter's trade with a Mr. Prather. He was employed in that capacity until 1852. The following winter he purchased cattle intending to eross the plains with Moore & Sterett, but failed to make the contemplated journey and in the summer of 1853 became a farm hand. The following year he went to MeLean County. Illinois, where he worked by the month on a farm. In 1855 he made a trip to Iowa, but in 1856 again followed farming in the employ o? others until the 17th. of August, 1856, when he secured a breaking team and outfit with which to break sod. This was his first independent venture and it proved a profitable one, gaining him a good start on the road to fortune.
After his marriage Mr. Lewis rented a farm for two years and then purchased a traet of land of the Illinois Central Railroad Co., at once begin- ning its development and improvement. He successfully carried on agri-
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werdtural pursuits for a number of years, becoming the owner of valuable farming property. In 1871, however, he rented his farm and began dealing ir agricultural implements in Bloomington. Illinois, where he remained until .the spring of 1876, when he disposed of his property interests in MeLean county and went to Union county, Iowa. There he engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, also dealt in coal and lumber; his enterprise and careful management annually adding to his capital. In the winter of 1884 he disposed of his business there and came to Yates Center, where he purchased the hardware stock of Mr. Brewer, and has since carried on business along that line. In the summer of 1884 he erected his present business block. which he has well stocked with a complete line of shelf and heavy hardware, also large dealer in buggies and agricultural implements. His business policy and methods are strictly honorable and he therefore enjoys an enviable reputation in trade circles. For a number of years he has also engaged extensively in dealing in cattle and he is also the owner of sixteen hundred acres of land, two miles west and one mile south of the town of Yates Center. His business interests are of a varied nature. are extensive and important and plainly indicate his superior ability and executive force. Since coming to Kansas he has admitted his son, George A. Lewis, to a partnership in the business and still later Charley E. Lewis became a member of the firm, and is now managing the branch store in Garnett, Kansas.
On the 15th of November. 1858. Mr. Lewis married Catherine Merwin, daughter of Asher Merwin, a native of New York. born in Columbia county. and a farmer by occupation. She was born in 1840, and by her marriage to Mr. Lewis they have become the parents of the following: George A., who is with his father in business : Ida M., wife of John C. Letts of St. Joseph. Missouri : and Charley E.
Mr. Lewis is one of the active political workers of Woodson county. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. and has since voted for each candidate at the head of the republican ticket, only two of whom have ever met defeat in all these years. His sons are also supporters of the same party. He does all in his power to promote the success of his party, and has served as delegate to various county and state conventions, where his opinion carries weight in republican councils. The family attend the Methodist church and are prominent people of the com- munity. Although many years of prosperity in business lie behind Mr. Lewis his career has not been one of uninterrupted success, and all that he has acquired is the direct result of his own efforts. Labor has been the keynote of his advancement and his life stands in evidence of the oppor- tunities which America affords to her citizens, whose ambition and strong purpose are not hampered by harriers of caste or class.
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WILLIAM LOCKARD.
WM. LOCKARD. who is now engaged in the hardware business ite Tates Center, has : peut almost his entire life in Woodson county, having. come hither with his father, Martin Lockard, when but four years of age. He was born in Ke tleby, Canada, on the 30th of August, 1865. His father was also a native of Canada, born in 1834, and after arriving at years of maturity he married Sarah Lemon, who was born in the same country. They came to Kansas in 1870, locating in Toronto, but are now residents of Fort Scott. They have four living children, Kate, wife of W. P. Diekerson of Toronto, this state; Carrie, wife of J. N. Stout, a resident of Neosho Falls; William, of this review; and Mand, wife of John Swearin- gen of Manchester, Michigan.
Reared in Woodson county, William Lockard acquired his education in Toronto, and after putting aside the work of the schoolroom he began learning the wagonmaker's trade with his father, following that pursuit for seven years. In February. 1899, he came to Yates Center and suc- ceeded H. H. McCormick as proprietor of the corner hardware store, which he has since conducted, and his unabating energy, keen discrimina- tion and reliable business methods have enabled him to maintain a place in the foremost rank among the leading and enterprising business men of his adopted city.
On the 29th of June, 1887, Mr. Lockard was united in marriage to Miss Anna Morris, daughter of A. H. Morris, formerly a resident of Illinois, whence he came to Kansas in 1872. They now have two children, Harold and Andrey. In his social relations Mr. Lockard is an Odd Fellow, also identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and in his political affiliations he is a stalwart republican. Numbered among the early settlers of Woodson county, through almost a third of a century he has been an eye witness of its development, for as the years have gone by he has seen great changes wrought, the environments of pioneer life giving way to all the comforts of civilization, as churches and school houses have been built, business enterprises established and homes founded. He has supported all measures for the public good, and among the friends who have so long known him he is held in the warmest esteem.
COLONEL DANIEL M. RAY.
COL. DANIEL M. RAY, one of the honored veterans of the Civil war, who won his title through valiant service in defense of the Union, has been a resident of Woodson county since 1870. In September of that year he arrived in this portion of Kansas and secured a homestead in Everett township. Since that time he has taken an interest in everything per- taining to the welfare and development of the county along substantial lines of improvement, and through his active labors he has left the impress of his individuality upon its history.
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A native of Yancy county, North Carolina, Colonel Ray was born on the 27th of March, 1833. He is a farmer's son and was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads. His father, Thomas W. Ray, was also a native of North Carolina and throughout his long life devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. The grandfather. Hiram Ray, was a native of the Green Isle of Erin, whence he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, taking up his abode in the old North state. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Hannah Carter and was a daughter of Daniel Carter, an Englishman. The colonel is the eldest child of Thomas and Hannah Ray, the others being: Hiram. now deceased ; James M., of Newport, Tennessee ; Edward Wm., of North Carolina; Angus, of Texas; and Mrs. Laura Buckner of North Carolina.
The educational privileges which Colonel Ray enjoyed were theo afforded in the country schools of North Carolina, in the academy at Dand- ridge. Tennessee, and at Burnsville, North Carolina. Thus well equipped for life's practical duties, by a good education, he started out to earn his own living when twenty-one years of age. having previous to this time assisted in the work of the home farm. He engaged in teaching school for about three years and then went to Tennessee where he was living at the time of the inauguration of the Civil War. Although a southern man ly birth and training. he believed that the government at Washington was sup, and that no state had a right to withdraw from the Union. Thus it was that when some of the southern states attempted to seeede he joined the Union forces, becoming a member of the Third Tennessee Infantry, at Camp Dick Robinson, at Crab Orchard, Kentucky. He was commissioned adjutant of the regiment and served with that command for six months, when he was commissioned colonel of the Second Tennessee Cavalry. His . ' ment started for the field of action from Cumberland Gap and was with the Army of the Cumberland. After the battle of Stone river Colonel Ray was placed in command of the Second and Third Division of the Cavalry, and refused a brevet. preferring to be colonel with a reputation rather than a general withont one. On many a battlefield his own bravery inspired his men to deeds of valor and he made for himself a most credi '. ¿ble military record as a defender of the stars and stripes which now float so proudly over the nation. He served until 1864 when, ou account of fail- ing health. he was obliged to resign. Although often in the thickest of the fight, he was never wounded, but the rigors and hardships of war under- mined his constitution. He participated in the hotly contested engage- ments at Stone river, Chiekamanga, relief of Knoxville. the Atlanta cam- paign and the capture of the city. the battles of Franklin, Nashville and Jonesboro.
After resigning Colonel Ray returned to his home and family in Ten- nessee. He had been married in Burnsville, North Carolina, on the 26th of March, 1854. to Miss Louise Farris. a daughter of Joseph Farris, who belonged to an old Kentucky family. They have one son, Philip S., born
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December 22, 1864, who is now engaged with his father in the real estate business. He married Miss Laura Heizer, a daughter of J. W. Heizer of Eldorado, Kan, as.
In 1866 Colonel Ray removed with his family to Iroquois county, Illinois. where Le engaged in farming until 1870, when he came to Woodson erunty, Kansas, locating here in the month of September. Upon the home- stead in Everett township, which he scenred, he resided for twelve years, placing the land under a high state of cultivation and thus transforming it into one of the fine farms in the community. In 1882 he sold the property and took up his abode in Yates Center, where he was engaged in merchandising for a year. He afterward held the office of county sur- veyor for twelve years and has probably found and located more corner stones than any other man in the county. In 1875 he laid out the city of Yates Center on Seetion 11, Township 25 and Range 15, and for the past eighteen years he has been an active factor in its development and progress. As a real estate dealer he is a man of comprehensive knowledge of land values and locations and is thus enabled to aid his elients in making judieions investments. He sustains an unassailable reputation as a business man, his honesty being proverbial. Socially he is connected with the Grand Army of the Republie and the A. O. U. W. His has been a creditable record in all life's relations and no resident of Yates Center more richly deserves the regard of his fellow townsmen than Colonel Daniel M. Ray.
ORPHEUS S. WOODWARD.
ORPHEUS S. WOODWARD, who is practically living a retired life in Neosho Falls, has met with ereditable success in business, his honorable career having gained for him the high regard of all with whom he has been associated. He was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of May, 1835, and is a son of Ebenezer Woodward, whose birth occurred in New York on the 15th of April, 1804. When a young man the father went to Pennsylvania and was there married to Miss Cornelia Prindle, who was born in Erie county, May 31, 1814. Through the greater part of his business career be carried on agricultural pursuits. The wife died December 17. 1855, at the age of forty-one years, and in 1876 he went to California where his death occurred July 25, 1882, when he was seventy- eight years of age. This worthy couple were the parents of seven children, five of whom are now living, namely : Augustus G., a resident of Tulare, California ; Mrs. Caroline Keller, a resident of Oregon; Mary, the wife of Robert Cowden, who resides on the old homestead in Pennsylvania ; Mrs. Georgia Desmond of Santa Paula, Cal., and O. S., of this review.
In taking up the personal history of Mr. Woodward we present to our readers one of the most prominent men of Woodson county. In this com- mmmmity, not to know him is to argue one's self unknown. No event of
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special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for him in his youth. He was reared on the old homestead in Pennsylvania and pur- sued his studies in the country schools, completing his education in the Academy of Waterford, Pennsylvania. After leaving that institution he engaged in teaching for four years in the public schools and was then chosen principal of the Northwestern Normal School of Pennsylvania, in which capacity he served for a year and a half. When the war broke out he put aside all personal considerations, for his patriotic spirit was aroused by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union. He therefore enlisted as a private in MeLain's Erie regiment on the 16th of April, 1861, and served for three months. On the expiration of that period he returned home and again entered his country's service in September, 1861, at which t.me he was assigned to Company D, of the Eighty-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers and was chosen captain, serving in that capacity until 1883. when on the 8th of July he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and subsequently brevet brigadier general for gallant and meritorious ser- vices. He participated in many battles and skirmishes, among which were the important engagements at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gain's Mills. Malvern Hill, Fair Oaks. Mine Run, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, where he commanded the corps skirmishers, and the Wilderness. He was in mvery battle in which his regiment was engaged except at Second Bull Run and Fredericksburg. Colonel Woodward was wounded through the left arm at the battle of Malvern Hill and at the battle of the Wilderness he lost his right leg. sustaining injuries which necessitated its amputation above the knee. He was never captured and on many an occasion his own personal valor inspired his men, his bravery proving an important factor in winning the day. His was a noble record of which he has every reason to be proud.
When the war was over Colonel Woodward returned home to his young wife, whom he married in the interim between his first and second eulistments. It was on the 9th of September, 1861, that Miss Marietta Himrod of Waterford, Pennsylvania, became his wife. She is a daughter of David and Abigail Himrod. Their marriage has been blessed with three children : Anna, who is at home : Kate, the wife of G. F. Clark, now of Pewaukee, Wisconsin ; and Alice, the wife of J. S. MeDonald. jr., who r sides in Chicago. Mrs. Woodward died April 11, 1887, and is buried in Neosho Falls cemetery.
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