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Clerk of District Court-W. H. Smith.
Probate Judge-J. P. Adams.
County Commissioner ; First district-S. S. King.
County Commissioner ; Second district-J. H. Glancy.
County Commissioner; Third district-Andrew Speer. Member of Legislature; Second district-T. A. Moxcey.
Member of Legislature; Third district-A. E. Mayhew.
State Senator; Second district-B. P. Waggener.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS-SHANNON TOWNSHIP. Trustee-Joseph Taylor. Clerk-Richard Handke. Treasurer-Edward Underwood.
LANCASTER TOWNSHIP.
Trustee-C. R. Perdue. Treasurer-J. R. Gragg. Justice-C. D. Parrot.
Clerk-F. H. Kloepper.
GRASSIIOPPER TOWNSHIP.
Trustee-William Stirton. Treasurer-Charles McCurdy. Clerk-L. N. Plummer. Constable-G. R. Shannon.
KAPIOMA TOWNSHIP.
Trustee-F. M. Pratt. Clerk-Walter Ferris.
Treasurer-James Robertson.
Justice-C. F. Katherins.
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BENTON TOWNSHIP.
Trustee-W. S. Heffelfinger.
Clerk-J. G. Niblo.
Treasurer-W. R. Smith.
Justice-W. P. Heffelfinger. Constable-J. W. Acheson. Constable-James Farrell.
CENTER TOWNSHIP.
Trustee-J. E. Gibson. Clerk-Edward Higley.
Treasurer-George Schroeder. Justice-S. E. Langworthy.
MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
Trustee-B. Cummins.
Clerk-J. W. Ashcraft.
Trustee-S. M. Young.
Clerk-J. R. Adams.
Treasurer-Robert Volk. Justice-William Hartman. WALNUT TOWNSHIP. Treasurer-C. N. Faulconer. Justice-B. Brown.
PRESENT ATCHISON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1915-1916.
Names of officers in the following order : Director, Treasurer, Clerk : District No. 2-
Charles Cummings, Atchison.
James Neilson, Atchison, Route 6.
George Vanderweide, Atchison.
District No. 3- H. J. Kuhnhoff, Lancaster.
J. W. Louthian, Huron.
Herman Fuhrman, Lancaster.
District No. 4- J. W. Lewman, Atchison, Route 3. Robert Limerick, Atchison. R. L. Stevens, Atchison, Route 3. District No. 5- J. B. Davenport, Atchison, Route 2 H. W. Sachse, Atchison, Route I. John M. Price, Atchison, Route I. District No. 6- William Hartman, Cummings. C. R. Miller, Atchison, Route 3. William Krall, Cummings.
District No. 7- Nicholas Boos, Atchison, Route 5. Conrad Handke, Atchison, Route 5. John Vandeloo, Atchison, Route 5. District No. 8-
S. G. Moore, Cummings. C. P. Higley, Cummings. E. Scarlett, Nortonville. District No. 9 ---
James Servaes, Atchison, Route I. A. B. Howe, Atchison, Route I. L. E. Lister, Atchison, Route I. District No. 10-
Guy P. Chain, Lancaster. L. J. Woodhouse, Lancaster. A. J. Smith, Lancaster. District No. II- John Cowley, Nortonville. W. A. Meador, Monrovia. Ed. Neill, Nortonville.
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District No. 12- W. D. Chalfant, Atchison, Route 4. J. A. Kramer, Atchison, Route 5. P. Wolters, Atchison, Route 5. District No. 13- N. W. Enzbrenner, Atchison. George A. Thurn, Atchison. John Schletzbaum, Atchison. District No. 15- Harry Strine, Monrovia. S. Swendson, Monrovia. C. W. Stutz, Monrovia. District No. 16-
Roy Grandstaff, Atchison, Route 2. J. B. Findley, Atchison, Route 2.
J. H. Glancy, Atchison, Route 2. District No. 17- M. Amend, Cummings. M. Jones, Cummings. T. J. Ferris, Cummings. District No. 19- C. Cline, Cummings.
William Donnelly, Cummings.
L. B. Allen, Cummings. District No. 20-
E. L. Bell, Oak Mills.
C. J. Ferguson, Oak Mills.
J. D. Richardson, Oak Mills. District No. 21- F. H. Hawk, Effingham.
William Critchfield, Effingham. Mrs. C. M. Madden, Effingham. District No. 22- W. F. Speer, Muscotah. E. A. Barley, Muscotah.
James R. Fassnacht, Muscotah. District No. 23-
F. W. Weber, Horton, Route I. L. N. Plummer, Horton, Route I.
John Shoebrook, Horton, Route I. District No. 24- J. E. Wilson, Huron.
W. H. Grimes, Everest, Route 2.
W. F. Harden, Everest, Route 2.
District No. 25-
T. P. Armstrong, Atchison, Route 3.
J. I. Holmes, Atchison, Route 4. A. L. Keithline, Shannon.
District No. 26-
F. M. Linscott, Farmington.
Edwin Thorne, Farmington. William Higley, Monrovia.
District No. 27 --
W. A. Dilgert, Atchison, Route 2.
William Christian, Atchison, Route 2. L. H. Davenport, Atchison, Route 2. District No. 28-
John Myer, Cummings.
George Schrader, Cummings.
Willard Pike, Farmington.
District, No. 29-
H. L. McLenon, Effingham.
Anton Candreia, Effingham. William E. Steward, Muscotah.
District No. 30-
Frank Plummer, Arrington.
W. J. Schiffbauer, Arrington.
D. L. Dawdy, Arrington. District No. 31-
J. E. Hamon, Arrington.
Frank Reichart, Arrington. John Nevins, Valley Falls. District No. 32-
D. L. Richards, Effingham.
D. Richter, Effingham. Frank A. Stever, Effingham.
District No. 33-
John A. Sacks, Oak Mills.
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H. Pohl, Oak Mills.
J. R. Adams, Oak Mills.
District No. 34-
John Davitz, Oak Mills.
Frank Zacharias, Oak Mills.
R. E. King, Oak Mills.
District No. 35 ---
F. B. Maris, Nortonville.
E. M. Glaspy, Nortonville. Dennis Stillman, Nortonville.
District No. 36-
A. T. Bilderback, Nortonville.
Harry H. Nieman, Nortonville.
John Moeck, Nortonville.
District No. 37- Henry Fankhanel, Monrovia.
H. A. McLenon, Everest, Route 2.
Stewart McLenon, Monrovia.
District No. 38-
S. E. Langworthy, Nortonville.
J. R. Snyder, Farmington.
H. Bertels, Nortonville.
District No. 39-
F. W. Weit, Effingham.
Bon Hargrove, Effingham.
C. N. Snyder, Effingham.
District No. 40-
J. P. Holmes, Cummings.
Mrs. Cora B. Ferguson, Atchison.
J. M. Martin, Atchison, Route 3. District No. 41- Mrs. W. H. Ryherd, Horton. Gates Saxton, Horton, Route 3.
O. E. Rigdon, Everest. District No. 42 --- John Burns, Effingham. John Huffman, Nortonville. J. P. Davidson, Nortonville. District No. 43-
J. F. Thompson, Muscotah. W. D. Roach, Muscotah.
Ralph A. Allison, Muscotah.
District No. 44-
R. E. Brooks, Huron.
C. E. Smith, Huron.
A. F. Allen, Huron.
District No. 45-
W. H. Wicker, Horton, Route I. Gilbert Pendlebury, Horton, Route I. Robert P. Waller, Horton, Route I.
District No. 46-
Abe Gerard, Atchison, Route 6. Sam Gelwick, Atchison, Route 6.
M. J. Baker, Atchison, Route 6. District No. 47 ---
H. H. Rork, Horton, Route I. O. G. Wilson, Horton, Route I. W. M. Loser, Horton, Route I. District No. 48- E. C. Evans, Shannon. George Anderson, Lancaster.
A. Fannen, Shannon. John Miller, Muscotah.
W. E. Hubbard, Muscotah.
F. M. Pratt, Muscotah.
District No. 50- E. Whittier, Muscotah. Walter Stewart, Muscotah. H. M. Foster, Muscotah.
District No. 51- H. A. Watowa, Atchison, Route 4. Everett Shufflebarger, Lancaster. Mrs. Anna Kumfrf, Lancaster. District No. 52- R. L. Finnegan, Atchison, Route 5. Julius Handke, Atchison, Route 5. Thomas Kilkeny, Atchison, Route 5.
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District No. 53- Frank Fassnacht, Effingham. W. J. Lauffer, Effingham. F. R. Schurman, Effingham. District No. 54 -- W. R. Freeland, Effingham. M. McGrath, Arrington. District No. 65- Robert C. Sparks, Atchison. Ed. High, Effingham. W. H. Williams, Effingham. District No. 55- T. C. Treat, Atchison. August Haegelin, Atchison. F. W. Kaufman, Cummings. W. K. Stillings, Cummings. District No. 66- E. B. Nieman, Cummings. District No. 56- J. E. Behen, Farmington. J. G. Cormode, Farmington. S. Congrove, Farmington. District No. 57- Samuel Plotner, Horton, Route I. N. E. Jacobs, Horton, Route I. C. S. Fairbairn, Muscotah. Sam Beyer, Arrington. District No. 58- David Beyer, Arrington. William Lovelace, Muscotah. Lawrence Kipp, Horton. J. H. Claunch, Horton. District No. 69 G. E. Rork, Horton, Route I. J. H. Durst, Atchison, Route 4. District No. 59- Howard North, Lancaster. Jacob Buttron, Lancaster. H. A. Dorssom, Lancaster. J. D. Nevins, Arrington. Henry Reichart, Arrington. W. P. Yazel, Arrington. District No. 71- District No. 60- James Mummert, Effingham. David Morgan, Effingham. E. L. Henning, Effingham. District No. 61- Charles Gilliland, Atchison, Route I. C. E. Jaquish, Atchison, Route I. John Downey, Atchison, Route I. District No. 72- William H. McLenon, Monrovia. Gus. Stutz, Lancaster. Gustav Gigstad, Lancaster. J. D. Hundley, Atchison, Route I. District No. 62- David Rouse, Everest, Route 2.
James W. Freeland, Horton, Route 3. Wallace E. Harden, Everest, Route 2. District No. 63- Frank Hunn, Arrington. Thomas F. Cawley, Arrington.
William Walz, Atchison, Route 4. Louis J. Drimmel, Atchison, Route 4. R. D. Holder, Atchison, Route 4.
District No. 67- Thomas Mullins, Atchison, Route 5. Antox Brox, Atchison, Route 5. C. E. Wood, Atchison, Route 5. District No. 68-
Chester Yaple, Atchison, Route 4. H. S. McGaughey, Atchison, Route 4. District No. 70-
W. J. Hunter, Atchison, Route I. Charles Pantle, Atchison, Route I.
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District No. 73- A. G. Higley, Nortonville.
John W. Henry, Nortonville.
W. T. Henry, Nortonville. District No. 74-
J. P. Cummings, Atchison, Route 3. A. C. Mayfield, Atchison, Route 3. J. W. Barber, Atchison, Route 3. Union No. I-
John Henninger, Potter.
Frank Beard, Potter.
S. A. Ellerman, Potter.
Union No. 2-
Albert Hanf, Atchison, Route I. D. T. Greiner, Atchison, Route I. Lawrence Wagner, Potter.
Joint No. 3-50-
Charles Handke, Atchison, Route 6. Paul Kuhnert, Atchison, Route 6. Henry Handke, Atchison, Route 6.
Joint No. 6-
H. E. Montgomery, Larkinburg. E. A. Smith, Larkinburg. J. J. Mooney, Larkinburg. Joint No. 70-98- W. L. Heineken, Effingham, Route I. Calvin H. Feerer, Nortonville. G. B. Van Horn, Nortonville. Rural High School No. I- J. E. Remsberg, Potter. T. F. Hall, Potter. D. H. Sprong, Jr., Oak Mills. Atchison County High School- D. Anna Speer, President, Atchison. C. E. Belden, Vice-president, Horton. Fred Sutter, Treasurer, Effingham. S. W. Adams, Secretary, Atchison. H. A. McLenon, Everest, Route 2. J. A. Kinney, Atchison. D. H. Sprong, Jr., Oak Mills.
Statue of Gov. George W. Glick, in Statuary Hall, Washington, D. C.
CHAPTER XXV.
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
GEORGE WASHINGTON GLICK.
George W. Glick, ninth governor of Kansas, was born at Greencastle, Fairfield county, Ohio, July 4, 1827. His great-grandfather, Philip Glick. a Revolutionary soldier, was one of five brothers who came to Pennsylvania from Germany. His grandfather, George Glick, served in the War of 1812, as did also his mother's father, Capt. George Sanders. Governor Glick's father, Isaac Glick, was a man of influence in the community in which he lived, took an active interest in State and local politics, and held many positions of public trust. His mother, Mary Sanders, was of Scotch parentage. Both parents lived to a good old age.
George W. Glick was reared on his father's farm near Fremont, Ohio, and there acquired the habits of industry, economy and self-reliance that made his later life so successful. At the age of twenty-one he entered the office of Bucklin & Hayes as a law student, and was admitted to the bar two years later at Cincinnati by the supreme court. He began practice at Fremont, and soon won an enviable reputation as a hardworking and successful lawyer. He fully sustained this reputation after coming to Kansas.
Locating at Atchison in the spring of 1859, he formed a partnership with Hon. Alfred G. Otis, which lasted until 1874, when an affection of the throat compelled him to abandon the practice of law. Mr. Glick soon took a leading place at the Kansas bar. His practice extended to all the courts. He was a salaried attorney for two railroads and a number of corporations.
Mr. Glick was a natural leader and began early in life to take an active part in politics. When but thirty-one years of age he was nominated for Congress by the Democracy of his district in Ohio, but declined the nomina- tion. The same year he was nominated for State senator and made the race against Gen. R. P. Bucklin, his former law preceptor. He was elected to the
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Kansas legislature in 1862 without opposition, and reelected in 1863. '64, '65, '66, '68, '76 and '82.
During his service as a legislator, he secured the passage of many needed and important laws which have settled and fixed the policy of the State on mat- ters of vast interest, that have stood the test of time and experience. In 1876 Mr. Glick was made speaker pro tem. of the house of representatives, although that body was strongly Republican. He was a delegate to Democratic Na- tional conventions in 1856, 1868. 1884 and 1892. The Kansas delegation in the Democratic National convention at Chicago in 1892 presented his name to that convention as its candidate for vice-president, after the nomination of Grover Cleveland for President, and, although not the nominee of the con- vention for that office, he received many votes. He was nominated for gov- ernor in 1868 and made the race in obedience to his party's call, though his defeat was inevitable. In 1882 he was again the unanimous choice of his party for governor and made a memorable campaign, speaking in nearly every county in the State; and, though fighting against great odds, among them being a Republican majority of over 52,000, he defeated that distin- guished Republican and Prohibitionist, John P. St. John, by 8,079 votes. Governor Glick was inaugurated January 8, 1883, and his administration was marked by dignity, intelligence, and a careful and discreet management of the material and financial interests of the State. His long experience as a legislator gave him an intimate knowledge of its needs, and many valuable re- form measures recommended in his message to the legislature were accom- plished. He entered an earnest protest against the burdens imposed upon the agricultural classes by the railroads and asked that legislation be enacted to prevent these exactions. A law creating a railroad commission, and em- bodying substantially all the improvements asked by him, was passed, and proved of great benefit to the people of the State.
In 1885 he was appointed by President Cleveland pension agent at Topeka and reappointed when Mr. Cleveland again came into office. During Mr. Glick's two terms as pension agent at the Topeka agency, he received and dis- bursed over $85,000.00.
In 1857 he married Elizabeth Ryder, of Massillon, Ohio, a lady de- scended from a distinguished colonial ancestry. Her ancestors were among the first settlers of Concord, Mass., and she derived her name from forbears who were well known among the early colonists of New York City. For fifty years and more this noble matron, having with her the best traditions of Amer- ican life, presided over the hospitable home of George W. Glick, with the grace
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and dignity inherited from a fine ancestry. She added to the success of his public life the greater blessings of domestic happiness. Two children were born to this union : Frederick H. Glick and Mrs. James W. Orr, of Atchison, Kan. He died at Atchison, Kan., April 13, 1911, aged eighty-four years; his wife and children survive him.
Each State is entitled to place in Statuary Hall at the capitol in Washing- ton, statues of two of its citizens renowned in literature, art, war or civil life, and several years ago one of such places was filled by the State of Kansas with a statue of John James Ingalls, of Atchison, Kan. The regular session of the 1913 legislature of Kansas adopted a concurrent resolution and made an ap- propriation for the purchase of a suitable statue as a tribute to the memory of George Washington Glick, to be placed in Statuary Hall, where the Nation has granted to its people the privilege of placing it. The statue was designed and executed by Charles H. Niehaus and accepted by Congress as a gift from Kansas, with suitable ceremonies, and is now in Statuary Hall. A cut repre- senting it precedes this sketch. Sixteen thousand five hundred copies of a vol- ume containing the proceedings in Congress, and a plate of the statue, werc. by authority of Congress, printed and distributed.
HORACE MORTIMER JACKSON.
He who leaves behind him, when he passes beyond the goal from which no mortal man has ever returned, a pleasant and abiding memory of his existence on this earth, and has bequeathed to his progeny and posterity a heritage of right living and right thinking, has accomplished much. His memory will be revered long after that of the individual who has done noth- ing but accumulate wealth and has made no effort to leave this earthly abiding place a better place to live than when he came upon it. Judge Horace Morti- mer Jackson, deceased, was a man who lived an upright life, and was accorded the universal respect of his fellow men and was a legal practitioner of high rank, whose honorable methods of practice and manner of living were such as to commend him for most favorable mention in the archives of his adopted county of Atchison.
Judge Horace M. Jackson was born near Albion, Penn., July 11, 1839, a son of Lyman Jackson, who was the son of Michael Jackson, whose father was also named Michael, and was a native of Ireland. Michael Jackson,
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the founder of the family in America, came from Ireland and settled near Hartford, Conn. He went to the coast to trade and was not thereafter heard from and was supposed to have been killed by Indians. He had three sons, one of whom, Ebenezer, died in service as a soldier during the French and Indian war. Another son went south, and the third was Michael Jackson, the direct ancestor of Horace M. Jackson. Michael was born March 28, 1735 and on June 4. 1755, was married to Susanna Willcocks, who was born April 19. 1732. They settled in Windham county, Connecticut, later removing to Pownal, near Bennington, Vt. Michael Jackson was a soldier in the colonial army during the French and Indian war, and was a member of Company Ten, First regiment. He was discharged December 12, 1759. He also enlisted in the Seventh Company of the Third regiment of volunteers, Army of In- dependence, May 5, 1775, and was discharged December 15, 1775. He later volunteered for service in Col. Samuel Herrick's regiment of "Alarm Men." Lyman, the son of Michael, also served in the Revolution on the American side. He was born February 29, 1755, at Simsbury, Hartford county, Con- necticut. He enlisted eight different times in the American army. Lyman married Deidama Dunham on January 3, 1782. This couple lived at Albany, Otsego and Wyoming, N. Y., at different times. To them were born thirteen children. About 1805, Lyman Jackson settled in Erie county, Pennsylvania, and obtained a dense tract of timber land in the Holland Purchase from which he cleared a farm. Seven sons and a son-in-law of this redoubtable patriot fought in the War of 1812.
Lyman Jackson died March 20, 1835. David Bardsley Jackson, a son of Lyman, born May 29, 1797, at Richfield, Otsego county, New York, mar- ried Lucy Hendryx, on April 11, 1822, near Albion, Penn. He was the ninth child of Lyman Jackson and cleared a farm of forty acres in the Holland Purchase on which he resided until the year 1830. He then sold his land, loaded his effects in a farm wagon, drove to Pittsburgh, and took passage down the Ohio river and thence up the Mississippi to Warsaw, Ill., from which landing place on December 15. 1839 he drove to Knoxville, Ill., and bought a farm ten miles west of the village. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1841, driving overland with his team 1,000 miles each way accom- panied by his wife and two youngest children. In the year 1846 he removed to a residence in Knoxville and engaged in the grocery business. In 1854 he settled on a farm one-half mile west of Cambridge, Henry county, Illinois. He lived here until 1876, then sold out and made his home at Gilson, for the remainder of his days. This sturdy pioneer died January 18, 1879. His children were: Mrs. Elizabeth Ruth Pierce, Zaremba, Obadiah H., Gershom,
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David, Francis Marion, Charles Wilmer De Loss, Horace Mortinwer, and Mrs. Annie Lucelia Wing.
Horace Mortimer Jackson was reared on the farm, attended the schools of Knoxville, Ill., clerked in his father's grocery store, sawed wood for forty cents per cord, and did the hardest kind of farm work while yet a boy. During 1860-61, he taught school for $28 per month. On August 7, 1861, he started for De Soto, Neb., by way of Hannibal and St. Joseph. On April 12, 1861, he boarded a steamer at St. Joseph en route for Omaha. Arriving there he joined his brother Zaremba on his farm in Nebraska. He worked here for some time and assisted his brother in tilling the farm with oxen in the most primi- tive way. He saved his money and in 1862 returned to Cambridge, Ill., taught school during the winter and read law at night. He followed farming, served as deputy sheriff of the county and finally located at Versailles. Mo., in the practice of law. He was a member of the board of education which- gave the first public school to the town of Versailles. He married Lavanchia Isabelle Valentine, December 12, 1865. She was the eldest daughter of John O. Valentine. For a time the newly wedded couple were in very poor circumstances.
Their furniture was of crude workmanship, made from store boxes. It was here that the future judge made the friendship of Anderson W. Anthony, a good lawyer whom he esteemed highly, who became his first law partner. He made a journey to Wichita, Kan., in August, 1870, but located at Marys- ville, Mo., in September of the same year. He became a partner of D. L. Palmer, who later went to Jewell City, Kan. He then formed a partnership with Judge Thomas J. Johnston, and served as prosecuting attorney of the county. In December of 1878 he started for Beloit, Kan., with the intention of locating in that city, but stopped at Atchison where he met W. S. Green- leaf and Gen. W. W. Guthrie. He remained in their law offices during the ensuing winter. General Guthrie at that time was a member of the State senate. He formed a partnership with Mr. Greenlea on March 17, 1879, which continued until Mr. Greenlea's death in September, 1880. His wife died March 26, 1883, and he later, on February 11, 1886, married Matilda (Adams) Rook, who had one daughter by a former marriage, Effie, now the wife of C. A. Chandler, of Atchison . Matilda Adams Rook was a daughter of Peter and Martha Adams, of England, and sister of J. P. Adams, of Atchi- son. Horace M. Jackson was appointed judge of the district court on March I, 1887, and continued as judge until his successor was elected. He and his son, William A., conducted the law business and served as the local attorneys for the Santa Fe and the Burlington railroads until his death, which occurred
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December 1I, 1910. Judge Jackson left two sons, William Anthony and Zaremba Edward. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Elks, Modern Woodmen and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He be- queathed to his children and posterity a heritage of an honorable, upright life without stain or blemish and will long be remembered as one of the honored citizens of Atchison.
ZAREMBA E. JACKSON.
The measure of a living citizen is his genuine worth to his community. If he unselfishly strives to make his home city a better place in which to live, and does something by which he will long be remembered, as of lasting good, he has accomplished a task well worth while. While every town and city can boast of such individuals who are striving to do things in behalf of the public welfare, there are not a great number who can act without any ulterior motive and without desire to bring pecuniary reward to themselves. Of the class of better citizens mentioned as doing things for the betterment of the con- dition of the citizenry, Z. E. Jackson, attorney of Atchison, occupies a promi- nent place in the city. Gifted as an attorney, upright in all of his dealings with his fellow men, interested to a high degree in the welfare of his fellow citizens, he has striven unselfishly to do good. Jackson Park, named after this gentleman, represents the culmination of one of his dreams and years of endeavor to create a breathing place of woodland beauty and a public playground of which the city may well be proud.
Z. E. Jackson was born in Maryville, Mo., September 23, 1872, and is a son of Judge Horace Mortimer Jackson, late of Atchison, and a review of whom appears in this work. He came to Atchison with his parents when six years of age. He received his primary education in the public schools of Atchison and afterward studied for two years in Midland College. He then matriculated in the University of Illinois, with the intention of preparing himself to become an electrical engineer. After studying for two years in the Illinois university, he abandoned his original intention and returning to Atchison, entered his father's law office in 1893. He studied stenography without a regular instructor and prepared himself to take dictation, filling the post of stenographer in his father's office while reading law. He studied law under his gifted father's tutelage and was admitted to the bar in 1899, being later admitted to practice in the higher State and federal courts. At first he practiced alone and was then made a member of the law firm of
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Jackson & Jackson. This firm was at first composed of Judge Horace M. Jackson, and his son, William A., and when William A., was elected to the position of judge of the district court, it was composed of Horace M. and his son, Z. E. Jackson. Mr. Jackson is local attorney for the Home Building and Loan Association, and a director of the same con- cern. He is the local attorney for the Santa Fe Railroad System and the Burlington Railroad Company. He is also the legal adviser for several of Atchison's corporations. Mr. Jackson has the reputation of being one of the ablest and cleanest practitioners of the Atchison county bar who has followed in the footsteps of his illustrious father in never refusing counsel or advice to a public official, religious denomination or to a charitable organ- ization, whether or not any fee was forthcoming-in fact, his office has al- ways been ready to give advice to applicants of the character of the foregoing without charge or recompense of any kind. Mr. Jackson has never turned away a client who had a meritorious cause, because of lack of funds, and in this respect resembles his father in his manner of conducting his legal practice. While Mr. Jackson is not a member of any particular religious denomination, he has always been a liberal contributor to all movements which have had for their intent the betterment of the community. He is owner of Atchison real estate and farm lands in Jackson county, Kansas, to which he gives his personal attention.
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