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Andrew, who is a farmer at Highland, Okla- homa ; William, who conducts a restaurant at Cherryvale, Kansas; Albert, who is farming in Oklahoma; Jesse, who is deceased; Elijah, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, who lives at Cedarvale, Kansas; Fannie, de- ceased, who was the wife of Joseph Cunning- ham: Anna, who is the wife of Edward Ar- buckle. of Washington ; and James, who is at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer have a very pleasant home in a desirable part of Ross township, and its comfort and attractiveness are the direct results of their industry. They have reared a large family to be excellent members of society, and they enjoy the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. They are valued mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Spencer is a Republican in politics, and is much interested in the success of his party, but he has never desired any political office.
A RTHUR T. REVELL, M. D., a well known medical practitioner at Scam- mon, of the firm of McClellan, Re- vell, Iliff & Newton, was born in 1878, at Columbus, Kansas, and is a son of Harry and Ella (Dowd) Revell.
Harry Revell was a native of France, but Arthur T. does not remember him, as the father's death took place when the son was two or three years old. The latter's only sister is the wife of Dr. George B. McClellan, of Weir City, the senior member of the medical firm above mentioned. By a second marriage, with Peter Theis, Mrs. Revell became the mother of two other children,-Frank and Mary.
Dr. Revell received his early mental train- ing at Columbus, and later became a student in the Weir City High School, where he was graduated in 1893. He was then engaged,
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for two years, in clerking in the drug store of Dr. I. E. Strickers, and afterwards began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. G. B. McClellan at Weir City. After being under his capable instruction for 18 months, he en- tered the Kansas City Medical College, where he was graduated in 1900.
Dr. Revell was received into partnership by Dr. G. B. McClellan, under the firm name of McClellan & Revell, at Weir City. After 18 months they enlarged the territory of their medical practice, and admitted Dr. C. B. Coss, Dr. D. A. Iliff and Dr. Newton, under the firm name of McClellan, Revell, Iliff & Newton, their field covering, individually and collect- ively, Weir City, Scammon, Cherokee and Chi- copee. In the fall of 1901 Dr. Revell located in Scammon, and here enjoys a large and lucra- tive practice, and much personal popularity.
In 1903, Dr. Revell married Mary McNa- mara, who was born in the Indian Territory, and is a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Swee- ney) McNamara. They are the parents of one child, Arthur, born August 5, 1904. They have many pleasant social connections in the city, take part in its various activities and give and receive much hospitality. Although Dr. Revell is still a young practitioner, he has shown a degree of skill and ability that has won him public confidence.
NDREW BOYD, who resides in sec- tion 21, township 32, range 22, in Sheridan township, has followed farming and carpentering in this vicinity for many years and has been decidedly successful. He is a native of Parke County, Indiana, where he was born March 7, 1836, and is a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Butcher) Boyd.
The parents of our subject were born and
reared near Lexington, Kentucky, and were also married there. They removed to Parke County, Indiana, at a time when the country was sparsely settled and it was still unsafe be- cause of hostile Indians. He cleared a farm and continued there until 1844 when he moved West to Keokuk County, Iowa, where he took a claim. After his death in 1846, his widow and children returned to Parke County, Indi- ana, in 1847. The children were: John, de- ceased; Isaac, deceased; Eliza Ann, deceased ; William, deceased; Margaret, deceased; Jane, deceased; Clark, who lives in Omaha, Ne- braska; Andrew; Dorcas, of Parke County, Indiana ; and Samuel, deceased.
Andrew Boyd had no chance for. schooling and lived with his mother until his marriage; he then moved to Putnam County, Indiana, where he farmed and engaged in carpentering until 1865. He then removed to Mahaska County, Iowa, and four months later came to Cherokee County, Kansas, taking up 160 acres in section 14, Sheridan township. The land had not been surveyed at that time and he was not sure of his location. He put up a cabin 16 feet square, with clap-board door, and then helped others to build their homes. In addition to carpentering and farming, he did considerable masonry work, both in brick and stone. He lived on his first farm two years, then sold and bought his present farm in section 21, also a tract of 26 acres in section 16, all in township 32, range 22, on which property he put up all the buildings and made all the improvements. He built his present comfortable home in 1880, and has lived in it since. He raises wheat, corn and oats and is also engaged in stock-rais- ing, having a large number of cattle, horses and mules. He has continued at his trade as a carpenter, and in 1867 built the first ferry boat in Labette County. He also owns 120 acres of land in sections 8 and 17, township 32, range 22, in Sheridan township.
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On October 21, 1858, Mr. Boyd was joined in marriage with Edith C. Holladay, who was born in Parke County, Indiana, and is a daugh- ter of William and Maria ( Scott) Holladay, her father a native of North Carolina and her mother, of South Carolina. William Holladay located in Orange County, Indiana, when a boy, accompanying his father, at a time when it was necessary to live within the fort because of the Indians. He later went to Illinois and ran a flat-boat to New Orleans. In later years he followed the trade of a saddler in Vermilion County, Illinois. He and his wife died in Put- nam County, Indiana. Our subject and his wife are parents of 10 children, as follows: Carrie and Charles, deceased; Lillie, wife of D. W. Owen, of Labette County, Kansas; William, deceased; Minnie, wife of Ed. McDaniel, of Labette County, Kansas; Allen, deceased ; Stella, wife of David Holt; Daisy, wife of Allen Rennie, of Sheridan township; Cooper, who married Mary Miller, and lives at home; and Clyde, who has exhibited talent as an artist, and is living at home. Mr. Boyd is a Democrat in politics, but has never sought nor held office. Religiously, he has been a member of the Christian Church since 1856, the first church services having been held in the old log school house at Sherman City, which was put up by our subject in 1867.
EORGE FRANKLIN APPLEGATE, one of the enterprising and success- ful men of Weir City, where lie con- ducts a prosperous livery business, was born May 1, 1865, in Lafayette, Indiana.
When a small child Mr. Applegate's par- ents moved to Jackson County, Iowa, where the father died, in 1873, at the age of 48 years. He was a cooper by trade and followed this in combination with farming. He left a family
consisting of his widow and five children, the four survivors being,-George Franklin ; John J .; Jennie and Melvin. The mother, aged 59 years, still resides at Weir City, to which place she came, with her children, in 1881.
George Franklin Applegate was 19 years old when he accompanied his mother to Weir City, and he soon secured employment at the zinc works, where he continued until 1894. He accumulated some means and earned the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. In January, 1894, he embarked in the livery busi- ness, which he has managed very successfully ever since. His stables are well equipped, and lie has horses and conveyances for every occa- sion. His many friends see that he has the larger portion of the trade here.
In 1886, Mr. Applegate was married to Rosa Ann Kelly, who was born in Rolla, Mis- souri, and is a daughter of Thomas and Alice (Hayes) Kelly. They have had nine children, the five survivors being: Josephine, James, Austin, George and Edna.
R OBERT FISHER MOUNTJOY, a well known farmer of Shawnee town- ship, was born in Anderson County, Kentucky, March 13, 1850, and is a son of Leroy J. and Louisa Ann (Cardwell) Mountjoy.
The Mountjoy family was established in America by the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who was a native of Ireland and settled in Virginia at an early day. Leroy J. Mountjoy was born after his parents had moved from Virginia to Kentucky, and he died June 10, 1869, aged 65 years. The location of his extensive property entailed much loss to him during the Civil War, and he removed to Logan County, Illinois, and lived there until his death. In addition to being a large farmer, operating 600 acres of land, Mr. Mountjoy
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also owned a grist mill, a sawmill and a dis- tillery, and was considered one of the most substantial men of his section. He did not long survive the close of hostilities. In poli- tical action he was a Democrat, but accepted no office at the hands of his party. For many years he belonged to the Masonic bodies, hav- ing joined the organization at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, in young manhood. He married Louisa Ann Cardwell, and they had nine chil- dren, those who survived infancy being as follows: Mary and John W., both deceased ; Elvira, widow of B. W. Johnson, of Versailles, Kentucky; Richard T., of Webb City, Mis- souri; Robert Fisher, and Wiley, of Twin Bridges, Montana. The parents were con- sistent members of the Christian Church.
The subject of this sketch was about 10 years old when rumors of war began to dis- turb what had formerly been a happy, peace- ful section, and before long his family was called upon to bear losses of many kinds. Mr. Mountjoy recalls the raids of Morgan, and many incidents of those stirring times. After his father's death, he accompanied his mother and two brothers to a farm in Vernon County, Missouri, and settled on a place belonging to his brother, John W., located within five miles of Nevada. There the family lived for four years, when the subject of this sketch went to Logan County, Illinois, where he remained from the fall of 1874 until the following spring, and then lived two years in Monroe County, Missouri. The following winter he spent at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. In May, 1878, he returned to Central Illinois, where he re- mained until the spring of 1881. He next tried ranching in Montana, where he was engaged for five years. At the end of this period, in the spring of 1886, he again returned to Illinois, and in the following August was married.
After his marriage, Mr. Mountjoy located in Hall County, Nebraska, where he purchased
a farm and operated it for seven years. He sold it in the spring of 1893, and came to Shawnee township, Cherokee County. He has been operating a farm in section 24, township 33, range 25, in Shawnee township, owned by his father-in-law, ever since he came to this county. He is a good, practical farmer, com- bining with good judgment the experience gained in other sections. He grows wheat on from 50 to 70 acres, has from 40 to 60 acres in corn, and from 15 to 20 acres in oats and hay.
In August, 1866, Mr. Mountjoy was united in marriage with Ella Susan Martin, who is a daughter of Thomas A. Martin of Shawnee township, Cherokee County, Kansas. Mr. Martin settled on this farm in 1866, and was one of the pioneers in the district. He was a successful cattle raiser, and for many years had the distinction of being the township's heaviest tax payer. Mr. and Mrs. Mountjoy had eight children, of whom the survivors are as follows : Alma, Annie, Lee Noel, Robert F., Jr., and Alice Louise. The family attend the Christian Church.
Mr. Mountjoy has always been a consistent member of the Democratic party, but, with the exception of serving on the School Board in District 44, he has never accepted office. Fra- ternally, he belongs to Crestline Lodge, No. 476, I. O. O. F., and to Lodge No. 165, Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Alda, Nebraska.
HARLES STEPHENS, of Colum- bus, was born at Fort Wayne, In- diana, February 28, 1870; and he was first brought by his parents to Cherokee County, Kansas, when he was two years old. While a boy he lived on a farm, and made brooms that he might support liis widowed mother and her younger children.
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Later he went into the business of repairing stoves, journeying from house to house. He saved a little money in this way, enough to enable him to take some time for reading law, which he did in the law office of C. D. Ashley, of Columbus, where he had the best care and direction. This took up the years 1891 and 1892, after which he entered the law depart- ment of Kansas University, from which he was graduated in 1893. While in the University he "bached," did chores, ran errands or any other honorable thing that would enable him to add to his expense funds. By such economy he had saved enough, by the end of the school year, to pay his expenses to the World's Fair, at Chicago, from which he came back to Kan- sas, with his diploma and 85 cents. After stacking wheat in Cherokee County through the summer of 1893, he opened a law office in Fort Scott, Bourbon County. Having a turn for politics, and seeking the nomination, he was chosen as a candidate for the office of county attorney ; but he failed of being elected, being a Democrat in a county which gave a Republi- can majority for the entire ticket. While in Fort Scott, he taught commercial law in the Kansas Normal College, and from that school he received the degree of Bachelor of Oratory. He was also venerable consul of the Modern Woodmen of America, while there.
In 1896, Mr. Stephens returned to Chero- kee County, and was that year elected county attorney. He was reelected to the office in 1898, serving, in all, four years in the office. Of nearly sixty cases which he tried in the District Court, in the latter part of his term of office, there were but two acquittals.
On April 27, 1896, Mr. Stephens was mar- ried to Emma C. Stump, of Manhattan, Kan- sas. They have two daughters; the older six and a half years old, the younger four years old. In 1901, at the close of his term of office as county attorney, Mr. Stephens, with his fam-
ily, went to Washington, D. C., where he en- tered the law department of the Columbian University. While there he was chosen by his class to represent it in public debate, which was considered an honor, as there were about 700 students in the law department of that school. At the close of his term in the school, he was given the degree of Master of Laws, after which he returned to Columbus and entered upon the general practice of his profession. He had, while in office, become interested with others in mining operations on a large tract of land 12 miles east of Columbus, and while in Washington he negotiated the sale of 40 acres of the land, at the enormous price of $900 an acre. Since returning to Columbus he has given much of his time to his mining interests, which have brought and are yet bringing him a very remunerative return.
Mr. Stephens, besides attending carefully to his business interests, finds time to devote some attention to subjects of science, and he has evolved a number of theories in geology and in astronomy, as also in electrical science, which, in the opinion of the writer, may be brought into wide discussion when made known to the public.
-N. T. ALLISON.
ILLIAM E. SMITH. Among the early settlers of Cherokee County, no one had more varied experiences than the first mail carrier of the northwestern part of the county. In that capacity, William E. Smith, a farmer of this county, acted for some time during the "six- ties." Mr. Smith was born in Keokuk County, Iowa, on the 26th of September, 1852. His present home is on a farm in section 26, town- ship 32, range 22, in Sheridan township. He is a son of Christopher B. and Sarah J. (Mc- Cann) Smith, natives of Indiana.
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Christopher B. Smithi was one of the num- ber who made the dangerous trip to the gold fields of California in the "fifties," and many were the experiences he could have related of the different members of the party as they slowly moved towards the Golden State; of danger threatened or escaped, of sickness and perhaps the death of some of the party; of the Indians, the mountains and the plains. But he did not survive to return to his family; for he died in Lower California. Our subject was the only child. The mother married as her second husband, Anderson F. Harreld, of Tennessee. Lee, who lives in Galena, Kansas, is the only child of this union. Mr. Smith's step-father died in Galena in 1903, and the mother, April 5, 1884.
William E. Smith came to Kansas with his mother and step-father in 1866 and settled on a quarter section of wild land in Sheridan township, Cherokee County. The step-father afterwards returned to Missouri in 1896. Mr. Smith remained at home working on the farm until the age of 21. In December, 1874, lie was married to Julia Crain, a native of Wash- ington County, Illinois. Her parents were John and Mary (Barclay) Crain, both natives of Tennessee. Mr. Crain was educated for the ministry and served as pastor of many churches. He settled in Labette County, Kan- sas, in 1867. His death occurred here in April, 1885; his widow died three years later, March 29, 1888. The Crain family consisted of 13 children, five of whom are living, as follows : John, a farmer. of Lola township; Sarah, wife of W. H. Lane, of Alto, New Mexico; Henry, a real estate dealer of Carthage, Missouri ; Lewis W., a farmer of Labette County, living on the old home place there; and Julia, the wife of our subject.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Smith are: Bertis L., a former, student of the Fort Scott Normal School, who married Lora Watts, and
is now farming the home place ; Edith E. ( Mrs. John Waugh), of Sheridan township; and Addie T., who resides at home.
After his marriage, our subject rented a farm for two years and then settled on 80 acres of new land in section 26, township 32, range 22, in Sheridan township. Afterward he ac- quired 40 acres in Lola township, 80 acres in section 22, and another 80-acre tract in sec- tion 35, township 32, range 22, in Sheridan township. He made all the improvements on these farms and in 1902 built a substantial new farm house. His land produced the usual small grains, oats, corn, wheat, etc. For about five years Mr. Smith dealt especially in cattle ; now, he deals in cattle, horses and mules along with his farming.
Mr. Smith is a Populist and is a good supporter of his party. In religious matters he is active as a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church at Hollowell.
In the earlier days when our subject was mail carrier in the county, the nearest railway. was at Warrensburg, Missouri. The mail was carried on horseback and Mr. Smith traveled that way to and from Fort Scott. He also, for a time, hauled freight from Kansas City. How- ever, all that is now changed and from the bar- ren prairie have sprung good homes, schools and churches, while the mail for the farmer is delivered at his door.
ARRISON B. SAVAGE, M. D., one of the oldest as well as most emi- nent physicians and surgeons of Galena, was born at Germantown, Mason County, Kentucky, and is a son of Dr. Charles Smith and Elizabeth Savage.
Dr. Charles Smith Savage was born at Germantown, Kentucky, December 8, 1829, and is a son of Rev. James and Sally (Currans) Savage, natives of Virginia, who were pioneers
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into Kentucky, driving over the mountains in primitive style, and locating at Germantown. There Rev. James Savage found a wide field for evangelistic work and that he was a true type of the faithful, earnest pioneer Methodist preacher, may be judged by the fact that he was able. during his years of circuit riding, to found three Methodist churches which still flourish and perpetuate his memory. His family con- sisted of five sons and five daughters, all of whom reached maturity. The three survivors of this vigorous family are: Dr. Charles S., now living retired at Galena ; Mrs. Margaret C. Pollock, a widow, residing in Kentucky; and Mrs. Sally Barton, of Howard County, Missouri.
Dr. Charles S. Savage secured his fine lit- erary education at Augusta College, at Au- gusta, Kentucky, where he was graduated in 1848. His medical training was received at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, where he was graduated with the class of 1851, re- ceiving his diploma from Dr. Austin Flint, a distinguished physician and author of medical text-books, clinical reports and valuable medi- cal papers, who 30 years later also signed the diploma of his son, Dr. Harrison B. Savage. On January 1, 1855, Dr. Charles S. Savage opened an office for practice, at Germantown, Kentucky, where he continued until 1900, when he came to Galena, Kansas, and became asso- ciated with his son, under the firm name of Savage & Savage. After this long practice in healing the ills and injuries of his fellow crea- tures, he has now laid aside these cares, know- ing full well that his mantle has fallen upon shoulders well able to bear its weight.
Kentucky people love their homes and be- lieve in their institutions, and young Dr. Savage acquired the greater part of his literary and medical education in the justly noted University of Kentucky, where he was graduated with the class of 1880, and subsequently took the course
of lectures, during 1881 and 1882, at the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons. In order to thoroughly prepare himself for the great field before him, Dr. Savage entered Bellevue Hos- pital Medical College, New York, where he was graduated on March 15, 1886. After eight months spent in the city dispensary, he returned to Kentucky. The father welcomed his talented son to partnership, both men being closely at- ached not only by the tie of kindred, but also by that of professional sympathy, and they con- tinued to practice together until 1888. Then the younger physician began to look forther afield and the result was his removal to Glasgow, Missouri, where he built up a practice and con- tinued until 1892.
Dr. Savage was particularly successful at Glasgow in a financial sense, his last year there remunerating him handsomely, but his profes- sional instinct made him anxious to locate where he would find more and different cases to treat ; and this condition he believed to be ex- isting at Galena, where its mixed population offered better chances for scientific study. In 1892 he located at Galena, opening a well- equipped office on the corner of Fourth and Main streets, over the leading drug store of the city, and he has met with the success he so eminently deserves.
In 1902 Dr. Savage was married in Joplin, Missouri, to Florence Lawder, who was born in Lindsay, Canada.
Politically Dr. Savage is a Democrat, but he is not active in public matters, his interests being centered in his professional work and in looking after various mining properties. He belongs to all the leading medical societies in which he is regarded with great considera- tion, particularly in the Cherokee County Medi- cal Society and the Jasper County Medical So- ciety, of Missouri. His fraternal connections include the Elks, A. O. U. W., the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Aid organizations.
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LOYD W. BROOKS, a well known farmer of Sheridan township, whose farm lies in section 12, township 31, range 22, was born in Hart County, Kentucky, April 23. 1845. He comes from the old Kentucky family bearing that name, and is a son of Rev. Joshua and Margaret ( Harper) Brooks, both natives of Hart County, where they grew to maturity and were married.
Rev. Joshua Brooks was a Baptist preaclier and for many years preached in his native county, Hart, besides managing the work of the farm. In 1858, after the death of his wife, which occurred some four years earlier, he re- moved to Jefferson County, Illinois, where he resided 10 years ; after a short time spent in his native State, he again moved to Illinois, lo- cating in Washington County. In 1874, Mr. Brooks, with his family started for Kansas, at that time the Mecca of the West. Locating in Cherokee County, he continued to preach the Gospel, while looking after his farming in- terests, and here he spent the remainder of his life, liis death occurring in August, 1891. His life was devoted to work for the Master, whose precepts were his guide in his daily inter- course with others. The purity and kindliness as exemplified in his life, exerted an influence over all he met, and he was loved and revered throughout the county.
Rev. Joshua Brooks' second marriage was to Mahala Gray of LaRue County, Kentucky, who is still living and makes her home with her step-son, Floyd W. Brooks. Rev. Mr. Brooks' family consisted of II children, all the issue of the first marriage. Floyd W., the subject of this sketch, and his brother James H. are the only two of the children who reside in Cherokee County.
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