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was of German descent. His wife was also a native of Pennsylvania, and was born in 1807. Their children were as follows: Sam- uel, Sarah, Margaret, Jane, James, Susan, Louisa, Joshua, Mary and John E.
John E. Dickerson lived in his native coun- ty twenty-seven years when he moved to the southern part of Missouri. There he ap- lied himself to carpenter work, which trade he had followed a number of years. He remained in Southern Missouri until 1887, when he located in Parsons, Kansas, in the vicinity of which he has since resided. In 1893, Mr. Dickerson moved to Neosho county. where he farmed until 1900. Mr. Dickerson located on his present farm in Neosho town- ship in 1900. It contains 480 acres. The homestead is situated on the north half of the southeast quarter of section 27, and is famous as the Hopkins farm. There he carries on general farming, in which he has been very successful. He gave up his trade as carpenter after reaching Kansas, with the exception of work done on his own farm. Mr. Dickerson is a man of thrift and energy, and has made many improvements on his farm.
Mr. Dickerson was united in wedlock with Mary L. Uhrich, who was born in Ohio, in 1851. Her father, Jacob Uhrich, was a farmer and miller, who lived in that state, and was a very prominent man. Mr. Dickerson and his wife have been blessed with four chil- dren, namely: Lottie, who married a Mr. Boecker, and makes her home in Mexico; Joshua U .: Charles C .; and Ina. Mr. Dick- erson is a Democrat, in politics, and takes an active interest in the political affairs of the county. He served one term as justice of the peace of Labette township. Mr. Dickerson belongs to the Anti-Horsethief Association. He is a member of the following fraternal or-
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ganizations: A. F. & A. M .; Select Friends, Parsons Lodge; and the A. O. U. W., Parsons Lodge, No. 12. He is a member of the Pres- byterian church, in which he is an active worker. Mr. Dickerson is a man of honesty and integrity, and he has many warm friends in the county. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson accompany this sketch, being pre- sented on a foregoing page.
O. BOOKTER, a well known farmer of Elm Grove township, Labette coun- ty, Kansas, residing in section 35, township 34, range 19, is a native of Germany, and was born in 1840. He is a son of John Bookter, also a native of Germany. John Bookter died at the age of forty-nine years. He had eight children, namely : Cath- erine; William, deceased; George; Mary; Christina; Mattis; Barbara; and J. O.
J. O. Bookter was two years old when his parents came to America. They landed at New York, and went from there to Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where Mr. Bookter lived until he located in Kansas. He was but ten years old when his father died, and after that worked for six years in a hotel in order to sup- port his mother. He subsequently worked in a sawmill for a period of nine years. Mr. Bookter enlisted, in 1862, in Company E, 4th Reg., Wis. Vol. Cavalry. He served until May 28, 1866, was engaged in scouting most of the time, and experienced many hardships. After the war, he returned to Wisconsin, where he worked for a lumber company for six years. In 1873, he removed to Labette county, and located in Elm Grove township, a half mile south of his present farm. In 1883, he bought his present farm in section 35, and has made
many improvements on the place. He built a story and a half five-room house, which adds greatly to the appearance of the farm. Mr. Bookter carries on general farming, and is an energetic and thrifty worker. He has pur- chased a fine residence in Coffeyville, Kansas, which he will occupy in the future.
Mr. Bookter married Justina Rashler, who was born in Germany, in 1849. She came to the United States when she was fourteen years old. Mr. Bookter and his wife have reared four children, namely: William, a baker, in Coffeyville, Kansas; Maggie; Charlie; and John.
In politics, Mr. Bookter is a Republican. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In religious attachments, he is a member of the German Lutheran church.
AMUEL M. STANSBURY, a resident of Elm Grove township, Labette coun- ty, Kansas, is living in the northeast quarter of section 33, township 34, range 19. He was born May 4, 1834. in Perry county, Indiana, and is a son of John and Mary (Rutherford) Stansbury.
John Stansbury was born in Maryland, and was a stone-mason and farmer by occupation. He was also a preacher of the M. E. church. He married Mary Rutherford, who was a na- tive of Indiana. They reared the following off- spring: Samuel M., William, Joseph, John, Benjamin, Sarah A., and Mary E.
Samuel M. Stansbury was six years old when his parents moved to Jones county, Iowa. Later they moved to Missouri, and still later to Woodson county, and then to Wilson coun- ty, Kansas. Mr. Stansbury enlisted October 15, 1861, in Company G, 9th Reg., Kans. Vol.
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Cav., and served three years and three months. Part of that time he was on duty as a scout in Colorado. After the war, he returned to Wil- son county, where he lived until 1879. He then took up a claim in Harper county, Kansas, where he lived for one year, after which he moved to Missouri, and two years later to Win- field, Kansas, where he remained three years. He then went to Fort Scott, and to Arkansas. In the fall of 1890, he went to the National Military Home, at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he remained until 1893. He then went to the Kansas State Soldiers' Home at Dodge City, Kansas, where he remained about one year, when he returned to the National Mili- tary Home. He next moved to Denver, Colo- rado, then to Wichita, Kansas, and in Novem- ber, 1899, settled in his present home. Mr. Stansbury had made his first trip to Labette county, Kansas, in 1863, when some Confeder- ate soldiers, who had been killed by the Indians, were buried. He carries on general farming, and has 15 acres of fruit. He is very successful in the raising of the latter, and each year finds an increase in the products of his farm.
Mr. Stansbury was first married Au- gust 4, 1863, at Humboldt, Kansas, to Rachel E. C. Done, by whom he reared six children, as follows: John F., deceased; Mary M .; Lawrence R .; Eva F. G .; Benjamin M .; and Alice W.
Mr. Stansbury's second wife, whom he married November 30, 1899, was Mrs. Anna (Masters) Bickham, who was born in Fair- mount, Ohio, in 1839. She is a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Masters. Samuel Mas- ters was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and was a miller and carpenter by trade. His wife was also a native of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Masters reared II children, of whom those living are: Eunice, John, Anna, William, Em-
ma, Barbara, Caroline, and Rachel. Mrs. Anna ( Masters) Bickham, Mr. Stansbury's present wife, first married Thomas D. Bickham, who died September 1, 1889, aged fifty-three years. He moved to Labette county in 1869, and lo- cated about nine miles south of Parsons, where he remained with his wife and family five years. He then sold out, and in 1874, moved to the northeast quarter of section 33, Elm Grove township, where Mrs. Stansbury has since resided. By her former husband, Mrs. Stansbury had II children, eight of whom are now living, as follows: Samuel, Ezra, Ella, Theodosia, Caroline, Rhoda, Thomas, and Alpha.
Mr. Stansbury is independent in politics. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Repub- lic. Religiously, he is a member of the Meth- odist church. Mr. Stansbury is a public spirited and upright citizen, and has many friends in Labette county, where he is very well known.
D AVID HOY, a prosperous farmer of Labette county, Kansas, is located in the southwest quarter of section II, Montana township. He is a man of good business ability, and has met with great success in the pursuit of his calling. Mr. Hoy was born in Perry county, Illinois, in 1861, and lived there until he was brought by his parents to Kansas, in 1868. He is a son of Daniel Hoy, who was born in Ireland, and came to America at the age of fifteen years.
Daniel Hoy came to Kansas, in 1868, and located in the southwest quarter of section II, Montana township, Labette county, upon which he lived until his death, in February, 1901. He married Caroline Muir, who was born in Missouri, and now resides on the home
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farm with her son. The following children were born to bless this union: David; Sarah J .; James; Martha; Mary; Henry; Dee; and Emma.
David Hoy succeeded his father as owner of the old homestead, and has since engaged in general farming. He is possessed of many excellent traits of character, and has numerous friends throughout his section of the county. His mother is a faithful member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church.
OHN HUGHES, ex-mayor of the city of Edna, Kansas, and at present en- gaged in farming in Elm Grove town- ship, in section 33, township 34, range 19, was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, in 1841. He is a son of John and Mary ( Wat- son ) Hughes. .
John Hughes, Sr., was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, where he carried on farming all his life. He married Mary Watson, who was also a native of that county, and they reared the following children, namely: John; Thomas and Margaret E., deceased; Samuel, who is a farmer in Union county, Kentucky ; William, who lives in Kentucky; Isaac, who is a hotel-keeper in that state; Sarah A .; and George, deceased.
John Hughes, whose name heads this per- sonal sketch, was reared on a farm, and his first business venture was in the dry goods line. He also farmed for some time in Kentucky. Mr. Hughes removed to Kansas, October 2, 1874. and improved and entered a claim at that time. There was a cabin on the land, which was 12 by 14 feet in dimensions, in which he lived for a while. He was elected mayor of Edna, and served in 1898 and 1899, during
which period he rented his farm. With the exception of the two years spent in Edna, he has made this farm his home since he located in the county. Mr. Hughes has given nearly all his time and attention to agricultural mat- ters, but has managed to keep thoroughly in- formed on the affairs of the day. He has been an interested and active worker in all local enterprises, and is a very popular man in the community.
Mr. Hughes married Susie Froman. She was born in Spencer county, Kentucky, in 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have had two children, namely: George E .; and Mary L., deceased, who married W. W. Goodwin and had four children,-Mabel C., J. W., Arthur W., and Susie M.
Mr. Hughes is a Democrat, in politics. He has been township treasurer for two terms, and has served on the school board for twenty years. The subject of this sketch is a mem- ber of Edna Lodge, No. 345. A. F. & A. M., of Edna, Kansas. He helped to organize it, was a charter member and was its treasurer for eleven years. He had taken his dimit from Taylorsville Lodge, No. 210, of Taylors- ville, Kentucky, where he was made a Mason in 1863. He and his family are members of the Baptist church, which Mr. Hughes helped to establish in Edna.
C. FREEMAN, one of the earliest settlers of the southern part of La- bette county. Kansas, and now a resident of Elm Grove township, was born in Ohio in 1829. He is a son of L. C. Freeman.
L. C. Freeman, Sr., was born in Morris- town, New Jersey, in 1794. He followed the
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occupation of a farmer all his life. He mar- ried Susie Harris, and they had the following offspring: E. L .; W. H .; L. C .; Mary; A. M .; G. W .; and H. C.
L. C. Freeman was reared in Henry coun- ty, Indiana. He first came to Kansas in 1858, when it was a territory, and lived in what is now Douglas county. He returned home in 1859. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, 36th Reg., Ind. Vol. Inf., and served for a period of three years. He was a captain in his regiment, and later became major. He was in the 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cum- berland. In 1869 Mr. Freeman again came to Kansas, and settled in Hackberry township, Labette county, four miles east of his present farm. He took up a claim, which he entered in 1872, at Independence, Kansas. He brought lumber from Arkansas, and erected a cabin on the claim, which was 12 by 14 feet in size. Mr. Freeman was one of the first set- tlers in the southern part of Labette county, and has watched the growth of the county with much interest. He lived on his old farm until 1884, when he bought his present farm in Elm Grove township. which is in the south- east quarter of section 4, township 35, range 19. In 1884 he built a frame house, one and a half stories high, and containing six rooms. Mr. Freeman is a very successful farmer, and has a thorough knowledge of agricultural mat- ters.
Mr. Freeman was united in marriage with Nannie E. Wiles, who was born in Henry county, Indiana, in 1843. They have been blessed with three children, namely: Arthur WV .; Anna C .; Carey. Mr. Freeman is a Republican in politics, and has served his county at different times. He was trustee of the township for two years, township clerk for one year, and has been a member of the school
board for a number of years. Mr. Freeman is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public. Religiously, he is a member of the Presbyterian church. He is a man who is well liked by all, and his friends in the county are many.
RS. ELIZABETH (HARMAN) GUNTER, who is living on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 15, Montana township, has been a resident of Labette county, Kansas, since 1866, and has many friends of long years' standing in this section.
Mrs. Gunter was born in Graves county, Kentucky, in 1816, and is a daughter of Isaac Harman, a native of Virginia. She lived in her native county until 1850, when, with her husband, she moved to Carroll county, Mis- souri, where she remained until she came to Kansas, in 1866. She was united in the bonds of matrimony with David Gunter, in Kentucky, in 1836.
David Gunter was born in Georgia in 1809, and became a farmer. He came to Labette county, Kansas, in 1866, and purchased the west half of the northeast quarter of section 15, Montana township, which he entered at Independence, Kansas, the consideration for the property being $300. There he was en- gaged in farming until he died, February 18, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Gunter became the par- ents of the following children : David, George, Andrew, and Isaac, deceased; Martha ; Emily; Lizzie; Mary; Mollie; and Ollie.
Mrs. Gunter built a two-story, six-room house in 1888, which is of comfortable size, and well arranged. She rents most of the land, and is an excellent manager. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church ..
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AMES H. HOGUE is a prominent agriculturist residing in section 23, Montana township, Labette county, Kansas, having moved to this county in 1866. Mr. Hogue was born in Vigo coun- ty, Indiana, in 1840, and is a son of Nathan and Emeline (Ray) Hogue.
Nathan Hogue, who was born in Ten- nessee, in 1804, followed farming throughout his entire life; he died in Indiana, in 1858. Nathan Hogue's wife was also born in Ten- nessee, in 1809, and they reared six children, as follows: Elizabeth A., Mary A. and Re- becca, deceased; James H .; Albert H., who resides with James H .; and Eliza, deceased.
James H. Hogue was reared in his native county, and lived there until he enlisted in the army in 1861. He served four months in the IIth Reg., Ind. Vol. Inf., under Gen. Lew Wallace, and then re-enlisted in Company L, 5th Reg., Ill. Vol. Cav., and served three years and eight months, under Colonel Updegraff. He participated in the battles of Helena, Ar- kansas; Curran River; Black River; and in the siege of Vicksburg. He was taken prisoner with 39 others, but was exchanged after sixty days. During the latter part of the war he served as a scout. After its close he returned to Illinois, and was engaged in farming until April 7, 1866, when he removed to Labette county, Kansas. He located upon his present farm,-the northwest quarter of section 23, Montana township. He purchased his claim, and entered it at Humboldt, Kansas. A cabin, 14 by 16 feet in size, stood upon it, and in this he conducted a general store for a period of eighteen months. During this time he traded at Fort Scott and Kansas City. He built a home on the farm, in 1868, and made many improvements. He built his present two- story, frame house, containing six spacious
rooms, in 1883. Mr. Hogue is engaged in general farming and has met with considerable success. He has been very active in the de- velopment of the county and township, and helped to organize the first school in the town- ship. He has served on. the school board for twenty-seven years. In politics, he is a Re- publican, and has served three years as town- ship trustee.
Mr. Hogue was united in marriage with Esther Drake, and they became the parents of three children : Artie; Dellie (Stewart) ; and Kansas, a lawyer, who married Miss J. F. Wolfe, of Cherokee county, Kansas. Mr. Hogue's wife died in 1884, and he formed a second union in 1886, wedding Nannie Moore, who was born in Illinois, in 1866. Frater- nally, he is a member of Oswego Post, G. A. R. His wife is a member of the Christian church.
B. SHULTZ, a druggist of Mon- tana, Labette county, Kansas, is also postmaster of that town, an office he has filled in the most satisfactory manner since May 29, 1897, when he received his appointment. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, in 1849, and is a son of Daniel B. and Eliza (Simons) Shultz.
Daniel B. Shultz was born in Maryland, in 1818, and was a millwright, carpenter and wagon-maker. He died in Labette county, Kansas, in 1900. He married Eliza Simons, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they reared eight children, as follows: John H .; Thomas J .; O. B .; Allie G .; Mary .S .; Martha A .; Le- Roy, deceased; and Francis E.
O. B. Shultz was but eleven years of age when, with the family. he came to Kansas, and lived in Anderson county, until 1868. He
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then enlisted in the 19th Reg., Kans. Vol. Cav., and fought the Indians for six months. He came to Labette county in June, 1869, and located north of Montana, in Neosho township. Later he bought a claim one and a half miles north of Montana, and entered it at Humboldt, Kansas. He made improvements on the farm, and lived upon it until 1877. He then located in the town of Montana, and worked with his father in the wagon shop for three years, after which he spent three years in travel. At the end of that time he returnd to Montana, en- gaged in the drug business, and has since con- ducted a drug store there, being a registered pharmacist. He is a Republican, in politics, and in 1897 was appointed postmaster of Mon- tana. He has also served as clerk, and treas- urer, of the township, and was a justice of the peace for five years. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of Oswego Lodge, No. 63, A. F. & A. M.
AMES DIXON, a gentleman who has been engaged in agricultural pursuits in Labette county, Kansas, for many years, is located in the southwest quar- ter of section 23, in Montana township. He is a man of intelligence, takes an earnest inter- est in the growth and development of the coun- ty, and has a large circle of friends and ac- quaintances. Mr. Dixon was born in Perry county, Illinois, in 1862, and is a son of An- drew and Ann (Osburn) Dixon.
Andrew Dixon was born in Scotland, in 1837, came to the United States when fifteen years of age, and located in Illinois, where he followed farming. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company A, 3Ist Reg., Ill. Vol. Inf., and served until July 9. 1865, when he received an honorable discharge. For a part
of the time he acted in the capacity of a team- ster. After the close of the war he returned to Illinois, and was engaged in farming until 1867, when he came to Kansas. The trip was made overland, by wagon, and consumed three weeks. He located on the southwest quarter of section 23. Montana township, Labette coun- ty, the present home of James Dixon, where he resided until his death, in 1899. He mar- ried Ann Osburn, who was born in Ireland, in 1834. and came to the United States when eleven years of age. She now resides at the home of her son, James. Their union resulted in the birth of several children, of whom the following are living: James ; Mary (Claxon), of Sherman, Kansas, who has two children,- Minnie and Clarence ; and Andrew C., who re- sides at home.
James Dixon was reared in Illinois until 1867, when he was taken to Kansas by his par- ents. He has always been engaged in tilling the soil, and at the present time owns the original claim of his father in Labette county. He is occupied in general farming, and is meeting with deserved success. He is serving on the school board of his township.
O. WILSON, a gentleman promi- nent in banking circles in Labette county, Kansas, has had charge of the Mound Valley Bank since 1889, and is a gentleman of high standing in the community. He was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1844, and is a son of Peter and Dency (Wheadon) Wilson.
Peter Wilson was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1817, and died January 1, 1870, on the farm on which he was born. He married Dency Wheadon, a native of New York, and
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they reared the following offspring: Nancy J .; J. O .; A. W., a farmer in Ohio; and I. F.
J. O. Wilson was brought up on a farm and lived at home until 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, 115th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and was discharged July 5. 1865. He then re- turned to his home in Ohio, and attended the public schools. He was next a pupil in Mount Union College for two years, after which he taught school. He was a teacher in Illinois for one and a half years, after which he re- turned to Ohio, and farmed until 1872. In that year he came west to Kansas, and located at Neodesha, Wilson county, where he taught school for two years. He was then engaged in the mercantile business there for four years, at the end of which time he moved to Elk county, and was engaged in a similar line until 1880. He returned to Neodesha, where he was employed in the Neodesha Savings Bank two and a half years. Later he went to Illi- nois and there resided until 1884. He again returned to Neodesha, and accepted the ap- pointment of assistant postmaster of that town, which office he filled until 1885. In Septem- ber, 1886, he moved to Oswego, Kansas, en- tered the private bank of C. M. Condon, and has since been identified with the banking busi- ness. Mr. Wilson took charge of the Mound Valley Bank in 1889, and since that time has resided here. He is a very shrewd business man, and has handled the affairs of the bank in a most capable manner.
In 1873 Mr. Wilson was united in mar- riage with Josephine P. Rice, and they reared three children : Arthur R., who is in the bank- ing business in Coffeyville, Kansas; Cora J., deceased ; and Ernest H., who is now attending college. Mrs. Wilson died in 1883.
In 1889 Mr. Wilson married Mrs. A. R. Hickenbottom, who served as county superin-
tendent of schools for two years. They be- came the parents of one daughter, Josephine, who lives at home. Fraternally, Mr. Wilson is a member of Oswego Lodge, A. O. U. W., and of the Knights and Ladies of Security, of Mound Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Presbyterian church, of Mound Valley. ' In political belief, Mr. Wilson is a stanch Republican. He gives his support and influence to that party, but does not aspire to any political office.
RS. SARAH E. (HUDSON) LOCKWOOD, a resident of Walton township, Labette county, Kansas, was born, in 1837, in Morgan county, Illinois, where she resided until she removed to Kansas, in 1875. She is a daughter of Isaac and Susan (Clark) Hud- son. Her father was born in Kentucky, in 1813, and died in 1901. He was a farmer, and followed agricultural pursuits in Nebraska during the latter part of his life. Her mother was an Ohioan by birth. They reared nine children, Ann Maria; Sarah E .; John H .; James W .; Charles C .; Noah C .; Andrew ; Nancy J .; and Mary.
Mrs. Lockwood first located in Crawford county. Kansas, where she resided until 1883, when she moved to Labette county, and set- tled on her present farm, the southwest quarter of section 23, in Walton township, where she carries on general farming and stock raising. In 1897 Mrs. Lockwood remodeled her resi- dence, and made it a very neat and attractive country home.
Mrs. Lockwood has been twice married. Her first husband was John A. Hammond, who died in 1884. There were no children by this union.
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In 1883 the subject hereof contracted a second matrimonial alliance, this time uniting her fortunes with Walter A. Lockwood, a na- tive of Ohio. He had been previously mar- ried to Athelia Gibbons, of Maryland, by whom he had the following children : Charles; Jennie; Wilber; and Annie. Charles is at home, and manages the farm; Jennie married C. B. Sweet, of Kansas City; Wilber started on an expedition to the Klondike regions, and was last heard from at Juneau; Annie is a teacher in the Parsons public schools. Mr. Lockwood is a carpenter by occupation, but has not followed that trade for many years. The subject of this sketch and her husband are sur- rounded by the children of the latter's first marriage, and all enjoy their comfortable country home.
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