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County, Missouri, from Kentucky, when thirteen years of age and lived there until in 1855, when he settled in Alexandria Township, Leavenworth County, where he entered land, improved a farm, and lived there until 1908. The farm is now owned by his widow and son, Albert. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Courtney were the parents of the following children: James F., Oklahoma City; Rufus, who lives on a farm in Alexandria Township; Mrs. Frances Moody, of Hiawatha, Kansas; William H., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Anna McGee of Oklahoma City; J. E., of Lansing, Kansas; Thomas M., a farmer in Alexandria Township; and Albert, who lives on the home place.
William H. Courtney was educated in the common schools of the county and farmed until he was twenty-six years of age. He then con- ducted a store at Springdale for eleven years. In 1897 he was elected county treasurer and reelected in 1899, making five years of service. He was elected county assessor and served two years, after which he con- ducted a bank at Lansing, Kansas, for a few years. In the fall of 1913, he was elected sheriff of Leavenworth County and served four years. In April, 1921, Mr. Courtney was appointed chief of police of Leavenworth. Mr. Courtney has to his credit a splendid record of faithful and efficient service, which has been characterized by unswerving devotion to duty. He is one of the progressive citizens of Leavenworth County and has made a wide acquaintance, and, by his courteous manner and obliging methods, has made many friends. In 1920 Mr. Courtney established the Court- ney Motor Company, which is situated at 506 Delaware street, the room being 25 x 125 feet. He handles the Chevrolet cars and Samson tractors and trucks, and his business has opened very satisfactorily.
November 6, 1885, Mr. Courtney was married to Katie Ruble, of High Prairie Township, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Ruble, who were early settlers of that township. Mrs. Courtney died July 26, 1895 and is buried at Bethel Cemetery. The Courtney children are: Earl, who was born November 1, 1886; May; and Minnie Courtney. Earl Courtney was married May 23, 1911 to Anna Josephine Duffy of Leavenworth, and they have the following children: Evalyn Narcissus; Dorothy Irene, Marjory Marie and William Earl.
Mr. Courtney is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
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W. J. Linaweaver, of Lansing, Kansas, is road overseer of Delaware Township, which position he has capably filled for the past six years, and is also a prominent farmer and dairyman. He was born in Shenan- doah County, Virginia, July 3, 1864, and is the son of John and Lavina (Richards) Linaweaver, both natives of Virginia and who are now deceased.
W. J. Linaweaver was educated at Woodstock, Virginia. He first came to Leavenworth in the spring of 1883 and worked for fifty cents a day, with board, room and washing, for James Bauserman, who was an early settler of Leavenworth County, locating there in 1860. He died in 1884.
In 1886 Mr. Linaweaver returned to Virginia, and, on October 17, 1888, was married there to Elizabeth Burner, a daughter of Israel and Martha (Cullers) Burner, both natives of Virginia. The former died in 1884, and Mrs. Burner is still living in Page County, Virginia, and is now seventy years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Linaweaver lived in Virginia for eight years, at the end of which time they lost their home by fire and also a daughter was burned to death. They then returned to Lansing, Kansas, and built a house and barn there, which they later sold, when they bought the Diger farm about two and one-half miles southwest of Lansing, which they still own and their son, Claude Linaweaver, operates a dairy on this farm. Until 1916 W. J. Linaweaver was engaged in the dairy business there, and made many improvements on the place. He built two large barns and a silo and dug two wells, besides cutting the brush and other minor improvements and made it a productive farm. He milked forty cows and also raised mules. The Linaweaver farm now has about fifteen acres of alfalfa. Mr. Linaweaver was the first farmer to raise alfalfa in that neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Linaweaver reside in South Lansing. They are the parents of the following children: Claude B., who married Margaret Smootz, of Shenandoah County. Virginia; Pauline, the wife of Charles W. Zule, a farmer of McLouth, Kansas; and Geneva Ruth, who lives at home, and who was graduated from high school in 1920. They had a daughter, Maude, who was burned to death at the age of eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Linaweaver have four grandchildren: Walter C., Glen L. and Carl William Linaweaver, and Eugene W. Zule.
Mr. Linaweaver is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- men and is one of the men who takes an active part in his lodge, also in the community, and is always ready to assist any movement for the de- velopment of the county.
MRS. W. J. LINAWEAVER
W. J. LINAWEAVER
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George J. McIntire, now deceased, was a prominent farmer and stock- man of Leavenworth County. He was born in Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, March 16, 1829 and died March 16, 1885. He was educated in Penn- sylvania and lived there until he was twenty-one years of age, at which time he went to California via Cape Horn and remained on the Pacific coast for eight years, returning across the plains. He came to Leaven- worth in 1859 and engaged in carpenter work. In 1862 he and his wife located on a farm, two and one-half miles south of Lansing, Kansas, which he purchased from Mr. Stafford. This farm contains 160 acres, and Mr. McIntire improved the place extensively and lived there until his death. He followed general farming and stock raising and was very successful. He also took an active part in the affairs of the county, and was commis- sioner of Leavenworth County for two years and for twenty-five years was a director of the school board of his district.
George McIntire was married February 11, 1862, to Caroline Palmer, a daughter of Harvey and Eliza (Kingsley) Palmer, who were among the early settlers of Delaware Township, Leavenworth County. They came from New York in 1859 and settled on the O. D. Gould farm. Harvey Palmer died in 1883 and his wife died in 1861 and both are buried at Mt. Muncie Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were the parents of the follow- ing children: Mrs. Jennie Combs, of Kansas City, Kansas; Mrs. Mary M. Stevens, of Trinidad, Colorado; Mrs. George J. McIntire and Joseph D. Palmer of Fruitvale, California; Kenyon Palmer, died in 1908; George Palmer died in 1918; Charles N., who died in California about 1905; and Gardner, who died about 1880 while on his way to Colorado.
Caroline Palmer McIntire was born in Warren County, New York, November, 1840, and was seventeen years of age when she came to Kan- sas with her parents. She is now living on the home farm which was purchased by her husband in 1862.
Mr. and Mrs. George McIntire were the parents of the following chil- dren: Harry, who died at the age of forty-eight years and was unmarried; Edward, who was born in 1865 and lives on the home farm; Willard, of Kansas City, Kansas; Harvey, who died in 1893, married Laura Kiefer of Nebraska; Charlie, who died at the age of seventeen years; Frank, who lives on the home place, and was born in 1874. He married Edith Jordan and they have two sons: Robert and Eugene; Samuel, a farmer, who married Dena Shaw and who lives south of Leavenworth, near the city limits; and Nathan, who died in 1908 at the age of twenty- (21)
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three years. Besides Robert and Eugene McIntire, Mrs. McIntire has a granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Miller, living in Nebraska.
The McIntire brothers, Edward and Frank, farm the home place and their mother lives with them. The farm is well watered and otherwise improved and they do general farming, stock raising, feeding and are suc- cessful farmers and excellent people.
Charles R. Jamieson, a well known farmer and stockman of near Leavenworth, Kansas, on Rural Route No. 2, was born in Leavenworth, April 12, 1865, the son of Peter and Susan (Stone) Jamieson. The latter was a native of Canada and came to Leavenworth before her marriage to make her home with her sister, her parents being dead. She died in November, 1898 and is buried at Mt. Muncie Cemetery. Peter Jamieson now lives at 815 Pottawatomie street, Leavenworth, and is eighty-three years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jamieson were the parents of the following chil- dren: Charles R., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. M. J. Aaron, of Lans- ing, Kansas; Frank, who is deceased; Ida, who lives at home; and Fred, who is deceased.
Charles R. Jamieson was educated in the public schools of Leaven- worth, and was engaged in the grocery business there with his father until he was twenty years of age, when he located on a farm. Mr. Jamieson owns fifty-five acres of well improved land in Delaware Township, which he bought in 1906. He has a good residence, which he built in 1911, and he built a new barn in 1920, his first barn being destroyed by lightning, August 11, 1920. He also has a modern poultry house and raises barred Plymouth Rock chickens. He also does general farming and has a two acre orchard.
On October 9, 1900, Mr. Jamieson was married to Catherine Shea, a native of Kansas City, but who was living in Delaware Township, Leaven- worth County, at the time of her marriage. She is a daughter of John and Anna (McLaughlin) Shea, who settled in Leavenworth County, Kan- sas in 1880, coming from Kansas City, Missouri. They purchased 160 acres which they improved. John Shea died in 1899 at the age of fifty- seven years, and is buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He was a native of County Kerry, Ireland, and settled first at Warrensburg, Missouri, where he lived a few years before going to Kansas City. Anna Mclaughlin was a native of County Wexford, Ireland, and is now living with her daughter.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Shea were the parents of the following children: Mary Garrett, who is deceased; Mrs. Jamieson, the wife of Charles R. Jamieson; Elizabeth, the wife of John Griffin, of Kansas City, Missouri; John, who is deceased; and Ella, the wife of John Chenoweth of Wood- ward, Oklahoma; William and Walter of Kansas City, Missouri. Walter Shea served in the World War, having enlisted in Rosedale, Kansas, in the 117th Ammunition Train of the Rainbow Division. He was made a corporal shortly after his enlistment. He was gassed at Chateau Thierry and was returned as a casual to a hospital at Des Moines, Iowa. He was discharged at Ft. Riley, in 1919, and now lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mr. Jamieson is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Fraternal Aid.
L. D. and F. P. Harris are prosperous farmers and respected citizens of Delaware Township. They are sons of David P. Harris, deceased, who was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1807, and, when fifteen years of age, his parents moved to Sangamon, Illinois, and, while there, made the ac- quaintance of President Lincoln. He lived there when Springfield, Illinois was laid out, and was married in Springfield to Mary Nelson. They moved to Texas, where they remained for a short time, then went to Polk County, Missouri and lived for twenty-four years. He came to Leavenworth County in 1865, and, in 1866, moved to the farm where his two sons, L. D. and F. P. Harris now live and own. David P. Harris died March 11, 1885 on his home place and is buried in Delaware Cemetery. His wife was born in 1810 in Nashville, Tennessee. She died January 21, 1902, and is also buried in Delaware Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Harris were the parents of the following chil- dren: Mrs. Harriet Peak died when eighty years of age; William Harris went to California in 1852 and died there about 1875; George W., of Wichita, Kansas, who is eighty-three years of age; Mary Jane married John Flint and died about 1905; Sarah married Ezekiel Flint and died in 1918 (both John and Ezekiel Flint were in the Eighth Missouri cavalry of the Union Army) ; Early, who lives at the National Military Home, and is seventy years of age, was with General Custer on the plains in 1868; Martha, the wife of Henry Hopkins, of Kansas City, Missouri; C. C., a guard at the Federal Prison; L. D. and F. P. of this sketch.
L. D. and F. P. Harris were educated in the public schools of Leaven- worth and the district schools of Delaware Township. They have made
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their home here continuously for fifty-six years and are well known. They own 180 acres of good land, eighty acres of it being the old home place. The improvements were put on the farm by them. They do general farm- ing and raise cattle, horses and hogs.
F. P. Harris was married in 1892 to Emma Neudeck, a daughter of Leopole Neudeck, of Kansas City, Kansas, and who is now eighty-four years of age. His wife was Teresa Eckel, a native of Pennsylvania. She died August 6, 1916. Emma Neudeck was born in LaSalle County, Illi- nois, July 24, 1862.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Harris have two sons: Edwin M., was born May 15, 1894, and served in the World War, having enlisted in Company E at Leavenworth, the 139th Infantry, 35th Division, in August 2, 1917. He was in service for twenty months, one year and four days of this time being spent overseas. He was in the following battles: Grand Ballou, Wesserling sector, Verdun sector, St. Mihiel offensive and Argonne-Exer- mont. On April 14, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Funston and is now in Logan County, Kansas, engaged in farming. He is a member of the Modern Woodman of America. The other son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris is Herbert B., who was born February 20, 1900, and now lives with his parents.
Mr. F. P. Harris is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Royal Neighbors.
Benjamin B. Buchanan is the progressive proprietor of Fairview Farm, one of the best farms in this section. He was born at Kickapoo Island, Kickapoo Township, December 31, 1881, and is the son of George and Elizabeth (Patterson) Buchanan. She died in 1886. George Buchanan now lives in Stringer Township. He came to Kansas in 1854 and settled on Kickapoo Island, where he lived until about 1900 and then moved to Stranger Township, where he now resides. He is eighty-four years of age. He worked for the United States government during the Civil War, and crossed the plains to New Mexico several times.
Mr. and Mrs. George Buchanan are the parents of the following chil- dren: Mrs. Elizabeth Whitlock, who is deceased; L. C., of Delaware Township; Florida Buchanan, at home; Benjamin, the subject of this sketch; George, a farmer in Stranger Township; and Helen, the wife of Ben Cleavenger, of Stranger Township.
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Benjamin Buchanan was educated in the public schools of Kickapoo Township and since early manhood has been engaged in farming. He bought his present farm in 1908 from L. B. Wheat and the entire farm of 160 acres was originally an apple orchard, belonging to Mr. Wellboure. All of the improvements have been put on the place by Mr. Buchanan. He has a modern, seven room residence, a barn 30 x 40 feet in dimension, and other farm buildings. All the buildings are neatly painted and well kept. The home is very attractive and is situated three-fourths of a mile from the town of Fairmont. For the past ten years, Mr. Buchanan has been engaged in raising wheat extensively. He uses a tractor for plowing, harrowing, seeding and harvesting. He bought the first Fordson tractor used in this township, and is now using his second tractor. The place is favorably located and well watered. Mrs. Buchanan raises white Leghorn chickens and does her part in the work and management of their fine home.
Benjamin Buchanan was married January 6, 1916 to Alice Cleavinger of Kickapoo Township, a daughter of Joseph and Hattie (Edwards) Cleav- inger. Her parents reside on a farm in Kickapoo Township, on the farm where Hattie Edwards, a daughter of Benjamin F. Edwards, was born in 1858. Joseph Cleavinger was born in 1857 and lived in Jefferson County for some years, later returning to this county. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cleavinger are the parents of the following children: Miss Bettie Cleav- inger; A. B., of Stranger Township; Mrs. Buchanan; Mrs. Ben Highfill, of Potter, Kansas; Miss Hattie Cleavinger; Joseph A., of Lowemont, Kan- sas; Miss Jane Cleavinger and Eugene, who lives at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan have a daughter Evelyn.
Mr. Buchanan is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America of Fairmont.
Henry J. Lohman, a prosperous farmer of Delaware Township, was born in Hanover, Germany, May 22, 1848. He is the son of Henry J., Sr., and Phoebe (Monnich) Lohman, who came from Germany to New Orleans, afterward settling in Switzerland County, Indiana, where they both died, he at the age of sixty-three years and she at the age of fifty- nine years.
Henry J. Lohman came to Leavenworth County, Kansas, from Peoria, Illinois, many years ago, and worked by the month on farms for $22.00
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per month, which was considered good wages for that time. In a short time, he began renting places, but after a few months bought eighty acres from Thomas P. Fowlon for $25.00 per acre, where he now lives. Mr. Lohman has added all improvements and he has a good house, barn, fenc- ing, good water, etc. He formerly owned two hundred acres more, but has sold off all except about eighty acres.
Mr. Lohman was married the first time to Clara A. Atkinson, in January, 1872. She died in 1892. They had the following children: Freely, of Stafford, Kansas; H. J., Jr., of Leavenworth, who is manager of the Planters Hotel; William, of Preston, Idaho; Mabel, wife of J. Bert Barr, of Dallas, Texas; and George, of Sparks, Nevada.
George Lohman was in the United States army and had about two years service in the World War, and during which time, he was at the front for thirty days under fire.
Mr. Lohman was married the second time to Rebecca A. Cleavinger, who had been a teacher in Leavenworth County for twenty years. She died July 13, 1898, at the age of forty-one years and ten months. They had a daughter Marcia, who died December 12, 1918.
December 24, 1900, Mr. Lohman married his present wife, who was Flora Athey of Leavenworth County. She was born at Brazil, Indiana. They have four sons, as follows: Donald, Jack, Winfred and Rene.
Mr. Lohman and family are highly respected citizens. Mr. Lohman was road overseer for nineteen years in district No. 6.
Lon Rush is the widely known township trustee of Delaware Town- ship, and a successful farmer. He lives on Route 6 from Leavenworth, Kansas, four miles southwest of Lansing. He was born in St. Louis, Mis- souri, March 24, 1879, the son of Oscar P. and Antomo Falbrock Rush; his father was born in Rushville, Indiana, the town being named for the Rush family. He came to Leavenworth shortly after the Civil War, and was shipping clerk for Ruch and Sprague Milling Company, now known as the Leavenworth Milling Company. He died in 1904 and his wife died in 1897. Both are buried in Mt. Muncie cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rush were the parents of the following children: Fannie, of Chicago, Illinois; Lon, the subject of this sketch; Oscar, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Leona of Kansas City, Kansas.
Lon Rush was educated in the Leavenworth schools, and followed
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railroading for ten years, when, in 1903, he lost his right leg in a railroad wreck, the engine turning over upon him, he was forced to leave that voca- tion. He then purchased his present home in 1910, a farm containing 130 acres, and has been engaged in farming since that time. - This farm was known as the Carruthers farm. Mr. Rush does general farming and stock raising and is an enterprising farmer, and respected citizen.
Mr. Rush was elected township trustee in 1916 and re-elected in 1918 and again in 1920.
H. D. Rush, an uncle of Lon Rush, now deceased, and who is buried at Rushville, Indiana, was president of the Home Riverside Coal Mining Company of Leavenworth and owner of the Rush and Sprague Milling Company for a number of years and was prominent among the business interests of Leavenworth.
James F. Timberlake, who followed farming successfully in Delaware Township for twenty years, and who now lives in Lansing, Kansas, was born in Platte County, Missouri, January 23, 1851, the son of James H. and Lavina Timberlake, who were married near St. Louis. James H. Timber- lake came from Kentucky and settled in Platte County, Missouri, at the time of the Platte Purchase. In 1858, he located in Brown County, Kansas and lived there until 1881, when he moved to Lansing, Kansas, and bought five acres of land and built the residence now owned by James F. Timber- lake. He died May, 1889, at the age of seventy-six years, and his wife died in 1880.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Timberlake were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Florentine Blake, of Franklin County, Kansas; Mrs. Ellen Osborne, of Thayer, Neosho County, Kansas; Mrs. Valena S., of Merritt, Kansas; S. B., who is deceased; and Martha J. Witham, also deceased.
James F. Timberlake, the fourth of the family, was educated in the Brown County, Kansas, public schools. In 1865, he made a trip across the plains to Denver, Colorado, driving seven yoke of cattle, and with wagons loaded with flour, and, the next year, he drove from Leavenworth to Salt Lake City. On these trips, he had many interesting experiences.
Mr. Timberlake moved to his present home in 1907. He has filled the office of trustee of Delaware Township and for the past ten years has been committeeman of Delaware Township. He is well known and highly respected citizen.
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In 1887, Mr. Timberlake was married to Kate Digger, who died De- cember 22, 1907. He married his present wife April 17, 1913. She was Mrs. Anna J. (Myers) Parks, a native of Richmond, Kentucky, and she and her first husband, G. B. Parks, located at Ft. Scott, Kansas about 1886, where he died in May, 1907. Mrs. Timberlake has four children by her first marriage: William H., of Waynoka, Oklahoma ; Myers Parks, of Con- cordia, Kansas; Jennie Babb, of Forgan, Oklahoma; and G. B. Parks, who was sergeant in the United States army with Company C, Tenth Field Battery Signal Corps during the World War. He enlisted in June, 1917, from Topeka, and was two years in service, and overseas one year. He resigned an excellent position to assist his country in the late war. He was married August, 1920, to Verne Brooks, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, and he is now employed as general relief agent over the eastern division of the Santa Fe Railway Company, and lives at Emporia, Kansas.
George E. Carr, assessor of Delaware Township, was born in Putnam County, Indiana, August 31, 1858. He is the son of William H. and Margaret M. (Busick) Carr.
William H. Carr settled in Putnam County at the age of seven years. being a native of Clermont County, Ohio. He lived in Putman County on a farm until 1882, when he and wife moved to Kansas and located at Council Grove, where he died in 1914. His wife died in 1906. The fol- lowing children were born to them: Albert F., of Lansing, Kansas; John W., who died when thirteen years of age; Sarah J., who died in childhood; George E., the subject of this sketch; Mary M., the wife of J. H. Athey, of Brazil, Indiana; William E., of Council Grove, Kansas; Elizabeth E., deceased, who was the wife of J. M. Barber; Addie Miller, wife of Julius Miller, deceased; C. L., of Kansas City, Missouri, and Arthur E., of Coun- cil Grove.
George E. Carr was educated in the common schools of Indiana, and followed carpenter work and farming in that state until 1882, when he came to Kansas. He farmed for four years near Council Grove, after which he was with the Missouri Pacific as a locomotive fireman for about six years. He conducted a cafe for two years in Council Grove, and on April 23, 1894, he located in Lansing, where he was engaged in contract- ing and carpentering. He worked both in the city and country and built many residences. He was deputy sheriff under Sheriff Thomas Larkin
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for two years and four years under Sheriff W. H. Courtney. For the past four years he has been assessor of Delaware Township, which includes the city of Lansing. In addition to his official duties Mr. Carr writes fire and tornado insurance.
Mr. Carr was married November 12, 1876 to Mary P. Athey, a native of Putnam County, Indiana, and daughter of H. H. and Mary J. (Myers) Athey, the latter a native of Virginia, and the former a native of Ken- tucky, but moved to Putnam County when five years of age, in the early days when Indians were still in that part of the country. His father, James Athey, was a successful horseman of Kentucky, and brought fine stock with him to Indiana.
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