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Henry and Elizabeth Greiveldinger as the parents of eight children as follow: Peter, a farmer of Ford county, Kansas; Henry, a barber of Han- over: Catherine, the wife of Jerome M. Brychta, of Logan township; . \n- thony: John : Elizabeth : Maggie, and Joe. They are active members of the Catholic church and are prominent in the social life of the township.
Catherine Greiveldinger was born in Marshall county, July 12, 1877. and was reared on the home farm and received her education in the local schools, and at an early age was confirmed in the Catholic church and soon became a member of the altar society.
Jerome M. and Catherine Brychta are the parents of the following chil- dren: Cecelia, who was born on December 18, 1902: Sidonia. February 7. 1903: Laura. April 17. 1904: AArnold. November 4. 1906; Leonidas and Leonilla, twins, March 30, 1900: Evaline and Elizabeth, twins, December 18, 1913, and Marie and one that died, were twins, who were born on February 2, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Brychta are esteemed throughout the community in which they live.
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WILLIAM H. FULWIDER.
William H. Fulwider, one of the men who has helped to make Sum- merfield, Marshall county, one of the prominent trading points in this sec- tion of Kansas, and is today one of the well-known merchants of the town, was born at West Liberty, Ohio, December 28, 1869, being the son of David A. and Elizabeth Ann ( Dear) Fulwider.
David A. Fulwider was born in Champaign county, Ohio, on June 27, 1841, and there he received his education in the common schools and engaged in the mercantile business and farming. He remained in that state until 1890, when he and his family came to Nebraska, and located in Pawnee county in the spring of 1890. Here he went into the grocery business for a short time. He then came to Kansas and in that same year purchased a farm of eighty acres in section 2, St. Bridget township. Marshall county. He engaged in farming until 1903. when he returned to Ohio, where he engaged in farming until the time of his death in 1911. He was the son of David and Elizabeth (Mayse) Fulwider, both of whom were natives of Virginia. After the marriage of David and Elizabeth ( Mayse) Fulwider, they moved to Ohio and there spent the remaining days of their lives. To them were born ten children. David A., the father of William H., being the fifth born. To David A. and Elizabeth Fulwider were born three children : Vashti, now deceased, who was the wife or S. Lantz: William H., the sub- ject of this sketch and Birdie M .. the wife of Luie Flanagan. of Pawnee county, Nebraska, where they are engaged in general farming and stock raising.
Elizabeth Ann ( Dear) Fulwider was born on May 7. 1847, at Tremont, Ohio, and was the daughter of Fountain and Pence ( Taffy) Dear, who were residents of the state of Ohio for many years and were the parents of five children. They were ever active in the social and the moral life of the com- munity in which they lived and where they were held in the highest esteem.
William H. Fulwider received his education in the schools of Urbana, Ohio, and there grew to manliood. When his father came to Nebraska, he accompanied the family and later accompanied them to Kansas, where he remained on the home farm until 1903. At that time he moved to Sum- merfield and there he was engaged as a clerk in the general store of E. J. Gano, where he remained for two years, when he became a partner in the clothing store. This partnership continued until 1912, when Mr. Fulwider purchased the entire clothing business, which he has conducted since that time.
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He carries a complete line of furnishings that invoice ten thousand dollars and is one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in Kansas. In addition to his store, Mr. Fulwider owns much other property in the city of Summerfield, and is recognized as one of the progressive and substantial men of the county.
In June, 1907. William H. Fulwider was united in marriage to Hattie E. Hutchison, the daughter of Andrew and Sarah ( Brown) Hutchison, both of whom were natives of Illinois, where they spent their early life and were educated in the public schools. They later came to Kansas and located in section 12. Richland township, where they now have a splendid and well- improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on which they are engaged in general farming, meeting with much success.
To William H. and Hattie E. Fulwider have been born three children as follow: Evelyn Pearl, Florence Wilma and Birdabelle. all of whom are at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fulwider are active members of the United Presbyterian church and are prominent in the social and the religious life of the community, where they are held in the highest regard. Mr. Fulwider is identified with the Democratic party and has always taken much interest in local affairs. He has served as township clerk and as trustee of St. Bridget township and is now a member of the city council. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and of the Modern Wood- men of America and is one of the active members of the lodges to which he belongs.
JAMES R. WILCOX.
James R. Wilcox, one of the best known and most prominent residents of Beattie, Marshall county, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, on November 4. 1843. the son of Robert R. and Mary Jane ( King) Wilcox. both of whom were natives of the state of New York, where they received their education in the public schools, there grew up and were later married. Soon after their marriage they moved to Crawford county, Pennsylvania. where they established their home and where they lived until 1856, when they left Pennsylvania and moved to lowa. They located on a farm in Howard county, where they remained for five years, when they removed to Polk county, and later to Andrew county, Missouri, where the mother died in 1865. The father later moved to California and his death occurred in the year 1905. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox were highly respected people and
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were ever active in the affairs of the community in which they lived. Mr. Wilcox was a man of much ability and during his active life had much to do with the growth and development of the localities in which he lived.
James R. Wilcox is one of a family of eight children, he being the second born. His early education was received in the schools of Crawford county, where he lived until he was thirteen years of age. He then came with his parents to Iowa, and here he made his home with his parents until he was eighteen years of age, when he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-third Regi- ment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on August 9, 1862, at Des Moines. As a soldier, he distinguished himself for bravery and was soon promoted from the rank of a private to the position of color-sergeant, which position he held until he received his discharge from the service. Among the numerous engagements in which he took an active part were those at Ft. Gibson, Grand Gulf, Jackson, Mississippi, Champion Hill, Black River Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, battle of Ft. Esperanza, Texas, and the siege of the Spanish Fort at Mobile. At the charge of Black River Bridge he received a severe wound in the face and at the siege of Spanish Fort he received a wound in the jaw. Following his honorable discharge he returned to Des Moines, Iowa, where he was united in marriage on August 27, 1865, to Sarah L. Ballard, the daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann ( Keeth) Ballard, both of whom are natives of Illinois and are now living in Mills county, Iowa. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox left Des Moines and established their home in Andrews county, Missouri, where they resided until 1871. In March of that year they came to Marshall county and later established their home in Franklin township, where they became the owners of a splendid farm and where they had one of the pleasant country homes of the county. Mrs. Wilcox was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 9, 1847, and departed this life on September 28, 1916, after a happy married life of over fifty-one years. At the age of sixteen years she was converted to Christianity at Ris- ing Sun, Iowa, and lived a consistent life until the time of her death, which occurred at her home in Beattie. She was a member of the Baptist church and of the Knights and Ladies of Security, and was a woman in whom all had the greatest confidence. She was universally beloved and at her death she was mourned by a large circle of friends.
Mr. Wilcox is a charter member of the Lyons Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic, at Marysville, and has served as a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is now a member. He has always taken an active and prominent part in the affairs of the township and the county,
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and is interested in all matters that tend to promote the growth and welfare of his home district. He has served as constable of the township and for twelve years was a justice of the peace. In 1902 Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox: left the farm and moved to Beattie. In 1898 he was selected as star route car- rier for the mails to Guittard Station, and after a service of two years, he was given a position as rural carrier out of Beattie, which position he has filled with credit to the present time. Having served for three years in the army, he considers that he has given over twenty years of his life to the services of his government.
James R. Wilcox is a man of much force of character and is an enter- taining talker and debater. By request. he has publicly discussed many of the more important topics of the day, and always in an able manner. His style of address is simple and convincing and he has received many compli- ments on the manner in which he has presented his subjects. During the life of the Farmer's Alliance Mr. Wilcox took an active interest in promul- gating the cause of that organization in his home district and for two years he was president of the local society. After coming to Beattie he joined the Knights and Ladies of Security and has served in the various offices of the lodge and was president for three times. He is now past commander of the Grand Army Post at Beattie and has been president of the Rural Mail Carriers Association of Marshall county.
Of the ten children of Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, four are now living, namely : Anna, who is the widow of L. King, lives at Topeka, Kansas; Sarah L. Rochler resides at Beattie; Mary E. is the wife of J. F. Keylan, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Benjamin H. resides at Beattie. The family have been long prominent in the social and religious life of Marshall county and are among the progressive residents of their home communities.
WILLIAM KRUSE.
William Kruse, a successful farmer and a well-known stockman of Logan township. Marshall county, was born in Nebraska on December 17, 1875, the son of George and Anna ( Jurgens) Kruse.
George and Anna (Jurgens) Kruse were born in Germany, the father in 1832 and the mother in 1842. They received their education in that country, grew to maturity and were there married in 1864. They estab- lished their home in their native land and there Mr. Kruse engaged in farm-
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ing for a time. They then decided to come to America and after landing in the United States they at once proceeded to Illinois, where they established a new home and where they resided for some years. They then moved to Nebraska and engaged in farming for a time, after which they came to Mar- shall county, in 1882. Here Mr. Kruse purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land, the greater part of which at that time was in a wild state. After some years of hard work the tract was developed and improved and became one of the ideal places in the township. The farmi was enlarged until Mr. Kruse owned eight hundred and forty acres. He erected a mag- nificent house, two large barns and other substantial buildings. Here he and his wife lived the rest of their lives, the latter having died in 1895 and the former on July 18. 1914.
George Kruse was prominent in the affairs of the locality but did not aspire to office. Mr. and Mrs. Kruse were active members of the German Lutheran church, and took a deep interest in the moral and social develop- ment of their home township as well as the county. They were the parents of the following children: Catherine, Margaret, Mary, William, George, Henry, Anna, Christina, Andrew and two that died in infancy. Catherine is the wife of William Rabe, a farmer and banker of Bremen, Kansas, where he is at the head of the State Bank; Margaret Shaefer lives in Herkimer township, where her husband is a farmer; Mary Lohse is the wife of a farmer and stockman of Logan township: George A. is a farmer of Logan town- ship and William and Henry are farmers in Herkimer township; Anna Geihsler is a resident of Oklahoma, where her husband is engaged in agri- cultural work, and Christina is the wife of Mr. Prelle, a merchant of the county, and Andrew is farming on the home place.
William Kruse was reared on the home farm and educated in the local schools. He assisted his father with the farm work until he was twenty-six years of age, at which time he rented one of his father's farms, on which he lived by himself for two years. He was then married and he and his wife continued to live there for more than a year. Mr. Kruse then rented his father-in-law's farm at the edge of Herkimer and engaged in farming for three years. He then went to Nebraska on the farm given him by his father and remained in that state for two years, when he returned to Marshall county, where he purchased one hundred and seventy acres near Herkimer. After a residence of two years on this farm he rented the place and moved to the father-in-law's farm. Mr. and Mrs. Kruse continued to live with her father until his death, when Mr. Kruse purchased the place of the heirs and they have since made it their home.
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On May 4, 1904, William Kruse was united in marriage to Sophia Koeneke, the daughter of W. H. and Julia (Brockmeyer) Koeneke. W. H. Koeneke was born in Cook county, Illinois, July 15, 1852. He attended the common schools of that county for a time, and when eight years of age, he came with his parents to Kansas, where they located on a tract of wild land in Logan township, Marshall county. Here the family established their home on the wild prairie, amid the most primitive conditions, and there they experi- enced many of the hardships of pioneer life. The farm was developed and enlarged and in time was improved with substantial structures. W. H. Koeneke, in addition to his farm interest, engaged in the lumber business with his brother-in-law, with whom he remained for a number of years. In 1888 Mr. Koeneke purchased the business, which he managed with the buy- ing and selling of grain. He erected a large elevator at Bremen and there did an extensive business. During his active life he purchased much land. becoming the owner of fourteen hundred acres, all under high cultivation and nicely improved.
W. H. Koeneke was married to Julia Brockmeyer in May, 1878. She was the daughter of Frederick and Fredericka (Martin) Brockmeyer, who were natives of Germany. They came to the United States in an early day and for a time lived in Connecticut, but later came to Kansas, when the state was one wild stretch of prairie, and here they established their home in Han- over, where the father engaged in farming until the time of his death on March 25, 1913. The wife, Julia Koeneke, who was born on June 5. 1859. and was the first chikl of the family born after their arrival in Kansas, died on May 17, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Koeneke were the parents of eight children as follow : Sophia, E. W., Mary, Henry, Martha, Julia and two that died in infancy. Sophia is the wife of William Kruse; E. W. is assistant cashier of the State Bank of Herkimer ; Mary Geyer is a resident of Waterville, Kan- sas, where her husband is manager of the telephone system: Julia Hermann and husband reside on a farm in Logan township: Henry W. is cashier of the bank at Herkimer and Martha is a student in the schools of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Koeneke were long active members of the German Lutheran church and prominent in the social life of the township.
Sophia ( Koeneke ) Kruse was born in Marshall county, Kansas, and was reared in Herkimer where she was educated in the public schools of that place. Her birth occurred on October 10, 1880, and she remained at home until the time of her marriage. She and Mr. Kruse are the parents of seven children as follow : Myrtle, born on July 14, 1905 : Laura, August 25. 1907:
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William, April 11, 1909: Julia Anna, September 27, 1910; Victor, November 12, 1912; Juergen, July 18, 1914, and Roland, September 25, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Kruse are prominent members of the German Lutheran church and are popular in the social life of their home community.
William Kruse now owns six hundred and ninety-two acres of land in Marshall and Washington counties. He devotes his time to high-class farm- ing and stock raising. He is interested in Polled Hereford cattle and Perch- eron horses. Of his fine herd of cattle, he has thirty-five registered and of the horses, eight are registered. He has over one hundred and sixty acres of alfalfa and raises much seed for the market, having his own huller for threshing. He cultivates but forty acres of small grain, the balance of his farm being in meadow, pasture and timber. His home place. in the corpora- tion of Herkimer, consists of ninety acres. The place is nicely improved and is centrally located, the residence being but one block from the Lutheran church. He has always taken much interest in local affairs and is recog- nized as one of the influential men of the township. He is identified with the Republican party and his advice is often sought in the party's councils as well as in the affairs of the county. He is secretary of the church organ- ization and to him is due much of the success of the local society. He has long been an advocate of the good roads movement and a better system of public schools. Not alone in civic affairs does he believe in progress, but he practices it on his large farms, which are models of modern methods and systematic work.
PERCY R. PULLEINE.
One of the well-known and successful business men of Home City, Marshall county, is Percy R. Pulleine, the efficient cashier of the Citizens State Bank, who was born in Franklin township, Marshall county, on No- vember 23, 1880, the son of William T. and Julia (Dunn) Pulleine.
William T. and Julia (Dunn) Pulleine were born in England, the former in 1844, in Yorkshire, and the latter at Hull, in 1845. William T. Pulleine was educated in the public schools of England and was reared on a farm, his father being a large land owner. On the death of his father he was left quite an estate and in 1870 he came to the United States. O11 his arrival in this country he came to Kansas, where he purchased one hun- dred and twenty acres of excellent land in section 26, Franklin township. Here he engaged in general farming and stock raising with much success
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until 1894. at which time he was elected probate judge of Marshall county and moved to Marysville. He was retained in this position for ten years, at which time he retired from the activities of the more strenuous life, and lived a life of quietude for eight years, when his death occurred in 1912. The widow died in 1914 after a useful life of well-doing. She and Mr. Pulleine were married in England and soon after their marriage left for their new home in America. Their children were all born in Marshall county with the exception of one who was born in Virginia, where the parents remained for some little time after coming to this country. Mr. and Mrs. Pulleine were prominent members of the Episcopalian church and were active in the social and religious life of the community in which they lived.
Percy R. Pulleine was reared on the home farm and received his education in the local schools and at the high school of Marysville, having graduated from the latter institution in the class of 1900. Soon after com- pleting his education he entered the First National Bank at Marysville as bookkeeper, which position he held until 1912, when he came to Home City as cashier of the Citizens State Bank, where he has since given such val- uable service and has won for himself the approval of the officials of the institution and the respect of the public. He is most proficient in his line of work, and by his genial disposition and business-like methods he has the confidence of all.
Percy R. Pulleine is happily united in marriage to Gertrude Hamilton. who was born in Blue Rapids, Kansas, September 16. 1885, the daughter of John L. and Alice ( Fitzgerald) Hamliton who were born in Marshall county and Canada, respectively, and are now living on a farm at Blue Rapids. To this union two children have been born. Alice J. and Patricia. Mr. and Mrs. Pulleine are active members of the Episcopal church and have long been been prominent in the social and religious life of the community. Politically Mr. Pulleine is a Republican and has served as a member of the city council at Marysville. Mr. Pulleine is a man of sterling worth and high integrity and his life has been one of activity in the district where he was born and reared. From the time he left school he has been actively associated with the financial interest of the county. Few men of his age have had more practical experience in financial work than has he. He has always taken the keenest interest in the growth and development of his home district and his influence has been given to those enterprises that would tend to the future greatness of the township and the county. The schools
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and the roads of his district have always received his earnest consideration and he is in sympathy with the modern standard of schools and the good roads movement, believing that in these much of the development of any com- munity depends.
JACOB RUTTI.
Jacob Rutti, one of Franklin township's well-known and substantial farmers and the proprietor of a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres there, is a native of the republic of Switzerland, but has been a resi- dent of this country since the days of his young manhood. He was born on February 2, 1854, son of George and Mary (Flure) Rutti, who were the parents of twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fifth in order of birth and all of whom are still living save one.
Leaving his native land in 1878, Jacob Rutti came to this country and located in Wisconsin, where he began working in a cheese factory and where, in 1882, he was married. Two years later, in 1884, he and his wife came to Kansas and settled on an eighty-acre farm in this county. In 1899 Mr. Rutti bought the quarter section of land in Franklin town- slip on which his present home is situated and there he has lived ever since, long having been regarded as one of the leading farmers in that part of the country. He has prospered in his affairs and has added to his original purchase until now he is the owner of a farm of three hundred and twenty acres, all of which is under cultivation and on which, in addi- tion to his general farming, he is somewhat . extensively engaged in the raising of cattle. He has improved his farm in excellent shape and he and his family have a very comfortable home.
Jacob Rutti has been twice married. As noted above, it was in 1882, while living in Wisconsin, that he married Mary Haffner, who was born in that state in 1858, and to that union five children were born, namely : Lizzie, who married Henry Toeter, of Franklin township, this county: Anna, who married M. McDonald, a farmer, living near Oketo; Rosa, who married F. Keller, of Center township; Frank, deceased, and Henry, deceased. The mother of these children died in 1890 and in 1894 Mr. Rutti married Amelia Muller, who was born in Switzerland on August 11, 1860, and who came to this country in 1894 and to this union two children have been born, Otto and John, both of whom are at home, taking an active part in the cultiva- tion of their father's farm.
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IRA EDMOND HENRY.
Ira Edmond Henry, a well-known druggist, business man and city clerk of Summerfield, Marshall county, was born in Hanover, Kansas, on Septen- ber 10. 1883, and is the son of Ed. S. and Sadie Eveline ( Holbert ) Henry.
Ed. S. Henry was born in the state of Illinois in 1861 and received his education in the public schools and grew to manhood. He later married Sadie Eveline Holbert, who was born in 1863 and was the daughter of Perry Holbert, who was a native of Ohio and one of the first settlers of Washing- ton county, Kansas. The town of Washington is now located on a part of what was then his farm. As a young man Perry Holbert was united in mar- riage to a Miss Avard, a native of West Virginia. She had a number of her people who were in sympathy with the cause of the South and her nephew, David Clevenger, was a soldier of note in the Confederate army, yet three of her nephews, Greenberry, John and Minor Clevenger were soldiers in the U'nion army and won distinction in the cause of the Union.
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