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The married state was entered into by Mr. Garlinghouse in Fort Seott, Kansas, the date being October 30, 1900, the contracting party being Flora J. Atkins, daughter of William Atkins, the whole family natives of New York state, where the father still resides, the mother being deceased. Two childrn have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Garling- house: Donnie F., and Freddie I. Mrs. Garlinghouse is a lady whose influence for good is fell in M. E. church circles, she being an active mem- ber of that organization. Mr. Garlinghouse affiliates with the Modern Woodmen and the Knights of Pythias, and is Republican in political belief.
J. F. WISE -- Wise & Sinnet are leading hardware merchants of Cherryvale, also large jobbers in tin and plumbing work. Mr. Wise is a native of Illinois, born in Green county, April 30, 1866. His parents, W. J. and Susan Wise, were natives of the same state. In 1867, the family removed to Ottawa, Kan., and came later to Cherryvale where the mother died in 1877, at the age of thirty-seven years. She was a devont member of the M. E. church. The father, now resides in Mound Valley, Kansas, where his two oldest sons are in business.
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Mr. Wise, Sr., responded to the call of his country in the days of the Rebellion, becoming a member of Company "G." 59th. Htt., Vol. Inft., in which he served faithfully for the entire period of the war. During his early residence in Montgomery, he lived on Cherry creek, one and one- half miles north of Cherryvale, and then moved to the city in 1873.
J. F. Wise, the subject of this sketch, is the third of four children. 1. Il., the eldest, and J. A., the next younger, live at Monnd Valley and are partners in business there. The youngest, G. E., being in their employ. J. F., was born in Illinois, but reared and educated in Kansas. At eighteen, he began his active business career as a clerk in the drug store of Richart & Hockett, of this city. Thence to Mound Valley, where he passed seven years in the employ of F. P. Diens & Co. In 1895, he entered the hardware business for himself at Mound Valley and there gained valuable experience in the conduct of such a business. Three years later he came to Cherryvale and bought a half interest in the Cash Hardware Company. The firm has one of the best locations in the town and carries everything in the line of heavy and light hardware, also plumbing and gas fixture supplies. Though absent for a considerable period, Mr. Wise is really one of the oldest settlers of this locality, as he came here at six or seven years of age, and thus might be called a produet of Cherryvale. He is a keen business man and the city may well be proud to claim him as a citizen. He has served one term as a member of the common council of the city and held, the same office for a like period in Mound Valley.
In 1890, Mr. Wise was happily joined in marriage to Ida F. Ilill in Mound Valley. Mrs. Wise is a native of Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Hill, of Audrain county, that state. She was for four years connected with the firm of F. P. Diens & Co., in Mound Valley, a portion of which time Mr. Wise served the same firm. To Mr. and Mrs. Wise have been born three chilrden: Paul E., Abbio Diens, who died at the age of four, and Ralph J. Both parents are members of the Presby- terian church, of which Mr. Wise is a deacon and at one time ruling elder of the Mound Valley church. He is a member of the K. and L. of Security, being treasurer of the same. He is treasurer of the Aetna Building and Loan Association of Topeka, and is a member of the school board of Cherryvale. In political belief he gseribes to the principles of the party of Lincoln and MeKinley.
Mr. Wise's brother went to Mound Valley in 1884, forming the part- nership of F. P. Dieus & Co. The firm name is now Wise Bros., they having purchased the interests of the Dieus Bros. in the year 1900. These gentlemen are well and favorably known in their county, having been in business since 1884. at Mound Valley. Mr. J. A. Wise has been mayor of the city and held other public offices of trust. L. Il. is a mem- ber of the council and treasurer of the school board, also an active
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worker, and elder in the Presbyterian church. J. A. has two children and L. H. has three.
Mrs. J. F. Wise came to Mound Valley in 1883, to assist in the office work of F. P. Dicus & Co., being a niece of the Dieus Bros., and afterward became one of the principal salesladies of the dry goods de- partment, giving universal satisfaction to the firm and general public and counting her friends by the score.
JOHN FADLER-In the subject of this brief article is presented one of the more recent settlers whose identity with Montgomery county matters, dates from 1882, when he became the owner, by purchase, of a body of land in sections 11 and 12, township 33, range 15, upon which he has since made his home. He is one of the progressive farmers of Independence township, has prospered in keeping with his efforts and has become one of the substantial men of the agricultural class. He has erected a modern residence, barn and other improvements necessary for the symmetrical and well-balanced development of his estate and is the owner of three hundred and thirty-seven acres of land in the county.
John Fadler was born in Perry Co., Mo., March 5, 1849. His father, Adam Fadler, settled in that locality as a young German, fresh from his native land and was identified with it as a successful farmer till his death March 4, 1890, at the age of seventy-five. Adam Fadler left Ger- many in company with a brother at the age of seventeen. and what little personal effects he possessed, were lost by the burning of their ship at sea. Day labor was the channel through which he acquired his first capital, and this he invested wisely in real estate as the occasion offered. He married Easter Meyers, and the two put forth the toil and the exe- cufive ability in the acenmulation of a valuable estate. Mrs. Fadler died in 1861, and two of her children, only, grew to maturity, viz: John and Solomon. The father of these sons was one of the leading citizens of his community. While he deemed his province to be a laborer in the field and employing himself with his own affairs, he gave patriotic atten- tion to his duty as a citizen. He allied himself with the Republican party in politics and was' an active member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Fadler, of this record, came to maturity on his father's farm. At about eighteen, he started in life as a hand, working for wages. He was in the lead mines in St. Frances Co., and in the coal mines of the locality, and for several years spent his wages as he got them. His marriage induced a spirit of economy, and from 1876 till 1880, his profits as a miner were carefully guarded. The proceeds of six years labor he brought with him to Kansas and they formed the nucleus about which later ac- enmulations have centered.
December 12, 1876, Mr. Fadler married Maggie C. Conkle. a daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Cline) Conkle, formerly from Alle-
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gheny Co., Pa. The Conkles reared a family of ten children, six of whom are living: Mary, wife of Joseph Graves, of Caney, Kansas; Harry, of Sullivan Co., Indiana; Rufus, of Montgomery Co., Kansas; Elizabeth, wife of R. E. Roberts, of Montgomery Co., Kansas; Mrs. Fadler and Frances, deceased wife of Will Froment, of Summer Co., Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Fadler's children are: Elizabeth B., who died at three years; Charles W., born May 22, 1880; Jesse C., born December 29, 1882; John Harrison, born November 9, 1886; Rufus Evert, born April 9, 1888; Flos- sie E., born January 25, 1892, and Howard O., born August 29, 1895.
Mr. Fadler is a Republican, an Odd Fellow and the family hold allegiance to the Christian church.
JOSEPH R. DARLING-The name introducing this brief personal reference is one familiar to both the old and the new settlers about Cherry, West Cherry and Drum Creek townships, and its owner and his pioneer wife have had to do with the serions development affairs of their community. While thirty years is embraced in the period of residence of Mr. Darling within the limits of Montgomery county, his wife counts five years more and begins her experience with the first settlers of the county.
Joseph R. Darling was born May 22, 1849, in Jackson county, Ohio. His parents. James Il. and Rachel (Howe) Darling, were born in Ohio and passed their lives there till 1885, when they came to Kansas and died ; the father in November, 1894, at eighty-three years, and the mother in 1892, at eighty-two years. James Il. Darling and his son, Charles, served in an Ohio regiment during the Rebellion. Eight children were born to this worthy pair, namely: Peter B. and Charles J., of Labette Co., Kansas; William L., Henry C., Virginia C., and Malinda S., all of Ohio; Joseph R. and Tacy, deceased.
The common schools of his native state provided Joseph R. Darling with a fair education, and at twenty-one years of age, he set ont for Knox Co., Illinois, where he worked on the farm by the month until his advent to Kansas in 1870. Ile first stopped in babette county and made a hand, for wages, till after his marriage, which occurred Oct. 18, 1872. He bought the family homestead, where his wife was brought up, and has passed through more than one crisis while reaching the position of financial independence which he now enjoys. The winning of his success es was not attended withont many domestic hardships, and during the early seventies, there were periods when corn bread twenty-one times a week was felt to be a luxury. Stock and grain have constituted the bone and sinew of his prosperity, and it is a cause for congratulation to note that, in the possession of one of the best little farms in Drum Creek township, his years of labor have been, in a fair measure, re. warded.
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Mr. Darling married Alice C. Huff, born in Davis Co., Iowa, July 23, 1855. ller parents were Thomas G. and Barbara (Greenough) Huff, the father a native of Ohio, and the mother of the same state. Mr. Huff went into the army in 1861, from Iowa, and died of the measles, in St. Louis the same year. He left six children, as follows: Mrs. Darling, Amanda, Alvin, Austin, Sarah and Mary. Cyrus J. Pond became the second husband of Mrs. Hoff. He was an Iowa man and brought the family to Kansas in 1867. He settled a claim two miles northwest of Cherryvale, as since located, and died the next year, leaving three chil- dren : James, Charles and Rosa Pond. J. S. Mullin became the third husband of Mrs. Pond. He was a New York man, came to Kansas in 1869, and died at fifty-two years of age, leaving three children, namely : William R., Tra and Mattie l. Mrs. Mullin moved to Colorado in 1881, and died there in 1882.
When Mrs. Darling began her life in Kansas, coyotes, Indians and prairie chickens monopolized the country. There was only one white family within six miles of where her mother lived, and the first Indians she saw. gave her a scare that she never forgot. As all children, she had heard stories of "scalping by the Indians" and she feared the same dire consequences at sight of her first Red Man.
Long and slow trips to Humboldi, for supplies, had to be made, and the scarcity of money on this frontier compelled this frequent journey and at times the travelers were snow-bound, or water-bound, and while thus awaiting the favor of the weather, almost starvation was often taking place at home. The prayers of Mother Mullin often went up, ap- pealing that prairie chickens might be ensnared in the family traps, so that the household hunger might be appeased. Later on, other em- barrassments were visited upon the family. Hoppers and chinch bugs. scourged the country and the little substance that the family had gather- ed together was well nigh consumed by these pests.
The treaty for the Osage Diminished Reserve had not yet been made when Mrs. Darling came to Montgomery county. On that day, some five thousand Osages gathered in camp near Independence and they, with a few white settlers, witnessd the proceedings which eventually opened their vast reserve to white settlement.
Mr. and Mrs. Darling are the parents of : Joseph R., Pearl A., Rachel, wife of Joe McDaniel: Stella, who died at six years; Barbara, Ellen, Hester A., Lewis E., Calvin B., Elba A., Revilo N., Henson, deceased, and Edna Marie.
Mr. Darling has taken a somewhat passive interest in politics, although he has participated in his township affairs. He is a Republi- can and has served as Justice of the Peace for a number of years. He is a member of the M. W. of A.
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JAMES HELMS-June 3, 1833, the subject of this notice was born in Clinton county, Indiana, and in infancy, his parents removed to Iro- quois Co., Ill. On coming of age, he returned to Indiana and purchased a small farm in Newton Co., where his efforts were concentrated till the outbreak of the Civil war.
November 15, 1861, he joined Co. "B." 51st Ind. Vol. Inf., Col. Able D. Straight's regiment, belonging to the 4th Army Corps. From its rendezvous at Indianapolis, the regiment was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, where subject was taken sick and sent to Bardstown, Ky., and placed in the hospital. In three months he was able again for travel and he was ordered to Mumfordsville, where he convaleseed, rejoning his regiment in Alabama after the fight at Corinth, Mississippi. He partici- pated in the battle of Murfreesboro and accompanied four regiments down through Georgia to Day's Gap, on Crooked creek, where their ammunition gave out and the whole command was taken in and sent to Rome, Georgia, as prisoners of war. They were removed. later, to Atlanta, and finally to Richmond, and placed on Bell Island, where they were exchanged seventeen days later. Mr. Hehus was then ordered to Baltimore, thence to Columbus, Ohio, and on to Indianapolis, where for seven months, he was detailed to guard Rebel prisoners. He was then sent to the front and reached the field at Nashville. Tenn. He look part in several skirmishes and small tights and did what he could toward winning the battle of Nashville itself. His regiment was then detached and sent to San Antonio, Texas, where. Dec. 15, 1865, our subject was dis- charged after a service of four years and three months, a veteran volun- teer of a great civil war. He was promoted to be a corporal, and to duty sergeant, and reached home January 13, 1866.
He cultivated his little Indiana farm till 1879, when he brought his family westward and settled, for the time being in Woodson county. He came to Montgomery county in 1882, and located on his present place of one hundred and twenty acres in section 11, township 33. range 14. a place without improvements and as untamed as nature left it. His first residence was the proverbial log cabin, with dimensions 14x16, and this served the family as a domicile until greater affluence could provide a better home.
James Helms was a son of James Helms, a farmer, who died just prior to our subject's birth. The latter was the oldest of three sons, the other two being William and Thomas. James married Rachel Taylor, a Pennsylvania lady, and their children were: Mrs. Elizabeth Sherrel, Mrs. Sarah Davis, Mrs. Nancy Sherrel. Thomas, William, George and James.
In the year 1859, Elizabeth M. Timmons became the wife of James Helms, our subject. Her native place was Newton Co .. Ind., and her parents were Basset and Sarah (Johnson) Timmons. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Helms are: Mrs. Martha Crosson, of Elk City, Kansas, and
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Mrs. Sarah Brown, a resident of this county. By a former marriage to Ann Eliza Rainey. there were born two children: Eva, who died, aged about 21 years, and Ann Eliza, who married Joseph Egbert, and resides in Bates Co., Mo.
In his political beliefs Mr. Helms is independent. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church and of the A. H. T. A.
JOHN FRENCH-The gentleman here named is one of the enter- prising and thrifty business men of Cherryvale, senior member of the hardware and grocery firm of French & Raymond. His birth occurred in the State of New Hampshire, February 25. 1838, his parents being Jesse and Ann (Chamberlin) French. The father was, in his earlier man- hood, a successful school teacher and later a farmer. lle was a man of parts in his locality, there being scarcely a period in his life when he was not an incumbent of a public office. He served with distinction in the legislature of his state, a coincidence being that he and one of his sons were members of the body at the same time. He was born in the year 1800, and lived to the age of ninety-six years, his wife dying in 1899, at the age of seventy-three. They were the parents of ten children, eight still living. They were intensely devoted to their country's wel- fare and gave three sons in time of need, whose service aggregated seven and a half years. Of these, Henry served three years as a private in the 11th N. H. Vol. Inf,, our subject and his twin brother. Elias, enlisting at the same time. Their first battle was at Fredericksburg, where Henry was wounded and subsequently spent four months in the hospital. Returning to the army, he served to the close of the war, as did Elias. Mr. French served some 18 months, was twice wounded, and was finally discharged for disability.
Our subjeet learned the machinist's trade prior to the war and in 1865, came out to Pearson, Ind., where he worked four years; thence to Chicago, where he entered the employ of Palmer & Fuller, sash and door manufacturers. He was a faithful employe of this firm for a period of fifteen years, and in all that time never lost a day. Labotte county, Kan., was then his home for ten years, where he put in a fine state of cultivation, a half section of land. In 1894, he came to Cherry- vale and began work in a modest way, in a gun repair shop. On Jan. Ist. 1903, the present firm was formed, and purchased the Tuttle building, a large brick, 28x100, and with three rooms on the ground floor. They added a stock of groceries and general hardware. By close attention to business and handling none but the best goods, they have built up a fine trade, and are increasing their business yearly.
Marriage with Mr. French was an event of October 14, 1866, his wife's maiden name having been Libbie Perkins, a sister of Hon. B. W. Perkins, for long years one of the state's honored members of Con-
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gress. This family were originally from Massachusetts, the children having been reared in Ohio. To the marriage of Mr. French there was born a danghter, who died in infancy.
Holding membership in no secret order or church, Mr. French con- tents himself with looking after his business and enjoying the restful quiet of his home. He cares nothing for the emoluments and honors of publie office, but is ontspoken and enthusiastic in his support of the party of Lincoln and Garfield, which has received his vote almost since its inception.
FRANK D. HOLLAND-We present in this article the career-in brief-of a gentleman whose New England origin has equipped him with a personality peculiarly his own, and in striking and favorable contrast to the native sons of Montgomery county. He has been identified with the west for the past eighteen years, and thirteen years of that time, he has passed in the vicinity of his present home. He owns two hundred and ten acres of section 9, township 33, range 16, and has been occupied during his domicile here, with the business of acquiring and preparing his family and himself with a modest and unincumbered home. His efforts in this county have shown him to be possessed of the spirit which achieves worthy and substantial results, and it is snch settlers who con- tribute the best elements of our citizenship.
Frank D. Holland comes from Androscoggin Co., Maine. He was born in Lisbon, that county, January 20, 1847, and his ancestors were of the pioneer settlers of the "Pine Tree" state. His father was Capt. Henry I. Holland, a venerable, wealthy and retired citizen of Lewiston and his grandfather was Capt. Daniel Holland, commanding a fleet of fishing vessels on the New England coast and lost at sea about 1815. The grandfather left a family of sons, as follows: Daniel. Richard, Michael and Henry. Henry Holland was a self-made man who learned the tanner's trade in youth, at Danville-his birthplace-and when he acquired the means with which to engage in business for himself. he es- tablished himself at Lisbon where he conducted his leather factory for many years. He was over an active man in his county, was a Whig and then a Republican in politics, and represented his county in the Maine legislature of 1860. Toward the evening of life, he invested largely in real estate in Lewiston, which holdings grew into money rapidly with the growth and prosperity of the city, and in time he was numbered among the wealthy men of the place. He married dane M. Thompson, who was born in Newfield, Me .. in 1816,-three years after his own birth-and died in 1866. leaving the following issue, viz: Charles, who died in Maine, and has a son in Paris, France; Frank D., of this mention; Sarah J. and Edith C., both principals of schools in Massachusetts.
Mr. Holland of this review acquired a fair education in the public
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schools of his native county. Superior advantages were offered him for acquiring an education, but his inclination was for play and fun and not for books. Ile played truant many a term when his parents thought him to be delving into his lessons, and not until it was too late to mend mat- ters did he discover the misfortune he had brought on himself. He was not concerned serionsly with the possibilities and responsibilities of life -having a wealthy parent-till above forty years of age. He picked up some points of value about carpenter work and, being handy with tools, and when the parental contribution was withheld, he applied himself industriously to the carpenter trade. He remained in the State of Maine till 1884. when he came out to Kansas and resided for a short time in Osage county. He next went to Emporia, where he took charge of a hotel, and while here met the lady who is now his wife. Leaving Lyon county, he came to Montgomery county and began his career here with "one black team" as a starter. A judicious investment in real estate has enabled him to solve the difficult problem of finances, to a limited extent. for the present. He and his energetic and industrious wife and sons are causing substantial improvements to be made in their new home and a herd of cattle and other stock is growing up around them. A Jersey stock farm is contemplated and, with favoring fortune, and with the assuring elements of personal success present in the family, their am- bition will be achieved.
February 3rd, 1886, Mr. Holland married Mrs. Eva E. Aney, a daughter of Andrew J. Aney, formerly of Oswego, N. Y. Mr. Aney was a butcher-as was his father, also, Michael Aney. The Aneys were old residents of New York state and of German antecedents. Andrew J. Aney married Louisa C. Marble-originally written De Marble. Mrs Aney's father was a shoe dealer of Syracuse, New York and she, her- self, resides in Emporia, Kansas. Her husband died in 1880. He was a soldier in the Civil War in the 106th. Ill., Inf., and served four years and three months. He died at Sedalia, Mo., leaving the following children : Mrs. Holland, born in Monroe Co., Wis., Sept. 23, 1855; Jennie, wife of J. Weatherby, of Birmingham, Ala .; Charles, of Portland Oregon; Kate, of Emporia, Kansas, is the wife of Robert Sims; Annie, who died at Kingfisher, Oklahoma, was the wife of David King, of Kingfisher, Okla- homa; Dow, of Emporia, Kansas, and Grace, now Mrs. Charles Frisby, of Kansas City Mo., wife of the son of one of the well-known engineers on the St. Fe Railway. Mrs. Holland was reared in Logan county, Illi- nois, and resided there from 1857 to 1885, when she came to Kansas and located in Emporia. She and Mr. Holland are the parents of three sons, namely: Leroy, Addis and Doron, aged sixteen, fonrieen and twelve, respectively.
JAMES M. WILSON-Twenty-five years have elapsed since James M. Wilson established his residence in Montgomery county. He first
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located in Independence township and, after passing ten years as a tenant, bought a farm near Jefferson, where he remained some eleven years, coming to Rutland township in 1899. He owus one hundred and twenty acres in section 2. township 33, range 14, and is a plain, unassim- ing grower of grain.
Mr. Wilson was born in Lawrence county, Indiana, October 27. 1851, from which place he was taken by his parents to Woodford Co., Ill. There he came to maturity and received his elementary education. He was inured to the varied affairs of his father's farm and learned no other ocenpation well. lle married Sarah E. Ilattan, a native of Marshall Co., Ill .. and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (MeKinney) Hattan. Their lives have been passed in agricultural channels and eight children have come into the home since their wedding day in 1876. In order of birth they are: Francis E., Richard. Mrs. Dolly Gordon, of Chautau qua Co., Kansas; Guy, John H., Sylvia E., Elsie E., and Opal.
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