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James F. MeCorkle was horn October 26, 1836, in Lawrence county, Ohio. He was reared to farm life and was destined for one of the pro- fessions, had the war not cut short his school days. After the war, he went to Paxton, III., where he engaged in the nursery business quife ex- tensively for several years, and in 1869, as stated, came to Montgomery county. Here he has been an active factor in the development of the re- sources of the county, industriously attending to his own affairs, and always in favor of the right as he saw it. He lived on the original quar- ter for a number of years, and then bought an eighty nearer town, which he still owns, and from which he removed to his present residence in town in 1899. Of late years, Mr. MeCorkle has been connected with the oil industry which has developed to so great an extent in southeastern Kansas.
The marriage of our subject was an event of Sept. 17, 1868. Mrs. MeCorkle is a native of Troy, Ohio, and is the daughter of B. F. and Mary (Martin) Tullis.
Of the family which these parents reared, the following is a brief statement: Harry B. is a graduate in pharmacy of the Kansas State University and a graduate in medicine and surgery at Marion-Simms Medical College at St. Louis, and is successfully practicing medicine at Billings, Ok. Ty. He married Edna Becker, and has one child, Mar- garet; Mollie S., married R. C. Hearne, a master painter of Independ- ence, one child, Sallie; Charlie E., a farmer of the county, married Bettie Clay, and has three children -- Leo, Edna and Goldlen; Jessie M., mar- ried Henry Miller, of Independence, and has one child. Treva; JJames F. is a student of the high school.
SAMUEL ETTER-One of the most substantial farmers of the county is the gentleman above named, who resides on section 1.32-15. He was born in Johnson county, Ind., May 8, 1865, and was brought to
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Montgomery county in 1870, by his mother, the father having died when he was but eighteen months of age. He has, through industry and econ- omy, placed himself in the category of successful farmers of the county.
J. Efter is a son of George Etter, a native of Morgan county. Ind., whose father, Daniel Etter, was born in Virginia. Daniel Etter mar- ried Mary Duke, and their union produced sixteen children, seven of whom are: Myra Coster, Rose, Ephriam, Lovi, Christopher, George and Diana Drokes.
George Efter married Mary A. Debo, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Ransom and Rhoda (Henderson) Debo. To them were born four children, whose names are: John, residing in Montgomery county; Laura Bell, Samuel, the esteemed subject of this review, and Mrs. Georgiana A. Perry.
In 1870, Ransom Debo, subject's maternal grandfather, together with our subject's mother and her three children, joined a party, composed of Indiana families and came to Montgomery county, Kansas. Mrs. Etter filed on a claim of 80 acres, three and one-half miles northwest of Independence, where she erected the usual box house of the time, and continued to reside for the ensuing fifteen years.
Samuel Etter was reared on his mother's farm and succeeded in securing a fair common school education, though the period of his boy- hood was necessarily spent in hard labor upon the farm. He dutifully remained at home until his 21st year, and Then began to save the profits of his labor for himself. He worked industriously at various occupa- tions and exercised close economy, when, in 1895, he was enabled to pur- chase his farm of 160 acres, before described. He has given partienlar attention to the raising of young cattle and by this method has suceeded in fully paying for his farm. He is looked upon as one of the rising young farmers of Sycamore township, and, judging from the past, has a splendid future before him.
September 30, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Etter to Josie, daughter of Booker and Jane (Barber) Wilson, the parents being natives respectively of Kentucky and Ilinois. To the home of Mr. Etter have come four bright children; Mamie M., David D., William F. and Harley J. Mrs. Etter's grandfather, Samuel Barber, was a soldier in Co. "E." 14th Reg. Kan. Cav.
The social instincts of Mr. Etter are most marked and he has entered into the social life of the community with a true citizen's interest. lle is a member of the A. H. T. A., and of the Modern Woodmen of America. Both he and his family are most highly regarded in the community in which they live.
MARTHA I. JJACK-This worthy resident of Sycamore township, is the widow of the late George W. Jack, one of the leading farmers of
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the county, who settled here with his growing family in 1876 from Tipton County, Ind. He was a man whom to know was to love, energetic and faithful, and always true to his friends. His demise occurred April 1st, 1884.
He was a native of Ohio, born in Washington county, March 9, 1835, the son of James and Rebecca Jack, the former born in Indiana, the latter in Virginia. This couple were the parents of ten children. as fol- lows: John, Sarah Hoover, Mary Jackson, James, Elizabeth Fauch. Benjamin, Reis, Ann Hedley, Rebecca Decker and Lavinia Brown.
At the time of the Civil War. George Jack was a resident of Tipton county, Ind., and there, on the 28th day of October, 1864, enrolled as a private soldier in Company "I" 8th Ind. Cav., Capt. Oliver M. Powers commanding. He was mustered out July 20, 1865, at Lexington, N. C., he having served for the greater part of that time as a courier.
Prior to Mr. Jack's enlistment in the army, he had been joined in marriage on the first day of April. 1858, to Martha I. Decker, the lady who now survives him. Mrs. Jack is a native of Tennessee, born in Blunt County on the 19th of July, 1838. She is the daughter of William and Jane (Householder) Decker, her father having been a native of the old "Dominion State." The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Jack was a Decker, of Virginia. To him were born : Isaac, Henry, Samuel and Wil- liam, the latter of whom lett Virginia in early life and, in Tennessee, mar- ried Jane Householder. To these parents were born seven children: Rachel, Elizabeth Handshoe, Salina, Henry, Elias, Samnel and Martha. The latter was born, as stated, and when fifteen years of age accom- panied the family to Tipton County. Ind., where she married as related above. The family continued to be residents of that county until their coming to Montgomery in 1876. Here they joined the yeomanry of Syca- more township and have been respected members of society since. A family of seven have grown to manhood and womanhood, and taken upon themselves the duties of citizenship, all esteemed members of society in their different localities. Their names are as follows: Mary, who mar- ried William Miner, and died leaving two children -- Rollie and Mabel. The grand-daughter Mable married Jacob Barker, and has one child- Joy L .; William, of Arkansas City, married Ludema Wyrick, and has four children-Floyd. Mand, Goldie and May; Florence married A. J. Ross, and has: Medy R., Oral, Jessie, Carl, Lloyd and Raymond; Cale- donia B., married A. D. Busby and has Flossie, Andrew, Symbol and Ethel; Cora married Thomas Slasher and their children are: Cland, Roy, Nellie and Rollie; Hugh cares for his mother on the home farm; Frederick married Mandie Gilkey, and has two children, Ethel and Gladys.
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GEORGE W. PETTET-The gentleman here mentioned is the pres- ent Superintendent of Montgomery's Poor Farm, which institution is located in Liberty township. He is one of the early settlers of the ronnty, having settled here in 1877, though his residence since that time has not been continuous.
Mr. Pettet is a native of the "Hoosier State," born in Boone county on the fourth of September, 1840. He is a son of Burgan and Priscilla (Craimer) Pettet. The father was a native of Indiana, while the mother was born in Kentucky. By occupation the father was a member of the medical profession and practiced, for a number of years, in the county seat town of Lebanon, Boone county, and where he died in the year 1843, at a comparatively early age. He attained considerable prominence in his profession and was a man of attractive personality. The wife out- lived him a long period of years, passing away at an advanced age in 1887. She was the mother of nine children: Mary Ann, who became Mrs. William Wyatt, and now lives in Pottsville, Indiana. William died in Indiana; Catherine died in infancy; Elizabeth, John Martin was a gallant soldier in the Civil War, and gave up his life for his country at the battle of Stone River; Thomas Sammel was also a soldier of the Civil War, serving three years, and died later, in Indiana ; James is also deceased; Milton V., was killed at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky. during the Civil War. The youngest child is the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Pettet was reared in his native county, and had just reached the age of responsibility when the war cloud burst with its fierce intensity upon the country. He enlisted in the year 1861. in Company "E." 26th Ind. Vol. Inf., for three years, and at the expiration of his term of ser- vice, was mustered out at Indianapolis. He then re-enlisted as a mem- ber of the same company, and served two years longer. During his period of service he was engaged in many of the important battles of the war in the southwest, some of which were Prairie Grove. Arkansas, where his regiment lost nearly half of its number. Ile was at the siege of Vicksburg and, when the Mississippi was opened, went down the river and over to Mobile where he was engaged in the siege of the forts near that city. He returned to his home conscious of having served his country faithfully and well.
Mr. Petter's marriage occurred in 1866, the lady's name having been Nancy Greer, a daughter of John and Margaret (Petric) Greer, natives of the "Blue Grass State."
Mr. Pellet remained in Indiana, engaged in agriculture. until the year 1877, when he located eight miles west of Independence. Here he engaged in farming successfully, until 1886, and then sold out his farm and located on Little Caney river. Four years later, he purchased a livery business at Havana in this county which he continued to operate until 1896. He then sold this business and removed to Mound Valley, Labette county, where he purchased another livery stock which he con-
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tinued to operate until 1898. He then returned to Montgomery county and purchased a home property in the county seat town of Independence. His present appointment as Superintendent of the Poor Farm, dates from January 26, 1903. This farm is one of the best of its kind in the state and is kept in a very high state of cultivation and presents a very neat appearance. There are at present twenty inmates of the insti- tution.
The family born to our subjeet, consists of three children: Jennie, who married Lee L. Garr, a native of Indiana and now a farmer of this county, her two children are Joseph, twelve years of age and Enlu, two years old; Margaret married James R. Blair, a native of lowa. now of Havana; their two children are: Thera, twelve years old and Una E .; the third child was Joseph David, who married Anna Williams, a daughter of Robert Williams, of Hinois, and now lives in Labette county, Kansas. He is a carpenter and mechanic. Joseph D. Pettet is a practicing physician at Mound Valley, Labette county.
In political faith, Mr. Pettet supports the policy of the party of Lin- coln and Garfield, and is a consistent member of the Friends' church, to- gether with his family. He is a citizen whose private and public life ro- fleets credit on the county of his adoption in which he numbers his friends by the hundred.
WILLIAM W. TYLER, one of the largest land owners in Parker township, is one of the eastern emigrants who settled in Montgomery county and was born in the "Empire State," Yates county, on the 26th, of April, 1853. Since 1878, he has been a citizen of Montgomery county and now resides two miles west of the city of Coffeyville. Roswell R. Tyler. the father of William, was also a native of New York, as was his mother Sarah (Wood) Tyler. He was a farmer by occupation, and passed his life in his native state, dying at the age of fifty-five. His wife survived him many years, being seventy years old at her death. She was the mother of six children: Frank, Harvey, Mrs. Sarah Hadsell, deceased ; William W., Mrs. Nettie Reynolds and Mrs. della Hadsell.
William W. Tyler passed the period of his boyhood and youth in the healthful occupation of farm life, in Yates county, securing a fair ednca- tion in the country school during the short winter months. He re- mained at home with his parents until he had attained his full majority. Three years later, he married and began preparations for the building of a home for himself. He engaged in agrienlture in his home neighbor- hood and continued it till the spring of 1878, when he came out to Mont- gomery county, Kansas, and selected a farm of eighty acres of raw prairie, which now constitutes a portion of his estate. Here he and his young wife began the battle of life among strangers and with compara- tively small means. They met with many hardships incident to a new
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country, and that caused them to remember the first few years of their existence in Kansas with more or less of regret. Their means pro. vided for nothing but the most primitive box house, containing but a single room 12x14 feet. They, however, were full of the hopes and ambi- tions of youth and cheerfully deprived themselves of many of the actual necessities of life that they might lay the foundation for their home. They had brought enough money with them to pay for their land, and there was enough left to purchase a few of the necessary implements for the proper cultivation of their farm. As they look back on those years of toil and privation, they have frequently laughed at the many ridiculous "make shifts" which, for lack of means, they were compelled to use. The old saying was frequently verified in their case that "neces- sity is the mother of invention." However, all that is a matter of the past, and now they sit under their own "vine and fig tree" and look forward into the evening of their lives with a complacency born of the knowledge that their labor has brought to them sufficient to make them comfortable with little further exertion. The beautiful and com- modions farm house, which superceded its crude predecessor, is sur- rounded by spreading shade trees set out by their own hands, and the old farm presents evidences of the enterprise and thrift which has attended their years of labor.
When asked for the secret of his success in farming, Mr. Tyler ro- plied that he attributes it to the "Down-East" custom of planting a variety of crops, rather than risking all on a single grain. There were years in which corn and wheat or the grass crop was a total failure, but because of the fact that he had something besides these crops planted, he always had something which he could turn into money at the end of the season, for it was seldom that more than one crop was a fail ure the same year. This fact, in connection with the careful husband- ing of his resources and the good judgment manifested in the sale of his products has made Mr. Tyler, in the prime of life, one of the solid men of his township.
Upon the farm is a natural gas well which supplies the residence with light and heat.
At various times, as their prosperity made it possible, they have added to their original eighty acre purchase, and are now the owners of a broad domain, comprising 500 acres. This farm is devoted to the rais- ing of grain and stock, a goodly portion of it being rich bottom land, while the rest is high prairie which furnishes splendid pasturage.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler was an oveni of December 22, 1877. Mrs. Tyler's maiden name was Sarah J. Marshall. The Marshall family is of English descent. Matthew Marshall having emigrated to this country from England when a young man. He settled in New York state, and then married Mary . Palmer, also of English birth. Mrs. Tyler's parents came to Kansas in 1878, but were not pleased with the
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country and returned to New York, where the father now resides at the age of seventy-two, the mother having died at the age of seventy. Their four children were: William S., Mrs. Sarah Tyler, Mrs. Mary A. Peacock, and Mrs. Libbie P. Nichols, all but Mrs. Tyler living in New York state. To this marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler were born two danghters, Frances and Edna, both young ladies at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler have entered heartily into the social life of the community in which they have made their home. Mr. Tyler being a mem- ber of the K. L. of S., of the Triple Tie and of the A. II. T. A. He has not been disposed to much activity in politics, but is an ardent supporter of the principles of the reform party. They are most highly regarded among a very large circle of acquaintances in the county and dispense an old-time hospitality in their rural home.
EDWARD A. TURNER-The subject of this brief review is one of the substantial young farmers of West Cherry township, and dates his residence in the county from the year 1879. He comes from the "Modern Mother of Presidents," Ohio, in Perry county, of which state, he was born September 25, 1867.
David Turner, our subject's father, is a retired farmer, residing in Independence, and is a native of Fairfield county, Ohio. In his home state he learned wagon-making and followed the trade as a livelihood, but here in Kansas and when actively engaged, he was a farmer. He was one of three children, viz: Reis, Mrs. Edith Vors and David. He married Louisa Grubb, a native of MeConnellsville, Ohio, and their union was productive of the following children: Albert. deceased; William. de- ceased ; Francis, of Montgomery county ; David. of Colorado; Mrs. Dora Inscho. of this county ; Edward A., our subject, and George, of New York.
Edward A. Turner married Celia Imel, a danghter of James and Sarah ( Warren) Imel, from the State of Indiana. The three children of this union are: Lola, Edward and one other.
In their beginning in Montgomery county, the Turners settled on a farm on the banks of the Verdigris river, where Edward A., of this notice, was brought up. It is true that for three years the family home was in Rutland township, but their connection with that locality was so unim- portant as compared with their prominence as settlers of West Cherry, that little stress is placed upon it and all their residence in the county credited to the latter. The family homestead, and where our subject re- sides, consists of one hundred and sixty acres, in section 4, township 31, range 16, and has been his home since 1882. At twenty-one years of age the farm was left in his care, while his parents retired to the county seat to live.
In their political views the Turners are Republicans, and Mr. Turner, of this record, is a member of the Modern Woodmen and of the A. H. T. A.
INDEX TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY
CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
Organization
5
Location 6
Land Titles
7
CHAPTER II.
Important Events
9
The Drum Creek Treaty. 9
The Elk Valley Flood of 1885. . 10
The Volcanic Upheaval of 1894 at Coffeyville 16
The Reed Family Tragedy. 20
Why Did Pomeroy Trust York ?. 24
The Montgomery County High
School
27
The Dalton Rald at Coffeyville . 33
CHAPTER III.
The Press of Montgomery County 41 Age, The Living (Independ- ence) 45
Argus, The Montgomery (Inde-
pendence)
45
Bulletin, The Cherryvale (Cher- ryvale) 46
Call, The Weekly (Independ- ence) 45
Call, The Daily Evening (Inde- pendence) 45
Chief, The Osage
(Independ-
ence)
45
Circular, The (Coffeyville)
44
PAGE.
Courier, The (Coffeyville) .
44
Courier, The Independence (In-
dependence
44
Courier, The Daily (Independ-
ence)
44
Courier, The Workingman's (In- dependence) 44
Champion,
The
Cherryvale
(Cherryvale)
46
Chronicle, The (Caney)
47
Clarion. The Cherryvale (Cher-
ryvale)
46
Commonwealth,
The
Kansas
(Cherryvale)
46
Democrat. The Kansas (Inde-
pendence)
43
Demoerat,
The
Montgomery
County (Coffeyville) .
46
Democrat, The (Elk City)
47
Eagle. The (Elk City) .
47
Enterprise. The (Elk City)
47
Gaslight, The Coffeyville (Cof-
feyville)
46
Globe, The Cherryvale (Cher-
ryvale)
46
Globe, The (Elk City)
46
Herald. The Cherryvale (Cher-
ryvale )
46
Herald. The (Havana).
47
Itemizer, The (Independence) .. 45
Independent, The Gate
City
(Coffeyville)
46
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Journal, The Coffeyville (Cof- feyville) 45
Kansas Populist, The (Cherry-
vale) 45
Kansan, The Independence (In- dependence) 44,89-63
Light, The (Liberty) 47
Monitor, The Montgomery (In- dependence) 15
News, The Cherryvale (Cherry- vale) 46
News, The Independence (Inde- pendence)
45
Phoenix, The (Caney).
47
Pioneer, The Independence (In- dependence) 43, 87,88
Press and Torch, The (Havana) 47
Republic, The Cherryvale (Cher-
ryvale)
46
Republican, The Cherryvale
(Cherryvale) 46
Republican - Plaindealer,
The
(Cherryvale) 46
Recorder, The (Havana) 47
Review, The (Liberty) 47
Reporter, The Daily (Independ- ence) 42,45
Record, The (Parker). 43
Ross' Paper (Coffeyville) 14
Star. The Coffeyville (Coffey- ville) 44
Star, The Daily Evening (Inde- pendence) 45
Star, The (Elk City) 47
Star, The Independence (Inde-
pendence)
44,87
Star and Kansan, The (Inde-'
pendence) 10,44
Southern Kansas Farmer, The (Cherryvale)
Telegram, The Morning (Cher-
ryvale) 16
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Tribune, The South Kansas (In- dependence) 42, 63, 87 Times, The (Elk City) 46 Times, The (Caney) . 47
Torch, The Cherryvale (Cherry- vale) 16
United Labor (Independence) .. 45
Vidette, The Westralia (Westra- lia ) 43
Vidette, The (Havana)
47
CHAPTER IV.
Gas and Oil Development ..
. .
47
CHAPTER V.
The Political History of Montgom- ery County. 54
Organization of the County .. 55
Temporary County Seat . . 55 Election for County Seat, Con- test and Result 56
Commissioners fix Boundaries of Townships 57
First Trustees 58
Commissioners' Wrangle with County Officers 58
Prosperity of 1871. 59
York Defeats Pomeroy 60
Elections of 1871-2
59
Election of 1873. 61
Elections of 1874-5 62
Elections of 1876-7. 63
Elections of 1878-9. 64
Election of 1880. 65
Elections of 1881-2 66
Elections of 1883-4 67
Elections of 1885-6 68
Elections of 1887-8. 70
Elections of 1889-90 70-71
Elections of 1891-2 71-72
Elections of 1893-4. 72
Elections of 1895-6. 73-74
Elections of 1897-8
75
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PAGE.
PAGE.
Elections of 1899-1900 (Con-
stitutional Amendment) ... 76
Elections of 1901-2.
77
CHAPTER VI.
Towns of Montgomery County.
SO
Lost Towns:
Claymore
120
Coffeyville-Old Town
122
Colfax
81,86
Montgomery City
55,81
Morgantown
81
Old Liberty
81
Parker
123
Radical City
12, 80
Samaria
$1
Tally Springs
122
Verdigris City
55-7, 80
Westralia
55, 121
Villages and Postoffices:
Bolton
81
Havana
82
Jefferson
81
Sycamore
82
Tyro
80
Wayside, Dearing and Crane.
82
Cities of Montgomery County :
Independence
83.85
Land Office ยบ3
Town Company Troubles. 91
Incorporation
90
City of the Third Class
90
First School House
88
First Sunday School.
89
First Saw-mill
Frank Bunker and Cabin.
83
First Barbecue 86
Haytown
86
Mail Facilities 89
Mayor DeLong's Fight 95
Hard Times
96
The Hull Baby
97
The First Murder. .
.. 100
Building the Mo. Pac. Ry. 100, 101 Court House Bonds Enjoined. 101 Construction of the Water Works 100
Political Fervor of 1888.
102
Boniface and Stephenson Con- victed 104
Emmett Dalton Sentenced 104
First Franchise for Gas ..
105
Milton Cannon Murdered
105
Vote on Water Works Pur-
chase
106, 108
Murder of McTaggart.
106
Establishment of the Brick
Plant
106
Twentieth Kansas Recruited. 107
Extension of the Santa Fe to Bartlesville 107
Postoffice Business Increase. 107 Destructive Wind Storm 1901 108
Establishment of Factories. . 109
Double Murder 109
Population
90. 96, 109
Coffeyville
128
Financial and Commercial. 130
Railroads
131
Natural Resources
132
Manufactures
132
A Grain Center.
132
Municipal Advancement
133
Schools and Churches
134
Debt and Taxation
134
Liberty
57,134
Caney
136
Early Settlers
137
First Newspaper 138
Railroad Bonds
138
Incorporation
138
Building of the K. O. C. &
Sw. Ry
139
Discovery of Natural Gas.
139
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Chartering of the C. O. & T.
Ry 139
Places of Worship. 140
Elk City
141
First Settlers
141
Rise and Fall of Bloomfield,
or Fish Trap.
141
M. D. Wright's Advent.
141
Municipal Government Organ-
ized
142
Railroad Agitation
143-4
Prospecting for Gas.
144
Population
145
Cherryvale
145
Early Beginnings
145
Coming of the Railroads.
146
Discovery of Gas and Oil
147
The Edgar Zinc Company
147
Brick Plants and Factories.
147
Banks
147
Schools
148
Churches and Pastors.
148
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