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The State of Kansas is justly celebrated for its immense crops of wheat, which have brought wealth and prosperity to all branches of industry within the commonwealth's borders. As the most important railroad center in the State, and therefore the possessor of splendid transportation facilities, the city of Topeka has had much to do with the forwarding of the grain and with the manufacture of the cereal into flour.
Among the important flour milling concerns of this city, the Crosby Roller Milling Company occupies one of the leading positions. The com- pany was organized in 1883, and for 22 years has transformed many millions of bushels of hard wheat into the very best of flour, which has been disposed of in both home and foreign markets, and has won for itself a high reputa- tion among those that demand the very best of wheat flour. The daily capac- ity of the plant is some 1,200 barrels. A view of the mill is shown on an- other page of this work. The officers of the company are as follows: Guil- ford Dudley, president ; Franklin W. Crosby, vice-president; D. C. Hammatt, secretary ; Daniel Crosby, treasurer; and T. D. Hammatt, manager. Since the above was written, the president of the company, Guilford Dudley, died April 14, 1905.
CLARENCE H. MARTIN.
CLARENCE H. MARTIN, who for 18 years was one of the leading educa- tors of Northeastern Kansas and a favorite Normal School teacher and lect- urer, is a well-known resident of Topeka and since January, 1905, has been the accredited agent of the Home-Seekers' Land Company, a corporation controlling a million acres of Western lands. Mr. Martin was born in 1862 in Laporte County, Indiana, and is a son of Abraham H. and Mary A. Martin.
The parents of Mr. Martin were born in the State of New York. His father was a college man and in his earlier years taught school. Later he removed to Kansas, settling first in the old, historic town of Centropolis, in
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Franklin County, and removed from there to a virgin farm in Douglas. County, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising. His family con- sisted of seven children,-two sons and five daughters.
The subject of this sketch was three years old when his parents came to Kansas and six years old when they settled in Douglas County. Being the eldest son, he was accustomed to farm work from boyhood. His educational advantages were those obtainable in the district schools, which he attended for 29 months, the nearest school house being located four and a half miles from his home. He was a youth of quick perceptions and very ambitious. and was assisted as far as possible by his father. In his 19th year he entered the State Agricultural College and after two years work in this institution began teaching. Subsequently, in 1896, he graduated from Ottawa Univer- sity and also obtained a State certificate the same year. During his 18 years. as an instructor, Mr. Martin filled many very important and conspicuous. positions. Prior to coming as principal to the Richland School in Shawnee County, in 1890, he had served elsewhere in the same capacity. He remained in charge of the Richland School for two years. His period of teaching in Shawnee County, including one year at the State Reform School, and as principal of Oakland and Belleview schools, covered seven busy years. His. work in the normal schools of Shawnee and Osage counties was as instructor in physics, physiology and elocution.
For some time after leaving the educational field, he engaged in con- tracting and building, but in January, 1905, he embarked extensively in the real estate line, and, as mentioned above, became associated with one of the large organizations of the country. He is also the real estate representative of the Union Pacific Railroad Company for Shawnee County and has met with much success, disposing of over 50 sections of land for the company within two months. He has also a large, personal, real estate business, hav- ing on his list over 500 choice farms and 400 residences. His home is on. Topeka township in what is known as Belleview Addition, a pretty suburb of Topeka, where he takes great pride in the propagation of all kinds of fruit and a large variety of flowers and shrubs. His well-appointed offices, located at No. 819 Kansas avenue, Topeka, are shared by his brother, Scott Martin, who is a law student, attending Washburn College.
Mr. Martin was married in 1885, at Centropolis, Franklin County, Kansas, to Anna M. Stanton, who was born in West Virginia. They made their home at Lyndon, Osage County, for several years. They have three children, viz: Walter, a manly youth of 19 years, a member of Battery B, Kansas National Guard; Vera, five years old; and Evelyn, a beautiful babe of six months. On account of old associations and personal regard for Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, the family retain their membership in the North Topeka
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Baptist Church. Fraternally, Mr. Martin belongs to the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is a typically self-made man, one who has attained per- sonal success through personal endeavor without favor or financial assistance from any one.
Mr. Martin takes quite an interest in literature and belles-lettres, being a lover of good books. He has gradually built up a remarkably fine library, which now contains upwards of 3,000 volumes. The classics are especially well represented. The fields of history, biography and travel are well covered as well as those of poetry, essays, the drama and standard works of fiction.
WILLIAM M. BRUCE.
WILLIAM M. BRUCE, one of the substantial citizens of Topeka township, Shawnee County, who owns 50 acres of well-improved land situated in sections 21 and 22, township 12, range 16, is also a survivor of the great Civil War. Mr. Bruce has been a resident of Kansas for the past 28 years. He was born at Chester, Vermont, October 6, 1842, and is a son of Silas and Hannah D. (Scott) Bruce.
Silas Bruce was a native of Vermont and, like many New England men, was possessed of Yankee ingenuity which made him able to successfully follow many kinds of employment. He became the father of five children, viz: Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Bancroft, of Oneida, Illinois; Mrs. Mary Jane Miles, of Illinois ; Mrs. Lucretia Johnson, who died three years ago; William M., of this sketch; and Mrs. Abbie Catherine Turney, of Galesburg, Illinois.
Our subject was three years old when his parents moved to Illinois and settled on a farm in Knox County. There he grew into strong young man- hood, but still lacked a year of maturity when he enlisted in defense of his country. In July, 1862, he became a member of Company E, 83rd Reg., Illinois Vol. Inf., under Capt. Gilson and Coloned Harding. His regiment was sent to the army of the Tennessee and assisted in the defense of Fort Donelson against General Forrest and then was given garrison duty. Mr. Bruce became ill from exposure and when the physicians had decided that he would not live three months, they sent him home, in the following July. Although he continued many months in poor health, he gradually regained his strength and began to work at the carpenter's trade. This business he contin- ued to follow for 13 years and many of the substantial buildings through his section of Illinois testify to his skill. In 1876 he came to his present farm of 40 acres in section 21 and 10 acres in section 22, all in township 12, range 16.
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He has made all the excellent improvements now to be found on the property and still works at his trade and operates his fertile farm.
Mr. Bruce was married September 8, 1870, in Illinois, to Sarah J. Parsell, who was born in Illinois, November 11, 1843, and was a daughter of Joseph Parsell. She died on the home farm in Topeka township, January 6, 1891. She was the mother of three children: Arthur Earl, who died in infancy ; Dwight P .; and Ethel L., who was born November 5, 1878, and died January 7, 1886.
In political sentiment, Mr. Bruce is a Republican. Although he is not identified with any particular religious body, he is a moral man and an in- terested Bible student. As the result of months of close reading and intelligent study, he has made a Bible chart which is not only exceedingly interesting, but is very valuable. He is a man of literary tastes and enjoys the treasures of an excellent library. His early education was not all that his ambition desired, but years of thoughtful reading have left their impress, making him not only well informed as to current events but also possessed of a fund of general knowledge far beyond that of the ordinary citizen.
REV. JOSEPH WAYNE.
The death of Rev. Joseph Wayne, in Christ's Hospital, Topeka, on July 23, 1902, removed a prominent clergyman and exemplary citizen from the ranks of those who were working for the higher interests of mankind. He was born December 7, 1835, in Latton, Wiltshire, England, and was one of a family of eight children born to John and Maria (Bartlett) Wayne.
The parents of Rev. Mr. Wayne immigrated to America and settled in Central New York. There he was educated, completing his studies at Gene- see College, in 1863, and later finishing a theological course at the DeLancey Divinity School. In 1877 he was ordained deacon by Bishop A. C. Coxe, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and in 1878 the same bishop ordained him to the priesthood. He filled in turn the following parishes in New York : Honeoye Falls, Angelica and Addison. In 1882 he removed to Burlington, Kansas. In 1887 he accepted a call to Marysville, Kansas, and in 1892 to Moberly, Missouri, and in 1894 to Mason City, Illinois, where he remained until 1896, when he returned to Kansas. From that date until his death he resided at Topeka, being chaplain of Christ's Hospital, and also acting as city missionary for the bishop. His last participation in the holy service he loved so well was on July 6, 1902, when he celebrated the Holy Communion at the hospital and later assisted in the services at Grace Cathedral. His
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death took place in the Wayne Building, the beautiful hospital annex which was built by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne and presented to the diocese in June, 1902. His was the first death to occur in the building. This annex is a fine structure, erected at a cost of $13,450. It had been a source of so much happi- ness to him to contribute in this way, his heart overrunning with phi- lanthropy and charity. On July 25th, at Grace Cathedral, the bishop and other members of the Episcopal clergy, performed the burial services over their companion and dearly beloved brother. His remains were laid away in the beautiful Topeka Cemetery.
On June 22, 1865, Rev. Mr. Wayne was married to Ardelia B. Bush, who is a daughter of Elias Bush, a prominent farmer in New York, who died when Mrs. Wayne was five years old. She resides in a beautiful home at No. 1164 Woodward avenue, carrying out many of the benevolent schemes, in the completion of which she and her husband were so closely united. Rev. Mr. Wayne lived a life that remains an inspiration to other Christian laborers. Zealous in the cause of his church, he had a broad mind and was concerned both in the material as well as spiritual welfare of those who came to be dependent upon his religious guidance. Thus he came to be personally known to many who loved him as a man as well as reverenced him as a clergyman. His portrait accompanies this sketch.
WILLIAM H. MACKEY, JR.
WILLIAM H. MACKEY, JR., United States marshal for the State of Kansas, maintains his headquarters at Topeka, although his residence for many years past has been at Junction City, Kansas. Mr. Mackey was born in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on July 28, 1856, and is a son of William H. and Anna E. (Boher) Mackey.
William H. Mackey, Sr., was born in Kentucky, where he learned and followed the trade of a carriage-maker for some years. He moved West to Leavenworth County, Kansas, and thence to Junction City, where he now resides.
William H. Mackey, Jr., was six years of age when in 1862 he accom- panied his parents from his native county to Junction City, Kansas, and there he has since resided. He received a common-school education and at an early day embarked in business. He served as under sheriff a period of four years and as sheriff six years, having been elected to the latter office. He was serving as postmaster of Junction City at the time of his appoint- ment to the office of United States marshal, this appointment being confirmed
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by the United States Senate on December 18, 1903. Under him are six deputy marshals, of whom B. F. Flenkiken is chief office deputy, while two clerks are employed in the counting room. William H. Mackey, Jr., suc- ceeded L. S. Crum, deceased. Politically, he is unswering in his support of the Republican party and its principles.
Mr. Mackey married Eva S. Seymour and has four children. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally, Mr. Mackey is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow.
SAMUEL ALLEN.
SAMUEL ALLEN, who gave up his life in defense of the Union at the battle of the Blue, was one of the best known men of Auburn township, Shawnee County, where he settled in 1855. The 80 acres he then preempted continued to be his home until his death. Mr. Allen was born May 3, 1826, in County Down, Ireland, and was a son of John and Elizabeth (Laughlin) Allen.
The parents of Mr. Allen lived in Ireland during their entire lives. Of their six children, Samuel was the youngest and he was the only one to seek a home in Kansas. In 1852 he came to America and settled at Oberlin, Ohio, where he farmed and followed his trade of stone-mason, which he had learned from his father in the old country. He came to Shawnee County in 1855 and preempted 80 acres in section 8, township 13, range 15, in Auburn township and worked hard to put it under cultivation and to make improvements.
When the State militia were called out, he went under Col. George W. Veale and he was one of the brave and fearless men who fell, two weeks later, at the battle of the Blue. Samuel Allen was a man sadly missed in his neighborhood. He had always been a Free-State man and during the con- flict with the border ruffians had been called upon to prove the courage of his convictions. He was one of the liberal supporters of the Presbyterian Church in Auburn township and one of its first members. In business he was successful because he was cautious. He was respected for his honorable methods by all who knew him.
On January 20, 1857, Mr. Allen was united in marriage with Susanna Baxter, who was born at Tullinkill, County Down, Ireland, in December, 1830, and is a daughter of William and Anna (McCully) Baxter. Her parents passed their whole lives in Ireland and reared a family of eight sons and three daughters. Susanna Baxter came to the United States in 1853,
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with her brother Isaac, and after living three years at Oberlin, Ohio, joined this brother in Shawnee County, where she married Mr. Allen. They had three children, viz: William J., of Williamsport township, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Robert Samuel, born May 12, 1860, de- ceased October 14, 1860; and Anna Elizabeth, who was but 14 months old when her father was killed in battle,-she is the wife of W. A. C. Moore, of Auburn township.
In October, 1865, Mrs. Allen was married to James Whitten, who was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and died on the farm in Auburn township, on October 30, 1903, aged 77 years. In young manhood he came to the United States, worked at farming for eight years on Long Island and came to Topeka in the spring of 1856, securing land from a squatter. He left a fine, well-improved farm of a half-section of land in section 8, township 13, range 15, in Auburn township, to which he had devoted many years of in- dustry. He served as a member of the Ninth Regiment, Kansas Vol. Cav., during the last 18 months of the Civil War. In politics he was a Republican but he took no very active interest in public matters, being a man much de- voted to his home and family. Early in life he was a member of the Presby- terian Church, but later became an Episcopalian.
The three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitten were: James, born September 18, 1869, and Lewis and Luther, twins, born May 1, 1871, both residents of Auburn township. Mrs. Whitten has seen many changes since she came to Shawnee County. She remembers when Indians frequently came to the homes of settlers and tells an amusing story of one occasion when a brave came to her door and bargained to exchange wild grapes for a water- melon and then made his escape with both the melon and the grapes.
CHRISTIAN BOWMAN.
Among the early business men of Topeka, Kansas, for years a very prom- inent factor in the city's commercial life, was the late Christian Bowman, who was born March 2, 1829, being one of a family of two children born to his parents, who were of German descent and natives of Pennsylvania.
In 1857 Mr. Bowman came to Kansas, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, taking up a claim in Anderson County. Later he moved to Lawrence and subsequently to Topeka, where, in 1866, just prior to the Quantrell raid, he organized the clothing and gents' furnishings business at No. 533 Kansas avenue, which grew to such large proportions. Mr. Bowman built the hand- some block which is now occupied by the Moffitt furniture store and became
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the owner of much property, having invested largely in real estate in this city. In 1894 he retired from business and occupied himself for the suc- ceeding eight years of his life in looking after investments, in leisurely travel and in the quiet social enjoyments in accordance with his years. The death of Mr. Bowman took place at his home at No. 426 Harrison street, Topeka, on March 7, 1902.
In 1860, Mr. Bowman was married to Mary Sutliff, who survives, with three children, viz: Clarence S., one of Topeka's leading business men, re- siding at No. 911 West 10th avenue, who is assistant cashier of the First National Bank; Orville S., of Kansas City; and Mrs. W. A. Potter, of St. Paul, Minnesota. Politically, Mr. Bowman was a Republican. Fraternally, he was a Mason.
O. E. WALKER.
O. E. WALKER, of Mission township, proprietor of "Park View Farm," which consists of 124 acres in section 27, township II, range 15, is one of the prominent and substantial citizens of this part of the country. Mr. Walker was born in 1847 in Delaware County, New York, and is a son of Aaron Walker.
Mr. Walker's father died in Warren County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 80 years. Four of his sons live at Warren, viz : S. E., a newspaper man, editor and proprietor of the Warren Times; E., also in business at Warren and E. D., also of Warren, the last named being a half-brother of our subject.
In 1880 O. E. Walker came to Kansas mainly in search of health; he brought with him from Jamestown, New York, 350 Shorthorn calves and engaged in a stock business some 15 miles from Topeka. Later he removed to Topeka and engaged extensively in a real estate business, erecting a num- ber of fine buildings in the city, many of which he still owns. Besides "Park View Farm" he owns other tracts of land to the extent of 235 acres and operates 75 acres additional.
When the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma was opened, the government, through the Secretary of the Interior, appointed a Board of Township Trustees. The duties of this board, which was in existence two years, was the allotment of town lots in the district thrown open to settlement. The board, which consisted of three members, was constituted as follows: O. E. Walker, chairman; Judge Leach, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, secretary ; and I. V. Ladd, of El Reno, Oklahoma. Their labors were of a very important
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character and could only have been performed by men of judgment, exper- ience and discrimination.
Mr. Walker was married in Delaware County, New York, to Loretta S. Whittaker, who is a daughter of John Ogden Whittaker, formerly an ex- tensive lumber operator of Delaware County. Their children did not sur- vive infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are members of the Presbyterian Church. In his political views he is independent.
JOSEPH T. LOVEWELL.
JOSEPH T. LOVEWELL, analytical chemist, with laboratories at No. 523 Kansas avenue, Topeka, and secretary of the Kansas Academy of Science, has been a resident of the city since 1878 and is well-known in scientific circles. Professor Lovewell was born May 1, 1833, at Corinth, Orange County, Vermont, and is a son of Nehemiah and Martha (Willis) Lovewell.
The parents of Professor Lovewell were natives of Vermont. The father was an extensive farmer and stock-raiser, owning an estate of some- thing like 400 acres of land. They had four children : Elmina, John, Joseph T. and Harriet. Elmina married Carlos Bacon of Vermont and they moved first to Michigan and later to Wisconsin, where Mr. Bacon became a teacher and then an undertaker and furniture dealer; they had one daughter,-Eva Belle,-who died at the age of 20. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bacon are deceased- the former in 1880 and the latter in 1863-and are buried in Wisconsin. John, a prosperous farmer living near Willow Springs, Missouri, married Sarah Cowles. Harriet, who is the widow of Frederick Miller (deceased in January, 1882), lives at Meridian, Mississippi, where she has been for 15 years principal of the Lincoln School.
Joseph T. Lovewell was educated in the public schools of Orange County and at Newberry Seminary. In 1853 he entered Yale College and was graduated there in 1857. For the ensuing five years he was an instructor in the Wisconsin State Normal School, at Whitewater, Wisconsin, and for the same period was principal and superintendent of the schools of Madison, Wisconsin. Realizing that this is the day of specializing, Professor Lovewell turned his attention particularly to physics and chemistry. For three years he took post-graduate work along this line at Yale College and was an in- structor in the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale for one year. He spent two years at the Pennsylvania State College as professor in these sciences and then came to Topeka, in 1878. Here he became a member of the faculty of Washburn College, where he filled the chair of physics and chemistry for
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21 years. He is now occupied as an analytical chemist and is quietly pursuing many investigations of his own. This branch of the world's work is, in the main, little understood, but how wonderful have been its results. Putting aside the late discoveries which come close to the mysteries of being, we have only to recall that it was an analytical chemist that gave the world iodine, in 1811, bromine in 1826, iodoform in 1822, chloroform in 1831, chloral in 1832 and cocaine in 1860, all great medical agents, yet not one was discovered by a physician. In December, 1904, Professor Lovewell was appointed secretary of the Kansas Academy of Science.
Professor Lovewell was married September 3, 1863, to Margaret Lois Bissell, who was born in Ohio and died in Pennsylvania, leaving two chil- dren : Bertha Ellen and Paul A. The daughter is a lady of fine ability and high grade of scholarship. After graduating at Washburn College, she took a post-graduate course in English literature at Yale College. She married George L. Dickinson, who is business manager of the Hartford Courant. Paul A. Lovewell is connected with the Topeka Journal.
On June 30, 1885, at Topeka, Professor Lovewell was married to his present wife, Caroline F. Barnes; they have two daughters,-Margaret B. and Caroline E., both students. The family attend the Congregational Church. Professor Lovewell takes no very active interest in politics, but votes with the Republican party.
GUILFORD G. GAGE.
Topeka, Kansas, can never forget or fail to honor the late Guilford G. Gage, capitalist and philanthropist. In years to come citizens will point out to their children the granite monument which stands on the crest of a hill in Topeka's sacred "God's Acre," and, while telling them that it was erected to commemorate the death of comrades in battle, they will also urge them to emulate the virtues and profit by the life of the noble man, who in this way testified to the love and honor he felt for those who had fallen by his side while in the path of duty.
Guilford G. Gage was born in Ohio and was 21 years of age when he came to Topeka, beginning a life of unusual business success as a workman in a brick-kiln. This was hard but honorable work and of this beginning, at the bottom of the ladder, Mr. Gage continued to be proud all his life. The thoroughness with which he in after life handled great enterprises was no more marked than the carefulness with which he learned all the practical details of this business. Within two years he had a brick-kiln of his own
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