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H. C. Baughman, of Cheney, Kan., a veteran of the Civil War, was born December 4, 1837, in Stoverton, Muskingum county, Ohio. His parents were John Baughman and Sarah (Stover) Baughman. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Virginia, her family belonging to the F. F. V.'s The
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elder Baughman died in 1879 and his widow in 1899. H. C. Baugh- man obtained his early education in the public schools of Ohio. In 1860 he removed to Illinois, where he taught school for four months. He then enlisted in Company F, Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry, as a private, at Hazel Dell, and went to the St. Louis. arsenal, where the regiment remained three weeks for equipment. It was then sent to Booneville, Mo., and was in the Fremont cam- paign to Springfield, Mo. The regiment was then transferred from the Department of Missouri to the Cumberland, and partici- pated in the battles of Perryville, Ky .; Stone River, the Tullahoma campaign, the battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. It was then sent on a forced march to the relief of the siege of Knoxville, and after this was sent back to Chatta- nooga to join the Atlanta campaign under Sherman. When the latter started on his March to the Sea the Fourth Corps and Twenty-third Corps were started back to Nashville, Tenn., under General Thomas. The Fifty-ninth Regiment was in the Fourth Army Corps, in which Mr. Baughman was enlisted and partici- pated in the last battle of the war on December 15 and 16, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn. In the following June the whole corps was sent to Texas under General Stanley and mustered out of the service at New Braunfels, Tex., December 8, 1865. The regiment kept together from June 24, 1861, to January, 1866, when it was paid off in full at Springfield, Ill. Mr. Baughman entered the service as a private, became second sergeant August 6, 1861; orderly sergeant January 1, 1862; second lieutenant October 15, 1862, and captain February 15, 1864. After his term had expired Mr. Baughman returned to Casey, Ill. On March 20, 1866, he was married to Miss Rosannah Frazier, of Zanesville, Ohio, a daughter of William Frazier, of that city. He then returned to Illinois and located in Jasper county, where he was engaged in the milling business three years and in farming three years. He then went to Piper City, Ill., where he conducted a general store up to 1878. In that year he removed to Kansas and located in Reno county, where he engaged in farming on a 160-acre farm which he owned. He was postmaster in Mona for twenty-three years. In 1901 he- moved to Cheney and retired from active business. Mr. Baugh- man built himself a handsome residence in Cheney which is kept up in first-class style, and still owns a farm in Reno county. He and his wife are prominent in church circles, both being members of long standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church. John W.,
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one of his three living children, is a large land owner in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming, with offices at Liberal, Kan., and Plains, Kan. Harry S. lives on a farm in Grant county, Okla- homa, and Jesse G. lives at Plains, Kan., and is engaged in the automobile business.
Charles W. Beatty, of Wichita, Kan., head of the Beatty Realty Company, is a native of the Keystone state, having been born at Huntingdon, Pa., in 1868. His parents were Elliot D. and Susanna (Lefferd) Beatty. His education was obtained in the public schools and the Southwestern Business College, of Wichita. He came to Kansas with his parents in 1879, when only eleven years old, and has ever since been a resident of Wichita. After com- pleting his education he entered the service of the Crystal Ice Company, with which concern he was connected sixteen years. After leaving the ice company he was with the Badger Lumber and Coal Company for a time, having charge of the plant. With Rodolph Hatfield he had charge of the ice output of the Dold Packing Company from 1896 to 1902. In the years following he was for a time connected with the Wichita Ice and Cold Storage Company, and in the flour agency business at the corner of Santa Fe and Louis streets. In 1908 Mr. Beatty established the Beatty Realty Company, the firm members being Charles W. and his brother, J. A. Beatty. The offices of the firm are at No. 122 South Market street, Wichita. Mr. Beatty is a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
W. E. Bennett, photographer, of Cheney, Kan., was born April 1, 1864, in Watertown, N. Y. His parents were A. J. and Mary (Greneson) Bennett. The father was a native of New York and the mother a native of Switzerland. On the paternal side the family traces its descent back to Scotch, English and Irish ances- tors. The education of W. E. Bennett was acquired in the common schools of Michigan. In 1866, when W. E. Bennett was two years old, his parents left New York and moved to Neenah, Wis., and afterwards moved to Newaygo county, Michigan, in 1868, where the father homesteaded eighty acres and resided on his farm from 1870 to 1882. He then bought land in Erie township, Sedgwick county, and January 2, 1884, came to Kansas, his family coming in 1885, where he lived up to the time of his death in 1904. Mrs. Bennett died in Michigan in February, 1881. They had a family of ten children, viz .: A. J., Jr., W. E., Mrs. Lillian M. Gawthrop, Mrs. Bertha R. Sellon, Inez R. (deceased), Mrs. Jennie G. Prown,
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Mrs. Adelia Pierson, John N., Mrs. Vira Althoff and Mrs. Myrtle Hart. A. J. Bennett was a prominent citizen wherever he resided. He acted as Justice of the Peace in Erie township for six years, and he filled the same position when he lived in Michigan. He was a public-spirited citizen, and a member of the official board of the Wichita State Fair, in which he always took much interest. He was a close student of history and well posted on current topics. Fraternally he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics he was a Republican. He was a devout member of the Methodist Church in his youth, but on coming to Kansas joined the Christian Church. In early life he learned the trade of a blacksmith, and while in Neenah, Wis., conducted a shop of his own. Afterwards he took up the carpenter's trade, in which he became proficient, and helped to build the roundhouse and bridges on the line of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad and also on the Chicago, West Michigan & Lake Shore railroad. W. E. Bennett came to Kansas in 1885, and took up a claim in Grant county, which he afterwards disposed of and came to Sedgwick county, where he took up his old business as a photographer, which he had learned in Michigan. In 1888 he entered the gallery of his brother-in-law in Cheney, and in 1904 bought the gallery and still conducts the same, turning out work equal to that which can be obtained in any of the large cities of the country. Mr. Bennett is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Subordinate Lodge, No. 254, and of the Twenty-ninth Encamp- ment at Wichita. He is a Republican in politics. He was married to Miss Edna S. Herrington, of Oklahoma, on November 9, 1904, in Wichita, Kan., at the residence of Judge Enoch. Of this union two children have been born, viz .: Myrtle Edna, four years old, and Walter Francis, one year old.
Josiah M. Bird, of Wichita, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, on July 27,1846. He is a son of Jonathan and Nancy H. (Down- ing) Bird, his father being a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of the state of Delaware. The great-great-grandfather of Josiah M. was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and fought under Washington. The father of Josiah M. in his early life was a Whig and afterwards became a Republican, to which political faith he adhered the remainder of his life. He was known as an upright man in the community and lived an honored and useful citizen until his death in 1870. His wife died on February 7, 1866. Josiah M. Bird came from Ohio to Sedgwick county, Kansas, in the
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fall of 1884, and located in Minneha township, where he bought 110 acres of land in Section 26 and moved on the same in 1885. He was married on January 15, 1873, in Muskingum county, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth A. Downs, a daughter of Isaac and Rebecca Downs, of the same county. Three children have been born of this union, two of whom are now living, Harry S., born October 26, 1873, now a clerk in the postoffice at Wichita, Kan., and Chalmer Downs, born August 8,1876, who now lives on his farm (joining his father's). Mr. Bird is a successful farmer, and he and his wife are faithful and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have both taken a deep interest in the Sunday- school and both have been teachers in it for years. In politics Mr. Bird is a Republican.
Jacob Bissantz is known as one of the public-spirited citizens of Wichita, Kan., and one who has taken an active interest in all that pertains to the upbuilding of the city. He was born March 19, 1846, in Germany, his father being Adolph Bissantz. It was not until 1868 that Mr. Bissantz came to the United States. While in Germany he had learned the trade of a tinsmith, and this he followed for a time after arriving here. His first location in America was at Long Island, but he only remained there a short time when he concluded that the West was the field for his ener- gies and he migrated to St. Louis, Mo. After a short stay in the Missouri metropolis Mr. Bissantz moved to Sedgwick county, Kan- sas, where he homesteaded 160 acres of land and proved the same up to the completion of his title. In the meantime he became interested in various business enterprises in Wichita. He con- ducted for himself a restaurant for two years and afterwards formed a partnership in the tire and hardware business with J. R. Butler under the firm name of Bissantz & Butler. The partnership was dissolved and Mr. Bissantz continued the business for himself until he again formed a partnership with George Mathias under the name of Bissantz & Mathias. This firm continued in business for seven years, when its dissolution took place, Mr. Bissantz con- tinuing the business alone for four years and then retiring. Mr. Bissantz has always been much interested in the growth of Wichita and has taken a keen pride in the same. In all matters pertaining to the government of the city he has also taken a great interest, and has been a member of the school board for four years. Politi- cally he is a Republican and has been active in the affairs of his party. He belongs to a number of fraternal orders, among which
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may be mentioned the Knights of Pythias, the Knights and Ladies of Security, Knights of Honor, Sons of Herrmann, and Woodmen of the World. Mr. Bissantz was married August 1, 1869, to Albertina Kammerer, who died February 11, 1905. Of this union four children were born, of whom two are living: Lena Albertina and Oscar Rudolph.
Earl Blake, of the firm of Blake & Ayers, lawyers, of Wichita, Kan., with offices at No. 451 Bitting Block, is a native of Iowa, having been born at Bedford, that state, on September 11, 1866. His parents were Daniel and Eliza A. (Akers) Blake, who moved from Indiana to Iowa in the '40s, and from the Hawkeye state to Nodaway county, Missouri, in 1880, and to Kansas in 1884, where they located at Kingman. Both are now deceased. Earl Blake came to Kansas with his parents, entering Garfield University in 1889. His parents came to Wichita in 1892, and he has ever since resided in the city. He was educated at the public and high schools of Hopkins, Mo., and Kingman, Kan., and at Garfield University Law School, from which he was graduated in the class of 1891. Mr. Blake was admitted to practice at the Sedgwick county bar in 1891, and entered the employ of the law firm of O'Bryan & Gordon, and continued with them during the years 1891 to 1894, inclusive. He was Assistant County Attorney dur- ing the years 1895 and 1896, and a partner of John D. Davis from 1895 to 1898. He then formed a partnership with William A. Ayers under the firm name of Blake & Ayers, which partnership still continues, and in which he is now also associated with his brother, Walter A. Blake. During the years 1903 and 1904 Mr. Blake was City Attorney of Wichita. Mr. Blake is a thirty- second degree Mason. He has also filled all the offices in War- wick Lodge, No. 44, Knights of Pythias, and has been a trustee of the same for fifteen years. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Fraternal Aid Association. Mr. Blake was married in 1894 to Miss Minnie M. Mckibben, the City Librarian of Wichita. Of this union four children have been born, viz .: Harold L., Marjorie L., Ralph B. and Louise M. Blake.
Charles A. Blakely, a native of Galena, Ill., was born in 1862, and is the third child of a family of eight children born to John M. and Susan B. Blakely, who settled in Wichita with their family in 1880. Here the father engaged in business as a con- tractor, with Mr. W. Smith, under the firm name of Blakely & Smith, but withdrew from active business in 1890 and now lives a
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retired life at the age of eighty-three years. Our subject acquired his education in the public schools and after finishing his school- ing learned the carpenter's trade, working with his father. Begin- ning in 1893 he was for fourteen years in the employ of the West- ern Planing Mill, and left that concern in 1908, to become a member of the firm of Burley & Blakely. This firm is located at No. 209 West First street, and its business, that of general con- tracting, comprises among other things the manufacture of high- class cabinet work and interior finishings and fixtures.
Mr. Blakely devotes himself closely to his business and is known as a reliable, conscientious and straightforward man.
In 1888 he married Miss Emma C. Webber, of Red Wing, Minn., and they have one child, Mildred E. by name. Mr. Blakely is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Gillman L. Blood, of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born in Maine, May 31, 1832. His parents were Leonard and Elizabeth (Gove) Blood. Leonard Blood was born in Massachusetts Decem- ber 17, 1789, and died March 7, 1847. His wife was born in Maine on August 15, 1809, and died August 20, 1856. They moved to Peoria county, Illinois, in 1836, and lived there the balance of their lives. Gillman L. Blood remained in Peoria county, Illinois, until 1871, when he came to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and pre-empted 160 acres in Section 28, Waco township, where he still lives. On December 9, 1856, he married Ellen L. Almarood, who was born in Quebec, Canada, on May 1, 1837. She was a daughter of George L. and Priscilla (Kyle) Almarood, her father being an American and her mother English. Her father died in 1842 and her mother in 1846. Mr. Blood and his wife have six children, four of whom are living. The children are: Mrs. Lizzie Thurston, of McPherson county, Kansas; George L., of Waco township; Edward H., of Waco township; Everett E., of Waco township; Mrs. Carrie Perham, deceased. Mr. Blood for many years did diversified farming and stock raising, but of late years has devoted much time to horticulture, having forty-five acres in fruit-apples, peaches, pears, plums-and has about five acres in asparagus. Mr. Blood has practically retired, while Edward, his son, has leased the place. Mr. Blood is a Republican, but never sought or held office.
John W. Blood, of the legal firm of Blood & McCormick, Wichita, Kan., is a native of the Sunflower state, in which he was born, near Toronto, in 1877. Mr. Blood's education was acquired
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in the public schools of Woodson county, at the Emporia State Normal School and the State University. He received his legal education at the latter institution and was admitted to the bar in 1906. In the same year he moved to Wichita and formed a partnership with Ross McCormick under the firm name of Blood & McCormick, which still continues. Mr. Blood had charge of J. H. Graham's campaign in the spring of 1907. He was secretary of the Republican County Committee and had charge of the cam- paign in Sedgwick county in 1909. In the latter year Mr. Blood was appointed election commissioner. Fraternally Mr. Blood is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Blood was supervisor of the 1910 census of Wichita.
George M. Boll, vice-president and manager of the Kansas Metal Granary Company, was born in Worth county, Mo., on May 3, 1881. His parents were G. W. and Susan (Sharp) Boll, the father being a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Indiana. George M. Boll's education was acquired in the public schools of Kansas, his parents having moved to the state in 1884. They first located in Clark county, but in 1887 moved to Sedg- wick county and in 1907 to Wichita, where George M. Boll became one of the organizers of his present business, which he has man- aged successfully. The office and plant of the Kansas Metal Granary Company is located at the corner of William and Wichita streets, Wichita. The company was established in 1908 as G. M. Boll & Co., but was reorganized April 8, 1909, under the name of the Kansas Metal Granary Company, with G. W. Boll as presi- dent; George M. Boll, vice-president and manager; J. D. Peck- ham, secretary and treasurer; George A. Hinkle and Charles Waltercheid, directors. The company manufactures grain storage bins, known as the Equity grain bin, made of metal, which admits of nothing like rust or insects of any kind. The bins are light- ning and damp proof, and are also a dryer to damp grain, etc. They are sold throughout southern Kansas. The establishment also manufactures metal tanks of all kinds. Steel bins were originated in Sedgwick county in 1907. G. W. Boll was the patentee of the Equity grain bin first in 1908, and other patents were obtained in 1909 and 1910.
George L. Blood,* a prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born in Peoria county, Illinois, on
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January 17, 1858. His parents were Gillman and Ellen (Alma- road) Blood. The father of Gillman Blood was Leonard Blood, who was born December 17, 1789, and died March 7, 1847. His mother was born August 15, 1809, and died August 20, 1856. George L. Blood came to Kansas with his father in 1871 and remained at home until about twenty-eight years old. In 1883 he bought eighty acres of land in section 33, Waco township. He has added to the original purchase until he now owns 280 acres in Waco and Salem townships. On January 25, 1887, Mr. Blood was married to Miss Emma J. Dunkin, who was born in Cass county, Indiana, on January 7, 1865. Mrs. Blood was a daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Rhine) Dunkin. Her father was born in Virginia and her mother in Ohio. They were married in Indiana, where Mr. Dunkin had pre-empted a homestead, on which he died on August 12, 1895. His widow died July 16, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Blood have four children, viz .: Bessie B., born May 22, 1888; Ethel M., born November 14, 1890; Harold D., born January 26, 1894, and Frank E., born December 26, 1903. Mr. Blood has farmed and fed stock for the market, averaging from seventy-five to 150 head each year. He has a fine orchard of about eight acres. Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Frank S. Boone, who is a worthy representative of one of the pioneer families of Sedgwick county, Kansas, is a prosperous, energetic farmer of Union township, and is highly esteemed throughout the community. He has been a typical representative of the United States soldier, and during his service in the Spanish- American War displayed such conspicuous bravery while under fire and in battle that he received the highest praise from his superior officers. He was born October 29, 1876, and is a son of Daniel E. Boone.
Elroy Boone, grandfather of Frank S., was a native of Ken- tucky and a direct descendant of the same family of which Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman and hunter, was a member. When a young man, Elroy went to New York State, and while in Oneida county married Catherine De Long. In 1858 they moved to Knox county, Illinois, where they spent many years carrying on farming operations. He sold out in 1872 and moved to Union township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, where he was one of the early settlers. He purchased a half section of land, upon which he made extensive improvements, and his fellow citizens recognized
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in him one of the leading farmers of Sedgwick county. His latter years were spent in quiet retirement, and his death, which occurred in 1899, was deeply deplored by his many friends, who knew him as an honest and upright man and a good neighbor. His wife passed from this life in 1879. Mr. Boone had been twice married and by his former wife had two children, while the fol- lowing were the issue of his last marriage: Marietta, Daniel E., Emery G., James H., Maggie and Alice.
Daniel E. Boone was born in Cortland county, New York, November 12, 1852, but when he was a lad of six years his parents moved to Knox county, Illinois, where he received his early schooling. He also took a course in the business college at Galesburg, and during his vacations assisted his father in operat- ing the farm. He accompanied his parents to Kansas in 1872 and has continued to reside in Sedgwick county ever since. He pre-empted the northwest quarter of section 25, upon which he lives at present, and as a result of many prosperous years of toil he is now the owner of 640 acres of fine farming land. He raises considerable grain and live stock, and is one of the most progres- sive farmers in Sedgwick county. Mr. Boone was joined in wed- lock, December 25, 1873, to Katie Carpenter, a native of Cali- fornia, who is a daughter of Horace and Mary (Emery) Car- penter-the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Vermont. Mrs. Boone was born September 1, 1853, and of her children Frank S. is the oldest. The others were Mabel and Daniel, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Boone is an influential citizen of the community and in political affairs is one of its leading Republicans. His fellow citizens have honored him by election to many minor offices and has served as county treasurer. In religious matters he is liberal in his views.
Frank S. Boone has spent the greater part of his years work- ing on his father's farm, and during his early youth entered Maize Academy, from which he was graduated two years later. He then took a business course at Wichita University, and later spent a year at Garfield University. He enlisted March 21, 1896, as a private in Company E, 16th Regiment, U. S. A. After two years in the service he was promoted to be a corporal, May 25, 1898, at Tampa, Fla .; while at Huntsville, Ala., he was advanced to a sergeancy-the latter promotion taking place October 11, 1898. He was active in the assault on San Juan Hill, on July 1, and on July 2, 3, 10 and 11 he was in the front at Santiago. In
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these two engagements he distinguished himself as a gallant non- commissioned officer. His valor won much praise both from his comrades and his superior officers, and his daring deeds are still fresh in the minds of many who were there engaged. Upon his discharge from service he was presented with several testimonials (with recommendations) as to his gallant conduct while in battle. From two of his superior officers he received the following :
"Camp Shipp, Anniston, Alabama, December 29, 1898.
To Whom It May Concern :
I take great pleasure in testifying to the gallant conduct of Sergeant Frank S. Boone, Company E, 16th Reg. Infantry, while acting corporal of that company, in the attacks on the San Juan fortifications on July 1, 1898. He, with one other soldier, was at the head of the charge which resulted in the capture of the San Juan Block House and too much credit cannot be given him for his bravery on that day and throughout the entire operations before Santiago. I have been in constant observation of Sergeant Boone for over two years and believe him eminently fitted for the position of Second Lieutenant of the Regular Army, which his gallant conduct certainly merits during the operations before Santiago. I served as Lieutenant in Co. E, 16th Inf.
(Signed) E. C. Carey,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant General United States Volunteers."
"Huntsville, Ala., October 25, 1898.
"Sergeant Boone has been a member of my company for the past three years. I know him to be a young man of good moral character and intelligent and thoroughly reliable. After the battle of Santiago I recommended him for conspicuous and gallant conduct in the assault upon San Juan fort July 1, 1898. Upon this occasion he was one of the first men to ascend the hills and was far ahead of the main line. I saw him on the crest of the hill, coolly firing with effect upon the Spanish soldiers in their trenches not thirty yards away. In whatever capacity the Gov- ernment may employ him, I am satisfied that he will perform his duty conscientiously with courage and intelligence.
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