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After the opening of the Spanish-American War, in 1898, Mr. Burt served some nine months as commissary clerk under Capt. S. N. Bridgeman, first at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where twenty-
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two thousand men were cared for, and afterwards at Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1886 Mr. Burt married Miss Catherine E., daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Bolick, of Wichita. They have had four children, of whom two died in infancy. The surviving children are named respectively, Ora D. and Jesse F.
Mr. Burt is an active member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and is connected with the local lodge, No. 427.
Antonio S. Buzzi, a member of the Sedgwick county bar, was born in Arkansas City, Kansas, in the year 1876, and is the son of Antonio and Adeladia Buzzi. His parents, originally from Switzerland, came from Algiers, Africa, to the United States in 1864, and settled at Meriden, Conn., from whence they moved to St. Charles, Mo., but later returned to their former home in Con- necticut. In 1871 they moved to Chicago, coming to Arkansas City, Kan., in 1872, among the early settlers of that community.
Our subject received the common and high school education at Arkansas City, after which he spent six years in the state uni- versity at Lawrence, Kan., graduating from the law school in 1902, at which time he was admitted to the bar. After traveling two years through the Western and Central states, in 1904 he settled in Wichita and opened an office at 401 East Douglas avenue, for the practice of his profession. In 1906 Mr. Buzzi was' elected city attorney of the city of Wichita, and in 1909 appointed to the same office by the commission, and is at the present time serving his second term.
Mr. Buzzi is somewhat active in fraternal organizations, being a member of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and several other secret organizations.
Albert M. Campbell, of Bentley, Sedgwick county, Kansas, is a native of Indiana. He was born at Bluffton, Wells county, that state, on October 3, 1869. His parents were John M. and Mary (Falk) Campbell. The father was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and the mother a native of Ohio. The ancestry of the family is traced to Scotland and Ireland on the paternal side, and on the maternal side to Germany. The father of Albert M. Campbell left Indiana and moved to Sedgwick county, Kansas, on March 17, 1871, with his wife and one child, and there homesteaded a quarter section in Section 2, Eagle town- ship, and there lived up to the time of his death, on April 21, 1894.
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During his life he worked at his trade, that of a carpenter, of which he was master in every particular. He followed his occu- pation up to the time of his entering the army. He enlisted as a private in Company B, One Hundred and First Indiana Volunteer Militia, and after his discharge from the service returned to his home in Wells county, Indiana. The mother of Albert M. died in 1906. After the death of his father Albert M. Campbell con- tinued to manage the estate, and up to recently he has rented the home farm. He and his brother have formed a partnership under the firm name of Campbell Bros., and are now devoting their entire time to the manufacture of concrete tiles and blocks. They have been kept constantly busy in supplying the demand for their productions. The quality of their work is of the highest class, and they have a big patronage in this vicinity and adjoining counties. Mr. Campbell is a past grand member of the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, Bentley Lodge, No. 446, and is a Republican in politics.
William S. Campbell is younger than Albert M., having been born September 17, 1873, in Sedgwick county, Kansas. He is also a son of John M. and Mary (Falk) Campbell. William S. enlisted for the Spanish-American War in the Forty-fourth United States Volunteers and left San Francisco on the transport Howard on December 31. On arriving at Manila his regiment com- menced active operations, and during the year 1900 he was engaged in numerous battles. He was discharged from the serv- ice on June 30, 1901. Mr. Campbell is a Republican in politics.
John William Campbell,* Civil War veteran, of Kechi, Sedg- wick county, Kansas, is a native of Illinois, where he was born on October 14, 1842, in Adams county. His parents were I. F. and Pauley (Brittan) Campbell, both natives of South Carolina. The father was reared in the state of Tennessee and moved to Illinois in 1849, locating in Adams county, where he lived until his death on April 17, 1882. He was a farmer during his life and both he and his wife traced their ancestry to Scotland. John W. Campbell received a limited education in the old log school house in Adams county, which he attended up to his eighteenth year, when he enlisted in Company D, Fiftieth Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, which was equipped at Quincy, Ill. The regiment made many moves until it reached Pittsburg Landing, where it was in the heat of the battle, and also took part in the battle at Corinth, Tenn. It was then sent into east Tennessee, where it went into
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winter quarters at Glenview, afterward participating in the battle of Lookout Mountain, where its colonel and lieutenant colonel were shot. The regiment then went with Sherman on his march to the sea, and after going through some hard campaigning was sent to Washington, D. C., where Mr .. Campbell was discharged. The Fiftieth was known as the crack regiment of Illinois volun- teers and went through the most severe fighting of any of the regiments equipped in that state. At Louisville, Ky., where it competed in drill with several other regiments from Illinois, it obtained valuable prizes on account of its splendid discipline. After his discharge, Mr. Campbell returned home to Adams county and on March 9, 1866, at Quincy, Ill., was married to Miss Mary M. Lyons, a daughter of John W. Lyons, of Adams county. After his marriage, Mr. Campbell moved from Illinois to Missouri, where he lived for fourteen years as a farmer, and then moved to Denver, Colorado, where he lived for four years. On February 17, 1884, he moved to Wichita, Kans., and afterwards to Kechi township, and three years afterward moved to Kechi, where he now lives in his comfortable home. Mr. Campbell and his wife are members of the Church of Christ. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican.
Merrit D. Canaday,* one of the substantial and prosperous business men of Mulvane, Kan., was born in Davis county, Mis- souri, on April 16, 1841. He is a son of John J. and Sophia (Smith) Canaday, the father being a native of North Carolina and the mother of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of four children, viz .: Francis M., deceased; Merrit D., of Mulvane; Mrs. C. N. Bartlett, of St. Louis, Mo., and Andrew J., who died in California. Mrs. Canaday died in 1853 and Mr. Canaday in 1855. Merrit D. Canaday was a child of twelve years when his mother died, and he was thrown on his own resources when a small child. His father had moved to Bloomington, Ill., where he died, and there Merrit remained until the winter of 1858-59, when he returned to Missouri with an uncle, and in the summer of 1860 went to Fort Scott, Kansas. From there he went to northern Missouri, and on October 4, 1861, enlisted in Company H, Fifth Kansas Cavalry, for three years. He served his time and then went to Illinois and raised a new company, but before it could be mustered in the war came to an end. After the war, Mr. Canaday settled at Clinton, Ill., where he remained until 1871. He then
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came to Kansas and preempted 160 acres of land in Section 26, Salem township. This was in the fall of 1871. On November 4, 1868, Mr. Canaday was married to Miss America J. Bowles, who was born in DeWitt county, Illinois. She was a daughter of Jesse P. and Maria (Bivins) Bowles, both natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Bowles came to Kansas in the spring of 1873 and settled on Section 35, Salem town- ship, and are now residents of Mulvane. Mr. and Mrs. Can- aday have three children, viz .: Mrs. J. F. Hufbauer, of Newkirk, Okla .; Charles D., of Mulvane, and Mrs. S. C. Massingale, of Cordell, Okla. Mr. Canaday lived on his farm until 1881, when he moved to Mulvane and engaged in the grain and live stock business. In 1886, in partnership with B. H. Ward, he bought out the Chicago Lumber Company, of Mulvane, but after a short time, Mr. Canaday's health failing, he sold his interests to Mr. Ward. In 1891 he bought the entire lumber interest and has since con- ducted the business under the name of M. D. Canaday. Mr. Can- aday has built two residences since living in Mulvane. He is a stockholder and director in the Mulvane State Bank, and also owns a lumber yard at Gotebo, Okla. Mr. Canaday sold his farm in Salem township and now owns a farm of 160 acres in Harper county, Kansas, and a summer residence at Manitou, Col. In politics Mr. Canaday is a Democrat and he is a member of the Church of Christ, of Mulvane.
Sherman O. Carpenter* is one of the successful farmers and business men of Ninnescah township, Sedgwick county, Kansas. Mr. Carpenter was born in Chautauqua county, New York, on July 28, 1852. His parents were Joseph S. and Malinda (Lenox) Carpenter, both natives of New York. Mr. Carpenter, Sr., was born May 18, 1828. They were married in New York and in 1877 came to Kansas and settled in Edwards county. Mrs. Carpenter died June 20, 1893, and Mr. Carpenter died on September 20, 1901. Sherman O. Carpenter was raised on a farm, and when a young man learned the carpenter's trade. He came to Kansas with his father in 1877, and resided in Edwards county until Sep- tember 21, 1880, when he returned to New York and remained there until 1884. He then entered the building department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad on bridge work, and remained with the company part of one year, when he came to Sedgwick county, and in July, 1884, bought a threshing machine and commenced operating it. In the fall of the same year he
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came to Clearwater and built a feed mill. For eighteen years Mr. Carpenter operated his threshing outfit in Ninnescah and Ohio townships, in partnership with M. B. Smith. In 1897 he bought 160 acres in Section 16, Ninnescah township. After three years he sold this place and on November 30, 1901, bought the 150 acres where he now resides in Section 13, Ninnescah township. Mr. Car- penter was married on January 10, 1885, to Miss Juliette Warren, who was born in New York. She died on September 12 of the same year, and on September 9, 1888, Mr. Carpenter married Miss Edna Wright, who was born in Indiana. Mrs. Carpenter is a daughter of Edward A. Wright, who came to Kansas in 1876, where he first settled in Pawnee county, and later came to Sedg- wick county. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter have one son, Myron W. Carpenter, who was born on June 19, 1889. He is now attending the Lawrence University. Mr. Carpenter has been a director in the Clearwater State Bank since its organization in 1899, and secretary of the Clearwater Lumber Company and a director in the Clearwater Telephone Company. He has served three terms as justice of the peace. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and is a liberal in politics.
Claud N. Cartwright, an enterprising citizen of Wichita, Kan., is a great-grandson of the celebrated preacher Peter Cartwright, and the second child of a family of five children born to Thomas B. and Mary E. (Cloud) Cartwright, the other children being Maude C., who was born August 25, 1868, and died September 26, 1898; Madge E., born April 21, 1877; Oliver V., born March 20, 1880, and Arthur T., born August 25, 1882.
Thomas B. Cartwright settled in Salem township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, with his family in 1872. He lived there still 1882, when he sold his farm and bought a quarter section of land in Waco township, which he improved and cultivated, and where he made his home till 1903. He then sold the farm but still lives in Waco township. He is a man of influence in the community and in 1888 was elected county treasurer on the Democratic ticket and re-elected in 1890. The mother died March 24, 1905.
After leaving school Claud N., in 1889, entered the office of the county treasurer as a clerk, and continued there till 1896, after which he served three years as a clerk in the office of the county clerk. In 1899 he turned his attention to business, dealing in pumps and windmills, and continued in that line five years, with good success. In 1904 Mr. Cartwright was nominated and elected
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county clerk of Sedgwick county, on the Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1906. At the close of his second term, in 1908, he opened offices in the Anchor Trust building, and turned his attention to the real estate and insurance business, which he has conducted with much success to the present time. In political opinion and action Mr. Cartwright has always been a Democrat and is active in the local councils of his party, being at the present time-1910-chairman of the County Central Committee.
The subject of this sketch was united in marriage on the 15th of May, 1901, to Miss Harriet, daughter of Aaron Bales, of Bourbon county, Kansas.
Howard E. Case, president of the Davidson-Case Luniber Com- pany, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of the Empire State, having been born at Fulton, Oswego county, New York, on June 10, 1862. His parents were Charles and Susan (Hart) Case. The elder Case died when his son was but five years old, and his mother died when he was fourteen. The guardian of Mr. Case gave him a public school education, which was followed by training at the Cazenovia (N. Y.) Seminary, the Richfield Springs (N. Y.) Semi- nary, and Cornell University, from which he graduated in the class of 1884. Mr. Case came to Wichita in the same year, and was first employed by the Oliver Bros. Lumber Company. On March 1, 1887, he began business for himself, when, with William Davidson, he embarked in the lumber business, the first plant being started in Wichita. In 1889 yards were opened in Okla- homa City and Guthrie, and after the opening of the Cherokee strip more yards were added. The business was incorporated in 1900 as the Davidson-Case Lumber Company, and is now operating sixteen yards in Oklahoma and five in Kansas, with Wichita as the base of operations, or central plant. Mr. Case is a firm believer in the future of Wichita. He is a member of all the Masonic bodies and a thirty-second degree Mason. He is also vice-president of the Wichita Commercial Club and presi- dent of the Southwestern Lumber Association. He was married in 1887 to Miss Sarah Blair, of Huntingdon, Pa. Mrs. Case's father, Alexander Blair, was the originator of the well known Blair mill of that locality. Four children have been issue of this union, viz .: Margaret B., now a sophomore at Smith Col- lege ; Helen D., Howard, Jr., and Leslie S. Case.
Anthony E. Chambers, farmer and raiser of standard bred horses, and veteran of the Civil War, of Clearwater, Sedgwick
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county, Kansas, was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, on No- vember 15, 1846. His parents were Ahimaaz and Jane (Patton) Chambers, both natives of Indiana, where they passed their lives. The grandfather, Anthony Chambers, was a native of Kentucky, and married Nancy Blue, a native of Virginia. The grandfather on the maternal side was Hezekiah E. Patton, a native of North Carolina, who married a Miss Wilson. Ahimaaz Chambers and his wife were the parents of seven children, viz :: Mrs. Nannie B. Craig, of Clearwater, Kan .; Mrs. Mary E. Dyer, of Ohio township, Sedgwick county; Anthony E., of Sedgwick county; A. Worth, of Sedgwick county; Mrs. Annie Hamlin, of Newkirk, Okla .; Catharine C., deceased; Jessie F., deceased. The mother of this family died in 1857, and the father in 1890. Anthony E. Chambers remained at home until the summer of 1863, when he enlisted in Company H, Tenth Indiana Cavalry, and served during the war. He was wounded at a battle of South Tunnel, four miles from Gallatin, Tenn., and was mustered out in July, 1865. After the war Mr. Chambers returned to his home in Indiana and remained there until 1867, when he went to Illi- nois, and remained until the fall of 1873. At that time he moved to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and preëmpted 160 acres of land, where he now lives. On January 1, 1878, Mr. Chambers was married to Miss Releaf E. Phillips, who was born in Pennsyl- vania, in 1855, and came with her parents to Kansas in 1874. One son has been born of this union, Joseph C., born February 4, 1881, and married, on September 28, 1902, Miss Belva L. Cook, who was born in Greenwood county, Kansas, on February 28, 1884. Miss Cook was a daughter of Thomas B. and Mattie E. (Scott) Cook, both natives of Vermilion county, Illinois. Her father was born September 11, 1857, and her mother April 4, 1861. They were married June 7, 1877, moved to Kansas in 1880, and now live in Ninnescah township, where Mr. Cook lives on a farm. There were five children in the Cook family, viz .: Larkin A., deceased; Estella F., deceased; Mrs. Belva Chambers ; Claude E., who lives at home, and one who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chambers have one son, Lloyd W., born May 19, 1906. Mrs. Anthony E. Chambers died December 29, 1888. Anthony E. Chambers in the early days served as constable, until he refused the office, and was trustee of the township for three terms. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order,
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the Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen, and of the G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican.
C. E. Chrismore,* of Bentley, Kan., Sedgwick county, is a son of Virginia. He was born in that state on June 1, 1864, at Win- chester, afterwards immortalized by Sheridan's ride. His parents were James and Mary (Fleet) Chrismore. The father was a native of Virginia, whose ancestors originally came from Ger- many, while on the mother's side the ancestry was Scotch. The elder Chrismore died in 1871 near Winchester, Va., and the mother died the same year. C. E. Chrismore was left an orphan at the age of seven, and acquired his education in the subscription schools of Virginia, which he attended up to his tenth year. In 1874 he came west with his employer, J. M. Wise, in the attempt to better his fortunes, and located at Pawnee, Kan., where he worked as a farm hand and at herding cattle until 1883. Mr. Chrismore was married on March 2, 1883, to Miss Carrie M. Marshall, daughter of C. P. Marshall, of Wilmington, Del., at Larned, Kan. Of this union seven children were born, all of whom are now. living, viz .: Emily, Mabel, Calvin, Charles E., Marana, Lloyd, Elizabeth, Emily, who is married to L. R. Beal, of Bentley, Kan., a farmer, and has one child. Mabel is married to Henry Foglestone, of the same place, a farmer, and has no children. The two youngest children of Mr. Chrismore are at- tending school in Bentley. After his marriage, Mr. Chrismore removed to Sedgwick county, Kansas, on March 4, 1883, locating east of Wichita seven miles. He farmed as a renter one year, then moved to Eagle township, where he bought a farm on Sec- tion 4. His specialty on the farm was raising and breeding trotters and road horses. He now (1910) is the owner of a fine bred stallion which he values at $1,500. After selling his farm in 1900, he moved to Bentley and engaged with the Kansas Lum- ber Company as yard manager, and has been in the employment of this company for twenty-seven years. Mr. Chrismore is a pub- lic spirited citizen, enjoying the confidence of the entire commu- nity, and is active in the Republican party in placing good men in office.
Ludovic R. Cole, real estate broker, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of the Wolverine State, having been born in Michigan in November, 1847. His parents were William M. and Mary (Simp- son) Cole, natives of New York state, which they left in 1842 and took up their residence in Oakland county, Michigan, where
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they spent the balance of their days. Young Cole obtained his education in the public schools of Michigan, and his early life was spent on a farm, which he left early, going to Pontiac, Mich., where he was a clerk in a store for eleven years. Following this experience he was a traveling salesman for two years, after which he left the road and returned to the retail business in the mercantile trade. During the years from 1876 to 1880 Mr. Cole served as deputy register of deeds of Oakland county, Michi- gan, and the years from 1880 to 1884 he served as register of deeds of the same county. In 1885 he came to Kansas, and after a trip through the Indian Territory returned to Michigan; but in the spring of 1886 he again came to Kansas, locating at Wichita and engaging in the real estate business, under the firm name of E. C. & L. R. Cole, which continued in business for a year. He was one of the original board of directors of the First National Bank. In 1896 he again entered the real estate busi- ness and continued with the ups and downs until November, 1900, when he became manager of the Bell Telephone Company, which position he held until 1909, when he resigned and organ- ized the Midland Investment Company, and has since been its manager. During his career in the real estate business some of the large transactions that Mr. Cole swung were the purchase of the Tremont house, at the corner of Douglas and Emporia avenues, and the organization of the Carey Park Land Company and the platting of Cole's addition to Carey Park. Fraternally Mr. Cole is an enthusiastic Mason and is a member of all the Masonic bodies. He was married in 1885 to Miss Helen Bigelow, of Pontiac, Mich., and of this union there has been issued two children, viz .: Ion C. and Wade B. Cole.
Mark S. Colver,* a successful farmer and stock raiser of Sedg- wick county, Kansas, is a native of Illinois, where he was born at Little York, Warren county, on September 9, 1855. His parents were Dr. Charles S. and Hadessa T. (Hamilton) Colver. Mark S. Colver remained at home until March 27, 1877, when he went to Page county, Iowa, and engaged in farming, remaining there two years. He then went to Colorado and worked in the mills three years and in the silver mines for the same length of time. He abandoned mining to take charge of the plant that manufac- tured gas for the lighting of Georgetown, Col., and this he con- ducted for about five years. Mr. Colver then moved to Denver and worked in the shops and for the gas company for about two
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years. Then he embarked in business for himself, opening a plumbing and gas fitting establishment, which he conducted suc- cessfully until 1895. In this latter year he sold out his interests and came to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and commenced farming, where he remained until 1900, when he moved on to his present place of 240 acres, which he bought in 1899. Mr. Colver prac- tices diversified farming and raises stock, and for about five years has made a specialty of Shorthorn cattle. On June 26, 1880, Mr. Colver was married to Miss Hannah Jane Brownlee, who was born in Warren county, Illinois, on June 26, 1857, being a daugh- ter of Thomas R. and Mary R. (Smiley) Brownlee. Mr. Brown- lee was born in Pennsylvania on October 16, 1827, and Mrs. Brownlee was born in Butler county, Ohio, on December 5, 1829. They were married in Henderson, Ill., in October, 1852. There were ten children in the Brownlee family, eight of whom lived to maturity, viz .: Mrs. Anna M. Moore, deceased; Mrs. Hannah J. Colver, of Sedgwick county, Kansas; Mrs. Alice L. Oliver, de- ceased; William L., of San Francisco, Cal .; Carl T., of Lincoln, Neb .; Mrs. Bessie Shaffer, deceased; John, deceased, and Chester R., of Oskaloosa, Ia. The mother of this family died on January 30, 1897, and the father on April 5 of the same year. Mr. and Mrs. Colver have been the parents of seven children, four of whom are living. They are Mrs. Alice Pearl Broadus, born De- cember 12, 1882, and married June 1, 1904; Charles T., born De- cember 27, 1885; Guy Lewis, born November 5, 1890, and died April 17, 1892; Ralph B. D., born July 18, 1892; Elizabeth Gert- rude, born January 22, 1899, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Colver served as township committeeman for several years, and in 1910 was United States census enumerator for Ohio and Nin- nescah townships. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church.
Robert O. Colver, of Ninnescah township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, is a native of Ohio, where he was born in Union county, on February 13, 1851. His parents were Dr. Charles S. and Addessa (Hamilton) Colver. Dr. Colver was born in Union county, Ohio, on May 19, 1825, and his wife was born in Green county, Ohio, on March 11, 1825. They were married in Ohio, on March 14, 1848, and were the parents of eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The children were: Robert O .; Olive HI., deceased; Mark S .; Charles; B. D .; Abi H., deceased, and Merle D. The mother of this family died January 28, 1891, and
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