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Mr. Schaible was born in Kansas City, Missouri, January 27, 1875, and is the son of Henry and Jaeabine (Baumer) Schaible, who claim Baden, Germany, as the place of their nativity. The two families were intimate in the old country and when Henry Sehaible was fourteen years of age and the little Jacabine was but eleven, they came with their parents to the wonderful new world, where they hoped to be able to do better than they could in their old home. The two families em- barked in an old sailing vessel, and after a long hard trip of about four weeks, the foreigners landed on American soil, and forthwith made their- way to Henry county, Illinois. It was natural that the two young people should feel drawn to one another, and their friendship developed into love, which culminated in marriage. Mr. Sehaible was employed
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in different capacities during his residence in Illinois, being at one time in the bakery business, in the machinery business in connection with the Fort Scott and Memphis railroad, and he also worked for an express company. The young man had not been in America very long when the whole country was torn by the conflict between the North and South, and when Lincoln's first summons for volunteers eame, the young German was eager to offer his services to aid in the emancipation of the slaves. To him the idea of slavery was abhorrent and he felt that it was his duty and his pleasure to assist in the cause which he con- sidered just. He enlisted in the Seventh Illinois Infantry, and was later assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and for three years he fought with heroism and bravery, but at the end of three years, the hardships and the exposure had so affected his health, that he was forced to retire on sick leave. He never fully recovered his physical strength, so that for him those three years of service resulted disastrously. He returned to Henry county, Illinois, but did not remain there long, as he believed he could do better in Iowa. After a short time he again made a change, moving to Wisconsin, and thence by steamboat to Missouri, where he took up his residence in Kansas City in the early seventies and died there in 1880. His widow married again in 1881, Powell Frankenbery, and her demise occurred in 1904.
John Louis Sehaible is the youngest in order of birth of the three children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sehaible. When he was a babe his parents removed from Kansas City, Missouri, to Kansas City, Kansas, and he had only just passed his fifth birthday when his father died. He was carefully reared by his mother, who trained him in those habits of industry and honesty which have been of such use to him throughout his business life. His education was obtained in the old Rock school in Wyandotte township and when he was fifteen years of age, he left school and began to learn the blacksmith trade. He entered the shop of Michael Shine in October, 1889, and finished his training with R. H. Carswell. During his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman in Chicago and various other cities in Illinois and the adjoining states, and in 1900 he started in business for himself at 422 Minnesota avenne, a location which he has not changed since. In
addition to his general horse-shoeing business, he does horse-elipping and dog-clipping, having a special machine for the latter. In 1903 he bought the lot which he had previously rented, and on it he built a large modern shop, with living apartments overhead, and in this apart- ment he resided until he felt that his children needed more yard in which to run and play. Ile then bought a home at the corner of Seventh and New Jersey avenue, and there he lives at the present time.
In 1902 he married Miss Lona Courtney, the daughter of Francis and Catherine (Baker) Conrtney, who maintain their home in Cloud county, Kansas, where their daughter, Lona was born. The marriage ceremony occurred in Kansas City, Kansas, and to this union four children were born, Harold, John L., Jr., Catherine and Lona. Harold is a student in the Horace Mann school, where he is making excellent progress in his studies.
Mr. Schaible became affiliated with Seottish Rite Masonry in 1904, his membership being with the Kansas City, Kansas, Lodge. Although
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he is greatly interested in all matters of publie improvement and ad- vancement, he has never dabbled in politics, but finds that his family and his business cares occupy him most fully.
WILLIAM H. MYERS .- It is because of the presence of such men as Mr. Myers, the well known merchant of Rosedale, that Wyandotte county has assumed the important position it holds in the state. For the commercial prosperity of a community it is necessary that men of undoubted business capabilities should identify themselves with the various commercial enterprises, but when there are added to these abili- ties the Christian characteristics that are so typical of Mr. Myers, the combination cannot fail of elevating the standing of the locality which he ornaments by his presence. Mr. Myers can trace his genealogy back for at least three hundred years, a fact which involves obligations. A man who knows nothing of his ancestors, even his parents has only his own ideals to live up to, but he who has not only to satisfy himself but to live up to the standards set forth by his ancestors has a harder matter to attend to. Mr. Myers' own ideals are placed too high for him to attain to them, but that long line of ancestors, if they could be ranged before him, would find no reason to condemn him. His whole life is a book, a ledger perhaps, kept in the best bookkeeping hand and always ready for inspection.
William II. Myers, son of William and Sarah (Straight) Myers, was born at Providence, Rhode Island, February 19, 1840. His father died in the early forties, having passed all of his life in the east, where his German ancestors had settled on their arrival in the United States. Mrs. William Myers, Sr., was also of eastern birth, her remote ancestors having settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, as early as 1630, since which time the family has continued prominent in the history of that region. One of these early settlers built the first hut at East Green- wich, and numerous members of the family participated in the war of the Rebellion. In later years Samuel, the only brother of William Myers, Jr., employed by the Harison Cashmire Mills, lost his life in the second year of the Civil war, being killed at Fredericksburg, Decem- ber 11, 1862, fighting under Major Burnside, while William H. Myers himself fought throughout the entire war. He had concluded his educational training and had just attained his majority when President Lincoln issued his first call for volunteers. The young man responded August 1, 1861, by enlisting in the Fourteenth Infantry for a period of three years, and in May, 1864 he was dismissed from services. After
very short furlough he re-enlisted raising his own company, the Thirty- fourth New Jersey Volunteers, and was with Sherman on the occasion of his celebrated march to the sea, under the direct command of General McPherson in the Sixteenth Army Corps, a body of mounted infantry in which he was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant in the regulars because of his signal bravery in various engagements. The battles of Iuka, Union City, Obim Creek, etc., which to most of us are but names, to Mr. Myers are the scenes of bloodshed and of death. At Obim Creek, Kentucky, his horse was shot beneath him and he himself was captured, but managed to make his escape, clad in his shirt and trousers. His company was on scout duty a great deal of the time and it was necessary to do considerable reconnoitering, but although he was
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in danger many times, he seemed to lead a charmed life, as he was never wounded; his companions in arms fell around him, but he escaped un- harmed, and when he was honorably discharged at Columbus, Kentucky, it was with the title of First Lieutenant and a record for bravery sueh as many a veteran soldier might envy.
Ile went back cast, but not to his old home. He took up his residence in Philadelphia, where for a period of eleven years he was closely connected with John Wanamaker's life, commercial and relig- ious. Mr. Myers was in the clothing department of that magnate's store while he remained in Philadelphia and was also teacher of the Wanamaker Sunday School. At the close of the year 1878 he came west and located first in Kansas City and later in Hutchison. He se- cured a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Turon, where he found little but jack rabbits and buffalo bones, but he set to work to bring the farm under cultivation and succeeded in raising the finest erop of wheat that he ever saw-twenty-six acres yielded one thousand bushels in 1867. Drought followed and for a number of seasons he raised practically nothing, so he disposed of his land and moved to Missouri, settling at Pratherville, just across from Kansas City. After a short residence here he paid a visit to his boyhood home and on his return to the west he determined on Rosedale as a desirable location. There he established a store, with a line of general merchandise and la- ter went into the hog business and carried on very snecessful and exten- sive operations in that line. In 1904 he bought four lots at Rosedale, on which he erected a comfortable home and a brick store, situated at what is now known as Myers' Corner, so named in his honor. The store was largely patronized from its start, as he was a man of decided bnsi- ness ability. He dealt extensively in ehiekens and other live stock, which he raised himself, but at the present time he is living retired from active duties of any kind.
Mr. Myers' stay in Reno county was marked by two important events. In May, 1877 he was there married to Miss Lydia Perkins, daughter of John Perkins, a neighboring farmer. To this marriage six children were born: Birdie May, married to Leonard La Hne, an employe in the Rosedale packing house; Edgar William, in the auto- mobile business at San Jose, California; Benjamin Henry, a carpenter of Speede, Missonri; Robert Elmer, of the Cudahy Packing Company of Kansas City, Kansas; Ernest and Viola at home with their father, assist- ing in the conduct of the store.
The other important happening in Reno county was his election to the office of township clerk for one term. For the past forty years Mr. Myers has been connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, passed through all the chairs and represented his lodge in the grand lodge. He has also been actively associated with the Marshall Post No. 397 E. D. of the Grand Army Republic and at various times has held all the separate offices of his post. In this manner Mr. Myers has proved himself earnest and efficient in the various relations of life, commercial, military, religious, civic and social -- a power for betterment in any capacity.
JAMES K. CUBBISON .- No county of the fine Sunflower common- wealth has a bar whose personnel excels that of Wyandotte county, and
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among those who have had emphatic influence in thus maintaining its high prestige is numbered James K. Cubbison, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Kansas for nearly a quarter of a century and who has also been a prominent factor in publie affairs in the state, as well as a leader in the councils of the political party with which he is identified. He has served in both houses of the State Legislature and has held other official preferments of noteworthy order, all these bearing distinctive evidence that he has fully measured up to the requirements of the metewand of popular approbation. He has maintained his home in the metropolis of Wyandotte county since 1890 and is recognized as one of the essentially representative members of the bar of this county and of the state as a whole.
Mr. Cubbison reverts with a due mede of satisfaction to the fact that he can claim the fine old Keystone state of the Union as the place of his nativity, and he is a scion of old and honored families of that commonwealth. He was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, on the 16th of November 1860, and is a son of James N. and Mary (Kerr) Cubbison, both of whom were likewise natives of that state and both of whom were of staneh Seotch aneestry. Ilis father was a merchant and his grandfather a judge and senator. The subject of this sketch in pursuance of higher academic studies entered Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in which well ordered institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1882 and from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In preparation for the work of his chosen profession he then began reading law under the able preceptor- ship of Hon. John HI. Osmer, of Franklin. Pennsylvania, and member of congress from that state. Mr. Cubbison applied himself with charac- teristic diligence and receptivity, and so thoroughly fortified himself in the science of jurisprudence that he was admitted to the bar of his native state in 1886. The following year he came to Kansas and estab- lished his home at Eldorado, the judicial center of Butler eounty, and here he rose rapidly to the plane of success in the work of his profession and also as an influential factor in the manoeuvering of politieal forces in that part of the state. In 1886 he was a candidate for representa- tive of the Fourth distriet in the United States Congress, and while he earried his own eounty he failed of nomination at the convention, at Emporia-a politieal contingency not to be wondered at, since he had become a resident of the distriet only the preceding year and had thus not been able to make himself specially well known outside the borders of Butler eounty. He came to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1890, and later was called upon to represent Wyandotte connty in the Lower House of the State Legislature, and the estimate placed upon his ser- viees was indicated by his retention of this office for a period of six years, after which he served four years as a member of the State Senate. Ile proved a most valuable working member of the legislature, in both Houses, and his earnest and effective labors in the furtheranee of wise legislation caused his name to become well known throughout the state As speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives in 1893 he had supervision of the formal organization of that body and he was the leader of his party on the floor of the house, besides which he was called upon to serve several times as temporary speaker. Vitality and broad
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views of public policies characterized his activities in both the House and the Senate, and he was the author of many important bills that he ably championed, with resultant enactment. Among these were the present laws regulating gambling in the state and that providing for the proper supervision of factories.
In 1890, seeking a wider field of endeavor, Mr. Cubbison moved from Eldorado to Kansas City, Kansas, where he has since been engaged in the active general practice of his profession, in connection with which he retains a large and representative clientage. He is an especially versatile trial lawyer and never presents a cause without due preparation, so that his victories in the various courts have been many and noteworthy. In 1900 he was elected to represent the third dis- trict in the State Senate, and upon the expiration of his term of four years he declined to become a candidate for re-election, as the exten- sive work devolving upon him in connection with his profession de- manded his undivided time and attention.
Mr. Cubbison has been unswerving in his allegiance to the cause of the Republican party and has given yoeman service in its behalf. He is a particularly effective and convincing political orator and his services in this line have been in requisition by the Republican com- mittee in every campaign for many years past. He has thus been a campaign speaker for his party in Kansas and other states, and in local campaigns he has also been a dominating force in his home state. The virile eloquence of his oratory, marked by graceful diction and high idealism, has caused a demand for his contribution of public address on many occasions and aside from political affairs. It may thus be noted that for twenty-eight consecutive years he has been called upon by and has responded to the requests of the Grand Army of the Republie in the matter of delivering address on the occasion of Decora- tion day observances. Hle belongs to many fraternal and civic organizations.
In the year 1889 Mr. Cubbison was united in marriage to Miss Julia Kretz, of Buffalo, New York, and they have two sons and two daughters, namely; Paul K., nineteen years of age, a student at Michi- gan University; Edith, aged seventeen years, a student at Loretto Academy, Kansas City, Missouri ; James K. Jr., who is in high school, and Justine, aged six years.
JAMES W. MOORE .- A representative farmer and stock raiser of Wyandotte county is James W. Moore, who owns a farm of one hun- dred and forty acres within its pleasant boundaries. He is a public spirited citizen and enjoys the regard and confidence of his fellow men, as has been indicated in many years, among them his elevation to public office, he being a former township treasurer and county commissioner of district No. 3.
Mr. Moore is a native of the state of Illinois, his birth having oe- curred in Green county, that state, October 31, 1853. He is a son of .James C. and Florence E. (Reed) Moore, both of whom were born in Kentucky. In 1847, a few years previous to the birth of him whose name inaugurates this review, they removed from the Blue Grass state to Green county, Illinois, where they purchased a farm and lived upon it until 1855, when they sold it and removed to Henry county, Missouri.
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James W. was at that time a baby. He was the fifth in order of birth in a family of six children, the other members of the family being: .Joseph C., deceased; Anna. Margaret and Nathaniel, deceased; and George, of Kansas City, Kansas.
In Henry county, Missouri, the elder Mr. Moore bought a farm and he and his family resided upon it until 1862, when he returned to Green county, Illinois, his former home and there remained until 1866. In the year mentioned he went to Johnson county, Missouri, and bonght a farm and continued to reside upon it and engage in its cultivation for more than a decade-until 1874-a longer period than it had been his wont to remain in one place. In 1874, he sold this property and went to Wyandotte county, Kansas, where he bought two Indian farms, which were partly eleared, and here he remained for the rest of his life, his demise occurring in 1904 and that of his cherished and devoted wife in 1903.
Mr. Moore became acquainted with a number of states of the Union in the course of the peregrinations of his parents, and he seenred his edneation in the district schools of varions localities. He remained beneath the parental roof until by marriage he established one of his own and under the tutelage of his father became well grounded in the many departments of agriculture. On the 17th of September, 1876, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Ida Kiso, of Licking county, Ohio, daughter of Wilson and Hannah (Spellman) Pryor, the father born in Muskingum county, and the mother in Licking county, Ohio. After his marriage the young people removed to a farm of one hundred and forty acres, lying in sections 9, 10, 15 and 16, town 11, range 24. The farm was cleared at the time the subject removed to it, although only partially, it remaining for Mr. Moore to remove many stumps and build all the buildings which add to its value and convenience. After many years of personal activity, he has recently abandoned the more stren- nous undertakings and has placed the condnet of the farm in the hands of his son. In his political affiliations he is a stanch and stalwart representative of the Republican party, having subscribed to its articles of faith since his earliest voting days. His publie service has been of excellent character and has been as township trustee, treasurer and county commissioner. In his fraternal relations he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Central Protective Association. He and his family stand as popular and highly regarded members of society.
JOHN AUGUST CARLSON .- Among the prominent and highly re- spected citizens of Wyandotte township, Wyandotte county, must be recorded John August Carlson, one of the prosperous and progressive agriculturists who is engaged in farming, cattle raising and fruit grow- ing. He belongs to the Swedish-American citizenship and like the majority of his countrymen has proved himself a valuable and broad- minded factor in society. lle was born in Sweden, February 28, 1860, and he is the son of John and Bertha Carlson. The older man died in 1862 when the subject was a baby and this was one of the circumstances which cast him at an unusually early age upon his own resources. In the course of time the mother married again, becoming the wife of Andrew Sagerhammar and it was he who was instrumental in effecting
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the immigration of the family to America. After crossing the ocean, they soon located in Scandia, Republic county, Kansas, where the father took up a homestead. This was in the year 1869, when young John August was only about nine years old, but he soon had to depend upon himself for a living and he started in at the hard game of making a livelihood in the capacity of a cattle herder and farm hand. He con- tinued in this wise until 1879, when he removed to Kansas City, Kansas, and embarked in the packing house business, with which he was identi- fied until 1898. In that year he concluded to try the wholesome, inde- pendent life of the agriculturist and with his previous earnings he bought sixty acres of his present farm in Wyandotte township. The place at that time was wild land, but he has made it into one of the finest and most highly improved farms in all the locality. He subsequently bought ten additional aeres of improved land and at an even later date ninety- nine acres, twelve of which were cleared and in tillable condition. Fifty acres of the portion last bought are now under cultivation and the balance serves as pasture land. Mr. Carlson engages in general farm- ing and he also raises cattle and a small amount of hogs. The estate was graced with a substantial two story house, but this was burned in November, 1910, and the family are now residing in a cottage which will answer until he has time to build. He has a barn forty by thirty- six feet, and a tool house, fifty-two by forty feet. He has about three hundred fruit trees.
On December 2, 1880, Mr. Carlson established an independent household by his marriage to Ella Young, of Berks county, Pennsyl- vania, daughter of Adam and Rebecca Young, Pennsylvanians. The Youngs came to Kansas City. Kansas, about the year 1863 and the father worked as a carpenter on the Hannibal Railroad bridge. The first Mrs. Adam Young died in 1864 and the father married again and some years later died in Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Carlson was reared by George Froebe of Wyandotte county, after the death of her mother, and it was her privilege to reside until her marriage in that gentleman's household. Upon the death of her foster parents Mrs. Carlson was bequeathed thirteen acres of land, eligibly located at Twelfth and Quindaro Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas.
To Mr. and Mrs. Carlson have been born the following children : George, born December 17, 1884, and died Jannary 13, 1905; Charles, born January 18, 1886, in Kansas City, Kansas; Louise, born October 31, 1888. now Mrs. Winifred Allen of Wyandotte township.
In the matter of political faith the subject pays fealty to the Demo- «ratic party, which he has supported as to men and measure sinee the days of his first casting of the ballot. He and his honored wife are members of the Lutheran church and he belongs to the Modern Wood- men of America. No. 73, Stony Point.
WILLIAM B. GARLECK .- Incumbent of the responsible position of stock examiner of live stoek in Kansas City, Kansas, Mr. Garleek is one of the representative citizens of the metropolis of Wyandotte eoun- tv, within whose borders he has maintained his home since 1866, when he came here after having rendered most gallant service as a soldier of the Union throughout virtually the entire period of the Civil war. For many years he was one of the leading contraetors and builders
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of Kansas City, and in this field of enterprise he contributed much to the development and upbuilding of the fine eity to whose every interest he is so significantly loyal. He has taken marked interest in local affairs, has stood exemplar of progressive civic policies, and his sterling character has gained and retained to him inviolable confidence and esteem in the community. When he established his home in Wyandotte county, Kansas City was mainly represented by the old town of Wyan- dotte, which is now an integral part of the city, and that place was the scene of his early activities in the county.
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