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Cheyenne. Boundaries defined in 1873. Organized April 1, 1886. County scat, Bird City. Named after the celebrated Indian tribe of that name.
Clay. Organized in 1866. County seat, Clay Center, named in honor of the distinguished Kentucky statesman, Henry Clay.
Clark. Organized in 1885. County seat, Ashland. Originally and correctly Clarke, with a final e, in memory of Charles F. Clarke, eaptain and adjutant-general, United States volun- teers, who died at Memphis, December 10, 1862. The legislature of 1873 dropped the final e under a misapprehension, as the legend gocs, that the county was named for another, and, to many of them, an obnoxious individual, whose name was spelled with an e.
Cloud. Organized as "Shirley," in 1860. County seat, Concordia. The county was orig- inally named after Jane Shirley. The name was changed to Cloud in 1867, in honor of Colonel William F. Cloud, of the Second regiment, Kansas volunteers. This change was made at the suggestion of Hon. J. B. Rupe, then representing the county in the legislature.
Coffey. Organized in 1859. County seat, Burlington. Named in honor of Colonel A. M. Coffey, a member of the first territorial legislative council. Colonel Coffey dicd at Dodge City in 1879.
Comanche. Organized in 1885. County seat, Coldwater. Named from the Indian tribe of that name. (The county was first organized in the fall of 1873, under a general law then in force, and was represented in the legislature under that organization in 1874; but that organization was held fraudulent and void.)
Cowley. Organized in 1870. County seat, Winfield. Named in honor of Matthew Cowley, first lieutenant of Company I, Ninth Kansas cavalry, who died in the service. October 7, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas. (The county was originally named "Hunter.") (Bogus Laws of 1855, page 208.) Tbe name was changed to Cowley in 1870.
Crawford. Organized in 1867. County seat, Girard. This county was by an act of the legislature of 1876 created out of the northern half of Cherokee, which prior to that date reached to Bourbon. It was named in honor of Samuel J. Crawford, who was elected gov- ernor in 1864.
Decatur. Organized in 1879. County seat, Oberlin. Boundaries defined by legislative enact- ment in 1873. Named in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur, a distinguished American naval officer. He fell in a duel with Commodore Barron, U. S. N., in 1808.
Dickinson. Organized in 1857. County seat, Abilene. In honor of Daniel S. Dickinson, who was a senator from the state of New York. In 1847 he introduced, in the United States senate, resolutions respecting territorial government embodying the doctrine of popular sovereignty, afterward incorporated in the bill for the organization of Kansas Territory. He died in 1866.
Doniphan. Organized in 1855. County seat, Troy. In honor of Colonel A. W. Doniphan, of Missouri. He commanded a regiment of cavalry during the Mexican war, marching aeross the plains, and taking a very prominent part in the conquest of New Mexico. He was a zealous partisan in the effort made to extend slavery into Kansas.
Douglas. Organized in 1855, County seat, Lawrence. In honor of Stephen A. Douglas, United States senator from Illinois, and a candidate for the presidency in 1860. It was in this county that the first legislature located the capital of the Territory. As a senator, Douglas, in 1854, took a leading part in securing the adoption of the "popular sovereignty " principle in the act organizing Kansas Territory, which gave the particular form of the issue involved in the Kansas struggle.
Edwards. Organized in 1874. County seat, Kinsley. Named in honor of John H. Edwards, of Ellis, State senator.
Elk. Organized in 1875. County seat, Howard City. Created out of the northern portion of what had been Howard county. Named for the Elk river, which traverses its area from northwest to southeast.
Ellis. Organized in 1867. County seat, Hays City. Named in memory of George Ellis, first lieutenant of Company I, Twelfth Kansas infantry, killed in battle April 30, 1864. at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.
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Ellsworth. Organized in 1867. County seat. Ellsworth. Named after Fort Ellsworth. a military post built on the bank of the Smoky Hill, in 1864. This fort was so called by General Curtis in honor of the officer who constructed it. Allen Ellsworth. second lientenant of Company H, Seventh lowa cavalry. When the name was adopted for the county it was supposed that the fort had been named in memory of Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, of national fame.
Ford. Organized in 1873. County seat, Dodge City. Named in honor of Colonel James HI. Ford. of the Second Colorado cavalry, and brevet brigadier-general U. S. volunteers.
Franklin. Organized in 1855. County seat, Ottawa. Named in honor of. the illustrious Benjamin Franklin.
Finney. Organized in 1884. County seat. Garden City. Originally Sequoyah. from the celebrated Cherokee Indian of that name, the inventor of the alphabet in his language. and a most remarkable man. Changed in 1883 to Finney, in honor of D. W. Finney, then lieu- tenant-governor of the State.
Geary. Organized in 1855 as " Davis " county. which name was given for Jefferson Davis - a graduate of West Point, officer of the U. S. army. United States senator. and seeretary of war, and who afterward turned traitor to his government. and became president of the so-called Southern Confederaey. The legislature changed the name to Geary. in 1889. in honor of John W. Geary, who was Territorial governor of Kansas from 1856 until March, 1857. County seat, Junetion City.
Gove. Organized September 2, 1886. County seat, Gove City. In honor of Captain Gren- ville L. Gove, Eleventh Kansas cavalry, who died in 1864.
Graham. Organized in 1880. County seat, Hill City. In honor of Captain Jolin L. Graham. of the Eighth regiment Kansas infantry - killed in action at Chickamauga. Tenn .. Septem- ber 19, 1863, before he was mustered in.
Grant. Organized in 1888. County seat, Ulyssses. Named in honor of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Gray. Organized in 1887. County seat, Cimarron. Named in honor of Alfred Gray, late secretary of the state board of agriculture.
Greeley. Organized in 1888. County seat, Tribune. Named in honor of the founder of the New York Tribune.
Greenwood, Organized in 1862. County seat. Enreka. This county received its name as a compliment to Alfred B. Greenwood, who, about the time of the organization of the Terri- tory, was commissioner of Indian affairs. He negotiated treaties on the part of the United States with the Sac-and-Fox and other tribes in southern Kansas.
Hamilton. Organized January 29, 1886. County seat. Syracuse. In honor of General Alex- ander Hamilton, the great American statesman : he was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr, July 11, 1804.
Harper. Organized in 1873. County seat, Anthony. The county was named in memory of Marion Harper, first sergeant of Company E, Second regiment of Kansas cavalry.
Harvey. Organized in 1872. County seat. Newton. Named for James M. Harvey. captain of Company G, Tenth regiment of Kansas infantry. and governor of the State from 1869 to 1873. In January, 1874, he was elected United States senator to fill an unexpired term ending in 1877.
Haskell. Organized in 1887. County seat, Santa Fe. Named in honor of Dudley C. Haskell, of Lawrence, who died while serving the State as congressman.
Hodgeman. Organized in 1879. County seat. Jetmore. Named in honor of Amos Hodg- man, captain of Company H, Seventh Kansas cavalry.
Jackson. Organized in 1857. County seat, Holton. Originally Calhoun. in honor of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina ; changed in 1859 to Jackson, after Andrew Jackson, sev- enthi president of the United States.
Jefferson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Oskaloosa. In honor of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States - acknowledged author of the declaration of independence.
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Jewell. Organized in 1870. County seat, Mankato. Named in memory of Lieutenant Lewis R. Jewell, Sixth Kansas eavalry, who died November 30, 1862, of wounds received at the battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas, November 28, 1862.
Johnson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Olathe. For Rev. Thomas Johnson. a Methodist minister, who in 1829 established a mission among the Shawnee Indians, about eighteen miles southwest of Kansas City. Mr. Johnson took the pro-slavery side of politics. and was a member of the first Territorial council. He was, when the war came on, a faithful Union man. He then lived in Missouri, and becoming obnoxious to the bushiwhaekers. his honse was sacked by them, and he was shot and killed, in January, 1865.
Kearny. Organized March 28, 1888. County seat, Hartland. Named after General Kearny, who commanded United States troops in the West during the Indian troubles.
Kingman. Organized in 1874. County seat, Kingman. Named in honor of Samuel A. King- man, who was then chief justice of Kansas.
Kiowa. Organized Mareh 23, 1886. County seat, Greensburg. Named after the tribe of Indians bearing that name.
Labette. Legally organized in 1867. County seat, Oswego. The words La Bette are Freneh, and signify "the beet."
Lane. Organized June 3, 1886. Boundaries defined in 1873. County seat, Dighton. In honor of Senator " Jim". Lane, of Kansas fame.
Leavenworth. Organized in 1855. County seat, Leavenworth. From Fort Leavenworth. the most important military post in the West. It was established in 1827, and was named after General Leavenworth, of the United States army.
Lincoln. Organized in 1870. County seat, Lincoln Center. In honor of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, and author of the emaneipation proclamation. Assassinated April 14, 1865.
Linn. Organized in 1855. County seat, Mound City. Named for Lewis F. Linn. a distin- guished United States senator from Missouri, who died in 1843, in offiee. He was a eol- league of Hon. Thomas H. Benton.
Logan. County seat, Russell Springs. By an aet of the legislature in 1887. the name of the eounty of St. John was changed to Logan, in honor of the late General John A. Logan.
Lyon. Organized in 1860. County seat, Emporia. Named by the first legislature " Breekin- ridge," in honor of John C. Breckenridge, when a senator from Kentucky, and who after- wards beeame vice-president of the United States, in 1856. Name changed in 1862 to Lyon, in honor of General Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed while in command of the Union army at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861.
Marion. Organized in 1860. County seat, Marion. Named for Marion county, Ohio, which was so ealled in memory of General Franeis Marion, of revolutionary fame.
Marshall. Organized in 1855. County seat, Marysville. After General Frank J. Marshall, who established a ferry on the Big Blue at the crossing of the old Independence-California road in 1849. He was a prominent member of the first legislature, and had his own name applied to the county. Marysville was deelared the permanent county seat by the legis- lature in 1860.
McPherson. Organized in 1870. County seat, MePherson. In honor of Major-General James B. McPherson, U. S. volunteers, who was killed in battle at Atlanta, Georgia. July 22, 1864.
Meade. Organized in 1885. County seat, Meade Center. In honor of Major-General George G. Meade, U. S. A., who died in 1872.
Miami. Organized in 1855, under the name of "Lykins." County seat, Paola. In honor of Doetor David Lykins, who was a missionary among the Miamis. He was also a member of the first Territorial council. Name changed in 1861 to Miami, after that tribe of Indians.
Mitchell. Organized in 1870. County seat, Beloit. In honor of William D. Mitchell, who entered the Union army as a private in Company K. Seeond Kansas cavalry; was promoted to eaptain in the Second Kentucky cavalry, and killed Mareli 10, 1865, at Monroe's Cross- Roads, North Carolina.
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Montgomery. Organized in 1869. County seat, Independence. For General Richard Mont- gomery, born in Ireland, December 2, 1736; was an officer of distinction in the British army; resigned, and settled in New York State in 1773; was appointed one of the eight generals to command the revolutionary army of America, in 1775; was killed in the attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775, shouting "Death and Liberty! "
Morris. Organized as " Wise " in 1855. County seat, Council Grove. Originally named for Henry A. Wise, who was governor of Virginia during the John Brown seizure of Harper's Ferry. The execution of that " grand old man " at Charlestown, December 2, 1859, was one of the last acts of Wise's administration. Name changed to Morris in February, 1859. in honor of Thomas Morris, a United States senator from Ohio in 1832, who distinguished . himself as an opponent of slavery. He died in 1844.
Morton. Organized November, 1886. County seat, Richfield. Was named in honor of Hon. Oliver P. Morton (one of the " war governors "), of Indiana.
Nemaha. Organized in 1855. County seat, Seneca. Named from a river which has its rise in Nebraska - the Nemaha, one of whose branches drains the northern half of the county.
Neosho. Organized in 1864. County seat, Erie. The county was originally named "Dorn," and changed in 1861 to Neosho, after the Neosho river, which traverses the county from northwest to southeast. The name was given to the river by the Osages. .
Ness. First organized in 1873. County seat, Ness City. Disorganized in 1874; reorganized in 1880. Named in honor of Noah V. Ness, corporal of Company G, Seventh Kansas cav- alry, who died August 22, 1864, at Abbeyville, Mississippi, of wounds received in action August 19, 1864.
Norton. Organized in 1872. County seat, Norton. In memory of Orloff Norton, captain of Company L, Fifteenth Kansas cavalry, killed by guerrillas at Cane Hill, Arkansas, October 29, 1865. In 1873 the name Norton was changed to Billings, in two lines hidden in a paragraph of a bill fixing the boundaries of certain counties. The next legislature restored the name of Norton.
Osage. Organized as Weller county in 1855; name changed to Osage in 1859. Originally named for John B. Weller, of Ohio, member of congress and governor of that State; also governor of California and senator, minister to Mexico, etc .- a staunch Democrat at all times. The name Osage comes from the Osage river, the headwaters of which stream drain almost the entire county.
Osborne. Organized in 1871. County seat, Osborne City. Named in honor of Vincent B. Osborne, private of Company A. Second Kansas cavalry, who lost his right leg January 17, 1865, on the steamer Anna Jacobs, at Joy's Ford, on the Arkansas river.
Ottawa. Created in 1860, and organized in 1866. - County seat, Minneapolis. Named for the . tribe of Ottawas.
Pawnee. Organized in 1872. County seat, Larned. Named for the once powerful tribe of Pawnee Indians, the area of this county having been included in their original hunting- grounds.
Phillips. Organized in 1872. County seat, Phillipsburg. Named in memory of William Phillips, a Free-State martyr, murdered September 1, 1856, in Leavenworth.
Pottawatomie. Organized in 1856. County seat, Westmoreland. Named for the Potta- watomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the county.
Pratt. First organized in 1873. County seat, Pratt City. But not recognized in consequence of frauds. Organized constitutionally in 1879. Named in memory of Caleb S. Pratt, second lieutenant of Company D, First Kansas infantry, killed in action August 10, 1861, at Wil- son's Creek, Mo.
Rawlins. Organized in 1881. County seat, Atwood. Named in memory of General John A. Rawlins, who was a staff officer of General Grant, and went into his cabinet when elected President as secretary of war.
Reno. Organized in 1873. County seat, Hutchinson. In memory of Jesse L. Reno, captain United States army, and major-general of volunteers, who was killed in battle, September 14, 1862, at South Mountain, Maryland.
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Republic. Organized in 1878. County seat, Belleville. Received its name from the Repub- lican river, which extends through the county. The river was so called because many years ago the valley of that stream was the seat of the " Pawnee Republic," a designation given to a principal division of the Pawnee Indians, or Panis, as they were originally known.
Rice. County seat, Lyons. Named in memory of Samuel A. Rice, brigadier-general United States volunteers; killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.
Riley. Organized in 1855. County seat, Manhattan. Received its name from the adjacent military post, which was established in 1853, and called Fort Riley, in honor of General Riley, of the United States army.
Rooks. Organized in 1872. County seat, Stockton. In memory of John C. Rooks, private of Company I, Eleventh Kansas infantry, who died December 11, 1862, at Fayetteville, Ar- kansas, of wounds received in the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862.
Rush. Organized in 1874. County seat, Lacrosse. In memory of Alexander Rush, cap- tain of Company H, Second colored infantry, killed April 3, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Ar- kansas.
Russell. Organized in 1872. County seat, Russell. In memory of Alva P. Russell, captain Company K, Second Kansas cavalry, who died December 12, 1862, in field hospital near Prairie Grove, Arkansas, of wounds received in battle December 7, 1862, at Prairie Grove.
Saline. Organized in 1859. County seat, Salina. Named for the Saline river, whose waters drain a large area of the county.
Scott. Organized January 29, 1886. County seat, Scott City. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Major-General Winfield Scott, United States army, the hero of the Mexican war.
Sedgwick. Organized in 1870. County seat, Wichita. In memory of John Sedgwick, U. S. A., major-general of volunteers, killed in battle, May 9, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Virginia. . Seward. Organized January 17, 1886. County seat, Liberal. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Wm. H. Seward, governor and United States senator of New York, and secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln.
Shawnee. Organized in 1855. County seat, Topeka. Was carved out of what was, before the treaty of 1854, Shawnee Indian lands - hence the name.
Sheridan. Organized in 1880. County seat, Hoxie. Named in honor of Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan, United States army.
Sherman. Organized September 20, 1886. County seat, Goodland. In honor of General W. T. Sherman, United States army.
Smith. Organized in 1872. County seat, Smith Centre. In memory of Nathan Smith, major Second Colorado volunteers, killed October 23, 1864, at Little Blue, Missouri.
Stafford. Organized in 1879. County seat, St. John. In memory of Lewis Stafford, captain of Company E, First Kansas infantry, who was accidentally killed at Young's Point, Louisi- ana, January 31, 1863.
Stanton. Organized in 1887. County seat, Johnson City. This county was named after Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war under President Lincoln.
Stevens. Organized August 3, 1886. County seat, Hugoton. Was named after the late dis- tinguished statesman Thaddeus Stevens.
Sumner. Organized in 1871. County seat, Wellington. In honor of Charles Sumner, the distinguished Massachusetts.senator. In 1854 he was a leader in the opposition to extension of slavery into Kansas, as proposed in the bill to organize the Territory.
Thomas. Organized in 1885. County seat, Colby. In honor of Major-General George H. Thomas, United States army, who died in 1870.
Trego. Organized in 1879. County seat, Wakeeney. In memory of Edgar P. Trego, captain of Company H, Eighth Kansas infantry, killed September 19, 1863, at Chickamauga, Ten- nessee.
Wabaunsee. Organized as Richardson, in 1859. County seat, Alma. The county was created in 1855. Colonel " Dick " Richardson, of Illinois, for whom the county was first named, was the leader in the house of representatives on the Democratic side in the debate on the
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Kansas-Nebraska bill. In February, 1859, the name was changed to Wabaunsee, that being the name of a chief of the Pottawatomie Indians.
Washington. Organized in 1860. County seat, Washington. Named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Wichita. Organized December 24, 1886. County seat, Leoti. Boundaries defined in 1873. Wichita is the English of Ouichita, the name of an Indian tribe.
Wallace. County seat, Sharon Springs. Named after General Lew Wallace, United States army, and author of " Ben Hur," etc.
Wilson. Organized in 1865. County seat, Fredonia. This county originally extended to the south line of the State, and was named in honor of Colonel H. T. Wilson, who lived in Fort Scott.
Woodson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Yates Center. Named in honor of Daniel Wood- son, who was secretary of the Territory, and for some time acting-governor, after the res- ignation of Governor Shannon, in 1856.
Wyandotte. Organized in 1855. County seat, Kansas City (formerly Wyandotte). Was named after the Indian tribe of that name
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Federal Officers in Topeka.
( Offices in Postoffice and Custom-House building, corner Kansas avenue and Fifth street.)
Office.
Name.
Saları'.
Judge of District Court.
John C. Pollock
$6,000
Marshal
W. H. Mackey
4,000
Attorney .
J. S. Dean
4,500
Pension Agent
Wilder S. Metcalf.
4,000
Chief Clerk, pension office.
James P. Howe
1,800
Postmaster.
John Guthrie
3,300
Assistant Postmaster
A. K. Rodgers.
1,800
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
George F. Sharritt.
Fees.
Clerk of the District Court.
Morton Albaugh
Fees.
Commissioner
.A. F. Williams
Fees.
Assistant Attorney ..
Edwin D. Mckeever
2,000
Field Deputy Marshal.
W. F. McGrath.
Fees.
Receiver of Land Office
C. H. Titus
$500 and Fees.
Register of Land Office.
J. G. Wood
$500 and Fees.
Custodian
Wilder S. Metcalf.
Fees.
Signal Service Observer
Sergeant T. B. Jennings, Columbian bldg., $1,200
Postoffice Inspector.
J. C. Lindland.
1,400
Special Agent Land Office
A. H. Burtis.
1,200
Special Pension Examiner
F. A. Kingsley
Private Secretary to Judge District Court
. Elizabeth La Bar
1,200
Clerk Attorney's Office.
.D. W. Hamer
900
Clerk Marshal's Office.
F. W. Knapp.
900
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Pension Office.
The Topeka agency of the U. S. Pension Bureau, located in the Federal building, is the largest of the eighteen agencies of the United States, there being nearly 116,000 pensioners on the rolls. From this agency about $16,250,000 is disbursed annually to the survivors of Ameri- can wars and mothers, widows and children of ex-soldiers. The jurisdiction of the agency includes. Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma, and pay- ments are made quarterly on the fourth day of February, May, August and November of each year. Naval pensioners residing within this district are paid from the Chicago agency. The Topeka agency employs thirty-eight clerks, who are under civil service regulations, and whose aggregate salaries per annum amount to $41,000. Pension agent, Wilder S. Metcalf, of Law- rence, Kansas.
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. Theodore Roosevelt, of New York .... $50,000
Vice-president Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana .. . 8,000
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