Portrait and biographical album of Jackson, Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties, Kansas : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, Part 22

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A native of County Kerry, Ireland, Mr. Teehan was born about 1835, and lived there until a youth of seventeen years, attending the common schools, and learning the art of sowing and reaping as con- ducted in the Emerald Isle. As a youth he was thoughtful and ambitious, and seeing no prospect of realizing his hopes on his native soil, he re- solved upon emigrating to America. For five years thereafter he lived in New York City, and employed himself at whatever he could find to do. Finally going to St. Louis, Mo., he sojourned there until 1878, coming that year to Kansas, and set- tling where he now resides. Later he purchased a quarter of section 28, and now has a half-section of well-developed land, which under his careful man- agement produces in abundance the rich crops of the Sunflower State. He is an extensive stock- grower, making a specialty of cattle, horses, and


swine. Ile has been greatly prospered in his labors and has accumulated a sufficiency of this world's goods to insure him against want in his old age.


Mr. Teehan was married Jan. 25, 1861, to Miss Ann, daughter of Peter Ginty, of Laehram, Ire- land. Mrs. Teehan is a native of that place, and was born about 1839; she came to America when a maiden of seventeen years, and by her union with our subject, has become the mother of fourteen children, viz: Joseph, Julia Ann, Michael, John, James, Daniel, Peter, Edward, Cornelius, Annie, Mary, and Nellie, and two who died in infancy. Joseph Teehan, the father of our subject, spent his entire life in County Kerry, Ireland, and died in the year 1864, in the sixtieth year of his age. The mother bore the maiden name of Julia Sullivan. She also was a native of County Kerry, and died there in 1864, in the fifty-fifth year of her age. They were honest and highly re- speetable people, and conscientions members of the Catholic Church. Cornelius was next the young- est of their six children, the others being Mary, John, Joanna, Johannah, and Michael. They all emigrated to America, but only three are now liv- ing-Mary, Cornelius, and Michael.


ON. LAWRENCE W. CROWL. A com- pendium of Pottawatomie County bio- graphies would be incomplete without a sketch of the above-named gentleman, who is one of the oldest of the "old settlers" now living, having come to Kansas during the troub- lous times preceding the late Civil War. He has been closely identified with the history of the county as an agrieulturist and land owner, a mer- chant, and a public official, and in each and every capacity has fulfilled the duties incumbent upon him in a manner alike creditable to his physical, mental and moral capacities.


Mr. Crowl was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1831, and being the son of a farmer, early received a practical training in the life of an agriculturist. He was the recipient of good ed- cational advantages in the schools of that county, and home training at the parental fireside. His


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parents removed to Illinois while he was yet in his teens, and after remaining in that State a year, he returned to his native county, and engaging in a sawmill business, followed that occupation for about five years. He was married Oct. 16, 1857, and the following month he and his wife came West and took up some raw land in St. George Town- ship, this county. He first built a log house, and began improving and cultivating the farm, continu- ing his work thereon until after the breaking out of the late Civil War. Their neighbors were for some time scattered at rather remote intervals, and life on the frontier had its privations and discour- agements, but Mr. Crowl had not only his own spirit to sustain him, but the companionship of a lady who nobly shared in the trials of those early years.


Mr. Crowl was an earnest patriot and during the struggle for American unity he entered Company L, 11th Kansas Cavalry, serving as Orderly Ser- geant, his time being mainly spent attached to the Army of the Frontier under Gen. Blunt. The date of his enlistment was Feb. 24, 1863, from which time he served until the close of the war, being mustered out and receiving an honorable discharge in October, 1865. Returning to St. George Town- ship where his wife and three children remained, he engaged in merchandising, continuing so em- ployed till 1869, when he again became a resident of the farming district. He owned five farms of about 400 acres, and lived in the country nntil 1886, when he moved to Westmoreland, and again turned his attention to a mercantile business.


In 1870, Mr. Crowl was elected County Treas- urer and served the full term of two years, though he did not leave his rural home. In 1883, he was elected Sheriff, and qualified for office in January, 1884, serving as acceptably as he had done as Treas- urer. At the close of this term of public service he became a citizen of the county seat, and in the spring of 1889, was chosen to fill the Mayor's chair. Mr. Crowl was one of the first county commissioners, and is the only one of them now living. He acted in that capacity for four or five years, and also in an early day was Chairman of the Board in St. George Township.


The wife of Hon. Mr. Crowl was in her maiden-


hood, Miss Mary E. Emmons. She was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob Emmons, a farmer of that county, where she lived until her marriage and departure with her husband for the frontier. Their happy union has been blessed in the birth of seven children, four of whom still live. They are: Florence, now Mrs. W. P. Sheehan of San Francisco, Cal .; Laura, Mrs. C. B. Brown, whose husband is the present partner of Mr. Crowl in the mercantile business; Nellie; and Harry, a stenographer of Arkansas City, Kan.


The parents of our subject were John and Lydia Ann (Majors) Crowl, of the State of Maryland, the father having been born in Frederick County, in 1804. They grew to maturity in their native State, and were there married, removing after a few years to Ohio. Mr. Crowl, Sr., was a farmer, and as a pioneer of Columbiana County, he cleared a farm, on which he lived till early in the '50's, when with his family he went to Illinois. There he located in Hancock County, and continued his for- mer occupation, dying in that county in 1869, aged sixty-six years. The mother had departed this life in the Buckeye State 1846. Their family con- sisted of ten children, eight of whom lived to ma- turity.


Hon. L. W. Crowl is well and favorably known throughout the county as a man of probity, intelli- gence and ability, and as such receives the respect of his fellow-citizens. He belongs to the G. A. R., and the Masonic order. Ile and his wife are mem- bers of the Christian Church.


OHN W. SELBY, an old soldier and a pioneer of Pottawatomie County, resides on section 1, township 8, range 8. He is prominent in his township, not only by reason of his past services in behalf of his country's safety when im- periled by the rage of civil war, nor yet alone be- cause he assisted to blaze a path for the car of progress to roll in safety across the boundless plains, but for his present deep interest in the prosperity of his chosen state, and his activity in promoting whatever will contribute to the welfare of his immediate neighborhood.


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Our subject was born in Athens County, Ohio, March 10, 1844. His father, Hines C., is living as a retired farmer on the old homestead in Bern Township, Athens Co., Ohio. Ilines C. Selby is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and was born on the Washington County line. The mother of our subject was Sarah A. Rardin, a native of Athens County, Ohio, and daughter of William Rardin, deceased, a pioneer of that county and a hunter in the early days of its history. Dyar Selby, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of New York and a pioneer of Ohio. He was a man of varied capabilities, especially in mechanical appliances, being at once a millwright, carpenter. cabinet-maker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. His ingenuity was so largely developed and his observa- tion so keen that he was able to make almost any- thing in iron, wood, brass, horn, or steel. Ile built a number of sawmills and found constant occupa- tion at some one or other of his different trades.


John W. Selby is the third in order of birth of a family of twelve children, of whom eight are liv- ing at present, he being the eldest. He was reared on the farm of his parents and received a com- mon-school education. Upon the breaking out of the late war he enlisted in Company H, 186th Ohio Infantry, and served with credit till the close of the conflict. In April 1866 he went to Washington County, Ohio, and the spring of 1870, he removed to Pottawatomie County, Kan., loca- ting at first in Union Township, where he remained one year, then settled on his present place.


Mr. Selby was married in Athens County, Ohio, April 8, 1866 to Miss Lydia A. Parkins, a daughter of Marshall and Catherine (Murray ) Parkins. The father of Mrs. Selby is a resident of Bern Town- ship, Athens Co., Ohio, but her mother has passed over the deep flowing river of death and taken up her abode in the land of perpetual sum- mer. Mr. and Mrs. Selby have become the parents of eight children of whom seven survive to the present time. They are named respectively : William S., Dyar E., Ilines C., Marshall J., Sarah C., Jeremiah J., and George E. They are all at home under the parental care.


Mr. Selby owns a fine farm of 160 acres of land, well improved and under good cultivation. Hle


also raises stock for the market and has had good success in that branch of agricultural life. He and his family stand high in the esteem of their neigh- bors and Mr. Selby's superior qualifications have pointed him out in unmistakable terms as a man fitted to fill positions of trust, so they have, very properly, elected him to a number of such places in all of which he gives perfect satisfaction. He has been Township Treasurer, Township Clerk, School Director and Clerk of the board for eleven years, besides other positions. He is an active worker for his party, which is the Republican one, and is a member of the G. A. R. Mrs. Selby and her eldest two children. William and Dyar, are de- voted and worthy members of the Christian Church. They are not contented with a mere profession of religion but are active in all Christian work and charity.


ESSE ARGANBRIGHT is the owner of a fine farm comprising 250 acres of fertile land in Center Township, Pottawatomie County, and is engaged in farming pursnits, being interested not only in the raising of grains, but also of stock, and having an average of sixty head of cattle and seventy-five head of hogs. Not only is he a man of influence among other farmers, but he is well-known in political circles, and sup- ports the Republican party, with the principles of which he is in hearty sympathy. The Methodist Protestant Church has him enrolled as one of the members thereof, and his life is an exemplification of his religious belief, being consistent, and above reproach. He is connected with the School Board, and in other ways identified with the interests of the community.


Mr. Arganbright, whose native State was Ohio, was born May 24, 1844. His father, Abraham Arganbright was a native of the Buckeye State, and was born March 22, 1822. In the home of his birth he still resides, being interested in agri- cultural pursuits, which has been his lifelong occu- pation. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has held minor offices within the gift of his party in Ohio. Ile married, in early life, Miss Susanna Tweed, who was born Oct. 2, 1820, in Ross County,


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Ohio. She closed her eyes to the scenes of earth in 1876, when about fifty-six years of age. Her parents were Jesse and Rachael (Hickson) Tweed, both of whom were natives of Virginia, whence they removed to Ohio at an early day. Mr. Tweed was by occupation a blacksmith, and died in the Buckeye State when seventy years of age. His wife survived to the age of eighty-one years.


A family of eleven children was born to the parents of our subject, who are named as follows: Sylvester, Jesse, Mahlon, Mary, Martha, Emeline, Henry, Sarah, Elting, and two who died in infancy. Henry died when twenty-three years of age, and Martha at the age of thirty. Our subject was the second child in the family, and passed his youth in the ordinary, uneventful manner of farmers' boys. He was deeply interested in farming pursuits, and being quick in resources, and fertile in plans and ingenuity, he was enabled to prosper where others failed. However, he realized that Ohio contained little for him in comparison with the broad prairies of the Western States, and forthwith, resolved to seek a home beyond the "Father of Waters."


In 1887 Mr. Arganbright came to Kansas, and locating in Pottawatomie County, devoted his la- bor and time to the development of a homestead. His original purchase was eighty acres in Center Township, but the acreage has been increased to 250, located on sections 8, 20, and 30. His resi- dence is on section 8, and is a commodious and conveniently arranged rural home, with outbuild- ings adapted to the needs of the estate. On his farm Mr. Arganbright has good graded stock, of which he makes a specialty. He has been success- ful in this venture, and finds stock-raising fairly remunerative.


That Mr. Arganbright is a fortunate man, none will dispute after becoming acquainted with his wife, who is a model wife and mother, affectionate and devoted to her own family, and hospitable to guests beneath her roof. She was in youth Mary A. Ault, and was born in Ross County, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1848. Her parents were William and Elizabeth (Jones) Ault, likewise natives of Ohio. Mr. Ault is a farmer by occupation, and is now past his three- score years. Our subject and his wife were united in marriage Dec. 31, 1867, and have become the


parents of seven children, named respectively : Lydia, James, Chauncey, William, Minnie, Porter, and Sarah M., all living. They are receiving good educations in the district schools, and are being prepared for whatever station of usefulness awaits their future. Socially, they are welcomed into the best families, whom they. in turn, entertain be- neath their hospitable roof.


ALKER FALINE. Since his first arrival in Kansas in 1860, this gentleman has suc- ceeded above the average of mankind in accumulating this world's goods, and is- financially speaking, the most independent farmer of Blue Valley Township, Pottawatomie County. His splendid estate comprises 800 acres in that and Spring Creek townships, the entire amount being tillable land, and 400 acres possessing the deep aud inexhaustible soil of the Blue bottoms. The estate is well improved, with neat fences and substantial farm buildings, which include a stone house, stone barn, and a windmill and tank, while an or- chard beautifies the place and adds its fruits to the comforts and remunerative products of the home. Mr. Faline is extensively engaged in raising cattle, generally having from 150 to 200 head, and feeding about two cars of cattle and two of logs per year. He breeds full-blooded Poland. China swine and graded Norman horses, having now twenty-five head of the latter on the farm, in the work of which he runs five teams.


Mr. Faline is the son of Magnus and Anna (Nel- son) Faline, who died in Sweden, their native land, in 1874. The father operated a farm, and both parents were worthy members of the Lutheran Church. The grandfather of our subject also bore the name of Magnus Faline, and for thirty years belonged to the Swedish army, serving in the Fin- land War three years and the French War five years. During the latter he was taken prisoner at Lubeck, Germany, and held in captivity in France for a long time. After leaving the army he en- gaged in farming. The parental family consisted of eleven children, four of whom- Christine, Erick, Alfred and Anna -- died in infancy. Of the


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seven who grew to manhood and womanhood, Charles J. is now living in this township; Louisa is deceased; Magnus lives in Sweden, as does August, also; Charlotte, Mrs. Linbloom, lives in this town- ship; and Gustav is deceascd.


The natal day of our subject was Oct. 24, 1836, and his place of birth Linkopingslan, Sweden, he remained at home until the age of nineteen, and from that period worked out by the year until 1858, when he left his native land for a home in America. Leaving Gottenberg he sailed to Liverpool, where he took passage on the sailing vessel "Julia," after forty-three days spent on the Atlantic landed at Castle Garden, New York City. His journey was performed in the fall, and he worked on a farm near Galesburg, Ill., until the spring of 1860, when he went to Burlington, Iowa, thence by boat to Kansas City, Mo., and thence on foot to the home of J. A. Johnson, in this township.


Purchasing 160 acres on section 14, which formed the nucleus of his present fine estate, Mr. Faline remained in this vicinity six months, and then re- turning to the Missouri River on foot, continued his journey by rail to his former place of residence, where he again worked upon a farm until the fall of 1862, when he returned to Blue Valley Town- ship, and began the improvement of his farm, per- forming his work with oxen. On Ang. 16, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, 17th Kansas Infantry, was mustered into the service at Leavenworth and sent out on the plains scouting after the Indians and protecting the stages. On the 4th of November he was mustered out, the time of his enlistment having expired, and returning to his farm resumed his ag- ricultural employment. Ile has added to his origi- nal purchase and for the land which he owns has paid various prices, ranging from $1.25 to $17 per acre.


Mr. Faline is a member of the Blue Valley Stock Breeders' Association and is a stockholder in the National Bank at Westmoreland. Ile was one of the principal instruments in securing the building of the bridge across the Blue, working hard for that object and subscribing a large sum of money toward its accomplishment. He takes great inter- est in educational matters and in the endeavor of the citizens to keep up good schools, and has


served as School Director four years, and also helped build the first school-house in the district. In 1864 he cast his first Presidential vote,"his fa- vored candidate being Abraham Lincoln, and the party to which he then gave his adherence has re- tained his suffrage from that time. He is an active worker in its ranks, and has been a delegate to county conventions. Mr. Faline belongs to the Swedish Mission Church at Balla Guard. Liberal and public spirited, of keen observation and active intelligence, and with the cordial nature and sturdy enterprise of the race from which he sprang, Mr. Faline is justly regarded with great respect by his fellow-citizens and has many and warm friends among them.


ARTIN V. INGRAHAM. Among the in- telligent and highly-respected business men of Westmoreland, the above-named gentleman deserves notice for his energy and integrity in business affairs, and for his up- rightness and stability of character. His fellow- citizens have not been slow to recognize his worth, and are turning his business ability to their own advantage by placing him in the offices of Street Commissioner and City Marshal. His private business enterprise in Westmoreland, is the conduct- ing of the Big Red Livery, Feed, and Sale Stables, of which he is the owner.


The father of our subject is Abram Ingraham, whose birthplace was near Parkersburg, W. Va., and his natal day, July 28, 1811. When a young boy he went to Ohio, and on arriving at man's es- tate married Miss Eleanore Horn, settling as a far- mer near Alexandria, Licking County, where he still lives. His wife died in 1848, when her son Martin, was but a small boy.


The gentleman of whom we write first saw the light in Licking County, Jan. 3, 1840, and lived there until thirty years old, getting a good prac- tical education, and the knowledge of agricultural pursuits acquired by spending one's early life on a farm. In 1862, he engaged with two older bro- thers in mercantile pursuits in Findlay, and after a residence there of two years, changed his location to Cardington, where he continued in business un-


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til 1868. He then went on the road as a salesman, following that employment for fourteen years.


During the first four years of his life as a com- mercial traveler, Mr. Ingraham covered Ohio. New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, by rail and by driving. He was then transferred to a route which covered Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Southern Dakota, and having traveled this every year until 1882, he purchased a farm of 240 acres of land in this county, on which he engaged in farming and stock-raising during the succeeding five years. In August, 1887, he moved into West- moreland, buying a livery on Third Street, between State and Main, and a short time afterward erect- ing a substantial and attractive dwelling on Main street. He still owns 160 acres of outlying land, and is engaged in breeding Norman horses.


The marriage of Mr. Ingraham was celebrated at the home of the bride on Pleasant Run, this county, June 14, 1882. the lady whom he chose as a companion in life being Miss Inez, daughter of George and Sarah (Tibbets) Van Dusen. She was born in Iowa, May 5, 1865, and her parents soon after removing to this county, she was reared and educated here. Her union with Mr. Ingraham has resulted in the birth of two bright children-Sadie and Fred.


Mr. Ingraham has not sought public office, the positions which he now holds having been thrust upon him by the citizens who saw in him an able public servant. He affiliates with the Masonic or- der, but does not belong to any other social body, nor to any religious organization. His financial standing is the result of his own capability, and the high regard in which he is held by all who know him, is the natural result of his fine principles and character.


HOMAS B. FORTUNE resides in Louis- ville Township, Pottawatomie County, on land which became the family home in 1873. The 240 acres lying on section 4 of the above named township, which was raw land when settled upon by this family, is now thoroughly cultivated and well improved. Stock-raising is the principal business conducted upon it, and large numbers of


graded stock are handled from year to year. Be- neath the hospitable roof of the dwelling good housekeeping and good cheer abound, and no settlers in this vicinity are held in higher repute than those whose home is beneath this roof.


Thomas Fortune, the father of the gentleman whose name initiates this notice, was born in Edin- burgh, Scotland, Jan. 6, 1812, and came to Amer- ica when a mere boy, settling in Essex County, N. Y. There he grew to manhood and learned the business of a quarryman and marble worker. He moved into Maryland, where in 1851 he was uni- ted in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Ann Bussey, a native of Harford County, of that State. Mr. Fortune owned a marble quarry near Baltimore, from which he furnished stone for two wings of the Patent Office, stone for the first 180 feet of the great Washington monument, and the pedestal of the Jackson monument, all in our National capital. Mr. Fortune is a master of his trade, and one whose noble qualities of heart and mind are quickly recognized by all with whom he comes in contact. His wife is a worthy companion, possess- ing in her own nature many fine qualities, and both are very much liked in this vicinity. Though quite advanced in years they are still hale and hearty. Of the six children that have been born to them. three are now living. Our subject, with whom they make their home, is the eldest. Harry married Patience Johnson, and lives in Union Township this county, their family including two children. Bettie is the wife of Robert Pope and their home is in Topeka. They also have two chil- dren.


The subject of this notice was born in Maryland, Dec. 16, 1853, and received an excellent common school education. From his native State he came .to Kansas with his parents in 1873, and built the home which he still occupies, and began the culti- vation of the estate which is now so attractive and valuable. Thongh still a young man he has already a fine standing as an intelligent agriculturist and an able manager of his business affairs, as well as a high reputation for morality and uprightness of life. In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Eva, daughter of William and Ruth Johnson, of Centre Township, Pottawatomie County. Mr.


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Johnson died in 1885, and his widow now makes her home with the brother of our subject in Union Township. She is now sixty years of age. The happy union of Mr. and Mrs. Fortune has been blessed by the birth of two children: Katie and Thomas A. The former was born Jan. 24, 1887, and the latter Oct. 31, 1889.




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