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Nekemiak
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EHEMIAH GREEN, fourth Governor of the State of Kansas, possesses a liis- tory eminently worthy of record, as that of a man who has distinguished him- self in many positions of trust and responsibility, and in all acquitted himself creditably, both in private and public life. A na- tive of Hardin County, Ohio, he was born March 8, 1837, and after a course of preliminary study en- tered the Ohio Wesleyan Univers- ity, and subsequently taught school for a number of years in Logan and Champaign Counties, that State. Our subject when a youth of eighteen years came, in March, 1855, to Kansas, and took up a claim in Douglas County. The country at that time was inhabited mostly by Indians and coyotes, the earli- est white settler having arrived only a few months before. Young Green, studious and ambitions beyond his years, in 1857 was admitted to the bar, and practiced until 1859, but finding lawyers more numerous than clients, and that the Free-State men were no longer in danger of being overpowered by
the border ruffians, he returned to Ohio, and en- tered the ministry, becoming a member of the Cin- cinnati Methodist Episcopal Conference. He was stationed at Aberdeen and Williamsburg, until the first call by President Lincoln for troops to quell the Rebellion.
In 1862 Mr. Green enlisted in the 89th Ohio Infantry as a private, and subsequently became Lieutenant of Company B, and served under Gen. Cox in West Virginia during the celebrated cam- paign which brought Gen. McClellan so promi- nently before the nation, and in which it will be remembered this regiment distinguished itself. The 89th was subsequently transferred to the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Sherman, and Lient. Green marched at the head of his company, going all through the Atlanta campaign, and endearing himself to his comrades by his kindly solicitude for their welfare, and the practical sympathy which in- dneed him to literally bear their burdens, namely, their knapsacks, until he too was overcome by the beat, and fell by the way bleeding at the lungs. From this he did not rapidly recover, indeed, was not expected to live for a time, and was finally compelled to resign his position, and seek the care and quiet of home.
Lieut. Green returned to Kansas in 1865, and
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resuming his ministerial duties, was stationed at Manhattan two years. The year following he was elected Lieutenant Governor, and upon the resigna- tion of Gov. Crawford, Nov. 4, 1868, succeeded to the executive chair for the remainder of the term. In the meantime he did not lose his interest in the church, and was appointed Presiding Elder of the Manhattan District, but on account of the ill-health of his wife retired to his farm until 1873, when he again entered the conference. His own health, however, never fully restored since his ex- perience in the army, obliged him to abandon the ministry, with the exception of preaching occasion- ally at church dedications, and upon other occasions where benevolent work was most needed.
In November, 1880, Mr. Green was prevailed upon by his neighbors to allow them to use his name as a candidate for the Legislature, and being elected served faithfully his term, and in 1881-82 was Speaker pro tem. When relieved of his public duties he turned to the pursuits of agriculture, to which he has since given his attention.
Mr. Green owns one of the finest farms on Mill Creek, and which comprises 840 acres of land, the greater part under a high state of cultivation. Upon it there is an abundance of timber and water, and all the other facilities for carrying on farming and stock-raising after the most approved methods. In the feeding of cattle he has introduced the methods which have given them the precedence, and his were the first Riley County animals known to have been bought in the Kansas City market for shipment to England.
The first wife of our subject, and to whom he was married in 1860, was Miss Ida Leffingwell, of Williamsburg, Ohio, and who died in 1870, leaving three children-Glenzen S., Effie and Alice. In 1873 Mr. Green contracted a second marriage, with
Miss Mary Sturdevant, of Rushville, N. Y., by whom he has two children-Burtis U. and Ned M. He has two brothers in Kansas: Lewis F. Green, of Douglas County, who was the coalition candi- date for Congress in the Second District last fall; and George S. Green, of Manhattan, of the firm of Green & Hessin, attorneys-at-law, and who is now representing the southern part of Riley County in the Legislature.
In his private character Gov. Green is thoroughly upright, conscientious as a minister, progressive and patriotic as a citizen, and as an orator has no superior in this State, and but few in the country. He is thoroughly posted on political questions, and with his irresistible wit and humor invariably holds the attention of an audience, while his clear and earnest style seldom fails to convince. Among the men of his county none are more popular tha .. he who is familiarly called " the Governor."
The carcer of Gov. Green as a pioneer citizen has been one eminently worthy and useful to the community in which he has resided, and his neigh- bors and old friends unitedly bear testimony to his sterling worth and his valuable services both to the church and State. He was well calculated by nature to aid in the building up of a new country, possessing the judgment and forethought necessary to determine what was to be done, and the manner and time in which it should be accomplished. In building up one of the finest estates in this region he has contributed largely to its standing and repu- tation, and his industry has been an incentive to others about him. The result thus produced is a highly intelligent and progressive community, which was not slow to take advantage of leader- ship, especially when the leader possessed noblest principles of character and sound judgment
James A. Harvey
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Harvey
AMES M. HARVEY, fifth Gov- ernor of the State of Kansas, and a Virginian by birth, is a native of Monroe County, and was born Sept. 21, 1833. His parents, Thomas and Margaret (Walker) Harvey, were also natives of the Old Dominion, but removed from that State when their son James M. was quite young. He acquired his education in the public and select schools of In- diana, Illinois and Iowa, and following his tastes and talents, became a finished practical sur- veyor and civil engineer. Mr. Harvey, in the year 1859, just before Kansas was freed from Territorial enthrallment, and when she was struggling to become one of the sisterhood of States, removed hither, settling in Riley County. He at once became warmly interested in the affairs of this section of country, and distinguished him- self for his ability, intelligence and enthusiastic sup- port of the measure which was to make the Territory a full member of the American Union. The pur- suit of agriculture at that time offered a more ample income than his profession, and in this he at once engaged, but the seclusion of the farm did not con- ceal his eminent ability and his talents from the public, and he was a prominent factor in the affairs of Kansas for a period of nearly thirty years.
It was not long after his arrival here until the
Civil War was precipitated upon the country, and James M. Harvey enlisted as a soldier of the Union army, and was soon given a Captain's commission in the 4th and 10th Regiments, which were consoli- dated. HIe served with honor in the campaign in which his command took part, and was mustered out in 1864. The following year, and also in 1866, he was elected to represent his county in the Kansas Legislature, where he displayed such power as to attract the leading men of the commonwealth, and in which he gave unmistakable indications of the distinction he would achieve in the future. After serving his terms creditably as a member of the House, he was, in 1867-71, a member of the Senate, and in the latter ycar was elected Governor.
The duties of these various offices Mr. Ilarvey discharged with that fidelity and ability which en- titled him to still higher distinction, and accordingly on the assembling of the State Leglature, in 1874, he was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell, United States Senator. This vacancy had been temporarily filled by the appointment of Robert Crozier, but the Legislature promptly recognized the claims of Mr. Harvey, and gave him the merited compliment of his regular election to that position. He took his seat on the 12th of February, and in this, as in all other places which he was called upon to fill, dis- charged his duties with great credit to himself and honor to his State until the 4th of March, 1877, at which time his term expired.
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During Mr. Harvey's incumbeney of the Gov- ernor's office much important work was done by the Legislature, including the issuance of bonds for the military expenses of the Indian War, and pro- viding a military contingent fund for the protection of the frontier of the State against Indian depreda- tions-these two objects calling for $275,000; and also the further issuance of bonds to aid in com- pleting the west wing of the State Capitol, $70,000; to defray the expenses of raising the 19th Regiment, 814,000; and $1,500 was appropriated to buy seed wheat for destitute farmers on the frontier. Dur- ing that term also the east wing of the new capitol at Topeka was so far completed that on December 25 they were occupied by the State officers. At that date there had been expended on the wing com- pleted and on the west wing, on which work was still progressing, the sum of $417,588.29. At the annual election, which occurred Nov. 8, 1870, Gov. Harvey received over 19,000 majority over his Democratic opponent. For United States Sena- tor, to serve the unexpired term of Caldwell, the balloting commenced January 27, and was continued four days, no candidate receiving the required seventy votes necessary to a choice. On the 2d of February, Mr. Harvey was elceted on a joint vote of seventy-six as against fifty-eight thrown for all other candidates.
During the twelfth session of the Kansas Legis- lature, James M. Harvey, Governor, thirty-eight laws were passed. Among them were bills authoriz- ing or legalizing the issuance of municipal bonds; the State Board of Agriculture was created ; $3,000 was appropriated for the relief of Western settlers, and $2,500 for the Freedman's University of Quindaro; the boundaries of Kingman and Harvey Counties were defined, the latter named in honor of James M .; two new judicial districts were created, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth; the salaries of State officers and Judges of the Supreme Courts and Districts Courts were increased ; and an act passed providing for the sale of Normal School lands; Commissioners were also appointed to provide for the settlement of losses by Indian depredations between 1860 and 1871.
Gov. Harvey upon retiring from public life re- turned to his farm at Vinton, Riley County, where
he resided for a time, and then returned to the vicinity of his old home in Virginia, and is now living in Richmond. On the 4th of October, 1854, he was united in marriage with Miss Charlotte Cutter, of Adams County, Ill., and of this union there were born six children, four daughters and two sons, namely : Clara, Emma, Lillian, Martha, James N. and John A.
The assuring smile of peace fell upon Kansas for the first time in her existence when the war of the Rebellion ended, and about the time Mr. Harvey, after serving valiantly in the ranks of the Union army, returned to Riley County, and was called upon to assist in the further great work which lay before both legislators and people. It was a time demanding the best efforts of its wisest men, and Mr. Harvey in his sphere was equal to the emer- geney, and to the perplexing duties devolving upon him as Legislator, Senator and Governor. Twelve years of turmoil and strife had trained the inhabitants to know no rest save in motion, and no safety ex- cept in incessant vigilance. Under this discipline their character had become as peculiar as the expe- riences through which they had passed. A rest- less energy was the controlling element, and the life of ease and peace was one so foreign to their ex- perience as to strike them as almost unnatural. They, however, under the fortunate rule of a wise executive, turned to the pursuit of the peaceful arts and conquered the right to the free soil they now tread. Mines were opened, railroads built, hus- bandry and manufactures brought wealth and plenty, and peace and prosperity reigned.
Along with the happy state of affairs just above mentioned, there were also built up the indispensa- ble adjunets of churches, schools and charitable institutions, together with happy homes, villages and cities, and all else which marks the develop- ment of a civilized and free people. Every man who at that critical period performed his duty de- serves to be perpetuated in history. Among these James M. Harvey was likewise equal to the emer- gency, and is amply entitled to have his name en- rolled among the patriots of that period, who labored efficiently in bringing about the future prosperity of the commonwealth which now occupies a proud position among the States west of the Mississippi.
Thomas A. Obom
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THOMAS A. OSBORN, one of the most popular and distinguished gentlemen who ever served the State of Kansas as her Executive, is to-day an honored citi- zen of that great common- wealth and a resident of her capital city. He was chosen to this high position at a critical time in the history of the State. While it is true that no commonwealth in our glorious galaxy of States has been so sorely tried or passed through so many and such severe ordeals, there have been some peri- ods of greater trials than others. One crisis after another has come upon this people, but there was always a firm and wise hand ready and able to gnide the ship of State through the storm and over the shoals. Kansas found in the person of Mr. Osborn a safe leader, a patriot and a statesman. From the year 1872 to 1877 was an important period in the history of Kansas, and during this time Thomas A. Osborn stood at the head of its affairs. Many vital questions were forced upon the Executive during these eventful years, and the record he made then will ever endear him to the hearts of the people of the State he so efficiently served. When tried he was not found wanting, but demonstrated that he possessed a sound judg- ment, a keen foresight, and an unfaltering devotion to the well-being and prosperity of the State. Though a stanch Republican as a citizen, as a Governor he was non partisan, and worked impartially to the bet- terment and welfare of the whole people. Not only
has he been a valucd citizen of the State because he so ably filled the Gubernatorial Chair for two terms, but because for over a quarter of a century he has stood in the front rank of her most progres- sive and patriotic citizens, aiding in every laudable enterprise having for its object the public good.
Thomas A. Osborn was born nearly fifty-two years ago, at Meadville, Pa., Oct. 26, 1836. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood during his boyhood, and at the age of fifteen com- menced life as a printer by carrying the newspapers of the office. Here he served a full apprenticeship, and in the meantime pursned the course of study which had been interrupted by the necessity of making his own living. By his labors at the case he was enabled in due time to earn enough money to pay his way through Allegheny College, and in 1856 he commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Derrrickson, of his native town. The year following he came to Michigan, and was soon afterward admitted to the bar. In November, 1857, he migrated to Kansas, and began his career in the Territory at Lawrence, as a compositor in the office of the Herald of Freedom. Snch was his fidelity to duty, and his industry and efficiency, that he was soon promoted to the position of foreman, and in March, 1858, the editor of the paper, after a two-weeks absence, expressed his thanks "to his worthy foreman, T. A. Osborn, Esq .. for the very satisfactory manner in which he has conducted its columns."
Before Mr. Osborn was twenty-two years old he commenced the practice of law at Elwood, Doni- phan County, and soon acquired a fine reputation in his chosen profession. Politically, he was a strong
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Republican and Free-State man, and in 1859 was elected Senator from Doniphan County to the first State Legislature, taking his seat in 1861, when twenty-five years old. The year following he was chosen President pro tem of the Senate during the absence of the Lieutenant Governor, and during the impeachment trial of Gov. Robinson and others. His next promotion was his election to the office of Lieutenant Governor over his competitor, Hon. J. J. Ingalls.
In 1864 Mr. Osborn received the appointment of United States Marshal in Kansas, by President Lincoln, and occupied the position until 1867, re- siding during and after his term of office at Leaven- worth. In the fall of 1872 he accepted from the hands of his party the nomination for Governor of Kansas. The convention assembled at Topeka, and their candidate was elected by a majority of 34,000. He was duly inaugurated in January, 1873, and served with so great ability and rendered such sat- isfaction that he was again chosen at the State Con- vention of his party for a second term. The fol- lowing November he was duly elected, and served another two years.
It is proper in this connection to give a resume of some of the occurrences in Kansas at the time Gov. Osborn occupied the position of State Execu- tive. In May, 1874, during his second year as Governor, the Indians on the southwestern frontier commenced depredations upon the settlers in Bar- bour County, which were confined for a time to the stealing of their cattle and horses. In an attempt to recover some of the plunder, a detachment of United States Cavalry fatally wounded a son of Little Robe, a chief of the Cheyennes. This in- cited the Indians to open outrages, and in June five murders were committed. These ontrages alarmed the entire southwestern border, and action was at once taken to place the more exposed points in as good a condition of defense as was possible. Companies were organized and armed in readiness for an emer- geney, and stockades were constructed by the set- tlers at Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Sun City, and at points midway between the two latter places. Not- withstanding these precautions, hundreds of people deserted their homes and sought protection in the larger towns. In July other murders were com- mitted, and suspicion pointed strongly to the Osage Indians. Early in August a party of these, twenty- five in number, appeared near the town of Kiowa, claiming to be out on a buffalo hunt, and upon be- ing ordered to return to their reservation they re- fused to do so. This was communicated to Capt. Ricker, who was in command of a company of mounted militia, and who in setting out to find them, overtook them about fifteen miles northeast
of Medicine Lodge. In the skirmish which ensued four Indians were killed. The savages now grew more bold and decided in their onslaught upon the white settlers, and by the 1st of September they had slain sixteen citizens, six of whom were resi- dents of Lawrence and peaceably engaged in sur- veying public lands forty miles south and twenty miles west of Dodge City. Gov. Osborn was com- pelled to keep the volunteer militia companies on the border in active service until nearly the close of 1874, and between those who urged extreme measures and those who, more timid, advised a pol- icy of extreme forbearance, he was in a position re- quiring great ingenuity and temperance of action. Few men in his position could have done better, and more would probably have failed in assisting to bring all these troubles to a peaceable conclusion.
After leaving the Gubernatorial Chair in 1877, Mr. Osborn was appointed by President Hayes, United States Minister to Chili. In this position he remained for four years, when he was tendered by President Garfield the position of Minister to the Empire of Brazil. This he accepted, and remained near the court of Don Pedro until the administra- tion of President Cleveland came into power.
Mr. Osborn's record as a foreign Minister was not only highly creditable to our own Nation, but doubly so to him as an official and a citizen of the great peace-loving Republic of America. While in Chili he was quite active in trying to bring to an end the bloody war in which that country was en- gaged with Pern and Bolivia, and in 1880 presided over a conference of representatives of the bellig- erent power on board the American man-of-war "Lackawanna" in the bay of Arica, which had in view that object. He also interested himself in bringing to a peaceful conclusion the long-pending boundary dispute between Chili and the Argentine Republic. For his valned and able services in this connection he received the thanks of both nations.
Since Gov. Osborn's return to the United States he has occupied himself in various enterprises, and while not entirely eschewing politics, has made known his desire to be excused from filling further official positions. He stood at the head of the Kansas delegation to the National Republican Convention in 1888, and in that august assembly was a prominent figure. He is a man whose opinions are universally held in respect, and one who has no unimportant influence in the councils of his party. His early life and training served to build up within him that patience and self-reliance, and that perseverance in behalf of a worthy principle, which has been the secret of his standing among his fellowmen, and distinguished him as a man of more than ordinary ability, and one eminently to be trusted.
George J. Anthony
George
anthony.
EORGE T. ANTHONY, the seventh Governor of the State of Kansas, came of an excellent family of the Empire State, who were or- thodox Quakers religiously, and who in point of the ele- ments which go to make up the bone and sinew of the social fabric, pos- sessed all the characteristics of that pe- culiar people. He was born in May- field, Fulton Co., N. Y., June 9, 1824, and spent his boyhood and youth on a farm, acquiring his education mostly in the winter season, and making him- self useful at agricultural pursuits in summer. About the age of nineteen he commenced learning the tin and copper smith's trade at Union Springs, Cayuga County, which he followed as a journey- man five years, then repaired to Ballston Spa, and clerked in a hardware store until his removal to Medina, in 1850.
In the town above mentioned Mr. Anthony found
his future wife, Miss Rose A. Lyons, to whom he was married Dec. 14, 1852, and thereafter for a period of nine years was engaged in trade in hard- ware, tin and stoves, and also carried on the manu- facture of stoves and agricultural implements. Later he engaged in the commission business, and in due time was made Loan Commissioner for Orleans County, being thus occupied three years.
During the late Rebellion and under the call of July 2, 1862, for additional troops, Mr. Anthony was selected by request of Gov. Morton as one of a committee of seven to raise and organize troops in the Twenty-eighth District of New York, embracing the counties of Orleans, Niagara and Genesee. In Au- gust following he was authorized to recruit an inde- pendent battery of light artillery of six guns, and which was subsequently known as the 17th New York Independent Battery. Such was the in- dustry with which he set about this commission, that in four days the maximum number was secured and mustered into service, with Mr. Anthony as Captain, and they proceeded at once to Washington.
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Capt. Anthony served with his battery until the close of the war, operating between Washington and Richmond, and in front of the latter city and Pe- tersburg, being with the 18th Army Corps during the last year of the war. Ile was breveted Major for services in the last campaign ending at Appo- mattox Court House, and after the surrender of the Confederate forces, was mustered out of service at Richmond, Va., June 12, 1865.
In November, 1865, Mr. Anthony changed his residence from Rochester, N. Y., to Leavenworth, this State, and became editor of the Leavenworth Daily Bulletin, also of the Leavenworth Daily Con- servative, filling the position two years and one-half. Ile subsequently assumed proprietorship of the Kan- sas Farmer, which he conducted six years. In the meantime snch had been the zeal with which he in- terested himself in the affairs of a State struggling for recognition, and only needing good men for leaders, that he was recognized as a man eminently fitted for promotion, and in December, 1867, was appointed United States Internal Revenue Assistant Assessor, and the following year Collector of Inter- nal Revenue. For three years he was President of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, and for two years held the same position on the Board of Cen- tennial Managers for the State, and was discharging the duties of the three offices at the time of his election as Governor, on the 7th of November, 1876.
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