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Our subject was married near St. Joseph, in Bueh- anan County, Mo., April 10, 1863, to Miss Sarah Feuquay, who was born in that county, and is the daughter of Alvery Feuquay, one of its oldest set-
tlers and a large farmer, owning 1,000 acres of land. Of this union there have been born ten children, the eldest of whom, a son, William, re- ceived a first grade certificate from Campbell Uni- versity ; he is now the principal of a school at Home City, this county. The second son. Alvery, is farm- ing in Noble Township. as is also the third son, Joseph. Jerry, Frances. George, Lee, Elizabeth, Alexander and Grover C. remain at home with their parents. The name of the younger child in- dieates the politics of its father. Mr. Thomas has frequently been sent as a delegate to the county conventions, and is at present a member of the Democratic Central Committee. He has been Road Supervisor the last eight years, and while in Mis- souri was a Director in his school district ten years. Socially, he belongs to Vermillion Lodge No. 234. A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Thomas, a very esti- mable lady, is a member in good standing of the Baptist Church.
The father of our subject was Joseph II. Thomas, a native of Virginia, and the son of James Thomas, who was also born in that State. and served in the Revolutionary War. He was overseer of a planta- tion in his younger years, and later, about 1834, removed to Boone County, Mo., where he engaged in farming, and where he died. Ile traced his an- cestry to Wales. Joseph II. Thomas was reared to farm life. but when approaching manhood learned blacksmithing. When starting out for himself he proceeded to Galena, Ill., by boat and on foot, and engaged at smelting and blacksmithing. Finally, returning to Missouri, he resumed farming, pur- chasing land in Boone County, where he remained until 1844. Thence he emigrated to the Platte Purchase in Buchanan County, and entering land, improved probably 500 acres, and likewise engaged as a wood merchant on the Missouri River. Hc was a slaveholder. and became well-to-do, bnt lost the greater part of his property during the war. ile died in Buchanan County, Mo., in December. 1864. Politically, he was a Democrat.
The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Elizabeth Hopper. a native of Kentucky, and the daughter of John C. Hopper, who was also born there and carried on farming. lIc served in the War of 1812, and later emigrated to Boone
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County, Mo., settling among its earliest pioneers. lle likewise became well-to-do, having a planta- tion, and there spent his last years. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and a Baptist in religion. The mother of our subject was reared to woman- hood in Missouri, and came to Kansas in 1873, purchasing a farm of eighty acres in the vicinity of Beattie, and likewise a town residence, where she died in October, 1888, when over sixty-nine years old. She was a member of the Christian Church.
To the parents of our subject there were born the following children. most of whom are living, and of whom Alexander was the eldest; William M. is a resident of California; John L. and Leander are deceased; La Fayette is a resident of Browne County, Kan .; Sydney died in Missouri; Frances Mary is deceased; George and Clifton are residents of Beattie; Laura is deceased; Kate lives in Browne County, Kan .; Belle lives in Beattie, and Charles in California; Molly is deceased; Annie, Mrs. Harry, is a resident of Beattie; Monroe was in the Confederate army nearly four years, and was wounded at the battles of Pea Ridge and Lexing- ton; he is now in California.
ON. AUGUST HOHN, merchant of Marys- ville, Kan., is a native of Rhenish Prussia, born not far from the city of Cologne, Dec. 11, 1844, his parents being Ilenry and Regina (Frackenpohl) Hohn. His father was a farmer, whose entire life was spent in his native province, where for years he held an official posi- tion in his native town. He died in 1874, at the age of seventy-six years. They were the parents of nine children, two of whom are still living in their native land; Henry is a baker in the town where he was born, and Frank, a blacksmith near the same place; four are deceased; three emigrated to the United States, our subject and two brothers, Charles and William. Charles came to America in 1864, locating first in LaSalle County, Ill. From that place he came to Marysville with our
subject; here he stayed until 1884, when he sold his farm and removed to Liberty, Gage Co., Neb., where he is now carrying on an extensive livery barn. The younger brother. William, came to this county in 1870, and coming direct to Kan- sas joined his brothers on the farm on Mission Creek, where he shortly afterward died.
Our subject was educated in the place of his birth, and after leaving school served an appren- ticeship in a wholesale silk and velvet manufactory, where he stayed four and a half years. He then joined the Prussian army, in which he served four- teen months, during the war with Austria in 1866-67. On leaving the army he procured em- ployment in a mercantile establishment, where he stayed until his emigration to America.
Determined to try his fortunes in the New World, our subject took passage from Hamburg for New York, in June, 1868, landing in the latter city on July 12 of that year, after a voyage of eight- eeu days. He remained in the metropolis but four weeks, when he joined his brother Charles in LaSalle County, Ill., where the latter had located. In that place he was employed as a clerk in a dry- goods house until March 1869, when he and his brother came to Kansas, first locating in Marshall County, on Mission Creek, on a farm. Not liking the occupation of a farmer, he removed to Marys- ville in 1870, and engaged again in clerking and served in different stores until 1876., HIe then be- gan business on his own account, in partnership with a Mr. Kalenborn, the firm being Hohn & Ka- lenborn. This connection continued about fifteen months when it was dissolved, the jumor partner desiring to return to the Old Country. His inter- est was bought by Mr. Rummell, and the firm name was changed to lohn & Rummell. Six months later the latter's interest was purchased by E. G. Draheim, and the present firm of Hohn & Draheim was established. They carry on a general merchandise business, dealing largely in groceries, dry-goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, and everything to be usually found in the best general merchandise stores in the country, and they do probably the largest business of any establishment of the kind in Marysville - the business steadily increasing from year to year - a result reasonably
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to be expected from the reputation they have ac- quired for the most scrupulous honesty and up- right dealings with all customers. and from the intimate knowledge of the business in all its details acquired by Mr. Ilohn through many years of experience and in many places.
January 20, 1870, Mr. Hohn was united in mar- riage while living on Mission Creek, with Miss Minna Zimmerman, daughter of L. and Minna Zimmerman. the latter now living in Pawnee County, Neb., where the father died in the spring of 1889. Mrs. Hohn was born in Tilsit, Prussia, March 30, 1845, and was twenty-four years of age when with her parents she came to this country. The nnion of Mr. and Mrs. Hohn has been blessed by the birth of seven children, of whom two. Otto and Meta, died young; the others are all under the parental roof, and are named respectively. Hugo, Arthur, Minna, Emil and Nellie.
Mr. Hohn belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is a member of Marysville Lodge. No. 91, A. F. & A. M., of Marysville Chapter No. 29. R.A. M., and of Hiawatha Commandery, No. 29, K. T. Ile is also connected with several beneficiary societies, as the Order of Druids, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica, and the Turner Society of Marysville. He was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Marysville. when it was changed from a State bank in 1882, it being then known as the Marshall County Bank, and he has ever since been one of the Board of Directors. IIe has since his residence in Marysville held several positions of honor and responsibility. For two terms he was Township Clerk. and from 1878 until 1882 was one of the County Commissioners. In 1883 he was chosen by Gov. Glick for the responsible posi- tion of Treasurer of the State Board of Charities, and held that position for two and a half years. when he gave it up and retired with the reputation of having administered the finanees of the Board in a manner reflecting the highest eredit on himself and to the complete satisfaction of the State authorities.
It is the testimony of all who know Mr. Hobn personally, and many of whom the writer has questioned, that he is a man of undoubted in- tegrity in all the relations of life, that he has re-
markably good judgment and a kind heart, and is always willing to help a worthy neighbor. Among the German people of the county especially he exercises a strong influence, and most of them rely implicitly on him. Still in the very prime of life, Mr. Hohn has apparently before him many years of honor and usefulness. In his political affilia- tions he was formerly a member of the Republican party, but many of the acts of that party in this State not suiting his views, he withdrew from its ranks and is now independent in his political views.
RAUTIIWAY JOHNSON. This gentle- man, who recently disposed of his farm property in Washington County, is now operating on rented land on section 11. Blue Rap- ids Township, and undoubtedly has a thorough understanding of his business. He is regarded as a valuable acquisition to this community, being a reliable and praiseworthy citizen, honest and np- right in his dealings. and in every way worthy of representation in the BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM Of Mar- shall County. He is an Ohio man by birth, and first opened his eyes to the light in Logan County, that State, Nov. 6, 1843.
It may be well before proceeding further to glance at the parental history of our subject, whose father, the Rev. John Johnson, was born in Ken- tucky in 1809. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Johnson, emigrated from Pennsylvania to the Blue Grass State, shortly after the well known Indian fighter, Daniel Boone, left it, and settled in Flem- ing County. Later he moved on into Ohio, where he died about the close of the Civil War, at the advanced age of ninety years.
The father of our subject was converted to re- ligion when a youth of eighteen, and in early man- hood, evincing great piety and great interest in the Master's work, took a prominent part in religious meetings, and in dne time was ordained as a min- ister, and in this capacity pursued his pious labors in the Methodist Episcopal Church for the long period of fifty-five years; indeed he was one of the founders of Methodism in Ohio. He was three
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times married, his first wife, Abigail Southard, being the mother of our subject. Of the seven children born to her six are now living, and Crauthway was next to the youngest. She died in Ohio in her prime, about 1846. The father lived thereafter for a period of forty-three years, and departed hence May 23, 1889, when quite aged.
The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and remained a member of the parental household until a youth of nineteen years. The Civil War then being in progress, he enlisted in Company C, 12th Ohio Cavalry. and took part in many of the important battles which followed, including the fight at Mt. Sterling, Lexington and Cynthiana, Ky. He, however, was seized with chronic rheumatism, which resulted in disease of the heart, and was obliged to accept his honorable discharge, which was given him Dec. 19, 1864. Then returning home, he served an apprenticeship at harness-making, which trade he followed until 1876.
In the meantime our subject had taken unto him- self a wife and helpmate, being married Nov. 10, 1866, to Miss Lucinda M. Vernon, a daughter of George P. and Matilda (Dixon) Vernon, of Ohio. The parents of Mrs. Johnson were natives respect- ively of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the father a farmer by occupation. They had a family of nine children, Lucinda M. being the fourth in order of birth, and she was born Sept. 14, 1848, in Logan County. She received a common-school education, and lived with her 'parents until going to a home of her own. Mrs. Vernon departed this life April 20, 1866. The father of Mrs. Johnson is still liv- ing, and is in the enjoyment of good health, at the age of seventy-four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in Ohio four years after their marriage, then removed to Overton County, Tenn., where our subject prosecuted farm- ing three years. Then returning to his native State, he opened a store with a stock of harness, dry.goods and groceries, and operated this until 1876. Ile then traded his stock for a farm in Washington County, Kan., to which he removed with his family and lived there until in March, 1889. Then selling out, he came to this county. lle is active in politics, and uniformly votes the straight
Republican ticket. In Washington County he served as Justice of the Peace two years, and was a School Director and Clerk in his school district for several years. He and his estimable wife are mem- bers in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Johnson has officiated as Class-Leader. Ile was at one time an Elder of a branch society of the Christian Church. Socially, he belongs to Greenleaf Post No. 134, G. A. R.
To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born eleven children, eight of whom are liv- ing, viz .: Clarence V., Etha, Emmet F., Overton, George M., Vernon E , John Arthur, Letta Leona. Harley Francis died Sept. 22, 1889. Anna and one unnamed are deceased.
ILLIAM S. WAYMAN. A man quiet and unobtrusive in his habits, and pursuing the even tenor of his way on a farm of forty acres, occupying a part of section 12, in Blue Rap- ids Township, Mr. Wayman has, by living hon- estly and uprightly, secured the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and is held by them in general respect. lle is a West Virginian by birth, having first opened his eyes to the light in Mar- shall County, that State, March 4, 1844. He lived there until a young man of twenty and one-half years, then resolved to seek a new location.
Upon leaving the Old Dominion our subject made his way to Woodford County. Ill., where he sojourned one year, then removed to LaSalle County, continuing there until 1884. The summer of 1885 found him located in Blue Rapids Town- ship, this county, of which he has since been a resi- dent. Hlis farm embraces forty acres of land, and is located three-fourths of a mile south of Irving. It is all under cultivation, and supports a goodly number of live-stock. Mr. Wayman has been quite prominent in local affairs, and is now serving his second term as Township Trustee. In Illinois he was a School Director for many years, Commis- sioner of Highways seven years, and Assessor of Groveland Township, LaSalle County. three years.
The education of our subject was conducted in a
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log school-house during the pioneer times of West Virginia, and he was taught at an early age to make himself useful about his father's farm. He assumed charge of this when a youth of sixteen years. His father died when he was a little lad of six. Will- iam S. was the youngest of nine children, and the mother died in 1875,
Our subject was married, Dec. 28, 1871, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of John and Harriet ( Wheeler) Ward, of West Virginia. Mrs. Wayman was the seventh in a famlly of eleven children, and was born May 30, 1847. They removed to Woodford County, Ill., in 1860, after the death of Mr. Ward, which had occurred in 1857. The mother survived her husband for the long period of twenty-seven years, and departed this life, July 30, 1884, in Eu- reka, Ill.
. To Mr. and Mrs. Wayman there have been born seven children, only three of whom are living, namely: Ada B., born Aug. 30, 1879; Jessie E., June 1, 1882; and Annie H., Sep. 17, 1888. In LaSalle County, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Wayman were identi- fied with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have not as yet transferred their membership. Mr. Way- man has been active in politics, and is a stanch supporter of Republican principles. In local mat- ters, however, he votes for the man whom he con- siders best qualified for office. Socially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and in Illinois was Mas- ter of Rutland Lodge No. 477, for many years. He was likewise Iligh Priest of Rutland Chapter, R. A. M., No. 112, and a member of Rutland Coun- cil No. 52, R. and S. Masters.
Mr. Wayman's two brothers (twins), Ephraim C. and Manassah B., were ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first named, during the late Civil War enlisted in an Ohio regiment, and was made a Lieutenant. The other was Chaplain in an Iowa regiment, and died from the effects of disease contraeted in the army, in July, 1864. Mr. Wayman experienced some of the rigors of war during the late civil strife, as there was much trouble in his native county from bushwhackers. and [other lawless characters. Mrs. Wayman is a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and good sense, and has proved the faithful and efficient counselor in many of his most important business
transactions. Their three little daughters are re- markably bright and intelligent, and it is hardly necessary to say are the joy and pride of their par- ents' hearts.
OHN T. MONTEITH. For the last few years Mr. Monteith has distinguished him- self as an ardent temperance man, in addi- tion to his other good qualities as a member of his community. He has been a lifelong farmer, and is now located at a comfortable homestead on section 9 in Blue Rapids Township. The fact that he is uniformly spoken well of by his neigh- bors indicates the true character of the man- one who has lived at peace with his fellows, and possesses those sterling qualities which have gained him their confidence and esteem. He conducts his farming operations in a methodical and skillful manner, realizing handsome returns.
It is noticeable the world over that our most in- telligent men, and those who have attained to any prominence, have made a point, where possible, of preserving their family history; and in the good old-fashioned days we are led to believe that wealth was made secondary to honesty and honor, whether it be so at the present time or not. Our most emi- nent men have sprung from an humble beginning, financially, but the majority of them have traced their origin to an honorable ancestry in point of moral worth, as in the case of our subject. Ilis father, Thomas Monteith, was a native of New York State. The paternal grandfather was of Scotch birth and ancestry, and emigrated to Amer- ica at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War. Thomas and William, the father and uncle of our subject, were employed by the American Govern- ment to haul cannon balls from Sandy Hook to Sackett's Harbor. They thus performed an im- portant part in the history of that period, and it is not necessary to say that their sympathies were en- tirely with the cause of the Colonists.
The mother of our subjeet, Mrs. Jane ( Allen ) Monteith, was a native of Scotland, and the par- ents were married in New York State. They lo-
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cated a tract of land in Livingston County during the days of its early settlement, sojourning there until 1841. That year they emigrated to Allegan County, Mich., where they built up another home- stead in the wilderness, and where the father died. at the age of sixty-five years. The mother subse- quently made her home on the old homestead, and died, in 1881, at the age of ninety years. The eight children born to them all grew to mature years and were married. Six are now living, and they are located mostly in Michigan and Kansas.
The subject of this sketch was the fifth child of his parents, and was born July 27, 1820, in Living- ston County, N. Y. He did not attend school until after he was twenty years of age, but then by close application acquired a good knowledge of the methods of doing business, and by reading, as he has had opportunity, he has become generally well- informed. Upon reaching his majority, he was presented by his father with a quarter-section of wild woodland in Martin Township, upon which he at once began operations, clearing the land and preparing the soil for cultivation. In this manner he brought 120 aeres to a productive condition, and built a house and barn. Ile made his home with his parents until his marriage, which occurred Nov. 11. 1852. The maiden of his choice was Miss Elizabethi C., daughter of Jolin and J. (Trimble) Matthews, of Summit County, Ohio, to which the parents had removed from Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Elizabeth Monteith was the third in a fam- ily of seven children, and was born in 1831. There were likewise born to her and her husband seven children, all of whom grew to mature years, and who are still living. Mrs. Monteith departed this life May 11, 1873. The eldest son, Finley F., re- mains at home with his father. Jane became the wife of Truman Bell and the mother of two chil- dren, and they live in Clay Center, Kan .; William remains at the homestead; John A. married Miss Sarah Fincham, and they live in Riley County, this State; they have one child. Martha A. mar- ried Everett Harris, and lives in Franklin County. Iowa; she has three children. Mary E. and Wal- ter M. remain with their father.
Mr. Monteith came to Kansas in the fall of 1879, arriving in this county on the 26th of October.
He spent the first year at Blue Rapids, and then removed to his present farm, which is now largely devoted to stock-raising, principally high-grade cattle and horses. He is a member in good stand- ing of the United Presbyterian Church, and has officiated as School Director and Road Overseer in his distriet for many years. Although warmly interested in local affairs, he has steadily declined the further responsibilities of office, and will not allow his name to be used in connection therewith. He votes the straight Republican ticket, and be- lieves thoroughly in Republican principles. The cause of temperance has found in him one of its stanchest friends.
ENRY W. LEAVITT, one of the oldest settlers of Wells Township, is a native of York County, Me., and was born, Dec. 24, 1832. He was a son of William and Ruth (Merrill) Leavitt, both natives of Maine. The Leavitt family has been traced back eight gen- erations to one John Leavitt, a native of Scotland, who at an early period in the history of New Eng- land, emigrated to America and settled on the Massachusetts coast.
Our subject was the fifth of a family of six chil - dren. He was reared to manhood in his native county, receiving such education as the common schools of the State at that time afforded. His earlier life was spent principally on a farm. In 1855 he left his native State and came west to Greene County, Ohio. There he remained ten months and in the summer of 1856 continued west- ward as far as this county. Ile preempted the southeast quarter of section 25, in Wells Town- ship, on which he settled before a furrow had been turned. He first built a box house 14x16 feet, out of native cottonwood and walnut lumber. He sub- sequently built another box honse of larger size, this one being 16x24. It is still preserved on his farm, being now used as a granary, and is a good pioneer relie. Several years since he built his pres- sent comfortable and substantial residence. Ile at present owns but eighty acres of land, which is
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well improved throughout and in a high state of cultivation. Having come to this county without means, Mr. Leavitt has had to undergo many of the self-denials necessary in getting a start, and has done a fair share of the pioneer work of the county.
January 5, 1865, Mr. Leavitt was united in mar- riage with Ellen Means, a native of Missouri, and daughter of James and Elvira Means. Mr. Means was a native of Kentucky, and his wife of the Prairie State. When their daughter, Ellen, was nine years of age they removed from Platt County, Mo., to Buchanan County, where the father died about three years later, and where Mrs. Leavitt re- mained till she was eighteen years old. Mrs. Means is now living in this county in the home of her son, John Means. She is now seventy-two years old. She bore the maiden name of McWilliams. Her paternal grandmother was named Tagard and her great-great-grandmother's name was Wallace. Mrs. Means' maternal grandmother bore the name of Allison, and was the daughter of a Scotch lady, whose maiden name was Black. To Mr. and Mrs. Means were born ten children, eight of whom are now living. They are, Margaret, wife of James Raney, of Jackson County, Kan .; John, a resident of this county ; Mrs. Leavitt; Jane. wife' of Archi- bald McLeod, of this county; Elvira the wife of Archibald Mckeever, of Jefferson County; James, of Graham County; Mary, wife of Edward Bras, in this county ; and David residing in Missouri. The deceased children were Benjamin and Juliet.
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