Portrait and biographical album of Washington, Clay and Riley counties, Kansas, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent citizens together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, Part 118

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In politics, Mr. Stoneback is a stanch Repub- lican. He holds the office of Treasurer of Bloom Township, and has been the incumbent of the same for nine years. This fact is a conclusive evidence that he is regarded by his neighbors as a man of strict integrity and business ability, and he likewise gains their respect for the many other sterling qual- ities of manhood which he possesses.

C ARL VICTOR DAHLBERG, one of the younger men among the old settlers of Riley County, came here when a boy, and practically grew up with the country. He may well be proud of his residence of thirty-two years, during which time he has accumulated a good property and established himself in the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. He owns and operates 320 acres of land on section 1, town 7. range 6. Jackson Township, and has long been looked upon as an individual bound to make his mark in the world.

The native place of Mr. Dahlberg was Christ- dala, Soken, Kalmarland, Sweden, and the date of

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his birth July 14, 1849. When in the fifth year of his age he emigrated for America with his par- ents, and although so young, remembers many of the incidents of preparation and the voyage hither. They first proceeded to Hull, England, thence by cars to Liverpool, and from that port embarked on a sailing-vessel, which in due time landed them safely in New York City. For three years there. after they sojourned in and near Camden, Ill., then set out overland for Kansas Territory. to which they slowly made their way by ox teams, although Carl had the honor of riding a pony part of the way. They camped wherever night overtook them, and cooked by the wayside. They struck the Big Blue at Manhattan. near which they settled, being the third Swede family to locate in that re- gion. Later they were the first Swede family set- tling in Riley County.

Young Dahlberg during his boyhood made him- self generally useful, assisting in breaking prairie and getting out logs for the house and other build- ings. For three or four summers he drove a break- ing team of from three to five yoke of oxen. Game was plentiful, including wild turkeys, deer and wolves, beaver, coon and lynx, and our subject for bis recreation engaged in hunting and trapping some of these. Indians were plentiful, but were friendly and did not molest their new neighbors. There were no schools for several years afterward. young Dahlberg receiving instruction from one of these in a log cabin at the age of thirteen years. Later he attended the High School at Manhattan two months, and this completed his education. He, however. is fond of reading, and has kept him- self posted in regard to matters of general interest.

In 1863, Mr. Dahlberg accompanied his father to Lawrence, Kan., to make a payment on the farm. Soon after leaving for home the city was raided and partially destroyed by fire. When twenty-one years old Mr. Dalhberg took charge of his father's farm, which he managed with admirable judgment until 1883, when he located on his present place. This comprises eighty acres, and was given him by his father. He had, however, already purchased 160 acres of wild prairie adjacent, and in connec- tion with the cultivation of this land, also operated his father's farm, until 1885, when he abandoned

the latter, and has sinee confined his attention to his own property. One year ago he purchased another eighty. and now has 320 aeres. He put up his present house in 1886, and has all the other necessary buildings. He had planted fruit and forest trees, and is now considerably interested in live-stock, making a specialty of full blooded Pol- and-China swine.

Mr. Dalhberg was married in Mariadahl, Pottawa- tomic County, this State, Nov. 1. 1883, to Mrs. Han- nah A. Deere. This lady was born Nov. 30, 1854, in. Trane, Soken Gars-Harad, Sweden, and is the daugh- ter of Clement Peterson, who, after emigrating to America, located at Moline, Ill., where he now lives. He is a farmer by occupation. Mrs. Dahlberg was reared in Moline, and was there married to her first husband. Charles O. Deere, who died there. She came to Kansas on a visit, and here met her future husband. Of her first marriage there were born three children-Emma C., Esther E. I'. and Dora C. C. The eldest daughter was graduated from the Augustanius Conservatory of Music, at Moline, and is now engaged as a teacher of this art in that city. Esther lives with her mother, and Dora is with her grandparents at Moline. To Mr. and Mrs. Dahlberg there have been born three children-George C. R., Agnes II. V. and Alice E.

The father of our subject, likewise a native of Sweden, owned considerable land, and carried on agricultural pursuits there. Upon coming to America he located near Milan, Rock Island Co .. Ill., but a year later removed to Henry County, and purchased eighty acres near Andover. He purchased considerable live stock, and farmed there until 1857. That year he crossed the Mis- sissippi, and pre-empted a tract of land on the Big Blue, in Jackson Township, Riley Co., Kan., in the cultivation of which he was greatly prospered. and added to his real-estate until he is now the owner of almost 500 acres. He is a very prominent man, especially among his countrymen, and a member in good standing of the Lutheran Church. He mar- ried in his native Sweden Miss Johanna Gustafson. a native of his own country, and there were born to them seven children, viz .: Emma M., who died when seven years old; Carl Vietor. our subject; Sophia; Clara J .. Mrs. Axelton, of Pottawatomie

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County; John L., Emily C. and Amanda. The last three were all vietims of the typhoid fever in 1885, all dying in less than one month's time. Victor C., our subject, is active in educational mat- ters, and has been Clerk of the School Board in lis district since its organization, which he also as- sisted in effeeting. lle has served as Road Super- visor two years. For two years he has also been Secretary of the Lutheran Church at Mariadahl, and a Trustee three years. Of this church he is a charter member. Politically, he is a strong Repub- lican, and is frequently selected as a delegate to the county conventions.

C HARLES S. DANIELS owns and occupies one of the finest farms in Washington County. It is located in Coleman Township, and comprises 400 highly improved acres, over 320 of which are under the plow. The original homestead of 160 acres is outlined with hedge fences and di- vided into four fields by cross-fences of wire. The dwelling is surrounded by groves which occupy about thirty acres. The apple orchard is one of the finest in the township, containing 450 trees of choice varieties, and all bearing. There are also about 1,200 bearing peach-trees, from which 600 bushels of fruit were sold during the past season. A good supply of small fruits is also cultivated. Five hun- dred catalpa trees add their beauty to the scene. The dwelling is a comfortable one, but is to be re- placed in the near future by a much larger and finer one, furnished with all the modern conven- iences. Two good dwellings for the use of tenants are on the estate, and numerous outbuildings. In one of the latter is a perfect corn-mill, operated by a windmill, and here the corn for feeding is ground. Mr. Daniels' estate is well supplied with fine stock. He now has eighty head of cattle, sixty of hogs and fifteen of horses.

Charles S. Daniels, is a grandson of John Dan- iels, who in company with his brothers, William and Sullivan, took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. After the Revolution they settled in New Hampshire, near a large hill, which from them was

called Daniels' Hill. They were of Irish ancestry. Following Jolin Daniels in the direct line came Charles, the father of our subject. He married Miss Minnie Dort, who belonged to an English family, which had early settled in Keene, N.H.

Charles S. Daniels was one of a pair of twins born to Charles and Minnie (Dort) Daniels. Their birth took place in Keene, N. II., in 1833. Clark S. Daniels (twin of our subjeet) is now living in Vin- ton, Iowa. The gentleman of whom we write re- mained at home until abont twenty-one years of age. He then went to Winnebago County, Ill., where an uncle was living and with him remained two years. During nine months of that time he sold whisky, but never tasted it during that period nor at any other time in his life.

Following this, for a few years he was in the em- ploy of the Chicago & Union Railroad, which is now known as the Northwestern. Mr. Daniels acted as wood agent for the company, receiving 85 per day for his services in obtaining wood for their engines.

In 1359 Mr. Daniels started for Pike's Peak with a wagon train, and went as far as Den- ver, Col. In the summer of 1861 he made two trips from Ft. Des Moines, Iowa, on the second occasion going as far west as Salt Lake City, Utah, returning in the fall after selling out.

His country's need enlisted his fervid sympathy. and he determined to take up arms in her behalf. He therefore enrolled himself in Company B, 74th Illinois Infantry, with which he served until after the battle of Edgefield, near Nashville, Tenn. There he was severely injured, and for the attend- ing disability was discharged at Gallatin, Tenn. He had taken part in the battles of Stone River, the first contest at Nashville, Chickamauga and other engagements, and in all of them had displayed the bravery of a true soldier and patriot. After receiving his discharge he returned to his home, where he remained until his health was restored. He then re-enlisted, this time being enrolled in Company G, 19th Illinois Cavalry. With his new comrades he participated in a number of engage- ments, serving under Gen. Hatch until August, 1865. His term of service having then expired and the war being over, he was discharged and

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mustered out, his army life having covered a pe- riod of over four years. Resuming the more peaceful employments of civil life, Mr. Daniels again took up the work of an agriculturist on a farm which he had bought before the war. Ile improved the place, bringing it to a high degree of productiveness, and in 1872 sold it at a good fig- ure. Ile then came to Kansas and settled where he is now residing. He took up a quarter section of land under the Homestead Act and upon it built a 14x14 frame house into which he moved his fam- ily. He drew all the lumber for the building from Hanover. The land was all raw prairie. which he immediately began to break and improve. The first year of his residence he bought corn with which to feed his stock, paying $1 per bushel. Since coming to the county he has added 240 acres adjoining his homestead to his landed possessions here, the whole making up his present valuable estate.

During the period of Mr. Daniels' engagement with the railroad company in Illinois, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Henriette Merchant( nee Ever- ett). She has borne her husband four daughters : Rhoda married Mr. James Ogdes and lives in Grant Township, this county. They have five children. Cora married Cyrus Mcclellan, a farmer of Craw- ford County, Kan; they have two children. Martha married Frank Raub, formerly of this county, but now a resident of Oklahoma. Three children have been born to them. Ida is the wife of Charles McClellan, of Pittsburg, Crawford County, this state; their union has resulted in the birth of one child.

By her former marriage Mrs. Daniels is the mother of a son, Peter Merchant. After the death of his father, he learned the sash-and- door trade, following which he went on the rail- road. Ile worked his way up to the position of conductor, in the New England States. During his entire life, on the railroad and on the plains, he has never smoked or chewed tobacco, never tasted whisky nor ever played cards for a cent of money. He belongs to no order or secret society, nor to any religious denomination. He is a man of de- cided views and a thorough-going Republican in politics. Ile takes a landable pride in his moral

character and the success he has achieved in life. Mr. Daniels has been School Treasurer, and for the past seven years he has held the office of Road Supervisor. He displays the same energy and good judgment in office with which his private affairs have been conducted, and is a public- spirited and enterprising citizen. He is possessed of many sterling traits of character and is regarded highly by his fellow-citizens. In politics he is a Republican.

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ILLIAM M. WALTON is the owner and occupant of a fine farm in Haddam Town- ship, Washington County, three miles from Haddam City. It comprises 160 acres located on section 32, and is well watered by Mill Creek and Davis Branch. The farm is neatly fenced and is supplied with all necessary buildings. There is an excellent orchard on the estate, and ninety-five acres are under the plow.

James Walton, the father of our subject, was a native of the Buckeye State. lle removed to Illi- nois at an early day, and settled in Peoria County. near Elmwood. He entered land there, and lived upon it until 1865, when he removed to Iowa. lle located in Belmont Township, Warren County, near Milo, where he had purchased 160 acres of land. There he departed this life in 1868. Ilis political adherence was given to the Democratic party. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Harriet Bivins, was born in Ohio and died in Illi- nois in 1860. The family comprised five children, viz: J. F .. now a resident of Haddam Township; Maggie. now Mrs. Graham, of Warren County. Towa; John S. and Melissa, now deceased, and our subject.

The gentleman of whom we write was born near Elmwood, Peoria County. III., Feb. 8, 1855. He was reared upon the farm. The school was two miles distant and his attendance during early boy- hood was necessarily limited. llis father was a poor man, and for some years life was a struggle to the family. Our subject was obliged to go to work when eight years old, and his entire school life would not exceed twelve months. lle was ten

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years old when the family removed to Iowa. The journey was made by team, and they erossed the Mississippi River on the ice at Burlington, Iowa. Our subject remained with his father until the death of the latter, when he went to work for a step-brother. At the age of fourteen he began working out by the month and continued so em- ployed until nineteen years old. In 1873 he was married, and the following spring came West by team. He crossed the Missouri River at Nebraska City, and came on to this county. Ile selected land in Grant Township, and filed a homestead elaim for 160 acres. He made improvements upon the place and there lived until 1877, when he traded his claim for eighty acres of the place he now occupies. There were no improvements upon the eighty when he obtained it. and he broke the soil and erected some necessary buildings. For several years a log house was the family residence. Later he built a better dwelling, which was burned, and he subsequently rebuilt it and erected other buildings than he previously had. Soon after settlement upon the place he bought eighty acres adjoining, the whole comprising his present estate. He is engaged in farming and stock-raising, his principal crop being corn. He raises graded Poland-China hogs, of which he ships one car-load per year. He also sells a car-load of cattle, which are fattened by feeding. Ile keeps ten head of horses, two teams being used upon the place.

The wife of Mr. Walton, with whom he was united in marriage at the residence of Dillon Hay- worth, near Indianola, Iowa, bore the maiden name of Mary E. Hayworth. Her parents, George and Mary (Hicks) Hayworth, are old settlers of Iowa and still reside on their homestead there. Their mother is a native of the Hoosier State. Mrs. Walton was born in Warren County, Iowa. and has horne her husband four children, Myrtle, Hat- tie, Frank and Lizzie.

Mr. Walton has by honesty and industry ac- quired his comfortable estate, and by keen obser- vation and native wit has gained a considerable degree of the knowledge which was denied him in the school-room. He is well liked by neighbors and fellow-citizens and regarded as one who is interested in everything which will benefit the

county. He gave the right of way through his place to the railroad company, and was quite in- strumental in the building of the Friends' Church at Mill Creek. He is a member and director of the lladdam Percheron Horse Company. He has been School Clerk three terms, and is now acting as Director of the School Board. The Republican party gains his vote, and he has been a delegate to its conventions. He belongs to the Society of Friends and as Superintendent of the Sunday- school at Mill Creek, he has been an active worker for the cause of right living and Christianity. Personally he is a well-built man, standing over six feet in height and of proportionate breadth of frame.

E MANUEL WERTMAN. The parents of this gentleman were Daniel and Mary B. (Oswald) Wertman, both natives of Lehigh County. Pa. In that county they were married. and from there removed to Columbia County, where they lived for several years. Later they removed to Niagara County, N. Y., where they died. They had a family of twelve children, of whom our subject was the ninth in order of birth.

Emanuel Wertman was born in Columbia County, Pa., No. 27, 1821. He was twelve years old when his parents removed to New York State, where he grew to manhood on his father's farm. He continued to reside in Niagara County, until about twenty-six years old, and during the years spent there learned the trade of wagon making. From that county he removed to Erie County, where he followed his trade and made his home until 1854. IIe then re- moved with his family to Bureau County, Ill., and for a few months lived in the town of Princeton. He then bought a farm in Westfield Township, that county, and occupied it until 1859, when he sold out, and came West. Arriving in Kansas while it was still a Territory, he settled in Douglas County, where he remained until the spring of 1861. IIe then changed his location to Washington County, and has since been a resident on section 33, Farm- ington Township. He has given his attention wholly to farming, and has made excellent improvements upon the 160 acres of land which he owns. He is

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an enterprising farmer and is carrying on his occu- pation successfully.

During his residence in Erie County. N. Y., Mr. Wertman was united in marriage with Miss Lucy A. Huntington. The ceremony took place Oct. 3, 1850, at Williamsville. Her parents were Abel II. and Lucy A. (Jones) Huntington, who were natives of New England, and after their marriage settled in Erie County, N.Y., where , they both died. They had a family of five children, of whom Mrs. Wert- man was the eldest. Her birth took place Sept. 26, 1823. Mr. and Mrs. Wertman have become the pa- rents of three children : Moses, who married Miss Sarah Prithro; Elizabeth, now the wife of William H. Love; and Grierson.

Mr. Wertman is a believer in the principles of the Republican party, and never fails to cast his vote for the candidates in whose hands he believes the interests of the country will be best advanced. The intelligence which Mr. Wertman manifests, and the sterling qualities of character which he pos- sesses are properly appreciated by his friends and fellow citizens, who give him the respect he so well (leserves.

REDERICK WULFF, a son of one of the early residents of Hanover Township, is a young man possessing a great amount of energy and enterprise which are apparent on his fine farm. where he has instituted modern improve- ments and is putting forth his best efforts for fur- ther developments. He is numbered among the representative young men of his township and is justly popular in social and business circles. We find him in the enjoyment of the comforts of a plea- sant home. comprising a well-regulated farm upon which he has expended much labor and which bears fair comparison with its neighbors.

The youngest of a family of five children, the subject of this sketch was born June 7, 1855, in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany, and lived there until a youth of fifteen years when he emigrat- ed with his parents to America. The latter were John B. and Almuth (Bruns) Wulff, who were like- wise natives of Oldenburg and the father a farmer by occupation. The latter likewise served six years

in the German Army. The parents lived in Olden- burg twenty years after their marriage, then, in 1870 emigrated to America, landing in the city of Baltimore. Thence they proceeded to Henry County, Ohio, and from there to Johnson County, Neb. That same year they made another removal, coming to Washington County, Kan., and settled upon the land which constitutes the present homestead of their son. Here the father died in 1880. The mother is still living and makes her home with one of her daughters, Mrs. Drugmueller.

John B. Wulff was a man possessing both industry and energy. He came to this country with little means but in due time became the owner of 320 acres of land in Hanover Township. He was a man highly respected and wielded a marked influence in his community. The parental household included five children of whom Frederick. the subject of this sketch was the youngest, He was placed in school at an early age and received a good educa- tion in his native tongue. He worked with his father on the home farm until twenty-three years old, then purchased 160 acres of it and prepared to establish a home of his own. On the 2d of May. 1879 he was united in marriage with Miss Minnie, daughter of Christian and Stene (Myer) Shutte. The parents of Mrs. Wulff were natives respectively of Prussia and Hanover. They emigrated to America and are now living on a farm adjoining that of Mr. Wulff on the south. Mr. Shutte has attained his three-score and ten years, while his estimable wife is fifty-eight years old. They have six children liv- ing and Mrs. Wulff is the fourth in order of birth. She was born in Illinois in 1864 and acquired a good education in English. Of her union with our subject there have been born three children Anna, Jan. 28. 1880; Frederick, Jan. 28, 1884 and Minnie Jan. 27, 1886.

Mr. and Mrs. Wulff are prominently connected with the German Lutheran Church at Hanover. Mr. Wulff, politically, is a stanch Democrat and keeps himself well posted upon the political issues of the times. His farm is finely situated on the west side of the Blue River, directly opposite the little city of Hanover. The residence was put up at a cost of about $500. He has a barn, corn-crib, and shed. all with stone foundations, and erected in a neat and

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substantial manner. Most of the land is in a good state of cultivation, 115 acres being under the plow. Mr. Wulff has planted a goodly number of fruit trees and is considerably interested in live stock, having sixty head of cattle, 175 head of swine and fifteen head of horses. In 1885 he purchased forty acres of land on section 18, Hanover Township. He has a fine start, with the prospect of a compe- tency ere becoming aged.

LLEN C. WHEELER, a pioneer of two States, was one of the earliest settlers of Jefferson County, Neb .. and later came to Washington County, Kan., locating in Union Township, while it was considered the front- ier, and of the latter he has since been a resident. He still retains possession of his quarter- section of land in Nebraska, which is now transformed into a good farm, while in Union Township, this State, he has 480 acres, which he has operated with fine results. He is largely interested in live stock and has effected first-class improvements on this farm, which is considered one of the most desirable es- tates in this part of the county. In addition to the interests already mentioned, he conduets a general store in Narka, Republic Co., Kan., and is in the enjoyment of a handsome income. He is looked upon as one of the most public-spirited and liberal citizens of the county, one who has contributed his full quota to its growth and prosperity.

A native of New York State, Mr. Wheeler was born near Stillwater, in what was then Chautauqua County, Sept. 17, 1839. Three years later his par- ents removed to Herkimer County, where the father engaged in saw-milling, and where Allen C. pur- sued his first studies in the common school. Ile was put to work at the age of ten years, making himself useful on the farm and in the mill. Finally the family removed to Lockport, N. Y., where they - sojourned until 1851. That year they decided upon seeking the farther West, and they made their way by lake steamer to Chicago, thence by canal to Peoria, and from there overland by team to Fiatt. Fulton Co., Ill.

In the above-mentioned place the elder Wheeler

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Portrait and biographical album of Washington, Clay and Riley counties, Kansas, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent citizens together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, Part 118

Author: Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Brothers Number of Pages: 1258

Author:
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, Chapman Brothers
Number of Pages: 1258