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 159

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Publication date: 1890
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The father of our subjeet was Samuel Baldry, a native of England and now a resident of Belden, Mo. He came to America when a boy and was

married in Michigan to Miss Augusta Kene. Mrs. Baldry is likewise a native of Germany and was born in Berlin. She came to America when quite young and was married in lowa. She died at her home in Lettsville, that State, in 1876, while in her prime. In religious belief she was a Methodist, to which church Samuel Baldry also belongs.

Mr. Baldry made his home principally with his uncle Chester after the decease of his mother and developed into a pedagogue, which profession lie followed two years. He is numbered among the promising young business men of Clifton, and votes the straight Republican ticket.

- WINGROVE, one of the early settlers of Clay Center, came to the county as early as 1870, and is at present engaged as a loan broker in that city. He is descended from an honorable ancestry, his great-grandfather, John Wingrove, having emigrated from England during the year in which the colonies began to rebel against the oppressions of the mother country. He was then but a youth of sixteen years and ran away from home to embark for America. His father was a General in the British army and spent his entire life on his own Continent.

John Wingrove landed in Boston whence he made his way to Virginia and joined the Conti- nental Army, fighting on the side of the Colonists until their independence had been established. After the close of the war he married and settled in the Shenandoah Valley where he prosecuted farming for a time, then went into Buchanan, Va., where he opened np a farm from the wilderness, reared a family and there spent his last days. His son, William, the grandfather of our subject, was born there and reared to manhood. He followed agricultural pursuits, was married and became the father of a family of two children- Harrison, the father of our subject and Mrs. Dean, now of Sedalia, Mo.

Harrison Wingrove, the father of our subject, was born at Leetown, Va., in 1816. When a young man he went with the family to Buchanan and was there married to Miss Maria Tibbles. There were

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born to them two sons and two daughters. and three of the children are living, namely, Marshall, of West Virginia; Emma, (Mrs. Lay Barrett) of Sedalia, Mo., and Otis P .. of Idana, Clay Co., Kan. The mother of these children died in middle life and Mr. Wingrove was subsequently married to Miss Frances Phillips. They became the parents of five children, three of whom are living. Harrison Wingrove has been a resident of Upshur County, W. Va., for the past forty-eight years. His wife is also living and both are members of the Presbyte- rian Church. The father votes the straight Repub- lican ticket and was a stanch Union man during the late Civil War.

S AMUEL BARR. The attention of the bio- grapher as he was traveling along the south- ern line of Franklin Township, Washin- ton County, was attracted to the home- stead of Mr. Barr, which is finely located on sec- tion 34. Without making any pretentions to elegance, it forms nevertheless a very desir- able and comfortable abiding place and is without question the home of an intelligent and enterprising citizen. Upon this farm Mr. Barr has spent the most of the time for a period of twenty- two years and has labored industriously in bring- ing the soil to a productive condition, erecting the buildings needed, these including a substantial resi- dence and the structures necessary for the shelter of stock and storage of grain. Mr. Barr is a na- tive of Western Pennsylvania, having been born in Indiana County. that State, Oct. 1. 1840. llis parents, Thomas and Fariba Barr, likewise natives of Pennsylvania, there spent their entire lives en- gaged in farming pursuits. The family consisted of five children, of whom Samuel was the eldest born. George is a resident of Emporia, this State; Alexander is farming in Iowa ; Nancy Jane and John P. remain in Pennsylvania.

The subject of this sketch lived on the farm in his native county until a young man of twenty years, then starting out for himseif emigrated to Clayton County, lowa. He lived there nearly two years, and then upon the outbreak of the Rebellion

enlisted in August, 1862, in Company B, 1st lowa Cavalry, and followed the fortunes of war until February, 1866, when he was mustered out at Aus- tin. Texas, receiving an honorable discharge for faithful and efficient service. During his army life he endured all its hardships and privations and participated in some of the most important battles of the war. Twice his horse was shot under him while making a charge at Bayou Meter Bridge. near Little Rock, Ark. He captured the horse of a comrade who had fallen in the heat of the battle, and remained on the field until the engagement was over. Later he was in the fight at Perry Grove, again at Little Rock and in numerons other battles and skirmishes. At the expiration of his first term of enlistment he veteranized and was promoted to Corporal.

Upon retiring from the service Mr. Barr re- turned to Jowa, and in 1866, coming to Kansas. homesteaded the land which he now owns and oc- cupies. He came to the West without means, and therefore his accumulations are the result of his own industry. He is a man making little stir in the world, but pursues the even tenor of his way and lives at peace among his neighbors. His fam- ily consists of his wife and six children, he having been married in 1870, to Miss Elizabeth J. Hatter. Their three sons and three daughters are named: Thomas L., Nannie, Reuben, Sarah P. Benjamin F. and Ernestine. Mr. Barr was a youth of sixteen years upon the formation of the Republican party, and as soon as becoming a voter he gave to it his unqualified support, and has since remained its faithful adherent. He has no ambition for office, being wholly content to live the life of a private citizen.

C ILARLES C. EMERSON, the genial Mayor of Ogden, Riley County, lives northeast of the city on a beautiful farm of sixty acres of unusually well cultivated land. The farm is not only under a high state of cultivation, but is other- wise improved and beautified besides being fully supplied with excellent stock. The father of Mr. Emerson, Thomas Emerson, was a native of New Hampshire, where he was engaged in the pursuit of

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agriculture during his life. The mother was Julia A. (Clark) Emerson, also a native of New Hamp- shire. Solomon Emerson, the paternal grandfather was likewise a native of New Hampshire, of Eng- lish extraction. Samuel and Betsy (Priest) Clark, both natives of New Hampshire, were the maternal grand parents. Mr. Clark died in 1826 and his wife in 1874. Their union resulted in the birth of three children, of whom Mrs. Emerson was the youngest. She was born Nov. 27, 1822, and was married in the fall of 1843, to Thomas Emerson. After twenty-one years of married life Mr. Emer- son departed this life to enter upon the unknown realities of the other world. They were the parents of two children of whom our subject is the elder. The other one, Bessie, is the wife of Frank East- man, and lives in California ; they have four chil- dren.

The subject of this sketch was born in Barnstead, N. II., Dec. 27, 1844, and passed his youth and early manhood . amid the familiar seenes of his native place. He received a sound academic edu- cation and was then apprenticed to a shoe-maker to learn the trade. He followed that occupation some three years and then concluded to try his fortune in the West. Ile journeyed to Illinois in 1865, and located on a farm in Macon County. He only remained there one year when he again started to go further toward the setting sun. Up- on arriving in Kansas he paused a short while in Junction City, then enrolled himself among the great number of men employed driving teams across the plains. He followed this occupation for the space of one year then settled down in Ogden, where for two years more he worked at his trade. Subsequently, he and Mr. Blanchard opened a store for the sale of general merchandise in Ogden, and continued in the business some three years. He then traded his interest for a farm which he has oper- ated from that time to the present. As stated above, his affairs are in a highly flourishing and satisfactory condition.

Although of a modest and somewhat retiring dis- position, he has yielded to the urgent entreaties of his friends and fellow-townsmen, and permitted himself to be placed in several positions of honor and trust. He has occupied the position of Town-

ship Clerk for one year and that of Township Trus- tee for four years; he has also been a member of the School Board for several years, in which posi- tion his early education, supplemented as it has been by a wide experience, constitutes him a valued and efficient member. The suffrages of his fellow- citizens have also called him to a place in the City Council, and later to the office of Mayor. He has performed the duties of that position for several terms, and is the present incumbent. He was for- merly a member of a lodge of Good Templars and also of one of Sons of Temperance, but as no or- ganization of either exists at present in this place he has transferred his activities in the temperance cause to other methods of working than through the medium of lodge work. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., has been through all the chairs and is now Past Grand. In political matters be takes a lively interest, believing that only by keeping the people informed and interested in the questions presented for their decision at the ballot-box can the nation's welfare be assured. His political affilia- tions are with the Democratic party.

G EORGE F. CAMPBELL is the owner and occupant of a valuable farm in Coleman Township, Washington County. A notice- able feature of the estate is the number and variety of trees which have been set out upon it. Six acres are devoted to the culture of forest trees, and on the plantation may be found cottonwood, walnut, box-elder, catalpa, ash, elm, hackberry, and a few silverleaf and Lombardy poplars. The orchard contains cherries, apricots, peaches, and apple trees, there being about 130 of the latter. Grapes and a great variety of small fruits are also cultivated. Excellent water is supplied by a spring which flows summer and winter. A spring house has been built. and the cooling fluid is conducted through boxes where milk, butter and other supplies are always kept cool and fresh.

Mr. Campbell traces his ancestry to the sturdy Scotch. His grandparents, George and Roxana Campbell, emigrated from Scotland when their son. Origen E., the father of our subject, was quite young.

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Origen Campbell married Miss Sarah Goodspeed, daughter of Richard Goodspeed, her family being also of Scotch ancestry.

The early home of the Campbells was in Vermont. In Ferrisburgh, Addison County, the subject of this sketch first saw the light. His birth took place Dec. 2, 1838, and in his native place he remained until seventeen years of age. Ile was the recipient of all the advantages to be derived from attendance at the public schools of his native State, and after the family removed from Vermont, he attended school at their new home in Mauston, Juneau Co., Wis.

During the late Civil War, Mr. Campbell served about ten months in the Army of the Union. His name was on the muster roll of Company C, 47th Wisconsin Infantry, and Tennessee was the field of the most of his army service. After being discharged at Madison, Wis., he returned to the occupation of a farmer, which he had previously undertaken. He owned land in Junean County, upon which he erected a house after his discharge from the service. That place continued to be his home until 1873, when he sold and removed to this State, making the trip by wagon in company with Messrs. Covey & Smith. Each of the men took up a homestead in this county, remaining but a short time here, return- ing for their families. The homestead which Mr. Campbell entered, comprised the southeast quarter of section 32, and his entrance into the county was on June 15, 1873. Six years after the family came here, he fitted out a wagon. and with his wife and three boys, made the trip of about 700 miles, to Wisconsin and return.

At the home of the bride in Wisconsin, on March 26, 1864, Mr. Campbell celebrated his marriage. The lady who became his wife bore the maiden name of Mary Stewart, and is the daughter of Wil- liam and Mahala (Randall) Stewart. Her mother was a daughter of John Randall. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell has been blessed by the birth of four children. The first born, Roland A., died at the age of nine months. William E. was born on the day that Grant was first elected Presi- dent; he is his father's able assistant on the farm. Gerald H. is now a young man and still at home. G. Stewart is now a lad of eleven years. Mr. and

Mrs. Campbell have adopted a daughter whom they reared from the age of four years. Her name was Annie Wert, and she remained with her adopted parents until her marriage. She is now the wife of Luther M. Stewart, formerly of Strawberry Town- ship, this county, and now of Logan, Philips Co., Kan., where he has a farm.

Mr. Campbell is a stanch Republican. He is now acting as Treasurer of Coleman Township. He has been School Director during twelve of the sixteen years of his residence here. Mrs. Campbell, and her son William, are members of the Close Communion Baptist Church. As an enterprising and progressive farmer, a reliable citizen, and a man of firm prin- ciples and social qualities, Mr. Campbell is highly esteemed by his neighbors and fellow-citizens.

ROF. JESSE HARRIS, Principal of the Haddam High School, is a well-educated and polished gentleman, thoroughly de- voted to the duties of his profession, con- scientious and faithful, and has made many friends since his sojourn in this county. He is a close stu . dent and an extensive reader, and has already at- tained an enviable reputation as an instructor. He is a native of Bangor, Iowa, and was born Dec. 16, 1856. lle is consequently approaching the thirty- third year of his age. and has made good headway on the road to prosperity, obtaining a high position among the educators of Kansas.

The early years of Prof. Harris were spent amid the quiet scenes of farm life, and he was taught to make himself useful from childhood. When a boy of eight years he began herding sheep, follow- ing this four years, and then began in earnest to work on a farm. He pursued his first studies in the com- mon school, and remained a member of the parental household until a youth of eighteen years. Then desiring to increase his store of knowledge he re- paired to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and entered the Penn- sylvania College, pursuing a scientifie course one year. At the expiration of this time he com- menced teaching, which he followed one year, then resumed his studies and followed teaching and studying alternately for the next three years.

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On the 17th of March. 1880, Prof. Harris was married in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Miss Hattie Glass- cock. This lady was born in I'nion County, Ohio, Dec. 2. 1858, and is the daughter of Joseph Glass- cock, a native of Virginia who fell heir to twenty- one slaves. Being an Abolitionist in sentiment and belief he immediately set his colored people free, and thus being deprived of a large portion of his income, went to work as a carpenter which he fol- lowed in Ohio for several years. Then becoming crippled by an accident he occupied himself as a shoe-maker for a time, and later, secured 200 acres of land and engaged in farming.

In 1865 Mr. Glasscock removed to Missouri and engaged in farming, but met with misfortune, losing most of his property on account of Abolition princi- ples, as his stock was poisoned and other outrages committed upon him. Being obliged to leave that section he removed to the vicinity of Fayetteville, Mo., where he carried on farming a few years, and then took up his abode in Mahaska County, Iowa. There he engaged in the breeding of fine horses, and in due time was enabled to purchase another farm. He finally retired from active labor and now makes his home with his children, having nearly attained to his fourscore years. He is a radical Republican, politically, and a member in good standing of the Christian Church. His wife, Mrs. Shady (Stratton) Glasscock, was a native of Ohio, and died in Iowa, in 1887.

The subject of this sketch after his marriage en- gaged in teaching near Marshalltown, Iowa. for two years and was uniformly successful. He had been given a first grade certificate as a teacher when twenty-three years old. At the expiration of the time mentioned, desiring a change of location, he went to a farm in Marshall County, Iowa, prosecuting agriculture in summer, but resuming his old pro- fession in the winter. He remained a resident of the Hawkeye State until the fall of 1883, then set out for Kansas by team, crossing the Missouri at Plattsmouth and located near Haddam, engaged with Messrs. Moorehead & Knowles to operate the stock-yards belonging to their ranche for eight months, serving at the same time as book-keeper. He then purchased eighty acres of raw land in Union Township, upon which he located and made

some improvements, then sold out the following year. Ile purchased eighty acres of raw land in Mill Creek Township, which he improved with good buildings, and carried on farming there until De- cember, 1886. Then selling out, once more, he re- moved to the vicinity of Cuba, Republic County, where he purchased forty acres of land and taught there until September, 1888.

Wishing now to obtain further knowledge of his profession, as a teacher, Mr. Harris entered the Normal College at Great Bend, this State, taking a scientific course of seven months. Ile then resumed teaching in Republic County until the summer of 1889, and in July, that year, took up his residence in IIaddam, and afterward entered upon the duties of his present position. Ilis home embraces thirty-seven acres of choice land which is operated by other parties. He has a neat residence, with pleasant surroundings, and his household circle includes four bright and interesting children-Alma, Cul- len, James J. and Vera. Formerly Prof. Harris was a member of the I .. O. G. T. He and his wife are members in good standing of the Baptist Church at Hickory Grove; politically, he is a sound Republican.

The father of our subject was James Harris, a native of North Carolina, and born near New Berne, in 1815. The paternal grandfather was David Ilarris, likewise a native of that State, and a farmer by occupation. Grandfather Harris left the South in 1833, emigrating to Indiana and locating on a tract of Government land near Winchester, where he carried on farming until his death. The great- grandfather of our subject was Jesse Harris, like- wise a native of North Carolina and a ship-builder by trade, living on the coast. Ilis father, Johns- ton Ilarris, came from England and was a Quaker.

James Harris prosecuted farming and stock-rais- ing in Indiana until 1846. He then removed over- land by team to Iowa, settling in Henry County, but later changed his residence to Marshall County. where he entered land and improved a farm, be- coming well-to-do. Ile died at Bangor, in May, 1884. He was a Quaker in religious life, first a Whig and then a Republican, politically, and a strong Abolitionist. lle married Miss Matilda Pickett, a native of his own State and born in 1821.

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The mother of our subjeet was the daughter of Rev. Joseph Pickett, a farmer of North Carolina, and a preacher in the Quaker Church. He removed to Indiana in 1846, where he spent his last days. Mrs. Matilda Harris is still living at the old home- stead near Bangor, Marshall Co., Iowa.

To the parents of Prof. Harris there were born fourteen children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, Mary, is now Mrs. Hockett, and resides in Sher- man County, Kan. ; Emily married John Clymer. and died in Topeka; Ruth married a Mr. Hockett, and died in Iowa; Sarah, Mrs. George, resides in Leavenworth County, this State; Eunice died at the age of fifteen years; Eleazar B. is farming in Storey County, Iowa; Jobe L. died in infancy ; Robert died when a promising young man of twenty years; James L. is farming in Marshall County, Iowa; Jesse, the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth; Evangeline died when two years old; Edwin died when a young child; Anna, Mrs. Pruitt, is a resident of Logan County, this State; David M. lives in Marshall County, Iowa.

F6 RANK SIIAW. During the early settlement of Northern Kansas, men came from all parts of the I'nion, some of the States contribut- ing their best elements toward the building up of the infant commonwealth. Among them came William Shaw, father of the subject of this notice, who was born and reared in the State of Ohio, and lived there until the fall of 1859. Upon coming to Kansas he settled first in Linn County, but the fol- lowing year removed to Jefferson County, where he sojourned until 1869. That year he changed his residence to Washington County. and purchased 240 acres of land on section 25, Greenleaf Town- ship, the improvement and cultivation of which he carried on until 1880. Then, wisely retiring from active labor. he moved into the town of Greenleaf, of which he is still a resident.

William Shaw, during the years of his active life was a man of great energy and industry, and accu- mulated a good property. From early manhood he has been a member of the Christian Church, from whose doctrines and beliefs he still extracts a

large amount of comfort in his old age. Politically. he is a stanch supporter of Republican principles. His father was Jeremiah Shaw, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America in the latter part of the eighteenth century. William. upon reaching man's estate was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Hatcher, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Will- iam and Mary Hatcher, who spent their last years in Ohio. To William and Louisa Shaw there was born a family of six children, the eldest of whom, Walter William, is the Postmaster at Texarkana, Ark .; Mary is the wife of Henry Best, Registrar of Deeds at Kinsley, this State ; Margaret is the wife of Caleb Woodworth, a farmer of Atchison County, Kan. ; Frank is the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth ; Damon is farming in Philips County, this State ; Nettie is unmarried and remains at home with her parents.

Frank Shaw, one of the leading farmers and stock-men of Greenleaf Township, was born in Portage County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1851. He was the fourth child of his parents, who came to Kansas when he was quite young and spent his early years in Jefferson and Washington counties, becoming familiar with farming pursuits, and acquiring a practical education in the common schools. In 1883 he purchased the old homestead of his father, upon which he has since resided. He is the owner of 280 acres of thoroughly cultivated land with good buildings. Of late he has given his attention to live stock in which he deals extensively, and is probably the leading man in this industry in his township. He started in life dependent upon his own resources and his accumulations are the result of his own perservering industry. Ile was carefully trained in the doctrines of the Christian Church, in which he has been a member for many years. Politically, like his honored father, he is a sound Republican.

When approaching the twenty-third year of his age, Dec. 31. 1873, Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Minnie Bellows, of Washington County, this State. Mrs. Shaw was born in Seneca Falls, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1850, and is the danghter of Henry and Elizabeth D. (Jones) Bellows, the father a native of New York and the mother of England, and who now live in Washington County, There have been born to

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Mr. and Mrs. Shaw three children, a daughter and two sons-Nellie, Frederick and Frank. The home- stead in its appointments is complete in point of comfort and plenty, as without making any pre- tensions to elegance, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are sur- rounded by all things needful for their health and happiness.

C HARLES T. WOODS, a very prominent young farmer of Jackson Township, Riley County, has been a resident of Kansas for a period of twenty years, having come to the State with his parents when a lad nine years of age. Possessed of more than ordinary ability, he has al- ready obtained a fine start in life, and is numbered among the leading citizens of his township. Ile owns and occupies a well-improved farm, is liberal and public spirited, and an active member of the Democratic party.

The subject of this sketch is the son of Curtis Woods, a native of Hawkins County, Tenn., and born Jan. 1, 1816. The paternal grandfather, Jo- seph Woods, was likewise born in that State, where he operated as a farmer and stock-man and carried on a distillery. In 1840 he removed to Missouri but only remained in that State a short time, re- crossing then the Father of Waters and locating in Jo Daviess County, Ill. There he spent his last days. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and was an active, industrious citizen, respected by his neighbors. Grandmother Woods was, in her girlhood, Miss Lydia Norman; she was born in North Carolina, and died at the home of her son, now the home of her grandson, our subject, when ninety-nine years old.

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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 159

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

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