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 42

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soon afterward he set out to earn his own living. When a lad of thirteen years he repaired to Rich- mond, Ind., and learned blacksmithing and boiler- making at that place. After the outbreak of the Civil War, and when but a youth of seventeen years, he enlisted in Company A, 133d Indiana In- fantry, with the 100 days' men. They were or- dered to Alabama, but were not required to engage in any active fighting. Young MeAdams escaped from harm, and received his honorable discharge at the expiration of his term of enlistment. Prior to this he had been a member of the State Militia, and assisted in driving Morgan from the soil 'of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

After becoming a citizen again, Mr. MeAdams returned to Indiana and followed his trade until 1869. The spring of that year found him estab- lished in a shop on his homestead in Bloom Town- ship, Clay County, Kan., and he prosecuted farm- ing and blacksmithing thereafter, and kept bach- elor's hall for three years. In the meantime he made the acquaintance of Miss Susan Tebbe, and they were united in marriage at the bride's home in 1872. Mrs. McAdams was born in Carroll County, Mo., 1852, and is the daughter of William and Margaret (Brock) Tebbe, who were born in the city of Bremen, Germany. The father emigrated to America when a youth of seventeen years, and located in New Orleans, where he remained for a time engaged at his trade of briek-maker and brick- layer. Later he repaired to St. Louis, Mo., and was there married to Miss Brock, who came to America with her parents when twelve years old. The newly-wedded pair remained in Missouri until April, 1870, at which time the household had been enlarged by the birth of several children, and then they all eame to Kansas, and settled upon a home- stead in Bloom Township. The father died there Dec. 7. 1887, when fifty-nine years old. He was an active and industrious man and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he affiliated with the Republican party. His widow is still liv- ing at the old homestead and is now sixty-four years old, in the full preservation of her mental faculties, and quite active bodily. She also is con- nected with the Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. McAdams remained a member of the par-

ental household until her marriage, coming from Missouri to Kansas with the family. She is the mother of nine children, two of whom died in in- fancy. The survivors are Oliver Clarence, John Lewis, Florence Leora, William Orval, Carrie Elizabeth, Ephraim and Adelbert. Mr. and Mrs. MeAdams are prominently connected with the M .? E. Church, and Mr. McAdams, politieally, votes with the Republican party. He is likewise a mem- ber of Morganville Post No. 368 G. A. R.

OSEPH T. MOOREHEAD is the owner and occupant of a fine farm on section 10. Highland Township, Washington County. There he carries on his business of farming and stock-raising. That he is a good farmer the 240 acres of fine land abundantly testify. They are not only thoroughly cultivated and improved. but are supplied with fitting buildings.

John Moorehead, the father of our subject, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, and his mother Elizabeth (Morgan) Moorehead was born in New Jersey. They first settled near Zanesville, Ohio, and from there removed to Licking County in the same State, where they died. Their family con- sisted of ten children, of whom our subject was the youngest. He was born in Licking County, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1846. His parents died when he was but a boy, but he made his home in that county until eighteen years of age; he then went to Keokuk County, Iowa, where he worked out by the month for two years. During the next two years be was the occupant of rented land in the same county, following which for a year he rented in Franklin County. In August, 1870, he came to this eounty and settled in Franklin Township. There he lived about eighteen months, when he went to Mitchell County and took a homestead. Ile lived on the same for five years when, selling out, he returned to Washington County and bought the farm where he now lives in Highland Township.

Miss Ina White, born in Wisconsin Marel 23, 1852, won the regard of Mr. Moorehead, and to her he was married in Franklin Township, Nov. 17,

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1872. She has become the mother of four bright children-Myrtle, Mary L., Flora and Charles W.

Mr. Moorehead has held the office of Justice of the Peace for two years, and has also served as Township Treasurer. In politics he is a Republican and is an earnest adherent of the party principles. Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, in which he has been Class- Leader, Sunday-school Superintendent, Trustee and Steward.

REDERICK O. ANDREWS. One of the largest and finest farms of Sherman Town- ship, is the combined property of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, which was made one at the time of their marriage, and has since been under the wise supervision of the subject of this notice. Mr. Andrews is recognized as one of the leading men along the northern line of Clay County, and one whose diligence and perseverance have resulted in the accumulation of a competence sufficient to in- sure him against want in his old age. Ile is one of those substantial and reliable characters who en- deavor to be strictly just with all men and generous to those who are the most worthy.

Born in New York State, Mr. Andrews lived there until a youth of eighteen years, then removed with his parents. Abram R. and Adeline (Boyer) Andrews, to St. Joseph County, Mich. The family sojourned there until the spring of 1862, all to- gether, and then the household circle was broken in upon by the departure of Frederick O. to the war, he enlisting in Company 11, 2d Michigan Cav- alry, in which he served as a private until the preservation of the Union had been assured. In the meantime he took part in the battle at Little Rock, Ark., and also fought on the Saline River.

Mr. Andrews was the first Yankee soldier who drank water out of the Arkansas River, this feat being accomplished while the Johnnies were throw- ing shells at him. He not only drank himself. but watered his horse and filled his canteen. Notwith- standing the bullets fell thiek around him, he re- turned to the ranks in safety. While at the river. by means of his carbine, he silenced two cannon-

eers across the river. His company was the first to cross the river in the campaign at that point. They were soon followed by the entire regiment. which, making a charge, captured Little Rock. After a delay there of a few days they joined the Red River expedition, and when returning from it went into winter quarters at Little Rock.

Mr. Andrews in the spring of 1865 accompanied his regiment down the river to Tennessee, around which they operated until the close of the war, and received their honorable discharge at Chattanooga. Mr. Andrews then returned to Michigan, where he lived two years, then removed to Shelby County. Mo., which continued his home for three years. His next change of residence was to this State, he locating in Logan County in 1871. He removed to Morgansville in 1872. The following year he homesteaded 120 acres of land in Sherman Town- ship, put up a cottonwood shanty, and kept bachelor's hall for a period of seven years. Then, esteeming it not good to live longer alone, lie took unto himself a wife and helpmate, being married to Mrs. Mary (Harbaugh) Allen, widow of Francis M. Allen. This union resulted in the birth of two children.

In the meantime Mr. Andrews had become quite prominent in local affairs, and was appointed by Gov. Osborne, in 1873, Justice of the Peace, which office he held about five years, when Sherman Township embraced the northern part of the county. The Andrews family occupy the homestead belong- ing to the wife, and which comprises 160 aeres of land. The whole estate embraces 280 acres. Mrs. Andrews was born in Monroe County, Ill., and was there reared to womanhood and married to Francis M. Allen. Soon afterward they came to Clay County, locating at the present homestead in 1870. Mr. Allen only lived about five years there- after, his death occuring March 29. 1875. Ile left his widow with three children-Anna, Emmet II. and Francis. Mr. Allen was born in Green County. Iowa. He served as a Constable several years in Sherman Township, and with his wife was a mem- ber of the Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews remember the time when the Indians were plentiful in this section of country. and when wild game -- turkey. deer and antelope-

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could almost be shot down in the doorway. The parents of Mr. Andrews were, like himself. natives of New York State, and spent their last days in Michigan. Both were members of the Baptist Church, and the father served in the War of 1812. The maternal grandfather, Frederick Boyer, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He spent his last days in New York State. He was born in Holland, whence his parents emigrated while Le was a boy.

G EORGE O. MURREY, proprietor of the Hays House, at Barnes, is not only a very popular man among his fellow-citizens, but also with the traveling public, being of that genial and companionable disposition which constrains him to treat every individual in that courteous and well-bred manner which is remarkably pleasant to those with whom he comes in contact. Without greatly bending his energies to the getting of gain, he is, notwithstanding, in comfortable circum- stance, has dealt honorably with his fellow-men, and is enjoying a fair share of the good things of this life.

Mr. Murrey was born a little over thirty-nine years ago-April 19, 1850-in Green County, Wis., and is the son of Alexander Murrey, who was a native of Michigan and born in 1818. The latter removed to Wisconsin when about thirty-five years of age, and is still a resident of Green County. He has spent nearly all his life in farming, and is the owner of a large property. The family is of French extraction, and the paternal grandfather of our subject was John Murrey, who spent his last years in Michigan.

Mrs. Laura ( Wright) Murrey, the mother of our subjeet, was a native of Michigan, and born in 1824. She died in Green County, Wis., in 1860, at the early age of thirty-six years. The parental household of our subject consisted of ten children, viz: Clarissa, Ann, Charles, Phebe, Rosella, George O., Eugene, Viola, Maurice and Laura. George (). was the sixth child of the family, and was reared on the farm in Green County, Wis., receiving a

common school education. He lived there until 1878, assisting his father around the homestead and becoming familiar with the various employments of farm life. In 1878 he came to Kansas, settling on a tract of land near the present site of Barnes, where he followed farming until 1886. In the meantime he watched the growing town with great interest, and finally, in the year above mentioned, opened a hotel, which he has since operated, and has been very successful as " mine host." Socially, he belongs to the I. O. O. F .. Lodge No. 276, at Barnes, in which he has taken the Subordinate and Encampment degrees. Politically, he is a sound Republican, and keeps himself posted in regard to State and national affairs. He has always kept his eyes open to what was going on around him in the world, and is a man with whom an hour may always be spent in a pleasant and profitable manner.

Miss Ida E. Hayes of Green County, Wis., was wedded to Mr. Murrey Nov. 25, 1873. This lady was born in Warren County, Pa., Jan. 29, 1852, and is the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Vroman) Hayes, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and are now living at Barnes, Kan. Mrs. Murrey removed with her parents from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin when about fourteen years old, and remained with them until her marriage. Of this nnion there have been no children.

ESSE W. TWEEDY. The subject of this notice furnishes another illustration of the results of industry and perseverance among the men for which Washington County is so noted. He is one of the substantial farmers and stock men of Greenleaf Township, where he established himself on sections 28, in 1869, and is now the owner of 200 acres of fine land, a part of it located on section 27. Ile started in life a poor boy, with only the talents which nature had con- ferred upon him, having a limited education, and being obliged to labor under many other disadvan- tages. Ilis habits of industry and his ambition to become a man among men have resulted in the

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realization of his desires, and he is now numbered among the representative men of his county.

Mr. Tweedy was born in Rush County, Ind., Oct., 17, 1832. His father, William B. Tweedy, a native of South Carolina, removed first to Ken- tucky and afterward to Indiana, sojourning in Rush County until 1837. Later he pushed on fur- ther westward into Edgar County, Ill., and died there about 1878, when nearing his four-score years. He was a good man in the broadest sense of the term, possessing a high sense of integrity and morality, was never known to have used an oath, and for many years was a consistent member of the Christian Church. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican, voting with the latter party from the time of its organization until the last election before his deatlı.

The paternal grandfather of our subject was James Tweedy, of South Carolina, who emigrated to Illinois, and died in Edgar County. William B. Tweedy was married to Miss Lavina Williams who was born in Kentucky, June 7, 1808. She de- parted this life in Edgar County, Ill., in 1888. Her father was Jesse Williams. of Kentneky, after whom the subject of this sketch was named. To the parents of our subject there were born eleven children, viz: Louisa, Jesse W., Nancy, James. Wakefield, Mary, John, William. Hiram, Robert and Martha E. The only surviving members of the family are Jesse W., Louisa and Martha. Wakefield, Hiram and Robert, served in the late war with Indiana and Illinois regiments.

Jesse W. Tweedy, of whom we write, was the second child of his parents, and was reared on a farm in Edgar County, III. He lived with his father until twenty-one years old, then in 1855, emigrated to Sullivan County, Mo., where he fol- lowed farming until 1861. Soon after the out- break of the Civil War he joined the Federal Army as a private, enlisting in Company C, 18th Mis- souri Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. Until the battle of Atlanta he was in the 16th Army Corps; afterward he was in the 17th. He participated in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth and went on the Georgia campaign, meeting the enemy at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta, and marched with Sherman to the

sen. Later, going with his regiment up through the Carolinas to Washington, he was present at the Grand Review, and in August, 1865, received his honorable discharge at St. Louis, Mo.

After the war Mr. Tweedy returned to Edgar County, Ill., and followed farming until 1869. That year he came to Kansas, and in due time lo- cated upon a part of the land which he now owns and occupies. On the 18th of October, 1868, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Whitsel, of Vigo County, Ind. Mrs. Tweedy was born in that county, Aug. 3. 1825, and was the daughter of Joseph and Jane (Farnham) Whitsel; the father died in Indiana, the mother still lives. She be- came the mother of five children-William D., Aliee B., Evermont, Frances D. and Edith; and departed this life June 7, 1880. Mr. Tweedy has only two children living-William D. and Alice B. He has been a member of the Christian Church and politically, is a strong Republican. IIe is also a member in good standing of Greenleaf Post, G. A. R.

AVID HUMMER, merchant tailor, is one of the well-known business men of the flourishing town of Greenleaf, Washington County, where he has an excellent trade. Ile is respected by all who know him for his strict business integrity, as well as for his private char- acter. He was born near Carlisle, Pa., July 24. 1820, being a son of JJacob and Mary ( Rhodes ) Hummer. The mother was also born in the Key Stone State, her parents being of German extrac- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Hummer were the parents of nine children of whom our subject was the third. The father died when his son David was quite small.

Mr. David Hummer was educated in his native State in which he remained until the age of seven- teen, having during this period learned the tailor's trade at Lancaster. In 1837, he went to McArthur, Ohio, and ten years later to Middlefork. In 1871, he removed West and located in this county, tak- ing up a homestead of 160 acres on seetion 7,

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Greenleaf Township. On the homestead he resided nntil 1882. when he moved into town, where he has since been carrying on a' merchant tailoring estab- lishment. He has always followed his trade and is a thorough workman. He started in life poor and what he has made is the result of his own industry and thrift.

On March 17, 1840, Mr. Hummer was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Kelch of McArthur, Ohio. The bride was born in Nelsonville. Ohio, Nov. 8, 1832. being a daughter of Philip and Sarah A. Kelch. She departed this life in Greenleaf, Feb. 19, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Ilummer had nine child- ren born to them: Sarah J., Hattie C .; Mary, Flora, and Millie, deceased; Franklin D .; Georgia A. deceased ; Myrtie II., and Annie O.

Sarah J. married R. P. Murray, of Middlefork, Ohio, and now resides in Washington City, where her husband is a clerk in the Treasury Depart- ment. They have five children-Della, Don, Harry, Hampton and Hattie. Hattie C. married Isaac D). Barrett, a dress and cloak manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio ; they have two children, Minnie and Frank. Franklin D. is now a contractor in Kansas City, Mo .; he married Miss Alice McGee of Gallatin, Mo. They had one child-Ona C., who has been taken from them by death. Myrtie H., married George Weidenheimer, a painter at St. Francis, Kan. They have four children- Mark, Cecil, Lenora and Nina. Annie O. married Frank Il. Werner, a harness dealer in Greenleaf; they have one son-Max.

Mr. Ilummer is a Republican in politics. He belongs to A. F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 232 at Green- leaf. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, with which he has been identified for more than twenty-five years.

ONIN P. MCGREW is the owner and occu- pant of a pleasant home on section 16. High- land Township, Washington County, where he owns a farm of 160 acres. The land is well improved and cultivated, and on it Mr. Mc- Grew carries on the occupation of a tiller of the soil.

Before entering upon a sketch of his life a few words in regard to his parents will not be amiss. IIis father, Simon McGrew, was born in Butler County, Pa. His mother bore the maiden name of Evelyn Wright, and was born in Adams County, Ohio. Their first home after marriage was in the last named county, from which they removed to Brown County, in the same State. In 1854 they emigrated to Des Moines County, Iowa, and thence removed and settled near New London, Henry County, where they died. They had eleven chil- dren. of whom our subject was the third. He was born in Brown County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1840, and was therefore a lad of fourteen when his parents removed to Iowa. He remained an occupant of the parental home until he was about twenty years of age, when, in April, 1861, his ears were startled by " The shot heard round the world." With pa- triotic fervor he hastened to enlist among the defenders of the Union, and was enrolled in Com- pany F., 1st Iowa Infantry. After a service of three months he was mnstered out, and immediately again enlisted. His name was added to the muster- roll of Company K. 25th Iowa Infantry, and he was made First Sergeant. In March, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and two months later to that of First Lieutenant. He took part in the battles of Wilson Creek, Steel's Bayou, Walnut Hills, Miss .; Arkansas Post and the Siege of Vicksburg. After a service of one year with the 25th he was discharged for disa- bility, bearing with him the record of a faithful and gallant soldier. He returned to Iowa and re- mained about a year in Henry County. Ile next sojourned for a short time in Burlington, and then removed to Louisa County and made his home in Morning Sun for about six years. At that place he engaged in the mercantile business for nine months, and then operated a wagon shop. His next removal was to Jackson County, Mo., where for three years he was engaged in farming. Lee's Summit was his home for the following two years, and his occupation that of a clerk. Ile again re- turned to Henry County, Iowa, and there resided until October. 1883. when he came to this county.

On Oct. 28. 1862, the home of William Stewart, in Henry County, Iowa, was the scene of an inter-

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esting ceremony, by which his daughter. Cyrena, was transformed into Mrs. John P. MeGrew. Mrs. MeGrew was born in Monongalia County, W. Va., .July 11, 1842. Her mother. Ann (Pierpoint ) Stew- art, died in Henry County, Iowa, and her father in Wyandotte, Kan. They were the parents of a family of twelve children, and Mrs. McGrew was one of the older members. Six children have been born to our subject and his wife. They are: Anna B., wife of Thomas S. Waters; Nettie E., wife of Charles Griffith ; William S., who died when about two years old; Charles M., Mary N., and Jessie ().

Mr. McGrew has been Township Clerk for one term, and has also served as School Treasurer. He is a member of Gettysburg Post No. 7, G. A. R. In politics he is a Republican. Both he and his wife are devoted members of the Christian Church.

OSEPH SNOW, late a well known and highly respected resident of Sherman Township, Clay County, was born in Kentucky, Feb. 14, 1826. and departed this life at his home in Sherman Township. Feb. 14. 1879, at the age of fifty-three years to a day. He was one of the pio- neers of this section of country to which he came in the fall of 1870, and homesteaded 160 acres of land on section 6. Sherman Township. For nine years the family occupied a cottonwood shanty and in the meantime cultivated the land, planted forest and fruit trees, made fences and erected buildings and in due time gathered together all the comforts and conveniences of a rural home. Mr. Snow was possessed of those sterling qualities of character most needed in the development of a new country and contributed his full quota to the progress and growth of his adopted township.

The subject of this sketch spent but a few years in his native State, his parents removing when he was a mere hoy to the vicinity of Indianapolis, Ind. He was there reared to manhood and was married to Miss Margaret, daughter of Cummings and Eliza- beth (Winn) Gardner, who are represented else- where in this volume. Mrs. Snow was born about

fourteen miles west of the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, and when a young girl her parents removed to Indiana, After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Snow re- mained residents of the Hoosier State several years and then removed to Mercer County, III. Seven years later they sought the farther West, crossing the Mississippi and locating in Monroe County, Iowa. Mr. Snow had been bred to farm pursuits and followed these his entire life.

The ten children born to Mr. Snow and his esti- mable wife were named respectively: Betsey J., now Mrs. Joseph Greenwood of Norton, this State; John, William and an infant. all deceased; Oliver T .. Eli, James H .. Arch, George W. and Martha A .. (Mrs. Charles Peterson), are all residents of Clay County. Arch resides with his mother on the home farm. Mrs. Snow is a lady greatly respected among ber neighbors and a consistent member of the Christian Church at Clifton. The family resi- dence is a commodious frame structure and adjacent is the main barn and other outbuildings, including a granary, stables, corn cribs, and other buildings necessary to the successful prosecution of agricul- ture. Mrs. Snow with the aid of her son, keeps up the reputation of the estate in an admirable manner. preserving it as one of the best monuments which could have been reared to the memory of her de- parted husband. His parents, James and Martha Snow, spent their last years in Indiana.

R USSELL T. KERR, one of the leading citi- zens of Hollenberg and an extensive dealer in grain and live stock, has been a resident of Washington County for a period of twenty years and is thus identified with its most important interests. Energetic, enterprising and industrious, he is one of those characters never sat- islied when idle and takes as much pride and in- terest in the advancement of his community as in the prosperity of his own private affairs.

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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 42

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

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