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 47

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Publication date: 1890
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country. He therefore enlisted Nov. 8, 1861, as a member of Company F, 6th Kansas Cavalry, Col. Judson commanding. Ile participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark .. and the varied skirmishes and dashes usual to a cavalry regiment. Ile was injured in his back and hips by the fall of his horse and was discharged after a service of three years. During his term of service he became of age, and while still in the army he was married. At the conclusion of his army life he returned to Riley County, and there remained until July, 1866; com- ing thence to this county, in the fall of the follow- ing year he entered a homestead where he now re- sides, and which he has since made his home.

In Riley County the rites of wedlock were cele- brated between our subjeet and Miss Silvia A. Honey. She was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, July 27, 1844, and is a daughter of B. V. and Martha (Curtis) Honey. Her mother died in Penn- sylvania when the daughter was but two years old. The father removed to Wisconsin with his family in 1856, and three years later, coming to this State, settled on the Republican River. in what was then Riley County. He there became owner of a farm, subsequently obtained another in this county, but is now living in Clyde, Cloud County, and has reached the age of sixty-seven years. He has been a farmer and gunsmith. To Mr. and Mrs. Badger three children have been born. Alice C. is the wife of D. C. Brooks; Mattie is the wife of Otis Brooks. Both are living on farms in Clifton Township. Francis S. is at home.

John S. Badger, the father of our subject, was born in Vermont. of New England parentage, and English descent. lle was reared on a farm in Windsor County. When a young man of twenty- four years, he went to Ohio, settling in what was called the Western Reserve. He was there married to Lucinda Fowler, a native of West Virginia, Hler birth took place near Wheeling, she being the daughter of Virginians, and both her parents trac- ing their ancestry to Holland. After his marriage John Badger and wife began life together in Truni- bull County, Ohio, where he was engaged in the mannfacture of potash. From Trumbull County he removed to this State, entering his claim on Jan. Ist, 1855. He became well known among the

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early settlers, his home being a stopping-place for western travelers. He paid $20 per barrel for flour, $7 per 100 pounds for corn meal, $9 per 100 pounds for shorts, thirty-seven cents per pound for bacon and a proportionate sum for other articles. IIe lived to see his place improved, and the country about him becoming settled. Ilis death occurred in 1871, he being then fifty-seven years of age. While hauling logs to build a new house, the chain broke and the logs rolled over him. IIe received such injuries as to occasion his death seven weeks later. He was of Republiean politics. His widow is yet living in Milford, Kan., being now seventy years old. She belongs to the Christian Church, as did her husband. Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Badger, all lived to be married, and ten still survive. One was killed in the State mines at California; and a daughter met her death by being thrown from a horse.

The gentleman of whom we write is a Republican and stanch in his support of the party. He has been Justice of the Peace and held other offices in this township. He is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, genial and hospitable, and of high moral principles. His wife is his able coadjutor, and dispenses their generous hospitalty with kindly grace. Among the residents of Washington and Cloud counties, they have many friends and are respected by all who know them,

G ABRIEL T. B. IMAN is one of Washington County's energetic agriculturists. His farm is located on section 31, Sheridan Township, and is in a high state of eultivation. The residence is a large house of pleasing design, well built and well furnished. The usual farm buildings have been erected on the place and it is well fenced. Six aeres of the quarter-section which comprises the estate are set apart as an orchard. It contains fine varieties of fruit, and most of the trees are bearing well. Mr. Iman is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, and has all the stock that he can

carry on his farm. He keeps Poland-China hogs, Clydesdale horses and excellent grades of cattle.

The paternal grandfather of our subject was Emanuel Iman, a native of West Virginia. There he married and spent his life, dying at an advanced age. The parents of our subjeet were William and Lucinda (Malcolm) Iman. With their family of six sons they came from West Virginia to this State. They located in Clay County, about one ,mile east of Clifton, where the father bought 160 acres of land. He also purchased the preemption right of the same man from whom he bought the par- tially improved 160 acres, Subsequently he home- steaded 160 acres. His entire estate then comprised about one-half a section. as both the 160's were fractional. The father and sons improved the farm and the parents spent their last days npon it. The father departed this life March 7, 1883, aged sixty- two years. The mother died Sept. 28, 1888, being about threescore years and ten. Both were mem- bers of the United Brethren Church.

The gentleman whose name initiates this brief memoir was born in West Virginia, Feb. 10, 1851. He was reared on a farm and received his educa- tion in the district schools. Having arrived at man's estate he entered a homestead elaim on the land which he now occupies. This was in 1872, and improvements were at once begun. The first house was a frame building, 14x16, in which he kept "bach" a part of the time before his marriage. This interesting event took place in 1877, and Mr. Iman built an addition to his house, making a cozy structure of five rooms. This dwelling was the family home until the fall of 1888, when it, together with a considerable portion of their goods, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Iman immediately began the erection of his present commodious dwelling.

The marriage of our subject took place at the residence of the bride in Clifton. Mrs. Iman bore the maiden name of Lydia Berry, aud is a daughter of Rufus Berry, Esq., whose sketch occupies an- other page in this ALBUM. Four bright children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Iman. The youngest is yet unnamed; the others are called Bertha, Litta and Leslie.

Mr. Iman is a strong Republican. He is not an

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aspirant to office, though he has been willing to serve his fellow-citizens as Constable of the Town- ship. He held that office for one term, performing its duties in a creditable manner. He takes pleas- ure in his rural home and work, finding especial delight in the growth of the orchard which he has planted. Ile is a man of intelligence and integrity, and a reliable citizen. He is quietly pursuing his industrious and straightforward way, and may confidently look forward to many years of an hon- ored and useful life.

G EORGE W. RIECHERS. No man in Goshen Township. Clay County, is a finer illustra- tion of the results of persevering industry than he whose name stands at the head of this sketch. Ile began in life dependent upon his own resources and is now surrounded by all its comforts in the shape of a well improved farm with good buildings and all appurtenances of the modern country estate. A native of the former Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, he was born near the town of Attendorf, Dec. 27, 1831, and spent his early years on a farm.

The parents of our subject, George H. and Re- becca (Sedoeff) Riechers, were natives of the same place as their son, and members of the Lutheran Church in which they carefully reared their fam- ily of four children, of whom George W. was next to the youngest. The mother died in Germany abont 1849, The father later was married to Mrs. Shrouder, and died in his native province. IIc likewise was a Lutheran in religion and the ancestry on both sides of the house as far back as is known, belonged to that same church.

After obtaining a good education in the com- mon schools young Riechers worked on a farm un- til 1853. Then be set sail for America on the ship "John Smith" under command of Capt. Warick, April 16, that year, and landed in New Orleans June 24 following. Thence he went up the Missis- sippi to St. Louis, Mo., where he worked a few months and from there emigrated to Scott County, Ill., and worked on a farm at $12 per month for

three years. Then in company with his employer. Charles Gibbs. he removed to Jersey County,'Ill., and continued to work for Mr. Gibbs another year.

Returning now to Scott County, IH., Mr. Riechers was married, in December, 1861, to Mrs. Wilhelmina Myers. daughter of Bogeechlaft Bottscherer. a na- tive of Prussia, and whose parents were likewise members of the Lutheran Church. The newly wedded pair commenced the journey of life together in Scott County, Ill .. where they sojourned until 1865, then removed to Franklin County. Mo., where Mr. Ricchers operated a rented farm. In the fall of 1870 he purchased 160 acres in this town- ship, where he lived two years. There was originally upon it nothing but prairie grass and Mr. Riechers at once put up a little frame house. In 1872 he purchased a claim of 160 acres which he now occupies. About 110 acres of this have been brought to a high state of cultivation while the balance is in pasture and meadow. Mr. Riechers has a good house with a large barn, corn-crib and granary, and the other structures necessary for his convenience. He has planted an orchard of fifty apple trees and a great many forest trees.

The wife of our subject departed this life in Feb- ruary, 1873, leaving him with a family of four little children. Ile thereafter performed the part of both father and mother and remained with them until they were grown. His eldest daughter, Mary. is now the wife of Robert Alexander, a well-to-do farmer of Goshen Township. William died in 1878 when about fifteen years old. August and Frank remain with their father. Mr. Riechers and his children are all members of the Lutheran Church and politically, Mr. Riechers supports the principles of the Democratic party.

ECTOR MCKENZIE. The main points in the career of this gentleman who is num- bered among the well-to-do farmers of Gar- field Township, are as follows : He was born in Zora Township, Oxford County, Canada, in 1844 and lived there until a youth of seventeen years. He then began sailing on the lakes IIuron

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and Erie, but two seasons of this kind of life sufficed him and returning to terra firma he entered the employ of the Great Western Railroad Com- pany with whom he remained five years.

We next find him in the Muskoka district where he staid one year and then seeking the Great West with his father, William McKenzie, (a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume) at Atchi- son, Kan., purchased a team and started overland for Clay County. In Garfield Township our sub- ject homesteaded 160 acres and bought five acres of land where he now lives.

' There was not a shrub or a tree upon the place which Mr. Mckenzie selected as his future abode, only long prairie grass over which wild animals roamed undisturbed by the presence of the white man. Having used up his small capital in the ac- quirement of this property, Mr. Mckenzie now went into Missouri and worked on a railroad about six months. He then returned to his land but later went on a buffalo hunt to Phillips County and secured a wagon load of meat for winter use. Upon returning he put up a small house, 12x16 feet in dimensions, borrowing the money of his fa- ther to pay for the lumber. In this he settled for the winter but the following spring repaired to Junction City,and worked in order to obtain money with which to bny a team.

This end accomplished, Mr. Mckenzie set about the improvement of his land, to which he has since given his undivided attention. He has an orchard of 700 apple trees and good buildings, including a substantial frame residence and the usual out. buildings required by the enterprising agricultorist. He has been somewhat prominent in local affairs. serving as Constable two terms and gives his un- qualified support to the Union Labor party.

M ILTON J. HOLLOWAY. This gentle- man is the owner and occupant of a good farm in Greenleaf Township, Washington County, where he devotes his attention to farming and stock business. The estate comprises

160 acres, well improved and thoroughly culti- vated, and is located on section 6, where Mr. Ilollo- way has been a resident since Oct. 1875.

The Holloway family trace their descent from three brothers of that name, who emigrated from England to America prior to the Revolutionary War. They were men who lived to be old, reared large families, and were all well off. The one from which this branch of the family springs, first settled in New Jersey, and afterward removed to Pennsylvania. The father of our subject was Moses Holloway, born in Warren County, Ohio, March 15, 1797. He removed to Boone County, Ind., and there lived, engaged in farming, until his death, which occurred in 1878. He was in good financial circumstances. He was for more than forty years a member of the Christian Church, and took an active part in church matters. He was a son of Jacob Holloway, a native of the Keystone State.

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Jeanette Buntin. Her birth took place in Kentucky, May 29, 1810. Until the age of seven- teen, her home was in her native State. She then moved to Boone County, Ind., with her parents, and there she and Mr. Holloway were married about the year 1839. She was a daughter of John Buntin, a native of Kentucky. She bore her hus- band eight children, five sons and three daughters. They were named respectively, Amos S., Elizabeth E., Hannah, Permelia A .. John M., Albert N. and Milton JJ. (twins ) and David Il.

Milton J. Holloway, of whom we write, was born in Boone County. Ind., Jan. 12, 1845. He was reared on the home farm near Mechanicsburg, and received the usual common school education. This was supplemented by a thorough academic course at Frankfort, Ind. Ile was well fitted for teaching and followed that profession in his early life. In 1864, though not yet of age, lie joined the Union army, as a private in Company E., 11th Infantry, this being Gen. Lew Wallace's Zouave Regiment, which served in Indiana on detailed duty, guarding prisoners. etc. Mr. Holloway re- ceived his discharge in Baltimore, July 26, 1865, and at once returned to his native State. Ile re- mained until May, 1870, when he went to Atchison,

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Kan. In Oet. 1875. he came to this county and bought the land where he now resides.

In Atehison County, Kan., Marehi !1, 1874, Mr. Holloway was united in marriage with Miss Mary R. Cleghorn. She was born in Smyth County, Va., Nov. 20. 1854, but was reared and educated in Mount Sterling, Ky. She is a lady of fine intel- lectual attainments and refined manners. ller union with our subjeet has been blessed by the birth of four children : Grace, born Dec. 10, 1874; Albert N., June 5, 1876 ; Eva, Oct. 12, 1877, and Jessie, Nov. 23, 1879.

Mr. Holloway is a stalwart Republican. He is a member of the G. A. R. Post No. 134 at Greenleaf. Ile belongs to the School Board at Greenleaf and at present is serving as Treasurer of that body. In 1888 he was elected Trustee of Greenleaf Town- ship, and is the present incumbent of the office. lle and his wife, religiously, are members of the Christian Church in which he holds the office of Elder. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have many warm friends in the section where they reside, and enjoy the respeet of all with whom they come in contact.

F6 LOYD L. JOSLYN, Attorney-at-law, and Editor of the Greenleaf Herald, Washington County, eame to Kansas in February 1880, and located first at Frankfort, in Marshall County. He was born in Woodstock, MeHenry Co., Ill., July 15, 1856. The Joslyns originally came from England, many generations ago-the old English spelling of the name being Gosselyne. The grand- father of our subjeet, Lindsay Joslyn, was a native of Vermont, and not long after his marriage re- moved to New York, and in 1838, with his younger children emigrated to Mellenry County, Ill., of which he was a pioneer. He was a blacksmith by trade, and when passing through what is now Chi- cago, was offered for almost nothing five aeres of ground now in the heart of that eity, on which to ereet a blacksmith shop, but would not take it as a gift-on such small things does fortune hinge. In MeHenry County he took np a traet of Govern- ment land and became a farmer, living there until

a short time before his death, which occurred in 1864, when he was aged seventy-six years. His wife died a few years before him. They had a numerous family, consisting of nine sons and two daughters. The seventh son, Daniel C., was the father of our subjeet. Hle was born in New York while his parents were on the road from Vermont, on March 5, 1824, and spent his first fifteen years in Genesee County, N. Y. Ile worked at farming after the removal to Illinois, and followed that voeation for several years after reaching manhood. He also beeame a railroad contractor, and contraeted for the building of part of Fox River Branch of the Chieago & Northwestern Railroad. He was engaged after that in farming at a place which he owned in McHenry County, Ill., when the Rebellion broke out, and leaving his farm in care of his wife he helped to raise a company of volunteers, of which he was made First Lieutenant. The company was Co. A., 15th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and served in the Southwest, first under Fremont and later under Gen. Grant, taking part in some of the desperate battles of the war. After a service of two years, Mr. Joslyn was so badly crippled by rheumatism caused by exposure that he was com- pelled to resign. He has never fully recovered from it. After his return be farmed until 1868. when he sold and removed to Elgin, Ill., where he owned a brick-yard until 1878. 1le came to Kansas in 1880, and is now living in Greenleaf, giving his attention to the breeding of fine horses.

Daniel C. Joslyn was married in MeHenry County, Ill., in 1854, to Miss Luey Sheppard, daughter of Samuel and Polly Sheppard. She was a native of the State of New York, born in 1829, and died in Elgin, Ill., in 1871, at the age of forty-two years. This couple were the parents of three children, of whom Floyd L. is the eldest. The next was Frank S., who died in Elgin, at the age of eleven years. The youngest is Forester D., who is unmarried, and is now a resident of Mar- shall County, Kan.

The subject of this sketch was educated in pri- vate and publie schools in his native city until he was thirteen years old, at which time the family removed to Elgin, and in that city until the death of his mother, two and a half years later, he at-

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tended a graded school, on leaving which he began work in his father's brick-yard, and remained at that occupation two years. For eighteen months after that he worked in a furniture store, and eighteen months more were passed as a clerk in the Elgin Post Office. The next three years were passed partly in work and partly in studying law, and after the removal to Kansas he completed his studies at Frankfort, and was admitted to the bar Sept. 9. 1882, at Marysville, in Marshall County. He began practice in that place, but shortly after removed to Greenleaf, where he has since been en- gaged in the practice of his profession. Since May 1, 1889, he has also been editor and publisher of the Herald.

On April 20, 1885, Mr. Joslyn was married to Miss Addie M. Davis, daughter of Jefferson C. and Harriet Davis, of Greenleaf. Mrs. Joslyn was born in Logan County, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1866. They have one child-Waitie C. Mr. Joslyn has been Street Commissioner, City Attorney, and ('ity Clerk since his residence in Greenleaf. He is a member of Prosperity Camp, No. 766, M. W. A., of which he is escort and representative to the head camp; is also a member of Greenleaf Lodge No. 106, A. O. U. W, of which he is Master Work- man ; and he also belongs to the Select Knights of A. O. U. W., and is commander of C. J. Huckett Legion, No. 60. In politics he is a Democrat, and in 1866 was nominated for County Attorney; though the County is too strongly Republican to give much chance for election, he received the full vote of his party, who have confidence in his integrity and ability.

S TEPLIEN B. PERCIVAL, a leading land- owner of Grant Township, Washington County, is a man who has been closely identified with its most important interests for many years. He is still in the prime of life, having been born May 20, 1846, and is a native of Orleans County, N. Y. Upon leaving the Empire State his parents emigrated to Livingston County, Mich., where they lived nine years, then removed

to Kendall County, Ill., sojourning there two years. Next they changed their residence to Iroquois County, Ill., where they lived three years, then went into DeKalb County, being there at the time of the commencement of the Civil War.

In the latter part of 1863 the subject of this sketch, then a youth of seventeen years, entered the Union army as a member of Company B, 8th Illi- nois Cavalry, joining the regiment when it was home on its veteran furlough. He returned with it to the field on the Potomac, and with his comrades was assigned to the first separate brigade, Army of the Potomac, which was composed of the 8th Illi- nois, and 13th and 16th New York Cavalry. He took part in the battle at Mannassas Junction, and later was for some time almost continually fighting the guerrillas, who were numerous around the city of Washington. On the night of Lincoln's assassina- tion, the regiment of Mr. Percival was forty miles from the city, preparing to go into camp. They received orders to return, and after fifteen minutes for coffee got into their saddles and reached their destination by daylight. They remained mounted night and day until J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin. was captured by their brigade. The squad of which our subject was a member followed Booth to the river on the Maryland side, when the command on the Virginia side made the capture.

In the spring of 1864 Mr. Percival was confined in the Lincoln Hospital at Washington, where he was forced to stay for abont six weeks. suffering with bilious fever, brought on by exposure at Camp Stoneman, where he, with his comrades, lay on the bare. damp sand for several nights without any- thing over or under them. Later he was on de- tached duty in the city as dispatch bearer and orderly. When the war ended he received his honorable discharge July 22, 1865, at Chicago, having been mustered out previously at St. Louis. Ile then returned to Kendall County, Ill., and shortly afterward emigrated across the Mississippi to Pawnee County, Neb., to which his parents had removed while he was in the service.

Mr. Percival now took up a homestead in Ne- braska, and on the 17th of June, 1866, was united in marriage with Miss Louisa, daughter of George and Catherine Bissell, of Brown County, Kan. The

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young people located upon their property and lived there nine years, then Mr. Pereival, selling out, came in the fall of 1874 to Washington County Kan., and purchased 210 aeres of land on sections 5 and 6 in Grant Township, making his home on the southwest quarter of seetion 5 .. Later be added to his real estate by the purchase of 200 more acres and he now has 140 aeres under the plow. He has planted for his own use apples, pears, grapes and peaches, all of which have been very prolific. He put up one of the best houses in his neighborhood in 1881, this being 34x30 feet in dimensions and one and one-half stories high.

Mrs. Lonisa Percival departed this life Sept. 11, 1884, leaving four daughters: Estella Nora married Jonas Pruitt, of Illinois; they are now living on a farm in Pike County, Mo., and are the parents of two children-Ina and Ora. Effie Catherine, Elsie Maude and Roxana are at home with their father. Mr. Percival has an adopted son, Carlos Bissell, who became a member of the family in 1883, at the age of eight years, and is now a prom- ising lad of fifteen. Mr. Percival on the 1st of May, 1886, contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Susan (Blosser) Buckmaster, who had two adopted children : Ettie Burright, whom she took at the age of one year and who is now a young lady of twenty, and Daisy, who was left upon her doorstep in 1882, when a babe a few days old, in Tama County, Iowa, and who has been kindly cared for since.

Mr. Pereival takes an interest in party polities, and is a stanch supporter of Republican principles. He has been the nominee of his party for Sheriff, and has held many township offices, among them Treasurer of the old township, two years, and of the new the same length of time; he has also been School Treasurer for the past nine years. His first wife, a very intelligent lady, was elerk of the school district six years prior to her decease. The father of our subject was Stephen D. Pereival, a Wesleyan Methodist preacher who died in 1883 in Pawnee County, Neb. The mother, Mrs. Roxana ( Blanch- ard) Percival is still living there on the old home- stead. Both were natives of New York State. They were the parents of fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to mature years and all of whom are married, with families. Edgar died in Oklahoma

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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 47

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

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