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acres. He is a general stock and grain farmer, and makes a specialty of raising thorough-bred Short- horn cattle. All the improvements now visible on the place are the result of his exertions, and are a standing monument to his enterprise and ability. In his political opinions he is a member of the People's party, and takes an active interest in the issues of the state and Government, but is not a zealous partisan. Socially he is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
HOMAS KIRKPATRICK, M. D. Although still in the dawn of the success which has attended his efforts in a professional way, our subject has already given abundant evidence of the ability which qualifies him for a high place in the medical profession. Truly ambitious, and with an ambition whose aim is pure and unsullied, there seems to be no reason why his unquestioned ability should not find full scope in relieving the pains to which a suffering world is heir. This successful young physician was born in Wapello County, Iowa, near Ottumwa, May 2, 1858, to the union of Minor and Hannah (Godfrey) Kirkpat- rick, both of whom now reside near Ottumwa, Iowa.
Minor Kirkpatrick was a native Virginian, born near Harper's Ferry, and the son of Thomas Kirk- patrick, who was a native of the Green Isle of Erin. The latter crossed the ocean to America with his parents when but a boy and settled with them in the Old Dominion. There he finished his growth and married. A number of years later he removed to Ohio, where he resided until advanced in years and then moved to Missouri, where he passed the remainder of his days with a daughter. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. The father of our subject was reared on a farm, and when a
boy went to live with a man named Gwynne, a stockman, with whom he remained sixteen years, living most of the time in a saddle, herding and taking care of cattle. Ile grew to manhood in the Buckeye State and there remained nntil 1850, when he removed to lowa and settled on a farm in Wapello County. There he resided until 1885 and became the owner of four hundred and forty-five acres, which he had purchased in the raw state. lIe brought the land up to a fine state of cultiva- tion, it being one of the finest farms in the county.
In 1885 he sold out and retired from active pur- suits. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and in religion was a member of the Cumberland Presby- terian Church. To this marriage were born seven children, five of whom reached mature years. Sanford is in the Internal Revenue service; he was a member of Company K, Second Iowa Infan- try, during the late unpleasantness between the north and south, and served four years; he now resides at Greensboro, N. C. Wade was a member of Company K, Second Iowa Infantry, and served until the siege of Atlanta, when he lost one of his lower limbs by the explosion a shell; at present he resides at Hedrick, Iowa. Gwynne was a railroad man, and died in Grand Island, Neb. Almira, wife of John J. Lentner, resides near Highland Center, Wapello County, Iowa; and Thomas, the subject of this sketch, is the youngest member of the family.
The early life of the latter was passed on the farm and he received the rudiments of an ednca- tion in the common schools. Later he attended school at Ottumwa and assisted in the office of his brother, who was Connty Recorder, thus continuing at intervals for five years. lle also taught school, and while thus engaged commenced the study of medicine with Dr. B. W. Searle as preceptor. Later he took one course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, and then entered the College of Physicians and Sur- geons at Chicago, from which institution he grad- uated in 1883. Soon afterward he came to Kansas and located at Westphalia, where he also represents the drug business. lIc was married in 1884 to Miss Florence Sage, daughter of Erasmus T. and Elizabeth Sage, residents of Agency, Iowa. She was born near Fairfield, Iowa, and is a lady of
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more than ordinary ability and refinement. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Kirkpat- riek: Eva Hazel, Zoe and T. Sage. In his political predilections he is a Republican and is now hold- ing the office of Postmaster of Westphalia. Soci- ally he is a Royal Arch Mason, being Past Master of Avon Lodge No. 305, and a Knight of Pythias.
AVID R. CAMPBELL. This enterprising farmer of Linn County came to Kansas in 1870, and since that time has resided on section 1, in the southeastern part of Centreville Township. Ile is the son of David and Margaret (Mull) Campbell, natives of New Jersey, and was born in Atlantic County of that state, November 15, 1835. lle is a descendant in the third generation of a Scotchman who emi- grated to the United States early in this century. The paternal grandfather of our subjeet, Archi- bald Campbell, was a farmer by occupation and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married, reared a large family of children, and died at the advanced age of ninety-six.
David Campbell, like his father, was an ener- getie farmer, a progressive citizen and a brave soldier, participating with valor in the War of 1812. As a business man, he was keen, shrewd and sagacious, and honorable in his dealings with all. He took contracts for furnishing timber for vessels, and also engaged in the sale of telegraph poles and charcoal. In his various lines of busi- ness, he frequently employed more than two hun- dred men. He was very successful, although he never accumulated a large fortune. In the Whig party he possessed great influence, and was fre- quently chosen to occupy positions of trust. For many years he served as Justice of the Peace, and during his long incumbeney of that office united in marriage forty-nine couples. In the Methodist
Episcopal Church he was an active member and leader of the choir. Ile was especially gifted in song and possessed a voice of marvelous sweetness and power. In 1846, while talking to his family after having eaten a hearty supper, he expired very suddenly. Ilis wife survived him for many years, passing away in New York in 1878.
Twelve children comprised the family of David Campbell, of whom nine grew to mature years: Sophie, now Mrs. Langley; Jacob, who died in New Jersey; Caroline, Mrs. R. Steelman, of Ocean City, N. J .; Redriek, whose home is in Ft. Scott, Kan .; our subject; Anna Maria, the wife of G. W. Smith, of New Jersey; Margaret, who married Joseph Camp and died in New Jersey; William Henry, whose death occurred in New Jersey; and Angeline, the wife of Mr. Joseph, of Philadelphia, Pa. David R. grew to manhood in the state of his birth. Hle was eleven years of age when the death of his father deprived him of the wise coun- sel of that parent and terminated his schooldays. At the age of seventeen, he entered upon a three years' apprenticeship, receiving for his wages the sum of $30, and paying for his clothes. This sum was meagre, but he had the advantage of training received from an excellent mechanic, and also of association with one of the most highly respected families in that community.
After having completed his apprenticeship, Mr. Campbell worked during one summer in order to earn $50, after which he started for the distant west. At the time of reaching Pike County, III., he had $10 in his possession. He commeneed to work at his trade, following it in both Adams and Pike Counties, Ill., and engaging extensively as a contractor and builder. Later he resided for ten years in Warren County, Ilf., and there, as else- where, he was prospered in his undertakings, never losing a dollar on a contract.
His inclinations lying in the direction of agri- culture, and preferring to rear his children in the country, our subject came to Kansas in the year 1869, and after having built two houses in Pleas- anton, he purchased a portion of his present farm, and located on one hundred and sixty acres of raw prairie land. Ilere he settled on the 6th of April, 1870, and shortly afterward experienced the hard
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times caused by the ravages of grasshoppers. Withi all other Kansas farmers, he was unfortunate and lost several crops. However, he was undaunted by misfortune and courageously set to work to re- pair his fallen fortunes. It was not long until the tide turned, and sinee then he lias enjoyed unin- terrupted prosperity. At the present time he is the owner of four hundred and eighty aeres in one body and some timber land in addition.
In 1858 Mr. Campbell was united in marriage with Miss Ruth, daughter of Williston and Mary (Simmons) Stevens, and a native of Adams Conn- ty, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have had fifteen children, of whom twelve are now living, viz .: Wil- liston, Anna, Frank; Ruba, wife of William Ver- trees; Maggie, Mrs. Robert Waldraven; Martha, Edna, Allison, Lec, Roland, Irvin and Nellie. Mrs. Campbell is identified with the Baptist Church, which the other members of the family attend. In politics, Mr. Campbell was early in life trained to believe in the principles of the Republican party, but he is independent in local and national affairs, voting for the best man and the best prin- ciples. Though often requested to accept official honors, his preferences are in favor of a more re- tired life. He is actively identified with the Farm- ers' Alliance, and is a man of firm convictions, whose influence is always given to the support of the measures calculated to enhance the welfare of his fellow-citizens.
J. SHEFFIELD, who devotes his time and attention to farming on section 11, Lin- coln Township, Crawford County, is a native of the Empire State. In Chenango County is the place of his birth, the date of which is July 20, 1845. His parents were Joseph and Sarah Maria (Jackson) Sheffield. They were also natives of New York, and in 1848 emigrated to Illinois, locating in De Kalb County upon a new
farm. It was all raw prairie, on which not a fur- row had been turned or an improvement made, but his labors transformed it into a valuable tract. In 1866 they came to Kansas, and here again pur- chased wild land. The father was a Republican in politics. Both parents are now deceased. They had a family of three children, two of whom are now living: A. J., of this sketch, and Mary Jane, wife of James J. King, a farmer of Lincoln Town- ship, by whom she has two children.
Mr. Sheffield of this sketch acquired his educa- tion in the public schools of Illinois and Kansas, and into his mind were instilled lessons of in- dustry and uprightness by his mother, a most worthy woman, who was dearly beloved by all who knew her. To his father he gave the benefit of his services until after he had attained his ma- jority, when he entered from the Government a claim of one hundred and sixty aeres, on which he now resides. Ile has greatly improved his farm, and has extended its boundaries until it now comprises two hundred and eighty-five acres, of which one hundred and fifty aeres are under a high state of cultivation. He has just completed a pleasant and comfortable residence at a cost of $1,700, exclusive of his own labor. In 1884 he erected a fine stone barn, 32×60 feet and fourteen feet high, with all necessary outbuildings. This is one of the model farms of the community, com- plete in all its appointments, and by its neat ap- pearance gives evidence to the passer-by of the thrift and enterprise of the owner.
In 1871 Mr. Sheffield was united in marriage with Miss Mary M. Collins, a native of Kansas, and a dangliter of Daniel Collins, one of the early settlers of Lincoln Township. Five children were born unto them, but only two are now living, Joseph D. and Stephen A. The mother died in 1883, and in 1885 Mr. Sheffield married Eliza E. Hoopingarner, a daughter of J. P. Hoopingarner. She was born in Lineoln Township, March 24, 1865. Two children grace this marriage, Eva J. and Olive A.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield are members of the Christian Church, and take an active part in its growth and upbuilding. Ile belonged to the Building Committee, and was largely instru-
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mental in erecting the house of worship in Arca- dia. He is also a prominent worker in the Sunday- school. He belongs to the Anti-IIorse Thief Association, which he has served as Treasurer and President, and is a stalwart supporter of the Re- publican party. He has frequently served as a delegate to the political conventions, but has never sought or desired office for himself, prefer- ring to devote his entire time to his farm and home.
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OHN S. JOHNSON is a public-spirited citi- zen who is in harmony with advanced ideas, intelligent progress and the best methods of promoting education, improve- ments, and the good of his country generally. He was born in Edgar County, Ill., near Grand- view, February 2. 1829, and is a son of Isaac and Sarah (Kearn) Johnson. The father was a native of West Virginia, born February 7, 1794, and the mother was born February 18, 1799. Andrew Johnson, grandfather of our subject, was of Scotch descent. llis son, Isaac, was a cousin of President Andrew Johnson.
Isaac Johnson when eight years old removed with the family to Ohio, and thence to Edgar County, Ill., where he was one of the pioneer set- tlers, setting out one of the first orchards in the county. Ile served in the War of 1812, enlisting at the beginning, and by re-enlisting served to the end under Gen. W. H. Harrison. In 1834 he went to Texas and assisted in gaining the inde- pendence of the Lone Star State. In 1836 he removed to Iowa with two teams of horses and wagons, crossing the Mississippi River September 20, 1836, at Ft. Madison, and purchased some claims, amounting altogether to about seven hun- dred acres. In the spring of 1837 he commenced improving the same, and in 1869 he removed to Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, and there his death
occurred January 4, 1870. His wife died many years previous, February 10, 1837.
In the parental family were five children. Aaron born April 1, 1816, is a carpenter and farmer, and resides in Ft. Madison, Iowa; James K., born January 2, 1818, was a carpenter by trade, and died at Ft. Madison; Amariah, born Sep- tember 15, 1823, is a carpenter by trade, but at present is engaged in the real-estate business in Sacramento, Cal .; Rebecca, born March 18, 1826, married W. T. Rutherford and resides in Ilunts- ville, Mo. Our subject is the youngest of these children. The father of these children married the second time, taking for his wife Miss Delilah Wilson, who bore him eleven children, eight of whom are living: William C., Marion W., Alice, C. B., Mary, Isaac N., Larkin and Rutherford. The father was originally a Whig in politics, but later he affiliated with the Republican party. He held a number of local offices and was a representative citizen. For sixty-five years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Although lie accumulated a large fortune, he lost nearly all through friends during his last years.
John S. Johnson was but seven years of age when the family removed to Iowa. He secured a fair education, and when but a lad worked on the first paper published in Ft. Madison, Iowa, the same being the Lee County Democrat. After this he learned the printer's trade but subsequently engaged in farming. On December 29, 1849, he left for California via New Orleans, Brazoria, Tex., and Ft. Brown, then crossed into Mexico, and at last reached San Francisco April 10, 1850. He first engaged in mining and later as a clerk in a wholesale grocery, receiving $300 per month for his services. Before the year ended he purchased a third interest in the business, but sold out before the fall of 1852 and returned home via Panama. Ile first engaged in general merchandis- ing at Ft. Madison but soon sold out and pur- chased a drove of cattle, starting with the same to California across the plains April 10, 1853. HIc placed his cattle on a ranch near Sacramento and clerked in a grocery store, receiving $200 per month. Later he sold the cattle for $8,000, and in November, 1853, he started home via the Isthmus,
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Havana and New York. On his return to Ft. Madison he purchased a farm and spent over $3,000 learning to farm.
From there he came to Kansas and purchased four hundred and eighty-nine acres of land in Reeder Township, which he improved, and then engaged in stock-raising. In connection he also kept a store in Central City, and for several years had the largest store in Anderson County. There he resided until 1884, when he removed to Lawrence and engaged in the grocery trade, but finding that there was no money in it be removed to Garnett the same year, and here he has resided since. Altogether he has made ten trips to California. He owns valuable property in that state and large tracts of land in Anderson County, and he has given his children considerable property.
June 17, 1852, our subject married Miss Martha Marsh, a native of Preble County, Ohio, born April 6, 1834, and the daughter of Stephen and Sarah Marsh. They have had seven children, two of whom are living. Mary E .. born September 5, 1860, is the wife of James D. Stevens; she has two children, Della Mand and Edwin J. Harry, the second child, was born August 25, 1869, and mar- ried Jessie M. Rayn. In politics Mr. Jolinson is a Democrat, and has held office in his county. In his religious views he affiliates with the Con- gregational Church, and socially he is an Odd Fellow and a Royal Arch Mason. Ile is a self- made man and what he has accumulated in the way of this world's goods is the result of his own efforts. Ile is upright and honest in all his dealings and has reaped rich returns. He is well known and highly honored throughont the coun- ty.
OHN OHARAH, a prosperous stock-raiser and general farmer of Linn County, has re- sided in the Sunflower State since the fall of 1868 and owns a finely improved farm on section 13, township 22, range 21, Blue Mound Township. He was born March 26, 1836, in the
eastern part of Upper Canada, near the present site of Iroquois. He is the son of John Oharah, a na- tive of the North of Ireland (probably County Cavan), who married Jane Dysart and settled in Canada.
When less than two years of age, our subject was orphaned by his mother's death, and after that sad bereavement he was taken into the family of Charles Rose, with whom he remained until sixteen years of age. He received some schooling, but his education was limited, at least so far as text books are concerned, although in the school of experience he has gained a broad and liberal education. While hving with Mr. Rose he worked on the farm, and after leaving his home he secured employment on a farm in Canada, where he worked for two years at $8 per month.
In 1854 Mr. Oharah went from Canada to Illi- nois, where he settled in Winnebago Connty, and for a time was employed by others on a farm. Winle residing there, he married Miss Harriet Ann Cottrall, of Howard County, Iowa. Mrs. Oharah is a daughter of William and Margaret (Ellington) Cottrall, and was born in MeLean County, Ill., May 3, 1841. William Cottrall was a native of Ohio, and when a young man went to Illinois, be- coming a pioneer of that state. He worked for Isaac Funk for many years in McLean County. In 1850 he removed to lowa, and in the following year he located on a farm in Iloward County. About 1867 he came to Kansas and settled in Neosho County, and later removed to Allen County, where he died. His wife had passed away in MeLean County, III.
In the Cottrall family there were nine children, namely: Michael E., who resides in California; Mary, who married William Randolph and died in Sacramento, Cal .; Susan, wife of Jesse Brock, of Oklahoma; James, who died in McLean County, Ill .; Cassandra, who married HIenry L. Beker and lives in Rockford, Ill .; William, whose death oc- curred in McLean County. Ill .; Harriet Ann, wife of our subject; Isaac, a resident of California, and Elias, of Neosho County, Kan.
For a number of years after his marriage Mr. Oharah lived in Winnebago County, Ill., whence in 1864 he removed to Howard County, Iowa, and
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purchasing eighty acres, engaged in the improve- ment of his farm nntil the time of his removal to Kansas. In 1868 he came to the Sunflower State, the journey being made with teams. For four years he resided in Linn County near Mound City, from which place he removed to his present farm, where he had previously purchased one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land. He lias brought the soil to a high state of cultivation, and devotes the land principally to stock-raising pur- poses and the raising of cereals.
Mr. and Mrs. Oharah were the parents of six chil- dren: Charles A., who died at the age of twenty- five years; Margaret, wife of George Campbell, residing in Linn County; Ida; Willie, deceased; Francis and John. The religions home of the family is in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they have taken a prominent part for many years. In political belief, Mr. Oharah affiliates with the Republicans, and has served in various local offices, including that of School Director.
0 LTMAN D. JUCHIEMS an energetic and en- terprising young citizen and prosperous general agriculturist and stock-raiser of Centreville Township, on section 24, Linn County, Kan., is one of the successful and rising farmers of the west. Born in Grand Detour, Ogle County, Ill., April 4, 1860, he spent the early years of his life in his native state, where his parents, Daniel D. and Greitze (Oltman) Juchems, were well known and highly esteemed. The father, a native of Germany, was born in the province of Hanover, in 1821. The mother, also of German birth, and a native of the city of Emden, province of Han - over, was born June 7, 1820. Educated in the Fatherland and there attaining to mature years, the parents married, and some time afterward de- cided to try their fortunes in America. Together
they bade farewell to the old friends and scenes of childhood, and crossing the broad ocean were soon safely landed in the United States. In a brief time they were transported to the prairies of Illinois, and settled in Ogle County in 1855. The father died July 7, 1862, and the mother, a woman of strong character and courage, some years afterward removed with her family to Kansas, and died at an advanced age in Centreville Township May 23, 1890.
Four children had clustered in the home, of whom the eldest, Maggie, died in childhood. Feijo was the second-born; Roelf was the third in order of birth; Oltman, onr subject, was the youngest of the parents' family. Mr. Juchems received a fairly good common education in the district schools of Grand Detour and Anderson County, Kan., and from his youth trained to habits of thrift and industry, attained to mature years manly and self-reliant. Ile was only a babe of two years when his father died, and was but a lad of twelve years when his mother and her family journeyed to Kansas, settling in Anderson County in May, 1872. A thoroughly practical farmer, our subject has with excellent results culti- vated his present homestead of two hundred and forty acres in Centreville Township. He at one time farmed and owned a valuable tract of four hundred acres in Anderson County, but profitably disposed of that property and now gives his entire attention to the home farm, which annually yields an abundant harvest. The broad acreage is im- proved with good and commodious buildings, modern in construction and convenient in ar- rangement.
In Anderson County, Kan., June 23, 1889, were united in marriage Oltman D. Juchems and Miss Jennie Hamilton, daughter of Benjamin F. and Margaret (Harkness) Hamilton, old-time residents and highly respected citizens of Anderson Conn- ty. Mr. Hamilton was a native New Englander, and born in Aroostook County, Me. The mother of Mrs. Juchiems was born in Newburgh, N. Y. The four children, one son and three daughters, of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were: Mary C., William G., Margaret E. and Jennie. The latter, the esti- mable wife of our subject, was born in Grand De-
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tour, Ogle County, Ill., July 7, 1867, and a young lady of superior ability, is a social favorite among a large circle of friends. Mrs. Juchems was only a little child when her parents located in Kansas. She was educated in Anderson County, where she grew up to womanhood. One child, Vera M., born in Centreville, Linn County, June 6, 1891, has blessed the pleasant home of the young father and mother. Until September, 1889, our subject continued to reside in Anderson County, but at that period settled in his present locality. Mr. and Mrs. Juchems take an active part in the social and benevolent enterprises of their home neighborhood and enjoy the regard of the community of Centreville Township. Although not aspiring to political promotion, our subjeet is intelligently interested in local and national gov- ernment and is well posted in the active and vital issues of the day. lle is especially friendly to educational advancement, and is ever ready to assist by word and deed in all matters pertaining to mutnal welfare, and is a true American citizen, hard working, ambitious and upright in character.
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