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Davis. Organized in 1855. County seat, Junction City. For Jefferson Davis, a graduate of West Point, officer of the army, United States Senator and Secretary of War, successively. He was President of the so-called Southern Confederacy. He still lives.
Decatur. Organized in 1879. County seat, Oberlin. Boundaries defined by legislative enactment in 1873. Named in honor of Commo- dore Stephen Y. Decatur, a distinguished American naval officer. He fell in a duel with Commodore Barron, U. S. N., in 1808.
Dickinson. Organized in 1857. County seat, Abilene. In honor of Daniel S. Dickinson, who, as a Senator from the State of New York, was the first to introduce, in 1847, in the United States Senate, resolutions respecting territorial government embodying the doctrine of popular sovereignty, afterwards incorporated on the bill for the organization of Kansas Territory. He died in 1866.
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Doniphan. Organized in 1885. County seat, Troy. In honor of Colonel A. W. Doniphan, of Missouri. He commanded a regi- ment of cavalry during the Mexican war, marching across the plains, and taking a very prominent part in the conquest of New Mexico. IIe was a zealous partisan in the effort made to extend slavery into Kansas.
Douglas. Organized in 1855. County seat, Lawrence. In honor of Stephen A. Douglass, United States Senator from Illinois, and a candidate for the presidency in 1860. In was in this county that the first Legislature located the capital of the Territory. As a Senator, Douglass, in 1854, took a leading part in securing the adoption of the "popular sovereignty" principle, in the act of organizing Kansas Territory, which gave the particular form of the issue involved in the Kansas struggle.
Edwards. Organized in 1874. County seat, Kinsley. Named in honor of John II. Edwards, of Ellis, State Senator. Colonel Ed- wards now lives in New Mexico.
Elk. Organized in 1875. County seat, Howard City. Created out of the northern portion of what had been Howard county. Named for the Elk river, which traverses its area from northwest to southeast.
Ellis. Organized in 1867. County seat, Hays City. Named in memory of George Ellis, First Lieutenant of Company I, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, killed in battle April 30th, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
Ellsworth. Organized in 1867. County seat, Ellsworth. Named after Fort Ellsworth, a military post built on the bank of the Smoky Hill, in 1864. This fort was so called by General Curtis in honor of the officer who constructed it. Allen Ellsworth, Second Lieutenant of Company HI, Seventh Iowa Cavalry. When the name was adopted for the county, it was supposed that the fort had been named in memory of Colonel E. E. Ellsworth, of national fame.
Ford. Organized in 1873. County seat, Dodge City. Named in honor of Colonel James II. Ford, of the Second Colorado Cavalry, and Brevet Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers.
Franklin. Organized in 1855. County seat, Ottawa. Named in honor of the illustrious Benjamin Franklin.
Finney. Organized in 1884. County seat, Garden City. Orig- inally Sequoyah, from the celebrated Cherokee Indian of that name, the inventor of the alphabet of his language, and a most remarkable
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man. Changed in 1883 to Finney, in honor of D. W. Finney, then Lieutenant Governor of the State.
Gove. Organized September 2, 1886. County seat, Gove City. In honor of Captain Grenville L. Gove, Captain Eleventh Kansas Cav- alry, who died in 1864.
Graham. Organized in 1880. County seat, Millbrook. In honor of Captain John L. Graham, of the Eighth Regiment Kansas Infantry -killed in action at Chickamauga, Tenn., September 19, 1863, before he was mustered in.
Greenwood. Organized in 1862. County seat, Eureka. This county received its name as a compliment to Alfred B. Greenwood, who, about the time of the organization of the Territory, was Com- missioner of Indian Affairs. He negotiated treaties, on the part of the United States, with the Sac and Fox and other tribes in Southern Kansas.
Hamilton. Organized January 29, 1886. County seat, Kendall. In honor of General Alexander Hamilton, the great American states- man; he was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr, July 11, 1804.
Harper. Organized in 1873. County seat, Anthony. The organ- ization of this county was one of the most glaring frauds ever perpetrated in the State. General A. L. Williams, in his official report, says: "It is not pretended that Harper county ever had an inhabitant." The form of its organization was legal, and that is all, and in 1878 was decided to be an actual organization. It was named in memory of Marion Harper, first sergeant of Company E, Second Regiment of Kansas Cavalry. He was mortally wounded at Waldron, Arkansas, December 29, 1863, and died the following day. His comrades say he took his death coolly. Being a sportive man, when brought in wounded, he proposed a wager that in so many hours he would be dead; the bet was taken, and Marion Harper won.
Harvey. Organized in 1872. County seat, Newton. Named for James M. Harvey, Captain of Company G, Tenth Regiment of Kansas Infantry. He was Governor of the State from 1869 to 1873, and elected United States Senator to fill an unexpired term in 1877. Ex-Governor Harvey now resides in Virginia.
Hodgeman. Organized in 1879. County seat, Jetmore. Named in honor of Amos Hodgman, Captain of Company H, Seventh Kansas Cavalry. He died October 16, 1863, near Oxford, Mississippi, of wounds received in action at Wyatt, Mississippi, October 10, 1863. The name should be spelled Hodgman, as above, without the c-it
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was so, correctly, in the original statute of 1868, which created the county, but by accident-probably-in the statute which redefined its boundaries in 1873 the e was added. Of course it is legally Hodgeman, and must remain orthographically incorrect until changed by legisla- tive enactment.
Jackson. Organized in 1857. County seat, Holton. Originally Calhoun, in honor of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina; changed in 1859 to Jackson, after Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.
Jefferson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Oskaloosa. In honor of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States- reputed author of the " Declaration of Independence." It came very near being called Sauterelle, ( French for grasshopper,) Colonel Tibbs, the local member having strenuously contended for it; he was overruled in the committee. The legend goes that the colonel accepted his defeat with good grace, and supplied the accustomed beverage of those times, used when anything notable occurred in or about that remarkable body.
Jewell. Organized in 1870. County seat, Mankato. Named in memory of Lewis R. Jewell, Lieutenant Colonel Sixth Kansas Cavalry, who died November 30, 1862, of wounds received at the battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas, November 28, 1862.
Johnson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Olathe. For Rev. Thomas Johnson, a Methodist minister, who in 1829 established a mission among the Shawnee Indians, about eight miles southwest of Kansas City. Mr. Johnson took the Pro-Slavery side of politics and was a member of the first Territorial Council. He was, when the war came on, a faithful Union man. He then lived in Missouri, and becoming obnoxious to the bushwhackers, his house was attacked by them, and he was shot and killed in January, 1865.
Kingman. Organized in 1874. County seat, Kingman. Named in honor of Samuel A. Kingman, who was then Chief Justice of Kansas. Judge Kingman resides in Topeka.
Kiowa. Organized March 23, 1886. County seat, Greenburg. Named after the tribe of Indians bearing that name.
Labette. Organized in 1867. County seat, Oswego. Originally part of Dorn county, after Colonel Earl Van Dorn, of the regular army. He was also a rebel officer. Changed to Labette, from the river of that name, a tributary to the Neosho. Labette is French, and signifies "the beet."
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Lane. Organized June 3, 1886. Boundaries defined in 1873. County seat, Dighton. In honor of Senator "Jim" Lane, of Kansas fame.
Leavenworth. Organized in 1855. County seat, Leavenworth. From Fort Leavenworth, the most prominent military post in the West. It was established in 1827, and was named after General Leav- enworth, of the United States army.
Lincoln. Organized in 1870. County seat, Lincoln Center. In honor of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, and author of the emancipation proclamation. Assassinated April 14, 1865.
Linn. Organized in 1855. County seat, Mound City. Named for Lewis F. Linn, a distinguished United States Senator from Missouri, who died in 1843, in office. He was a colleague of Hon. Thomas II. Benton.
Logan. By an act of the Legislature in 1887, the county of St. John was changed to Logan, in honor of the late General John A. Logan, and its county seat was also changed in like manner.
Lyon. Organized in 1858. County seat, Emporia. Named by the first Legislature Breckenridge, in honor of John C. Brecken- ridge, Vice President of the United States in 1856-60. Changed in 1862 to Lyon, in honor of General Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed while in command of the Union army at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, August 10, 1861.
Marion. Organized in 1865. County seat, Marion. Named for Marion county, Ohio, which was so called in memory of General Francis Marion, of revolutionary fame.
Marshall. Organized in 1855. County seat, Marysville. After General Frank J. Marshall, who established a ferry on the Big Blue at the crossing of the old Independence-California road in 1849. He was a prominent member of the first Legislature, and had his own name applied to the county. Marysville is named for his wife.
McPherson. Organized in 1870. County seat, McPherson. In honor of Major General James B. McPherson, U. S. Volunteers, who was killed in battle at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864.
Meade. Organized in 1885. County seat, Meade Center. In honor of Major General George G. Meade, U. S. A., who died in 1872.
Miami. Organized in 1856. County seat, Paola. Originally Ly- kins, for Dr. David Lykins, a missionary among the Miamis. He was -12
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also a member of the first Territorial Council. Changed in 1861 to Miami, after that tribe of Indians.
Mitchell. Organized in 1870. County seat, Beloit. In honor of William D. Mitchell, who entered the Union army as a private in Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry; was promoted to captain in the Second Kentucky Cavalry, and killed March 10, 1865, at Monroe's Cross-Roads, North Carolina.
Montgomery. Organized in 1869. County seat, Independence. For General Richard Montgomery, born in Ireland, December 2, 1736: was an officer of distinction in the British army: resigned and settled in New York State in 1773; was appointed one of the eight generals to command the revolutionary army of America, in 1775. Was killed in the attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775, shouting " Death and Liberty!"
Morris. Organized in 1858. County seat, Council Grove. Orig inally Wise. after Henry A. Wise, who was Governor of Virginia during the John Brown seizure of Harper's Ferry, and the execution of that "grand old man" at Charleston, December 2, 1859, was one of the last acts of his administration. Changed to Morris in Feb- ruary, 1859, in honor of Thomas Morris, a United States Senator from Ohio, in 1832, where he distinguished himself as an opponent of slavery. He died in 1844.
Morton. Organized November, 1886. County seat, Fricco. Was named in honor of Hon. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana.
Nemaha. Organized in 1855. County seat, Seneca. Named from a river in Nebraska-the Nemaha, one of whose branches drains the northern half of the county.
Neosho. Organized in 1864. County seat, Erie. Originally part of Dorn (see Labette). Changed in 1861 to Neosho, after one of of the principal streams in Southern Kansas. The name was given to the river by the Osages.
Ness. First organized in 1873. County seat, Ness City. Dis- organized in 1874; reorganized in 1880. Named in honor of Noah V. Ness, corporal of Company G. Seventh Kansas Cavalry, who died August 22, 1864, at Abbeyville, Miss., of wounds received in action August 19, 1864.
Norton. Organized in 1872. County seat, Norton. In memory of Orloff Norton, Captain of Company L, Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry, killed by guerrillas at Cane Hill, Arkansas, October 29, 1865. In 1873 the county was represented by one L. II. Billings, a man of over-
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weening vanity, a crank on the subject of talking, and in consequence of his peculiarities became a sort of butt. A member of the Senate at the time-one of Kansas' brightest and wittiest of men-the same person in fact who named Shirley county, had the name of Norton changed to Billings, in two lines hidden in a paragraph of a bill materially affecting the interests of the county. The next Legislature restored the name of Norton.
Osage. Organized in 1859. County seat, Lyndon. A large por- tion of this county was originally named Weller, for JJohn B. Weller, of Ohio, Member of Congress and Governor of the State. Also Governor of California and Senator, Minister to Mexico, etc.,-a staunch Democrat at all times. Changed to Osage in 1859: after the Osage river, the head waters of which stream drain almost the entire county.
Osborne. Organized in 1871. County seat, Osborne City. Named in honor of Vincent B. Osborne, private of Company A, Second Kansas Cavalry, who lost his right leg January 17, 1865, on the steamer Anna Jacobs, at Joy's Ford, on the Arkansas river.
Ottawa. Organized in 1866. County seat, Minneapolis. Named for the tribe of Ottawas, applied in 1860, by the act which defined its boundaries.
Pawnee. Organized in 1872. County seat, Larned. Named for the once powerful tribe of Pawnee Indians, the area of this county having been included in their original hunting grounds.
Phillips. Organized in 1872. County seat, Phillipsburg. Named in memory of William Phillips, a Free-State martyr, murdered Sep- tember 1, 1856, in Leavenworth, Kas.
Pottawatomie. Organized in 1856. County seat, Westmore- land. Named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the county.
Pratt. First organized in 1873. County seat, Iuka. But not recognized in consequence of the most outrageous frauds. Organized constitutionally in 1879. Named in memory of Caleb Pratt, Second Lieutenant of Company D, First Kansas Infantry, killed in action August 10, 1861, at Wilson's Creek, Mo.
Rawlins. Organized in 1881. County seat, Atwood. Named in memory of General John A. Rawlins, who was a staff officer of General Grant, and went into his cabinet when elected President as Secretary of War, March 11, 1869; he died Sept. 16, 1869, in office.
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Reno. Organized in 1873. County seat, Hutchinson. In mem- ory of Jesse L. Reno, Captain U. S. A., and Major General of vol- lunteers, who was killed in battle, September 14, 1862, at South Mountain, Maryland.
Republic. Organized in 1878. County seat, Belleville. Received its name from the Republican river, which extends through the county. The river was so called, because many years ago the valley of that stream was the seat of the "Pawnee Republic," a designation given to a principal division of the Pawnee Indians, or Panis, as they were originally known.
Rice. County seat, Lyons. Named in memory of Samuel A. Rice, Brigadier General United States Volunteers; killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
Riley. Organized in 1855. County seat, Manhattan. Received its name from the adjacent military post, and which was established in 1853; so called in honor of General Riley, of the United States Army.
Rooks. Organized in 1872. County seat, Stockton. In memory of John C. Rooks, private of Company I, Eleventh Kansas Infantry, . who died December 11, 1862, at Fayetteville, Arkansas, of wounds received in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, December 7, 1862.
Rush. Organized in 1874. County seat, La Crosse. In mem- ory of Alexander Rush, Captain of Company H, Second Colored In- fantry, killed April 3, 1864, at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
Russell. Organized in 1872. County seat, Russell. In mem- ory of Avra P. Russell, Captain Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry, who died December 12, 1862, in field hospital near Prairie Grove, Arkansas, of wounds received in battle December 6, 1862, at Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
Saline. Organized in 1859. County seat, Salina. Named for the Saline river, whose waters drain a large area of the county.
Scott. Organized January 29, 1886. County seat, Scott City. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Major General Winfield Scott, United States army, the hero of the Mexican War.
Sedgwick. Organized in 1870. Connty seat, Wichita. In memory of John Sedgwick, U. S. A., Major General of Volunteers, killed in battle May 9, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Virginia.
Seward. Organized January 17, 1886. County seat, Fargo Springs. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Wm. H. Seward, Governor and United States Senator of New York, and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
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Shawnee. Organized in 1855. County seat, Topeka. Was carved. out of what was, before the treaty of 1854, Shawnee Indian lands- hence the name. General HI. J. Striekler, of Tecumseh, who was a member of the Council, and also of the joint committee on counties, claimed Shawnee for the name of his county, a preference stoutly contended for by Rev. Thomas Johnson for the county in which the Legislature was sitting, but the committee yielded to Strickler, and without solicitation complimented Mr. Johnson by conferring his own name upon his county.
Sheridan. Organized in 1880. County seat, Hoxie. Named in honor of Lieutenant General Philip HI. Sheridan, United States army.
Sherman. Organized September 20, 1886. County seat, Eustis. In honor of General W. T. Sherman, United States army.
Smith. Organized in 1872. County seat, Smith Center. In memory of Nathan Smith, Major Second Colorado Volunteers, killed October 23, 1864, at Little Blue, Mo.
Stafford. Organized in 1879. County seat, St. John. In memory of Lewis Stafford, Captain of Company E, First Kansas Infantry, who was accidentally killed at Young's Point, Louisiana, January 31, 1863.
Stevens. Organized August 3, 1886. County seat, Hugoton. Was named after the late distinguished statesman Thaddeus Stevens. Sumner. Organized in 1871. County seat, Wellington. In honor of Charles Sumner, the distinguished Massachusetts Senator, first chosen to succeed Daniel Webster in 1850, and continuing a member until 1874, when he died in Washington, D. C. He was in 1854 a leader in the opposition to the extension of slavery into Kansas, as proposed in the bill to organize the Territory.
Thomas. Organized in 1885. County seat, Colby. In honor of Major General George H. Thomas, United States army, who died in 1870.
Trego. Organized in 1879. County seat, Wa-Keeney. In memory of Edgar P. Trego, Captain of Company II, Eighth Kan- sas Infantry: killed September 19, 1863, at Chickamauga, Tenn.
Wabaunsee. Organized in 1859. County seat, Alma. Origin- ally Richardson, in honor of Colonel " Dick " Richardson, of Illinois, who was the leader in the House of Representatives, on the Demo- cratic side, in the debate on the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Changed February of the same year to Wabaunsee, a chief of the Pottawa- tomies, when that tribe lived in Illinois.
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Washington. Organized in 1860. County seat, Washington. Named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Wichita. Organized December 24, 1886. County seat, Leoti. (Contested.) Boundaries defined in 1873. Should be spelled Oui- chita, after the Indian tribe of that name.
Wallace. County seat, Wallace. Named after General Lew Wallace, United States Army, and author of " Ben Hur," etc.
Wilson. Organized in 1865. County seat, Fredonia. This county originally extended to the south line of the State, and was named in honor of Colonel II. T. Wilson, who lived in Fort Scott in 1865.
Woodson. Organized in 1855. County seat, Yates Center. Named in honor of Daniel Woodson, who was Secretary of the Ter- ritory, and for some time acting Governor, after the resignation of Governor Shannon, in 1856.
Wyandotte. Organized in 1855. County seat, Kansas City, Kansas ( formerly Wyandotte). Was named after the Indian tribe of that name.
UNORGANIZED COUNTIES.
Greeley. Boundaries defined in 1873. In honor of Horace Gree- ley, founder of the New York Tribune.
Garfield. Named after ex-President James A. Garfield.
Gray. Named after Alfred Gray, late secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
Grant. Named in honor of ex-President Ulysses S. Grant.
Haskell. Named in honor of Dudley C. Haskell, late Congress- man.
Kearney. Named after General Kearney, who commanded U. S. troops in the West during the Indian troubles.
Stanton. Named in honor of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War under President Lincoln.
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CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD
OF PROMINENT STATE OFFICERS.
The fourteenth election for State officers in Kansas under the Wy- anddotte constitution, was held on the 7th day of last November. At the first election, as provided by the constitution, held on December 6, 1859, of the eleven men elected, Lawrence D. Bailey, Associate Jus- tiee of the Supreme Court, chosen for a term of two years, was elected for a term of six years in November, 1862, and, at the Repub- lican State convention of 1868, he was defeated by Daniel M. Valen- tine, who was elected in 1868, 1874, 1880, and reelected for another term of judicial service at the last general election. Judge Bailey, in 1868, was elected a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Douglas county. He now resides in Finney county.
Of the eleven men elected in December, 1859, only four remain in Kansas to this day, viz .: Gov. Charles Robinson, who has been in both branches of the Legislature from Douglas county; Benjamin F. Simp- son, elected Attorney General, who has been in both branches of the Legislature from Miami county, Speaker of the House, United States Marshal, and a candidate for the United States Senate; Samuel A. Kingman, Associate Justice, defeated at the polls by Jacob Safford in 1864, but elected Chief Justice in 1866, reelected in 1872, and resign- ing in 1877, was a judge of the Supreme Court fourteen years: Thomas Ewing, Jr., the first Chief Justice of the State, whose successor was Nelson Cobb, appointed by Governor Robinson, was succeeded by Robert Crozier, elected in 1863, and was followed in the position by Judge Kingman.
Judge Crozier was appointed by Governor Thomas A. Osborn United States Senator, and he filled a gap between Alexander Cald- well and James M. Harvey. He is serving his third term as judge of the district court in the first judicial district.
The first State Legislature of Kansas made choice of James H. Lane and Samuel C. Pomeroy for United States Senators: Lane was reelected in 1865, and died in July, 1866: Pomeroy was reelected in 1867, and met his Waterloo on January 29, 1873.
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