Who's who in Topeka, Part 16

Author: Berrett, Howard D., ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Topeka, Kan., Adams brothers
Number of Pages: 154


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Smith, Peter .- Born, Union Co. Ind., Aug. 24, 1851 ; son of John P. and Mary (Sedgwick) S .; married Catherine Buhl, 1880, Topeka; to North Topeka, Sept. 1, 1874; in grocery business, 2 years; with Citizens' State Bank ever since ; pres. since 1898. Office : 801 N. Kan. Ave.


Smith, W. R .- Born, Peru, Ill., 1853 ; son of William C. and Elisabeth (Trues- dell) S .; educated, Kenyon Coll., Ohio,


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class, '72, and Univ. of Mich., 2 years of law course ; married Maud Noyes, Oct., 1893; to Jefferson Co., Kan., 1858; com- menced practice of law, Atchison, 1874; to K. C., Kan., 1892, and became mem. law firm Mills, Wells & Smith ; city atty., Atchison, 1893-96; justice, supreme court, Kan., since 1898; lecturer, muni- cipal corporations, Washburn Law School. Office : State Capitol Bldg.


Smyth, Bernard B .- Born near Old- castle, Ireland, March 8, 1843; son of John and Kate S .; married Mary Adams, Jan. 1, 1873; to Ellinwood, Barton Co., Kan., June, 1874; librarian, Kan. Acad. of Science, 1887-92; pres. Graywood Botany Club, 1887-94; sec. and treas. Topeka Soc. of Natural Science, 1888- 90 ; sec. and treas., Topeka Philosophical Society, since 1894; curator State Mu- seum of Natural Hist. and Botany, since 1895. Office : State Capitol.


Snattinger, M .- Born, Altenstadt, Bavaria, June 28, 1841 ; son of Isaac and Sarah (Burganer) S .; married Henri- etta Greenwald, Topeka, Aug. 4, 1885; before coming to Topeka, 1869, was in business at Winchester, Ind .; has been engaged in business here since 1869; was a clothing merchant for a number of years ; member, city council, 1901 ; pres. Shawnee Bldg. and Loan Assn .; capi- talist. Res. : 309 W. Ioth.


Snyder, Charles J .- Photographer ; born, Newport, Ky., Sept. 27, 1854; re- ceived common and high school educa- tion; son of C. C. and Julia (Klemm) S .; married Laura A. Hooven, Parker City, Pa., 1877; has been in photography business 35 years; to Topeka, 1884, and has been in business here since then. Gallery : 722 Kan. Ave.


Snyder, C. W .- Born, Rochester, N. Y., 1854; grad. Union Seminary, Wayne Co., N. Y .; married Hattie Southwick,


Rochester, N. Y., 1887 ; to Clifton, Kan., 1879; established Bank of Clifton, 25 years ago and is now pres. of it under new name, Ist Nat. Bank of Clifton ; now pres. Exchange Bank of Linn, Kan., v. pres. Carbondale State Bank, v. pres. Manufacturers Nat. Bank of Leaven- worth, Kan., and v. pres. Leavenworth Terminal Rwy. & Bridge Co., providing steel bridge over Mo. River for Bur- lington, Rock Island, and Maple Leaf railroads; stockholder Stillwater (Okla. Ty.) Nat. Bank, Ramona State Bank, and Ist Nat. Bank, Roff, Ind., Ty .; dir. State Savings Bank, Topeka, and treas. Capitol Bldg. & Loan Assn., Topeka. Office : Real Estate Building.


Snyder, J. F .- Born, Newburg, Ind., Oct. 20, 1858; son of A. J. and Sophonia (White) S .; educated, Wasioja Semi- nary; married Mary E. Stone, Topeka, Dec. 23, 1880; to Topeka, 1867; was con- tractor ; farmed and was in hay business ; has been street commr. of Topeka since 1899. Office : City Bldg.


Solecki, J. H., D. D. S .- Born, Rosen, Germany, Jan. 16, 1866; son of Jacob and Katherine S .; graduated, K. C. Dental Coll., 1903; mem. Kan. State Dental Assn .; does some literary work. Office : 715 Kan. Ave.


Souders, F. R., D. D. S .- Born, Bur- lingame, Kan., Jan. 12, 1875; son of James and Addie (Millison) S .; educat- ed, Burlingame High School, and West- ern Dental Coll., K. C., D. D. S., '98; married Bell Wells, Topeka, Dec. 5, 1900; practiced, Burlingame, 5 years ; in practice, Topeka, since 1903. Office : 623 Kan. Ave.


Southwick, M. F .- Born, Dansville, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1855; son of Hamilton and Martha (Sherwood) S .; married Ella A. Rice, Rochester, N. Y., Aug.,


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1882 ; in charge refined oil dept. Vacuum Oil Co., 7 years; to Clifton, Kan., 1882; v. pres. Bank of Clifton to consolidation with Clifton State Bank, 1894; to To- peka, Dec. 1899; pres. Bank of Palmer (Kan.) and Carbondale State Bank (Kan.) ; v. pres. Exchange Bank of Linn, Kan., and Ist Nat. Bank of Clifton, Kan .; stockholder, Stillwater Nat. Bank (Okla.) and Ist Nat. Bank of Roff (Ind. Ty.). Office : Real Estate Bldg.


Spear, John B .- Born, Portage Lake, Mich., 1857; son of John and Jane (Glas- son )S .; married Annie E. Pitt, 1886; was a coal operator, St. Louis, Mo .; to Topeka, 1885; has been in mercantile business here since 1886; prop. John B. Spear Department Store, 843-45 N. Kan. Avenue.


Spencer, Charles F .- Born, Green- wood, Ind., June 22, 1854 ; son of G. W. and Ann (Brewer) S .; educated, Topeka High School, 1871-73; admitted to the bar 1878; has practiced in Topeka ever since ; co. clerk, Shawnee, 1884-85 ; police commr. of Topeka, 1889-93; city atty., 1901-05; Republican in politics since 1892 ; married Isabelle Alexander, 1884. Res. : 421 Clay.


Spielman, H. A .- Born, Germanville, Iowa, 1861 ; son of J. A. and Christina (Hirshberger) S .; graduated, Carthage Coll., Carthage, Ill., '83; married M. Alice Geiger; traveling salesman for a hardware company, 12 years; Emahizer and Speilman, furniture dealers, Topeka, since 1903. Store : 519 Kan. Ave.


Squires, Frank C .- Born, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 1871 ; son of J. H. and Jennie (Shimp) S .; educated, Topeka Art School, 3 years, and 8 years' study in offices of architects, J. C. Holland, To- peka, W. S. Epperson, Sedalia, Mo., and J. G. Haskell, Topeka; married Mamie


B. Kahr, Topeka, Aug. 17, 1893; has been associated with Mr. Holland since 1898; with Mr. Holland has supervised building of auditorium, manual training high school, Lafayette School, Park- hurst-Davis Bldg., etc. Office : 734 Kan. Avenue.


Squires, J. H .- Born, South Hamp- ton, Long Island, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1842; son of Jeremiah and Phoebe (Jagger) S .; received academic education ; married Jennie Shimp, Ang., 1867, West Va .; carpenter, 17 years ; orderly serg., Co. A. 95th Ohio vol. inf., for over 3 years in Civil War; 6 months in Andersonville prison; on ranch in Pottawatomie Co., Kan., 6 years; real estate business, To- peka, 1885-99; mem. bd. of education, 6 years ; city clerk since 1899. Office : City Building.


Stahl, Francis M .- Born, Darke Co., Ohio, May 23, 1841 ; son of Michael and Susan (Moore) S .; married Jennie Dick- son, Auburn, Kan., April 29, 1869; to Auburn, Kan., March 1857; enlisted, 2d Kan. cav., 1862; mustered ont, sergt., 1865; one of foremen, Scott, Kerr & Co., freighters and cattle dealers, 1865-66; commenced farming, 1869, and has con- tinued to do so ever since; elected rep- resentative, 1890; co. treas., Shawnee, 1892-1896; chief of police, Topeka, Nov. 1900-02; chief of police again, April 1904-1905; 3 years on auditing commit- tee, State Temperance Union, and is now a dir .; now dir. and was one of organi- zers, State Savings Bank, Topeka. Res .: 1252 Lane.


Stanton, John Frederick. - Born, Manchester, N. H., July 29, 1862; son of John M. and Meribah F. (Pike) S .; educated in common and high schools, and took technical course in architecture ; married Julia M. Lamb, St. Joseph, Mo., 1893 ; to Topeka, 1886; associate on Mc-


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Pherson Co. court house, the J. Roberts residence, Lawrence, Normal at Edmond, Okla., etc .; architect for A. C. Stich resi- dence, Independence, Hon. J. R. Bur- row's residence, Smith Center, Smith Center High School, Catholic church, Alma, Horace L. Hall's residence, To- peka, and many other private and pub- lic buildings; has been state architect since 1898; during this time central part of state capitol has been completed and law bldg. at State Univ., State Normal Training School, Western branch of State Normal at Hays City, etc., have been built. Office : State Capitol.


Stanton, S .- Born, New York, Aug. 27, 1839; son of J. R. and A. (Mc- Clure) S .; received high school and business college education ; married Lucy J. Van Tassel, East Town, Ohio, 1864; pump work, East Town, Ohio, 9 years; to Topeka, 1886; has been man- ufacturing pumps in Topeka, since 1887. Office : 205 W. 6th.


States, Christian .- Born, Germany, 1845; son of George and Melusine S .; married Margaret Kirschbaum, Topeka, 1870; to Kansas, 1868; was in hardware and tin business, 1870-87; has been in plumbing business, since 1887. Office : 318 Kan. Ave.


Steele, William C .- Born. West- moreland Co., Pa., Oct. 25, 1855; son of John S. and Elizabeth (Cannon) S .; re- ceived academic education; married Emma Isaacs, Holton, Kan., June 9, 1881; has been in the shoe business in N. Topeka, since 1890. Store: 836 N. Kan. Ave.


Stenger, W. C .- Born, Woodford Co., Ill., 1876; son of Henry and Eliza- beth (Snyder) S .; to Osage Co., Kan., 1879; to Topeka, 1894; has devoted his time since a boy to the study and the


manufacture of violins. Studio: 706 Kan. Ave.


Stephenson, W. C .- Born near Te- cumseh, Kan., Jan. 29, 1863; son of Jesse W. and Jennie (Jordan) S .; graduated, Pond's Business Coll., '84; married Lillie Riley, Edgar Co., Ill .; in grocery business, Topeka, 5 years ; in charge farm dept., Bartholomew & Co., 7 years; has been in real estate and loan business, since Dec. 1, 1896; councilman, 1893-97; representative, 38th dist., 1899-1900. Of- fice : 609 Kan. Ave.


Sterne, William E .- Born, Williams- port, Md., 1858; son of Wm. and Mary (Embrey) S .; married Mary E. Mets- ker, Topeka, 1885; taught school, Iowa, 4 years; to Topeka, 1880; asst. state li- brarian, I year; deputy clerk, supreme court, 5 years ; clerk dist. court, Shawnee Co., 4 years; U. S. marshall, 5 years; state senator, 2 terms ; co. commr., Shaw- nee, 2 terms; pres. of a company in California, manufacturing gasoline en- gines; now co. commr., Shawnee. Of- fice : County Court House.


Stevens, F. L .- Born, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Feb. 2, 1858; son of John W. and Fannie (Reed) S .; educated in com- mon and high schools of Hillsdale Co .; married Belle B. Pettigrew, Nov. 23, 1882, Topeka; to Topeka, 1879; council- man, 1893-97; co. register of deeds, 1898-1903; cashier, Topeka Pure Milk Co., since 1903. Res. : 1209 E. 6th.


Stevens, T. S .- Signal engineer, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, England, Nov. 28, 1861; son of John and Mary (Hud- son) S .; received an electrical course in a private school; received 5 years' elec- trical experience with Eastern Tel. Cable Co., England; to Am., Chicago, 1887; foreman of construction for Union Switch & Signal Co., 1887-1900; to To-


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peka, 1900; has been signal engineer, ant, State Insane Asylum; mem. Am. Santa Fe, since 1900; married Margaret McCracken, Chicago, 1889. Office : 9th and Jackson.


Steves, F. M .- Born, Monroe, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1846; son of Philip and Janet (Hartwell) S .; married Jennie Ryder, Millport, N. Y., 1872; farmed in Wis- consin, 25 years; to Kansas, 1887; op- erated a sorghum and feed mill, Bur- lingame, 1888-96; went into printing business, and became editor and propri- etor, Fulcrum, March 1, 1895; to Topeka, Oct. 11, 1896; editor and publisher, Ful- crum, until 1903; since coming to To- peka, his two sons, Guy M. and Roy P., have been associated with him in the printing business. Office : 116 E. 5th.


Stewart, J. E .- Born, Belmont Co., Ohio, Feb. 2, 1841 ; son of William and Esther (Bell) S .; married Mary A. Faris, Ohio Co., W. Va., Nov. 7, 1866; she died Jan. 19, 1905; served 4 years in Civil War; farmed, 20 years; various occupations; deputy commr. for Joe Reed, first commr. of elections, 4 years ; commander, Lincoln Post, 1899; clerk, bd. of education, since 1899. Office : High School Bldg., 8th and Harrison.


Stewart, Samuel Graves, M. D .- Born, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, Oct. I, 1845; was in junior class, Xenia High School, at opening of Civil War, when he entered Co. D., 74th Ohio vol. inf., led by Col. Granville Moody, the "Fighting Parson"; was in Libby Prison; served 5 years ; educated, Miami Univ., A. M., '68, Starling Med. Coll., M. D., '73, and N. Y. Post Graduate School and Hosp., post graduate course; began practice, Centerville, Ohio, 1887; married Mar- garet Bigger, who died, Jan. 21, 1891 ; married Isabel Gibson, 1894; to Topeka, 1887, and has been in practice here ever since ; physician, Christ's Hosp .; consult-


Med. Assn., Kan. State Med. Soc., and Shawnee Co. Med. Soc .; dir., Children's Home Soc., etc .; prof., principles and practice of medicine and clinical med- icine, Kan. Med. Coll., since 1896. Of- fice : 621 Kan. Ave.


Stoker, George E .- Born, Topeka, April 16, 1871; son of George E. and Celestine (Easter) S .; graduated, Kan. State Agrl. Coll., '90, Harvard, '93, and Univ. of Calif., law dept., '94; married Edith Isbell, Topeka, June 16, 1897; has been practicing in Topeka, since 1894. Office : 611 Kan. Ave.


Stoker, Milton E .- Born, Shelby Co., Ohio, June 28, 1860; son of J. and Lydia A. S .; educated, Topeka High School; married Carrie May Summer, Topeka, April 18, 1888; has been a funeral di- rector and licensed embalmer in Topeka for 30 years; to Topeka, 1873. Office : 417 Kan. Ave.


Stone, George M .- Born, Topeka, Dec. 5, 1858; son of Jesse and Sarah (Packard) S .; married Marie Lamy, 1891; studied art in Paris under Bou- langer, Lefebvre, Bonnat, and Roll; re- turned to Topeka, 1891, and took charge of art school formerly conducted by George E. Hopkins; now instructor, drawing and painting, Reid-Stone School of Art; painter : Refugiam Pec- catorum, owned by H. S. Crowell, Bos- ton ; Old Cabbage Woman, owned by A. A. Robinson ; Bishop Thomas and wife, owned by their children ; Melville Stone, owned by Lotus Club, N. Y. City ; the Studebaker family; When the Fodder's in the Shock, in art gallery, Topeka Free Public Library. School : Crawford Bldg., 501 Jackson.


Stone, Robert .- Born, Topeka, March 2, 1866; educated, Topeka public schools, and Washburn Coll., A. B., '89;


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read law in office of J. G. Slonecker, and Murray & Foster; admitted to the bar, 1892; married Lillian A. Frazeur, 1892; mem. of law firm, Troutman & Stone; representative, 39th dist., Kan. Legislature. Office: Crawford Bldg.


Stormont, Jane Cree .- Born, Clin- ton, Park Co., Ind., Sept. 19, 1823; daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Cree) Smith ; married Dr. D. W. Stor- mont, Grandview, III., 1848; to Kansas, 1862 ; since death of husband, has made many gifts to colleges, libraries, etc .; $5,000 medical library to the State, and $5,000 as a fund to keep it up; built Stormont Hosp .; donated $5,000 to the Free Public Library, Aug., 1889; has given to Washburn Coll., $500; to Ingle- side, $1,600; to Female Coll., Terre Haute, Ind., $500; has done much other philanthropical work. Res. : Ingleside.


Strauss, A. E .- Born, Fredericks- burg, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1851 ; son of C. R. and Effa (Woodruff) S .; married Amy Brewer, Fowler City, 1890; carpenter, 3 years ; restaurant business, 4 years ; on claim, S. W. Kansas, 7 years ; furniture business, 2 years ; billing and shipping clerk for an overall factory, 21/2 years; to Topeka, 1896; mgr., rating bureau, 4 years ; traveling salesman, 2 years ; now promoter, Victor Oil & Gas Co., and stockholder, Syndicate Oil & Gas Co. Office : Central Nat. Bank Bldg.


Strauss, C. E .- Born, Fredericks- burg, Wayne Co., Ohio, Oct. 16, 1847; son of C. R. and Effa (Woodruff) S .; received common school and academic education ; married Sarah Schooley, Hoopeston, Ill., 1874; enlisted, 1863, corporal 166th Ohio inf .; then served as sergt., 184th Ohio inf. to end of Civil War; lumber business, 10 years; travel- ing salesman, 6 years ; mgr., Trust Book & Credit Co., 4 years; has been in real


estate business, since 1900; to Kan., Oct., 1898. Office : Central Nat. Bank Bldg.


Strauss, Louis E .- Born, Hoopeston, Ill., Sept. 2, 1875 ; son of Charles E. and Sarah C. (Schooley) S .; educated, Greer Coll., 2 years, and Wabash Coll., 3 years ; clerk in bank, I year ; reporter, Express, Terre Haute, 3 years ; reporter, Sentinel, 6 months; worked on Rocky Mountain News, 11/2 years; to Topeka, Jan., 1900; has been in real estate busi- ness since then ; married Sue Long, Man- hattan, Kan., Dec. 24, 1902. Office : Cen- tral Nat. Bank Bldg.


Stuart, J. D .- Asst. freight auditor, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Mansfield, La., May 30, 1868; son of Charles B. and Elizabeth (Davis) S .; educated, private schools, 8 years; married Dovie Johnson, St. Louis, 1895; machinist's apprentice, Texas & Pacific Rwy., 1882- 83; on surveying corps, Marshall & Northwestern R. R., and A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 1884 ; successively ticket clerk, op- erator, cashier, and agt., on Texas & Pac. Rwy., Iron Mt. R. R., M. K. & T. R. R., and Cotton Belt Rwy., 1885-92; successively freight clerk, traveling auditor, head freight clerk, and chief clerk in auditor's office, Cotton Belt Rwy., Tyler, Texas, 1892-1901 ; private business in Republic of Mexico, April, 1901-July, 1901 ; to Jan., 1904, auditor, home office, Waters Pierce Oil Co., St. Louis ; present position, since Jan., 1904. Office : 9th and Jackson.


Sturgis, G. P .- Born, South Melford, Ind., Dec. 6, 1865; son of George W. and N. J. (Newman) S .; married Mag- gie McCarty, 1892; to Topeka, 1870; worked for A. W. Knowles, and Wolf Bros. & Cole; went to Maple Hill, where he worked for J. S. Warner & Co., 10 years ; came back to Topeka and bought out Harry Cline, dealer in hardware,


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1901; now mgr., Sturgis Hardware Co. Studevant, Dayton, Ohio, Nov., 1903; Store : 844 N. Kan. Ave.


Sullivan, James D .- Born, Norwich, Conn., 1861; son of James and Mary Jane (Bridgeman) S .; received common school and business college education ; married Kittie Burns, Chicago, 1887; married Margaret Delahoyde, 1898, Chi- cago; foreman, W. Scott-Thubur, art dealers, Chicago, 16 years; with Bowen & Lee, 3 years ; has been in art business, Topeka, since 1897. Store: 114 W. 8th.


Swanson, Olof .- Born, Sweden, Dec. 4, 1840; son of Peterson and Mag- dalena S .; cabinet maker in Sweden, 5 years ; to Am., 1865 ; cabinet maker, Chi- cago, and Water Valley, Miss., 3 years; to Topeka, Aug., 1869; cabinet maker, several years ; since then has been a con- tractor ; has built state, county, and city buildings; has done much contracting work for the Santa Fe Rwy., in several states ; married Nellie Larson, Sweden, 1862. Res. : 808 E. 8th.


Swayze, Oscar Kepler .- Born, Jan. 19, 1860, Brooklyn, N. Y .; educated in father's printing office, Macon, Ga .; to Kansas, 1873; has been connected with newspaper work as compositor, foreman, reporter, and editor, in Leavenworth and Topeka, 1874, to present time; married Hettie McPherson, Topeka, Sept. 30, 1883; mgr., Radges' City Directory. Res .: 220 E. 10th.


Swearingen, F. W .- Born, Iowa, June 6, 1875; son of D. K. and Sarah (Lucas) S .; married Eva Fay Smith, Topeka, Sept. 17, 1902 ; has been in jew- elry business in Topeka for over 7 years ; to Topeka, 1884. Store : 819 Kan. Ave.


Sweet, A. E .- Asst. to gen. mgr., A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Pascoag, R. I., Oct. 26, 1865; son of George and Em- eline J. (Hopkins) S .; married Mable


commenced as office boy, 1883, in office of G. L. Sands, supt., southern division ; various clerkships till 1885, when made chief clerk to a trainmaster; 1889-94, chief clerk, supt. Rio Grande division, H. U. Mudge; Feb., 1894, chief clerk, supt. Colo. Midland R. R., then under Santa Fe ownership; Oct., 1894, Topeka, transportation clerk, Gen. Supt. Mudge's office ; Jan., 1897-Dec., 1899, chief clerk, asst. gen. supt .; then, again, transporta- tion clerk, supt's office ; Feb., 1900-July I, 1902, trainmaster, Mo. division ; apptd. trainmaster, Las Vegas, but held this position only 4 days, when apptd. to pres- ent position, July 5, 1902; dir., Atchison City Elevator Co., Kan. Southwestern Rwy., and Cherokee & Pittsburg Coal & Mining Co .; asst. to pres. and purchas- ing agt., K. C. Belt Rwy. Co. Res .: 717 Lincoln.


Sweet, T. B. - Born, Farmington, Maine, April 11, 1841; son of Lorella and Mary W. (Bailey) S .; graduated, Farmington Acad., '56; married Annie E. Brown, daughter of Judge Wm. Brown, Jacksonville, Ill., April 29, 1873 ; in drug and insurance business, 13 years ; cashier First Nat. Bank, Champaign, Ill., 2 years; to Topeka, Jan. 1, 1873; or- ganized and was pres., Kan. Loan & Trust Co .; has been a dir. of Bank of Topeka for a number of years; was a mem. bd. of trustees, Baker Univ., IO or 15 years ; has been a mem. bd. of trus- tees, Christ's Hosp., ever since organiza- tion ; dir., Edison Electric Illuminating Co .; mem. bd. of trustees, Washburn Coll .; mem. of gen. conference and of committee to formulate constitution of M. E. church, 1888; mem. gen. confer- ence, 1892; mem. book committee, 1892- 96, and of committee on fraternity, with M. E., south, 1896; for many years, was


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chmn., State S. S. committee; was pres., Vera Cruz Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co .; sold out stock in it, 1903; real estate dealer. Office: Crawford Building.


Swendson, S. A .- Born, Palermo, Kan., 1859; son of S. and Sarah A. (Houser) S .; educated, State Normal of Ind., B. S., '83 ; married Etta M. Iddings, Hawthorne, Kan., 1885; taught school, 8 years; in railroad business, 14 years ; chief clerk, A. T. & S. F. Hosp., To- peka, last 7 years ; councilman, 6th ward; to Topeka, 1890. Res .: 1127 Morris.


Swift, Miriam A., M. D .- Born, Chester, Ohio, 1847; daughter of Anson E. and Betsy P. (Herrick) Blackeslee ; graduated, Univ. of Iowa, Homeo. med. dept .; married Dr. S. P. Swift, March, 1893; he died, 1903; to Burlingame, Kan., 1881; to Topeka, 1882; has been in practice here ever since; has been treas., State Homeo. Med. Soc., for the last 3 years. Office : 837 N. Kan. Ave.


Switzer, John F .- Born, Eaton, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1862; son of Jonathan and Susan (English) S .; educated, Bos- ton Univ. Law School, LL. B., '88; to Kan., March, 1889; married Mollie Gray, Logansport, Ind., 1893; Wheeler & Switzer, lawyers, since 1889; lecturer, mortgages, Washburn Law School. Of- fice : Columbian Bldg.


Swortwood, H. O .- Mgr. telegraph dept., C. R. I. & P. Rwy .; born, Silver Creek, Neb., Nov. 24, 1879; son of H. C. and Mattie (Yoeman) S .; educated, Salt Lake (Utah) High School, and Univ. of Utah; married Nettie Bitmer, Salt Lake, July 28, 1898; worked in gen. office, O. S. L., Salt Lake, 5 years ; worked for Sioux City, Iowa, Union Terminal Co., 2 years; for the Great Northern Rwy., St. Paul, I year ; for the Rock Island at Davenport, Iowa, 6


months ; to Topeka, 1902 ; mgr. telegraph dept., C. R. I. & P. Rwy. Co. Res .: 307 Van Buren.


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Tandy, W. G .- Born, Marion Co., Ky., Aug. 29, 1863; son of W. S. and Sarah (Wade) T .; married Nora Ru- mer, Wichita, Kan., 1892; worked in father's saw mill, 1879-81 ; run a mill for C. W. Morrison, Edinburg, Ind., until 1883; to Kansas, 1883; worked for Chi- cago Lumber Co., Wellington, 2 years ; then went into house moving business; at Wichita, 1893-95; to Topeka, March 20, 1895; has been engaged here ever since in moving brick and frame buildings, and handling heavy machinery. Res. : 1612 Buchanan.


Taylor, J. C .- Born, Fleming Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1818; read medicine under Pliny M. Crume, 3 years, and also un- der other doctors; married Sarah Jane Finneger, 1892; practiced at Forest City, Mo., 2 or 3 years, and Graham, 15 years; to Topeka, 1876, and has practiced here most of the time since then. Office : 905 N. Kan. Ave.


Taylor, O. A., M. D .- Born Leaven- worth, Kan., May 18, 1870; son of Ci and Anna (Brown) T .; educated, Ot- tawa Univ., Kan., and Meharry Med. Coll., of Walden Univ., M. D., '94; mar- ried Ida B. Harlan, Leavenworth, April 30, 1895; practiced, Macon, Mo., 41/2 years; to Topeka, 1898; has been prac- ticing here ever since ; nat. med. examin- er, Knights and Ladies of Protection ; mem. Kan. State Med. Soc., Shawnee Co. Med. Soc., and N. E. Mo. Med. Assn. Office : 2261% Kan. Ave.


Taylor, W. L .- Born, Columbus, Ohio, 1872; son of John and Sarah (Macumber) T .; educated, Battle Creek,


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Mich., Univ .; married Alpharetta Minchall, Falls City, Neb., Aug. 29, 1902; railroad work, till 22 years old ; lumber business with father, I year ; op- erated grain elevators in different parts of U. S., 3 years ; fish and game commis- sion business, Ohio, 2 years; sec. and asst. mgr., Pittsburg Grain & Elevator Co., I year ; to Topeka, 1901 ; proprietor, Capital Elevator, 1903; pres. and gen. mgr., Taylor Grain Co., since May, 1904 ; gyrator mills dedicated, Jan., 1905; connected with several oil and gas com- panies. Mills : Curtis and Monroe.


Taylor, W. T., M. D .- Born, Chat- ham, Sangamon Co., Ill., May 21, 1845; son of J. M. and Ella (Knotts) T .; ed- ucated, Ill. State Univ., 3 years; taught school, 5 years ; studied medicine under J. D. Gunn, Gosport, Iowa, 3 years; graduated, Coll. of Phys. and Surgs., M. D., '71; practiced at Newbern, Iowa, 4 years; to Scandia, Kan., 1874, where he practiced II years; practiced, Logan, Kan., 4 years ; editor and publisher, Phil- lipsburg Democrat, 1886; editor and pub- lisher, Almena Plaindealer, 1887-88; has been practicing in Topeka, since 1889; married, April 2, 1871, to Elizabeth Fletcher, Marion Co., Iowa. Office: 120 E. 6th.




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