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Wehe, W. A., M. D .- Educated, Topeka High School, and Univ. of Mich., M. D., '93; to Topeka, 1880; has been practicing here since graduation from college; mem. Stormont Hosp. staff; pres., Shawnee Co. Med. Soc. Office : 707 Kan. Ave.
Welch, R. B .- Born, De Kalb, Ind., July 23, 1850; son of Daniel and Eliza (Camp) W .; educated, Ill. Wesleyan Univ., A. B., '77, A. M., '80; married Maggie Hamand, Le Roy, Ill., 1870; pres., Kan. State Normal, 1879-82; To- peka, Welch and C. M. Welch, lawyers,
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1882-99; pres., bd. of education, 8 years; 1871 ; farmed and taught school 9 years ; co. atty., Shawnee, 1889-93; recevier, U. has been in grocery business, Topeka, since Feb. 28, 1884. Store: 535 To- peka Ave. S. land office, 4 years; Welch and C. D. Welch, lawyers, 1899-1904; W. R. Hazen and R. B. Welch, now. Office : I16 W. 6th.
Wellcome, William M .- Born, Franklin Co., Maine, Nov. 19, 1838; son of Mark and Eunice (Parker) W .; mar- ried Fannie Selleg, Hiawatha, Kan., Oct. 23, 1873; 1863-65, soldier, 16th Wis. vol. inf .; to Hiawatha, June, 1870; Gaskill & Wellcome, grain and lumber dealers, 2 or 3 years ; Wellcome, Chase & Co., lum- ber dealers, 5 years; clerk, dist. court, Brown Co., I term; treas., Brown Co., 2 terms; v. pres., Kan. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1885-1902; Wellcome, Moon & Davis, real estate and loan dealers, 7 years; Davis & Wellcome, since 1903. Office : Stormont Bldg.
Wellhouse, Fred .- Born, Wayne Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1828; son of William and Hannah (Yohe) W .; educated in the public schools; married Susan Housley, Medina Co., Ohio, Jan. 16, 1848; to Kan., June, 1859; has been engaged in fruit growing all his life; commenced growing commercial orchards, 1876; has planted 1,630 acres; has grown 498,148 bushels of apples; to Topeka, 1895. Res. : 1025 Topeka Ave.
Wells, Seth G .- Born, Greene Co., Ill., Jan. 12, 1863; to Kansas, 1869; learned printing trade in office of Re- publican Record, Erie, Neosho Co .; be- came editor and proprietor of it, June I, 1902 ; was post master at Erie, 6 years; has been state auditor since 1902. Of- fice : State Capitol.
Werts, James .- Born, Montgomery Co., Ohio, Feb. 13, 1831 ; son of John W. and Ketura W .; married M. Thomas, May 25, 1854; to Topeka, April 10,
Westerfield, John F .- Born, Lewis- ville, Ind., 1847; son of Samuel and Ma- linda (Frazier) W .; educated, Asbury Univ., A. B., '69, and Harvard Univ., LL. B., '71; married Francis Morris, Burlingame, Kan., 1874; to Topeka, 1894; has practiced law, and been in real estate business since graduation from college. Office : 527 Kan. Ave.
West, J. G .- Born, Muncie, Ind., June 7, 1843 ; son of George and Eliza- beth (Brammer) W .; educated in pub- lic schools and college to soph. year ; married Emma Lawwill, 1871; in grain business, Kinmundy, Ill., 1869-85; to Topeka, 1885; has been in grain busi- ness here ever since. Office: 601 Kan. Avenue.
West, Judson S .- Born, Allegan Co., Mich., 1855; son of David S. and Hannah (Harden) W .; educated, Univ. of Kan., and read law with Hill & Sal- lee, Fort Smith; married Mattie Nole, 1886; admitted to bar, 1881; practiced, Fort Scott, 16 years, and K. C., 3 years ; co. atty., Bourbon, 2 years ; mem. bd. of regents, Kan. State Agrl. Coll., I year ; judge 6th judicial dist., 5 years; Ist asst. atty. gen., Kansas, 4 years ; to Kan- sas, 1869; to Topeka, 1899; mem. firm, Rossington, Smith & West. Office : Crawford Bldg.
West, W. N., D. D. S .- Born, Malmesbury, England, 1864; son of William and Charlotte (Comley) W .; educated, normal school, Toronto, Can- ada, and K. C. (Mo.) Dental Coll., D. D. S., '91 ; married Edna Lakin, Topeka, Oct., 1894; to Kansas, 1885; to To- peka, 1891 ; has been a dentist here since
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1891 ; Thompson & West. Office: 720 Kan. Ave.
Westerfield, J. M., M. D .- Born, Henry Co., Ind., Sept. 9, 1842; son of Samuel and Malinda (Frazier) W .; ed- ucated, De Pauw Univ., to senior year, reading under Dr. N. G. Smith, I year, Bennett Med. Coll., I year, and Ind. Ec- lectic Coll., M. D., '85; to Burlingame, Kan., 1871; taught school, Osage Co., and Shawnee Co., 3 years ; taught school California, 6 years; was demonstrator and professor anatomy, Ind. Eclectic Coll .; has been in practice here since 1888; mem. bd. of education, 6 years ; co. coroner, Shawnee, 1896-1900. Of- fice : 710 Buchanan.
Wheeler, Bennett R .- Born, Provi- dence, R. I., Oct. 23, 1858; son of Ben- nett W. and Betsey J. (Monroe) W .; educated, English and classical school, Providence, R. I., Brown Univ., A. B., '78; Boston Univ. Law School, LL. B., '80; married Grace Manton, Providence, 1881; admitted to bar, 1880; Wheeler & Switzer, lawyers, since 1889; receiver Investment Trust Co., 6 years ; v. pres., Capitol Building and Loan Assn .; lec- turer, incorporeal hereditaments, Wash- burn Law School. Office: Columbian Building.
Whitcomb, George H .- Born, Stock- bridge, Vt., May 2, 1858; son of Har- vey and Isabel (Moore) W .; married, Fulton, Mo., Nov. 14, 1888, to Jessie E. Wright, who has done literary work of merit; educated, Tilton Sem., Dart- mouth Coll., A. B., '85, and Boston Univ. Law School, LL. B., '87; admit- ted to bar, 1887; to Topeka, 1887; Ful- ler & Whitcomb, lawyers, 1892-98; Whitcomb & Hamilton, since April, 1903; prof. law, Washburn Law School. Office : Crawford Bldg.
White, H. M .- Born, Mechanics-
burg, Ind., Nov. 25, 1869; son of George O. and Elizabeth (Keesling) W .; mar- ried Josephine Bard, Oct. 9, 1901; to Meriden, Kan., 1879; to Topeka, 1889; worked for Emil Utz, 21/2 years; clerk, car service dept., Santa Fe Rwy. gen. office, 21/2 years ; solicitor South Western Fuel Co., since 1895; city salesman, since 1904. Office : 734 Kan. Ave.
White, John P .- Pastor, Second United Presbyterian church; born, Al- legheny, Pa., Nov., 1861 ; son of Rev. James W. and Amelia (Wallace) W .; educated, N. Y. Univ., partial course, Bellevue Med. Coll., graduate, and Alle- gheny Theological Sem., graduate, '92; married Anna Philips, Nov. 16, 1892; to Arkansas City, Kan., 1887; sent as a missionary to Cairo, Egypt, by First United Presbyterian church, 1894; re- turned to Am. and settled in Topeka, 1899; pastor, Second United Presby- terian church since then ; 1904, elected moderator of synod of Kansas. Res .: 816 Huntoon.
White, J. W .- Auditor of disburse- ments, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Phila., Pa., May 19, 1857; son of Clifford and Josephine (Chambers) W .; married Anna K. Elliott, Phila., Pa., Nov. 2, 1878; educated, Phila. High School and Univ. of Pa., in senior class; cashier, Nat. Consumers' Meat Co., N. Y., 1880- 84; voucher clerk, Santa Fe Rwy., 2 years ; analysis work, office of auditor of disbursements, 1884-92; chief clerk, auditor of disbursements, 1892-1901 ; auditor, lands W. of Albuquerque, May, 1901-June, 1903; present position, since June, 1903; to Topeka, 1884. Office : 9th and Jackson.
Whitehead, J. M., Rev .- Born, Wayne Co., Ind., March 6, 1823; son of John and Catharine (Brown) W .; mar- ried, July 4, 1847, to Mary Jane Patter-
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son, who died May 9, 1896; ordained, Baptist ministry, 1846; held several pastorates, Indiana; chaplain, 15th Ind. regt., during Civil War; received a Med- al of Honor from congress for service at Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862; after war, was pastor, Kankakee, North Star church at Chicago, and Belvidere, Ill .; Shelbyville, and Goshen, Ind .; Ne- braska, and Silver Lake, Kan .; dist. missionary of the Kansas Convention, Baptist church, 8 years after leaving the pastorate; to Kansas, 1888; to Topeka, Nov., 1890; now does various church work, and supplys in churches ; chaplain, Kansas House of Representatives, 1905. Res. : 913 W. 10th.
Whiteker, George .- Born, Harrison Co., Ky., 1860; son of J. W. and Nancy (Branock) W .; married Lucy M. Mor- row, Olathe, Kan., 1885; to Kansas, 1872; to Topeka, 1879; has been a com- mission merchant for many years ; Whit- eker Bros., (G. and T. C.). Store: Ist and Kan. Ave.
Whiteker, T. C .- Born, Harrison Co., Ky., Jan. 12, 1866; son of J. W. and Nancy (Branock) W .; married Birdie Corlis, Topeka, Aug. 6, 1892; to Atchison, Kan., 1872; to Topeka, 1885; began fruit business by retailing from wagons ; for a number of years he and his brother, George, have been commis- sion merchants here. Store: Ist and Kan. Ave.
Whiting, A. B .- Born, Johnson, La Moille Co., Vt., 1835 ; son of Harris and Mary Dodge W .; educated in the com- mon schools and Johnson Acad .; mar- ried Kate A. Whitney, Waterbury, Vt., 1858; to Riley Co., Kan., April 19, 1856; was a farmer and freighter; in flour- ing and saw mill business, Milford, 1864-77; to Topeka, Sept., 1877; he and son, Harris L., were proprietors of
North Topeka Times; druggist, 1880- 85; A. B. Whiting Paint & Glass Co., was incorporated, 1893; Mr. W. is pres .; mem. executive committee, Washburn Coll. Store : 521-23 Quincy.
Whittelsey Mercantile Co .- This company consists of four members, even stockholders, and children of W. C. Whittelsey, who founded the business, 1881; H. R. is pres. and mgr., is un- married, and was born, Red Bank, N. J., Dec. 5, 1868; W. H. is v. pres., was born, Red Bank, Dec. 3, 1866, and mar- ried Beulah George, Topeka, 1901; C. A. is sec., was born, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870, and married Agnes Brokaw, To- peka, 1897; Miss S. R. is a stockholder. Store : 135 Madison.
Whittemore, L. D .- Born, Oxford- ville, N. H., Aug. 5, 1858; son of Luth- er Baker and Harriet Elizabeth (Den- ny) W .; educated, Amherst Coll., A. B., '80, A. M., '84; married Frances Dean Davis, Junction City, Kan., July 14, 1891; Mrs. W. studied art at Chicago, 2 years, Washington, D. C., I year, and at the Art Students' League, N. Y. City, 2 years ; she was supervisor of drawing, Evanston, Ill., 1886-90, and has been in- structor in art, Washburn Coll., at dif- ferent times; Mr. W. was teacher, Barre (Vt.) Acad., 1880-81 ; principal, High School, and supt. of City Schools, Hiawatha, Kan., 1881-84; prof. of Latin, Washburn Coll., 1884-98; librar- ian, Washburn Coll., 1886-97; principal, Topeka, High School, 1898-1904; supt. of Topeka Public Schools, since April, 1904. Res. : 1615 College Ave. Office : 8th and Harrison.
Wick, James R .- Born, Burlington, Iowa, April 5, 1873; son of W. W. and Grace (Marks) W .; educated, Topeka Business Coll., '90, and R. A. Hender- son Shorthand Coll., '92; married Nellie
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Ryan, Ottawa, Kan., 1894; to Topeka, 1886; worked in law office, Gleed, Ware & Gleed, a number of years ; has been in general shorthand business since 1895. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Wilder, Edward .- Sec. and treas., A. T. & S. F. Rwy Co .; born, Boston, Mass., Sept. 4, 1843; son of David and Celia (Burt) W .; married Mary C. Scott, Phila., Pa., Dec., 1868; at 14, be- gan to work in office of Cunard Steam Ship Co., Boston; 1860-70, clerk, pay- master, and auditor, successively, Boston & Worcester R. R. Co .; land commr., Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. Co., Han- nibal, Mo .; to Topeka, 1871 ; asst. treas., Santa Fe R. R., to May 12, 1876; since then, sec. and treas., Santa Fe Rwy. Co .; is or has been sec. or treas. or both, 125 companies auxiliary to Santa Fe system ; mem. bd. of education for last 8 years ; pres., 2 years; organized Topeka Free Public Library, 32 years ago; has been pres. of it for many years; was organ- izer Kansas State Art Assn., and pres. during its existence ; sec. and treas., Edi- son Electric Illuminating Co., since 1886; has been v. pres. bd. of park com- missioners, Topeka, since organization ; dir., Bank of Topeka, and Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co .; v. pres., State Savings Bank, and auditor, Shawnee Fire Ins. Co. Res .: 1021 Topeka Ave.
Williams, Archibald F .- Born, To- peka, Oct. 11, 1869; son of A. L. and Lizzie C. (Ferguson) W .; educated, To- peka High School, Kemper Military Acad., Washburn, and Univ. of Mich., law dept .; began practice of law, 1892; Curtis, Safford & Williams, to 1900; since then, alone in practice; ex-mem. Kan. Legislature; U. S. commissioner, since May, 1903. Office : 433 Kan. Ave.
Williams, Archibald L. - Born, Adams Co., Ill., Sept. 2, 1840; married
Lizzie C. Ferguson, Posey Co., Ind., Aug. 28, 1862; to Topeka, 1861 ; was city atty., co. atty., Shawnee, and U. S. dist. atty. ; elected atty. gen. of Kansas, 1870, and 1872; was consulting atty. for old Kansas Pacific R. R., Topeka; was gen. atty., U. P. Rwy., in Kansas, 1887-1902; now special atty., U. P. Rwy .; dir., The Topeka & Northwestern R. R. Co. Res .: 1195 Fillmore.
Williams, T. S .- Born, Jackson Co., Kan., May 21, 1864; son of J. W. and Eliza (Mckeever) W .; married Jennie Whiteker, Jan. 29, 1884; on farm in Jackson Co. until 22 years old; to To- peka, Jan., 1884; worked for the Santa Fe, 3 years ; patrolman, 3 years ; worked for the Rock Island, at Horton, Kan., 8 months; elected commissioner of elec- tions, 1901; served to April, 1905; chmn., City Republican Central Com- mittee, 2 years; pres., Topeka Repub- lican Flambeau Club; has been mem. County and City Republican Central Committees for last 15 years.
Williams, William Hollis .- Born, Hocking, Ohio, Dec. 2, 1854; son of Josiah and Eliza (Mckeever) W .; mar- ried Anna Heer, 1874; to Kansas, 1858; to Topeka, 1884; worked in sheriff's of- fice a number of years; has been in real estate business with J. E. Shaffer since 1902. Office: 112 E. 6th.
Williamson, Charles R .- Born, N. Y. City, Nov. 6, 1841; son of C. H. and Susana W .; married Lydia M. Bailey, Topeka, Dec. 25, 1882; was in the paper business in different capacities for 50 years; now one of the proprietors, Na- tional Hotel. Office : National Hotel, 7th and Kan. Ave.
Wilmarth, George O .- Born, Provi- dence, R. I., April 13, 1843; to Law- rence, Kan., Oct., 1855; to Topeka, 1859; married Mary A. Starkey, Attle-
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boro, Mass., Aug. 15, 1864; in book and stationary business, 1859-70; took charge of Volunteer Fire Dept., 1870; made chief engineer, April, 1871; has been chief of the fire dept. or fire marshall, ever since; one of the oldest fire chiefs in respect to service in the United States. Office : City Hall.
Wilson, A. K .- Born, Westmore- land, Pa .; son of Thomas and Anna W .; graduated, Southwestern State Normal, '79; to Topeka, 1879; married Emma Bair, Latrobe, Pa., 1879; was grand lec- turer, II years, A. F. & A. M .; grand sec., A. F. & A. M., since 1894. Of- fice : Real Estate Bldg.
Wilson, Anthony P .- Born, Keno- sha, Wis., June 23, 1846; son of Ira and Eliza (Jones) W .; taught school; read law under Judge Stull, of Kenosha; ad- mitted to the bar, 1866; enlisted, Co. I., 33d Wis. vol. inf., Aug., 1862; mustered out, Aug., 1866; lawyer and real estate agt., Auburn, Neb., 1867-99; to Colby, Kan., 1899; real estate agt., and lawyer there, 4 years ; to Topeka, 1903 ; has been in real estate business and practicing law here ever since; married Mary E. Bol- den, Alden, Iowa, 1873; has two daugh- ters, and five sons four of which are lawyers, and the other studying law. Of- fice : 413 Kan. Ave.
Wilson, A. P. Tone .- Born, Auburn, Neb., June 26, 1874; son of A. P. and Mary E. (Bolden) W .; graduated, Lincoln (Neb.) Normal, '92, and K. C. Law School, '98; was editor of John- son (Neb.) Citizen, 1897; married Lula Smith, of Panama, Iowa, Jan. 8, 1903; practiced law and was in the real estate business at Colby, Kan., to 1904; to To- peka, June 1, 1904; atty. at law, and real estate specialist. Office : 413 Kan. Avenue.
Wilson, Hill P .- Born, Williams-
burg, Pa., Sept. 20, 1840; son of John Smith and Anna Maria (Bower) W .; educated, Williamsburg Acad., and Chesnut Level Acad .; Ist sergt., Co. B., 125th Pa. vol. inf., 1862-64; regt. lost 33 per cent of number enlisted; 1864-65, in quartermaster's dept., under Lieut. S. H. Stevens; 1865-67, gen. agt. for Col. S. R. Hamill, asst. quartermaster at Nashville, Tenn .; to Fort Harker (now Kanopolis), Kan., 1867; confidential clerk, Maj. Henry Inman, capt. and asst. quartermaster, Aug. to Oct., 1867; chief clerk, quartermaster's dept., Fort Hays; 1868-72, post trader, Fort Hays; co, commr., Ellis Co., 1872 ; elected co. treas., 1877; apptd. postmaster, Hays City, 1878; pres., Bank of Hays City, 1879- 90; senator, 40th dist., 1885-88; apptd. receiver, U. S. land office, Wa-Keeney, 1891; asst. sec. of state, since 1899; married Mary Montgomery, Jan. 20, 1880. Author : Eminent Men of Kansas, 1901, Hall Publishing Co. Office : State Capitol Bldg.
Wilson, W. H .- Druggist; born, South Granville, N. Y., April 16, 1842; son of Orin and Sarah W .; married, Oct., 1874, to Jennie Newell, who died Oct., 1882; married Kate Rudulph, May, 1886, Topeka; enlisted, Aug. 5, 1862, serg., Co. C., 134th N. Y. inf. ; in service 3 years ; to Topeka, Dec., 1877; has been in drug business here since 1878; mem. bd. of education, since 1891 ; v. pres., 4 years, pres., 2 years, and chmn. bldg. committee, 7 years. Store : 414 E. 4th.
Wintrode, J. T .- Born, Hebron, O., March 23, 1840; son of Jacob and Cath- erine (Tedrick) W .; received common and high school education ; married Mat- tie B. Perdue, Topeka ; on farm, 5 years ; has been on police force, 12 years; was constable; now marshall; to Topeka, 1869. Office: County Court House.
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Wise, Platt L .- Born, Le Sueur, Minn., Jan. 7, 1861 ; son of Zenus and Roxana M. (Stowell) W .; graduated, Madison (Wis.) High School, and Univ. of Wis., Coll. of Civil Engineering, class '87; married Jessie E. Parkhurst, Mad- ison, Oct. 10, 1887; taught school, and worked at carpentry trade and land sur- veying, 1876-82; asst. in city engineer's office, Madison, 1882-88; supt. for W. T. Casgrain, contractor, Milwaukee, 1888- 90; city engineer, Pineville, Ky., 1890- Dec., 1893; to Topeka, Dec., 1893; con- tractor, 1894; engineer, C. R. I. & P. Rwy., 1895; locating engineer, K. C., Pittsburg & Gulf R. R., 1896-97; chief engineer of The Gray's Point Terminal Rwy., 1898-99; city engineer, Topeka, 1900-01; since then, contracting and general engineering work; chief en- gineer, Topeka, Frankfort & Northwest- ern R. R., and Topeka, Eskridge & Council Grove R. R .; pres. and engineer, Topeka Concrete Construction Co. Res .: 434 Shawnee Ave.
Wolff, Charles .- Born, Bavaria, Ger- many, 1851; son of Frank and Dora (Stender) W .; to Am., at the age of 13; to Kansas, 3 years later; learned butch- er's trade, Leavenworth; to Topeka, 1870; proprietor of a meat market, 1871-82; in 1882, began to butcher on a small scale for other firms; then the Chas. Wolff Packing Co. was formed; is pres. and treas. of the company ; dir., Bank of Topeka. Packing house : Foot of Quincy St.
Wood, Charles L .- Born, Virden, Ill., Jan. 4, 1862; son of John C. and Malinda A. (Judd) W .; married Ina Graham, Greensburg, Ind., 1899; taught school, 3 years; in charge U. P. Hotel, Cheyenne Wells, Colo .; chief clerk, Na- tional Hotel, Topeka; mgr., Chesterfield Hotel; leased National Hotel, 1899, and
has been one of the proprietors of it ever since ; sec. and treas., Kan .- Mo. Hotel Mens' Assn. for last 10 years; v. pres. and gen. mgr., Modoc Glee Club; pres., Commercial and Hotel Register, pub- lished monthly, Topeka; to Topeka, 1888. Office: National Hotel, 7th and Kan. Ave.
Wood, L. M .- Born, Brownsville, Pa., Nov. 22, 1846; son of Samuel and Lucy M. (Curl) W .; educated, Waynes- burg Coll., about 2 years, and Cornell Univ., work in architecture, 2 years; to Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 2, 1872; to To- peka, 1879; has been an architect for 32 years; has helped in the designing of many state institutions, and other large buildings ; inventor, Syphon, patent ven- tilator, 1904; married Mary D. Burns, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1874; editor, Kansas Architect, a monthly, started, Nov., 1904. Author of many songs, among which are Old Plantation Bell, On the Old Monongahela, Song of the Shell, My Old Black Mammy's Cabin Home, Then, Ca'lina Land, Nelloise, 'Neath the Magnolia, Lillian Dare, Tell Me Sweetheart, and Ever With Thee. Office : 627 Kan. Ave.
Wood, O. J .- Asst. atty., Topeka, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Crown Point, Ind., Aug. 5, 1853; son of Martin and Susan G. (Taylor) W .; educated, Univ. of Ind., LL. B., '76; married Annie J. Wright, Red Wing, Minn., Nov., 1877; practiced, Crown Point, Ind., 1877-79; co. atty., Chippewa Co., Minn., 2 terms ; resigned soon after entering upon 3d term; to Wellington, Kan., 1886; prac- ticed, Wellington, 1886-90; asst. atty., Santa Fe Rwy., Topeka, since 1890; lec- turer, private corporations, Washburn Law School; dir., Kiowa, Chickasha & Fort Smith Rwy. Co., Cherokee & Pitts- burg Coal & Mining Co., Atchison City
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Elevator Co., and in Topeka, Mutual Ice & Storage Co., and Kan. Fire Ins. Co. 409 Buchanan. Res. : 1217 Tyler.
Wood, S. M .- Born, Waterloo, Ohio, June 18, 1845; son of L. J. and Mary A. W .; educated, Abingdon Coll., Knox Co., Ohio; married Frances N. Gill, Clarksborough, N. J., May 8, 1877; she was department pres., 1887, and na- tional pres., 1889, Ladies of Grand Army of the Republic; ex-pres. of City Fed- eration of Clubs. He served, Sept., 1861, to Jan., 1865, in Co. I., 10th Ill. cav .; to Shawnee Co., Kan., 1869; on farm to 1871 ; clerk, Post Office, Topeka, Nov., 1873-Oct., 1879 ; register of deeds, 4 years ; has been in real estate business since 1885. Office : 534 Kan. Ave.
Woods, Harry Irwin .- Professor of physics and astronomy, Washburn Coll .; born, New Hamburg, Pa., July 6, 1870; son of William and Nancy M. (White) W .; received degree of A. M. from Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa .; married Jennie M. Reznor, Greenville, Pa., June 24, 1897; instructor, Lafayette Coll., 1895-99; instructor, Univ. of Pa., 1901-02 ; prof. of physics and astronomy, Washburn, since Sept., 1902. Res. : 1312 W. 16th.
Worley, G. F .- Born, York Spring, Pa., Feb. 22, 1853; son of Isaac D. and Caroline W .; taught school, 5 years; in harness business, Abilene, Kan., 20 years ; in 1895, established harness busi- ness here and has been in it ever since ; to Kansas, 1876. Store : 518 Kan. Ave.
Wright, Silas F .- Born, Elvaston, Hancock Co., Ill., May 28, 1865; son of Cyprian and Martha (Kennedy) W .; married Carrie Payton, Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa, 1890; was school teacher, II years; supt. of schools, Shawnee Co., 1901-05 ; now principal, Grant School ; to
Kansas, 1889; to Topeka, 1889. Res .:
Wright, T. T .- Born, Danville, Ver- milion Co., Ill., March 7, 1850; son of Thomas M. and Mary W .; married M. Bowman, Oct. 24, 1880; to Holton, Kan., March 9, 1878; to Shawnee Co., Feb. I, 1879; was justice of the peace, Soldier township; was constable of Soldier township, 4 years; practices in lower courts; collector. Office : 828 N. Kan. Avenue.
Wyman, Abram .- Pastor, First Uni- tarian church; born, Skowhegan, Maine, May 25, 1865; son of Abram A. and Saralı C. (Blunt) W .; educated, Colby Coll., A. B., '89, and Harvard Divinity School, S. T. B., '93; to Topeka, 1893; has been pastor of the First Unitarian church here ever since. Res .: 105 Greenwood Ave.
Young, Thomas S .- Pastor, First Baptist church; born, Davenport, Iowa, March 18, 1863; son of David T. and Sarah M. (Humphry) Y .; educated, Davenport Public Schools, college and theological courses, Shurtleff Coll., B. D., '89, and post graduate work, Univ. of Chicago, 1895; married Nannie A. Gillham, Upper Alton, Ill., 1887; pastor, Baptist church, Geneseo, Ill., 1887-90; Roodhouse, Ill., 1890-91 ; Moline, Ill., 1891-96; San Jose, Calif., 1896-1905; now pastor, First Baptist church.
Zercher, M. L .- Born, Decatur, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1857; son of Jacob and Katherine (Ebrite) Z .; graduated, Nat. Normal Univ., A. B., '80; married Mol- lie E. McNulty, Olathe, Kan., Aug. 28, 1885; on farm until 21 years of age; to Olathe, 1881 ; principal, Gardner School, 1881-85; principal, Lewisburg, Miami Co., 1885-88; co. supt., Miami, 1888-92; candidate for state supt. of public in-
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struction before Republican convention of 1892; to Topeka, 1893; in charge of depository, Educational Publishing Co .; mail order business was also added; in
1900, Zercher Book & Stationary Co., be- gan retail business. Store: 521 Kan. Avenue.
The Supervisors and the Principals of the Topeka Public Schools, also, some Topeka High School Teachers.
Barkley, Mary W .- Graduate of Schools, since June, 1887; principal, Bu- Univ. of Kan., A. B., '94; teacher, Min- chanan School. Res. : 1312 Tyler. neapolis (Kan.) High School, 1894-95; teacher of rhetoric and composition, To- peka High School, since Sept., 1895. Res. : 621 Harrison.
Bishop, Maude Mary .- Graduate of Washburn Coll., A. B., '96; teacher, dis- trict school, 1892-93; instructor, mathe- matics, Weeping Water (Neb.) Acad., 1896-97; teacher, Topeka Public Schools since Jan., 1898; now teacher, algebra and Latin, Topeka High School. Res .: 1600 College Ave.
Boughton, Bessie .- Graduate of Ba- ker Univ., A. B., '94; teacher, Topeka Public Schools, 1892-93, 1895-96; teach- er, Topeka High School, since 1896; teacher, English literature. Res .: 1108 Topeka Ave.
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