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Batman, W. H .- Born, Park Co., Ind .; son of George and Prudence (Kil- gore) B .; educated in the country schools; to Lawrence, Kan., 1879; was proprietor of a confectionery store ; burned out about 1883 ; to Topeka, 1884; has been in confectionery business here most of the time since then; to present location, 1895. During spare time, 1902, painted a beautiful autumn scene, which
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is hung on one of the walls of the ice a number of years; in drug business 2 cream parlor. Store : 821 Kan. Ave.
Bauer, A. D .- Born, Nauvoo, Ill., March 6, 1863; son of John and Pru- dence (Hussmaur) B .; educated in Drury Coll. ; married, Jan., 1901, to Min- nie Keas, Kansas City, Kan .; has been printer in Topeka since 1878; to To- peka, 1878. Office : 122 E. 5th.
Bauer, J. G. - Born, Marysville, Ohio, March 6, 1857 ; son of John P. and Anna B. (Auer) B .; educated, Wash- burn Coll .; married Elizabeth Pauly, Alma, Kan., 1880; has been in the hard- ware business with the W. A. L. Thomp- son Hardware Co. since April, 1876; sec- retary of the company ; to Topeka, 1870. Res. : 222 Topeka Ave.
Baughman, Ellsworth .- Born, Franklin Co., Ohio, 1869; son of Joel and Katharine (Wingertt) B .; educated in common schools of Topeka; to Topeka, 1882; has been in ice cream business for 22 years. Res. : 23d and Lincoln.
Baughman, J. C .- Born, Franklin Co., Ohio, 1867; son of Joel and Kath- arine (Wingertt) B .; married, 1894, to Anna Garhart; educated in common schools of Topeka; to Topeka, 1882; has been manufacturing ice cream here for 22 years. Res .: 2213 Lincoln.
Beal, L. G .- Born, Peru, Ind., March 19, 1857; to Kansas, 1868; to Topeka, 1886; started Topeka Savings Bank, 1887 ; since 1896 he has been engaged in real estate and brokerage business. Of- fice : Room 10, Real Estate Bldg. cor. 7th and Jackson.
Beard, L .- Born, 1850, Terre Haute, Ind. ; son of James L. and Mary (Justus) B .; educated in common schools and Terre Haute Commercial Coll .; married, 1875, to Livonia McKelvey, Terre Haute; asst. weighmaster of city scales
years; clerk and manager of dry goods business for 12 years at Terre Haute, Ind .; to Topeka, 1895, and has been in the wholesale notions and dry goods busi- ness ever since. Store: 720-22 Jackson.
Beck, Thomas A .- Born, Phila., Pa., Sept. 12, 1843; son of Thomas B. and Sarah (Beck) B .; educated in common schools ; married Charlotte Wardle, Jan. 7, 1865; with Thomas B. Beck & Son, grain dealers, Phila., 13 years; to To- peka, 1878, and was member of the firm, Edson & Beck, grain dealers, to 1895; since 1895, alone in business; sec. and treas. Capital City Vitrified Brick & Pav- ing Co., 2 years ; pres. for last 10 years ; mem. Bd. of education for a number of years. Office : 212-14 E. 6th.
Beckstrom, F. A .- Born in Sweden, Feb. 5, 1841 ; son of Olof and Anna (Bo- man) B .; married, June 24, 1865, in Sweden, to Ingaree Nelson; received common school education in Sweden ; 1855, began to learn his trade, serving 6 years' apprenticeship; to America, 1868; worked in Chicago 2 years ; to To- peka, 1870; established wall paper busi- ness here July 30, 1870; painter and pa- per hanger. Store: 118 W. 6th.
Bell, J. W .- Born, Lewisburg, West Va., 1854; son of David H. and Betty (Handley) B .; educated, Central Univ., Richmond, Ky .; in boot and shoe busi- ness, Richmond, Ky., previous to coming to Kan .; to Topeka, 1885; has been in horse and real estate business here ever since. Office : 535 Kan. Ave.
Bennett, Arthur H .- Born, Mc- Henry Co., Ill., May 9, 1869; son of F. H. and Mary E. (Merriman) B .; ed- ucated in common and high schools ; married, Lawrence, Kan., July 15, 1891, to Allicia McIbravy ; began cash grain commission business 5 years ago, and has
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been in it ever since; sec. and treas. To- peka Hydraulic Stone Co .; to Topeka, 1898; to Kansas, 1878. Office: Craw- ford Bldg.
Bennett, C. E .- Born, Dillsboro, Dearborn Co., Ind., June 12, 1854; son of E. B. and Katherine (Huddert) B .; educated, common schools in Indiana ; married, 1882, Lola Mood; to Kansas, 26 years ago; settled in Topeka and worked a number of years in Santa Fe shops ; 7 years ago became a member of the firm of Mood Plumbing Co. Store : 117 W. 6th.
Bentley, F. H .- Pastor North To- peka Christian Church; born, Ottumwa, Iowa, Sept. 9, 1858; son of Wm. and Malinda C. (Shaul) B .; married Addie K. Underwood, Atchison, Kan., Jan. 30, 1902; spent first 30 years of life on the farm; spent 4 years in Cotner Univ., Lincoln, Neb .; pastor Christian Church, Lanham, Neb., 1893-96; preacher also during this time on alternate Sundays, Charter Oak Church, near Talmage, Neb .; pastor, Nortonville, Kan., 1896- 98; at Ashland, I year ; pastor, Seneca, 2 years, Reserve, I year, and Lawrence, I year; pastor North Topeka Christian Church since March 1, 1904. Res. : 1422 North Topeka Ave.
Bergen, Abram .- Born, Morgan Co., Ill., March II, 1836; son of Jacob F. and Eliza (Montgomery) B .; educated in Fairchild's Academy, 2 years, Ill. Coll., B. A., '56, Law School, Harvard, I year, class of '57; married Louisa Thompson, Sept. 29, 1863, Virginia, Ill .; state's atty. of the 21st judicial dist. of Ill., 1863-64; co. atty. of Fillmore Co., Minn .. 1867- 68; state senator in Minn., 1869 to 1870; chmn. of the judiciary committee of the Minn. senate during that term; member, also, in law practice with Wm. Lochren; associate justice supreme court, territory
of N. M., 6 months; to Garnett, Kan., 1869; practiced law there 1869 to 1870; co. atty. of Anderson Co., two terms; to Topeka, 1882, and has been in law prac- tice here ever since; for last 5 years has been associated with A. W. Dana. Of- fice : Columbian Bldg.
Bergundthal, W. S .- Born, Powhat- an, Ohio, June 24, 1855; son of B. and Sarah (Powell) B .; educated in common schools and high school ; married Lenora Neely ; bookkeeper, 3 years, for a whole- sale house; 5 years on the farm after his father died; bookkeeper, machine and bolt works, Indianapolis, Ind., 3 years; to Topeka, Nov., 1884, and was clerk for Jonathan Thomas, 16 years; in 1900, commenced real estate business and has been in it since then; councilman, 1901 to 1902; mayor of Topeka since April, 1903. Office : 117 W. 7th.
Berry, Allen J .- Born, Quincy, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1844; son of Lester and Mary (Armstrong) B .; educated in common schools; married Elizabeth Bailey, Quincy, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1866; solider in Civil War, 3 years; grocer in Quincy, 1866 to 1870; grocer in N. Topeka since 1886. Store: 905 N. Kan. Ave.
Berry, J. A., M. D .- Born, Berryton, Canada, March 22, 1861 ; son of George and Ann Jane (Mckinley) B .; educated, collegiate course, Athens, Canada, and McGill Med. Univ., March 22, '87; post- graduate work, Chicago, 1887 and in 1889; married, Feb., 1888, Canada, to Jennie Bagg; has practiced in Missouri, Nebraska, and Montana, and done special work in Chicago; to Topeka, 1898. Of- fice : 725 Kan. Ave.
Betts, G. W .- Born, Piatt Co., Ill., Oct. 25, 1858; son of J. B. and Susan C. (Wimmer) B .; educated in common schools; to Kansas, 1860; blacksmith, 16 years, in Santa Fe shops; plasterer for
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some time; 2 years on police force as '70; married, Aug. 21, 1875, Topeka, to sergt., 1899 to 1900; under sheriff, Shaw- nee Co., since Jan. 12, 1903 ; married, To- peka, Sept. 25, 1889, to Anna Kimmer. Res .: 424 Grant Street, N. Topeka.
Betts, Joseph Benjamin .- Born, Meredosia, Morgan Co., Ill., Feb. 22, 1851 ; son of Joseph B. and Susan (Wim- mer) B .; boyhood spent on farm near Grantville, Kan .; to Topeka at 25 years of age; is a contractor and builder ; has constructed many prominent buildings, notably Indian Schools, Coffey Co. Court House, gov. bldg. at Fort Riley, and Academy for Sisters of St. Joseph, at Concordia, Kan .; has also done much railroad contracting ; has been council- man from the Ist ward; representative, 37th dist. for two terms; elected state senator, Nov., 1904. Res .: 1029 N. Quincy Street.
Betz, L. C .- Born, Feb. 6, 1845, Muskingum Co., Ohio; son of Wm. and Catherine Gibbons; married Lizza A. Bird, March 18, 1868, Muskingum Co., Ohio; to Topeka, 1873 ; has been farmer, merchant, drummer, and manufacturer breakfast foods; is now mgr. New York Mercantile Co. Store: 110 E. 6th.
Betzer, I. L .- Born, Vermilion Co., Ind., Feb. 2, 1854; son of James H. and Martha (Jones) B .; educated in State Normal School of Ill., graduating in 1881; in 1880, received teacher's cer- tificate for life from state supt. of Ill .; taught school, 13 years; to Stockton, Kan., 1886, and was in the real estate loan business there for 4 years; to To- peka, 1890, and has been in present busi- ness ever since; financial agt., bonds and mortgages; married Mary E. Robinson, March 15, 1882. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Billard, J. B .- Born in France, July 9, 1846; son of Gilbert and Antoinette (Brued) B .; graduated, Washburn Coll.,
Hermence Laurent; farmed; did some engineering and surveying; has been in mill business over 20 years; has been police commissioner; v. pres. Western Woolen Mill Co .; pres. Mutual Ice & Cold Storage Co., to Topeka, 1854. Of- fice : 934 N. Kan. Ave.
Bird, W. A. S .- Born, Addison, Pa., Aug. 31, 1855; son of Achibald and Elizabeth (Heilman) B .; educated in County Normal, Myersdale, Pa .; read law in office of Clarence Gillespie ; mar- ried, March 21, 1883, Hiawatha, Kan., to Mary Dodge; to Topeka, 1880, and has practiced law here ever since; city atty., 8 years ; elected representative 37thì dist., 1904; pres. Kan. Fraternal Con- gress. Office : 601 Kan. Ave.
Black, William J .- Gen. passenger agt., A. T. & S. F. Rwy. Co .; born, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 3, 1864; educated in common schools and Christian Brothers Coll .; office boy, St. Louis office, Van- dalia R. R. Co., 1879; rate clerk, 1884, gen. offices Mo. Pac. R. R. Co .; rate clerk, Santa Fe system, Topeka, Feb., 1886; chief clerk, Oct., 1887; asst. gen. passenger agt., Jan., 1891; and, Feb. I, 1897, apptd. gen. passenger agt. Res .: 523 Harrison.
Blaine, Robert D .- Born, Bellefont- aine, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1858; son of Wm. and Agnes (Wallace) B .; married Lella L. Burns, Medicine Lodge, Kan., Nov., 1900; started in the real estate business, 1886, and has been in it ever since; is now mgr. Kan. Real Estate and Loan Assn .; mgr. of the Kan. and Okla. Col- lection Agency ; special agt. U. S. & Mexican Trust Co. Office: 525 Kan. Avenue.
Blair, Robert Woods .- Born, Bucks Co., Pa., March 17, 1866; son of John and Mary (Woods) B .; graduated,
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Univ. of Kan., LL. B., '87; to Topeka, 1887; was law clerk for the U. P. R. R., I year; asst. atty. for the U. P. R. R. since 1888; v. pres. Topeka & North- western R. R. Co. Office: Office Block.
Blyth, A. E .- Tax agt., A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Bevier, Mo., Aug. 15, 1863; son of William and Sarah (Girard) B .; educated in Cornell Coll., Iowa, 6 months ; in general merchandise business, Ogden, Iowa, 1888 to 1891; clerk in office, auditor of freight re- ceipts, Santa Fe Rwy., 1891-92; clerk for supt. of motive power Santa Fe Rwy., 1892-93 ; docket clerk, law dept. of Santa Fe, Chicago, 1893-98; has been tax agt. since 1898; married to Clara Nettels, Moingona, Iowa, 1886. Res .: 201 Hun- toon.
Bolmar, Charles Picot .- Born, West Chester, Chester Co., Pa., Nov. 15, 1848; son of Anthony and Adelaide (Williams) B .; educated in his father's institute, Pa. Mil. Acad., and Maple Wood Institute; married to Emma Pierce, Nov. 12, 1873, Chester Co., Pa .; to Topeka, Feb. I, 1873 ; sec. to land commissioner and gen. passenger agt. of the A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 1873-74; owner of the Topeka Trans- portation Co., 1874 to 1881 ; on a farm in Soldier twp., Shawnee Co., 1881-9; with Investment Trust Co. of America, 1889 to 1892; has been in real estate business, Topeka, since 1892. Res .: 212 Greenwood Ave. Office : 423 Kan. Ave.
Bolmar, Charles Pierce .- Born, To- peka, Ang. 28, 1874; son of Chas. Picot and Emma (Pierce) B .; educated in an academy, I year, in Academy of Fine Arts, Pa., 3 years, and in Topeka Art School, I year; worked for 2 years in a decorating establishment ; has been artist on the State Journal staff since 1901. Illustrator : The Overland Stage to Cal- ifornia, by Root and Connelley, 1900,
(over 60 illustrations). Office: 800 Kan. Ave.
Bonebrake, Frank M .- Born, Au- burn, Kan., March, 1862; son of P. I. and Martha A. (Lowe) B .; educated, Topeka High School, and Washburn Coll., I year; married Lulu M. Higin- botham, Topeka, Jan. 12, 1888; to To- peka, 1864; asst. cashier with Central Nat. Bank, 1884-1904; cashier Mer- chants Nat. Bank since Jan. 1, 1904. Res .: 1312 Buchanan.
Bonebrake, P. I .- Born, Preble Co., Ohio, Sept. 25, 1836; educated, Cornell Coll., Iowa; married Martha A. Lowe, 1858; to Topeka, June, 1859; in mer- cantile business for some time; then elected, in 1865, co. clerk, Shawnee; re- elected, 4 times ; mem. Kan. legislature, 1876-77; apptd. state treasurer to fill vacancy of Sam Lappin, the defalcator, when he ran away ; elected state auditor, 1876; twice re-elected ; has been mem. of city council, bd. of education, and police bd .; organized, 1882, Central National Bank of Topeka ; pres. of it ever since; inaugurated building of Topeka Water Works; pres. and sec. of it during its construction. Office : 7th and Kan. Ave.
Borman, Thomas Allen .- Born, Dickinson Co., Kan., Dec. 5, 1874; son of Geo. W. and Elizabeth (Bissett) B .; educated at a Dickinson Co. High School; married, June 1, 1898, Enter- prise, Kan., to Maud E. Bennett; for 2 years was editor and publisher of the Enterprise Journal ; engaged in general farming and dairy operations, 1894-1900 ; in 1900, became connected with the Con- tinental Creamery Co .; now gen. supt .; to Topeka, June, 1902. Res .: 1109 Throop St.
Boucher, J. W .- Born, Port Mait- land, Canada, Dec. 20, 1853; son of Henry A. and Katherine (Imlach) B .;
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educated in common schools and academy; was a brakeman and frieght conductor, Mo. Pacific, 4 years; clerk, commissary dept., and conductor on trains for the Pullman Co., 4 years ; agt. and asst. supt. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 5 years; gen. agt. for Kan., Mo. State Life Ins. Co., I year ; dist. agt. of Ill. Life Ins. Co. since 1900; married Mrs. Jennie Berry, Topeka, 1900. Of- fice : Real Estate Bldg.
Bowen, Wm. F., M. D .- Born, Dec. 25, 1872, Wamego, Kan .; son of F. C. and Emma G. (Boyd) B .; educated at K. U. and Kan. Med. Coll .; married, To- peka, June, 1903, to Edith Davis; has been practicing medicine since 1897; mem. of staff at Christ's Hosp .; mem. State Med. Assn., and Golden Belt Med. Soc .; prof. of the practice of surgery, Kan. Med. Coll. Office : 330 Kan. Ave.
Bowman, Alfred. - Born, Warren Co., Ohio, June 21, 1834; son of Samuel and Emily (Skinner) B .; married Anna M. Henry, Morrow, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1858; taught school, 2 years ; photographer, 20 years ; has been a Christian worker since 1861 in the M. E., Free Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Churches, succes- sively ; pres. Orleans (Neb.) Coll., 1897- 99; to Topeka, 1899. Res. : 821 Huntoon.
Bowman, C. S .- Born, Topeka, June 13, 1870; son of Christian and Mary (Sutliff) B .; graduated Topeka High School; married May Wasson, Topeka, 1895; clerk, Santa Fe offices, several years; began work with First Nat. Bank, 1892; now asst. cashier ; treas. Mutual Ice and Cold Storage Co. since 1902. Res. : 911 W. 10th.
Bowman, G. C .- Born, Newburg, N. Y., April 6, 1868; son of C. E. and Noel (Taylor) B .; educated in common schools; to Topeka, 1893; was business mgr. of the T. J. Seymour Co., 1893 to
1901 ; sec. of the Produce Dealers' Assn. of Kansas and Oklahoma since 1899; in 1901, became one of five partners of the T. J. Seymour Co. Office and plant : Crane and Kan. Ave.
Bowman, H. C .- Born in Vermont, Jan. 19, 1860; son of T. E. and Mary (Burleson) B .; married Isabelle S. Mur- dock, Mass., Ang. 18, 1885; employed by A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 1880 to 1885; was in the real estate business exclusive- ly, 1885 to 1898; since 1899 has been in the real estate and insurance business. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Bradley, J .- Born, Burlington, Vt., Dec. 4, 1839; son of John and Miranda (Chittenden) B .; educated in Univ. of Vt., 3 years; to Topeka, 1881, and in 1882 founded the Topeka Roofing Co .; before coming to Topeka was owner of a slate quarry, Washington Co., N. Y., from 1861 to 1881 ; has been in business for over 44 years ; married Jeanette Wil- liams, Poultney, Vt., 1863 ; mgr. Topeka Roofing Co. Office: III W. 6th.
Bradshaw, Robert C .- Born, Platte Co., Mo., March, 1840; son of Charles and Jane (Adair) B .; married Frances S. Wild, St. Joseph, Mo., April 1867; with Gen. Jas. H. Lane in Kansas, 1856- 58; enlisted in Union Army, St. Joseph, Mo., May, 1861; 2d. lieut., June; Ist. lieut., Aug .; capt. Co. A, 25th Mo. vol. inf., 1862; col. 44th Mo. vol. inf., 1864; wounded, Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30; brevet brig. gen. U. S. V., March, 1865; mustered out, Aug .; city register, St. Joseph, Mo., 1867-70; gen. freight and ticket agt., St. J. & G. I. Rwy. Co., 1878- 79; city assessor, St. Joseph, 1884; statistician, freight dept., Wabash Rwy. Co., 1886-91 ; traveling freight agt., Mo. Pac. Rwy. Co .; now, not actively en- gaged in business ; to Ottawa, Kan., 1887; to Topeka, 1892. Res .: 614 Lincoln.
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Branaman, Daniel H .- Born, Sept. 8, 1861, Ind .; son of Christian and Mary (Wells) B .; educated in Ind. Univ., A. B., '86, LL. B., '88; prof. of law, Latin and mathematics in Univ. of Northwest, 3 years ; admitted to bar in Ind., 1886; to Hutchinson, Kan., March, 1889, and practiced there until 1896, when he came to Topeka; has been in practice here since then. Office: 509 Kan. Ave.
Brent, H. W .- Born, Neosho Co., Kan., Dec. 22, 1876; son of A. A. and Mary (Maxwell) B .; educated, Parsons High School and Univ. of Kan., to sophomore year; married, Mable Hor- ton, Jan. I, 1902; stenographer in gen. manager's office, Mexican International Rwy., 6 months; in treasurer's office of M. K. & T., Parsons, Kan., 11/2 years; enlisted in Co. G., 20th Kan. regt .; apptd. sergt .- major, Sept. 3, 1899, mustered out Oct. 28, 1899; worked for Rep. state committee during campaign of 1900; stenographer and executive clerk in Gov. Bailey's office, 1901-04; col. on Gov.'s staff and asst. adj. gen. of the Kan. Nat. Guards. Present address : Care Senator Long, Wash., D. C.
Bridge, Chas. F .- Born, Boston, Mass., Oct. 31, 1850; son of John and Mary (Benjamin) B .; graduated, Pond's Business Coll .; married, 1882, to Ella Jane Hart; to Topeka, 1869; in mer- cantile business, 1871-75 ; has been in real estate business for last 28 years. Office : 1007 N. Kan. Ave.
Brier, J. M .- Born, Covington, Ind .; son of John and Deborah B .; educated in Washburn Coll. to senior year ; married Emma Alexander, Larned, Kan., Oct., 1888; in realty business, with Gavitt & Scott, 1876 to 1884; Scott & Brier, 1884 to 1897 ; has been in real estate business alone since 1897. Office: Columbian Bldg.
Bright, John A .- Born, April 24, 1845, Aaronsburg, Center Co., Pa .; son of George and Sarah (Bower) B .; ed- ucated Pa. Coll. (partial course) ; mar- ried Mary Belle Shearer, Sept. 17, 1868, Milton, Pa .; to Kan., April, 1882; to Topeka, 1890; 1862 to 1867, teacher in common schools and academy, Pa .; 1873, was ordained as a minister in Evangelical Lutheran Church ; 1873 to 1886, engaged in pastoral work in Pa. and Kan .; 1886 to 1890, was gen. sec. Kan. State Sunday School Assn., during which time was del- egate to first World's S. S. convention, held in London, Eng., and was chosen one of three recording secretaries of that convention ; for 3 years following 1890, grand sec. I. O. O. F. of Kan .; grand chaplain, 6 years; grand master, I year ; chaplain, I term, Kan. House of Rep- resentatives, and 2 terms, of Senate; since 1893, in evangelistic work. Author : A Kansan Abroad; or Sixty Days in Europe, and What I Saw There. Res .: 830 Morris Ave.
Brockett, E. M., M. D .- Born, Go- shen, Mass., 1852; son of Edwin L. and Palona (Willard) B .; educated, high school, North Indiana Normal, and Kan. Med. Coll., M. D., '97; married Anna Pixley, Nelson, Ohio; taught school for 16 years ; in 1896, began practice of med- icine ; taught in Kan. Med. Coll., 4 years ; mem. Shawnee Co. Med. Soc., Kan. State Med. Soc. and Am. Med. Assn .; pres. Shawnee Co. Med. Soc .; to Kan., 1887; to Topeka, 1894. Office: 605 Kan. Ave.
Bromich, Joseph .- Born, Birming- ham, Eng., Dec. 25, 1847; married, 1868, to Mary A. Allton, Birmingham, Eng .; to Am., Feb. 23, 1870; to Topeka, July, 1871; worked in the old Kaw Val- ley Foundry, 2 years; worked in the Santa Fe shops, 11/2 years ; was with Mr.
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Cofran 3 years; established Topeka Steam Boiler Works, 1877, and has been proprietor ever since; was in South America, 1869, in Peru Navy. Works : I13-29 Jefferson.
Bronson, A. W .- Born, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1857; attended Hungerford Institute, N. Y., and Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass .; to Sioux City, Iowa, 1884; represented the Mortgage & Debenture Co., limited, of London, Eng .; to K. C., Mo., 1893; to Topeka, 1894; is gen. agt. for the Mortgage & Debenture Co., in the West. Office: Real Estate Bldg.
Brown, Frank J .- Born, Greene Co., Ohio; son of John D. and Hester (Smith) B .; educated in Texas Agrl. Coll., 2 years; to Topeka, Feb., 1881 ; mechanic, Santa Fe Rwy., 2 years ; clerk in the Santa Fe offices up to 1887, when he started in real estate business; has been in it ever since; dealer in stocks. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Brown, J. M., Rev .- Born near Lon- don, Ky., Nov. 9, 1869; son of Bartlett and Alice (Carr) B .; educated, Wash- burn Coll., about 3 years, and Baker Univ., 6 months; married Maggie May Simpson, Topeka, Nov. 16, 1898; farmer previous to 1892; pastor, C. M. E. church, Topeka, 1895-1900; presiding elder, Kan. dist., 2 years; has been pre- siding elder, Mo. dist., since 1902. Home: Topeka, Kan.
Brown, Milton .- Born, Henry Co., Ind., May 12, 1854; son of Milton and Sarah J. (Moore) B .; read law in Elliot & Elliot's office, Newcastle, Ind .; admit- ted to bar, New Castle, Ind., 1875; mar- ried Emma Cotteral, July 18, 1878, New- castle; to Garden City, Kan., 1884; in 1899, came to Topeka ; state senator, 38th dist., 1893-95; chmn. for past 3 years, Kan. C. M. Society of the Christian
Church in Kansas; gen. counsel Kansas Fire Ins. Co. Office: Crawford Bldg.
Brown, Thomas B .- Born, LaSalle Co., Ill., May 12, 1854, of English par- ents; educated in common and high school; married, 1881, to Minnie Brant, Ottawa, Kan .; since 15 years of age has been a printer ; foreman printing depart- ment of state printer for last 15 years ; dir. of the Shawnee Building and Loan Association ; to Kansas, 1869; to Topeka, 1886. Res .: 1224 Taylor.
Brown, Walter C .- Chief clerk to mechanical supt. of Santa Fe Rwy .; born, Cape Vincent, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1876; son of Chester and Mary (Brown) B .; educated in common schools; office boy for purchasing agents, Chicago, Great Western R. R., St. Paul, Minn., 6 months; clerk for the freight auditor, I year ; clerk for purchasing agt., 4 years ; clerk, supt. of motive power, I year; chief clerk, div. master mechanic, 3 years; chief clerk for Mechanical Supt. Risteen of the Santa Fe since April, 1903. Res. : 1124 Harrison.
Bruns, Henry .- Pastor German Methodist church; born, Sept. 8, 1850, Province of Hanover, Germany; son of Henry and Justine (Weosage) B .; edu- cated, common schools, Germany ; to Am. 1866; to Kansas, 1873; been in ministry 31 years, 16 in Nebraska, 2 in Missouri, 3 in Colorado, 10 in Kansas. Res .: 514 W. 5th.
Bryan, M. E., D. D. S .- Born, July 28, 1868, Springfield, Mo .; son of S. W. and Jane (Bowling) B .; graduated, Drury Coll .; 1894, graduated, Western Dental Coll., K. C., Mo .; began practice in 1894; to Topeka, 1900, and has been in practice here ever since. Office : 909 N. Kan. Ave.
Buhre, Charles E .- Born in Canan- daigua, N. Y., April 2, 1844; son of
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Frederick and Magdalena (Showalter) B .; educated in common schools; mem. of 22d Wis. inf. under Gen. Sherman; was a prisoner in Libby prison; from 1855 to 1883, in watch business, Lake Geneva, Wis .; to Topeka, May 1, 1883; in jewelry business to 1892; since that time has been doing watch repairing and engraving. Office : 604 Kan. Ave.
Bulkley, A. A .- Born, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1870; son of C. S. and Lucinda (Barnhart) B .; married, 1893, Sedalia, Mo., to Florence J. Poynter ; learned printer's trade, Sedalia, Mo .; worked 13 years there at trade; linotype operator, Cripple Creek (Colo.) Evening Star, I year; to Topeka, Aug., 1902; linotype operator, Mail and Breeze, since then. Author : Sculptor's Fate; Roses of Life; Malinche; Golden Gold; these poems published 1901. At present en- gaged in prose; manuscript of story "Suspect !" prepared. Res. : 610 W. 8th.
Burch, Rosseau A .- Born, Williams- port, Warren Co., Ind., Aug. 4, 1862; son of I. and Mary (Schoonover) B .; graduated, Michigan Univ. Law School; married, Sept. 25, 1889, to Clara L. Teague; to Kansas, 1869; admitted to bar, 1885; became justice of supreme court, Kan., Sept., 1902. Res .: 827 Tyler.
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