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Burge, C. H .- Born, July 23, 1841, Hollis, N. H .; son of Siras and Johan- nah Burge; married, 1877, to Mary Jones; in the army, Civil War, 18 months; farmed 4 years; in mercantile business, Illinois, 13 years; has been in real estate business for the last 20 years ; to Topeka, 1884. Office : Room 5, Bank of Topeka Bldg.
Burge, Napoleon B .- Born, Valpa- raiso, Ind., Aug. 22, 1869; son of John Howard and Evelyn ( Blachley) B .; mar- ried Millie Martin, daughter of Geo. W.
Martin, sec. of Kan. State Hist. Soc., Oct. 7, 1903; educated at Kan. State Agrl. Coll., 3 years; to Kansas, 1878; private sec. to Geo. W. Clark, 2 years ; studied law 3 years; in law dept. of San- ta Fe Rwy. at Guthrie, Okla., 2 years; to Topeka, 1900, and has been in oil in- vestment business for last 4 years : N. B. Burge & Co. Office: Real Estate Bldg.
Burke, DeLou .- Canon of Grace Ca- thedral; born, Crawfordsville, Ind., March 24, 1858; son of Samuel Johnson and Mary Ann (Bradley) B .; graduated, Central Indiana Normal Coll., 1877, and Nashotah Theological Seminary, Nasho- tah, Wis., 1892; ordained deacon, 1891, and priest, 1892; rector for 2 years at St. Mark's Church, Beaver Dam, Wis .; later rector at South Bend, Ind., and Vincennes, Ind .; was prof. of philosophy and pedagogy in Vincennes Univ .; to Topeka, 1902; in charge of the mission churches of the city ; has chair of apolo- getics and Christian ethics in Kan. Theo- logical School, cor. Topeka Ave. and 9th St. Res .: 1112 Western Ave.
Burket, Flavius Otto, D.D.S .- Born, Bedford, Mo., Aug. 15, 1871; son of P. J. M. and E. (Green) B .; educated, State Normal School, Emporia, St. Louis Med. and Dental Coll., and Washington Univ .; married to M. V. Reese, Oct. 25, 1899, Scranton, Pa .; in 1894, started in dental business with his father and continued with him until 1900; since then has been alone. Office : 527 Kan. Ave.
Burlingame, Ward .- Born, Feb. 6, 1836, Gloversville, N. Y. ; son of Leander and Eleanor (Ward) B .; educated, Kingsborough Acad., and Johnstown Coll .; married Gertrude E. Robertson, Jan. I, 1863, Leavenworth, Kan .; to Kansas, spring of 1868; soon after com- ing to Kansas, entered into newspaper work and was engaged in it up to the
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time the Commonwealth was merged into the Capital ; served as private sec. to four governors of Kansas and three U. S. sen- ators; has been in the Dead Letter Of- fice, Washington, D. C., for 24 years, and has been its chief clerk 7 years; now is acting supt. of Dead Letter Office; po- litical writer. Res .: 626 Topeka Ave.
Burrow, Joel R .- Born near Salem, Marion Co., Ill., July 21, 1853; became U. S. mail sub-contractor in Kansas, 1873, and continued that work 7 years ; in mercantile business, Smith Center, 1874-76; Burrow & White, bankers, Smith Center, 1880-86; bought out part- ner's interest and organized First Na- tional Bank, 1886; pres. since 1886; has been secretary of state, Kansas, since 1903. Office : State Capitol Bldg.
Burton, J. S .- Pastor, Mount Olive M. E. Church ; born, Nov. 14, 1847, Sa- line Co., Mo .; son of Henry and Emily (Brown) B .; married Cynthia North- cutt, June 5, 1890, Columbia, Mo .; pas- torates at Georgetown, Mo., 1882-84, Versailles, Mo., 1884-87, Lexington, Mo., 1888-89; on Richmond circuit, 1889-90, Fayette circuit, 1890-91; St. Joseph, 1891-93, Clarksville, Mo., 1893-95, Han- nibal, Mo., 1895-96, Montgomery, Mo., 1896-98, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1898 to 1900; taught in primary schools in Missouri 12 years ; to Kansas, 1900; to Topeka, Aug., 1904. Res .: 1182 Buchanan St.
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Cain, Frank .- Chief clerk to supt. of Santa Fe Rwy. shops, Topeka; born, Waukegan, Ill., Sept. 20, 1867; son of Thomas and Mary (McCormick) C .; educated in common schools and high school; married Portia Park, Chanute, Kan., Dec., 1902; clerk in mechanical dept., Topeka, 1888-94; clerk in me- chanical dept., Ottawa, 2 years; clerk in
mechanical dept., Chanute, 3 years ; chief clerk to Supt. of Shops John Purcell, To- peka, since March, 1903. Res .: 420 W. 10th.
Campbell, Arthur C., Dr .- Born, Evansville, Wis., Dec. 21, 1864; son of Joel C. and Ellen (Wetmore) C .; grad- uated, Coll. of Osteopathy, Des Moines, Iowa, Parsons Horological Institute, and Chicago Ophthalmological Coll .; post- graduate work, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll., and Still Coll. of Os- teopathy ; married Ida M. Hubby, Feb. 9, 1887 ; to Topeka, 1896, but soon left to pursue his studies further ; returned, 1904. Office : 623 Kan. Ave.
Campbell, M. T .- Born, Blooming- ton, Ind., May 2, 1846; son of M. M. and Martha J. (McPheeters) C .; educated, Eastman's Business Coll., N. Y., Univ. of Ind., A. B., and LL. B .; married Louise Adams, Sept. 3, 1871 ; to Kansas, first, 1860; second, Atchison, 1869; ad- mitted to the bar, 1869; practiced, Water- ville, Kan., 1870 to 1872; to Topeka, Dec., 1872, and has been in practice here since then; mem. of legislature, 1876. Office : 423 Kan. Ave.
Campbell, N. B .- Born, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada, May 17, 1853 ; son of Archibald and Mary C .; graduated, Shathroy Collegiate Institute, June, '76; married Mary A. Seaton, London, Can- ada, Aug. 27, 1879; school teacher till 1879; merchant, 1879-81; mgr. and special agt. Singer Mfg. Co., 1886-87; merchant again, 1887-89; to Topeka, Oct., 1889; mgr. Singer Mfg. Co., 1889- 98 ; since then, state mgr. Am. Benevolent Assn., a health and accident company ; also dealer in loans and investments. Office : 605 Kan. Ave.
Canan, Anna. - Born, Richwood, Ohio; educated in the public and high schools of Richwood, Pittsburg Female
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Coll., and shorthand and typewriting in Spencerian Business Coll., Cleveland, Ohio; taught in Spencerian Coll .; or- ganized Standard School of Shorthand and Typewriting in Topeka, 1887, and has been at the head of it ever since; to Topeka, 1887. School: 628-630 Kan. Ave.
Capper, Arthur. - Born, Garnett, Kan., July 14, 1865 ; son of Herbert and Isabelle (McGrew) C .; educated in com- mon and high schools of Garnett, Kan .; married Florence Crawford, Topeka, Dec. 1, 1892; has been publisher of the Mail and Breeze for the past 10 years; pres. and gen. mgr. of the Capital for the last 3 years ; now sole owner of Cap- ital; to Topeka, 1884. Office : 107 E. 8th.
Carkuff, C. P .- Pastor, First Wes- leyan Methodist church; born, Jan. 23, 1853, Dubuque, Iowa; son of Isaac' and Eliza A. (Anderson) C .; educated at Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill .; married Orpha Bamford, Keota, Iowa, April 15, 1890; pastor at Marysville, Iowa, 1889-90, Melrose, Iowa, 1891, and Ness City, Kan., Dec. 31, 1892 to 1899; to Kan., Dec. 31, 1892; to Topeka, Sept. I, 1899; has been pastor First Wesleyan church here ever since. Res .: 505 E. 3d.
Carle, Uriah .- Born, Ulster Co., N. Y., Dec. 13, 1835; son of Matthew and Lucinda (Ackert) C .; married, Anna Burhans, Ulster Co., Oct., 1855; stone cutter up to 1877; to Kansas, 1877, near Topeka; on farm there until 1887; silent partner, hardware business, P. W. Griggs & Co., 7 years; has been with Griggs & Moneypenny since Nov., 1902; justice of the peace, Tecumseh twp., I term in the seventies. Store: 208 W. 6th.
Carpenter, E. E., D. D. S .- Born, Paris, Ill., 1874; educated, 3 years in Topeka High School, and Western Den-
tal Coll., K. C., D. D. S., April, '97; married, Jan. 25, 1898; began practicing in Topeka, 1897; mem. Kan. State Dent- al Assn. Office : 627 Kan. Ave.
Carswell, W. C .- Born, Newport, Ky., March 9, 1861; son of W. C. and Matilda C .; married Ida A. Johnson, June 30, 1884; she died, 1895; in 1896, married Lovetta Young, Hutchinson, Kan .; telegraph operator on Wabash R. R., 1879-80 ; telegraph operator for Santa Fe at various stations in Kansas ; located at Newton 7 years; mgr. of Western Union Telegraph Co., Newton, until 1891; Huchinson in like capacity, II years; to Topeka, Oct. 25, 1902; mgr. here since then; to Kansas, 1880. Of- fice : 621 Kan. Ave.
Carter, B. W .- Born, June 20, 1857, Versailles, Ky .; son of James and Mary (Black) C .; educated in common schools ; married Minnie Stine, Douglass, Kan., 1885; worked at hardware and furniture business, Marion, Kan., 20 years; tent and awning business, last 4 years ; to Kansas, 1876; to Topeka, 1901 ; one of proprietors Topeka Tent & Awn- ing Co. Office: 304 Kan. Ave.
Carter, John .- Old settler; born, Floyd Co., Va., Jan. 2, 1834; son of Bailey and Nancy (Bartlett) C .; freight- ing between Mo. River and Rocky Mts., 1859-62; enlisted in IIth Kan. cav .; mustered out, Aug. 7, 1865; to Topeka, June, 1859; first city marshal, in 1866; chief of police, 3 terms, ending April I, 1889 ; custodian Lincoln Post No. I Hall. Res .: 106 E. 6th.
Carter, John F .- Born, Danville, Ky., Oct. 28, 1839; son of James and Mary L. (Black) C .; married Carrie L. Barnes, March 3, 1863; to Florence, Kan., April II, 1872; clerk in lumber store, 5 years ; proprietor Marion Lum- ber Co., 12 years; to Topeka, 1893; pro-
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prietor U. P. Hotel, 1893-95 ; proprietor Chesterfield Hotel, I year; with the Ætna Bldg. and Loan Assn. since 1896; dir., asst. sec., and bookkeeper. Office: 116 E. 5th.
Carter, John R .- Born near Auburn, Kan., July 31, 1870; son of J. S. and Elizabeth (Simerwell) C .; mother was, according to Wilder's Annals of Kansas, probably the first white girl born in Kansas; her father, Rev. Robert Simer- well, and his wife, came to the Shawnee Mission, Oct., 1833, as missionaries to the Pottawatomies. Mr. C. was edu- cated, Ottawa Univ., 3 years, and State Normal, I year; principal Oakland School, Sept., 1898-1905; elected supt. of public instruction, Shawnee Co., Nov., 1904; married Mary G. Strawn, Topeka, May, 1896. Res .: 317 Winfield Ave.
Carter, Wm. R .- Born, Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 15, 1874 ; son of James M. and Margaret (Clark) C .; educated, Tus- kegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and Gammon Theological Seminary ; married Edna Gertrude Stills, Denver, Colo., Oct. 9, 1901 ; asst. principal, pub- lic schools, Brunswick, Ga., 1893-95; principal, public school, Orange Bend, Fla., 1895-98; principal, normal dept., Harriman (Tenn.) Industrial School, 1898-1900; to Topeka, Sept., 1900; prin- cipal, Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute. Location : 2 miles E. of city.
Cartlidge, Edward T .- Tax commis- sioner, A. T. & S. F. Rwy. Co .; born, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 24, 1855; son of Edward J. and Martha O. (Crane) C .; educated in St. Joseph High School and in Nebraska State Univ., partial course; married Nettie A. Weymouth, Topeka, April 24, 1878; moved with parents in 1859 to Hannibal, Mo .; in 1869, to St. Joseph; 1870, on location survey of St. Joseph & Grand Island R. R., Hiawatha
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to Marysville, Kan .; March, 1871, en- tered service of B. & M. R. R., at Lincoln, Neb .; to Topeka with tax dept. A. T. & S. F. Rwy., Dec. 16, 1876; apptd. tax commr., June 1, 1890. Res .: 1406 To- peka Ave.
Case, Aderial Hebard .- Born, Troy, Bradford Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1828; son of Elihu and Charlotte (Palmer) C .; edu- cated in common and academic schools ; married Helen Augusta Kiff, Nov. I, 1854; she died March 13, 1870; married Lucia O. Benton, Aug. 1, 1872 ; admitted to bar 1860; to Topeka, July 15, 1859; campaigned state with Jim Lane, who was running for state senator, in 1864; in "Red Leg" service during the Civil War ; in 1860, commenced law practice and has been in it ever since; dist. atty. of the 3d judicial dist., 1861-2; deputy U. S. dist. atty., 4 years. Office : 119 W. 5th.
Case, Lucia Ophelia. - Lawyer; born, Spencer, Tioga Co., N. Y., July 25, 1851 ; daughter of Almon and Betsy F. (Lewis) Benton; educated in public schools and Kan. State Agrl. Coll .; mar- ried, Aug. I, 1872, to A. H. Case; to Oskaloosa, Kan., 1859; to Topeka, 1872; admitted to the bar, April II, 1895. Of- fice : 1300 W. 10th.
Chamberlain, Lawrence, M. D .- Born, Aug. 20, 1873, Topeka; son of Philander Chase and J. N. (Safford) C .; educated, Univ. of Kan., A. B., '98; Kan. Med. Coll., M. D., 1902; married, Sept. I, 1902, to Olive St. Clair Lewis ; house surgeon and supt. Christ's Hosp., 1902- 04; in general practice since 1904; prof. of minor surgery, anesthesia and gyne- cology, Kan. Med. Coll. since 1903 ; con- tributor to Journal of the Kan. Med. Soc., several articles on anesthesia; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Golden Belt Med. Soc., Kan. State Med. Soc., and Shaw-
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nee Co. Med. Soc .; ex-sec. of the Shaw- nee Co. Med. Soc. Office : 519 Kan. Ave.
Chamberlain, P. C .- Born, Peoria, Ill., Sept. 28, 1850; son of Jacob S. and Mary (Chase) C .; educated, Racine (Wis.) Military School, Kenyon (Il1.) Grammar School, and Hobart Coll., A. B .; married Jennie Safford, Topeka, Nov. 21, 1885; practiced law, Cambridge, Ill .; to Topeka, March, 1879; for 25 years has been on the Topeka Daily Cap- ital staff, and is now mgr., circulation, of rural routes ; promoter, P. C. C. Oil & Gas Co .; v. pres., Maple Hill Mfg. Co. Res. : 317 Clay.
Chaney, J. A .- Pastor First Free Methodist church; born, April 20, 1866, Hickory Co., Mo .; son of F. M. and Elizabeth A. (May) C .; attended Wheat- land and Hermitage High Schools, I year each, and one term in Morrisville Coll .; married Edith Shinn, Nov. 17, 1892, near Hermitage, Mo .; taught school, 1888-92; pastor in Southern M. E. Church, 1894-98, and 1900-03 ; with Free Methodist Church since 1903; to Topeka, 1904. Res .: 1106 Lime St.
Chappell, Thomas .- Born in Eng- land, Aug. 16, 1842; son of James and Leha (Lucas) C .; educated in common and night schools of Wakefield, England ; worked in mines, England, for 30 years; has operated coal mines for himself in Kansas since 1880; to Kansas, 1870; coal dealer, Topeka, since 1900. Office : 7th and Holliday.
Chappelle, James .- Born, Rochester, N. Y., June 11, 1868; son of James and Lucy Virginia C .; educated in common schools and State Normal at Brockport, N. Y .; began business life as a printer's apprentice ; spent several years with the banking firm of T. B. and W. Corning, Rochester, N. Y .; became associated with Palmer House, of Chicago, in 1887;
has acted in the capacity of hotel clerk, steward, manager, and operator in dif- ferent parts of the country ; proprietor, Copeland Hotel, 9th and Kan. Ave.
Chase, Harold Taylor. - Born, Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 13, 1864; grad- uated from Harvard, 1886; married, Jan. 15, 1890, to Annie Thompson, Topeka; editor of Topeka Daily Capital since 1895; dir. Free Public Library. Office : Topeka Daily Capital Office.
Chivers, Caleb. - Born, Bucking- hamshire, England, Oct. 6, 1846; son of James (who was tailor to Prince Albert) and Mary A. (Hoar) C .; educated at private academy and grammar school; certificated teacher of the Tonic Solfa and Established Notation of teaching to sing; married, March, 1868, to Mary Ann Meakes; learned tailor's trade from father ; to Leavenworth, Kan., Oct., 1871, and was in the sewing machine and musical instrument business in connec- tion with tailoring establishment from 1874 to 1882; to Topeka, Oct., 1882, and has been proprietor Topeka Steam Dye Works ever since. Store: 124 E. 7th.
Clark, Elon S .- Born, Junction City, Kan., July 15, 1866; son of Milton E. and Jennie E. (Clark) C .; married Mol- lie H. Fink, Dunkirk, N. Y., June, 1891 ; supt. of agents, ÆEtna Loan Co., 5 years ; with N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 2 years ; supt. of agents, The Mutual Life Ins. Co., of New York, Feb., 1901-03; mgr. of Kan- sas agency since Jan. 1, 1904. Res. : 1417 Topeka Ave. Offices : 9th and Kan. Avenue.
Clark, Frank Lowry .- Prof. Greek Language and Literature, Washburn Coll. ; born, Ogden, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1869 ; son of George Lowry and Ellen (Nichols) C .; educated, Brockport (N. Y.) State Nor- mal School, '90, Amherst Coll., A. B., '94, Univ. of Munich, 1 year, 1897-98,
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Harvard, A. M., '99, Ph. D., 1902; mar- ried Natalie Lord Rice, Danvers, Mass., Aug. 15, 1900; teacher in Cleveland Home School for Boys, 1895; instructor Baldwin Univ., Berea, Ohio, 1895-97; instructor Shady Side Acad., Pittsburg, Pa., 1899-1900; asst. in the Classics, Harvard Univ., 1900-01 ; prof., Wash- burn, since 1901; contributed article on Citations of Plato in Clement of Alex- andria to Proceedings of Am. Philologic- al Assn., 1902; contributor to the new Oxford Platonic Lexicon; mem. Am. Philological Assn., and Delta Upsilon. Res. : 1511 West St.
Clark, Geo. A .- Born, Mexico, Mo., Dec. 27, 1856; son of H. S. and Frances E. C .; educated, Hamill's High School for boys, 10 months; received thorough printing office education ; married M. O. Bacon, Topeka, 1882; to Leavenworth, Kan., April, 1879; to Topeka, 1879, and was foreman and telegraph editor of the Commonwealth, 6 years ; sec. of state, 1899 to 1902; from 1884 to 1901, was editor and proprietor, Junction City Re- publican ; state printer. Office: 106-08 E. 8th.
Clark, J. S .- Born, Feb., 1848, Mad- ison, Wis .; son of J. T. and Palmyra (Cornell) C .; educated, Wis. State Univ., 2 years; to Topeka, Feb., 1873; in roof- ing and paving business, I year; on farm, I year; in hardware business, 5 years; has been with the Real Estate, Abstract & Title Co., since Jan. 1, 1894; sec. of it. Office: 113 W. 5th.
Clark, Julius Taylor .- Born, Aug. 3, 1814, at Isle-la-Motte, Vermont ; son of Jesse Ashley and Rhoda (Hill) C .; edu- cated, Union Coll., A. B., '37, and A. M., 44 ; married Julia Millard, Madison, Wis., Dec. 28, 1854; to Kan., Oct., 1868; to Topeka, 1869; was in charge of the Ex- celsior Coke & Gas Co. for many years;
is now retired ; v. pres. of Excelsior Coke & Gas Co. ; pres. of the Kansas Children's Home Society. Author: Ojibue Con- quest. Res. : 135 Greenwood Ave.
Clarkson, Harrison .- Born, Mt. Car- mel, Ind., Jan. 19, 1832; son of Thomas G. and Sarah (Wilson) C .; went through soph. class, Asbury Univ .; married Eliza B. Fulghum, Richmond, Ind., Sept. 24, 1868; she died Jan. 8, 1905; to Topeka, Oct. 9, 1868; special agt. Ætna Ins. Co., 1868-71 ; deputy state supt. of ins .; elected state supt. of ins., 1871, and served until 1875; special agt. and ad- juster of various ins. companies, July, 1875, to Jan., 1889; mgr. Denver and Colo. Inspection and Rate Bureau, 1889- 99; mgr. Kan. Rate and Inspection Bureau, 1899; now printer for Kan. Ins. Inspection Bureau, and printer and mail- ing clerk, Okla, and Ind. Ty. Rate and Inspection Bureau. Office : Office Block.
Clarkson, J. F .- Born, Yorkshire, England; son of John and Elizabeth (Foster) C .; received private instruc- tion; married Ann Perkins, 1874; to Am., and settled in Neb., 1871; was a minister, Presbyterian Church, in Ne- braska, Missouri, and Kansas; has been a dealer in books, Topeka, for over 4 years. Store : 408 Kan, Ave.
Cleveland, Winfield M .- Pastor Third Presbyterian church ; born, July 7, 1872, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio; son of Edward W. and Clara (Miller) C .; ed- ucated, Miami Univ., A. B., '96, 3 years in Princeton Theological Seminary, and A. M., Princeton Univ., 1899; married Frances Long, Jackson, Ohio, Aug. I, 1901; to Kan., June, 1899; began life on the farm in Ohio and Indiana; taught dist. school I year before entering col- lege; filled the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church at Herington, Kan., June, 1899, to Nov., 1904; to Topeka,
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1904, to take up pastorate of Third Presbyterian church. Res. : 1001 E. 4th.
Cliver, W. T .- Specal agt., land dept., A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Milford, Ohio, July 25, 1852; son of Paul and Elizabeth (Brown) C .; educated in com- mon schools; married Mary Mitchell, Canton, Ill., May, 1880; on construction work, Chicago extension of the Santa Fe, 1887 to 1890; special agt. in land dept. in New Mexico, 1892 to April, 1898; to Topeka in 1898, and has been in present position since then. Res. : 435 Tyler.
Close, Jay F .- Born, Bellevue, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1857; son of George and Mary (Moyer) C .; educated, Bellevue High School and Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; mar- ried Anna L. Schnebly, 1887; emigrated to Republic Co., Kan., March 1, 1884; to Topeka, Jan. 1, 1903; to Kansas, March 1, 1884; has practiced law continuously since admitted to bar, 1884; pres. of bd. of education, Belleville, Kan., several terms; co. atty., Republic, Jan., 1887, to Jan., 1891, and from Jan., 1893, to Jan., 1897; apptd. asst. atty. general, Jan., 1903. Office : State Capitol.
Coblentz, Samuel C .- Born, St. Au- bert, Mo., Sept. 25, 1860; son of Rev. Samuel and Lillie A. (Osborn) C .; ed- ucated, Lane Univ., 2 years, and Union Biblical Sem., Dayton, Ohio, graduate of '85 class; married Delia Hoover, Le- compton, Kan., June 7, 1885; pastor, Pleasant Grove circuit, Dec., 1886-Oct., 1889 ; Meriden circuit, 1889-92 ; Ozawkie, Oct., 1892-Oct., 1893; took charge To- peka mission station, United Brethren church, Oct., 1893; was pastor of First United Brethren church until Oct., 1902; now solicitor, Church Erection Soc .; con- tributor to religious periodicals. Res .: 12II Monroe.
Coburn, F. D .- Born, Jefferson Co., Wis., May 7, 1846; son of Ephraim W.
and Mary Jane (Mulks) C .; married Lou Jenkins, Sept., 1869, Franklin Co., Kan .; enlisted 135th Ill. vols., 1864; re- enlisted, 62d Ill. inf., 1864; after war came to Kansas, locating near Ottawa; taught school 2 years; greater part of life spent on farm up to 1880; in 1882, elected sec. of State Board of Agricul- ture, which position he held for 3 months; editor of Live Stock Indicator, K. C., Mo., 6 years; connected much of ensuing time with a prominent real estate and investment company, Kansas City, Kan .; sec. of State Board of Agriculture, 1894, and for 5 succeeding terms has been re-elected by acclamation ; ex-pres., State Temperance Union ; chief of dept. of live stock, Universal Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904. Author : Kansas and Her Resources, 1902; Swine Husbandry, 1877, and Alfalfa, 1904. Office: State Capitol.
Cockrell, E. M .- Born, Wayne Co., Ohio, 1850; son of John and Esther (Seelie) C .; educated in the common and high schools of Wayne Co .; married Francis G. Eckert, Mansfield, Ohio, July 21, 1881 ; to Shawnee Co., 1873; farmed 15 years in Mission twp .; 1890, pres. of Mission twp. Republican Club ; trustee of Mission twp., 4 years; deputy co. clerk, 7 years ; apptd. clerk of dist. court, 1894; to Kansas in 1873; to Topeka in 1895; proprietor, White Star Laundry, 213-215 W. 5th.
Coddington, James D .- Born, War- ren Co., Ohio, Aug. 19, 1833; son of Daniel S. and Phoebe Rose (Hum- phreys) C .; married Clare M. Hatfield, Aug. 31, 1855 ; carpentry work, 20 years ; in Civil War, 2d lieut., and capt., Co. F., 18th Mo .; to Topeka, Aug. 10, 1878; clerk, R. A. Davison, pension atty. and lawyer, 3 years ; has been a pension atty.
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since Dec. 22, 1892; has been a notary public over 16 years. Office : 113 W. 5th.
Cofran, Roswell L .- Born, Whee- lock, Vt., 1845; son of John and Nancy (Hoyt) C .; received academic and conn- ty institute education; married Caroline Fritchie, Topeka, 1881; in Civil War, corporal, 6th Vt. vols. to 1864; to To- peka, 1870; machinist, Western Foundry ; since 1876, has been proprietor Western Foundry; mayor of Topeka, 3 terms, 1885-87, and 1889-93. Foundry : 2d and Jefferson.
Coldren, Elza V., M. D .- Born, Marion, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1841 ; son of R. D. and Mary A. (Newhouse) C .; edu- cated, La Grange Sem., Indiana, and Coll. of Phys. and Surgs., Keokuk, Iowa, M. D., '64; received honorary degree from med. dept., Iowa State Univ .; mar- ried Ellie Simpson, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1863; in general practice, Dubuque, Iowa, 18 years; to Topeka, 1882; has been in practice here ever since; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Kan. State Med. Soc., Shawnee Co. Med. Soc., etc .; has con- tributed many articles to the medical journals. Office : 711 Kan. Ave.
Cole, Geo. E .- Born, Winnebago Co., Ill., July 18, 1855; son of G. P. and Elizabeth (Brown) C .; educated in com- mon schools and Crawford Commercial Coll., Fort Scott, Kan .; married Genevieve Steele, Fort Scott, 1878; was in general mercantile business at Farling- ton, Kan., 6 years; co. clerk, Crawford, 4 years; auditor of state, 6 years; re- ceiver of Kan. Life Ins. Co., 6 months ; mgr. western loan dept., Ill. Life Ins. Co., since 1903; to Kansas, 1868; to To- peka, 1894. Office: Real Estate Bldg.
Coleman, C. C .- Born, Burlington, Ky., Dec. 29, 1854; received common school and academic education ; married Willie E. Miller, Clay Center, Oct. 10,
1878; to Kansas, 1875; commenced prac- tice of law, Clay Center, 1885; co. atty. Clay Co., 1887-90; atty. gen., Kan., since 1903; re-elected, Nov., 1904. Office : State Capitol.
Colville, J. P .- Born, Monmouth, Ill., 1874; son of B. P. and Orpha (Hall) C .; married Miss Anna Colville, Columbus City, Iowa, 1896; has been en- gaged in photography business, Topeka, last 14 years ; to Kansas, 1886; pres. Kan. State Photog. Assn. Gallery : 632 Kan. Avenue.
Combs, Walker M .- Chief train dis- patcher, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Roy- alton, Wis., June 12, 1862 ; son of Chester D. and Harriet (Walker) C .; received high school education ; married Josephine Howard, Cameron, Mo., July 17, 1883; to Kan., Ang., 1881 ; train dispatcher, A. T. & S. F., Emporia, 1882-85 ; chief train dispatcher, 1885-87; train master, Ar- kansas City, Jan., 1887-June, 1887; Strong City, June, 1887-Dec., 1887; train dispatcher, Waukesha, Wis., Jan., 1888- Nov., 1888; Topeka, 1888-99; present position since 1899. Res .: 1431 Topeka Avenue.
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