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Conant, Ernest B .- Dean of Wash- burn School of Law; born, Enfield, N. H .; son of Washington Irving and Anna F. (Skinner) C .; educated, Phillips Ex- eter Acad., '91, Harvard Coll., A. B., '95, and Harvard Law School, LL. B., '98; admitted to bar, Mass., 1898; prac- ticed law, Boston, July, 1898-Jan., 1903; associated in practice with Charles Allen Taber, July, 1898-Jan., 1899, and with Geo. Anderson and A. L. Spring, Jan., 1899-Jan., 1903; Mr. Spring withdrew from firm, 1900, to become asst. city so- licitor ; 1900-03, lecturer, legal subjects, School of Young Men's Christian Union, Boston; to Chicago, 1903 ; gen. practice there, and prof. law, Ill. Coll. of Law;
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elected dean of Washburn Coll. School of Law, May, 1903; is also engaged in general practice. Office: Columbian Building.
Coney, Patrick H .- Born, Newbury, Vt., March 10, 1848; son of Luke (who is over 92 years old, yet whose mental faculties are not impaired) and Honor (Barry) C .; graduated, Walworth Acad., '67; married Emma H. Hitchcock, July 29, 1886; soldier, Cos. A. and H., IIIth N. Y. vol. inf., 1863-65; June to Oct., 1865, Co. H., 4th N. Y. heavy art .; Oct., 1864, was detailed dispatch bearer by Gen. Nelson A. Miles; to Leavenworth, Kan., April 21, 1867; to Topeka, 1881 ; publisher and editor, National Banner and Reunion, 1880, and Topeka Daily Capital, 1882-84 ; pres. Rep. Silver Leaf of Kan., 1890-96; pres. Lapland Exhibit Co., World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; v. pres. Irish Historical Soc. of Am .; now lawyer, and U. S. claim agt. Office : 316 Kan. Ave.
Conklin, W. F .- Born, Springfield, Ohio, July 29, 1852; son of Joseph L. and Jane M. C .; mail carrier, Topeka, 1883-93; worked in grocery business, 1893-98; has been in plumbing business since 1898; mem. firm, Conklin & Gus- tafson; to Topeka, 1867. Store: 627 Quincy.
Conwell, Frank .- Born, Topeka, Jan. 21, 1867; son of James and Margaret (Porter) C .; mother is an old settler and is still living here; educated, public schools of Topeka, and State Normal, 15 months ; office boy, store dept., Santa Fe Rwy., 8 or 9 years; worked for C. B. Hamilton, printer, 6 or 7 years ; for Geo. Crane, 4 or 5 years, as pressman ; asst. for J. M. Knight, undertaker, 2 years, Topeka, I year K. C., Mo .; Willits & Conwell, undertakers, 1900 to May, 1904; alone since then; married, Ist, Dec.,
1896, to Emma L. Bean, who died Oct. II, 1902 ; 2d, Jennie Finch, Dec. 15, 1903, Topeka. Establishment: 1006 N. Kan. Avenue.
Cook, H. I .- Born near Mansfield, Ohio, 1848; son of Henry and Eliza ยท (Fisher) C .; received high school edu- cation ; married Mary S. White, Chicago, 1877; to Topeka, 1873; clerk, hardware store of Smith & Hale, 1873-78; clerk, hardware firm of Geo. D. Hale & Co., 1878-80; hardware firm, H. I. Cook & Co., consisting of H. I. Cook, C. States, and W. M. Anderson, organized, 1880; quite hardware business, 1888; es- tablished sheetmetal works, and then be- came a contractor. Res .: 1017 Tyler.
Cookinham, D. A., M. D .- Born, Troy, N. Y., July, 1848; son of Jacob and Phoebe (Bryan) C .; educated, Troy City Acad., Albany (N. Y.) Med. Coll., and Kan .- Mo. Med. Coll .; married Anna M. Hawkins, 1877; has been in medical practice for 30 years, in Vermont, New York, and Kansas, successively ; to Kan- sas, 1889; to Topeka, 1905; Doctors Horne & Cookinham. Office : 106 W. 8th.
Cooper, J. C .- Asst. real estate and tax agt., Rock Island System ; born, Bal- timore, Md., June 16, 1832; son of James and Catherine (Storm) C .; married V. V. F. Porter, Williamsburg, N. Y., 1855; in land dept., Ill. Central R. R., 1860 to 1873; sec. and cashier, land dept. Santa Fe Rwy., 8 years; tax commissioner, Rock Island, 1886 to 1902; asst. real es- tate and tax agt., Rock Island System since 1902. Office : R. I. Depot.
Cooper, S. D .- Chief clerk, tie and timber dept., A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Newcastle on Tyne, England, March 25, 1864; to Am., 1893; to Topeka, 1893; clerk for C. S. Sutton, freight auditor, I year; clerk, Gen. Storekeeper A. F. Hilton, 8 years; asst. store acct., May,
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1903-May, 1904; has been in present position since May, 1904. Res .: 506 Lincoln.
Cope, Frank .- Born, Jefferson Co., Ohio, 1865; son of S. M. and Jennie (Wood) C .; educated, Washburn Coll .; married, Carrie McCann, Topeka, 1889; on a farm till 1882; then was in grocery business, 2 years; has been in produce and fruit business, Cope & Co., since 1885; to Kansas, 1882. Store: 134 Kan. Avenue.
Cope, S. M .- Born, Jefferson Co., Ohio, 1834; son of J. H. and Rebecca C .; received common school and 2 years' college education ; married Jennie Wood, 1857; farmed till 1882; in grocery busi- ness, 2 years; fruit and produce mer- chant, Cope & Co., since 1885; to Kan- sas, 1882. Store : 134 Kan. Ave.
Copeland, E. L .- Cashier, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Winnebago, Ill., Aug. 25, 1859 ; son of Dr. P. and L. (Watkins) C .; received common and high school ed- ucation; read medicine under father, 2 years; to Topeka, Nov. 6, 1879; clerk, auditor's office, April, 1881-83; asst. cashier to 1887; cashier ever since; one of organizers, and v. pres., 1894-1901, Capitol Bldg. and Loan Assn .; now dir. State Savings Bank, Topeka; one of or- ganizers, Topeka Whist Club; now its pres. Res .: 1031 Taylor.
Corkins, Archie J .- Born, Hartford, Conn., May 3, 1866; son of Henry and Janette (Wyllie) C .; educated in com- mon and high schools, and Capital City Business Coll. of Des Moines, Iowa ; married Sue Gleysteen, Alton, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1886; was in railroad service for the Santa Fe traffic dept. 18 years; has been traffic mgr. for the Topeka Rwy. Co. since June 1, 1904; to Topeka, 1904. Office : 12th and Jackson.
Cornelius, D. N .- Foreman, freight shop, Topeka, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Brooke Co., West Va., March 8, 1859; son of John and Mary (Morton) C .; married Ida Newberry, April II, 1887; to Topeka, 1884; car repairer, freight shops, 1884-94; gang foreman, 4 years ; asst. foreman, 5 years; foreman since May, 1903. Res .: 1411 Van Buren.
Corwin, T. M .- Tax agt., A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, New Berry, South Car- olina, Oct. I, 1875; son of H. C. and L. S. (Montgomery) C .; educated, To- peka High School, graduate of '95, and Univ. of Kan., LL. B., '98; married Ma- bel Prentice, Lawrence, 1903; clerk, Ten Mile Lumber Co., Perkinston, Miss., 1899; clerk, acct. dept., A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 5 years; tax agt. since Jan. II, 1904; to Kansas, 1880; to Topeka, 1881. Res. : 1106 Van Buren.
Coughlin, T. J .- Born, Warrens- burg, Mo., 1867; son of John and Mary (Collopy) C .; educated, Spalding's Business Coll., K. C., Mo., and St. Mary's Coll., Kan., '84; married Mary White, Perry, Kan., Nov. 6, 1895; fore- man of car dept., Mo. Pac. Rwy., K. C., 5 years; chief clerk, State Insane Asylum, Topeka, 2 years; with a whole- sale hardware company, K. C., 3 years; bookkeeper, Keating & Sullivan Con- struction Co., K. C., I year ; pres., treas., and mgr., Coughlin Hardware Co., which was incporporated 1902; to Kansas, 1867. Store : 706 Kan. Ave.
Cowgill, E. B .- Born, Belmont Co., Ohio, March 27, 1845; son of Phineas and Sarah (Branson) C .; educated, Iowa State Univ., Ph. B., '69, and A. M., '85; married, 1869, Helen Prescott, who died, 1874; married Rena Harriman, Sterling, Kan., 1877; publisher and editor South- ern Star, 1870; cotton planter, several years ; to Great Bend, Kan., Aug., 1871;
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took a claim and improved it; publisher and editor Rice County Gazette, Peace, Kan., 1875-91; prof. physics and en- gineering, Kan. State Agrl. Coll., 1885- 87; special work in sugar industry for government, 1884, '88, '89; editor Kan- sas Farmer, and v. pres. Kansas Farmer Co., 1891 ; still editor, but pres. Kansas Farmer Co .; has done literary work for U. S. Geological Survey, State Bd. of Agrl., Kan., etc .; pres. State Temperance Union. Office: 116 W. 6th.
Cowles, William H .- Born, Oberlin, Ohio, March 17, 1861 ; son of H. B. and R. (McMurdy) C .; educated, Oberlin Coll., A. B., '82, and Harvard Coll., A. M., LL. B., '88; admitted to bar, Topeka, 1890; has been in practice here ever since; contributor to Am. Law Review, Am. Law Register and Review, and Central Law Journal; author of a sec- tion in Prohibition in Kansas, entitled Law Enforcement ; of Real Basis of Po- litical Parties in the Agora (1895), and Equitable Taxation, being one of 6 prize essays published by Public Opinion ; con- tributor to various papers. Office : 625 Kan. Ave.
Crane, David O .- Born, Easton, Pa., Feb., 1842; son of Franklin and Mary C .; married Anna S. Key, 1869; to To- peka, 1858; has been supt. Topeka Cem- etery last 20 years ; pres. Crane & Co., publishers. Res .: Topeka Cemetery.
Crane, Frank S .- Born, Topeka, Feb. 7, 1871 ; son of Geo. W. and Ella (Rain) C .; educated, common schools and St. John's Military Acad., I year; married, 1894, to Gertrude Smith, Topeka; 1884- 88, learned compositor's trade; asst. cashier, I year, Crane & Co .; 1890, asst. supt .; since 1893, supt., sec. and treas. Office : 110-12 E. 8th.
Crane, Geo. W .- Born, Easton, Pa., Aug. 25, 1843 ; son of F. L. and Mary E.
(Howell) C .; married, 1870, Ella Rain, who died April, 1881; married Fannie Kiblinger, 1882; to Kan., March, 1865; to Topeka, 1866; truck gardener on land where the Santa Fe Rwy. depot and shops are now, 3 years ; 1869, mgr. Daily Commonwealth ; Geo. W. Crane Publish- ing Co., 1888; has had 3 costly fires, 1869, '73, and '89; now mgr. Crane & Co., printers, publishers, and binders ; sec. Topeka Cemetery Assn. Office : 110-12 E. 8th.
Crawford, Geo. M .- Born, Emporia, Kan., July 10, 1872; son of Samuel J. (ex-gov. of Kan.) and Isabelle M. (Chase) C .; educated, Washburn Acad., and Yale Coll., A. B., '94; married Hor- tense Kelly, Nov. 6, 1895, Emporia, Kan .; was reporter on Topeka Daily Capital for 3 years; has been mgr. of the Mail and Breeze Printing House since Sept. 4, 1897; business mgr. Mail and Breeze; to Topeka, 1876. Office: 505 Jackson.
Crites, Thomas D .- Pastor First United Brethren in Christ Church; born, April II, 1867, Shoals, Ind .; son of Simon and Sarah Elizabeth (Manning) C .; educated, Lane Univ., Lecompton, Kan., B. S., '96, M. S., '98; married Belle C. Carpenter, May 27, 1891; to Marion Co., Kan., 1872; school teacher near Clements, Chase Co., Kan., 1887- 88; also Marion Co., 1891-92 ; instructor, Central Coll., dept. of natural science, 1892-94; pastorates, Minneapolis and Russell, Kan., 1894-98; presiding elder, Salina dist., 1898-99; second pastorate, Russell, Kan., 1899 to 1902; to Topeka, Oct., 1902. Res .: 112 E. 12th.
Crosby, E. H .- Born, Mansfield, La., Nov. 8, 1856; son of William and Francis (Hollingsworth) C .; received common school and 3 years high school education ; married Helen Dieckriede, St.
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Louis, Mo., Nov. 11, 1880; clerk, Crow, Hargadine & Co., wholesale merchants, 8 years; to Topeka, 1880, and established a store with brother, W. T., at 177 Kan. Ave .; since 1895, Crosby Bros. Dry Goods Co .; foreman, grand jury, 1905. Store : 717-19 Kan. Ave.
Crosby, Warren M .- Born, Orleans, Mass., June 8, 1855; son of Joshua and Clara (Smith) C .; received common and high school education; married Flora M. Mayo, Topeka, Aug. 31, 1898; clerk, at 19, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Bos- ton ; traveling salesman, II years ; to To- peka, 1890; Wiggin, Crosby & Co., 4 years; Warren M. Crosby & Co., dry goods store, since 1895; has been dir. State Savings Bank over 5 years, and dir. Y. M. C. A. over 6 years. Store : 613-15 Kan. Ave.
Crosby, W. T .- Born, Mansfield, La., Dec. 20, 1852; son of William and Francis (Hollingsworth) C .; received common school and over 2 years high school education; learned dry goods business in Yale & Bowling's wholesale store, where he worked 10 years; to To- peka, 1880; has been in dry goods busi- nesss here since then; married D. K. Kleinhans, Grantville, Kan., Nov. 3, 1883; Crosby Bros. Dry Goods Co., since 1895, at 717-19 Kan. Ave.
Cross, A. M .- Born, March 6, 1854, Belmont Co., Ohio; married Katie Car- penter, Waldo, Kan., Oct., 1890; to To- peka in 1890, and has been in the jewelry business ever since. Store : 805 N. Kan. Avenue.
Crumbine, S. J., M. D .- Born, Emel- ton, Pa., Sept. 17, 1862; son of Samuel J. and Sarah (Mull) C .; graduated, Cin- cinnati Coll. of Phys. and Surg., and gold medaler of class '89; married Katherine Zuercher, Sept., 1890; now sec. State Bd. of Health; was lecturer
Kan. Med. Coll .; grand med. examiner A. O. U. W .; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Kan. State Med. Soc., etc. Office : 809 Kan. Ave.
Crumrine, Bishop .- Born, Washing- ton, Pa., Feb. 9, 1841 ; son of Daniel and Margaret C .; educated, Jefferson Coll., Pa., 3 years; married Helen L. Adams, Topeka, 1872; enlisted, 1861, Co. G., 4th Pa. vol. art .; served throughout Civil War; admitted to bar, 1867; to Topeka, 1872; justice of the peace 2 years ; deputv co. atty., Shawnee, 1875-85; atty. at law. Office : 107 W. 7th.
Cunningham, Edwin W .- Born, Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio, Aug. 31, 1842; son of Hiram W. and Eunice (Brown) C .; educated, Hillsdale Coll., B. S., '64, and M. S., '71 ; married De- bora A. Rowland, Clarksfield, Ohio, March 12, 1867; to Kan., July, 1869; practiced law at Emporia till June, 1901 ; justice supreme court since 1902. Of- fice : State Capitol.
Cunningham, R. B .- Chief clerk, di- vision freight agt., C. R. I. & P. R. R .; born, Burlington, Kan., June 24, 1879; son of F. B. and Lida (Baumgardner) C .; received common school and 2 years high school education; married Julia Warner, Topeka, April 1, 1902; clerk, gen. freight office, Topeka, A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 4 years; stenographer, supt. bridge, bldg. and water service dept., C. R. I. & P. R. R., 11/2 years ; stenographer, F. J. Shubert, asst. gen. freight agt., I year ; stenographer, div. freight agt., 1902; present position since April, 1904. Res. : 923 W. 8th.
Cunningham, Samuel .- Born, Hor- ton, Pa., Sept. 7, 1861 ; son of William and Margaret (Hannah) C .; married Mary E. Olmstead, May 16, 1888; contractor for lumber cutting, 1882; to Topeka, 1883; iron man on bridge and
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bldg. work, A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 3 years ; worked for Union Bridge Works, I year ; 1887, started into grocery business, and has been in it ever since; pres. Forceda Coal Co., of Jewell Co., Kan. Store: 8th and Lake.
Curran, John H .- Born, Maquoketa, Iowa, May 17, 1869; son of John P. and Minerva J. (Burnett) C .; educated in common and high schools of Parsons, Kan .; married Allie Tarrand, Rutledge, Mo., Dec. 23, 1897; in cattle business 7 years; followed railroad business, 4 years ; in newspaper work, 2 years; has been asst. gen. supt. of Continental Creamery Co. for last 3 years ; to Kansas, 1870; to Topeka, 1900. Office: 2d and Polk.
Currie, J. W .- Born, Greenlake, Wis., June 26, 1856; son of Robert and Anna (Ames) C .; married Clara Davi- son, Dickinson Co., Kan., 1880; farmed until 1881 ; has been a mfr. of wind mills and feed grinders over 23 years; Solomon, Kan., 8 years, Manhattan, Kan., 12 years, and Topeka since 1900; to Kansas, 1876. Works: 7th and Hol- liday.
Currie, M. A .- Born, Greenlake Co., Wis., March 12, 1862; son of Robert and Anna (Ames) C .; married Lucy Brownson, Solomon, Kan., 1880; farmed until 1881; mfr. wind mills and feed grinders, Solomon, 8 years, Manhattan, 12 years, and since coming to Topeka, 1900; to Kansas, 1876. Works : 7th and Holliday.
Curtis, Charles .- Born, N. Topeka, Jan. 25, 1860; son of Capt. O. A. and Ellen (Pappan) C .; educated in the pub- lic schools of Topeka ; married, Nov. 27, 1884, to Annie E. Baird, of North To- peka; admitted to bar of Shawnee Co., 1881; elected co. atty., Shawnee, 1884, and re-elected, 1886; elected to congress
from 4th dist., 1892; re-elected, 1894 and 1896; elected to congress from Ist dist., 1898; re-elected, 1900, 1902, and 1904; is now mem. of ways and means com- mittee of House of Representatives, and a mem. of the committee on Indian Af- fairs; was defeated for U. S. senate, 1902. Office: Crawford Bldg. Res .: 905 N. Van Buren.
Curtis, I. S .- Born, Paris, Ill., March II, 1848; son of H. W. and Sarah (Law- rence) C .; married Florence Wright, Paris, Ill., Jan. 6, 1881; farmed, 20 years; clerk, hardware store, 2 years; deputy clerk, Shawnee co. dist. court, 17 years; clerk, dist. court since 1902; to Kansas, 1855. Office: Shawnee Co. Court House.
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Dains, Frank B .- Prof. of Chemist- ry, Washburn Coll .; born, Gouveneur, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1869; son of George G. and Celestia S. (Burnett) D .; educated, Wes- leyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., Ph. B., '90, and M. S., '91, and Univ. of Chi- cago, Ph. D., '98; married Alice Haight, Rockford, Ill., Sept. 24, 1898; she is a graduate, Univ. of Chicago, has been a teacher, and is head of Holbrook Hall, Washburn Coll .; asst. prof. chemistry, Northwestern Univ., 1896-1901 ; prof. at Washburn Coll. since 1902; mem. Am. Chemical Soc., German Chemical Soc., and Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa ; has contributed to chemical journals. Res. : Holbrook Hall, Washburn College.
Dana, Alston W .- Born, Mt. Holly, Vt., May 5, 1857; son of Thomas and Mary (Chilson) D .; educated, Goddard Sem., and Tufts Coll., Ph. B., '84 ; prin- cipal, Goddard Sem., 4 years ; to Topeka, 1887; admitted to bar, 1889; Tillotson & Dana, 2 years; then alone; Bergen &
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Dana since 1899; lecturer, tenures and estates, Washburn Law School; elected judge of dist. court, Shawnee co., Nov., 1904. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Daniels, Augustus T .- Born, Me- dina, Mich., Aug. 1, 1850; son of D. R. and Matilda (Close) D .; educated, Mich. Agrl. Coll .; married Julia O. Smith, Dec., 1880; to Topeka, 1877; in cattle business up to starting in real estate and loan business, 1884 ; has been engaged in real estate and loan business ever since. Office : 116 W. 6th.
Darling, John C .- Born, Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb. 13, 1860; to Am., 1868: worked in Chicago, 10 years, at rubber stamp, seal, and stencil business; to To- peka, 1879, and started in the same busi- ness, 1883 ; has been in it here ever since. Office : 734 Kan. Ave.
Davis, A. C., M. D .- Born, March 23, 1836; son of Abiatha and Eliza (Young) D .; educated, Iowa Univ., M. D., '67 ; married Margaret Cannon, Sept., 1868, Park Co., Ind .; practiced as sur- geon in Civil War, 4 years; physician and surgeon in S. W. Mo., 1869 to 1891 ; has practiced in Topeka since 1891. Of- fice : 839 N. Kan. Ave.
Davis, Byron H .- Born, McDonough Co., Ill., Nov. 7, 1858; son of J. P. and Sarah (Horrabin) D .; educated, Univ. of Kan., I year ; married Emma Walters, Hiawatha, Kan .; to Kansas, 1873; to Topeka, 1882; in drug business, Hia- watha, I year; loan inspector, Kan. Mu- tual Life Ins. Co., 8 years ; since 1903, mem. firm Davis, Wellcome & Co., real estate agents. Office : Stormont Bldg.
Davis, Frank S .- Born, Illinois, Aug. 2, 1872 ; son of J. P. and Sarah ( Horra- bin) D .; graduated, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill .; married Lillian White- lock, June 20, 1900; to Kansas, 1873; to
Topeka, 1892; with the Accounting Trust Co., 1895-98; in real estate busi- ness with A. A. Rodgers since 1898. Of- fice : 110 W. 6th.
Davis, Joe .- Foreman, cabinet dept., A. T. & S. F. Rwy. Shops, Topeka ; born, Wales, England, Oct. 24, 1855; son of John and Mary D .; educated in common schools; to America, 1882, and began carpentry work, Maple Hill, Kan .; to Topeka, fall of 1883 ; in freight car dept., Santa Fe., 6 months; in building dept., 6 months ; Sept. 16, 1884, cabinet maker in cabinet dept .; foreman of cabinet dept. since Dec. 1, 1895; married Sarah A. Jones, Wales, England, 1882. Res .: 920 Monroe.
Davis, John P .- Born, Ashland Co., Ohio, Jan. 20, 1839; son of Amos and Nancy (Crawford) D .; married Sarah Horrabin, McDonough Co., Ill., Feb. II, 1858; to Kan., Oct., 1873; taught school, farmed, and handled stock; mem. Kan. Legislature, from Brown Co., 1876-77; organized Kan. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1882, and was its pres. for 20 years; to Topeka, Feb., 1892; now negotiating farm loans and handling real estate; mem. firm, Davis, Wellcome & Co .; dir. Free Public Library. Office : Stormont Bldg.
Davis, O. P., M. D .- Born in Park Co., Ind., Aug. 23, 1869; son of A. C. and Margaret (Cannon) D .; educated, Kan. Univ., A. B., '92, Univ. Med. Coll., K. C., M. D., '96, and Bellevue Hospital Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M. D., '97 ; mar- ried, 1900, to Mabel Glendenning, To- peka; taught in Topeka High School, I year ; taught botany, Kan. Univ., I year ; has practiced medicine in Topeka since 1897; prof. principles and practices of medicine, Kan. Med. Coll .; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Kan. State Med. Soc., N. E. Dist. Med. Soc., and Shawnee Co.
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Med. Soc .; v. pres. Shawnee Co. Med. Soc. Office : 839 N. Kan. Ave.
Davis, W. H .- Born, Logansport, Ind., May 27, 1857; son of H. W. and Hannah M. (Mclaughlin) D .; married Lucy L. Dunlap, K. C., Mo., June 24, 1879; to Topeka, Oct. 21, 1866; became a partner, Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Co., 1878; has been pres. of it since about 1886; pres. Gonder-Petro Mer. Co., Hutchinson, Kan .; v. pres. Ranney- Davis Mer. Co., Arkansas City ; stock- holder of other branch stores at Em- poria and McPherson ; pres. New York Mer. Co., Topeka; pres. Kansas and Texas Oil and Mining Co .; pres. Col- orado Gold Placer Mining Co .; one of organizers and pres. first 2 years, To- peka Commercial Club. Office: 10I N. Kan. Ave.
Dawson, A., M. D .- Born, McCon- nelsville, Ohio, July 21, 1847; son of William and Eliza (Sibley) D .; educated, Mt. Auburn Coll., Cinn. Coll. of Med. and Surgery, I year, and Eclectic Coll., St. Louis, M. D., '77; taught school, Morgan Co., Ohio, 5 terms; to Kansas, 1870; taught school, Shawnee Co., I term, and Jackson Co., I term; post mas- ter, Mt. Florence, 1871-72; built first dwelling in Meriden, Kan., and daughter, Ada Mosier, was first child born there; practiced med. there 20 years ; treas. Rock Creek twp., I term; deputy surg. A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 5 years; to North Topeka, 1892, and has practiced there ever since. Office : 825 N. Kan. Ave.
Dawson, John S .- Born, Speybridge, Scotland, June 10, 1869 ; son of J. J. and Annie (Shaw) D .; educated, Robert Gordon's Coll., Aberdeen, Scotland, and Salina Normal Univ., Kan .; married Mary E. Kline, Jan. 1, 1896; to Am., 1884; to Kansas, 1887; engaged in farm- ing and country school teaching ; elected
principal, Hill City Schools, Sept. I, 1894, and principal, high school, Wa- Keeney, Aug. 1, 1897; admitted to bar, 1898; apptd. bond clerk, state treasury, Jan. 1, 1899; 2d asst. atty. gen. since Jan. 10, 1903. Res .: 1156 Woodward Avenue.
Dayhoff, I. L .- Born, Howesville, Clay Co., Ind., Oct. 17, 1867; educated, De Pauw Univ., and State Normal School, Emporia, Kan .; to Hutchinson, 1887 ; engaged in teaching, and co. supt., Reno, 1897-1903 ; has been state supt. of public instruction since 1903; editor and proprietor of the Kansas Educator. Of- fice : State Capitol.
Delahoyde, Thomas M. - Born, Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1875; son of Joseph and Nora (Reilly) D .; educated, Brother's School, Chicago; was a lith- ographer a number of years; to Topeka, Dec. 17, 1897; is now a dealer in art goods ; picture framer. Store : 720 Kan. Avenue.
De Moss, E. O .- Born, Coatesville, Ind., 1871; son of W. A. De Moss, a former proprietor 5th Ave. Hotel; mar- ried Eva F. Mayhall, Nov. 13, 1893; to Larned, Kan., 1877; has been in under- taking business since 1887; mem. firm, De Moss & Penwell, since 1894. Es- tablishment : 511 Quincy.
DeObert, Frederick .- Dentist ; born, Washington, N. J., 1845; son of Fred- erick and Eliza D .; married in Indiana; has been in dentistry business in Topeka, 34 years; to Kansas, 1871. Office : 605 Kan. Ave.
Dexter, W. L .- Born, Hancock Co., Ind., June 12, 1863; son of George S. and Mrs. (Sample) D .; educated, De Pauw Univ., A. B., 1900, and S. T. B., 1898; married Minnie Hoffa, Brazil, Ind., 1896; pastor, M. E. Church, Doug- lass, Kan., 8 months; pastor, M. E.
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WHO'S WHO IN TOPEKA.
church, Caldwell, Kan., 1901-03; sec. Kan. State Temperance Union since Oct., 1903; editor, Kansas Issue since Oct., 1903 ; since 1886, has been engaged in reform work. Office: Real Estate Bldg., 7th and Jackson.
Dibble, D. W .- Born, Delaware Co., N. Y., July 6, 1850; son of D. M. and Elisa (Case) D .; married Rena Sim- mons, 1874; to Franklin Co., Kan., 1877 ; to Topeka, 1885; has been in gro- cery business in North Topeka since 1885; started store on south side of Kan- sas River, 1902; has two sons connected with him in business, D. L., who mar- ried Edna Schoonmaker, 1901, and E. C., who married Ethel M. Smith, Dec. 17, 1901. Stores : 804-06 N. Kan. Ave., and 117 E. 6th.
Dick, Geo., M. D .- Born in Butler Co., Ohio, Dec. 28, 1827; son of Geo. and Jean (Anderson) D .; graduated, Homeo. Med. Coll. of Mo., '61 ; married Mrs. E. Schroeder, June 18, 1888, To- peka; practiced in Prebble Co., Ohio, 1858 to 1860, and Butler Co., Ohio, 1861 to 1869; has practiced in Topeka since 1869. Office : 807 Kan. Ave.
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