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Dickie, W. G .- Born, Jan. 21, 1870, Johnson Co., Kan .; son of W. H. and Charity (Gibson) D .; received common school and a commercial course educa- tion ; married Bertha Morris, Wis., June 19, 1901 ; mgr. Mitchell County Farmers' Alliance Shipping Assn., Beloit, Kan., 3 years; deputy treas., Mitchell Co., 3 years; asst. cashier, Beloit State Bank, 3 years ; mgr. state printing office, Topeka, 3 years ; has been pres. and mgr. Jensen Mfg. Co. for over 2 years. Office : 523 Jackson.
Dickinson, D. J .- Born, Jackson Co., Iowa, Oct. 13, 1857; son of Daniel J. and Lydia (Starbuck) D .; the Dickin- sons came to Am. at time of coming of
the Puritans; married Ollie A. Mace, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1882; to Shawnee Co., Kan., 1886; to Topeka, 1888; built up large business in groceries, feed, and fresh meat; retired from this business and became mem. firm, Wood & Dickin- son, real estate agts., 1902; sold real estate interest, 1904, and became one of the proprietors, Shawnee Grocery ; busi- ness mgr. of firm. Store : 108 E. 6th.
Dielman, Philip J .- Born, Dec. 19, 1869, Brooklyn, N. Y .; son of Charles and Johanna (Detmar) D .; educated at Brooklyn Acad., and High School ; mar- ried at Appleton, Wis., Aug. 18, 1894, to Virginia Clark; worked for Milwaukee Gas & Light Co., 1896-98; Kenosha Gas & Electric Co., 1898 to 1902; gen. mgr. of Excelsior Coke & Gas Co., 1902 to date; to Topeka, Ang. 22, 1902. Office : 435 Kan. Ave.
Dietrick, Robert .- Born, Peoria, Il1., Nov. 19, 1856; son of John J. and Mag- daline (Rosler) D .; married Rachel Hop- kins, Osage Co., Kan., 1885; to Topeka, March 9, 1870; received schooling in public schools here, and then farmed in Osage Co., to 1893; has been mgr. Cap- ital City Coal Co. since 1893; was in real estate business, also, during 1894- 97. Office : 827 Kan. Ave.
Dillon, Hiram P .- Born, Davenport, Iowa; father was a judge; educated, An- tioch Coll., and Iowa Law School; to Topeka, Oct., 1876 ; has been in law prac- tice here ever since; has been master in chancery, U. S. court, for a number of years; dir. Merchants Nat. Bank, and Central Nat. Bank; pres. Shawnee Fire Insurance Co. Res. : 919 Harrison.
Dolman, L. S .- Born, Topeka, July 13, 1868; son of Samuel and Marinda (Jordon) D .; educated, Washburn Coll .; married, first, Bessie Kane, Topeka; sec- ond, Jessie Pringle, Red Oak, Iowa;
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studied law with Tillotson & Dana, 1889- 90; admitted to the bar, 1891 ; with Cur- tis & Safford, 2 years; probate judge, Shawnee Co., 1897-1901 ; in charge, con- test dept., Dawes Commission, at a place in Indian Ty., April to Oct. 15, 1904; lawyer, at present, Ardmore, Indian Ty.
Dolman, Samuel .- Born, Grant Co., Ind., 1834; son of John L. and Annie (Bates) D .; educated in common schools, Grant Co., Ind .; married, 1857, to Ma- rinda Jordon ; settled, 1856, in Tecumseh, Kan .; 1859, went to Denver, Colo., where he had a grocery store until 1864; to To- peka, 1864; his son, Richard Denver D., was the first white child born in Denver ; contractor. Res. : 824 N. Quincy.
Doran, T. F .- Born, Council Grove. Kan., Dec. 8, 1862; son of Frank and Mary (Clark) D .; educated, Univ. of Kan., A. B., '88; married Mary W. Woodward, Lawrence, Kan., 1891; ad- mitted to bar, 1891 ; deputy revenue col- lector, Ist division, Kan., 4 years; has been in practice, Topeka, since 1889; Ferry & Doran, since 1893; mem. Phi Beta Kappa; atty. Topeka Rwy. Co. Office : Columbian Bldg.
Doster, Frank .- Born, Morgan Co., Va., Jan. 19, 1849; son of Alfred and Rachael (Doyle) D .; educated, Indiana State Univ., and Ill. Coll .; married Car- oline Riddle, July 29, 1870; in Civil War, 2 years; practiced, Monticello, Ill., I year ; Marion, Kan., 26 years; Topeka, last 8 years; Waggener, Doster & Orr, last 2 years; to Kansas, 1871 ; to Topeka, 1897; judge of dist. court, 25th judicial dist., 5 years; chief justice of supreme court, 6 years ; lecturer on wills and ad- ministration of estates, Washburn Law School. Office : 835 Kan. Ave.
Dougherty, George E .- Born, Lan- caster, Pa., March 23, 1862; son of Henry M. and Catherine D .; received
common and high school education ; married Rosa B. Getty, Sept., 1882; to Kansas, 1879; publisher of a newspaper, Downs Times, 1881-87; to Topeka, 1887, and entered printing busi- ness in connection with Christian Citi- zen ; was editor Kansas Christian Advo- cate; has been engaged in shorthand school work since 1893; proprietor Dougherty's Shorthand School; author of several shorthand text books. School : II8 W. 8th.
Douglas, H. S .- Born, West New- ton, Pa., March 23, 1864; son of Wil- liam H. and Martha (Davis) D .; mar- ried Myrtle E. McKirahan, Topeka, June 18, 1890; has worked at carpenter trade in Iowa, St. Joseph, Mo., Leaven- worth, Topeka, and K. C., Kan., and 7 years in Chicago; began contract work, Topeka, March, 1898; built new Park- hurst-Davis Mercantile Co. bldg., the Sells estate bldg., etc .; to Leavenworth, March 23, 1878. Res. : 1122 Spruce.
Downing, Charles S .- Born, Boone, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1868; son of Andrew Downing; received common and high school education ; married Juanita Old- ham, K. C., Mo., Jan., 1892; to Topeka, 1891 ; clerk, R. G. Dun & Co. Mercantile Agency, 1891-96; mgr., 1896-1901 ; has been v. pres. Central National Bank since 1901; treas., American Oil & Gas Co .; treas., Franklin Oil Co. Res .: IIII Tyler.
Downs, S. H .- Born, Utica, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1838; son of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Hawood) D .; graduated, Duff's Commercial Coll .; to Mission twp., Shawnee Co., Dec., 1869; 3 years on farm; to Topeka, 1873; lumber business, I year ; organizer of Patrons' Mutual In- surance Co. of Kan., and was sec. 2 years; agricultural and implement busi- ness, 1875 to 1880; has been in seed
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business since 1880; mgr., Topeka Seed House; park commissioner, 1900; con- tributes to agrl. and other papers. Store : 306 Kan. Ave.
Drenning, Frank G .- Born, July II, 1870, Wathena, Kan .; son of F. H. and Charlotte E. (Gifford) D .; graduated, Washburn Coll., B. S., '96, Univ. of Mich., LL. B., '99; traveling salesman, 1891 to 1899; admitted to the bar, June, 1899; has practiced law in Topeka since 1900; lecturer. Office : 701 Jackson.
Drechsel, Wm. E .- Born, Leaven- worth, Kan., Oct., 25, 1876; son of A. J. and Mary (Graieske) D .; graduated, Mo. Military Acad .; married Mary L. Ryan, April 18, 1900; worked for father, in shoe business, Drechsel & Graieske, Leavenworth, 5 years; traveling shoe agt., 3 years; weighmaster and purchas- ing agt., Leavenworth Coal Co., 2 years; mem. firm, Matthews & Drechsel, shoe dealers, Topeka, since 1900. Store : 634 Kan. Ave.
Drew, Chas. J. - Born, Wilton, Conn., June 15, 1836; son of Edward and Permelia (Rockwell) D .; married Emma Boughton, 1871, Seneca, Kan .; at 16 years of age went on the sea ; quar- tergunner, 3 years; in merchant service, 5 years ; to Junction City, Kan., March, 1867; to Topeka, Sept., 1867; council- man, 4 years ; mayor of city, 1899-1900; has been a contractor of masonry work for a number of years. Res .: 513 Clay.
Drew, Chas. P .- Born, Kingston, Canada, Sept. 9, 1844; son of John and Sarah (Pape) D .; married, at Burlin- game, Kan., Sept., 1868, to Lucy A. Ca- ble; enlisted IIth Kan. cav., 1862; cor- poral, Jan., 1863; mustered out Sept. 20, 1865; clerk in mercantile business 10 years ; traveling salesman, 10 years ; one of proprietors of a mercantile store, Burlingame, Kan., 10 years; to Kansas,
1855 ; to Topeka, 1902 ; confidential clerk to Wilder Metcalf, U. S. pension agt. Office : Federal Bldg.
Dudley, Guilford .- Born, Bath, N. Y., March 19, 1835; son of Moses and Mary (Atwood) D .; educated, Oberlin Coll., 2 years ; to Lawrence, Kan., March, 1855 ; adjutant gen. of Kan., 1863-5 ; col- lector and credit rater, Kearney & Stevens, wholesale grocers, 3 years; to Topeka, Nov., 1869; Guilford Dudley, banker, 1869 to Jan., 1904; panic of 1873, all banks closed in Topeka except his ; pres. of Crosby Roller Flour Mills. Res. : 719 Harrison.
Duetscher, Louis. - Foreman, tin shop, Topeka, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Germany, Feb. 22, 1836; son of Bernard and Alexandria (Dolhofen) D .; re- ceived common and high school educa- tion ; learned trade in Germany ; to Am. and Quincy, Ill., 1867; with C. B. & Q. R. R., 2 years; with Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R., Hannibal, Mo., 11/2 years ; to Topeka, 1872, and has been in present position ever since; married Elizabeth Guinthernn, Topeka, 1896. Res .: 316 Madison.
Duke, B. C. - Pastor, Christian churches (colored) of Topeka and Wa- thena, Kan .; born, July 14, 1862, Jack- son Co., Tenn .; son of Thomas and Di- ana (Armstead) D .; married Mary E. Young, March II, 1886, Valencia, Kan .; to Kan., Feb. 7, 1880; to Topeka, April, 1887; Ist librarian of free library organ- ized by Chas. M. Sheldon in Tennesee Town, Topeka; ordained to ministry, July 26, 1896; formerly a Congregation- alist ; now state supt. Christian churches of Kansas (in the colored brotherhood) ; mem. state board of Christian Churches of Kan. (white). Res .: 1221 Buchanan.
Dumenil, James M. - Born near Richmond, Clermont Co., Ohio, May 26,
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1847; son of John L. and Mary ( Potts) D .; married Annie E. Terrell, Clinton Co., Ohio, April 28, 1870; enlisted in Co. M., 5th regt., Ohio vol. cav., Oct. 31, 1861 ; severely wounded, May 16, 1862, and discharged on account thereof, Sept. 2, 1862; admitted to bar, George- town, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1868; prosecuting atty., Highland Co., Ohio, 1873-80; to Kansas, 1883; co. atty., Pratt, 5 years ; to Topeka, Sept., 1896; has been in prac- tice here ever since; has been in con- tinuous practice since 1868. Office : 509 Kan. Ave.
Durant, S. W., M. D .- Born, Colum- bia, Murray Co., Tenn., Sept. 19, 1833; son of Thomas and Sarah (Cowdin) D .; graduated, Rush Med. Coll .; married Amelia A. Richards, Jan. 18, 1880; prac- ticed in Illinois ; to Kan., June 20, 1889; has practiced and been in the drug busi- ness, Kansas, ever since; to Topeka, 1895. Drug store : 1316 W. 15th.
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Eastman, B. D., M. D .- Born, North Conway, N. H., Feb. 5, 1836; son of John L. and Margaret (Douglass) E .; educated, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., med- ical dept., Columbia Univ., M. D .; mar- ried Maria L. Warren, Topeka; to To- peka, 1879; supt. of State Hosp. for 18 years; began gen. practice, 1896; prof. materia medica and therapeutics, and psychiatry, Kan. Med. Coll. Office : 605 Kan. Ave.
Eastman, W. H .- Born, Nov. 28, 1865, Kalamazoo Co., Mich .; son of D. W. and Marion (Hale) E .; educated, Northwestern Univ. through sophomore year; married, June 21, 1892, to May Flory, Emporia, Kan .; bookkeeper To- peka Investment & Loan Co., 1888-93; sec. of the Shawnee Bldg. and Loan As-
sociation since 1893; agt. of several fire ins. companies. Office : 115 W. 6th.
Edson, Frank P .- Born, Topeka, Kan., Oct. 16, 1870; son of Willis and Mary (Roberts) E .; graduated, Topeka High School, '88, Univ. of Kan., 2 years ; worked at civil engineering, Mexican Southern R. R., 2 years; partner with Prescott & Co., plumbers, 1892; alone since 1898; mem. Am. Soc. of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; contributes occasionally to trade papers; married Carrie Clarkson, Topeka, 1895. Office : 118 W. 8th.
Edson, Willis .- Born, Knox Co., Ill., June 19, 1837; son of Willis and Orpha (Daggett) E .; educated, Lombard Univ., I year; married Mary Roberts, Gales- burg, Ill., June 11, 1867; clerk in gen. merchandise store, Greenbush, Ill., 2 years ; clerk, gen. merchandise store, Ma- comb, Ill., 3 years; served in the Civil War for 3 years; proprietor, dry goods store, Macomb, Ill., 2 years; to Topeka, Jan., 1870; began feed business, 1871; Edson & Beck Feed Co., 1878-95; city assessor, 1894-98; sec. and treas. Cap- itol City Vitrified Brick & Paving Co. since 1895. Office : 118 W. 8th.
Eggert, H. F .- Born, Aug. 24, 1857, Hanover, Germany; son of Ernst and E. (Mauntler) E .; to Am., 1867; settled at Milwaukee, Wis .; graduated, Con- cordia Sem., '83 ; married Louise Love- kamp, May 1, 1884, Arenzville, Ill .; to Kan., Sept., 1883; to Topeka, June 9, 1897; pastor, German Lutheran church, Strong City, Sept., 1883, to Feb., 1889; while there did missionary work in Chase, Lyon, Morris, and Marion Coun- ties ; Feb., 1889, to June, 1897, pastor of German Lutheran church near Fairview, Brown Co., Kan .; missionary work in Brown, Nemaha, and Jackson Counties ; to Topeka, June 9, 1897; pastor, St.
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John's Lutheran church to 1905; 2d v. pres. of the Kan. Dist. Evangelical Lu- theran church ; pres. Evangelical Luther- an Childrens' Friend Soc .; now supt. Evangelical Lutheran Childrens' Soc., Kansas and Nebraska. Res. : 213 W. 2d.
Eidson, A. M., M. D .- Born, Peru, Ind., April 13, 1846; educated, M. and F. Coll., Valparaiso, Ind., A. B., '66; Eclectic Med. Institute, Cincinnati, M. D., '69; enlisted in the 2d Ind. cav., 1861 ; to Topeka, 1869, and was a doctor here for many years; came back to Topeka and has been in practice here for the last 6 years as aurist, occulist, optician, and eclectic chronic disease specialist ; married, Nov., 1904, to Calista W. White. Office : 10th and Kan. Ave.
Eldridge, Charles E .- Born, Boston, Mass., May 23, 1862; son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. E .; married Mary R. Fisher, Nov. 3, 1886; to Kansas, 1876; to To- peka, 1882; worked at printing trade, with State Printer Thacher, on Daily Capital, and for Crane, and also C. W. Douglas printing houses ; has been en- gaged in fire ins. inspection work for last 12 years; now proprietor and mgr. Kan. Fire Ins. Inspection. Office : 9, Of- fice Block.
Eldridge, J. L .- Born, Bucksport, Maine, 1828; in 1854, was a delegate to a Y. M. C. A. convention, Buffalo, N. Y., the first held in Am .; formed an acquaintance with Rev. S. F. Smith, author of our National Hymn, America ; served in 6th Mass. regt. in the Civil War; to Kansas after the war; taught school, was a bank cashier, and elected a judge; to Topeka, 1882; has been em- ployed by the supreme court for the last IO years ; he, with 4 other survivors, at- tended 50th anniversary of Y. M. C. A., Buffalo, N. Y., May, 1904; author : What Think Ye of Christ, and many pro-
ductions in prose and verse. Res. : 213 E. 10th.
Ellinger, George W., M. D .- Born, Lebanon Co., Pa., Oct. 8, 1843; son of Michel and Hannah (Ulmer) E .; edu- cated, Jefferson Coll., Phila., Pa., M. D., '78; married Hannah Snavley, July, 1863, Middletown, Pa .; practiced at Hennepin, Ill., 1874-83 ; at Silver Lake, 1883-92; has been in practice, Topeka, since 1892; ex. co. physician. Office : 827 N. Kan. Ave.
Elliott, Charles S .- Born, Winterset, Iowa; educated, Topeka High School; to Topeka, 1878; has been city agt. Shawnee Fire Insurance Co. for over 10 years; one of the organizers of the Cap- itol Bldg. and Loan Association, 1893; was city treas. 2 terms ; paymaster gen., K. N. G .; sec. Capitol Bldg. and Loan Association. Office : 534 Kan. Ave.
Elliott, Geo. H .- Foreman 6th street repair yards, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Clarksburg, West Va., March 25, 1848; son of John and Matilda (Criss) E .; married Marie J. Marten, Topeka, March 1, 1877; to Topeka, April 21, 1869; began to work for the Santa Fe, April 26, 1869, and has been working for it in various capacities ever since ; has been a foreman since 1876. Res .: 415 Monroe.
Ellis, Frederick W .- Prof. Philoso- phy and Biblical Literature, Washburn Coll .; born, Ansonia, Conn., Dec. 19, 1864; son of Matthew N. and Fanny J. (Pitcher) E .; educated, Yale Univ., A. B., '89, graduate student, Yale, 1889- 91, and Chicago Theological Seminary, B. D., '98; prof. Greek, Davis Military Coll., Winston, N. C., 1891-92; prof. Greek, Washburn, 1892-99; prof. Philos- ophy and Biblical Literature since 1899; mem. Western Philosophical Assn. Res .: 1634 Mulvane.
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Elmore, F. P .- Born, Ashley, Mo., July 13, 1852; son of F. P. and Martha (Orr) E .; educated, common schools and high school; married R. E. Van Ness, Topeka, March, 1877; to Norton- ville, Kan., 1877; in mercantile and banking business there 10 years; cashier Winchester, Kan., Bank, 12 years; shoe manufacturing business, Leavenworth, 6 months ; to Topeka, 1900; sec. and treas. of the Western Woolen Mills; cashier of the Shawnee State Bank since Oct. 14, 1892; dir. Bank of Winchester. Of- fice : 800 N. Kan. Ave.
Emahizer, J. C .- Born, Ind., 1858; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Holmes) E .; received common and high school education; married Ruth Geiger, Tip- ton, Iowa, 1887; has been in furniture business for last 24 years; to Topeka, 1902; Emahizer & Spielman, furniture dealers. Store : 519 Kan. Ave.
Emerson, Z. A .- Born, Millersburg, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1873; son of A. D. and B. L. (Doughty) E .; married Nellie B. Williams, Cedar Point, Kan., Sept. 4, 1900; worked for Santa Fe Rwy., I year ; began work with Postal Telegraph and Cable Co., 1896; at Lamar, Colo., 2 years, Flagstaff, Ariz., 8 months, New- ton, Kan., 8 months, and Emporia, 4 years; mgr. of co. here since Aug. 14, 1903; to Kansas, 1879. Office: 517 Kan. Ave.
Ennis, Hugh Robert .- Born, Ru- bane, Co. of Down, Ireland, Oct. 8, 1869; son of Arthur and Eliza (Menown) E .; educated, Model Nat. School, Ireland; to Am., 1888; to K. C., Mo., May 13, 1888; worked in various positions, from office boy to cashier, K. C. Gas, Light & Coke Co .; remained with this company till Jan. 15, 1902; has been auditor, Con- tinental Creamery Co. since Jan. 16, 1902; married Edith V. Burrill, of K.
C., Mo., Oct. 21, 1897. Res .: 115 Western Ave.
Enochs, Edward L., M. D .- Born, Noble Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1863; son of Abraham and Mary (McBride) E .; ed- ucated, Kansas State Normal, Campbell Univ., B. S., '92, Rush Med. Coll., M. D., 1901, postgraduate course, Poly- clinic, Chicago, Ill., and special work, Rush Med. Coll .; prof., science, Camp- bell Univ., I year ; supt. Centralia, Kan., schools, I year; principal of Washing- ton, Kan., 5 years; married Minnie Schiveley, Abilene, Kan., 1896; practiced medicine, Iola, Kan., 1891-93; to To- peka, June, 1903. Office : 634 Kan. Ave.
Ensminger, J. S .- Born, Carlisle, Pa., July 12, 1851 ; son of Samuel and Fanny (Brandt) E .; educated, Dickinson Coll., 3 years; married, first, Emma Dean, Aug. 18, 1887 ; second, Ella Millard, Dec. 22, 1904, Topeka; read law under Col. Brady Sharp, 2 years ; practiced at Har- risburg, Pa., 3 years; to Topeka, 1879; has practiced here since 1880; police judge, 1893-94. Address: Office Block, E. 5th.
Ernest, F. J., M. D .- Born, Pa., 1874 ; son of G. W. and Martha (Irwin) E .; educated, Juniata Coll., Pa., Camp . bell Univ., Kan. Med. Coll., M. D., and postgraduate work, Ill. School of Elec- tro-Therapeutics, Chicago; married El- venor Wilson, Marysville, Kan., June I, 1904 ; demonstrator, anatomy, Kan. Med. Coll .; physician and surgeon; to Kan., 1897. Office : 807 Kan. Ave.
Ernest, Mrs. F. J., M. D .- Born, Marysville, Kan., Aug. 10, 1872; daugh- ter of Dr. E. L. and Dorthy (John - son) Wilson; educated, Highland Park Coll., Iowa, Ph. G., '98, and Kan. Med. Coll., M. D., 1904; assisted father in his office for a number of years; to Topeka, 1900; chief of dispensary staff, Kan.
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Med. Coll .; married (see under F. J. peka, and Symns Grocer Co. Office : E.). Office : 807 Kan. Ave. 509 Kan. Ave.
Esterly, D. E., M. D .- Born, Coluni- biana, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1866; son of Geo. M. and Mary (Stouffer) E .; educated, Univ. of Kan., B. S., '90, Univ. of Pa., M. D., '93; married Francis Beard, Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1901 ; doctor of the eye and ear. Office : 735 Kan. Avenue.
Estey, Stephen Sewall .- Pastor, First Presbyterian church ; born, Maine ; graduated, Oberlin Coll .; did postgradu- ate work, Chicago Univ. and Wooster Univ., and received Ph. D. from Woos- ter; was a teacher 10 years; held pas- torates, Independence and Salina, Kan .; married Helen Rolland, of Toledo, Ohio; to Kansas, 1888; to Topeka, 1904. Res. : 819 Harrison.
Etter, W. K .- Chief clerk to Gen. Supt. Hurley, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Pa., Jan. 16, 1874; son of Josiah and Mary (Bowen) E .; educated in common schools and business college; married, Locky Fort, Las Vegas, N. M., Dec., 1902; June, 1891, a chainman, engineer- ing dept., Santa Fe Rwy., Wichita, Kan .; clerk and stenographer in various railway offices up to 1894; stenographer, supt's office, Las Vegas, N. M., 1894; chief clerk, div. supt's office, March, 1899; chief clerk, div. supt's office, Needles, Calif., Feb., 1901 ; chief clerk, gen. supt's office, La Junta, Sept., 1901 ; chief clerk to Gen. Supt. Hurley, To- peka, since Aug., 1902. Res .: 422 W. 6th.
Euler, Henry W .- Born, La Porte Co., Ind., Feb. 22, 1861 ; son of Henry and Martha E. (Hartzel) E .; studied law at Valparaiso, Ind .; married Stella E. Travis, Topeka, June, 1888; began practice of law in Topeka, 1892; is now atty. for the Retail Grocers' Assn. of To-
Evans, Clinton J .- Born, Belmont Co., Ohio, Aug. 9, 1862; son of Elisha and Mary (Emerson) E .; educated, Simpson Coll. of Iowa, A. B., '85; mar- ried Ella T. McKernan, Atchison, Kan., 1895; to Kansas, 1886; to Topeka, 1888; established law practice here, 1889; Stebbins & Evans, 1891-1903; Nichols & Evans, farm loans. Office : 509 Kan. Avenue.
Evarts, F. L .- Born, Hartford, Conn., 1858; son of George S. and Har- riet (Humphrey) E .; married Minnie J. Davis, Nov. 2, 1881 ; to Topeka, 1868; has been in printing business here many years, starting about 1880. Office : 620 Kan. Ave.
Eversole, L. D .- Born, Stark Co., Ohio, April 15, 1840; son of Jacob A. and Catherine (Younkman) E .; mar- ried Helen Louise Tappin, May 28, 1863, Fulton Co., Ohio; she died Nov., 1904; construction work, A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 1882-83; built Christ's Hosp., 1884; two flour mills, 1885; T. D. Thacher Block, 1886; councilman, 1886-88; built City Rwy. office and car barns, 1888; domestic science hall, Kan. State Agrl. Coll., 1893; machine shops, Santa Fe Rwy., Manhattan, 1895; gen. foreman bridges and bldg., Albuquerque, 1896; contract bldg., Los Angeles, 1899; built R. R. Y. M. C. A. bldg., 1903; Olathe Deaf and Dumb School, 1904. Office : Room 34 Office Block.
Ewing, William Otis .- Born, Clar- endon, Vt., son of Julius and Mary (Otis) E .; received common and high school education; to Kansas, 1858; first in Wabaunsee Co., then came to To- peka ; was a banker with Guilford Dud- ley over 30 years; was cashier Dudley's Bank at time Mr. Dudley went out of
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banking business, 1904; for 30 years has lived at 701 Tyler.
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Farnsworth, J. P .- Born, Jan. 4, 1848, Fairfield, Franklin Co., Vt .; son of A. P. and Maryet (Chase) F .; ed- ucated in the common schools, and 5 years' course New Hampton Institute ; in mercantile business, Boston, Mass., un- til 1875; stock business, Texas, till 1880; to Topeka, in mercantile business, 1880- 83; since 1895, has been city food in- spector ; married, March 12, 1873, to Helen A. Bowker, of Bath, Me. Res .: 224 Tyler.
Farnsworth, J. W .- Born, Chautau- qua Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1829; son of Joseph and Betsy (Burrows) F .; mar- ried Nancy A. Jacobs, Topeka, March 4, 1858; to Lawrence, Kan., April, 1856; to Topeka, June, 1856; in grocery busi- ness until the fall; then was in the dry goods business to 1859; in hardware business with Jacob Smith, 1859-67; started a retail and wholesale crockery store, 1867, and has been in that busi- ness ever since; Farnsworth & Ashby since 1894; mem. bd. of trustees, Beth- any Coll., since organization ; councilman several times in the sixties; was one of the organizers and v. pres., Bank of To- peka; dir. of it since organization ; was sec. a number of years. Res .: 627 To- peka Ave.
Faulkner, E. O .- Supt. tie and tim- ber dept., A. T. & S. F. Rwy. Co .; born, Forfarshire, Scotland; educated in com- mon schools; started in railway work on the Great Western in England; to Canada and worked on the Great Wes- tern Railroad; to Chicago, 1889; worked for Pres. Manvel, Santa Fe; to Topeka, 1898, in gen. manager's dept .; 1902, asst. to Gen. Mgr. Mudge; supt. of tie and
timber dept. since May, 1903. Res. : 512 Clay St.
Fellows, Charles A .- Born, Albany, N. Y., 1864; educated, public schools, and Home Lawn Sem., partial course ; to Wamego, Kan., 1883; worked at car- pentry trade; Fellows & Van Sant, con- tractors, for a number of years; mayor of Topeka, 1895; re-elected mayor ; councilman, 4 years; has built many large buildings. Res. : 716 Lincoln.
Ferguson, T. J .- Born, Petis Co., Mo., 1868; son of Thomas and Susan (Allen) F .; educated, Otterville Coll., and Central Business Coll., Sedalia, Mo .; married, Oct. 18, 1898, to Hattie Wheeler, Auxvasse, Mo .; has worked for the the McCormick Harvesting Co., International Harvesting Co., and other companies for the last 14 years; to To- peka, 1903. Offices : 109-11-13 N. Kan. Avenue.
Fernald, William H .- Born, Lafay- ette, Ind., Nov. 14, 1856; son of Holmes and Sarah (Pernell) F .; graduated, To- peka High School, '79; married, Jan., 1883, to Elva Moore, who is the first Topeka High School graduate; to To- peka, 1866; made for Washington Mon- ument tablet which was presented by the Kan. State Historical Soc .; in monument business 10 years; in mantel and tile business since 1884. Store: Masonic Bldg.
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