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Gillies, G. A .- Born, Scotland, 1848; son of Thomas and Mary (Strachan) G .; received common and high school education ; married Margaret Butchart, 1872; engineer and machinist, 25 years ; last 8 years has been in printing busi- ness; treas., Gillies Publishing Co .; has 3 sons connected in business with him, W. C., D. P., and G. H .; W. C., supt., D. P., sec., and George H., pres., Gillies Publishing Co .; G. H., also editor Poul- try Gazette. Office: 603 Kan. Ave.
Gilluly, R. B .- Born, Jefferson, Kan., Aug. 6, 1871; son of W. F. and Ella (Burns) G .; educated, Nat. Business Coll., K. C., Mo., Univ. of Kan., 2 years, special work, Washburn Law School; read law under father; married Olive Jenkins, Oskaloosa, Kan., June 1, 1895; to Topeka, Sept., 1891 ; clerk, Bank Com- missioner Johnson, 11/2 years; stenog-
rapher, R. R. Commissioners, 2 years ; private sec. Chas. J. Devlin, 4 or 5 years ; mem. firm, Redden, Mckeever & Gilluly since Sept., 1903; gen. atty. Mt. Carmel Coal Co., and Toluca, Marquette & Northern R. R. Co; dir. and atty., Am. Oil & Gas Co. Office : Crawford Bldg.
Gleed, Charles S .- Born, Morris- ville, Vt., March 23, 1856; son of Thomas and Cornelia (Fisk) G. ; educated, Univ. of Kan., 1876-80, and student Univ. of Kan. Law School; married Mabel Gore, Lawrence, Kan., June 28, 1888; in traffic or law depts., Kan. Pacific, Union Pacific, and A. T. & S. F. Rwy. Co's, 1880-84; admitted to bar, 1884; Gleed & Gleed, 1885-93; Gleed, Ware & Gleed since 1893 ; proprietor Kansas City Daily Journal since 1896; trustee, Univ. of Kan., 12 years; v. pres. Pioneer Trust Co., K. C .; dir., A. T. & S. F. Rwy., Topeka Rwy. Co., Central Nat. Bank, and several other railway and banking companies; dir., Free Public Library ; author of many addresses, pamphlets, and legal, political, and descriptive ar- ticles; pres. Mo .- Kan. Telephone Co. Office : Central Nat. Bank Bldg.
Gleed, James Willis .- Born, Morris- ville, Vt., March 8, 1859; son of Thomas and Cornelia (Fisk) G .; educated, Univ. of Kan., A. B., '79, and A. M., '82, and Columbia Law School, LL. B., '84, and LL. D., 1904; married Grace Greer, To- peka, Aug. 25, 1886; tutor Latin and Greek, Univ. of Kan., 1879-82; prof. in charge Greek chair, 1882-83; prof. law of real property since 1890; Gleed & Gleed, lawyers, 1884, Topeka; now Gleed, Ware & Gleed; March 1, 1896, gen. solicitor for Kan., St. Louis & San Francisco R. R .; has made many ad- dresses, mostly educational, in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and before the Quill and Lincoln Day
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Clubs, N. Y. City. Author : Western Mortgages, Forum, June, 1891 ; Is New York More Civilized than Kansas, Forum, April, 1894; Western Invest- ments, Review of Reviews; Analysis of Life, Character and Career of W. J. Bryan, N. Y. Advertiser, 1900, and Economic Aspects of the Liquor Prob- lem, Prohibition in Kansas, published 1901; mem. bd. of education. Office : 700 Kan. Ave.
Glendenning, J. S .- Pastor Second Presbyterian church; born, Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 17, 1849; son of James and Sarah M. (Stuart) G .; educated, Wash- ington and Jefferson Coll., Wash., Pa., A. B., '68, honorary degree, A. M., '82, graduated, Princeton Thelogical Sem., and postgraduate work, Princeton Univ .; married Hannah M. Brown, Jersey City, N. J., 1876; pastor, Presbyterian church, Jersey City, 4 years ; pastor, Henry, Ill., 10 years ; spent 3 years settling father's estate, N. Y. City ; to Pratt, Kan., 1887; pastor, 1887-93; at Dodge City, 11/2 years ; has been pastor here since 1894; has written many printed sermons, pam- phlets, etc. Res. : 1310 N. Quincy.
Glenn, Henry H .- Born, Centre Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1833; son of George and Sarah (Hartchokee) G .; married Eliza- beth C. Grazier, Feb. 8, 1855; enlisted, 34th Ill. vol. inf., Sept., 1861 ; held dif- ferent offices during Civil War; post master Rochelle, Ill., 1884-87; to Leaven- worth, Kan., 1888; to Topeka, 1890, and started The Fair ; sold out interest in the store March, 1905. Res .: 806 W. 6th.
Godard, A. A .- Born, Granville, Pa., Dec. 18, 1855; son of E. A. and Percilla (Sherwood) G .; educated, Syracuse (N. Y.) Univ .; read law under Hayden and Hayden, lawyers, Holton, Kan .; prac- ticed, Clay Center, 13 years; to Topeka, 1893; Valentine, Godard & Valentine
since 1893 ; atty. gen. Kansas, 1899-1903 ; pres. State Savings Bank; married Eva Valentine, Topeka, Dec. 10, 1886; to Kansas, 1878. Office : Real Estate Bldg.
Going, James W .- Born, Rolla, Mo., Oct. 19, 1862; son of Thomas J. and Sarah (Billu) G .; educated, Univ. of Kan .; married Georgie Goodwin, Salina, Kan., Jan. 1, 1884; to Kansas, 1867; special agt. and adjuster in fire insurance business till 1893; to Topeka, 1893; or- ganized and founded Shawnee Fire In- surance Co. of Topeka; now sec. and mgr .; dir. Capitol Bldg. and Loan Assn. Office : 535 Kan. Ave.
Gonder, J. H .- Born, Muskingum Co., Ohio, Dec. 24, 1849; son of Isaac and Mary (Price) G .; married Eliza Starrett, Zanesville, Ohio; taught dist. schools in Ohio during the winters of IO years; to Topeka, 1883; has been sec. Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Co., 6 or 8 years; treas. Gonder-Petro Mer. Co., Hutchinson, since about 1901 ; stock- holder in various branches of Parkhurst- Davis Mer. Co. Office : 101-07 N. Kan. Avenue.
Goodwin, Lovell L .- Born, Law- rence Co., Ky., 1869; son of Charles A. and Elizabeth (Vermillion) G .; married Imogene Hull, Osage City, Kan., Feb., 1889; railroad business, I year; lumber business, I year; has been practicing dentistry last II years ; to Kansas, 1877; to Topeka, 1886. Office: 607 Kan. Ave.
Gordon, J. Copeland .- Born, Rush- ford, Allegany Co., N. Y., May 13, 1831 ; son of Wm. and Martha (Gary) G .; married Mary F. Nichols, Topeka, Aug. 4, 1857; to Kansas, Nov, 1854; to To- peka, 1855; in 1863, went into hotel business ; built Copeland Hotel, 1882, and was proprietor of it to Sept., 1903; entertained, while in hotel business,
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Pres. Hayes, Pres. Mckinley, and Pres. Roosevelt. Res. : Highland Park.
Gordon, W. L .- Born, Rushford, Allegany Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1828; son of John and Woodwarth (Harmony) G .; educated, Rushford Sem .; married Mar- cie Remington, Allegany Co., 1856; to Topeka, Nov. 19, 1856; in dry goods business, I year; city marshal, 1858; brought first logs to be taken across the Kaw River, for his saw mill; ran it till 1872; it was where Parkhurst-Davis Mer. Co. building now stands; in the lumber business, Mich., II years; since 1883, has been farming. Res. : 227 Van Buren.
Gorman, J. J .- Born, Jefferson, Texas, Nov. 27, 1871; son of Jim and Mary (Delafield) G .; married Georgia Peeler, March 21, 1896; has been a deal- er in typewriters for over 13 years; has been in business, Topeka, since 1901 ; operates branch stores, Oklahoma City, Wichita, etc. Store: 517 Kan. Ave.
Graham, A. A .- Claim agt., C. R. I. & P. Rwy. Co .; born, Ligonier, Pa., April 19, 1860; son of James and Louisa (Bitner) G .; married Ada A. Trainer, Reedsburg, Wis., July 7, 1886; book- keeper and stenographer, gas co., Chi- cago, 3 years ; with a wholesale grocery house, 3 years; to Topeka, 1889; claim agt., C. R. I. & P. Rwy. Co., ever since. Res. : 219 Tyler.
Graham, I. D .- Born Vinton, Iowa, Aug. 29, 1856; son of David N. and Clara (Chase) G .; educated, Abington Coll., A. B., and Eureka Coll., M. S .; married Mary E. McConnell, Manhattan, Kan., 1882 ; prof. at Kan. State Agricul- tural Coll., and sec., 1879 to 1898; prof. in a private college Sedalia, Mo., 1898 to 1900; sec. Kansas Good Roads Assn .; treas. and one of founders, Kansas State Dairy Assn .; asst. sec., Kansas Improved
Stock Breeders' Assn .; v. pres. for Kan- sas, National Good Roads Assn .; life member, Kansas State Horticultural Soc .; life member, Kansas Academy of Science ; associate editor, Kansas Farmer since 1900. Office : 116 W. 6th.
Graves, W. E., M. D .- Born, June 6, 1851, Detroit, Ill .; son of Wm. and Susan (Noble) G .; married Anna Brown, Milton, Ill., April 29, 1875; ed- ucated, St. Louis Med. Coll., M. D .; clerk, I year, in a drug store at Bowling Green, Mo .; practiced medicine, Wil- liamsburg, Kan., 3 years; Burlington, Kan., 2 years, and Pittsburg, Kan., 3 years; originated Graves' Dyspepsia Cure, 1894; discontinued medical prac- tice, 1894 ; pres. Graves Mfg. Co. Res .: 807 Topeka Ave.
Gray, Allen David .- Asst. cashier, A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Nova Scotia, Sept. 8, 1856; son of Archibald and Anna (Ellis) G .; married Anna Deming, Topeka, Oct. 21, 1885; Mrs. Gray has done literary work of merit, contributing to Youth's Companion, Outlook, Congre- gationalist, etc .; bookkeeper and clerk, gen. store, 10 years; to Topeka, Dec. 31, 1881; statistical clerk, car acct's office, A. T. & S. F. Rwy., 3 years; clerk, treasurer's office, 4 years; has been in present position since 1887; occasionally contributes to periodicals. Res. : 123 Greenwood Ave.
Green, William .- Born, England, 1844; son of Joseph and Ruth (Cooper) G .; married Sarah J. Dalrymple ; soldier in Civil War; to Topeka, 1885; has been in grocery business here since 1885; councilman, 3d ward; has 2 sons, Albert and John, who have been in grocery business with him II years; Albert mar- ried Ada Pulley, Nov. 24, 1904; John married Bessie Miller, Nov. 15, 1904. Store : 712 Kan. Ave.
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Greene, Adrain L .- Born, Canton, Mo., April 10, 1848; son of Joel and Ra (Black) G .; educated, Canton (Mo.) Acad. ; married Elizabeth Thurston, New- ton, Kan., 1900; to Kansas, 1871 ; prac- ticed law, Newton, until apptd. justice, supreme court, Kansas, 1902; was co. atty., Harvey Co., 6 years. Office : State Capitol Bldg. Res .: 1257 Western Ave.
Greenfield, Sarah E., M. D .- Born, Sabetha, Kan., 1874; daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (McGinley) G .; educated, Univ. of Kan., '97, and Coll. of Phys. and Surg. (med. dept., Univ. of Ill.), M. D., 1900; practiced, Hiawatha, I year; to Topeka, 1903; bac- teriologist, State Bd. of Health; in- structor, bacteriology, Kan. Med. Coll. Office : 210 W. 6th.
Greenwood, A. W .- Born, Mercer Co., Ill., Oct. 6, 1865; son of G. W. and Sarah W. (Mckinley) G .; educated, Washburn Coll .; farmer, 12 years ; since, has been engaged in real estate and loan business; to Kansas, 1872; to Topeka, 1896. Office : 611 Kan. Ave.
Greenwood, L. H .- Born, Mercer Co., Ill., Aug. 15, 1867; son of G. W. and Sarah (Mckinley) G .; educated, Washburn Coll., B. S., '90, and Univ. of Mich., LL. B., '92; married Lizzie M. Smith, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1898; has been practicing law, Topeka, since 1892; lec- turer, bailments, and domestic relations, Washburn Law School; mem. and sec. bd. of trustees, Washburn Coll .; to Kan., 1872; to Topeka, 1890. Office: 611 Kan. Ave.
Greer, Wilber J .- Professor Latin, Washburn Coll .; born, Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1868; son of Thomas F. and Nina (Shera) G .; educated, Miami Univ., Ohio, A. B., '89, and A. M., '94, and graduate student, Univ. of Chicago, 1898-1901; married Cora Dills, Green-
ville, Ohio, June 30, 1898; principal, pre- paratory dept., and instructor, Latin and Greek, Miami Univ., 1890-98; instructor, Latin, Chicago Manual Training School, 1901; instructor, Washburn Coll., since Sept., 1903 ; lecturer, Roman law, Wash- burn Law School; mem. Am. Philologic- al Assn. Res .: 1734 Clay.
Gregg, David T .- Born, North To- peka, Dec. 10, 1869; son of S. C. and Melvina (Haines) G .; educated, Topeka Business Coll., and Chicago Law School, '93; read law under Vance & Campbell, and Quinton & Quinton; admitted to bar, 1895; asst. city atty., Dec., 1898- June, 1901. Office : 517 Kan. Ave.
Gresser, E. S .- Born, Geneseo, Ill., Aug. 7, 1870; son of F. E. and Christina (Dannenfelser) G .; married Ora B. Huff, K. C., Mo., Oct. 12, 1898; to To- peka, Jan., 1886; mgr. Kan. Phonograph Co., 3 years ; gen. bookkeeper, First Nat. Bank, 3 years; originator, nickel in slot arrangement with phonograph machines ; phonograph business, Chicago, 31/2 years ; with Midland Bank, Dodge City, Kan., I year; cashier, Citizens' State Bank, N. Topeka, since May 10, 1898; dir. same bank. Office: 801 N. Kan. Avenue.
Griffin, Albert .- Born, N. Y. City, March 16, 1834; son of Benjamin F. and Sarah L. (Drew) G .; married Ellen G. Lincoln, Chicago, 1869; started in printing trade, 1846; admitted to bar in Topeka, 1857, and practiced until 1862; worked on Paola (Kan.) Republican, 1861-62; at printing trade, Chicago, until Dec., 1865; editor and business mgr., Nationalist (Mobile, Ala.), about 4 years; mem. constitution convention which reconstructed Alabama; owner and editor, Manhattan (Kan.) Standard, changed to the Nationalist, Dec., 1870, to 1886; originated Anti-Saloon Rep.
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movement ; spent 4 years in the East in its interests ; editor, New York Mail and Express (weekly), 7 months, 1889; es- tablished, with Frank A. Root, the To- peka Independent, 1897; editor and pro- prietor, Girard (Kan.) News during part of 1898; since then has been in printing business; has contributed to Kansas Magazine, Chautauquan, Out- look (N. Y.), Harper's Weekly, and oth- er papers : Author : Key Note, 1896, and Hocus Pocus Money Book, 1904. Res .: 321 Kan. Ave.
Griffin, James F .- Born, Methuen, Mass., Nov. 4, 1834; son of Miles F. and Cynthia L. (Alden) G .; received common and high school education ; married Hetty R. Parson, Oct. 12, 1880; bookkeeper in Boston, 10 years; citizen clerk, quartermaster's dept., dept. of supplies, Army of Potomac, 2 years ; in commissary dept., headquarters, Vt. Bri- gade, I year; to Topeka, 1866; asst. cashier, Topeka Nat. Bank, 6 years; cashier, Topeka State Bank, 9 years ; has been in fire insurance business for last 17 years ; treas., Washburn Coll., last 17 years. Office : Real Estate Bldg.
Griggs, P. W .- Born, Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 10, 1854; son of Orlando and Sophia (Smithers) G .; married Annette Carle, 1879; to Kan., Jan., 1876; taught school, Shawnee Co., 4 years ; worked for James Seery, implement dealer, 4 years ; Warner & Griggs, implement dealers, 8 years; Griggs & Co., 1892-1902; Griggs & Moneypenny since 1902; ex-pres., 2d ward Sunday School Assn .; ex-pres., City S. S. Assn., and Co. S. S. Assn. Store : 206-08 W. 6th.
Grigs, A. D .- Born, Naples, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1845; educated, Lenox Coll., Ohio, 1861-62; to Marysville, Kan., 1865 ; to Topeka, 1880; with brother sold photographic supplies till 1893; since
then has been a photographer. Gallery : 334 Quincy.
Griley, Joseph .- Born, Coshocton Co., Ohio, Sept. 19, 1859; son of Longin and Katherine (Spickert) G .; married, first, Feb. 1, 1883, to Emma Heck, who died May 18, 1899; second, to Katherine Trost, Zanesville, Ohio, Sept., 1900; has been a barber for over 30 years; barber, Zanesville, II years ; ward assessor, 3 or 4 terms; to Topeka, April, 1884; has been a barber here for over 19 years; has been councilman, 2d ward, since elec- tion, 1901. Res. : 4th and Hancock.
Grimes, Frank E .- Born, Greenville, Ohio, 1859; received common school and commercial college education; married Clara E. Carter, Sept. 5, 1883 ; to Kan- sas, 1887; grocery and real estate busi- ness, Wichita Co .; register of deeds, Wichita Co., 2 terms; mem. Kan. Leg- islature, 2 terms ; state treas., 1899-1903; now fiscal agt., in Topeka, and dir., K. C., Mexico & Orient R. R. Office : 819 Kan. Ave.
Griswold, J. P .- Born, New Haven, Conn .; married Leila M. Garrett, Ba- tavia, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1877; began learn- ing milling business, 1859; to Topeka, 1871 ; became a member Shawnee Mill- ing Co., 1871, and has been connected with it ever since; now pres. of company. Mills : 3d and Kan. Ave.
Groll, Joseph .- Born, Germany, Aug. 31, 1847; received commercial school ed- ucation and attended a gymnasium, Germany, 2 years; lieut., German Army, in Franco-Prussian War; in battle of Gravelotte; to Am., and came to Garnett, Kan., 1876; clerk, grocery store, I year ; clerk, boot and shoe business, 2 years ; insurance and loan business, Garnett, 1879-89; to Topeka, 1889; has been in ins. and loan business with Mr. McKit- rick since then; collector of claims in
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all parts of the world. Office : 420 Kan. Avenue.
Grubbs, Lewis, M. D .- Born, Wash- ington Court House, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1841 ; son of Stephen and Diana (Hol- land) G .; educated, Med. Coll. of Ohio, M. D., '71; married Rebecca J. Wiley, Feb., 1873; 3 years service, Civil War; pres., Jane C. Stormont Hosp. and Training School for Nurses; ex-pres., City Bd. of Health ; ex-pres., U. S. Pen- sion Bd .; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Kan. State Med. Soc., and Shawnee Co. Med. Soc .; to Dover, Kan., 1871; to Topeka, 1880. Office : 603 Kan. Ave.
Gustafson, C. F .- Born, Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 1854; son of Gust and Annie G .; educated in Stockholm com- mon schools; married Josephine Bos- trom, Dec., 1879; to Am., settling in To- peka, 1880; worked in the Santa Fe Rwy. shops, 2 years; for the Topeka Water Co., 15 years; in 1898, Sept. 28, es- tablished in plumbing business; Conklin & Gustafson, plumbers. Store: 627 Quincy.
Guthrie, John .- Born, Switzerland Co., Ind., July 2, 1829; son of William and Margaret (Japp) G .; married Mary C. H. Updegraff, a native of Ohio; taught school 3 or 4 years; read law un- der Lewis Chamberlain, Logansport, Ind .; dist. atty., Miami and Cass Coun- ties, Ind .; practiced law, Logansport, Ind., 1858-66; capt. Co. D., 46th Ind. vol. inf., Civil War; to Topeka, 1866; mem. Kan. Legislature from Shawnee Co., 1868-70; Guthrie & Brown, lawyers, 1873-82; Guthrie & Bergen, 1882-84; dist. judge, 1884-92; practiced law alone till apptd. post master, Topeka, 1898; presidential elector for Grant, 1872; as- sociated with C. K. Holliday, Judge Saf- ford, D. L. Lakin, and others, in build- ing A. T. & S. F. R. R. to K. C .; prof.
med. jurisprudence, Kan. Med. Coll., 3 years. Office : Post office.
Guy, J. H .- Born, Fayette Co., Ohio, 1862 ; son of John and Caroline (Collier) G .; educated, West Geneva Coll., North- wood, Ohio, 1875-79; married Ella M. Glenn, Topeka, 1896; admitted to bar, 1882; was first colored lawyer admitted to practice by supreme court of Ohio; to Topeka, 1885, and has been in prac- tice here ever since; deputy co. atty., Shawnee, 1896-1900; pres. Interstate Literary Assn. (col.) of Kan. and the WVest. Office : 429 Kan. Ave.
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Hackney, George .- Born, Cheshire, England, May 26, 1826; son of John and Anna (Simonds) H .; married Martha Jepson, Cheshire, Eng., April 5, 1847; master mechanic, C. M. & St. P. Rwy., Milwaukee, Wis., 1863-68; chief en- gineer Milwaukee Iron Co., 1868-75; master mechanic, C. B. & Q. Rwy., Galesburg, Ill., 1875-77 ; supt. machinery, A. T. & S. F. Rwy., Topeka, 1877-91 ; to Kansas, 1877. Res. : 901 Monroe.
Hackney, George Wesley .- Born, Milwaukee, Wis., April 28, 1877; son of Herbert and May Louisa (Todd) H .; educated, Northwestern Univ., prepara- tory course, and Chicago Athenaeum; messenger, Chicago Elevated Terminal Rwy. Co., 1892; in dept. of collections, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 ; bookkeeper and shipping clerk, To- peka Milling Co., 1893-97; sec., 1898- 1902; sec. and treas., 1903-05; junior mem. firm of Hackney & Co., millers and manufacturers of flour, corn and cereal goods, self-rising flour, etc., 1905. Res. : 911 Monroe.
Hackney, Herbert .- Born, Cheshire, England, Jan. 30, 1850; son of George and Martha (Jepson) H .; married Anna
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S. Norton, Chicago, Jan. 31, 1882; lo- comotive engineer, 1869-73; student, mechanical engineering course, Cornell Univ., 1873-76; chief engineer, Chicago Rolling Mill Co., 1876-78; mgr. Brown, Rownell & Co., Youngstown, Ohio, 1878- 80; mgr. Calumet Iron & Steel Co., Chi- cago, 1880-82; mgr. Oregon Iron & Steel Co., Portland, 1882-83; asst. supt. ma- chinery, A. T. & S. F. Rwy., Topeka, 1887-89; pres., Topeka Milling Co .; senior mem. of Hackney & Co .; to To- peka, 1883. Res. : 911 Monroe.
Hagan, Eugene .- Born, Monroe Co., Mo., July 8, 1859; son of James and Mary H .; graduated, Univ. of Ken- tucky; began law practice, Chicago, 1879; to Topeka, 1880; was partner with George R. Peck until his removal to Chicago; since then has been alone in practice, with exception of 3 years; U. S. dist. atty. for Kan. and Okla., 1885; married Madge Johnston, Topeka, Jan., 1899. Office : 433 Kan. Ave.
Hale, M. M .- Born near Clarksville, Clinton Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1833; son of Eli and Ann (Hadley) H .; educated, Earlham Coll., 2 years; married, 1859, to Lizzie Merritt, Waynesville, Ohio; sergt. 35th Ohio inf., 2 years of Civil War; to Kan., Feb., 1870, and settled near Topeka; justice of the peace, 6 years; co. commissioner, I term; has been elected city treas. for 3 terms. Of- fice : City Bldg.
Hamilton, Charles B .- Born, Paris, Ill., Jan. 13, 1875; son of William H. and Mary (Bowen) H .; educated, Knox Coll., and Steinmann's Business Coll .; married Faye Landreth, Manitowoc, Wis., Jan. 27, 1904; steward and purser of various steamers, Goodrich Line, on Lake Mich., 4 years; mgr. of several hotels of Harvey System, 2 years ; chief steward, Goodrich fleet of passenger
steamers, Chicago; 1902, became one of proprietors, Grand Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; now controls it; Nov., 1904, be- came head of Hamilton Hotel Co., oper- ating the Throop Hotel, 4th and Kan. Avenue.
Hamilton, Clad .- Born, May 17, 1867, East Meredith, Del. Co., N. Y .. son of John and Margaret (Mitchell) H .; educated, Univ. of Kan., LL. B., '92; married Helen Wells, Lansing, Mich., Jan. 17, 1901; began practice, 1892; asst. state atty. gen., 1901; co. auditor, Shawnee, 1900 to 1901; police judge, 1903-05; capt. Kan. Nat. Guards ; lecturer, criminal law, Washburn Law School; dir. Kan. State Hist. Soc. Of- fice : Crawford Bldg.
Hamilton, Harry H .- Born, Paris Ill., May 29, 1877; son of William H. and Mary (Bowen) H .; educated, Dixon (Ill.) High School, and Steinmann's Business Coll .; asst. purser of steamers of the Goodrich Line; contracting freight agt. of Vanderbilt fast freight lines; stationed at Milwaukee, Mem- phis, Toledo, and Chicago, successively ; sec. Hamilton Hotel Co., operating the Throop Hotel, since Nov., 1904. Hotel : 4th and Kan. Ave.
Hamilton, J. D. M .- Claim atty., A. T. & S. F. Rwy .; born, Pittsburg, Pa., July 18, 1851 ; son of John S. and Sara (Miller) H .; educated, Knox Coll., A. M., '75, and graduate St. Louis Law School, '76; married Maymie Rice, Keo- kuk, Iowa, Feb. 28, 1878; admitted to bar, 1877; practiced law, Fort Madison, Iowa; in law dept., Burlington R. R., 6 or 8 years; local atty., Fort Madison, Santa Fe Rwy., 1885-98; to Topeka, June 20, 1898, and has been claim atty. ever since. Res. : 815 Western Ave.
Hamilton, W. C., M. D .- Born, Rich- mond, Va., 1839; educated, Buffalo
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Univ., and Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Paris, France, M. D., '60; served in Con- federate Army during Civil War; prac- ticed medicine, Chicago, till 1879; to To- peka, 1879; has been in practice here ever since; married, 1879, to Libby Al- len, who died, 1894. Office : 524 Quincy.
Hammel, George M .- Born, Ger- many, Oct. 14, 1849; son of Andrew and Margaret (Ruck) H .; married N. Ella Gatewood, Topeka, June 9, 1878; to Topeka, March 30, 1878; has been in tailoring business since Oct. 12, 1880. Store: 515 Kan. Ave.
Hammond, C., M. D .- Born, Lyn- don, Kan., 1873; son of Joseph and Adelade H .: educated, Presbyterian Coll., Emporia, Kan., Central Business Coll., Marion-Sims-Beaumont Coll. of Med., and Kan. Med. Coll .; married Mollie Moody, Oakley, Kan., July 3, 1893 ; practiced 3 years, Oklahoma, and Wallace Co., Kan .; has been in practice here last 10 years. Office : 704 Kan. Ave.
Hampe, H. W .- Minister; born, Hanover, Germany, April 30, 1827; son of John C. F. and Helena (Helmbrecht) H .; married Margaret Beltz, Stark Co., Ohio, 1853; has been in ministry, 54 years, in Pa., Ohio, and Kan .; to To- peka, 1879; pastor of First Wesleyan Methodist church, 1879 to 1881; now superannuated. Author : A Bouquet of Flowers in Rhyme on the Liquor Trade, Person of Christ (a pamphlet ), and The Eternity of the Person of Christ. Post office address : Station B., Topeka.
Handy, N. F .- Born, Colesville, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1832; son of Calvin and Hannah (Brown) H .; educated, Dela- ware Literary Institute, Franklin, N. Y .; married Elizabeth Paterson Smith, Whitney's Point, N. Y., Sept., 1856; ad- mitted to the bar, Binghamton, N. Y., 1856; practiced, Tioga Co., Pa., I year ;
practiced, Mauch Chunk, Pa., 10 or 15 years; editor, Mauch Chunk Gazette, during Civil War; first came to Kansas, 1857; commenced law practice, Topeka, 1885 ; has been dir. Topeka Free Public Library for the last 10 years. Res. : 1275 Topeka Ave.
Hankla, T. J .- Born, Boyle Co., Ky., Feb. 23, 1850; son of Scott and Lucy (Duncan) H .; received academic educa- tion, Harmonia Coll .; to Leavenworth, Kan., March 15, 1869; clerk, freight of- fice, U. P. R. R., 2 years ; hotel busi- ness, Emporia, 1871-77 ; grocery business in connection, 1870-72 ; 5th Ave. Hotel, Topeka, Oct., 1877-82; Windsor Hotel, Feb., 1882-July, 1884; 5th Ave., 1885- 90; Nat. Hotel, 1890-99; prop. 5th Ave. Hotel, again, since 1902. Hotel: 5th and Quincy.
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