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souri Institute of Homeopathy, the Missouri Valley Medical Association and the Amer- ican Institute of Homeopathy. His fellow practitioners recognize his ability by accord- ing him a leading place in the ranks of his profession, and he is now enjoying a large and constantly increasing patronage.
The Doctor and his wife have two chil- dren, -Mamie and Ella Clare. Mrs. North- up's father, John C. Pitt, died at the age of sixty-eight, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-five, at the same place. Their sur- viving children are Mrs. Northup and Dr. Jesse B. Pitt, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, the only living representatives of the family.
ON. JEFFERSON BRUMBACK. -In the professions, as in other occupations of life, great works are accomplished not by strength but by perseverance, whose silent power be- comes irresistible with time, giving inight to weakness and opening the wealth of the world to all. In the field of law, numbered among the leading workers and prominent representatives of Kansas City, is the gen- tleman whose name introduces this sketch.
Mr. Brumback was born in Licking county, Ohio, February 7, 1829, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Davis) Brumback, the former a native of Page county, Vir- ginia, while the latter was born in Licking county, Ohio, and was of German lineage. The great-great-grandmother of our subject, accompanied by her son, came from Ger- many to America about 1760 and located in Page county, Virginia. This son married a Miss Anna Kauffman, who was of German extraction and owned land patented by Lord Fairfax, on which they lived until called to
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the home beyond. The paternal grandpar- ents removed to Licking county, Ohio, about the year 1820, and therc spent the remain- der of their lives. The ancestors were all farming people and won success in that voca- tion. The father of our subject also carricd on agricultural pursuits as a means of livelihood and is yet living in Licking county, Ohio, at an advanced age, his birth having occurred on the 3d of February, 1808. His father lived to be nearly ninety years of age, and the family is noted for longevity. Mrs. Brumback died many years ago. She had eleven children, namely: Jefferson, Jere- miah, Henry, Elizabeth, Artemisia, Rebecca, Marietta and Newton, all yet living; and Mary A., Amanda and Alma, now deceased.
Mr. Brumback of this sketch was reared in the county of his nativity. His early education, acquired in the public schools, was supplemented by a course in Granville College of the same county, at which insti- tution he was graduated with the class of 1852. He then took up the study of law, and in August, 1854, was admitted to the bar. He began practice in Newark, Ohio, wliere he remained until 1862, when feeling that his country needed his services he donned the blue and joined the ninety-fifth Ohio infantry. He aided in raising the reg- iment and was made major. His mcritori- ous service on the field of battle won him promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel on the 4th of October, 1862, and he served with his regiment until mustered out August 14, 1865. He was in all the engagements with his regiment, and at the battle of Rich- mond, August 30, 1862, was badly wounded by a gunshot, then taken prisoncr, but soon was paroled and cxchanged, in the spring of 1863. He participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, and the first capture
of Jackson, Mississippi, in May, 1863. Dur- ing 1864 the regiment made its headquarters at Memphis, Tennessee, and he participated in the battles of Guntown and Tupelo. In the latter part of the year the troops fol- lowed Pricc through Arkansas and Missouri, and after the rebel command left that state the union army returned to Nashville, wherc they encountered the enemy in a two-days battle. After the defeat of General Hood in December, 1864, the regiment was sent down the Mississippi to Mobile, Alabama, and took part in all the operations against the forts above that city and their capture in April, 1865. Immediately afterward the union forces proceeded to central Alabama, and the ninety-fifth Ohio was stationed there at the time of Lee's surrender. The regiment was paid at Columbus, Ohio, and then disbanded.
Colonel Brumback, after three years of faithful service on many a hotly contested battle-ficld, returned to his old home in Newark, Ohio, resumning the practice of law. He remained in that place until 1869, and in the fall of 1866 was elected judge of the court of common pleas for the district which included Licking county, Ohio. He served for about half of his term, and then resigned in order to come to Kansas City, where he arrived in September, 1869, and has since been engaged in practicc here, being num- bered among the oldest members of the Jackson county bar. He served as city counselor for a time and for one term was alderman. He has never sought office, and has many times refuscd to become a candi- date when urged to do so by his friends. As a lawyer he stands among the mnost emi- nent in the state and has been interested in numerous cases requiring the utmost skill and ability.
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Colonel Brumback was united in mar- riage, on the 18th of October, 1859, to Miss Catherine Fullerton, a native of Lick- ing county, Ohio. Five children were born to them, but only three are living, namely: Frank F., Hermann and William A. The mother passed away January 31, 1880. Socially, the colonel is connected with the Grand Army post and the Loyal Legion, and in politics he is a stalwart republican. His life has been an honorable and upright one, characterized by the faithful perform- ance of every duty of both public and pri- vate life.
0 ANIEL B. HENDERSON. - The inevitable law of destiny accords to tireless energy and industry a successful career, and in no field of endeavor is there greater opportunity for honorable advancement than in that of law, -a profession whose votaries must, if suc- cessful, be endowed with native talent, sterling rectitude of character and singleness of purpose, while equally important con- comitants are close study, careful applica- tion, and a broad general knowledge in addition to that of a more purely technical ยท order. No class of American citizens have wielded or will wield a more potent influence upon the advancement and stable prosperity of the nation than the skilled and honorable lawyers, the conservators of the eternal principles of right and justice. The subject of this review is a man of distinguished pro- fessional attainment, and although one of the younger members of the Kansas City bar holds marked precedence among the representatives of the profession.
Back to one of the oldest settled states in the union must we go in tracing the
ancestry of our subject. It was in the very cradle of the American nation, Virginia, that his father, Charles W. Henderson, was born. He is now a merchant and manu- facturer of Washington county, Maryland, and a prominent business man of that locality. He married Jane C. Brosius, a native of Maryland, and to them were born nine children, eight of whom are living. At the parents' home in Washington county, near Hancock, on the 12th of January, 1862, Daniel B. Henderson first opened his eyes to the light of day, -a welcome addition to the household, as he was the first son, three daughters being the first inembers of the family. He prepared for college at Winchester, Virginia, and then entered the University of Virginia, where he completed the course and took an academic degree in 1882. His liberal education was such as to fit him for almost any calling, and he ac- cepted a position as professor of mathe- matics and Greek in the Bellevue high school, near Lynchburg, Virginia, where he remained two years. Within that period he had determined upon the legal profession as his life work, and re-entered the State University, where he studied law and was graduated with the class of 1885.
Choosing the west as the scene of his fu- ture labors, in the fall of the same year he came to Kansas City, Missouri, and at once opened an office. He was alone in business until 1888, when he formed a partnership with G. Harrison Smith, who was one of the brightest and most able young members of the bar, and who died in 1892. , The business relation existed between them up to the time of Mr. Smith's death, and Mr. Henderson has since been alone in practice. He came to the city a perfect stranger, re- lying not upon influence or other outside aid
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to assist him in his legal career, placing his dependence entirely upon that support which ever comes to conscientious, persistent ef- fort. He had to compete with men of es- tablished reputation and tried ability, but his practice gradually increased as his tal- ents were recognized, and his clientage would be a creditable one to many an older member of the bar. He has been con- nected with a number of the most important cases that have come up for trial in the courts of the state, but has made chancery practice his specialty.
Mr. Henderson was married in 1887 to Miss Lucy M. Abbott, a native of Bedford county, Virginia, and a niece of John B. Minor, who for fifty years was at the head of the Law School of Virginia, and was one of the most eminent and successful law teachers that his country has produced. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have an interest- ing family of three children, Lucy, Charles, and Abbott. Mr. Henderson and his wife are members of the Episcopal church, and in his political views he is a democrat. The success of the present argues well for the future, and on the ladder of fame and for- tune Mr. Henderson will undoubtedly mount higher and higher.
W. LILLY, of Kansas City, is a native of Mendon, Illinois, born December 14, 1865, a son of Rev. Nathaniel W. and Annie (Winters) Lilly, natives of Pennsylvania, who were the parents of four children, two of whom are now living, namely: Zadee, wife of Marshall Taylor, and our subject. His father came to Illinois in the early settle- ment of the state. He is a minister in the Lutheran church at Foreston, Illinois, hav-
ing had a long and successful career in the ministry of the word, and is greatly beloved by all. The paternal grandfather of Dr. . Lilly was George W. Lilly, his namesake, a native of Pennsylvania and of German de- scent. He was a carpenter and contractor by trade and occupation, and a successful man of affairs. He was born in 1800, reared a large family, all of whom were rig- idly and zealously taught in the Lutheran doctrine, of which faith Mr. Lilly was a de- vout adherent. In stature he was tall and slender, and he possessed remarkable pow- ers of endurance. He lived to the remark- able age of ninety-two years, and almost to the last he chopped his own wood and did his own marketing. His character was as rugged as his physique, his home as dear to him as his life, which, in every way, con- formed to the highest ideal of a Christian and moral manhood. The Doctor's mater- nal grandfather was a native of Pennsylva- nia and of Scotch descent. He was a heavy dealer in and a breeder of cattle, but his ca- reer was somewhat checkered financially, as he made and lost several large fortunes. His death occurred after passing the three- score milestone.
Dr. Lilly was reared in Illinois till his tenth year, when he moved from place to place with his father in the discharge of ministerial work in Ohio. In this state he received a good English education in the comnion and high schools. Subsequently he began learning the printer's trade, but it not being to his taste he soon gave it up. A professional career was his choice, and at the age of eighteen years he began the study of medicine in Columbiana county, Ohio; under the direction of a private tutor, by whom he was fitted to enter the Western Reserve Medical College at Cleveland. Sub-
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sequently he entered the Kansas City Uni- versity of Medicine, from which he received a diploma in 1887, four years after taking up the study. Immediately thereafter he was given charge of a hospital at Sibley, Missouri, where he remained for one year. In 1888 he returned to Kansas City, estab- lished himself in practice and has remained ever since. While Dr. Lilly's practice is general in character, his specialty is surgery, in which he has acquired the highest profi- ciency.
He is a member of the Lutheran church, is a chapter Mason, in politics is a repub- lican, and is a member of the Jackson County and District Medical Societies.
OUIS C. STOLTE, M. D., a prac- ticing regular physician of Kansas City, belongs to that class of en- terprising young men who have left homes in the east and identified their inter- ests with those of the more progressive west.
He was born in Plattesville, Pennsyl- vania, March 4, 1861, descending from Ger- man ancestry. Both his paternal and ma- ternal grandparents spent their entire lives in the fatherland. The Doctor is a son of Jacob Stolte, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1820, and emigrated to Amer- ica in early manhood, making his home in the Keystone state, where he died in 1846. His widow still survives him, and is now living in Kansas City. The children of the family are Charles H., a baker at White Cloud, Kansas; Frederick W., who is a tin- smith, of Kansas City; Mrs. Mary C. Stein, who is living in Kansas City; and the Doctor.
The last named spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the city of his na- tivity, and its public schools supplied his
educational privileges. In 1876 he left the east and became a resident of Iowa, set- tling at Franklin center, in Lee county, where he began the study of medicine with Dr. Hermann as his teacher. In 1880 he attended medical lectures at the Kansas City Medical College, and was graduated with the class of 1882. Immediately afterward he opened an office in this place, where he has since continued.
In the same year the Doctor was united in marriage with Miss Charlotte Stolte, daughter of Louis Stolte, of Newton, Iowa, and to them were born five children, two sons and two daughters. Dr. Stolte is a member of several fraternities, including the People's Benevolent Order, the Gruelle Verein and the Woodmen of the World. In politics he is independent, but rather in- clines to the teachings of Henry George and. other advocates of the single-tax doctrines. He engages in general practice, and has built for himself an enviable position. Hc has not yet reached the zenith of his career, which, judged by the past, is full of honors for the future.
J OHN S. MUIR .- Ranking as the oldest settler in his locality and oc- cupying a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens, it is particularly consistent that some specific consideration be accorded this gentleman, Mr. John S. Muir, whose farmstead is located on section 25 of Washington township, Jackson coun- ty, Missouri.
The Muir family is of Dutch origin. The progenitor of the family in America landed in this country a number of generations ago. His descendants made their way westward to Kentucky, and in that frontier state the
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name became well known. James Muir, the grandfather of our subject, resided there for many years. Late in life he came over into Missouri and was one of the early set- tlers of La Fayette county. John Muir, the father of John S., was born in Kentucky and in that state was united in marriage to Miss Lavina Evans, a native of Kentucky and a great-granddaughter of the famous frontiersman and Indian fighter, Daniel Boone. After their marriage they settled in Clark county, Kentucky, on a farm, and continued to reside there until 1836, when they emigrated to Missouri and took up their abode at a place four miles south of Inde- pendence. Here he died of cholera in 1849, and here his widow remained until her chil- dren grew up and married, and then she made her home with them. She died in July, 1873. Both were members of the Baptist church, were earnest and devoted in their religious life, and enjoyed the confi- dence and good will of all who knew them. In their family were fourteen children, elev- en of whom attained maturity, namely: James, a resident of Arkansas; Mrs. Phoebe Wallace, Kansas City; Daniel, deceased; Mrs. Sarah J. Noland, deceased; Celia, de- ceased: John S., the subject of this sketch; Mary Ann, deceased; George, Higginsville, Missouri; Hezekiah, Kansas City; Mrs. Mary C. Holt, Kansas City; and William H., Kansas City. Five of the sons were Con- federate soldiers in the civil war, all in the same regiment under General Shelby, Hezekiah holding the rank of captain, and all served until the close of that sanguinary struggle. James lost an eye in battle.
Having thus referred to his parentage, we come now to the immediate subject of this sketch, Mr. John S. Muir. It was in Clark county, Kentucky, November 29, 1828, that
he was born, and there he passed the first nine years of his life. Then he came with the family to Missouri, and on his father's farm near Independence, surrounded by In- dians and with but few white families for neighbors, he spent his youthful days, re- maining a member of the home circle until he attained his majority. Educational ad- vantages here at that time were of course limited. The schools were on the subscrip- tion plan and were held in rude log houses, the usual tuition being ten cents a day. Mr. Muir recalls as one of his teachers Mr. James Robinson, and relates many interest- ing incidents connected with the primitive schools of this locality. About the time he attained his majority the gold discovery was made in California, and the news of this discovery spread like wild fire throughout even the most remote parts of the world, the result being a rush of gold-seekers for the Pacific coast. Swarms of people made the long and tedious journey across the plains, others went by way of Panama, while still others rounded the Horn. Among the first was found John S. Muir. He traveled in an ox train, of which Mr. Aniazon Hays, now of Westport, Missouri, was wagon-master, and they were four months and eight days in accomplishing the journey to Weaverville, California. The day following their arrival at that place they went to work in the mines, and as a result of that day's work young Muir had sixteen dollars, which he picked up with the aid of a butcher-knife. His experience in tlie mines covered a period of eighteen months, after which he returned home.
In 1852 Mr. Muir settled on his present farm, he having married the year before. This land was then all wild prairie, and all the improvements now upon it are the re-
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sult of his labor and good management. The first house he built was years afterward replaced by a more convenient and commo- dious one, which he now occupies. His farm comprises sixty acres. With the ex- ception of four years spent in Kansas City, he has resided here ever since he acquired possession of this property. During the war his place was raided by the soldiers on both sides, and he himself was many times arrested.
Mr. Muir was married in 1851 to Miss Amelia Ann Whitsett, a native of Clark coun- ty, Kentucky, and a daughter of John R. Whitsett, an early settler in Jackson county, Missouri. Mr. Muir died in March, 1864, leaving four children, namely : Mary Alice, who has been twice married, and by her first husband, Henry Lacy, has one child, and by her present husband, John M. Carr, four children; Annie E .; Rouena B., wife of Robert Campbell, of Raytown, Missouri, having three children; and Minna, wife of William McQuerry, Kansas City, with two children. In 1875 Mr. Muir wedded Miss Fannie C. Smith, a native of England, who died in 1882, leaving two children, -Walter F. and Thomas W. His present wife he married in 1882. Her maiden name was Mattie Bridgeman; she is a native of Ohio, and her father, Robert Bridgeman, was one of the early settlers of St. Joseph, Missouri, and died here in 1849. By this marriage there are no children.
Mr. and Mrs. Muir are members of the Christian church at Hickman Mills. He is a member of the F. & A. M. and the A. P. A. In the local organization of the latter he has served two years most accept- ably as president. A democrat all his life and an enthusiastic worker in party ranks, his influence and support have been much
sought after and deeply felt in campaign time. He himself has efficiently filled a number of local offices. For many years he has been school director of his district, he has served as constable of Washington town- ship, and for four years he was deputy United States Marshal under Marshal Hall.
ENRIETTA TAINTER, M. D., a physician of the eclectic school in Kansas City, was born in Indiana, on the 14th of April, 1845, and is a daughter of Samuel and Susan (Agnew) Anderson. Her father was born in Mary- land in 1813, and was a farmer by occupa- tion. On his removal to Indiana he lo- cated near Greensburg, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1883. Of the family there are now living seven children: Joseph, who is a farmer near Los Angeles, California; Jenkins, a merchant of Grand- view, Indiana; James, who carries on agri- cultural pursuits at Gonzales, Texas; Syl- vester, who is now in Marysville, Nebraska; Mrs. Marietta Oakley, whose home is in Beloit, Kansas; Mrs. Minerva Hickman, of Beloit; Mrs. Kate Paramour, of Logan, Kansas; and the Doctor.
The Doctor spent her girlhood days in Greensburg, Indiana, and is indebted to its public-school system for her literary educa- tion. She first read medicine with her maternal grandmother, Dr. Marion White, at Greensburg, and then devoted her time to nursing until 1875. In that year she be- came the wife of Dr. John W. McConnell, of Greensburg, and continued her medical studies under his direction for some time, after which she entered the Eclectic Medi- cal College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1878 came to the west with her husband, locat-
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ing in Logan, Kansas, where they engaged in practice together for about five years. They then removed to Kansas City and opened an office here. After the death of Dr. J. W. McConnell, his widow became the wife of William B. Tainter, of Kansas City. He had four children by his former wife, and with Mr. and Dr. Tainter they constitute the family.
The Doctor has a large general practice, but her skill and ability in the treatment of the diseases of women and children has turned her practice largely in that direction. She has a deep love for her profession, and by the perusal of the medical publications she keeps thoroughly abreast with the times, and is conversant with all the theories and improvements concerning the science. She has been very successful in her work and now has a paying business.
0 AVID FRANKLIN TATUM, a farmer and stock-raiser of Sniabar township, was born at the home- stead which is still his place of residence, August 12, 1842. His father, Thomas Jefferson Tatum, was born in Pat- rick county, Virginia, August 30, 1801. The grandfather, Hon. John Tatum, was a very prominent citizen of the Old Dominion and served in both houses of the legislature, while his son, Hon. Edward Tatum, was also a member of the general assembly. The father of our subject served as captain of militia both in Virginia and in Missouri. He married Elizabeth Clark, of Patrick county, and in 1838 brought his family to Missouri. His father had previously visited this state and located a tract of land near Independence, but never made his home 32
thereon. Thomas J. Tatum settled upon the farm where his son J. W. now lives and afterward removed to another farm, which he continued to cultivate for many years. He had three hundred acres of valuable land, pleasantly situated a mile northwest of Blue Springs and thereon made his home until his death, which occurred January 24, 1875. His wife passed away in March, 1846. In the family were eight children, of whom only three are now living, namely: John William, Thomas B. and David Franklin. One daughter, Priscilla, died at the age of fourteen years. Another daugh- ter, Martha C., was burned to death in 1852. Nancy E. became the wife of C. B. Shaer, and died in De Witt, Carroll county, Missouri. The youngest daughter, Sallie R., married Joseph P. Bridges, and died near Blue Springs. The third child and second son, James Edward, was killed at Lone Jack, August 16, 1862. He had enlisted on the 12th of that month as a member of company D, of Hayes' regiment, and was at the time twenty-four years of age. The father of this family always took an active interest in politics, but would never accept public office. He owned eighteen slaves, but was never a harsh taskmaster, and his kindliness toward those in his service is in- dicated by the fact that one negro family remained upon his farm for some years after freedom had been granted them. Mr. Tatum was very fond of hunting and would frequently go on deer hunts. In personal appearance he was stout and robust, was a man of temperate habits and was well pre- served up to the time of his death.
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