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S. E. CHAMBERLAIN,
Architect. Was born in Hedgetown, Seneca county, Ohio, and was reared in his native place, learning the carpenter trade. In 1860 he went to Peru, Ind., followed his trade till April 19, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Indiana, and was discharged June 26, 1862, on account of physical disability. Participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Green Brier. Winchester, Va., and other skirmishes. From the service he went to Lambertville, N. J .; remained four months, went to Ohio, and there remained till the spring of 1863, when he went to Fort Wayne, Ind. Stayed till August and went to Chicago, remaining till October, 1864, when he went to Niles, Mich., and in January, 1869, returned to Chica- go. In 1878 he moved to Kansas City, commenced following his trade and also studying architecture till 1869, since which time he has made architecture his ex- clusive business. Was married to Miss Annette Corell, September 25, 1867. She is a native of Pennsylvania and was born in Erie county, December 25, 1843. Have one child, Robert E.
G. E. CHAMBERS,
Carpenter and contractor. Was born in Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, No- vember 29, 1834. When eighteen years of age he went to Princeton, Bureau county, Ill., and 1860 to Des Moines, Iowa. Remained three years and then returned to Illinois, where he lived until 1865, and then removed to Kansas City. Has resided in Jackson county since that time and has followed his present trade from boyhood. His principal work since locating here, has been erecting public school buildings ; has built several, in different parts of the county.
A. L. CHARLES,
General commission merchant. Was born in Charleston, Pa., in 1820. His father dying when he was very young, he was early thrown upon his own resources to procure a livelihood, and chosing the trade of a miller he became apprenticed to that business. In 1843 he left his native town and went to Dayton, Ohio, where he was employed by Joseph H. Dryden to superintend his milling and distilling business. Upon leaving him, in 1854, he went to Middletown, Ohio, and estab- lished himself in the same business, which he followed until 1865, and then closed up. After prospecting in various States, he came to Kansas City in the fall of 1867, and in the same year established himself in general commission busi- ness, where he has been successful in his business career, and, having grown up with the new city, his commission business is one of its permanent establishments. In 1849 he married Miss Frances Dryden, near Dayton, Ohio, and they have six children : Joseph D. (clerking for his father), and Oscar (who is his father's head bookkeeper), A. Lester (a graduate of the Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons, and now a practicing physician at Bunker Hill, Kansas), Nancy (attending the Central high school), and Catherine (attending the Lathrop school).
JOSEPH CHEW,
Physician and surgeon, was born in Fredericksburg, Va., October 16, 1812, where he received a good common school education. Leaving there with his parents in his eighteenth year, he went to Lexington, Ky., and from that time until he was twenty-five he was more or less engaged in the mercantile business.
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In 1827 he began the study of medicine under Dr. Joseph G. Chinn, of Lexing- ton, and graduated from the medical department of the Transylvania University, of Kentucky, in the spring of 1842. Soon after he came to Missouri and located at Richmond, where he built up a lucrative practice and where he lived until 1860, when he came to Kansas City, and here he has had a good practice for over twenty years. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Mary Lamme, of Fayette county, Kentucky, whom he married December 23, 1833, and who died June 11, 1844. They had two children, V. T. Chew, M. D. (of Collins county, Texas, ), and Maria Helen (wife of E. M. Sloan, of St. Louis). He second wife was Miss Mary A. Moore, of Ray county, Missouri, by whom he has four children, Addie (wife of W. W. Morris, of Virginia City, Montana Territory), Virginia (living with her sister, Mrs. Morris), Mary Price and Robert Lee, living at home.
E. CHELLIS,
Grain and produce merchant, was born in Meriden, New Hampshire, in 1826, residing there until his majority. He received a liberal education, and after this removed to Vermont, locating at Barre. Here he remained a period of eight years and then went to Faufox, making this his home until 1860. During this time he was engaged in the milling and lumbering business. Leaving here he removed to the town of Georgia and engaged in railroading and after remaining six years he returned to Faufox; thence to Kansas City in the spring of 1871, and has here made his home since, having been engaged in many enterprises tending to advance the growth of his adopted city. In 1855 he was married to Miss Amanda B., daughter of Dr. A. G. Taylor, a prominent physician of Sedon. They have one daughter, Ruth.
HARRY P. CHILD,
Superintendent of the Kansas City Stock Yards, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Octo- ber 7, 1848, and is a son of Dr. A. L. Child, who is living a retired life in Plats- month, Neb. In 1854 the subject of this sketch, moved to Monmonth, Ills., and located on a farm, where he remained till the fall of 1859, and then he came to Kan- sas City ; in the spring of 1861 went to Chicago, and spent his time in a school until the spring of 1863, when he apprenticed himself to the printer's trade, and was engaged in the Journal office for two years. Then had to retire from this position on account of his failing health, and accepted the position as clerk for the Union Stock Yards, C. B. & Q. Division, continuing till the fall of 1869, when he returned to Kansas City and was engaged with J. L. Mitchener in buy- ing and shipping live stock. June 2, 1871, he was appointed yardmaster of the Kansas City Stock Yards. January 1, -, he was appointed to his present position on account of vacancy made by the death of L. V. Morse.
. HENRY E. CLARK,
Superintendent of the Gas Works, is a native of Massachusetts, born in Roxbury in 1829. He early immigrated to Pennsylvania, locating in Philadelphia, and in 1853 removed to Bloomington, Ill., and was for ten years connected with the gas works. In 1870 he took a trip to Denver, Col., and in 1871 came to Kansas City, taking charge of the gas works here. Since then he has been connected with them, and under his directions, the business has increased so rapidly that the company contemplate enlarging the building the coming year.
THOMAS C. CLARY,
Dealer in drugs and medicines, was born in Lewis county, New York, on the 24th of July, 1846, where he lived with his parents until about eight years of age, and then removed to Wisconsin, settling in Waukesha county. Was brought up on a farm and attended the public schools. At the age of about twenty years he
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came to Kansas City, where he became engaged in railroad business, first in the capacity of a fireman which he followed on the Fort Scott & Gulf road for the period of two years, and then as an engineer, in which capacity he continued for eleven years. He then worked at lead mining at Galena, Kansas, where he was very successful, following this for one and a half years. Then came to this city and embarked in the drug business, still retaining an interest in the mines. He has a fine brick residence and property on the bluff and flat in West Kansas City, besides a fine drug business, where he carries a stock worth about $2,000. He was married in the year 1872 to Miss Anna Flanery, of Kansas City ; they have four children : James A., Thomas F., Joseph, and Anna M.
V. W. CODDINGTON,
Architect, is a son of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Osburn) and was born in Linton Greene county, Ind., July 5, 1852. When twelve years of age they moved to Menomee, Wis, his physical labor till nineteen years of age being that of a carpen- ter. Then went to Champaign, Ill., taking a course of studies in the State Industrial University, graduating in his profession in 1875, after which he took a post-graduate course of two years, having charge of the practical part of the architectural school. In the spring of 1878 he located in Kansas City, and im- mediately began the practice of his profession, which he has pursued with a con- siderable degree of success. He was married to Miss Alice Lee, June 15, 1876. She is a native of Mt. Auburn, Ill. They have one child, Corinne.
WILLIAM H. COE,
Physician and Surgeon. The subject of this sketch was born in DeKalb county, Georgia, July 17, 1849, and removed with his parents to Atlanta, Georgia, where he was reared. He received a good English and classical education at the schools and academy, at Atlanta, and at Conyers Institute near that city, and at the age of eighteen entered upon a regular course of medical study under the instructions of Dr. J. F. Alexander, a physician of fine professional attainments and much practical skill. Graduating from Atlanta Medical College in 1871, he formed a partnership with Dr. Alexander, which continued for three years. In 1872 Dr. Coe was elected city physician of Atlanta, and a member of the board of health. During the same year he was also elected adjunct professor to the chair of diseases of the eye and ear and clinical surgery, in Atlanta Medical College, which posi- tion he held for two years. In 1874 he was elected secretary of the board of health, and two years later was made its president and became the chief health officer of the city. He was a member of the State Medical Association of Georgia, and also a member of the Atlanta Academy of Medicine. For a man of his years Dr. Coe has had a large experience, and has been intimately associated with the ablest physicians of Georgia. He attended Hon. Alexander H. Stephens during his severe illness in 1876, at Liberty Hall, Crawfordsville, Georgia, and has since received from that distinguished statesman a most flattering testimonial of personal respect and professional appreciation. Dr. Coe is a man of pleasing address and progressive ideas. He is a devoted medical student and a close observer of human nature. He came to Kansas City in March, 1878, and bids fair to make his mark in his chosen profession in his new home.
W. H. COLLINS,
Druggist, was born in Howard county, Missouri, October 4, 1848, and when ten years of age removed with his parents to Clinton county, this State, residing there a short time ; thence to Henry county, where he lived until his majority. In 1869 he commenced the study of his profession under the direction of J. D. Trolinger, of Clinton, Missouri, where he continued to live and follow his profes- sion for several years. From this place, came to Kansas City, where he has
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made it his home ever since. Shortly after coming here he accepted a clerkship in a drug store, which position he held for eight years, during four of which he took full charge of the store. In 1878, he established his business in the large room, where he does a large business, and has built up an enviable reputation as a careful prescriptionist. On the 18th day of July, 1880, he married Miss Lota Gage, of Kansas City, but a native of Kansas, born in Leavenworth, and the daughter of Henry Gage, Esq.
JOHN CONLON,
Machinist and plasterer by trade, was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1845, and when eighteen years of age immigrated to the United States, landing at St. Louis, Mo. He early entered the Model National School, where he pursued his studies faithfully until 1864, when he graduated. He continued to reside in St. Louis, working at his trade of carpenter, until 1868, when he came to Kansas City, and resumed his former occupation; and he has built many fine buildings here. In May, 1880, he became engaged as book-keeper in the establishment of R. B. Farley, where he is now employed.
JOHN D. S. COOK
Was born in Ulster county, New York, and when an infant removed to Oswego county, receiving a common school education there and in Ulster county, where the family returned in 1847. In 1849, his father went to Sullivan county and to Wayne county, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and during this time, John was attending the Delaware Literary Institute, of Franklin, Delaware county, New York, where he completed preparations for college in 1852. Then taught school in northern Pennsylvania until the fall of 1855, when he entered Union College, at Schenectady, graduating therefrom in 1859, in the last class taught by the famous Dr. Nott. He studied law in Kingston, N. Y., and also at the Albany Law School, where he graduated in 1861, and then returned to Kingston, remaining in the office of his former perceptor until October, 1861. He was mustered into the U. S. ser- vice as first-lieutenant of Company I, 20th regiment N. Y. S. M., and com- manded his company at the battles of Norman's Ford, Warrentown Springs, Second Bull Run, and Chantilly, Va., in August and September, 1862, and at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 15-17, 1862. Was promoted to captain in March, 1863, and promoted provost marshal at Aqua Creek, Va., in May and June, 1863. He also commanded the company at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., and after that fight was attached to the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, taking part in its campaign in Virginia, at Mine River, under General Meade, and in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and before Petersburg, under General Grant. December 19, 1864, he resigned from the army, on account of the death of his father, returned to Penn- sylvania, and settled up the estate, and in the fall of 1865 was married to Rose E. Barlow, of Scranton, same State. Then he removed to Caldwell county, Missouri, and engaged in the practice of law, holding the positions of county attorney two years and assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1867-8. In 1870 came to Kansas City, and has since been practicing his profession. Was register in bankruptcy in June, 1874, holding the office until the repeal of the law. He is Republican in politics, and has been a delegate to several State con- ventions, and was alternate delegate to the Chicago National Convention in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Cook have four children, two sons and two daughters.
JAMES W. COOK.
Was born in Lexington, Kentucky, March 31, 1821, and resided there until his majority, receiving his education in the schools of that city. In 1856 he re- moved to Kansas City, and soon after engaged in the dry goods business, con-
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tinuing it until 1868. During this time was also engaged in the real estate busi- ness and ran a dairy for eight years, milking as many as thirty cows at a time. In 1859 he was elected a member of the city council, and again in 1868, serving for two years. He is the originator of what is known as the Kansas City Green- back Scrip, which was the result of saving to the citizens of thousands of dollars. As a citizen, he stands high in the estimation of the people. Has been twice married. First, in 1846 to Miss Eliza A. Pickett, of Lexington. She died March 15, 1880, leaving six children : William P., George W., Thomas H., Jennie C., John R. and Henry C. His second marriage occurred in April, 1881, to Miss Fannie A. Baird, of Lexington, and a sister-in-law of the celebrated temperance lecturer, Geo. W. Baird.
D. J. COON,
Dealer in mantels, grates, brass andirons, fenders, etc. This is a branch of busi- ness quite new west of the Mississippi. The beautiful designs in mantels, brass findings and floor tiles, both American and imported, are enough to convince purchasers wishing to ornament their houses that they cannot be excelled any- where. He has had a long experience in the business. He is a native of New Jersey, having been born at Plainfield, April 21, 1848. His first experience in the business was in the house of W. D. & A. S. Nichols, of New York City, as clerk, being with this firm from 1871 to '78. He came to Kansas City in January, 1879, and opened his business in 716 Main street, where he has two rooms, each twenty-two by sixty-five being his sample and sale-rooms, also having a large stock in store in his store-room on Grand avenue. His patrons are in many of the western towns of Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.
GEORGE C. COWART,
Attorney. Was born in Canton, April 23, 1846. He was educated in Columbia College, New York, graduating in 1869. After graduating he went to Newark, New Jersey, where he studied law under Hon. A. S. Hubbell, and was admitted to the bar at the same place in February, 1871, and where he practiced until July, 1877. Then came to Kansas City and opened an office in No. 16, West Fifth street.
HENRY H. CRAIG,
Is a native of Woodford county, Kentucky, and was born March 13, 1849. He was the son of Henry H. and Emily C., who belong to one of the oldest and most honored families of Kentucky, and who can trace their genealogy back several hundred years. Henry was educated in his native State and showed a taste to no small extent, for mathematics and classics. He also enjoyed outdoor sports, and when about fourteen years of age left home and joined Scott's Loui- siana Cavalry. When eighteen years old he began to teach school, and followed this profession several terms. In 1868 he began the study of law at Versailles, Kentucky, with Gov. T. P. Porter and was licensed to practice by two Supreme Judges, Chief Justice Williams and Judge Robinson. In 1869 he moved to Kansas City and began the practice of his profession. Mr. Craig was elected in November, 1876, by a large majority to the Missouri House of Representatives from the fourth district of Jackson county. He acted on several important com- mittes, notwithstanding he was one of the youngest members of the house. He has held the position of Past Chancellor in the order of Knights of Pythias. We should mention the company of " Craig Rifles," of Kansas City. This military organization originated amidst the excitement of the labor strike of July, 1877. The city was then without available means of defense and was hourly threatened by riotous bands and gangs of vagrants, made bold by its helplessness. At this time Mr. C. called around him a band of young men for the defense of the city. The organization was effected one night in the new court house and
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Capt. Craig had under his command 160 men rank and file. After the strike was over the company disbanded, and the younger members organized a perma- nent military company which they named " Craig Rifles," in honor of our sub- ject. In 1880 Mr. C. was appointed by the Governor, Police Commissioner, which position he now holds.
SENECA L. CRANE,
Weighmaster at Kansas City stock yards, Pacific side. Was born in Portage county, Ohio, July 23, 1840, and was reared and educated in his native county. His father, Edward M., was born in the same county June 16, 1810, where he yet resides, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits from youth. In the fall of 1861 the subject of this sketch went to Michigan for a short time and soon returned to Ohio. In the fall of 1862 he went to Wisconsin and was there en- gaged in the pineries. In June, 1863, went to Minnesota for a short time, and thence to Hancock, county, Illinois, where he was engaged in the stock business till December, 1864. From there to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was em- ployed in the quartermaster department from January, 1865, till June, 1865, when he went to his native home. Remaining two months he went to Hancock county, Illinois, and in November, 1867, came to Kansas City, where he was engaged under the . Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, holding different offices till November, 1878. Then began work for the Kansas City stock yards company as night yardmaster, retaining this position one year, when he was appointed to his present situation. Was married to Miss Addie McGowan, of Albany, New York, November 9, 1871. They have one child, Frank A., born February 5, 1877.
A. B. CROSS,
Architect. Was born near Camden, New York, December 9, 1826, where he lived with his parents until he attained his majority, obtaining a good common school education. When twenty-one, in 1847, he went into the office of A. B. Stone, an architect, of New York City, where he studied the principles of archi- tecture for two years, and then went to St. Louis, Missouri, finishing his studies with John Johnson, studying with him two years, and then, in 1851, became connected with him in the business in that city, and remained with him until 1858, when he came to Kansas City. He is the pioneer architect of the city, and to whom it is indebted for many of its beautiful buildings. His patrons are not only found in Kansas City, or the State of Missouri, but his designs are to be seen in the cities and towns of Kansas, Texas, and Colorado. In April, 1858, he married Mrs. R. Taylor, of St. Louis.
LOUIS DAENZER,
Dealer in fruits, confectionery, cigars, etc. Was born in Prussia, on the Rhine, March 8, 1828. At the age of fourteen he started out for himself, and found em- ployment at Griessen University, where he remained three years. Then went to various places until he found himself at Heidelberg, where he remained during the revolution of Baden, being employed as waiter in several principal hotels, more particularly the Prince Karl, and while there served many important per- sonages, among whom were the Queen of England, Emperor of Germany, and Emperor of Russia. Leaving he went to London and found employment in the Café Verry, the famous French restaurant, remaining there during the exhibition of 1851. Then went to the Royal Hotel, Manchester, England, there meeting one of the proprietors of the St. Nicholas Hotel, New York City ; he engaged with him as head waiter for that hotel, sailed at once for New York, where he ar- rived in April, 1854; remained in that position one year. Came thence to Chi- cago, where he formed a co-partnership with a Mr. May ; they started one of the
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first first-class European hotels in that city. Sold his interest to his partner in the fall of 1857, and came to Kansas City, where he opened a fruit and confec- tionery store on Main street. In 1874 he removed to Wyandott county, Kansas, there following farming until opening his present place. He was married at Chi- cago, Illinois, in November, 1856, to Miss Emelia Steiger. Six children have been born to them, five now living. Mrs. Daenzer died in Kansas, September 14, 1876.
C. A. DANNAKER,
Physician and surgeon. Was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 20th of October, 1848, and was educated in the schools of that city, where he received a fine education. At the age of seventeen years he entered a noted college, at which school he was a student for about two years, when he entered the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. There he took a four years' course, including his medical education. He began the study of medicine in 1868, and graduated on the 12th of March, 1872. After graduating he went to Bedford, Bedford county, where he engaged in the practice of his profession, and continued in business there for eight years. He served three years in the capacity of surgeon for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and in this secured a good education in surgery. He was also county physician for Bedford county for two years. He came to Kansas City on the 20th of April, 1880, and commenced the practice of his pro- fession, and by attention to business has succeeded in working up a nice practice. He was corresponding secretary of the Bedford County Medical Society while in Bedford.
W. T. DAWSON,
Physician and surgeon. Was born May 22, 1857, in Columbus, Georgia, and is of Scotch descent. He was principally reared in Baltimore, Maryland, and re- ceived excellent educational advantages, graduating from Princeton (New Jersey) College with honors in 1877. He then took a two years' course of medicine at the University of Maryland, and graduated from there and received his diploma. Then spent one year in the hospital there, and came to Kansas City in December, 1880. He intends making a permanent residence here, and possessing the true spirit of industry, and as he understands his profession thoroughly, he is already becoming very popular with the people of Kansas City.
DELONG & BAKER,
Upholsterers. This firm is composed of H. L. DeLong and C. C. Baker. The former was born in the city of Utica, New York, on the 11th day of March, 1843, where he was brought up and educated. There learned the trade of an uphol- sterer, where he worked under instructions from 1865 to 1868. After finishing his apprenticeship, he became engaged as a journeyman mechanic, serving, however, but a short time, when he traveled from city to city and followed his trade for several years. Finally settled at Binghamton, New York, where he was engaged at his trade for five years. In 1880 he came to Kansas City and entered into a partnership with a Mr. Reynolds in the upholstery business. January Ist, 1881, the firm was dissolved and the present partnership was formed. He was married in 1871 to Miss Frances Reynolds, of New York. They have two children : Charlie R. and Dora Mary. Clarence C. Barker was born in Lee, Massachu- setts, on the 25th of March, 1853, and, while young, his parents removed to Lenox, same State, where he was brought up and educated. There remained till the year 1880, except one year when he worked in Albany, New York. Dur- ing his younger days he was engaged as a wholesale dealer in dressed cattle at Lenox, Massachusetts. In April, 1880, he came to Kansas City and engaged in a confectionery store, and on the Ist of January, 1881, engaged in his present business. He was married on the 21st of September, 1871, to Miss Mary J. Fitch, who died on the 3d of August, 1878, leaving one child : Helen. These
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