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T. R. RIGGINS,
Of the firm of Scarritt & Riggins, attorneys, came to Kansas City with his parents when he was six years old. He was born in Benton county, Missouri, Septem- ber 17, 1854. He was educated in the High school at Kansas City, which he at- tended until he was sixteen, and at the Pritchett Institute, at Glasgow, Mo., graduating from the High school department of that institution in June, 1872. In the fall of the same year he entered the law department of Harvard College, Mass., attending there one year, when he returned to Kansas City, completing his law course with Judge J. Brumback, in the fall of 1874, and the same fall went to Alpine, Colorado. There he resided until the fall of 1879, when he returned to Kansas City, and in January, 1880, became the junior partner of the firm of Scarritt & Riggins.
E. F. ROGERS,
General Agency, was born in Shelby county, Ky., November 29, 1830, and at about the age of six years was taken by his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana. Resided there until 1857, receiving his education in a log house in his neighbor- hood. Consequently his schooling was somewhat limited. there, but he entered the seminary at Danville, continuing his studies until he had received a common English education. Then engaged in teaching in Hendricks and Putnam coun- ties, and in 1849 was married to Miss Eliza, a daughter of David Downs, one of the earliest settlers of the county. Then was engaged in the mercantile business until 1857, when he removed to this State settling in Cass county, and there remained until the outbreak of the war. June 27, 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army, as a private in Company B, Cass county reserve corps, and the next day was promoted to the rank of quarter-master sergeant. On the Ist of August, following, was promoted to first lieutenant and regimental quarter-master, and mustered out February 28, 1862. March 1, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the second battalion company F, Missouri State Militia, and was promoted to quarter- master sergeant August 16. In an engagement with the enemy at Lone Jack, this State, while acting as aid to E. S. Foster, he was wounded by an ounce minie ball passing through the left lung, above the heart. Was sent to the hospital at Kansas City, and on the 15th of the next December was mustered out. After partially recovering he embarked in the wholesale and retail grocery trade in this city, and since then has been an active citizen in advancing every interest beneficial to the place. He served one term in the city council as president and in 1867 received the appointment as U. S. assessor of internal revenue; resigned in October, 1868, but was forced to continue until April, 1869, his resignation not being accepted. Then engaged in the general agency and collecting business. He is and has been an ardent member of the Baptist church.
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D. M. ROSS,
Contractor and Builder, was born in Ohio, September 4, 1828, and when young was taken by his father to Indiana, settling in South Bend, in 1830. Here he was principally reared and educated, and in 1846 entered the Mexican war in the fifteenth regiment under General Morgan. Served until the close when he was honorably discharged in 1848. Then returned to South Bend, remaining until 1850, and in the spring of that year came to Kansas City. Remained until the fall following when he went to New Mexico, and was gone about two years. During this time he engaged in contracting and building, and fitted up the Legis- lative Hall at Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the first legislative body that met there. He was engaged in many public enterprises, and in May, 1852, returned and followed the house building. After this he opened a wagon shop, and in 1865 ran a plaining mill, it being the first one in Kansas City. After continuing this for a time he again embarked in contracting and building. He was married in 1852, in Westport, to Miss Elitha Light, daughter of John Light, one of the early settlers here. They have two children : Mattie R., (now Mrs. Walker),
and John J.
AUGUST RUMANN,
Proprietor of grocery, hotel and wagon yard, was born in Hanover, Germany, and lived there until the age of twenty, when he immigrated to the United States in 1844. Landed at New York, and from there went to Dayton, Ohio, renain- ing several years. In 1846 he enlisted in an Ohio regiment, and entered the Mexican war, serving for two years, during which time he was crippled. Was mustered out in 1848, then returned to Dayton and soon made a visit to his old home. While there he was married to Miss Natalie Seidenskicker, of the Got- tinger University, of Germany, in 1854. She is a lady of refined culture and well educated. Her father is a prominent person in her native place. Returning to this country, Mr. R. came to Kansas City in 1864, and has since been in business here. He has met with adversity, but in 1876 purchased the property he now owns and has been successful. Their family consists of four daughters and one son : Cornelia, Anna, Cuno, Clara, and Bettie.
S. R. RUCKEL
Was born in Baltimore, Md., July 24, 1833. At the age of seven, his father moved to St. Louis, where he lived until he was sixteen. At this age, he accom- panied an older brother to California, where he lived till 1853, and in going there, he walked from St. Louis, Mo., to Sacramento City, and drove an ox team; and at that time ate the first meal in the first house built in Sacramento. He made three trips back to the States, before settling permanently in Kansas City in 1858. His first location was in that part then called South Westport, where he worked at jobbing and carpenter work until 1860, when he went to Denver, Col. There followed mining, until the fall of 1861, when troops were called for by Gov. Wil- liam Gilpin. He offered his services and money to equip the first company of cavalry that was mounted in that region. In February, 1862, he returned to Westport, where he remained until the spring of 1863, when he again went to Denver ; and from there to California Gulch, and was among the first who mined where Leadville is situated In the meantime, between 1864 and 1866, his family resided in Nebraska City, to avoid the threatening danger in Kansas. He settled permanently in Kansas City in 1866; and since that time has been vari- ously employed. He has patented an amalgamator for separating gold and silver from the refuse ore, after it is drawn out of the bottoms, and also from the placer mines, which has so far proved successful. He is also the patentee of the Ruckel school desk, and several other useful inventions. He has been twice married. First, to Miss Martha J. McKee, of Westport, who died in 1865, by
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whom he had one child, Susannah. His second wife was Miss Mary E. Kreigh, of Kansas City, to whom he was married May 28, 1871, and by her has four children : Lizzie, Hattie, Samuel and Walter.
EUGENE RUST,
Yardmaster of the Kansas City Stock Yards, was born in Belfast, Maine, June 17, 1852. Was raised and educated in the common schools, also graduated in the Wesleyan Seminary, at Bucks' Post, Me., in the fall of 1869. His father, Wm. M. Rust, being an editor, he was raised as a printer's boy, and also served as local editor till the spring of 1870. Then left his native home for California, and first engaged in the stock business for two months, when he purchased a printing office at Eureka, Humboldt Bay. Published the Northern Independent till the spring of 1873, when he went into the Modoc War, having charge of a herd of cattle containing four or five thousand head, being there till June, 1874. Then' returned to his native home in Maine, and shortly after was appointed as United States Deputy Clerk of Customs, inspector, weigher, gaugher and meas- urer, also acting as United States Shipping Commissioner. In 1878 he came to Kansas City with the intention of going to Texas, where he anticipated raising stock. Shortly after his arrival here he was appointed business manager of the Kansas City Price Current for Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, remaining with them till April, 1878. After traveling over the Western States and territories corres- ponding for the Kansas City Times and Price Current, he engaged with Irwin, Allen & Co., as their correspondent, remaining with them till March, 1880, when he went to Colorado, where he was engaged as general manager of Havilah Min- ing Company. Held this position till December, 1880, when the mine closed business. He returned to Kansas City and accepted his present position. Was married to Miss Nellie A. Case, of Kendeskag, Maine, October 6, 1874. They have two children: Fred. W. and Donald E.
THOMAS RYAN,
Foreman Hose Reel Company No. 4, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, June 2, 1844, where he was reared. He came to the United States in 1862, landing at Castle Garden, New York, and then emigrated west, and settled in Wisconsin, where he remained one year. In 1863 he removed to Chicago, Ill., where he engaged in boiler making for some four years. In the fall of 1867 he went to Kansas City and worked as engineer, and in 1873 joined the fire department occupying the position of engineer of Engine Company No. 3, in which capacity he remained three years, when he was transferred to Hose Reel Company No. 4, as foreman. Mr. Ryan is a thorough fireman, and is well liked among all of his fellow men. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mary A. Bennett. She was a native of Lafayette, Ind., and was born in 1852. In February, 1880, Mrs. Ryan died. They had three children, one of whom, Kate, is living. Mr. Ryan is entirely a self-made man. Coming to this country a poor emigrant and working himself up to the position he occupies, a position of trust, he has made a score of friends. The company to which Mr. Ryan is attached consists of one large two-wheel reel and one horse ( Billy), which is driven by I. F. Pel- letier. Billy is a large roan and well trained, getting out of his stall and being hitched up and ready for service in the space of five seconds.
R. SAGE,
Was born in Tipperary county, Ireland, and was there reared. He came to the United States in 1846, and settled at St. Louis, where he engaged in the butch- ering business, until 1849, and then went to California. Engaged in mining and raising stock until 1859, when he returned to the States and settled in Macon county, Ill., dealing in and raising cattle. In 1868 he came to Kansas City,
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and invested in real estate, from which he has derived a fortune, and is among the many large property holders of Kansas City. In 1865 he married Catharine Cary, of Springfield, Ill., by whom he has four children : Mollie Ellen, Theresa B., Sylvester R., and Henry P. Himself and wife are Catholics and members of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Kansas City.
D. E. SAIGHMAN
Was born in Quincy, Adams county, Ills., September 17, 1845, and there re- ceived his early schooling. In 1863 he entered Lagun Missouri College, taking an entire course through the institution, and there remained for eighteen months. Leaving this he came to Clay county, residing there for three years, during which time he improved 640 acres of land and until the fall of 1873 was also in the shingle business. He then went to Colorado, engaged in the livery business, and two years later sold out and commenced traveling through the various Western States and territories. In 1867 he first came to Kansas City, embarked in dealing and improving real estate, and also stock. Engaged in buying and shipping a large number of horses and mules to Southern markets. Mr. S., was married in 1868, to Miss S. Onan, of Liberty, Mo. She is a native of Ken- tucky, and a daughter of one of the early settlers there, and an extensive land owner. They have two children : Nellie and Eddie S.
ROBERT SALISBURY,
City Assessor, was born in Cayuga county, New York, September 10, 1827, and was reared and educated in his native county. When quite young entered the Huron Academy, located in his own county, where he continued for a period of between two and three years. Leaving this institution, he engaged in teaching school which he followed until 1847, when he commenced to learn the profession of dentistry with the firm of Park and Morgan, of Ithica, New York. In the fall of 1848 went to Norwalk, Huron county, Ohio, where he formed a co-part- nership with S. H. Berry. Continued with him until 1850 when he went to Cali- fornia, he living there five years being engaged in stock raising. He did busi- ness at Colusa, and on leaving this part of the country returned to Ohio, where his parents then lived on a farm. This he bought, but in 1858 sold it and re- moved to the State of Missouri, stopping for a few months in the city of Mont- gomery. Then came to Kansas City in the month of June, 1859, where he has made his home since. Immediately after he came he embarked in the mercantile trade and continued the same until 1862 when he was appointed by President Lincoln to the office of Assistant United States Assessor. This he held until 1868. In the year 1870 was appointed to the office of City Assessor, which he has continued to hold up to the present time. He married, December 1, 1864, Miss Lydia H. Sanford, of Huron county, Ohio. This union has been blessed by three children : Venna (born January 14, 1868; died when eight months old), Clara Louise (born May 13, 1872( and Lillian Abian (born November 27, 1874).
EDWARD L. SALMON,
of the firm of Salmon Bros., proprietors of Fruit Canning and Preserving Works. The subject of this sketch is a native of Drakeville, Morris county, N. J., and was born November 5, 1853. His father, Abraham D., is of French and Eng- lish descent; his mother Magdelina (Messenger) is of German descent; his par- ents both live in Drakeville. Mr. Salmon, after being educated in the common schools went to Philadelphia in 1870 where he entered the High school, which he attended about two years. In 1875 he engaged in the wholesale flour trade at Stanhope, N. J., shipping from Iowa and Michigan. Remained at this enter- prise till 1877, when he drifted westward and located in Howard county, Iowa, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits till January, 1879. His landed
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estate being both in Iowa and Clay county, Mo., his attention was called to both States. He commenced his present business in January 1, 1881, this firm being the only one in the city of the kind and one of much interest to the welfare of the city.
T. H. SAYERS,
Dealer in stoves and tinware, was born in New London, Conn., September 30, 1850, and when two years of age was taken to Ohio, where he lost his father by death. Then removed to Kentucky where he was principally reared, and while living there learned his trade at Danville. In 1870 he came to Kansas City and has lived here since. After arriving he did journey work and in 1875 commenced business for himself, engaging in the tin and stove trade. In this he has built up a substantial business and has won a fine reputation for fair dealing. In 1872 he was married to Miss Sallie W. Bailey, of Danville, Ky., a lady of culture and refinement. They have had three children, one of whom is living, Pearl M.
REV. NATHAN SCARRITT
Was born April 14, 1821 in. Edwardsville, Ills., and is of Scotch and Irish lineage. His father moved from New Hampshire, in wagons, starting Sep- tember Ist, 1820, and was nearly three months making the journey. Our subject worked on his father's farm until sixteen years of age, when, having been deprived of scarcely any education, he attended McKendree College, Lebanon, Ills. Owing to his father's contracted means, young Scarritt was compelled to rely on his own resources. He worked at odd jobs around the college, doing work be- tween regular hours, and by moonlight, and in this manner continued until the end of his junior year had been reached, when on account of his father's illness, he returned home to carry on the farm. Soon after the recovery of the former, he returned to college and graduated in the summer of 1482. Soon began teach- ing in Waterloo, Ills., and in April, 1845, he moved to Fayette, Mo., where he was compelled to make a new start. He joined the late Doctor Lucky in the es- tablishing of a female seminary, and was successful beyond expectation. Out of this have grown Central College, for males, and Howard Female College for females. It would be impossible in the brief space allotted us to follow the move- ments of Doctor Scarritt. He was engaged as a missionary among the Indians, served a church at Lexington, Missouri, and also at Westport and Kansas City ; was identified with the building of the High school at Westport, and for almost eight years traveled through Kansas, preaching, organizing churches, etc. On account of the civil war he moved to where he now resides, and on the 6th of May, 1862, moved into his log house. During 1864-5, he taught school in this city, and the fall of 1865, returned to his farm. He was first married April 29th, 1850, to Miss M. M. Chick, daughter of William Chick, one of the first proprietors of Kansas City. They had, by this union, nine children, six of whom are living. Mrs. S. died July 29, 1873. Dr. S. married a second time. Mrs. Ruthie E.
Scarritt, October 6, 1875. Her father was a missionary in Assam, India, where she was born. Dr. S holds the position of president of the Bank of Kan- sas City. He received the degree of A. B. on graduation; while teaching at Fayette, the Missouri University, unsolicited, conferred the degree of A. M. Subsequently the degree of D. D. was conferred by McKendree, which was also unsolicited. Although frequently called upon to become a candidate for political offices, he has steadfastly refused.
EDWARD L. SCARRITT,
Of the firm of Scarritt & Riggins, attorneys, was born in Jackson county, Mo., near where Kansas City now is, on what is known as the old Harper farm, August 30, 1853. When very young his parents moved to Fayette, Missouri, where his father, Nathan Scarritt, was president of Central College, and where
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he lived until he was six years old. His parents then removed to Westport, and there lived until 1861. He obtained his education, first by attending the com- mon schools in Westport, and afterward attending the High school of Kansas City, and the Prichett Institute at Glagow, Mo., completing it by attending the Law Department of Harvard, Mass., one year. Then returned and entered the office of Hon. Warwick Hough, now chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mis- souri, with whom he completed his law course and was admitted to the bar in September of 1873. On account of poor health, he, for a time, abandonded the practice of law and went to Howard county, Mo., where he engaged in raising tobacco and dealing in cattle, which he followed until the fall of 1875. Then he became the junior partner of the law firm of Caples & Scarritt of Glasgow, practicing there until September of 1876, when, his health again failing him, he made a tour through the eastern and western States, returning to Kansas City and opening an office in January, 1877. He practiced alone until November, 1878, when W. A. Alderson became his partner under the firm name of Scarritt & Alderson. In the following year, their co-partnership being abandoned, he became connected with J. R. Riggins, an old schoolmate. They were boys to- gether and had attended school in different institutions for several years.
SCHUELER & THOMAS,
Abstractors and examiners of titles. Mr. Schueler was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 24, 1854, and was educated in the Chester Brothers College of St. Louis, Mo. After leaving this institution he was employed in the firm of Steling & Webster, who were engaged in the abstract business, where he became thoroughly acquainted with the business and remained with this firm for seven years. In 1876 came to Kansas City and opened out the most complete set of abstract books in the city. The style of the firm is Schueler & Thomas. These young men are deserving of a great deal of credit ; they are live, wide-awake men and attend strictly to business, and have built an enviable reputation for honesty and fair dealing.
PROF. HENRY E. SCHULTZE
Was born in Cassel, Germany, February 7, 1836. His parents gave him a liberal education. He began his musical course when eight years old and has had for his instructors Profs Hoffman, Widemueller and Krankenhargen, all celebrated German teachers. He began teaching music as a profession in 1859 and has con- stantly taught ever since, and many of his pupils are now successful teachers. He began his teaching in the United States at Lexington, Ky., where he taught in the Pinkard school; he also taught in the State Orphan school of Kentucky, and other important schools of that State. He came to Kansas City in 1869, where he has met with the best of success, his class averaging fifty pupils. In 1866 he married Miss Emma Mary Delph, of Lexington, Ky. They are Presbyterians and members of Central church of Kansas City.
A. C. SCHELL,
Dentist, was born at Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1831, and there lived until 1852, when he went to Mansfield, Ohio. Made but a short visit, when he started on a tour through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky, settling finally at Bellefontaine, Ohio, where he married Miss Belle Patterson, daughter of Robert R. Patterson, one of the oldest residents of that place. In 1858 he re- moved to Columbus Grove, Ohio, and from there to Shelbyville, Illinois, and to Lima, Ohio, settling there in 1859, and where he practised dentistry for eleven years. In 1868, on account of failing health, he spent four years in Western Mis- souri, returning to Lima in 1872. Leaving there in 1874, he came to Kansas City, where he has a suite of neatly furnished dental rooms, and is meeting with good success in his profession. He and his wife are Presbyterians and are mem-
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bers of Dr. Kimball's church in Kansas City. He has two children : Horace P. (foreman in a printing office in Durango, Colorado), and Anna (wife of A. Mc- Kenzie, of Kansas City).
WILLIAM J. SCOTT,
Attorney at law. The subject of this sketch was born in Armagh, the cathedral city of Ireland, on the 23d day of November, 1855. His father was a tea mer- chant of that place, of Scotch extraction, being a lineal descendant of the house of Ancrum, who trace their ancestry from A. D. 1100. His mother, Marie MacLean, was a grand-daughter of Hugh Swan, flax spinner and manufacturer of Keady and Armagh. William was educated in his native town up to his fourteenth year, at which time he was sent to the Queen's College, Belfast, where he remained two years. His father then wishing him to study medicine, which being contrary to his own tastes, compelled him to leave his native land, and seek a home in America, the land of his adoption. Arriving in New York, many kindly offers of situations awaited him among his father's friends (the linen importers of that city), which, however, he declined, preferring to go to Pittsburg, Pa., where he was without a friend, and with the large sum of $4. 70 in his pock- et. He accepted the first situation which opened-driving the horse of a large carriage manufacturer, with the privilege of two afternoons a week to get a better situation. At the the end of the second week, he was employed by a wholesale hardware house, as clerk, the head of the house (a native of Ireland), becoming his warmest friend, and at the end of two years, knowing his predisposition for the law, offered him the money with which to pay for a law course, and support himself in the meantime. Having determined, from the day he left home, ever afterward to rely solely on his own exertions for advancement, he, with the warmest thanks, declined this offer, preferring to work, and wait until he had saved enough from his own salary. Six months later, he engaged in the dry goods business, at which he remained a year, when he was offered the manage- ment of the wholesale cloak department of F. H. Eaton & Co., of Pittsburg, where he remained nearly two years, building up a very large business, when he opened a house in opposition, and carried off nearly all his old customers. Busi- ness flourished for nearly two years, when the panic struck and swept him into bankruptcy. He paid his creditors fifty per cent, and again opened up, when within a year, he was able to pay his creditors in full and sell out, leaving himself a fair sum on which to commence his legal studies. Arriving in Kansas City in February, 1879, he applied himself earnestly to the study of law in his own rooms, studying without preceptor, he in three months became convinced that his knowledge of the law was, to a great degree, intuitive, and determined (although his course was, as far as he knew, without precedent) on applying to the Circuit Court for examination and admission; which being granted, he imme- diately commenced the practice of law, in which he has been very successful, being senior member of the law firm of Scott & Taylor, comprised of Edward G. Taylor, Esq., a man of great promise, and himself.
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