HENRY AIMAN, proprietor Iowa House, erected and opened the above hotel to the public in 1881, size of which is 40x48 feet, two stories high, contains twenty-two rooms, can accommodate twenty guests; cost of hotel was $2,000. Mr. Aiman located in Junction City in December, 1876. He was born in Montgomery County, Pa., July 8, 1828, lived in native State until fall of 1864, moved to Iowa, and farmed until he came to Kansas. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1852, to Miss Mary E. Stebbins, of New York. They have eight children--George M., Charles A., Luretta, Roxana, Mary Ella, Catherine May, Harry W., and Francis.

J. F. AYARS, dealer in general line of drugs, medicines, druggists' sundries and notions. The firm of Bowers & Ayars opened trade February 9, 1882; they carry a stock of about $4,800. Mr. Ayars came to Davis County in 1865, worked at carpenter trade a year or two, then embarked in the live-stock business until he became interested in the above. Born in Lewis County, Mo., December 16, 1841, lived with parents in native State until 1847, and moved to Grant County, Wis., where he lived until the breaking out of the Rebellion. Enlisted August 12, 1861, in Company F, Tenth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; participated in all battles of his command, re-enlisting in January, 1863, in Company E, Mississippi River Marine Brigade on the United States Steamer "Diana," was in the siege of Vicksburg, Colman's Corners, Milligan's Bend, Hayne's Bluff, Columbus, Lake Village, Rodney and Austin. Mustered out in Vicksburg, in 1865, being orderly sergeant. He was married in 1866, to Miss Kate Mitchell, of Pittsburg, Pa.; they have five children--Maggie, Fannie E., Maude D., Dolly and Gracie.

M. K. BITTERMAN, dealer in general merchandise, furniture, hides and wool; opened trade in 1869, by his father B. Bitterman, and continued by the latter until 1875, after which the subject of this sketch took charge of the business, and has since continued it. He carries a stock of $15,000, and employs seven persons in the business. He occupies a building erected in 1878, 23x70 feet, two stories high, costing $4,000. He was born in Booneville, Mo., August 19, 1853, and came to Leavenworth, in 1858. He is a member of I. O. O. F. of Junction City.

SAMUEL H. CHURCH, of the firm of Church & Hurley, manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of harness and saddles; was born in Allen County, Ohio, June 18, 1842. He moved to Linn County, Iowa, in 1852, enlisted in August, 1862, in Company F, Twentieth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, Vicksburg, Miss., Mobile, Ala., and Fort Morgan, besides many skirmishes. He was mustered out of the United States service at Mobile, Ala., and discharged in Clinton, Iowa, July 27, 1865, then farmed until he came to Kansas in 1869, farming five years and-a-half, then moved to Central City, Iowa, keeping a hotel and harness shop until he returned to Junction City, January 10, 1880. He was married in Linn County, Iowa, in 1868, to Miss Mary C. Dennis, of Logan County, Ohio. He is a member of Lodge No. 32, Ancient Order of United Workmen.

ALFRED CLOUGH, dealer in general merchandise, opened trade April 1, 1877; erected his store of two stories high, 24x100 feet, with an iron front, at a cost of $7,000 in 1872. He carries a stock of about $10,000; his annual trade will equal $20,000. He located in Junction City in the spring of 1859, and engaged in merchant tailoring until 1864; spent a year in Leavenworth, Kansas, in the same business, returned to Junction City, where he went into a sutler's store as clerk at Fort Riley, until 1867, then went as post trader to Fort Reynolds, Col., until 1875, then returned to Junction City. Went to Europe in 1876. He was born in England, May 10, 1837, and was educated and learned his trade in his native country, coming to America in 1857. He was married at Fort Riley in 1860, to Miss Emma Jackson, of Jefferson Barracks, Mo., a daughter of R. T. Jackson, then Bandmaster of the First United States Cavalry. They have eight children--George Alfred, Daisy Alice, Robert Walter, Edwin Jackson, Henry Tompkins, Caroline Camille, Winfield Hancock, and Bernadina Juanita A. Was County Commissioner in 1879-'80 and '81. Is a Knight Templar.

THOMAS DIXON, proprietor of the Junction City Elevator, and dealer in all kinds of grain and live-stock. The elevator was erected in the fall of 1879; capacity, 10,000 bushels. He shipped 450 car-loads of wheat in 1879, and 150 car-loads of live-stock; average cost of car-load of wheat is $400; average cost of live-stock is about $1,000. He employs from three to six men in the business. He located in Ogden Township, Riley County, in 1854, where he farmed and raised stock until he came to Junction City, and opened business. He now owns 1,280 acres of land in Riley County, 400 of which is in one body and in cultivation. He was born in Ireland, September 8, 1831, came to America in 1849; was educated in his native country. He was married in Riley County, Kan., May 1, 1856, to Miss Mary Huff, a lady born and educated in Frankfort, Germany. The above was the first marriage in Riley County. They have nine children-- Ella, Josie, John T., Thomas P., Charles, Cosmos, George, Mary L. and Julie.

A. DREYFUS, came to Junction City in September, 1879. Engaged in the cooper trade a short time, then went into the produce business until he went into the trade as above. He was born in Delaware County, N. Y., September 5, 1857. Lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was educated in Andes, Delaware Co., N. Y.

A. G. EMERY, photographer, does all work in that line; began the business in March, 1876. He located in Junction City, on the latter date; formerly engaged in farming and horticulture. He was born in Penobscot County, Maine, June 19, 1833. Lived in his native State until 1862, worked many years in the lumber business, living in Peshtigo, Wis., three years during the time. He worked several months in a ship-yard in Milwaukee, Wis., and went to Michigan, and followed photographing a year. He was then employed at Erie County, N. Y., as recruiting sergeant. Returned to Marquette, Mich., and bought out a photographing establishment, followed the business in Michigan until 1874, then to Rockford, Ill., and engaged in the sale of sewing machines until he came to Kansas. He was married in Marquette, Mich., in February, 1865, to Miss Agnes C. Cole, of Wales, N. Y. They have three children--Diana G., Edwin A., and Arthur L. He is a member of the Order of Royal Arch Masons, and the A. F. & A. M.

CHAS. P. FOGELSTROM, manufacturer of wagons and buggies to order, also manufacturer of the Taylor Harrow; employs five men. Began the business in 1872. Came to Junction City in 1870, worked at blacksmithing and repair work; they now do about $6,000 in repairs and manufactures per annum. He was born in Sweden, October 27, 1842. Came to America in November, 1866. Worked in Chicago, Ill., some time in Iowa about two years, then went to Utah and worked on the Union Pacific Railroad, then to Omaha, Neb., worked some time, then in other places, finally he came to Junction City. Married in the latter city in 1873; his wife died. Again, married in October, 1878, to Miss A. A. Peterson, a native of Sweden. They have two children--Carl Roy and Ada Augusta. He is a member of the fire department, I. O. O. F. and Knights of Pythias.

ROBERT M. GAGE, of the firm of Gage & Dreyfus, dealers in a general line of family groceries, boots and shoes, rubber goods, queensware, etc. They opened the trade in September, 1880, succeeding C. H. Miller, and carry a stock of about $3,500. Mr. Gage first came to Junction City, Kansas, in June, 1857. He had quite a practice in the mercantile trade before going into business. He was born in Athol, Mass., June 16, 1859, and received a practical business education.

DR. R. M. HAYS, physician and surgeon, first came to Junction City in spring, 1875, and continued practice. Born in Gettysburg, Pa., October 9, 1851. Began the study of medicine in 1871--graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1873; graduated from La Fayette Literary College in Eastern Pennsylvania in 1870. Began the practice of medicine in June, 1874, in Junction City, where he has since continued. He is a member of Kaw Valley Medical Society of Kansas.

ALBERT S. HOWARD, firm of Woodmansee & Howard, proprietors of Variety Iron Works Foundry and Machine Shops. The buildings were completed in 1881; size, 46x60 feet, one and one-half stories high, cost $1,000. They have all necessary machinery to carry on the above business; employ four workmen. Mr. Howard was born in Monroe County, N. Y., October 23, 1840, his parents moved to Columbia County, Wis., in 1846, locating in Scott Township, where they farmed twenty-four years. He then went to Peabody on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Kansas, where he followed contracting and building, and came to Junction City in November, 1880. He was married in Scott, Wis., in 1860, to Miss Charlotte Tremble, of Illinois. They have four children--Clinton J., Samuel W., Hattie M., Harvey W. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Peabody, Kan.

JAMES HUMPHREY, attorney-at-law, first settled in Manhattan, Kan., in the spring of 1857, where he served until 1862, as County Treasurer. He was editor of the Manhattan Express until the fall of 1862, admitted to the bar in 1863, practiced law until March, 1867 when he was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Kansas, and elected for a full term the same year. He resigned in the spring of 1870, and moved to Junction City, and resumed the practice of his profession. He was born in England, March 8, 1833. Came to America in 1854, being educated partly in his native country, and completing in United States, and began to study law in 1860. He was married in 1861, to Miss Mary A. Vance, of Springfield, Ohio. They have five children--Herbert J., James V., Spencer, Ella and Adella A.

W. W. HURLEY, firm of Church & Hurley, manufacturers and dealers in harness, saddlery, etc.; opened business August 15,1881. They carry a stock of about $1,200, and employ three men. He located in Morris County, Kan., in 1866, and worked at the saddlery trade, etc. Came to Junction City in May, 1876, and worked at his trade since. He was born in Greene County, Pa., August 6, 1824, and moved to Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1840, where he lived until 1866, and there learned his trade. He was married in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1846, to Miss Lucinda B. Harris, of the latter county. They have one son--Horace Hurley, now a resident of California. Mr. Hurley is a member of the Masonic Order, Chapter and Union Lodge No. 7, of Junction City. 

M. W. KELLER, dealer in groceries, queensware, etc., opened trade January 1, 1882, Carries a stock of from $3,000 to $4,000, and occupies two floors 25x100 feet. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, May 12, 1856. Lived in his native State until the fall of 1864, when he moved with his parents to Davis County, Kan., where he lived until March, 1868, when he moved to Sedalia, Mo. In 1874, he returned to his native State, and attended school at the Southern Ohio Normal School. In 1876, he again went to Kansas, and became a member of the State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kan. The following spring he became a resident of Junction City, Kan., and began the hardware business, at which he continued until January 1, 1882, at which time he began by himself. He was married at Lancaster, Ohio, August 14, 1879, to Miss Mary E. Trovinger, of Fairfield County, Ohio. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Junction City, and the Knights of Honor.

JAMES KENNEDY, insurance agent and farmer, has a farm four miles west of Junction City, on Sections 7 and 8, containing 480 acres, 300 of which are cultivated. Has a fine orchard, and a large stone house 40x50 feet two and one- half stories high, built at a cost of $5,000; he also has other necessary buildings. He is insurance agent for the Burlington Fire Insurance Company of Burlington, Iowa, also agent for the Centennial Life Insurance Company of the same place. He located in Junction City, in the spring of 1872, and engaged in farming, which he is still interested in. He was born in New Jersey, November 8, 1834. His parents settled in Chambersburg, Pa., in 1840, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He enlisted in the fall of 1863, in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, and he was mustered out in the summer of 1865, at Chambersburg, Pa. He was married in 1865, to Miss Mary Emma Gray, of St. Louis, Mo. They have four children--Thomas Gray, Guy Morrison, William and Mary Emma.

MAXWELL KENNEDY, physician and surgeon, firm of Kennedy and Daugherty. He was born in Warren County, N. J., November 16, 1831, and moved with his parents to Chambersburg, Pa., in the fall of 1839. He began the study of medicine in the fall of 1850. Graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa., in March, 1855, and began the practice of medicine in the latter city, continuing two years, then removed to Chambersburg, Pa., and practiced one year, then removed to Orrstown, Pa., in the spring of 1859, and practiced his profession until the fall of 1871. Mr. Kennedy was a volunteer surgeon at the battle of Antietam and Gettysburg. He was married in December, 1859, to Miss Martha J., eldest daughter of Col. James B. Orr, of Orrstown, Pa. They have six children--Thomas B., John McClelland, Frank S., Hettie May, William Orr, and Margaret E. He came to Junction City, Kan., in November, 1871, and has continued the practice of medicine. He is president of the Board of Examining Surgeons for pensions, and is coroner of Davis County.

WILLIAM B. LOWE, dealer in real estate and insurance agent, came to Junction City in 1872. He engaged in the above business in the spring of 1882. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, September 13, 1835, and lived in his native State until he was about twenty years old, when he went to Keokuk and Montrose, Iowa, and engaged in lumbering and saw-mill business, until the winter of 1859, when he returned to Ohio. He was appointed captain of the Eleventh Regular Infantry, and served in the army of the Potomac, until the close of the war. Participated in twenty-three general battles and skirmishes, and was retired from active service in 1866, on account of wounds and sickness in the line of duty, and still retains his position of captain on the retired list of the regular army. Previous to entering in the regular army, he was a member of the Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to his native city in 1866. He served on Court Martial duty three years in Richmond, Va., then returned to Ohio, and from there to Kansas. He was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, in December, 1859, to Miss Anna E. Finley of the latter city. His wife died in Junction City, Kan., May 26, 1860. Mr. Lowe was elected County Commissioner of Davis County, in the fall of 1881.

H. C. MCCARTY, of the firm of McCarty Bros., dealers in all kinds of farm produce, etc., P. O. Wreford; began business in July, 1882, at Wreford Station, Davis County. He located near the above place in 1872, with his brother opened a farm, and has always followed agricultural pursuits. He was born in Medina County, Ohio, January 16, 1838, and lived in his native State until 1848, and the family moved to Owasso, Shiawassee Co., Mich., where he lived until coming to Kansas; was raised a farmer. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Company D, First Michigan Cavalry, and served six months. Re-enlisted in the Tenth Michigan Cavalry, and participated in all the battles of his command. He was mustered out in November, 1865. Was married in 1861, to Miss V. J. Chase, of Summit County, Ohio. They have one son--Edwin L. McCarty Bros. own a fine bed of cement on Lyons Creek, one and-a-half miles from the mouth of that stream, and five miles from Junction City. It is an immense bed, eleven feet in thickness; it has been tested with the best cement known and found equal to the best. They also operate a lime kiln near their warehouse, which cost upward of $2,000, a fine location. Lyman McCarty, the other member of the firm, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 1, 1845. Served nearly three years during the war in the Fifth Michigan Infantry. Since then he has been engaged in railroad business, and is now General Western Passenger Agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. He resides in Kansas City, Mo.

WILLIAM H. MACKEY, JR., of the firm of Mackey & Mann, retail dealers in staple and fancy groceries, glass, wooden and queensware. Opened trade May 1, 1880; carry a stock of about $3,000, and do an annual trade of $30,000. William H. Mackey was born in Easton, Kan., July 28, 1856; his parents lived there until 1859, then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lived three years. He returned to Kansas and settled in Junction City in 1862. Educated in the home schools. He is now a member of the City Council of the Third Ward. He was married in January 18, 1882, in Manhattan, Kan., to Miss Eva S. Seymour, of New York.

FREDERICK MANN, of the firm of Mackey & Mann, dealers in groceries, queensware, glassware, woodenware, and provisions. Opened trade May 1, 1880, and carries a stock of about $3,000. Mr. Mann located in Junction City, in January, 1877, and engaged in various occupations until he entered the above business. He was born in East Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn., June 23, 1856, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the Union Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., Junction City. He was married in the latter city in January, 1881, to Miss Wilhelmina Thiele, of Junction City.

CHARLES H. MILLER, of the firm of R. M. & C. H. Miller, proprietors of the Atlas steam flouring mills, Junction City. They erected the mills in 1881, and began operating the same in November of the same year. The size of the main building is 30x40 feet, three stories high, with basement; engine room is 22x30 feet, one story. The mill contains four run of stone, with all the latest improved machinery; capacity, seventy-five barrels in twenty-four hours, and seven hundred bushels of feed at the same time. The engine is forty horse- power. The total cost of mill and fixtures is $10,000. Mr. Miller first located in Davis County in 1868, and engaged in farming eight years; then into the grocery business three years at Junction City; then milling business. He was born in Worcester County, Mass., June 12,1840, and followed mercantile business in Massachusetts a number of years. He was married in 1861 to Miss Virginia A. Bigelow, a native of Belleville, N. Y. They have one daughter, Anna Virginia.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MARTIN emigrated with his parents to Kansas in March, 1857. The family located at Lecompton, and George W. entered the office of the Lecompton Union (a Pro-slavery paper) as printer. After about four months, the Union was succeeded by the Kansas National Democrat, Martin remaining with that office two years, and spending the following year in a book-publishing house in Philadelphia. He returned to Kansas in the spring of 1861, and located at Junction City, Davis County the following August. In February, 1862, in connection with William S. Blakely, he commenced the publication of the Smoky Hill and Republican Union, which they continued until the fall of 1864, when the paper suspended until the spring of 1865, when it was revived by Mr. Martin under the name of Junction City Union. Mr. Martin has been editor of the paper since February, 1862, and sole owner since December, 1869. In November, 1866, to August, 1867, a daily was issued by him from the Union office. On the first of January, 1865, he was appointed postmaster at Junction City, and served until October of the same year. He has also served twice as Register of the United States land office at Junction City, and as Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for Western Kansas. In 1872, he was elected Grand master of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows for Kansas, and also served as Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States in 1875 and 1876. He was elected State Printer by the Kansas Legislature in January, 1873; re-elected in 1875, 1877, and 1879, retiring July, 1881; residing during those years in Topeka. At the close of his last term of office as State Printer he returned to Junction City, where he now resides, being still editor and proprietor of the Junction City Union, the first Republican paper in the city. At the November election, 1882, he was elected Representative from Davis County to the Legislature by a majority of 276. George W. Martin was born in Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa., June 30, 1841. He was married, December 20, 1863, to Lydia Coulson, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Allen and Catherine Coulson, of Pottawatomie County, Kansas. They have three children--Lincoln, Millie and Charles.

CHARLES H. PARSONS, manufacturer of carriages and light spring wagons, opened the business February 14, 1881; employs five men; capacity to turn out work equaled $6,500 the first year, including repairing. He was born in England November 19, 1819; came to America in November, 1842, locating in Pontiac, Mich., where he learned the carriage business, remaining in the latter city until he came to Kansas. He began business for himself in April, 1840. He was married in Pontiac, Mich., October 14, 1848, to Miss Charlotte Stanley, of England. They have three children--William, Charles and Charlotte. He is a member of the Masonic order, of Pontiac, Mich.

CAPTAIN A. C. PIERCE, dealer in real estate, loan and insurance agent, first located in Saline County, Kan., in 1856, and afterwards removed to Kansas Falls and engaged in surveying and locating settlers. He moved to Junction City in 1860, and was elected County Assessor in the same spring, and took the census of Davis, Clay and part of Riley counties. He enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, as second lieutenant; promoted to first lieutenant; was subsequently changed to cavalry; participated in the battles of Fort Wayne, Indian Territory; Cane Hill, Ark., and Prairie Grove; Price's raid, Independence, Mo.; Big Blue, Fort Scott and the battle on the line, near Kansas City. He was mustered out as captain of his company at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in August, 1865, when he returned to Junction City. He was married in May, 1865, to Miss Harriet L. Bowen, of Otsego County, N. Y. He was born in the latter county, September 13, 1835, and was educated in Cooperstown, N. Y. They have seven children--Alfred B., Mary, Harriott, Madge, Levi Benjamin, Marcia and Maude. He is a member of the Universalist Church and I. O. G., Junction City; served a term in Kansas City Legislature in 1861, 1862 and 1868; was re-elected in the fall of 1880. He was been County Surveyor, County Clerk and Register of Deeds.

SUMNER W. PIERCE, of the firm of S. W. Pierce & Co., dealers in pianos, organs, sewing machines, etc., opened trade in the fall of 1871, and carries a stock of $10,000 of musical merchandise, etc. There are ten men employed in the above business. Mr. Pierce located in Junction City, Kan., in January, 1870, where he opened the insurance business, which he still carries on, representing twelve reliable companies; also, the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. He also does a large loan business on real estate securities. he was born in Otsego County, N. Y., May 24, 1851, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1874 to Miss Anna E. Manley, of Buffalo, N. Y. They have two children--daughter, Lulu Belle, and son, Horace Manley. Mr. Pierce is a member of the Universalist Church of Junction City.

JAMES POTTER, dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats and live stock, also manufacturer of Potter's celebrated soda water. He also supplies the city with ice, and ships large lots by car-loads. He first located in Paola, Kan., in 1869, where he engaged in the manufacture of soda water during the summer. He then went to Fort Scott, Kan., and continued the same business until 1870. At Baxter Springs he was engaged in the manufacture of soda water and the ice business until 1871, when he went to Junction City, Kan., and opened business. He was born in England, April 17, 1842, and came to America in 1866, locating in Canada West, where he engaged in various occupations for three years. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mary Wall, a native of Germany. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Junction City.

P. W. POWERS, agent for the Badger Lumber Company, of Hannibal, Mo., located in Junction City, and began the above business in 1878. They keep all kinds of lumber and building material, paints, etc., carrying a stock of about $10,000. They employ three men in the business. Mr. Powers was born in Yates County, N. Y., February 19, 1852. His parents moved to Lyons, Iowa, in 1856, and lived there four years, when he came to Kansas, settling in Irving, where he remained a year. He then went to Manhattan, Riley County, where he obtained a business education. He engaged in the harness business in 1870, following the same about six years, and then engaged in the lumber business in the latter place for some time, finally locating in Junction City. He has also been quite extensively engaged in the stock business, in connection with his present trade. He is a member of Bluemont Lodge, No. 17, I. O. O. F., of Manhattan. He was married in 1872 to Miss Ida Bowen, of German, Chenango County, N. Y. They have four children--Bennie N., Hale P., Gracie B. and John. Mr. Powers is secretary of the Davis County Agricultural Society.

GEORGE W. REYNOLDS, keeper of the Bartell House, opened the above first-class hotel to the public on February 12, 1880. It is constructed of brick, three stories high, 90x120 feet, contains fifty-four rooms, and can accommodate one hundred guests. Mr. Reynolds was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1852. He has been in the hotel business since 1867, following the business nine years in Chicago, Ill.; also, has been in the business in Hickman, Ky., Evanston and Lake Bluff, Ill. He was married in Cambridge, Mass., in 1876, to Miss Gertrude M. Wright, of Chicago, Ill. They have one son, Ralph D. Mr. Reynolds is a member of the Masonic order, Knights of Honor and Hotelmen's Mutual Benefit Association.

ROBERT O. RIZER--Retired. First came to Kansas in 1862, as Quartermaster for the Second Colorado Infantry. Crossed the country to Kansas City Mo.; located in Junction City in 1865, engaging as bookkeeper one and a half years, he then went into a species of insurance and commission business a few months, after which he engaged in the banking business, under the firm name of James Streeter & Co., until 1878. He then created the Davis County Savings Bank, which he continued two years under the name of Robert O. Rizer & Co.; at the end of that time, he purchased the entire interest, and continued until 1880, since which he has been retired from business. He has been Mayor of Junction City three terms, county treasurer four years, city clerk eighteen months. Was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1837; educated in native city, living there until fifteen years of age; then went to Chicago, Ill., and was bookkeeper two years; then engaged in the commission business under the firm name of Rizer & Hudson until 1859, Col., and worked for a general merchandise house as bookkeeper for eighteen months. He then received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Second Colorado Infantry; crossed the plains in 1862, and served in bushwhacking, etc.; mustered out at Fort Riley in 1865; participated in all the battles of his command. He was married in 1865 to Miss Mary Josephine Keith, of Boston, Mass. They have five children--Harriet R., Josephine, Blanche, Mary, and Martin.

A. C. SCHNELL, grain buyer and speculator, now in the employ of McCarthy Bros., came to Junction City in 1866. Was train master for the K. P. R. R. two years. He then engaged in merchandising at Wichita a year; removed to Junction City and there continued merchandising until the fall of 1874; then engaged in railroading for Missouri, Kansas, & Texas, being agent for the above Company until April, 1882, since which he has been in the grain business. He has served as Register of Deeds for Davis County; been alderman and mayor of Junction City. He was born in Clearfield Co., Pa., June 30, 1838; was raised in Belfont, Centre Co., Pa., until 1861, when he enlisted in the Lochiel Greys, Cameron's Body Guard, of Harrisburg, Pa.; was soon detailed into Railroad and Telegraph Department; served in that capacity until 1863, when he was discharged. He then became superintendent of the Oil Creek Railroad until he came West. He was married in Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1862, to Miss Alice C. Haskins, of Columbia, Pa. They have five children--Joseph H., Andrew C., Alice C., Anson C., and Kate.

J. C. SCOTT, firm Scott & Thurston, dealers in hardware and agricultural implements. The trade was opened by Mr. Scott in the spring of 1878, running the business until 1880, when the company was formed. They carry a stock of about $12,000; also deal quite largely in live stock, and employ five men. Mr. Scott was born in Lucas Co., Ohio, September 2, 1844. His parents moved to New York when he was a small boy, where he lived until he was twenty-one years old, when he went to Eaton Rapids, Mich., and there farmed until 1876, them (sic) came to Kansas, as before noted, first engaging in the coal trade a year. He enlisted July 29, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth, New York Volunteer Infantry; participated in all the battles of his command in the Army of the Potomac; wounded at Gettysburg, in July 1863. The whole regiment was captured at Harper's Ferry, but soon paroled and mustered out June 3, 1865. he was married at Eaton Rapids, Mich., in January, 1869, to Miss Anna M. Harwood of the latter place. they have four children--Susie A., Boyd P., Katie L., and John H. Mr. Scott is a member of City Council, Masonic order, Knights of Honor, and Universalist Church of Junction City.

CAPT. HENRY SWEENEY, Captain Company E., Fourth United States Cavalry, came to Kansas in 1859 as a member of the regular army, and remained in the service until 1862, as hospital steward at Fort Riley. He was in 1862 sent to the seat of war at St. Louis, Mo., being chief steward of the general hospital at Jefferson Barracks one and a half years. He then accepted a commission in the Sixtieth Colored Infantry as captain, and stationed in Arkansas until 1867. He was then appointed Second Lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regular Infantry which he joined at Mobile, Ala., in September, 1867, where he remained until January, 1868, then was ordered to Montgomery, Ala., as post adjutant for some time, then was sent to Huntsville, Ala., where he was post quartermaster, post adjutant, and post commissary until August, 1868, when he accompanied his regiment to Texas, and remained as first lieutenant and captain on post duty, etc., until 1879. He then went to the Rio Grande River for a short time only, when he was ordered to Colorado in consequence of the Ute outbreak. The captain being constantly on scouting duty for the past ten years, had a sever attack of rheumatism, and was placed on waiting orders until a vacancy should occur on the retired list of the army, and came to Junction City. He entered the regular army in 1864, in New York City; participated in the Sioux war under General Harney in 1855, Cheyenne war in 1857, and all through the Utah campaign of 1858--'59. He was formerly a member of the old Second United States Dragoons a well known regiment in the West. His first promotion to a commission, was that of captain, in October, 1863. he was born in Ireland, November 26, 1831, and served an apprenticeship of four years in the drug business in Dublin, Ireland. He was married in 1853, in the latter city, to Miss Agnes T. Plunkett of Dublin, Ireland. He came to America in 1854. They have had three children-- Agnes Mary, living, Edith Frances, deceased, and Bartholomew Henry, deceased. Mr. Sweeney was one of the first men to buy an interest in the original town plat in the spring of 1860 at Junction City. He is now located adjoining Junction City, and has a fine place of seventy-five acres on special Sections 11 and 12, named "Maple Lodge." He has a beautiful grove of timber, and plenty of water in the Republican River, which bounds one side of his grounds.

CAPT. MARCUS D. TENNEY, farm and Pastor, of the Congregational Church of Junction City. He first settled in Lawrence, Kan., in October, 1858, preached in Bourbon, Linn and Johnson Counties until the opening of the Rebellion, when he enlisted as a private, August, 1861, in the Third Kansas Volunteer Infantry, serving in that regiment until January 15, 1862, then was transferred to Capt. Thomas Bickerton's Battery, and was made First Lieutenant. He had command of the Battery in all the battles of Locust Grove, Newtonia, Fort Wayne, Kane Hill, Prairie Grove and Van Buren; promoted to Captain of the First Kansas Battery July 20, 1863. He then engaged in the pursuit of the Rebel, Gen. Morgan, through Indiana and Illinois. He was transferred to the Department of the Cumberland, October 23, 1863, and participated in the battle of Johnsonville, against the Rebel, Gen. Forrest, who sent word to the Captain, that he had the best battery in the field. He participated in the battle of Nashville, December, 1864, then was ordered to Chattanooga in February, 1865, to become a part of the Light Artillery Reserve Corps. under Maj. Mendenhall, and from there was ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for discharge, July 17, 1865. The Captain had command of ninety-five men during his service, and they received high honors for soldierly conduct, bravery and rapid firing while in action. After his discharge from the army, he went to Champaign County, Ill., and preached a year in the Methodist Episcopal Church; then returned to Johnson County, Kan., and preaching one and a half years; then went to Marshall County, Kan., and preached until 1879; then went to Washington County, Kan., preaching two years, and finally locating permanently in Junction City. He was born in Hillsboro, N. H., in 1826. Was married in St. Louis, Mo., March 29, 1848, to Miss F. E. Nichols, of Boston, Mass.; They have one son--Frank G. Captain Tenney has been commander of Clifton Post No. 24., of Clifton, Kan., G. A. R.; member of Masonic order, I. O. O. F., and Ancient Templars.

CAPT. C. H. TROTT, dealer in stationery, books, wall paper and a general variety of fancy goods. He carries a stock of about $10,000, and opened business in 1867. Was postmaster from 1868 to 1873 inclusive; City Treasurer, since 1874; County Clerk, from 1873 to 1874; Repository of the American Bible Society, since 1870; President of the Highland Cemetery Association, since 1878. He was born in Boston, Mass., August 8, 1837. He lived in Iowa three years previous to the breaking out of the Rebellion. Enlisted in July, 1861, in Company B, Seventh Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted second lieutenant, first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster, and assistant adjutant general of volunteers. He participated in all battles of his command from Pittsburg Landing, including Gen. Shermans's campaigns. He was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865, then lived in his native city six months, after which came to Junction City, Kan. Was married in the latter city in 1867, to Miss Josephine McBratney, of Xenia, Ohio. They have one son--Loring Trott. Mr. Trott is a member of the Universalist Church of Junction City.

J. A. TRUEX, County Superintendent of Public Instructions for Davis County; first located in the above county in 1869, on a homestead. He taught school six years, and was elected superintendent in 1874; by re-election has since held the office; he was re-elected at the late election in November, 1882. He was born in Morrow County, Ohio, November 6, 1843, and was educated in the Goshen High School, Ind.; Kalamazoo College, Mich.; and the college of Abingdon, Ill., and made teaching his profession previous to emigrating to the West. He was married in 1876, to Miss Addie Merriam, of Lorain County, Ohio. They have one son--Howard E. Truex. Mr. Truex is a member of the Baptist Church. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W.

S. D. UNDERWOOD, Probate Judge of Davis County, and City Attorney; he came to Kansas in 1867, locating in Junction City, where he was first engaged in contracting, and shipping magnesia limestone for four years. He also had a contract on the State House, Topeka. In 1871, he went to Europe, and remained some time, returned and went to Arizona on a prospecting tour. He soon returned to Junction City, and engaged in the study of law. Was admitted to the bar of practice in 1880, was elected city attorney in the spring of 1878, and probate judge in the fall of 1881. He was born in Geauga County, Ohio, November 29, 1842. Came to Iowa when quite young, where he lived a year, then went to St. Louis, Mo.; engaged in steamboating until the war broke out, when in 1861, he enlisted in Fremont Body Guards, and was wounded in October 25, 1861, and taken prisoner. He was mustered out in December, 1861, then enlisted in the secret service in Virginia. He received a commission as Second Lieutenant of Company B, First Regiment Light Artillery, and participated in the battles of Cross Keys and Franklin. He soon received a commission as Captain of Company K, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, promoted to major of his regiment, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was mustered out in 1867. He is a member of the St. Louis Lodge No. 5, I. O. O. F.

C. H. WARD, dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils, glass, heavy goods, druggists' sundries, etc., etc. Opened business in the spring of 1880, and carries a stock of about $5,000. He was born in Bradford County, Pa., September 2, 1849. He lived in his native State about fifteen years, and learned pharmacy in Athens, Pa. He worked in the business in Troy, Pa., three years, and Addison, N. Y. two years. Was traveling salesman for five years in the drug trade, and was in business five years in Van Ettenville, N. Y., then went to Junction City. He was married in Troy, Pa., in 1869, to Miss Mary E. Mastin, of the latter city. They have one son--Harry C., who was born August 21, 1872. Mr. Ward is a member of the Masonic order and Chapter: he has been junior deacon, secretary, and junior warden of the same. He was town clerk for three years.

CHRISTINE F. ZIEGLER, dealer in hardware, stoves and tinware, farm implements, etc. He began business in September, 1880, employs six men in the business, and carries about $15,000 stock. He was born in Germany, June 2, 1851, and came to America, 1852, with his parents, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, where at the proper age he engaged in hardware and woodenware business until 1880; came to Junction City in the fall of 1880. He was married in the fall of 1873, to Miss Lucia Kluever, of Cleveland, Ohio. They have one son--Oliver D. Ziegler. 

LUCINDA BADGER, wife of the late John S. Badger, who located in Riley County in the spring of 1855, on Government land, under the pre-emption right, about six miles south of Milford, on Sections 17 and 18, Lots 4 and 5, Jackson Township. They were the first settlers in that part of the Republican valley. Fort Riley was their nearest post-office, six miles away, while the nearest grist mill was at Kansas City, 150 miles off. They erected the first house in the above valley, above Fort Riley, in August, 1855. They had no team of their own for nearly two years after locating. Various tribes of Indians roamed over the wild prairies, and the vast herds of buffalo, elk and deer were only occasionally molested by the wily savages for years. The Badgers had plenty of wild game with which they graced their table at every meal, but often went hungry for bread. People in those days have been known to dig up their potatoes which had been planted, and eat them, but only in cases of emergency. But the early pioneers in those days often were obliged to undergo hardships now never experienced in the West. Mr. Badger worked at anything he could find to do for several years, until he could get his farm under cultivation. He was born in New York, December 24, 1815. Mrs. Badger nee Fowler, was born October 24, 1820, in Washington County, Pa. They were married, December 5, 1839; they had twelve children--Martha E., Ephraim, John S., Rebecca, Alcinia, Alonzo, Cornelia C., Sarah M. (deceased), Byron, Frank, William E. and Morgan F. John S. and Ephraim served three years in the Rebellion, and came out without a scratch. Mr. Badger died December 26, 1868, from the effects of an injury received by a saw-log rolling on him.

JOHN FAWLEY, merchant in general line of groceries and dry goods, opened the trade in the spring of 1879. He bought his present store in 1881, and carries a stock of about $8,000. He is also postmaster, and owns a farm on Sections 9 and 10, Township 10, Range 5 east, containing 720 acres, with 170 cultivated. He first located one-half a mile east of Milford, in 1864, and followed farming until he began mercantile business. He was born in Rockingham County, Shenandoah Valley, Va., August 1, 1834, and was raised on a farm. He lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in December, 1859, to Miss Sophia Brenneman, in his native place; they have two sons--Abraham, now assisting in his father's store, and Ashby A., now on their farm. The father and mother are members of the Congregational Church of Milford.

BRADLEY E. FULLINGTON, farmer, P. O. Milford, first settled in Riley County, Kan. (now Davis County), Madison Township, Section 31, May 3, 1856; opened a farm, carried it on about ten years, sold out and located on his present home, Section 6, Township 10, Range 5 east. He owns the south half of Section 6 and the north half of Section 7, being 620 acres of land, with 200 of the same cultivated. There are two fine streams of pure spring water running through his farm--Madison Creek on the west half, and Spring Creek on the east half. The two unite near the center of the farm, and form a fine stream of water, with a mill-power, on which his son-in-law, Charles A. Streeter, is erecting a grist-mill, at an expense of $5,000. The capacity of the mill will be 100 bushels of wheat and 300 of feed in twenty-four hours. Mr. Fullington certainly has the model farm of Davis County, which contains the varieties of timber in abundance herein named: oak, walnut, hickory, sycamore, elm, cottonwood, soft maple and box elder. Mr. Fullington was born in Cambridge, Vt., in 1819, lived in his native State until 1852 (being raised on a farm), when he went to California and spent three years for his health; he returned in 1855 to his native place. He represented Riley County two terms in the State Legislature, 1862 and 1863, and 1863 and 1864. He was married in 1843 to Miss Louisa Carpenter, a native of Johnson, Vt.; they have one daughter, Alice Elizabeth, now married to Mr. Charles A. Streeter. They are all members of the Congregational Church of Milford.

J. W. C. PIERCE, farmer, carpenter, etc., P. O. Milford, first settled at Cedar Creek, Riley Co., Kan., in 1855; worked at his trade and took a pre-emption claim. He built the first bridge across the Blue River, near Manhattan, March 6, 1854. He moved his family to Fort Riley, where he took charge of a Government saw-mill for seven years, afterwards operated the saw-mill at Manhattan for three years, then came to Milford, Davis County, and erected a saw-mill in Milford Village, then a wilderness. He has since worked at his trade and farmed. His place is located south of Milford Village, a few miles, and contains eighty acres, with fifty-six cultivated; has a fine peach orchard and a grove of fine timber. He was born in New York City, May 22, 1827, and was married in 1850 to Miss Mary A. Waller, of Virginia. He is a member of the Masonic order of Manhattan and the Congregational Church of Milford.

MERCHANT S. RIDDLE, pastor of the Congregational Church of Milford, came to the above village May 25, 1880, and became pastor of the above church. He also engaged in merchandising and the drug business on January 1, 1882, under the firm name of Riddle & Humphrey. They carry a general stock of $3,500. He was born in West Virginia, at Glenville, Gilmer County, September 25, 1851, and moved to Ohio in 1874, settling near Marietta, Washington County. He was educated in West Virginia. His first charge in pastoral duty was at Ravenswood, Jackson Co., W. Va., for two years; then to West Columbia, Mason County, for two years; thence to Parkersburg for a year; then near Marietta for six years, and then direct to Kansas. He was married in West Virginia, September 25, 1873, to Miss Carrie Bumgarner, of West Columbia; they have six children-- Newton Howard, Tandy Homer, Hattie Pearl, Frank Emmerson, Clyde and an infant son not yet named. He served in Company B, under Capt. W. T. Wyant, as scout for a few months, near the close of the war.

JOHN W. SHAEFFER, farmer, P. O. Milford, came to his present home in 1877. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa., November 18, 1825, lived in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and was raised on a farm. He was drafted for a soldier in the late Rebellion, and was placed in the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia; he participated in many skirmishes, and was wounded several times; was discharged in 1863.

J. YOUNKIN, farmer, Section 21, Township 6, Range 5, P. O. Milford, has 160 acres of find land, sixty of which are cultivated; also, a fine lot of timber, and has owned the farm since 1870. He first located in Clay County, Kan., in 1860, lived in that county until 1872, and then moved to his present home. He was born in Somerset County, Pa., March 4, 1829, and moved to Illinois in 1856, where he lived until he came to Kansas. He was married in December, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Branscom, a native of Illinois; they have five children-- Marietta, Sylvia E., George David, Celinda J. and James E. Mr. Younkin was a member of the Kansas State Militia during the Rebel Gen. Price's threatened raid. 

R. R. CLEMONS, farmer, P. O. Alida, came to Davis County, December 14, 1868, locating on the southwest quarter of Section 12, Township 11, Range 4; has 160 acres, eighty of which are cultivated. He was the first postmaster of Alida, receiving his appointment in 1870, and resigned his office in April, 1873. He was one of the Board of County Commissioners for a term of two years. He enlisted September 6, 1864, in Company E, Ninth Regiment New York Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and participated in the battle of Cedar Creek, in October 19, 1864, one at Fort Fisher (on the lines at Petersburg) March 25, 1865, taking of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and at Sailor's Run, April 6, 1865, during the pursuit of Lee's army. He was mustered out June 28, 1865. He was raised on a farm, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married January 12, 1870, to Miss Mary J. Gilbert, a native of Allegany County, N. Y., and was born February 7, 1850. Mr. Clemons was born in Livingston County, April 5, 1843. They have one daughter--Lorena E. Clemons, born March 18, 1874. They are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM CUTTER, P. O. Junction City, proprietor of the Glenwood Nursery, located in Republican Valley on special Sections 12 and 13, Township 11, Range 5, on what is known as Bridge Land, in 1871. He has 101 acres, seventy of which are in a fine state of cultivation. There are twenty-five acres planted to a nursery of a general assortment of fruit trees, evergreens and shrubs, also a large orchard containing the choicest fruit. It is the only nursery in Davis County. He was born in Middlesex County, N. J., September 10, 1825; his parents settled in Adams County, Ill., in 1835, where he began the nursery business before he was twenty years of age; has since followed the business. He was married in 1848, to Miss Mary J. Harvey, a sister of ex-Gov. Harvey, of Kansas. They have four children--Charles, John H., Charlotte and Nancy. He has a farm of 240 acres in Riley County, Kan., 125 of which are cultivated. He is a member of the State Horticultural Society and president of Davis Horticultural Society; also a member of the Masonic order.

W. B. FINLEY, farmer, P. O. Junction City; came to Kansas in 1871, locating near Junction City. He has engaged in farming and stock-raising since. He is the proprietor of the well-known Glenmore farm, one of the first farms taken on Lyon's Creek. The above farm has the record of being the oldest farm in Davis County. It contains 400 to 500 acres with about 250 cultivated. There was once a village laid out on it and named Chetola, by Judge Gordon and others, but was abandoned on account of Junction City. It is really a beautiful location with plenty of timber, and on one side of the farm flows the Smoky Hill on the west, Lyons Creek on the south, and the Mankato, Kansas & Topeka Railroad through the centre with Kansas & Pacific Railroad on the north and west. The finest specimens of timber were sent from this farm to the centennial exposition of any place in Kansas. The farm was first taken up by Capt. J. R. McClure, a lawyer of Junction City. Mr. Finley was born December 10, 1849, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and came from the latter place to Kansas. He has been general superintendent of the Davis County Agricultural Society of Davis County for four years.

WILLIAM D. GRANT, farmer, P. O. Junction City, first came to Kansas in 1872, settling in Junction City, and engaged in farming. he bought his present place in 1880, being located on Sections 20, 21 and 18. He now owns 1,410 acres of fine land, 300 of which are cultivated. He has also 640 in Dickinson County, Section 29, Township 12, Range 5, 600 of which are cultivated. Since he came to Kansas he has raised 45,000 bushels of wheat, including the crop of 1882; he now has 375 acres in corp (sic), which promises a yield of 50 bushels per acre; his farm is well watered and finely timbered; he also has 140 head of cattle, and makes stock-raising a specialty. He was born in Newark, N. J., November 20, 1856, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in 1881 to Miss Vina James, a native of Illinois. They have one daughter, Josie Kate.

JOHN P. GRASBERGER, farmer and dealer in general merchandise and grain; carries a stock of about $600. He came to Kansas in September, 1855, as a soldier, being a member of the Second United States Dragoons, locating in Fort Riley. He was born in Germany, December 25, 1833, came to America in 1852, and lived in Philadelphia, Pa., about a year, with an uncle. He then enlisted in Company I, Second United States Dragoons, and served the full term of five years; re-enlisted in 1861 in Company F, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, and participated in the battles of Newtonia, Mo., Kane Hill, Prairie Grove and Honey Springs, and was mustered out in Leavenworth in 1864. He then located on his present place, Section 14, Township 11, Range 4; has eighty acres, forty-six of which are cultivated. He has a warehouse at Alida for handling grain, etc. He was married in 1863 to Miss Susan E. Maxfield, who was born in Van Buren, Crawford Co., Ark., November 11, 1846.

R. E. LAWRENSON, farmer, P. O. Junction City, was born in Ireland in 1832, and came to America in 1852, lived in New York City a few months, and came to Kansas in October, 1855, as a soldier in the Second United States Dragoons, was stationed at Fort Riley; served until the expiration of his time, and was mustered out in March, 1857. He served three and one-half years in Texas before coming to Kansas. He then pre-empted his present farm, now adjoining the city limits, Section 11, Township 12, Range 5, east, being the east half of the northwest quarter and west half of the northeast half, containing 160 acres, 100 of which are under cultivation; has about ten acres of fine magnesia limestone for building purposes; also two and one-half acres of fine vineyard; in 1881 manufactured two barrels wine and sold $180 worth of grapes; has a fine orchard of ten acres, containing all varieties of fruit. He was appointed adjutant of the Fifteenth Regiment Kansas State Militia, November 17, 1863; served under Gen. Curtis against Indians and Price's raid; elected County Treasurer of Davis County in 1865; re-elected in 1867; Democratic candidate for State Senator in 1868 for the Twentieth District; in 1870, appointed assistant marshal to aid in taking the census; was Presidential elector for O'Connor in 1872; County Commissioner in 1872-1874. He assisted to erect the first house in Junction City in the spring of 1858. He was married in 1867 to Miss Ellen M. Barry, of New York; they have five children--Edward C., Mary E., Bertha C., Margaret and Clara.

CHARLES E. MURPHY, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Junction City, located here in 1879, being on Section 19, Township 12, Range 5; has 1,400 acres of fine land, all in one body, 700 of which are cultivated; raised 400 acres of corn in 1882; also, 100 acres of wheat, 40 of oats and 67 of rye. He keeps about 100 head of cattle. The nearest post-office and grist mill is Junction City. He was born in Bradley, Me., in 1846, and was raised a lumberman. He went to Michigan in 1866, and followed the latter business until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the Masonic order and Detroit Commandery, No. 1, of Detroit, Mich., and Knight Templars of Michigan. He was married in 1871 to Miss Helen P. Towsley, of Waterloo, N. Y.; they have one son, Fred T. Murphy.

COLONEL JOHN. T. PRICE, farmer, P. O. Junction City, was born in Louisville, Ky., February 14, 1826. His parents died when he was but a child. He was reared by his mother's brother, William A. Cocke, a gentleman of high standing in life. Mr. Price was educated in the common schools of his native city, completing at Hanover College, Indiana. At the beginning of the hostilities between the United States and Mexico, he enlisted as a private in the First United States Dragoons, with which he marched across the plains to Santa Fe, and thence to Old Mexico. Col. Kearney having been promoted to the position of brigadier general in the regular army, left Companies I and G at Santa Fe, under command of Capt. J. H. K. Burgum. These companies took part in the battles of Elamboda, La Hoya and Pueblode (sic) Taos, in the fall of 1847. They then went with Col. Sterling Price to Chihuahua, and assisted in the battle of San Rosalie. After the capture of this point, Mr. Price was made a sergeant, and was sent, with a squad of ten men, to Monterey as a bearer of dispatches to Capt. Thomas W. Sherman, then commanding Bragg's Battery. Having safely delivered the dispatches, they were sent to Washington, where he and his men were requested to remain in Monterey to await an answer. With two soldiers, he returned to Col. Price bearing the answer. The entire distance from Monterey to Chihuahua is four hundred miles, which they accomplished in twelve days, traveling only at night, and hiding in the day, to escape capture by the wily enemy, in whose country they were traveling. After being mustered out at the close of the Mexican war, he accepted a position as clerk in the Quartermaster's Department, at Fort Union, which he held until 1854. When Kansas was organized as a Territory, he re-crossed the plains and settled in what is now Davis County. He was elected County Treasurer in 1872, and re-elected in 1874. In all the positions he has held, he has discharged his duties with fidelity. He was married on October 7, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Badger, of Davis County, Kan., formerly of Pennsylvania; they have nine children--Flora M., Martha, John T., Jr., Hiram, Elizabeth, Charles B., Lucy, Annie and James C. He is a member of the Masonic order. He is one of those who assisted to organize the town of Junction City, in May, 1857. He was Sheriff of what was then Arapahoe County in 1854 and 1855, including all of the country from the eastern part of Davis County west to the Rocky Mountains. He rode down three horses and collected 25 cents fee for his trouble during his term of office. It will, therefore, not be difficult for the reader to imagine that the country was very thinly settled.

DUSTIN SANDS, farmer, P. O. Junction City, came to Kansas in March, 1871, taking a homestead in Dickinson County, twelve miles west of Junction City, where he farmed a year, then sold out and worked a rented farm five years. Finally he located on his present place in the spring of 1878, Township 11, Range 5, Sections 20, 21, 29, 28, owning 600 acres, all bottom land, 350 of which are cultivated. He makes a specialty of raising stock and grain. He raised 1,200 bushels of wheat on 40 acres of land in 1882, and marketed a share of it at 76 cents per bushel. He was born in Piscataquis County, Me., December 1, 1844, was raised on a farm, living in his native State until 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and served about a year, when he contracted the typhoid fever and measles, and was discharged in 1862. Returning to the army in 1863, he was in the Sanitary Commission until Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered. He then went to California, where he followed mining and lumbering until 1870, soon afterwards going to Kansas. He was married in Boston, Mass., in 1870, to Miss Henrietta Rich, a native of Penobscot County, Me.; they have two children--Earle and May. He is a member of the Masonic order of Junction City.

GEORGE A. TAYLOR, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Junction City; was born in Hartford County, Conn., September 24, 1836, where he was reared and educated. He made farming his occupation until 1855, when he came to Kansas, and was engaged in various pursuits for quite a while. In 1857 he moved to this county and settled on his present home. He has held the offices of County Commissioner and County Assessor. In 1861 he enlisted in Company I, Old Second Infantry, and was engaged in several battles; was discharged in 1863. He was married, in Dickinson County, this State, March 24, 1864, to Miss Jane Lamb. She was born in Butler County, Ohio, August 25, 1846. They have four children--Henry S., Maud E., Grace A., and Eveline R. Mr. Taylor is a greenbacker. 

CAPTAIN ROBERT HENDERSON, farmer, P. O. Junction City, is farming 400 acres of land on Section 24. He first settled in Junction City in 1858, and followed house-building until 1861, when in September of that year he enlisted in Company F, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, as a private, and after about ten months' service he was promoted to second lieutenant of Company G. He participated in the battles of Coon Creek, Kane Hill and Prairie Grove; was promoted to first lieutenant in December, 1863; then participated in the latter battle, and confined in the Rebel hospital at Camden, Ark., for some time, and in the Rebel prison in Shreveport, La. He was then removed to Tyler, Texas, and there confined for six months, finally escaping, and was twenty-six days and nights in making his way into the Union lines at Fort Smith, Ark. He was promoted to the captaincy of his company while in Rebel prison, in November, 1864, and was mustered out as captain, May 20, 1865. He then returned to Junction City soon afterward, settling on his present fine home. When he first settled in Kansas, his nearest grist mill was Topeka, seventy-three miles distant, and nearest post-office, Fort Riley, five miles distant. He was born in Ireland, February 8, 1833, and came to America in 1851. He was married in 1857 to Miss Elizabeth Douglas; they have five children--James B., Lizzie E., William J., Mary D. and Robert D. He has served one term as County Treasurer, and is a member of the Masonic order.

THEODORE JONES, farmer, P. O. Junction City, first came to Kansas in October, 1854; located near Osawatomie, where he assisted to erect the first house in that place; began farming, but soon sold out and went to Westport, Mo.; remained there a short time and returned to Shawnee County, Kan., for a short-time; then to Lawrence, until April, 1856; was there during the first well-known troubles in that place; he soon afterward settled near Fort Riley on a farm, on Section 24, Township 12, Range 5 east; 158 acres of land, 75 under cultivation, with a fine orchard, timber, etc. He enlisted in May, 1861, in Company B, Second Kansas Volunteer Infantry; participated in the battle of Wilson's Creek; after serving five months, was mustered out; re-enlisted in Company E, Second Kansas Cavalry; participated in the battles of Kane Hill and Prairie Grove; was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, February 18, 1865. He was born in Onondago County, N. Y., January 25, 1831, and married in 1879 to Miss Mary P. Smith, of Lawrence. Eliza Roxy is their only child.

E. S. MCFARLAND, farmer, P. O. Junction City, came to Kansas latter part of August, 1855; worked for the Quartermaster at Fort Riley; was also a member of the Second United States Dragoons. He was born near Lake Champlain, N. Y., July 3, 1828. His parents moved to Worcester County, Mass., when he was a child, and there he lived until twenty-four years of age, when he enlisted in the Second United States Dragoons, being sent to Carlisle Barracks, Pa., soon after to Texas, where he remained until 1855, and then to Fort Riley, Kan. Mustered out of service in 1857, since which time he has made his home in Kansas. Took a pre-emption claim in 1858, on Section 11, Township 12, Range 5. He has 160 acres of finely watered and timbered land, sixty acres of which are now under cultivation. He built the first house in Junction City in the spring of 1858 for P. Z. Taylor. He enlisted April 14, 1861; served five months and re-enlisted in Company B, Second Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Transferred to the Second Kansas Cavalry; participated in all the battles of his command; mustered out February, 1865. He was married in 1871 to Miss A. L. Staples, of Needham, Mass. They have two children--Mary E. and James E.

JAMES MANSFIELD, Section 33, Township 12, Range 5, P. O. Junction City, owns 900 acres of land, 300 of which are under cultivation. He first came to Kansas in the fall of 1859, locating on his present place where he began farming and stock-raising. He was born in Orleans County, N. Y., December 8, 1831. His parents removed to Washtenaw County, Mich., in 1833. He lived there twenty-four years, then went to the mines of California, and followed mining until the fall of 1859, then came to his present home. He was married in 1865 to Miss L. A. Ableson, of Ontario, Canada. They haye (sic) four children--Helen V., Ida F., Lucien H. and Clark. He is a member of the Masonic Order of Junction City. He has one of the finest orchards in Davis County.

G. R. WOODWARD, farmer, P. O. Junction City, came to Kansas in 1857, locating in Ashland, Davis County (now Riley County), where he engaged in farming until 1865. He then located on a homestead, Section 20, Township 12, Range 5, of eighty acres. Sold out and now is located one-half mile west of Junction City, where he is engaged in farming. He was born in Rutland County, Vt., September 20, 1836; lived in his native State until he was twenty-one years old, then came to Kansas. He was a member of the Kansas State Militia some time during the Rebellion. He was married in 1861 to Miss Maria M. Kelley, a native of Ireland. His wife's parents emigrated to America when she was a small child, and located in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two children--Mary Janette and William Raymond. 

PAUL KRAMER, farmer, Section 4, P. O. Junction City, was born in Germany, October 12, 1824. He was reared and educated in his native country; came to America in 1851 and lived in New York for quite a while. Came to Kansas in 1855, and enlisted in Company B, First United States Cavalry, where he served for five years. In 1865 came to Davis County and settled on his present house. He was married in this county in 1863 to Miss Mena Tobeern. She is a native of Prussia; born October 15, 1844. They have seven children--Herman F., Paul, John, William, Florence, Elizabeth E. and Annie C. Mr. Kramer is a Republican.