L. H. ALLBRIGHT, druggist, settled in Hutchinson, April 1, 1873, and with Mr. Charles B. Winslow engaged in the drug business, building the first stoner brick building west of Emporia, which, with additions, they still occupy. Their business amounts to about $20,000 per annum, exclusively drugs, having increased from about $5,000 the first year. Mr. Allbright is secretary of the White Pine Gold and Silver Mining Company in the Tomichi Mining District of Colorado. He has a very fine collection of minerals, fossils, etc., gathered from all parts of the world. Mr. Allbright is a native of Dalton, Wayne Co., Ohio, born November 15, 1847, and when twelve years of age removed to Orville, Ohio, thence to Clinton, Ohio. He afterwards lived at Wooster, Ohio, about one year, and subsequently at Canton, Ohio, two years. He is a graduate of the Pharmaceutical Department of Baldwin University at Bera, Ohio, where he received the degree of bachelor of medicine, and was in the drug business a short time at Akron, Ohio, subsequent to leaving college, then removed to Pittsburg, making that his home until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Kansas State Pharmaceutical Association and the A., F. & A. M.

W. T. ATKINSON settled in Holton, Jackson Co., Kan., in 1871, and was engaged in the mercantile business at that point until April, 1873, when he came to Hutchinson. He was engaged in the clothing business here until March, 1875, when he entered the office of the County Treasurer, serving as deputy two terms, then as Treasurer for the same length of time. Since October, 1882, he has been employed as a book-keeper and has also been somewhat interested in insurance business. Mr. Atkinson is the originator of the Hutchinson Opera House Company, and is now president and manager of the Opera House. He is native of London, Eng., born July 9, 1848, and came to America with his parents in 1851 and located in Erie County, N. Y., near Buffalo. About one year later they removed to Indiana, and in 1856 to Shelbyville, Ill., where he remained until he came to Kansas. He was married in Shelbyville, Ill., November 25, 1873, to Laura F. Kelley, a native of that town. They have two children - Lloyd Hardy and Lee Kelley.

E. BANE, farmer, was born in West Virginia, April 3, 1843, and moved with his parents to Illinois when a child. Enlisted in Company I. Forty-seventh Regiment, Illinois Infantry, in August, 1861, and served with his command in the Department of the West, and participated in the campaign against New Madrid and taking of Island No. 10, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Iuka, second fight at Corinth, Holly Springs, and in the fighting and different engagements in rear of Vicksburg and at the capture of that place, and was in the expedition to Meridian, Miss., and the next day after his return, started on the Red River expedition, under A. J. Smith, and engaged in the fights at Fort De Russy and Pleasant Hill, and was for two weeks constantly under fire, covering the retreat of the army and helped build the dam on Red River to get the fleet out of the hands of the Rebels, and was in the fights at Cain River and Zellory Bayou, and was wounded by a shell and left for dead at Marksville Prairie, and was in the fight at Lake Chicot and veteranized and furloughed in July, 1864. After furlough, returned to his command at Memphis and engaged in the fight at Tupelo, then at Duval's Bluff, and followed Price in his raid into Missouri, and was engaged at the Big Blue fight, and from there went to Nashville and engaged there and followed Hood to Eastport, and was in the siege of Mobile, and taking of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, and mustered out January 21, 1866. Came to Kansas in 1871, first located in Greenwood County, and remained until 1874, when he returned to Illinois and came back in 1878, and located in Hutchinson. Was married May 20, 1870, to Miss Sarah Bishop, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children - Irene, Harley and Fanny. Is a member of the G. A. R.

GEORGE D. BARCLAY, Police Judge, was born in Allegheny City, Pa., June 3, 1844. In May 1861, enlisted in Ewing's Battery G, First West Virginia Light Artillery, and served with his command in Virginia and Maryland, participating in a great many engagements, among others Camp Allegheny, McDowell, Cross Keys, Freeman's Ford. Sulpher Springs, Waterloo Bridge, and Second Bull Run. His command was then sent back to West Virginia, and he was in the engagements at Beverly, Rocky Gap, and Droop Mountain, and with Gen. W. W. Averill, on his raid to Salem, and with Gen. Sigel, at the battle of New Market. Was discharged on expiration of service at Wheeling, Va., June 20, 1864. Re- enlisted in Company M. One hundredth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was with his company and regiment in front of Petersburg until Lee's surrender. Mustered out of service at Harrisburg, Pa., July 22, 1865. In 1867 he went to Nebraska, and was made Frist Lieutenant of a company of Pawnee Scouts, under Maj. Frank North. Was with Gen. Carr in his fight at Lillian Springs, Col., and after two years hard service on the plains, was mustard out at Columbus, Neb., December 20, 1869. He came to Kansas November 13, 1871, and took a homestead in Reno County, and engaged in farming until 1878, when he went to Trinidad, Col., and started a hotel. After two years he went to Las Vegas, New Mexico, and started a newspaper, the Las Vegas Opitic. Returning to Hutchinson, Kan., in 1880, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Reno township, and re-elected in February, 1882. Was elected Police Judge of Hutchinson in 1880, and reelected in three times in succession. He was married February 14, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth Shuster, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children - Maude, Stella, Bessie and Andrew. He is a Mason, and past grand of the I. O. O. F., and past commander of Joe Hooker Post, No. 17, G. A. R.

J. P. BATCHELER, general merchant, located at Atchison, 1871, where he remained two years, and then removed to Valley Falls, Jefferson County. On the 2d of June, 1882, he came to Hutchinson, having been employed for several years prior to that time as traveling salesman. Since coming to Hutchinson, Mr. B. has been employed in the mercantile pursuits, and is now doing considerable jobbing business. He was born at Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 12, 1832. When nine years of age moved with his parents to Linn County, Mo., where he remained until he came to Atchison. He was married at Valley Falls, Kan., May 18, 1882, to Mettie V. Beland, a native of Valley Falls, Kan. Mr. Batcheler is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and of the Northwestern Traveling Mens' Association.

J. M. BEAM, Constable, was born in Licking County, Ohio, March 8, 1848. In 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Seventy-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Fifteenth Corps, and participated in the battle of Lookout Mountain, and all the general engagements of the Atlanta Campaign, as well as a great many skirmishes and minor engagements. After the taking of Atlanta, followed Hood back to the Tennessee River, and returned and joined Sherman's army, just as they started on the trip to the sea, and participated in that campaign, and north through the Carolinas and was on the skirmish line when they entered Columbia, S. C., and among the first in that city, and the city was on fire when they entered it, and engaged in his last fight at Bentinsville, N. C. After the surrender of Joe Johnston's army, marched to Washington City, and participated in the Grand Review, and mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in July, 1865, and discharged at Columbus, Ohio. After the war he returned to Ohio, and remained there until 1871, when he came to Kansas, and located on Section 26, Reno Township, Reno County, and engaged in farming until 1877, when he removed to Hutchinson, and engaged in business for two years. Then went to Colorado, and remained there until 1882, when he returned and located in Hutchinson, and was elected Constable, and is now acting in that capacity. Was County Commissioner in 1876-77. Was married April 16, 1868, to Miss Emma Huff, a native of Ohio. They have two children - Frank M. and Blanche. Is a mason.

J. W. BEDWELL, proprietor of Howard House, was born in Indiana, January 9, 1856, and came to Kansas with his parents in the fall of 1859. His early life was spent on the border, in the counties of Bourbon, Douglas and Leavenworth, during the border troubles and the War of the Rebellion. In 1864, his parents moved to California, crossing the plains, being six months on the way, having to frequently fight the Indians, and remained in California eighteen months, then moved to Roseburg, Douglas Co., Ore., and remained there until 1876, when he returned to Kansas, and located at Fort Scott, where he was married April 18, 1877, to Miss Malinda Troy, a native of West Virginia, who died November 22, 1880, leaving one child - Laura. He was married the second time, October 30, 1881, to Miss Della Wohlfart, a native of Ohio. They have one child - George H. He came to Hutchinson in 1882, and engaged in the hotel business.

THOMAS H. BEDWELL was born in Philadelphia, Penn., November 1, 1831, and made it his home until 1852, when he went to Indiana, where he was married in 1854, to Miss Margaret A. McCalister. In 1859, they moved to Kansas, and located on the Marmaton River, in Bourbon County, and settled on a farm, and commenced improvements in 1860. The season being very dry, they had no crops, no turnips, and were without bread; but in 1861, they had an abundant crop of everything, but the raiders came in from Missouri, and captured the Union men, and killed all they found who had served under Jim Lane, and although Mr. Bedwell had been thirty days with Jim, his Pro-slavery friends saved him, by representing him as one of them. After the party left, they told him to get way at once, as they could not protect him another time. So he had to sacrifice his goods, and a farm, which has since proven to be very valuable, taking just what he could get and fleeing to Douglas County, he located in Prairie City, where they were living at the time of the Quantrell raid on Lawrence; at that time they had a sick child, who died that night; they set fire to the house after the child was buried. Then moved to Leavenworth County, where they remained until 1864, when they crossed the plains to California, and remained there eighteen months, then went to Roseburg, Douglas Co., Ore., and lived there until November, 1876; they returned to Fort Scott, Kan., and died January 25, 1876, leaving his wife, Mrs. M. O. Bedwell, with four children - J. W., Jessie R., Arthur S., and Harrie G. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bedwell are members of the Baptist Church.

JOHN B. BROWN settled in Hutchinson, in May, 1872, and has been engaged in the real estate business most of the time since, having been agent for the land department of the A., T. & S. F. R. R. for the last seven years. He has been in partnership with L. A. Bigger since October, 1872, during which time they have located not less than 25,000 acres of land, under the homestead act. In nine months, in 1882, they sold over 100,000 acres of land, in Reno, Rice, McPherson, Kingman, Pratt and Stafford counties, the unimproved railroad lands ranging from $4 to $6 per acre. They represented the A., T. & S. F. R. R. for the sale of all its lands in Reno County, where there are still fully 100,000 acres of railroad land unsold. Mr. Brown is a native of Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio, where he lived until September 1861, when he enlisted in Company H, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry serving that regiment until September, 1865. He then returned to Ohio, and located Napoleon, Herny Co., where he remained until 1868. He then lived in South Carolina for one year, and from there removed to Ottawa, Kan., where he remained, engaged in farming, until he came to Hutchinson. Mr. Brown was once Mayor of Hutchinson, and has served as Police Judge. He is also a member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge. He was married at Napoleon, Ohio, February 15, 1872, to Elmira Roff, a native of that place.

[Image of W. R. Brown] HON. W. R. BROWN was born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 16, 1843. He received his education at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from which institution he graduated in July, 1862. The same year he removed to Lawrence, Kansas, where he read law with ex-Gov. Wilson Shannon. IN 1863 he removed to Topeka, where he served as Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court and was Journal Clerk of the House of Representatives during the sessions of 1866 and 1867. In 1866 he made his home at Emporia, Kansas, and entered upon practice of the law with Judge R. M. Ruggles. In 1867 he removed to Cottonwood Falls in Chase County, and was elected that same fall as District Judge of the Ninth Judicial District of Kansas, and served in that capacity till March 1, 1875, when re resigned, having in the fall of 1874 then elected to Congress from the Third Congressional District of the State. He served but one term, and has since 1877 been engaged in the practice of the law. He moved from Cottonwood Falls to Hutchinson in 1873, and is still a resident of Hutchinson, and member of the law firm of Brown & Zimmerman. Judge Brown was married in Lawrence, Kan., October 28, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth E. Balcom, a native of Worcester County, Mass. They have two children - Margaret and William. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and was a charter member and first master of the lodge at Cottonwood Falls. He is also a member of I. O. O. F.

S. W. CAMPBELL, cashier of Reno County State Bank, came to Hutchinson in April, 1876; organized the above named bank and has been its cashier ever since. He is a native of Gentry County, Mo.; in October, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, and served four years, being a non-commissioned officer at the time of his discharge. He was then employed in the hardware business, in St. Joseph, Mo., until 1873, and was subsequently engaged in banking, being assistant cashier of the St. Joseph savings bank. He was married at St. Joseph, in May, 1869, to Emma Lee Keedy, a native of that city. They have three children - Fred F., Reuben C. and Daniel Keedy.

G. W. CARPENTER, was born in Stephentown, near Lebanon Springs, N. Y., August 22, 1834. In 1859, he removed from his native county to New York City, and remained there until 1865, when he came west as far as Illinois, and located in Grundy County, living in Morris and in Chicago, prior to his removal to Kansas. He was married in Stephentown, N. Y., November 6, 1856, to Diana Howard, a native of that place, and has three children - Fred H., Minnie L. and Florence. In June, 1871, he came to Kansas and located at Newton. In the following October he took a claim on the southwest quarter of Section 4,Township 23, Range 5, W. Clay Township. He spent the winter of 1871 in Wichita and graded the A., T. & S. F. R. R. through Newton, commencing grading on the Wichita branch in September, 1871, and finishing the contract in February 1872. The following March, 1872, he did about three miles of grading on the road east of Hutchinson, and the last of the same month commenced farming in Clay Township, continuing on the farm until March, 1881, when he moved to Hutchinson and engaged in the livery, trading and dealing in horses, and also dealing in coal. Mr. C. was Township Trustee in Clay Township two years. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.

WILLIAM S. CLAYPOOL was born at North Salem, Ind., August 6, 1853. After remaining there but six weeks his parents removed to Peoria County, Ill., near Farmington. He lived there five years; returned to Indiana and resided there for eleven years. In 1869 he went to live in Hancock County, Ill., and during the same winter to Henry County, Ill. In the spring of 1870 his parents settled with him in Rallis County, Mo. He remained there until the spring of 1876, his father, John Wesley Claypool, locating on Section 6, Township 23, Range 7, Salt Creek Township, where he still resides. He is now a representative from the Ninety-eighth Assembly District. This has been the home of William S. Claypool since that time. Nine months after coming here, however, he returned to Abingdon, Ill., and attended Hedding College for two terms, preparing himself to teach and practice law. In 1878, he returned to Reno County, Kansas, and taught school three winters. He began prospecting for mines in Colorado in April, 1881, having now an interest in the Gunnison County Mining Company, and also the coin silver mine and tunnel site, which is represented by the Montgomery County Gold and Silver Mining Company; also one- quarter interest in the Eila Rea Mine, and one-quarter interest in the Lilley Mine, all located at White Pine, in Gunnison County, Tomicha Mining District.

F. R. CHRISMAN was born March 17, 1846, in Pulaski County, Ky. He was the son of a farmer, and raised to that business. After arriving at manhood he was employed for three years as a teacher in the public schools of Pulaski County, Ky. In 1870 he removed to Hillsboro, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile business for three and a half years, with marked success. He afterward assisted in the organization of the Farmers' Exchange Bank at that place, and was cashier of that institution until he left for Hutchinson, Kansas, September 19, 1873, he was married to Mary J. Slayback, of Hillsboro, Ill. They have three children now living - Joseph F., Mabel I. and Dora. Mr. Chrisman arrived with his family in Hutchinson February 18, 1875. He was engaged in the harness trade from 1876 to 1878, and in the book and stationery trade from 1878 to November, 1882, when he again retired from the mercantile pursuits, having large real estate and live stock interests. He is now giving his attention to these investments, and is one of the largest and most successful wool growers in Reno County. Mr. Chrisman is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Commandery, A., F. & A. M. He is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was a delegate from the South Kansas Conference to the General Conference of that church, held at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880.

H. CONSTANT, grain dealer, was born in Sangamon County, Ill., July 25, 1842, and made it his home until he came to Kansas in 1872, and located in Hutchinson, and started a blacksmith shop, and followed that business until the country being developed, and the grain interest of becoming sufficient magnitude, in 1874 he commenced buying and shipping grain, and was the second dealer in that line in Hutchinson. In July, 1882, he organized the same business in Burrton, Harvey County, and up to the 1st of March, 1883, has shipped from that point over 43,000 bushels of grain. Was married, December 28, 1865, to Miss Ada Briney, a native of Ohio. They have three children - Frank, Nettie and Nina. Is a member of the I. O. O. F.

REV. J. W. CROW was born near Harrietsville, Noble Co., Ohio, October 13, 1857. That was his home until he came to Hutchinson, in April, 1878. While in Ohio he attended both High and Normal schools, and after coming to Kansas he taught two years. During that period he also attended Normal school two fall terms, and part of another. Prior to coming to Hutchinson, Mr. Crow had pursued his theological studies, and been engaged in evangelical work, joining the Southern Kansas Conference, March 1, 1880. His first charge was at Little River, Rice County, where he remained one year. During this time he also preached at Highland, Bluffville, and Mule Creek. In 1881 he was stationed at Matfield Green, in the southern part of Chase County, preaching also at Bazaar, Rock Creek, Prairie Hill, and Valley Center. He continued there until March, 1882, when he was obliged to relinquish work, on account of ill-health. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Crow was married in Hutchinson, June 29, 1880, to Lynda Schafer. She is a native of Harrietsville, Noble Co., Ohio. They have one daughter, Nellie. Mr. Crow is a son of Martin Crow, who came to Hutchinson in March, 1878. Although he lives in town, he has been engaged in farming most of the time since coming to Hutchinson. He is a native of Ohio also.

THEO. A. DECKER, editor of the Hutchinson Herald, was born in the town of Adamsville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, February 11, 1847. He resided in that county until he came to Kansas, acting as correspondent and local editor prior to entering the army, in 1863. In August of that year he enlisted in Company E, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustarded out of the service in October, 1865, having acted as war correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette. After leaving the service he returned to Zanesville, and was for a time employed as a teacher, at the same time engaging in newspaper work. He continued in these occupations until he came to Hutchinson, in 1879. He then commenced to read law, and now associates its practice with editorial work.

W. C. DEVIER settled in Topeka in January, 1870, and remained there until he came to Hutchinson, in June, 1872. He was employed in the Reno House two years, and then engaged in the grocery and drug business, under the firm name of Devier & Blackburn, where J. F. Blackburn is now located. He sold out his interest March 20, 1882, and is now a member of the firm of West, Allison & Co., proprietors of the First Water Mill. He is also engaged in the stock business, having about 500 head of cattle, and since December, 1882, has been interested in the grocery and queensware trade. He was a member of the Allison-Devier Mercantile Co., until October, 1882. Mr. Devier is a native of Shenandoah Valley, Va., born January 7, 1852, and lived there until 1869, when he removed to Boone County, in the same state, remaining there until he came to Kansas. He was married in Hutchinson, January, 1878 to Alice Burrell, a native of Wisconsin. They have on child, Mary.

R. M. EASLEY, Postmaster and proprietor of the Hutchinson News, settled in Hutchinson in November, 1875, and was employed as a teacher in the county schools six months. He then accepted a position as clerk, and six months later became assistant principal of the Hutchinson schools, acting in that capacity for one year. He then assumed control of the Interior for about six months, and subsequently founded and published the St. John Advance at St. John, Stafford County, for one year. He bought the Hutchinson News January 1, 1881, and has since published and edited that paper. Mr. Easley has always been identified with the Republican party, and the paper with which he has been connected have always been exponents of the principles of that party. He is a native of Schuyler County, Ill., and lived in Knox and Adams counties prior to coming to Kansas. He was married at Mechanicsburg, Ohio, February 23, 1881, to Minerva J. Cheney, a native of Urbana, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Easley are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GEORGE T. EMPEY, proprietor of the Arlington Mill, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., July 11, 1839, and when seventeen years of age moved to Stephenson County, Ill., making that his home until he came to Hutchinson, January 15, 1874. He was engaged in the grocery business for about seven years, and in 1877 built the mill at Arlington, operating it in company with A. K. Burrell until 1881. The mill was started with two run of stone, but now has four, with a capacity of about 200 bushels of wheat per day. Mr. Empey is one of the Alderman of the city, and is serving his second term in that capacity. He was married at Beloit, Ill., December 4, 1862, to Sarah Knoor, a native of Pennsylvania. They have three children - Clarence B., James L., and Mable A.

MARK M. EVANS was born in Berwick, Columbia Co., Pa., September 13, 1835, and lived in that county until 1852, when he removed to Dixon, Ill., making his home there and in that vicinity until he came to Kansas. He enlisted May 24, 1861, in Company A, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until August 12, 1865, participating in all the engagements of his command, and was never wounded or sick while in the service. July 10, 1872, Mr. Evans took a soldier's homestead on Section 10, Castleton Township, Reno Co., Kas., and after living on his claim about one year moved to Hutchinson, where he was engaged in painting about two years. He then returned to Dixon, Lee Co., Ill., and lived there until 1880, at which time he came back to Hutchinson, where he has since been engaged in selling agricultural implements and hardware. He was married at Dixon, Ill., in July, 1867, to Ellen S. Hill, a native of Ohio, born near Sandusky. They have two children - Amanda May and Lulu J.

H. C. FREEMAN, merchant and painter, of the firm of Ryde & Freeman, dealers in paints, oils, glass, putty, wall-paper and painter's supplies generally, came to Kansas in 1875, locating in Hutchinson and commenced working at his trade of painter. The same year he and MR. Chas. J. Ryde, a native of Sweden, associated in the present business, and by energy and management have a good business with a capital of $1,500 to $2,000, and they also work five hands, and are the leading firm in the business. Was born in Ohio, September 27, 1850, and went to Illinois in 1865, and has spent a number of years in Memphis and New Orleans. His father was a dealer in carriages and buggies and had a large trade in the South and Mr. Freeman was engaged with him. Was married, in 1873, to Miss Margaret Myers, a native of Illinois. Is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters.

J. A. GRAYSON, came to Hutchinson April 13, 1872, locating on Section 4, Township 24, Range 6. He lived there until December 1874. Prior to coming to town he spent two winters on the buffalo range, his party killing 642 buffalo. When he came to Hutchinson he engaged in the coal, hay and grain business. In 1880 he commenced to deal in farm machinery. He has added to this a full line of agricultural implements and is also operating his farm, being largely interested in wool growing. He is a member of the Opera House Company and has mining interests in the Tomichi District, Gunnison Co., Col. Mr. Grayson is also one of the directors of the Montgomery County Gold and Silver Mining Company, head-quarters at Dayton, Ohio, and White Pine, Col. Gen. E. F. Brown, General Inspector of the National Soldiers' Home, is president. Mr. Grayson was born in Ritchie County, W. Va., about eighteen miles from Parkersburg, May 24, 1845. He lived there until August, 1861, then enlisted in Company D, Sixty West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was mustered out at Wheeling, June 12, 1865. He was wounded in Calhoun County, W. VA., August 28, 1864; he had his right leg amputated on August 8, 1865. In 1867, he removed from West Virginia to Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio, and in 1869 he went to the National Military Asylum at Dayton, Ohio, having charge of the dining-room and the barracks most of the time until he came to Kansas in 1872.Mr. Grayson was married at Chester, Ohio, January 1, 1874, to Mary L. Garen, daughter of Milton Garen, a merchant of that town. Mr. Grayson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., having filled all the chairs of that order. He is at present chief patriarch of the Encampment, and has been quartermaster of G. A. R. since the first quarter of its existence. He is also treasurer of the Equitable Aid Union.

E. H. GREGG, hardware merchant, was born in Belmont, Belmont Co., Ohio, March 20, 1834. He was married in Napoleon, Ohio, September, 1862, to Minnie E. Schribner, a native of Henry County, Ohio, and has three children - Bertha M., Edwin S. and Franklin H. From Napoleon Mr. Gregg removed and settled in Hutchinson, in the fall of 1875, where he engaged in cattle raising and stock dealing until January, 1877, since when he has been in the hardware business.

J. A. GREGG, proprietor of livery stable and veterinary surgeon, came to Hutchinson November 20, 1877, and has practiced his profession in the place since 1878. He was born in Scotland, and from an early age reared in Castile, Wyoming Co., N. Y. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company F. Fifth New York Cavalry, and served until July, 1865. He was taken prisoner at Amosville, Va., July 24, 1863, and remained a captive on Belle Island until February, 1864, when he was taken to Andersonville, where he was kept until April, 1865, and then paroled. After he left the army he returned to Castile and thence came to Kansas. He has been a veterinary surgeon for sixteen years. 

 EUGENE HALLOWELL, drug clerk, came to Hutchinson December 7, 1871, and remained about two months. He then went to Bourbon County, and a few months later returned to Hutchinson, and when E. L. Meyer opened his drug store, entered his employ as a clerk. About a year later they established a branch store on Main street, below the Reno House, which they maintained for two years. Mr. Hallowell was born near Norristown, Montgomery Co., Pa., March 5, 1847, and that was his home until about sixteen years of age. He then went to Phoenixville, Pa. to learn the drug business, and about two years later went to Philadelphia, where he was employed in a wholesale drug establishment until October, 1871, when he came to Kansas. He was married in Topeka. September 18, 1879, to Dollie Campbell, a naive of Pennsylvania. They have one child - Paul. Mr. Hallowell is a member of the A. F. & A. M.

EDWARD S. HANDY came to Lincoln Township, Reno County, November 27, 1872, and settled on the northeast quarter, Section 28, Township 24, Range 6. He still retains his homestead. Mr. Handy was engaged in farming there until the fall of 1876. In January, 1877, he was elected Clerk of the District Court; was re-elected in 1878, 1880 and 1882. He has served as a school director and Clerk of Lincoln Township, and, at the time of his election as Clerk of the District Court he was Justice of the Peace. Mr. Handy was born in York, Clark Co. Ill., February 28, 1846. He enlisted in Company F, Seventy-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and served until June, 1865. He was wounded at Liberty Gap Tenn., June 24, 1863, and was incapacitated for further duty for fifteen months. Being then appointed to a position in the Adjutant-General's office, he acted in this capacity until the close of the war. Besides attending to his duties as Clerk of the Court, Mr. Handy carries on his farm. He was married in Hutchinson, December 25, 1879, to Minnie A. Hale, a native of Waterloo, Ind. They have one child - Inez L.

FRANK J. HAWKINS, contractor and builder, firm name Cathcart & Hawkins, was born in Michigan February 3, 1847, and when only two years of age moved with his parents to Wisconsin, and when fifteen years old went back to Michigan, and was learning his trade there, but in 1863, being only sixteen years of age, he enlisted in Company K, First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, and with his command was in Tennessee under Rosecrans and Sherman, and built the block house and bridges on the line of the road from Nashville South, and was at the campaign of Atlanta, and through to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and to Washington on the Grand Review, and mustered out in October, 1865. Although not the battle line, they were armed, and had frequently to quit work and fight to repulse an attack, and had to work under a heavy skirmish fire very often. After the war he returned to Michigan, and came from there to Kansas in 1871, first locating a homestead twelve miles south of Hutchinson, and in addition to farming, worked at his trade until May, 1882, when the present firm of Cathcart & Hawkins was organized. They employ from three to five hands, and contracts to present time are about $10,000. Mr. H. was married in 1867, but his wife died in 1873, leaving two children - Alda F. and Carrie O. Was married again in 1877 but his wife died In 1879, leaving one child - Leo R. Was married October 10, 1881, to Miss Sarah Crowley, a native of Michigan. They have a baby not named. Is member of G. A. R.

A. J. HIGLEY, came to Hutchinson in November, 1878, and located here permanently in March, of the following year. He was born in Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio, October 1, 1851, living there until he was sixteen years of age; then went to Jackson County, MO., where his father still resides. When he was nineteen years of age he entered Beloit College and took a three years' course, he then traveled two years, having read law prior to coming to Kansas. Mr. H. was appointed Justice of the Peace in August, 1880, and re-elected in 1882. He practices law and is proprietor of the Herald. He is also engaged in the loan business, representing the Kansas Loan and Trust Company. He was married in Kewanee, Ill., September 6, 1876, to Emma E. Howe, a native of Unionville, Ohio. She came to Kewanee with her father, Gen. Howe, when she was four years of age. They have two children, Florence E. and Clyde S. He is a member of the A. O. U. W.

J. M. HERRICK, Sheriff, came to Reno County, Kan., in September, 1872, and located on the southwest quarter of Section 30, Township 24, Range 5, Lincoln Township, making that his home for three and a half years. He then sold his farm, but has since purchased two others in the same township. He was elected Sheriff in November, 1875, re-elected in 1877, and again in 1881. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Herrick is a native of south Charleston, Clarke Co., Ohio. April 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-second Ohio Cavalry, serving until August 15, 1865. He entered the service as a private and was discharged as Captain of Company I, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. At the close of the war he returned to Ohio, remaining there until April, 1878, when he removed to Brown County, Ill., making that his home until December, 1870. At that date he moved to Gundy County, Mo., making that his home until he came to Kansas. He was married in London, Madison Co., Ohio, October 16, 1865, to Anna Catherine Kennester, a native of that town. They have three children, Dollie May, born in London, Ohio; Joanna Fay, born in Lincoln township, Reno County, and Edward McKee, born at the Court House, in Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kan.

HON. L. HOUK, District Judge, was born in Sevier County, East Tenn., fourteen miles from Knoxville, February 22, 1834. When about one year of age e removed to Morgan County, Ala., remaining there until 1850, when he returned to Tennessee. After attending the Union University at Murfreesboro, Tenn., and taking a four years course, he graduated in 1874, and entered the Law Department of the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn. He was licensed to practice in 1856, and moved to Brownsville. Tenn., in 1857. Judge Houk was a professor in Madison College, Madison County, Tenn., continuing in that capacity until 1861. Building a schoolhouse near Brownsville, Tenn., he engaged in teaching until he was conscripted into the Confederate service, in September, 1861. In June, 1862, he escaped further service, and went to St. Louis, residing there until 1865. Next he engaged in the real estate business in Dent County, Mo., for three years, then returned to Brownsville, and was in practice there until he came to Hutchinson. Judge Houk voted and acted against secession, being a Henry Clay Whig, and subsequently a consistent and unswerving Republican. He came to Hutchinson, in January, 1872, and was the first lawyer in Reno County. When he first settled in Hutchinson, his office was in the building south of Redfield's bank. Judge Houk was elected County Attorney in April, 1872, and served until January 1, 1873. He was re-elected in 1880, and again in 1882. In May, 1872 Wm. Whitelaw became his partner and they were together under the firm name of Houk & Whitelaw. He entered into partnership with Judge Brown, in May, 1879, S. B. Zimmerman becoming a member of the firm in February, 1881. Judge Houk served as County Superintendent, by appointment, after the resignation of Taylor Flick, remaining in that office about one year. Judge Houk was married at Brownsville, Tenn., May 7, 1860, to Nannie Whitelaw, a native of that place. They have six children living: Elise, Eleanor, Russell W., Herman, Whitelaw, Lysander w., John H. deceased. Judge Houk is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta College Society, and belongs to the Baptist Church.

[Editor: the following biography for WILLIAM E. HUTCHINSON was moved to be in alphabetical order.]

[Image of C. C. Hutchinson] WILLIAM E. HUTCHINSON, was born in Francestown, Hillsborough Co., N. H., December 4, 1847, but removed to Steuben, N. Y., at an early age, remaining in that county until he came to Kansas in the fall of 1867. His first location in this State was at Ottawa, where he taught school in the winter of 1867. The following spring he located near Buffalo, Wilson County, where he was engaged in the stock business with George W. Hutchinson until late in October, 1871, when he came to Hutchinson and became engaged in the real estate business with his cousin, Clinton C. Hutchinson, who had visited the site of the town one month previous, but permanently settled here at that time. They were the agents of the A., T. & S. F. R. R. lands, and owners of eleven-twelfths of the town site of Hutchinson, comprising in all 640 acres of lands. He was engaged in the real estate and banking business, until the fall or 1876, when he sold his interest to the Reno County State Bank. He has since been engaged in the study and practice of law, being at present in partnership with Mr. Whiteside. In addition to their law business they do an extensive business in loaning money, and are largely interested in live stock. Mr. Hutchinson was the first Superintendent of Public Instruction in Reno County, but resigned the position soon after his election. He and his cousin, C. C. Hutchinson, laid out the town of Castleton, in Reno County. He was also interested in the laying out of Medicine Lodge, Barber County, and was the first member of the Legislature from that county. He was married in Hutchinson, October 7, 1875, to Annie P. Whiteside, a native of Shelbyville, Tenn. They have three daughters - Loto M., Annie P., and Willie H.

E. L. JEWELL, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, came to Reno County, October 20, 1873, and was engaged in Hutchinson, most of the time until January, 1874, when he located one mile north of Arlington, remaining in that location, teaching and farming until he was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the fall of 1880. He then came to Hutchinson and has since made that his home, having been re-elected to the office of Superintendent in the fall of 1882. Mr. Jewell has held the various School District offices, and has been Township Trustee and Township Clerk two years each. He was born in Muncie, Delaware Co., Ind., January 16, 1850, and when six years of age removed to Hamilton Township, the same county, and lived there until he was about twenty years of age. He attended the public schools in his native county until he was fifteen years of age, and the Academy and High School at Muncie, Ind., and Nelson's Commercial College at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1870, he removed to Illinois and was engaged in teaching in that State, and Iowa and Indiana, until he came to Kansas. He was married in Westminster Township, near Arlington, Reno Co., Kan., November 10, 1878, to Sarah J. Fryrear. They have one child - Viola.

A. P. JORDON, located in Kansas, March, 1873, and engaged in farming in Lincoln Township, southwest quarter Section 8, Township 24, Range 6 west. He remained in Lincoln, Castleton and Albion townships, until January 12, 1880, being township Treasurer, and on the School Board of Lincoln Township. He was elected Sheriff in November, 1879, and served from January, 1880 until January, 1882, since which time he has been buying and shipping cattle, and is now the proprietor of the livery and feed stable, known as the "Red Front" stable, Second avenue, west of Main street. Mr. Jordon was born in Silver Creek Township, Cass Co., Mich., March 25, 1846. He lived in his native county until he enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, November 15, 1861, in which he served until March, 1866. At the close of the war he returned to Michigan, and was married in Niles, Mich., July 21, 1867 to Florence E. Field, a native of Van Buren County, Mich. They have four children - Adelbert C., Alline G., Roy E., and Ethel LeVerne. Mr. J. is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and the G. A. R.

JOHN M. JORDON, came to Hutchinson in November, 1871engaging at once in the mercantile business. He occupied the building known as the Guessay jewelry store, until April, 1872, then moved to the northeast corner of Main and Sherman streets. Here he remained two years. He next occupied the Goldberg brick store, two years; then sold out and was not in active business for a year. He engaged in the clothing business two years; bought out the postoffice book-store, which he conducted on year, having been interested, more or less, in stock. In June, 1882, Mr. Jordon entered into partnership with Judge Ricksecker, in the real estate business. Mr. J. was born in Cabell County, W. Va., August 30, 1839, living there until 1854, when his father moved to Madison County, Ind. There, and in Hancock County, Ind., he remained until 1865, when he located at Reno, Leavenworth Co., Kas., living here until he came to Hutchinson, in 1871. Mr. Jordon was married in Jackson township, Hancock County, Ind., February 19, 1858, to Martha J. Lacy, a native of that place. They have six children living - Madison M., Elbert L., Morgan L., Frank, Eddie and Stella. He is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter.

GEORGE B. KIFF, settled in North Topeka, and engaged in the hardware business, in October, 1871. The following February he removed to Valley Township, Reno County, and took up a homestead, working at his trade, that of a tinner, for George W. Hardy, of Hutchinson. In 1877 he entered into business for himself, establishing a trade in hardware and farm machinery, which has continued up to the present time. He was a member of the School Board and Justice of the Peace in Valley Township, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., subordinate lodge and encampment. Mr. Kiff was born in Delaware County, N. Y., October 14, 1835, and when fourteen years of age removed to Bradford County, Pa., with his parents, Andrew and Rebeca, who still reside in that county. The subject of this sketch removed to Tioga County, Pa., and lived in Mansfield most of the time until he came West. He was married in Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., March 8, 1851, to Myra S. Teft, a native of Norwich, Conn. They have two children - Flora Defranchia and George Augustus.

I. A. KITSMILLER, blacksmith, was born in West Virginia, October 18, 1855, where he learned his trade of blacksmith, and lived until February, 1879, when he came to Kansas, and located in Hutchinson, and started his present business. He employs one hand besides himself. Owns his own property, and has about $500 invested in tools, stock, etc., and is increasing his business rapidly. He married in 1881, to Miss Arminda Mortina, a native of West Virginia. They have one child, Ora.

T. F. LEIDIGH, grocer, settled in Topeka, in July, 1869, and was engaged in the lumber business at that point until 1871, when he removed to Chase County, and spent about eight months at Cottonwood Falls, Florence and Newton, before coming to Hutchinson, in January, 1872. He has been engaged in the mercantile business since that time, and has done a jobbing business, to some extent, from the start. When he began business here there were five grocers in Hutchinson, doing an aggregate of from $40,000 to $50,000. His business amounting to about $10,000, the first year. There are now eleven grocers here, doing a business of about $250,000 per annum, of which he does about twenty per cent. In 1874, Mr. Leidigh built his residence on Second avenue east, and in 1875, erected his business block on the south west corner of Main street and Second avenue. The main building is 65x25 feet, and it has a brick addition 25x25 feet, put up in 1879. Mr. Leidigh was born in Newville, Cumberland Co., Pa., April 27, 1849, and lived in his native county until he came to Kansas. He was married at Newville, Pa., January 6, 1874, to Lizzie E. Reed, a native of Newville. They have six children - Ellen R., Anna M., Fred H., Martha Alma, Arthur H. and Lucy E.

WILLIAM H. LEWIS, attorney-at-law, was born in West Redford, Coshocton Co., Ohio, October 6, 1852. He was quite young when his parent removed to Jay County, Ind., where, at the public schools and at Liber College he obtained his education. After reading law in the office of Jaqua & Gray, at Union City, he was admitted to the bar in 1871, and commenced the practice of his profession. He was elected District Attorney for the Eighteenth Common Pleas District of Indiana and served out his term of office. Coming to Kansas in June, 1874, he located at Hutchinson, where he has since resided and successfully practiced his profession. He has served two terms, four years in all, as County Attorney, and one year as City Attorney. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. He was married in Newton, Kansas, in May, 1879, to Miss Sadie E. Hale, a native of Lewiston, Ill. They have two children - Ida M. and Arthur H.

ARCHIBALD W. McCANDLESS, Deputy County Treasurer, is a native of Allegheny County, Pa., being born April 19, 1855. He remained there until three years of age when he came to Macomb, Ill. Spending three years in the schools of Pittsburgh, he graduated, in 1868, from Macomb, Ill., public schools; then attended college at Fulton, Ill. He acted for one year as Deputy Clerk in the Circuit Court of McDonough County, and taught school about six years prior to his removal to Valley Township, Reno County, Kansas, in the fall of 1879. After teaching three months, he became assistant principal of the Hutchinson school for two years. Since June, 1882, he has been Deputy County Treasurer. Mr. McCandless was married at Hutchinson, November 16, 1882, to Agnes St. John. His wife is a native of Bloomfield, Iowa. Mr. McCandless is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

WILSON McCANDLESS, County Treasurer, settled in Reno County, Kansas, in March, 1874, on the northwest quarter of Section 32, Township 23, Range 4, in Valley Township, which is still his home. He was engaged in farming until the fall of 1881, when he was elected to his present office. He was born at Macomb, Ill., December 5, 1840, and lived in his native town until 1871, when he removed to Bushnell, Ill., making that his home until he came to Kansas. On the 14th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Seventy-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until June, 1865, participating in all the engagements of his command. He was wounded at Franklin, Tenn., and disabled for about three months, but was not absent from any general engagement. Mr. McCandless was married in Bardolph, Ill., December 5, 1865, to Mary A. Lawson, a native of Macomb, Ill. They have five children - Charles, Margaret Ann, William F., Susie and Lizzie E. He was one of the seven charter members of the Presbyterian Church at Hutchinson.

DAVID B. McKEE, M. D., visited Hutchinson in the fall of 1873, but did not permanently settle here until January, 1874. He has been engaged in practice the most of the time since, but has also been somewhat engaged in farming and real estate investments. He is a member of the Kansas State Eclectic Medical Society, and of the Southern Medical Association, being Vice President of the latter society.

D. McKEE, coal dealer, was born in Noble County, Ohio. His father, Robert McKee, was one of the pioneers of that part of Ohio, and widely known as the proprietor of McKee's Salt Works. Mr. McKee was for a number of years Postmaster at Olive, Noble County, and was also engaged in speculating and developing oil territory when the oil excitement was at its height. Came to Kansas in September, 1877, and located in Hutchinson, and first run a public house, but shortly thereafter bought out parties in his present business, and since December, 1878, has been engaged in the coal trade exclusively, and has a large and growing business, averaging during the cold months from twenty to twenty-five car loads per month. Was married in October, 1842, to Miss Caroline Ogie, a native of Ohio. They have four children - Elizabeth, Francis M., Warren S. and Ida B.

A. W. McKINNEY, M. D., came to Hutchinson June 15, 1872; saw first engine cross Main street going west, the road being finished about 100 yards west of Main street. There were then only thirty-five buildings in the place, all unfinished, including residences, of which there were but three. Of these buildings but eight are still standing. He located on the northeast quarter of Section 10, Township 22, Range 5, Little River Township, and remained there until 1874, when he came to Hutchinson, commencing practice here in September of that year. When he settled in Little River there were but two houses, exclusive of dug-outs, there; and about fifteen people, among them Messrs, Riggs, Dingman, Reynolds, Gaither, Zimmerman and L. W. Thomas. When he left the place he sold his farm, but has since purchased one in the same neighborhood, and since coming to Hutchinson has devoted his entire attention to the practice of his profession. He has been Coroner of Reno three terms, and still holds that office. Dr. McKinney was born in Livonia, Washington Co., Ind., October 20, 1831, and lived there and in that vicinity until he came to Kansas. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in February, 1860, having commenced practice in Owensburg, in Greene Co., Ind., November 9, 1851. September 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as First Sergeant, retaining that rank until May 1, 1862, when he became hospital steward. He was promoted Second Lieutenant January 22, 1863. Became Assistant Surgeon of the regiment May 30, 1863, and was made Surgeon of the regiment September 13, 1864. He was discharged in Texas, December 8, 1865, but drew pay up to January 9, 1866, the intervening month being occupied in reaching his home. He was present in all the battles of his command excepting that of Mission Ridge, being at the taking of Fort Donelson; battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Nashville, Tenn., Ashville, N. C., April 6, 1865, and the entire Atlantic campaign. He was taken prisoner at Stone River, and released on parole after twenty-two days' imprisonment. After leaving the army he returned to Indiana and lived at Lavonia until May, 1872. Dr. McKinney is a member of the A. F. & A. M., A. O. U. W. and the G. A. R. He was married at Lavonia, Ind., December 24, 1851, to Nancy Jane Orr, who died April 1872, leaving two children - Mary Ellen, now Mrs. J. W. Harmony, of Hutchinson, and Lavinah B. He was married to his present wife, Dovey M. Wible, a native of Orange County, Ind., at Hutchinson, July 12, 1875.

WILLIAM R. MARSHALL, County Clerk, was born in Belleville, Richmond Co., Ohio, May 11, 1840. He enlisted in April, 1861, in Company H, Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in August. Returning to Ohio, he was engaged in farming and the mercantile pursuits until he came to Reno County, April 18, 1872. He then took a homestead in Lincoln Township, on Section 10, northwest quarter, Township 24, Range 6, and still owns this property. Before he came to Hutchinson, fall of 1877, he lived on his farm five years. For about two years he was connected with the grocery establishment of De Vere & Blackburn. Mr. Marshall was elected County Clerk in the fall of 1879, and re-elected in 1881. He has held many minor offices, such as Township Trustee and Clerk, School District Treasurer, etc. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R., and in 1882, represented Reno Lodge, No. 99, I. O. O. F., in the Grand Lodge of the State. Mr., Marshall was married at Belleville, Ohio, February 23, 1865, to Martha J. Shafer, a native of that place. They have two children, Guy S. and Myra Iona R.

J. H. MAURITZIUS, wholesale produce dealer, was born at Savannah, Mo., May 12, 1850, and when two years of age removed with his family to Amazonia, Mo., where he remained eight years. He then removed to St. Joseph, and in 1870 to Doniphan County, Kan., where he was engaged in farming for three years. He then moved to Leavenworth, where he became bookkeeper and salesman for the dry goods house of Jaggard & Foster. He remained with them for about four years, and then traveled three years for a wholesale house in Kansas City. In February, 1881, he came to Hutchinson, where he has since been engaged in various mercantile pursuits. Since June, 1882, he has been engaged exclusively in the wholesale produce business. Mr. M. is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter, and Commandery. He was married in Leavenworth, November 20, 1879, to Rose S. Kirch, a native of Wisconsin.

EUGENE L. MEYER, druggist, was born in Paris, France, April 15, 1849. His father, Michael, left the place of his birth, September 8, 1853, and arrived at New Orleans, November 6. His family consisted of his wife and young Eugene. From thence the party proceeded up the Mississippi River, arriving at Nauvoo, Ill., November 23, 1853. They next removed to Rock Island, in March, 1854. In June, 1857, they departed for Kansas, reaching Leavenworth on the 10th of that month. Removing to Sumner, Atchison County, they were the fourth family to arrive in that historic town. In March, 1860, Eugene followed his parents to Atchison, where they remained until April, 1873. He attended school at St. Benedict's College, which was then the only college in the Missouri Valley. He began learning the drug business at Leavenworth, with Theo. Egersdorf, and continued with him four years, following that business for three years in Atchison and three years in New York. Eugene L. Meyer came to Hutchinson in March, 1872, continuing in the same line of business. He was appointed Commissioner to the Paris Exposition in 1878. He is now proprietor of a large drug store: is also vice-president of the Reno State Bank. He is a member of Blue Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Meyer was married in Hutchinson, April 7, 1874, to Mary Emma Moore, daughter of Rev. D. M. Moore, of Lawrence, Kan. She was born in Greenfield, Ohio. They have five children - Anna Marie, Edward, Margaret E., Daniel E., and Louis.

JOHN PAYNE, Register of Deeds, was born in Shropshire, England, September 12, 1812. He came to America in 1850, locating in Marshall County Ill., in July of that year. In 1857, he removed from Illinois to Iowa, locating in Lucas County, where he remained until he came to Hutchinson, April 1, 1873. He resided here one year, when he located on Section 16, Clay Township, where he still resides. In 1879, he was elected Register of Deeds, and re-elected in 1881. Mr. Payne was married in England, in 1842, to Elizabeth Jones. She was born in Shropshire. They have six children living - Thomas W., Ann Elizabeth, John R., Richard E., George E. and Jonathan. They have lost three children.

J. L. PENNEY, came to Topeka in the fall of 1870, and was engaged in office work until he came to Hutchinson in April, 1872. He was then connected with C. C. Hutchinson in the banking and real estate business until 1876, in the capacity of cashier, and was subsequently engaged for one year in the grocery business. In 1877 he removed to Illinois, but two years later returned to Hutchinson, where he has since had control of a meal and feed mill, with a capacity of about forty bushels per hour. Since October, 1882, he has been engaged in the produce business in partnership with J. H. Mauritzius. Mr. Penney was born in Lorraine, Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 5, 1848, and lived in his native county until about twenty years of age, when he removed to La Salle County, Ill., which was his home until he came to Kansas. He was married in Topeka in April, 1873, to Mary E. McLaughlin, a native of Indianapolis, Ind. They have two children living, Elizabeth Alice and Edith Lousie, and have lost one child.

AMOS S. PLANK, jeweler and dealer in musical instruments, settled in Hutchinson in June, 1877, and has since been engaged in his present business, which has doubled in magnitude since its establishment. He was born in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, May 27, 1843, and when three years of age removed with his parents to Lee County, Iowa, and seven years later to Davis County, Iowa. He remained at this point, engaged in the jewelry business about four years of the time, until he came to Kansas. Mr. Plank was married in Hutchinson, in February, 1880, to Mary Hayes. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. 

 G. V. RICKSECKER, was born near St. Joseph, Ind., August 4, 1837. During infancy his father moved to Hamilton County, Ohio; resided there about two years, and then settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where young Ricksecker lived until he was eighteen years of age. His father, then moved to Stark County, near Canton, Ohio, and lived at home on the farm until he was twenty years old. He then went to Bolivar, Ohio, and attended the High School at that place for one year. He then spent several years teaching and attending school and in his twenty-fourth year married Susan Shoemaker, August 30, 1860. In the fall of 1861 he went to Nashville, Tenn., and until August, 1864, was engaged in the Quartermaster's Department at that place. He then returned home and engaged in mercantile pursuits until November 5, 1866, when he and his family arrived in Ottawa, Kansas. He was Superintendent of the city schools for one term, in the spring of 1867, and then went to work at his trade as contractor and builder, in which pursuit he continued until incapacitated for work by a fall. In 1870 he moved to Pomona, Kansas, and engaged in the hardware, agricultural implement and lumber trade, until the spring of 1873, when he sold out, and arrived in Hutchinson, Kansas, on the 8th day of May, 1873. Went to work in C. C. Hutchinson's land office, selling the A., T. & S. F. R. R. lands until August 1874. The grasshopper year, the land business being entirely suspended, he was employed by the Railroad Company to purchase seed wheat for those who had lost their crops by the grasshopper invasion. He bought and distributed a little over ten thousand bushels of wheat to the farmers along the line of that railroad, beginning as Hutchinson and going as far west as Kinsley. In November, 1874, he was elected Probate Judge of Reno County, Kansas, but before taking charge of the office he was appointed as one of a committee of three to go East and solicit aid for the grasshopper sufferers. New York City was the field in which he was to work. Arrived there December 3, 1874, remained until March 13, 1875, during which time there was sent by him, or through his work, to Kansas Central Relief Committee, at Topeka, Kansas, about $7,000 in cash and $35,000 worth of clothing, tea, and such articles as would bear transportation so far. Returning home he opened a loan and law office, in connection with his duties as Probate Judge. He was re-elected in 1876 and 1878. Resigned his office in 1879 and went to Colorado. Remained in the West two years, making an extended tour through Southern Colorado and New Mexico, visiting every point of interest. Returned home in 1881, and again opened a loan, law and real estate office, in which business he is now engaged. Judge Ricksecker has been a member of the City School Board; is a member of Reno Lodge, No. 140, A., F. & A. Masons, and of Reno Chapter No. 34, R. A. Masons. He is the father of six children - Carrie E., Charles H., Edward H., Willie L., George V. and Nellie M.

[Image of N. T. P. Robertson] N. T. P. ROBERTSON M. D., came to Hutchinson, April 28, 1876, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession and in farming pursuits. When he first visited this place in the fall of 1875, he purchased property here. The doctor was born in Mount Eden, Spencer Co., Ky., March 3, 1827. He lived there but a few years when his parents located at Hannibal, Mo., where his father died in 1833. The next year his mother removed to Jacksonville, Bourbon Co., Ky. His home was there until 1850, when he went to Union, Boone Co., Ky., where he lived for six years, then he spent one and a half years at Lexington, McLean Co., Ill., and in 1857, went to St. Louis, to attend the Missouri Medical College, before graduating, in 1859, he commenced the practice of his profession in Moniteau County, Mo. After he graduated he settled in Jamestown, the same county, remaining there until 1864, after which he removed to Fairbury, Ill., where he lived until the spring of 1876. Dr. Robertson is a member of the State Medical, and the South Kansas State Medical Societies. He was the president of the Kansas Central Medical Society, when it existed. He has filled all the chairs in the Blur Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Council. Was also Sovereign of Orient Conclave, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre and St. John, for four years, and Grand Junior General of the Grand Imperial Conclave of Illinois, for the same term. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and the K. of. P., being an ancient Knight of the latter. He married near Lexington, Ill., April 14, 1839, to Eliza P. Smith, a native of Boone County, Ky. They have five children living - William K., a resident of Nickerson, Kan., Nathan smith, Fannie M., now Mrs. Charles W. Patchen, of Hutchinson, Permella P., and Evangeline. They have lost one son, who died in infancy.

H. ROGERS, livery, feed and sale stable, was born in Illinois, in 1844, and in 1861, enlisted in Company D. Seventh Regiment Iowa Infantry, and was engaged in the battle of Bellmont where he was captured and kept a prisoner for seven months, first at Memphis, Tenn., and there to Tuscaloosa, Ala., he made his escape from the latter place, May 13, 1862, and was sixteen days and nights making his way into Union lines, and rejoined his company at Corinth, Miss., and was in the second fight at that place, and at Iuka where he had the top of his ear shot off, and after that did garrison duty for a long time on the R. R. from Nashville to Chattanooga and mustered out July 24, 1864. After the war he returned to Illinois and made it his home until he came to Kansas in September, 1878, and first located near Arlington, Reno County, on a homestead and came to Hutchinson and organized present business in July, 1882. He has a roomy barn and lot large enough to accommodate from seventy-five to 100 head of horses; has five carriages, fifteen teams and does a large sale business, and it is one of the first stables built in Hutchinson. He average sales are $1,000 per month. Was married in 1867, to Miss Anna E. Doyle, a native of Missouri. Is a member of the G. A. R.

[Image of J. H. D. Rosan] JOSEPH H. D. ROSAN was born in Baltimore County, Md., October 19, 1844. Son of C. J. Rosan, one of the largest oyster, fruit, and vegetable packers of Baltimore, before the war of 1861. Lived here in the city of Monuments until he was right years of age, when he with his parents removed to St. Louis for the brief period of two years. Returning to Baltimore he attended school at Newton Academy three years, then took a collegiate course of three years. After this entered the grocery house of C. Lewis Dunlap, remaining with him for three years. Leaving here he took charge of Rosedale farm, belonging to his father, in Howard County, twenty-five miles from Baltimore, for a period of about four years. In 1867 he came to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and engaged with his brother, C. W., in the grain, hide, and wool business, and remained there until January, 1870, when he came to Reno County, Kan., settling in Grant Township, on Section 4, Township 22, south of Range 6 west. After two years residence here removed to Section 31, Township 21, south of Range 6 west, in Rice County, Kan., and with his brother C. W., engaged in the stock raising business, continuing in this business for five years, at what was known as Rosan's ranch, and when Rice County was organized he and his brother Charles W. Rosan went to New York, and Joseph H. D. Rosan engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business at Hutchinson, Kan., representing the Corbin Banking Company of New York and other large Eastern corporations. In July, 1877, he laid out the town of Saratoga, Pratt Co., Kan., which is now a prosperous and flourishing town. Is a member of the K. of P., secretary of the Cherokee Salt Manufacturing Company, and secretary of the H. A. S. & S. W. R. R. Co. Was married to Eleanor W. Whiteside, October 27, 1875, who was born near Brownsville, Tenn. They have two children living, Marshall W. and Irene W., and have lost two children.

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FREDERICK RYDE, baker, confectioner and fancy groceries. Was born in Sweden, April 27, 1841, and came to the United states in 1864, first locating in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and from there to Chicago and to Little Rock, Ark., working at his trade of baker. In 1866 he came to Kansas and stopped first in Leavenworth, working at his trade there. He worked for the railroad for a time and in June, 1872, came to Hutchinson, and thinking the prospect good here concluded to locate permanently. He was married June 18, 1872, to Miss Katie Johnston, also a native of Sweden, and they together organized his present business with only $15 capital, and by economy, industry and energy they have built up their present flourishing business. He now owns his business house and lot, situated in the best business part of the town, and carries $4,000 to $5,000 stock, and his present business is over $14,000 per year. They have four children, Oscar, Herbert, Enos, and Frederick. Is a member of the Lutheran Church and of the I. O. O. F., both subordinated and encampment.

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M. SANDERS was born in Hanover, York Co., Pa., March 15, 1846. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K. One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until November, 1865, participating in all the battles in which his command was engaged after the battle of Chattanooga. After leaving the army he located in Dayton, Ohio, and worked at his trade of harness-making, at Florence, from which place he removed in March, 1872, to Hutchinson. He was engaged in his harness business until 1874, and for the succeeding four years in steam flouring mill and sewing machine business, returning to his old trade again at the conclusion of that time. His business, which he carried on alone at first, now requires the aid of three employes in the manufacturing department.

HON. A. R. SCHEBLE, lawyer and politician, was born in Westfield, Morrow Co., Ohio, May 17, 1849, and was educated at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He read law at Mansfield, Ohio, was admitted to the bar in 1870, and immediately began the practice of his profession in that city. In 1872 he removed to Napoleon, Ohio, where he resided till 1877 when, in December of that year, he located at Hutchinson, Kan., where he now resides. In 1875 he was elected Representative for Henry County to the Sixty-second General Assembly of Ohio, as a Democrat, and in June, 1877, was renominated, but declined to run on account of bad health. Since he came to Hutchinson he has practiced his profession with marked success, and in addition, from April, 1879, to June, 1882, owned and edited the Hutchinson Herald, a Democratic weekly newspaper. In 1882 he was elected Representative of the Ninety-seventh District in the Kansas Legislature, which office he now holds. Mr. Scheble was married at Napoleon, Ohio. They have three children - Max Carl, Elma Janette and A. R., Jr.

JOHN N. SHANAN, hardware merchant and money loaner, was one of the early settlers of the county. He took a homestead claim on the northwest quarter of Section 20, Township 23, Range 5 west, in Clay Township, and resided on his farm, engaged in farming and stock raising, until March, 1877. He ran the first threshing machine in the county, in 1873, one of the manufacture of Aultman & Taylor. In 1877 he removed to Hutchinson, where he engaged in the grocery business until the fall of 1878, and the two following years he was employed in loaning money. About this time he took a trip to Europe. He has been associated with E. H. Gregg in the hardware trade since January, 1881. Mr. Shanan was born near Grafton, Taylor Co., W. Va., February 16, 1845, and when two years of age removed to Edina, Knox Co., Mo., where he was engaged in farming until he came to Kansas. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.

EMANUEL SLOUGHENHOUP, brickmaker, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1839, and enlisted in 1862 in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in most of the engagements under McClellan in front of Richmond and in south Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and in the Campaign of 1864, under Grant at the Wilderness Dunwiddle Court House, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in front of Petersburg, through the whole campaign, until the surrender of Lee's Army and was wounded three times, and mustered out in June, 1865. Came to Kansas in April, 1979, located in Hutchinson, and engaged in manufacturing brick, for which the demand is increasing rapidly.

EMANUEL SLOUGHENHOUP, brickmaker, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1839, and enlisted in 1862 in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in most of the engagements under McClellan in front of Richmond and in south Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and in the Campaign of 1864, under Grant at the Wilderness Dunwiddle Court House, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in front of Petersburg, through the whole campaign, until the surrender of Lee's Army and was wounded three times, and mustered out in June, 1865. Came to Kansas in April, 1979, located in Hutchinson, and engaged in manufacturing brick, for which the demand is increasing rapidly.

S. H. SIDLINGER, M. D., and Mayor of Hutchinson, is a native of Massillon, Ohio, where he was born June 23, 1845. He lived there for ten years, after which he removed to Napoleon, Ohio, and entered the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Band as second leader. Early in 1861, a year thereafter, an order was issued, discharging all bands. He then returned and immediately went out as a principal musician of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being detailed to assist the surgeon of the regiment as hospital steward. Dr. Sidlinger was finally mustered out of the service June 20, 1865. He had practiced dentistry two years before entering the service, and afterward read medicine and practiced in the service. Returning to Ohio, he entered a drug store, where he continued the study of medicine, commencing in 1870. He pursued a four-years' course in the medical department of the Ann Arbor University of Michigan. He remained in the drug business for over eight years and practiced more or less during that time. In 1874, he went to Florida, Henry Co., Ohio, and remained there until he came to Hutchinson, in April, 1875. He has been engaged in the practice of his chosen profession ever since. Dr. Sidlinger is a stockholder in the Hutchinson Opera House Company, and has always been identified with public interests. He is now serving his second term as Mayor of the city. Has been Alderman several terms, four years County Physician, acts at present as Examining surgeon for Pensions, and has been for several years an incumbent of that position. The Doctor is surgeon of the A., T. & S. F. R. R. Co. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., BLUE Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandry, and of the A. O. U. W. He was married in Newton, Iowa, June 30, 1868, to Lucinda Welty. She was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio. They have one child - Lila.

DANIEL W. STIMMEL, proprietor of the Howard House, came to Kansas, March 16, 1874, and located in Reno county, about four ad a half miles Southwest of Hutchinson. The following January he came to Hutchinson and purchased the furniture of the Commercial Hotel, conducted that house one year. He then engaged in the grocery business for one year and subsequently conducted the city restaurant for two years. He was then engaged in bailing and shipping hay nearly tow years, and on the 6th of January, 1881, he became proprietor of the Howard House, which he purchased in October of the following year. He has also been engaged in wool-growing nearly a year, but has recently disposed of his interests in that pursuit. He has been Justice of the Peace and served as Police Judge one term. Mr. Stimmel was born near Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio, April 8, 1832, and in 1840, removed with his father to Columbus, where he lived until 1860. He then removed to Millwork Township, Peoria County, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Company G, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until July 10, 1865. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Mansfield, La., on the Red River expedition April 8, 1864, and confined at camp Ford, Smith Co., Texas, until May 27, 1865, returning to Illinois shortly afterward and settling in West Jersey, Starke County, where he was engaged in farming. Mr. Stimmel was married at Toulon, Ill., May 24, 1865, to Adelaide Tripplett, a native of Loudoun County, Va., They have two children - Effle M. and Roderick T. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. subordinate and encampment, and of the A. O. U. W. lodge and Encampment, and has been connected with the Methodist Episcopal, Church for about twenty years.

ROBERT E. TAYLOR, dealer in dry goods, clothing, hats, caps, boots and shoes and notions, came to Hutchinson in June, 1877, his father, Calvin Taylor, having arrived several months before. He was in partnership wit his father until the death of the latter, which occurred August 17, 18-2 and now carries on the business in which the estate still has an interest. The firm gives employment to three men besides Mr. Taylor, and carries a stock of about $13,000, doing an annual business of some $30,000. He was born near Troy, Davis Co., Iowa, March 16, 1847, and reared at Broomfield, where he was engaged in the mercantile business until he came to Kansas. He was married at Bloomfield, May 12, 1874, to Miss Ruth Alley, a native of Indianapolis, Ind. They have one child - Mary R.

WILLIAM R. TEDRICK, teacher, came to Kansas in October 18, 1878, and located in Clay Township, Reno County, teaching school there during the winter and the following spring. In 1880=81 taught two terms in Valley and Clay Township. Was employed in Hutchinson schools in 1882. He is a native of Cambridge, Guernsey Co., Ohio. Born October 17, 1856, and was educated at Cambridge, beginning to teach after he came to Kansas. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

W. R. UNDERWOOD, bookkeeper, was born in Ohio in October, 1846, and when a child moved to Indiana with his parents. His father was a merchant, and after his school days he was for a number of years in his father's store. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F, Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and after three months was discharged. Re-enlisted in Company E, Seventh Regiment Indiana Cavalry, and served with his command in the West, participation in the engagements at Okolono, Guntown, Tupeio, Hurricane Creek, Oxford, and in a number of skirmishes and raids, and was made Orderly Sergeant of the company, and was mustard out September 19, 1865, on special order. After the war he was engaged in repairing telegraph lines for several years. He came to Kansas in 1876, and was employed in keeping books in his present location, in the flouring mill of West Allison & Co. He was married February 15, 1874, to Miss Alida Smith, a native of Indiana. He is a Mason in the Blue Lodge, and is a member of the G. A. R.

GEORGE C. UPDEGRAFF, merchant made his first location in Kansas at Hiawatha, in January, 1873, remaining at that point about seven months. He then removed to Springfield, Mo., and in March, 1874, came to Reno County, Kan., and settled at Bell Township, where he remained five years. On the 12th of May, 1881, he commenced the mercantile business at Nickerson. On January 12, 1882, his brother, R> H. Updegraff, became connected with him in business, and March 7, of the same year, they removed to Hutchinson, their present place of business. He was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., November 25, 1852, and lived in his native State until he came to Kansas. He was married in Kansas, October 18, 1882, near Allington, Reno Co., Kan., to Florence L. Ross, a native of Center County, Pa. Mr. Updergraff is a member of the I. O. O. F.

FRANK VINCENT, Deputy Register of Deeds, was born in Georgetown, Brown Co., Ohio, May 6, 1853. When he was quite young his parent moved to Marion County, Iowa, where he lived until he came to Kansas, in 1868, on a prospecting tour. He first visited Fort Scott. In March, 1874, he located at Hutchinson. For the first five months he engaged in no active business, but then located in Castleton Township, on Section 4, Township 25, Range 6. He lived here until 1876, after which for two years he engaged in the mercantile business at Castleton. After spending another year on a farm, he was appointed Deputy Register of deeds, which position he has since held. Since 1879 Mr. Vincent has also been engaged in the real estate and loan business. He was Assessor of Castleton Township when it embraced Albion, and part of Haven and Sumner. Mr. Vincent was married near Charlton, Lucas Co., Iowa, august 20, 1874, to Annie E. Payne, a native of Knox County, Ill. They have four children - Annie E., John F., George O., and Mary Sophia.

[Image of H. Whiteside] HOUSTON WHITESIDE, attorney-at-law, settled in Hutchinson, Kan., in May, 1872, and established the Hutchinson News, issuing the first paper on July 4, 1872. In November, 1872, he was elected County Attorney of Reno County, and held that office until January, 1877, and has a number of times represented his county in State and congressional conventions. He also held the office of City Attorney for three years and has been engaged in the practice of law since Mach 1, 1873. He is one of the directors of the Reno County State Bank and one of the incorporators of the Hutchinson Lumber Company. Mr. Whiteside is also engaged in Farming and the cattle business, in money loaning operations, and is interested in some mines in Colorado. He was born six miles north of Shelbyville, Tenn., October 6, 1848, and received his education in the public schools of his native town and at Francina Institution at Middleton, Tenn. He read law with an uncle, Thomas C. Whiteside, one of the directors of the Chattanooga & Nashville Railroad, and was admitted to the bar of Tennessee. His family were Unionists during the war, and he has always been identified with the Republican party. Mr. Whiteside had charge of a cotton plantation in Mississippi in 1870. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge. He is quite wealthy and occupies a high standing, both in society and in business circles. Not with standing his various interests he has not neglected his profession, but on the contrary keeps in the front rank, both as counselor and as an advocate. His office is one of the best appointed in the State and his practice wide. Though often pressed by his friends, on account of business engagements Mr. Whiteside has steadily refused to run for office.

E. WILCOX settled in Topeka in May, 1869, and was engaged in the hardware trade at that point until January, 1872, when he came to Hutchinson. He was engaged in the hardware and implement trade in partnership with S. Lehman until the spring of 1878, when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Wilcox carried on the business alone until January 1, 1882, since which time Mr. Dice, a particle machinist, has been associated with him. In 1879 he opened a machine shop in connection with his regular business, and in 1882, added a foundry. Their business is principally job work, though they manufacture iron storefronts, windmills and pumps. Their hardware business has increased from $10,00, in 1872, to $100,00. Mr. Wilcox was Postmaster in 1872, and erected the first brick block in town. He was the first County Treasurer of Reno County, serving in that capacity from 1872, until 1875, and has served as Mayor two terms and also as Alderman two terms. He was the first president of the Reno County State Bank and is vice-president of the White Pine Mining Company of Colorado, having headquarters at Hutchinson; also a director of the Gunnison County Mining Company of Colorado. Mr. Wilcox is a native of Trenton, Oneida Co., N. Y., and lived in Jefferson County, N. Y., and Oberlin, Ohio, until he came to Kansas. He was married in Oberlin, Ohio, August 8, 1850, to Emma Ames, a native of Beckett, Mass. They have two children - Edward Berdett and Nettie. He is a member if the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter.

THOMAS WILSON, of the firm of Smith & Wilson, came to Hutchinson August 1, 1882, and has been a member of the firm since that time. From August 12 until November 27, the firm sold fifty-two organs and seven pianos, besides handling other musical instruments and publications. Since Mr. Wilson became a member of the firm they have added a jewelry department to their business, dealing in clocks at wholesale and retail, and have four agencies at different points in the State. Mr. Wilson is a native of West Somersetshire, England, and came to America in 1870. He resided in New York State, engaged in railroad work on the A., T. & S. R. R. in Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas for over four years, being a conductor on that road, when he left their employ to go into his present business with Mr. Smith. He is a member of the K. of H.

G. W. WINANS came to Kansas and settled in Douglas County, in the winter of 1868-69, and was engaged in teaching in Eudora, in that county, for two or three years. IN 1872 he was a candidate for County Superintendent, and in 1874 went to Waterville, Marshall County, where he taught school for five years. In 1876 he was elected County Superintendent, and in 1881 went with Government surveying party to the Pan-handle of the Indian Territory. He returned to Topeka in December, 1881, and in January, 1882 went to Hutchinson and taught school for about four months. He was then engaged on institute work for two months, after which he again took charge of his school until the summer of 1883. He was born in Preston Hollow, Albany Co., N. Y., August 15, 1846, and lived there until he was thirteen years of age. He then attended the High School in New York city for three years, after which he taught school in New York state until he was twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, when he came to Kansas. Mr. Winans is a member of the A., F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. He was married at Blue Rapids, Kan., November 29, 1876, to Flora B. Green, a native of Bentonspot, Van Buren Co., Iowa. They have one child, Louise.

CHARLES B. WINSLOW, druggist, settled in Hutchinson in May, 1872, and has since been engaged in his present business, in partnership with L. H. Albright. At first they did a purely retail business, but since 1874 have done considerable jobbing in the southwestern portion of the State. Their first store was 25x25 feet, but several additions and improvements have been made and they now do the largest business in their line in the southern part of the State. Mr. Winslow has been Township Treasurer for eight years and City Treasurer for two years, and secretary and one of the directors of the Hutchinson Opera House. He was born in Boston, Mass., October 28, 1838, and that was his home until fifteen years of age, when he went to Pittsburgh, Pa., making that his home until he came to Kansas. He was married at Pittsburgh, Pa., to Emma Cupples, a native of that city. They have two children, Annie L. and Harry D. Mr. Winslow is a member of the I. O. O. F., subordinate lodge and encampment, and of the A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery.

W. L. WINSLOW, dentist, was born in Randolph County, N. C., February 10, 1832. Removing to the neighborhood of Marion, Grant County, Ind., he commenced the practice of his profession there in 1861. Here he resided for ten years, when he went to Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., which place he made his home until he came to Kingman County, Kansas, in January, 1878. Dr. Winslow located at Hutchinson in March, 1879. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and the A. O. U. W. He married in Berlin Clinton County, Ind., July 17, 1853, to Lindamira McLeland, a native of Wayne County, Ind. They have five children: Alfareta, Hezekiah T., Alianson (Allanson) M., E. Belle, and Lenna R.

JAMES A. YOUNG, druggist, settled in Hutchinson, November 21, 1875, and has been engaged in mercantile business, in partnership with his brother John H., since June 1, 1878, in the drug and fancy goods business. He was born in Cicero, Onondaga County, N. Y., November 7, 1847, and lived in his native town until 1866, when he located in Syracuse, N. Y. In 1872 he removed to Chicago, and remained there until he came to Kansas, engaged in the carpenter business. He was married on Pretty Prairie, Reno Co., Kan., October 23, 1877, to Dora N. Eraham, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child, John W.

JOHN H. YOUNG, druggist, came to Kansas May 15, 1873, and settled at Syracuse, where he was engaged in the drug business until March 8, 1874, when he removed to Hutchinson. He has been engaged in mercantile business since his arrival here, for the last four years in drug business. Mr. Young was born in Cicero, Onondaga County, N> Y>, June 22, 1850, and remained there until fifteen years of age. He then went to Syracuse, N. Y., and in the spring of 1871 removed to Colorado, making that his home until he came to Kansas. He engaged in the furniture business at Trinidad, Col., while in that State. Mr. Young is a member of the A., F. & A. M. He was married March 8, 1874, at Syracuse, Kan., to Eva A. Hand, a native of Warners, Onondaga Co., N. Y. They have three children, Mable A., Bertie L., and Lulu A.

SAMUEL B. ZIMMERMAN, Probate Judge, came to Kansas in October, 1872. He was born in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, July 30, 1842 In 1852, his parents removed to Iowa, locating four miles from Iowa City, Johnson County. He entered the Iowa University in 1860, and he enlisted in September, 1861, in Company A, Thirteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the same county, but was transferred to the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry, and afterwards to the Seventh Iowa Cavalry. Mr. Zimmerman entered the service as a private, but soon after was made a Lieutenant and commanded a company in the Eighth Regiment. After being mustered out of service in March, 1866, he returned to Iowa and again entered the University at Iowa City, taking a three years' course. In 1870, he went to Warrensburg, Mo., and acted as manager of the Journal until he came to Kansas in 1872. Returning to Warrensburg he acted in the dame capacity during the winter of 1872-73; came back to Kansas during the following summer, and became again connected with a Warrensburg paper in the winter of 1873-74. In the spring of 1874 he became a permanent resident to Hutchinson, and in September, 1874, Principal of the Hutchinson schools. He taught three years and then commenced the practice of law, which he hash continued ever since. Judge Zimmerman had been admitted to the bar, in 1872, while a resident of Warrensburg. He was elected to his present position by the Republicans in November, 1880, and re-elected in 1882, having served a short time by appointment, prior to his first election. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., Reno Lodge, No. 140, Chapter 34, and of Joseph Hooker Post, G. A. R. Judge Zimmerman was married in Page County, Iowa, to Anna B. English, on July 22, 1879. She is a native of Carroll County, Ill. 

 E. J. ARNOLD, business manager of the firm of Edwards Bros. & Fair, lumber, hardware, stone, and all kinds of building material, also coal and grain. Business was established in November, 1878; capital employed in the business about $15,000; monthly sales about $3,000. Mr. A. was born in Ontario, Canada, January 19, 1848, and came to Indiana when a child with his parents, and when a man, went to Wisconsin, and from there came to Kansas, in 1872, locating in Rice County, and came to Nickerson in 1879, and engaged in his present business. He was married in 1876, to Miss Sarah M. Howard, a native of Indiana. They have three children - Grace A., Ames M., and Charles E. While living in Rice County he served on term, 1875 and 1876, as Register of Deeds, and now is a member of the City Council of Nickerson, serving his third term. He is a Mason, member of Blue Lodge and Commandery, and also a member of the Ancient Order of United workman, and Select Knights.

THOMAS BROWN, blacksmith and wagon maker, was born in Ohio, in 1837, and his parents moved to Indiana in 1842, where he resided until 1868, when he went to California, where he spent a number of years, returning to Indiana for a time, and back to California, and from there to Missouri in 1875, and came to Nickerson, Kas., in 1879, when the town was first located, and engaged in contracting and building, and has eight house of his own, that he rents, worth about $6,000. He commenced his present business in 1880, and has a good shop, 20x40, and about $500 in stock tools. Is also interested in stock raising, and has now twenty-five head of cattle. Was married in 1857, and wife died in 1869, leaving three children - Parthenia, Emma and Thomas. Was married again in 1873, to Miss Helen Eddy, a native of New York. They have one child - Browney May. He is a Mason.

D. S. DILL, attorney-at-law, located in Kansas in March, 1877, taking a claim at Haynesville, Pratt County, where he lived two summers, and assisted in the organization of the county. He was elected the first County Surveyor, but never qualified. The following winter he read law at Hutchinson, with Brown & Gillett, and subsequently with Houk & Brown. In 1880, he helped to organize Rural Springs, in Kingman County, being admitted to the bar in July of that year. In the winter of 1880-81,he returned to Hutchinson, and re-entered the law office of Houk & Brown, where he pursued his studies and assisted in the business of the office, remaining with them until he established himself at Nickerson, in April, 1881, where he is now engaged in law, real estate and insurance business. He is agent of the A., T. & S. F. R. R., and of the Arkansas Valley Town Company. He is a native of Toledo, Ohio, where he was born March 30, 1858, He was educated in his native State, where he resided until he emigrated to Kansas. Mr. D. has been admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Kansas, and in the United States Courts, and is identified with State and county political movements, serving as a delegate to various political conventions.

E. W. ELLIOTT, grain dealer, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, December 11, 1837, and when a young man, removed to Ross County, same State. In 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Eighty- ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Department of Tennessee, for a time doing railroad duty, and having an occasional skirmish with the enemy, and was engaged for the first time in a regular battle at Chickamauga, and was captured in that fight, September, 1863, and was held a prisoner of war in Richmond, Belle Isle, Andersonville and Florence for fifteen months, being paroled in December, 1864, and mustered out in June, 1865. Came to Kansas in November, 1879, and located in Nickerson, and organized his present business in July of 1882, and from that time to the end of the year shipped 50,000 bushels of wheat, and is also engaged in stock, and has at present on the range sixty head. Was married April 5, 1865, to Miss Ruth Dixon, a native of Ohio; they have four children - Cora S., Simon O., Austin A., and Edith. Is, a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and of the G. A. R., and is County Commissioner of Reno County, and has just received his appointment of Postmaster of Nickerson.

J. P. HERMANN, furniture and undertaker, was born in Lake County, Ind., December 12, 1845, and when a child removed with his parents to Chicago, and remained there for six years, then to Lake County, Ill., where he resided until 1862, when he removed to Michigan, and came from there to Kansas in 1868, first locating in Bourbon County, and went from there to Wilson County, where he remained. That year he return to Michigan, and came to Kansas in 1878, and located in Nickerson, Reno County, in 1879, and engaged in his present business. He was also interested and connected with the publication of the first newspaper in the place, and until recently was interested in the drug firm of Smoull & Hermann, and is the present owner of the business house in which the drug business is conducted. He carries about $3,500 in stock, and his average monthly sales are about $1,000. He was married April 15, 1873, to Miss Minnie King, a native of Buffalo, N. Y. They have three children - Kate A., John C., and William J. He is a Mason and a member of the A. O. U. W., and is also a Select Knight of the same order. He has been Township Treasurer one term, and also a member of the City Council.

W. J. JOHNSTON, merchant, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1856, and came from his native place to Kansas in 1878, first locating in Wichita. In the fall of 1881, he came to Nickerson and engaged in the grocery and queensware business, and carries about $2,500 worth of goods, and his monthly sales average about $1,500.

A. S. KENT, watchmaker and jeweler, was born in Massachusetts, in March, 1852, where he resided until 1875, when he came West, and first stopped in Minnesota; from there he went to Dakota, then to Nebraska, and the to Missouri, where he was located for a year, and then he came to Kansas, and located in Nickerson, in January, 1879, and erected one of the first business buildings in the place, 20x60 feet, two stories. After remaining here about six months he went west and came back in 1881, and started his present business. He carries a stock of about $3,000, and is doing a good business, being constantly kept busy at his trade, watch repairing. He is a member of the Nickerson Brass Band, and has been Treasurer of Grant Township two years, and a member of the Council of the city of Nickerson two years.

J. H. LEEMAN was born near Putnamville, Putnam Co., Ind., April 27, 1832. In 1850, he removed to Columbiana County, Ohio, Western Reserve, and thence moved to Lucas County, Iowa, in 1867 removing from Chariton, in that county, to Kansas. He enlisted early in 1861, when the first call for soldiers was made, in Company C, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and re-enlisted in the same company and regiment, serving until October, 1865. He participated in all the general engagements of his command, entering the service as a private, and being mustered out as a Captain, and then ranking officer of his regiment, of which he was in command. He was married at Salem, Columbus Co., Ohio, October, 1860, to Lydia A. Miller, of Ohio, and has four children living - America Ann, now Mrs. Richard E. Payne, Katie Emma, James Henry, Jr. and Stephen Edgar. Mr. Leeman located in Hutchinson, Kan., June 15, 1872, where he was in the brick business and engaged in coal prospecting for a year, then City Marshall two years, and subsequently in meat market and boarding house business, until he removed to Nickerson, and became proprietor of the Reeves House, May 19, 1882. He is a member of Reno Lodge, No. 99, I. O. O. F., and Joe Hooker Post G. A. R., located at Hutchinson.

M. McCORMICK, druggist, engaged in his present business in Nickerson October 10, 1878, in his store on Peabody street, at present occupied by Mrs. J. D. Reed, milliner. In 1881 he built, and August 5, 1881, moved into his present store on Main street, in the upper story of which is the Masonic hall, occupied also by the I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., G. A. R., Conductors' Union and Select Knights. His business has increased from $6,000, the amount of the first year's sales, to $23,000 in 1882. Mr. McCormick is a native of Napoleon, Ohio, born December 13, 1847. He resided in Napoleon until 1873, at which time he removed to Hutchinson, Kan., where he was in the employ of E. H. Gregg, until he removed to Nickerson. He enlisted in Company G. One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August, 1863, and served until July, 1865, when he was mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., and discharged at Camp Todd, Columbus, Ohio, in 1865. He was married in Nickerson, October 18, 1881, to May Reed, a native of Galesburg, Ill. Mr. McCormick was a member of the first Board of Aldermen of Nickerson, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., G. A. R. and A. O. U. W.

SAMUEL R. MARSHALL, proprietor of the Exchange Bank, and hardware merchant, came to Kansas in 1856, with his father, S. A. Marshall, who located and still resides in Leavenworth. July 1, 1877, Samuel R. removed to Halted, Harvey County, and engaged in the hardware business, remaining there until he came to Nickerson to reside, in the spring of 1880, having become interested in the hardware business there when the town was first started. His banking business was established in March, 1882. Mr. M. was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., September 23, 1847, and removed from that place with his father's family, to Kansas, May 9, 1856.

WILLIAM SCOTT is a native of Vermilion County, Ill., where he was born September 28, 1833. His parents removed to Fulton County, Ill., when he was three years of age, and that place remained his home until he was twenty-three, when he located in Joshua Township, Knox Co., Ill., and lived there about eighteen years. He then returned to Fulton Co.; settled at Farmington, and removed from that place to Nickerson, Kan., March 27, 1879. He engaged in farming one year, and since the spring of 1881, has been in the grocery business. He was married in Elmwood, Peoria Co., Ill., November 30, 1856, to Mary Doyle, who died December 25, 1872, leaving five children - Alice S., Charles E., Edson A., Emma N. (died July 29, 1882), and Lenora A. Mr. S. was married at Farmington, Ill., March 2, 1874, to Martha E. Horde, his present wife, a native of New York. Mr. Scott has been a deacon and trustee of the Congregational Church of Nickerson since its organization, and is also a member of the School Board, of A., F. & A. M., and A. O. U. W. He erected the first building on the west side of Main street, commenced December 17, 1878, and completed about the first of April, 1879.

L. A. SHIELDS, grain dealer, was born in Illinois, April 20, 1841, and moved to Iowa in March, 1868, where he resided until the summer of 1882, when, being in poor health, he came to Kansas on a visit, and his health improving so rapidly, he decided to remain, and located in Nickerson in July, and organized his present business. His shipments from that time to the end of 1882, were about 35,00 bushels of wheat and 20,000 bushels of corn. Was married February 17, 1866, to Miss Minnie Reed, a native of Canada. They have one child, Kate L. While in Iowa he occupied the position of Township Trustee and School Director. Is a member of the Congregational Church.

C. F. SMOLT, M. D., located in Nickerson, September 27, 1878, and has resided in the place since that time, engaged in medical practice; and since January, 1882, in drug business. He was appointed surgeon of the A., T. & S. F. R. R. in the fall of 1879. Dr. S. was born in Geneva, Ill., September 25, 1852, and resided in his native town until 1860, when he went to Syracuse, Ill., and remained three years. Prior to coming to Kansas, he resided in Lee County, near Mendota, Ill. He graduated from East Paw Classical Seminary, with degree of B. S., and from Rush Medical College in the spring of 1878. He was married at Nickerson, March 31, 1882, to Emma Mahon, a native of Ohio. Dr. Smolt is a member of Kansas State, Kansas Southern, and Kansas Central Medical societies; also of A., F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., and Select Knights.

G. W. WRIGHT, livery, feed, and sales stable, was born in Ohio, April 4, 1839, and when about fifteen years of age moved with his parents to Illinois. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Ninety-fourth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and served with his command in the Western and Gulf departments, and participated in a great number of engagements, among them Prairie Grove, Ark., Vicksburg, Atchafalaya, La., Titi, Miss., and at Forts Morgan and Gaines, Mobile, and was mustered out in the summer of 1865. In 1869 he moved to Missouri and came from there to Kansas in 1871, and located a homestead in Reno County, four miles east of Nickerson and engaged in farming. In 1874, when the crops were destroyed by the grasshoppers he and Mr. G. D. Barclay engaged in buffalo hunting, having in charge a number of the citizens of Reno County, and in this manner supplied the settlers with meat, and continued hunting in connection with his farming for several years. In 1878 he came to Nickerson and engaged in the livery business. He now has a stable 30x80, with a capacity for sixty horses and has capital to the amount of $1,500 invested in stock. He also owns a large billiard hall 20x58, with two tables worth at least $1,000, and owns three residences in town. Was married in 1861 to Miss Mary J. Parmer, a native of Ohio. They have six children, Lincoln, John E., Dick, Gertrude, Maud, and Nellie. In 1881-2 he served as Deputy Sheriff of Reno County. Is Constable and has held the position ever since the organization of the township, and is also City Marshall and has been for three years. 

 CAPTAIN MARSHALL BATTEY, farmer, Section 6, Township 23, Range 6, P. O. Hutchinson; owns 262 acres, 100 in cultivation, 125 fenced with barb wire, a fine bearing orchard of fifty apple trees and 300 peach, also small fruits; ten acres in timber, dwelling 20x24, stable 14x38, corn-crib 10x16, barn 20x40, chicken house, smoke house, etc. Has thirty head of cattle, forty hogs, and six horses. Was born in Rhode Island, February 26, 1843, and in May, 1854 moved to Bureau County, Ill., with his parents. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company F. Fifty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and with his command participated in the taking of Fort Donelson, battle of Shiloh, siege of Corinth and in the defense of Corinth October 3 and 4, 1862, as his regiment was stationed there after the siege and capture, and participated in the raid under General Dodge to Tuscumbia, Ala. His regiment returned to Corinth and was stationed there for some time and then went to Linnville, Tenn., where the regiment veteranized, at which time Captain B., was recommended by his Colonel for a position in a colored regiment, and he was commissioned First Lieutenant December 26, 1863, and when his company was full, he was mustered in as First Lieutenant of Company C, One Hundred and eleventh Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, but shortly afterward promoted to Captain, and was on duty on the line of the Nashville & Decatur R. R., at Elk River. At the time of the Forrest raid had a number of hard fights with him, and finally fell back to Pulaski and repulsed him after two days fighting. When Hood made his raid, his command was withdrawn to Nashville and participated in that engagement; after Nashville, he was stationed on the Harpeth River guarding railroad bridges, and while there went home on leave of absence, the first and only time while in the service. After his return his command was sent to Murfreesboro, Tenn., was promoted to Captain November 9, 1865, while stationed there, and he was stationed at the Stone River Soldiers Cemetery, until mustered out April 30, 1868. Mr. B. came to Kansas in October, 1871, from Vernon County, Mo., where he spent two years previous and located his claim November 6, same year, it being the first claim located south of the river six miles from Hutchinson, before the town was located. He shipped the first car of lumber to Hutchinson and had to raft it across the river, which was up at the time, to build his first house; swimming his horses attached to the wagon across the Arkansas River (there being no bridge) to haul the lumber from Hutchinson. In 1873 there was news of Indians coming in south of the river, and nearly all the settlers but himself and those on the river northwest fled to Hutchinson for protection, but it proved to be a false alarm. Was married January 24, 1875, to Miss Jessie M. Pace. They have two children - Lottie I., and Marshall W. Is a member of the Baptist Church and of Star Grange, No. 1,000. Is Road Master and Clerk of School Board, and has served as Justice of the Peace, one term.

G. F. COLEMAN, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms 160 acres, in fine cultivation; the whole place being in crops, with the exception of ten acres in orchard, grove and grounds around dwelling and barn. Has three horses, twenty hogs and one milch cow. Came to Kansas in 1879, and first located west of here, but came to this place in 1880. Was born in Illinois, October 18, 1861, and came from native place to Kansas. Was married in November 1882, to Miss Emma Ostrom, a native of Illinois.

H. C. GALLUP, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms 640 acres. Has 200 acres in general crops, and the rest is used for pasture and meadow, and is also engaged in the dairy business, manufacturing and shipping to Colorado an average of fifty pounds of butter per week. Has forty-seven head of stock, including twenty-five milch cows and twenty hogs. Is also extensively engaged in raising poultry. Was born in the State of New York, in 1842, and moved to Illinois in the spring of 1860. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in Kentucky and Tennessee, participating in a number of scouts' skirmishes and heavy engagements, among others, Perryville, Ky., Stone River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign until the taking of Atlanta, and after that sent back to Thomas at Nashville, and was mustered out June 5, 1865. Came to Kansas in 1876, and located one mile west of present location, and came here in 1881. Was married August 16, 1865, to Miss Salina C. Shottenkirk, a native of New York. They have seven children - Jennie, Edward P., Benjamin, Charles, Frank, James and Salina. Is a member of the G. A. R. and A. O. U. W.

JOHN GUYER, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 105 in cultivation; one mile of hedge; dwelling 14x20 L 12x12, with porch: stable and granary, and bearing orchard, and two groves of cultivated timber. Has seven horses, four cows and twelve hogs. Was born in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1823, and raised on a farm, making it his home until he entered the army, in 1862, as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under the nine-months' call, and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville, and re-enlisted in Company A, 212 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was engaged in garrison duty until the war closed, and mustered out in January, 1865, and returned to his home in Pennsylvania and remained there until 1869, when he moved to Missouri, but not having good health there, came to Kansas in 1872, and located on his present farm, taking it as a homestead. Was married March 24, 1857, to Miss Eliza McMillen, a native of Pennsylvania. They have twelve children - Anabel, Jonathan M., Frank B., William J., Thomas R., Lizzie, Daniel W., Eugene, Charles E., Arthur L., Benjamin W. and Robert L. Mr. G. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a member of the School Board on the organization of school district, and also when their fine brick schoolhouse was built.

WILLIAM HODGSON, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, all in a fine state of cultivation, nine acres in cultivated timber and three acres in orchards, two miles of hedge fence, frame dwelling, stable, granary, sheds and yards for stock, windmill pump, and all conveniences for handling stock successfully; has 100 head of cattle, twelve hogs and seven horses. Was born in England, September 25, 1842, and when a child came with his parents to the United States, locating in Massachusetts. In the spring of 1857 he removed to Minnesota, and in 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Fourth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Western Army, joining the army at Pittsburg Landing just after the battle of Shiloh. He was identified in all its scouts, campaigns, battles and skirmishes from that on to the end of the war, and participated in the siege of Corinth, Iuka, Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, capture of Jackson, Baker Creek and Champion Hills, and in the assault on Fort Pemberton, Vicksburg, May 22, in which his command charged and took the ditch and outside of the works, but could go no further, and had to wait until dark to get back to the Union lines, and in the siege and final capture of Vicksburg. After the capture of Vicksburg, Mr. H. was taken down with the camp fever, which prevailed in his regiment in a very malignant form, and was the only one out of eighty-three who recovered, and from the effects of which he has never recovered, his health being entirely ruined, and a once vigorous and almost iron constitution entirely wrecked. After his partial recovery, being opposed to going to the hospital, and unfit for regular duty, he was made a Color Sergeant of his regiment, and bore the colors from that on through the war to the close. After Vicksburg went to Chattanooga, and was engaged in the battle of Mission Ridge, and in the Atlanta Campaign, in most of the engagements until the taking of Atlanta, and in the memorable and successful defense of Altoona pass with a force of 1,750 men under Gen. Corse, when attacked by a force of 10,000; and in the march to the sea, and in the fight at Fort McAllister, and north through the Carolinas, where he marched 200 miles barefooted; and was in the engagement at Bentonville N. C., his last battle; and after the surrender of Hoe Johnston's army was on the march to Washington, and in the Grand Review, and mustered out at Louisville, Ky., August 17, 1865. Mr. H. was a veteran, having re-enlisted at Huntsville, Ala., January 19, 1864. Was wounded at the charge on Fort Pemberton by a gun-shot in the forehead, but saved by the front piece of his cap from a fatal wound, and at the taking of Fort McAllister was knocked senseless by a shell which passed between his arms while holding the colors aloft, and lay for hours senseless. After the war Mr. H. returned to Minnesota, and in September, 1867, moved to Missouri, and remained there until the spring of 1873, when he came to Kansas and located on his present place, at that time quite on the front of civilization and in the buffalo country. For years after Mr. H. came here, there was quite a business of hunting buffalo for the hides and beef, and after the buffalo had been driven further west there was a great trade in the bones, which were covering the country, dealers realizing $4 to $8 and $9 per ton for them. Shortly after coming here he organized a party for a buffalo hunt, composed of six ladies and twelve gentlemen, among them some railroad men and visitors from the East. They soon found a large herd of buffalo and the sport commenced, and four of the ladies in the party, Mrs. William Hodgson, Miss M. Hodgson, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Allen Shafer, each killed her buffalo. Mr. H. was married, November 8, 1865, to Miss Ellen Ware, a native of New York State. They have four children - Minnie, Edwin, Herbert and William. Mr. H. takes an active part in educational matters, and has occupied a position on the School Board most of the time since the organization of school district. Is a member of the G. A. R. and the Grange, and during the grasshopper year was the agent for the Grange in distribution of assistance to those in need.

HENRY OBEE, farmer and stock-raiser, Section 22, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 488 acres, 150 under cultivation, four acres in orchard, stock yards and sheds for both cattle and hogs, fine frame dwelling, 18x30, with L 14x26, one story and one-half high, and two porches, 7x26, with stone cellar, stable and granary combined, 14x36, corn crib, 10x20, cattle sheds, 16x90, 100 head of cattle, 50 hogs, 2 mules and 2 horses. Wheat average for 1882 was a fraction less than thirty bushels to the acre. He was born in England April 14, 1838, and came to the United States with his parents in 1854, locating in Ohio, where he lived when the war broke out. He enlisted in July, 1862, in Company D, One Hundredth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on organization was made Second Sergeant. His first serious engagement was at the siege of Knoxville, where he was wounded by the explosion of a shell, but was able for duty, and engaged in all the actions of the Atlanta Campaign at Peach Orchard. His regiment made a charge with 300 men and lost 110. He was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and shortly after going into active service. In March, 1864, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant; after the Atlanta campaign to First Lieutenant. After the taking of Atlanta his command fought Hood's advance until they fell back to Franklin, where his company being the center, was desperately engaged, and he was severely wounded, and was disabled for a long time, and re-joining his command at Kingston, N. C. After the surrender of Johnston's army he was for a time stationed at Greensburgh, N. C., and was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, July 3, 1865. After the war he was engaged for several years in the employ of the Wabash railroad, and came to Kansas in February, 1873, first locating east of Hutchinson in Clay Township, and came to his present location July 4, 1881. He was married February 28, 1865, to Miss Louisa Raff, a native of Ohio. They have four children - Morton C., Alice F., Louis H., and Helen. He is a Mason, and while he lived in Clay Township was for some three years Township Treasurer. He is now treasurer of the School Board.

DANIEL McMILLAN, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, seventy in cultivation, four in cultivated timber and two in orchard. Dwelling 14x28, L 10x16, corn crib, stable, granary, and windmill pump. Has fifteen head of cattle, fifteen hogs, four horses and two mules. Came to Kansas in 18 72, and located on present farm; at that time there were only four or five claims taken south of the river, and his was the extreme western claim in this locality, and the buffalo roamed at will across his place. Shortly after, putting up a small house, a wind storm blew it away, and his cows died, and on the heels of this came the grasshoppers and ate up his crops and left him in a desperate condition, but he persevered and stuck to his claim, and is now in good circumstances. He was born in Pennsylvania, June 10, 1823, and moved to Illinois in 1857, and 1870 to Missouri, coming from there to Kansas. Was married November 25, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Mauk, a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children - Thomas, who owns 160 acres of fine land joining his father's on the west, which is finely cultivated and has a large body of cultivated timber on it; Kate, Ella, Daniel, Priscilla and Frank. Mr. McMillan is a member of the United Presbyterian Church and member of the School Board.

JOHN SIEGRIST, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 320 acres, 160 acres under cultivation, five acres in orchard, and thirteen in cultivated timber. Dwelling 26x36, two stories, barn 16x45, shed for farm implements and grain 40x40, hog sheds 160 feet long, and large yards for hogs. Makes a specialty of hogs, and feeds all the products of his farm and buys and feeds mill feed. He has turned off 250 fat hogs, and now 122 stock hogs on hand. He was born in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1823, and when twenty-one years of age went to Illinois, and remained there until he came to Kansas in the spring of 1877. He remained the first year in Hutchinson and located here in 1878. He also owns 320 acres in Salt Creek Township. He was married in 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Yontz, a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children - Mary, Hettie, Annie, Jacob, Abraham and George.

J. A. STEVENSON, farmer, Section 34, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, seventy-five in cultivation, thirty-five acres fenced with wire; has a small orchard, frame dwelling, stable and corrals for stock; has 28 head of cattle, 14 hogs and 3 horses. Was born in Indiana, February 21, 1846, in New Albany, and when five years old moved with his parents to Montgomery County, and lived there until 1863, when he enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Regiment Indiana Cavalry; was after John Morgan in his raid into Indiana and Ohio, and afterwards went with his command to Larkinsville, Tenn., and engaged in scouting patrolling until Hood made his raid Nashville, when they were in front resisting his advance, and almost continually under fire, and participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, and followed Hood on his retreat to the Tennessee River in a constant running fight with his rear guard. After this campaign was sent to St. Louis, and form there in 1865 to Leavenworth, Kas., and was on duty at various places, Fort Riley, Council Grove, and at one time encamped in what is now Reno County, near where Hutchinson now stands, and while here was engaged in carrying dispatches, and was mustered out in the fall of 1865, at Leavenworth, when he returned to Indiana and took a collegiate course. Came to Kansas in 1870, and taught school in Douglas County for two years, and while there, in 1871, was married to Miss Elizabeth E. McKinney, whose father was an old settler of that county. They have one child - Pearlie May. In 1873 he came to Reno County and located on his present farm, and helped organize School District No. 65, Reno Township, being one of the first school board.

S. WILSON, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres all under cultivation, all enclosed and divided into forty-acre lots with hedge, good orchard of all kinds of fruit, brick dwelling of six rooms, a portico, stable 16x40, barn and granary combined 40x42, corn crib 8x16, windmill pump and tank for watering stock, and a dairy 12x14 with water tank for butter and milk, with pipes from pump so that a stream of fresh water is flowing through it continually. He is now milking ten cows and intends making a dairy farm; he has 23 head of cattle, 14 hogs and 5 horses. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1832, and was raised on a farm, and made it his home until September, 1861, when he enlisted in Company G, Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and with his command was in the department of Virginia and North Carolina, with headquarters at Fortress Monroe, under Generals Wool and Butler, and was for two years in the country near Norfolk and Suffolk, and in frequent skirmishes and scouts on the Blackwater. After the first year Mr. Wilson was promoted to Orderly Sergeant of his company, which position he held until finally mustered out in 1864. His command acted with General Grant in front of Petersburg, and in all the scout campaigns and engagements on the flanks of the army, and was mustered out in August, 1864, on expiration of term of service. After leaving the army he returned to Pennsylvania, and followed farming there until May, 1879, when he came to Kansas and located on his present farm. He was married in 1875, to Miss Mary E. Ingram, a native of Pennsylvania. They have on child - James O. He is a member of the G. A. R., also a member of the School Board at the present time. 

 D. J. COLE, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, about one half under cultivation and the balance in pasture and meadow, all enclosed with hedge and wire fence and a cross hedge dividing it. He has a fine orchard of three acres and sixteen acres in cultivated timber, consisting of cottonwood, ailantus, willow, sycamore, black walnut and box-elder. He has also a fine pond in his pasture about eighty feet wide and 100 rods long, fed by springs. Has a large frame dwelling of eight rooms, barn 60x60, combining stable, granary, corn crib, sheds for stock, etc. His dwelling and barn cost about $3,500. He is combining fine stock with his farming and has eighteen head of cattle, all thoroughbreds, and eleven thoroughbred Berkshire hogs and eight horses. Mr. Cole was born in Culpepper County, Va., in 1824, and in 1834 he moved with his parents to Illinois, which he made his home for forty-two years. During the war he took an active part in favor of the Union, although surrounded by rebel sympathizers. He was a member of the Union League and took a leading part in all their meetings. He came to Kansas in 1876 and bought his present farm, and was for a time Trustee of Clay Township. He was married in 1849, to Miss Mary E. Smith, who died in August, 1862, leaving one child - Barbara L. A. L.(now the wife of W. S. Lurton, of Jacksonville, Ill.). He was married a second time in October, 1865, to Mrs. H. E. Monroe. They have seven children - Loyal L., Mary E., Hannah E., Ida G., Thaddeus C., Ena B. and Ina C. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

LUTHER DODGE, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 117 acres, fifty-one in cultivation, twenty acres fenced with wire, small orchard, dwelling 16x22, L 12x16, stable 24x28, and is also making a specialty of fine cattle, of which he has twenty-three head, twenty-five hogs and two horses. He raises good corn crops every year. Mr. Dodge was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., July 23, 1825. In 1856 he moved to Goodhue County, Minn., and was one of the pioneers of that county. During the war, when the Indians were doing so much killing and destruction in the adjoining county, they expected them at the place, and only the presence of troops stopped them. He came from Minnesota to Kansas and located here March 16, 1871, and is the first settler in Reno County. Was married, in 1850, to Miss Anne Daniels, a native of Vermont. They have six children - Mary, Martha, Hattie, Lillie E., Luther and Francis. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HOBART JONES, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 320 acres of land, 160 of which are under cultivation; has a small orchard, and five acres of cultivated timber-the largest growth in Reno County. This is the first claim located in Reno County; the lines were set out in 1872. He has a dwelling 16x24 feet, with L 16x18 feet, stable, stock yards, and sheds. Mr. J. makes a specialty of stock raising, and has 130 head of high grade and thoroughbred cattle, twelve head of hogs, and five horses and mules. He was born in Rochester, N. Y., June 4, 1832. His father, S. C. Jones, was one of the early settlers of Rochester, and was a heavy manufacturer and boat builder, and carried on a large and varied business. Hobart Jones moved to Illinois with his father in 1856, and started a fruit farm in Jackson County, and had over 100 acres of peach trees alone, besides large orchards of other fruits, and made a success of the business. In 1861 he enlisted in the Second Illinois Battery, Light Artillery, and served with his command at the taking of Island No. 10, after which they went to Corinth and from there to the battle of Perryville, in General Sheridan's division, which held their ground, repulsing every charge of the Rebels, and at Stone River, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga, when his battery held the pass until the army passed through on their retreat, and then muffling their wheels and horses feet with blankets, made their escape from capture in the night; also participated in the capture of Mission Ridge, and Atlanta campaign, and in the march to the sea, and the march through the Carolinas, and his last fight was at Bentonville, when his battery, being attacked both front and rear, had to fire part of the time to the front, and part of the time to the rear, and then marched to Washington and was in the grand review, and mustered out June 15, 1865, when of the original 150 men only fourteen were mustered out. He came to Kansas in 1876, and bought this place, and is well satisfied, as he came West for health and finds it here. He was married March 4, 1855, to Miss Isabel Jones, a native of New York. They have two children - Alfred H. and Mary E. He is a member of the school board; was on the school board in Illinois for nine years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISAAC IJAMS, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 160 acres, 140 in cultivation; has a fine orchard of all kinds of fruit, a small grove of cultivated timber in the shape of wind-breaks; frame dwelling of four rooms; stable for horses; has four horses, four cows and nine hogs. Mr. I. was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, October 5, 1837. He was raised on a farm, and has followed it all his life. In 1857 he moved to Northern, Missouri, and when the war broke out in the spring of 1861immediately enlisted in Company E, Third Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and was with his regiment for the first year in Missouri, breaking up camps of recruiters for the Southern army, and fighting bushwhackers under Bill Anderson and Quantrell, and afterwards in Arkansas and Louisiana; was at the capture of Little Rock, and in the effort to support Banks Red River campaign, when they had to retreat fighting for a number of days, and was mustered out in the summer of 1865, and returned to his farm in Missouri, and in March, 1871, came to Kansas, among the first to locate in Reno County, and took his homestead here. He was married April 18, 1867 to Miss Saraphina Parker, a native of Virginia. They have four children, John W., William R., Joseph H. and Emily. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the G. A. R.; has served has one of terms as Township Clerk and is now a member of the School Board and has served a number of terms.

F. MACGUIRE, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 120 in cultivation; a small orchard of choice fruits of all kinds, 15,000 forest trees in cultivation, good frame dwelling 12x18, one and one-half stories, with addition, 12x22, and kitchen, 10x14, stock yards, sheds, etc., and sixty head of cattle, twenty hogs and four horses. Was born in Vermont, September 11, 1841,and came to Illinois in 1859, and from there to Ohio, and to Michigan, in 1861, enlisting in Company G, Third Regiment Michigan Cavalry, and served with his command in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Blackburn ford, first Bull Run, and his brigade covered the retreat of the army: from thence to Washington. He was disabled and discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability, in December, 1861. In June, 1862, he re-enlisted in the Fourth Regiment Michigan Cavalry, Company G, and served with his regiment in the West, participating in the engagements of Perryville, Stone River and in the Atlanta Campaign, and the raid around Atlanta, under Gen. Kilpatrick. After the Atlanta Campaign, his regiment was sent to Louisville to recruit and remount, and in the spring of 1865, was on of the command that helped capture Jeff Davis. Was First Sergeant of his company, for the last year of his enlistment, and was mustered out, July 10, 1865. After the war he returned to Michigan, and in the fall of 1865, went to Alabama, and worked at his trade of carriage painting for two years, then returned to Michigan, and in the spring of 1868, went to Illinois and worked at his trade until he came to Kansas, in 1871, and located here and commenced life as a farmer. Was married, February 8, 1868, to Miss Rosella J. Lockwood, a native of Michigan. They have three children - Ella D., Floyd A. and Frederick A. He is a mason; has served as Township Trustee two years, and one term as Township Clerk, and has occupied a position on the School Board from the organization of the district until one year ago. 

GUSTAV QUERFELD, farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, P. O. Burrton, Harvey County, owns 540 acres, 160 under cultivation, 280 fenced with wire, thirty acres fenced with board and forty-acres enclosed with young hedge. Three acres in young orchard, two acres planted with young forest trees. Good frame dwelling, 16x24, L 14x22, and porch, and the finest barn in Reno County, 56x62, combining stables, granary, corn crib, tool house, wagon shed and stock shed. Has also large stock yards covering eleven acres, with feed-racks, three windmill pumps and tanks for watering stock, stock scales and all the necessary conveniences for successful stock raising. He also feeds largely in addition to his own raising, and has just turned off forty fat steers and sixty fat hogs. Has at present 104 head of fine graded thoroughbred cattle, both short-horn and Jerseys, and his males are pedigreed, and has also pedigreed Short horn cows. Has also thirty hogs, six mules and four horses, and one herding pony. He also has a blacksmith shop and a full sets of blacksmith's tools, that being his trade previous to engaging in farming and stock raising. Mr. Q. was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, July 8, 1855, and came to the United States in 1871, and located in Bloomington, Ill., and followed his trade of blacksmith, and worked in the principal towns of Illinois until he came to Kansas, in 1877, and located here and organized his present business, in which he has been remarkably successful, having the finest facilities in Reno County. He was married, May 1, 1881, to Miss Mollie Comes, a native of Illinois. They have one child - Minnie. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. 

 RICHARD ASTEL, JR., FARMER, Section 2, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, 130 of which are under cultivation, 16 acres in timber, 3 acres in orchard, 160 acres enclosed with hedge fence; cottage 14x30, with addition 10x10; barn 24x32; stable and granary. Follows general farming and raising stock. To feed all the products of his farm, he has 7 horses, 18 head of cattle, and 53 hogs. He was born in England, February 4, 1835, and came to the United States with his parents in 1852, and located in Quincy, Ill. He lived here for a time and then moved to La Grange, Mo., for two years, then to Alton, Ill., then to Highland District, Ill., where he resided until coming to Kansas in 1872, and locating here. For a few years after coming here his farming was not a success, the drought and grasshoppers interfering with his calculations; but of late years he has had good crops, and is satisfied that this is a good agricultural State, and that in time the tame grasses will grow well here. He was married May 3, 1853, to Miss Frances D. Thompson, a native of Tennessee. They have six children - Nora I., Minnie E., George S., Richard J., Ella L., and Bertha E. He served as Director of the School Board two terms when the district was first organized, and three years as Road Overseer.

WILLIAM ASTEL, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Mount Liberty, owns 1,200 acres, 450 in cultivation; 60 acres fenced with wire, 20 with hedge and wire, and two 20-acre lots with hedge; has 3 orchards, in all about 20 acres on section 32; dwelling 14x24, L 12x18, walled cellar; barn 20x32, granary 24x24, two stories; windmill pump. On Section 34 has a good dwelling, barn and stable, and stock corral; on Section 20 good dwelling and barn. Has 65 head of cattle, 60 hogs, 6 horses and mules. Was born in England, November 21, 1841, and came to the United States with his parents in 1852, and located in Quincy, Ill. In 1860 he moved to Madison County and engaged in farming. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-seventh Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteer, and served with his command in the Western Army, and participated in the battle of Yazoo Bayou, in Sherman's attack on Vicksburg, and in the taking of Arkansas Post, and Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River, and siege of Vicksburg, and capture of Jackson, and in the action on Carrion Crow Bayou, where his command suffered very severely and he only escaped capture by making his escape on a horse, after which he was on provost duty in New Orleans ten months, then in the Red River Expedition under Gen. Banks, and back to New Orleans, and in the campaign against Mobile, Ala., April 9, 1865. Was in the first movement against Fort Blakely, and on the 16th was one of the storming columns that charged and took the fort, where his brigade suffered terribly in killed and wounded. This being the last engagement of the War, he was sent from there to Galveston, Tex., where he was mustered out in July, 1865. After the War he returned to Illinois and made it his home until he came to Kansas in 1872, locating here. Was married December 25, 1866, to Miss Louisa Tisius, a native of Wisconsin. They have four children - Henry J., Thomas F., William and John W. Mr. A. is a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1875 was County Commissioner, and was on the School Board when the School District was organized, for two years.

CHARLES BARTHOLOMEW, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Mount Liberty, owns 160 acres, 130 in cultivation, four in orchard, forty acres enclosed in hedge and divided into six lots and eighty rods of hedge in addition, has two horses, five milk cows and forty-five hogs, is intending to turn his attention to hogs as a specialty; was born in England, April 26, 1833, and came to the Untied States in his eighteenth year and located near Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained two years. He then moved to Illinois and remained there seven years. From there he went to Indiana, and in August, 1862, enlisted in Company E, Ninety-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and, with his regiment, participated in the siege of Vicksburg and the engagements around that place, and from there went to Chattanooga, and in the battle of Mission Ridge, and in the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea, and in the storming column that charged and took Fort McAlister, near Savannah, and sent from there by sea to Wilmington, and, after the surrender of Johnston's army, was on the march to Washington, and in the grand review, and mustered out June 14, 1865. In the fall of 1873 he came to Kansas and located his present farm, and for two years saw his labor destroyed by drought and grasshoppers, and met with loss of stock on account of scarcity of feed and lightning, but in spite of hard times he has been successful. Was married in September, 1867, to Miss Mary J. Gutheridge, a native of Indiana. They have six children, Emma, John, Hurmy, Alfred and Albert (twins), and Elizabeth. He is a member of the Baptist Church and an Odd Fellow; is roadmaster, serving his second term.

A. H. BEEGLE, farmer, Section 26, P. O. Mount Liberty, owns 240 acres, 100 acres under cultivation, six acres enclosed with hedge, and hedge on two sides of 160 acres, three acres in orchard of fine varieties of fruits; dwelling, 21x24; barn, combining stable, corn crib and granary; has three horses, ten hogs and eighteen head of cattle. He was born in Pennsylvania February 14, 1838, and made it his home until 1858, when he moved to Illinois. In 1860 he moved to Kansas, locating at Valley Falls and taking up a claim, but after the election of Lincoln the political feeling was very high and he saw the war approaching. He went back to Illinois and remained there until 1864, when he enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was sent to Sherman and participated in the Atlanta campaign, but after the fall of Atlanta his health failed and he was sent back, while his regiment was sent on to the March to the Sea. He never rejoined his regiment, but was mustered out in September, 1865. After being mustered out he went to Kansas in 1865, and to his old place at Valley Falls. In 1869 he moved to Clay County, Mo., and in 1870 back to Valley Falls, and in 1872 he came to Reno County and located claim, and moved his family here in 1873. The place was then a naked prairie, but by industry, economy and management he has now a most beautiful farm. Mr. B. was married March 25, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Crotzer, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children - Nettie Adeila, John H., Katie, Andrew T., Maud and Ella. Mr. B.'s farm is known as Mount Liberty, and is a postoffice, and Mr. B. is Postmaster and has served on the School Board in this district two terms, and while at Valley Falls he served three terms, and one term in Missouri. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, also a Mason and a member of the G. A. R. and Farmers' Alliance and master of the Lowell Grange.

J. W. DIX, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Mount Liberty, owns 160 acres, eighty-five in cultivation; has quite a large bearing orchard and another lately planted; also grapes, blackberries, plums, etc., etc., and two acres in cultivated timber. He is a general farmer and feeds all the products of his farm, has five horses, forty head of cattle and twenty hogs. He was born in Indiana, November 22, 1837. In 1857 he moved to Kansas with his father and located at Mount Florence, Jefferson County. Although the border troubles were over, there was yet a strong feeling of animosity toward the Free-state men on the part of some of his neighbors, and people felt so insecure that they took a revolver when they went to the spring for water. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and saw service with his command in Kansas, MO., Arkansas and the Indian Territory, and participated in a number of scouts and skirmishes, as well as in the actions at Oscela, Fort Wayne, Kane Hill, Van Buren and Newtonia. Was mustered out September 12, 1864. After the war he returned to Jefferson County and made that his home until he came to Reno County and located here in 1878. He was married in July, 1865, to Miss Savannah Sael, who died in November, 1868, leaving two children, Alice M. and Charles H. He was married a second time to Miss Nancy A. McArthur, in April, 1871. They have five children, Mary E., Eva B., Bertha D., D. Arthur and Katie E. Mr. Dix is a local preacher in the United Brethren Church, also justice of the Peace and Director of the School Board. While in Jefferson County he was Constable for seven years and a member of the School Board for seven years. He is superintendent of the Bethal Sunday school.

ADAM HOLLADAY, farmer, Section 6, P. O. Hutchinson owns 160 acres, has 100 under cultivation, 20 in cultivated timber and an orchard of 3 acres, 80 acres enclosed with hedge and one cross hedge dividing it, dwelling, 14x24, with addition, 8x16, stable, granary, stock yards, sheds, with wind mill, pump and water tank; has 37 head of cattle, 20 hogs and 6 horses; raises corn principally and feeds the products of his farm. Mr. H. was born in Illinois, June 23, 1852, and came from his native place to Kansas in the fall of 1871, and took his claim, one-half as a homestead and one-half as a timber filling. Being single at that time he improved the place, as he was able, working here for a time and then at other work to raise means to improve his place; part of his timber is eight years old, part six and some three years. He was married June 11, 1874, to Miss Norah I. Astle, a native of Illinois. They have three children - Milton E., Cloyd C. and Edith I. He is a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Mr. H. was raised a farmer, and is a good, practical farmer, and has a fine well arranged place, nicely improved.

JAMES H. JANES, farmer, Section 15, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 120 in cultivation, with a orchard of 200 peach trees and a grove of 5,000 forest trees; dwelling, 18x20, one and a half stories, stable for six horses, cow barn, corn cribs, etc.; has 5 horses, 8 head of cattle and 20 hogs. Raised in 1882, 1,800 bushels wheat, averaging 30 bushels per acre. Was born in Indiana, in 1843, and went to school until seventeen years of age, and has been farming since. Enlisted in 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Shenandoah Valley and was at Harper's Ferry; there he heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and was mustered out August, 1865. After the war he returned to Indiana and engaged in farming until he came to Kansas, March, 1878, and located here. Was married in 1863, to Miss Mary A. Groves, a native of Ohio. They have five children - Harry, Lemuel, Bertie, Luella and Sarah E. Is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and has been on the School Board for three years. Mr. J. also owns 160 acres in Kingman County, with thirty acres broken and twenty sown to wheat.

L. C. JANES, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 120 in cultivation, small peach orchard; dwelling 16x24, barn 18x30, corn crib, corral sheds, etc., also another dwelling 14x20. Stable. Corn crib, sheds and small orchard on same place. Follows general farming. Has 11 head of cattle, 20 hogs, 2 mules and 1 horse. Was born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1810, and when a child moved with his parents to Montgomery County, Md., where his father was engaged in farming and market gardening. He was for a time engaged in business in Georgeton, D. C. In 1836, he moved to Indiana and was in various kinds of business; while carrying on a farm had saw mills, contracts on public works and railroad agent. In 1862 he was in the Quartermaster Department, and was in West Virginia and at Gallipolis, Ohio, and had charge of the Supply and Transportation Department. After the war he returned to his farm, and was elected Treasurer of his county, and after serving one term was re-elected by both parties, serving two terms. In 1878 he sold out and came to Kansas, locating here. Was married, in 1832, to Miss Barbara E. Higgins, whose father was an old and influential citizen of Montgomery County, Md. She died in 1877, leaving four children, B. F., Joseph H., Mary C. and Charles W. Was married a second time, in 1878, to Mrs. Sarah J. Groves, a native of Ohio. Is a member of the Baptist Church, and a Mason, being a member of Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council, and a member of Framers' Alliance. Has also occupied the positions of Postmaster, Justice of the Peace and Township Trustee.

ISAIAH SALMON, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 160 acres, 125 in cultivation, two in orchard and two in forest trees. Place enclosed, and two twenty-acre fields besides; has a frame dwelling of three rooms, granary, corn crib and stable. Is a general farmer but working into stock. Has 15 head of cattle, 22 hogs and four horses. Crops good in 1882. Born in England in 1840 and came to the United States in 1849, with his father, who located in New York, and in 1859 moved to Michigan. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Third Regiment Michigan Cavalry, and served with his command in the western army and participated in a great many scouts and skirmishes, and was one of forty men who fought their way from Grant at La Grange to Sherman at Memphis: was in the Coffeyville fight and Holly springs and was stationed at Corinth and at La Grange, Tenn., where he re-enlisted in 1864 and went to Arkansas and from there to Mobile, and was one of the guards when Gen. Dick Taylor surrendered, and was mustered out in June, 1865. He was one of seven brothers and brothers-in-laws, who were all in the Union army. After the war he lived in Michigan, with the exception of one year spent in New York, until he came to Kansas, in September, 1872, and located here, with only provision for two weeks. Has had hard times but prospects good now. Was married in September, 1868, to Miss Caroline R. Knapp, a native of New York. They have six children - Emma A., Bert E., Amos and Ira, twins, Hugh and Andrew. Is a member of the United Brethren Church and class leader, and a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Mr. Salmon has served one term as Constable and is now Township Clerk, and is also a member of the S. B., which he has been a member of for eight years.

REUBEN STOALABARGER, farmer, Section 23, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 240 acres, 140 in cultivation, 70 fenced with wire, 5 acres in orchard. Dwelling 16x22, L 12x16, porch 10x16, gable front, one and one-half stories, bank barn 16x32, corn cribs, stock yards, sheds, etc. Has 44 head of cattle, 54 hogs, 4 horses and 2 mules. His wheat average for 1882 was thirty bushels per acre. Was born in Pennsylvania, May 22, 1827, and when sixteen years of age moved to Iowa with his parents. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Fortieth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Western army and participated in the siege of Vicksburg and taking of Little Rock, and marched to join Banks in the Red River campaign, but he being defeated they had to fall back to Little Rock, keeping up a running fight. After that went to Forts Smith and Gibson and was mustered out in August, 1865. Came to Kansas in 1873 and located in Langdon Township and when grasshoppers ate up his crops started East, but finally came to this location in 1875 and is well satisfies with his location. Was married October 12, 1853, to Miss Alvira Holloway, a native of Ohio. They have four children - Mary, Amos, William T. and Sarah. Is a member of the Baptist Church and Farmers' Alliance, also Road Master.

DAVID TAYLOR, farmer, Section 14, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 320 acres, 170 acres of which are under cultivation, 45 in cultivated timber, 5acres in orchard and 100 acres fenced with wire for pasture; has a dwelling 14x24 and a fine bank barn 40x44, with twelve foot posts; one-half is basement, rock built, making a fine and convenient stable for ten horses. The cost of his barn is from $700 to $800, and one of the best in this locality. He was born in Ireland December 14, 1845, and came to the United States with his father, in 1851, and located in Jersey City, where his father engaged in business, and remained there two years and then removed to Wisconsin, where his father died in 1860. After his father's death he enlisted in Company D, Eighth Regiment United States Infantry, April 19, 1862, and served with his command in the Army of the Potomac, participating in the engagements at Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, after which he was sent to New York city, to put down the riot, and remained there in garrison until Grant's move in the year 1864, when he and his company participated in the Wilderness campaign, and the engagements from there to the front of Petersburg, and in the final surrender of Lee's army, and was discharged on expiration of the term of service in 1865, when he returned to Wisconsin and remained a year, when he re-enlisted in Company C, Twenty-second Regiment United States Infantry, and served three years in Dakota Territory, most of the time engaged in building forts, among them new Fort Sully. After his discharge from the army he was engaged in construction of railroads for several years and came to Kansas in the spring of 1873, and located on his present farm. He married in February, 1873, and his wife died in 1877, leaving on child, James. He was married a second time in October, 1880, to Miss Ida M. Gaston, a native of Illinois. Mr. T. is a trustee of the School Board and a member of the Farmers' Alliance.

MOSES WITTUM, farmer, Section 34, Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 140 in cultivation, with fine bearing orchard of 100 apple and 1,000 peach trees; eight acres in cultivated timber, with a beautiful frame cottage of nine rooms, designed by himself, with double gable front east ands single gable front south, with verandah around both fronts, making one of the most beautiful homes in Reno County. Barn, 16x24, granary 16x26, and hen house 10x16. Mr. W. makes a specialty of raising grain and has a finely cultivated farm. His wheat crop in 1882, averaged thirty-five bushels per acre. Was born in Genesee County, N. Y., November 14, 1834, and when quite a child his parents moved to Michigan, where he remained for twenty years, then moved to Wisconsin and from there to Kansas in October, 1873, locating here. During the war Mr. W. was employed in the Quartermaster's Department building at Nashville, Tenn. Was married in 1858, to Miss Sarah M. Kohler, a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children - M. I., Orvin, Edwin, Frank, Mary May and Nellie. When he first came here his circumstances were poor and he has made trips to Wichita, a distance of forty-five miles barefooted with a basket to bring home groceries. Is a member of the I. O. O. F.

JOSEPH WORTHINGTON, farmer, Section 27, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, sixty-five in cultivation, seventy fenced with wire and one and one-half mile of hedge, and an orchard of four acres; dwelling 14x20, one and one-half stories, with L 16x20, stable 12x14; eighteen head of cattle and five horses. He also owns 160 acres in Barber County, which he designs for stock, all enclosed with barb wire fence. Was born in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1842, and when young moved with his parents to Illinois. In 1864 he enlisted in Company K, Eighty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and assigned his command to do garrison duty in Tennessee. Was stationed for a time at Clarksville and mustered out July 4, 1865. After the war he engaged in farming in Illinois until 1875, when he came to Kansas, and located on a homestead in Castleton Township, two miles south and improved it. In 1882 he sold his place and bought and commenced improving here in the fall. Was married in 1866, to Miss Mary E. Groves, a native of Ohio. They have one child - Minnie I. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Farmers' Alliance. 

JOHN L. GILL, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Mt. Hope, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1847; son of William and Margaret Young Gill. Was married in 1877, to Miss Cora Persell, daughter of Daniel and Emma Wilson Persell. Has three children - Estella, George and Clyde. Came to Kansas in 1872, located on the farm where he now resides, engaged in farming and stock raising, owns 160 acres of land.

 ROBERT ANDERSON, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 155 in cultivation, five acres in stock-yards and sheds, good frame dwelling, 24x32, seven rooms, stable, 16x32; granary, 16x32, and windmill pump, and is agent for the Champion Wind Pump; has eighty-three head of cattle, seventy-five head of hogs, and ten horses; has 115 acres of corn in and rents 320 acres, in addition to his own farm for grazing. Was born in Ohio, October 12, 1840, and during the war was enrolled in the State National Guard, and was called out and participated in the capture of John Morgan and his men. In 1863 he removed to Illinois and engaged in farming and stock raising, until coming to Kansas in the spring of 1881, and locating here. Was married September 27, 1863, to Miss Martha Myers, a native of Ohio. They have six children - Mahlon L., R. Victor, James A., Martha B., Dora E., John. Is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Treasurer of School Board.

M. V. BATWOOD, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, all under cultivation; twenty-five acres fenced, with wire and boards, three-fourths of a mile of hedge, three acres in orchard, dwelling, 20x24, barn, 26x34, and has four horses. He was born in Vermont, in 1841, but his parents moved to Ohio, when a child, and to Illinois when he was thirteen years of age. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Eight Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and after eighteen months' service in the infantry was detached to serve with the First Missouri Artillery, Company H, and participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburg, and in Atlanta campaign, and march to the sea, and the taking of Fort McAllister, and north through the Carolinas to Bentonville. After the surrender, rejoining his regiment and was mustered out August 11, 1865. He came to Kansas in November, 1873, and located here. He is a member of the G. A. R. Has served as a member of the School Board for a number of years, and is now Justice of the Peace.

EDWARD F. DUKE, farmer, section 23, P. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms eighty acres, forty-five in cultivation, has four horses, two cows, and six hogs. Makes a business of threshing and shelling corn, in it's season-owns thresher and sheller. Was born in Augusta County, Va., July 1, 1845, and when two years of age, moved with his parents to West Virginia. In 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Regiment, West Virginia Infantry Volunteers, and served with his command in Virginia and Maryland, and was engaged principally in guarding the Mountain Passes and repulsing raids of County, and participated in the action at Beverly and Winchester. In 1863, he was detached to serve in Battery 9, First West Virginia Flying Artillery, and was engaged at Droop Mountain and in the Valley, with Gen. Sheridan, and at the Bermuda Hundred, and Chapin's Farm, and Hatcher's Run, where he was wounded in the shoulder and hip by the explosion of shell, and finally discharged for disability August 19, 1865. Came from West Virginia to Kansas in 1876, and located in Reno County, near Castleton, and was for a time employed on the railroad, and in Colorado, and came to present location in 1882. Was married March 14, 1864, to Miss Margaret Wentz, a native of West Virginia, who died August 3, 1882. He has five children - John W., David W., Gordon B., James Y. and William G. Is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Farmers' Alliance.

PERES ELLIS, farmer, Section 30, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 400 acres, 210 in cultivation, two in orchard - part bearing, five acres in cultivated timber, frame dwelling, stable, corn cribs, granary, etc., and large stock yards and sheds. Makes a specialty of sheep raising and has at present 1,000 head, but intends grading up in general stock. Mr. Ellis was born in Maine January 5, 1838. In 1855 he moved to Illinois and remained there until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery and was assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe. At the time of the fight between the Monitor and Merrimac his battery had charge of the two large guns there, the Lincoln and Union. When Grant took charge of the army, his battery participated in the advance, and was in action at Burmuda Hundred and Chapin's Farm; and afterward mounted as a horse battery and operated with the cavalry in a number of raids, at one time engaging with artillery in the fortification at Richmond, and was mustered out in the fall of 1864, on expiration of term of service, when he returned to Illinois and engaged in farming and stock raising. He came to Kansas and located here in 1872, and was one of the first to locate in this vicinity, and has suffered from grasshopper raids and the hail, which have twice destroyed his crops and orchard; but he now has a fairly improved place and is succeeding admirably. Was married September 17, 1863, to Miss Margaret E. Reser, a native of New York. They have three children - Edward P., Charles F. and Edna C. Is a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church, Reno County. Has served on School Board here one term and also in Illinois. While in Illinois was Township Clerk three terms.

H. D. FREEMAN, farmer, Section 31, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 423 acres, 233 in cultivation, four in orchard and fifteen in cultivated timber. He has 220 acres with wire fence and about two and a half miles of hedge, a good frame dwelling of five rooms, stable 14x40, granary 16x32, with shed 16x14 for implements, windmill, pump, stock yards and sheds; has 110 head of cattle and six horses. He is a general farmer and stock raiser, only raised hogs for home consumption. He was born in West Tennessee in 1834, and has made farming and stock raising his life occupation. In 1859 he moved to Arkansas and lived there until the breaking out of the war, and as his sentiments were strongly Union, found it not a congenial county, and in 1861, he left there on a boat with his household goods for Memphis. On arriving there, there was such excitement for fear of capture by the Union forces that the boat stopped just long enough to land her passengers and put off his effects, and he lost them as the boat was captured and burned while endeavoring to make its escape. This left him in hard circumstances, being sick, with family of seven persons to support, but he secured a farm and though he met with losses during the war in the way of having stock stolen, yet he managed to accumulate in addition to making a living for his family. In November, 1873, he came to Kansas and located on his present farm, and commenced by making the raising of wheat a specialty and was very successful, but having lost his crops by hail just when they were very promising and realizing the disadvantage to him in having his mainstay destroyed, he has of late years gone into general farming and stock raising as being much more sure. He thinks the failure of crops has been a benefit to this locality in forcing general farming and not confining to any one branch of farming. When he came to Kansas he brought with him about $3,000, but his property to-day is worth at the lowest estimate $15,000. His health and that of his family has been almost perfect since locating here, as his expense for doctors has not exceeded $30 in ten years. He married in May, 1875, to Miss Martha D. Moore, a native of Tennessee. They have eight children - George H., Stephen A., Ellen, Nancy A., Martha O., Mabel M., Elizabeth A., and Malvina M. He is deacon of the Harmony Baptist Church, which he assisted to organize November 3, 1875, being one of the original trustees. In 1874 he organized their Sunday school, being the first superintendent, which position he retained four years, and which is in a very flourishing condition. Mr. Freeman has taken an active part in the public matters of Tennessee. He was in 1870 Enumerator of Census for one-third of his county, and in 1880 he was Government Enumerator of Census for Lincoln Township. He is now Township Treasurer and has been Justice of the Peace four years, also Township Trustee; and has occupied some one of these positions ever since the organization of the township and has been on the School Board for three years.

E. HIGHBARGER, farmer, Section 19, P. O. Hutchinson owns 160 acres; 100 are under cultivation, forty-three fenced with wire for pasture, five acres in orchard, and a small grove of 15,000 forest trees; good frame dwelling 20x20; stable 12x20, corn crib 8x16, granary 16x16, cattle yards, sheds, and windmill pump. Has fifty head of cattle, five hogs, two horses and two mules. He came to Kansas in March, 1878, and located on a rented farm in Butler County, but not being satisfied, after looking at the country further west, bought and located here in the fall of the same year. He was born in Pennsylvania, June 22, 1840. Went to Ohio in January, 1860. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served with his command in the Army of the Potomac, participating in the siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days' Fight, and Second Bull Run, where he was wounded and disabled so that he was discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability, April 7, 1863. After leaving the service, he went back to Pennsylvania, and then moved to Ohio in 1865, and then to Indiana in 1868, and came from there to Kansas. He was married August 11, 1864, to Miss Margaret Malone, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children - William Grant, Mary E., Margaret E. and Flora May. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Mason.

THOMAS HUTCHINSON, farmer and dairyman, Section 26, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 320 acres, 250 in cultivation; a fine orchard of two acres, large grove of cultivated timber, sixty acres pasture, fenced with wire, forty acres sowed to rye and timothy, and forty to clover. Makes a specialty of the dairy business, and is at present milking thirty-six cows, and increasing his business constantly. He has in addition, about fifty head of steers and calves, and thirty head of hogs and ten horses. He also has 150 very fine chickens, and makes poultry raising for the western market a part of his business. Has a good frame dwelling of four rooms; stable for horses, ten head, and a cow stable 106 feet long by 14, and all conveniences for the milking and feeding, and fine milk house and butter dairy, fed by a constant stream of fresh, pure water from the windmill pump. Manufactures 150 pounds of butter per week and ships to the Colorado market, and gets the highest price on account of the fine quality of his butter. Mr. H. was born in Ohio, August 8, 1820, and when a young man settled on the American Bottom, near St. Louis, and from there in 1844 to Burlington, Iowa, and to California in the gold excitements of 1849. Returned to Burlington in 1852. In 1859 he went to Pike's Peak, but returned same year, and located in Chicago, Ill., and was engaged for two years in a packing house. In 1861 he engaged in the transfer business, and built up a large and lucrative business, owning twenty-two large truck and transfer teams, and did a little transfer business for the large business houses in Chicago, and continued this business until 1871. In 1877 he came to Kansas and located here, and engaged in farming, making a specialty of raising grain, and was successful at first, but his crops being ruined by a hail-storm, he turned his attention to general farming and raising stock, and organized his present dairy business in 1881, and is increasing it as fast as circumstances will admit. Although almost sixty-three years of age, Mr. H. is seemingly a young man, full of vin and energy, and does as much work as any of his employees. Was married in 1861, to Miss Mary Pierce, a native of St. Lawrence County, New York. They have one child - Jessie. Mr. H. has two children by a previous marriage - John and Francis. Is a Mason and member of the I. O. O. F.

F. B. HYDE and O. S. CARPENTER, farmers and stock raisers, Section 8, P. O. Hutchinson, own 545 acres on Section 7 and 8, 410 acres under cultivation and thirty-five acres fenced with wire, 185 acres in wheat, 200 in corn, 100 in millet and twenty-five in rye. In addition to being extensive farmers they have all the conveniences for stock raising, they have both cattle and hog yards, sheds and pens and windmill pump. They have some very fine thoroughbred bulls and fine grades, and the best breed of hogs. They have 160 head of cattle, sixty head of head of hogs and eight mules and horses. F. B. Hyde was born in New York State, April 3, 1846, and being a practical farmer from his childhood, has made a success of it here. He came from his native place to Kansas, in 1878, and located here. He was married August 23, 1881, to Miss M. E. Darrough, a native of Illinois. Mr. H. is Trustee for Lincoln Township. O. S. Carpenter was born in the State of New York, February 6, 1843, and lived on a farm until September, 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry; and served with his command in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the battles of Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, and was wounded by a gunshot through the right shoulder, at the battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29, 1864, and was discharged in June, 1865. He came to Kansas, in January, 1878, and located here. He was married, May 2, 1867, to Miss Hannah L. Hyde. They have three children, Wilson E., Reed E. and Chloe L. He is a Mason.

J. H. KINGKADE, farmer, Section 32, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 160 acres, ninety in cultivation, two acres in orchard, two in cultivated timber. Dwelling 16x22, one and a half stories, granary, stock yards, etc.; has fourteen head of cattle, six hogs and four horses. Was born in the State of New York, November 18, 1845. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Company C. One Hundred and Eighty-ninth New York Infantry, and served with the Fifth Corps in the Army of the Potomac, and was in the siege of Petersburg, and at Hatcher's Run and at the surrender of Lee's Army, and mustered out May 30, 1865. Came to Kansas, in May, 1873, and located here. Was married October 2, 1878, to Miss Susan Smith, a native of Iowa, has been Township Clerk and Clerk of School Board for four years. Is a member and Clerk of the Plymouth Congregational Church, organized March, 1881, with Lyman Hall, pastor, and C. H. Murray and Alexander Miller, deacons. It now has a membership of seventeen.

THOMAS LEWIS, farmer, Section 20, P. O. Hutchinson, rents and farms 480 acres owned by his father-in-law, John Young; 120 is under cultivation and ninety under fence, dwelling 16x26, two stories, with L 16x26, and seller the whole house, cost $1,200, stable 23x32, granary, corn crib and implement house combined, 32x36, windmill pump, sheds and stock yards. He has 200 head of sheep, forty head of fine graded cattle, of which sixteen are fine milk cows, fifteen hogs and four head of horses. Makes a specialty also of raising chickens, and supplying eggs and butter for the Colorado market. He was born in Ohio, November 24, 1832, and is a descendent from a French family, who left France on account of religious persecutions and went to Scotland, and from there to England, and finally came to this country and located in New Jersey. The first record in this country is Zephaniah Lewis, born in 1734, and married to Anna Doty, in 1760, and from that tine Mr. Lewis has the connected record. In July, 1856, he moved to Illinois, and made it his home until he came to Kansas, in 1878, locating near Hutchinson, and came here in 1880. Mr. L. was married February 14, 1861, to Miss Mary Young, a native of Warren County, Ill. Her parents John Young, a native of Prussia, and Catherine Ehrhardt, a native of France, came to New York, in 1832, and were married in 1835, and were the pioneers of Warren County. Mr. and Mrs. L. have two children, Fred E. and Frank Y. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Harmony Baptist Church, located on this farm. He is one of the Church Trustees, and on the Building Committee, and also Superintendent of the Sunday school. For two years, he was Township Trustee and on the School Board four years, in Illinois.

DR. JAMES MYERS, farmer, stock raiser and feeder, P. O. Hutchinson. Owns 640 acres, 400 acres under cultivation and enclosed and subdivided with seven miles of stock proof hedge fence, and is arranged especially for a stock farm. Has large orchard of all kinds of fruit, part bearing, forty acres well set in timothy and clover, two acres in cultivated timber, dwelling 16x26, one and a half stories, with L 14x20, and porches, two cellars walled with rock, stable, granary for 1,500 bushels of wheat, wind mill, pump, and large cattle and hog yards, and all conveniences for stock raising and feeding. Has 200 head all graded and thoroughbred cattle, 40 head of hogs and 13 horses and mules. In 1882, he raises 3,000 bushels of corn, which he fed and which netted him 60 cents per bushel. Dr. M. was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, February 25, 1832. When a boy he received an academic education, and studied medicine in the regular school, and attended lectures in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1855, he moved from Ohio to Iowa and commenced the practice of medicine in Salina, Jefferson Co., Iowa. In 1859, he got the Pike's Peak fever and started for that place; but meeting so many coming back, he abandoned the project, and returning, located a claim adjoining the town of Highland, Doniphan Co., Kan., and engaged in the practice of medicine and improving his place. While here the doctor planted fruit trees extensively on his place, and was very successful in raising fine varieties, and was one of the first fruit growers in Kansas to market Kansas fruit. During the early part of the war he was troubled with bushwhackers and jayhawkers who visited the county, stealing horses and other property, until the citizens stopped it by summary measures, resulting in the death of a number of the marauders. Dr. M. was interested in the Highland University, in which he educated his sons. After ten years' practice in Kansas, the doctor turned his attention entirely to farming and raising and dealing in stock and horticulture. In 1881, he sold out in Doniphan County and came here, buying this place, as it just suited him for a stock farm. He was married April 12, 1860, to Miss Latatia O'Neal, a native of Indiana, but raised in Missouri, whose father, John O'Neal, was one of the first settlers on the Iowa trust lands, in Doniphan County. They have six children - Elmer C., Homer J., Minnie, Olive, Alice and Mabel. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an ancient Odd Fellow. The doctor thinks this is destined to be fine grass country for clover, timothy, and other tame grasses, and also a fine fruit country, and he is satisfied from his experience that both can be made a success. He raised, 1882, seventy acres of wheat. Part of it went thirty bushels to the acre, but the whole average was twenty-eight bushels to the acre.

JACOB NOKES, farmer, Section 6, Township 24 Range 6, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 125, in cultivation, two miles of hedge fencing, good orchard, dwelling 16x38, one and a half stories, cattle sheds and corrals. Has 35 head of cattle, 13 hogs and 7 horses. Was born in Illinois March 10, 1851, and came from there to Kansas in November, 1877, and located on his present farm. Was married December 28, 1871, to Miss Nannie J. Colgate, a native of Illinois. They have three children - George E., Mamie and Herbert E. Is a member of the School Board, and Constable, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter.

W. F. R. PAUL, farmer, section 24, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 140 in cultivation, 2 in orchard, 24 acres fenced with barb wire for pasture, dwelling 12x26, with L 16x22, stable 16x22, milk house, corn cribs, cattle yards, etc. Has 24 head of cattle, 10 hogs and 3 horses. Was born in Indiana June 2, 1842, and moved to Illinois with parents when only two years of age, and in 1857, came to Kansas and located in Anderson County, where he lived with his father until August, 1861, when he enlisted in the Kansas State service during Price's raid on Fort Scott, and was on duty for fourteen days, when he enlisted in Company G, Seventh Regiment Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, and served with his command, participating in a great many scouts, skirmishes and raids. Was at the action at Corinth, Guntown, Coffeyville, Ripley and Holly Springs, and finally mustered out at Leavenworth in October, 1865. After the war he returned to his father's place, and made it his home until 1872, when he came to Reno County and located here. Was married January 1, 1874, to Miss Mary J. Cunningham, a native of Indiana. They have three children - Clark O., Allie A. and Elmer C. Is a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

J. Q ROBERTSON, FARMER, Section 30, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 110 in a fine state of cultivation, 10 acres in orchard and forest trees, and 40 fenced with wire, dwelling 16x22 L 12x18, barn 20x45, granary and implement house combined 16x32, hen house 12x12, corn crib 16x16, windmill pump, and water running to the house and barn. His wheat in 1880 averaged thirty-five bushel to the acre, and a sample toke the premium at the State Fair. He was born in Massachusetts in September, 1832, and followed the business of ship-building. He came to Kansas from Boston in 1876 and located here, and is a model farmer. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Sarah J. Young, a native of Connecticut. They have one son - G. A. Robertson, who is working the farm with his father.

THOMAS ROBERTSON, farmer, Section 8, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 440 acres. 160 are under cultivation and 100 fenced with hedge; has a fine bearing orchard, dwelling 16x22, barn 14x22, windmill pump and feed-mill attached; has fifty head of cattle, thirty hogs and four horses, and has at present 100 acres planted in corn. He was born in Connecticut and raised on a farm, and followed farming until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to Boston, Mass., and engaged in ship-building, for a number of years, and came from there to Kansas in 1875, and located here. In 1876 Lincoln Township was visited by a terrible cyclone, weeping everything before it. Some lives were lost, and not a few more or less bruised or injured. Mr. Williams' child was killed and he had his arm broken, while his wife has not recovered from the effects of it to this day. Mr. Robertson's loss was over $480. Part of his house was picked up over a mile away, and his stock and farm implements were scattered in every direction. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Augusta Comstock, a native of Connecticut. They have three children - Walter, Ida and Frederick.

EGBERT SEELY, farmer, Section 18, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, 130 in a fine state of cultivation, six acres in orchard, a portion bearing, and the finest varieties of fruit; fifteen acres in cultivated timber, two miles of hedge fence, good frame dwelling of six rooms, fine barn, 24x54, and all necessary outbuildings, and hog yards and pens. He has 100 hogs, makes hogs a specialty, and has six head of horses. He also farms 160 acres belonging to his brother. In 1882 he raised himself over 4,000 bushels of grain - 1,800 bushels wheat, 500 bushels oats, and the rest corn. Came to Kansas in April, 1878, and located here, and had only $10 to start with, but by industry and good management independent. Born in the State of New York, April 30, 1832, and made it his home, with the exception of four years spent in Pennsylvania, until the war, when he enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth Regiment New York Heavy Artillery, and was doing garrison duty at Norfolk and Fortress Monroe, and mustered out in 1865. Was married, September 13, 1882, to Miss Emma Zimmers, a native of Ohio, Mr. S. is a member of the United Brethren Church.

A. M. SWITZER, farmer and nurseryman, Section 2, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 100 under cultivation, 40 acres in nursery stock, cultivated timber, orchard, vineyard and small fruits. His grove of timber is on the south side, making a complete wind-break for his nursery and orchard. He commenced his nursery in 1876, with the intention of ultimately making it a fruit farm, and from the present time he will turn his attention more to fruit and less to nursery stock. For the past six years his nursery business has averaged $2,000 per year. In 1882 he sold 600 quarts of strawberries and 1,1000 quarts of blackberries; besides large quantities of grapes. The rest of his place he uses for general farming. Mr. S. was born in Ohio, March 7, 1849. In the spring of 1864, when only fifteen years of age, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio National Guards, for 100 days, and with his command, settled in the Valley of Virginia, and with Hunter on his Linchburg raid, where, being cut off from his line of retreat down the valley, his regiment, with part of another regiment, made their way through the mountains of West Virginia to Webster, on the B. & O. R. R., with a large lot of prisoners. He was in the battle of Monocacy, where his command lost heavily, and in front Washington in the repulse of Early; and from there to James River; and in front of Petersburg. And when mustered out on expiration of term of service, received a certificate of thanks for honorable service from Abraham Lincoln. In the fall of 1864, he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in Kentucky and Cumberland Gap, and operated against bush whackers, and at one engagement at Mount Sterling, and was mustered out in September, 1865. After the war he returned home and engaged in farming, and in 1866, moved to Illinois, and came from there to Kansas, in 1872, locating on his present farm; and is the oldest and first settler in Lincoln Township. When he brought his family, consisting of his wife and two children, on his place it was quite dry, and not thinking of rains interfering with his plans, he built a dug-out to live in, two feet in the ground, and sod walls around the walls above the ground, and covered it with poles and sod. Shortly after moving in, he went to town and spent his last cent for groceries, flour and meal, and on his return home it commenced raining, and the water threatened his dug-out, so he began to bank against it. But it rose, and commenced running in, so he had to abandon it; and just at night he took one child and his wife the other, and started for a neighbors who had just put up a small board shanty; and in the heavy rain and darkness, after walking a mile, being guided by the flashes of lightening, they found it; and four families occupied the house that night. When he went back to the dug-out in the morning, he found that the rain had softened the walls and the roof had fallen in, thus destroying everything he had in the world, and leaving his family without anything to eat but ham, which lay on the top. He resorted to every imaginable resource to find food for his family. At one time the river rose so they could not cross, and the people on the south side came near starving to death, having nothing to eat but buffalo meat with no seasoning. Finally they got a skiff made to get over to the stores where Hutchinson now is. At one time, while on a buffalo hunt, the weather suddenly changed from warm to cold, with a terrible north wind, and he only got back to the settlement by the most vigorous measures, the cold being so intense that it caused the blood to gush from the nostrils of his horses as will as himself. He is now in very comfortable circumstances, owning to industry, energy and perseverance. Mr. S. was married March 21, 1866, to Miss Jennie B. Nee, a native of Ohio. They have two children - Lawrence and Percy. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; also a Mason, Postmaster, and was senior steward of the Grand Lodge, in 1881. He has held the position of Township Treasurer, and is now County Commissioner, serving his second term, having been re-elected in 1882.

E. M. YODER, farmer, Section 28, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 240 acres, 210 of which are under cultivation, one-half mile of hedge, three acres in fine orchard of choice fruits, dwelling 12x24, with L 18x20, and tenant house 16x24, one and a half stories, granary 16x42, windmill pump, smoke house and blacksmith shop. He is a general farmer, but makes a specialty of raising a fine quality of wheat, selling a large portion of it from his place for seed. Had wheat that averaged in 1882, forty bushels to the acre, and the gross yearly average for the same ground has been twenty-three and a half bushels per acre. Has 16 head of cattle, 30 hogs, 3 horses and 2 mules. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1845, and removed to Baltimore County, Md., with his parents, in 1851. He was raised on a farm and has made farming his life occupation, living on the same place until 1873, when he came West, and after travelling through different States for two years, he finally located here in 1875, and is satisfied with his judgement, as he has been successful and has a model farm, and think this will prove a good fruit country, and that the seasons are improving and the ran fall more regular. He was married November 29, 1881, to Miss Mary E. Young, a native of Alton, Ill. They have one child - Edwin. He is a member of the Anti-Horse-Thief Association, and the Framers' Alliance. 

 JOHN H. CAMBELL, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Nickerson, was born in Hampshire County, Va., April 5, 1855, and came to Kansas in 1877, and located on Section 21, Rose Valley Township, in Stafford County, and owns 320 acres, fifty in cultivation. The first election was held at his sod shanty, and he has the ballot-box (which was a tin tea-kettle), in his possession as a memento. He engaged in stock raising and remained there until the fall of 1882, when he returned and took charge of his father's farm, and is in management of it at present. He has 34 head of cattle, 6 hogs and 1 horse. Was married December 24, 1882, to Miss Mary M. Warnack, a native of Iowa.

J. M. CAMBELL, farmer, contractor, and builder, Section 10, P. O. Nickerson, owns 320 acres, 125 in cultivation; dwelling 14x23 with L 14x20, and two stories; stable 12x30, with stock yards, sheds, etc. Also rents and farms 320 acres on Section 23, fifty acres in crops and the rest used for grazing. Has 31 head of cattle, 6 hogs and 6 horses; raises general crops. His wheat average in 1882, was twenty-five bushels per acre. Was born in Fayette County, West Va., February 13, 1830. When twenty years of age he moved to Hampshire County, Va., and in 1858 to Lee County, Ill., where he lived until he came to Kansas, in 1878, locating here. Was married October 30, 1851, to Miss Sarah A. McDonald, a native of Hampshire County, Va. They have four children - Joseph W., John H., (who is superintending the place), James C. and Perry L. Mr. Campbell is engaged in contracting and building, in connection with farming. While in Illinois Mr. Campbell was a member of the School Board for seven years, and has been the same since coming to Kansas.

H. EISIMINGER, farmer and stock feeder, Section 24, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 130 in cultivation, and two acres in fine bearing orchard of all kinds of fruits; all enclosed with hedge; a grove of cultivated timber of cottonwood, box-elder, maple, and walnut. He also owns 320 acres two miles north, enclosed with wire fencing, used for grazing. Dwelling 32x32 feet, of seven rooms; barn 32x32 feet, 16 feet posts; windmill pump, and tank for watering stock, and large stock yard and sheds, and all conveniences for successful stock handling. He came to Kansas in 1874 and located here, and engaged in farming and stock raising, and for several years had large herds on the range, but since 1878 has continued his trade to buying at two years old and feeding for the market. He has 75 head of fine cattle, principally steers, and 100 hogs, He was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, and when thirteen years old moved with his parents to Illinois, and came from there to Kansas. In the spring of 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Seventy-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Department of the Cumberland, and participated in the engagements at Perryville, Ky., and Stone River, Tenn. Shortly after the engagements at Stone River he was detailed and sent to New York to assist in the enforcement of the draft, and remained on detached service in the guarding of prisoners and forwarding of men to the field in filling up regiments, until the close of the war, and was mustered out on general orders in July, 1865. He was married December 12, 1867, to Miss Matilda Dunmire, a native of Ohio. They have seven children - Ida, Minnie, Charles I., Ralph E., Bufort A., Edward L., and Bertrand. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.

J. D. LANGLOIS, farmer, Section 24, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 320 acres, 220 in cultivation, and 160 fenced with hedge, 3 acres in orchard, and plenty of small fruit. Dwelling 14x24, one and stories, stable, granary, corn crib, milk house, and windmill pump, with feed mill and corn sheller attached. Has 5 horses, 27 head of cattle, and 35 hogs. Was born in Canada, of French extraction, July 14, 1845, and came to the United States in 1863, and first located in Ohio, but lived in Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois before coming to Kansas in 1873 and locating on his present farm, and was one of the earliest settlers of this locality, and in the early times, in addition to improving his place, hunted buffalo, and collected the bones for sale, as there was quite a large demand for buffalo bones, and it was quite a business for the early settlers and a great help to many of them. Was married in 1872, to Miss Louisa M. Reed, a native of Peoria, Ill. They have five children - Clement R., Genevieve, Victor, Eloise, and James D. Is a member of the Catholic Church.

C. E. LIBBEY, farmer, Section 11, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres, 130 in cultivation, one and one-half miles of hedge, 30 acres fenced with barbed wire. Dwelling 22x24, stable and granary combined 21x28, corn crib 8x16, and windmill pump. Has 6 horses and 43 head of cattle. Was born in Maine in 1837, and when only three years of age his parents emigrated to Illinois, coming by ship to New Orleans, and up the river to their destination, and were the pioneers of that locality. He remained there until coming to Kansas in January, 1874, and located here. Enlisted August 15, 1861, in Company H, Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was in the fight at Fort Donelson, where his company of sixty- eight men lost twenty killed on the field and he with seven others were captured by Forrest's Cavalry cutting them off, and he was held a prisoner for eight months, in different Southern prisons, and finally exchanged from Libby Prison, Richmond, and returned to his command at Memphis, Tenn., in January, 1863. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, and was at the surrender of Mobile; his regiment charged Fort Blakely, and was mustered out in November, 1865. Was married October 13, 1869, to Miss M. E. Burdick, a native of Illinois. They have five children - Mary F., Emma S., Morton M., Maud E., and C. E. Is a Baptist. Has served as Township Trustee and member of School Board in Kansas, and was Trustee on School Board when residing in Illinois.

E. C. MARKS, farmer and stockfeeder, Section 11, P. O. Nickerson, owns 800 acres, 110 acres under cultivation, 640 acres fenced with barbed wire for cattle range and eighty acres fenced with board for hogs, pasture, small orchard, dwelling 22x 30, L 16 x 22, two stories, stable 22x32, with stock yards, sheds, wind mill pump, stock scales and all the necessary conveniences for handling stock successfully. He makes a specialty of buying and feeding stock for the market, although to some extent engaged in stock raising. He has 125 head of cattle, 100 hogs, eight horses and mules. Mr. M. was born in the State of New York in 1830. In 1850 he emigrated to Illinois and engaged in stock, being very successful. In 1881 he came to Kansas and located on his present place, which is destined to be one of the finest stock farms in Kansas. He was married November 2, 1853, to Miss Mary Libbey, a native of Maine. They have two children, Lewis M. and Mary C. He is a mason, and while in Illinois was occupying the position of Township Trustee, Director and Treasurer of the School Board for a period of twenty-eight years.

WILLIAM N. REED, farmer, Section 12, P. O. Nickerson; owns 160 acres, 120 under cultivation, good orchard, grove of cultivated timber consisting of cottonwood, locust, maple, walnut, etc. Dwelling is 12x 16, with L and 10x12 and addition 8x24; barn 12x32, twelve feet high; stable 10x16, smoke house, hen house, etc. Was born in Ohio in 1838, and moved to Illinois in 1848, and to Michigan in 1852. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Third Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and with his command severed in the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the first battle of Bull Run, but losing his health was discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability in September of the same year. In February, 1865, he re-enlisted in Company F, Sixth Michigan Calvary and was on duty at Harper's Ferry and Upper Potomac patrolling. After the fighting was over was sent with his command on the plains in the Indian service, and was mustered out in February, 1866 at Fort Bridger. In 1871 he came to Kansas, first locating in Howard County and came here in 1873. For the first two years after coming here he was engaged in hunting buffalo and shipping the hides and meat, and has in connection with improving his farms, been engaged in contracting and building. He was married March 17, 1863, to Miss Ellen Badger, a native of Michigan. They have three children, Albert, William and Herbert. He is a member of the Baptist Church.

J. S. VANDOLAH, farmer, Section 14, Township 23, Range 7, P. O. Hutchinson; owns 160 acres, 80 acres under cultivation, three acres in orchard and forests trees, dwelling 2226, stable 12x20, corn crib, cattle yards and sheds, two milch cows, two yearlings, ten hogs, two mules and one horse. He was born in Ohio, March 11, 1820, moved to Iowa in 1854, and to Illinois in 1871, and came to Kansas in 1873, locating here. He enlisted in 1862 in Company I, Thirty-third Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served with this command on the Mississippi, was in the Yazoo expedition, and at the defense of Helena, Ark., and on account of hardships and exposure, his health failed and he has been an invalid since, but was kept on garrison duty until mustered out May 8, 1865, for disability. He was married April 10, 1845, in Ohio, and his wife died in February, 18?9, leaving six children - Rosetta, Beulah, William F., Nancy, John, Josephine. She was a native of Ohio. He was married again in December 1859, to Miss E. W. Haines, a native of New Jersey. They have on child, Charlie. He is a member of the Christian Church, and also a Mason. He has served on the School Board, and has been Justice of the Peace.

WILLIAM WELLS, farmer, Section 22, P. O. Hutchinson, owns 160 acres, 130 in cultivation, three in orchard, one in cultivated timber, all enclosed with hedge; frame dwelling, stable, stock yards and wind-mill pump; has twenty head of cattle and six horses. Came to Kansas in the spring of 1874 and located here. Was born in the State of New York, June 20, 1840, and in 1874 moved to Pennsylvania and came to Kansas same year. Enlisted in 1861 in Company F, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, and served with his company in the army of the Potomac, and participated in the advance on Richmond, and in the seven-day' battles in front of Richmond, ending with Malvern Hill and Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antletam, and Fredericksburg where he was severely wounded by gun shot which permanently disabled him, so he was discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability in July, 1864. Was married January 12, 1870, to Miss Locada Lockwood, a native of Pennsylvania. They have five children - Edmund, John, Mary, William, and Gracie. Has been Township Treasurer for five years and School Treasurer for four years.

J. C. WISSERT, farmer, Section 10, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres, all enclosed with hedge; three acres in fine bearing orchard; five in grove and 125 in a fine state of cultivation. Dwelling 16x22, L 16x 16; barn 16x28; thirty-seven head of cattle; fourteen hogs and five horses. Was born in Ohio, November 18, 1845. Enlisted in 1864, in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with his command in the Shenandoah Valley and was near Lynchburg when Lee surrendered and was only engaged in skirmishes with bushwhackers and captured a number of guerrillas and was mustered out in October, 1865. Came to Kansas, March 26, 1873, from Missouri, where he had lived four years and located here. When he came here he had but $75 and a team and had great hardships for some years, at times having nothing but bread and water to live on, but by hard work, energy and management is now in prosperous circumstances. Was married February 22, 1867, to Miss Bettie J. Ordway, a native of Ohio. They have seven children - Carrie E., Amelia C., Alpha A., Charles M., Benjamin F., Betsy Jane and Emma. Is a member of the Christian Church. 

 ELDER J. W. BEER, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres, sixty acres in cultivation. Dwelling 12x18, with L 12x14; stable 22x32; granary 6x14; milk house and dairy 12x12, and is also making a specialty of good stock; has at present twenty-one head. Was born in Armstrong County, Pa., in 1848, and came West and located in Iowa in 1868, and 1869 to Illinois, and same year to Louisiana, where he remained until coming to Kansas, and locating on his present farm in the spring of 1872. For several years after locating, was engaged in hunting buffalo, which was then more remunerative than farming. At the same time, however, he was improving his farm. Was married, in 1877, to Miss Elmira Blucher, a native of Maryland. They have three children - Fredrick L., Laura L., and Sarah C. Is elder of the German Baptist Church, generally known as Dunkard, and has been preaching since the church organization in 1878, with a membership of sixteen. It now numbers sixty-four members, in a territory comprising parts of Reno, Rice, and Kingman counties.

WILLIAM BROWN, farmer and stock raiser, Section 14, P. O. Nickerson owns 160 acres on Section 14, about 40 acres in cultivation, and 22 acres in timber, with a good frame dwelling, corn cribs, stock yards and sheds, and is engaged in buying and selling cows, and has handled about 100 the past winter; also owns 320 acres on Section 8, in Grant Township, on which he has erected a cheese factory, started in 1878; the factory is 32x48, two stories, lower story stone and the upper frame; there is also on the place a good dwelling, barn and the necessary out buildings, and cattle yards and twenty-nine milk cows; also owns eighty acres in Salt Creek Township, Reno County. Was born in Warren County, Pa., August 20, 1835, and came to Kansas in 1854, stopping first in Leavenworth, which at that time contained only a log house and a few tents, and was engaged in the troubles of the early settlements of Kansas, serving for a time with Jim Lane, participating in a number of the engagements of that period, being with the party that captured the cannon from the Kickapoo rangers and passing himself off as a Southern man from Maysville, Ky., had free access to the camps of the border State men and conveyed intelligence of their movements to Jim Lane, and was for a time engaged with the Government Surveying Party in running lines, and was also present when the treaty was made with the Indians, and attended the first land sale at Osaqua. In 1859 he returned to his native place in Pennsylvania and was living there when the war broke out. In 1863, enlisted in Company D, Pennsylvania Bucktail Regiment, and served for a time with his command in Virginia, and for a time was detailed as Assistant in the Secret Service of the Provost Department, and mustered out in 1865. In January, 1871, he returned to Kansas and located on a farm joining the present town of Newton, Harvey County, and helped lay out the town of Newton, being one of the first settlers; was Postmaster of Newton for five years, and was identified with the early history of that place. After resigning his position of Postmaster was for a time mail agent on the A., T. & S. F. R. R., and in 1878 located on Section 8, Reno County, and erected his cheese factory, and also took and commenced improving this place near the same time. Was married in 1861, to Miss Mary Jane McIntyre, a native of Pennsylvania, is a member of the G. A. R. Mr. B. has made a success in Kansas and thinks the handling of stock as well as the dairy business and cheese manufacturing can be carried on more successfully here than in the old settled States. When he first came to Reno County the main herd of buffalo was in this vicinity, and one day he killed nine buffalo with nine shots, and has known hunters to kill 160 buffalo in a day. He made $800 in one month killing buffalo for their hides.

REV. A. CLARK, farmer and sheep raiser, P. O. Nickerson, owns 160 acres under cultivation, 4 acres of bearing orchard and 5 acres cultivated timber, has a dwelling 16x24, L 14x18, one and a half stories high, barn and stable, combined 28x32 feet, with hen houses, implement house, and all necessary outbuildings, sheds and yards for sheep and has at present over 600 sheep. Makes sheep raising a specialty. He also owns eighty acres in Salt Creek Township. He was born in Parke County, Ind., in 1831, and in 1836 his parents moved to Illinois. In 1857, he moved to Kansas, and located in Tecumseh, Shawnee County, and in the spring of 1858, joined the Kansas and Nebraska Conference, and located in Nemaha County, and preached there until the spring of 1860. When he went to Colorado, locating at Gregory Diggings, and engaged in preaching there. In the fall he returned to Kansas; while on his way back he met the pony express on a full run, which called out as he passed, "Lincoln is elected, Lincoln is elected." In the spring of 1861, he located in what is now Jewell County, but the Indians were so bad that he had to abandon his claim, which is the present site of Jewell City. He returned to Illinois, and August, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Eighty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and with his command participated in the campaign from Louisville, Ky., to Atlanta. In the march to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and after the surrender of Joe Johnston marched to Washington, D. C., and was in the grand review. He was mustard out in Chicago, June 22, 1865. After the war he located in Knox County, Ill., until 1868, when he went to Jasper County, Mo., and went from there to Kansas in 1875, and located here. He married, in 1853, Miss Elizabeth C. Harshbarger, a native of Ohio. They have a very interesting family of thirteen children - Wilbur H., Joel M. C.; Luella L., E. Judson, William Sherman, Jennie G., Raymond H., May, Arthur W., Charles M., Amous, Lowell M. and Neal. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the G. A. R. of which he is chaplain, and has occupied the position of Clerk of the School Board.