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BARBER COUNTY, KANSAS
BIOGRAPHIES
JACOB ACHENBACH
Jacob Achenbach, farmer, banker and executive was
born at Epplesheim, Rhinehassen, Germany, March 22, 1846, son of Johannes and Philipppine Elizabeth (Steinacher)
Achenbach. He came to America with his parents at the age of five. His father, who was born in Epplesheim, October
20, 1819, came to the United States in 1852, farming until his death at Taylorville, Illinois. The mother was born
in Mauchenheim, Rhinepfalz, Germany, and died at Taylorville, in September 1906.
In 1881 occurred an event which was to exert a
lasting influence on Mr. Achenbach's life. He took a trip that July to Kansas, and took up a homestead of 160 acres
in Kingman County. He like the new country, and shortly after bought 160 acres more - the only homestead which
was proved up in Chikaskia township at that time. It was located about twenty-two miles southwest of Kingman in
the forks of Sand Creek and the Chikaskia river.
In the spring of 1883 he moved his family out to
Kansas on his homestead, purchased 250 head of cattle and herded them during the summer. There were so many emigrants
coming in to take up homesteads that he saw he would be forced to look elsewhere for range for his cattle. Therefore,
in the spring of 1884 he purchased 6,300 acres of land in Barber County from Dr. Hardtner of Carrolton, Illinois,
for $5.00 per acre and drove his cattle to this ranch.
On the first trip to look over his purchase he
stopped at Medicine Lodge over night. The next morning he was an eye witness to the famous bank robbery in which
the president and cashier of the Medicine Lodge bank were killed. The town marshal exchanged shots with the bandits,
but they escaped to canyons a few miles distant, where they were surrounded and finally captured after a gun battle.
They were lodged in the town jail. That evening
a mob gathered. They brushed aside the officers in charge of the jail, shooting the others. Mr. Achenbach still
has a vivid memory of the stirring incident.
He was director of the first bank organized in
Harper, Kansas. In 1885 he laid out the town of Hardtner, establishing a post office of which he was postmaster
for thirty years.
He organized and was vice president of the First
National Bank of Kiowa, and in 1908 organized the Kiowa, Hardtner, and Pacific Railraod with I. B. Blackstock of
Springfield, Illinois. This road consisted of ten miles of rail from Kiowa to Hardtner. Mr. Blackstock was president
of the company. In 1910 it was leased to the Missouri Pacific for a period of twenty years, and at the end of that
period the lease was renewed for five years.
During the year 1910 Mr. Achenbach, organized the
Farmers State Bank of Hardtner of which he became vice president. In 1915 he and Mr. Blackstock purchased the Beaver,
Meade and Englewood Railroad, which at that time consisted of three miles of rail from Forgan, Oklahoma, to Beaver,
Oklahoma. He became its president, with Mr. blackstock as vice president. They completed the road, making a total
of seven miles and began operating it in 1916.
They continued until 1923 and as they were unable
to sell the road to the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad Company, they connected with the end of that line at Forgan
in1924, and started west, building as their funds permitted. After 27 miles had been completed the people who were
helping finance the operations withdrew their support and from that time on Mr. Achenbach raised the money to complete
the work through his own efforts. In April 1929, the road then 65 miles long, was sold to the Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific, subject to the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Missouri-Kansas and Texas claimed
it was in its territory and in November, 1930, the commission disapproved the sale and gave the Missouri-Kansas-Texas
permission to purchase the road.
In the meantime the road had been extended another
twenty miles to Eva, Oklahoma, a new town being established with the old postoffice moved to the new town and elevators
erected. In the spring of 1931, the road started what proved to be the final stretch of line, the last twenty miles
from Eva to Keyes, the latter town being on the Dodge City belt line of the Santa Fe.
In July, 1931, the road had been completed to Keyes,
a distance of 105 miles and at that time it was sold to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Mr. Achenbach then retiring
from active railroad operation. However, he will go down in the history of the Oklahoma Panhandle and Kansas as
among those foremost in its development.
Mr. Achenbach retained the Kiowa, Hardtner and
Pacific, which he has re-leased to the Missouri Pacific. He organized the Achenbach-Baker Mortgage Company, in
1931, for the purpose of making farm loans, and at the present time is president also of the Panhandle Construction
Company of Alva, Oklahoma.
On May 2, 1867, Mr. Achenbach, was married to Elizabeth
Rathgeber at Taylorville, Illinois. She was born in Epplesheim, Germany, March 4, 1844 and died at Hardtner, July
19, 1929. There are two children, August E., born August 25, 1868; and F. A., in April 1876.
Mr. Archenbach is a Republican, a member of the
Evangelical Church and a life member of the Kansas Crippled Children's Association. Residence: Hardtner. (Illustriana
Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 7)
JOHN JAMES CLARKE
John James Clarke, farmer and stock raiser, was
born in Inland, Nebraska, February 23, 1877, son of John M. and Martha Ann (Worley) Clarke. The father was born
in Raston in the Parish of Norbury near Ashbourn, Derbyshire, England, October 2, 1845, coming to America in 1872.
He is a farmer. His wife, Martha Ann, was born in Danville, Illinois, May 20, 853, the daughter of James H. and
Amanda L. (Smith) Worley.\
Mr. Clarke attended public school near Atwood and Girard, Kansas, and since reaching maturity has engaged in farming
and stock raising. He was a director of the Farmers Store from 1920 until 1924, and is now a stockholder in the
Peoples Oil and Gas company. He came to Kansas in October 1885 by covered wagon, settling near Atwood.
On September 29, 1921 Mr. Clarke was married to
Anna Mary Parker at Wichita. She was born in Medicine Lodge, March 2, 1885, and before her marriage was a nurse.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have one son, James Russell born August 23, 1922.
Mr. Clarke is a member of the Methodist Church,
the Men's Sunday Morning Club, in which he leads the singing and has charge of the music, and the Anti-Horse Thief
Association. Residence: Medicine Lodge. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, page 231)
HARDIN GILBERT
Hardin Gilbert, physician, was born at Gratz, Kentucky,
February 20, 1873, son of Oliver and Barbara Alice (Stophlett) Gilbert. His father was born at Warsaw, Kentucky,
March 4, 1849 and died at Grayson, Kentucky, February 3, 1930. His wife, Barbara was born at Monterey, Kentucky,
April 2, 1853 and died at Moorehead, Kentucky, June 13, 1926.
Dr. Gilbert attended National Normal University
at Lebanon, Ohio, and in 1906 graduated from the medical department of Kentucky University at Louisville. He is
president of the Marian Rita Memorial Hospital Association, president of the Barber County Building and Loan Association
and in active practice. He is a Republican, he has served as superintendent of schools, and as coroner.
On January 3, 1900, he was married to Erie Adelade
McAllister at Ashland, Kentucky. She was born at Greenup, Kentucky, August 18, 1877. There is one son Oliver Hardin,
born January 29, 1906 who married Florence Beers. He was graduated from West Point in the class of 1929.
Dr. Gilbert is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
Kansas State Medical Association, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club (president),
the Masons, and the Odd Fellows. Residence: Medicine Lodge. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert
Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 439)
SAMUEL ABRAHAM
HARRISON
Samuel Abraham Harrison, real estate and insurance
dealer, and county clerk of Barber county, was born in Centralia, Missouri, November 2, 1878, son of John Franklin
and Mary Belle (Crockett) Harrison. His father was a farmer, who was born December 7, 1843 at Mexico. He died at
Mexico, Missouri, February 20, 1906. The mother was born there June 7, 1850 and died December 21, 1922.
Upon his graduation from country school in Audrain
County, Samuel Abraham Harrison attended Kansas City School of Law, from which he was graduated in 1905. He practiced
from 1905 until 1908 and from that time until 1915 operated a drug store. He is a registered pharmacist. From 1915
until 1925, Mr. Harrison engaged in the real estate business in Kansas City, Kansas, and Medicine Lodge and since
that time has been county clerk and a writer of fire insurance. He is director of the Barber County Building &
Loan Association. In 1925 Mr. Harrison was elected county clerk on the Democratic ticket.
On March 31, 1920, he was married to Helen Josephine
Gibson at Medicine Lodge, her birthplace. She was born January 6, 1898. They have one son, John Franklin, born
February 5, 1921.
Mr. Harrison is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Red cross and Salvation Army, the Chamber of Commerce, and the
Lions Club. Residence: Medicine Lodge. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, pages 487 & 488)
ALLEN ETHAN HERR
Allen Ethan Herr, farmer and stockman, was born
at Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1870 son of Abraham Rider and Elizabeth Ann (Shenk) Herr. He attended public
school, taught four terms, commencing in 1888 and from 1892 until 1893, served as court stenographer under George
W. McKay, Judge. He was candidate for state representative in the territorial legislature in 1896 and served as
chairman of the County Committee in Woods County, Oklahoma. After returning to Kansas, he served six years on the
County Committee of Barber County.
On January 16, 1894, he was married to Laura Melvina
Taylor, at Medicine Lodge. She was born in Cass County, Illinois, June 15, 1872, and died at Roswell, New Mexico,
November 2, 1904. To them the following children were born: George Clayton, February 5, 1895 who died August 16,
1900; Ethan Allen, November 20, 1896, who married Elizabeth Gish; Susan Grace, October 29, 1898, who married Frank
M. Schmidtlein; Mabel May, January 30, 1901 who married James M. Watson; and Francis Floyd, April 7, 1903, who
married Esther Jones.
Mr. Herr is a member of the Sunday Morning Club,
the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. He has a state wide
reputation in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to a lesser extent in the nation. Residence: Medicine Lodge.
(Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 515)
ALICE LEONE LUTY
Alice Leone Luty, executive was born in Kiowa,
Kansas, July 8, 1902, daughter of Charles Edward and Ceasey Mae (Burns) Alberding. The father, a contractor, was
born in Winfield, Kansas, June 4, 1879 of German parentage. His wife, Ceasey Mae, was born in Buffalo, Missouri,
May 28, 1885 of Scotch-irish ancestry.
Alice Leone Alberding received her early education
in the Franklin grade school at Kiowa. In 1921 she was graduated from Kiowa High School as valedictorian. The following
year she taught school, and next obtained a position as bookkeeper with the O. K. Co-operative Grain and Mercantile
Company in October 1922 and in 1928 became manager. She still holds that position. She is a Republican.
Her marriage to Horace T. Luty was solemnized at
Kiowa, September 11, 1927. Mr. Luty, who is assistant manager of the Co-operative Elevator, was born at Inman,
Kansas, August 27, 1901. He is of Pennsylvania Dutch descent.
Mrs. Luty is a member of the Methodist Church and
the Kiowa Country Club. Her favorite sport is golf. Residence: Kiowa. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin
& Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 719)
RILEY W. MacGREGOR
Riley W. MacGregor, lawyer, was born in Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, August 10, 1892, son of John and Lucy Ellen (Riley) MacGregor. His father, a farmer, was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, April 4, 1844, and died at Medicine Lodge, September 14, 1914. His wife, Lucy Ellen, was born
in Owentown, Kentucky, March 28, 1854, died at Medicine Lodge, February 6, 1920.
Riley W. MacGregor attended the University of Kansas,
graduating in 1916, and was admitted to the bar of Kansas in January 1917. Since that time he has engaged in the
practice of law. From 1919 until 19226, he served as county attorney of Barber county, elected on the Republican
ticket. He is a director of the Barber County Building & Loan Association and of the Barber County Agricultural
Loan Corporation.
On September 5, 1919, he was married to Alice Belle
Martin at Medicine Lodge, her birthplace. Mrs. MacGregor was born March 16, 1892. There are three children, Comora
Ellen, born August 4, 1921; John William, November 4, 1926; and Nancy Alice, April 5, 1931.
Among Mr. MacGregor's memberships are the Kansas
State and American bar Associations, the Red Cross (home service chairman, Barber County chapter), the Salvation
Army, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club (past president), the Masons (past master), and the Medicine Lodge
Indian Peace Treaty Association, of which he is general manager.
During the World War period Mr. MacGregor served with the rank of first lieutenant in the 356th Infantry American
Expeditionary Forces; was scout officer in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, ad served in the Army of
Occupation. He has served as post commander of Barber County Post No. 69 of the American Legion and is present
commander of the county organization. Residence: Medicine Lodge. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin &
Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, pages 721 & 722)
ALBERT LEE
ORR
Albert Lee Orr, lawyer, was born at Bismarck, Missouri, March 13, 1875, son of George W. and Armilda (Hughes) Orr.
His father, a farmer, was born in Michigan, of Scotch and Irish ancestry, and died n Douglas County, Missouri,
in 1894. Her ancestry was Scotch and Irish also.
Mr. Orr attended elementary school and normal school, and was admitted to the bar of Missouri in 1899. In 1904
he was admitted to practice in Kansas and at the present time is senior member of the law firm of Orr and Orr at
Medicine Lodge. He is a Democrat, has served as mayor of Medicine Lodge and as county attorney of Barber County.
For several years he has been a director of the Barber County Building and Loan Association.
On March 15, 1899, he was married to Elizabeth Christiana Smith at Ava, Missouri. She was born in Arkansas, November
4, 1874, and before her marriage was a teacher. They have three children, Joseph Lester, born October 28, 1902,
who is married to Ruby Beard; Mildred Ruth, June 16, 1905, who is unmarried, and Marian Frances, April 30, 1908,
who married Walter D. Sharpe.
Joseph was graduated from high school, had two years in Southwestern College, and four years in the Kansas City
School of Law, and is now in partnership with his father.
Mr. Orr is a member of the state, district and county bar associations, the county board of the Salvation Army,
the Red Cross, the Lions Club, the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Masons (Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite). Residence:
Medicine Lodge. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 885)
GEORGE
COLEMAN STEVENS
George Coleman Stevens superintendent of city schools at Kiowa was born in Mankato, Kansas, May 28, 1894 the son
of Walter Francis and Emma Katherine (Launchbaugh) Stevens. The father who is now retired, was born in New Jersey,
January 22, 1859. His wife, Emma was born in Salina, Iowa, April 17, 1856, and is of German descent.
Mr. Stevens attended public and high school at Mankato, graduating from the altter in 1912. The following three
years he attended Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, where he won football letters in 1912, 1913 and 1914
and 1915; and baseball letters in 1913, 1914 and 1915. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa (Alpha Alpha chapter)
and in 1928 received the degree of Master of Science in Education from the University of Oklahoma.
In 1915 he became principal of Spring Township
High School, serving until 1918. He then became principal of the Kiowa High School and in 1922 he was made superintendent.
He still holds that position. He has been since 1926, secretary of the Kiowa Rodeo Association, Incorporated. He
is a Democrat.
On July 12, 1912, Mr. Stevens was married to Zora
Mervel Morris at Junction City, Kansas. Mrs. Stevens whose ancestry is French was born in Purdin, Missouri, March
25, 1889.
Mr. Stevens is the author of The Parent Teacher
Association (1928). He is at the present time president of the Barber County Teachers Association and a member
of the Red Cross relief committee. He has been a member of the Young Men's Christian Association since 1928 and
from 1927 until 1930 served as president of the Kiowa Chamber of Commerce. His religious affiliation is with the
Methodist Church. His club is the Kiowa Country Club. He is also a member of the Lions Club. Mr. Stevens enjoys
hunting and fishing and is especially fond of golf. He officiates at many football and basketball games. Residence:
Kiowa. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 1117)
HERR, URIAH CLAYTON
Uriah Clayton Herr, owner and editor of the "Barber
County Index," is a well known and progressive spirited citizen of Medicine Lodge, Kan., who has been engaged
in newspaper work in that city for nearly twenty years and has been a potential factor in the upbuilding of his
community. The Herr family is one of the oldest in Pennsylvania, where it was established in what is now Lancaster
county about the middle of the Seventeenth century. Eight generations, descended from the original ancestor, Rev.
Hans Herr, have been born in Lancaster county, so that the family has been represented there for more than 250
years (see sketch of John Nevon Herr).
Uriah C. Herr was born Nov. 11, 1873, on a farm in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, son of Abraham R. and Elizabeth
(Shenk) Herr. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred on Feb. 23, 1848, in Lancaster
county. He married Elizabeth Shenk, in 1868, and to them were born six children: Allen E., born May 18, 1869, is
engaged in farming in Barber county, Kansas; Abraham L., born Oct. 18, 1871, is a graduate of the law department
of the University of Kansas and is a practicing attorney at Chickasha, Okla.; Uriah Clayton is the next in order
of birth; John N. (see sketch); Ada M., born Jan. 6, 1877, is a graduate of the Kiowa High School of Southwestern
College at Winfield, Kan., and of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and is a teacher of English in the Sumner
County High School at Wellington, Kan.; and Mercy M. is deceased. The father was a farmer by vocation and, with
his family, removed to Barber county, Kansas, in 1886. He purchased a farm near Kiowa, but was only spared to his
family for a short time afterward, as his death occurred June 12, 1886. His widow married Henry Sommer, a farmer
of Kiowa, Kan., and of their union two children were born: Mabel R., born March 4, 1889, is a graduate of the Kiowa
High School of Southwestern College at Winfield, Kan., and of the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan;
and Lyman H., born June 19, 1891, is a linotype operator on his brother's paper, the "Barber County Index."
Uriah Clayton Herr completed his education in the public schools of Kiowa and graduated in the high school with
the class of 1891. In 1892 he entered the office of the "Barber County Index" to learn the printer's
trade and, in 1894, became the editor and manager of that publication, which at that time belonged to a stock company.
He purchased the paper, in 1898, and has since remained its owner and editor. It is a Democratic paper, influential
in behalf of the Democratic party and a stanch supporter of any movement for the upbuilding of the community and
the state. Mr. Herr was elected county printer in 1901, and has served as a member of the Medicine Lodge board
of education six years. Fraternally he sustains membership in the Knights of Pythias and in the Modern Woodmen
of America.
On Jan. 14, 1897, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Herr and Miss Lillian V., daughter of David F. Painter of
Medicine Lodge, Kan. Three children have blessed their union: Opal A., born Nov. 8, 1897; Roland B., born Jan.
29, 1899, died July 2, 1901; and Jewel K., born Dec. 21, 1904. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages
974-975, Transcribed as written by Millie Mowry)
HERR, JOHN NEVON
John Nevon Herr, a successful merchant at Kiowa,
Kan., and the able representative of Barber county in the state legislature during the session of 1911, is a comparatively
young man, but has already won a high standing in his community as a worthy and energetic citizen. Mr. Herr comes
of Swiss and German ancestry, that branch of the Herr family to which he belongs having been established in America
by Rev. Hans Herr, who was born in Canton Zurich, in the north of Switzerland, Sept. 17, 1639. Rev. Hans Herr was
an early immigrant to the American colonies and settled, in what is now Pennsylvania, where his son Abraham was
born at the town of Manor, in what is now Lancaster county, in 1660.
Abraham, son of the Abraham just mentioned, was
born June 25, 1700, and died Sept. 5, 1785. Christian, son of Abraham Herr II, was born at Manor; Pa., Dec. 30,
1746, and died in 1822; his son Abraham, born at Millersville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18, 1771, had
a son Rudolph, who was born at Elizabethtown, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1801, and died March 23,
1888., Rudolph's son, Abraham, grandfather of John N. Herr, born at Elizabethtown, Pa., Jan. 1, 1824, is still
living; the tatter's son, Abraham R. Herr, born Feb. 23, 1848, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, is the father
of John N. It will thus be seen that this family has had a remarkable record, in that eight generations of the
family have been born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and that the Herr family has been represented among the
residents of that county for more than 250 years. Abraham R. Herr married Elizabeth, Shenk, May 16, 1868, and to
them were born six children: Allen E. is a stockman residing at Medicine Lodge, Kan.; Abra-ham L. is a lawyer at
Chickasha, Okla.; Uriah Clayton (see sketch) ; J. Nevon is the next in order of birth; Ada M. is a graduate of
Southwestern College, at Winfield, Kan., and of the University of Michigan, and is a teacher in the Wellington
(Kan.) High School; and Mercy M. is deceased.
John Nevon Herr was born March 3, 1875, in Dauphin
county, Pennsylvania, and accompanied his parents to Kansas in March, 1886. His father purchased a farm near Kiowa,
but died there June 12, 1886, within three months after his arrival in Barber county. John Nevon Herr received
his education in the public schools of Kansas and was graduated in the Franklin High School in 1895. He labored
on the farm until twenty-two years of age, when in 1897, he began clerking in a store. Later he engaged independently
in the mercantile business at Kiowa, and has since been very successful, being now numbered among the most prosperous
business men of that city.
On May 9, 1901, Mr. Herr married Miss Edith J.,
a daughter of Orman J. Potter and his wife, nee Miss Elvira Button. Mr. and Mrs. Herr have two children-Eleanor
Lucile, born March 4, 1903 and Harold Kingsley, born Feb. 13, 1908. Mr. Herr not only possesses sterling business
qualities, but is also a man of active public spirit who lends his energies and influence to the furtherance of
every project which promises the advancement of his city and state. He was elected mayor of Kiowa in April, 1907,
and served two terms, or four years. During his service as mayor the prohibitory and other laws were strictly enforced
and a fine municipal water and light plant was installed. During that period, also, Kiowa doubled in population.
Mr. Herr was elected in 1910 on the Democratic ticket to represent Barber county in the State legislature, where
his service proved a credit to himself and to his constituency. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages
989-990, Transcribed as written by Millie Mowry)
STOUT, IRA
Ira Stout, superintendent of the public schools
at Kiowa, Kan., has held that postition since the fall of 1908, and through his energetic and untiring labors there
has become recognized as one of the efficient and progressive educators of the state. He is a native of Illinois,
born at Carrollton, Jan. 20, 1870. He is a son of John H. Stout, who was born at Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 12, 1834.
The father was a farmer by vocation. In 1854 he married Rachel Wright, daughter of John Wright, a native of England,
who immigrated to America, in 1825, and located on a farm in Greene county, Illinois. He was one of the earliest
pioneers of that county and died there in 1859. To John H. and Rachel (Wright) Stout were born eight children-five
sons and three daughters: Jennie, born May 3, 1856, died in July, 1861; John H., born Aug. 21, 1858, is engaged
in agricultural pursuits at Carrollton, Ill.; David A., born Jan. 9, 1860, is a farmer at Piasa, Ill.; Margaret,
born April 27, 1862, died at the age of three years; Oscar H., born April 16, 1864, is an electrician at St. Louis,
Mo.; Minnie M., born Aug. 16, 1865, is the wife of R. A. Meek, a farmer at Carrollton, Ill.; Clarence, born Sept.
10, 1867, died in 1869; and Ira is the youngest. At the outbreak of the Civil war the father organized a company
for the Sixty-first Illinois infantry, as. a captain, but failed of appointment on account of physical disability.
He was a Republican in politics and an earnest worker for prohibition and, in 1878, was the head of the first Prohibition
organization in Greene county, Illinois. In public affairs he took an active and prominent part and was a consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He died Jan. 10, 1888.
Prof. Ira Stout received his earlier education
in the public schools of Carrollton, Ill., where he graduated in the high school. Later he took a course at the
Western Normal College, of Bushnell, Ill. Following his graduation he was engaged in teaching three years in Illinois;
then, in 1895, he removed to Oklahoma, where he took up a government claim in Woods county, and proved it up after
three years' residence. In the meantime he served as superintendent of the city schools at Alva, Okla., where he
remained in charge two years. He then removed to Hazelton, Kan., and was principal of the schools there four years.
Since then he has been at the head of the Kiowa (Kan.) schools and has been a tireless worker in his efforts to
make the public schools of that city among the best in the state.
In 1895 Mr. Stout married Miss Juliet Spalding
of Alva, Okla., born May 1, 1867, at Fieldon, Ill., a daughter of William and Martha Spalding. The parents of Mrs.
Stout are deceased, the mother having passed away March 20, 1898, and the father, Aug. 9, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Stout
have two sons-Howard B., born Dec. 19, 1897, and Harold I., born July 13, 1899. Fraternally Mr. Stout is a Knight
of Pythias, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol.
III, 1912, Pages 988-989, Transcribed as written by Millie Mowry)
FULTON, JOHN STREET
John Street Fulton, a leading physician of Kiowa and one of the most successful in Barber county, is a native Kansan,
born June 4, 1872, on a farm in Jefferson county. He is a son of Thomas H. Fulton, a Kansas pioneer who came to
this state in 1869, when a young man, and located on a farm in Jefferson county. Mr. Fulton, Sr., was born in Logan
county, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1844. In 1869 he was united in marriage to Miss Ella G. Hull, a native of Muskingum county,
Ohio, born Oct. 27, 1854. She had come to Kansas with her father, William Hull, who settled on government land
in Jefferson county in 1861, and was another of the state's earliest settlers. Of the union of Thomas H. Fulton
and Ella G. Hull, were born nine children---six sons and three daughters: William S., born in 1871, a merchant
at Hiawatha, Kan.; John Street is the next in order of birth; Sarah E., born in 1874, is the wife of Charles Trimble,
a farmer at Boyle, Kan.; Charles M., born July 4, 1876, is a farmer at Kiowa, Kan.; Albert J., born Dec. 25, 1878,
graduated in the medical department of the University of Kansas, in 1903, and is located at Kansas City, Kan.;
Robert N., born May 1, 1880, is an agriculturist at Oskaloosa, Kan.; Ernest L., born Aug. 10, 1882, is a graduate
of the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, and is superintendent of the city schools at Liberal, Kan.; Mary
E., born June 24, 1885, is the wife of George Koons, a merchant at Boyle, Kan.; and Bernice, born Dec. 21, 1887,
is a senior at the Kansas State Normal School and will graduate from that institution with the class of 1912.
Dr. John Street Fulton was educated in the public schools of Jefferson county, Kansas, and at Campbell College,
Holton, Kan. For five years following he was engaged in teaching. This was but an initial step to other professional
labor, however, for he had decided to devote his career to the practice of medicine, and with that end in view
entered the medical department of the University of Kansas, in which he was graduated in 1901. He made an exceptional
record as a student, received as the secondary honors of his class the Eli Lillie prize, and was also president
of his class. After his graduation he entered Bethany Hospital, at Kansas City, Kan., as an interne to more fully
qualify himself for his profession. He began the active practice of medicine at Quinter, Kan., where he remained
two years. The following three years were spent at Dunavant, Kan. In 1906 he removed to Kiowa, Kan., where he has
since been very successfully engaged in professional duties and has built up a large and remunerative practice.
He is local surgeon for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad at that point.
On May 15, 1902, Dr. Fulton wedded Miss Mabel R., daughter of J. W. Hubbard, a retired farmer of Emporia, Kan.
Mr. Hubbard is a native of Wisconsin and came to Emporia, Kan., in 1870. Mrs. Fulton was born in Wesley, Iowa,
Sept. 21, 1875, and was educated at the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia, where she qualified as a teacher
and was thus engaged three years. She is also a graduate nurse of Bethany Hospital, Kansas City, Kan., having completed
the course there in 1902. Dr. and Mrs. Fulton have one child, Ruth E., born Sept. 26, 1905. (Kansas Biography,
Vol. III, Part 2, 1912, Pages 991-992, Transcribed as written by Millie Mowry)
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