ADDISON BAKER
Addison Baker, probate judge of Clark County, was born in Amelia, Ohio, December 23, 1848, son of Benjamin Jackson
and Lucy (White) Baker. The father, who was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1822, died at Greenfield,
Ohio, September 16, 1903. His wife, Lucy White, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
White. She died at Woodville, Ohio, May 4, 1855, while Addison Baker was a small child.
Addison Baker is practically self educated. When he reached the age of 18 his father secured a job for him in a
general store in a small railroad town, where he kept books and waited on customers. He served as postmaster under
Postmaster General Crestwell during the administration of President Grant, at what is now Midland City, Ohio, and
following that carried on the carpenters trade and engaged in mill work with his father.
Thereafter for two years he was employed in a gas company, and for two years in a waterworks organization. From
that time until 1886, when he came to Kansas, he engaged in carpenter work and farming, at Clinton Valley, Clinton
County, Ohio. Since that time he has engaged in the same occupations. He came to Clark County in June, 1886, where
he preempted and proved up a claim on a quarter section of land about 10 miles south of Mineola. For 18 years Mr.
Baker held township offices, and for eight years city offices. He has served eight or ten years on the school board,
and approximately ten years as probate judge. For eightyears he served as clerk of the district court beginning
in 1897, and four years register of deeds. He was once nominated on the Republican ticket for the office of county
treasurer. He is a Republican. In 1922 Judge Baker was re-elected to the office of probate judge.
On October 13, 1870, he was married to Anna Delila Holaday at Westboro, Ohio. Mrs. Baker, who was born at Westboro,
February 8, 1852, died at Ashland, on January 1, 1924. Her parents came from North Carolina and were of Dutch descent.
To Judge and Mrs. Baker, the following children were born, Clarence, July 24, 1871, who died July 30, 1871, Francis
A., September 10, 1872, who married May Johnson; Lucy A., May 24, 1874, who died in August, 1875; Metta A., November
1,1877, who married A. T. Hedrick; Clayton B., December 20, 1880, who married Minnie Knox; William A., July 29,
1884, who married Maude Kennedy; Harry J., May 29, 1889, who was killed in the Argonne Forest in France, September
28, 1918; and Walter E., September 14, 1891, who married Dora Baker.
Judge Baker is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War. Residence:
Ashland. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 58)
JEROME WOODS BERRYMAN
Jerome Woods Berryman, president of the Stockgrowers National Bank of Ashland, was born in Arcadia, Missouri, March
12, 1870, son of Gerard Quisenberry and Minerva Anderson (Woods) Berryman. The father was born in Kickapoo Mission,
now Leavenworth County, Kansas, September 22, 1835, and died at Elk City, August 2, 1895. Minerva Anderson Woods
was born in Columbia, Missouri, September 15, 1843, and died at Elk City, November 2, 1892.
Educated first in the public schools of Arcadia, Missouri, Jerome Woods Berryman attended Belleview Collegiate
Institute at Caledonia, Missouri, one year.
On June 8, 1898, he was married to Nancy Annette McNickle at Cortland, Nebraska. She was born in Brookfield, Missouri,
October 12, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Berryman have five children, Dorothy, born September 25, 1899, who married Roy V.
Shrewder; Jerome Charles, May 22, 1902, James Woods, March 2, 1908; Virginia September 15, 1909 and George Albert,
March 6, 1912.
Mr. Berryman has engaged in banking and in the lumber business for many years. He is in addition to his position
of president of the Stockgrowers National Bank; president of the Home Lumber & Supply Company; a member of
the board of trustees of the College of Emporia; chairman of the board of the Aetna Building and Loan Association
of Topeka; vice president of the First National Bank of Wichita, etc. He is a director of the Merchants National
Bank of Topeka, the Red State Milling Company, the Bankers Surety Company of Topeka, past president of the Kansas
Bankers Association, a member of the executive committee of the American Bankers Association and the Stockgrowers
Association of Texas, etc.
A Republican he has been five times a member of the Kansas legislature, (1905, 1907, 1923, 1925 and 1927); twice
mayor of Pond Creek, Oklahoma; for twelve years president of the board of education of Ashland; trustee for William
Woods College of Fulton, Missouri and the College of Emporia, etc.
During the World War period he was chairman of Liberty Loan drives, Red Cross and all war activities for Clark
County, Kansas. He is a member and regional director of Red Cross at the present time and a member of the Salvation
Army. He is affiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, a member of the Young Men's Christian Association,
the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, the Kansas State Historical Society (past president), the Parent Teachers
Association, the Ashland Library Board, the Kansas City Athletic Club and the Ashland Golf Club.
His fraternal organizations include the Masons (Knights Templar, 32nd degree Scottish Rite, Shrine, Order of Eastern
Star, twice worthy master Ashland Lodge No. 277 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), the Knights of Pythias, and
the Modern Woodmen of America. His hobby is travel. Residence: Ashland. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin
& Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, pages 103 & 104)
THOMAS ROBERT CAUTHERS
Thomas Robert Cauthers, lumberman, was born at Waverly, Ohio, April 13, 1880, son of James and Mary Elizabeth (Lowery)
Cauthers. His father, a boiler maker by trade, and later a farmer in Ohio and Nebraska, was born in Cork, Ireland,
February 4, 1842, and now resides at Lincoln, Nebraska. His wife, who was born in Ohio, died at Cortland, Nebraska,
in April 1914. She was of Scotch-Irish descent, and taught in the public schools of Ohio in her youth.
Upon his graduation from the eighth grade in the public schools of Gage county, Nebraska, Thomas Robert Cauthers,
because of his wish to become independent, supported himself through high school at Cortland the term of 1895 and
1896. The following year he attended Lincoln Normal University working his way and the next summer was a student
at Beatrice.
The following fall Mr. Cauthers began what was to be three successive terms of teaching. During his second term
he decided to take up railroad work in order to become an agent and operator and when he had sufficiently fitted
himself for the work, took a position as night operator for the Rock Island at Alma. He was later asked to accept
the position of agent and operator at Haviland which he did, resigning from the service with a clear clearance
card. A year afterward O. B. Beyers, then division freight agent, made several trips to see him trying to persuade
him to accept the agent's position at Meade, Liberal or Dodge City.
This Mr. Cauthers refused to do as he had made up his mind to enter the lumber business. Soon thereafter he entered
the employ of the Missouri Lumber and Supply Company at Haviland and in 1909 when that company disposed of his
interests, his services were sought by the Home Lumber and Supply Company of which he is now secretary and general
manager. He is also the owner of thirty-two hundred acres of land in his home county of which 2000 acres is in
wheat.
Mr. Cauthers is now president of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association. This is an organization of 3000 yards
in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas. He served as a director six years before coming president.
On may 30, 1906, Mr. Cauthers was married to Mary Ethel Cosand at Haviland. She was born at Newcastle, Indiana
and in her youth was a school teacher. There are two daughters, Margery Louise now in Washburn College and Catherine
Marie who is in high school.
A Republican, Mr. Cauthers has never sought public office, but has served fourteen years on the city council of
Ashland. Just recently he was re-elected for another two year term. He is a member and past president of the Chamber
of Commerce, a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a subscriber to the Young Men's Christian Association,
the Red Cross and Salvation Lodge No. 277 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, has served four years as district
deputy of the 69th division of that organization in Kansas, is a member of Wichita Consistory and Midian Temple
of the Shrine at Wichita, and is past worthy patron of the Order of Eastern Star.
Mr. Cauthers helped sell stock and to incorporate The Ashland Hospital Association and has been president since
the incorporation. He is a charter member of the Clark County Fair Association, of which he has been secretary
nine years and president one year. This is one of the few successful county fair associations in Kansas.
Mr. Cauther's hobby is golf, although he is fond of hunting. As a youth he enjoyed running, wrestling and boxing.
Residence: Ashland. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 219)
HARRY LUKENS KENNEDY
Harry Lukens Kennedy, superintendent of the municipal power plant of Ashland, was born in Dayton, Kentucky, July
16, 1887, and for 34 years has resided in Kansas. His father, William Edward Kennedy, was born in Taylorsport,
Kentucky, April 5, 1861, and died in Cheyenne, Wyoming, December 22, 1912. He was a newspaperman and farmer, of
Scotch-Irish ancestry. He came to Decatur County in 1887, purchasing 320 acres. His father, William Kennedy served
in the American navy and was with Commodore Peary when he opened the Chinese ports in 1856-1859. The family formed
a link in the Underground Railway during the Civil War.
Elizabeth Bellona Lukens, wife of William Edward Kennedy, was born in Dayton, Kentucky, April 14, 1862, and now
resides at Ashland. She is of Pennsylvania Dutch and Welsh extraction.
Mr. Kennedy completed his public school education in 1903 and from 1907 until the end of 1908 was an assistant
bank cashier at Cedar Bluffs. The following three years he engaged in the newspaper business on his father's paper,
The Beaver Valley Booster, which was located at Cedar Bluffs. During 1913, 1914, and 1915 he was inspector and
electrician for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railraod at McCook, Nebraska. Since May, 1918, he has held his
present position. He is a Republican, and has been active in city politics.
A self-trained and self-educated engineer Mr. Kennedy has operated the local power plant without outside financial
aid or consulting service. During his tenure of position the entire plant has been re-equipped and it is today
one of the most efficient of its size in the country.
His marriage to Frances Ethyl Brown was solemnized at Wichita, August 2, 1916. Mrs. Kennedy who is of English and
Scotch descent, was born in Ashland, Kansas, February 25, 1891. She was a school teacher before her marriage. She
is the daughter of John H. and Caroline (Penniwell) Brown, who were early settlers in Clark County. She is an active
clubworker. There are two children, Richard, born May 8, 1917; and William Edward, October 30, 1921.
Mr. Kennedy is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, National Association of Power Engineers. He enjoys hunting and fishing and is interested in mechanics.
Residence: Ashland. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 628)
JOHN LORENZO DUNHAM
John Lorenzo Dunham, farmer was born in Grant Township, Kansas, April 1, 1873, son of Henry R. and Fidella (Teed)
Dunham. The father was born in Windham, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1877. The mother was born in Genesco, New York,
May 27, 1844 and died near Bala, Kansas, March 24, 1928.
On April 5, 1898, Mr. Dunham was married to Harriet Anna Read, at Oakhill, Kansas. She was born at Wampu, Pennsylvania,
September 28, 1874. There are three children, Mabel born January 6, 1899; Edna, Septembe r30, 1902 and Rachel October
25, 1907 who married Orville F. Hughes.
A Republican, Mr. Dunham was a member of the board of commissioners of Clay County, 1921-29, and in 1932 was candidate
for state representative. He is a member of Bethany Evangelical Church, the Farm Bureau and the Kansas State Grange.
(Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 346)
MAYSE, HENRY C.
Henry C. Mayse, editor and owner of the "Clark County Clipper" and a member of the Clark county bar,
is one of the most influential and useful citizens of Ashland, where for over twenty years he has been prominently
identified, in one capacity or another, with its commercial activities and public life. Mr. Mayse was born on a
farm in Clinton county, Missouri, July 6, 1861, a son of James E. Mayse and wife, nee Isabelle Everett. The father,
a Virginian by birth, was born in the Old Dominion in 1823, and the mother was born in Missouri in 1840. They,
with their family, removed to Kansas in 1886. After remaining in Winfield one year they located in Ashland, Clark
county, in July, 1887, and resided there until their respective deaths, the mother passing away Nov. 18, 1903,
and the father Feb. 23, 1904. They were the parents of twelve children, three of whom died in infancy. Those who
reached maturity are: James B., Rebecca P., Henry C., Cora B., Andrew J., Joel W., Galen E., Sallie J. (who died
in 1896), and Robert C.
Henry C. Mayse was educated in the public schools of Clinton county, Missouri. He was reared a farmer boy and gave
his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1889, when he became teller in an Ashland bank. Very soon after accepting
the position of teller, however, he was made deputy clerk of the district court, to the duties of which office
he gave his attention during the remainder of 1889, and the years of 1890 and 1891, and in the meantime applied
himself assiduously to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar of Clark county in 1891 and was elected county
attorney of Clark county in 1892 to serve two years. He was reelected to that office in 1908 for a term of two
years and also served as city attorney of Ashland during the years of 1909 and 1910. During the session of the
state legislature, in 1897, he was clerk of the live stock committee of the house. His political faith is indicated
by the zealous support which he gives to the Democratic party, both as a citizen and through his paper, the "Clark
County Clipper," the pioneer paper of Clark county, of which Mr. Mayse became owner and editor, in 1895, a
relation he still sustains. Besides his official duties and his newspaper work he has enjoyed a very successful
law practice since entering that profession, in 1891. His energetic and efficient labor in these several lines
of endeavor have brought him a gratifying remunerative reward, and through the exercise of splendid business ability
he has become one of the most successful and substantial business men of Ashland, where he has valuable property
holdings.
On June 6, 1906, Mr. Mayse wedded Miss Harriett L., a daughter of Isaac N. Cassity, a pioneer farmer of Clark county,
Kansas. Mrs. Mayse was born in Indiana, Feb. 22, 1880, and came to Kansas with her parents when quite young. Mr.
and Mrs. Mayse have three children-Melvin, born May 11, 1907; Wilburn, born Sept. 9, 1908, and Helen, born Feb.
16, 1910. (Kansas Biographical, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 854-855, Transcribed as written by: Millie Mowry)
