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FRED D. CARMAN
Fred D. Carman, banker, was born in Tompkins County, New York, January 10, 1858, son of Jacob and Julia (Waters)
Carman. His father was born in Tompkins County in August, 1820, where he died in July, 1896. His mother was born
in Oneida County, New York, in 1828, and died in Tompkins County, in 1912.
Mr. Carman received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1881, and was admitted to the bar at
Albany, New York, in November, 1883. He taught in Kansas, was superintendent at Herington one year, was editor
of the Herington Signal two years, and for seventeen years was a practicing lawyer. He has been a banker twenty-nine
years, and is now president of the Bank of Herington.
On July 15, 1896, he was married to Gay Neale at Herington, and to them three children were born, J. Neale, June
25, 1897, who married Maybelle Gordon; Julia, March 29, 1899, who married Albert L. Kleinecke; and Genevieve, May
4, 1803. J. Neale is assistant professor of Romance languages at the University of Kansas, while Julia was the
first woman graduate in engineering from that university. Mrs. Carman was born in McHenry County, Illinois, February
19, 1872.
Mr. Carman is a Democrat. He was a member of the Herington Board of Education from 1915 until 1931.
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GAY NEALE CARMAN
Gay Neale Carman, clubwoman and early Kansan, was born in McHenry, Illinois, February 19, 1872, daughter of Justic
Miner and Lucretia (Bommer) Neale.
Her father was born in Fox Lake, Illinois, December 27, 1846, and died at Herington, July 19, 1910. Lucretia Boomer
was born in Mayfield, Ohio, June 18, 1844, and died in Herington, on July 4, 1923.
Upon her granduation from public school of Colorado in 1887, Gay Neale attended the Wichita High School, from which
she was graduated in 1891. On July 15, 1896, she was married to Frederick D. Carman at Herington. Mr. Carman, who
has been a lawyer and banker since 1904, was born in Jacksonville, New York, January 10, 1858. There are three
children, J. Neale, born June 26, 1897, who married Maybelle Gordon; Julia, March 25, 1899, who married Albert
L. Kleinecke; and Genevieve, May 4, 1903.
Mrs. Carman is a member of the Woman's Mutual Benefit Club, and served as its president in 1902-03, 1916 and 1921.
She was the first president in 1924 of the City Federation of Women's Clubs, and in 1930 served as president of
the Business and Professional Women's Club. She is a charter member of the Esther Chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star (1891); worthy matron (1923). She has been a member and treasurer of the Herington Library Board for 17 years,
and is a member of the Red Cross and Young Women's Christian Association. During 1917 and 1918, she was chairman
of women's work for the American Red Cross of Herington. She is a member of the Women's Relief Corps, the Daughters
of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists. Her hobbies are genealogy and art work
(china, oil and watercolor).
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EDGAR WILLIAM CARRUTH
Edgar William Carruth, jeweler, was born in Sidney, Nebraska, February 17, 1892, son of Arthur Jay and Clara Belle
(Wilkinson) Carruth.
Mr. Carruth attended public and high school at Herington until 1910, and later was a student at Southwestern Optical
College.
On September 11, 1913, he was married to Minnie Dee Cobb at Herington. They have two children, William Robinson,
born December 20, 1920; and Jay Howard, November 18, 1927.
Mr. Carruth has been a resident of Kansas for 36 years, and has been the owner of a jewelry store in Herington
since 1916. He is a Republican. He is a member of the Episcopal Church (St. James The Less), the Chamber of Commerce
(past president), the Lions Club (past president), the Sons of the American Revolution, the Masons, and the Herington
Country Club. During the World War he served as a corporal in the air service, and for a number of years has been
active in the American Legion. He has served as post commander, state vice commander and is now commander of the
Kansas Department of the American Legion.
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