JOHN DELBERT ADAMS
John Delbert Adams, owner and manager of the Eudora Mills, and president of the Eudora municipal band, was born
in Linn, Kansas, March 12, 1893. he is the son of Edward Frederick and Josie (McGeorge) Adams, the former a native
of New Jersey, born February 28,1861. He is a retired brick contractor, whose ancestors came from Germany. Josie
McGeorge was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota, February 20, 1860, of Scotch ancestry.
John Delbert Adams began his education in rural
schools, and was graduated from high school at Everest. On April 26, 1916, he was married to May Sophia Sheldon
at Eudora. She was born in Phillips County, Kansas, July 25, 1893, of English ancestry.
A Republican, Mr. Adams has served as mayor of
Eudora for three terms. He is a member of the Masons, and is past master and former secretary of the local lodge.
He is an Odd Fellow, a member of the Red Cross, and an attendant of the Methodist Church. He has always been active
in all civic and community work. He enjoys baseball and football while his hobby is band music. Residence: Eudora.
(Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 10)
FORREST CLAIRE
ALLEN
Forrest Claire Allen, director of athletics, basketball coach, and physician, was born at Jamesport, Missouri,
November 18, 1885. he is the son of William T. and Mary E. (Perry) Allen, the former of whom a salesman and farmer,
now retired, was born in Richmond, Virginia, September 26,1850. His ancestry is Scotch-Irish. Mary E. Perry who
was the mother of six sons, and a devoted homemaker, died at Independence, Missouri, December 4, 1904. Her ancestry
was Scotch and English.
Forrest Claire Allen attended public school at
Independence, Missouri, and was graduated in law from the University of Kansas. He received the degree of Doctor
of Osteopathy from Central College and was a student and coach at Baker University. During the years 1905, 1906
and 1907 he was a member of the basketball team, and during the years 1906 and 1907 a member of the baseball team
at the University of Kansas. In 1905 he was manager and right guard to the world's champion Kansas City Athletic
Club team. He was coach of the varsity team of the University of Kansas, 1908, 1909, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924,
1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932. He was also varsity football coach and athletic director at
Baker University, Haskell Institute, and the Warrensburg, Missouri, Teachers College.
On June 25, 1908, he was married to Bessie E. Milton
at Independence. Mrs. Allen was born at Wellington, Missouri, September 10, 1887, of English ancestry. Dr. and
Mrs. Allen have five children living and one deceased; Forrest, Jr., born April 10, 1911, died October 16, 1925;
Mary, April 25, 1909, who married Lee Hamilton and resides at Kansas City, Missouri; Milton, May 26, 1913; Robert,
July 3, 1919; Jane, November 19, 1917; and Eleanor, October 15, 1922.
From 1912 until 1919 Dr. Allen was coach and athletic
director of the Central Missouri State Teachers College. He is now director of the division of physical education
and intercollegiate athletics at the University of Kansas. He is a member of the finance committee of the First
Methodist Church, past president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and a member of the joint rules
committee of the National Basketball Association. He is the author of My Basketball Bible, and contributed a chapter
on physical education and athletics to Higher Education in America.
On April 18, 1922, Dr. Allen founded the Kansas
Relays. They were ten years old in 1932. He has won eleven Missouri Valley basketball championships in sixteen
years.
During the World War Dr. Allen was a private in
the United States Army stationed at Camp Sheridan, Illinois. He was a three minute speaker and active in loan drives.
He is a member of the American Legion, the Red Cross, and Salvation Army, the Kansas State and Lawrence Chambers
of Commerce, and the Rotary Club, of which he was a member of the board of directors from 1923 until 1926. He is
a member of the Masons (Knights Templar, Scottish Rite), the Elks and Eagles and the Hoo Hoo Club. He is a member
of the research committee of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, a member of the Kansas City Athletic
Club, the Lawrence Country Club, and the University Club. His favorite sports are golf, handball, and hiking, while
his hobby is building and paying for the Memorial Stadium of Kansas. Residence: Lawrence (Illustriana Kansas, by
Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 22)
ALARIC GANDY
ALRICH
Alaric Gandy Alrich, was born in Camden, New Jersey, September 24, 1868, son of Levi Lockard and Emma Buck (Eldridge)
Alrich. Levi Lockard Alrich was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born October 5, 1840. He was the son of
Peter L. and Eliza Alrich, and for 35 years was editor of the Cawker City Public Record.
Emma Buck Eldridge, his wife, was born in Seaville,
New Jersey, April 4, 1845, and died at Cawker City, December 15, 1925. Her parents were William Eldridge and Elizabeth
Gandy. William Eldridge was the son of Nathaniel and Rachel Eldridge, while Elizabeth Gandy was the daughter of
Thomas and Elizabeth Gandy.
Emma B. Alrich was graduated from the State Normal
School of New Jersey on June 23,1864. She was a teacher, and in February, 1866, she was married to Mr. Alrich.
He was a veteran of the Union Army, Company B, 71st Pennsylvania Regiment. For several years they lived in Pennsylvania,
where Mr. Alrich was engaged in business.
Sometime afterward Mr. Alrich came west and Mrs.
Alrich and children spent a year with her parents in New Jersey. He located in Cawker City, which was then a new
and rapidly developing territory. The rest of the family came west in 1879 and Mrs. Alrich became a teacher in
the public schools of Cawker City. In 1883 Mr. and Mrs. Alrich purchased a newspaper, and from that time until
the death of Mr. Alrich in 1917 they were editors of the Cawker City Record.
Mrs. Emma B. Alrich was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Cawker City, and served as president of the Kansas Woman's Relief Corps, as national vice president of
the Woman's Relief Corps and as clerk and postmistress in the Kansas legislature.
Alaric Gandy Alrich attended public school in Philadelphia
until 1876, and after continuing his education in Cawker City public schools left to work in the printing office
of his father. On August 20, 1890,he removed from Cawker City to engage in work on the Daily Journal at Lawrence.
There he continued for 14 years. Thereafter he worked a part of a year for the Burnap Printing Company in Kansas
City, when he started in the printing business for himself at Lawrence. He has been the owner of his own plant
for more than 28 years, this plant covering the phases of printing, binding, engraving, and rubber stamp making.
On June 30, 1897, Mr. Alrich was married to Helen
M. Oatman at Lawrence. She was born at Leavenworth, October 23, 1876 and has been connected with her husband's
business for 28 years. She is the daughter of A. G. and Mary A. Oatman. Mr. and Mrs. Alrich have one daughter,
Eleanore Evelyn, born February 5, 1905, who is employed in the university library at Lawrence.
Mr. Alrich is a Republican and is past treasurer of the Douglas County republican central committee.
Mr. Alrich's religious affiliation is with the
First Baptist Church of Lawrence. He is past commander of the Kansas Division of the Sons of Veterans of the Civil
war, past president of the International Printers Union of Lawrence, and a life member of the Kansas State Historical
Society. He is also a member of the Masons, the Red Cross, and the Young Men's Christian Association. Residence:
Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 32)
LAUREL EVERETTE
ANDERSON
Laurel E. Anderson, associate professor of organ and theory at the University of Kansas, was born near Colby, Wisconsin,
April 8, 1896, the son of James Albert and Emma Edith (Ruppert) Anderson. His father, who now resides at Racine,
Wisconsin, was born there on April 28, 1876. He is a lumber expert. His wife, Emma, was born at Ironwood, Michigan,
May 9, 1875.
Upon his graduation from high school in 1914, Laurel
Everette Anderson attended Oberlin conservatory, received the degree of bachelor of Music in 1921 in organ and
composition, having studied under Dr. George Whitfield Andrews. He received the degree of Master of Music in 1922,
being the second to earn his degree. During his six years' study at Oberlin, Mr. Anderson was assistant to Edward
Dickinson, and during 1922 was substitute teacher in piano.
In that year, upon leaving Oberlin, he became head
of the department of organ and composition at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, also lecturing in the history and
criticism of music. Resigning in 1924, he went to Paris to become organist and director of music in the American
Church of Paris and to continue his studies in organ under Joseph Bonnett and Louis Vierne. During that period
he took composition with Laparra.
Professor Anderson resigned his position in 1927
to become assistant professor of organ and theory in the School of Fine Arts of the University of Kansas. In 1928
he was advanced to the rank of associate professor, and the new position and title of university organist was created
and bestowed upon him.
On August 23, 1924, he was married at Racine, to
Mervyn DeMuth Agnew. She was born in Creston, Iowa November 16, 1900, and received her early education there. She
then attended Oberlin Conservatory, from which she was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Music in Organ and Harp
in 1921. Mrs. Anderson was a concert harpist at the time of her marriage, and during her years in Paris studied
the harp with Renie. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children, Whitfield DeMuth, born September 29, 1929, and Claudia
Louis June 10, 1931.
Professor Anderson is a member of Phi Mu Alpha,
the American Guild of Organists and of Pi Kappa Lambda. At the present time he is dean of the Kansas chapter of
the American Guild. He is known on two continents for his extensive work in organ recitals, and was the founder
of the Vesper Organ Recital Series of the University of Kansas in 1927. In 1933 he was soloist for the national
convention of the American Guild. Among his compositions are to be found works for string quartette, orchestra,
ensemble, combinations, piano and voice.
Professor Anderson enjoys walking, swimming and
tennis, while his hobbies are cabinet making and interior decorating. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas,
by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 36)
CHARLES HAMILTON
ASHTON
Charles Hamilton Ashton, professor of mathematics at the University of Kansas, was born at Cambridge, New York,
August 12, 1866, son of John and Jennie (Lourie) Ashton. His father, a physician, was born at Cambridge in 1830
and died there in 1902. his great-great-grandfather came from England in 1722.
Jennie Lourie was born in Cambridge in 1833 and
died there in 1902. her great-grandfather came from Scotland in 1770.
Charles Hamilton Ashton in 1887 received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Union College. In 1893 he was awarded
a Master's degree from Harvard University and in 1909 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Munich. He is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
On December 26, 1904, he was married to Cora Phillips
at Scranton, Pennsylvania. There are two children, Madilene, born September 28, 1905; and Annette, born December
26, 1906, who married Leon Bocker. Mrs. Ashton was born at Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1873 and is a teacher
and musician.
Professor Ashton holds membership in the Plymouth
Congregational Church, the Mathematical Society of America, and the Mathematical Association of America. His club
is the University Club. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, page 45)
HIRAM APPELMAN
Hiram Appelman was born at Groton, Conn., June
23, 1825. He was the son of John F. Appelman, who immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty, and settled
at Mystic river, Conn., in 1806. The father was born at Wolgast, now a Prussian City. Hiram Appelman attended the
common schools until the age of fourteen, when he began work in a country store. In 1847 he went to New York City
where he became skilled in the dry-goods trade. On the 24th of January, 1849, he sailed for California around Cape
Horn. After a voyage of 194 days he landed at San Francisco and settled at Sacramento. He was a very active business
man, and a Broderick Democrat in that state, until June 21, 1856, when he returned to his native place. In July
1856, he made a trip for pleasure through the Western States, when he concluded to settle at Lawrence, where he
became an active free-state man. In October, 1858, he concluded to return to Connecticut. He was the first man
to enlist from his neighborhood in 1861, becoming a member of Company E, Second Connecticut regiment. He was in
the first battle of Bull Run. In August, 1861, he re-enlisted for three years and was assigned to the Eighth Connecticut
regiment, of which he was colonel. He was wounded twice, the second time at Antietam so severely that he was physically
disqualified, and in December, 1862, was honorably discharged. He then took up the study of law. He died September
4, 1873, during his third term as secretary of state of Connecticut, having also served as state senator and judge
of probate in that state. (Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by Geo.
W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908, page 208)
OLIVER BARBER
Oliver Barber, son of Thomas Barber and Mary Oliver,
was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1816. He was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania,
and when about nineteen years of age removed to Richmond, Ind., where he entered into partnership with his brother,
Thomas W. Barber, in the manufacture of woolen cloths. Thomas W. Barber came to the territory and was murdered
by a pro-slavery party on the afternoon of December 6, 1855. Oliver Barber removed to Kansas in 1856, and the following
year his family came, making their home in Douglas County. He was elected to the house of representatives in 1857;
was one of the county commissioners of Douglas County in 1858, and re-elected in 1859. Upon the admission of Kansas
into the Union he was again elected a member of the first house of representatives. In June, 1862, he was appointed
commissary by President Lincoln, commissioned captain, and served on the staff of Gen. James G. Blunt for a little
over two years. In 1865 he was elected state senator, and in 1878 county treasurer of Douglas County. He was a
Mason. He was married November 8, 1858, to Miss Malinda Burgess, daughter of Samuel Burgess. While in Kansas he
was engaged in farming and stock raising. He died at Lawrence, October 24, 1895. (Transactions of the Kansas State
Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908,
page 208)
JOHN CURTIS
John Curtis, of Franklin county, was elected from
the unorganized or frontier counties with S. J. Stewart and Christopher Columbia. He was born in Indiana and came
to Kansas in 1856, settling on the Wakarusa, in Douglas County. He moved to Peroia, in Franklin County, in March
1857. He was a good lawyer, and all accounts agree that he was an able and brilliant man. He was interested with
Perry Fuller in promoting the scheme to make Minneola the territorial capital. He died in Lawrence during the session
of the legislature, February 15, 1858. (Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol. X,
edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908, pages 209 & 210)
GEORGE W. DEITZLER
George W. Deitzler, of Douglas County, born in
Pine Grove, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 18226, was killed near Tucson, Ariz., April 10, 1884,
by being thrown from a carriage. He was a member and speaker of the territorial legislature of 1857 and 1858; and
also of the territorial session of 1861. During the territorial troubles he was arrested for treason and suffered
the indignities put upon free-state men. He was appointed colonel of the First Kansas infantry and was badly wounded
at the battle of Wilson Creek. He was made a brigadier-general by President Lincoln, November 29, 1862, for gallant
services, resigning August 27, 1863. On February 29, 1864, he was appointed major-general of Kansas state militia
by Governor Carney, and was in command of all Kansas forces - about 20,000 in number - in the Price raid. He was
mayor of Lawrence in 1860, treasurer of the State University and a member of the Emporia Town Company. He left
Lawrence for California in 1872 and in 1884 was in Arizona, where he was killed. He was married about the close
of the war to a Miss Anna McNeil of Lexington, Mo., by whom he had three daughters. Mrs. Deitzler died in California
in 1901. On his deathbed General Deitzler expressed a desire to be buried in Kansas soil and his bones now rest
in a cemetery at Lawrence. (Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by Geo.
W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908, page 210)
CARMI WILLIAM BABCOCK
Carmi William Babcock, of Douglas county, president
of the council, was born in Frank-lin county, Vermont, April 21, 1880; received his education at Bakersfleld Academy,
and encaged in teaching. In 1860 he moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he read law and was admitted to the bar. He
came to Kansas in 1864, arriving in Lawrence in September. Finding that the practice of law was not remunerative
at that time he engaged in the real estate business. In 1867 he established a bank in connection with Mr. Johnston
Lykens, but the panic of that year overwhelmed it. He was the first postmaster of Lawrence, receiving his appointment
February 1, 1866, but was removed in 1867 to make place for a pro-slavery man. He was also the second mayor of
Lawrence; a delegate to the convention of National Democracy, June. 1866, and was a member of the committee on
resolutions; also a member of the executive committee of the free-state convention at Grasshopper Falls, August
26, 1857. In 1868 he was appointed surveyor-general of Kansas, which office he filled two terms, or until its discontinuance.
With E. D Thompson, Josiah Miller and Marcus J. Parrott he built the bridge across the Kaw River at Lawrence, completing
it in December, 1868. When Silvers & Son withdrew from the contract of replacing the rotten foundation of the
east wing of the state-house, at Topeka, July 24, 1867, it was awarded to Bogert & Babcock, who carried it
to completion. General Babcock was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1868. In November, 1871,
he became one of the incorporators of the Kansas Magazine Company. In his later years he was connected with the
Kansas Basket Manufacturing Company, being its secretary. He died in St Louis, October 22, 1888. . (Transactions
of the Kansas State Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office,
Topeka, 1908, page 205)
SAMUEL NEWITT WOOD
Samuel Newitt Wood, was born at Mount Gilead, Ohio, December 30, 1825, the fifth child in the family. He was the
son of David Wood and Esther Mosher, who settled in central Ohio in 1817. The family were all Friends and as early
as 1840 were active in the anti-slavery cause. He married Margaret W. Lyon whom he first met in 1849, as he was
helping ten run-away slaves. June 6, 1854, he started for Kansas, settling in Douglas County. In 1856 he was a
delegate from Kansas to the convention at Pittsburg, PA., which organized the Republican party, and he campaigned
Ohio that year for Fremont. In 1858 he was elected a member of the Leavenworth constitutional convention. The next
year he moved to Chase county and started the Cottonwood Falls Press; and December 6, 1859, was elected to the
first state senate, which met in 1861. He participated in the battle of Wilson Creek, Mo., as captain of a company
of Kansas rangers, and was commissioned captain of the Morris county rangers, cavalry, organized at Council Grove,
May 20, 1863. He served also as second lieutenant and recruiting officer of the Ninth and Fifteenth Kansas cavalry
regiments. He had previously recruited a battalion in Missouri, and was elected major. This battalion having joined
in the formation of the Sixth regiment Missouri volunteer cavalry, he was promoted colonel February 14, 1862, serving
until August 12, 1862. He also served in the legislatures of 1862, 1864, 1866, 1867, 1876 and was speaker of the
house in 1877. About 1885 Colonel Wood moved to Stevens county, and for several years was engaged in a violent
county-seat fight, resulting in his assassination by James Brennan in the court-house at Hugoton June 23, 1891.
Mrs. Woods resides at Strong City, Kan. . (Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol.
X, edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908, page 242)
ROBERT DODGE BALDWIN
Robert Dodge Baldwin, superintendent of Haskell Institute, since 1931, was born in New York City, August 28, 1891,
son of Edward Colfax and Florence Amelia (Newhouse) Baldwin.
Graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City in 1909, Mr. Baldwin received his Bachelor of Arts
degree from Princeton University in 1913 and the following year took his graduate study at the University of Oregon.
He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University in 1926.
On August 9, 1916, he was married to Edna Isadore Post of Catskill, New York, and to them were born the following
children: Edna Margaret, Edward Post, and Robert Dodge.
Mr. Baldwin is a member of the National Education Association, the department of Superintendence of the American
Country Life Association, the Central Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club, Phi Delta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is the
author of the Financing Rural Education (1927). Residence: Lawrence (Page 66)
DEMAS M. ALEXANDER
Demas M. Alexander of Douglas County, was born at Reno, Bond county, Illinois, December 18, 1825. He came to Kansas
in 1856, locating near Lawrence. He married Caroline Baldwin McCord. Two children were born to them, both dying
young. In 1859 he was elected a member of the first state legislature of 1861. September 30, 1862, he enlisted
in and was made first lieutenant of company I, Twelfth Kansas regiment and July 30, 1863, he was made a captain
and transferred to the commissary department. He was brevetted major August 4, 1866 and mustered out August 21,
1866. He returned to Illinois and died at Reno February 11, 1871. (Transactions of the Kansas State Historical
Society 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908, page 243)
ABNER ALLEN
Abner Allen, a member of the first state legislature,
1861 was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, September 16, 1826, and died at Ocean Park, Cal. April 3, 1899. While
yet a very young man he made a trip to California via the Isthmus of Panama, where he engaged in mining for a time,
but returned to Ohio in 1853. In October, 1855 he again left his native state, this time for Lawrence, Kan. He
remained in Lawrence until the spring of 1856,when he moved to Zeandale township, in what was then Richardson County,
where he preempted a piece of land. He remained in Zeandale until 1887, when he moved to California. He was married
to Lavinia Taylor November 29, 1859. (Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited
by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, 1908, page 243)
THOMAS A. CHURCHILL
Thomas A. Churchill is an extensive stock-raiser
and dealer and owns and operates a splendid farm of five hundred and eighty-three acres on sections 28 and 29,
Garden Grove township. His birth occurred near Springfield, in Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1856, and he is a
son of Joel and Lucretia (Bondurant) Churchill, both natives of Kentucky, although descended from New England stock.
The ancestry in the Churchill line is traced back to England. The Bondurants were originally French Hugenots but
about 1687, following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, emigrated to Virginia. When a boy, Joel Churchill
accompanied his parents to Sangamon county, Illinois, and there his marriage occurred. He was a farmer and was
well known and highly respected in his community. In 1865 he removed with his family to Douglas county, Kansas,
settling between Lawrence and Ottawa. In the spring of 1874 they returned to Illinois and became residents of Piatt
county. Mr. Churchill's
political allegiance was given to the republican party and he and his wife were devoted members of the Christian
church. Both passed away in Piatt county, his demise occurring in the spring of 1902 when he was seventy-six years
of age, and that of his wife in January, 1896, when she was seventy years old. To their union were born six sons
and five daughters, of whom our subject is the sixth in order of birth, and all of whom are living, residing in
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
Thomas A. Churchill was reared in Illinois and
Kansas and received his education in the public schools. He began his independent career in Illinois and although
he had no capital, he was energetic and determined and soon began to prosper financially. Later he removed to Wayne
county, Iowa, where he farmed for five years, and on the 18th of November, 1908, he removed to Garden Grove, Decatur
county. He remained there until October 18, 1909, when he settled upon his present farm of five hundred and eighty-three
acres on sections 28 and 29, Garden Grove township. His property is not only extensive, but is well improved, and
he is meeting with marked success as a raiser of high grade hogs and cattle. Mr. Churchill was married in Kansas
to Miss Mary Browning, a native of Indiana, who accompanied her parents to the Sunflower state in 1868. Her father
was a farmer and blacksmith and took considerable interest in public affairs, serving at one time as assessor of
Franklin county, Kansas. His wife passed away in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is also deceased,
both dying in
Kansas. They were the parents of four daughters and three sons, of whom two have passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Churchill
have been born six children, the eldest of whom died in infancy. Olive L. graduated from a high school in Illinois
and later attended Drake University. She is now teaching in the Des Moines public schools. Vera Pearl is also a
high-school graduate and has taught school, although she is now at home. Martha Elizabeth is at home. Clifton Bondurant,
who operates part of the home farm, married Miss Louise Gehlhaar, and they have a daughter, Lorene. Thomas Arthur
is also at home.
Mr. Churchill is a republican and is now serving
as a member of the Garden Grove township board of trustees. Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America
and to the Royal Neighbors, and his wife is likewise a member of the latter order. Their daughter Pearl is a member
of the P. E. O. Sisterhood. Mr. Churchill has made many improvements upon his farm since it came into his possession
and has but recently erected a large barn, which replaces one destroyed by fire a year ago, the building with its
contents, including five horses, being an entire loss. Although he began his career empty handed, he has accumulated
more than a competence, and his success is a source of justifiable pride to him. He has also gained the sincere
respect and esteem of all who know him, for his business methods have at all times been open and honorable, and
he has manifested a praiseworthy consideration for the rights of others. [Source: "History of Decatur County,
Iowa, and Its People" By J. M. Howell, Heman Conoman Smith; Published by S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1915 - Submitted
by K. Torp]
MORSE, FREDERIC
DANIELS M. D.
Frederic Daniels Morse, M. D., of Lawrence, is one of the oldest and most successful physicians of Kansas. He came
to Kansas in 1868 and located at Lawrence, where he has since practiced his profession. Dr. Morse was born in Millis
(then East Medway), Mass., Dec. 25, 1838. His parents were Asa Daniels and Eliza (Hill) Morse. Both were natives
of Massachusetts, and were descended from sturdy New England stock. Dr. Morse is of the eighth generation of the
Morse family in America, the progenitor coming from England in 1632. Both the Morse and Hill families have been
prominent in the records of New England.
Asa Daniels Morse was a farmer, and on his farm
his son, Dr. F. D. Morse, was reared, and was sent to the public schools, then to Monson Academy, at which he graduated
in 1858. He then entered Amherst College, at which he was graduated in 1862. Immediately after graduating in Amherst
he enlisted in Company B, Forty-second Massachusetts infantry, as a private, serving about one year. The term of
enlistment was nine months, but he served nearly a year, being mustered out of the service Aug. 20, 1863. He took
up the study of medicine at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in which he graduated in 1867. For a short time he practiced
his profession with his preceptor, Dr. C. M. Fitch, of Chicago. In August, 1868, he located at Lawrence, Kan.,
where he has continued in an active and successful practice, occupying the same office, for thirty-three years.
For six years he lectured to Kansas University medical students, his subject being, "History of Medicine."
He has served as president of the Kansas State Medical Society, of which he was secretary for ten years. He is
a member of the Douglas county and Kansas state medical societies, and of the American Medical Association. He
is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and since 1893 has been a member of the United States board of pension
examiners. In politics Dr. Morse has affiliated with the Republican party, but he has never sought political honors.
He is a Knight Templar and Thirtieth degree Scottish Rite Mason, also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Abdallah Temple,
at Leavenworth. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church at Lawrence, he being a deacon in
the church.
Dr. Morse was married at Monson, Mass., in 1869,
to Miss Addie A. Smith, born at Monson, and who is descended from an old and highly respected Massachusetts family.
Dr. and Mrs. Morse have no children. Their lives have been exemplary, and in Lawrence, where they have lived for
over thirty-three years, they are highly respected. Dr. Morse has won a high place in the esteem and confidence
of not only the public, but also of his professional brethren. (Kansas Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Page 773-774
Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
WILSON, JASPER BYRD
Jasper Byrd Wilson, lawyer and formerly a teacher,
was born on a farm near Perry, Jefferson county, Kansas, Jan. 28, 1879, a son of jasper and Octavia Adelaide (Norwood)
Wilson. The father was born in Catawba county, North Carolina, and the mother in Iredell county, of that same state.
The Wilson's are of Irish lineage, while the Norwood's are of English. Joshua Wilson was the progenitor of the
Wilson family in America. He came from Ireland for the expressed purpose of joining the Colonial army in the struggle
for American independence, and became a Revolutionary soldier. The parents of our subject were reared and married
in North Carolina, and from that state they came to Kansas, settling in Jefferson county in November, 1868. During
the Civil war they resided in their native state, but on account of the father's pronounced Union sentiment, which
was not calculated to make further living in the South pleasant, he decided to come North. Farming has been his
life occupation. He is one of the highly respected citizens of Jefferson county, and has passed the eighty-first
milestone in the journey of life, while his wife is seventy-four years of age. They had eleven children, of whom
Jasper B. is the youngest. He was reared on the farm, attended the schools at Perry, and then the University of
Kansas, at which he graduated in 1904, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For three years after his graduation
Mr. Wilson taught American history and government, in the high school of Lawrence, and was then, for two years,
superintendent of the schools at Lecompton. For a short time he was engaged in the insurance business at Lawrence.
Meanwhile he studied law, and was admitted to the bar, Jan. I9, 1911. In politics he is a Republican. He is now
serving as justice of the peace for the city of Lawrence. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows;
the Phi Alpha Delta and the Phi Beta Kappa fraternities; and in church relations a Baptist. In 1905 Mr. Wilson
married Miss Eva Isabel Barrett, of Lawrence. They have two children: Justin Barrett and Octavia Frances. (Kansas
Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
ALRICH, ALARIC GANDY
Alaric Gandy Alrich, was born in Camden, New Jersey,
September 24, 1868, son of Levi Lockard and Emma Buck (Eldridge) Alrich. Levi Lockard Alrich was a native of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, born October 5, 1840. He was the son of Peter L. and Eliza Alrich, and for 35 years was editor of
the Cawker City Public Record.
Emma Buck Eldridge, his wife, was born in Seaville, New Jersey, April 4, 1845, and died at Cawker City, December
15, 1925. Her parents were William Eldridge and Elizabeth Gandy. William Eldridge was the son of Nathaniel and
Rachel Eldridge, while Elizabeth Gandy was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Gandy.
Emma B. Alrich was graduated from the State Normal School of New Jersey on June 23, 1864. She was a teacher, and
in February, 1866, she was married to Mr. Alrich. He was a veteran of the Union Army, Company B, 71st Pennsylvania
Regiment. For several years they lived in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Alrich was engaged in business.
Sometime afterward Mr. Alrich came west and Mrs. Alrich and children spent a year with her parents in New Jersey.
He located in Cawker City, which was then a new and rapidly developing territory. The rest of the family came west
in 1879, and Mrs. Alrich became a teacher in the public schools of Cawker City. In 1883 Mr. and Mrs. Alrich purchased
a newspaper, and from that time until the death of Mr. Alrich in 1917 thev were editors of The Cawker City Record.
Mrs. Emma B. Alrich was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cawker City, and served as president of the Kansas
Woman's Relief Corps, as national vice president of the Woman's Relief Corps, and as clerk and postmistress in
the Kansas legislature.
Alaric Gandy Alrich attended public school in Philadelphia until 1876, and after continuing his education in Cawker
City public schools left to work in the printing office of his father. On August 20, 1890, he removed from Cawker
City to engage in work on the Daily Journal at Lawrence. There he continued for 14 years. Thereafter he worked
a part of a year for the Burnap Printing Company in Kansas City, when he started in the printing business for himself
at Lawrence. He has been the owner of his own plant for more than 28 years, this plant covering the phases of printing,
binding, engraving, 'and rubber stamp making.
On June 30, 1897,: Mr- Alrich was married to Helen M. Oatman at Lawrenpe. She was born at Leavenworth, October
23, 1876, and has been connected with her husband's business for 28 years. She is the daughter of A. G. and Mary
A. Oatman. Mr. and Mrs. Alrich have one daughter, Eleanore Evelyn, born February 5, 1905, who is employed in' the
university library at Lawrence.
Mr. Aldrich is a Republican, and is past treasurer of the Douglas County Republican central committee.
Mr. Alrich's religious affiliation is with the First Baptist Church of Lawrence. He is past commander of the Kansas
Division of the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War, past president of the International Printers Union of Lawrence,
and a life member of the Kansas State Historical Society. He is also a member of the. Masons, the Red Cross, and
the Young Men's Christian Association. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert
Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 32)
ALTER,
DINSMORE
Dinsmore Alter, professor of astronomy at the University
of Kansas, was born in Coifax, Washington, March 28, 1888, son of Joseph and Jeanette (Copley) Alter. His father,
born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,, was a clergyman, whose death occurred at Monmouth, Illinois, February
14, 1904. His wife was born near Kittaning, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1861, and is of Revolutionary ancestry.
Educated in Westminster College in Pennsylvania, Dinsmore Alter received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1909,
and the year following was awarded his Master's degree from the University of Pittsburg. He holds the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, awarded him in 1916.
On December 26, 1910, Dr. Alter was married to Ada Graham McClelland at Crafton, Pennsylvania. Two children were
born to them, Helen, October 24, 1911, a musician; and Dinsmore, September 22, 1922, who is deceased.
Since leaving college, Dr. Alter has been engaged in research and is the author of approximately' sixty research
articles and three technical books. He served in the United States Army with the ranks of second lieutenant to
major during the World War, and is now colonel, commanding the 538th Coast Artillery Corps. Since 1917 Dr. Alter
has been a member of' the faculty of the University of Kansas. A member of various scientific organizations, he
is a fellow of the John Simon Gugenheim Memorial Foundation, a former vice president of the American Meterological
Society, etc. He is a Democrat and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana
Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, pages 32-33)
ASHTON,
CHARLES HAMILTON
Charles Hamilton Ashton, professor of mathematics
at the University of Kansas, was born at Cambridge, New York, August 12, 1866, son of John and Jennie (Lottrie)
Ashton. His father, a physician, was born at Cambridge in 1830, and died there in 1902. His great-great-grandfather
came from England in 1772.
Jennie Lourie was born in Cambridge in 1833 and died there in 1902. Her great-grandfather came from Scotland in
1770.
Charles Hamilton Ashton in 1887 received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Union College. In 1893 he was awarded
a Master's degree from Harvard University, and in 1909 the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Munich. He is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
On December 26, 1904, he was married to Cora Phillips at Scranton, Pennsylvania. There are two children, Madilene,
born September 28, 1905; and Annette, born December 26, 1906, who married Leon Bocker. Mrs. Ashton was born at
Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1873, and is a teacher and musician.
Professor Ashton holds membership in the Plymouth Congregational Church, the Mathematical Society of America, and
the Mathematical Association of America. His club is the University Club. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas,
by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 45)
ASZMAN,
THEODORE HENRY
Theodore Henry Aszman, clergyman of the Presbyterian
Church, was born at Portage, Wisconsin, October 1, 1886, son of Edward and Anna (Heidemann) Aszman. The father,
a clergyman also, served the German Evangelical Trinitatis Church at Portage for thirty-two years.
He was born at Elberfeld, Germany, August 16, 1846, and died at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 29, 1927. His mother
was of the German nobility. Anna Heidemann was born at Basel, Switzerland, and died at Portage, in 1890. Her father,
a contractor, once built a Swiss chalet for the Sultan of Turkey.
Theodore Henry Aszman attended public and high school at Portage, and was a student at Elmhurst College from which
he was graduated in 1907. He was a student at McCormick Theological Seminary from 1907 until 1910, and in 1922
received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity from that institution. In the same year he was awarded his Master of
Arts from the University of Oklahoma, and in 1933 received an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the College
of Emporia.
During 1910-11 Dr. Aszman was assistant pastor, Central Presbyterian Church of Des Moines, and from 1911 until
1916 served the First Church at Chariton, Iowa. He was pastor of the First Church at Still-water, Oklahoma, the
year following, and from 1917 until 1927 was pastor of the First Church of Norman, Oklahoma, also serving as Presbyterian
University pastor and as teacher of Bible.
He was assistant editor of young peoples' publications for the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education at Philadelphia,
1927-29, and since has been pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence and director of Westminster Student
Foundation at the University of Kansas.
Dr. Aszman is a Republican. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce (director 1921-23), the Red Cross, the Citizens
Club, the Lawrence Rotary Club, the Topeka Presbytery, Synod of Kansas, the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance, and
Adelphoi Cleric of Philadelphia (1927-29). He also served for 5 years as a director of -Tulsa University. During
the World War he was active in Red Cross and other drives, and acting chaplain, Students Army Training Corps, University
of Oklahoma.
On June 8, 1915, he was married to Jean Lee, the daughter David Alexander and Jennie (Aikman) Lee. Mrs. Aszman's
father was a coal operator and active in the organization of operators of the state. He was also widely known as
a temperance and prohibition worker. Mrs. Aszman was born at Clearfield, Iowa, February 6, 1888. She received her
educational training at Graham Hall, Minneapolis, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and studied the violin both
under private tutor and at the New England Conservatory, Boston. She concertized and taught violin, heading the
department at Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa.
The one child, a daughter, Jean Lee, was born April 19, 1920, at Oklahoma City and is attending the public schools
of Lawrence. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933,
pages 46-47)
ATKINSON,
THOMAS EDGAR
Thomas Edgar Atkinson, professor of law at the
University of Kansas since 1926, was born at Toledo, Ohio, August 6, 1895, son of Thomas Baker and Lyra Viola (Williams)
Atkinson.
The father, who is in the wholesale hat business at Toledo, Ohio, was born at Northampton, England, October 28,
1860. He has served as captain of the Ohio militia, and is an active Republican and Methodist. Lyra Viola Williams
was born in Toledo, June 27, 1860.
Thomas Edgar Atkinson attended Monroe School at Toledo, Ohio, until 1908, and was graduated from Central High School
there in 1912. He received the degree of Doctor of Juristic Science, cum laude from Yale University in 1926. In
1925 he was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota, and in 1917 the degree of
Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan. He was a member of the Order of the Coif, student editor of the
Michigan Law Review, and a member of the Woolsack Society. His fraternity is Phi Alpha Delta, and in 1916 he was
clerk of Campbell chapter.
Admitted to the bar of Michigan in 1917, he was associated in practice with Butterfield, Keeney & Araberg at
Grand Rapids from 1917 until 1920. The following two years he was in law partnership with James A. Lombard at Grand
Rapids, and the next three years was professor of law at the University of North Dakota. He was teaching fellow
at Yale Law School, 1925-26, and since 1926 has been professor of law at the University of Kansas.
On September 14, 1921, he was married to Florence Catherine Roth at Grand Rapids. She was born at Chicago, Illinois,
March 29, 1895. Her ancestry is Germany on her father's side, and Scotch on her mother's side. Professor and Mrs.
Atkinson have one son, Thomas Roth, born July 18, 1922.
Professor Atkinson is the author of Wills and Administration, in collaboration with Philip Mechem in 1928, besides
the various articles in the Yale Lazy Journal and the Columbia and Michigan Lazv Reviews. He is associate editor
of the Journal of American Judicature Society.
Reared a Methodist, he now attends the Unitarian Church. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American
Judicature Society, the American Association of University Professors, the Yale Law School Association, the Red
Cross. Salvation Army, and the Masons. His clubs are the University Club, and the Michigan Union (Ann Arbor). Residence:
Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 48)
BAILEY,
EDGAR HENRY SUMMERFIELD
Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey, professor of chemistry,
and director of laboratory of the University of Kansas, was born in Middlefield, Connecticut, September 17, 1848.
His father, Russell Enos Bailey, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 14, 1815, and died at Meriden, on April
21, 1894.
Russell Enos Bailey was a manufacturer and wood turner. He was a Methodist and a Whig, later becoming a Republican
Prohibitionist. He was an Abolitionist also. He was descended from John Bailey, who came to Boston from England
in 1638, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts, and later in Hartford, Connecticut. The family later moved to Haddam,
and he died there in 1696.
Hannah Mary Miller, wife of Russell Enos Bailey, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, June 21, 1814, and died at
Middlefield, August 17, 1865. She was the daughter of Seth Miller, Jr., the granddaughter of Seth Miller; and descended
from Thomas Miller, who came from England.
In 1870 Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey was graduated from Wilbraham Academy in Massachusetts, and in 1873 received
the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy from Yale University. In 1881 he studied at Strassburg, Germany, and in 1883
received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Illinois Wesleyan University. In 1893 he studied in Leipzig. Dr.
Bailey is a member of Sigma Xi, and a member and councilor of Alpha Chi Sigma.
On July 13, 1876, he was married to Aravesta Trumbauer at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bailey, who was born near
Bethlehem, October 26, 1853, died at Lawrence, July 29, 1931. She was of German, English and Austrian extraction.
There are four children living, and one deceased, Kenneth R., born June 4, 1877, who died December 6, 1878; Herbert
S., born September 12, 1880, married Winifred Everingham; William H., October 30, 1882, who married Ethel Walker;
Edgar L., January 3, 1885, married Margaret Wilbur; and Austin, June 9, 1893, married Leola Crawford.
Entering the professional field as instructor in chemistry at Yale in 1873, Dr. Bailey held the same position at
Lehigh University, 1874-83, at which time he became professor of chemistry and head of the department at University
of Kansas. In 1923 he was made professor emeritus. Since 1899 he has been an advisory member of the Kansas state
board of health, and since 1906 director of the food laboratory of the Board of Health. He has been chemist for
the Kansas state board of agriculture since 1885.
Dr. Bailey is the author (with Cady) of Laboratory Guide to Study of Qualitative Analysis, 1901; (with W. R. Crane)
of Gypsum; Mineral Waters; Sanitary and Applied Chemistry, 1906; The Source, Chemistry and Use of Food Products,
1914; Laboratory Experiments on Food Products, 1915; Report on the Dietaries of some State Institutions under the
care of the Board of Administration, 1921; (with H. S. Bailey) Foods from Afar, 1922.
On September 21, 1923, Dr. Bailey's 40 years' service with the University of Kansas was recognized with a banquet
and presentation in his honor.
Dr. Bailey is a member of the American Chemical Society (councilor, 1906-15; chairman division of water, sewage,
and sanitation, 1917); the Kansas Academy of Science; the American Institute of Homeopathy; the Society of Chemical
Industry; and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of which he is a fellow. He is listed in
Who's Who in America, and starred in American Men of Science, as one of the 1,000 illustrious scientists. He is
a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the First Presbyterian Church of Lawrence. His club is the
University Club. Residence: Lawrence. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, page 55)
BAKER,
AUGUSTA McMILLEN
Augusta McMillen Baker, daughter of Alvah Grenelle
and Annie (Seney) McMillen, was born at Chapin, Iowa, March 16, 1875. Her father was born in Galway, New York,
July 23, 1849, and died at Everly, Iowa, December 5, 1920. Annie Seney was born in Port Hope, Canada, March 1,
1852, and died at Chapin, Iowa, January 10, 1882.
Augusta McMillen attended public school at Rockwell, Iowa, and was a student in the high school there. On October
9, 1895, she was married to A. F. Baker at Hutchins, Iowa. He is the son of William Henry and Mary Ann (Richards)
Baker of Linden, Wisconsin. William Henry Baker was a pioneer farmer of Wisconsin. They have four children, Harold
Vernon, born July 17, 1896, who married Helen Case Hoover; Harry Leigh, born June 29, 1898, who married Gerva Archer;
John Wesley, December 30, 1899, who married Marguerite Overfield; and Alvin Ray, December 26, 1901, who married
Eva Atherton.
Mrs. Baker is a Republican, has served on various election boards, and is vice chairman of the county central committee.
She is a member of the Baldwin Methodist Episcopal Church and the Red Cross. In 1931 she was elected one of the
master farm home-makers of Kansas, being one of five selected She is a member of the P. E. O. Sisterhood, and her
biography is in the Reciprocity Bureau of the state P. E. O. organization. She is a member of the Woman's Farm
Bureau and various missionary societies, and is a patroness of Phi Mu sorority. She is a charter member of the
Baldwin Garden Club and a past member of the Shakespeare Club. Residence: Baldwin City. (Illustriana Kansas, by
Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 58)
ANDERSON, ARTHUR
J.
Arthur J. Anderson, M. D., of Lawrence, is one
of the foremost physicians of that city and has gained prominence among the members of his profession in the state.
He is not a Kansan by birth, though he is almost to the manor born, a Kansan. He was five years of age when his
parents located at Lawrence, where his father, Dr. Samuel B. Anderson, successfully practiced medicine for a period
of nearly twenty-five years, then going to Colorado. He died at Denver, in 1907, at the age of eighty-two years.
Dr. Samuel B. Anderson was born in Pennsylvania and was descended from sturdy Scotch ancestry. He graduated in
the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, and later studied homeopathy, which latter system of medicine
he practiced for years, achieving an enviable reputation in his profession. He was well and favorably known in
Lawrence, being highly esteemed as a citizen, as well as a physician. He began the practice of medicine at Greenfield,
Highland county, Ohio, and it was at that place that his son, Arthur J., was born, June 19, 1863. His wife bore
the maiden name of Nancy L. Davis. She was possessed of sterling qualities of heart and mind and was highly respected
by all who knew her. In Lawrence, Dr. Arthur J. Anderson was reared, and there he has made his home since five
years of age, his parents locating in that place in 1868. In the city schools he obtained a fair common school
education which was supplemented by attending the University of Kansas, in which institution he remained up to
his junior year. Predilection led him to the study of medicine, a profession in which his father had gained the
reputation of a skillful practitioner. He spent one year in the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, and then
graduated, in 1887, from the Hahnemann Medical College, at Chicago. Immediately he began the practice of his profession,
at Lawrence, and soon rose to prominence. He has long held a large patronage, many of the prominent families of
Lawrence being numbered therein. He is a member of the Douglas County Medical Society, of the Kansas State Medical
Society, and of the American Medical Association. He is a Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a Noble
of the Mystic Shrine, Abdallah Temple, at Leavenworth. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In politics he is a Democrat, but has not
sought or held political position. After five years of efficient service as school physician for Haskell Institute
he resigned the position, Sept. 8, 1911. For six years he was general examiner for the Fraternal Aid Society, and
for two years was a member of the Kansas state board of health. (Kansas Biography Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Page:
976-977, Transcribed as written by Millie Mowry. (A picture of Arthur Anderson may be obtained by contacting the
contributor at Rock2Plate@aol.com.)
GAGE, ALEXANDER
KIMBALL
Gage, Alexander Kimball, lawyer; born, Lawrence,
Kan., May 17, 1874; son of William Tenney Gage (son of William Gage and Eleanor Kimball) and Elizabeth (Godwin)
Gage (daughter of Henry Goodwin and Jerusha Ann Peters); educated Barrows School, Hartford, Conn.; district school,
Cromwell, Conn.; Cass school, Detroit, graduating, June, 1888; Detroit High School, graduating, June 24, 1892;
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., A.B., June 1896; Detroit College of Law, LL.B., April 19, 1899; married at Detroit,
Apr. 18, 1903, Gertrude Mary Candler, daughter of Claudius H. Candler (son of William Candler and Letitia Thomas),
and Mary V. Kaple (daughter of John H. Kaple and Fanny Chapel). Has engaged in general practice at Detroit since
Apr. 22, 1899; member firm of Hill, Gage & Ranney, 1899-02; alone since 1902. Secretary Detroit Bar Association
since June, 1907. Republican. Episcopalian. Member Beta Beta of Psi Upsilon. Club: University. Recreations: Baseball
and tennis. Office: 808 Hammond Bldg. Residence: 61 Garfield Av. (Source: The Book of Detroiters by Albert Nelson
Marquis 1908 by Albert Nelson Marquis, submitted by Christine Walters)
