DANIEL ALBERT CRIST
The Reverend Daniel Albert Crist, clergyman of
the Church of the Brethren, was born in Virden, Illinois, December 15, 1866, son of John and Salome (Frantz) Crist.
The father, a minister, was born in New Carlisle, Ohio, August 10, 1829, and died at Virden, October 6, 1871. His
male ancestors as traced, have all been clergymen. Salome Frantz was born at New Carlisle, September 11, 1830 and
died at McPherson, October 12, 1914.
Daniel Albert Crist came to Kansas, locating at
Olathe on March 4, 1881. On October 9, 1885, he moved to Quinter. He received his training in theological seminary
and at Bethany Bible School in Chicago. He began preaching on April 16, 1894 and received full charge of the Quinter
Congregation on September 5, 1900. At that time it was comprised of 248 members and now contains 542. Since 1908
Mr. Crist has been president of the Brethren Home near Hutchinson. He has attended at least 25 international conferences.
On January 23, 1889, he was married to Mary Ellen,
daughter of Gottlieb and Susanna (Bowman) Roesch, at Quinter. She was born at Waterville, Minnesota, September
16,1873, has the degree of Barchelor of Arts and is a graduate of Bethany Bible School and La Verne College. To
Mr. and Mrs. Crist the following children were born: Mable, October 23, 1889, who married the Reverend Albert S.
Brubaker; Roy A., April 11, 1892 who married Jennie Anderson; Blanch, June 26, 1894, who married Glen B. Porter,
D. Floyd, June 14, 1896 who married Nellie Jamison; Idella, June 3, 1898 who married Benjamin Jamison; Myrtle,
November 9, 1901 who married Milford Porter; Edith, February 6, 1905; who married Mark Neher; Odessa, January 5,
1907 and Genevieve, April 20, 1909.
Odessa and Genevieve were graduated from McPherson
College in June, 1933, Odessa with the degree of Bachelor of Science and Genevieve with a Bachelor of Arts. Roy
and Floyd are ministers, the former now being engaged in working toward his degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of Chicago.
Mr. Crist is the author of The Curse of Woman Removed
by Jesus Christ. In1927, in company with Mrs. Crist, he toured Europe Africa, and the Holyland. He resides three
miles south of Quinter on his beautiful farm home, Alba Hurst. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin &
Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, pages 279 & 280)
WYNNE POWERS HARRINGTON
Wynne Powers Harrington, author, editor and legislator,
was born at Hiawatha, Kansas, December 21, 1870, son of Eldred and Amorette (Powers) Harrington. The father was
born in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in 1842 and died at Hiawatha in November 1909. He was a veteran of the Civil War, a
prominent Democrat and active in farm organizations. Amorette Powers was born in Troy Center, Wisconsin, 1845 and
died in Baker, Kansas. 1929.
Mr. Harrington received his Bachelor of Arts degree
from Stanford University in 1896, and his Master's degree from the University of Kansas, in 1924. In 1899, he was
married to Isis Lincoln at Gove City.
Mr. Harrington is a Democrat. He represented Gove
County in the legislature in 1921 and 1923 and was county clerk of Gove County from 1927 until 1929. He is the
author of History of Gove County (1930). From 1897 until 1901, he edited a Populist paper in Gove City.
During the World War he served as a private in
the Motor Transport Corps from December 17, 1917 until March 11, 1919, being attached to Company F, 8th Division
Motor Supply Train. He is a member of the American Legion and a life member of the Kansas State Historical Society.
Residence: Gove City. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 485)
ALFRED AUGUSTUS KEISER
Alfred Augustus Keiser, editor and publisher of
the Gove County Advocate was born at Allentown, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1874, son of Alfred Augustus and Elizabeth
(Klotz) Keiser. The father, born at Allentown, was an iron worker and foundry foreman. The mother was born at Slatington,
Pennsylvania. Both parents were of Pennsylvania Dutch descent.
Educated first in the Tressler's Soldiers Orphans
Home, at Loysville, Pennsylvania, Alfred Augustus Keiser, the subject of this sketch, received a grade, high school
and college education. On January 6, 1898, he was married to Sophia Beatrice Malone, the daughter of Joseph and
Jane Moseley (Greenwood) Malone, at Paris, Arkansas. She was born in Mississippi, August 31, 1876. There are two
children living and one deceased, Zelda, born October 26, 1898, who died May 21, 1922, Muriel November 22, 1903
and Harvey, April 16, 1907 who married Dorothy Patterson at Scott City, December 26, 1928.
Mr. Keiser is independent politically. He is a
member of the Church of the Brethren and the Quinter Community Club. He enjoys hiking and gardening. Residence:
Quinter (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 618)
CLAUDE WILBUR KENNARD
Claude Wilbur Kennard, editor of the Grinnell Record-Leader
was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 7, 1903, son of Howard and Nora (York) Kennard. The father, who was
born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, most of his life. He at present is the owner of a service station at Madison.
Nora York was born in Brown County, Indiana, January 15, 1872. The ancestry on both sides of the family has been
in America for three generations.
Claude Wilbur Kennard attended public school and
because of illness was unable to attend high school. When he was three years of age his family moved to northeastern
New Mexico, where they took up a homestead and resided until coming to Kansas in 1923.
Mr. Kennard has served as manager of the firm of
H. Kennard and Son, general merchants and is owner and manager of the Seeley Grocery, located in the oil field
near Madison. He has also been sales manager for the Brooker Brothers of Marion. During 1930, he was engaged in
the hotel business at Grinnell. In 1931, with no previous newspaper experience he founded the Leader. He then purchased
the Grinnell Record, consolidating them as the Grinnell Record-Leader. He is a Republican.
On December 20, 1925, he was married to Alma Beatrice Lovell at Madison. She was born in Alluwe, Oklahoma, April
1, 1905, daughter of Joseph and Rose (Dicks) Lovell, and is assistant editor of her husband's paper. Mr. and Mrs.
Kennard had one child, born March 18, 1929, who died the same day.
Mr. Kennard is a member of the Commercial Club,
of which he was president from May, 1931, until May 1932. He is a President. His favorite sport is golf, and his
hobby inventing. Residence: Grinnell. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, page 626)
REUBEN I. LACKEY
Reuben I. Lackey, principal of Grinnell Rural High
School, was born at St. Joseph, Missouri, December 18, 1898, son of Samuel Charles and Elizabeth Marie (Price)
Lackey. He attended Kansas Wesleyan University, Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg and the University of
Chicago, and has the degree of Bachelor of Letters.
On June 19, 1924, he was married to Viola Edna
Dorman at Lucas. She was born there, April 12, 1899.
Mr. Lackey is a Republican. He is a member of the
American Legion, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Kansas State Teachers Association, the Commercial Club, the
Red Cross and Salvation Army, and the Masons. Residence: Grinnell. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin
& Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 666)
LAWRENCE ORESTES MAXWELL
Lawrence Orestes Maxwell, justice of the peace
and insurance agent, was born at Hebron, West Virginia, April 3, 1879, son of Darwin Stanton and Anzina (Simons)
Maxwell. His father was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, January 6, 1839, and died at Gove, Kansas March 13,
1918. The mother was born in Centerville, West Virginia, January 3, 1838 and died at Gove, May 27, 1928.
Mr. Maxwell attended Salina Normal University during
1800-92 and Kansas State Normal of Emporia, 1896-97. He taught seven terms of school and served on the Teachers
Examining Board. He was county attorney from 1899-1900, register of deeds, 1919-22, chairman of the county central
committee, 1926-1930 and since 1923, has been justice of the peace most of the time.
On January 6, 1906, he was married to Helen Evarts
at Iola. She was born at Topeka, May 31, 1875. There are three children living and one deceased: Lois, born March
12, 1908, who died February 22, 1910; Laura Isabel, May 26, 1910; Virginia, Ruth, February 1, 1912 and Wayne Evarts,
March 2, 1914.
Mr. Maxwell is a Republican, a member of Gove City
Lodge No. 302 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (master 1922, secretary 1928-), and the Eastern Star of which
he is secretary. Residence: Gove. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933,
page 745)
GENEVA ELIZABETH MORRISON
MENDENHALL
Geneva Elizabeth Morrison Mendenhall, daughter
of Henry Clay and Geneva Paul (Pedlar) Morrison, was born at O'Bannon, Kentucky, February 4, 1900. Her father,
born in Barren County, Kentucky, March 10, 1857, is a clergyman with the degree of Doctor of divinity. He received
his degree at Ohio Wesleyan, and his theology at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee.
He is president of Asbury College at Wilmore, Kentucky, and editor of the Pentecostal Herald at Louisville, Kentucky.
He is author of a number of religious books, and is of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
Geneva Paul Pedlar was born at Woodland, California,
March 30, 1876, and died at Wilmore, March 23, 1914. She received diplomas from California State normal and California
Polytechnic College. Her family the Pedlars were originally shipbuilders in southern England. Her maternal grandfather,
Hurlburt was one of California's first senators.
Geneva Elizabeth Morrison attended the grammar
school of Ashbury College until 1914; was graduated from Logan College for Gils in 1917, located at Russelville,
Kentucky and the following year attended Blackstone College for Gils at Blackstone, Virginia. The year of 1918-19
she was a student at Randolph-Macon Woman's College at Lynchburg, Virginia.
She was a member of the Sock and Buskin Dramatic
Club, Delta Delta Delta Soroity, and during the years of 1917-18 received letters in high jump and broad jump.
The spring term of 1923 she attended Kansas State Teacher's College at Hays, Kansas, majoring in history.
Her marriage to George Lester Mendenhall was solemnized
at Gove on May 20, 1920 and to them five children were born; George, March 6, 1921; Marjorie April 3, 1922; Elizabeth,
October 12, 1923; Carolyn, May 1, 1925 and Joseph, September 22, 1926. Mr. Mendenhall a farmer and stockman was
born at Gove, November 20, 1897. He attended grade and high school at Gove, graduating from the latter in 1915
at which time he entered Kansas University Law School, where he remained for two years. While there he was elected
to Phi Alpha Delta.
Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Mendenhall taught in
the Gove Rural High School one year. She now has a music class of eight pupils in piano. She is an infrequent contributor
to her local newspaper. At various times Mrs. Mendenhall is called upon to address groups of students, teachers
or women's organizations.
A Republican, Mrs. Mendenhall is deeply interested
in good government and has done much toward organizing the women of her county. She is a member of Gove Methodist
Episcopal Church, and a former member of the Kansas State Historical Society and the Federated Study Club. Her
hobby is scrapbooks. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall are quite active in their church, both in the musical and Sunday
School departments. Residence: Gove City. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, pages 782 & 783)
SUSIE WILLMA RHINE
Susie Willma Rhine, postmaster at Gove City since
1928 was born at Scotia, Nebraska, February 3, 1885, daughter of John Henry and Sarah Jane (Mitchell) Weir. Her
father was born at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, September 15, 1857, and died at Allen, Kansas, March 4, 1910. The mother
was born at Crawfordsville, Iowa, May 31, 1858.
On August 28, 1902, Susie William Weir was married
to James Martin Rhine at Gove City. He was born in Falls City, Nebraska, January 4, 1879. There are three children,
Luella, born August 27, 1903, Wilbur, March 7, 1910; and Marie, August 8, 1912.
From 1920 until 1923, Mrs. Rhine was deputy county
clerk of Gove County. She is a member of Gove Methodist Episcopal Church. Residence: Gove City. (Illustriana Kansas,
by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 965)
GEORGE DANIEL ROYER
George Daniel Royer, farmer and legislator, was
born in Westminster, Maryland, August 6, 1871, son of Jesse and Elizabeth Ann (Shamberger) Royer. The father was
born in Westminster, May 11, 1846, and died in Gove City, October 17, 1928. The mother was born in Shamberg, Maryland,
June 1, 1844.
On September 14, 1897, Mr. Royer was married to
Anna Buck Simonton at Wayne, Nebraska. She was born in Marshaltown, Iowa, September 9, 1873. There are two children:
Beula A., born April 12, 1900 and George D., Jr., August 14, 1902.
For twenty-five years Mr. Royer was in the banking
business at Gove City. In 1929 the bank liquidated its assets, paying all depositors 100 per cent. A Republican,
he was a member of the 1905 and 1931 session of the Kansas legislature and was re-elected for the 1933 session.
He is a member of the Gove City Methodist Episcopal Church, the Kansas Young Men's Christian Association (committeeman),
and the Gove City Lodge No. 302 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Residence: Gove City. (Illustriana Kansas,
by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 908)
ORVILLE WILLIAM SMALL
Orville William Small, merchant, was born at Wilson,
Kansas, October 5, 1905, son of William Harvey and Minnie (Fisher) Small. His father, a farmer, was born in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. His mother was born in Chicago and died at Wilson in 1922.
Mr. Small attended public and high school at Wilson
and was graduated in 1924. He entered the employ of the W. H. Berger Mercantile Company at Collyer, Kansas, remaining
there six years, and since that time has engaged in the mercantile business at Grainfield. At he present time he
is a member of the governing board for the sixth district of the Kansas Grocers league.
A Republican Mr. Small is now serving as city councilman.
He is a member of Grainfield Lodge No. 381 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Consistory and Shrine
at Salina. His hobbies are gardening and flowers. Residence: Grainfield. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin
& Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 1072)
CHARLES CLEVELAND SPIHER
Charles Cleveland Spiher, bonded abstracter, was
born in Brainard, Nebraska, January 29, 1885, son of Henry A. and charlotte E. (Wesley) Spiher. The father, a native
of New York state, was born February 8, 1850 and was an early settler in Kansas, having homesteaded five miles
south of Gove in 1885. He held the office of register of deeds in Gove County three years and was postmaster from
1893 until 1897.
His ancestors on the paternal side came to New
York state about 1780. His mother's maiden name was Sarah Scully, she being a second cousin of Lord Scully of Ireland.
Henry A. Spiher died at Gove City, March 21, 1928.
His wife, Charlotte, was born in Sarnia, Ontario,
Canada, December 13, 1858 and died at Gove October 26, 1917. She was a teacher and clubwoman, the daughter of John
Wesley, a descendant of the founder of Methodism and Mary Rogers.
Charles Cleveland Spiher attended public school at Gove City and taught from 1904 until 1906. Since that time he
has been in business for himself, engaging as a bonded abstracter and in the real estate business. He is an informant
on land titles, descriptions and ownership.
A member of the Democratic party he served as county
treasurer of Gove County from 1911 until 1915, as mayor of Gove City eight years (1920-24, 1928-32), now serving.
He was a member and treasurer of the rural high school board at Gove, having held that position from 1929 until
1932. In 1928 he was defeated for the office of county commissioner from the second district.
On December 28, 1910 Mr. Spiher was married to Anis Josephine Martin at Monument. She was born in Mattoon, Illinois,
October 20, 1883, daughter of George F and Samanthe O. Martin. She is active in club work as Sunday School teacher
and church worker. Formerly she was a school teacher in the public schools of Trego and Gove counties. Mr. and
Mrs. Spiher have one adopted daughter, Great Louise, born November 11, 1918.
Mr. Spiher is a member of Gove Methodist Episcopal
Church, sponsor of the Hi-Y, and a member of the Masons. He served as master of Gove City Lodge of the Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons in 1912, as senior deacon in 1932, and for years, has been worthy patron of the Order
of Eastern Star. He is also a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, being affiliated at Salina. He enjoys football,
baseball and tennis. Residence: Gove. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin,
1933, pages 1104 & 1105)
CLAUDE CALVIN WILKINSON
Claude Calvin Wilkinson, clergyman and farmer was
born in Liberty, Clark County, Iowa, October 28, 1881, son of Marshall Edward and Florence Iowa (Calvin) Wilkinson.
The father, a native of West Virginia, born December 16, 1856, was a teacher and farmer. He was active in the political
life of his community and state for many years prior to his death at Quinter on January 10, 1930. He homesteaded
in Gove county, in 1886. Florence Calvin, who was born in Warren County, Iowa, October 14, 1856, is still living.
Upon his graduation from public school in Kansas
in June 1897, Claude Calvin Wilkinson taught in Gove County during 1899 and from 1902 until 1904. In 1906 he was
a student at Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina, and from 1906 until 1909 at John Fletcher College in Iowa. He
graduated from that institution with a diploma in theology in 1909, and while there was active in debating and
literary society work.
On June 14, 1910, Mr. Wilkinson was married to
Stella Viola Doty at Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada. She was born in Talleyrand, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur Lee
and Helen (Gray) Doty, on January 17, 1882. Her English ancestry traces to Dudley Castle, England, and to the Mayflower.
Mrs. Wilkinson was a school teacher before her marriage, and is a religious worker and active in the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson maintain a membership in the Methodist Church at Quinter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson five children were born,
Merlin, May 3, 1911; Merrill, November 12, 1912, who died August 21, 1913; Amy, October 18, 1914; Earle died April
15, 1920, Merlin is a junior in Fort Hays Kansas State College, while Amy and Earle are students in the Quinter
High School.
A Democrat, Mr. Wilkinson is strongly independent.
He is active in nearly all progressive movements and a strong prohibitionist.
In 1906, Mr. Wilkinson entered the ministry of
the Methodist Episcopal Church as local pastor in Gove County. He served pastorates in the states of Washington
and Colorado, from 1909 until 1914 and in the latter year was admitted to membership in the Colorado Conference
and ordained a deacon. He entered city mission work in connection with People's Mission of Colorado, and was ordained
an elder in that organization in 1915. He ceased the active ministry in 1917 and has engaged in farming and stock
raising since.
Mr. Wilkinson is a member of the Quinter local
unit of the Farmers Educational Co-operative Union of America, Kansas Division and a member of the Quinter Co-operative
Oil company. Residence: Quinter. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933,
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