Biographies Haskell County, Kansas

BIOGRAPHIES FOR HASKELL COUNTY, KANSAS

CLAUD MARTIN CAVE

Claud Martin Cave, implement and grain dealer was born in Putnam County, Missouri, April 28, 1884, son of Stephen Ellis and Martha Angeline (Johnson) Cave. The father was born in Putnam County, December 14, 1863, and died at Sublette, October 17, 1927. The mother was born in Shelby County, January 23, 1864.

Mr. Cave attended Kansas Wesleyan Business College after his graduation from public school and since reaching maturity has been in the mercantile business. He has been manager of the Sublette Grain Company ten years; and is vice president of the Dodge City Terminal Elevator Company, president of the Sublette grain Company and a partner in the firm of Claud M. Cave and Company.

A Republican he was representative from the 21st district in 1925 and 1927 and a member of the state highway commission 1926-30. He is now mayor of Sublette. He is a Mason (past master) an Odd Fellow (past noble grand), a member of the Christian Church and the Sublette school board.

Mr. Cave is a director of the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce, and the Retail Hardware and Implement Association. He is past president of the Kansas Grain Dealers Association, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Club.
On February 6, 1910, he was married to Cora Blanche Henage at Santa Fe, Kansas. She ws born in Grant County, Kentucky, January 4, 1891. There are two children, Ellis KKnolton, born February 21, 1911, a student at the University of Kansas, and Fern, November 18, 1913, who married John Ralph Swartz. Residence: Sublette (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 220)

FRANK McCOY

Frank McCoy, farm loan and real estate dealer, was born at Slagle, Missouri, June 3, 1880, son of Jeptha C. and Mary M. (Chapman) McCoy. His father, a pioneer settler in Kansas in 1885, was born in Hancock County, Tennessee, December 17, 1854. He came direct to Haskell County from Missouri, where he homesteaded on a quarter section of land southwest of Sublette. He is now retired. His wife, Mary was born in Christian County, Missouri, October 24, 1852. They reside at Sublette.
Mr. McCoy is an independent Democrat, and has served two terms as register of deeds of Haskell County, the only office he ever sought. When the town of Sublette was formed in 1913, Mr. McCoy opened a real estate, loan and abstract business which he has continued to operate since that time. He also owns the controlling interest in the McCoy Grain Company. In his earlier life he worked on farms and at other manual labor, and much of the integrity and determination gained from this work has aided in the success of his later business enterprises.

On September 14, 1905, he was married to Etta Swartz, at Lakin, Kansas. She was born in Kentucky, October 14, 1881, daughter of John W. and Lizzie (Campbell) Swartz. She is an active church and club worker. There is one daughter, Ethel Louise, born May 2, 1908, who is a teacher and a graduate of Wichita University.

Mr. McCoy is a member of the Real Estate and Abstractors Association, the Red Cross and Salvation Army, the Parent Teachers Association, the Sublette Commerical Club, the Methodist Episcopal Church, Ancient Order of the United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Odd Fellows, the Masons (Shrine and Lodge No. 312 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons). His favorite sports include baseball, hunting and hiking. Residence: Sublette. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 761)

JAMES SEPTER PATRICK

James Septer Patrick, abstracter, was born at Newton, Illinois, November 19, 1861, son of Walter Scott and Sarah Ann (Richards) Patrick. His father, born in Wabash County, Indiana, January 29, 1826, served as a suttler in the Union Army from 1860 until 1865.

He was an early dry goods merchant in Missouri and farmed in Kansas thereafter until his death in Commanche County in April 1889. He came to Harper County in 1884 moving west into Comanche County the following year, where he homesteaded near Coldwater. His wife, Sarah Ann, was born in Hancock County, Illinois, February 12, 1835, and died at Portland, Oregon, March 16, 1917.

James Septer Patrick, attended public school at Pleasant Hill and Kansas City, Missouri and from 1886 until 1888 was deputy treasurer of Comanche County. He proved up a claim while in Comanche County. He had engaged in the dry goods business in Missouri until 1886, for a period of nine years.

Since 1888, when he moved to Santa Fe, Mr. Patrick has been engaged in abstracting. He homesteaded on a quarter section of land near there, which he still owns, having added to it until it is now a section and a half adjoining the town. He was vice president of the Santa Fe State Bank from 1903 until 1912, and at present is vice president of the Satanta State Bank. He is a Republican. He has always been active in party politics, having been at one time Republican central committeeman for many years.

On May 18, 1892, he was married to Sarah Elizabeth Anthony at Ingalls. She was born at Comanche, Iowa, and died at Satanta, September 4, 1903. To them were born two children, Glenice Mae, and Neyman A., who married Thelma Crane. Mr. Patrick was married on September 28, 1904, to Mae Colburn at Chicago.

Mr. Patrick is a member of the American and Kansas Title Associations, the Commercial Club (treasurer), the Masons (all chairs), the Modern Woodmen of America (all chairs) and the Methodist Church. He was a member of the Santa Fe school board for twenty years, and during the World War was a member of the legal advisory board, the fuel committee (chairman) the food administration (chairman county board), and the council of national defense. Mr. Patrick erected the first building in the town of Satanta and was land agent for the Santa Fe for the townsite. Residence: Satanta. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 897 & 899)

MAE COLBURN PATRICK

Mae Colburn Patrick, writer and lecturer, was born at Savannah, Missouri, daughter of John Fletcher and Clara Augusta (McLain) Colburn. Her father, a merchant, banker and promoter, was born in Indiana, December 26, 1849.

He was descended from early settlers from England and Ireland, his great grandfather, having been an English sea captain, who settled in North Carolina. His father was a Methodist minister. He died at Satanta, January 8, 1917.

Clara Augusta McLain was born in Morgan County, Ohio, March 20, 1859, and died at Satanta, April 8, 1922. She was active in club work, and a member of the Shannon family, famed in Ohio politics. Her great uncle, Wilson Shannon was first native governor of that state, and was afterwards, appointed territorial governor of Kansas. Other members of her family held embassadorial posts and national appointments. Her great great grandfather, George Shannon served in the Revolutionary War.

Mae Colburn attended public school at Savannah, high school at Grant City and for a time attended Chicago University. She was head of a Chicago mail order office force several years and for a time was a hotel auditor there.

On September 28, 1904 she was married to James Septer Patrick at Chicago.

A Republican, she served as presidential elector, and was chosen to carry the vote to President Coolidge at Washington, and thus she is the only woman to have served in that capacity. She has served as state Republican vice chairman, as state treasurer of the central committee and is a national campaign speaker for the Republican national bureau.

She is the author of Red Letter Christmas (1927), a number of short stories, poems and articles which have appeared in various periodicals, such as The American Magazine, Short Stories, Saucy Stores, New York Times, New York American, and others. Past president of the Kansas Authors Club, she is not fiction department chairman. For 4 years she was a member of the board of regents for state educational institutions, the only woman ever to have been so elected.

Among her other memberships are the Library Board of Satanta, of which she is past president, the Kansas State Historical Society (director) and life member of the Order of Eastern Star (past matron), the State Federation of Women's Clubs (district president, state press chairman, etc.), the Red Cross, the Owaissa Club, and the Congregational Church. She is an organizing regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and past county president of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is an officer in the Kansas Women's Republican Club.

Mrs. Patrick's hobbies include landscape gardening, and raising trees and flowers. Residence: Satanta. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 899)

LLOYD VAN METRE

Lloyd Van Metre, postmaster at Sublette since May 1928, was born at Marengo, Indiana, August 19, 1894 son of William Morton and Ella (Lynch) Van Metre.

His father a building contractor, was born at Marengo, April 9, 1864. He has been active in the Knights of Pythias for years and is master of the local lodge of the Masons, the home lodge of Judge Hutchinson.

Ella Lynch, his wife, was born at Riddle, near English, Indiana, November 20, 1867, and before her marriage was a teacher. She is a member of the Woman's Club, and has been active in the Christian Church since childhood.

Lloyd Van Metre was graduated from public school at Vincennes, Indiana, in 1909, and from the Indiana Business College in 1911. He has engaged in wheat farming and during the World War served in the signal Service with the United States Naval Reserve Forces, on the U. S. S. Vermont.

Upon his return to civilian life, Mr. Van Metre was a building contractor. He is a Republican, a member of the Christian Church, the Kansas branch of the National League of District Postmasters, the Odd Fellows (representative to grand lodge at Wichita, 1927), and the Sublette Parent Teachers Association (president).

Mr. Van Metre's hobby is philately. He is a strong advocate of better training in citizenship in homes and schools.

On July 18, 1919 he was married to Hazel Stultz at Garden City. She was born at St. John, June 27, 1901, and is assistant in the postoffice. There were three children, Audra, born May 15, 1920; Leta, January 4, 1924; and Verna, June 11, 1929, who died December 29, 1932. Residence: Sublette. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, page 1170)