DILL, WILLIAM
William Dill, lawyer and judge of the district court of Leavenworth, was born in Hillsboro, Highland county, Ohio,
April 16, 1846. the son of John and Rachel (Jones) Dill. His grandfather, George Dill, was a Kentuckian who moved
to Ohio at an early day, and there John Dill was born, reared and educated. Upon reaching manhood he engaged in
farming. His grandfather, John Jones, was a patriot and served in the army during the war of 1812. John Dill lived
to the hale old age of eighty, the last twenty years of his life being spent at Columbus, Ohio. William bill's
maternal great-grandfather, Colonel Robbins, of Pennsylvania, served in the war of the Revolution and his son-in-law,
John Jones, served as an officer in the army during the war of 1812. Mrs. Dill was born and reared in Hillsboro,
Ohio, and spent her life in that state.
William Dill received his elementary education in his native town and then entered Ohio Wesleyan University, at
Delaware, Ohio; received his A. B. degree with the class of 1866 and then pursued graduate work in the same institution.
In 1869 he received his M. A. degree and upon his return to Hillsboro determined upon a professional career, and
began to read law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, and engaged in the practice of his profession at Hillsboro
for about one year. Believing that there were more opportunities for a young lawyer in the new country opening
up in the West, Mr. Dill came to Kansas, located at Leavenworth, and opened an office where he has since been actively
engaged in the work of his profession. He at once took active part in the life of the city and politics and soon
became recognized as one of the leaders of the legal profession. Mr. Dill is a Republican in politics, and in 1880
was elected county attorney on that ticket, serving two years, afterwards filling this office by appointment for
about one year, and in 1888 was assistant attorney-general for Leavenworth county. In 1909 the governor appointed
him judge of the First judicial district of Kansas, to fill the vacancy left by Hon. J. H. Gillpatrick.
In 1875 Mr. Dill married May Eliza, the daughter of William H. Ralston, who was one of the pioneer settlers of
Leavenworth, who settled in the territory in 1856. He came from Warsaw, Ill., and was in Leavenworth all through
the troublous times of the border warfare. Five children have .been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dill, only one of whom,
Virginia, is living. She is a teacher in the Kansas City schools. Mr. Dill belonged to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
while in college, and now is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor and of the Knights of Pythias. He is a
warm hearted man, has many friends and is regarded as one of the progressive and prosperous citizens of Leavenworth.
(Kansas Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Page 781-782, Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
HESSE, OTTO H.
Otto H. Hesse, president and manager of the William G. Hesse & Son Manufacturing Company of Leavenworth, Kan.,
was born in that city on Oct. 10, 1865, a son of William G. and Selina (Stauber) Hesse. The father was born in
Henningsleben, Saxony, Germany, July 5, 1838, a son of Henry and Anna (Wartman) Hesse, both natives of Saxony,
where William Hesse, the father of Henry, settled during the Napoleon war, and lived until his death, in 1846.
William G. Hesse passed his boyhood in his native land, and at the age of fifteen years left the parental roof
to seek his fortune in the lands beyond the sea. After a voyage of forty-two days in an old fashioned sailing vessel
he landed in New York.
Subsequently he worked in Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and St. Louis, and in 1857 located in Leavenworth,
where he opened up a carriage and wagon shop, on Shawnee street, between Third and Fourth streets. These quarters
soon became too small for his business, and in 1860 he opened up a larger shop at the corner of Seventh street
and Metropolitan avenue, where he outfitted many large freighters with wagons. This plant was destroyed by fire
in 1871, and he removed to Cherokee street, between Fourth and Fifth streets. In 1885 he erected the first of his
present factory buildings on Pawnee street, between Seventh and Broadway, and in 1899 the plant was enlarged. In
1903 a large ware house, lumber sheds and other additions were added, until they cover a space of fifteen lots
on Pawnee and Dakota streets. William G. Hesse died Dec. 10, 1907, and his wife, Oct. 13, 1909. Of their seven
children, Louise is the wife of Dr. J. L. Everhardy, of Leavenworth; Sophia is the wife of James Maguire, of Kansas
City, Kan.; Emilie is the wife of A. L. Ruhl, of Kansas City, Mo., who died Dec. 29, 1907, and the other children,
excepting Otto H., died in infancy.
Otto H. Hesse, the only son, received his education in the public schools of his native city, and upon leaving
school became associated with his father in the carriage and wagon manufacturing business, learning every branch
of the business from a mechanical standpoint, blacksmithing, wood working, painting and trimming. In later years
he had charge of the office, introduced and sold their vehicles on the road until at the present time they are
being used as far west as the Pacific coast, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. One of their principal products is
the Hesse patent short tongue, Ludlow spring wagon, which was invented and patented by Otto H. Hesse. In 1900 he
assumed the active management of the business, and being thoroughly versed in modern business methods, coupled
with his mechanical knowledge of the vehicle business, he has succeeded in doubling the business of the company.
The Hesse vehicles are known far and wide for their elegance of design and superiority of workmanship, and it is
due to the fact that no defective work has ever left the shop, that the company has attained its successful growth.
From the little repair shop, established in 1857, the concern has developed into one of the best known carriage
and wagon manufactories west of the Mississippi river. The reputation made by the father has been carefully guarded
by the son and the name "Hesse" on a vehicle means that in every instance the purchaser gets value received
for his money. In 1909 Otto H. Hesse erected a two-story and basement, mill constructed, brick building at 408-410
Cherokee street, and equipped it with modern, up-to-date machinery for the automobile business, which places the
company in position to repair and rebuild any part of a car from the tires to the top. This building is also used
for the cars and charging plant of electrical cars. This is one of the largest and best equipped auto garages in
the Missouri valley. In 1910 he purchased the property at 418 Cherokee street and erected a three-story building,
one hundred and twenty-five feet long, which is equipped with the latest improved electric driven machinery, and
is used for building auto and buggy tops, as well as repairing and painting all kinds of vehicles. The Cherokee
street property used in the vehicle business has a frontage of 125 feet and the entire floor space combined used
for manufacturing and storing of vehicles is 162,070 square feet. In 1903 Mr. Hesse established the Hesse Carriage
Company at Kansas City, Mo. They owned a piece of ground 105xI24 at Oak and Seventeenth streets, where they erected
a four-story and basement, mill constructed, building, which is used entirely for the carriage, wagon and automobile
business. He is president and manager of this large and growing establishment. Mr. Hesse is also one of the five
directors of the Wulfekhuler State Bank of Leavenworth, which has a capital stock of $150,000, and deposits of
over $1,400,000. He is also one of the original stockholders and directors in the Leavenworth County Fair Association.
He was one of the ardent workers that made it possible for the citizens to enjoy Association park. Mr. Hesse is
a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the United Commercial
Travelers. In all these societies he is deservedly popular, because of his genial disposition and general good
fellowship. He is also a director in the Greater Leavenworth Club, and is always willing to devote his time and
financial assistance to any enterprise for the betterment and upbuilding of his native city.
On Oct. 12, 1887, Mr. Hesse was united in marriage with Miss Lena Besser. To this marriage was born one son-Carl
William, on Nov. 25, 1899, and died Jan. 24, 1900. (Kansas Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Pages 782-784, Transcribed
by: Millie Mowry)
SNYDER, ELMORE W.
Elmore W. Snyder is one of the substantial citizens whose sound business judgment, energy and ability as a financier
has helped to give Leavenworth its high standing among the cities of the West. He was born in Wayne county, New
York, Nov. 30, 1850, being the oldest son of Col. James W. and Sarah A. (O'Neill) Snyder, both natives of Wayne
county. James Snyder was a farmer, but at the call for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted
in the Ninth New York artillery, and was elected captain of Company A. He took part in various engagements, among
them those of Cedar Creek and Winchester, and served until the close of the war, having been commissioned colonel
for gallantry in action.
Elmore W. Snyder received his education at Union Seminary and soon after leaving school accepted a position as
bookkeeper with a manufacturing firm in Rochester, N. Y. In 1876 he determined to go west and located in Illinois,
but two years later removed to Washington county,. Kansas, where, with his brother, in 1878, he organized the first
banking house of Clifton, under the firm name of Snyder Brothers. In 1879 this firm established the Bank of Clifton,
with E. W. Snyder as president, which position he retained for a number of years, this bank afterward being reorganized
as the First National Bank of Clifton. Mr. Snyder removed to Leavenworth in 1883, and became a member of the firm
of Snyder & Denton, grain merchants. The business grew so rapidly that within a short time he was forced to
dispose of his interests in Clifton in order to devote all his time to business in Leavenworth. During his partnership
with Mr. Denton the firm built the Kansas Central Elevator, which has become one of the industrial landmarks of
Leavenworth. In 1888 the Manufacturers' National Bank of Leavenworth was organized, with Mr. Snyder as president,
and which position he has since filled. This institution was located in the Wulfenkuler Building until 1910, when
they purchased the Masonic Building, at the corner of Delaware avenue and Fourth street. After remodeling this
building and equipping their banking offices with the most modern fixtures and one of the most substantial bank
vaults in the state, they moved to their new location in the fall of 1910. Mr. Snyder has not confined himself
to banking entirely, for it was through his efforts that the plan of building a bridge across the Missouri river
at Leavenworth was again taken up and agitated: In 1892 he interested Vinton Stillings in the idea and a company
was formed, known as the Leavenworth Terminal Railway & Bridge Company, with a capital stock of $600,000. Mr.
Snyder was president for seventeen years, and he and Mr. Stillings were the principal stockholders of the company..
A steel bridge, 1,010 feet in length, was erected and opened for the public Jan. 1, 1894. Over this bridge three
railroads were able to enter the city: The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific,
and the Chicago & Great Western. In addition to the bridge the company built a terminal depot and store house,
for the accommodation of passengers and freight. The success of the enterprise, which was one of great magnitude,
shows the good judgment, energy and ability of the men who conceived the idea. Mr. Snyder is president of the Home
Riverside Coal Company, which owns and operates three mines, employing over 700 men. He is also a member of the
State Bankers' Association, and was its vice-president in 1898. Business interests have prevented Mr. Snyder taking
an active part in politics. He has always been a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and has served as chairman
of the county central committee. He was president of the city council one year and represented the first ward in
the council four years. The nomination for mayor of Leavenworth, which was tendered him, was declined, but his
interest in educational matters induced him to become a member of the board of education. In 1896 he was the Republican
nominee for the state senate, and though opposed by a Fusion ticket, he came within 130 votes of being elected.
While living in Rochester, N. Y., he joined the Masonic order, and is now connected with Leavenworth Lodge, No.
2, Free and Accepted Masons; Leavenworth Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Leavenworth Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar;
and Abdallah Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the American Order of United Workmen.
In 1877 Mr. Snyder married Fannie M. Benson, a daughter of Lafayette Benson, a merchant of Brandon, Vt., who subsequently
removed to Gardner, Ill., where he died. Mrs. Snyder was educated at the Evanston Female Academy, Evanston, Ill.
She takes an active interest in club work, is a member of the Art League and was one of the women who assisted
in the organization of the Leavenworth Library Association, and was president of that organization at the time
the Carnegie library was built. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have two sons: Charles E., who is the cashier of the Merchants'
National Bank of Leavenworth, and has served as representative in the lower house of the state legislature, and
Ira Benson, who is one of the leading merchants of Leavenworth. The family are members of St. Paul's Episcopal
church. (Kansas Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Pages 789-790, Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
ATCHISON, DAVID
David Atchison, one of the prominent and progressive business men of Leavenworth, where he owns extensive coal
and, wood yards and also an ice and feed and a bill posting business, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Feb.
22, 1842, son of John and Sarah (McMaster) Atchison. His grandfather, John Atchison, Sr., was a farmer and dealer
in live stock in Ireland. He was a nephew of John and William Atchison, who settled in Virginia at an early date
and liter removed to Kentucky, the Missouri Atchison's being direct descendants of them. John Atchison, Jr., father
of David, immigrated to America, in 1846, and located at St. John's, New Brunswick, where they remained a short
time. From there the family removed to Boston, Mass., and then went to Lonsdale, six miles from Providence, R.
I. There the father followed the stone mason's trade for years. In the spring of 1857 the family came to Kansas
and located at Leavenworth. They traveled by rail to St. Louis, but as there were no railroads west of Jefferson
City, Mo., at that time, they traveled by boat from St. Louis to Leavenworth. There John Atchison followed the
stone mason's trade and also contracted for buildings. A year later he opened up a farm in Platte county, Missouri,
where he died in the fall of 1862. His wife, a native of Scotland, removed to County Tyrone, Ireland, when a child.
There she met and married John Atchison, Jr., and she died at Lonsdale, R. I., of cholera in 1855. David is the
third child of the family, and the others were John A., deceased, who is buried in Denver; William, now living
in Illinois; Thomas, deceased, also buried in Denver; and Mary Jane, who married John Coleman of Leadville, Col.
David lived at home with his father and worked on the farm. In 1860 the father and other brothers engaged in freighting,
and David remained at home attending to the farm and was also employed in running a fishery on Bean and Sugar lakes
in Missouri during this time. In 1862 he came from Missouri to Leavenworth with a wagon load of corn and was induced,
somewhat against his will, to haul goods for the government and the settlers from Leavenworth to Forts Scott, Gibson
and Smith. During Price's raid in Kansas he served in the Nineteenth Kansas cavalry, under Capt. Tom Clark. While
on one of his freighting expeditions, in 1863, with a train of 300 wagons and 300 Union soldiers, an attack was
made by the Confederates, about five miles north of Fort Gibson. The wagon train was under escort of Captain Stout,
who was in command of the Third Wisconsin cavalry, known as the "Gray Horse Cavalry." The Confederates
numbered about 1,500 men, under command of Generals Standwaitie and Cooper, and attacked the wagon train just at
dawn, the fight lasting all day, but the Union troops, having been re-enforced by 1,000 Cherokee Indians, under
command of Colonel Shorty, retained possession of the train, drove the attacking party off, and succeeded in reaching
Fort Gibson. The Union loss was about a dozen killed and the Confederates lost about 200, as near as was ever known.
In 1865 Mr. Atchison bought ten wagons and began freighting with oxen, having five yokes for each wagon. He was
the owner and captain of the wagon train which made two trips a year to Denver and Forts Collins, Col., and Laramie
and Halleck, Wyo. During the five years he was freighting he had a number of fights with the Indians and was at
Fort Laramie while the peace commissioners, Generals Sheridan, Sherman and Sanborn, were there making a treaty
with the Sioux, Cheyenne's, Crows and other Indians. Boveaux acted as interpreter for the commission. At this time
Mr. Atchison was present and saw the Sioux Indians stampede and drive away 600 head of horses and mules belonging
to the government at Fort Laramie. As a member of the firm of Hook & Atchison he engaged in the hay and wood
contracting business at Fort Sedgwick, Col. In the spring of 1867 he started from Denver for North Platte City
and was attacked on the way by Indians, but whipped them. On this trip he found three men who had been killed by
the Indians and his party buried them a mile west of Big Springs, Neb. They were members of another freighting
party, in the employ of Mr. Penny of Nebraska City, and a Mr. Galbraith of Atchison. In 1869 Mr. Atchison contracted
to deliver cord wood at Forts Fetterman and Steele, in Wyoming. On his return to Leavenworth, the same year, he
began to deal in coal, wood and ice, and sub-sequently was one of the pioneers in erecting large ice houses before
artificial ice was manufactured in Kansas. In 1878 he went into the bill posting business, which he has conducted
ever since and still owns and controls that business in Leavenworth, exclusively; and from 1880 to 1883 was manager
of the new opera house at Leavenworth. Mr. Atchison is regarded by his associates as one of the most progressive
business men in Leavenworth. For five years before the city waterworks were built he contracted and successfully
watered the streets. During the territorial period he was a stanch free-state man and always supported the Republican
party. During Governor Humphrey's administration he served one term as president of the board of police commissioners
with great credit to himself.
On Jan. 28, 1868, Mr. Atchison married Anna Ward,
a native of Waterloo, Monroe county, Illinois, who came to Leavenworth, in 1855, with her parents-Hugh and Jane
Ward. The father built and became the proprietor of the Illinois Hotel. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Atchison : Clara Jane married ,John Fry of Topeka, Kan.; Mary Mage is the wife of W. J. Black of Chicago, traffic
manager of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; Anna Veronica is the wife of Lee Bond, county attorney
of Leavenworth county, Kansas; Gertrude Harriet is the wife of Hiram Wilson of the Great Western Stove Company
of Leavenworth; Sarah Theresa is at home; David Ward is engaged in the lumber business in Chattanooga, Tenn.; and
Lottie Lee married Edward T. Wilder, architect, a member of the firm of Wilder & Wite of Kansas City, Mo. (Kansas
Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Pages 795-797 - Page 795-797- Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
MARTIN, WILLIAM
WALLACE
William Wallace Martin, soldier, lawyer and state-man, was born at Martin Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana,
Nov. 12, 1840, son of distinct Owen and Sarah (Reese) Martin. His parents were Virginians, descended from a long
line of Scotch-Irish ancestors, who settled in that state at an early day. In 1841 the family removed to Boone
county, Indiana, and William's early life was spent on a back wood's farm near of Thorntown, where he attended
the district school held in a log house during the winter months. In 1860 he entered the academy, at Thorntown,
to gain a more liberal education. After leaving school he began to read law, but at the call for volunteers enlisted
as a private in Company G, Fifty-fifth Indiana infantry, in 1862. He was wounded at the battle of Richmond, Ky.,
and was mustered out in August. As soon as he recovered from his wound he reenlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth
Indiana infantry, and was promoted to first sergeant for gallantry at the battle of Tazwell, Tenn. He served in
the Kentucky Burton campaign against Morgan and in the Ninth corps, under Burnside. Subsequently he was transferred
to the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana infantry with the rank of second lieutenant, and served until mustered
out of the service, Aug. 4, 1865, at Stevenson Station, Va. In the fall of 1865 he entered the law department of
the University of Michigan and upon examination was admitted to the senior class, graduating with it in the spring
of 1866. He immediately started west and was admitted to the Kansas bar, at Lawrence, in May. He located at Fort
Scott and formed a partnership with Gen. C. W. Blair. He soon began to take an active part in local politics; was
elected police judge of Fort Scott, probate judge of Bourbon county for two terms, was appointed register of the
United States Land Office at Independence, Kan., serving in that capacity from 1873 to 1878. Upon his return to
Fort Scott in 1881, he reentered political life and was appointed city attorney in 1885, but resigned when elected
to the state senate on the Republican ticket from the Seventh district. After receiving the nomination he made
a strong campaign against the Democratic and Union-Labor parties, and proved himself an orator of great ability
and a ready debater. He was elected by a majority of over 800. During his term as senator he was chairman of the
committee on state library and a member of the committees on judiciary, judicial appointment, mines and mining,
and manufacturing and industrial pursuits. He introduced the bill making it a felony to give or sell to any inmate
of any state or national military home any liquor or drug that would intoxicate or stupefy. He has always been
an untiring worker in behalf of the o1d soldiers, served as judge-advocate of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department
of Kansas, and in 1900 was elected department commander of the order. He is also a member of the Loyal Legion.
In 1891 Governor Humphrey appointed him state agent for Kansas at Washington, to succeed Samuel J. Crawford.
On April 24, 1866, Mr. Martin married Caroline Mills, of Thorntown, Ind., sister of Brig.-Gen. Anson Mills, United
States Army. Mrs. Martin died in 1878, leaving two children: Carl A., who served with distinction as first lieutenant
of the Twenty-fifth infantry during the Spanish-American war and later in the Philippines, and is still an officer
in the regular army; and Nellie, who died at St. Mary's Convent, at Leavenworth. In 1882 Mr. Martin married Elizabeth
Truby, of Independence, Kan. Two children have been born to them: Truby C., second lieutenant field artillery,
United States Army, and Elizabeth. In August, I90I, Mr. Martin was appointed treasurer of the National Military
Home at Leavenworth, Kan., with rank of major, and has since discharged the duties of that office. (Kansas Biography,
1912, Vol. III, Part 2, Pages 818-819, Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
McCLAUGHRY, ROBERT
WILSON
Robert Wilson McClaughry, warden of the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., was born at Fountain Green,
Ill., July 22, 1839, a son of Matthew and Mary (Hume) McClaughry. The father was born at Kortright, N. Y., Jan.
3, 1803, and died in 1879. He was a grandson of Richard McClaughry, who came from Ireland in 1765, and during the
Revolution served as a private in a New York regiment which took part in the battle of Bennington and assisted
in the capture of Burgoyne. The ancestry on both sides are of Scotch or Scotch-Irish stock. One of the family served
in William's army at the battle of the Boyne, and another was a dragoon under Cromwell. Mary Hume, the mother,
was a daughter of Robert and Catherine (Rose) Hume, her mother having been a daughter of Hugh Rose. Matthew McClaughry
and his family removed from New York to Illinois in 1838 and began farming on the frontier.
Educational advantages of that day were limited, and Robert acquired the rudiments of an English education in the
old log school house, attending school in winter and working on the farm in summer. With the assistance of the
Presbyterian minister of Fountain Green, under whom he studied algebra and Latin; he prepared himself for college.
In 1856 he entered Monmouth College as a member of the first class, graduated in 1860, and that he improved his
time is seen in the fact that he was offered the professorship in Latin by his Alma Mater, immediately upon his
graduation. This position he occupied for a year, when failing health caused him to resign. In August, 1861, he
located at Carthage, Ill., where he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, A. J. Griffith, for the publication
of the "Carthage Republican." Mr. McClaughry had cast his first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas,
in 1860, and, like Mr. Douglas, was earnest and enthusiastic in his support of the Union. Under his editorial manage-ment
the "Republican" acquired the reputation of being a "red-hot" Union sheet. On Aug. 15, 1862,
having disposed of his interest in the paper, Mr. McClaughry enlisted as a private in what subsequently became
Company B, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois infantry. He was soon elected captain of the company, and upon the
organization of the regiment was made major, being mustered in with that rank in November. The regiment was ordered
to Memphis, Tenn., where it joined the expedition then fitting out under General Sherman to operate against Vicksburg.
In the campaigns against that point during the winter of 1862-63, via the Yazoo, and in the operations against
Arkansas Post and Young's Point, Major McClaughry was always with his regiment, which was usually well in front
when there was fighting to be done. In the spring of 1863 his regiment was attached to General Osterhaus' division
of the Thirteenth corps and participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, after which it was transferred
to the Department of the Gulf, mounted, and attached to the cavalry division commanded by Gen. A. L. Lee. With
this gallant and intrepid officer Mr. McClaughry served in the campaigns through western Louisiana during the fall
of 1863, and until sent home sick from New Orleans. He was detached on recruiting service until in May, 1864, President
Lincoln appointed him paymaster in the United States army. He was assigned to duty at Springfield, in September,
1864, and remained there until some months after the war closed, paying off the soldiers as they were mustered
out. In the political campaign of 1864 he became affiliated with the Republican party, the question of continuing
the war being the paramount issue. Taking a month's furlough, he canvassed the state, advocating the reelection
of Mr. Lincoln and a vigorous prosecution of the war. At his own request he was honorably discharged, Oct. 13,
1865, to enable him to accept the nomination for county clerk of his native county of Hancock, to which office
he was elected in November and served until Dec. 1, 1869. In the meantime he had become interested in some stone
quarries near Keokuk, Iowa, and had received the contract for furnishing stone for the foundation of the new state
capitol at Springfield. When this contract was completed in 1870, he removed to St. Louis, having purchased an
interest in the stone quarried at Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Finding the climate of St. Louis uncongenial to himself and
family, he removed to Monmouth, Ill., in 1872, and a part of the following year he spent in Colorado, to regain
his health. In the summer of 1874 he became a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress, but in the
midst of the campaign was called by the unanimous vote of the board of commissioners to the position of warden
of the Illinois state penitentiary. He withdrew his name as a candidate for Congress,, accepted the position of
warden, and remained in charge of prison affairs there until Dec. 1, 1888, when he resigned to accept the invitation
of the State of Pennsylvania to organize its new state reformatory, where he remained until May 15, 1891, when
he was appointed chief of police by Mayor Washburne, in which position he remained until in August, 1893, when
Governor Altgeld appointed him superintendent of the Illinois state reformatory. On March 1, 1897, he again assumed
the duties of warden of the Illinois state penitentiary, by appointment of Governor Tanner, and remained in that
place until July 1, 1899, since which time he has occupied his present position.. In all the various positions
he has held in connection with penal institutions he has proved to be the right man for the place, and he can look
back over his thirty-five years' experience with a conscientious recollection of duty well performed.
In June, 1862, Mr. McClaughry was happily married to Miss Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James G. Madden, of Monmouth,
Ill., and they have five children: Charles C. is superintendent of the State Train-ing School for Boys at Boonville,
Mo.; Arthur C. is a commission merchant in Chicago; Matthew W. is special agent of the United States Bureau of
Criminal Identification, with headquarters in Chicago; John G. has charge of the Bureau of Identification of the
Indiana State Reformatory at Jeffersonville; and Mary C. is the wife of First Lieut. James B. Henry, of the Thirteenth
United States cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley. Major McClaughry is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic
and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He is a Presbyterian in his church affiliations, and has served as trustee
of Monmouth and Knox colleges. In 1895 he was a delegate to the International Congress at Paris. (Kansas Biography,
Vol. III, Part 2, Pages 810-812, Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
DASSLER, CHARLES
F. W.
Charles F. W. Dassler, lawyer, is well known, not only in Leavenworth where he resides, but also all over the country,
as one of the ablest and most accurate law writers of the present day. The list of his books at the end of this
biography shows that his life has been a busy one, helpful to his profession and casts upon him great credit and
honor. Mr. Dassler was born in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3, 1852, a son of John G. and Mary (Hintze) Dassler, natives
of Germany, who emigrated from the Fatherland about 1849. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are living.
The mother died in 1866 and thee father carried on his mercantile business until his death at St. Louis in, 1889.
Charles F. W. Dassler received his academic education in the public and private schools of his native city. In
1868 he came to Kansas and located at Salina, but returned to St. Louis to fit himself for the profession of law.
He entered the law department of Washington University, in which he graduated in 1873 with the degree of Bachelor
of Laws. He was admitted to practice in Missouri, but at once came to Leavenworth and was admitted to the Kansas
bar. Since that time he has devoted his entire life to the various branches of his profession and the compilation
and editing of the various law books which have made his name so well known throughout the state and country. He
takes an active interest in local and national affairs. He has been twice elected city attorney, twice elected
councilman and has served on the board of education and acted as its president. He is a Democrat in politics. In
1880 he was a candidate for the state senate and, although the district was largely Republican, he was defeated
by only thirty votes. Upon several occasions he has acted as judge pro tern of the district court and, in 1910,
was the Democratic candidate for judge of the supreme court.
In 1880 Mr. Dassler married Mrs. Lee L. Marsh, a native of Ohio. They have one son, John Carl.
The list of Mr. Dassler's books, referred to above, is as follows: 1874, Dassler's Kansas Digest, 1 vol.; 1876,
Dassler's Kansas Statutes, 2 Vols.; 1879, Compiled Laws of Kansas, 1 vol.; 1880, Dassler's Kansas Digest, 1 vol.;
1881, Compiled Laws of Kansas, 1 vol.; 1881, Kansas Addendum, Green's Pleading and Practice, 1 vol.; 1881, reprint
of McCahon's Reports, and vol. 1, Kansas Reports with notes and additional cases, 1 Vol.; 1882, reprint of vols.
2 and 3, Kansas Reports, with notes, 2 vols.; 1883, reprint of vol. 4, Kansas Reports, with notes, 1 vol.; 1883,
Leavenworth City Ordinances, 1 vol.; 1884, reprint vols. 5, 6 and 7 Kansas Reports, with notes, 3 vols.; 1885,
Kansas Digest, vol. II, 1 vol.; 1885, Compiled Laws of Kansas, 1 vol.; 1885, reprints of vols. 8, 9, 10 and 11,
Kansas Reports, with notes, 4 vols.; 1886, Kansas Addendum, Green's Pleading and Practice, Second Edition, 1 vol.;
1886, reprint vols. 12, 13, 14, 15, 21 and 22, Kansas Reports, with notes, 6 vols.; 1887, reprint vols. 23, 24,
25, 26. 27, 28 and 29, Kansas Reports, with notes, 7 vols.; 1893, Kansas Form Book, 1 vol.; 1894, Kansas Digest,
new vol. II ; 1899, General Statutes of Kansas; 1902, Kansas Digest, Reports ; 1901, General Statutes of Kansas;
1905, General Statutes of Kansas; 1907, Supplement of Kansas Digest; 1909, Second Supplement Kansas Digest; 1909,
General Statutes of Kansas and several other legal works. At this writing he is engaged on a work on the subject
of taxation, and also in the preparation of a book on legal forms. (Kansas Biography, Vol. III, Part 2, Pages 812-813
Transcribed by: Millie Mowry)
ALLAN, SARAH EDNA GREEVER
Sarah Edna Greever Allan, prominent clubwoman, was born in Wyandotte County, Kansas, April 21, 1874, daughter of
George W. and Sarah (Poterfield) Greever. The father a native of Virginia, was born March 10, 1831, and died at
Tonganoxie, July 1, 1893. His father was a planter in the old dominion, a native of Scotland, and a Presbyterian.
During the war of the Revolution he served in the Continental Army. At the close of the war he purchased a farm
at Newmarket, Missouri, later moving to Wyandotte County. He was a member of the Kansas legislature (1876-78; 1884-86),
elected on the Deomcratic ticket. His family is listed among the First Families of Virginia.
Sarah Poterfield Greever was born in Virginia in 1833, and died in Wyandotte County, September 4, 1875. She was
a devoted wife and mother, the daughter of John Poterfield, who was a Revolutionary soldier and a planter in Virginia.
Sarah Edna Greever attended the public schools of Tonganoxie until April 30, 1891, and has completed a six year
course in Delphian work. On February 16, 1898, she was married to William Charles Allan at Tonganoxie. Mr. Allan,
who is a merchant, was born at Reno, Kansas, September 8, 1875. There are three children, Grace E., born December
20, 1899, who married George W. Lawrence, Charles G., July 10, 1902, and Greever Poterfield, October 25, 1910.
Grace was a teacher in public and high school before her marriage, while Charles and Greever are both graduates
of Kansas University and belong to Sigma Phi Upsilon.
A Democrat, Mrs. Allan has always taken an active interest in the work of her party, and in 1932 served as a delegate
to the Democratic state convention. She is the author of many articles for club papers and has broadcasted for
the Federation of Women's Clubs. She is a contributor to National Club woman, for the Federation of Women's Clubs.
She has been extremely active in the organization of study clubs in the state and at the present time is state
chairman of education for Kansas in the Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs. She is a past director president of
her own district, having held that office in 1920. She is a member of the Woman's Kansas Day Club (second vice-president);
the Parent Teachers Association; the Civic Study Club; and the Civic League of Tonganoxie, of which she is a charter
member. She has been president of the ladies' association of the Congregational Church for five years, and is a
former Sunday School teacher.
Since 1917 Mrs. Allan has been chairman of Tonganoxie chapter of the American Red Cross. During all of this period
she has given her undivided time to home service. She has also been active and has held various offices in the
Women's Christian temperance Union, and for several years has been a member of the public library board.
Mrs. Allan is past matron of Rinda chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, has served on the committee of fratneral
correspondence for the Kansas grand chapter, and has served as grand representative to California from the state
of Kansas. She enjoys basketball, while her hobbies are club and religious work. Residence: Tonganoxie. (Illustriana
Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933,Page 20)
PERKINS, HENRY CLAY
Henry Clay Perkins, of Perkins & Son, civil
engineers and surveyors, of Leavenworth, was born at Homer, Cortland county, New York, April 16, 1832, a son of
Augustus and Martha (Williamson) Perkins. His parents were both natives of Vermont, who removed to New York state.
They belonged to some of the early New England families, who settled in the country at an early day.
Henry C. Perkins received his elementary education in the schools of East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York,
and then studied civil engineering, which profession he has followed all his life. In 1854 the family moved to
Danville, Ind., and lived there for ten years. On Jan. 10, 1862, Mr. Perkins enlisted as a private in the Fifty-third
Indiana infantry, and served under Col. Walter Q. Gresham. The next year he was promoted to first lieutenant and
adjutant. He was at the siege of Vicksburg, at Atlanta, and was with General Sherman during his famous march to
the sea. At the close of the war he returned to Danville, but two years later went to Indianapolis, where he was
engaged in railroad work. In 1886 he came to Leavenworth, where he has since resided. Mr. Perkins is one of the
pioneer railroad construction men of the country, having built some of the first roads in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas and Utah. He helped build the first line of the Chicago & Alton, and the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy, from Naples to Hannibal, Mo. He has also been engaged in civil engineering and general construction
work. Mr. Perkins served three terms as county surveyor, and is one of the well known men of Leavenworth. He was
reared in the Republican party, casting his first vote for John C. Fremont. He has always taken an active part
in politics, and works in the interest of the party. He is a member and acting quartermaster of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Custer Post, No. 6.
In 1855 Mr. Perkins married Mary L. Steel, and three children were born to the union--two of whom are living: Mrs.
E. T. Joslin, of Spencer, Ind., and C. F. Perkins, who is an express messenger on the Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati
& St. Louis railroad, running between Cleveland and Cincinnati. Mrs. Perkins died in 1865 and Mr. Perkins married
Martha A. King for his second wife. She was a native of Fulton. Mo., and was reared in Danville, Ind. Three children
were born to them, Henry Clay, and two who died in infancy. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age
of fourteen years began to study surveying with his father, and has been engaged in general engineering, construction
work and as surveyor, and has served two terms as county surveyor of Leavenworth county. He married Annetta McCreary,
of Atchison county, and five children have been born to them: Cora, William, Albert, Margaret, and Louise. Mr.
Perkins was reared in the beliefs of the Republican party, is one of its stanch supporters, and always does his
part toward winning victories at the polls. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 837-838 Transcribed
by: Millie Mowry)
HEYNEN, WILLIAM
William Heynen, the owner and editor of the "Tonganoxie
Mirror" and secretary of the Building & Loan Association of Tonganoxie, was horn in Somerville, N. J.,
June 19, 1866, a son of Henry and Fredericka (Eichhorn) Heynen. His father was born in the province of Prussia,
Germany, and his mother in Saxony, Germany. Believing there was more chance of success in the New World Mr. Heynen
emigrated from the Fatherland and located in New Jersey, soon after reaching the United States, and there William
was born. The same year the family came west and located at Tonganoxie, Kan. In 1882 he became connected with the
"Tonganoxie Mirror" and, on Feb. 1, 1886, bought the controlling interest in the paper. It was established
in May, 1882, by George R. Broadbere, and the following November Mr. Heynen entered the office and has always been
connected with the publication in some capacity. The "Mirror" met with the usual opposition and competition
during thee early days, but is now established upon a sound financial foundation. It is a weekly periodical, has
a large circulation and is the only paper published in the southern part of Leavenworth county. In 1896 a company
organized the Tonganoxie Creamery Association and later Mr. Heynen became the president of the organization. Through
the personal efforts of himself and his associates and by means of the "Mirror" they endeavored to build
up the creamery industry around Tonganoxie. In this they were markedly successful, and Tonganoxie became the most
important dairy section in Kansas. In July, 1895, the Tonganoxie Building & Loan Association was organized
with Mr. Heynen as secretary, which position he still holds. He has been identified with several other local enterprises,
among them being the Tonganoxie telephone exchange. Finding that his paper demanded more and more of his time Mr.
Heynen disposed of his creamery and telephone interests in 1908 when his associates in the enterprises sold out.
Mr. Heynen's father died in 1869 and since that time he has maintained a home for his mother and sister. His brother,
Henry, is the local agent of the Union Pacific railroad at St. Marys Kan. Although a young man Mr. Heynen is regarded
as one of the most prosperous and substantial members of the community in which he lives and is one of the coming
young business men of Leavenworth county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. (Kansas Biographical, Part
2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 847-848, Transcribed as written by: Millie Mowry)
TODD, WILLIAM NEELY
William Neely Todd, president of the Bittman-Todd
Grocery Company, one of the oldest and best known mercantile concerns of the city of Leavenworth, was born in Ohio
county, Virginia (now West Virginia), Dec. 1, 1850. He is a son of Thomas and Susan M. (Smith) Todd, both natives
of Virginia, where members of the Todd family were prominent for generations. The parents removed to Leavenworth
in the territorial days, and there they passed the remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1860 and the mother
in 1908. Joseph Todd, a Methodist minister, was one of the founders of the city of Leavenworth, having located
there in 1855. He was a strong pro-slavery man, while Thomas Todd, the father of the subject of this sketch, was
just as ardently opposed to slavery. Joseph Todd finally removed to Missouri, where he died.
William N. Todd landed in Leavenworth on July 1, 1857, having made the journey from Virginia via the Ohio, Mississippi
and Missouri rivers, and began his business career as an errand boy in the house of which he is now the executive
head. The Bittman-Todd Company was founded in 1858 by Cochran & Bittman. In the early '60s O. B. Taylor purchased
an interest in the business and the firm became Cochran, Bittman & Taylor. Mr. Taylor withdrew in 1890, and
in 1894 the business was incorporated with G. M. Bittman as president; W. N. Todd, vice-president; and J. M. Gable,
secretary and treasurer. Mr. Bittman's death, in 1902; led to a reorganization of the company. The present officers
(1911) are: W. N. Todd, president; E. E. Bittman, vice-president; T. L. Todd, secretary and treasurer. This house
was one of the first wholesale establishments west of the Missouri, and during the half century of its existence
has always done a prosperous wholesale business. Its location on Main street, in the center of the business district,
is admirable for its purposes, and probably no business institution in the city is more widely or more favorably
known. From errand boy Mr. Todd worked his way up to the position of traveling salesman. The persevering disposition
inherited from a sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry would not permit him to be satisfied until he had mastered all the
details of the business, and the result is seen in the fact that today he stands at the head of one of the substantial
commercial houses of the Sunflower State. His fraternal relations are with the time-honored Masonic fraternity.
While he takes a commendable interest in public affairs, the only offices he has ever held were those of city councilman
and member of the school board, positions that pay only a small salary, and accepted mainly because he felt that
it is the duty of every American citizen to make some concession .to the common welfare.
In 1882 Mr. Todd and Miss Hattie Allen of Leavenworth were united in marriage, and this union has been blessed
with the following children: Thomas L., now secretary and treasurer of the Bittman-Todd Company; Henry A., one
of the buyers for the company; Sue A., Josephine, and William N., Jr., who resides at the parental home. (Kansas
Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 844-845, Transcribed as written by: Millie Mowry)
COE, WALTER B. M. D.
Walter B. Coe, M. D., one of the leading members
of the medical profession of Tonganoxie, was born at Tipton, Iowa, July 24, 1868, a son of John P. and Abbie (Soule)
Coe. His father was born in Geneva, N. Y., where he was reared and educated. Like so many young men of the Eastern
States he determined to seek his fortune in the West and went to Bellevue, Ohio. In 1858 he removed to Cedar county,
Iowa, where he became a very successful farmer. Mr. Coe believed in modern methods of farming and demonstrated
that they paid. About 1895 he came to Kansas City but lived there only a short time before he located in Tonganoxie,
where he lived to the hearty old age of eighty-one years,, dying in 1909. Mrs. Coe now resides in Kansas City with
one of her sons. Her parents were natives of Ohio, where she was born. She was reared and educated in her native
state and became one of the pioneer' teachers. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coe : Dr. C. M. Coe of
Kansas City, proprietor of the Coe Sanatarium; William Sherman with the Crane-Churchill Pump Company of Omaha,
Neb., and Walter B., who was reared on his father's farm in Cedar county, Iowa, and educated in the public schools.
He attended the high school at Jefferson, Iowa, subsequently graduating in the high school at Des Moines, Iowa.
After leaving school Mr. Coe entered the office of the "Omaha Republic" and learned the printer's trade
and book binding. He worked there for about five years and decided to enter college. With this end in view he went
to Akron, Ohio, and matriculated in Buchtel College. While there he became interested in medicine and determined
to devote his life to that calling; entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill., and graduated with the class of
1896. Within a short time after receiving his degree Dr. Coe located at Tonganoxie, where he has since been engaged
in the practice of his profession. He is a general practitioner and for years has been the local surgeon for the
Union Pacific railroad. The Doctor is popular and has built up a gratifying and lucrative practice.
Dr. Coe's first wife was Carrie L. Troxell, a native of Jefferson, Iowa. She died in 1899, leaving one child, Archie,
who died in 1910. In 1901 Dr. Coe married May E., the daughter of John Grist of Tonganoxie. For a number of years
Mr. Grist was a contractor on the Union Pacific railroad; but is now living retired at his home at Tonganoxie.
Dr. Coe is a member of the county, state and American medical societies; a member of the American Association of
Railroad Surgeons; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America, and the
Fraternal Aid Association. (Kansas Biography, part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 858-589, Transcribed as written by:
Millie Mowry)
HEIS, FREDERICK
Frederick Heis, the leading marble and granite
dealer of Leavenworth, and a manufacturer of all kinds of cut stone, was born at Epingen, Baden, Germany, April
22, 1847. He was one of a family of four children, three of whom are still living: Louisa, Tinna and Frederick.
The parents emigrated from the Fatherland in 1853, and located at Cleveland, Ohio, where the father was employed
at the Union Station for twenty-five years. The father is dead, but the mother lives with a daughter in Cleveland,
having reached the hale old age of eighty-eight years. Frederick was educated in the public schools of Cleveland
and then learned the marble cutter's trade with Jones & Son, of that city, where he had exceptional opportunities
of learning to model in clay under a man named Walcott, who was employed by the Jones Company. He also studied
under a sculptor and readily took to that branch of the work, spending all his spare time in modeling and sculpturing.
Mr. Heis remained in Cleveland until he was twenty years of age and then determined to seek his fortunes in the
West and. located in St. Louis in 1867. From there he went to Boonville, Mo., as a journeyman and subsequently
ran a branch shop in Sedalia for six months. In 1868 he came to Leavenworth and entered the employ of Luellen Eckelberry,
who founded his business in 1856, making it the oldest marble works in Kansas. Within a short time Mr. Heis became
the foreman of the shop and worked in that capacity for years. He then bought an interest in the business which
was run under the firm name of Eckelberry & Heis. In 1876 Mr. Eckelberry sold out to a Mr. Burdett and the
new partnership continued until 1885, when Mr. Heis bought the controlling interest in the works, which he has
continued to run by himself. Mr. Heis has introduced all the modern machinery in his factory, has compressed air
and is equipped to do all kinds of marble and granite work. The business covers eastern Kansas and a large part
of Missouri. Mr. Heis now spends a part of his time on the road in the interest of his business, but devotes some
time to sculptural work. Some of the work he has done is the statue of Major Wiggins, at Mount Muncie cemetery;
the eagle in the grand hall at Fort Leavenworth; the statue of Governor Robinson; the bas relief of D. R. Anthony;
the bust of Lincoln, and the soldiers' monument at Olathe, Kan. In 1876 he cut a vase out of the Lansing limestone
and exhibited it at the Centennial exposition at Philadelphia. Mr. Heis is a member of the Knights of Pythias and
chancellor commander of that order, is now clerk of the Woodmen of the World, and has served for a long time as
president of the Fraternal Aid Association. In politics he is a Republican and a stanch supporter of the party.
Mr. Heis was married in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867, to Miss Minnie Wollman of that city. They have seven children:
Fred, Jr., Atlantic, Iowa; Minnie married John Baunlein, St. Joseph, Mo.; Lottie A., bookkeeper in her father's
office; Hattie, at home; Benjamin F., with his father in the business; Anettie, a teacher in Leavenworth; and Rubie,
at home. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 857-858, Transcribed as written by: Millie Mowry)
BROWN, THOMAS J.
Thomas J. Brown, the popular sheriff of Leavenworth
county, was born in Platte county, Missouri, Oct. 30, 1870, a son of Felix C. and Jincy A. (Bleakley) Brown, both
of whom were born in Missouri and now reside in Leavenworth. The family moved to Leavenworth, in 1883, and Thomas
received his education in the public schools of the city and then graduated in the Central Business College, Leavenworth,
with credit. After finishing his education he went to Salina, Kan., and learned telegraphy. He became an expert
operator and accepted a position with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad in Nebraska, and remained with
the road for three years. Severing his connection with that corporation Mr. Brown returned to Leavenworth, Kan.,
and engaged in business for himself until 1898, when he became deputy sheriff under Sheriff Peter Everhardy, and
served in that capacity for five years. He was undersheriff for Sheriff Stance Meyers until elected to the office
of sheriff himself, in 1906. Mr. Brown assumed the duties of his position in 1907, and is now serving his second
term, having the honor of being elected on the Democratic ticket in a Republican district, and polled the largest
vote cast for that office. He is popular with the people of the county, a man of great courage, but kind hearted,
and has filled the office with great credit to himself and the satisfaction of his constituents.
On April 17, 1899, Mr. Brown married Anna K. Taschetta, a native of Leavenworth. Her father, Peter Taschetta,
was born in Switzerland, but immigrated to America at an early day, and was one of the pioneer settlers in Kansas.
Two sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown: Felix, ten years of age, and Thomas J., who is six. Mr. Brown is
a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen of America. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912,
Pages 876-877, Transcribed as written by, Millie Mowry)
WELLHOUSE,
FREDERICK
Frederick Wellhouse, horticulturist, was born in
Chippewa, Wayne county, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1828, where he spent his early childhood, until the family removed to a
farm at Copley in Summit county, ten miles west of Akron. His father died when he was fifteen years of age and
the management of the farm fell upon his eldest brother, George, and himself. He married early and settled on a
farm near the home place, living there until 1853, when he removed to Christian county, Illinois, having bought
prairie land one mile south of Grove City, which he improved and farmed for five years, removing in 1858 to Indianapolis,
Ind., where in partnership with J. N. Ray he edited and published the Indiana Farmer for one year. In September,
1859, he came to Leavenworth, Kan. He purchased land one mile southwest of the junction of the Atchison and Fort
Riley roads, eight miles west of Leavenworth, improved the same and entered into partnership with James Bosley,
in the growing and sale of young fruit trees. In 1862 he removed his residence to a place called Pleasant Ridge,
one mile east of the junction above mentioned, engaged in the nursery business and in raising sweet potatoes. Five
years later he removed to the western suburbs of Leavenworth to a place between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
on Kiowa street, still continuing his nursery and sweet potato business until 1875, when he began the planting
of commercial orchards, and up to 1903 he had planted the following: Glenwood, Leavenworth county, 117 acres; Miami
county, 160 acres; Fairmount, Leavenworth county, 160 acres; Osage county, 800 acres; and Summit, Leavenworth county,
400 acres. He owned 1,600 acres devoted exclusively to apple culture and was known as the "apple king of the
world," and at one time a shipment of 80,000 bushels of fruit grown in his orchards was made from Leavenworth,
requiring the use of 200 freight cars. From 1879 to 1890, Mr. Wellhouse lived at Fairmount in Leavenworth county,
removing at that time to Topeka. Although he accomplished a great deal as a horticulturist and gained a wide reputation
in that field he still had time to contribute some valuable public service to his community, state and county.
In 1860 he was justice of the peace in Kickapoo township, Leavenworth county; was chairman of the board of county
commissioners of Leavenworth county, 1861 to 1863; nominated for state senator but defeated by a small majority
in 1864; elected to the legislature in 1865 and again in 1888; served in the Civil war from 1861 to 1865; was captain
of Company I, Nineteenth regiment of the Kansas State Militia; helped repel the Price raid, his command following
the enemy as far as Little Santa Fe. He was captured by Confederate guerrillas at Aubrey, Kan., in the summer of
1865, but was released by them after they had burned several houses and killed his traveling companion, a Mr. Armstrong.
Mr. Wellhouse became a member of the Kansas Horticultural Society soon after its organization, and until the time
of his death attended nearly every annual meeting; was director of the society for four years, treasurer for fifteen
years and president for ten years. He was director of the State Fair Association from 1881 to 1893 and vice-president
for four years. He assisted in making an exhibit of Kansas fruit at Richmond, Va., in 1871, also at Boston, Mass.,
at the American Institute in New York City, and the state fair at Waverly, N. J., in 1873. The Kansas exhibition
of fruit at the World's fair at Chicago in 1893 was entirely under his charge, also the Kansas fruit show at the
Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Neb., in 1898, during the last six weeks of the exhibition. He served as
director of-the State Historical Society continuously from 1888 till the time of his death, which occurred Jan.
10, 1910.. During the last few years of his life, Mr. Wellhouse made his home with his daughter, Mrs. C. A. Bullard,
at Tonganoxie, his wife having died some years before. His two daughters, Mrs. Bullard and Mrs. M. C. Moore, and
one son, Walter, secretary of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, survive him. He was one of the best known
men in his section of the state and his passing on was a matter of regret among all classes of citizens. (Kansas
Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 875-876, Transcribed as written by, Millie Mowry)
JAMESON, FREDERICK
WILLIAM
Frederick William Jameson, secretary and treasurer
of the Post Publishing Company of Leavenworth, was born at Gateshead, England, May 28, 1879, son of Edward and
Jane Ann (Stephenson) Jameson, both natives of Newcastle. The mother belongs to the same branch of the Stephenson
family as George Stephenson, the inventor of the steam locomotive. Edward Jameson came to Kansas in 1884, his family
following him the next year. He is now engaged in the real estate business in Leavenworth. Nine children were born
to Edward and Jane A. Jameson, of whom six are deceased. Those living are Arthur E., who resides at Summit, Union
county, New Jersey; Frederick W., the subject of this sketch; and Louise, the wife of John McKee of Brownwood,
wood, Tex. Frederick W. Jameson was educated in the public schools of Leavenworth, Kan., graduating in the high
school with the class of 1898. In the fall of that year he entered the University of Kansas at Lawrence for a course
in electrical engineering. Among his mother's people were several noted engineers and mechanicians, and it is probable
that he inherited some of his talent from that source. At any rate he made great progress in his studies at the
university and developed - exceptional ability as a draughtsman. He was advised by members of the faculty to make
a specialty of that work, but in the summer of 1899 he found an opportunity to engage in the publishing business
by purchasing the old "Advertiser," which he reorganized and changed the name to "Western Life,"
publishing it as a weekly until it was sold to the "Kansas Farmer," and on Aug. 18, 1905, he issued the
first number of an evening daily. Of the Post Publishing Company, Albert T. Reid of Topeka is president, and Mr.
Jameson is secretary and treasurer. The Post is a sprightly afternoon paper, giving all the general and local news
of importance. Mr. Jameson is a well known and popular figure in the fraternal circles of Leavenworth, being a
member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. On May
15, 1901, Mr. Jameson was united, in marriage with Miss Grace Howard of St. Louis, Mo., and they have three children
Ruth, Edna and Frederick. (Kansas Biography, Part 2, Vol. III, 1912, Pages 874-875, Transcribed as written by,
Millie Mowry)
