Osborne County Biographies

BIOGRAPHIES

Osborne County, Kansas

FRED W. ARNOLD

Fred W. Arnold, editor and postmaster was born at Harder, Minnesota, September 26, 1868, son of Samuel and Carrie (Hayford) Arnold.

Samuel Arnold born in Ohio, July 22, 1838, died at Vermillion, Kansas on March 18, 1914. He served in Company F, 6th Minnesota Regiment in the Civil War, and was later a merchant for a number of years. He served as postmaster at Vermillion for about 10 years.

His wife, Carrie Hayford, was born in Wisconsin, March 26, 1847 and died July 3, 1933. She was a charter member of the Order of Eastern star Chaatper at Vermillion and a charter member and an active worker in the Mutual Improvement Club.

Fred W. Arnold attended public schools at Vermillion and in May, 1890, founded the Vermillion Record. In November, 1895 he purchased the Alton Empire, and in the fall of 1898 disposed of it.

In April 1903 Mr. Arnold purchased the Valley Falls New Era at Valley Falls, which in June 1905 he sold. At that time he returned to Vermillion and engaged in the drug business for several years. On November 1, 1914, he purchased the Vermillion Times, of which he is now editor. In October, 1922 he was appointed postmaster and is still holding this position. A Republican, he served as register of deeds of Osborne County in 1898 until 1903 and in 1903 was clerk of the legislative session of that year.

His marriage to Carrie V. Gamber was solemnized at Alton, July 4, 1898. Mrs. Arnold was born at Columbia, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1879, and died at Vermillion on October 1, 1907. There are two children, Eugene Guy, born December 19, 1898, who married Goldia McCabe at Corning, Kansas, and Maurice Edgar, born May 1, 1901, who married Blanche Morton at Marysville. Eugene is associate editor of the Vermillion Times, while Maurice is a lintotype operator on Marshall County New.

At the present time Mr. Arnold is secretary of Vermillion Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Royal Arch Masons and the Knights Templar at Marysville and the Arab Shrine at Topeka. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Residence: Vermillion. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, pages 43 & 44)

BROWN, WALTER F.

Walter F. Brown, son of Foster D. Brown and Melissa Caroline Richmond, was born April 13, 1883 in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa. He was married September 12, 1917 at the M. E. parsonage in Garland, Parks County, Wyoming, by the Reverend Mr. Weary, to Blanch Etta Eastman, widow , daughter of James M. Mills and Cora M. Bradley, and she was born January 30, 1888 in Osborne, Kansas.

Children:
Bonnie Blanche Brown was born September 11, 1918 near Garland, Parks County, Wyoming.
Beth Brown was born May 5, 1920 near Garland, Wyoming.

Source: "Forney's five family records of genealogy of Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys and Studys : with historical sketches by Charles Willam Forney. Boone, Iowa: Printed for the author by the Standard Print. Co., 1931" submitted by Kim Thorp

ST CLAIR, EDWIN

Edwin St. Clair, son of James A. St. Clair and Harriett O. Lawrence, was born May 11, 1890 on Lawrence Creek, west of Portis, Osborne County, Kansas. He was married Easter Sunday morning, April 7, 1912 at the M. E. parsonage, in Portis, Kansas, by the Reverend Mr. Henslee, to Jessye Gertrude Mills, daughter of James M. Mills and Cora M. Bradley, and she was born February 8, 1891 in Edmonds, Snohomish County, Washington.

Children:
Lois St Clair was born January 19, 1913 at Portis, Osborne County, Kansas.
Elaine St Clair was born April 1, 1914 at Mound City, Linn County, Kansas.
Ganelle St Clair was born December 27, 1915 at Portis, Kansas.
Dean Edwin St Clair was born October 16, 1917 near Powell, Park County, Wyoming.
Josephine Adele St Clair was born August 11, 1919 in Park County, Wyoming.
Ruth St Clair was born November 9, 1922 at Grass Creek, Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
Rodney Ross St Clair was born August 16, 1928 in a hospital in Wyoming.

Source: "Forney's five family records of genealogy of Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys and Studys : with historical sketches by Charles Willam Forney. Boone, Iowa: Printed for the author by the Standard Print. Co., 1931" submitted by Kim Thorp)

CLARDY, CYRUS CHARLES

Cyrus Charles Clardy, son of William Wesley Clardy and Drusilla Caroline Williams, was born January 8, 1885 near Wheatland, Hickory County, Missouri. He was married June 11, 1912 at the Mills home in Portis, Osborne County, Kansas, by the Reverend Isaac Lerew, to Adele May Mills, daughter of James M. Mills and Cora M. Bradley, and she was born August 12, 1884 three miles west of Osborne, Osborne County, Kansas.

Children: William James Clardy was born June 26, 1920 near Garland, Park County, Wyoming. Gene Arthur Clardy was bom September 15, 1924 in the home of Doctor Mills, at Powell, Park County, Wyoming.

Source: "Forney's five family records of genealogy of Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys and Studys : with historical sketches by Charles Willam Forney. Boone, Iowa: Printed for the author by the Standard Print. Co., 1931" submitted by Kim Thorp)