Arbuthnot, C. M. - phyiscian and surgeon, was born in Allegheny County, PA., 1852. Soon after his parents emigrated to Iowa, where they remained until 1871, coming from there to Kansas and locating in Republic County, his father, J. G. Arbuthnot, being among the early settlers of Farmington Township. Young Arbuthnot remained at home helping his father on the farm and teaching in the district schools until 1875; then attended the State Normal School at Leavenworth, and then taught two years in the southern part of the State. During this time he had been devoting all his spare moments to reading medicine, and in 1878 went to Philadelphia, Pa., and took a medical course at Jefferson College, graduating in March 1881. He then returned home and soon after located at Hubbell, Neb., but in September, 1881, returned to Republic County and began practicing medicine in Belleville, and has the largest practice in the place, meeting with spendid success. Is a young man of energy and enterprise and will be sure to rank high in the profession he has chosen as he is a close student and attends strictly to his profession; is highly repected and a man Belleville could illy (sic) afford to lose. (William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas" published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.) (Submitted by Sandy DeLauretis)

Allen, William F., merchant, was born in Savanna, Illinois in 1855. While qute young, his parents emigrated to Lyons County Iowa, and from that time until sixteen years of age, was attending school; then learned the tinners' trade, working at it until twenty one years of age. Then, in company with Mr. Carstenson, engaged in the hardware business at Lyons, Clinton County until January, 1979; then sold out and came to Kansas, locating at Scandia. Put up a store 22x50 feet, and a tinshop 12x16 feet, and warehouse 24x30 feet, put in a large stock of hardware, stoves, wire, pumps, etc., and has been ding a nice business. This has grown form $10,000 for the first year's sales, to $22,000 for the third years' sales, over 100% in trhee years; have increased their stock about 100% during this time. They also put on tin roofs, and do considerable in this line. Mr. Allen is a true businessman, and the trade they have worked up speaks well for the firm as competent merchants. Was married in 1878 at Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa, to Miss Mary Gage, of that place. They have one daughter, Dibga. Mr. Allen is a member of Scandia Lodge No. 155. O. O. F. (William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas" published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.) (Submitted by Sandy DeLauretis)


BACHELOR, JESSE GUY - Jesse Guy Bachelor, hardware and implement dealer, was born in Belleville, Kansas, September 20, 1879, son of Albert B. and Mattie J. (James) Bachelor. Albert B. Bachelor was born in Michigan, November 20, 1849, and died at Belleville, December 13, 1930. He was a school teacher in early life and later a hardware and implement dealer. He served as commissioner of Republic County. His maternal ancestors came from Wales in 1702 serving in the Revolutionary War. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland. Mattie J. James was born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 9, 1845, and died at Belleville, May 14, 1915. She was a devoted homemaker, and much interested in education. Her family lived on a farm in Ohio and later moved to Illinois. In 1885 they emigrated to Iowa and in 1862 came to Republic County. Mr. Bachelor attended public school at Belleville, and was graduated from high school there in 1897. He was a student at Kansas Normal School at Salina from 1898 until 1899, and there was a member of the baseball team and a runner in the track team. In 1929 Mr. Bachelor was manager of the Mountain State Implement Store at Twin Falls, Idaho. He is now the owner and operator of his own store at Belleville. On August 14, 1908, he was married to Marie Blanch Hinman, daughter of George B. and Arabella (Lindsay) Hinman at Bentonville, Arkansas. She is active in the Ladies Aid and in Sunday School work and before her marriage was a business woman. Her hobbies are nature and traveling. To Mr. and Mrs. Bachelor four children were born, three of whom are living: Benton, August 9, 1909, who married Florence Beckstead at Twin Falls, Idaho, February 21, 1930; Jesse Fred, April 21, 1913 who is majoring in law at the University of Kansas and who is a member of Sigma Nu; Franklin Guy, born August 19, 1917, who died as a result of an automobile accident on May 3, 1931; and William Bruce, July 31, 1920 a student in school. Mr. Bachelor is a Republican and while living at Cuba held various city offices, among them the mayorship four years. He has been treasurer of the school board eleven years. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Bachelor is assistant superintendent of the Sunday School. He is a member of Cuba Lodge No. 362 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Parent Teachers Association. In the Masons he has held all chairs in the Blue Lodge, has been district deputy grand master and is past worthy patron of Cuba Chapter No. 265 of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is now a member of Chapter No. 69 at Belleville, Commandery No. 42, of the Knights Templar and Isis Temple of the Shrine at Salina. His other memberships include the Associated Charities (chairman), the Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Club. He is a member of the Belleville Country Club. Residence: Belleville.(Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 54) (Submitted by Peggy Thompson

 BELL, WILLIAM - William was born May 10, 1844 in Glasgow, Scotland. When he was 10 years old the family immigrated to Markham Township, Toronto, Canada. In his early 20's he entered the United States coming onward to Kansas. He arrived in Scandia in 1872. In 1868 The Scandinavian Agricultural Society of Chicago selected land in Kansas on the Republic River to locate a colony. A small immigration followed and arrivbals from Chicago and the Scandinavian Peninsula built up the town until there was a population of about 1000 in 1882. In 1869 the Chicago support sent out a saw mill which was of great value to the settlers. In 1871 it was converted into a grist mill which brought business from miles around. William became the foreman and boss miller for the mill. He met and married Hattie Fancher in 1873. They had 2 daughters, Grace and Maggie. In 1875 the family moved to Hebron, Nebraska where William built and ran the mill. They moved back to Scandia in 1883. William was elected County Commissioner in 1884 and during his term a new bridge was built over the Republic river and dedicated to him. During this time he homesteaded a fram in Courtland Township. The family settled in. Grace and Maggie were in the first two graduating classes from Scandia High School. Grace married Albert Moe and Maggie married Victor Carlson. When Hattie Fancher Bell passed away in 1899 Victor and Maggie Carlson moved to the farm and worked with William. Mr. Bell died in a tragic farm accident in 1907. (submitted by Lola Jean Ferguson Overby)

BOWERSOX, JOHN R. - John R. Bowersox, prominent retired farmer, was born near Westminister, Maryland, October 25, 1842, son of David F. and Matilda (Crawford) Bowersox. David Bowersox, a miller by trade was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1811 and died at Belleville, March 6, 1884. Matilda Crawford, who was of Welsh descent, died at Belleville, on July 5, 1879. John R. Bowersox received his education through subscription and public elementary school and from the time he reached maturity until his retirement, he engaged in farming. He came to Kansas as a prospector first in 1870 driving a team from Illinois. He remained for a short while in and around Belleville, returning to Illinois. In 1871 he returned and homesteaded two miles north and six miles west - in Union township. The first time that Mr. Bowersox arrived in Belleville, there were but two houses there. He has been a leader in all the worth while activities in his community and like other true pioneers, experienced and endured all the early day hardships. In his 90th year Mr. Bowersox wrote his recollections of his entire service in the Civil War, the same being published in a December issue of the Belliville Telescope, which is a very interesting and thrilling account. He was first president of the Republic County Mutual Insurance Company. He is a Republican. On December 24, 1866, he was married to Gertrude Axer, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Frederich) Axer. She was born in New Madison, Ohio, June 24, 1844, and died at Belleville, December 24, 1928. Her parents were German. There are five children, Dora, born February 22, 1868, who married Lars Larsen; U. S. Grant, April 28, 1869, who married Ethel Howes; Minnie O., April 7, 1876, who married Dr. E. Paul Erwin; Orlie E., October 31, 1878, who married Nettie Lichtenberger, and Orville L., October 5, 1880, who married May Howes. Mr. Bowersox served in the Civil War from 1861 until 1864 as a member of Company E, 5th Ohio Cavalry. He participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Battle of Corinth, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and went as far as Atlanta under Sherman. He is a charter member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Belleville and has filled all chairs in that organization. He is a Portestant. Residence: Belleville. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 127) (Submitted by Peggy Thompson)

CAMPBELL, ROSS TURNER - Ross Turner Campbell, president of Sterling College, was born in Clifton, Ohio, December 1, 1863, the son of William Alexander and Mary Ann (Turner) Campbell. The father, a clergyman and ardent prohibitionist, was born in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1829. He died February 24, 1914. His Scotch-Irish ancestors came to America in 1790. Mary Ann Turner was born in Oxford, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1830, and died October 24, 1902. She was a teacher both before and after her marriage. She was Scotch - Irish ancestry. Educated in the elementary schools of Clifton, Ohio, until 1877, Ross Turner Campbell attended the Academy of Westminster College. He received his Master's degree in 1903 and the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1904. In 1891 he was graduated from Xenia Theological Seminary, Xenia, Ohio. On July 21, 1892, he was married to Margaret Swartwood of Oakmont, Pennsylvania. She was born in Nichols, New York, June 10, 1866, the daughter of George Harrison and Maria (Lambert) Swartwood. She was a teacher before her marriage. There are three children,k Helen S., born June 4, 1893, who married J. Wray Henry; Ross T., Jr., October 31, 1896, who married Beneda Monroe; and John W., August 15, 1904, who married Ruby Grumbein. All are teaching. Dr. Campbell served as pastor of the Hanover United Presbyterian Church at Hanover, Illinois, from 1892 until 1894, and the following ten years was principal of Pawnee Academy at Pawnee City, Nebraska. He moved to College Springs, Iowa, in 1904 to come president of Amity College, and in 1910 came to Sterling College as its president. He is the author of Outlines of Old Testament History (1910) and Class-room Lectures on the Apostle's Creed (1930). During the summer of 1930 Dr. Campbell made a trip abroad under the direction of The Travel Institute of Bible Research of New York. The main object of this trip was to tour Palestine. Sixteen foreign countries were visited and members of the party took in the Passion Play and the Mediterranean cruise. Three mounts were devoted to the trip. Dr. Campbell spent a week in Scotland visiting his cousins and viewing the country of his ancestors. Among his memberships are the United Presbyterian Church, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, and Pi Kappa Delta. He is eligible to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. His side line is delivering addresses and lecturing on the Bible. Dr. Campbell was for some six years Bible man on the Redpath Chautauqua circuit. He has three times been Bible instructor at the New Wilmington (Prennsylvania) Missionary Conference, and twice on the program of the National Young Peoples Convention of the United Presbyterian Church. He devotes one month each year to this work. He has since reaching maturity, delivered more than one hundred and fifty commencement addresses. Residence: Sterling. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 195) (submitted by Peggy Thompson)

GLEADALL, RUTH EMMA - Ruth Emma Gleadall, educator was born in Mercer County, Missouri, August 10, 1858, daughter of Anderson and Margaret (Swope) Thomas. Her father, a native of Kentucky was born February 22, 1822 and died near Virginia, Illinois, March 9, 1902. He was a farmer of English and Scotch extraction, his parents born in America. Her mother, Margaret Swope, was born in Tennessee, January 22, 1825, and died at Chandlerville, Illinois, January 8, 1879. She was of Irish ancestry. Ruth Emma Thomas attended rural school in Illinois and was a student at Chandlerville, Illinois High School. In 1878 she left Chandlerville to come to Kansas with her oldest brother William, they came overland in a covered wagon and locateda bout 5 miles northeast of Lyons. Upon their arrival they made their home with another brother, Henry. However, after a few months William returned to Illinois but Mrs. Gleadall remained. Among her most prized possessions is her first certificate to teach, pressed to her by J. FK. Farrer, the county superintendent in Rice County in 1880. She afterwards attended Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia, the University of Chicago, and the University of Boulder Colorado, where she specialized in kindergarten work since 1902, and has been a kindergarten teacher in the Sterling public schools, a period of thirty years. On September 2, 1886, she was married to Joseph T. Gledall at Lyons, Kansas. He died March 10, 1910, at Sterling. Mrs. Gleadall has been an active worker in the Sunday School of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a member of the Foreign and Home Missionary Society. She is also an active Junior League worker, and was superintendent of the primary and beginners classes for 15 years. For four years she was district superintendent of Junior League work. She is a member of the Parent Teachers Association, the Kansas State Teachers Association, the Business and Professional Womens Club, and the Mutual Improvement Society. Her hobbies are fancy work and the cultivation of flowers. Residence: Sterling. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 442) (submitted by Peggy Thompson)

GUTTERY, MARIE EVELYN - Marie Evelyn Guttery, fraternal and religious worker and writer was born in Centerville, Indiana, daughter of Marion Jasper and Sara Elizabeth (Elliott) Barr. Her father was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 27, 1844, and died at Sterling, Kansas, April 29, 1919. The mother was born at Richmond, Indiana, April 23, 1850, and died in Sterling, March 15, 1915. On December 1, 1919, Marie Evelyn Barr was married to Charles M. Guttery at Sterling. He was born at Blue Mound, Illinois, March 20, 1874, and is in the real estate and insurance business. Mrs. Guttery is the author of poems published in the Kansas Authors Bulletin and in various newspapers and magazines. She was editor of a column in the Lyons Daily News for three years and is the author of the poem, The Old Home Paper. She is a member of the First Baptist Church, past noble grand in the local Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Eastern Star. She is press chairman for the Parent Teacher's Association and for the Women's Union of the local Baptist Church. She is a member of the Mutual Improvement Club, the Sterling Music Club, the H. D. Club, the Four Square Writers Club of Rice County and the Kansas Authors Club of Topeka. Residence: Sterling. (Illustriana Kansas, by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin, 1933, Page 464) (Submitted by Peggy Thompson)