Cutler W. Goodrich, M.D., of the medical firm of Goodrich & Wilhoite, No. 123 South Main street, Wichita, Kan., is a native of Ohio, where he was born in Athens county on September 11, 1841. His parents were Bingham and Elizabeth (Griffith) Goodrich, natives of Ohio and Maryland, respectively, the latter being of Scotch descent. The mother came when a child with her parents to Ohio, and went to Missouri in the early seventies. After her marriage to Bingham Goodrich and some time spent in Missouri, the couple moved to Kansas in 1880, locating on a farm in Harper county. Mr. Goodrich died at the age of eighty-seven and his widow died at the age of seventy-six. Cutler W. Goodrich was educated at the Ohio public schools and also received an academic course. He enlisted July 31, 1862, in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio Regiment. He was first sergeant for two years, and in his last year of service was promoted to first lieutenant. He was discharged from the army June 10, 1865, at Washington, D. C. During his service Dr. Goodrich was at the battles of Hoovers Gap, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Marietta, Ga., and wound up at Bentonville, when Johnson surrendered to General Sherman. He received slight wounds, but braved it through every campaign, his hardest being with Sherman, Thomas and Grant. The medical education of Dr. Goodrich was received at the Physio-Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in the class of 1874. He began practice in Athens county, Ohio, moved to Missouri in 1875, and for seven years practiced at Houstonia, and then removed to Harper county, Kansas, where he continued practice until 1894. The doctor then moved to Grant county, Oklahoma, where he followed his profession until 1903, when he moved to Wichita and formed a partnership with Willis F. Wilhoite under the firm name of Goodrich & Wilhoite, and has since continued in practice. Dr. Goodrich is a member of the G. A. R., the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He was married to Miss Nancy J. Clark, of Athens, Ohio, who died in 1874. Two children were born of this marriage-Iola C, wife of J. H. Martin, of Oklahoma, and Abbie E., wife of F. H. Brubaker, of Hobart, Okla. In June, 1876, the doctor was married to Miss Hattie B. Martin, of Ohio. Of this union the following children have been born: Bingham G. Goodrich, conductor in the Pullman car service for the Wabash railroad; Lottie B., Wichita; Ethel E., wife of G. B. Erwin, of Oklahoma City; Elizabeth, wife of M. L. Marley, Coldwater, Kan., and Elvaretta, of Wichita. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Pages 783-784)
Timothy Goodrich, grandfather of the doctor, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and participated in the Indian wars. He was a native of Litchfield county, Massachusetts, and was reared in Vermont. He was one of five brothers who came from England and landed at Cape Cod. Three of the brothers went north and two south. He moved to Ohio shortly after it became a state, going to Athens, Ohio, where he passed the rest of his life, dying at the age of eighty-five years, December, 1865. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Page 784)
Walstein D. Goodrich, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of New York state, where he was born in September, 1844. His parents were H. B. and Rachel (Valentine) Goodrich. The remote ancestors of both parents were Germans. The father of Walstein D. Goodrich moved from New York to Wisconsin with a family of three children and located in Dodge county in 1846. He was a farmer there until his death in 1856, when he was killed in a mill accident. Walstein D. Goodrich remained at home after the death of his father until his enlistment in the army on August 11, 1862, in the First Wisconsin Cavalry' This regiment was equipped at St. Louis and at Cape Girardeau, Mo., where it remained one year, and was transferred in June, 1863, to the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Goodrich was with Sherman in the campaign at Atlanta, Ga., and then was sent back to Nashville, Tenn., to intercept General Hood of the Confederate army, and remained there until the battle of Nashville, and then followed Hood to the Tennessee river. After this he was with General Wilson in the wind-up of the war at Macon, Ga., and served some time after he was entitled to his discharge, not knowing the war was over. The regiment was busy protecting government property and was fighting almost every day while in the Army of the Cumberland. The regiment was finally discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in 1865, and Mr. Goodrich returned to his old home in Wisconsin. After a residence there of four years, he moved to Neosha, Kan., in 1869, and afterwards to Sedgwick county, where he homesteaded 160 acres in Kechi township, Section 6. Mr. Goodrich, since becoming a resident of the township, has held many minor offices. He is a member of the G. A. R., Valley Center post, and in politics is a Republican. He is now president of the bank at Valley Center and is a prominent citizen. Mr. Goodrich was married in March, 1865, at Beaver Dam, Wis., to Miss Sophia A. Kirkham, of Oak Grove, Wis. Of this union seven children have been born, of whom six are now living, viz.: Thaddeus, Wallace, Myrtle, Eugenie, Willard and Clyde. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Page 784-785)
Thomas J. Grace, stock raiser and farmer, of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born August 14, 1867, in Zanesville, Ohio. His parents were Thomas J. and Hannah (Males) Grace. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and the mother a native of Ohio. The remote ancestry of the family on the maternal side is traced to England. The parents in an early day came from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and settled in Muskingum county, where the father lived until his death, on August 1, 1876. His widow died September 1, 1910, on the old home farm in Muskingum county. The elder Grace was a wealthy contractor, farmer and stock raiser. The early education of Thomas J. Grace was obtained in the public schools of his native state. He remained at the old homestead for three years after he was married on March 5, 1891, to Miss Margaret Butler, a daughter of F. C. Butler, of Zanesville. Two children have been born of this union, a daughter, now sixteen years old, and a son, now three years old. The daughter is attending high school in Cheney, Kan. Mrs. Grace is an educated and cultured woman, being a graduate of the Zaneszille College for Young Ladies. Fraternally, Mr. Grace is a Mason, thirty-two degrees, and has occupied all the chairs of the Blue Lodge. He is a member of Wichita Consistory No. 2, of the Royal Arcanum and of the Woodmen of America. Politically he is a lifelong Republican. He is known extensively throughout Sedgwick county as a successful stock raiser and dealer and a practical farmer. Mrs. Grace is a member of the Reformed church of Cheney. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Page 785).
Aaron T. Green, farmer, of Salem township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on April 5, 1847. His parents were John and Isabella (Fuller) Green. Mr. Green left Ohio in 1865 and went to Illinois, and from there to Iowa, but soon returned to Illinois. In these two states he worked until 1871, when, with another young man, he bought a team and drove overland from Illinois to Wichita. In the fall of 1871, he preempted 160 acres of land in the northwest quarter of Section 21, Salem township. He broke about five acres of land and raised a crop of corn and hay, but a fire that was started on the prairie burned his stable, hay and corn. Mr. Green then went to work for Mr. Copeland, with whom he remained that winter, and in the spring he sold eighty acres of his land and later sold the remaining eighty acres and bought eighty acres in Section 25, which he farmed one year. That happened to be the "grasshopper'' year, and Mr. Green sold his eighty acres to Edgar W. Phillips and returned to Ohio. He only remained in Ohio until spring, when he returned to Kansas and has remained ever since. On February 5, 1885, Mr. Green was married to Mrs. Nettie Culver Winslow, who was born in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Winslow was the widow of Lewis Winslow, a soldier in the Civil War. By her marriage to Mr. Winslow, she was the mother of five children, viz.: Charles, of Oklahoma City; Leon, of Shawnee, Okla.; Mrs^ Gilmore Price, of Alva, Okla.; Grace, at home, and Albert, of Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Green have no children. Since his marriage, Mr. Green has lived on his present place in Section 23 and eighty acres in Section 29. In politics he is a Republican. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Page 785-786)
Andrew F. Grimsley, farmer, of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born in Ash county, North Carolina, on January 20, 1852. His parents were Lowry and Catherine (Koons) Grimsley, both natives of North Carolina. Both the father and mother were born in 1810. They lived in North Carolina until 1866, when they moved to Missouri. In 1868 the family moved to Johnson county, Kansas, where the mother died in 1882. The rest of the family lived in Johnson county until the fall of 1890, in which year Andrew F. Grimsley moved to Sumner county and lived until 1900. In that year he bought 120 acres of land in Section 13, Ninnescah township, and has since bought eighty acres more in Section 32. On March 15, 1879, Mr. Grimsley was married to Miss Ludema Paisley, who was born in Missouri. Five children have been born of this union, viz.: Mrs. F. C. Hare, of Sedgwick county; Mrs. Ethel Dobbin, of Yiola township; Charles R., at home; Mrs. Bonnie Hetrick, of Ninnescah township, and Lefa Fern, at home. Mr. Grimsley does general farming and stock raising. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Baptist church. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Pages 786-787)
Elvin Spencer Hadley, attorney, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of the Hawkeye State, having been born at Riehland, Keokuk county, Iowa, on November 11, 1868. His parents were Spencer I. and Louisa W. (Eeroyd) Hadley, Mr. Hadley, Sr., being a native of North Carolina and Mrs. Hadley of Pennsylvania. They came to Kansas in 1879, and in the fall of that year took up a section of government land in Kingman county, but later moved to Reno county, where they now reside. Elvin S. Hadley obtained his early education in the public schools of Iowa and Kansas, and in the high school of Sterling, Kan. He came to Wichita in 1903, and for a short time was employed in the mercantile business, but abandoned this for the field of real estate, in the meantime pursuing the study of law in the office of Stanley & Stanley, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1909. His career furnishes a good illustration of what a young man, with energy and brains and a determination to succeed, can attain to. Mr. Hadley was married in 1891 to Miss Madge Eastman, of Lawrence county, Indiana. From this union four children have been born, viz.: Mabel, Irdle, Vern and Wayne. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Page 787)
W. S. Hadley, president of the Citizens' State Bank, of Wichita, Kan., was born in Riehland, la., on January 18, 1866. His parents were Noah A. Hadley and Louisna (Hadley). The elder Hadley was a native of North Carolina, who came to Kansas in 1876, settling at Beloit. He died in 1905, at the age of seventy-two years. W. S. Hadley acquired his education in the public schools of his county and at Grelette Academy, Glen Elder, Kan. After graduating from the latter he taught school in Mitchell county; as principal of Glen Elder High School for five years and public schools for a period of five years. He was appointed county treasurer of Mitchell county and served during the years 1892 to 1896, in the latter year being elected register of deeds, in which office he served until 1900. At the expiration of his term he engaged in the drug business in Beloit, Kan., which he conducted for a year. In 1901 he came to Wichita and organized the Citizens' State Bank, with a capital of $10,000, which opened its doors for business on the west side in 1902. This was in the days when there was no street paving in that locality and the bank building was surrounded by sunflowers. The officers of the bank at the time of its organization were as follows: President, W. S. Hadley; vice-president, J. H. Turner; cashier, A. H. Stout. In 1908 the cash capital was increased to $25,000, and W. C. Kemp succeeded Mr. Stout as cashier. The year 1910 finds this banking house a prosperous institution with a surplus of $10,000 and deposits amounting to $290,000. Mr. Hadley is one of the progressive men of the west side. He has been president of the West Side Commercial League since its organization in 1908, and takes a lively interest in all that pertains to a greater Wichita. He is a member of the Kansas Bankers' Association, the State Bankers' Association, and secretary and director of the Friends University; also vice-president of the Y. M. C. A. and chairman of the Religious Work Committee. Mr. Hadley was married August 29, 1888, to Miss Lillian E. Outland, daughter of Thomas and Mahalia Outland. From this union one child has been born, Beulah M. Hadley. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Pages 787-788)
Earl Hahn, plumbing, steam and gas fitting, with an establishment at No. 151 North Emporia avenue, Wichita, Kan., is a native of Kentucky, where he was born, in Washington county, on November 27, 1869. His parents were William and Mary A. (Dinsmore) Hahn, natives of Kentucky. The Hahns are of German descent and the Dinsmores English. The elder Hahn was a chair maker by trade and died at the age of eighty-four. His widow died at the age of eighty-six. Earl Hahn was the youngest of a family of eleven children, six girls and five boys, of whom five are still living. He was educated at the public schools of his native town and in 1887 came to Wichita. A year later he began to learn the plumbing business, entering the employ of the Wichita Plumbing Company. At the end of four years the business was purchased by Glaze & Buekridge, and Mr. Hahn continued in the employ of this firm for five years, when the business again changed hands and was purchased by the firm of Bertram & Bertram. Mr. Hahn continued with this firm for another period of five years, when he embarked in business for himself, and organized the firm of Bosworth, Hahn & Co., their place of business being at No. 127 North Market street. At the end of two years they removed the business to No. 152 North Market street, where the firm continued for seven years. Mr. Hahn then sold his interest and continued in business for himself, locating his establishment at No. 151 North Emporia avenue, where he has conducted a successful business since 1907. Mr. Hahn is a member of the Masonic order and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He was maried in 1881, to Miss Anna Buellow, a native of Berlin, Germany, then a resident of Ellis county, Kansas. Of this union four children have been born, viz.: Cecil, Lucille, Frances and Arthur Earl Hahn. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Pages 788-789)
James A. Hampson, a prosperous farmer of Grant township, Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born February 29, 1856, in Tazewell county, Illinois, and is one of a family of ten children born to Henry J. and Nancy (Haines) Hampson. Our subject's paternal grandparents were James and Christiana (Peppers) Hampson, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively. The grandfather was a farmer in Ohio till 1837, when he settled in Tazewell county, Illinois, and there carried on farming, being prominently identified with the pioneer history of the state. He died there March 8, 1874, at the age of sixty-five years. His widow survived till February 28, 1887, and died at the age of seventy-five years. They had a family of eleven children, of whom Henry J., our subject's father, was the second. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, April 8, 1829, and grew up on the family homestead in Tazewell county, Illinois. On October 14, 1850, he married Nancy Haines, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, February 13, 1833, the youngest of a family of three children born to John and Nancy (Larramore) Haines, who were both natives of Virginia. Henry J. and his wife settled on a farm in Tazewell county, Illinois, and lived there till 1876, when they removed with their family to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and settled on a tract of 240 acres of unimproved railroad land in Grant township. Here they established their family home and reared their children. He was a man of influence in the community and a thrifty, sucessful farmer, having his farm well stocked with Norman and Percheron horses, Durham cattle and Poland-China swine, improved with fine buildings and thoroughly equipped with every needed convenience and appliance. He was a Democrat in political opinion and filled various local township offices. His death occurred March 31, 1909. His wife died March 14, 1907. She was a devoted Christian woman and a member of the Baptist denomination.
James A. lived at home till he was thirty years old, acquiring his education in the district schools in Illinois and Sedgwick county, after the family removed thither. At his father's death, in 1909, he was appointed administrator of the estate, and carries on general farming and stock raising. Mr. Hampson is a Democrat in political sentiment and is somewhat active in the local council and affairs of his party. He has filled various local offices, having served twelve years as clerk of the school board and serving now his fourth year as township trustee.
On May 25, 1886, Mr. Hampson married Miss Anna Ryder, daughter of Jonathan and Lucy (Rice) Ryder, of Harvey county, Kansas. The mother was a descendant in direct line of Revolutionary ancestors. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hampson are affiliated in religious faith with the United Presbyterian church at Sunnydale. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Pages 789-790)
William H. Harper, farmer, of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born February 27,1858, in Harvard county, Indiana. His parents were Theodore and Ruth (Yeakly) Harper, the father being a native of Ohio and the mother of Indiana. The remote ancestors on the paternal side are Scotch-Irish and on the maternal side German. The parents of William H. settled in Lyons county, Kansas, in 1858, and afterwards removed to Ghase county, Kansas. after his father had sold his real estate in Kansas William H. Harper came to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and took up his residence. He bought 160 acres of land two miles south and one mile west of Mt. Hope, on which he has erected a modern house of eight rooms, which is one of the most attractive houses in the township. Mr. Harper is an enterprising farmer and by hard work and industry has bought and paid for one of the best farms in the county. Mr. Harper was married on February 27, 1895, to Miss Nancy J. Barnett, a daughter of Josiah Barnett, an honored citizen of Missouri and a Civil War veteran. Mr. Barnett served faithfully five years in the army. He was a member of Company F, Twelfth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and participated in many severe battles. Ten children have been born to Mr. Harper and his wife, viz.: Fannie, Grace, Nellie, Mary, Jesse, William, Ray, Earl, Mabel and Ermon. Mr. and Mrs. Harper are members of the Christian church of Mt. Hope, of which he has been a member thirty-seven years. He is an independent in politics. (History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county; Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co., 1910, Page 790)
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