Hiram W. Silknitter is a prosperous farmer of Sedgwick county, Kansas. A native of Indiana, he was born in 1849, and is a son of Soloman and Catharine (Carter) Silknitter, the former a native of Pennsylvania and of Hollandish ancestry. They moved to Iowa in 1849 and settled on a farm and died there, the father in 1865 and the mother in 1899. Our subject passed his youth and early manhood in Iowa, but in 1872 removed to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and pre-empted and settled on a quarter section of land in Gypsum township, which he has improved and eon-verted into a model farm, carrying on general farming.
In 1883 Mr. Silknitter married Miss Anna McNeal, a daughter of Mr. Worthington McNeal, of Iowa, who died in 1885, leaving one child, Myrtle, who was born in 1884. She is now married and lives in Wichita, and has one child named Montana Lillian Eussell.
In political opinion, Mr. Silknitter is a Democrat. (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 882)
Charles W. Simmons, of Wichita, Kan., ex-sheriff of Sedgwick county, is a native of Wisconsin, having been born in Monroe, Green county, on December 17, 1847. He is a son of C. J. and Mary (Allison) Simmons, natives of North Carolina and Illinois, respectively. The parents of Mr. Simmons removed to Wisconsin from Illinois in the spring of 1847, where the father purchased land and followed the occupation of farming. Here he reared a family of fourteen children, thirteen of whom are living. Charles W. Simmons was their third child. The education of the lad was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and after finishing school he remained on the home farm until he attained his majority, when he left the parental roof and began for himself in Buchanan county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. It was in October, 1870, that he came to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and camped on land which he now owns in Kechi township. He made the trip from Iowa to Kansas in a wagon, first going to Linn county, Kansas, and then continuing to Sedgwick county, where he proved up a claim in Minneha township, which he afterward sold. He then went to Caldwell for a short time, but soon afterward returned to his first choice, Kechi township, where he secured a homestead which he improved. The period known as the "grasshopper year" came as a discouragement, and he returned to his native state on a visit. After the plague had ceased he made the return trip to Kansas by wagon, and found that his farm then gave every indication of fertility. He began once more with renewed vigor to surmount all obstacles,- believing that Sedgwick county had a future for the farmer. Mr. Simmons later bought a farm in Valley Center township, and first became a resident of Wichita in 1880, where he bought and sold hay for a time, when he again returned after two years to Kechi township, and farming, as the boom period had made conditions rather uncertain. He engaged in farming for a period of four years, when he was made undersheriff of Sedgwick county under B. R. Royce, resigning after having held the position fourteen months. He then purchased the Mammoth Livery business in Wichita, which he conducted until November, 1902, when he sold it to fill the office of sheriff of Sedgwick county, to which he was elected by a large majority that year on the Republican ticket. Mr. Simmons served in the office for five years. Since his retirement from office he has been engaged in the hay and real estate business. One of the important things during his term of office as sheriff was his efficiency in the celebrated Jester case. The only other political office held by Mr. Simmons was that of township clerk in Kechi township. Mr. Simmons is a member of Valley Center Lodge, No. 364, A. F. and A. M., of the Consistory, Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Fraternal Aid. He was married in 1873 to Miss Parilee Dadisman, of Sedgwick county. Of this union there has been issue Daisy E., Lilly P., Durward C, Georgia and Charles D., the latter dying at the age of two years. (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 881-882)
James M. Simmons, head of the J. M. Simmons Plumbing Company, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of West Virginia, having been born in Roane county, that state, on April 14, 1884. His parents were M. F. and Nellie (Daniels) Simmons, natives of West Virginia and England, respectively. The elder Simmons was a timberman, but has now retired from business and is still living in West Virginia. His wife and the mother of James M. died in 1895. James M. Simmons was the second child of a family of four children, all of whom are living. He was educated in the public schools of West Virginia, the Spencer High school and the Mountain State Business College, Parkersburg, W. Va. He began his business career in the wholesale and retail grocery business, in which he continued for two years. He early learned the plumber's trade, and came West in 1902, locating first in Independence, Kan., and moving next to Winfield, where for eighteen months he was engaged in plumbing work, at the end of which time he came to Wichita. Here he obtained employment with the R. R. Moore Plumbing Company and remained with it until 1905, when he established the J. M. Simmons Plumbing Company, which he has conducted with more than average success. The establishment of the company is located at No. 428 North Main street. Fraternally, Mr. Simmons is a member of Sunflower Lodge, No. 86, A. F. and A. M., and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married on December 25, 1905, to Miss Bessie Sigler, daughter of William Sigler, of Floral, Kan. From this union one child has been born, Millard William Simmons. (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 883)
Henry H. Snyder, of Mulvane, Kan., a prosperous retired farmer, and a prominent citizen of Sedgwick county, was born in Whitley county, Kentucky, on February 15, 1845. His parents were William and Jane (Martin) Snyder, both natives of Kentucky. The elder Snyder was born in 1808, and his wife in 1816. They were married at Cumberland Gap and in 1851 moved to Missouri, near the Iowa line, where they remained until 1863, when they came to Salina, Kan. Mr. Snyder, Sr., was a farmer and only lived about one year after coming to Kansas, his death occurring in 1864. His widow lived until 1879. They were the parents of eleven children, ten of whom lived to maturity. The children were: Mrs. Nancy Gierschand, deceased; John, who died when young; Sidney, who married Perry Eaton, and is deceased; Sarah Morrison, deceased; Mrs. Amanda Giersch, deceased; Mrs. Lueinda Beard, deceased; Henry H., of Mulvane; George, of Salina; Mrs. Mary Osmond, deceased; Quince, of Udahl, Kan.; Mrs. Julia Parsons, deceased; Mrs. Susan Pitman, of Rockford township. Henry H. Snyder came to Kansas in 1862 and stopped at Salina. In 1869 he came to Sedgwick county, but returned to Salina. In August, 1870, he removed to Sedgwick county and preempted 160 acres in Section 8, Rockford township. He brought about 300 head of catle with him, but they all died of Texas fever except eleven. Mr. Snyder improved his claim and held it until 1882, when he sold it and bought 160 acres in Section 27, Rockford township, which he still owns and has added to until he now owns 300 acres, all in Rockford township. August 1, 1867, Mr. Snyder married Miss Elizabeth Farris, who was born in Kentucky on January 6,1852, a daughter of Lindsey and Nancy Farris. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have been the parents of five children. They are: William, who owns a farm adjoining his father's; Charles, deceased; Amy, deceased; Fred, who is living on the old home place, and Mrs. Ray Shafer, of Sumner county. Mr. Snyder for many years bought and sold cattle and did diversified farming. He served as township treasurer, but was averse to holding office. In 1909 he built him a pleasant home in Mulvane and retired from active life. He and his wife are members of the Christian church at Mulvane. (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 883-884)
Edwin I. Spencer is recognized as one of the successful men of Wichita, Kan. He is a native of Wisconsin and was born in 1856 to B. and Philena Spencer. He passed his early life in his native state, but in 1879 went to Colorado and for two years was employed sawmilling, mining and freighting with a six-mule team, jerk-line and tail-wagon. Returning to Wisconsin, he turned his attention to farming some three years, and in 1884 went to Russell, Kan., and began his career as a real estate dealer, handling Union Pacific railway lands. While thus employed he was several times called to Wichita, and finally, in 1887, settled here, opening his office at No. 144 North Main street. Mr. Spencer, during the twenty-three years of his residence in Wichita, has had varied experience and his full share of ups and downs in business; but always hopeful, he kept steadily at it, with the result that he has been able to meet and overcome difficulties and achieve, on the whole, most gratifying success. Among the enterprises with which he has been connected is the Wichita Land and Abstract Company, which he helped to organize and with which he was for a time identified. At the present time-1910-he is identified with the Tampatal Land Company, of which the officers are: E. I. Spencer, president ; E. H. Hutchinson, vice-president; W. A. Eankins, secretary, and M. D. Hatch, assistant secretary and treasurer, and which is engaged in colonizing a tract if 23,000 acres of land it owns, located some seventy-five miles west of Tampico, Mexico.
Mr. Spencer is the inventor and patentee of the Wichita Auto Jack, which he expects soon to place on the market. He has his office at No. 312 Barnes building.
In December, 1880, Mr. Spencer married Miss Eva M. Felch, of Wisconsin. Of seven children born to them, three died in early childhood. Those surviving are De La Mater, who is employed in his father's office; Lucile, now in her third year in the high school, and Maxine and Kenneth, who are pupils in the grammar school.
Mr. Spencer is somewhat active in fraternal orders, being a Mason and a member of the Wichita Consistory, and belonging to the Mystic Shrine at Mexico City, Mexico. He also belongs to the Wichita Chamber of Commerce. (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 884-885)
John E. Stanley, concrete block manufacturer of Cheney, Kan., was born February 29, 1848, at Benington, Wyoming county, New York. His parents were Edwin and Eliza Stanley, both natives of Connecticut. On the paternal side the ancestry of the family is traced to Wales and on the maternal to Germany. The early education of John E. Stanley was acquired in the public schools of Wyoming county, and he attended for two years the Wyoming Academy at Wyoming. At the age of nineteen he learned the trade of a painter. He came West after he had finished his education and worked at his trade in Vinton, Iowa, one year. He then moved to Manhattan, Kan., in 1869, and the following year to Wichita, which he made his headquarters for a number of years while he herded cattle in Kansas. Mr. Stanley made several moves before he managed to find the exact spot that was to his liking. For a time he conducted a livery business in MePherson county, Kansas. He was married on May 27, 1877, to Miss Amanda Pinkerton, of MePherson county. The parents of the bride came from Missouri. Three children have been born of this union, Thomas, Carrie and Mary. Thomas married Miss Jeannette Wing and has three children. Carrie was married to W. H. McCue of Cheney and has three children. Mary was married to George Bertrand and has two children. In 1873 Mr. Stanley served as deputy sheriff of Sedgwick county under "William Smith. His father's oldest brother was killed in the battle of Black Rock in the War of 1812. His home was in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1908 Mr. Stanley took up his residence in Cheney and has resided there ever since. Mr. Stanley, politically, is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist 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 885-886)
Joseph W. Steiert, of the firm of Steiert & Co., Nos. 122-124 South Market street, Wichita, Kan., is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born at Erie, Erie county, that state, on July 25, 1867. His parents were August and Mary Steiert, natives of Germany, both of whom are deceased. Mr. Steiert was educated at the public schools of Erie, and at the age of seventeen entered upon railroad work, advancing from brakeman to conductor. He was employed upon various leading railroad lines, among others the New York Central and Santa Fe, until 1905, when he resigned his position to devote himself to the manufacturing business, in which he had been interested some time before abandoning railroad work. Mr. Steiert went to Kansas in 1903 and first located his plant at Medicine Lodge, where the firm began the manufacture of a fine line of men's and women's underwear. In 1904 the plant was moved to Wichita and was located in the Cone-Cornell building, where the business has since been continued successfully, employing from fifteen to twenty hands. The firm manufactures the finest grade of goods, fine silk underwear, and first grades of all kinds, which find a ready sale throughout the southwestern states, California and Old Mexico. The same superior workmanship is given to all goods produced by the establishment. Mr. Steiert is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Court of Honor. The Chicago salesroom of the firm is at No. 34 East Monroe street. Mr. Steiert was married on February 17, 1897, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, of Albany, N. Y. (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 886)
Zachary H. Stevens, banker, of Clearwater, Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born at Quogue, Long Island, New York, on December 10, 1848. His parents were Halsey and Elizabeth H. (Hal-lack) Stevens, both natives of New York. The Stevens family came from England in 1638 and settled on Long Island. The Hallacks came in 1640 and settled in the same county. Zachary H. Stevens received a high school education and remained at home until about 1868, when he moved to Bates county, Missouri, where he remained ten years. From there he went to Vernon county for two years, from the latter place to Anderson county, Kansas, for two years, and then to Greenwood county, Kansas. While in Missouri he farmed and in Kansas he was in the cattle business. Mr. Stevens remained two years in Greenwood county, and in 1887 moved to Sedgwick county, settling in Ohio township, where he bought 560 acres of land. He farmed and raised stock until 1908, when he moved to Clearwater and now rents his farms. Mr. Stevens is president of the State Bank of Clearwater and has been so since its organization in 1899. He is also president of the Clearwater Telephone Company, which is capitalized for $10,000. On October 10, 1872, Mr. Stevens was married to Miss Mary A. Hammus, who was born in Woodford county, Illinois. They have no children. Fraternally, Mr. Stevens is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a member of the school board of District III, Ohio township, for nine years. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian 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 886-887)
James Stewart, of Mulvane, Sedgwick county, Kansas, a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Ireland January 24, 1837, and came to the United States in 1857, landing in Philadelphia, and from there making his way to DeWitt county, Illinois, where he remained until the war broke out. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Forty-first Illinois Infantry, and was with General Grant in the first battle in which that commander was engaged. Mr. Stewart was wounded six times at Fort Donaldson and was carried from the field. He was discharged and sent to his home on account of being incapacitated for further service by his wounds. Mr. Stewart returned to his home in DeWitt county and remained there until 1871, when he came to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and preempted 160 acres of land in Salem township, on which he remained nineteen years. He then moved to Mulvane, where he now lives. Mr. Stewart was married in 1868 to Miss Susanna T. Eli. Four children have been born of this union, viz.: Mrs. John McClelland, of North Yakima, Wash.: Mrs. W. E. Smith, of Chickasha, Okla.; John S., of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Ellen Schafer, of Chickasha, Okla. Mr. Stewart has sold his homestead and is living a retired life in Mulvane, where he owns his home. In politics he is a liberal.
Joe Stewart, of the firm of Joe Stewart & Son, Wichita, Kan., is a native of the Emerald Isle, where he was born in County Down on August 7, 1853. Mr. Stewart came to the United States in 1865 and resided in Illinois until 1870, when he moved to Kansas. He located first at Clearwater, Sedgwick county, where he was engaged in the farming business, and in 1876 moved to Wichita and opened a market on North Main street, which at that time was little more than a highway with two wagon ruts for traffic. Mr. Stewart dealt extensively in hogs for a time, and was for six years an efficient member of the Wichita police force. His market was conducted at No. 244 North Main street, and he has been in active business on this street for over a quarter of a century. October 9, 1909, Mr. Stewart, with his son, John A. Stewart, opened his present market at No. 211 North Main street, which is one of the finest of its kind in the city. "Uncle Joe," as he is familiarly called, is one of the pioneers in the butcher business of Wichita, being in line with the other pioneer men who have preceded him: Maddox, Scarf, Waggoner and DeNear. In 1880 Mr. Stewart married Miss Mary Davidson, of Goddard, Sedgwick county, a daughter of James and Belle Davidson, natives of Ireland. Five children have been born of this union, viz.: John A., Belle, Mary, Joe., Jr., and Pearl L. (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 887-888)
Aaron W. Stoner, secretary and treasurer of the Kansas Steam Laundry, of Wichita, is a native of Maryland, in which state he was born on September 25, 1865. His parents were David and Amanda A. (Funk) Stoner, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. They moved to Illinois in 1877 and ten years later removed to Kansas, locating in Osborn county, where ten years later the father died at the age of sixty-nine. His widow is still living and is a resident of Wichita. Aaron W. Stoner received his education in the public schools of Illinois and came with his parents to Osborn county, Kansas. In 1886 he went to the state of Wyoming, where he engaged successfully in the mercantile and live stock business until 1904, when he moved to Wichita, where he became interested in the Kansas Steam Laundry, and has since been associated with the concern as secretary and treasurer. The other officers of the concern are: President, Rufus Cone; vice-president, G. W. Cornell. Mr. Stoner is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Wichita Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Stoner was married in 1910 to Miss Indiana Bates, a daughter of Ezra Bates, 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, Page 888)
William O. Stringer, deceased, but in his life a resident of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born April 10, 1834, in Rich woods township, Peoria county, Ill. His parents were born in Louisville, Ky. They were Scotch and German descent. He was married on February 25, 1858, to Miss Abigail Rosetta McClallen, in Groveland, Tazewell county, Illinois. To this union were born five children, all but one of which were born in Richwoods, Peoria county, Illinois. Nydia R. Stringer was born December 5, 1858, died at the age of forty-four years. Adaline Stringer was born December 2, 1862; was married to Oliver Champ June 9, 1887, at Mapleton, Ill.; lived in East Peoria till she came to Kansas with her family, March 6, 1907; settled in Illinois township, Sedgwick county. William S. Stringer was born September 26, 1865; married Ada M. Keith March 6, 1889, and lives in Illinois township. Geo. F. Stringer was born August 26, 1872; married Mattie Ham-lett Blackwood March 24,1909; is living at Randlett, Okla. Clara C. Stringer was born February 3,1876; married Charles H. Dennis April 21, 1897; lives in Wichita, Kan. At the time of Mr. Stringer's death, which occurred near Goddard, Kan^February 22, 1910, he had completed a successful life, and at his death was laid to rest in the Attica cemetery. He was the owner of 800 broad acres of land in Sedgwick county, Kansas. Mr. Stringer moved to Kansas with his wife and three youngest children in 1884, and settled on a quarter-section in Attica township, near Goddard. In Illinois he had laid the foundation of his success before becoming a citizen of Kansas. During the war he was drafted in the army, and paid $1,000 for a substitute. Mr. Stringer was known as an expert mechanic, as well as a good and successful farmer. At an early day he became interested in mechanical work and as he grew older this trait developed until he became a master mechanic. On May 30, 1879, while working at his trade, he met with an accident which left him a cripple for life. This accident caused him to give up further endeavors in the mechanical line. Mr. Stringer invented, constructed and operated the first cider mill in Rich-woods, Peoria county, Illinois. He was a man who formed many friends because of his reliable and sterling qualities. He was a strong believer in Democratic doctrines up to the time of his death. Mrs. Stringer, his widow, still lives on the old homestead. She is the oldest of five children, and the daughter of Silas and Abigail (Parkhurst) McClallen, who were natives of Massachusetts and who emigrated after marriage from the Bay state to Illinois, locating first in Peoria, and later in Tazewell county, when Mrs. Stringer was a child eight years old. (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 888-889)
John E. McClaJlen, in 1872, disposed of his farming interests in Illinois and started out overland. with a team for the young state of Kansas. Preempting 160 acres of land in Attica township, he set himself vigorously to work to cultivate the soil and to build up a homestead. He succeeded admirably in his efforts, meeting with uniform prosperity, and is now the owner of 1,284 broad acres, embellished with a handsome and substantial set of farm buildings, and of late years has given his attention largely to the raising of a good grade of cattle. He has been no unimportant factor in the developments of the rich resources of Sedg-wick county, by whose people he is held in universal esteem. He presents the anomaly of a man who has steadily declined to become an officeholder, but nevertheless has his firmly fixed ideas upon political matters, and is zealous supporter of the Republican party. The subject of this history is a descendant of excellent Scotch and German ancestry, and his family was first represented on American soil during the Colonial days. He was born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, August 27, 1839, and is the son of Silas and Abigail (Parkhurst) McClallen, who were natives of Massachusetts, and who migrated after their marriage from the Bay state to Illinois, locating first in Peoria and later in Tazewell county when their son, John E. McClallen, was a lad six years of age. Silas McClallen, the father of our subject, was born April 8, 1814, in Petersham, Mass., and his wife Abigail near Dana, Mass., March 28, 1817. They were married March 25, 1836. The household included five children, namely, Rosetta, wife of "William Stringer, of Attica township; John E., of our sketch; Charles I., also farming in Attica; Clara, the wife of Samual Mooberry, who is farming in Tazewell county, Illinois, and George T., who is married and lives on the homestead.
Mr. McClallen spent his boyhood years on the farm in Tazewell county, Illinois, becoming familiar with its various employments, and also acquiring a good education in the district school. He was twenty-two years of age at the outbreak of the Rebellion, and on the 16th of August, 1861, enlisted for three years in the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, the regiment being then under command of Col. John Briner. Their division was led by General Pope until after the siege of Corinth, and then our subject with his comrades was transferred to the army of General Sherman, the Fifteenth Army Corps, whom they followed until after the siege and capture of Vicksburg. Subsequently, under the command of General Banks, the Forty-seventh was transferred to the Sixteenth Army Corps, and proceeded up the Red river on the expedition which has been made a subject of history and the incidents of which will be clearly remembered by those acquainted with the events of that period. Upon the return to Memphis, Term., although their term of enlistment had expired, the Forty-seventh infantry, by request of their general, engaged in another battle at Cupola, and remained in their service two months longer, after which they returned to Memphis and received their honorable discharge October 11, 1864. Mr. McClallen participated in thirty-one general engagements. Our subject now returns to his home in Illinois and on the 4th of March, 1865, re-enlisted in the Western Army Corps, under General Hancock. They proceeded first to Washington City, and subsequently operated in the Shenandoah valley. After the surrender of Lee, they returned to Washington, and Mr. McClallen was one of the guards over the conspirators of Lincoln's assassination. Afterward he and a portion of his regiment were sent to Louisville, Ky., where they had charge of the barracks while the Kentucky soldiers were being discharged and mustered out. Thence they repaired to Columbus, Ohio, where they remained while the Ohio boys were being discharged. Mr. McClallen was subsequently discharged at Columbus, Ohio, on the 5th of March, 1866. During his army service he was most of the time in the brigade which the American eagle, "Old Abe," followed through the war, flapping his pinions over the smoke of battle and always returning to his colors after the conflict was over. This much admired bird, it will be remembered, was, after the war, taken to Wisconsin and died in Madison, that state, not long ago. Our subject upon retiring from the service engaged in farming on his father's homestead a year, and then. was occupied as clerk in a store at Mackinaw, Ill., another year, after which he purchased eighty acres of land near El Paso, and farmed there for a period of four years. At the expiration of this time, resolving upon a change of location, he crossed the Mississippi, and his subsequent life we have already indicated. John E. McClallen, a wealthy bachelor, residing near Goddard, met his death by accident. He was struck by the eastbound passenger train on the Wichita & Western and instantly killed. Mr. McClallen was on his way to visit his sister, Mrs. William Stringer, who was giving a reception in honor of his aunt, Mrs. Dolly Butterfield, from Massachusetts, his mother's sister, whom he had not seen since he was six years old. Mr. McCllalen was. sixty-six years of age at the time of his death. Mr. McClallen, in addition to the personal property, owned besides 1,284 acres in this county, a number of valuable business and residence lots in "Wichita. He pre-empted the farm which has ever since been his home (till death). After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well in the family lot by the side of his father and mother in a beautiful cemetery at Peoria, Ohio. (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 889-891)
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