LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Part 16

LEAVENWORTH CEMETERIES.

Nominally there are five burial grounds in the vicinity of the city of Leavenworth, but practically there are but three, the Jewish, Calvary (Roman Catholic) and Mount Muncie. A burial place named Mount Aurora was laid out and donated by W. W.. Bachus for burial purposes, in June, 1858, and for a time used; but for the past ten years no bodies have been interred within its grounds. The most of the bodies buried in Mount Aurora have been removed to Mount Muncie, and a portion of the burial plat has been condemned, and will be used by the Leavenworth Water Works Company.

Greenwood Cemetery, located on the Lawrence road, three miles from the city, was donated by Mary A. Davis, for a public burial place, in December, 1865. For a series of years it was used, and several hundred bodies now repose within its borders; but for the past few years it may be truthfully said it has become a private burial place. A few families who purchased lots when the grounds were first opened, continue to use it as a resting place for their dead relatives and friends. [An account of the Jewish Cemetery will be found elsewhere.] In the early settlement of Leavenworth the Roman Catholics used for burial purposes a plat of ground two miles west of the city, but twelve years since (in 1870), a beautiful, eighty-acre tract three and a half miles from town, on the DeSoto road, was purchased and the dead bodies removed from the old graveyard. The new ground cost $2,400, and since the purchase and consecration a considerable sum has been expended in beautifying the tract. The cemetery is in charge of the parish priest, and it is the policy of the church authorities to keep the prices of lots within reasonable limits. The lots vary in size and the prices are from twenty-five to three hundred dollars. Single lots for burial can be obtained for the small sum of two dollars. A liberal section of the ground is set apart for the poor of the parish who are unable to provide means for the burial of their dead. William Cogan, the sexton of "Calvary," resides within the cemetery grounds.

Mount Muncie Cemetery, the principal and most beautiful of Leavenworth's burial grounds consists of 173 acres, purchased of Dr. Mills, three and a half miles from the court-house, on Delaware road. Twelve thousand dollars was the amount of the purchase money, and the sum of $38,000 has been expended in the adornment of the naturally beautiful spot chosen by the original board of directors: Thomas Carney, William Fairchild, W. C. Lobenstein, Charles N. Palmer, James B. Laing, W. H. Ralston, John Wilson, A. Stettauer, L. T. Smith, A. A. Higginbotham, John Kerr, Isaac Young, Henry Foote, C. R. Moorehead, C. B. Brace, F. E. Arnold, S. S. Ludium, H. D. Rush, J. W. Morris, T. P. Fenlon, J. G. Reaser, D. P. Mitchell, J. D. Liggett, W. E. Chamberlain, B. L. Baldridge, David J. Brewer, H. R. Hammond, J. L. Wever, Geo. S. Woodward, James Hall, A. M. Sawyer, W. G. Mathais and H. M. Moore. The association was organized under the general incorporation law of Kansas, and the second section of the charter provided: "The entire funds arising from the sale of burial lots, and proceeds of any investment of said funds shall be, that they are specifically dedicated to the purchase and improvement of the grounds for the cemetery and keeping them durably and permanently enclosed and in perpetual repair throughout all future time. * * * and no part of such funds shall, as dividend, profit, or in any manner whatever inure to the corporators." That Leavenworth has a cemetery of which every citizen may be justly proud, her people are mainly indebted to the unselfish and self-sacrificing labors of James B. Laing, John Wilson, J. L. Wever, and D. J. Brewer, who through sunshine and storm always stood forward as the steadfast, fearless friends of the association. All honor to them. The scale of prices of lots range from twenty-five to three-hundred dollars, according to size and locality. The grounds are interspersed with hill and valley, and have been laid out on the rural or Cincinnati plan - the size of a lot depending on the "lay" of the ground. Since the grounds were opened, nearly eighteen years since, nearly 4,000 persons have been buried in Mount Muncie. The first President was James B. Laing; John Wilson, vice president; David J. Brewer, the first and present secretary. Present officers: George A. Eddy, president; Lewis Mayo, vice president; J. L. Wever, treasurer and superintendent; D. J. Brewer secretary; David Bovard, sexton; James B. Laing, E. P. Willson, C. B. Brace, H. W. Gillett, John Wilson, George A. Eddy, Lewis Mayo, J. L. Wever, D. J. Brewer directors.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (ABBOTT - BESSLER).

PROF. L. DeG. ABBOTT, Jr., solo violinist, teacher violin, brass bands and orchestras, harmony instrumentation, is a native of Hartford, Conn. Received his literary education there. In 1866, at the age of seventeen years, he entered upon a regular course of studies in music, in the New York Conservatory of Music, N. Y. Graduated in full at the age of twenty. The year following he accepted the leadership of the Fall River Opera House Orchestra, with which he remained in connection for a few years, after which he accepted a similar position with the orchestra of the International Circus, from which he retired at the close of one season. He afterwards led the Belle Union Theater Orchestra, of Omaha, for a few years, after which he located here, and has been active in connection with his profession here since. Is present leader of the new Opera House Orchestra and musical director of Creton's band.

J. L. ABERNATHY is a native of Warren County, Ohio. He came to Kansas in April 1856, and engaged in furniture business in Leavenworth. His business, which now amounts to about $400,000 per annum, and gives employment to 230 men, did not exceed $7,000 the first year. In August, 1861, he entered the army, organizing the second thirty day company in the State. He was Captain of Company A, Eighth Kansas Infantry, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment, in August, 1862, serving in all the engagements of his command until he resigned, in November, 1863. Was elected Mayor of Leavenworth in 1873, and held that office three years.

JOHN N. ABERNATHY, of the firm of Abernathy Bros., came to Kansas before the war of 1861-'65 and resided some time in the State employed as a clerk. He then returned to Indiana, where he remained during the war, and then again came to Kansas, located at Leavenworth, and has been engaged in furniture business since that time, owning two-thirds of the factory, and one-quarter interest in the wholesale business at Kansas City.

S. C. ASHTON, manager R. G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile agency, established here, in January, 1873, the forty-fourth office opened. Mr. Ashton was born in Mansfield, Ohio, July 19, 1854. His parents moved to Kansas City about 1857, and in 1863 settled in Leavenworth, Kan. S. C. was educated in Leavenworth. From 1871 to 1876 was connected with government surveys in Kansas, Colorado, Indian Territory, etc. In 1876 became connected with Dun's agency, and was advanced to present position in April, 1879. Mr Ashton was married in Leavenworth, Kan., February 16, 1881, to Miss Zola Burbank, of Leavenworth. Mr. A. is a member of the Metropolitan Guards.

A. J. ANGELL is one of the old settlers of Leavenworth, locating in the place in July, 1857. From that time until 1870, he was connected with the State surveys, except during the first year of the war, from May, 1861 to May, 1862, when he was a member of Company G, First Kansas Volunteer Infantry. He was first commissioned as Captain, in April, immediately after the attack of Fort Sumter, receiving his commission on Wednesday, and having eighty-four men enrolled on Saturday night. He was made Orderly Sergeant of his company and assisted in drilling it. In 1870, he engaged in the lumber business, which he has carried on until the present time, his business having increased about twenty per cent, each year, until it now amounts to over $100,000. Mr. Angell was born in New Berlin, Chenango, Co., N. Y., May 6, 1832. At the age of fifteen he left Chenango County, and attended school in Oneida County, three terms, when his health failed, and he went on the road from Utica a year and a half selling goods. He then went to Ohio and engaged in engineering on the Steubenville and Maryland R. R. (Pan Handle), and was afterward for two years connected with the Marietta and Cincinnati R. R. His last Government survey in Kansas was on Osage Diminished Reserve. He was married at Pittsburgh, May, 1870, to Miss Mary George, a native of that city. They have three daughters - Annie G., Mary L. and Joe M. Mr. Angell is a member of A. F. & A. M.

COL. D. R. ANTHONY, editor and proprietor of the Leavenworth Times was born in South Adams, Mass., August 22, 1824. He received a common school education, and his youth and early manhood were spent in various mercantile pursuits. In July, 1854, Mr. Anthony visited Kansas, being a member of that colony sent out by the New England Emigrant Aid Society, under the leadership of Eli Thayer, which founded the city of Lawrence. In the fall of the same year he returned to Rochester, N. Y., where he remained in business until June, 1857, when he returned to Kansas, and located permanently in Leavenworth. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Anthony became Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Kansas Cavalry, afterwards known as the Seventh Kansas Volunteers. In November, 1861, at the battle of the Little Blue, he won a decisive victory over a force of guerrillas four times as strong as his in number; but his reputation as a faithful union officer was made by the order which he issued while in command of Gen. Mitchell's brigade, in Tennessee, forbidding any officer or soldier to return a fugitive slave to his master. His action created no small feeling and commotion in the army and throughout the country, and by his refusal to countermand the order he incurred the displeasure of his superior officer, and was arrested by Gen. Mitchell. Within sixty days from the time of his arrest, however, Gen. Halleck restored him to active service, being satisfied that public sentiment sustained Col. Anthony's course. In April, 1861, he was appointed postmaster of Leavenworth, which office he held for five years, being elected mayor of the city in 1863. As chief executive of Leavenworth he carried into civil life the same uncompromising union spirit which he had shown in the army, and his administration was one of the most vigorous and effective which the city has ever enjoyed. Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., commanding the District of the Border, headquarters at Kansas City, had declared martial law, and his detectives in Leavenworth seized some horses belonging to a colored man, claiming they had been stolen in Missouri. This Mayor Anthony resented, claiming that Kansas was a loyal State, and that her civil authorities were entirely competent to enforce all the laws, and ordered the police to recover the animals, which they did. On September 7 he was arrested by order of Gen. Ewing and taken to Kansas City, escorted by a military guard of twenty-four men. The whole of Leavenworth was in a blaze of excitement over the indignity placed upon her mayor. A large public meeting, composed of prominent citizens was held upon the evening of his arrest, and resolutions were passed calling upon the President to properly punish or censure those who were responsible for the outrage. Mayor Anthony was, however, released within twenty-four hours from the time he was arrested, and was granted a perfect ovation at the market house the next evening. The order declaring martial law in Leavenworth had been countermanded simultaneously with his arrest. In 1868, Col. Anthony was president of the Republican State Convention, and was chosen a presidential elector, his being one of the three votes which cast for Gen. Grant. During 1870 and 1871 he served terms in the city council, and in 1872 was again elected mayor for a term of two years. In 1874 he was elected councilman from the First Ward, and in April, 1874, was appointed postmaster of Leavenworth by Gen. Grant. He still (July, 1882) holds the office. In addition to the fine record which Col. Anthony has made for himself as a public functionary, he has, for more than twenty years, been building a journalistic reputation which is second to none in the State, and which is among the foremost in the country. His successes in this department of his life work will be traced in the history of the Leavenworth Times, printed elsewhere. Mr. Anthony was married January 21, 1864, to Miss Annie O. Osborn, of Edgartown, Mass., his father-in-law, Capt. Osborn, being one of the leading whaling merchants of that State. For over a quarter of a century Col. Anthony has been before the people of Kansas, either as a business man, a journalist, or a public official. Being a man of strong convictions, and fearless in their expression, he has made bitter enemies; and it is almost an anomaly that a man of strong character does escape bitter persecution of some kind. On May 10, 1875, he was shot, in the Opera House, Leavenworth, by W. W. Embry, a printer and a newspaper publisher. The ball passed into the right side of the face, passed downward, and lodged in the body, severing the artery entirely. It was thought for some time that the shot was fatal, and death was warded off only by the iron constitution of its would-be victim. He fought it down as he has conquered most obstacles which stood before him, by natural strength of constitution, joined to an indomitable will. It may be incidentally remarked that it is a singular circumstance, that on New Year Day, 1880 that W. W. Embry, the man who shot Col. Anthony, was himself shot and instantly killed, in a saloon row with his newspaper partner.

DAVID ATCHISON, manager of the new opera-house and dealer in wood, and coal, succeeded Mr. Rocoe in the position of manager in September, 1880. Mr. A. was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, February 22, 1842. He came to the United States about 1845, located for a time in Massachusetts, and then settled in Lonsdale, R. I. He was educated there. At the age of seven years he began his business life in the Lonsdale Mills. In 1857 he moved to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth. Engaged in general occupations until 1859. From that time until 1861 was engaged in freighting across the plains of the Platte Route. At first as employee and afterward operated five or six wagons for himself. In 1865 became connected with Nichols, Morton & Johnson in a saw-mill. In 1869 established the wood and coal business which he still operates. Mr Atchison was married in Leavenworth, Kas., in 1868, to Miss Annie Ward, a native of Illinois. They have seven children - Clara V., Mary, Annie V., Gertrude, Sarah, David, Jr., and Lottie. Mr. A. is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, K. of P., and of Neligh Lodge, K. of H.

B. BAIDER, general groceries, was born in Germany, in 1825, and learned the trade of stone-cutter there at the age of seventeen years. In 1854 he came to America and followed his trade through the country till 1858, when he settled here and was actively connected with his trade for a few years, after which he engaged at his present business, which he has conducted since. In 1854 he married, in Germany, Miss Johanna Frey. Mr. Baider did service in the militia of his native country for four years, and did the same number of years' service in the militia of this State - from 1862 to 1866. He has been an active worker in the social development of this city since coming here, and has been an active member of its council.

A. T. BARKER, passenger conductor Kansas Pacific U. P. R. R. Was born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, March 29, 1840. He engaged in general occupation at home until 1864; he then move West. He became connected with the H. & St. J. R. R. the same year. Was breaking a few months and was then placed in charge of the train. He remained with this company until 1867. He then became connected with the U. P. R. R. Was located for a time in the yards at the State Line of the Eastern Division, and July, 1867, commenced braking on the trains. In 1870 received his appointment as conductor, a position he has since retained. Mr. Barker was married in Auburn, Maine, March 19, 1864, to Miss Mary Goss, of Androscoggin County. They have one child - Lizzie M. Mr. B. is a member of the Baptist Church, and of the Conductor's Insurance Society.

REV. THOMAS W. BARRY, B. D., post chaplain U. S. A. Is a native of Canada, and was born in Brockville, Province of Ontario, September 28, 1852. His classical studies were pursued at Ontario College, located in Picton, Can., from which institution he graduated in 1870. Shortly afterward he entered Nashotah Theological School at Nashotah, Wis., in preparation for the ministry, and graduated from there in 1874; was ordained a deacon by Bishop Whitehouse in Chicago, April 27, 1874. Received his priest's orders in Watertown, N. Y., January 3, 1878, at the hands of Bishop Huntington, accepting the call to St. Pauls, Leavenworth, January 1, 1878; removing to Kansas and taking charge shortly after ordination. When he took charge of the church he found the parish heavily in debt. This debt he has since pain and in addition has built a handsome parsonage. While performing his duties as post chaplain at Fort Leavenworth, Mr. Barry also gives the parish of St. Paul his services, free of charge, for one year for church improvement. In 1882 was tendered by Gen. Pope the position of post chaplain U. S. A., to fill vacancy. The call was signed by every commissioned officer at Fort Leavenworth. He finally accepted the tender, his commission being dated August 15, 1882. Mr. Barry was married in Kingston, Can., Tuesday, July 13, 1875, to Miss Minie, daughter of August Thibaudeau, Esq of Kingston. They have three children - Paul, Gwendoline H. and Vail T. Rev. Mr. B. is taking the highest degrees in Masonry and will shortly enter the Commandery.

C. P. BARTH, wagon manufacturer, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, 1821, and learned his trade at the age of fourteen years. In 1852 he came to America and followed in his trade as wood-worker in Iowa till 1869, when he came here and settled and has been actively connected with his business here since. In 1857 he married Miss Christina Gutekunst, who was born in his native country, 1835. Came to America, 1854. They have a family of four sons and four daughters - Charles H., now lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Infantry, stationed in Arizona, Mary, Katie, Fred, Lena, Willie, Eddie, Lillie. In 1862 Mr Barth established his present business and has been very actively and successfully connected with it since.

ALFRED B. BARTHEL, practical miller, came to Kansas in 1871 and located in Leavenworth. Has resided here since. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Society; is a native of Germany, and was born in 1840. Resided in his native country until he was nine years old, and then came to America with his parents, and has lived in the States of Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas. He was married in St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Emilie Hilmering, who was born in St. Louis. They have had six children, five of whom are now living - Alfred, Arthur, Emma, Emille and Mary. Mr. Barthel has taken the first premium on flour that he made, in the State Fair of Kansas, held in Topeka in 1873.

JOHN BAUM, of the firm of Hannon & Baum, wholesale dealers in liquors, etc. is a native of Germany and was born in Hesse Darmstadt in 1840, and reared to the business of blacksmith, from his father who carried on that business there. In 1857 he came to America, and settled here in 1859, and engaged in engineering on the river boats, which he actively followed until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted his services in the First Missouri Light Artillery, and did active service until 1864, when he was honorably discharged. After the war he located here and has been actively identified with the wholesale liquor business since. In 1866 he married Miss Mary German, of his native country, who departed this life in 1875, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, leaving two sons - William and Otto. In 1876 he married Miss Sophia Endebrock, of Hanover, Germany. They have three sons - John, Henry, and Herman. Mr. B. is an active member of the I. O. O. F, Funeral Aid, K. of P. societies and the Endowment Rank. Is also a member of Leavenworth Post No. 120 G. A. R.

CHARLES H. BAYER, general blacksmithing, was born in Germany, 1831, and learned his trade there at the age of fourteen years. In 1857 he came to America and settled here and has been very actively connected with his business here since. In 1858 he married Miss Mary Feller, who was born in Germany, in 1830. They have a family of three sons and two daughters - Charles Jr., Louise, Henry, Bertha and Minnie. Mr. Bayer did active service in the military department of the State during the war.

O. C. BEELER, city clerk, was born in Sahr, Baden, Germany, July 29, 1837. He came to America with his parents in October, 1846, the family locating in Ripley County, Ind., where O. C. remained until he emigrated to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth, July 18, 1855. After removing to Leavenworth he was employed for about three years as a clerk, and form 1858 to 1860 was engaged in the grocery business. In October, 1860, he was appointed Deputy City Clerk and served as such until September, 1861, when he was elected City Clerk and served two terms. In September, 1863, he engaged in the boot and shoe business, which he carried on until 1877. From 1863 to 1869, in partnership with William Beeler, alone the remainder of the time. In March, 1881, he was again appointed City Clerk, which position he now occupies. He was married in Madison County, Ind., August 18, 1875, to Rosetta M. Beeler, a native of Ripley County, Ind. Their four children are - Amellia R., William T., Maud O. and Michael G. Mr Beeler is a member of the fraternity of A. F. of A. M., including the Chapter Council and Commandery, and was the first Grand Recorder of the M. P. Grand Council of R. S. and S. E. Masters, of the State of Kansas, which position he held for four years. He is also a member of the pioneer association and was commander of Company C, First Regiment Kansas Militia during the Price raid.

J. W. BEHEE, superintendent of the Union Stove and Machine Works. Was born in Luzerne County, Pa., June 11, 1844. His parents moved to Burlington County, Iowa, about 1852, and about three years later settled in Harrison County, Mo. At a very early age J. H. learned the carpenter trade; working as a journeyman at fifteen. He enlisted in 1861 in the Second Missouri Cavalry, "Merrill's Horse," for three years. He served the entire time with his regiment, with the exception of some two months, during which time he was disabled by wounds received September 10, 1863, at the battle of Little Rock, Ark. On being mustered out he returned to Missouri, and the following year settled in Leavenworth, Kas., where he engaged in carpentering for a time, then contracting and building, and form 1869 to 1871 in mill-wrighting. In 1871 he engaged as pattern-maker in a foundry in town. In 1875 moved to California, where he continued the same business until 1877. He then returned to Leavenworth and established the firm of Behee, Windbery & Co.; their foundry was destroyed by fire and afterward rebuilt, and continued in business until it was reorganized a joint stock company under the name of Union Machine Works. Mr. Behee was married in Leavenworth, July 8, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Towne, of that city. They have four children - Adam W., Joseph, Maggie M. and Irene. Mr. B. is commander of Leavenworth Post, No. 120, G. A. R., and a member of Mechanics Lodge, No. 89, I. O. F.

MRS. CATHARINE BELL, general groceries, formerly Miss Catharine Davis, was born and reared in County Roscommon, Ireland, and came to America in 1852, at the age of eighteen years. In 1858 she came here with her brothers, and in 1861 she married Mr. Evans Bell, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, who came to America, in 1852, at the age of twenty-three years. In 1880, August 5th, Mr. Bell departed this life and is buried in the Mount Muncie cemetery, leaving a family of two sons and two daughters - William, Catharine, Annie and John.

GEORGE BELL, was born in Maryland, and was appointed from Maryland, a Cadet at the United States Military Academy form July 1, 1848, to July 1, 1853, when he was graduated and promoted in the army t Brevet Second Lieutenant of Artillery July 1, 1853. Served in garrison at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., 1853-4; on frontier duty at Fort McIntosh, Texas, and scouting 1854-56; in Florida hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1856; on frontier duty at Fort Brown, Texas, 1856-7; San Antonio, Texas, 1857058; being on commissary duty and in charge of ordinance depot, April - June, 1858; in garrison at Fort McHenry, Md., 1858-59; on march to Fort Clark, Texas, 1859; and on coast survey, November 15, 1859 to April 24, 1861. He served during the Rebellion of 1861-65 as bearer of dispatches form the General-in-Chief to the commanding officer at Indianoia, Texas, March 23, April 23, 1961; with battery in defense of Washington, D. C., April 24-27, 1861; as depot commissary and quartermaster at Annapolis Junction, Md., April 27 to June 28, 1861; assistant in organization of the subsistence department for, and serving in the Manassas campaign of July, 1861; in charge of Alexandria subsistence depot, Va., and in the instruction of volunteer commissaries, August 1, 1861 to March 25, 1862; as Principal Assistant Commissary to the Army of the Potomac in Virginia Peninsula campaign, March 25, 1862 to August 28, 1862; in charge of Alexandria Subsistence Depot, Va., and of the instruction of volunteer commissaries, August 28, 1862 to June 15, 1863; as Chief of Commissariat of the Department of Susquehanna, headquarters, Harrisburg, Pa., June 15 to August 5, 1863; in charge of Alexandria subsistence depot, Virginia, and of the instruction of volunteer commissaries, August 5, 1863, and of Washington subsistence depot, D. C., November 5, 1863 to October 26, 1865 to March 16, 1869; of the Department of the Potomac, October 22, 1866 to March 11, 1867, and of the First Military District, Virginia, to April 24, 1967; as Purchasing and Depot Commissary, Washington, D. C., March 16, 1869 to December 31, 1876, and Acting Depot Quartermaster July 2 to December 17, 1874 and March 5 to August 1, 1875; on special duty and settling accounts January to February 6, 1877; as Chief of Commissariat Department of the South, and Purchasing Commissary at Atlanta, Ga., February 9, 1877 to July, 1878; on temporary duty in Commissariat General's office, September 26 to November 6, 1877; Chief of Commissariat Department of the South, Newport Barracks, Ky., July 1, 1878, and Purchasing and Depot Commissary at Cincinnati, Ohio to November 29, 1879; Chief of Commissariat Department of Missouri, and Purchasing and Depot Commissary Fort Leavenworth, Kas., form November 29, 1879 to his present position , 1883. His rank and line of promotion have been as follows; July 1, 1853, Brevet Second Lieutenant First Artillery; October 31, 1853, Second Lieutenant First Artillery; June 30, 1855, First Lieutenant First Artillery; May 14, 1861, Captain Fourteenth Infantry (declined); August 3, 1861, Captain Staff Commissary of Subsistence; August 28, 1862, Lieutenant-Colonel Commissary of Subsistence United States Volunteers; March 13, 1865, Brevet-Major, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, and Brevet Colonel tor faithful and meritorious services during the rebellion; April 25, 1865, Major Staff Commissary of Subsistence; April 9, 1865, Brevet Brigadier-General for faithful and meritorious services during the rebellion.

PETER BERRY, wholesale liquor merchant, came to Kansas in May, 1864, and was employed in the Commissary Department at Fort Leavenworth until 1870. From that time until 1877 he was engaged in the liquor business for other parties, and at that time commenced the traffic for himself, doing a wholesale business form the start. Mr. Berry was born in Belgium, September, 1833. At three years of age he came, with his parents to America, and lived in Ozaukee County, Wis., until 1859. He then went to Virginia, but returned in 1861, and a few months later enlisted in the Second Wisconsin Light Artillery, in which he served three and a half years, and then located in Leavenworth. He was married in Leavenworth to Coango Keegan, a native of Howard County, Mo. They have three children - Henry L., Robert E., and Esther A. Mr Berry is a member of A., F. & A. M. Blue Lodge Chapter and Commandery.

CHARLES BESSER, agent for Ph. Best Brewing Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., and retail dealer in wines, liquors, etc. The retail business was established in 1861. He was appointed agent for Best's beer in 1878. Mr. Besser was born in Baden, Germany, December 21, 1833. He came to the United States in 1845 and settled in Louisville, Ky., where he learned the trade of bricklayer and plasterer. In 1855 he moved to Stevens Point, Wis., and in 1857 settled in Leavenworth, Kas. He worked at his trade in that city until present business was established. Mr. Besser was married in Louisville, Ky., May 16, 1853, to Miss Caroline Raemer, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. They have five children - George, Amelia, Charles, Lena and Alma. Mr. B. is a member of the Germania Lodge, No. 9, and Schiller Encampment, No. 2, I. O. O. F., and of the Turn-verein and the German-English Schools Society.

LOUIS BESSLER, general groceries, was born in South Germany, in 1851, and learned the trade of cabinet-maker there at the age of thirteen years, and after completing his trade he came to America in 1869 and was actively connected with his trade in Newark, N. J., until 1878, when he came here and has been actively connected with business since. In 1879 he married Miss Louisa Wolfsperger, who was born in Chicago, in 1857. They have one little boy - Louis.