LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, Part 40

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (KIRKLAND - WINSLOW).

PROF. WALTER F. KIRKLAND, Principal of the Tonganoxie Schools, was educated in the Leavenworth State Normal School, and graduated from that institution in the class of 1873. He has been engaged in his profession as school teacher for the past fifteen years. He came to Kansas in October, 1869, and located in Wilson County, living there one year and a half. He then came to Leavenworth County, and lived here from 1871 to 1875. He moved to Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska, and remained there two years in charge of the schools of that place; then returned to Kansas and took charge of the schools at Tonganoxie. He resigned his position here and removed to Pleasanton, Linn County, and took charge of the schools of that place for one year. He then returned to Tonganoxie in the fall of 1881, and has been in charge of the schools of this place since. Prof. Kirkland was born in Girard, Erie County, Penn., in 1842, and lived in his native State nineteen years. He enlisted in the army in Company E., Eighty-Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, served with that regiment until he was discharged, September 23, 1864, and then returned to Pennsylvania and remained there one year. He traveled in Wyoming, Colorado and Montana for three years, then returned to Pennsylvania, and shortly after removed to Kansas and located in Leavenworth. The professor was married in Pennsylvania July 4, 1869, and his wife died January 8, 1871. He married again in Leavenworth County, in 1874, Miss Katty Crutcher, a native of Kentucky. They have two children - Hattie B. and Margaret B. The professor is a member of the Masonic Order and also a member of the Baptist Church.

JESSE LACY, nurseryman and fruit-grower, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1872 and located in Leavenworth County, and has lived in the county since. He was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1820, and lived in his native State for fifty years, then removed to Kansas, where he now lives. He was married in Indiana, in 1847, to Miss Mary Foust, a native of that State; they have had five children; two are living - Nannie and Emma. Mr. Lacy is a member of the Christian Church, and is a highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

ELI H. LINTON, agent and postmaster, came to Kansas in December, 1866, and located in Tonganoxie. He has lived here since. Mr. Linton was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1844, and lived in his native State until 1866. He was three years and four months in the army, enlisting in Company C, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. In 1862 he served with that regiment and was promoted to Sergeant, and left that regiment and took the position of First Lieutenant, in 1864, in the Thirty-Ninth United States Colored Infantry. In 1865 he was promoted to the Captaincy of his company, and served with this regiment until the fall of 1865, and then returned to Pittsburgh, Pa., and attended the Iron City College and learned telegraphy, and then came to Kansas and located where he now lives. Mr. Linton was married in Tonganoxie, in 1869, to Miss Josephine L. Dessery, a native of France. They have two children, Celia C. and Estella L. Mr. Linton is a member of the Masonic Order, and is a very highly respected citizen of his town and country.

REMUS McARDLE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Jarbalo, came to Kansas in the fall of 1859 and located in Stanton, Miami County. He moved to Franklin County and lived there three years, and moved to where he now lives in the spring of 1863. He was born in Tyler County, Va., in 1823, and lived in his native State twelve years, then moved to Vermillion County, Ill., and lived there until he came to Kansas in 1859. Mr. McArdle was married in Vermillion County, Ill., in 1850, to Miss Mary A. Hanson, a native of Ohio. They have had three children, one now living, Rosanna. Mr. McArdle is a member of the Masonic Order, and is a highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

A. McLAWRENCE, grocery and meat-market, Tonganoxie. Mr. McLawrence came to Kansas in 1866, and located on the Big Stranger Creek, about four miles from Tonganoxie. He lived there about six years and was about six years in the south part of the State, and has lived in Tonganoxie four years since his return. He was born in Greene County, Ohio, in 1825, and lived in Ohio eight years. Then he moved with his parents to Gibson County, Ind., and lived in that county and State about twenty-five years. He moved to Henderson County, Ill., and lived there one year and moved to Page County, Iowa, and lived there nine years. He then came from Iowa to Kansas, and located in Leavenworth County. Mr. McLawrence was married in Gibson County, Ind., in 1847, to Miss Nancy J. McCllelland, a native of Greene County, Ohio. They have three children living - Samuel, Frank and William. Mr. McLawrence has been School Director of his town and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also an Odd Fellow. Mr. McLawrence is an active business man and is highly respected in his town and county.

HENRY METZ, general merchant, Tonganoxie, deals in dry goods, groceries and queens-ware, also handles grain and coal. Mr. Metz came to Kansas in 1869, and located first in Leavenworth for a short time, and settled permanently in Tonganoxie the same year. He was born in Philadelphia in 1838 and removed with his parents to Ohio when quite small. Moved back to Philadelphia and returned again to Ohio when six years of age, and lived in Auglaize County, Ohio, from 1843 to 1869. Then came to Kansas and located where he now lives. Mr. Metz was married in Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1860, to Miss Charlotta D. Paull, a native of Ohio. They have had eight children, four of whom are living - Jacob, Christian, Wilhelmina and Gertrude. Mr. Metz is a member of the Masonic Order and is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is a prominent merchant and a highly respected citizen.

ASHLEY A. MOODY, merchant; dry goods, clothing and notions, Tonganoxie. Mr. Moody came to Kansas in the spring of 1868, and located in Tonganoxie. He was engaged in farming until December, 1881, when he went into merchandising. Mr. Moody was born in Belfast, Maine, in 1855, and lived in his native State thirteen years. He removed to Kansas in 1868, and located where he now resides in Tonganoxie. Mr. Moody is a young man of enterprise, and is an active business man of his town, and has the confidence and respect of all who know him.

CRAWFORD MOORE, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to the State of Kansas in 1861, and located one mile northeast of Tonganoxie, in Stranger Township. He was born in the State of New York in 1830, and lived in his native State eight years; then removed with his parents to Canada and lived there six years; then came to Wisconsin and remained in that State about six years. He crossed the plains to California in 1852, and remained in the mountain country of California, Utah and Colorado till 1861, and then came to Kansas and located where he now lives, on his fine farm of 900 acres of finely improved land. He has a fine residence on his farm and fine barns for the accommodation of his large stock of horses, cattle and other stock. Mr. Moore was married in Leavenworth City, in December, 1860, to Miss Rebecca Williams, a native of Baltimore, and has six children: Crawford, Susan, Kate, Benjamin, Harriet and Howard. Mr. Moore has been a member of the State Legislature, and is a member of the Democratic party, and was elected with a strong Republican majority against him in his district. He was a Captain of Militia during the war. He raises graded cattle and Poland China hogs on his farm.

WILLIAM MORRISON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to the State of Kansas in the Spring of 1857, and located in Doniphan County, and lived there six years. He has lived on his fine farm, near Tonganoxie, since 1865. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and lived in his native State thirty-one years; then he moved to Iowa and located there for one year. He came to the State of Kansas in 1857, where he has since lived. Mr. Morrison was married in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1856, to Miss Martha J. McClary, a native of Ohio. They have three children, Margaret, Robert and Samuel. Mr. Morrison is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, is a good farmer, and an active and enterprising citizen of Tonganoxie Township. He is raising Short-horn cattle, Poland-China hogs and Merino sheep, on his farm.

AXUM NEWBY, farmer stock-raiser and bee-keeper, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in March, 1873, and located in Tonganoxie Township, and has lived in the township since. He was born in North Carolina in 1835, and lived in his native State two years. He removed with his parents to Grant County, Ind., and lived there thirty years, then removed to Iowa and lived in Marshall County about five years; then came to Kansas in 1873. Mr. Newby was married in Grant County, Ind., in 1854, to Miss Nancy Winslow, a native of that State. They have had ten children, nine are living: William, Rebecca J., Leander, Carrie L., Zenora, Charley, Mary A., Ellen W. and Herbert B. Mr. Newby is a member of the Society of Friends.

C. P. O'BRIEN, railroad employee and farmer, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in September, 1857, and has lived in Douglas, Wyandotte, Jefferson and Leavenworth counties. Mr. O'Brien was born in Nova Scotia, in 1820, and lived in his native country twenty-eight years. Then he moved to the State of New York, and from there went to Iowa, and came from Iowa to Kansas in 1857. He married his first wife in Nova Scotia-Miss Lydia Dunlap, a native of that country. They have three children living, Laura, Tennie and Anna. Mr. O'Brien was married again in 1871, to Julia Hall, a native of New York. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church. He is an industrious and hard-working man, and enjoys the respect and confidence of the people of his town.

STANTON PEARSON, farmer, P. O. Tonganoxie, is the youngest son of Peter and Eunice Pearson. His parents were both born in North Carolina-his father in 1797, and his mother in 1803. They both moved to Indiana with their parents, and were among the first settlers of Wayne County, Ind. Stanton was born June 18, 1844, in Hancock County, Ind., and lived in his native State until April 27, 1861, when he removed with his parents to Winneshiek County, Iowa. His father died in 1871. They remained in Iowa until 1877, when he removed to Leavenworth County with his mother, and located near Tonganoxie, in October of that year. Mr. Stanton Pearson has five brothers and four sisters. He was married in Leavenworth County, in 1871, to Miss Mary L. Stanton, a native of Iowa. They have had five children, four of whom are living: Martha N., George R., Theresa L. and Paris R. Mr. Pearson is a member of the Society of Friends.

SAMUEL PIERCE, of Honey Valley, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1878, and located in Tonganoxie Township. He was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1822, and lived in that State thirty-six years, and moved to Wayne County, Ind., in 1855, and lived in that State twenty years. He came to Kansas in 1878 and located where he now lives. Mr. Pierce was married in Miami County, Ohio, in 1842, to Miss Elizabeth Elleman, a native of Ohio. They have had five children - two now living, Hannah and Alvin. He was married to his second wife in 1854, in Wayne County, Ind., Mrs. Ann Pemberton, a native of that State. They have had three children, Esther, Millie and John. Mr. Pierce is a member of the Society of Friends, and a highly-esteemed citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

HENRY W. RICE, proprietor of the Tonganoxie Mirror, is also engaged in the real estate and insurance business; was formerly a merchant in Tonganoxie, and is also general agent for the State of Kansas for the Morrow patent barbed wire gate. Mr. Rice came to Kansas in the spring of 1868, and has been located in Tonganoxie since. He was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1838, and lived in his native State twenty-one years. He moved to Perry County, Ind., and enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment during the war. Was a Corporal, Commissary Sergeant and Quartermaster of his regiment. After the war Mr. Rice settled in Cairo, Ill., and lived there two years. He was married in Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1864, to Miss Alice C. Barnes, a native of New York. Mr. Rice is County Commissioner and has been Postmaster of Tonganoxie for ten years, and is an active and enterprising citizen.

ITHAMAR M. SMILEY, merchant, farmer and stock-raiser, Postmaster, Jarbalo, also does a general trade in stock, and has some thoroughbred stock for sale; came to Kansas, April 5, 1856, and located in Franklin County. He lived there ten years and then came to Tonganoxie Tonwnship, Leavenworth County, and has lived here since, excepting two years that he spent in Colorado. In the winter of 1876, he went to Texas and New Mexico in the employ of the quartermaster of the army. Mr. Smiley was born in Buchanan County, Mo., and lived in that State till he came to Kansas, in 1856. Was married in Leavenworth County, in 1880, to Miss Amelia Morgan, a native of Iowa. They have two children - Mary G. and Lyman. Mr. Smiley is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the Grange. He is a prominent man in his township and county, is the Postmaster of Jarbalo, and has been constable for four years. He has been largely identified with developing the resources of his township and county.

ROBERT H. TAYLOR, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1866, and located where he now lives, two miles southwest from Tonganoxie in Leavenworth County. He was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1838, and lived there until 1845, and removed with his parents to Indiana and located at Lafayette. From there he went to Rock Island, Ill., and lived there one year and came to this State and lived nine years. He then went to California and remained there five years, and has been in this county two years on his farm in Tonganoxie Township. He was married in Rock Island, Ill., in 1864, to Miss Mary J. Sechrist, a native of Lexington, Ky. Capt. Taylor enlisted in the Army in 1861, in Company G, Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted from private to First Lieutenant of Company G, and then to Captain of Company F, and served with that regiment during the war. He has been the candidate of his party twice for Representative in his District to the State Legislature. He is a member of the Christian Church. He raises graded cattle and Poland China hogs on his farm. He is the inventor of the Corn Harvester-a machine to cut, shock and tie corn.

REV. JOHN C. TELFORD, minister of the Leavenworth Methodist Episcopal Church and preaching in Tonganoxie Circuit. Mr. Telford was born in Steuben County, N. Y., in 1829, and lived in his native State about six years, and removed with his parents to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1835, and removed to Crawford County in 1840, and remained in that County until the spring of 1870, when he moved to the State of Kansas and identified himself with the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been connected with the Conference since the spring of 1871. He was educated in Ohio, and has been an active minister in his church for fourteen years. Mr. Telford was married in Ohio in 1850, to Miss Lusetta Brown, a native of Ohio. They have three children - Electa, William H. and Eliza A.

WILLIAM TODD, veterinary surgeon and farmer, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1870, and located at Lawrence. He has lived in Tonganoxie, in Leavenworth County, about seven years. He was born in Baltimore County, Md., in August, 1825, and lived in his native State eight years, then moved with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., and lived there till he was twenty-three years old, then moved to Mahaska County, Iowa, and lived there sixteen years. He then came to Kansas. Mr. Todd was married in Wayne County, Ind., in 1848, to Miss Jane Boswell, a native of that State, and has seven children - Mary A., Harvey M., Charles, Catherine, James, John, and Sallie.

JOHN B. TREW came to Kansas in the fall of 1869, and located in Lawrence, and resided there four years. Then removed to Tonganoxie and has lived there since. He was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1830, and removed from that State with his parents when quite young to Rush County, Indiana, living in Indiana for twenty years, then moved to Mahaska County, Iowa, and from there went to California, in 1862, where he remained until 1869, when he came to Kansas. Mr. Trew was married in Ohio, in 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Moore, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had ten children, of whom seven are living - Joseph L., Sarah E., Rachel A., John W., Christina E., Edith E., and E. Estella. Mr. Trew is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a highly respected business man. Mrs. Trew was taken sick in 1869 has been an invalid ever since.

ISAAC B. VARNEY, grocery and notions, Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1858, and located in Marshall County and lived there seven years. He then removed to Leavenworth County and located in Tonganoxie Township. Mr. Varney was born in the State of New Hampshire in 1833, and lived in his native State twenty years. He then moved to the State of Iowa in 1855, and located in Oskaloosa, and lived in that State about four years, then came to Kansas. Mr. Varney was married in the State of Iowa in 1856, to Miss Mary Stanton, a native of Ohio; they have had seven children, five of whom are living - Mary E., Sadie E., Lizzie W., Ruth E., and Charles Edward. Mr. Varney is a member of the Society of Friends, and is a highly respected business man of Tonganoxie.

JOHN H. VESTAL, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1865, and located in Johnson County, and lived there twelve years; then he located in Leavenworth County, Tonganoxie Township, where he now lives, on a farm two miles south of the town of Tonganoxie. Mr. Vestal was born in Morgan County, Ind., in 1840, and lived there till he came to Kansas. He was married in Hendricks County, Ind., in 1865, to Miss Eliza King, a native of Ohio. They have had two children, one is living - Sarah A. Mr. Vestal is a member of the Society of Friends and is a highly respected citizen of Tonganoxie Township.

REV. DAVID WHITE, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Tonganoxie, has been with this church since 1839. He was first a member of Houston Conference, which embraced East Tennessee, Northern Georgia, and Western North Carolina and Southwestern Virginia, and also was identified with the Illinois Conference, and has now been a member of the Kansas Conference for two years. Chaplain White has been for eighteen years engaged as Chaplain in the United States Army; first of the One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry; then at the close of the war he was appointed Post-chaplain, and has served in that capacity at the various Posts in the northwest until he was retired in July, 1882. He then located on his farm near Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County. He was born in Tennessee in 1818, and lived in his native State till he was twenty-one years of age; then was two years in Northern Georgia, one year in North Carolina; moved to Illinois in 1842, and made his home in that State till 1876, when he removed his family to the State of Kansas and located permanently on his farm at Tonganoxie in 1880. He was married in North Carolina, in 1843, to Miss P. E. Davidson, a native of North Carolina. They have had six children, five are living - Amanda, Wilbur F., Harriet E., Sarah C., Etta P., and M. Emma. Mr. White has always been an active temperance man and a thorough prohibitionist, and an active religious teacher all of his life. He was the first man to propose the name of Abraham Lincoln as United States Senator, from Illinois, in public print in an article published in the De Witt Courier.

JONATHAN WINSLOW, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Tonganoxie, came to Kansas in 1868, and located at Tonganoxie, and has lived in the township since. He was born in Grant County, Ind., in 1841, and lived in his native State till he came to Kansas in 1868. Mr. Winslow was married in Indiana to Miss Sarah Baldwin, a native of Indiana; they have seven children - Ida E, Jane, Leroy, William, Anna, Verlin, and Grace. Mr. Winslow is the Township Trustee, and has served on the School Board about ten years. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and is an intelligent and highly respected citizen.