FRANKFORT.
Frankfort, the third city in size, in a business point of view, is located in
the south-central part of the county on a beautiful slope stretching back from
the Vermilion, eighty-seven miles on an air line from Marysville, the
county-seat. Situated in the didst of what is acknowledged as the riches
agricultural part of the county, and surrounded by a wealthy class of farmers,
it has advantages possessed by few towns in the county.
SETTLEMENT OF THE VERMILLION VALLEY.
The following notes of the early settlement of the Vermillion Valley, were
furnished us by an old settler in that region. At the risk of some slight
repetitions, since some of the individuals here mentioned have been alluded to
in the general history, we reproduce it here as given:
In 1855 came the first settlers in the Valley of the Black Vermillion. One of
them was Louis Tremble, a Frenchman, who had married a Sioux squaw, and who
had been driven from the Rocky Mountains in accordance with an order of
General Harney, expelling everyone of that nationality. In the fall of that
year he operated a puncheon toll bridge across the Vermillion River, at the
old Mormon or Hollenberg crossing. Mr. Changreau, another French settler, had
also a Sioux wife. John D. Wells, present Representative of the Fifty-fifth
District, arrived during the early part of 1855. Daniel M. Leavitt, still a
resident of this county; Henry Hollenberg, a German, the father of Washington
County, now buried in the Atlantic; Frederic, Henry and Hans Brockmeyer, now
of the above named county; Soren Jason, now in California; and Dr. Ackerman
and family, all settled on the east fork in 1855. Joseph Langdon and family
also settled near the mouth of the Vermilion in the fall of 1855, as did
Thomas Warren and family, whose location was on Section 31, Town 4, Range 9.
Among the early settlers of 1856 were Captain S. B. Todd, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
since of Frankfort, Kan.; Dr. William Blackburn, now in Ohio; John McKibbins,
now of Westmoreland, Kan. The inciting cause of the coming of this party was
the speeches made, late in 1855, in Appolion Hall, Pittsburg, by Horace
Greeley, S. N. Wood and a well known Senator of Michigan, on the subject of
"Kansas." Captain Todd and fifteen others enlisted that night to come to
Kansas as Free-state voters and settlers. Within a few weeks they were joined
by about twenty-five others. The party of forty left Pittsburg for Kansas,
April 1, 1856. Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Free-state Emigrant
Society, they arrived in Kansas City, and from there scattered over the State.
Captain Todd and his companions arrived on the Black Vermillion, April 19,
1856. Later in that year the few settlers of the Ohio Colony Company came to
this valley. A surveyor named Johnson, accompanied by A. G. Barrett, now
County Treasurer of Marshall County; John Roland, Hon. D. C. Ault and others
came to this valley in May, 1855, and laid off a tract of land, 5x8 miles,
called the Ohio Colony Survey. They also platted "Ohio City" on the northwest
quarter of Section 31, Town 4, Range 9. It is now a farm. Each member of the
colony paid into the general fund $25 for every quarter section he desired to
secure, the money to be used in the purchase of a steam saw-mill. The mill was
bought by A. G. Barrett, as agent of the colony, and brought out in the fall
of 1855. This location, is still known as Barrett Station, formerly as
Barrett's Mills. The Ohio colony came to naught, as no books, papers or
accounts were ever sent to Kansas, and but a few of the members ever came. Mr.
Barrett bought and for many years owned the saw-mill, which is still running,
though the old boiler and engine were disposed of and transported to Cloyed,
Kan. Although Messrs. Barrett and Roland built log houses on the west fork of
the Vermillion in 1855, they did not live in them until after Mr. Todd had
built his in May, 1856. He therefore, must be considered the first settler on
the West Fork, and his son, William H., born August 13, 1856 is, perhaps, the
first male white child born in Marshall County. Among those who settled on the
Vermillion in 1856, were the Hon. A. G. Barrett and family, Hon. D. C. Ault
and family, Isaac Walker and family, H. W. Swift, a bachelor and first
Postmaster at Barrett postoffice; John Radcliffe and family, the two brothers
Frame and their families, the Shirk family, also Enoch Pugh, the first
blacksmith (who died there about 1857), and others whose names are not now
recalled. Other early settlers who may be mentioned are: W. H. Wilson, then a
bachelor, who came in May, 1856; James Wilson and family, and W. T. Grinnell,
in 1857; J. Burrell and family in April, 1858, and Peter Trosper and family in
1859. Mr. Auld was the first Justice of the Peace, and M. V. Hall and Miss Ann
J. Trosper, were the first couple married by that.
In August, 1856, Timothy Clark and Judy North, were married at the house of
James Smith, by Squire Ault. James and Samuel Smith settled in the fall of
1855. James is now in Missouri, and Samuel died a few years ago. Ellis Meyers
came in the spring of 1856, and froze to death in a terrible snow storm which
raged during the winter of 1856 and 1857. John Harris and family, now
residing in Osage County, Kan., came in 1856. Lawrence Kelly and family came
during the same year. Mr. Kelly is dead. James P. Malone and family came also
during that same year. He is now a Catholic missionary in Wabaunsee County.
James Goldsberry and family came in 1856, and also Me. Musgrave and family,
who still reside in the county. Alexander Moore and family came from Ohio. He
is now a resident of Illinois. Mr. Fletcher and family came during 1856, but
he died in the fall of that year. His family left the country after a few years.
HISTORY OF THE CITY.
In 1867, the Frankfort Town Company was organized at Marysville with the
following members: F. Schmidt, C. F. Koester, J. S. Magill, John McCoy, P. H.
Peters, John Bollinger, Perry Hutchinson, J. Weisbach, R. S. Newell and J. E.
Smith. In August, of the same year, the company purchased Section 16,
Township 4, Range 9, and laid out a town site, which was originally called
Frank's Ford, but soon adopted its present continental appellation. On
consideration of receiving a station, depot and side-track, the town company
gave the Central Branch Railroad Company one-half of the town site.
The railroad reached Frankfort in October, 1867, and in the fall of the same
year the depot was erected. The first houses were built that year by J. S.
Magill, R. S. Newell and Frank Schmidt. O. C. Horr established the first store
in December, 1867. In 1868, seven buildings were erected, among them being
two business houses by Jacob Weisbach and O. C. Horr. The next year, 1869,
showed a marked increase in the building operations, as there were fifty-four
good substantial buildings erected, among which was one of the largest hotels
in the county, at that time. Since that time the town has made steady progress.
In April, 1869, occurred the death of an infant daughter of O. C. Horr. Of
this child it may be stated as being the first birth, a few months previous.
The next birth was a child of Jacob Weisbach, born in the fall of the same year.
A serious affray occurred in Frankfort August 14, 1869, in which one of the
oldest and most respected citizens, James Vaugham, was shot by a questionable
character named Gus Quarles. It appears there had been for some time previous
to the shooting, an antagonistic feeling between the two parties -- Quarles
having circulated the report that Vaugham was a bushwhacker and had served
with Quantrell during his raids. On the day of the shooting, Quarles, who had
been hunting, stopped in Jacob Weisbach's store, where he met Vaugham, who
desired an explanation in regard to the report circulated by Quarles. Quarles
did not deny what he had said, and from this an excited altercation arose, in
the midst of which Quarles raised his gun and placing the muzzle within three
feet of his victim, fired, the charge taking effect in the arm and side of
Vaugham. As the wounded man did not fall Quarles immediately jumped on his
horse and left for parts unknown. It was afterwards ascertained that he had
gone to Missouri, where he soon after died. Mr. Vaugham finally recovered from
his wounds and is still a resident of the place.
LOCAL MATTERS.
In response to a petition signed by a majority of the legal voters of the
town or Frankfort, a charter was granted July 24, 1875, and the town was
incorporated as a city of the third class. The first city election was held
August 10, 1875. The official roster is as follows:
Mayor -- 1875, R. S. Newell; 1876, E. Brady; 1877-9, H. H. Louery;
1880, I. C. Legere; 1881-2, H. H. Louery
Councilmen. -- 1875, E. Brady, I. C. Legere, J. Marksman, W.
Schmicker, F. B. Taylor, Sr.; 1876, I. C. Legere, P. C. Garvin, F. B. Taylor,
Sr., J. Weisbach; 1877, P. C. Garvin, J. Gano, J. Marksman, J. Weisbach, J.
L. Davis; 1878, F. B. Taylor, Jr., W. Ross, M. L. Moor, G. H. Rexford, J.
Brown; 1879, T. F. Rhodes, W. Ross, J. Marshall, B. W. Coffland, F. B. Taylor,
Jr.; 1880, J. Weston, L. V. McKee, W. Ross, g. H. Francis, J. Weisbach; 1881,
T. J. Snodgrass, P. Spelman, F. B. Taylor, Jr., M. N. Haskins, J. W. Bartlett;
1882, W. Ross, M. N. Haskins, M. McKeon, A. H. Post, F. B. Taylor, Jr.
Police Judge. -- 1875-6, J. Gano; 1877-9, S. B. Todd; 1880-82, W. Siders.
Clerks. -- 1875, S. B. Todd; 1876, J. M. Lane; 1877, R. W. Reese; 1878,
M. W. Taylor; 1879, E. L. Begun; 1880-1, G. C. Brownell; 1882, W. J. Gregg.
Treasurer. -- 1875, S. D. McKee; 1876, J. L. Davis; 1877-8, J. M. Lane;
1879, J. S. Warden; 1880-1, R. S. Newell; 1882, J. S. Warden.
Marshal. -- 1875, F. D. Osborne; 1876, J. R. Marren; 1877, E. Davis;
1878-9, C. Osborne; 1880, W. Snodgrass; 1881, F. R. Bulluck; 1882, T. Akerman.
Schools. -- School district N. 35, was organized in March, 1869, at the
house of O. C. Horr. At the first election held, W. Trosper was elected
Director; J. Weisbach, Treasurer, and R. S. Newell, Clerk. In the spring of
1870, bonds to the amount of $1,600 were issued, and a frame school building,
24x40 feet, was erected. This building was used until 1880, when it was sold
and is now used as a private residence. During the same year a new edifice
built of limestone, was completed at a cost of $4,000. In 1874, an addition
was made to the main building, and is used for primary purposes.
The following teachers, in the order mentioned, have had charge of the
Frankfort Public Schools, from 1870 up to the present time: D. F. Nichols, T.
Greenman, Miss M. Dexter, W. Barnett. C. Jackson, H. A. Day, E. R. Faulkner,
Miss L. Gano, E. R. Faulkner, Miss J. Faulkner, J. W. Quay, E. R. Faulkner.
Methodist Episcopal. -- In the spring of 1869 religious services were
held by the Methodist persuasion, in the railroad depot, and a church
organization was perfected, with J. S. Kelly and wife, Jessie L. Hopkins,
Mrs. H. K. Hopkins, and a few others as first members. Rev. S. M. Hopkins was
their first pastor, and was succeeded in March, 1871, by Rev. T. B. Greely.
Rev. Mr. Greely was succeeded in order mentioned by Rev. Messrs. McKee, Knite,
Zimmerman, Baythifs(sp?), Koester and S. L. Hunter, the present incumbent.
Services were held in the schoolhouse in 1870, and until a church edifice was
built public halls were used. The foundations for a church building were laid
in 1870, but nothing more was done until 1881, when a church edifice, 30x50
feet, was completed at a cost of $2,000. Present membership, fifty.
The Presbyterian Church at Frankfort was organized under the supervision
of Rev. Timothy Hill, with the following members: I. Greenman and wife, S. B.
Todd and wife, Mrs. Mary Strong, Miss A. L. Greenman, F. M. Fleming. The
schoolhouse was used as a place of worship for three years. In 1874, work was
commenced on a church edifice, which was dedicated December 2, 1877. The
building is a stone structure 32x45 feet, and was erected at a cost of $3,600.
The following pastors have had charge of the church: Revs. Chas. Parker, John
Wilson, I. B. Smith and Rev. H. W. Woods, the present incumbent. Present
membership, fifty-three. In connection, may be mentioned the existence of a
flourishing Sabbath-school, with a membership of 110.
The Press History of the town commences with the Frankfort Record,
which was established July 25, 1876, by Campbell & Bros. On the 26th day of
October, 1876, I. B. Smith & Son bought the paper, and continued its
publication under the same name for some time, when it was purchased by S. B.
Todd, who named it the Headlight, and changed its politics in favor of the
Greenback party. The paper was continued under his management until Nov. 18,
1881, when it was purchased by L. P. Bowen, who changed it politics to
Republican, and its name to that of the Frankfort Bee. The Bee is a seven
column folio, and is devoted principally to home interests. The job office in
connection is one of the most complete in Northern Kansas.
The Frankfort postoffice was first established in 167, two miles southeast of
the present town site of Frankfort, and was called Nottingham. D. C. Auld
being the first Postmaster. He was succeeded by O. C. Horr, when the office
was moved into town, and its name changed to its present appellation. Mr. Horr
was succeeded by S. D. McKee, then came I. B. Smith, R. W. Reese, A. McLean
and Benj. McElroy, the present incumbent, who has occupied his position since
October 31st, 1881. It became a Money Order office in June, 1872.
Frankfort Lodge, No. 67, A. F. & A. M., was organized March 28, 1868,
the first meeting being held in the house of A. G. Barrett, at Barrett's
Station. In the fall of 1869, the lodge was moved to Frankfort.
First officers: D. W. Acker, W. M.; T. C. Hendricks, S. W.; J. Grimes, J. W.;
W. Life, Treas.; S. W. Hazen, Sec'y. Present officers: B. McElroy, W. M.; J.
W. Bartlett, S. W.; H. Massie, J. W.; L. V. McKee, Treas.; J. M. Watson, Sec'y.
Present membership, forty-five. Regular meetings are held on the first and
third Saturday evenings of each month, in Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall.
Vermillion Lodge, No. 110, I. O. O. F., was instituted under
dispensation, January 7, 1874. In October, 1874, the Society received its
charter, which was granted to the following charter members: F. B. Taylor,
Sr., G. F. Poor, H. Sleigh, T. H. Gibson, G. Sleigh, J. L. Davis, and J. R.
Voorhees. The first officers were: F. B. Taylor, Sr., N. G.; H. C. Sleigh,
V. C.; J. L. Davis, Rec. Sec'y; J. R. Voorhees, Treas.
Present officers: W. Ross, N. G.; G. F. Poor, V. G.; E. Brady, Sec'y; M. N.
Haskins, Treas.
Present membership, twenty-eight. Regular meetings are held on Thursday evening
of each week, in Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall.
Henderson Post, No. 53, G. A. R., was so named in order to perpetuate
the memory of R. A. Henderson, of Company A, Seventh Kansas, who lost his
life in the defense of his country in the battle of Little Blue, Mo., November
11, 1861 -- the first soldier who fell, from Marshall County.
The organization of this post was perfected in April, 1882, with eighteen
charter members. L. V. B. Taylor, Commander; T. J. Snodgrass, Sr., V.
Commander; John W. Brown, Jr., V. Commander; H. N. Pidcoe, Officer of the
Day; S. B. Todd, Adjutant; John M. Watson, Q. M.; H. G. Trosper, Q. M.
Sergt.; George H. Francis, Sergt. Major; A. J. McKee, Chaplain; Joseph Wallace,
Guard. The post now numbers thirty-seven members and constantly increasing, and
meets on first and third Wednesdays of each month, in Brady's Hall.
Frankfort Lodge, No. 33, A. O. U. W. -- was organized under a charter,
February 21, 1820. Following were the charter members and first officers: J.
W. Bartlett, P. M. W.; F. McBride, M. W.; J. J. Hiliker, G. F.; D. C.
Marshall, O.; G. C. Brownell, Rec.; H. C. Phinney, Fin.; P. C. Garvin,
Receiver; S. Chenoworth, G.; A. J. Weston, I. W.; J. N. Farce, O. W.
Present officers: J. S. Warden, P. M.; I. W. Brown, M.; S. Goodnight, Rec.; W.
H. Clutter, F.; G. C. Brownell, O.; D. M. Carlyle, Fin. Present membership,
twenty. Regular meetings are held every Monday evening, at their hall.
Iron Crown Lodge, No. 32, K. of P. -- was organized under dispensation,
October 14, 1880, and instituted under a charter dated May 18, 1881, with
twenty charter members. First officers: J. S. Warden, P. C.; J. W. Bartlett,
C. C.; F. B. Taylor, Jr., V. C.; I. C. Legere, P.; P. C. Garvin, M. of Ex.; W.
L. Souders, M. of F.; W. T. Dwinnell, K. of R. & S.; M. G. Phinney, M. of A.
Present officers: J. S. Warden, C. C.; W. T. Dwinnell, V. C.; G. O. Coffin,
C.; F. B. Taylor, M. F.; W. F. Holthan, M. of Ex.; C. W. H. Loutenberger, K.
of R. & S.; G. E. Scoville, M. of A. Present membership, nineteen. Regular
meetings are held every Tuesday evening, at Taylor's Hall.
Frankfort Cornet Band. -- This musical organization was organized under
a charter May 26, 1879, under the following officers: J. A. Weston, Pres.; J.
M. Brown, Vice-Pres.; W. Brown, Treas.; J. M. Lane, Sec'y. The charter was for
ninety-nine years. The organization continued two years. In the winter of
1882, it was re-organized, with ten members, under the leadership of A.
Williams. The organization is now in a prosperous condition.
Hotels. -- The first hotel built was erected in 1869, by J. Heasley, who
operated it for one year, when it was discontinued.
Frankfort House. -- In 1870, a two-story frame building, 24x40 feet,
was opened as a hotel by W. Bailey, and known as the Bailey House. Under the
management of E. Weston, it was known as the Frankfort House, and has since
retained that appellation. Mr. Weston was succeeded by W. H. Clutter, who
bought the building of Bailey, and ran it as a hotel until April, 1881, when
F. B. Taylor, Jr., the present proprietor, took possession. In the summer of
1882, a two-story addition, 30x 32 feet, was made. This hotel has the
reputation of being a first-class house.
Bank. -- The private banking institution of J. S. Warden was
established, June, 1878. The bank is supplied with a Diebold safe, with
Beard's time-lock. Since the bank was first established it has remained under
the same management. A general banking business is transacted.
Frankfort has a water-power grist mill, owned and operated by R. S. Newell,
which is located on the Vermillion, one-half mile west of town.
Steam Elevators. -- The Frankfort Steam Elevator was built in the fall of
1876, by J. M. Lane. The building is 28x62 feet, has a capacity of 12,000
bushels, and was erected at a cost of $6,500. In 1878, A. J. McKee became an
active partner, and the elevator has since run under the firm name of Lane &
McKee.
In 187?, John A. Auld build a steam elevator, 20x50 feet, with a capacity of
8,00 bushels. In 1880, the Weston Bros. purchased the building, and have since
retained its management.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. (ADAMS - HAXLETT)
A. W. ADAMS, farmer, P. O., Frankfort was born in Missouri, June 11, 1843;
was a farmer and dealer in stock at Brookfield until he moved to Marshall
County, Kansas, in 1880, where he is now engaged extensively in the stock
business; is married and has five children. Belongs to the A. O. U. W.
W. H. AULD, farmer, P. O., Frankfort, was born in Harrison County, Ohio,
January 13, 1840, and removed to Marshall County, Kansas, in 1856, and engaged
in farming. Is a member of the A. O. U. W. Married June 17, 1862, to Mary E.
Bradford, and has seven children. His father, D. C. Auld, who resides with
him, was born in Northumberland County, Pa., February, 18, 1810, moved to Ohio
in 1814, and to Marshall County, Kan., in 1855. He was elected to the State
Legislature in 1861. Enlisted in the United States Army and was Lieutenant of
Company G, Thirteenth Kansas Infantry. Lieutenant Auld first detected the
firing of cannons at the battle of Prairie Grove, and at once notified General
Blunt, who immediately dispatched an orderly to ascertain the cause of the
firing, who returned in a few minutes, and reported that the Confederate Army
were passing on the line road. General Blunt at once moved to the front and
gained the battle. Had it not been that Lieutenant Auld detected the firing at
the moment he did, the battle would have been lost to the Union army. Mr. Auld
is one of the oldest and best known settlers, and claims to have put the first
roof on a house in Marshall County.
J. J. BARBER, farmer and Trustee of Vermillion Township, P. O. Frankfort, was
born in Brockville, Canada West, July 5, 1840; was educated in Canada, and
grew up a farmer and in mercantile business. In 1872, he came to Kansas and
began teaching school. Has taught nine terms in Marshall County, and is owner
of a small but valuable farm well improved. His wife was Hannah Pennington,
born in Lower Canada, and they have four children -- Charles R. F., Alexander
K., Carrie and John Garfield -- the eldest born in Joliet, Ill., and the
others in Kansas. Mr. Barber is a Republican in political faith, and a
gentleman whose probity and intelligence well qualify him for his position as
an officer and as a teacher.
LUTE P. BOWEN, editor, was born at Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, December 16,
1857. Went to Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan. in 1881, and purchased of S. B.
Todd, the Headlight, a National Greenback paper. The paper has formerly
changed hands, it being originally started as the Frankfort Record, in August
1876, by W. P. Campbell, and purchased of him by I. B. Smith and son, and the
said Todd in 188? purchased the Record and changed its name as above
stated. In November, 1881, the present proprietor purchased the paper and
changed its name to the Frankfort Bee. Mr. Bowen is a son of Thomas M. Bowen,
who figures prominently in Colorado politics, and is an enterprising young
man. Since purchasing the paper, he has placed in his office a Campbell
power-press, costing him $1,200, and a Gordon press that cost $275; his entire
office being estimated at $3,500.
ELISHA BRADY, lumber merchant, was born in Jefferson County, Ind., April 4,
1820; moved to Dubuque County, Iowa in 1836, and engaged in farming. Left that
country in 1856, and went to Delaware County. He was postmaster at Delhi,
Iowa, from May, 1861, till the fall of 1866. He was commissioned to receive
soldiers' votes in the United States Army in the Lincoln-McClellan Campaign of
1861. In 1869 he removed to Atchison, Kan., thence to Marshall County, in the
spring of 1870, and established himself in the lumber business in the town of
Frankfort. His sales for the year 1881 amounted to $24,000. He is a member of
the Masonic and Odd Fellows' organizations. Married in Dubuque County, Iowa,
May 18, 1848, to Miss A. Smith, and has two children, Lucy E., born September
9, 1851, and Mary L., born January 21, 1861.
D. N. CARLISLE, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Allen County, Ohio, April
15, 1846, moved from there to Indiana in 1874, thence to Marshall County in
1878, and engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has a farm of 240 acres,
and feeds from 100 to 200 head of cattle yearly. He was married at Lima,
Ohio, October 1, 1872, to Mattie Lawrence. He is a member of the I. O. O. F
and the A. O. U. W.
W. H. CLUTTER, druggist and physician, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., April
25, 1834, moved to Greencastle, Ind., in 1854, and attended Asbury University
in 1855- '56-'57; went from there to Richland County, Ill., in 1858, and in
February, 1861 enlisted in the Sixty-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as
surgeon. Returned home in July, 1865, and settled at Noble, Ill., until April,
1869, when he went to Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kan., where he is now engaged
in the drug business and practicing his profession. The Doctor graduated at
the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, March, 1858. Is a member of
the A. O. U. W., Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows' Lodges. Was married in
September, 1859, to Eliza Mauck, now deceased; married again to Hannah M.
Strong, in May, 1870. One child, named William, born December 27, 1872.
GEORGE O. COFFIN, M. D., was born in Northampton, Pa., August 4, 1856;
attended school at Williamsburg Academy, Pennsylvania, and graduated in March
1879. Came from there to Frankfort, and engaged in the practice of medicine.
He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and A. O. U. W.
LEONARD CUTLER, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born March 10, 1833, in
Carpenter Township, Chenango County, N. Y. At eighteen he removed to Waukesha
County, Wis., and thence to Will County, Ill., thence to Schuyler County,
Ill., and thence, in 1857, to Kansas. The first two years were spent on Clear
Creek, then followed his permanent settlement where we now find him. His claim
was purchased of John Mitchell, and for it he paid about all his ready means.
Mr. Cutler began in Kansas a very poor man, his old "patched up" wagon being
drawn into the State by two small cows. Nevertheless, we now find his small
farm very well improved and his family living in comfort and plenty. Mrs.
Cutler was Mary Maxwell, married in 1852, in Joliet, Ill. She died February 5,
1873, leaving two sons, George and Albert, both now with their father.
REV. J. DALY, pastor of Irish Creek Catholic Church, P. O. Frankfort, was born
in Ireland, February 28, 1833; was educated at All Hallows College, Ireland,
and Seaton Hall, New Jersey. He came to America September 22, 1863, and for
his first work was that of assistant pastor at Newark, J. J. His second
pastorate charge was in Philadelphia in 1866, where he remained till February,
1882, when he became pastor of the Church on Irish Creek, ten miles south east
of Frankfort, Marshall County, Kan.
W. T. DWINNELL, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Charleston, N. H., August
25, 1836; went to Detroit, Mich., in 1855. In the spring of 1857 moved to
Marshall County, Kan., and engaged in farming. He has held the office of
Township Clerk, Trustee and County Assessor, and was elected Justice of the
Peace in 1864, and has held the office continuously from that date. He is a
member of the K. of P., K. of H., and the A. O. U. W. He was married in
Frankfort, Kan., February 18, 1860, to Margaret E. Auld; they had seven
children -- Elitha, aged twenty; Frank, seventeen; Daniel, fifteen; Margaret,
thirteen; William B., eleven. His wife died February 7, 1874. In November,
1874, he was married to Agnes L. Greenman; they have two children -- Walter J.
and Howard Roscoe.
T. S. EWING, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Ohio in 1836, and moved to
Illinois in 1852; from thence to Marshall County, Kan., in 1874, where he
purchased 1,280 acres of land. He now has 800 acres under cultivation and
feeds about 400 head of hogs a year. Mr. Ewing has in the year 1882, 312 acres
of rye, 25 acres of oats, and 170 of corn. He is Trustee of Noble Township.
Married, and has five children -- C. L., aged nineteen; M. R. seventeen,
Franklin, eleven; Mary E., nine, and Ellen, two.
P. C. GARVIN, M. D., was born in Maine, March 3, 1840, and graduated at the
Medical Department of the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vt., June 2,
1862. He entered the United States Army as Assistant Surgeon, Fifty-first
Massachusetts Infantry, and after the expiration of the term of service of
this regiment, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Fourth Massachusetts
Cavalry, and served as such until the close of the war. He entered the
Regular Army and served as Assistant Surgeon at Fort Leavenworth, until
January 1, 1871, when he came to Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kan., and engaged in
the practice of his profession, and has continued in the practice ever since.
He is United States Examining Surgeon, a member of the A. F. & A. M., A. O.
U. W., K. of H., and K. of P. He was married in Lawrence, Mass., Nov. 8, 1866,
to Marion B. Bodwell. They have one child -- Fred A., born September 2, 1874.
W. P GREGG, farmer, P. o. Frankfort, a native of Limerick, Ireland, was born
in 1825, and came to America in 1845, and settled in New York, from thence to
Ohio, then Kentucky, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and thence to Leavenworth,
Kan., in 1856, and finally to Marshall County, Kan., where he settled on and
is the owner of 160 acres of fine land on Irish Creek. Me. Gregg hauled his
grain to Iowa Point to a mill, a distance of 100 miles, and was compelled to
go to Leavenworth and Atchison for his merchandise. He was married in
September, 1855, to Catherine Maloney. They have three children -- Thomas F.,
William J., and James D.
M. M. HASKIN, of the firm of Davis & Haskin, stock dealers, and meat market,
was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and is a son of Stephen M. Haskin, deceased, who
was born, raised and married in Pennsylvania. His wife (now Mrs. William
Pickett) was Eliza Foutz, of Pennsylvania. They remove d in 1856, to
Rochester, Minn., and in 1860 to a farm near Barrett's Mills, in this county.
Here a new farm was opened up with the aid or the oxen that transported the
family from Minnesota. A slab-roofed and slap-floored log cabin was built,
and when just ready to occupancy was torn away by a tornado. Mr. Haskin then
located farther up the valley toward Vermillion Station, and built again. He
enlisted during the rebellion, in Co. D. Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, was
taken sick at Fort Kearney, and died of lung fever at has Kansas home August
2, 1862. Of his sons, William Haskin is now a Wabaunsee County farmer, and M.
M. Haskin, a thriving young business man of Frankfort. His wife, Miss Ora,
daughter of J. L. Davis, his business partner. They have two children. Mr.
Haskins is a member of the I. O. O. F. of Frankfort. His home is one of the
neatest and most tasteful in the place.
C. B. HASLETT, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, is a Vermonter, born in 1832 in
Brookfield; was reared in St. Lawrence, County, N. Y., and removed thence to
Illinois, Iowa, and to Kansas in 1800. He located one and a half miles east of
the present site of Frankfort, and in September, 1861, enlisted in Company D,
of the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and his record is identified with
that of his gallant regiment up to the battle of Chickamauga, where he was
captured. The last nine days of his captivity were spent in burying the dead
and carrying off the wounded. He was then taken to Richmond, and put in the
third story of a large tobacco warehouse, and adjunct of Libby Prison and
there, with only one blanket to cover three men, he spent the fall of 1863. In
November he was put into similar quarters in Danville, Va., and spent the long
wretched winter of in that way, fed on decaying bacon, corn bread and sweet
potatoes. In the spring of 1864, a removal still worse was made to
Andersonville, and it was in that hideous prison pen that he fully realized
the full extent of the devilish barbarities of the slave-holding,
women-whipping fiends, who sought to disrupt the nation. His only clothing was
the same uniform in which he was captured -- merely pants and a blouse in
tatters; no shirt, boots or blanket, and the fare a pint of "cow peas" or a
pint of corn and cob meal in twenty-four hours. Scurvy, caused by exposure and
dry diet, was very common, and many a poor wretch walked deliberately over the
"dead line" to be shot down order to escape his tortures. Men were
promiscuously shot by the guards who desired a furlough, and such a reign of
misery and terror, as Mr. Haslett says: "is beyond the power of language." He
was exchanged at Charleston, S. C., in December, 1864, and returned to Kansas.
He has now a valuable 160 acre farm, forty acres in timber and the balance in
cultivation. On this he has a good frame house, and substantial improvements.
Mrs. Haslett was born in Michigan, and there are four children living, three
boys and one girl.
HON. S. W. HAZEN, farmer, P. O. Frankfort, was born in Denmark, N. Y., May 15,
1835, attended school at Denmark Academy, and studied law with Judge E. S.
Merrill, at Copenhagen, N. Y., and was admitted to practice in July, 1858.
Formed a law partnership with L. C. Kilham, and continued to practice until
1861. When the war broke out Mr. Hazen enlisted in the Fourteenth New York
Volunteer Infantry, Company I, and held the office of First Lieutenant. In
1864 he moved to Marshall County, Kan., and engaged in farming, where he has
remained ever since. In 1868-'70 he was elected to the State Legislature. He
is a member of the Masonic Order. He was married in New York, May, 1868, to
Sarah E. Shultz. They have six children -- Suel M., fourteen years of age;
Mand, twelve; W. B., ten; Ida, eight; Sterling, six; Bessie, three.
J. L. HAXLETT, farmer and carpenter, P. O. Wyoming, was born November 6, 1835,
in Winfield, Butler Co., Pa. His father, Reuben, farmer and blacksmith, a
native of Maryland, died in 1879, aged eighty-five. His wife, Mary Duffy, born
in Pennsylvania, is still living, aged eighty-seven. Their son, out subject,
learned his trade and followed it in his native State until 1871, when he
brought his family to Marshall County, Kan. Here he has a farm on Section 10,
Vermillion Township, and has also mining claims in Colorado. During the time
worked at his trade continuously. He is a Democrat, and served as Justice of
the Peace five years in Pennsylvania and seven years in Frankfort. His wife was
Bridget Magee, born in Clearfield Township, Butler County, Pa., and married
November 21, 1858, in Coyleville, Pa. They have four children -- John J., born
December 3, 1852; George B., September 30, 1861; Arthur A., January 3, 1864,
and Charles H., October 29, 1865.
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