Atchison, however, strictly speaking, is not a factory town, nor a great

manufacturing center. There have been times in its history when it was

more important, commercially, than now, but that was in the days before

the great onrush to Kansas City. Yet the town today is a substantial,

solid community, where much wealth and enterprise abound, and where

there has been a steady, healthy commercial growth.

The largest manufacturing plant is the John Seaton Foundry Company, and

the Locomotive Finished Material Company, an associated enterprise,

established by the late John Seaton, who moved to Atchison from Alton,

Ill., in 1871, having been induced to come to Atchison by a handsome

donation from the citizens of the town. Mr. Seaton originally

manufactured much architectural work; iron and brass casting, boilers,

jail and sheet iron work. For a while it was conducted under the firm

name of Seaton & Lea, but shortly before the death of Captain Seaton, a

few years ago, the Locomotive Finished Material Company was organized to

put the finishing touches on castings and at the death of Mr. Seaton, H.

E. Muchnic became president and general manager of the company, with

John C. Seaton, Clive Hastings, W. S. Ferguson and G. L. Seaton as

associate directors. The average number of employees is about 226, when

the total horse power is 500. They have a payroll of over $14,000 a

month, and are doing a large business with railroads and other big

industrial plants throughout the country.

The Manglesdorf Brothers Company is one of the oldest establishments in

the city. It began in 1875 as a side line in connection with the retail

grocery business, by August and William Manglesdorf, and is now

conducted by the sons of the founders. It is one of the largest seed

houses in the West. The business was incorporated in 1887, and the

officers in 1916 are as follows: August Manglesdorf, president: A. F.

Manglesdorf, vice-president: Ed. F. Manglesdorf, vice-president: F. H.

Manglesdorf, treasurer, and F. W. Manglesdorf, secretary.

[Illustration: Manglesdorf Bros. Seed Company]

The business has grown to such an extent that it was thought advisable

to close out the retail end of it and it is now conducted as an

exclusively wholesale seed house. The new warehouse, which the firm now

occupies, was erected last year and gives it one of the largest and most

complete plants in the West. The new building is modern in every way,

strictly fire-proof and provides an enormous space for storing and

handling the stocks, which are accumulated for the spring trade. The

seed line, perhaps more than any other, is a seasonable one, and by far

the greater proportion of the year’s business must be crowded into a few

spring months. It is necessary, therefore, to move goods quickly and in

large quantities, when the season is on. For this purpose, the

warehouses are equipped with suitable machinery and devices, which are

kept up to the highest possible efficiency for handling and cleaning the

seed. The stocks are obtained in all parts of the world. When crops fail

in one part of the country, it is the business of the seed dealers to

supply the deficiency from some other sections, where conditions have

been more favorable. Thus, the source of supply and the outlet for it

are constantly shifting and it requires keeping in touch with the

progress of the crops and market conditions in many different producing

districts.

The firm does a considerable export business also, particularly in blue

grass and timothy, which are produced here, cheaper and in better

quality than they are in Europe. During each year the firm’s travelers

cover the States of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, parts of Nebraska,

Colorado and Texas. Its line of garden seeds may be obtained from the

local merchants in nearly every town in this territory.

The Bailor Plow Company, of Atchison, organized in 1910 with an

authorized capital of $50,000. J. M. Schott, president; Charles Linley,

vice-president; W. P. Byram, secretary; E. V. Jones, treasurer and

manager. Manufacturers of a two-row cultivator. S. E. Bailor, then of

Beatrice, Neb., some twenty years since built and began experimenting

with a two-row cultivator. About 1905, the late David Rankin, of Tarkio,

Mo., placed fifty Bailor cultivators in use on his 25,000–acre farm near

Tarkio, giving them a thorough test for efficiency. The result was such

that he induced Bailor to build a plant for their manufacture at Tarkio.

In 1910 the Atchison Commercial Club, which had previously investigated

the possibilities of Bailor’s factory as a valuable addition to this

city’s industrial institutions, induced him to locate his business in

Atchison. The Bailor Plow Company was promoted and incorporated by the

following successful business men: Balie P. Waggener, Henry

Klostermeier, T. R. Clendinen, at that time president of the Commercial

Club; O. A. Simmons, vice-president of the First National Bank; E. V.

Jones, J. M. Schott, W. P. Byram, Charles Linley, at that time treasurer

of Atchison county, and S. E. Bailor, inventor of the cultivator. During

the year 1910, the first year of operation in Atchison, one hundred

cultivators were sold. The year 1915 shows an output of product valued

at about $250,000. The company’s plant has a floor space of 25,000

square feet; forty men are on its payroll and it disburses in wages over

$50,000 per annum.

The National Poultry and Egg Company. This institution is one of the

largest of its kind in the West, and is located on the corner of

Fourteenth and Main streets. Under the able management of G. E. Hanna,

it has steadily increased its capacity and enlarged its business

operations until at the present time it employs an average of fifty-four

men and women a month and pays out in wages almost $30,000 each year.

The plant and machinery represent an investment of about $70,000 and its

sales are over a half million dollars a year. It is engaged in buying

and selling poultry, eggs and butter, and ships fancy dressed poultry to

eastern markets.

Deer Creek Creamery Company. This company has a capital stock of

$10,000; employs eight men and four girls, with an annual payroll of

$8,000. In addition to the employees in the local office, it also

employs twenty men in the country to operate its numerous cream

stations. The company manufactures over a half million pounds of butter

a year, and it puts up and sells in Atchison from 80,000 to 100,000

gallons of milk every year, in addition to 6,000 or 8,000 gallons of ice

cream. Over $125,000 annually is paid out to Kansas farmers for cream;

about $25,000 of this amount going to farmers in the immediate vicinity

of Atchison. It is one of the growing institutions of the city, and the

excellence of the products it turns out is the cause for its constant

increase of business.

Atchison is also the home of two large manufacturers of saddlery. The

Atchison Saddlery Company is the successor to Louis Kiper & Sons and

occupies a large building on Kansas avenue between Fourth and Fifth

streets. Its officers are George Diegel, president; George T. Lindsey,

vice-president, and Henry Diegel, secretary-treasurer. It has a capital

stock of $150,000; employs seventy-nine people. It ships its products

into many States of the West and has been doing an exceedingly large

business in the past few years.

Kessler-Barkow Saddlery Company was incorporated several years ago, with

G. T. Bolman, president; F. A. Barkow, vice-president, and H. B.

Kessler, secretary and treasurer. This company has a capital and surplus

of $85,000, and employs sixty-five people, and has an average annual

payroll of about $40,000.00. It manufactures harness and saddles for the

jobbing trade exclusively and has large accounts with the Blish, Mize &

Silliman Hardware Company, Montgomery, Ward & Company and Sears, Roebuck

& Company.

The Atchison Leather Products Company is another growing institution of

Atchison, the officers of which are the same as that of the Kessler-

Barkow Saddlery Company. This company are producers of cut leather parts

of all kinds, and are large buyers of scrap leather. It has a capital

stock of $7,000.00 and employs fifteen people. Its sales for 1915

amounted to over $65,000.00, and it also handles various leather

specialties and automobile accessories.

Atchison is also the home of three large mills. The Blair Milling

Company, the Cain Milling Company and the Lukens Milling Company, and

these mills handle an average of 20,000 to 25,000 cars of grain

annually, and ship out finished wheat and corn products of 4,000 to

5,000 cars every year. The Lukens Milling Company has recently erected

cement storage tanks for storage of grain, of the capacity of 125,000

bushels, and the Blair Elevator Company, which is operated by J. W. and

W. A. Blair, in 1915, also erected cement storage tanks to the capacity

of 200,000 bushels. The growth of the mills of Atchison is logical, for

they are located in a rich agricultural section, and consequently the

mills are among the most important enterprises in the city. In each case

the mills of Atchison are being operated by the sons of its founders.

The Blair mill was established by E. K. Blair, in an early day of the

history of Atchison, and is now managed by his sons, J. W. and W. A.

Blair. The Lukens mill was founded by David Lukens, who came to Atchison

in 1857. He operated a sawmill and raised corn in Missouri bottoms until

1877, when he built the Diamond Mills, now conducted by his sons, Arthur

Lukens, Edwin Lukens and David Lukens. The original Cain Mill Company

was established by John M. Cain and Alfred Cain, and its successor, the

Cain Milling Company, is operated by Douglas M. Cain, the son of Alfred

Cain.

Atchison is also the home of two of the largest wholesale hardware

stores on the Missouri river, both of which began operations here at

approximately the same time. The operations of the Blish, Mize &

Silliman Hardware Company are the largest of the two companies. This

company travels thirty men and has an office and store force of eighty-

eight men and women. It has an annual payroll of $115,000.00. It was

founded by D. P. Blish, E. A. Mize and J. B. Silliman, who were all

related by marriage. The company began in a small way as a successor to

J. E. Wagner & Company, and has branched out in its business until it

covers several States and territories. It occupies a magnificent re-

inforced concrete fire-proof structure at the corner of Fifth and Utah

avenue, and its business has been increasing from year to year.

The A. J. Harwi Hardware Company is owned and controlled largely by F.

E. Harwi, the son of its founder, and a full account of its operations

appears in a sketch of the life and career of A. J. Harwi in this

history.

Atchison is particularly proud of the fact that it is one of the best

jobbing centers in this part of the country, and in this connection the

wholesale grocery business is well represented in the two splendid firms

of the Dolan Mercantile Company and the Symns Grocery Company. The Dolan

Mercantile Company was established by W. F. Dolan, one of the pioneers

of Atchison, who started in a small way as a retail grocer merchant, and

died leaving a splendidly established wholesale grocery business, which

is now conducted by M. J. Horan and Leo Nusbaum. This house, under the

able management of these two young men is rapidly making for itself a

big reputation among wholesale dealers and grocers. In addition to

jobbing regular lines of merchandise this company has recently installed

its own plant for the manufacture of fluid extracts, baking powder and

pancake flour, and also roasts its own coffees. It has a large traveling

force, visiting the States of Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma,

and the Dolan brands are well known throughout this whole territory.

The Symns Grocery Company was established by A. B. Symns, who came to

Kansas from West Virginia, with his three brothers, in 1858, where he

settled in the town of Doniphan and engaged in mercantile pursuits,

until he removed to Atchison in 1872. He opened a wholesale and retail

grocery here in that year, and continued in business without a partner

until March, 1878, when the firm became Symns & Turner, under which name

it was run until 1880, when it was changed to A. B. Symns & Company. It

was subsequently incorporated into the Symns Grocery Company, and at the

death of A. B. Symns, the business was run by J. W. Allen, J. E. Moore,

C. A. Lockwood and Tom Gray. It operates in about the same territory

that the Dolan Mercantile Company operates in, and its present

enterprising management is keeping up the splendid reputation

established by its founder.

The Odell Cider & Vinegar Company is a new institution in Atchison. A.

Leo is manager, and $30,000.00 is invested in the plant and equipment

here. This company pressed out over 200,00 bushels of apples in 1915,

and made 650,000 gallons of vinegar. Forty men are employed during the

pressing season, and over $30,000.00 a year is paid out for apples,

which are converted into 150,000 gallons of vinegar, which is shipped to

various points in the United States during 1915.

The Stevenson planing mill employs twelve men, with a payroll of about

$10,000.00 a year and annual sales aggregating $27,000.00. S. R.

Stevenson, who for many years was employed by the old Atchison Furniture

Company, is at the head of this business. He settled in Atchison in

1865, and learned cabinet making with Dickinson & Company, of this city.

It would require a volume to properly elaborate upon the operations of

the various commercial enterprises of Atchison. What has been given is

the merest outline of the industrial activities here. The brief

reference to the several business houses and manufacturing plants is

made merely for the purpose of showing the character of the industrial

life of the county.

In addition to those enumerated there are other jobbing and

manufacturing interests operating, in some instances on as large a

scale, and in other instances on a smaller scale, but which in

themselves are just as important. Reference has not been made to the

Klostermeier Hardware Company, one of the largest jobbers in hardware in

northeastern Kansas, or to L. W. Voigt & Company, large shippers of

fruit, vegetables and produce, or to Kean & Tucker, operating along the

same line; neither has the James Poultry Company been mentioned, which

is one of Atchison’s growing concerns. There are also manufacturers of

cigars, brooms and barrels; large distributors of automobiles and

automobile accessories, and candy manufacturers. The Railway Specialty

Company, manufacturers of gasoline propelled railway track cars is

making substantial progress. From a small beginning it has forged ahead,

under the able management of Clive Hastings, until it has reached a

point where it will soon take its place among the leading track car

manufacturers of this country. Already the company has shipped its cars

to foreign parts, and it has also supplied many of the large railroads

of the United States with its cars. The Weiss Cornice Company is the

latest arrival in Atchison. This company makes metal cornices, window

frames and other builders’ fire-proof specialties. It recently moved

here from Kansas City and is already a large employer of labor. The

Washer Grain Company, established by Maj. S. H. Washer, does a large

grain business, and is still managed by Major Washer, who recently

passed his eightieth birthday. He is ably assisted by his son, W. R.

Washer, who is also otherwise prominently identified with the commercial

and shipping interests of the county.

Atchison also is a fine retail center, and draws trade from the

surrounding territory for a distance of from fifty to seventy-five

miles. It has fine dry goods stores, which carry the latest merchandise;

good shoe stores, millinery shops, grocery and hardware stores and shops

of all kinds, all of which are run by enterprising merchants. Atchison

is a good town in which to live; a city of beautiful homes; fine paved

and well lighted streets; a good water system and adequate street car

service, and a fine, prosperous set of people. The future of Atchison,

as a commercial center, is particularly bright, and it may look back

with a justifiable pride to what has already been accomplished, and

forward to a better day that is yet to come.

CHAPTER XXI.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS.

ATCHISON POSTOFFICE—COURT HOUSE—COUNTY HOSPITAL—YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN

ASSOCIATION—STATE ORPHANS’ HOME—ATCHISON PUBLIC LIBRARY—ATCHISON

HOSPITAL—MASONIC TEMPLE.

The first postoffice in Atchison opened in a small, one-story, stone

building, on the south side of Commercial street, between Second and

Third. The room was about 20×26 feet in dimensions, but large enough for

the purpose for which it was intended at that time. The location of the

postoffice was removed in 1856 to the store of Messrs. Woolfolk &

Cabell, on the levee. During the war in Kansas, in August, the

headquarters of the United States mail service were removed to the law

office of P. P. Wilcox. From there the office was removed to a building

on the north side of Commercial street, between Third and Fourth, and it

was there that in July, 1882, the free delivery system was inaugurated

in Atchison, which, with her money order department fully equipped the

postoffice. A number of years later agitation was started for the

erection of a new postoffice, and through the efforts of Senator Ingalls

a site at the northeast corner of Seventh and Kansas avenue was

purchased from Dr. Cochrane by the Government, and the contract was

awarded for the erection of the postoffice June 24, 1892, at a cost of

$61,703.17.

The names and terms of the postmasters of Atchison since the founding of

the office are as follows: Robert S. Kelly, March 15, 1855; John H.

Blasingham, December 20, 1855; Henry Addoms, July 28, 1857; John A.

Martin, April 26, 1861; Benjamin B. Gale, March 5, 1874; John M. Price,

February 6, 1879; Melleville C. Winegar, March 10, 1882; H. Clay Park,

March 30, 1886; Solomon R. Washer, March 20, 1890; Edgar C. Post, June

7, 1894; James M. Chisham, June 3, 1898; William D. Casey, December 14,

1910; Louis C. Orr, December 29, 1914, who is postmaster in 1916.

COURT HOUSE.

The present court house of this county occupies lots 1, 2 and 3, in

block 65, Old Atchison, and the contract for the building was entered

into on the twenty-first day of May, 1896, and accepted by the board of

county commissioners September 13, 1897. The total cost of building and

fixtures was $83,154.48.

COUNTY HOSPITAL.

The present county hospital for the poor is located on the southeast

quarter of section 14, township 6, range 20. The farm was purchased from

R. A. Park October 7, 1903, for $9,540, and the hospital was erected

January 3, 1905, at a cost of $27,501. The average cost of operating the

hospital and farm of 160 acres is approximately $2,109.16 per year, and

the average number of inmates is thirty. The present superintendent is

J. S. Clingan.

THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

On December 2, 1911, there met in the office of C. S. Hull a small group

of men interested in securing a modern Young Men’s Christian Association

building for the city of Atchison. Although this is the first formal

meeting of which there are any minutes recorded it is known that the

idea of an organization and building had long existed in the mind of

William Carlisle, and that encouragement was given him by many others.

At the meeting held on December 2 the Atchison Y. M. C. A. Promotion

Club was formally launched with Claude B. Fisk as president.

At the next meeting, held January 1, 1912, an executive committee,

composed of R. W. Ramsay, W. B. Collett, Fred Oliver, and C. S. Hull was

elected and the secretary was authorized to invite John E. Manley, State

secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, to be present at the

next meeting of the club.

On March 6, 1912, the club met at the Byram Hotel for luncheon. Mr.

Manley was present at this meeting and outlined a plan for a campaign to

raise the necessary funds to erect a modern building. The luncheon

meeting adjourned to meet at the office of H. H. Hackney at 4 p. m., at

which time a business committee of twenty-five men was appointed. The

following composed this committee: H. B. Mize, Fred Oliver, Eugene Howe,

W. B. Collett, C. S. Hull, George Guerrier, R. W. Ramsay, Sheffield

Ingalls, D. M. Cain, F. W. Woodford, A. F. Heck, August Manglesdorf,

Jr., T. A. Moxcey, Eugene Pulliam, E. W. Clausen, Clive Hastings, H. H.

Hackney, N. T. Veatch, W. P. Waggener, W. J. Bailey, Charles Linley, Roy

Seaton, Claude Fisk, J. A. Shoemaker, Holmes Dysinger. This committee

was later increased to twenty-seven, and the names of W. A. Carlisle and

W. A. Jackson were added.

The first regular meeting of the provisional committee, as it was now

called, was held at the Blish, Mize & Silliman offices March 13 and a

permanent organization effected. State Secretary Manley was present. R.

W. Ramsay, the present incumbent, was made president at this meeting;

Charles Linley, vice-president; C. S. Hull, recording secretary, and

George Guerrier, treasurer. T. C. Treat at this time tendered the use of

a room in the Simpson building for an office for the organization, which

was gratefully accepted.

At a meeting of the executive committee, held March 18, 1912. L. V.

Starkey was employed as general secretary and took active charge of the

building campaign April 15.

At the meeting held April 22 it was decided to raise $100,000 by public

subscription, and the following team captains were elected: S. R. Beebe,

O. A. Simmons, H. B. Mize, John R. Taylor, F. M. Woodford, L. M. Baker,

Charles A. Brown, W. D. Casey, W. W. Hetherington, and W. A. Jackson.

The charter for the organization bears the date of April 6 and was duly

acted upon and signed by the committee of twenty-seven at a meeting held

April 22.

In a ten days’ campaign conducted May 15–25, 1912, an amount

approximating $85,000 was raised by popular subscription. The

headquarters of the campaign were in a room furnished by J. C. Killarney

at 105–107 North Fifth street.

The latter part of June, 1912. the site at the northeast corner of

Fourth and Commercial streets was contracted for and work begun at once

on the building. On December 4, 1913, the splendid building which now

occupies that corner was formally opened for the regular work of the

association. The membership soon reached 450, and has been maintained at

about that point ever since.

The entire cost of building, including site and furnishings, amounted to

$113,000.

The Y. M. C. A. building contains thirty-four living rooms with a

capacity for fifty men. These rooms are now kept filled practically all

the time. A restaurant is operated on the ground floor and there are

excellent facilities for handling banquets and committee meetings. The

building is always at the disposal of church societies and other

organizations for gatherings of any kind.

There is a gymnasium, 44×72 feet, thoroughly equipped with all necessary

apparatus and a white tile-lined swimming pool, 20×50 feet. With a

separate entrance on Fourth street, there is a special game room for

boys ten to fifteen years of age.

The present board of directors is composed of R. W. Ramsay as president;

B. L. Brockett, vice-president; H. H. Hackney, recording secretary;

Charles Lanley, treasurer; Messrs. W. B. Collett, M. T. Dingess, Claud

B. Fisk, J. A. Fletcher, C. C. Ham, W. W. Hetherington, Martin Jensen,

J. F. Krueger, H. P. Shepherd, and F. M. Woodford.

The present general secretary, Ira J. Beard, came to the association in

April, 1914. Emmett T. Ireland is the present physical director, and

George Kassabaum is the assistant secretary.

On the fourth of December, 1914, an anniversary banquet was held in the

gymnasium, celebrating the first year of the association in its new

building, and the reports of the work accomplished at that time

dispelled any feeling there may have been on the part of some that such

an institution could not be successfully maintained in Atchison. This

banquet was attended by 200 enthusiastic friends and members of the

association, and Governor Arthur Capper was a guest of honor.

Membership in the Young Men’s Christian Association is open to any boy

or man of good character who is over ten years of age. Membership in the

Atchison association is accepted and honored in all other Young Men’s

Christian associations throughout the country. The dominant purpose of

the association is the building up of Christian character.

STATE ORPHANS’ HOME.

The legislature of the State of Kansas at the session of 1885 enacted

the first law for the establishing of a Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home at

Atchison, Kan. For the purpose of erecting the first building the

legislature appropriated the sum of $24,300 on condition that the land

should be donated to the State.

The act of the legislature provided that said Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home

“shall be an institution for the nurture, education and maintenance,

without charge, for all indigent children of soldiers who served in the

army and navy of the Union during the late rebellion, and who have been

disabled from wounds or disease, or who have since died in indigent

circumstances, and other indigent orphan children of the State.” The

institution was located at Atchison, Kan., on the present site which was

purchased from the late J. P. Brown and donated to the State. In

pursuance of the act of the legislature a portion of what is now the

main building was erected and by a subsequent appropriation was

finished, and the first children were admitted on July 1, 1887.

The original building was a four-story brick building with a basement.

The fourth story was made into a dormitory, with five rooms for

employes. The third story consisted of a smaller dormitory, lavatories,

rooms for employes and sleeping room for the superintendent. The second

story had school rooms, superintendent’s office, parlor, lavatories and

rooms for employes. The first floor rooms were dining room, kitchen,

store room, school rooms. The basement was used for boilers, store

rooms, laundry and boys’ lavatory.

The laws regulating the home were amended and enlarged by the

legislature at its session of 1889, so that all children sound in mind

and body and over two years of age and under fourteen years, belonging

to any one of the following named classes shall be eligible for

admission to the home: “First, any child dependent upon the public for

support; any dependent, neglected and ill-treated child who is an object

of public concern, and whom the State may have power to exercise and

extend its protection and control.”

This act of the legislature so increased the number of eligible for

admission to the home that it soon became necessary to enlarge the

building. In 1891 the legislature again appropriated the sum of $7,000

for the erection of the west wing, to be the same width and height as

the main building, and to increase the length by thirty feet and this

gave play room, sitting room, school room and sleeping room for the

kindergarten children, also a room in which the John A. Martin Memorial

Library was placed, and a reading room in the upper story for the larger

boys.

Connected with this appropriation was $1,000 for a hospital building

which is detached from the main building by about 100 feet.

The growth of the institution and the number desiring admission made it

necessary to again ask for an appropriation for more buildings. At the

session of the legislature of 1895 the legislature appropriated $91,800

for the erection of the east wing and for three cottages, 50×42 feet,

and a building for domestic purposes, 40×110 feet, which contains the

chapel, children’s dining room, one large school room, kitchen, store

room, one employes’ dining room and eight rooms for employes.

At the legislative session of 1907 an appropriation of $25,000 was made

for the purpose of erecting a new cottage on the Orphans’ Home grounds,

to be used for the purpose of caring for destitute crippled children who

were otherwise unprovided for under the various acts of the legislature

providing for the Orphans’ Home. The foundation for this building was

commenced on the seventeenth day of October, 1909, and the building was

completed, and ready for the occupancy of children July 1, 1910. The law

providing for only children sound in mind and body between the ages of

two and fourteen years shall be admitted. This cottage at the present

time is used for the older girls of the institution and it seems very

well adapted for that purpose.

The legislature of 1903 very generously appropriated $20,000 to build a

brick pavement from the city to the home. This road was completed to the

city limits in 1904. Since that time the city has extended its pavement

so that now there is a pavement road all the way from the home to the

business district of Atchison.

The two latest improvements of great value to the home are, first the

connecting up of the home with the Atchison Water Company, so that now

we receive a supply of water adequate for all purposes. This was done in

1913 and 1914. Previous to that time water had been obtained from

various sources and the supply was always poor in quality and very

inadequate in quantity. This apparently settles the question of water,

so far as this institution is concerned, and we now have a plentiful

supply of the purest of water. Second: From the very first beginning of

the home the question of sewage disposal has been one of great

difficulty and a source of much annoyance and discomfort to those around

about, particularly the neighboring farmers. For years the sewage of the

institution flowed out through the pasture land and fields of our

neighbors, and various attempts to build sewage disposal plants were

made by the board of control and others who had charge of the State

institutions, but with little or no success. At the present time we are

engaged in connecting up the institution with the city sewer system at a

cost of approximately $6,000.

The original cost of the land occupied by the State Orphans’ Home, and

purchased from J. P. Brown, as hereinbefore mentioned, was $16,000.

No institution in this State occupies a more beautiful and sightly

location. It is situated at an elevation of 275 feet above the Missouri

river, and overlooking the winding course of that stream for miles, with

the city of Atchison at its feet and with the view north and west

unobstructed for miles, it is the wonder and admiration of all who

behold it. It is impossible for me to state exactly or to ascertain

exactly the cost of the institution, properly known as the State

Orphans’ Home, but it is approximately in the neighborhood of $300,000.

The first superintendent was John Pierson; his wife, Mrs. M. A. Pierson,

was his matron, and the celebrated Dr. Eva Harding, now a physician,

located in Topeka, and running for the Democratic nomination for

Congress in the First district, was his physician. Mr. Pierson was not

very long in this office. The records do not show just how long, but he

was succeeded by Charles E. Faulkner, who is now serving as

superintendent of the Washburn Memorial Orphans’ Asylum, at Minneapolis,

Minn. It was during Faulkner’s administration that most of the

improvements heretofore noted were made. Faulkner was succeeded by C. A.

Woodworth in 1898 and served but two years, when H. H. Young was

appointed. He served but a short time and was succeeded by E. L. Hillis,

who held the office until the time of his resignation, April 1, 1907,

because of ill health. Mr. Hillis was succeeded by E. C. Willis, of

Newton, Kan., on April 10, 1907, who remained superintendent until he

was succeeded by Mrs. E. K. Burnes on the first day of September, 1913.

Mrs. Burnes held the place for two years, being succeeded by E. C.

Willis on the first of September, 1915, who is still the superintendent

at the present time.

More than 6,000 have been inmates of the home at sometime or another,

and of the 6,000 only 200 are here at the present time. All of the

others who are still living are out in the world and doing for

themselves like other people with various degrees of success. Some of

them are doing well; others exceedingly well, and are occupying good

positions, or are in business for themselves.

Very sincerely,

EDWARD C. WILLIS,

Superintendent.

ATCHISON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Major W. W. Downs was the promoter of the association. He was at Kansas

in the spring of 1879 and opened its doors to the public November 17 of

that year.

He was at that time superintendent of the Central Branch railroad and

realized the need of reading and amusement rooms for the young men in

this city. He succeeded in interesting a number of influential Atchison

women in the work and promised a generous personal donation and the

coöperation of the various railroads centering here.

It was unfortunate that before the doors of the library swung open the

Central Branch changed officials. In spite of this discouragement the

Atchison ladies continued to work, and since its organization it has

always been managed by a board of fifteen women.

Funds are raised by the sale of membership and donations and a small

monthly stipend from the city. J. P. Pomeroy subsequently made a

splendid donation, amounting to $10,000, and later on, A. J. Harwi

contributed a like amount for the support of this institution. It now

has almost 11,000 books on its shelves besides hundreds of magazines and

pamphlets.

Mrs. Leontine Scofield was appointed librarian in January, 1883, and has

held that position from that time until 1916 uninterruptedly. She has

endeared herself to the thousands of patrons who have visited this

institution, and her familiarity with the place and her fidelity to the

work especially fits her for this important place.

The following Atchison ladies are the officers of the association in

1916: Mrs. W. W. Guthrie, president; Mrs. F. E. Harwi, vice-president;

Mrs. W. S. Beitzel, recording secretary; Miss Effie E. Symns,

corresponding secretary; Mrs. Fannie W. Linley, treasurer. In addition

to these ladies the following are directresses: Miss Nellie Allen, Mrs.

R. F. Clark, Mrs. L. R. Seaton, Mrs. G. W. Glick, Mrs. E. S. Wills, Mrs.

W. H. Schulze, Mrs. J. M. Challiss, Mrs. D. C. Newcomb, and Miss Mary

Lukens. Mrs. J. J. Ingalls is an honorary directress of the association.

ATCHISON HOSPITAL.

The first attempt to found a hospital in the city of Atchison originated

in 1884, and after a general meeting for organization a board was

appointed which purchased and re-constructed a building situated on

South Seventh street between U and V, and the institution was open to

the public May 20 of that year.

The following named Atchison ladies were prominently identified with the

movement that was responsible for the building of the first hospital in

Atchison: Mrs. A. A. Carey, who was the first president of the

association; Mrs. J. J. Berry, Mrs. W. W. Campbell, Mrs. E. A. Mize,

Mrs. D. P. Blish, Mrs. C. B. Singleton, Mrs. J. J. Ingalls, and Mrs. C.

S. Osborn.

After five years of activity this building as a hospital was closed

through lack of support and the misapprehension of the purpose of a

hospital on the part of the community.

From about 1889 until 1912 the hospital necessities of Atchison were

provided by private institutions and cases were sent outside of the

city, but in the fall of 1912 the need for a hospital within the city

had become very apparent, and as a result the following public spirited

citizens of the city associated themselves together for the purpose of

building a modern hospital: W. P. Waggener, president; R. W. Ramsay,

vice-president; Otis E. Gray, secretary; Joseph M. Schott, treasurer.

The directors with the above officers were: Frank Harwi, T. M. Walker

and L. R. Seaton. They instituted a campaign for the purpose of raising

$50,000 to purchase a site and construct and equip a building for a

general hospital.

The campaign was to a very large degree successful, sufficient money

being raised in this initial effort to warrant the directors in

purchasing a site, the square block situated on North Second street

between N and O streets, where a fire-proof building was constructed to

accommodate thirty-five patients with a maximum capacity of fifty. The

building is equipped with the most modern appliances for hospital

activities. The operating room was modeled and equipped after the

suggestion of the most celebrated surgeons in the country, and since the

opening of the hospital to receive patients in July, 1914, its success

has been assured and its need demonstrated. It possesses appliances and

equipment conservatively valued at $65,000.

The present board of directors are: W. P. Waggener, president; Frank E.

Harwi, vice-president; O. E. Gray, secretary; Joseph M. Schott,

treasurer. Directors: R. W. Ramsay, H. E. Muchnic, Eugene Howe and Leo

Nusbaum.

The purpose of this institution is to take care of the sick and injured

of the community without distinction of race, color or creed. Those who

can afford to pay are expected to pay the fees of the institution. No

one is refused attendance by reason of his or her inability to pay for

such service. The biological and X-Ray laboratories are among the best

equipped in the State and these laboratories with their equipment, like

most of the furnishings and equipment of the hospital, are memorials of

the former residents of Atchison county.

MASONIC TEMPLE.

This magnificent new home for the Masonic orders of Atchison is a three-

story structure of re-inforced concrete fire-proof construction with

basement. It is built of gray Brazil, Indiana, vitrified brick and

trimmed with ocean colored terra cotta. The first floor is a store room

and on the second floor there are a number of offices and the banquet

hall with kitchen facilities. The third floor is used exclusively for

Masonic purposes, and in the rear portion of the third floor is a

mezzanine floor with fire-proof lockers. The lodge room is embellished

with an ornamental plaster cornice and with Scagliola columns and

pilasters. The ceiling is circular with a large dome, and the memorial

room is finished with ornamental plastering in elaborate Egyptian

design. The total cost of this building with furniture and equipment was

close to $60,000.

[Illustration:

Masonic Temple, Atchison, Kan.

]

CHAPTER XXII.

SOCIETIES AND LODGES.

ATCHISON COUNTY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION—BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

OF ELKS—FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES—OTHER SECRET SOCIETIES—CATHOLIC

SOCIETIES.

One of the strongest county organizations among the farmers is the

Atchison County Protective Association. It had its origin in a vigilance

committee which was organized at Good Intent and Shannon, in 1883. For

three years this committee operated as a vigilance committee and was

organized under the Central Protective Association, August 31, 1886, by

William Conners, of Winthrop, Mo. L. P. Dubois, concerning whom a

biographical sketch appears in another part of this history, was the

first president of the Good Intent lodge, and W. H. Smith was the first

secretary. Hon. T. J. Emlen, county treasurer of this county, was the

first treasurer of Shannon Hill lodge, and J. I. Holmes was the first

secretary.

The first work that was done by the consolidated lodges was in running

down a thief who stole a team of horses from the late Rolla Streeper.

Members of both lodges were taxed $10 each to defray the expense of the

chase. J. H. Barry was sheriff of the county at that time and captured

the thief in Nebraska.

Following this capture the lodges decided that the expense was too great

to be borne by them alone and so the Atchison County Protective

Association was formed in the spring of 1889. The first president was C.

S. Prim, and the second president was Hon. W. T. Bland, third president

was Elias Graves. W. H. Bush was the fourth president, and he held

office for ten years and was one of the most popular, tactful and

conscientious officials the association ever had. Will Dooley, of the

Good Intent lodge, was president of the association in 1916, and no

better man ever filled the position. The Hon. Edward Iverson, ex-county

clerk, and now cashier of the Exchange State Bank, at Atchison, has been

secretary of the association since 1901. The association has now a

membership of 1,500 and with twenty-five lodges, and is affiliated with

the Central Protective Association.

BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS.

This lodge was organized January 17, 1901, with 150 charter members. W.

T. Bland, for many years district judge of this county, was elected the

first exalted ruler. The lodge occupied temporary quarters for a number

of years, and erected its present building at a cost of $20,000 and

dedicated it in 1907. The present membership of the Elk’s lodge is 326,

and the names of the past exalted rulers, in addition to W. T. Bland,

are as follows: Charles Linley, T. S. Young, J. M. Challiss, James W.

Orr, W. S. Washer, Fred Giddings, W. P. Waggener, B. W. Vickery, W. D.

Harburger, Charles A. Brown, G. W. Myers, H. B. Bilimek, and Walter E.

Brown, whose term expires March 31, 1916.

[Illustration:

Elks Club House, Atchison, Kan.

]

ATCHISON AERIE, NO. 173, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.

The Atchison Aerie, No. 173, of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, was

instituted on October 3, 1901. The officers in 1916 are as follows: Past

worthy president, Owen Grady; worthy president, John V. Smith; worthy

vice-president, Fred Rambke; worthy chaplain, F. E. Kaaz; treasurer, L.

M. Baker; secretary, W. H. Smith; trustees, S. S. King, Carl Schmitt, E.

N. Underwood; aerie physician, Dr. C. F. Finney.

[Illustration:

Eagles’ Home, Atchison, Kan.

]

The aerie meets every Wednesday evening. The cost of the present

building was about $35,000. The building belongs to the Eagles’

Benevolent Association. The present membership is 550.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

Ancient Order of United Workmen—Atchison Lodge, No. 4, first and third

Thursdays at Odd Fellows’ Hall. L. M. Baker, recorder.

Ancient Order of United Workmen—Mulford Lodge, No. 137. Second and

fourth Thursdays at Odd Fellows’ Hall. W. A. Wilson, recorder.

Ancient Order of United Workmen—Degree of Honor—Columbia Lodge, No. 85.

Second and fourth Thursdays.

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks—Atchison Lodge, No. 647. First

and third Tuesdays at 611 Kansas avenue. George R. Hooper, secretary.

Central Protective Association—Atchison Lodge, No. 32. Meets at call of

president. W. H. Smith, secretary.

Court of Honor—(See Ancient Order of United Workmen.).

Eagles—(See Fraternal Order of Eagles).

Elks Club House—(See Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks).

Fraternal Aid Association—Atchison Council, No. 7. First and third

Wednesdays at Security Hall. Rosa S. Voorhees, secretary.

Fraternal Order of Eagles—Atchison Aerie, No. 173. Every Wednesday at

Eagles’ Hall. W. H. Smith, secretary.

Grand Army of the Republic—A. S. Everest Post, No. 493. First and third

Mondays at court house.

Grand Army of the Republic—A. S. Everest Woman’s Relief Corps, No. 148.

First and third Thursdays at court house. Mrs. John Noron, secretary.

Grand Army of the Republic—John A. Martin Post, No. 93. Fourth Sundays

at court house. Willful A. Stanley, adjutant. C. H. Burrows, commander.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows—(See Odd Fellows).

Improved Order of Red Men—Miami Tribe, No. 15. Every Monday at Red Men’s

Wigwam. J. M. Tarman, sachem.

Independent Order of Foresters—Court Atchison, No. 1741. Meets at call

of Chief Ranger. George R. Hooper, secretary.

Kansas Fraternal Citizens—Atchison Assembly, No. 15. First and third

Thursdays at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Walter North, secretary.

Knights and Ladies of Security—Atchison Council, No. 267. Meets every

Thursday at Security Hall. Courtney Turner, secretary.

Knights and Ladies of Security—Harmony Council, No. 1375. Second and

fourth Thursdays. C. H. Burrows, secretary.

Knights of the Maccabees—Atchison Tent, No. 2. First and third Tuesdays.

F. M. Woodford, record keeper.

Knights of Pythias—Golden Cross Lodge, No. 7. Every Thursday at Security

Hall. W. M. Thistle, keeper of records and seal.

Masonic—Active Lodge, No. 158. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Second

and fourth Mondays at Knights of Pythias Hall. A. W. Nicholson,

secretary.

Masonic—Washington Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons. Second and fourth

Thursdays at Asylum, 724½ Commercial street. J. E. Henderson, secretary.

Masonic—Washington Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar. First and third

Thursdays at Asylum, 724½ Commercial street. J. E. Henderson, recorder.

Eagle’s Benevolent Association—Meets at call of president. W. H. Smith,

secretary.

Masonic—Washington Council, No. 2, Royal and Select Masters. Third

Saturdays at Asylum, Masonic Temple. J. E. Henderson, recorder.

Ancient Free and Accepted Masons—Washington Lodge, No. 5, Ancient Free

and Accepted Masons. First and third Mondays at Masonic Temple. J. E.

Henderson, secretary.

Ancient Free and Accepted Masons—Order of Eastern Star—Martha Washington

Chapter, No. 215. First and third Fridays at Masonic Temple. Miss Alice

Noron, secretary.

Modern Brotherhood of America—Atchison Lodge, No. 427. Second Tuesdays

at Red Men’s Wigwam. Charles Pantle, secretary.

Modern Woodmen of America—Unity Camp, No. 356. Second and fourth Fridays

at Odd Fellows’ Hall. T. J. Ritner, clerk.

Mystic Workers of the World—First and third Tuesdays at Security Hall.

Herman Haase, secretary.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows’ Hall—Southwest corner Fifth and Kansas

avenue, second and third floors.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows—Friendship Lodge, No. 5. Every Tuesday

at Odd Fellows’ Hall. W. H. Smith, secretary.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows—Hesperian Encampment, No. 6. First and

third Fridays at Odd Fellows’ Hall. A. W. Heisey, secretary.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows—Rebekahs—Friendship Lodge, No. 288.

Second and fourth Mondays at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Mrs. Bessie Jost,

secretary.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows—Schillers Lodge, No. 33. Every

Wednesday at Odd Fellows’ Hall. Charles Feierabend, secretary.

Order of Eastern Star—(See Ancient Free and Accepted Masons).

P. E. O. Society—Chapter J. Kansas. Every second Friday at homes of

members. Mrs. Anna Lungwitz, secretary. Public rest room, 109 South

Fifth avenue.

Daughters of Rebekah—(See Independent Order of Odd Fellows).

Red Men’s Wigwam—Third floor, 500 Commercial street.

Royal Arcanum—Atchison Commandery, No. 1035. Scott Jones, secretary.

Meets at call of regent.

Royal Neighbors—Atchison Camp, No. 1044. First and third Fridays at Odd

Fellows’ Hall. Mrs. Emma M. Christian, recorder.

United Commercial Travelers of America—Atchison Council, No. 99. Fourth

Saturdays at Masonic Temple. George R. Hooper, secretary.

Woodmen Circle—Atchison Grove, No. 13. First and third Mondays at Odd

Fellows’ Hall. A. W. Heisey, secretary.

Woodmen of the World—Atchison Camp, No. 9. First and second Mondays at

Odd Fellows’ Hall. Judge J. P. Adams, clerk.

Security Hall—524–526 Commercial street, third floor.

CATHOLIC SOCIETIES.

Carroll Club—First and third Tuesdays at St. Louis College Hall. LeRoy

Ostertag, secretary.

Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association—No. 20. First Thursdays at St.

Louis College Hall. Werner Nass, secretary.

Knights of Columbus—Sacred Heart Council, No. 723. Second and Fourth

Thursdays at Hall, 511½ Commercial street. William T. Jochems, financial

secretary; Charles Smith, recording secretary.

Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association—No. 602. First and third

Tuesdays at St. Louis College Hall. Agnes Langan, secretary.

St. Joseph’s Benevolent Society—Second Sundays at St. Louis College

Hall. Joseph Tinschert, secretary.

Odd Fellows—Abdallah Shrine Club—Meets at call of president. J. E.

Henderson, secretary.

Masonic Charity Association—Meets at call of president. A. W. Nicholson,

secretary-treasurer.

Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association—No. 942. Second and fourth

Tuesdays.

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE.

EARLY DAY CONDITIONS—THEIR ADVANCEMENT—PRIOR DICKEY—HENRY C. BUCHANAN—

EUGENE L. BELL—CHARLES INGRAM—CHARLES J. FERGUSON—HENRY DICKEY—DR.

FRANK ADRIAN PEARL, M. D.—DR. W. W. CALDWELL, M. D.

The story of the African race in Atchison county makes an appeal to the

thoughtful and intelligent student of history. It is not a mere

platitude to say that the negro has made marvelous progress in many

lines, and not the least striking illustration of this assertion is to

point to what he has accomplished in this county under circumstances

that have not been altogether propitious. The record of African bondage

here is not voluminous, but it is sufficient upon which to base a story

of his development. As early as 1856 a reference to slavery in Atchison

county is found in the _Squatter Sovereign_, which on September 16 of

that year contained the following advertisement:

$500 REWARD.

Ran away from the subscribers on the night of September 9, two negro

boys, Ned and Harrison.

Ned is about eighteen years old, stout and well built, about five

feet, eight inches high, and weighs about 170 pounds. At the time of

his leaving was dressed in a brown velvet coat.

Harrison is a bright mulatto, about five feet, four inches high,

weighs about 120 pounds, is about sixteen years old, and was rather

shabbily dressed.

Said negroes took with them two horses.

One black, six years old, branded H on left hip, quite thin, about

fifteen and one-half hands high.

One claybank, dark mane and tail, rather bony, six years old, about

fifteen and one-half hands high, paces.

Five hundred dollars reward will be given for the apprehension and

safe return of the negroes, or $250 for the recovery of either of

the negroes and horses.

A. J. FREDERICK,

R. H. CABELL.

Atchison, K. T.

A search of the files of the _Squatter Sovereign_ fails to disclose the

sequel to this advertisement. Whether or not “Ned and Harrison” were

subsequently apprehended and the reward paid must be left to the

imagination, but doubtless they were among the four million black men

from whose limbs, a few years later, Abraham Lincoln struck the

shackles, and whose descendants this day are breathing the pure air of

freedom. There is no definite record of the number of slaves in Atchison

county at the time the advertisement in the _Squatter Sovereign_

appeared. When the first census was taken in 1855 no counties had been

established and the territory in Atchison county was included in the

fifteenth election district. This census provided for the enumeration of

the slaves in the territory, and as far as can be determined, the

following men in and around Atchison were slave owners: D. A. N. Glover,

three; W. M. Size, five; John Samuel, one; R. A. Walker, one; Charles

Echer, three; S. F. Raz, three; and Grafton Thomasson, the sawmill man,

of Atchison, owned three, one of whom drowned herself in the Missouri

river, which fatality was the direct cause of the famous Pardee Butler

incident. It is a far cry from “Ned and Harrison” to Prior Dickey and

Henry Buchanan, successful farmers of Walnut township, and it will be

the object of this chapter to show how far that cry is, by tracing

somewhat intimately the lives and careers of Dickey and Buchanan, and

other leading negroes of the Mills neighborhood.

Prior Dickey was born in Barren county, Kentucky, March 9, 1861, a son

of Jackson and Edith Dickey, the father a native of West Virginia, and

the mother of Kentucky. The first eighteen years of his life were spent

in Kentucky, and in 1879 he came to Kansas, and his first employment was

in a rock quarry at Millbrook, Graham county. He possessed $3.75 when he

landed in this town. He helped build sod houses, and in fact turned his

hand at anything that offered for his board and lodging. During the

spring of 1880 he walked from Millbrook to Concordia, a distance of 200

miles, in search of work. He was accompanied by a friend, Calvin

Trotter, and their joint capital was $1.25. After reaching Concordia,

and also having gone without food for two days, he secured work with a

railroad construction crew, and was sent from Concordia to Atchison, and

thence to Rich Hill, Mo., and later to Texas, where he worked on the

extension of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway. When this work was

finished he started for Kansas, and wishing to save his money stowed

himself in a box car. While the train was at a standstill in a Texas

town, a white man knocked on the door, demanding admittance. Prior was

scared, and stealing out of the opposite door, started to run. The white

man called out, “Stop, neighbor,” and Prior stopped. They became

friends, and came north together in the box car. On arriving at Ft.

Scott, Prior gave his white friend $1, fed him at a restaurant, and sent

him on his way. From Ft. Scott he came to Atchison, and later was

employed in railroad construction work of various kinds in Nebraska, on

the Central Branch railroad in Kansas, the Wabash in Missouri, and

elsewhere. In 1833 he secured his first employment on a farm, a field of

endeavor in which he has since made a signal success. From ten dollars a

month to twenty-one dollars, with board and lodging, was his wage. Prior

possessed a spirit of thrift and saved his wages. In 1885, while working

for Medad Harvey, in Grasshopper township, Atchison county, he bought

his first forty acres. On this place he put his father and mother,

bringing them from Kentucky. They lived here until their deaths, that of

the father, in 1895, and the mother in 1911. Prior’s example in caring

for his aged parents, even refusing to marry on account of attendance on

his mother, is worthy of emulation. Three years after his first purchase

of land he bought his second forty, a year later a third forty, then an

eighty, and later from John J. Ingalls, he bought a 160 acre tract. He

is also the owner of a 160 acre farm in Oklahoma, and his various

holdings total over 500 acres. He is a capable and industrious

agriculturist, employs modern methods, is in close touch with the

advancement in scientific farming, and is a successful breeder of high

grade cattle and hogs. His herd of grade Herefords is the equal of any

in the county and numbers over fifty head. His property is well improved

and well kept. He is a stockholder in the State Bank of Potter and

conceded to be no mean financier. He is a stanch Republican and states

“not a black man in the United States can conscientiously be anything

but a Republican.” He cast his first vote in Graham county in the first

election held in that county after its organization. He is a Mason and a

Baptist. A sister and her children comprise his household. Possessed of

ambition to succeed and gain an assured position in his adopted State,

of untiring energy, intelligence and the quality of thrift, Prior Dickey

has developed into a citizen who is worth while.

Henry C. Buchanan was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, on April 8,

1844. His father was a slave, owned by Dr. Thomas Montgomery, and named

Martin Montgomery, and his mother was Violet Shanks, a slave girl, owned

by Archie Shanks. Their son was born on the Shanks plantation. Following

the death of Archie Shanks, his daughter, Sarah, inherited the boy,

Henry, along with thirty other slaves. She afterward married a man by

the name of Buchanan, and this family name was given the boy. He grew to

young manhood on the Buchanan plantation, and was given fair treatment,

but not any schooling. In 1864 he left the plantation and enlisted in

the Fifth United States cavalry, at Camp Wilson, on the Kentucky river.

He served about twenty-two months and was mustered out at Little Rock,

Ark. He then returned to the old plantation in Kentucky, and found it

had been made a Government post. He was fairly well posted on farming,

as he had been one of the best field hands on the Buchanan plantation,

and this fact being known to the land owners of the neighborhood, he had

no difficulty in leasing a portion of the old plantation. A brother-in-

law was associated with him in this venture, but Henry was the manager.

He later leased land in the adjoining county. His farming was

profitable, and he saved his money, eventually accumulating enough

capital to engage in the general merchandise business in Lancaster, Ky.,

on a small scale. In 1881 he concluded to go west, and chose Atchison

Kan., as his place of location. He arrived here at the time of the great

flood, and shortly afterward opened a grocery and produce store on Fifth

street. He continued in this business until 1891, when he sold out, and

with the proceeds bought 100 acres of land in Walnut township. This

property he improved, and as the years have passed he has added to the

acreage, until now he owns 400 acres. The property is well improved,

well kept and well farmed. He was married in 1878 to Belle Hogans, of

Garritt county, Kentucky, who died in 1899. Handicapped by the lack of

education, he has spared no reasonable expense in the matter of

educating his children, and his sons are now carrying forward their

father’s farm enterprise along modern lines, and are well educated,

intelligent members of the community. A deceased daughter, Luella B.,

graduated from the Atchison county high school, at Effingham. Henry

Buchanan has always been a Republican. He has served as precinct

committeeman, and as a member of the election board at several

elections, and also as judge of election. He is a member of the Baptist

church, and has been a member of the board of trustees of his local

church for many years. Measured from the standpoint of a man who has

done the things which have come to his hand from time to time, he has

done those things well. He has assisted in the development of the

county’s agricultural resources, has been thrifty, and has gained the

respect and esteem of the residents of his township and county.

Eugene L. Bell, prosperous farmer, Walnut township, was born at Oak

Mills, Kan., July 28, 1875, a son of Joseph and Sydney (King) Bell,

natives of Missouri and Kentucky, respectively. Joseph Bell, the father,

was born in October, 1844, in Platte county, Missouri, of slave

parentage. He lived in Missouri until 1863, and then located in

Leavenworth, Kan., where he joined the United States army, becoming a

member of Company G, Seventy-ninth regiment, United States Colorado

infantry. He served until the close of the Civil war, taking part in

fourteen battles. After the war he married Miss Sydney King at

Leavenworth, Kan. In 1872 he removed to Oak Mills, Atchison county, and

settled on a farm in Walnut township. He was one of the pioneers of this

settlement and developed a fine farm. Mr. Bell took an active part in

matters pertaining to the betterment of his community and was an

exemplary citizen. Many of the noted men of his day in Kansas were his

warm and steadfast friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bell were the parents of nine

children, six of whom were reared to maturity: Eugene L., the subject of

this review; Mrs. Birdie Norman, of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. T. C. Brown, and

Miss Pearlie Bell, of Chicago, Ill.; Humphrey Bell, of Pittsburgh, Pa.;

and Mead Bell, of Cleveland, Ohio. Joseph Bell died May 30, 1914. Mrs.

Bell died April 18, 1903. Like her husband, she ran away from slavery to

Kansas.

Eugene L. spent his boyhood days assisting his father in cultivating the

home farm, and managed to attend school about two and one-half months

out of the year until he attained the age of nineteen years. He then

began to hustle for himself and completed a three years’ course in the

Atchison county high school at Effingham. Ambition and a desire to

educate himself led him to make sacrifices in order to prepare himself

to better cope with the struggle for a livelihood. The priceless boon of

an education was his after considerable effort, and he graduated from

the county high school in 1896. He then returned to the avocation of

farmer and rented land in Walnut township, which he cultivated for some

years. Mr. Bell is the owner of a fine farm in Walnut township.

He was married December 26, 1901, to Miss Mamie Churchhill, of Monrovia,

Kan., a native of Hardin county, Kentucky. They settled in Atchison,

Kan., and lived there three years after this marriage. Mr. Bell then

moved to Walnut township and taught school for two terms in District No.

20. He then bought forty acres of land, on which he has since made his

home. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bell: Inez, Orville,

Eugene, Leslie, Jr., Justin, Irene, Pearlie, Ruthanna. Mrs. Bell died

December 7, 1912.

Mr. Bell has been the local newspaper correspondent of his neighborhood

for several years and has a decided literary talent. For the past

eighteen years he has been connected with school district No. 20 in the

capacity of teacher and school trustee. He is a progressive Republican

in his political affiliations, and has been honored by his party. On May

27, 1915, he was appointed by Governor Capper as a member of the board

of trustees of Quindaro University, Kansas, and also received a

complimentary appointment to attend the Farmers’ Congress as a negro

delegate, held at the Panama Exposition at San Francisco. He is a member

of the Methodist Episcopal church of Atchison, and has been a member of

the Masonic fraternity for the past fifteen years. Mr. Bell has taken a

prominent part in the educational and civic life of Atchison county. He

has served as a delegate to county and State conventions of his party,

and filled the position of doorkeeper and sergeant-at-arms in the house

of representatives at Topeka. His newspaper experience includes a term

of employment in the printing department of the _Omaha Bee_ when

nineteen years old, where he learned typesetting, going from there to

Chicago and attending the World’s Fair. After this experience he

returned home with the intention of securing an education and succeeded.

Mr. Bell is one of the well respected citizens of his community, and is

one of the recognized leaders of his race in Kansas. His father, Joseph

Bell, was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Scott Post, of

Hydro, Okla., whither he removed in 1900.

Charles Ingram, a well known farmer, of Walnut township, whose

agricultural plant is located four miles distant from the town of

Potter, Kan., consisting of 160 acres of good land, is a native of the

Southland. He was born in 1855, a son of Hart and Vinia Ingram, both of

whom were born and reared in Tennessee. Just previous, or some years

before the opening of the Civil war, his parents left Tennessee and came

to Buchanan county, Missouri, as chattels of Jesse Ingram. The Ingram

farm was located about four miles distant from St. Joseph, Mo. Here they

toiled in the fields of the master and owner until given their freedom

by Mr. Ingram near the end of the Civil war. The owner, on setting his

slaves free, told them to go out and hustle for themselves. Hart Ingram

and his family came to Kansas and lived during their first winter here

in Atchison. He then located on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, and

worked for Mr. Speck for five years. He then rented land of John King

for one year, after which he invested his savings in forty acres of land

in Walnut township, upon which he resided until his demise.

As a youth Charles had no opportunity to acquire an education, and after

his marriage in 1880 he rented land for several years, and eventually

saved enough money to make a payment on forty acres of farm lands. He

immediately made his home on his purchase and has added to his

possessions until he is now the owner of 160 acres of excellent farm

land, with good, comfortable dwelling and improvements. Charles Ingram

was married in 1880 to Margarette Farner, of Atchison county. Five

children have blessed this marriage, who are all receiving the benefits

of a good school education by their ambitious parents.

Mr. Ingram is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Baptist

church. He is a man of high and strong character, which has been

developed in the stern and exacting school of adversity. Mr. Ingram has

seen the time when he was unable to borrow even twenty-five dollars, and

his credit is now good for as much as $2,500, should he desire it. One

of his daughters, Grace, is a graduate of the Atchison county high

school at Effingham, and the others have been given similar opportunity.

Grace Ingram taught school in Atchison county before her marriage. Mr.

Ingram is a striking example of the progress which his race has made

since the negroes have been freed from bondage.

Charles J. Ferguson, farmer, of Oak Mills, Kan., was born in Platte

county, Missouri, in April 1881, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Williams)

Ferguson, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter a native of

Missouri. The parents of Charles came to Kansas from Missouri in 1881,

and settled on a small farm of twenty acres, which Daniel bought with

his savings, and still owns. Charles attended school in District No. 20,

and was reared on the parental farm. After his marriage in 1900 he began

doing things for himself and has become the owner of 100 acres of fine

farm lands, overlooking Bean Lake, and located in Walnut township. Mr.

Ferguson has attained to his comfortable position of affluence by

industry, economy, and good financial management, and began his career

with practically nothing. He was the first man in Walnut township to

ship a carload of wheat, and others have since followed his example. He

shipped his first carload of wheat in 1910 and has become noted as a

grower of small grain, having raised 1,690 bushels of wheat in 1914, and

raises on an average over 1,200 bushels annually. He was married March

7, 1900, to Eliza, a daughter of H. C. Buchanan, and is the father of

the following children: Granville F., born December 19, 1900; Sarah,

born March 1, 1902; Sheffield, born January 12, 1905; Rothschild, born

September 8, 1908; Luella, born June 17, 1910: Decina, born May 31,

1912.

Mr. Ferguson is a Republican in politics and has taken an active and

influential part in the affairs of his party in Atchison county. He was

elected a member of the county central committee in 1908, and has held

this position since that time. He is treasurer of the school board of

District No. 20 of his township. He is a member of the Knights of Tabor,

of Atchison, and is well thought of and highly respected by all who know

him.

Henry Dickey, farmer, of Walnut township, was born February 24, 1850, in

Barron county, Kentucky. He was a son of Jackson and Edith Dickey, who

were slaves until freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. After the

Civil war, which resulted in the Dickeys becoming freemen, the parents

remained in Kentucky until 1884. Henry was at that time working on a

farm in Kentucky for fifty cents a day, and he wished to better his

condition and that of his parents. Accordingly, he came to Kansas in

search of a location, and found it in Atchison county. After his

brother, Prior Dickey, joined him in this county, he and Prior pooled

their interests and invested in farm lands until they now own over 500

acres of land in partnership. They also own forty head of fine Hereford

cattle, seven-eighths pure bred stock.

Mr. Dickey was married February 23, 1903, to Celia Kerford, a daughter

of Abraham Kerford, a well known colored family of Atchison county. The

Kerfords came from the home county of Abraham Lincoln, in Kentucky. One

child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickey, Sarah E., born

September 24, 1906.

Politically, Mr. Dickey is allied with the Republican party, and has

served as a member of the school board of his district. He and his wife

are members of the Baptist church. Mrs. Dickey is affiliated with the

True Eleven lodge of Atchison. Mr. Dickey is one of the most influential

and successful members of the negro race in Kansas, and is considered as

one of the industrious and highly successful agriculturists and live

stock men of Atchison county.

Dr. Frank Adrian Pearl, M. D., Atchison, Kan., is one of the self-made

men of the present generation. He was born September 2, 1886, in the

city of Atchison, a son of Ryes and Sarah J. Pearl, the former of whom

was a native of Missouri, and removed to Atchison, Kan., shortly after

the close of the Civil war. He lived in Atchison until 1888, and then

moved to Butte, Mont., where he lived until his demise. After his demise

the widow married a man named Davis.

Frank A. was reared to young manhood in Butte, and attended the public

and high school of his home city, afterwards pursuing a course in

business college. When yet a boy he began to work for himself and early

became self-reliant in doing any and all kinds of honest labor. In 1905

and 1906 he studied in the Topeka Educational Institute, and supported

himself by hard work while studying in this institution. He then entered

Howard Medical College, of Washington, D. C., and graduated from this

school in 1912. After his graduation Dr. Pearl located in Kansas City,

and for one and one-half years served as interne in the General Hospital

of Kansas City. He located in Atchison in August of 1914, and has built

up an excellent practice among the people of his race, and has made a

name for himself as a skilled and well educated physician. Dr. Pearl is

a member of the County Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical

Association, embracing Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and the Kansas

Medical Society. He is an independent in politics, and is a member of

the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Pearl is fraternally allied with the

Odd Fellows, the United Brotherhood of Freemen, and the Knights of

Tabor. He is well educated, courteous, a great student, and is fast

making a place for himself in his chosen profession.

Dr. W. W. Caldwell, M. D., of Atchison, Kan., was born in Nashville,

Tenn., in 1877, a son of Jefferson and Elizabeth (Bell) Caldwell. His

mother was a native of Louisiana and had the entire support of ten

children thrown upon her after the removal of the family to Topeka,

Kan., in 1880. Mrs. Caldwell was a capable woman of more than ordinary

ability, thoroughly untutored, but possessed of a strong character, she

determined that her children should be fitted to cope with the battle of

life with well trained minds. She early installed into the minds of her

children those qualities of character which have produced great men. She

possessed an iron constitution and an unconquerable will which enabled

her to put in long hours each day at the wash-tub in order to gain the

means of feeding the hungry mouths of her children. She also taught each

of her offspring to become self-supporting as soon as they were able and

encouraged them to strike out for themselves. An instance of her nature

is shown in an occurrence in the life of Dr. Caldwell: “When the boy was

fourteen years of age he made his way to St. Louis, via ‘the side-door

Pullman’ route. He did not like the appearance of things in St. Louis,

and returned to the safer haven of his home in Topeka, only to be chided

by his mother for his inability to stay away from home and make his own

way in the world as she desired him to do.” The night following his

return he again left home and did not return until time for school to

re-open in the fall, with money in his pocket which would suffice to

carry him through the winter. The mother was an expert laundress and

kept all of her children in school as long as they desired to go. Two of

her daughters nearly finished the high school course in Topeka, but Dr.

Caldwell was the only child of the family to acquire a collegiate

education and a professional training.

He attended both the public and high schools of Topeka and afterwards

studied for three years in the State Normal school at Topeka, and was

granted a life teacher’s certificate. While at college Dr. Caldwell made

a great reputation as a runner and football player, serving as halfback

on the State Normal football team. He acquired his education practically

by his own efforts, encouraged by his ambitious mother. In 1892, when he

was fourteen years of age, he made his first trip away from home, to St.

Louis, but returned home after one month’s stay in that city. His mother

having ridiculed him for coming home, he caught the Rock Island flyer

out of Topeka that night and rode part of the way to Denver. After a

thrilling experience covering a period of two weeks, he finally arrived

at the western city, just as he started, without funds, but with the

desire to obtain employment. He worked in Denver at any honest

employment he could obtain, such as shining shoes, laying concrete,

hotel porter, and similar jobs. His hardships were many, but he was

eventually well repaid for his early struggles. One place which he held

as porter in a barber shop enabled him to lay by a considerable sum of

money each week. He was paid ten cents per shine and allowed to keep the

money thus earned, and saved eight dollars during his first week. He

worked for this shop for three successive summers, and made it a rule to

lay by eight dollars each week. When it came time for school to open he

would “beat” his way back to Topeka via the overland trains and study

during the winter and spring months, and would then again make his way

to Denver in time for employment. Thirty-five dollars saved usually

sufficed to pay his expenses during the winter months while in school,

and he would sometimes make his way home with $300 in his pocket. He

kept up this plan of working and studying until he had completed his

medical course, entering medical college in 1902, and graduating

therefrom in 1906. After practicing in Topeka for one and one-half years

he went to Independence, Kan., but remained there only seven months. In

1908 Dr. Caldwell came to Atchison and opened an office for general

medical practice. He has made a great success in his noble profession,

and has attained to a high position of leadership among the members of

the Afro-American race.

Dr. Caldwell was married in 1906 to Araminta Beck, a native of Wamegoa

county, Kansas, and to this union have been born children, as follows:

Georgia, born in 1909; Elizabeth, born in 1911; Elnora, born in 1908.

The mother of these children was born in Kansas City August 20, 1880, a

daughter of Leonardo Beck, a stone cutter by trade. Her mother, Mrs.

Georgia Beck, was one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, who sang in

public recitals in many cities of the United States and in England. They

sang in the cause of education, the money earned by the recitals going

to defray the expenses of erecting the $100,000 Jubilee Hall at Fisk

University, Nashville, Tenn. An uncle of Mrs. Caldwell, Col. James L.

Beck, commanded the Twenty-third regiment of colored Kansas volunteers

which served in Cuba during the Spanish-American war. Mrs. Caldwell is a

well educated lady and is a graduate of the Wamego, Kansas, high school,

and graduated from Kansas University before she attained the age of

twenty years. She is a member of the Eastern Star lodge of Topeka, in

which city she taught school for seven years, later teaching one year in

Springfield, Mo.

Dr. Caldwell is a member of the Masonic fraternity of Topeka, and is a

physician for the Knights of Tabor lodge of Atchison. He is a member of

Ebenezer Baptist Church, and is a Republican in politics. In 1912 he

received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the State Normal at

Emporia, Kan. On July 30, 1915, Governor Capper appointed the Doctor a

delegate to the National Negro Educational Congress, held at Chicago,

from August 16 to August 21, inclusive. In 1914 he was presented with a

walnut gavel by the Inter-State Literary Association.

CHAPTER XXIV.

OFFICIALS.

COUNTY—TOWNSHIP AND SCHOOL OFFICERS.

County Clerk—C. M. Voelker.

County Treasurer—U. B. Sharpless.

Sheriff—Roy C. Trimble.

Register of Deeds—L. M. Baker.

County Attorney—Charles J. Conlon.

County Surveyor—Charles Woodworth.

County Superintendent—D. Anna Speer.

Clerk of District Court—W. H. Smith.

Probate Judge—J. P. Adams.

County Commissioner: First district—S. S. King.

County Commissioner: Second district—J. H. Glancy.

County Commissioner: Third district—Andrew Speer.

Member of Legislature: Second district—T. A. Moxcey.

Member of Legislature: Third district—A. E. Mayhew.

State Senator: Second district—B. P. Waggener.

TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS—SHANNON TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—Joseph Taylor.

Clerk—Richard Handke.

Treasurer—Edward Underwood.

LANCASTER TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—C. R. Perdue.

Clerk—F. H. Kloepper.

Treasurer—J. R. Gragg.

Justice—C. D. Parrot.

GRASSHOPPER TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—William Stirton.

Clerk—L. N. Plummer.

Treasurer—Charles McCurdy.

Constable—G. R. Shannon.

KAPIOMA TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—F. M. Pratt.

Clerk—Walter Ferris.

Treasurer—James Robertson.

Justice—C. F. Katherins.

BENTON TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—W. S. Heffelfinger.

Clerk—J. G. Niblo.

Treasurer—W. R. Smith.

Justice—W. P. Heffelfinger.

Constable—J. W. Acheson.

Constable—James Farrell.

CENTER TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—J. E. Gibson.

Clerk—Edward Higley.

Treasurer—George Schroeder.

Justice—S. E. Langworthy.

MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—B. Cummins.

Clerk—J. W. Ashcraft.

Treasurer—Robert Volk.

Justice—William Hartman.

WALNUT TOWNSHIP.

Trustee—S. M. Young.

Clerk—J. R. Adams.

Treasurer—C. N. Faulconer.

Justice—B. Brown.

PRESENT ATCHISON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1915–1916.

Names of officers in the following order: Director, Treasurer, Clerk:

District No. 2—

Charles Cummings, Atchison.

James Neilson, Atchison, Route 6.

George Vanderweide, Atchison.

District No. 3—

H. J. Kuhnhoff, Lancaster.

J. W. Louthian, Huron.

Herman Fuhrman, Lancaster.

District No. 4—

J. W. Lewman, Atchison, Route 3.

Robert Limerick, Atchison.

R. L. Stevens, Atchison, Route 3.

District No. 5—

J. B. Davenport, Atchison, Route 2.

H. W. Sachse, Atchison, Route 1.

John M. Price, Atchison, Route 1.

District No. 6—

William Hartman, Cummings.

C. R. Miller, Atchison, Route 3.

William Krall, Cummings.

District No. 7—

Nicholas Boos, Atchison, Route 5.

Conrad Handke, Atchison, Route 5.

John Vandeloo, Atchison, Route 5.

District No. 8—

S. G. Moore, Cummings.

C. P. Higley, Cummings.

E. Scarlett, Nortonville.

District No. 9—

James Servaes, Atchison, Route 1.

A. B. Howe, Atchison, Route 1.

L. E. Lister, Atchison, Route 1.

District No. 10—

Guy P. Chain, Lancaster.

L. J. Woodhouse, Lancaster.

A. J. Smith, Lancaster.

District No. 11—

John Cowley, Nortonville.

W. A. Meador, Monrovia.

Ed. Neill, Nortonville.

District No. 12—

W. D. Chalfant, Atchison, Route 4.

J. A. Kramer, Atchison, Route 5.

P. Wolters, Atchison, Route 5.

District No. 13—

N. W. Enzbrenner, Atchison.

George A. Thurn, Atchison.

John Schletzbaum, Atchison.

District No. 15—

Harry Strine, Monrovia.

S. Swendson, Monrovia.

C. W. Stutz, Monrovia.

District No. 16—

Roy Grandstaff, Atchison, Route 2.

J. B. Findley, Atchison, Route 2.

J. H. Glancy, Atchison, Route 2.

District No. 17—

M. Amend, Cummings.

M. Jones, Cummings.

T. J. Ferris, Cummings.

District No. 19—

C. Cline, Cummings.

William Donnelly, Cummings.

L. B. Allen, Cummings.

District No. 20—

E. L. Bell, Oak Mills.

C: J. Ferguson, Oak Mills.

J. D. Richardson, Oak Mills.

District No. 21—

F. H. Hawk, Effingham.

William Critchfield, Effingham.

Mrs. C. M. Madden, Effingham.

District No. 22—

W. F. Speer, Muscotah.

E. A. Barley, Muscotah.

James R. Fassnacht, Muscotah.

District No. 23—

F. W. Weber, Horton, Route 1.

L. N. Plummer, Horton, Route 1.

John Shoebrook, Horton, Route 1.

District No. 24—

J. E. Wilson, Huron.

W. H. Grimes, Everest, Route 2.

W. F. Harden, Everest, Route 2.

District No. 25—

T. P. Armstrong, Atchison, Route 3.

J. I. Holmes, Atchison, Route 4.

A. L. Keithline, Shannon.

District No. 26—

F. M. Linscott, Farmington.

Edwin Thorne, Farmington.

William Higley, Monrovia.

District No. 27—

W. A. Dilgert, Atchison, Route 2.

William Christian, Atchison, Route 2.

L. H. Davenport, Atchison, Route 2.

District No. 28—

John Myer, Cummings.

George Schrader, Cummings.

Willard Pike, Farmington.

District, No. 29—

H. L. McLenon, Effingham.

Anton Candreia, Effingham.

William E. Steward, Muscotah.

District No. 30—

Frank Plummer, Arrington.

W. J. Schiffbauer, Arrington.

D. L. Dawdy, Arrington.

District No. 31—

J. E. Hamon, Arrington.

Frank Reichart, Arrington.

John Nevins, Valley Falls.

District No. 32—

D. L. Richards, Effingham.

D. Richter, Effingham.

Frank A. Stever, Effingham.

District No. 33—

John A. Sacks, Oak Mills.

H. Pohl, Oak Mills.

J. R. Adams, Oak Mills.

District No. 34—

John Davitz, Oak Mills.

Frank Zacharias, Oak Mills.

R. E. King, Oak Mills.

District No. 35—

F. B. Maris, Nortonville.

E. M. Glaspy, Nortonville.

Dennis Stillman, Nortonville.

District No. 36—

A. T. Bilderback, Nortonville.

Harry H. Nieman, Nortonville.

John Moeck, Nortonville.

District No. 37—

Henry Fankhanel, Monrovia.

H. A. McLenon, Everest, Route 2.

Stewart McLenon, Monrovia.

District No. 38—

S. E. Langworthy, Nortonville.

J. R. Snyder, Farmington.

H. Bertels, Nortonville.

District No. 39—

F. W. Weit, Effingham.

Bon Hargrove, Effingham.

C. N. Snyder, Effingham.

District No. 40—

J. P. Holmes, Cummings.

Mrs. Cora B. Ferguson, Atchison.

J. M. Martin, Atchison, Route 3.

District No. 41—

Mrs. W. H. Ryherd, Horton.

Gates Saxton, Horton, Route 3.

O. E. Rigdon, Everest.

District No. 42—

John Burns, Effingham.

John Huffman, Nortonville.

J. B. Davidson, Nortonville.

District No. 43—

J. F. Thompson, Muscotah.

W. D. Roach, Muscotah.

Ralph A. Allison, Muscotah.

District No. 44—

R. E. Brooks, Huron.

C. E. Smith, Huron.

A. F. Allen, Huron.

District No. 45—

W. H. Wicker, Horton, Route 1.

Gilbert Pendlebury, Horton, Route 1.

Robert P. Waller, Horton, Route 1.

District No. 46—

Abe Gerard, Atchison, Route 6.

Sam Gelwick, Atchison, Route 6.

M. J. Baker, Atchison, Route 6.

District No. 47—

H. H. Rork, Horton, Route 1.

O. G. Wilson, Horton, Route 1.

W. M. Loser, Horton, Route 1.

District No. 48—

E. C. Evans, Shannon.

George Anderson, Lancaster.

A. Fannen, Shannon.

John Miller, Muscotah.

W. E. Hubbard, Muscotah.

F. M. Pratt, Muscotah.

District No. 50—

E. Whittier, Muscotah.

Walter Stewart, Muscotah.

H. M. Foster, Muscotah.

District No. 51—

H. A. Watowa, Atchison, Route 4.

Everett Shufflebarger, Lancaster.

Mrs. Anna Kumfrf, Lancaster.

District No. 52—

R. L. Finnegan, Atchison, Route 5.

Julius Handke, Atchison, Route 5.

Thomas Kilkeny, Atchison, Route 5.

District No. 53—

Frank Fassnacht, Effingham.

W. J. Lauffer, Effingham.

F. R. Schurman, Effingham.

District No. 54—

W. R. Freeland, Effingham.

Ed. High, Effingham.

W. H. Williams, Effingham.

District No. 55—

F. W. Kaufman, Cummings.

W. K. Stillings, Cummings.

E. B. Nieman, Cummings.

District No. 56—

J. E. Behen, Farmington.

J. G. Cormode, Farmington.

S. Congrove, Farmington.

District No. 57—

Samuel Plotner, Horton, Route 1.

N. E. Jacobs, Horton, Route 1.

C. S. Fairbairn, Muscotah.

District No. 58—

Lawrence Kipp, Horton.

J. H. Claunch, Horton.

G. E. Rork, Horton, Route 1.

District No. 59—

Howard North, Lancaster.

Jacob Buttron, Lancaster.

H. A. Dorssom, Lancaster.

District No. 60—

James Mummert, Effingham.

David Morgan, Effingham.

E. L. Henning, Effingham.

District No. 61—

Charles Gilliland, Atchison, Route 1.

John Downey, Atchison, Route 1.

J. D. Hundley, Atchison, Route 1.

District No. 62—

David Rouse, Everest, Route 2.

James W. Freeland, Horton, Route 3.

Wallace E. Harden, Everest, Route 2.

District No. 63—

Frank Hunn, Arrington.

Thomas F. Cawley, Arrington.

M. McGrath, Arrington

District No. 65—

Robert C. Sparks, Atchison.

T. C. Treat, Atchison.

August Haegelin, Atchison.

District No. 66—

William Walz, Atchison, Route 4.

Louis J. Drimmel, Atchison, Route 4.

R. D. Holder, Atchison, Route 4.

District No. 67—

Thomas Mullins, Atchison, Route 5.

Antox Brox, Atchison, Route 5.

C. E. Wood, Atchison, Route 5.

District No. 68—

Sam Beyer, Arrington.

David Beyer, Arrington.

William Lovelace, Muscotah.

District No. 69—

J. H. Durst, Atchison, Route 4.

Chester Yaple, Atchison, Route 4.

H. S. McGaughey, Atchison, Route 4.

District No. 70—

J. D. Nevins, Arrington.

Henry Reichart, Arrington.

W. P. Yazel, Arrington.

District No. 71—

W. J. Hunter, Atchison, Route 1.

Charles Pantle, Atchison, Route 1.

C. E. Jaquish, Atchison, Route 1.

District No. 72—

William H. McLenon, Monrovia.

Gus. Stutz, Lancaster.

Gustav Gigstad, Lancaster.

District No. 73—

A. G. Higley, Nortonville.

John W. Henry, Nortonville.

W. T. Henry, Nortonville.

District No. 74—

J. P. Cummings, Atchison, Route 3.

A. C. Mayfield, Atchison, Route 3.

J. W. Barber, Atchison, Route 3.

Union No. 1—

John Henninger, Potter.

Frank Beard, Potter.

S. A. Ellerman, Potter.

Union No. 2—

Albert Hanf, Atchison, Route 1.

D. T. Greiner, Atchison, Route 1.

Lawrence Wagner, Potter.

Joint No. 3–50—

Charles Handke, Atchison, Route 6.

Paul Kuhnert, Atchison, Route 6.

Henry Handke, Atchison, Route 6.

Joint No. 6—

H. E. Montgomery, Larkinburg.

E. A. Smith, Larkinburg.

J. J. Mooney, Larkinburg.

Joint No. 70–98—

W. L. Heineken, Effingham, Route 1.

Calvin H. Feerer, Nortonville.

G. B. Van Horn, Nortonville.

Rural High School No. 1—

J. E. Remsberg, Potter.

T. F. Hall, Potter.

D. H. Sprong, Jr., Oak Mills.

Atchison County High School—

D. Anna Speer, President, Atchison.

C. E. Belden, Vice-president, Horton.

Fred Sutter, Treasurer, Effingham.

S. W. Adams, Secretary, Atchison.

H. A. McLenon, Everest, Route 2.

J. A. Kinney, Atchison.

D. H. Sprong, Jr., Oak Mills.