History of Atchison County, Kansas
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Sheffield Ingalls
SHEFFIELD INGALLS
ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Lawrence, Kansas
1916
In the preparation and compilation of this history, no effort has been made to interpret the logic or spirit of events that surrounded the birth and progress of Atchison county. The work was undertaken with the idea of compiling a narrative plainly told, of the people and the institutions here. I was interested in putting in permanent form chronologically the events that have transpired in the past sixty years, that have made for the political, social, moral and commercial development of the county, but, had I realized in advance the many hours of labor and patient study it required, the work of completing the task in six months would not have been attempted. I am very deeply conscious of the imperfections of the completed work, but had there been more time for research and study, much might have been included that does not appear.
It would be ingratitude if no acknowledgment were made at the outset, of the obligation I am under to George J. Remsburg for the assistance he has rendered me. Without his unfailing courtesy, kindness and help I should never have been able to do the work at all. His ability as a local historian is truly marvelous. He wrote two chapters of the history and contributed most of the matter touching upon the founding of cities and towns. It is to be regretted that the condition of his health prevented him from undertaking the work which I have so imperfectly done.
Acknowledgment is also due George A. Root of the State Historical Society, who has rendered me invaluable assistance, and to the Atchison Daily Globe , from whose files I gathered much important data. Nor can I fail to give proper credit to Andreas’ History of Kansas, from which a wealth of information has been secured. D. Anna Speer, county superintendent, collected for me most of the historical matter relative to the schools of the county and Professor Nathan T. Veatch was more than kind in preparing for me a sketch of the Atchison city schools.
Sheffield Ingalls
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PREFACE.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS.
INDEX.
SUMNER.
“THE RISE AND FALL OF SUMNER.
OCENA.
LANCASTER.
PORT WILLIAM.
ARRINGTON.
MUSCOTAH.
EFFINGHAM.
HURON.
OLD MARTINSBURG.
BUNKER HILL.
LOCUST GROVE.
HELENA.
CAYUGA.
KENNEKUK.
KAPIOMA.
MASHENAH.
ST. NICHOLAS.
CONCORD.
PARNELL.
SHANNON.
ELMWOOD.
CUMMINGSVILLE.
EDEN P. O.
POTTER.
MOUNT PLEASANT.
LEWIS’ POINT.
FARLEY’S FERRY.
“CIRCULAR TO OFFICERS.
“CONSTITUTION.
STEAMBOAT LINES TO ATCHISON—1856.
STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
BUTTERFIELD’S OVERLAND DISPATCH.
OTHER ROUTES.
LAST DAYS OF THE STAGING BUSINESS.
THE FIRST TELEGRAPH.
MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
GENERAL D. R. ATCHISON.
MATT. GERBER.
J. H. TALBOTT.
COL. WILLIAM OSBORNE.
AMOS A. HOWELL.
JOHN W. CAIN.
DR. W. L. CHALLISS.
GEORGE SCARBOROUGH.
SAMUEL HOLLISTER.
JOHN TAYLOR.
JOHN M. CROWELL.
LUTHER DICKERSON.
LUTHER C. CHALLISS.
GEORGE W. GLICK.
DR. W. K. GRIMES.
JOSHUA WHEELER.
WILLIAM HETHERINGTON.
WILLIAM C. SMITH.
JOHN M. PRICE.
SAMUEL C. KING.
CLEM ROHR.
R. H. WEIGHTMAN.
CHRISTIAN.
PRESBYTERIAN.
BAPTIST.
SALEM CHURCH.
GERMAN EVANGELICAL ZION CHURCH.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.
ST. PATRICK’S, MT. PLEASANT.
TRINITY CHURCH, EPISCOPAL.
ST. MARK’S ENGLISH LUTHERAN.
ST. BENEDICT’S ABBEY.
FIRST GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
THE ATCHISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
ATCHISON CITY SCHOOLS.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
MT. ST. SCHOLASTICA’S ACADEMY.
MIDLAND COLLEGE AND WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
ST. BENEDICT’S COLLEGE.
COURT HOUSE.
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
STATE ORPHANS’ HOME.
ATCHISON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ATCHISON HOSPITAL.
MASONIC TEMPLE.
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS.
ATCHISON AERIE, NO. 173, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES.
COUNTY—TOWNSHIP AND SCHOOL OFFICERS.
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS—SHANNON TOWNSHIP.
LANCASTER TOWNSHIP.
GRASSHOPPER TOWNSHIP.
KAPIOMA TOWNSHIP.
BENTON TOWNSHIP.
CENTER TOWNSHIP.
MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
WALNUT TOWNSHIP.
PRESENT ATCHISON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1915–1916.
GEORGE WASHINGTON GLICK.
HORACE MORTIMER JACKSON.
ZAREMBA E. JACKSON.
THOMAS FRABLE.
JAMES W. ORR.
ANDREW B. SYMNS.
BALIE PEYTON WAGGENER.
ALBERT E. MAYHEW.
JOSEPH COUPE.
JOHN SEATON.
AARON S. BEST.
LOUIS C. ORR.
CARL LUDWIG BECKMAN.
JAMES GRANVILLE MORROW.
ORLANDO C. SCOVILLE.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS.
SIDNEY MARTIN.
ROBERT M. THOMAS.
WILLIAM McADAM.
CLAUDIUS DEMONT WALKER.
ALVA CURTIS TRUEBLOOD.
WILLIAM J. CLEM.
JARED COPELAND FOX.
JAMES EMERY PENNINGTON.
DR. EARL A. GILMORE.
ALFRED JONATHAN HARWI.
FRANK EDWIN HARWI.
JOSEPH TROMPETER.
JOSEPH N. ARTHUR.
DON CARLOS NEWCOMB.
WILSON R. SMITH.
GEORGE E. HENDEE.
WILLIAM D. KISTLER.
ANDREW KEITHLINE.
ABRAM STEVER.
REV. Z. S. HASTINGS.
KNUD G. GIGSTAD.
ALBERT BARNES HARVEY.
MARTIN KLEIN.
BARNEY CUMMINS.
ALVA CLAPP.
HON. GEORGE STORCH.
THOMAS BROWN.
ALBERT H. BLAIR.
GEORGE H. T. JOHNSON.
CHARLES H. JOHNSON
THOMAS C. TREAT.
CHARLES H. FUHRMAN.
CHARLES LINLEY.
WILLIAM H. BUSH.
MICHAEL J. HINES.
CHARLES H. FALK.
GEORGE DORSSOM.
CYRUS E. DAVIS.
HENRY BUTTRON.
W. H. SMITH.
JOSEPH W. ALLEN.
RALPH U. PFOUTS.
OLE G. GIGSTAD.
JOHN H. BARRY.
WARREN W. GUTHRIE.
JOHN PETER ADAMS.
WILLIAM ANTHONY JACKSON.
ROY C. TRIMBLE.
CHARLES J. CONLON.
JOHN F. CONLON.
THOMAS O. GAULT.
WILFULL A. STANLEY.
CHRISTIAN W. STUTZ.
MICHAEL JOSEPH HORAN.
RINHOLD FUHRMAN.
JOHN E. REMSBURG.
GEORGE J. REMSBURG.
WIRT HETHERINGTON.
HARRY L. SHARP.
HENRY KUEHNHOFF.
MRS. D. N. WHEELER.
NAPOLEON B. PIKE.
JOHN A. SCHOLZ.
WALTER E. BROWN.
E. G. BURBANK.
H. C. HANSEN.
JULIUS DEUTSCH.
STARK WILBOR ADAMS.
GEORGE SCHOLZ.
THOMAS E. HORNER, M. D.
JOSEPH E. GIBSON.
BENJAMIN PATTON CURTIS.
JOHN W. ABNER, M. D.
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
LUMAS M. JEWELL.
WILLIAM R. DONNELLAN.
LAFAYETTE T. HAWK.
JAMES R. GRAGG.
URI SEELEY KEITH.
CHARLES H. BURROWS.
JAMES EDWARD WILSON.
FREDERICK W. KOESTER.
CHARLES MYERS.
GEORGE H. T. SCHAEFER.
AMEL MARKWALT.
RUFUS BENTON PEERY.
JOHN L. RATERMAN.
ULYSSES B. SHARPLESS.
CONRAD M. VOELKER.
SAMUEL S. KING.
CHARLES T. GUNDY.
LOUIS R. KUEHNHOFF.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SANDERS.
KARL AUGUST KAMMER.
MARSHALL J. CLOYES.
MARK D. SNYDER.
EDWARD PERDUE.
DR. CHARLES L. HIXON.
LOUIS KLOEPPER.
CHARLES W. FERGUSON.
EARL V. JONES.
MRS. JULIA E. ADAMS BOYINGTON.
JOHN L. BLAIR.
ALFRED SHORTRIDGE.
O. M. BABCOCK.
JULIUS KUHN.
PETER WEBER.
ROBERT F. BISHOP.
HARRISON W. RUDOLPH.
EDWARD B. McCULLOUGH.
THOMAS E. BALLINGER.
ROGER PATRICK SULLIVAN.
JOHN FLEMING.
MARK H. HULINGS.
FRANK SUTTER.
BISHOP K. HAM.
CHARLES H. LINLEY.
L. C. ARENSBERG.
W. B. COLLETT.
JAMES DOOLEY.
ABRAHAM HOOPER.
ALBERT J. SMITH.
JOHN E. DUNCAN.
WILLIAM SCHAPP.
THOMAS LINCOLN BLODGETT.
JOHN R. OLIVER.
LEO NUSBAUM.
CHARLES J. KEITHLINE.
SHEFFIELD INGALLS.
E. P. PITTS, M. D.
JOHN FANKHANEL.
EDWARD J. KELLY.
BENTON L. BROCKETT.
JOHN STUTZ.
A. S. SPECK.
ROBERT L. GRIMES.
CHRIST KANNING.
THEO INTFEN.
THOMAS FINNEGAN.
SAMUEL E. BALLINGER.
CHARLES WILLIAM ROBINSON.
JOHN McINTEER.
HENRY HANSON LOUDENBACK.
FRANK P. WERTZ.
THOMAS L. CLINE.
ROBERT FORBRIGER.
HIRAM H. HACKNEY.
GEORGE EDWIN WHITE.
GEORGE W. THOMPSON.
B. F. TOMLINSON.
JOHN D. HAWK.
HERBERT J. BARBER.
ROBERT PINDER.
THOMAS J. POTTER.
BENJAMIN F. SHAW.
LAWRENCE GRIFFIN.
CHARLES E. BARKER.
JOHN E. SULLIVAN.
SAMUEL L. LOYD.
JULIUS KAAZ.
GEORGE W. REDMOND, M. D.
FREDERICK W. LINCOLN.
JOHN C. VALENTINE.
GUSTAVE STUTZ.
THOMAS O. PLUMMER.
HOWARD E. NORTH.
NICHOLAS BOOS.
JUNE E. MOORE.
W. PERRY HAM.
FRANK BEARD.
THOMAS HIGHFILL.
JOHN H. BEAN.
ANDREW SPEER.
SAMUEL EDWARD FIECHTER.
MRS. JENNIE CIRTWILL.
ASA BARNES.
CHARLES ARTHUR CHANDLER.
GRACE CROSBY POWER.
WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.
JOHN HENRY NASS.
FRANK M. WOODFORD.
HOLMES DYSINGER, D. D.
CHARLES LANGE.
CHARLES L. ALKIRE.
W. D. CHALFANT.
JACOB BUTTRON.
GEORGE SCHRADER.
WILLIAM T. HUTSON.
JOHN BEYER.
JOSEPH H. WATOWA.
NATHAN T. VEATCH.
JAMES L. ARMSTRONG.
JOHN FERRIS.
MARCUS J. LAIRD.
ALLEN T. BILDERBACK.
WILLIAM M. NITZ.
HENRY GLATTFELDER.
THOMAS W. TUCKER.
J. F. FLYNN.
ERNEST C. HAZEL.
ALEXANDER H. CALVERT.
JOHN STODDARD.
AARON B. EVANS.
RALPH A. ALLISON.
FRED SUTTER.
EDMOND W. ALLEN.
LUTHER CORTELYOU.
WILLIAM S. HUBBARD.
O. O. BARKER, M. D.
DR. CHARLES M. LUKENS.
JAMES M. TRIMBLE.
JOHN EDWARD SULLIVAN.
RIENZI M. DUNLAP.
LEWIS P. Du BOIS.
EDWIN S. WOODWORTH.
HAL C. LOW.
D. ANNA SPEER.
JOSEPH C. GREENAWALT.
HENRY NIEMANN.
FRED W. KAUFMAN.
ARNOLD LANGE.
WILLIAM H. GRANER.
HENRY C. GRANER.
RICHARD E. KING.
JOHN MOECK.
JOHN O. A. MILLER.
CHARLES CARLTON HART.
WILLIAM YOUNG.
JAMES E. BEHEN.
FRED HARTMAN.
OSCAR A. SIMMONS.
H. B. WALTER.
HEKELNKAEMPER BROTHERS.
CLEM P. HIGLEY.
WILLIAM E. HUBBARD.
DRENNAN L. DAWDY.
JOHN M. PRICE.
BOYD ROYER.
LEWIS H. HUBBARD.
ARTHUR S. SCHURMAN.
C. A. LILLY, M. D.
FRANK J. WATOWA.
LEWIS BRADLEY.
ALFRED J. HAMON.
JOHN GRIFFIN.
DAVID BEYER.
GEORGE W. GIBSON.
FRANK J. HUNN.
AUGUST J. WOLF.
FRANK J. WAGNER.
WILLIAM WEHKING.
WILLIAM HARTMAN.
ROYAL BALDWIN.
DAVIS W. COLLINS.
GEORGE GOODWIN.
RICHARD B. CLEVELAND.
GEORGE V. ANDERSON.
GEORGE L. BROWN.
JOHN A. REYNOLDS.
WILLIAM SUTTER.
JAMES ISHAM HOLMES.
EDWIN TAYLOR SHELLY, M. D.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE.
WILLIAM F. SPEER.
EDMUND BULLOCK.
PRESLEY H. CALVERT.
WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN.
WILLIAM MANGELSDORF.
ALBERT H. MANGELSDORF.
FRED BINKLEY.
JOHN DRIMMEL.
AUGUST MANGELSDORF.
FRANK A. MANGELSDORF.
PAUL ATKIN.
PETER PARSONS.
HENRY SCHIFFBAUER.
WILLIAM ADDISON MCKELVY.
GEORGE ROBERT HOOPER.
RUTHERFORD B. HAWK.
CALVIN BUSHEY.
MARTIN C. VANSELL.
FRANK W. BISHOP.
WILLIAM RYAN.
JAMES H. GARSIDE.
WILLIS J. BAILEY.
JOHN A. KRAMER.
JOHN BELZ.
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