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HISTORY OF  KANSAS.
 

Under arms, or doing military L^crvice on the frontier, for nearly four years. The Kansas
MlUtla service was perhaps the most arduous and dangerous of any wh ich feli to the lot of
the American soldier of those times. Tbe record of their work appears in the eeneral State
history. Col. Johnson did the duty of a soldier faithfully and well. In 1866, the year of his
second election TO tiie Legislature, be was appointed Laud Commissioner of the Kansas City,
Fort Scott A- Gulf Railroad, wbicb position he held until tbe spring of 1870, whenhe became
Connected with the A.,T. A S. F. R. R. He acted as aju'raiscr of railroad lands until 1873,
as tax commissioner during 1873, and was appointed land commissioner of the road in 1874.
He hassinceheld tbe latter position, and in that capacity become identified, not only with
the road, but with the development and growth of the whole region of Southwestern Kan¬
sas, through which the road passes, and in which lies the immense land grant uow rapidly
being settled by a hardy and industrious population. The area under his control is suffi¬
cient to make an ordinary Eastern State, and tbe population settled upon it since his ad¬
ministration exceeds 100,000, or one-tenth of the entire population of the State. He still
owns the site ofthe old Mission where be was born, tbe school where be was educated, and
the land surrounding tbe scene of his father's inissionary labors. This lie claims as his
home. His residence has been in Topeka since his connection with the A., T. A S. F. R. R.,
in 1870. Col. Johnson married Miss Prudence C. Funk, of St. Joseph. Mo., in October,1852.
She died in September, 1874. On June 18. 1877, be married Miss Zippie A. Scott, of Man¬
chester, N. H. His survivincr children arc : Nellie, now Mrs. Edwin Scott; Fannie, now
Mrs. E. H. Davis; aud Robert P., all residents of Topeka,

GEORGE Y. JOHNSON was born November 22, 1844, in Parke County, Ind. Was edu¬
cated at Bloomingdale Academy, in thesanie county, and graduated both in the commercial
department of that institution and in the Indianapolis Business College. Resided in
Vermillion County, III., from November, 1849, until October, 1866. In 1866 he emi¬
grated to Kansas, and located in Wakarusa Township, Douglas County, wher-^ he now
resides, his attention being devoted to fruit culture and Short-horn cattle. He has thirty
acres of his large farm devoted to fruit, and is thoroughly posted in everything pertaining
to its best development and cultivation. He was secretary ofthe Kansas Valley Fair Asso¬
ciation three years. He is prominently connected with the State Horticultural Society,
having been vice-president, treasurer and trustee at different times. He has also been sec¬
retary of the Kansas State Fair Association, since January, 1881. Mr. Johnson is a member
of the Society of Friends, and an active Republican. He was married at Rockville, Ind.,
March 20. 1866, to Matilda Hadley. also a member of the Society of Friends, and educated
at the Friends'School, at Providence. R. I. They liave four children—Henry Herbert,
Martha Elizie, Charles Hadley and Bertha.

CAPT, J. B. JOHNSON came to Kansas in September, 1865. Located at Oskaloosa. Jef¬
ferson County, and engaged in the practice of law. In January, 1877. he removed to Topeka
and formed a law partnership with George R. Peck and Thomas Ryan, which continued
until 1881, since which time he has been engaged in practice alone. Capt. Johnson wasa
member of the Kausas House of Representatives in 1868 and 1869. and wasone ofthe Pres¬
idential Electors in 1876. He is now a member and the Speaker of Kansas House of Repre¬
sentatives, and chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. Capt. Johnson was
born near Canton, Fulton Co.. III., January 21, 1844, and educated at Prairie City Academy,
McDonough Co., III. He enlisted in the Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Company
A, in August, 3 861, serving as a pi ivate until the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862. when
he waspromoted to Second Lieutenant Inthefall of tbe same year he was compelled to
resign ouaccountof disability caused bv wounds. Inthespring of 1864 he re-enlisted In
the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was elected Captain of
Company D, andserveduntil the close of the war. when hereturned to Fulton County. 111.,
and thence came to Kansas. Hewas married in Oskaloosa, Kan., November 11, 1866, to
Anna M.Carson, of Weston, Mo. Capt, and Mrs. Johnson have five children—Maud E..
Madge C. Mabel C, Benjamin C. and Bradford N. The Captain is a member of G. A. R..
A. F. & A. M.. Blue Lodge and Chapter, and I. O. O. F.

J. C. JOHNSON, travelingageut for Caleb Chivers, cameto Kansas in 1855. from Platte
County, Mo., andlocated in Leavenwortii County; weut from there to Atchison, and from
thence to Topeka, iu December, 1881. Wasin the Kansas State Militia in 1864. called to
Leavenworth to opnose Price's raid into Kansas. Was born September 25. 1846, in Platte
County. Mo., and remained in his native place until coming to Kansas, in 1855. Was mar¬
ried October 1, 1865, in Atchison County, Kan., to Mary E. Brown, a native of Knox Coun¬
ty, Tenn. Has four children—Wyatt R., Sophia S., Jane E. and Pearl. Is a member of
Christian Church, Topeka.

N. JOHNSON, farmer. Section 35, Township 12, Range 15 west, P. O. Pauline, came to
Kansas iirl878, from Rockford. III., and located three miles north of Topeka. where he re¬
mained two years, and then removed to his presentlocatlon. Was born December23, 1826,
in Charlestown, Sweden. Lived in Denmark two years, and worked at stone cutting. Came
to America in 1854, and settled at Rockford, where he worked for twenty-four years at
iron moulding, for N. C.Thompson, the celebrated manufacturer of agricultural imple-
wents. Was married in May. 1858. at Rockford to Caroline Larson, a native of Sweden;
they have four children—Regina C, Olive B., Isadora and Vina. Is a member of the Swedish
Lutheran Church, of Topeka.

HON. WILLIAM A. JOHNSTON, now Attorney-General of tbe State, came to Kansas in
April, 1872. Settled at Minneapolis, and engagedin the practice of law, being continu¬
ously engaged in his profession until he was elected in 1880, Attorney-General. In 1876
Mr, Johnston was a member of the House of Representatives, and State Senator from 1877
to 1880, serving also in 1878-79. as Assistant United States Attorney. He was born in
Greenville County, Ont., July 24,1849. aud moved to Illinois in 1864. where ne lived, with the
exception of a brief period in Missouri, uutil he cameto Kausas in 1872. He was married
in Camden, Ohio, November. 1875. to Miss LuB. Krown, of Camden. Mr. Johnston belongs
tothe Masonic fraternity. Blue Lodge and Chapter. Hestill resides at Minneap'olis. al¬
though a member ofthe firm of Rossington. Johnston A Smith, of Topeka.

DANIELC.JONE.S, M. D.. physician and surgeon, cameto Kansas in August. 1868. He
firstsettled at Junction Citj'. wnere he resided until 1875. In January of that year he re¬
moved to Topeka, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He
was born at Athens, Ohio, on the 5th of January. 1838, and atthe age of twelve removed to
Paris, III. He is agraduate ofthe Ohio Medical College, of Clncinnali. and of Rush Medical
College. From August 10, 1861, until thespring of 1866, he served as Surgeon of the Sec¬
ond Illinois Cavalry. In 1866 Dr. Jones married Jennie E, Austin, a nativeof Scbenectailv,
N.Y. Tbey have two children—Mattie and Adelia. Heisa memberof the State Medical
Societv, of which he was at one time tue president. He is also a member of the Topeka
Academy of Medicine and Surgery, presidentof tbe Eastern District Medical Society, anda
member of tbe A. F. A^ A. M.

GEORGE M. KELLAM, farmer. Section 21, P. O. Topeka, owns 200 acres here; 160aeres
under cultivation; has another farm of 400 acres twelve miles southeast, for grazing.
Makes coru growing and stock-raising aspecialty. Ha«fine stock: Galway Black Scotch;
iust bought a bull forS680; nas 140 bead of cattle, and 29 horses; good dwelling andgood
harn. Cameto Kansas March 28, 1857. andlocated on this farm, pre-empting IbO acres.
Wasbornlnlrasburgh, Orleans Co.. Vt.. Mav 13, 1828, Came from there to Kansas. Was
in tbeSpecial Militiaduring the Price Raid, and was atthe battleof the Bi^ Blue, in Mis¬
souri- was from home about; three weeks. Was married June 15, 1857. to Miss Julia S-
Emerson. Has tliree children—Sabln E.. Emma J. and Mary A. Is a Master Mason. Tbe
first brick ev^^r made iu Shawnee County was made on his farm.

DANIEL r KKLLER, plumberaiid gas-fitter, came to Kansas flrst January 5.1880,
andlocated ac Emporia, wherehe lollowed his tradeand remained about six months. Then
movedto Kansas City, remained ashorttlme. and came to Topeka. and, with the exception
of about five month'!, has beeu here since. Was born in Banden, County Cork, Ireland.
August 15 1839. Parents came to this country when he was about eight months old. First
located in London, Canada West. Remained there until about fourteen years old attending
school and moved to Louisville, Ky., in 1857. Remained there until 1874; learned his
trade- worked at Cincinnati and Terre Haute, Ind.; also iu Chicago. Was married m Cin¬
cinnati Ohio October 9. 1869. to Miss Kate McCarty, a native of Wexford, County New
Ross Ireland. Has three children—Daniel F. Jr., Lawrence and Joseph. Is amemberof tbe
Catholic <:hurcli and a Democrat.                        .^   „   „,      ,        ^

SCOTT KELaET. farmer. Section 22. P. O. Topeka. Owns 187 acres. 165 of
which are under cultivation. Makes corn growing and stock feeding aspecialty. Came to
Kansas March 1 1878, and located on his present farm. Has held the position of Township
Trustee while in Dearborn County, Ind.. where he lived prior to coming to Kansas. En¬
listed as a seaman in the Mississippi .squadron under Commodore Fitcn in July. 1864, when
a bov only seventeen years ot age. Was discharged In August, 1865. at Mound City, Il\.
He was born in Dearborn County. Ind.. July 1. 1847. Moved to Decatur in 1874, and came
from thereto Kansas. He was married twice, the first time April 30, 1866. Married again
Tanuary 31 1874, to Miss Martha Connell. They have four childreu by tbe firsc marriage-
Grant, Aileii, Melvin,-------------; and hy the second marriage two—Mercy P. and Jesse M.

Mr Kelsev is a Master Mason.

CHARLES F. KENDALL, was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., April 15. 1844. His first
business location was at Grand Rapids, Mich., where he remained two years prior to enter¬
ing the United Slates service in the fall of 1861. Atthat time he enlisted in the Fourth
Michliran Cavalry. Served about eighteen months In that regiment as Commissary Sergeant
of the companv and subsequently of the regiment. He was afterward Commissary of the
Flpventn Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. later of a brigade, and still later of a division and
finallv Post Commissary at Crab Orchard and other points in Kentucky, Tennessee and
Alabama He was mustered out at Jackson. Mich., in 1865, and February 1866. agam com-
menefid mercantile business at Grand Rapids, where he remained until ho emigrated to
Kansaai in the fall of 1868. and after remaining a few months at Leavenworth, located I'nial-
iv in Toneka in February, 1869. Since becoming a resident of this citv lie has been coiitin¬
uously engaged in tlie mercantile business, wholesale and retail dry goods.   His business is
 

extensive and has rapidly increased since he commencea, now amounting to about SIOO.OOO
per annum.                                                                                                          ^       ..        a

H. R. KIRK, came to Kansas in the spring ©f 1879. located in Wabaunsee County ana
engaged in dealing in stock until beremoved to Topeka in July, 1882. He is now a memuer
of the firm of J. S. Collins & Co, real estate and loan agents.                   _        ,        ,   -.«

HENRY KING was born in Salem, Ohio, in May, 1841. He was of French and of Ger¬
man ancestry. The family came to Hancock County, 111,, when Henry was quite young, ms
father combined farming with the practice of law, and was afriend of Abraham Lincoln, or
Owen Lovejoy and of Richard Yates. His mother was a woman of rare virtues and accom¬
plishments. Henry worked at cn-n raising on the black, flat prairie of Western Illinois in
the summer and attended the country sciiool inthe winter. Having a great taste for read
ing and a general literary bent, hispath naturally led out of the corn-field into the county
printing oflice, animated with the thought of doing some day go d service for the Republi¬
can party, of which he was an ardent youthful member. He passed through all the various
journalistic gradations of advancement from the position of "^devil ■' to thatof editor. Dur¬
ing his editorial career he readlaw and wasadmltted to the bar. In 1858 he went into tne
officeof the Quincy (111.) Whig, succeeding as editor Hon. John T. Morton, late Judge or the
Third Judicial District of Kansas. November 25. 1861, he enlisted as a private in the
Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, being credited to the quota of thetown of La Harpe. He served
as Quartermaster's Sergeant, and was promoted to Quartermaster August 28. 1863. His
term expired October 28, 1864. He was at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson and at Shiloh. bearing
hispart with martial skill and fidelity in the struggle that there ensued. In the siege of
Atlanta he was detailed for i mpoitantspecial duty by Secretary Stanton, and in connection
with General Thomas'operations in Tennessee, he was tendered the Colonelcy of his old
regiment, but he declined tbe proffered honor, deeming it unjust to stand in the way of the
promotionof other commissioned offlcers in the line. He was content with the position and
rank of Captain. Ue received the highest testimonials as to his character as a soldier. Gov¬
ernor Carpenter of Iowa, spoke of him asfoliows: "I never knew a man who combined so
much of practical business sense and administrative ability with somuchliierary taste and
culture. He is a man wbo does more than he says, and is never found wanting." Governor
Oglesby offered Captain King, on the expiration of his term, the position of State Military
Agent, but he chose to again put his shoulder to the journalistic wheel. In the springof
1869 Capt. King came to Kansas and on May 19, he assumed the position of political and
n\a\ia%\n%'ei\liorot\.heTopeka Daily Record. He said in his salutatory: "Too much has
not and cannot besaidincommendationof Topekaandof Kansas. Theilecord will be in¬
dependently radical. All vital questions affecting the welfare of the people will be discussed
candidly and generously, yet firmly and with plainness of speech." Afterwards Mr. King be¬
came secretary of the Commonwealth Printing Company, and on July 16, 1872, he was an¬
nounced as secretary and editor. He retired from •he Commonwealth March 6, 1875- He
had been one of tbe editors of the far-famed Kansas Magazine, a state monthly, which had
badacomparativelybrief but brilliant career, and which was warmly cherished by the
savants of Kansas. He has been a frequent contributor to Scribner and tbe St. Louis Globe-
Democrat; was president of the Editors* and Publishers'Association of Kansasin 1878 and
1879; in 1871 and 1877 he gave the annual address before this Association. Hewas secre- ,
tary ofthe Kansas State Relief Society inthe drouth-grasshopper period of 1874-75. and
performed the exacting duties of that position with noticeable fidelity. In May, 1880, he
delivered the annual address before the Missouri Editorial Association, at Sedalia. In
early life he married Miss Maria Louisa Lane, of the Lane family, distinguished in the his¬
tory of Indiana and Kansas. She is a near relative of ex-Governor Albinns Nance, of Ne¬
braska. Their son Henry has the literary tastes and studious tendencies ofhis father, and
their adopted daughter lends a charm to their happy home circle. Mr. King was appointed
Postmasterof Topekain 1873. and held the position for eight years. He retiredfrom the po¬
sition in May, 1881. In his address beforethe Editorial Association at Leavenworlh. June
13. 1877, referring to his past history, he said: "After seven yearsof carousal in politics
and office-holding, I come back a jaded and repentant prodigal, tired of the mockery and
emptlnessof the thing, its husks and its swine, to say that the happiest years of my life
have been spent in a Kansas printing office. There is too much politics in the State already,
and a great deal too much iu our newspapers. The politicians are not the men to lean
upon, and with a newspaper, their schemes and ambitions are not the topic that should find
prominence in its columns. Politics isnot of half the importance that politicians would
have us think. Newspapers are not dependent upon politics for their life and strength and
opportunities for usefulness. That incessant nuisance, tbe office-seeker, is a creature with
whom the press should have no commerce. There is no patronage and no luxury worth as
much as the manhood of a journalist. Tbe Press made the State here in Kansas, and can
safely be trusted to guide and uplift in the future as ic has done In the past. There is noth¬
ing here butthesoil and thesunshine, which the Press hasnot made or brought in. The
destiny of Kansas is iu the keeping ofthe Press. Never before have there been such
chances for th e newspaper to serve the State. Tbe Press has but to be true to itself—to i he
theory of its origin, the spirit of its growth, and it cannot be false to the State. When
everythinff has beeu done that is possible to do, when the last stone shall have been put in
the temple, as it were, and the perfect splendor of it all shall gleam like a shaft of liptht across
the land, tlie Press can place its hand upon Its jubilantheart, and, borrowing a line from
the Iliad, say to theState in tinth and sincerity, and with an honest and conscious pride
'All Illustrious asthou art, I madetheesuch.'" November 1, 1881, Mr. King became the
ediCnrofthe Capitalandln thatissuesaid: "ItisnowoverelgbCyearssincethelncomingedltor
ofthe Capital threw down the traditional shears and pencil-stub aud went out into the cold,
wicked world to seek his fortune. Hereturnstbismoriiingwitbtbedeligbtful feelingof one,
who wakes from an unhappy dream. Our guiding purpose is lo produce a first-class newspa¬
per. This isthe basis, andtheonly one upon which we."^eek patronage. We desire nothing
but prosperity and happiness for our corapetitois.witlisiinplytherighlrf served on our part
as we think we have the facilities and theoppori unity, to make the name of the Capital, like
that of rare old Ahou Ben Adhem 'lead alltheresc."' In tbe Daily Capital of Tuesday
morning, March 27, 1883, appears the following: "Personal.—My connection with the Cap-
itaMias ceased, for business reasons, and through an amicable understanding on the part
of all concerned. Henry King." J. K. Hudson, ihe original proprietorof the Capital had
the following card in the same issue; "The undersigned, until further notice, assumes ed¬
itorial and business management of the Dai7i/and Weekly Capital. J. K.Hudson. Mon¬
day. March 26. 1883."

KITCHELL A MARBURG, hardware merchants, of the firm of William W. Kitchell and
A. Marburg, organized iu November, 1882, being successors to Henry F. Gee, who suc¬
ceeded George D. Hale, the latter having succeeded to the business of Hale A Smith. It
win be seen tbat the present firm succeeded to the husiness of one of the oldest hard¬
ware houses in Topeka. Mr. Kitchell is a native of Olney, III. Mr. Marburg is anative
of Frankfort-on-the-Main; firsc caine to America in 1875, returning to Europe in 1880,
remainingthereuntil August, 1882, when le returned to the United States andlocated at
Topeka.

H. F. KLEMP, M. D., was born in Prussia, August 6. 1835. He commenced his medical
studies in Europe and continued them two years, and also received instruction in the art of
minlngfrom a professor at one of the Gvninasiums. In 1862 he emigrated to America,
aud after remaining a few weeks a. Bellville, Ontario Co., Canada-located at Berlin, in the
same connty, and commenced tbe practice of medicine. He removed to Chicago in 1863,
and the following year entered Hahnneman's Medical College in thatcity, from whichhe
graduated in 1867. In the fall of tbe same > ear he apraiii coinmenced practice at Dwlght,
111., afterwards residing at Bartou County, Mo., and Sedalia, Mo., until he cameto Kansas,
and locatedat Topeka, February, 1869, in wbich city he is still engaged in practice. Dr.
Klemp is a scientific mining engineer and a proficient geologist, taking much pride and
pleasure In both studies. He ia a member, and was formerly Priest, of the Turner^ Society
IS a memberof theState Homeopathic Medical Society, presidentof the State Examining
Boardof Physicians, and member of Western Academy of Homeopathy. He was married
m Prussia in September, 1859. to Elslein Kathrina Trebble, anative of Prussia. Their three
living children are William, Paulina and Carl.

G. H. KLDSSMAN, shoemaker, Nor h Topeka. Came t - Kansas in 1858. from Indian¬
apolis, Ind. First located at Leavenworth and worked at his trade. Was for a lime fore¬
man of State prison work at Leavenworth. Wasborn atLunburg, Hanover, Germany May
12. 1825. and came to America when eighteen years old, arriving at Cincinnati, Ohio. Jan-
u;iry 9. 1844. Went to Indianapolis in 1851 and remained until coming to Leavenworth.
Mr. K. was an earnest and active antl-siavery advocate and voted with the Free-state party
Wasin the Kansas state militia In 1864» in pursuit of Price. Was married in 1846 to
LoulsaGaus atClncinnati. Ohlo;they nave six childreu—Edward. George, Mary. Emma
Louisa and Julia. Edward is a farmer near Leavenworth and George is a machinist in the
A., T. A S. F. shops in Topeka.

REV. JOHN D. KNOX was born October 28. 1828..on Brook's Run, Belmont Co.. Ohio.
received his collegiate education in Jefferson College. New Athens. Harrison Co. Ohio and
graduated at Duff's Commercial College. Pittsburgh. Pa . m 1857. While at school he' was
icen.sedasanexhorter, Pehrnary23, 1850. Soon after leaving school was licensed as a
local preacher iuthe M'ethodi.st Episcopal Church In Jnne. 1850, was admitted on trial in
the Pitt3burj,'h Conference, held at Canton, Olno, and wasappointediunior preacher on the
Washington and Cambridge circuit, in Guernsey Connty, Ohio. In 1851. with two col¬
leagues, he traveled the Deersvllle circuit, in 1852 the Cadiz circuit, and in 1853 the Butler
circuit, in Pennsylvania, seeuringln the latter the erec:Ioii of a small brick church, which
ii'r;r?,*?F'fiJ,'f'"/,'*,^""'^*^''^'l?.'v ThelUtletown atthis polntls still called Knoxville. In
1854 his field of labor was at Pittsburgh, wherein common with many of his flock ho was
stricken with cholera Through the years of 1 55, 1856 and 1857 he was successively on
tlie .Irldgeport circuit. Ohio; at Lawrencevllle station, Pittsburgh, agent for the Beaver
eh-cJnM ®^tV; VST-T: '''^'^liJI; J^^S ^""^ ^859 in charge ot the Mount Pleaknt and West New^oii
ciicmts.   In I860 and 1861 he was on the Mechanicsburg circuit, in Indiana County Pa..