The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-26
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L.eayehwotsh Fllnes. June q
Thelsad news spread over the city yes
tefday that. Col. c. Il. JsE6ison was
dead He las been % bad health for
several months. and he'd just returned |
from the west about ten days ago, where
he has been for the past tsso months, for
his health. The following IS q brief
sketch of his lifes
He was born "a jefferson county, n.
II, 1854, consequently he vas fifty years
Of age the G;h of This month. Col.
Jennisan m6Yed 10 Kansas al The very
epoch Of It's history when The war
on the free state men had been
Transferred fr5m the Kansas Valley
70 Miami. Lima aud Bourbon eoun-
ties. and he a. once arose as compeer
Of John Brown. Montgomery, and other
leaders. He pfacticed has profession
and divided his time hstWeen bullets
anu bais-pIils AMI pistols He Came
10 Practice medicine, and merely tx-
pressing his opinions, lac attempted 10
argue his nights; bat tndiR4 that the
pIo-sEaYery leaders coierated 40 arsu.
ments, and being given notice 70 leave,
as a sym pathlzer with The fEee-ssate
men, he organized with bat i've men to
resist the prO-sl@yerY ioIces La re-
| slstance u the ouiFages OF tlae pro
slavery party he took positive grounds,
and soon not only notified the belligeTenl
pro-sKaYery mento leave the eouatry, but
when the court Of Judge " Williams at
| tempted u prosecute them, gave notice
| that the people could get on with
| out any court, ard as a last resort went
into the town of FoFt Scott and publicly
| dispersed the court, giving the judge
/ two hours 10 get out ol the territory.
/ The judge was so respectful 10 thls
command that he only used one hour'of
the time. and in less than an hour he was
| edifying frightened AIjssoaraus with
Munchausen stories OF J ennison, anu ex-
/ aggeraIing his little handful Into vast
| arLnY-in his eyes the torly Inen Under
Jennison having been represented Is
). twenty-five hundred
Col. jeEnisop Was one al John Brown'S
4 principal supporters, and was With HIM
N many Of his campaigns. D9ring the
| free-state and pru-si4yery troubles Col,
| JehBisGn had alike by. his geue rosit3
| and his Boldness IN Geftnse OF The poo
/ Pies rights, ipanguTaled hims-if inth
fheiT cOafdence, and tecaRe trusted
and hOnoTed leader. REea war threat
4 ened he was among the Irst 10 express
i MS determination to aid in putting
4 down iacIpient sebelilon, aad the firsl
\ Regiment Of armed men Sas organlZst
/ ia Liam county IL was commissioned
j by Governor. Robinson as LIEUTENANT
colUnll ia { mulaDd Of tie military
I forces in Southern kansas.
81 On September Ali, 1861, Col, Jennisol
having, served IS lieutenant Colonel, was
promoted 70 colonelcy II the lst Kansas
eayalryy, afterwards numbered IS the 18th
Kansas, but knogn Throughout the ma,
tiOn and especially IN the south as tJcn.
I pisOn's Jay-hawkers.' The browning
acts Of his mi ilGry career We're 10 the
invasion known Is tie Price, rad. In
mediatelY succeeding the Price raid he
was elected member of the city council
ard nued the position Tor four yeas.
two years OF which time helswss pTesl
dent OF the couaeil. The FIRST steap}
fire engine the city ever had was named
& Il JennlsOn. Heesrned The Reputation
as one 81 the most efficient counci! uien
the City ever bad.
IQ 1865 be was elected representative
in the state legislature from this city
and agAin in 1867 WIS elected 70 the
same position. In 1871 he was t4ected
q mem Der OF the state senate trofa This
county II thcse positions he was
1
", popularity and usefulness.
In he history of Kansas, from The
earliest struggles Cf the tree-s'a'e men
he has borne a most conspicuous part
He was originally one Of thC
most ardent, actIYe flee state men
Rut for him the free-state men oi
Linn and Bourb5n counties would
have beea driven cut of tie country
In the war he was not only Efficient as 2
soldier, but emInertly Useful rs 8
speaker. He addressed. immense audi
ences from Washington Z Kansas il
behalf of the uuiou cause
Ia every public enterprise whether ,oi
charity or education. he has been dis
tinguished by a noble generosity, ahC
many suffering fugitive from Cypress
ion viii attest his generosity and bles.
, his beuefcence
He has been engaged III bgsiness II
the city until his recent illness.