Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-23

first sergeant of company "E," Secop
Regiment of Kansas cavalry. He WI
MORALLY wounded at Waldron, Arka1
sas, December 20, 1868, and died. tt
following day. His comrades say b
took his death coolly. Being sporty
man, when brought in wounded, he PR
posed wager that in so many hours b
would be dead; the bet was taken, an
Marion Harper won.
HARVEY.
Organized in 1872. Named for jaime
NJ. Harvey, captain accompany G, Tent
regiment of Kansas infantry. He wa
governor of the state from 1869 to 1877
and elected United States senator to fl
an unexpired term in 1877. Ex-Gov
ernor Harvey now resides in Virginia.
HoDGMAN.
Organized in 1879. Named il
honor of Amos Hodgman, captain 0
company 'sH." Seventh Kansas Cavalry
He died October 16, 1863, near Oxford
Mississippi, of wounds received in &C
ton at Wyatt, Mississippi, October 10
1868.
The name should be spelled Eodgman
as above, without the cit was so, cor
rectly, in the original statute of 1865
which created the county, but by acct
dent-p robably-in the statute which re-
defined its boundaries in 1873 the was
was added. OF couse it is legally Hodge
man, and must remain orthographically
incorrect until changed by Legislative en-
actment.
Organized in 1857. Originally Cal.
houn in honor OF John G. Calhoun, 81
South Carolina, changed in 1859 to Jack.
son, after Andrew Jackson, seventh pres.
ident of the United States.
JEFFERSON.
Organized in 1856, in honor of Thomas
Jefferson, third president of the United
States-reputed author of the "Declara.
ton of Independence" 1t came very neal
being called Sauterel1e, French fol
grasshopper) Colonel Tibbs, the Local
member having strenously contended fol
it, he was overruled in the committee
The legend goes that the colonel &C
cepted his defeat with good grace, and
supplied the accustomed beverage of
those times, used when anything notable
occurred in or about that remarkable
body.
JEWELL.
Organized in 1870. Named in memory
of Lewis r. Jewell, lieutenant colonel,
sixth Kansas cavalry, who died Novem-
Der 30, 1862, of wounds received at the
battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas, November
2sth, 1862.
JOHNSON.
Organized in 1856. For Rey. Thomas
Johnson, methodist minister, who ! in
1929 established mission among the
Shawnee Indians, about eight miles
southwest of Kansas City. Mr.. johnson
took the pro-slavery side of politics and
was member of the first Territorial coun-
Gil He was when the war come on a
faithful union man. He then lived in
and becoming obnoxious to the
bushwackers, his house was attacked by
them and he was shot and killed in Jan
uary 1865.
Organized in 1874. Named in ihonor
of Samuel A. Kingman, who was then
chief justice of Kansas. + Judge King
man resides in Topeka.
Organized in 1867. Originally part
of Dorm county, after Colonel Earl Van
Dorm, of the regular army. He was also
a rebel officer. Changed to Labette,
from the river of that name, tributary
to the Neosho. La bette is French, and
signifies ''Tbe beet"
LEAvENwORTH.
Organized in 1855 From Fort Leav-
the most prominent military
post in the west. It was established in
1927 and was named after General Leav-
of the United States army.
LINCOLN.
Organized in 1870. In honor of
Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of
the United States, and author of the
proclamation. Assassi-
mated April IA, 1865.
Organized in 1856. Named for Lewis
F. Linn, distinguished United States
senator from Missouri, who died in 1843,
in Office. He was colleague of Hon.
Thomas H. Benton.
Organized in 1858. Named by the
first Legislature, Breckenridge, in honor
of John G. Breckenridge, vice president
of the United States in 1S56-6O. Chang
ed in 1862 to Lyon, in honor of General
Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed while in
of the union army at the battle
of Wilson's Greek, Missouri, August 10,
1861.
Organized in 1865. Named for Marion
county, Ohio, which was so called in
memory of General Francis Marion, of
revolutionary fame.
MARSHALL.
Organized in 1856. After General
Frank j. Marshall, who established a
ferry on the Big Blue at the crossing of
The old Independence California road in
l849. He was prominent member of
the first Legislature, and had his own
name applied to the county. Marysville
is named for his wife.