The Advocate and news., 1898-08-03
How Kansas cOuntles Voc Named.

OF names and it may interest many to
know how they were acquired. Several
changes have been made, principally
because the original namesake after
ward became unpopular.
Lyon was originally Breckenridge
county, but the people got tired of the
old name in war times Geary was first
Christened as Davis county, the latter
name being given as a tribute to the
president of the southern confederacy,
but the name was given long before the
rebellion. II was the last change made.
George Martin and John X. Wright got
the bill passed. Jackson was formerly
Calhoun county, named for John G.
Calhoun. Logan county was origin
ally St. John, but being Republican
county, the name was changed when the
Prohibition leader left the Republican
party.
Only five counties have been named
for Presidents. They are Grant, Jack
son, Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington.
United States Senators were literally
honOred, as Is evidenced by the follow
ing list: Allen, after Senator William
Allen, of Ohio; Atchison, after David
r. AtchisOn, Missouri Senator; Brown,
after Senator Albert G. Brown, Of Mis-
sissippi; Butler, after Senator Andrew
p. Butler, of South Carolina; Chase, af-
ter Salmon P. Chase, Senator from Ohio;
Clay, after Senator Henry Clay, Of Ken
tucky; Douglas after Senator Stephen
A. Douglas, of Illinois; Lane, after Sena-
tor Jim Lane, of Kansas; Linn, after
Senator Lewis P. Linn, of Missouri;
Morton, after Senator Levi P. Morton,
of New York; Seward after Senator w.
H. Seward, of New York; Stevens, after
Thaddeus Stevens, OF Pennsylvania;
Sumner, after Senator Charles Sumner,
of Massachusetts; Morris, after Senator
Thomas A. Morris, of Ohio; Dickinson,
after Senator Daniel S. Dickinson, OF
New York.
Soldiers were given all kinds of atten-
tion. Rank seems to have little to do
with the selection Of names, as privates
appear oftener than officers. Clark
county was named after Charles f.
Clarke, captain of the United States vol
unteers, who died in Memphis in '62;
Cloud was named after w. F. Cloud, Of
the Second Kansas regiment, cavalry,
civil war; Coffey got its name from Col
A. M. Coffey, member of the first Kan
sas Territorial legislature; Cowley was
named after Matthew CoWley, first lieu
tenant Company l. Ninth Kansas; Deca-
tur, after Stephen Y. Decatur, a dstin-
guished naval officer, who fell in duel
with Commodore Barron, Of the United
States navy, in 1908; Doniphan, after
Col. A. w. Doniphan, of Missouri who
fought in the Mexican war; Ellis after
George Ellis, first lieutenant Twelfth
Kansas infantry, killed in ga at Jenkins
ferry, Arkansas; Ford, after James H.
Ford, Second Colorado cavalry, after
ward breVetted brigadier general; Cove,
after Capt Greenville l.. Cove, of the
Eleventh Kansas cavalry; Graham, af-
ter Capt. John L. Graham, Eighth regi-
ment Kansas volunteers, killed at Chick
amauga in 1868; Harper, after Marion
Harper, first sergeant Company e, Sec
ond Kansas cavalry; Hodgeman, after
Amos Hodgeman, captain Company H,
Seventh Kansas cavalry; Jewell, after
Lieut. Col. Lewis R. F. Jewell, of the
Sixth Kansas cavalry; Kearny, after
General Kearny; Leavenworth, after
General LeavenwOrth Of the United
States army; Logan, after Gen. John A.
Logan; Lyon, after Gen. Nathaniel
Lyon, killed in the battle of Wilson
Greek, Mo-, in 1861; Marshall, after Gen.
Frank J. Marshall, member of the first
Kansas legislature; Mcpherson, after
Gen. James B. Mcpherson, killed at At
lanta in 1864; Meade, after Maj. Gen.
George T. Meade; Mitchell, after Will
liam Mitchell, private Company K, Sec
ond Kansas cavalry, promoted to cap
tain Second Kentucky cavalry, killed at
Monroe Crossing N. c., in 1885, Mont
gomery, after Gen. Richard Montgom-
cry, Of the Indian war, killed at Quebec;
Ness, after Noah " Ness, corporal Com
pany G, Seventh United States cavalry,
died in 1864 at Abbeyville, Miss; Nor
ten, after OrlOff Norton, captain Com