The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-05
GREAT men THESE
DOniphan County Home OF
Many Famous Characters.
From Medicine Men to SchO1-
ars They Are Known.
GATLING GUN MADE THERE
Lawyers, Fighters and Authors
Made County Their Home.
List of Some Famous Men VINO
Lived There.

Troy, Kan, June 5.-Doniphan coun-
ty has probably been the nome "a
more distinguished people than any
/ other county in the state. Dr' fSlon
7. Calling, the inventor of the worlo-
famous Calling gum, lived at Wne7
Cloud for some time in the early DAYS
ana in 1857 was president of the White
CJoud Town 1t IS cIalniSo
upon good authority that DIR. GatAins
matured his famous INVENTOR IN DoAl-
phan county. DR.. j. G. Aver Oh pal
ent medicine fame, was a resident ~
Dominican county at one time, ana III
the early days, before the swamps ana
hogs had dried up, he sold nough
"Ague Cure to buy many good DOM
phan county farms. General James n.
Lane. who afterwards became Unlto1
States senator, and achleVeu srea'
notoriety, was a citizen of Donlphan Ioa
some time. and in 1857 was president Oh
the town Thomas a. Us
borne, afterwards governor or Kansas
for two terms and still later minister
to Chill and Brazil, was an early resi-
dent of the county.
Jerome B. Chaffee, who died a UNI
ted States senator from Colorado, lVeo
at Elvood at one time. Samuel IapplH'
who attained to such notorlety IN con
nection with the state oilIcc,
had his first residence, IN hdhsdS az
! w mite ClOuus JOCA A1OiNB
member of the supreme court commas
sion, lived in Doniphan county at one
time George NJ. Beebe, at one time
territorial secretary and acting COVER
nor. practiced law in Troy In 1903 o.
Later he was a emil or congress
from New York. w. II. SmaIl"oou.
for two terms secretary OF state. was
for MANY years a citizen OF Donlpnan
county.
Ozias Bailey, who, during the war
was the heaviest income taxpayer IL
the state. was for a long time a proml-
nant business mar of White Cloud. u.
w. Wilder, for foul years state auol
+or. four years commissioner of insur-
ance, and author of the Annals VI
Kansas made his first home IN Rail
sas at Elwood. James Reopath' whI
afterwords became famous as a war
~corrasnondent. lived at Doniphan.
General Thomas Jefferson sutherland
fbaf rst man who agitated the open
i ing of Kansas for settlement, ana d
really famous character, sleeps IN lue
| old mission graveyard at HisAanI-
| Charles ]. Jones, knoWn as Pnen
tones" because of his efforts to per-
netuate the buffalo, was formerly
CITIZEN of Troy, and laid out an aool-
| ton to the townsite. Col DAVID l.
| Payne, the original Oklahoma ooo1neH'
or Father of Oklahoma" as ne 10
more r~eyerently called, was one OF the
| early S0LLA0IS VI o01A Al
in Doniphan county, n represented
the county twice in the state leg1s1a-
| ture during the early days.
Charles w. Stewart, a n
| county man, first suggested the name
of St. Joseph, Mo-, and also severaA
of the towns streets. James HORT,
| who lived at Troy for some time, q
the distinction of having erected the
| first house in ST. Joseph. Earl Marpie'
| an early resident of Doniphan county
became an. editor of the Waverly Mag
azine in 1872.
General J. w. Whitfield, register or
| the land Office and delegate to con-
gress, lived in Doniphan in the carry
| days. Pole Pavey, mentioned in Marx
| Twain's book, was a resident OF Wnlte
Cloud in 1858, and piloted the "Whlte
| cloud" ferry steamer on the famous
exnedition up the Nemaha July 4, 1890:
| lanes O'Toole, who wed near ElWooo
in 1857. was reputed to be the OLDEST
man in America, his 6 at that Tune
having been 125 years
Col. Andrew G. Ebe, was a prominent
| character who lived in DOniphan coun-
nv in the early days, and died there
in 1876. Before coming to Kansas Ne
was prominently identified with MS
adopted state, Maryland, as a legislator
| member of the constitutional reform
convention of 1%S50-'51, presidential cleo
for etc. etc. He was a great horse
| man ami sportsman, and it was salo
| of him that he had owned more dogs
| than any mar in America. He was the
fret boomer of st. Joseph. This is
| onIy a. partial list of the distinguished
| neople and noted characters who nave
lived in Doniphan county at one tlHle
or another.