The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-05
800 AT REUNION

N[SuLl1HGu LEOBS EaES O1E.b
in 1866
my home in Ottawa is in the same
block in which I first lived when /
came to the state Forgey said today.
w. W. Denison. 632 Garfield ave-
nue., who came to Kansas in 1855
served in Company I, Eleventh Kansas
Cavalry. I'VE cleaned up our war a
little better than you fellows did" he
kidded a veteran of the world war
I'VE didn't even leave any hard feel
ings."
II was here to see the whole thing,
r. A. Randlett, veteran of the Fifth
Kansas regiment, said. Randlett came
to Kansas in 1856, and served thruour
the Civil war.
T. H. Cope, veteran Of the Eighth
Iowa infantry, beat the grasshoppers
to Topeka by three days in 1874, after
having served turnout the war, and
having been a prisoner of the confed-
crates in Libby, Andersonville, and
other prisons
An Early Kansas Printer.
Frank A. Root, S29 Quincy. is one
of the old time printers of Kansas,
and served his time sticking type" on
free soil papers during the heated pc
Rod just before the declaration Of
the Civil war. Root owned and pub
lished the Topeka Mail between the
years of 1886 and 1898. He came to
kansas in 1857
Built First Packing Plant.
John Maxwell, who arrived in Kan
sas in 1870, with his brother. William
D. Maxwell, cleared the ground and
constructed the packing house from
which has grown the present Wolff
packing plant.
Members OF the Society.
The members of the Shawnee
County Old Settlers society who came
to Topeka or to Shawnee county be-
fore the admission of the state into
the union, January 20, 1851. with the
dates of their arrival, include:
1S4s-AIrs. J. NJ. Meade.
1S51-Ed Brown.
1S54-Fanny Ammo. J. T. Hoffman, Mrs.
]. 7: Snyder, Freeman Sardou:
1s55-Louisa Allen. Lucy Abbott, NJ. J.
Dennison, Susan NJ. Gilmore, Louisa Farris,
Celeste MeAfee Forbes; Edward {. Garvey,
Virginia i MeAfee Nelis o J. E. 0 PennicE, +.
W. Scudder, Mrs. r. NJ. Spivey, W. H..
WATSON, Mrs. Harry White, Louisa Ferris,
1s56-W. 4. Carriger, Mrs. o. G. Chaiiis.
Mrs. B. T. Dawson, James Harris. Grace Z.
Holmes, Mrs. L. A, James. Horace 9.
C. Root, r. A. Randlett, Asenath Shannon,
c. F. Slayton, A. B. Whiting.
1851. J. Bunce, G. L. Bainbridge, Anna
L. Campbell, Kate Convey, NJ. L. Foltz, Mrs.
NJ. L. Foltz, J. S. Keats. Mrs. II. G. Lyons,
H. w. McAfee. Mrs. William Owen, F. A.
Root, Mrs. s. E. Reamy, Mrs. II. d. SheR-
ard, Harriet C. Watson, Rebecca b.
1s5sEW. ]. Allen, Gertrude E. Burlin-
game; W. R. Black Tillie Brown, T. n
H. Z. Goodell, Mrs. G. A. Hughes, Homer
W. Moore, Adelia Sparks, Emma B. Stage,
Carrie Sain Whitaker.
1s59-Emma Brosias. Elizabeth A, Eddy,
Susan He'll, ). U. Hughes. c. L. Hughes,
F. A. Jeffrey, John McBee, 7. D. Mills. j.
K. Naylor, T. W. Pickett, L. T. Nelson,
Mrs. Noble Prentis, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
R. Remington, Sam Sage, G. F. Stills, Mrs.
II. E. Snyder, Mrs. Chester Thomas, f. q.
W. Travis.
1s6o--James Bunds, Margaret. Bunds,
Harriet Bradley. Charles Curtis, G. W.
Daley, J. c. Dolman, Harry o. Garvey,
Eva Valentine GODDARD, Theodore F. Kreipe.
Robert B. Steele, Clara ]. Stills, Marcia Cor
don Troutman, George w. Veale, Matilda
Steele Mcfarland.
AT q special table were seated the
couples who have been married more
than fifty years-have celebrated
their wedding anniversary in Shaw
nee county. The thirty-three such
couples were: