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CALDWELL ˜HP DeskJet 930C Series0(ÖĆ9 Z‹6Times New Roman RegularX˜c:\COREL\SUITE8\TEMPLATE\CUSTOM~2\WEB\WP8WEB.WPTc:\Corel\Suite8\Template\Custom WP Templates\Web\wp8web.wpt  ?web3dbord1_1dxd<web3dtlo1_1  ĄĄĄd ’’’d<web3dbro1_10 ĄĄĄd €€€d8web3dtli10 €€€d ĄĄĄd+web3dbri1 ’’’d(›$——Ō’ŌņņŌ’Ōóó'ČČČČdxd(ÖĆ9 Z‹&Times New Roman eØX_-Ō4Ē‚ k}ą’3|xŻ ƒ$!ŻÓK€$(€XKÓŌ€%XģXXXŌŌ€%XģXX%XģŌŻ  ŻŌ_ŌChapter€XXIIIŠ ÜÜ ŠThe€Afro-American€Race.ĢBiographies€included€in€this€chapter:¹Ō*{ƒ  dd Xdd Xdd Xxj%xj%{ŌŌ,( dd ŌŌ,( dd ŌŌ,( dd ŌŌ+  ŌŠ  XX „„ŠŌ4‚Ż ŽŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌPRIOR€DICKEYŌ6 ŌŻ‚#›ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż NKŌŠ '±± „„'ŠŌ4‚Ż  ŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌHENRY€C.€BUCHANANŌ6ßŌŻ‚#›óƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż D!ŌŠ '±± „„'ŠŌ4‚Ż dŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌEUGENE€L.€BELLŌ6ŗŌŻ‚#›ĪƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż ŒüŌŠ -#±± Y2 „„-ŠŌ4‚ Ż ŽŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌCHARLES€Ō_ŌINGRAMŌ_ŌŌ6˜ŌŻ‚#›¬ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż ¾ŚŌŠ ' „„'ŠŌ4‚ Ż  ŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌCHARLES€J.€FERGUSONŌ6ŌŻ‚#›¤ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż  ŅŌŠ ' „„'ŠŌ4‚ Ż dŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌHENRY€DICKEYŌ6mŌŻ‚#›ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż 8ÆŌŠ -#  L2 „„-ŠŌ4‚ Ż ŽŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌFRANK€ADRIAN€PEARLŌ6IŌŻ‚#›]ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż R ‹Ō,€M.€DŠ '……  „„'ŠŌ4‚ Ż  ŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌW.€W.€CALDWELLŌ6+ŌŻ‚#›?ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż mŌ,€M.€D.Š '……  „„'ŠŠ(……  L2  (ŠĢŌ4‚Ż xŌŻ‚#›ŻŌ’ŌņņŻ  ŻŌ5  ŌŌ63 ŌŻ‚#›G ƒŻŌ’ŌóóŻ  ŻŌ7Ż xu ŌŌ% ‡ ŌPrior€DickeyŌ%†Ö Ō€was€born€in€Barren€County,€Kentucky,€March€9,€1861,€a€son€of€Jackson€and€Edith€Dickey,€the€father€aŠ G G  Šnative€of€West€Virginia€and€the€mother€of€Kentucky.€The€first€eighteen€years€of€his€life€were€spent€in€Kentucky€and€inĻ1879€he€came€to€Kansas,€and€his€first€employment€was€in€a€rock€quarry€at€Millbrook,€Graham€County.€He€possessedĻ$3.75€when€he€landed€in€this€town.€He€helped€build€sod€houses€and€in€fact€turned€his€hand€at€anything€that€offered€forĻhis€board€and€lodging.€During€the€spring€of€1880€he€walked€from€Millbrook€to€Concordia,€a€distance€of€200€miles,€inĻsearch€of€work.€He€was€accompanied€by€a€friend,€Calvin€TROTTER,€and€their€joint€capital€was€$1.25.€After€reachingĻConcordia,€and€also€having€gone€without€food€for€two€days,€he€secured€work€with€a€railroad€construction€crew,€andĻwas€sent€from€Concordia€to€Atchison€and€thence€to€Rich€Hill,€Mo.,€and€later€to€Texas,€where€he€worked€on€theĻextension€of€the€Missouri,€Kansas€&€Texas€railway.€When€this€work€was€finished€he€started€for€Kansas,€and€wishing€toĻsave€his€money€stowed€himself€in€a€box€car.€While€the€train€was€at€a€standstill€in€a€Texas€town,€a€white€man€knockedĻon€the€door,€demanding€admittance.€Prior€was€scared,€and€stealing€out€of€the€opposite€door€started€to€run.€The€whiteĻman€called€out,€"Stop,€neighbor,"€and€Prior€stopped.€They€became€friends€and€came€north€together€in€the€box€car.€OnĻarriving€at€Ft.€Scott,€Prior€gave€his€white€friend€$1,€fed€him€at€a€restaurant,€and€sent€him€on€his€way.€From€Ft.€Scott€heĻcame€to€Atchison,€and€later€was€employed€in€railroad€construction€work€of€various€kinds€in€and€later€was€employed€inĻrailroad€construction€work€of€various€kinds€in€Nebraska,€on€the€Central€Branch€railroad€in€Kansas,€the€Wabash€inĻMissouri,€and€elsewhere.€In€1883€he€secured€his€first€employment€on€a€farm,€a€field€of€endeavor€in€which€he€has€sinceĻmade€a€signal€success.€From€ten€dollars€a€month€to€twenty-one€dollars,€with€board€and€lodging,€was€his€wage.€PriorĻpossessed€a€spirit€of€thrift€and€saved€his€wages.€In€1885,€while€working€for€Ō_ŌMedadŌ_Ō€HARVEY,€in€GrasshopperĻtownship,€Atchison€County,€he€bought€his€first€forty€acres.€On€this€place€he€put€his€father€and€mother,€bringing€themĻfrom€Kentucky.€They€lived€here€until€their€deaths,€that€of€the€father€in€1895€and€the€mother€in€1911.€Prior's€example€inĻcaring€for€his€aged€parents,€even€refusing€to€marry€on€account€of€attendance€on€his€mother,€is€worthy€of€emulation.,ĻThree€years€after€his€first€purchase€of€land€he€bought€his€second€forty,€a€year€lager€a€third€forty,€then€an€eighty€andĻlater€from€John€J.€Ō_ŌINGALLSŌ_Ō,€he€bought€a€160€acre€tract.€He€is€also€the€owner€of€a€160€acre€farm€in€Oklahoma,€and€hisĻvarious€holdings€total€over€500€acres.€He€is€a€capable€and€industrious€agriculturist,€employs€modern€methods,€is€inĻclose€touch€with€the€advancement€in€scientific€farming,€and€is€a€successful€breeder€of€high€grade€cattle€and€hogs.€HisĻherd€of€grade€Herefords€is€the€equal€of€any€in€the€county€and€numbers€over€fifty€head.€His€property€is€well€improvedĻand€well€kept.€He€is€a€stockholder€in€the€State€Bank€of€Potter€and€conceded€to€be€no€mean€financier.€He€is€a€stanchĻRepublican€and€states€"not€a€black€man€in€the€United€States€can€conscientiously€be€anything€but€a€Republican."€He€castĻhis€first€vote€in€Graham€county€in€the€first€election€held€in€that€county€after€its€organization.€He€is€a€Mason€and€aĻBaptist.€A€sister€and€her€children€comprise€his€household.€Possessed€of€ambition€to€succeed€and€gain€an€assuredĻposition€in€his€adopted€state,€of€untiring€energy,€intelligence€and€quality€of€thrift,€Prior€Dickey€has€developed€into€aĻcitizen€who€is€worth€while.ĢŌ% ‡ ŌŌ%†zŌHENRY€C.€BUCHANANĢHenry€C.€Buchanan€was€born€in€Lincoln€County,€Kentucky,€on€April€8,€1844.€His€father€was€a€slave,€owned€by€Dr.ĻThomas€MONTGOMERY€and€named€Martin€MONTGOMERY€and€his€mother€was€Violet€SHANKS,€a€slave€girlĻowned€by€Archie€SHANKS.€Their€son€was€born€on€the€Shanks€plantation.€Following€the€death€of€Archie€Shanks,€hisĻdaughter,€Sarah,€inherited€the€boy,€Henry,€along€with€thirty€other€slaves.€She€afterward€married€a€man€by€the€name€ofĻBUCHANAN,€and€this€family€name€was€given€the€boy.€He€grew€to€young€manhood€on€the€Buchanan€plantation,€andĻwas€given€fair€treatment,€but€not€any€schooling.€In€1864,€he€left€the€plantation€and€enlisted€in€the€Fifth€United€StatesĻCavalry,€at€Camp€Wilson,€on€the€Kentucky€River.€He€served€about€twenty-two€months€and€was€mustered€out€at€LittleŠ ó1ó14 ŠRock,€Ark.€He€then€returned€to€the€old€plantation€in€Kentucky€and€found€it€had€been€made€a€government€post.€He€wasĻfairly€well€posted€on€farming,€as€he€had€been€one€of€the€best€field€hands€on€the€Buchanan€plantation,€and€this€fact€beingĻknown€to€the€land€owners€of€the€neighborhood,€he€had€no€difficulty€in€leasing€a€portion€of€the€old€plantation.€AĻbrother-in-law€was€associated€with€him€in€this€venture,€but€Henry€was€the€manager.€He€later€leased€land€in€theĻadjoining€county.€His€farming€was€profitable,€and€he€saved€his€money,€eventually€accumulating€enough€capital€toĻengage€in€the€general€merchandise€business€in€Lancaster,€KY.,€on€a€small€scale.€In€1881€he€concluded€to€go€west€andĻchose€Atchison,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.,€as€his€place€of€location.€He€arrived€here€at€the€time€of€the€great€flood,€and€shortly€afterwardĻopened€a€grocery€and€produce€store€on€Fifth€Street.€He€continued€n€this€business€until€1891,€when€he€sold€out,€andĻwith€the€proceeds€bought€100€acres€of€land€in€Walnut€township.€This€property€he€improved€and€as€the€years€haveĻpassed€he€has€added€to€the€acreage,€until€now€he€owns€400€acres.€The€property€is€well€improved,€well€kept€and€wellĻfarmed.€He€was€married€in€1878€to€Belle€HOGANS,€of€Ō_ŌGarrittŌ_Ō€County,€Kentucky,€who€died€in€1899.€Handicapped€byĻthe€lack€of€education,€he€has€spared€no€reasonable€expense€in€the€matter€of€educating€his€children,€and€his€sons€areĻcarrying€forward€their€father's€farm€enterprise€along€modern€lines,€and€are€well€educated,€intelligent€members€of€theĻcommunity.€A€deceased€daughter,€Luella€B.,€graduated€from€the€Atchison€County€high€school,€at€Ō_ŌEffinghamŌ_Ō.€HenryĻBuchanan€has€always€been€a€Republican.€He€has€served€as€precinct€committeeman,€and€as€a€member€of€the€electionĻboard€at€several€elections,€and€also€as€judge€of€election.€He€is€a€member€of€the€Baptist€Church€and€has€been€a€memberĻof€the€board€of€trustees€of€his€local€church€for€many€years.€Measured€from€the€standpoint€of€a€man€who€has€done€theĻthings€which€have€come€to€his€hand€from€time€to€time,€he€has€done€those€things€well.€He€has€assisted€in€theĻdevelopment€of€the€county's€agricultural€resources,€has€been€thrifty,€and€has€gained€the€respect€and€esteem€of€theĻresidents€of€his€township€and€county.ĢĢŌ% ‡ ŌEUGENE€L.€BELLŌ%†Ē$ŌĢEugene€L.€Bell,€prosperous€farmer,€Walnut€township,€was€born€at€Oak€Mills,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō,€July€28,€1875,€a€son€of€Joseph€andĻSydney€(KING)€Bell,€natives€of€Missouri€and€Kentucky,€respectively.€Joseph€Bell,€the€father,€was€born€in€OctoberĻ1844,€in€Platte€County,€Missouri,€of€slave€parentage.€He€lived€in€Missouri€until€1863,€and€then€located€inĻŌ_ŌLeavenworthŌ_Ō,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.,€where€he€joined€the€United€States€Army,€becoming€a€member€of€Company€G,€Seventy-ninthĻRegiment,€United€States€Colorado€Infantry.€He€served€until€the€close€of€the€Civil€War,€taking€part€in€fourteen€battles.ĻAfter€the€war€he€married€Miss€Sydney€King€at€Ō_ŌLeavenworthŌ_Ō,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.€In€1872€he€removed€to€Oak€Mills,€Atchison€County,Ļand€settled€on€a€farm€in€Walnut€township.€He€was€one€of€the€pioneers€of€this€settlement€and€developed€a€fine€farm.€Mr.ĻBell€took€an€active€part€in€matters€pertaining€to€the€betterment€of€his€community€and€was€an€exemplary€citizen.€ManyĻof€the€noted€men€of€his€day€in€Kansas€were€his€warm€and€steadfast€friends.€Mr.€and€Mrs.€Bell€were€the€parents€of€nineĻchildren,€six€of€whom€were€reared€to€maturity:€Eugene€L.,€the€subject€of€this€review;€Mrs€Birdie€NORMAN€of€Omaha,ĻNeb.;€Mrs.€Ō_ŌT.C.Ō_Ō€BROWN,€and€Miss€Ō_ŌPearlieŌ_Ō€Bell€of€Chicago€Ill.;€Humphrey€Bell€of€Pittsburgh,€Pa.;€and€Mead€Bell€ofĻCleveland,€Ohio.€Joseph€Bell€died€May€30,€1914.€Mrs.€Bell€died€April€18,€1903.€Like€her€husband,€she€ran€away€fromĻslavery€to€Kansas.ĢEugene€L.€Spent€his€boyhood€days€assisting€his€father€in€cultivating€the€home€farm,€and€managed€to€attend€schoolĻabout€two€and€one-half€months€out€of€the€year€until€he€attained€the€age€of€nineteen€years.€He€then€began€to€hustle€forĻhimself€and€completed€a€three€years'€course€in€the€Atchison€County€high€school€at€Ō_ŌEffinghamŌ_Ō.€Ambition€and€a€desire€toĻeducate€himself€led€him€to€make€sacrifices€in€order€to€prepared€himself€to€better€cope€with€the€struggle€for€a€livelihood.ĻThe€priceless€boon€of€an€education€as€his€after€considerable€effort,€and€he€graduated€from€the€county€high€school€inĻ1896.€He€then€returned€to€the€avocation€of€farmer€and€rented€land€in€Walnut€township,€which€he€cultivated€for€someĻyears.€Mr.€Bell€is€the€owner€of€a€fine€farm€in€Walnut€township.ĢHe€was€married€December€26,€1901,€to€Miss€Mamie€Ō_ŌCHURCHHILLŌ_Ō,€of€Monrovia,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.,€a€native€of€Ō_ŌHardinŌ_Ō€County,ĻKentucky.€They€settled€in€Atchison,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.,€and€lived€there€three€years€after€this€marriage.€Mr.€Bell€then€moved€toĻWalnut€township€and€taught€school€for€two€terms€in€District€No.€20.€He€then€bought€forty€acres€of€land,€on€which€heĻhas€since€made€his€home.€Seven€children€have€been€born€to€Mr.€and€Mrs.€Bell:€Inez,€Orville,€Eugene,€Leslie,€Jr.,€Justin,ĻIrene,€Ō_ŌPearlieŌ_Ō,€Ō_ŌRuthannaŌ_Ō.€Mrs.€Bell€died€December€7,€1912.ĢMr.€Bell€has€been€the€local€newspaper€correspondent€of€his€neighborhood€for€several€years€and€has€a€decided€literaryĻtalent.€For€the€past€eighteen€years€he€has€been€connected€with€school€district€No.€20€in€the€capacity€of€teacher€andŠ D2D20 Šschool€trustee.€He€is€a€progressive€Republican€in€his€political€affiliations,€and€has€been€honored€by€his€party.€On€MayĻ27,€1915,€he€was€appointed€by€Governor€Ō_ŌCapperŌ_Ō€as€a€member€of€the€board€of€trustees€of€Ō_ŌQuindaroŌ_Ō€University,€Kansas,Ļand€also€received€a€complimentary€appointment€to€attend€the€Farmers'€Congress€as€a€ńńnegrońńńńNegrońń€delegate,€held€at€theĻPanama€Exposition€at€San€Francisco.€He€is€a€member€of€the€Methodist€Episcopal€Church€of€Atchison,€and€has€been€aĻmember€of€the€Masonic€Fraternity€for€the€past€fifteen€years.€Mr.€Bell€has€taken€a€prominent€part€in€the€educational€andĻcivic€life€of€Atchison€County.€He€has€served€as€a€delegate€to€county€and€state€conventions€of€his€party,€and€filled€theĻposition€of€doorkeeper€and€sergeant-at-arms€in€the€house€of€representatives€at€Topeka.€His€newspaper€experienceĻincludes€a€term€of€employment€in€the€printing€department€of€the€Omaha€Bee€when€nineteen€years€old,€where€he€learnedĻtypesetting,€going€from€there€to€Chicago€and€attending€the€World's€Fair.€After€this€experience€he€returned€home€withĻthe€intention€of€securing€an€education€and€succeeded.€Mr.€Bell€is€one€of€the€well€respected€citizens€of€his€community,Ļand€is€one€of€the€recognized€leaders€of€his€race€in€Kansas.€His€father,€Joseph€Bell,€was€a€member€of€the€Grand€Army€ofĻthe€Republic,€Scot€Post,€of€Hydro,€Okla.,€whither€he€removed€in€1900.ĢĢŌ% ‡ ŌCHARLES€Ō_ŌINGRAMŌ_ŌŌ%†Å7ŌĢCharles€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō,€a€well€known€farmer€of€Walnut€township,€whose€agricultural€plant€is€located€four€miles€distant€fromĻthe€town€of€Potter,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.,€consisting€of€160€acres€of€good€land,€is€a€native€of€the€Southland.€He€was€born€in€1855,€aĻson€of€Hart€and€Ō_ŌViniaŌ_Ō€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō,€both€of€whom€were€born€and€reared€in€Tennessee.€Just€previous,€or€some€years€beforeĻthe€opening€of€the€Civil€War,€his€parents€left€Tennessee€and€came€to€Buchanan€County,€Missouri,€as€chattels€of€JesseĻŌ_ŌIngramŌ_Ō.€The€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€farm€was€located€about€four€miles€distant€from€St.€Joseph,€Mo.€Here€they€toiled€in€the€fields€ofĻthe€master€and€owner€until€given€their€freedom€by€Mr.€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€near€the€end€of€the€Civil€War.€The€owner,€on€setting€hisĻslaves€free,€told€them€to€go€out€and€hustle€for€themselves.€Hart€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€and€his€family€came€to€Kansas€and€lived€duringĻtheir€first€winter€here€in€Atchison.€He€then€located€on€a€farm€in€Mt.€Pleasant€township€and€worked€for€Mr.€SPECK€forĻfive€years.€He€then€rented€land€of€John€KING€for€one€year,€after€which€he€invested€his€savings€in€forty€acres€of€land€inĻWalnut€township,€upon€which€he€resided€until€his€demise.ĢAs€a€youth€Charles€had€no€opportunity€to€acquire€an€education,€and€after€his€marriage€in€1880€he€rented€land€forĻseveral€years€and€eventually€saved€enough€money€to€make€a€payment€on€forty€acres€of€farm€lands.€He€immediatelyĻmade€his€home€on€his€purchase€and€has€added€to€his€possessions€until€he€is€now€the€owner€of€160€acres€of€excellentĻfarm€land,€with€good,€comfortable€dwelling€and€improvements.€Charles€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€was€married€in€1880€to€Ō_ŌMargaretteŌ_ŌĻŌ_ŌFARNERŌ_Ō,€of€Atchison€County.€Five€children€have€bless€this€marriage,€who€are€all€receiving€the€benefits€of€a€goodĻschool€education€by€their€ambitious€parents.ĢMr.€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€is€a€Republican€in€politics,€and€is€a€member€of€the€Baptist€Church.€He€is€a€man€of€high€and€strongĻcharacter,€which€has€been€developed€in€the€stern€and€exacting€school€of€adversity.€Mr.€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€has€seen€the€time€whenĻhe€was€unable€to€borrow€even€twenty-five€dollars,€and€his€credit€is€now€good€for€as€much€as€$2,500,€should€he€desireĻit.€One€of€his€daughters,€Grace,€is€a€graduate€of€the€Atchison€County€high€school€at€Ō_ŌEffinghamŌ_Ō,€and€the€others€haveĻbeen€given€similar€opportunity.€Grace€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€taught€school€in€Atchison€County€before€her€marriage.€Mr.€Ō_ŌIngramŌ_Ō€is€aĻstriking€example€of€the€progress€which€his€race€has€made€since€the€Ō_ŌnegroesŌ_Ō€have€been€freed€from€bondage.ĢĢŌ% ‡ ŌCHARLES€J.€FERGUSONŌ%†’CŌĢCharles€J.€Ferguson,€farmer€of€Oak€Mills,€Ō_ŌKanŌ_Ō.,€was€born€in€Platte€County,€Missouri,€in€April,€1881,€a€son€of€DanielĻand€Sarah€(WILLIAMS)€Ferguson,€the€former€a€native€of€Kentucky,€and€the€latter€a€native€of€Missouri.€The€parents€ofĻCharles€came€to€Kansas€from€Missouri€in€1881€and€settled€on€a€small€farm€of€twenty€acres,€which€Daniel€bought€withĻhis€savings€and€still€owns.€Charles€attended€school€in€District€No.€20,€and€was€reared€on€the€parental€farm.€After€hisĻmarriage€in€1900€he€began€doing€things€for€himself€and€has€become€the€owner€of€100€acres€of€fine€farm€lands,Ļoverlooking€Bean€Lake,€and€located€in€Walnut€township.€Mr.€Ferguson€has€attained€to€his€comfortable€position€ofĻaffluence€by€industry,€economy,€and€good€financial€management,€and€began€his€career€with€practically€nothing.€He€wasĻthe€first€man€in€Walnut€township€to€ship€a€carload€of€wheat,€and€others€have€since€followed€his€example.€He€shippedĻhis€first€carload€of€wheat€in€1910€and€has€become€noted€as€a€grower€of€small€grain,€having€raised€1,690€bushels€ofŠ $2$2. ŠŌ_Ōwheat€in€1914,€and€raises€on€an€average€over€1,200€bushels€annually.€He€was€married€March€7,€1900,€to€Eliza,€aĻdaughter€of€H.€C.€BUCHANAN,€and€is€the€father€of€the€following€children:€Granville€F.,€born€December€19,€1900;ĻSarah,€born€March€1,€1902;€Sheffield,€born€January€12,€1905;€Rothschild,€born€September€8,€1908;€Luella,€born€JunĻ17,€1910;€Decina,€born€May€31,€1912.ĢMr.€Ferguson€is€a€Republican€in€politics€and€has€taken€an€active€and€influential€part€in€the€affairs€of€his€party€inĻAtchison€County.€He€was€elected€a€member€of€the€county€central€committee€in€1908,€and€has€held€this€position€sinceĻthat€time.€He€is€treasurer€of€the€school€board€of€District€No.€20€of€his€township.€He€is€a€member€of€the€Knights€ofĻTabor,€of€Atchison€and€is€well€thought€of€and€highly€respected€by€all€who€know€him.ĢĢŌ% ‡ ŌHENRY€DICKEYŌ%†ŚIŌĢHenry€Dickey,€farmer,€of€Walnut€township€was€born€February€24,€1850,€in€Barron€County,€Kentucky.€He€was€a€son€ofĻJackson€and€Edith€Dickey,€who€were€slaves€until€freed€by€the€Emancipation€Proclamation.€After€the€Civil€War,€whichĻresulted€in€the€Dickeys€becoming€freemen,€the€parents€remained€in€Kentucky€until€1884.€Henry€was€at€that€timeĻworking€on€a€farm€in€Kentucky€for€fifty€cents€a€day€and€he€wished€to€better€his€condition€and€that€of€his€Parents.ĻAccordingly,€he€came€to€Kansas€in€search€of€a€location,€and€found€it€in€Atchison€County€After€his€brother,€PriorĻDickey,€joined€him€in€this€county,€he€and€Prior€pooled€their€interests€and€invested€in€farm€lands€until€they€now€ownĻover€500€acres€of€land€in€partnership.€They€also€own€forty€head€of€fine€Hereford€cattle,€seven-eights€pure€bred€stock.ĢMr.€Dickey€was€married€February€23,€1903€to€Celia€KERFORD,€a€daughter€of€Abraham€Kerford,€a€well€knownĻcolored€family€of€Atchison€County.€The€Kerfords€came€from€the€home€county€of€Abraham€Lincoln,€in€Kentucky.€OneĻchild€has€been€born€to€Mr.€and€Mrs.€Henry€Dickery,€Sarah€E.,€born€September€24,€1906.ĢPolitically,€Mr.€Dickey€is€allied€with€the€Republican€party,€and€has€served€as€a€member€of€the€school€board€of€hisĻdistrict.€He€and€his€wife€are€members€of€the€Baptist€Church.€Mrs.€Dickey€is€affiliated€with€the€True€Eleven€Lodge€ofĻAtchison.€Mr.€Dickey€is€one€of€the€most€influential€and€successful€members€of€the€negro€race€in€Kansas,€and€isĻconsidered€as€one€of€the€industrious€and€highly€successful€agriculturists€and€live€stock€men€of€Atchison€County.ĢĢŌ% ‡ ŌFRANK€ADRIAN€PEARL,€M.€DŌ%†PŌ.ĢDr.€Frank€Adrian€Pearl,€M.€D.,€Atchison,€Kan.,€is€one€of€the€self-made€men€of€the€present€generation.€He€was€bornĻSeptember€2,€1886,€in€the€city€of€Atchison,€a€son€of€Ryes€and€Sarah€J.€Pearl,€the€former€of€whom€was€a€nativeĻMissouri,€and€removed€to€Atchison,€Kan.,€shortly€after€the€close€of€the€Civil€War.€He€lived€in€Atchison€until€1888,€andĻthen€moved€to€Butte,€Mont.,€where€he€lived€until€his€demise.€After€his€demise€the€widow€married€a€man€namedĻDAVIS.ĢFrank€A.€was€reared€to€young€manhood€in€Butte,€and€attended€the€public€and€high€school€of€his€home€city,€afterwardsĻpursuing€a€course€in€business€college.€When€yet€a€boy€he€began€to€work€for€himself€and€early€became€self-reliant€inĻdoing€any€and€all€kinds€of€honest€labor.€In€1905€and€1906€he€studied€in€the€Topeka€Educational€Institute€andĻsupported€himself€by€hard€work€while€studying€in€this€institution.€He€then€entered€Howard€Medical€College,€ofĻWashington,€D.€C.€And€graduated€from€this€school€in€1912.€After€his€graduation€Dr.€Pearl€located€in€Kansas€City€andĻfor€one€and€one-half€years€served€as€intern€in€the€General€Hospital€of€Kansas€City.€He€located€in€Atchison€in€August€ofĻ1914,€and€has€built€up€an€excellent€practice€among€the€people€of€his€race,€and€has€made€a€name€for€himself€as€a€skilledĻand€well€educated€physician.€Dr.€Pearl€is€a€member€of€the€County€Medical€Society,€the€Tri-State€Medical€Association,Ļembracing€Missouri,€Kansas€and€Oklahoma€and€the€Kansas€Medical€Society.€He€is€an€independent€in€politics€and€is€aĻmember€of€the€Methodist€Episcopal€Church.€Dr.€Pearl€is€fraternally€allied€with€the€Odd€Fellows,€the€UnitedĻBrotherhood€of€Freeman,€and€the€Knights€of€Tabor.€He€is€well€educated,€courteous,€a€great€student,€and€is€fast€makingĻa€place€for€himself€in€his€chosen€profession.ĢŠ ō1ō1+ ŠŌ% ‡ ŌW.€W.€CALDWELLŌ%†QWŌ,€M.€D.ĢDr.€W.€W.€Caldwell,€M.€D.,€of€Atchison,€Kan.,€was€born€in€Nashville,€Tenn.,€in€1877,€a€son€of€Jefferson€and€ElizabethĻ(BELL)€Caldwell.€His€mother€was€a€native€of€Louisiana€and€had€the€entire€support€of€ten€children€thrown€upon€herĻafter€the€removal€of€the€family€to€Topeka,€Kan.,€in€1880.€Mrs.€Caldwell€was€a€capable€woman€of€more€than€ordinaryĻability,€thoroughly€untutored,€but€possessed€of€a€strong€character,€she€determined€that€her€children€should€be€fitted€toĻcope€with€the€battle€of€life€with€well€trained€minds.€She€early€installed€into€the€minds€of€her€children€those€qualities€ofĻcharacter€which€have€produced€great€men.€She€possessed€an€iron€constitution€and€an€unconquerable€will€which€enabledĻher€to€put€in€long€hours€each€day€at€the€wash-tub€in€order€to€gain€the€means€of€feeding€the€hungry€mouths€of€herĻchildren.€She€also€taught€each€of€her€offspring€to€become€self-supporting€as€soon€as€they€were€able€and€encouragedĻthem€to€strikeout€for€themselves.€An€instance€of€her€nature€is€shown€in€an€occurrence€in€the€life€of€Dr.€Caldwell:Ļ"When€the€boy€was€fourteen€years€of€age€he€made€his€way€to€St.€Louis,€via€'the€side-door€Pullman'€route.€He€did€notĻlike€the€appearance€of€things€in€St.€Louis,€and€returned€to€the€safer€haven€of€his€home€in€Topeka€,€only€to€chided€by€hisĻmother€for€his€inability€to€stay€away€from€home€and€make€his€own€way€in€the€world€as€she€desired€him€to€do."€TheĻnight€following€his€return€he€again€left€home€and€did€not€return€until€time€for€school€to€re-open€in€the€fall,€with€moneyĻin€his€pocket€which€would€suffice€to€carry€him€through€the€winter.€The€mother€was€an€expert€laundress€and€kept€all€ofĻher€children€in€school€as€long€as€they€desired€to€go.€Two€of€her€daughters€nearly€finished€the€high€school€course€inĻTopeka,€but€Dr.€Caldwell€was€the€only€child€of€the€family€to€acquire€a€collegiate€education€and€a€professional€training.ĢHe€attended€both€the€public€and€high€school€of€Topeka€and€afterwards€studied€for€three€years€in€the€State€NormalĻschool€at€Topeka,€and€was€granted€a€life€teacher's€certificate.€While€at€college€Dr.€Caldwell€made€a€great€reputation€asĻa€runner€and€football€player,€serving€as€halfback€on€the€State€Normal€football€team.€He€acquired€his€educationĻpractically€by€his€own€efforts,€encouraged€by€his€ambitious€mother.€In€1892,€when€he€was€fourteen€year€of€age,€heĻmade€his€first€trip€away€from€home,€to€St€Louis,€but€returned€home€after€one€month's€stay€in€that€city.€His€motherĻhaving€ridiculed€him€for€coming€home,€he€caught€the€Rock€Island€flyer€out€of€Topeka€that€night€and€rode€part€of€theĻway€to€Denver.€After€a€thrilling€experience€covering€a€period€of€two€weeks,€he€finally€arrived€at€the€western€city,€justĻas€he€started,€without€funds,€but€with€the€desire€to€obtain€employment.€He€worked€in€Denver€at€any€honestĻemployment€he€could€obtain,€such€as€shining€shoes,€laying€concrete,€hotel€porter,€and€similar€jobs.€His€hardships€wereĻmany,€but€he€was€eventually€well€repaid€for€his€early€struggles.€One€place€which€he€held€as€porter€in€a€barber€shopĻenabled€him€to€lay€by€a€considerable€sum€of€money€each€week.€He€was€paid€ten€cents€per€shine€and€allowed€to€keepĻthe€money€thus€earned,€and€saved€eight€dollars€during€his€first€week.€He€worked€for€this€shop€for€three€successiveĻsummers,€and€made€it€a€rule€to€lay€by€eight€dollars€each€week.€When€it€came€time€for€school€to€open€he€would€"beat"Ļhis€way€back€to€Topeka€via€the€overland€trains€and€study€during€the€winter€and€spring€months,€and€would€then€againĻmake€his€way€to€Denver€in€time€for€employment.€Thirty-five€dollars€saved€usually€sufficed€to€pay€his€expenses€duringĻthe€winter€months€while€in€school€and€he€would€sometimes€make€his€way€home€with€$300€in€his€pocket.€He€kept€upĻwith€this€plan€of€working€and€studying€until€he€had€completed€his€medical€course,€entering€medical€college€in€1902,Ļand€graduating€therefrom€in€1906.€After€practicing€in€Topeka€for€one€and€one-half€years€he€went€to€Independence,ĻKan.,€but€remained€there€only€seven€months.€In€1908€Dr.€Caldwell€came€to€Atchison€and€opened€an€office€for€generalĻmedical€practice.€He€has€made€a€great€success€in€his€noble€profession,€and€has€attained€to€a€high€position€of€leadershipĻamong€the€members€of€the€Afro-American€race.ĢDr.€Caldwell€was€married€in€1906€to€Araminta€BECK,€a€native€of€Wamego€County,€Kansas,€and€to€this€union€haveĻbeen€born€children,€as€follows:€Georgia,€born€in€1909;€Elizabeth,€born€in€1911;€Elnora,€born€in€1908.€The€mother€ofĻthese€children€was€born€in€Kansas€City€August€20,€1880,€a€daughter€of€Leonardo€Beck,€a€stone€cutter€by€trade.€HerĻmother,€Mrs.€Georgia€Beck,€was€one€of€the€original€Fisk€Jubilee€Singers€who€sang€in€public€recitals€in€many€cities€ofĻthe€United€States€and€in€England.€They€sang€in€the€cause€of€education,€the€money€earned€by€the€recitals€going€toĻdefray€the€expenses€of€erecting€the€$100,000€Jubilee€Hall€at€Fisk€University,€Nashville,€Tenn.€An€uncle€of€Mrs.ĻCaldwell,€Col.€James€L.€Beck,€commanded€the€Twenty-third€Regiment€of€Colored€Kansas€Volunteers€which€served€inĻCuba€during€the€Spanish-American€war.€Mrs.€Caldwell€is€a€well€educated€lady€and€is€a€graduate€of€the€Wamego,ĻKansas€high€school,€and€graduated€from€Kansas€University€before€she€attained€the€age€of€twenty€years.€She€is€aĻmember€of€the€Eastern€Star€lodge€of€Topeka,€in€which€the€city€she€taught€school€for€seven€years,€later€teaching€oneĻyear€in€Springfield,€Mo.ĢDr.€Caldwell€is€a€member€of€the€Masonic€fraternity€of€Topeka,€and€is€a€physician€for€the€Knights€of€Tabor€lodge€ofĻAtchison.€He€is€a€member€of€Ebenezer€Baptist€Church,€and€is€a€Republican€in€politics.€In€1912€he€received€the€degreeŠ d2d22 Šof€Bachelor€of€Arts€from€the€State€Normal€at€Emporia,€Kan.€On€July€30,€1915,€Governor€Capper€appointed€the€doctorĻa€delegate€to€the€National€Negro€Educational€Congress,€held€at€Chicago,€from€August€16€to€August€21,€inclusive.€InĻ1914€he€was€presented€with€a€walnut€gavel€by€the€Inter-State€Literary€Association.ĢĢTaken€From:ĢHistory€of€Atchison€County,€KansasĢby€Sheffield€Ingalls€-€1916ĢSubmitted€by:ĢClemi€Higley€Blackburn,€September€2003