Information submitted by Sandy Foulke (email: sfoulke@bigfoot.com), great great granddaughter.
This is a summary of a biography found in A Standard History of Kansas
and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally
published Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co, 1918, p 2643. [Edited
significantly to meet the 400 word limit.]
Submitted by: Luci J. Baker ljbaker@whyweb.com
BUZICK
Alonson Ruckman BUZICK - (born 1889)
Alonson Ruckman BUZICK was born at Lincoln, Kansas, July 19, 1889, and since an early age has directed his studies and efforts toward excellence in the same profession which his father adorned. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas with the
class of 1914, and for about two years practiced at Kansas City, Kansas. In 1916 he opened his offices at Salina and has already acquired a substantial practice in that community.
On January 16, 1915, he married Miss Phyllis Margaret BURROUG. Mrs. BUZICK was born in Kansas City, Missouri, June 27, 1896, a daughter of Phillip E. and Cora (Swanson) BURROUG. Both her parents died in 1903. Her father for a number of years was British Vice Consul at Kansas City,
Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. BUZICK have one son, Ira C., born December 24, 1915.
This is a summary of a biography found in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co, 1918, p 2575.
Submitted by: Luci J. Baker ljbaker@whyweb.com
BUZICK
Henry S. BUZICK
Henry S. BUZICK [name sake of his grandfather an original pioneer of
Lincoln Co. in 1870] the eldest of the above family [A.R. BUZICK] and a
prominent citizen of Sylvan Grove, was educated in the public schools of
this city and the Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina. He left that
institution in 1899 to become bookkeeper in his father's bank, later
became cashier and since 1909 has been vice president and part owner,
with his father, of the controlling interest. He occupies his handsome
modern residence on Kentucky Avenue, completed in 1912, but still more
valuable is his farm of 320 acres four miles east of Sylvan Grove,
situated in what probably is the oil belt. In politics he is a
republican and has served as mayor of the city for six years, his
administration, like that of his father, bringing added prosperity to
the place. He is a man of broad and intelligent views and is serving as
a member of the school board. He has large financial interests at other
points and is president of the Farmers State Bank at Luray, Kansas, and
is on the directorate of the Central National Bank of Ellsworth, Kansas.
Both he and his father are valued members of the Kansas Bankers and the
American Bankers Associations.
Henry S. BUZICK was married in September, 1912, at Ellsworth, Kansas, to
Miss Fay[e] MORGAN, whose mother, Mrs. Mary MORGAN, still resides at
Ellsworth. Mr. and Mrs. BUZICK have one child, A. M., who was born July
16, 1916. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr.
BUZICK is the church treasurer. They take part in the pleasant social
life of the city and have a wide and ever increasing circle of friends.
Mr. BUZICK is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs to the Mystic
Shrine. He served three terms as master of Sylvan Grove Lodge No. 359,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and belongs to Ellsworth Chapter and
Commandery, and to Isis Temple at Salina, Kansas.
This is a summary of a biography found in A Standard History of Kansas
and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally
published Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co, 1918, p 2643.
Submitted by: Luci J. Baker ljbaker@whyweb.com
BUZICK
Ira C. BUZICK
Ira C. BUZICK was one of the pioneer lawyers of Lincoln County. He was the first man elected to represent that county in the State Legislature after the county was formally organized in 1870. He had a long and active career as a lawyer and in public affairs, and the name is still continued on the professional rolls of the Kansas bar through his son, Alonson Ruckman BUZICK of Salina.
Ira C. BUZICK was born June 21, 1841, at Dayton, Ohio [Jefferson Co., IA]. His parents were also native Ohioans. At the age of twenty-two he took up the study of law, and when twenty-five years of age graduated from Allegheny College at Meadville, Pennsylvania. He soon afterwards
went west and first located for practice at Oregon, Missouri. In 1868 he represented Holt County in the Missouri Legislature. He also founded the New Era, the first republican paper even published at Savannah, Missouri. Besides his newspaper work and his practice as a lawyer he
served for a time as principal of an academy at Savannah.
In 1870 Ira C. Buzick came out to Kansas and located in Lincoln County.
Lincoln County was created about 1867, but it had no civil organization until 1870. Mr. BUZICK took an active part in that process by which the county was organized, and in the election of November of that year he was chosen to represent the county in the State Legislature during the
session of 1871. As a lawyer he built up a splendid practice at Lincoln and his services were in demand in litigation in other counties and also outside the state. As a criminal lawyer he had few peers and was also an orator of great power and effectiveness. He stood high in the public affairs both of his town and state. He was a thorough lawyer, was devoted to the science of jurisprudence, and was one of the most scholarly men of the Kansas bar. Ira C. BUZICK died suddenly in the Union Station at St. Louis, Missouri, in November, 1904.
Ira C. BUZICK married in 1873 Miss Elizabeth FARREL, who was born in New York state September 4, 1853. She now makes her home with her son, A. R. BUZICK in Salina. She was the mother of two children, the older being Mary Myrtle, who is now the wife of J. P. LANG of Salina.
This is a summary of a biography found in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co, 1918, p 2643. [Edited slightly to meet the 400 word limit]
Submitted by: Luci J. Baker ljbaker@whyweb.com
BUZICK
William C. BUZICK
Hon. Wm C. BUZICK, the present incumbent of the county clerk’s office of Lincoln Co. was born in Madison Co. Ohio in 1829, He emigrated to Vermillion Co. Ill in 1837, emigrated to Jefferson Co., Iowa in 1840, and to Des Moines in the same state in 1846. At the age of eighteen he commenced the printing trade, and assisted in the publication of the first newspaper ever started in the place. After Des Moines was incorporated he was elected and served on term as a
member of the city council.In 1854, made a tour south through Texas, with a view of emigrating to that state. Not being satisfied with the southern climate he returned to Iowa the next autumn, and engaged in school teaching. In 1856-7 visited his native state, Ohio, where on the 1st of March 1857, he was united in marriage with Miss Emily J. LYMAN of Highland Co. of that state. This relation proved to be both very happy though of short duration. For on the 5th of May 1858, (after only a few months of happy married life with on of the most excellent of the earth) his wife
died, and left him alone with a babe of but a few weeks. He resumed the profession of teaching again for a time.In 1860, he went to the gold regions of Colorado, and engaged in mining,
but returning the following winter to his former home at Des Moines, he again resumed teaching. July 12th 1862, he enlisted as a soldier, and served two years in the rebellion, after which he traveled in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska, engaged in selling small fruits, and finally located at Mound City Holt Co., MO where he remained one year, and from thence he emigrated to Lincoln Co., Kansas in October 1870, where he still resides.For over three years the settlers of Lincoln Co., then, have been acquainted with Wm C. BUZICK, and the fact of his election last November, by a large majority, to the office of county clerk for two years, is sufficient evidence of the confidence of the people in his integrity and qualification for the office, he having served as deputy under the former county clerk. We think we venture nothing when we confidently assert that the proper of Lincoln Co. almost universality have the utmost confidence in his moral worth and integrity.
Source: Lincoln County News, January 22, 1874, Volume #1, Number
45, page 2
Submitted by: Luci J. Baker (email: ljbaker@whyweb.com) ... relation as of yet unknown.
Note... Luci condensed the original article (about 525 words) to fit our 400 word limit for biographies.
CALENE
John CALENE
Born 1856. Came to the United States from Sweden in 1866. Son of L.E. and Christine CALENE. Lived in Sylvan Grove.
A full biography can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1918..
CHENEY
William H. CHENEY
Born 1854. Came to Kansas in 1871. Son of William B. and Sarah (BAECHTEL) CHENEY. Lived in Vesper.
A full biography can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1918..
CIPRA
Winslow CIPRA
Born 1873. Came to Kansas in 1877 from Bohemia. Son of Frank and Anna (FISHER) CIPRA. Lived in Lincoln.
A full biography can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1918.
COLE
Dr. Sarah A. and Miss Hannah R. COLE
Dr. Sarah A. COLE is the second lady physician to locate in
Lincoln County, and the only practitioner of the Homeopathic
school in Lincoln.
She was born on the Atlantic Ocean, and received her early
education in the schools of West Virginia. She came to Lincoln
County in 1882 and taught school here for a number of years. Her
medical education began under the preceptorship of Dr. Sarah A.
GOFF, with whom she studied two years. She graduated from the
Iowa University in 1889, and located at Port Austin, Mich.
During her eight years practice there she was city health officer
for three years and medical examiner for the Ladies of the
Macabees.
In 1898 she went to the Hannemann Medical College in Chicago,
took a full years' course and graduated. Having friends in
Lincoln she decided to locate here. Eight years ago Dr. COLE
began building a sanitarium for the accommodation of emergency
cases. At the present time it has a capacity of ten patients
with hospital facilities and all modern improvements. A new bath
house annex i nearly completed. I will contain the apparatus for
all kinds of water, electric, vapor and sun baths.
Miss Hannah R. COLE is a sister of Doctor COLE. She is a
trained nurse of the sanitarium and also gives osteopathic
massage.
From pages 28-29 of: A Souvenir History of Lincoln County, written by Elizabeth Barr. published Lincoln, Kansas, 1908. To find libraries holding this book click HERE.
DAVIDSON
N. J. DAVIDSON
Came to Lincoln County about 1887. He was a real estate and loan man. Served as county clerk for four and one half years. Living in Lincoln in 1908.
This is a summary of a biography found on page 116 of: A Souvenir History of Lincoln County, written by Elizabeth Barr. published Lincoln, Kansas, 1908. To find libraries holding this book click HERE.
DAVIS
W. W. DAVIS & SON
..., grocers, located in Lincoln, Kan., in 1874. The elder DAVIS was born 1828 in Kentucky. The junior member of the firm, Frank Davis, was born in Lincoln, Nebr., Nov. 22, 1860. This is part of a biography found in an online version of: History of the State of Kansas (Lincoln County section) by William G. Cutler, first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
GREENE
Ogden Norman GREENE
GREENE, Ogden Norman was born in Hannibal, New York on January 12, 1844. He spent his boyhood days on the farm of his father, Norman. He was a soldier in the Civil War enlisting in 1862 and discharged in 1865. He moved to Adel, Iowa after the war and learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet maker.
Greene moved to Kansas in 1870 and homesteaded one and one-half miles southeast of Lincoln. He married Mary Amelia, daughter of Milo M. and Clarissa Taylor GEORGE in August 1871. She died in Lincoln in 1905. They had six children, Clinton Albert, Beverly; Carrie (died in infancy); George Ogden, Paradise, Ks.; Clarissa (Clara), Miami, Florida; Rockwell W., Lincoln, Ks.; and Laurenz of Lafayette, Ind.
Ogden was involved in the building of the townsite of Abram. along with his cousin, Myron Greene.
In her book, "Lincoln--That County in Kansas" Dorothe Tarrence Homan writes, "O.N. Greene supervised the work on every building in Abram assisted by carpenters Hi Hammer and Ras Grubb. The courthouse, although never used, was built of native stone, the blacksmith shop was built of logs from the nearby Saline river and the residences and other buildings were built of lumber hauled from Salina, mostly by Myron D. Greene, who operated a lumber yard."
Ogden Greene died at home December 7, 1922.Written and submitted by Laurenz S. Greene, lava@dustdevil.com
GREENE
Rockwell W. GREENE
Born in Lincoln, Kansas, August 29, 1880, the son of Ogden Norman and Mary Amelia (GEORGE) GREENE. He married Selma M. NELSON, April 30, 1907, in Topeka, Kansas. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, February 16, 1880. They had four children: Rockwell N., Marion Mildred, Margaret M., and Mary Elizabeth.
Biographical information on Rockwell W. Greene can also be found on page 457 of the book, Illustriana Kansas (Hebron, Nebraska : Ilustriana Incorporated, 1933)
HALL
Dr. H. M. HALL
...is the oldest practitioner (i.e. physician) in Lincoln at present. He was born near London, England, in 1835, and came with the family to Illinois the next year and lived in Toulson. His education was received in the schools of Illinois and the Knox Seminary in Galesburg. He graduated from the medical
department of the Iowa University, receiving his degree in 1858. After practicing medicine in Stark County, Illinois, for a number of years he entered the Chicago Medical College, which is now the
medical department of the Northwestern University, and graduated in 1881.
He came to Lincoln in 1885 and has practiced here ever since.
Ten years ago he went into the drug business in connection with
his practice. Doctor HALL was made a Mason in 1862 and is now on of the
oldest Masons in the state.
From page 24 of: A Souvenir History of Lincoln County, written by Elizabeth Barr. published Lincoln, Kansas, 1908. To find libraries holding this book click HERE.
HEALY
Michael Joseph HEALY
Born 1891 in Lincoln County. Son of Owen and Mary (DUDLEY) HEALY. His parents and grandmother came to Lincoln County area soon after the Civil War.
A full biography can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1918..
HERMAN
Frederick William HERMAN
Born 1851. Came to Lincoln County in 1873. Son of Alexander and Amelia (BODENSTADT) HERMAN. Lived in Lincoln.
A full biography can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1918.
HERMAN
Virgil Oliver HERMAN
Living in Garden City, Kansas, in 1919, Virgil O. HERMANS was born in Lincoln County December 20, 1876. His grandfather, Henry HERMAN, a native of Germany, was a silversmith by trade, and spent his last years in Kansas, at Burlingame. He married Amelia BORGSTETTER, and they were the parents of eight sons and four daughters. Among the sons were Henry, who was killed while a Union soldier; William, John, Robert and Fred, all of whom lived in Kansas, and Charles and Thomas, who lived in California.
Frederick William HERMAN, father of Virgil O., was born at Bainbridge, Ohio, in 1849, and when a young
man left that state and moved out to Taylor County, Iowa. He has always been a farmer and stock man.
He was one of the settlers of Lincoln County, Kansas, in the early '70s proved up a claim there, and for
many years used his lands for the production of stock and grain. He finally sold his farm and entered the
grain and telephone business at Lincoln, where he owned an elevator and was interested in several other
plants along the Union Pacific Railway. In Taylor County, Iowa, he
married Susan PACE, a native of that county and daughter of Richard Foster Pace. Their children are: Rilla
Estella, wife of George W. YENSER, of Denver, Colorado; Virgil O.; Richard Foster, in the telephone
business at Abilene, Kansas; Frederick William, Jr., of Denver; D. Blaine, of Lincoln, Kansas; Cecil, wife
of Jacob SCHARER, of Junction City, Kansas; Hazel, who married Charles AVERY, Mr. Avery having been
one of the American soldiers on board the torpedoed transport Tuscania, but reached his destination in
safety.
A full biography of Virgil O. Herman can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1919.
HOLTER
Harold Vincent HOLTER
Born September 4, 1902, in Lincoln, Kansas, son of Henry Oliver HOLTER and Lenna Dale MATER. His father was a Methodist minister stationed in Lincoln at the time of Harold's birth. He was born in Indiana in 1870 and died in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1932. His mother was also born in Indiana in 1873. Harold HOLTER was a physician. According to Social Security death records he died in June, 1976 with his place of residence at time of death as Kansas City, Kansas.
A full biography of Harold HOLTER can be found on page 547 of the book, Illustriana Kansas. Hebron, Neb. : Illustriana Inc., 1933.
HOWER
George Harrison HOWER
Born 1885. Married at Lincoln, December 27, 1916, to Miss Luella Farquharson. Son of Milton and Ida Matilda (HARTE) HOWER. His grandparents, Harrison George and Maria Elizabeth (KLEPPINGER) HOWER settled in Rosette, Lincoln County, in 1885.
A full biography containing more information on all the above persons can be found online in A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley. Originally published Chicago :
Lewis Publishing Co,
1918.
HOWER
Morris Edwin HOWER
Born May 22, 1905, in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, the son of George Harrison and Ellen Lenora (YENSER) HOWER. George Harrison HOWER was born October 16, 1870, in Catasauqua, Penn. Morris Edwin HOWER married Lauvera Pearl LINGLE in 1929. She was born June 25, 1903, in Sylvan Grove, Kansas, the daughter of Robert H. and Ida (BRYANT) LINGLE. They had one child, Fa Donna HOWER. According to Social Security Death records Morris HOWER died in July, 1985.
Biographical information on Rockwell W. Greene can also be found on page 457 of the book, Illustriana Kansas (Hebron, Nebraska : Ilustriana Incorporated, 1933)
HULTNER
Dr. Alfred HULTNER
This remarkable man was born in Seden in the province of
Osteryshland, city of Lindkoping. His early education was in the
government schools of his native city. He attended college at
the University of Upsala, and studied medicine first at the
Karolinska Medicuska institution in Stockholm, later at the
University of Heidelberg in Germany, spending five years in the
study of medicine in these two schools. Doctor Hultner practiced
medicine first in Spanish Honduras in the city of Puerto Cortez,
in the year 1893. The next year he was registered to practice
medicine in Iowa. The next year he attended the University
Medical College at Kansas City and took his degree.
