FURMAN ANGUS COOK
Furman Angus Cook, insurance man, was born at Gobles, Michigan, February 5, 1874, son of Ephraim Timothy and Emily
Ann (Gault) Cook. The father was born at Burton, Ohio, February 23, 1844, and died at Gobles, in June, 1911. The
mother was born at Rochester, New York, May 1, 1854 and died at Gobles in August 1916. Ephraim Timothy Cook served
three years in the Civil War with the 128th Ohio Infantry.
Educated in public school, Furman Angus Cook farmed
for six years thereafter. For a short period he operated a market and grocery and later bought and sold livestock
four years. He then operated a grain elevator two years.
Mr. Cook is a Republican and has been sheriff four
terms. He was state representative and for two and a half years was state hotel inspector. He has been for nine
years a member of the city school board.
His marriage to Nellie G. Sprague was solemnized
at Manning on September 8, 1895. She was born at Gobles, August 15, 1874. To them were born four children; Floyd
L., August 29, 1896, who married Bessie Logan; Grant D., March 22, 1899; Lena M., January 23, 1901, who married
Roy M. Bainer; and Nellie M., February 1, 1907, who married Don B. Lang, a lawyer.
Mr. Cook is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Masons. He is fond of golf, baseball and hiking. Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933,
page 253)
CLIFFORD RALPH DICKHUT
Clifford Ralph Dickhut, automobile dealer and banking
executive, was born in Scott County, Kansas, August 1, 1892. He is the son of Charles W. and Mary E. (Childers)
Dickhut), the former of whom was born in Hancock County, Illinois, March 15, 1863. He is a farmer of German ancestry.
Mary E. Childers, whose ancestors came to America on the Mayflower, was born in Peoria County, Illinois, October
15, 1865.
Educated first in public school, Clifford Ralph
Dickhut was graduated from high school in 1916. He has been in business since that time, is now the manager of
the Dickhut Auto Company and a director of the First National Bank. He is a Democrat.
During the World War he served in Company C, 313th
Engineers, American Expeditionary Forces, participating in the Alsace-Lorraine, Metz and Toul Sectors. He has served
as commander, vice commander, treasurer and adjutant of the local post of the American Legion, and in 1932 was
delegate to the national convention.
He is a member of the Elks and the Masons (commandery),
the Chamber of commerce, the Lions Club, and the Christian Church. His favorite sports are hunting and fishing.
Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, page 323)
MIKE C. ELLIOTT
Mike C. Elliott, clergyman, was born at West, McLennan
County, Texas, March 7, 1894, son of William George and Emma (Bates) Elliott. He has resided in Kansas for the
past four years.
The father, a physician was born in Kentucky in
1860, of Irish parents. His wife, Emma, was born in McLennan County in 1873, and died at Hillsboro, Texas, January
30, 1912, she was of Scotch-Irish descent.
In 1912 Mike C. Elliott was graduated from Hillsboro
High School. He attended Baylor University, Texas Christian University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
from which he received his Bachelor of Theology degree.
Mr. Elliott was married to Lola Frank at Iredell,
Texas, June 25, 1920. Mrs. Elliott was born at Iredell July 13, 1897 and was a teacher in the public schools before
her marriage; she is of Irish ancestry. They are the parents of three children, Mike born December 5, 1921; Pat,
born December 22, 1926; and Bill born September 30, 1931.
For many years, Mr. Elliott has been active in
Democratic politics. He was formerly a member of the Democratic state executive committee of Texas, was secretary
of the Underwood for President Club of Texas and served on the finance raising staff during the Davis-Bryan campaign.
For ten years, Mr. Elliott was engaged in the newspaper
business in Texas and during part of that time he served as editor of Elliott's Monthly, which was published in
Scott City. In 1916 he was secretary of the Commercial club at Waco, Texas. During the past five years, he has
been pastor of the First Baptist Church at Scott City; he was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1924.
Mr. Elliott was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces for two years, serving as first sergeant. After the
war he became a captain of cavalry in Texas. He is a member of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, and was
a Rotarian until 1924 at Orange, Texas. He is a Mason. Fishing is Mr. Elliott's favorite sport and he enjoys writing.
Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, page 364)
JOHN KRATZ FREED
John Kratz Freed, farmer, plant breeder and seedsman,
was born at Salford, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1861, son of Jacob and Elizabeth, Freed.
Mr. Freed attended public school and the University
of Illinois. He came to Kansas on July 4, 1884, and has since been a continuous resident of the state. On March
17, 1891, he was married to Mary Lucy Thomson at Hiawatha. She was born at Flemingsburg, Kentucky, August 5, 1865.
To them were born two children, one of whom is
deceased: John, born May 18, 1893, died July 27, 1914, Matilda, born October 14, 1903, attended Fort Hays State
College, and has been county superintendent of schools. John was a student at Kansas State College and taught in
Scott County several terms. He was drowned while on a college picnic on the Snake River of Idaho.
Several year's ago the Near East Relief Society
sent for Mr. Freed's White Dent Corn and Freed Sorgo, as being recommended for hardiness and drought resistance.
In the spring of 1932 the New York State Agricultural College wrote that a former student from Macedonia had asked
them to send seed and his seed was sent.
Mr. Freed is the author of numerous newspaper articles
dealing with agriculture, as adaptability and acclimation of crops to western Kansas conditions; drought resistant
crops, dwarfing the grain sorghums so they can be harvested with the header or combine like wheat; the development
of Freeds' White Dent Corn, and Freed Sorgo, a white cane, which have been recommended by the Department of Agriculture
for the dryer plains. In 1931, Mr. Freed was awarded a gold medal by the State Corp Improvement Association of
which he is a member for outstanding work in crop development.
He is president of the Scott County Historical
Society, a member of the School Board of Scott County (25 years), the Modern Woodmen of America and the Scott City
Christian Church. His hobbies are plant breeding and natural history. Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas,
1933, page 419)
CLYDE ELLSWORTH KNIBBS
Clyde Ellsworth Knibbs, editor and publisher of
the Scott County Record, was born at Verona, Illions, July 10, 1882 and for fifty years has resided in Kansas.
He is the son of George James Knibbs, a farmer and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Adkins.
George James Knibbs was born at Little River, Wisconsin,
July 25, 1854, and died at Toronto, Kansas, January 14, 1912. His wife, Elizabeth who is still living was born
at Verona, February 7, 1859.
Educated in district school until 1896, Clyde Ellsworth
Knibbs attended Southern Kansas Academy from 1899 until 1901. He has been an editor and publisher for the past
twenty-five years, having owned and operated the following papers: Toronto Republican, 1907-10; Fredonia Herald,
1910-12, Benton Record, 1912-14; Potwin Record, 1914-15; Augusta Journal and Gazette, 1915-18; Hardiner Press,
1918-20; Clearwater Courant, and Hazelton Herald, 1920-22; and the News Chronicle at Scott City, 1929-31. During
1922-29 he worked for daily papers at Wichita.
On October 27, 1904, Mr. Knibbs was married to
Ida May Walker at Fredonia. She was born at Springfield, Missouri, October 24, 1881. Three children were born to
them, Lyneol E., September 30,1906 who married Nina Catharine Cates and who met accidental death on December 13,
1931; Adelbert, March 20, 1910 who died the same day; and Violet May, March 15, 1911, who is married to Basil Earl
Huls.
Mr. Knibbs is a Republican. He is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, the Chamber of Comme4rce, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Eagles. Residence: Scott
City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, pages 654 & 655)
JOHN WESLEY LOUGH
John Wesley Lough, prominent Scott County, farmer,
was born in Philippi, West Virginia, December 10, 1860, son of William E. and Indiana (Talbott) Lough. The father
was a farmer, born in Philippi, in 1839. He volunteered and served in the Civil war, dying in 1865 from wounds
received in battle. His wife, Indiana, was born in Indiana, in 1840 and died in West Virginia, in 1915.
While still a boy, in connection with his farming
activities, John Wesley Lough operated quite an extensive cattle business, shipping stock to Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and Harrisburg until 1885. In October of that year he came west, stopping at Garden City.
There he secured a man with a wagon and started
north looking for new lands. He found a spot called Scott City, a place with three houses, one dug well, and a
handful of people. Provisions, lumber and coal had to be hauled from Garden City, for almost two years before the
railroad was built.
Mr. Lough fixed on a homestead, building a sod
shanty and a barn, both of which were very comfortable. He saw the blizzards of the winter of 1886 in which so
many people and such great amounts of livestock were killed. Mr. Lough is the only man now at Scott City, who wintered
there the winter of 1885-86. The following summer the crops were destroyed by the hot winds and he went to the
San Louis valley of Colorado, remaining tweleve years. There he dug many artesian wells, and entered the livestock
business, breeding, buying and shipping hogs, cattle, etc., to Omaha and Denver.
Upon his return to Scott County he went into the
cattle raising and farming business in a more extensive manner, often wintering between 600 and 800 head. He also
raised and kept several head of horses, and shipped them three seasons to West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He has
always been extremely successful in his undertakings.
On May 3, 1883, he was married to Flora Bell Smith
at Phillipi, her birth place. She is of English descent and was born May 4, 1863. There are six children, Aughty,
born February 7, 1885 who married Bert C. Deng; Audrey, April 29, 1887, who married Roy F. Deng; Stella, June 16,
1890, who married George L. Weishaar; William, December 9, 1893, who married Mabel Johnson; Macel, June 10, 1895,
who married Gerald R. Liggett, and Freda, April 14, 1898, who married Lewis b. Sharpe.
Mr. Lough is a Republican and for two terms served as state irrigation commissioner by appointment of Governor
Capper. He is president of the Lough Development Company, and a member of the Baptist Church. His hobby is irrigation
activities. Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, page 714)
ISAIAH MARSHALL
Isaiah Marshall, merchant, was born at Avalon,
Missouri, December 4, 1879, son of Andrew and Margaret (Vaughan) Marshall. His father, a physician and surgeon,
was born in county Lanark, Ireland, in December 1835, and came to the United States with his parents at the age
of four. His death occurred at Chilicothe, Missouri in October 1922. His wife, Margaret, who is living, was born
at Hartland, Wisconsin, in 1855.
Educated in public and high school, Isaiah Marshall
was graduated in 1898 and the following year attended William Jewell College, at Liberty, Missouri. He was graduated
from a business course, and entered the employ of the Citizens Bank at Meadeville, Missouri, leaving in 1903 to
go to Denver.
Mr. Marshall worked in various stores and as a
traveling salesman and in 1909 came to Scott City where he established a ready-to-wear. He is a Republican, a Mason
(all chairs), a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Chamber of Commerce and the National Geographic Society.
His favorite sports are golf and hiking.
On June 9, 1909, he was married to Winetta Belle
Lyon at Pueblo, Colorado. She was born at Edina, Missouri. There is one daughter, Virginia Lee, born June 9, 1910.
She was graduated from high school in 1927 and for two years Howard Payne College one year and at the College of
the Pacific where she received the degree of Bachelor of Music, with special credits in violin, voice and Piano.
Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, pages 735 & 736)
WILLIAM EMERY MOWERY
William Emery Mowery, physician and surgeon, was
born in Wapello County, Iowa, November 9, 1855, and died at Salina, Kansas, June 24, 1931. He was the son of Joseph
and Pheby Ann (Curran) Mowery. The father was born in Knox County, Illinois, August 22, 1823 and died in Graham
County, Kansas, July 5, 1890. His mother was born in Knox County, Illinois, April 25, 1824, and died at Hill City,
Kansas, December 12, 1896.
In June 1887, Dr. Mowery was graduated from the
Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1887, began practice at Agency, Iowa. He came to Seward
County, Nebraska, for a two year period and practiced at Beaver City, Nebraska, for two years. He then entered
practice at Hill City, Kansas, remaining 10 years and for 20 years prior to his death was a resident of Scott City.
On October 4, 1883, he was married to Rella Z.
Moore in Wapello County, Iowa. She was born in Sellersberg, Indiana, August 8, 1857. To Dr. and Mrs. Mowery the
following children were born: William, June 23, 1884, who married Genevieve Landcaster; and Glenn, August 23, 1892,
who died July 24, 1923. William is a surgeon and James a lawyer.
Dr. Mowery was a member of the Christian Church,
the Masons and the Odd Fellows. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, page 838)
WILLIAM REED STEVENSON
William Reed Stevenson, executive, was born in
King City, Missouri, May 24, 1884, son of Adolph and Lydia (Reed) Stevenson. He has resided in Kansas for the past
twenty-two years.
The father, a farmer, was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania,
February 24, 1848, and died at Kansas City, Missouri, in November 1910. He was of Holland Dutch descent. His wife,
Lydia, was born in Warsaw, Illinois, May 25, 1856, and was of English Descent. Her death occurred at King City,
Missouri, May 23, 1896.
Educated in public and high school, William Reed
Stevenson farmed in Scott County until 1923 when he took over the management of the Salina Produce Company at Scott
City.
In August, 1926, he entered business for himself,
under the name of W. R. Stevenson, Grain, Feed, and Coal, continuing until July 1, 1930 when he became manager
of the George E. Gano Grain Corporation. Mr. Stevenson is a Republican, active in local politics. He is a member
of the Methodist Church, the Chamber of Commerce (president) and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (noble grand).
During 1931-32 he was a member of the city council.
Mr. Stevenson's marriage to Jessie Frances Elizabeth
Barbour was solemnized at King City, October 16, 1916, and to them three children were born, Josephine Lydia, December
18, 1917; Jessie Frances, February 28, 1919; and Lelia Elizabeth, May 9, 1921. Mrs. Stevenson, who is of Irish
descent was born at Gentryville, Missouri, June 27, 1885. Residence: Scott City. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933, page
119)
CHARLES ALBERT SMITH
Charles Albert Smith, banker, was born at Lincoln,
Nebraska, April 6,1 886, son of John Wesley and Emma Elizabeth (Travis) Smith. The father, a farmer, was born at
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, August 12, 1852. The mother, born at Hamilton, August 11, 1854, died at Oakley, Kansas,
June 6, 1929.
Charles Albert Smith attended Kansas Wesleyan University
at Salina. He was a member of the football, baseball and track teams, president of his sophomore class, and active
in debate and dramatics.
On October 15, 1913, Mr. Smith was married to Beulah
Faye Rishel at Monument. She was born in Smith Center, February 15, 1888, and before her marriage was a teacher.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Dorothy, July 11, 1914, who died March 10, 1929; Ruth, march 8,
1916; and Roy, August 20, 1920.
From 1909 until 1919, Mr. Smith was employed under
the United States Civil Service. He has been a banker since that time, and is now cashier of the Modoc State bank.
He is treasurer of the Modoc Oil Company, also.
Mr. Smith is the author of a cowboy play Where
Honor is Their Creed (1932). He is former vice president of the Scott County Chapter of the Red Cross, a board
of the Scott Community High School, and Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Democrat. (Illustriana Kansas, 1933,
page 1074)
