Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): 1849 - born April 24 in Logan County, IL married Carrie (Kirkpatrick) 1879 - married Laura Helen (Waldo) (b. 1861, d. March 25, 1888) on April 24 1883 - transferred from Illinois Conference 1886-92 - Presiding Elder Wichita District 1888 - General Conference delegate 1889 - 2nd wife's memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.38); married Mary Oliver (Monroe) (b. April 9, 1862, d. December 24, 1953) 1895 - supernumerary 1896 - Congressman At Large for KS 1901 - effective 1904 - son's memoir (Marion), Southwest Kansas Journal (p.258) 1906 - son's memoir (Donald); Southwest Kansas Journal (p145) 1908 - supernumerary 1913 - effective 1913-15 - warden Kansas State Penitentiary 1914 - supernumerary 1919 - effective 1921 - superannuated; died December 29 in Liberal, KS; buried in Union-Graham Cemetery, Winfield, KS 1922 - memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.162) 1954 - 3rd wife's memoir, Central Kansas Journal (p.597) children: with 2nd wife 3 kids (1 surviving, Ralph); with 3rd wife Mildred N., Paul O., Mrs. Frances McMillan, Dorothy J.