Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): middle name: Whittenburg 1838 - born August 15 in Washington County, IL 1853 - married Mary Ann Curleu on april 15 1867 - deacon 1869 - married Susan E. Vasey on August 26 1873 - elder 1875-76 - president Illinois Agricultural College, Irvington 1879-83 - president McKendree College 1883 - given a D.D. 1886-95 - Southwestern College trustee (president of the board 86-93) 1887 - superannuated; Abbyville 1900 - superannuated 1911 - died September 2 in Winfield, KS; buried Union Graham Cemetery, Winfield, KS 1912 - memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.41) 1914 - wife's memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.55) children: Eva; Will L.; John F.; George; W. Earnest; Earl see also: Southwest Kansas Journal 1912 (p.41); History of the Southwest Kansas Conference (p.166); Wichita, First UMC history, Vol.I (photo and record of service)