ENDICOTT FAMILIES.

Arkansas City.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr.

RKW spent a great deal of time trying to learn about Henry Casey Endicott, Sr., and his family. He was informed by Maryalice Convers, great granddaughter of Rebecca Endicott Garris, who was the daughter of Henry Casey Endicott, Sr., that the father of the “Endicott brothers—Patrick F. Endicott, Henry C. Endicott, Jr., and Samuel Endicott—was born in 1799 in Kentucky and married Jane Calvert in Vandenburg, Indiana.

The newspaper item found by RKW indicates that Henry C. Endicott, Sr., was born March 7, 1809, and that he died in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on December 5, 1898, at the age of 89.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr., was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, March 7, 1809, and died in Ponca City, Oklahoma, December 5, 1898, aged 89. His wife, Lucinda, known as “Lucy” Endicott, died in Arkansas City, Kansas, July 16, 1881.

An 1881 newspaper item that was printed after the death of Mrs. Henry C. Endicott, Sr., does indicate a tie to “Calvert.”

Arkansas City Traveler, August 3, 1881.

We received a pleasant call on Saturday from Mr. Calvert, of Evansville, Indiana, an uncle of P. F. Endicott. Mr. Calvert is one of the substantial citizens of Evansville, and a genial old gentleman. He is taking a pleasure trip to the best part of sunny Kansas, which we hope he may enjoy and ever retain a pleasing recollection of the same.

The very first newspaper item that I found about the Endicott family refers to various “sons and step sons” of Henry C. Endicott, Sr. MAW

[LETTER FROM CRESWELL: T. A. WILKINSON.]

Walnut Valley Times, June 3, 1870. Front Page.

Old Mr. Endicott, familiarly known among us as Uncle H., comes properly upon our list of permanent residents, as he is the first pioneer we found when we came, is a man in every sense of the word, a gentleman—generous, hospitable, solicitous for the welfare of all whose good fortune it is to share his acquaintance, and the number is truly legion, for his claim on the banks of the Walnut has been the general rendezvous for claim hunters during the past winter; and the old gentleman is still ready to accommodate newcomers to plenty of wood, and has always a kind word of welcome to offer to everyone. He has settled around him several sons and step sons, some of them with their families, and the old adage “a black sheep in every family,” does not apply to them in any respect whatever, for they all seem to be moral, energetic, and intelligent, and well suited to the work of building up and improving a new country.

HENRY C. ENDICOTT, SR.

When Henry C. Endicott was five years old, he moved from Kentucky with his parents (names unknown) to Indiana. In 1859 Mr. Endicott, then about 50 years of age, moved to Shelby County, Illinois. Henry C. Endicott, Sr., and family (wife Lucinda and a seventeen-year-old son) left Shelby County, Indiana, August 8, 1866, to seek a home in Kansas. The family settled near Fall River in Greenwood County, Kansas, the closest town being Eureka, Kansas. Mr. Endicott was a member of the M. E. Church.

The 1870 census shows that Henry C. Endicott, Sr., was 62 years old; his wife, Lucinda, born in Indiana, was 54; and that their youngest son living with them, Samuel, born in Indiana, was 20 years old.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr., had an extensive family living nearby in Greenwood County: the oldest son, Patrick F., was married and had children; also the next son, named Henry C. Endicott, Jr., had a wife and a number of children. Another son, C. C. Endicott, was unmarried.

SAMUEL ENDICOTT, YOUNGEST SON OF HENRY C. ENDICOTT, SR.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr.’s youngest son, was Samuel Endicott. Mrs. Shirley Houston gave the following information on Samuel after searching records in Greenwood County.

“We found Samuel’s marriage license to Mary M. Stewart on May 19, 1872.”

Mrs. Houston obtained more information, which shows that Samuel and Mary Endicott were living with their son, Charles Endicott, in Cowley County at the time of the 1875 census. After giving birth in June 1875 to another son, James B. Endicott, Mrs. Samuel T. Endicott died on September 2, 1875, and the baby, James, died soon thereafter on September 26^th. The remaining child, Charles Endicott, died on October 16, 1876. Mrs. Houston was able to determine that Mrs. Samuel Endicott and the two Endicott children were buried at the old Ladd-Barrier Cemetery three or four miles northwest of Eureka, Kansas.

The 1875 census shows that the youngest son of Henry C. Endicott, Sr., Samuel, had married a lady with the initials M. M., and they had one son, C. V., born in 1873. Samuel was 20 when the family moved to Arkansas City so he was unable to claim land at that time. He later claimed a farm west of the city; but had the mortgage foreclosed in 1880.

Patrick F. Endicott, the oldest son of Henry C. Endicott, was the first of the Endicott family to enter Cowley County and secured a claim in the city known eventually as Arkansas City.

PATRICK F. ENDICOTT.

The eldest son, Patrick F. Endicott, with his second wife, Mary (Polly) Simpson Endicott, and two step-children, Miss Temperance and George F., left Shelby County, Indiana, on August 8, 1866. The family moved to Fall River. They had a son, Edward, who was born in 1867. Mary Simpson Endicott died in Fall River. Patrick Endicott later married a lady by the name of Mary Carder.

Death of Mary (Polly) Simpson Endicott.

On September 26, 1996, Mrs. Shirley Houston, whose husband was a direct descendant of Patrick F. Endicott, sent an account of the death of Patrick F. Endicott’s second wife, Mary (Polly) Simpson Endicott, in Greenwood County, Kansas, in 1868, as told to her by another cousin, Loren Corliss, whose mother was Dencie Endicott Corliss.

It seems that Mary (Polly) Endicott was alone with her two step-children, Temperance and George, and her one-year-old son, Edward, at the Endicott cabin in Greenwood County when she saw a prairie fire approaching. Fearing it would engulf the cabin, she set backfires all around the cabin. She was successful in saving the cabin and the children, but died a few days later herself. Here there is some disagreement with the facts that are documented—the story goes that she died because she had just had a baby and the effort was simply too much for her so soon after giving birth. However, there is no record of a new baby in the family and little Edward was almost a year old at the time of her death.

Mrs. Shirley Houston was unable to verify the story or to find the grave of Mary (Polly) Endicott even though she searched in both Kansas and Shelby Co., Illinois, where Mary married Patrick F. Endicott.

Patrick F. Endicott, the oldest son of Henry C. Endicott, Sr., died in Arkansas City on April 5, 1924, aged 89. He came to Arkansas City when there were Osage Indians camped on the ground that is now the downtown business district. He married four times.

The 1870 census shows that Patrick F. Endicott, born in Indiana, was 34. His third wife, Mary Carder, born in Virginia, was 22. Patrick F. Endicott’s daughter, Temperance, born in Indiana, was 20. His son, George F. Endicott, born in Illinois, was 8. Patrick’s son, Edward G., born in Kansas, was 3. Patrick F. Endicott’s daughter, “Luella.,” born in Kansas, was 1. Records reveal that Patrick F. Endicott had another son, Samuel J., who was born in Kansas in 1873.

The fourth and last marriage of Patrick F. Endicott was reported in the Arkansas City Traveler, December 23, 1901.

“This afternoon Judge Cottingham united in marriage P. F. Endicott and Miss Lydia Finch, both of this city. Mr. Endicott is well known as one of the pioneers and popular citizens of this county and his bride is well and favorably known by a large circle of friends.”

The following were listed in 1901 as the children of Patrick F. Endicott.

George F. Endicott, Newkirk, Oklahoma; Edward G. Endicott of Three Sands, Oklahoma; Samuel J. Endicott, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Luella Carder, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Mildred Mahon, Chicago Illinois.

Patrick Endicott Joins Norton’s Party in 1869.

Thanks to a granddaughter of Patrick F. Endicott, Mrs. Dencie Endicott Corliss, the “Endicott Story” was told by Patrick F. Endicott in Volume I, Between the Rivers, which was copyrighted in 1969 by Ruth Norris Berger and Bess Riley Oldroyd.

“Pad” Endicott met the “Norton party” from Emporia, Kansas, on their way to open up the Osage land. According to Patrick F. Endicott’s reminiscences, he accompanied two of the party on a scouting trip of the future Arkansas City in 1869. He further says, “There were eighteen men and one woman in the party that left Fall River one September morning in 1869, a few were my neighbors, to look for new homes for ourselves. Mr. Norton was our leader.”

His account about two trips circa September 1869 with members of the “Norton party” cannot be correct. Professor Henry Brace Norton’s brother, Capt. Gould Hyde Norton, one of the principal members of the “Norton party,” arrived in the last week of November 1869 in Emporia. Prof. Norton’s article about a two weeks’ camping trip was printed in the Emporia Times January 14, 1870. In 1876 Wirt Walton’s “History of Cowley County,” printed in two different Winfield, Kansas, newspapers, refers to the Norton party arriving at the future town of Winfield during the last week of December, 1869.

Further confusion about dates becomes apparent with the “History of Cowley County” given by Wirt Walton in 1876. The following article appeared in the Thursday, January 6, 1876, edition of the Winfield Courier.

CENTENNIAL ISSUE.

HISTORY OF COWLEY COUNTY.

In March, April, and May, 1869, H. C. Endicott, Senior, Geo. Harmon, W. Johnson, Ed Chapin, Pad Endicott, Pat Somers, and J. (Z.) K. Rogers took claims along the Walnut in the vicinity of the present town. H. C. Endicott built the first house in that part of the county. In September following Z. K. Rogers died at Endicott’s house: the first death in the county.

On July 13, 1876, the Winfield Courier printed the following item.

Winfield Courier, July 13, 1876.

THROUGH the solicitation of friends we publish on our first page this week our Centennial History of the county. For the facts concerning Cowley’s early history, we are indebted to the “old settlers,” among whom we might mention Col. Manning, C. M. Wood, Jas. Renfro, Judge Ross, Dr. Graham, and others, of this neighborhood; Judge McIntire, H. C. Endicott, and T. A. Wilkinson, of Arkansas City; Capt. Jas. McDermott, of Dexter; S. S. Moore, of Tisdale; and J. W. Tull, through R. C. Story, Esq., of Lazette. For the courtesy of county, township, and city officers in placing at our disposal, books, records, etc., we are particularly grateful.

[Note: The “Centennial History” referred to above was printed in the Cowley County Democrat rather than the Winfield Courier.]

Cowley County Democrat, Winfield, Kansas, Thursday, July 13, 1876.

HISTORY OF COWLEY COUNTY.

Read at the Centennial Celebration, July 4th, 1876, at Winfield, Kansas.

BY WIRT W. WALTON

On January 1, 1870, T. A. Wilkinson, John Brown, G. H. Norton, and John Strain staked out and claimed the four claims upon which Arkansas City now stands, as the location of the new town. H. B. Norton took a claim adjoining the town site on the north. H. B. Kellogg took a claim south of the town site.

[Correction of above item: On January 1, 1870, T. A. Wilkinson, John Brown, Capt. Gould Hyde Norton, John Strain, and Silas A. Moore staked out their claim and laid the rude log foundations of the town they then called “Delphi.” Professor Henry Brace Norton took a claim adjoining the townsite on the north, and Hiram D. Kellogg took a claim south of the townsite. For some reason, the name of “Silas A. Moore” was left out. The item concerning those who took claims on the townsite is next. MAW]

Emporia News, February 25, 1870.

CRESSWELL.

This new town (formerly called Delphi) at the mouth of the Walnut seems to promise good things. The town company consists of Messrs. Plumb, Stotler, Norton, Eskridge, and Kellogg, of Emporia; Judge Brown and H. L. Hunt, of Cottonwood Falls; Kellogg & Bronson, of El Dorado; Baker & Manning, of Augusta; and Messrs. G. H. Norton, Strain, Brown, Moore, and Wilkinson on the site.

Claims Already Taken.

When this party arrived at the mouth of the Walnut, they found the bottom and timber claims taken by H. Endicott, and his son, Pad, and George Harmon, Ed Chapin, Pat Somers, Mr. Carr, Mr. Hughes, and one or two others.

Settlement of Endicott Family in Arkansas City.

Patrick Endicott liked what he saw better than what the three Endicott families had. On his return to Fall River, recognizing the importance of being an early settler, the Endicott family decided Patrick should immediately return to Arkansas City and establish claims for all of the Endicott families, while they liquidated their holdings at Fall River. The families would remain at Fall River until Pat could build a cabin for them and then join him.

According to the story told by Patrick F. Endicott years later, during the absence of Professor Henry Brace Norton, who had to make a trip to Emporia for necessary supplies, the remaining members of the “Norton party” were advised by the Osage interpreter, William Conner, that Chief Hard Rope had decided that they must leave within “three more suns.” Patrick Endicott relates the threatening movements of the Osage chief, who confronted him one day with a gun, and his quick response in raising an axe, which he was using to chop logs for his cabin. Hard Rope left after they stood eyeing each other for several minutes.

According to Patrick F. Endicott’s story, Professor Norton and Hard Rope met, and Norton was able to convince Hard Rope through maps and papers of the intentions of the “Great White Father in Washington” to buy the Osage land, placing the Osage Indians on a land equally as good and as large as the one they then had. As a result, Hard Rope offered Mr. Norton his pipe and peace prevailed.

Patrick F. Endicott stated that no one in the Norton party understood surveying. Professor Norton had promised the Osage Indians that the party would pay for the land they got. The Osage had no use for money; therefore land was secured via payments of a horse, a gun, blankets, etc., something the Indians could use. The deal was completed by the “white man” signing a paper. Later each owner got a deed from the government.

According to RKW’s research, Patrick F. Endicott’s claim was as follows.

Patrick Endicott took the claim that is bounded by Tyler Avenue on the north, the section line on the west, Lincoln Avenue on the south and the Walnut River on the East. This land had been claimed by John Tull, in April of 1869. Tull abandoned his claim after the Indians burned his cabin and hay crop. Tull relocated in October 1869 on Grouse Creek (Southeast quarter, Section 21, Township 31, Range 4E.).

Patrick F. Endicott built his cabin near the Walnut river about where the ADM flour mill is located in 2002.

The three Endicott families who joined Patrick F. Endicott in staking out claims in the future Arkansas City consisted of Henry C. Endicott, Sr., and his wife, Lucinda; Henry C. Endicott, Jr., and his family; and another son of Henry C. Endicott, Sr., C. C. Endicott, known as “Cass” Endicott.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr.

The elder Henry Endicott’s claim was bounded by Birch Avenue on the north, Eighth Street on the west, Chestnut Avenue on the south, and First Street on the east.

HENRY C. (“HANK”) ENDICOTT, JR.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr.’s second son was Henry C. Endicott, Jr., (often referred to as “Hank” Endicott), who moved with his wife, Lavinia, to Fall River, Greenwood County, Kansas.

The 1870 census shows that Henry C. Endicott, Jr., born in Indiana, was 29; and his wife, Lavinia, born in Illinois, was 26. They had three children, all born in Kansas: Jacob, 4; Larkin, 2, and James, who was born in February 1870.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr., born in Indiana, came from Illinois. His age in 1875 was listed at 33; his wife Lavinia, born in Illinois, was 30. They had three boys, all born in Kansas. They were Jacob C. Endicott, 8; J. C. [James], 7; and L. H. [Larkin], 6.

The younger Henry C. Endicott’s claim was bounded by Madison Avenue on the north, F Street on the west, Tyler Avenue on the south, and Summit Street on the east. Young Henry Endicott established the “City Meat Market” on Summit Street between Fifth Avenue and Central Avenue.

C. C. (“CASS”) ENDICOTT.

A census taken in Creswell Township, Cowley County, March 1, 1875, reflects that C. C. Endicott, who became known as “Cass” Endicott, age 28, born in Indiana, came from Illinois.

[Note: The proper name for C. C. Endicott remains in some doubt. He was at times noted in legal items appearing in the newspapers “Cresswell C. Endicott” and at other times as “Caswell Endicott.”]

Different Census Information.

The February 10, 1870, special census of Cowley County listed C. C., H. C., H. C., and P. F. Endicott.

The following census covers Henry Endicott, Jr., and C. C. Endicott in 1875.

Kansas 1875 Census Creswell Township, Cowley County, March 1, 1875.

Name age sex color Place/birth Where from

Henry Endicott 33 m w Indiana Illinois

Lavinia Endicott 30 f w Illinois Illinois

Jacob C. Endicott 8 m w Kansas

L. H. Endicott 6 m w Kansas

J. C. Endicott 7 m w Kansas

C. C. Endicott 28 m w Indiana Illinois

CRESWELL TOWNSHIP 1873:

Endicott, H., 66; spouse, Lucinda, 55.

Endicott, Henry, Jr., age not given. No spouse listed.

Endicott, Pad (Patrick), 37; spouse, Mary, 25.

CRESWELL TOWNSHIP 1874:

Endicott, C. C., 27. No spouse listed.

Endicott, Henry, 33; spouse, Lou Vena, 30.

Endicott, H. C., 66; spouse, Lucinda, 54.

Endicott, P. F., 39; spouse, Mary, 24.

Endicott, S. T., 25; spouse, Mary, 21.

BOLTON TOWNSHIP 1876:

Endicott, Henry, 33; spouse, Louerna (?), 31.

ARKANSAS CITY 1893:

Endicott, C. C. No spouse listed.

Endicott, C. P., 29; spouse, Lorena, 23.

Endicott, Edward, 26; spouse, Clara, 24.

Endicott, Henry, 52; spouse, Lou, 48.

Endicott, Jacob, 26; spouse, Minnie, 25.

Endicott, P. F., 56. No spouse listed.

Endicott, S. T., 42; spouse, Nelly, 32.

FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.

[Note: I skipped newspaper articles previously given.]

Patrick F. Endicott...

Walnut Valley Times, November 4, 1870.

COWLEY COUNTY.

From the Arkansas Traveler we take the following.

As another proof of the fertility of Kansas soil, we would refer our readers to the two mammoth turnips presented to us by our friend, P. F. Endicott. The largest one measures thirty inches in circumference and the smaller one twenty-seven.

Excerpts: Harmon & Endicott...

[LETTER FROM MAX FAWCETT.]

Emporia News, July 15, 1870.

ARKANSAS CITY ITEMS.

ARKANSAS CITY, COWLEY CO., KANSAS, July 6th, 1870.

The following are among the more than fifty houses now being built, or under contract to be built in Arkansas City.

Harmon & Endicott, a building 20 x 50 feet, two stories, the lower for a store; and the upper for a hall.

Excerpt: Patrick F. Endicott...

[LETTER FROM T. A. WILKINSON.]

Emporia News, September 2, 1870.

FROM ARKANSAS CITY.

Arkansas City, July 31, 1870.

I visited Mr. P. F. Endicott’s home not long since, and was very much pleased as well as surprised to find several large bunches of grapes on this year’s sets of the style Concord. This speaks well for this locality as a place for grape culture. T. A. WILKINSON.

Henry Endicott...

[MASS CONVENTION OF THE SUPPORTERS OF GREELEY AND BROWN.]

Winfield Messenger, September 6, 1872.

Meeting organized by the selection of R. B. Saffold for chairman, and A. Walton as secretary. Mr. Saffold made an interesting speech in favor of the Cincinnati Platform and the nominees; Mr. Jackson made a motion that a committee of five be appointed on organization, seconded and carried; also moved that a committee of five be appointed on resolutions; carried.

Recommended by T. A. Blanchard, Chairman, that a Central Committee be elected, consisting of two members from each township, and that they be requested to meet at Winfield, Saturday, the 9th day of September, 1872, for the purpose of organization of said Committee and apportioning to each township its number of delegates for a County Convention Sept. 18, named as the day for a Greeley Mass meeting at Winfield.

A. A. Jackson, Secretary.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED: DIFFERENT TOWNSHIPS.

MAPLE: ADAM WALCK, MARION FITZSIMONS.

NENESCAH: J. WILLIAMS, R. J. COPPLE.

VERNON: J. R. WERDEN, WM. MARTIN.

BEAVER: ROBT. KERR, W. A. FREEMAN.

CRESWELL: H. N. DEMING, H. ENDICOTT.

PLEASANT VALLEY: H. H. CONSTANT, J. P. ECKLES.

SILVER DALE: S. C. WINTON, GEORGE B. GREEN.

TISDALE: JAS. D. YOUNG, J. V. TERRY.

WINFIELD: A. A. JACKSON, S. E. BERGER.

RICHLAND: THOMAS HART, J. J. GOODWILL.

ROCK: WM. R. RAGLAN, DAVID BURRIS.

WINDSOR: H. D. GANS, JOHN LEACH.

DEXTER: G. P. WAGNER, LEVI BULLINGTON.

BOLTON: SUMNER OAKS.

CEDAR AND SPRING CREEK TO BE FILLED BY THE CHAIR.

Nominations were then made for delegates to the two Conventions to be held in Topeka September 11th, 1872. A. A. Jackson and R. B. Saffold, with S. D. Oaks and T. B. Ross as alternates were nominated to one Convention, and A. Walton, T. McIntire with H. N. Deming and T. A. Blanchard, alternates to the other, for the purpose of nominating State officers, Electors, and Congressmen.

Committee on resolutions report the following:

RESOLVED, That we the citizens of Cowley County, in Mass Convention this day assembled, endorse the platform adopted by the Cincinnati and Baltimore Conventions, and having an abiding confidence in the wisdom, competency, and honesty of its nominees, the Hon. Horace Greeley of New York, and Gov. B. Gretz Brown of Missouri, hereby pledge them our most earnest support for President and Vice President of the United States, etc.

Endicott’s grove...

Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 12, 1873.

The Masons of Arkansas City will hold a basket picnic at Endicott’s grove the 24th. All Masons in good standing are invited, with their friends.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 21, 1873.

Prof. Henry B. Norton will deliver a course of Scientific Lectures on the evening of the 28th, 29th, and 30th inst., in the Arkansas City Schoolhouse, commencing at 7-1/2 o’clock p.m. Subjects: Suns and Planets; the Nebula Hypothesis and the six days of creation; The earth and man. Tickets for the entire course 50 cents. The Lectures will treat of the most recent discoveries concerning the structure of the Universe; the plurality of worlds; the spectroscope, and its recent wonderful revelations; the antiquity of man; air and ocean currents; and the complete harmony of science and revelation. The entire proceeds will go to aid in the erection of a parsonage for the use of the pastors of the M. E. church of Arkansas City. We earnestly solicit the patronage of the community. C. KING, P.C.

N. B. The Basket meeting will begin next Sabbath morning the 24th inst., in Endicott’s grove and continue through the entire week. We invite all. The presence of the various Evangelical ministers is earnestly desired. C. KING, P.C.

Cass Endicott...

[ITEM FROM THE TRAVELER.]

Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 2, 1873.

The storm of last Sunday night impeded Cass. Endicott’s cattle and two were killed by lightning.

Mr. and Mrs. (?) Endicott have a girl...

[ITEM FROM THE TRAVELER.]

Winfield Courier, June 5, 1874.

BIRTH. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Endicott, a daughter.

Patrick F. Endicott and wife...

[REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.]

Winfield Courier, June 12, 1874.

We are indebted to Curns & Manser, real estate agents and proprietors of Abstracts of Titles to all lands in Cowley County, for the following transfers of real estate.

Patrick F. Endicott and wife to William Turner 7 acres in s w qr sec 32 tp 34 r 4 $210.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Winfield Courier, February 11, 1875.

The following is the list of petit jurors drawn for the March term of the District Court: J. B. Nipp, S. W. Chatterson, S. P. Berryman, P. F. Endicott, J. E. Dunn, G. W. Melville,

J. W. Melville, J. W. Weimer, A. T. Gay, Sanford Day, Isaac Howe, B. C. French, S. M. Fall, Thos. Hart.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr. or Jr....

Winfield Courier, April 8, 1875.

Items From the Traveler.

GOES TO CHURCH. Col. McMullen made a proposition to Henry Endicott, that if he would attend church regularly once every Sabbath, he would give him a new suit of clothes. Henry accepted, and has a new suit, and attends church. We know of several others who would like to make a similar bargain.

Henry C. Endicott (Sr. or Jr.??): daughter, 9 months, dies...

DIED. On Tuesday morning, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Endicott, aged nine months.

Cass and Sam Endicott...

[ITEM FROM ARKANSAS CITY TRAVELER.]

Winfield Courier, July 1, 1875.

Sale. Cass and Sam Endicott sold their cattle last week to Mead, of Wichita, for $20 per head, numbering fifty-one head. They were large and fat.

Sam Endicott...

Winfield Courier, January 13, 1876.

A fellow giving his name as John Tolls is in jail on the charge of stealing a horse from Sam Endicott.

(?) Endicott...

[CRESWELL TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.]

Arkansas City Traveler, March 22, 1876.

Trustee: Wm. Berkey.

Clerk: A. C. Endicott.

Justices of the Peace: T. McIntire and I. H. Bonsall.

Road Overseer: A. A. Davis.

[Note: There was no “A. C. Endicott.” Has to be either “C. C. or H. C. Endicott.”]

Sam Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, March 29, 1876.

Now it is reported lead has been found on Sam Endicott’s place.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Endicott, birth of a son...

Arkansas City Traveler, March 29, 1876.

To Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Endicott, a boy, 10½ pounds. Last Sunday dates its birth. Dr. Shepard was in command.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 5, 1876.

HAPPY FAMILY.

P. F. ENDICOTT has a cat that has nursed and is bringing up one kitten and four young squirrels. The cat originally had five kittens, but four were taken from her and replaced with the squirrels, whom she adopted and cared for with the same motherly affection as though they were her own.

Patrick F. Endicott...

[BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]

Arkansas City Traveler, April 19, 1876. Front Page.

Petition and bond of Reuben Bowers and others, of Bolton Township, presented and granted, and the following persons appointed viewers: T. M. McIntire, P. Endicott, and W. Wilson, who will meet at the place of beginning of said road, and proceed to view said road; and the County Clerk is ordered to give the necessary legal notice.

Sam Endicott...

Winfield Courier, April 20, 1876.

JOHN ROE, the young man who stole Sam. Endicott’s mare, was convicted and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary. Sheriff Walker went up with him last Monday.

Gallert and Patrick F. Endicott: brick kiln...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 28, 1876.

The brick kiln of Gallert & Endicott’s was lit up last week; and is burning now.

Tolles and (?) Endicott, of Grouse Creek...

Arkansas City Traveler, July 26, 1876.

We learn that Messrs. Tolles and Endicott, of Grouse Creek, built a flatboat, twenty-five feet long by six feet wide, and loading it with 4,000 pounds of flour, started on Sunday morning down the Arkansas to find a market. This is just a trial trip; but if successful, it is their intention to ship all their flour in that direction.

Cass Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 30, 1876.

DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL R. L. WALKER has been for several days engaged in ferreting out the illicit distilling of liquor near this place, and on Sunday last found where the still had been, and arrested Wm. Magee as one of the parties connected with it. Magee was brought to town and confined at the Central Avenue hotel. On Monday morning, about three o’clock, he asked to go out, pretending to be sick. Mr. Walker gave his consent, telling Mr. Magee to leave his boots and hat. Magee left them, and in his shirt and pants, made a run toward the Arkansas bridge, getting so much of a start that the Sheriff did not overtake him. The still, we are informed, was on Cass Endicott’s farm, but had not been there a great while. Not long ago it was on Grouse Creek, and by this time there is no telling where it is. It seems the parties connected with it moved it about from place to place, and located it where they chose, without the knowledge of the owners of the land. It remains to be proven whether even Magee was in any manner connected with it. The efforts of the Sheriff, however, have resulted in stopping its work in Cowley County.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, September 20, 1876.

The following persons were appointed last Saturday as delegates and alternates to the Democratic Convention, to be held at Winfield on Saturday, the 23rd.

Delegates: J. Benedict, A. Walton, T. McIntire, P. F. Endicott, A. J. Burrell, M. E. Welch.

Alternates: W. M. Berkey, Wm. Green, Jno. Harmon, S. Johnson, W. Dolby, Wm. Gray.

Henry Endicott (Unknown whether Sr. or Jr.)...

[PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]

Arkansas City Traveler, October 11, 1876.

Petition of John P. Woodyard and others, of Creswell Township, asking for view and survey of County road, presented, granted, and Henry Endicott, John Harmon, and William Randall appointed viewers, and the County Clerk ordered to give legal notice. Adjourned.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr....

Arkansas City Traveler, November 8, 1876.

MEAT SHOP. Henry Endicott has a meat shop in with R. A. Houghton & Co.’s grocery.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr....

Arkansas City Traveler, November 8, 1876.

J. P. WOODYARD and others have petitioned for a road commencing at the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section nineteen, in Township 34, thence running west one-half mile, on half section line to the center of section 19, to be located as follows: Beginning at the northwest quarter of section 19, thence south one-half mile, thence west one-half mile. Henry Endicott, John Harmon, and Wm. Randall are viewers, to meet November 14th, at 10 a.m.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr....

Arkansas City Traveler, November 29, 1876.

SHOOTING MATCH.

HANK ENDICOTT will have an old-time Indiana shooting match at Harmon’s ford tomorrow morning. He has forty-four turkeys, which will be offered to the best shooters, regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude. Terms and conditions will be agreed upon on the grounds, where all fun-lovers are expected to meet by 10 a.m.

Samuel Endicott, Mrs. (?) Endicott, Henry Endicott, Cass Endicott...

[NEW YEARS FESTIVAL: M. E. CHURCH.]

Arkansas City Traveler, December 20, 1876.

SOLICITING COMMITTEE.

Mr. and Mrs. Grimes, Mrs. J. Nichols, Mrs. N. Shaw, Mrs. Horn, Samuel Endicott, H. Carder, Ida Grimes, Katy Myers, Mrs. DeMott, Mrs. Pepper, R. Carder.

TABLE COMMITTEE.

Mr. & Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. Fitch, Charles Swarts, Harvey Grimes, Mrs. McMullen, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Hoffmaster, Mrs. Endicott, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Lizzie Mitchell, Wm. Gray, Mr. & Mrs. Ward, Mr. & Mrs. Godehard, Mr. & Mrs. Purdy, Mr. & Mrs. T. Mantor, Mrs. Morgan.

CARVING COMMITTEE.

Henry Endicott, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Bowers, C. Endicott.

The post office will be conducted by H. Carder, C. Endicott, Mowrie Bowers, Miss Kennedy.

Mrs. Lucy Endicott (oldest resident)...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 3, 1877.

The amounts of the receipts of the M. E. Festival, as handed in by one of the committee, was as follows.

Amount received for supper: $54.45.

Amount received for apples: $.90.

Amount received from Post Office: $2.53.

Amount received from cake sold at auction: $1.10.

Amount received from cake voted to oldest resident: $13.20.

Amount received from butter duck sold to highest bidder: $4.00.

Amount received from grab bag: $4.61.

Amount received from art gallery: $9.20.

TOTAL RECEIPTS: $89.99.

A picture was sold for $2.40, and other minor articles, making in all the whole amount of receipts, $92.99. The $13.20 cake was voted to Mrs. Lucy Endicott (oldest resident), and Marshall Felton received the $1.10 cake, as it was sold to the highest bidder. Mr. Dupey bid off the duck.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr....

Arkansas City Traveler, January 17, 1877.

The store house of Houghton & McLaughlin, south of the “Green Front,” has been turned into a meat shop. Henry Endicott, Proprietor.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr....

[INDIAN SCARE.]

Arkansas City Traveler, February 7, 1877.

On last Wednesday evening a man rode through this place on his way to Winfield, and gave the startling information that six freighters from this place had been killed by a mourning party of Osages while returning from Fort Sill. But few people gave the matter much thought that night, but the next morning, as the rumor spread and became more widely known, some of our citizens began to think there might be something in it, as it was known that the Chetopa mourning party had left the Agency.

Hank Endicott started for Caldwell in the morning, to learn more about it if possible, but meeting a man from that place who told him they had heard nothing of the rumor there, he returned, satisfied that the whole affair was a canard.

Friday evening A. A. Davis, one of the freighters, came in from the Territory, and relieved everybody by saying that all the boys were together, safe, and sound, and had seen no signs of redskins.

It is now plainly evident that the story was started by someone for a purpose of his own, and it may not be a very difficult matter to guess either the person or the purpose. The time has passed when the people along the border are to be easily frightened by plausible tales of Indian massacres, but the practice of inventing such rumors is one that cannot be too severely condemned. Rest assured the object will never be accomplished in that way.

Excerpts: Cass Endicott, Samuel Endicott, Endicott boys...

[A JOURNEY TO THE INDIAN COUNTRY: BY C. M. SCOTT.]

Arkansas City Traveler, February 21, 1877; February 28, 1877.

Fort Sill, Wichita, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Agencies.

Tuesday morning we left Wichita Agency for Fort Sill. After we had traveled about five miles, we met George Shearer, Jerome Hilton, Charles Peters, and E. Worther, and at noon we came to where a number more were camped for dinner, on Killpecker Creek, to wit: Frank Hutchinson, A. W. Patterson, Walt Dolby, H. S. Adams, Hank Nelson, Ross Merrick, Cass Endicott, Sam Endicott, John Tolles, Buck Wintin, Frank Wintin, Jack Martin, Frank Johnson, Wagstaff, Jim Burrell, and Benj. Harberson. Hank Nelson had met with an accident and had his arm in a sling, having been thrown from his wagon while trying to get ahead of someone. We were the invited guests of Ross Merrick, and partook readily of his “sow belly,” biscuit, and what the boys called “bovine” gravy. The rain fell in chunks while we were at dinner, and the meal was stowed away as soon as possible.

We had proceeded but a few miles from our dining place when a fearful storm arose, accompanied by rain. Being anxious to get home, we kept on until our overcoats were soaked with water. A cold north wind with hail and snow then set in, and our faces were beaten blue with hail stones, and coats frozen on our backs, before we reached timber and a good camping place.

In camp we soon had a good fire, dried our clothes, and made our bed in the wagon, and were soon warm and fast asleep, notwithstanding we had been told that the Endicott boys had been murdered and scalped by Indians a few days before, near the same place. We were then in the treacherous Osage country, and used discretion accordingly, although we had no apprehensions of trouble.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 18, 1877.

MR. P. F. ENDICOTT, road overseer, has declared war with the grasshoppers, and called out the hands and gone to driving and burning them, and we hope all overseers will do likewise.

Samuel Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 6, 1877.

LAWSUIT. A suit took place yesterday before Esquire Bonsall, J. P., between Samuel Endicott and Mr. Beach over some ponies. Mitchell and Christian were attorneys for Endicott and Kager for Mr. Beach.

Henry Endicott, Jr....

[BOLTON’S FOURTH OF JULY.]

Arkansas City Traveler, June 20, 1877.

A Basket Picnic will be held in Captain Smith’s Grove, west of the Arkansas, on the Fourth of July. A cordial invitation is extended to all. The following committees have been appointed.

COMMITTEE ON VOCAL MUSIC: Estella Burnett, A. Lorry.

BAND: L. Herrick.

GROUNDS: C. J. Beck, S. Pepper, W. Linton, O. C. Smith, J. D. Guthrie, H. J. Donnelly.

AMUSEMENTS: Lyman Herrick, Henry Endicott Jr.

TO PROCURE SPEAKERS AND TOASTS: Rudolph Hoffmaster.

MARSHALS: J. K. Stevens, John Lewis.

Calithumpians will appear just before dinner, etc.

Cass Endicott and Dick Rosey...

[COMMUNICATION TO SCOTT FROM “J. L. WADE”—PUEBLO, COLORADO.]

Arkansas City Traveler, June 27, 1877.

PUEBLO, COL., June 7th, 1877.

As we journeyed up the Arkansas River to Dodge City, we saw a great deal of wheat, good as any I ever saw. Dodge City is a lively little town, as well as a hard one. It is in the valley near Fort Dodge. Has near 250 inhabitants, with 17 houses of ill fame and 3 dance houses, where regular soldiers and cow boys, as well as citizens, take their spite out in shooting one another. I was told that there were over 200 persons buried there, and only 5 died of natural death.

Traveling through the eastern portion of Colorado, one can see many towns, which once were lively, but today are dead; Pueblo one among the rest. Pueblo once claimed near 5,000 inhabitants, but the rush to the mining districts hurt her. Property which four years ago could have been sold for $7,000 sold the other day for $2,500. A person can rent a nice brick residence in town for $5 or $6 per month.

Many who come to this country leave their families in Pueblo and vicinity and go on to the mines, as everything is cheap here and they can keep their families for half what they can in the mountains. Goods are as cheap here as they are in Kansas. Best flour, five dollars per hundred; coffee, 3½ pounds per dollar; bacon sells at 13 cents per pound, and everything else in proportion. Dry goods are a good deal cheaper here than they are in Kansas.

Now let me say something about the mines. Doubtless, they are rich in all their mineral properties, but on account of their being mostly owned by poor men who are not able to buy a sufficient amount of machinery which they should have, they cannot give work to more than half of the people who are immigrating there at the present time. Taking Colorado all over, it is a poor place for a poor man. It is entirely overdone by poor men.

Lake City, among many other towns in the mines, has at present 800 or 1,000 men without money or work. Those who can get work for their board are doing so, while many are stealing. Hundreds are leaving and hundreds are coming in.

Colorado is a poor place for a poor man to come to at present. All those who can stay in Kansas and make their board, had better stay, for they can’t make anything here. I think in the course of a year or two, when the mines get developed, it will be a good place for a laboring man, but it is running over with laboring men now.

I started to Colorado from Cowley County last April, where I had been living since 1870. I had the intention of making Colorado my home and haven’t changed my mind yet. I like the country as well as I expected, and think Colorado is the healthiest country I was ever in. That is the reason why I expect to make it my home.

Rosy [Rosey] and Cass Endicott are well satisfied with the country, also Coburn and Jay.

J. L. WADE.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr. or Jr....

Arkansas City Traveler, August 1, 1877.

WILD PLUMS. Parties who have been to the Territory after plums say that about thirty-five miles south of this place on the Salt Fork there is any quantity of them. Henry Endicott and three others gathered eighteen bushels in half a day, and he said he left two hundred bushels on the bushes in one patch.

Henry C. (Posey) Endicott, Jr., A. W. (Pat) Patterson...

Arkansas City Traveler, September 12, 1877.

MEAT MARKET.

In another column will be found the advertisement of A. W. Patterson and Henry Endicott, proprietors of the “Farmer’s Meat Market.” They buy the best of animals and keep the best of beef. Anyone having yearling steers to sell can do well by calling on them. They want to buy one hundred head.

PAT & POSEY, Proprietors.

FARMERS’ MEAT MARKET.

Summit Street, Arkansas City, Kansas.

Constantly have on hand all kinds of meat. Highest cash price paid for hides, furs, etc.

Patterson and Henry C. Endicott, Jr....

Arkansas City Traveler, November 14, 1877.

MATCHED HORSES and mules for sale on time, or will trade for cattle or hogs.

PATTERSON & ENDICOTT.

Patrick F. Endicott, Henry Endicott...

[COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS.]

Winfield Courier, May 31, 1877.

Patrick F. Endicott—Fee for being a Juror: $19.00.

Henry Endicott—Clerk of Election Fee: $2.00.

Cass Endicott and Dick Rosey...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 23, 1878.

DICK ROSEY and CASS ENDICOTT are back from the San Juan mining country. They expect to go back in the spring.

Henry C. Endicott, Jr., buys meat market from Patterson...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 23, 1878.

PAY YOUR BEEF BILLS. Having sold my entire interest in the meat market to Henry Endicott, I now want all parties indebted to the firm to call in and settle all they owe, or the accounts will be left with an officer for collection. A. W. PATTERSON.

Arkansas City Traveler, January 23, 1878.

MATCHED HORSES and mules for sale on time, or will trade for cattle or hogs

. PATTERSON & ENDICOTT.

Samuel Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 10, 1878.

SIR ARCHIE, owned by Samuel Endicott, can be found at Finney’s Livery during the season beginning April 10th. Sir Archie is a dark brown Norman horse, weighing 1,200 pounds, is 16½ hands high, has good action, and is a desirable horse for general purposes.

Patrick F. Endicott...

[DISTRICT COURT.]

Arkansas City Traveler, April 17, 1878.

CIVIL DOCKET.

J. C. McMullen v. P. F. Endicott et al.

Cass Endicott, Richard Rosey, and E. B. Kager...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 17, 1878.

E. B. KAGER, Richard Rosey, and Cass Endicott started to Colorado yesterday morning.

Samuel T. Endicott...

[COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS.]

Winfield Courier, April 18, 1878.

The board approved the appointment of J. B. Tucker, R. Musselman, and S. T. Endicott, appraisers of e. ½ of ne. ¼ and e. ½ of se. ¼, sec. 37, twp. 34, range 4.

Patrick F. Endicott...

[COWLEY COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.]

Arkansas City Traveler, May 15, 1878.

J. C. McMullen vs. P. F. Endicott, et al, settled.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Real Estate Transfers.

Winfield Courier, May 23, 1878.

Pat. F. Endicott to Samuel Watt, n. ½ of se. ¼, 18-33-4.

Samuel Endicott, Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 19, 1878.

FOURTH OF JULY!

A Grand Union Sunday School Picnic.

A general invitation is extended to the Sunday schools in this vicinity and surrounding country to unite in holding a basket picnic in Sleeth’s woods, on July 4th. The committee on general arrangements appointed the following committees, who are requested to enter at once upon their respective duties.

Committee on preparing and arranging grounds.

J. M. Maxwell, Mr. Hunter, Frank Hutchinson, L. C. Norton, H. Carder, C. M. Swarts, Sam Endicott, Will Gray, Jerry Adams, and C. Hollaway.

Committee on Programme.

Wm. Sleeth, Miss Clara Finley, Miss Ella Grimes, Miss Eva Swarts, Mrs. Wm. Wilson, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. L. McLaughlin, Cal. Swarts, R. J. Maxwell, and W. L. Mowry.

Committee on furnishing swings, croquet sets, boats, etc.

W. J. Peed, Will Alexander, Charles M. Swarts, J. C. Topliff, Mr. Knight, William Parker, R. Turner, James Pierce, Frank Schiffbauer, Edmund G. Gray, Frank Speers, E. D. Eddy, and I. H. Bonsall.

Committee on conveyance.

L. Finley, L. C. Norton, Dave Finney, J. W. Hutchinson, Rev. Swarts, Wm. Wilson, S. B. Adams, P. F. Endicott, and Mr. Kirkpatrick.

Committee on programme are requested to meet at the M. E. Church on Friday evening at 8 o’clock, to arrange programme for the day.

Committee on preparing grounds will meet on the grounds Wednesday afternoon, June 26th, at 2 o’clock, p.m.

The invitation to the picnic includes any and all who may desire to join in having a general good time. Remember well filled baskets are appreciated. The programme will be published next week in full.

Samuel Endicott marries Nellie Wood...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 26, 1878.

We were pleasantly surprised last week by the announcement that Mr. Sam. Endicott and Miss Nellie Wood, formerly of this place, had been united in wedlock. The happy young couple have many friends in this vicinity.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, November 20, 1878.

P. F. Endicott in breaking a young mule drove so near the race track that the mule became infected with a desire to run and in consequence ran away, taking Pad, the other horse, and the wagon along with him. The mule stopped when he got tired.

George Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 8, 1879.

School Report.

The following are names of scholars who have been absolutely perfect in attendance and punctuality during the last school month.

INTERMEDIATE.

Ella Bowers, 81; George Endicott, 94; Edward Garris, 90; Frank Theaker, 90; Jessie Rentschler, 89; Mary McClung, 88; Charlie Randall, 83; Myrtle McNelly, 67; Walter Patterson, 55.

Mr. (?) Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 15, 1879.

Frank Lorry broke through the ice one day last week and took a cold bath in eight feet of water. He arose to the top a trifle limp for a cold morning but was provided with a change and a warm fire by Mr. Endicott.

George Endicott...

[SCHOOL REPORT.]

Arkansas City Traveler, February 12, 1879.

The following are deserving of honorable mention for diligence, good behavior, and nearly perfect attendance.

May Benedict, Laura Gregg, Jessie Finley, Anna Hutchison, Susie Hunt, Stella Swarts, Annie Norton, Jessie Sankey, Jerry Adams, Lute Coombs, George Endicott, Samuel Reed, Wm. Randall, Charlie Randall.

C. H. SYLVESTER, Principal.

INTERMEDIATE.

Cass [Cresswell C.] Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, February 19, 1879.

PUBLICATION NOTICE.

STATE OF KANSAS, COWLEY COUNTY, In the District Court, in said County and State.

J. C. McMULLEN, PLAINTIFF, VS. CRESSWELL C. ENDICOTT, DEFENDANT.

To Cresswell C. Endicott, Defendant above named.

YOU are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named Plaintiff, J. C. McMullen, in the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District of Kansas, sitting in and for Cowley County, in the State of Kansas, and that the said Plaintiff on the 15th day of February, A. D. 1879, filed his petition in the above named Court demanding Judgment against you the said Defendant, Cresswell C. Endicott, for the sum of Seven Hundred and Thirty-four and Fifty-nine Hundredths Dollars, with interest at the rate of Twelve per cent per Annum from February 15, 1878, on $684.55 thereof and on $25.80 thereof from June 12th, 1878, and from February 12th, 1879, on $24.24 thereof; and that a certain mortgage given by you, the said Defendant, to the Plaintiff, of the South West Quarter of Section Thirty-five, in Township Thirty-four South of Range Four East, in Cowley County, Kansas, be foreclosed; the said lands and tenements ordered to be sold, and the proceeds arising from said sale be applied First, To the payment of all costs. Second. To the payment of the debt due this Plaintiff, including taxes and for such further relief as Plaintiff is entitled to. You are hereby further notified that unless you answer said petition on or before the 4th day of April, A. D. 1879, the said petition will be taken as true, and Judgment rendered against you according to the demands of said petition. PRYOR & PRYOR, Plaintiff’s Attorneys.

Attest, E. S. Bedilion, Clerk of District Court. [SEAL.]

Cass Endicott and Dick Rosey...

Arkansas City Traveler, March 19, 1879.

Our old friend, Dick Rosa [Rosey], is in a good position in Leadville. Cass Endicott is having steady work and good pay.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr....

Arkansas City Traveler, April 30, 1879.

The young folks will celebrate May day in Grandpa Endicott’s grove tomorrow afternoon.

Cass [C. C. Endicott]...

[DISTRICT COURT DOCKET.]

Winfield Courier, May 1, 1879.

The following is a list of cases that will stand for trial at the May, A. D. 1879, term of the District Court of Cowley County, beginning on the first Monday in May, and have been placed on the Trial Docket in the following order.

CIVIL DOCKET. EIGHTH DAY.

J. C. McMullen vs. C. C. Endicott et al.

Henry C. Endicott, Sr....

Arkansas City Traveler, July 2, 1879.

Mrs. Land and daughter, of Indiana, are spending a few weeks at Grandpa Endicott’s.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, July 30, 1879.

Pat Endicott’s little daughter, Susie, was bitten by a copperhead snake on the little finger last Thursday afternoon. The hand became very painful before relief was obtained. While on the subject of snake bites, we will simply remark that Bibron’s Solution is the specific for these ailments, and far superior to whiskey.

Winfield Courier, July 31, 1879.

Democrat: Pat Endicott’s youngest daughter was bitten by a copperhead snake last week, which would have terminated seriously had it not been for a bottle of liquor that happened to be in the house, which abated the effect of the poison until a physician was called. She is now getting along finely, and will soon be entirely well.

Henry (Hank) Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 20, 1879.

Hank Endicott has started a new meat market, and runs a delivery wagon in connection with the shop.

Samuel T. Endicott...

[DISTRICT COURT CALENDAR - AUGUST TERM.]

Winfield Courier, August 21, 1879.

CIVIL DOCKET. TENTH DAY.

J. C. McMullen (Attorneys Pryor & Pryor) versus

S. T. Endicott (Attorney C. R. Mitchell).

Cass [called Casswell in article]. C C. Endicott.]...

Arkansas City Traveler, September 24, 1879.

We hear that Casswell Endicott has struck it rich in the mines of Colorado.

Patrick F. Endicott and Matlack: brick kiln...

Arkansas City Traveler, October 15, 1879.

Messrs. Matlack and Endicott are showing their faith in the future of the city by the commencement of another kiln of brick to the tune of 150,000 and the best of all, parties are ready to take them off their hands, lay them up, and put a stock of goods in the buildings.

George Endicott, Jacob Endicott, Otis Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, February 11, 1880.

School Report.

The following Report of the Public Schools of the city for the school month ending February 6th.

HIGH SCHOOL.

Jerry Adams, S. B. Reed, Henry Smith, Sadie Pickering, Fred McLaughlin, Charlie Randall, Mollie Christian, Alice Knight, Alice Warren, Robert Hutchison, George Endicott, Jacob Endicott, Martin Warren, Frank Randall, May Hughes, Jessey Finley, Ella Bowers, Mary McClung.

SECOND PRIMARY.

Grace McClung, Nina Pickering, Charlie Rarick, Walter Wintin, Phillip Huff, Frank Peek, Otis Endicott, Clara Ford, Lizzie Garris, Susie Fullerlove, Frank Leonard, Willie Peek, Newton Lancaster, Howard Warren, Etta McMahon, Frank Nowe.

Jacob Endicott, Otis Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, March 10, 1880.

SCHOOL REPORT. For the month ending March 5, 1880.

NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY—

HIGH SCHOOL: Jerry Adams, Henry Smith, Mary Theaker, Charlie Chapel, Charlie Randall, Sarah Randall, Emma Theaker, Jacob Endicott, Frank Randall, Sam Swarts, Martin Warren, Jessie Finley, Minnie McIntire.

SECOND PRIMARY: Bert Hughes, Howard Warren, Newton Lancaster, Charlie Nelson, Annie Wagstaff, Nina Pickering, Grace McClung, Lizzie Garris, Clara Ford, Otis Endicott, Belle Johnson.

C. H. SYLVESTER, Principal.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, May 12, 1880.

At the Democratic primary Thursday, May 6, the following persons were chosen as delegates and alternates to the Democratic county convention to be held in Winfield on the 15th of this month.

DELEGATES: Noah Kimmel, S. B. Adams, Amos Walton, Wm. Aumann, T. McIntire, P. F. Endicott, J. W. Hutchison, F. M. Peek, Jno. Halloway, Ed. Green.

ALTERNATES: A. P. Hutchison, Walter Dolby, J. E. Cox, Jas. Benedict, H. Godehard, Jas. Wilson, Wm. Bahruth, W. H. Brown, Jno. Weir, R. E. Fitzpatrick.

Samuel Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 9, 1880.

There are two mules and one brown mare, strays, now in Sam Endicott’s pasture, on the east side of the Walnut river; also one pony.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 30, 1880.

Brick For Sale. I have 150,000 good brick for sale at my yard, one and a half miles southeast of Arkansas City. Price $3.50 to $7.50 per 1,000; $1.00 per 100. P. F. ENDICOTT.

Mrs. (?) Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 18, 1880.

On Monday, the cheap rates still prevailing, Frank Speers and wife, Mrs. Endicott, A. W. Patterson, and Mr. Mott started eastward. Rexford got left.

Cass Endicott, Sam Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 18, 1880.

A report was industriously circulated one day last week that Cass Endicott and his partners had disposed of their mine in Colorado for the snug sum of $100,000. Upon inquiry we found that there was no foundation for the story other than a letter claimed to have been written by some irresponsible party, and we are inclined to believe with Sam Endicott—that if there had been anything in it, he would have known it as soon as an outsider.

Mrs. (?) Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, September 22, 1880.

The “last of the Mohicans” are at home. Frank Speers and wife and Mrs. Endicott returned last Friday, and W. D. and Henry Mowry came in Saturday. All are glad to get back.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, September 22, 1880.

LOST. On Sept. 18, at or near Henry Endicott’s meat market, two bills, one five and one $10. Finder will be paid one third for its return to this office. T. J. Harden.

Arkansas City Traveler, October 6, 1880.

Chester Loveland, for some time past employed in McLaughlin’s grocery, is now with Henry Endicott, the jovial butcher.

Samuel T. Endicott...

[SHERIFF’S SALE: J. C. McMULLEN VS. SAMUEL T. ENDICOTT.]

Arkansas City Traveler, October 20, 1880.

SHERIFF’S SALE.

By virtue of an order of sale issued out of the district court of the county of Cowley and State of Kansas, and to me directed and delivered, in an action lately pending in said court wherein J. C. McMullen was plaintiff and Samuel T. Endicott was defendant, I will, on

MONDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. D. 1880,

at 2 o’clock p.m. at the south door of the court house in the city of Winfield, in said county, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all the right, title, and interest of the said defendant, in and to the following described real estate, situate in said county: to wit: The west half (½) of the southeast (¼) of section thirty-five (35), township thirty-four (34), south of range four (4) east, containing eighty (80) acres, in Cowley county, Kansas. Said property was levied upon and will be sold as the property of said defendant without appraisement to satisfy said order of sale. Given under my hand, at the sheriff’s office in the city of Winfield aforesaid, this the 12th day of October, A. D. 1880.

A. T. Shenneman, Sheriff of Cowley County, Kansas.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, December 22, 1880.

HOGGISH. Ira Barnett paid Pat Endicott last week the neat little sum of $984 for hogs raised by Mr. Endicott, and shipped the same to Kansas City.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, December 22, 1880.

FOR THE CHILDREN.

The Methodist folks will have a Christmas tree for the children of their Sabbath school on next Friday evening, December 24. A merry time is guaranteed, and a cordial invitation extended to all. Following are the various committees.

On General Arrangements. The officers of the ladies’ society and of the Sabbath school.

On Procuring Tree: Messrs. Snyder, Chenoweth, Russell, and Felton.

On Decorating Tree: Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Speers, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. T. C. Warren, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Pickering, Mrs. Christian, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Endicott, Mr. and Mrs. Perry.

Distributing Presents: Misses Annie Earhart, Linda Christian, Elva Pickering; Messrs. Cal Swarts, Charles Swarts, E. A. Barron.

Near Patrick F. Endicott’s...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 5, 1881.

Capt. Curtis, in command of the party for opening up the Arkansas River, is constructing a boat on the Walnut (near Pat Endicott’s place), the same being 18 feet beam by 70 long, to be used as a commissary by the command. The boat will be covered with canvas, and will add greatly to the comfort of those engaged in the undertaking.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, February 2, 1881.

Henry Endicott has purchased A. W. Patterson’s residence on Central Avenue, and will occupy the same himself in a short time.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, February 16, 1881.

We are informed that Mr. P. F. Endicott, one of the oldest settlers in this vicinity, has received for hogs during the past few months the neat little sum of $1,153.85. They were raised on his farm southeast of town, and were shipped to Kansas City by our stock buyer, Mr. Ira Barnett. These facts are submitted to the attention of our farmer friends for their consideration, with the injunction “Go thou and do likewise.”

S. H. Endicott, brother of Patrick F. Endicott. Initials appear different in item that appears on May 11, 1881....

Arkansas City Traveler, February 23, 1881.

Mr. S. H. Endicott, of Crossville, Illinois, a brother of P. F. Endicott, is visiting Cowley and called upon the TRAVELER last week. He expressed himself well pleased with the country hereabouts and if he can find a suitable location, will move his family out here early in the spring.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, March 9, 1881.

At the school meeting last Saturday, the vote on establishing a graded school in this city was almost unanimous. The new board elected are Messrs. A. C. Williams, director; William Benedict, clerk; and P. F. Endicott, treasurer—all thorough gentlemen and upright men. It is not the board we advocated, but if they will bring our school up to the standard desired and required, we will rest content.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 6, 1881.

Henry Endicott bought a fine large six-year-old mare from Mr. J. M. Maxwell, on the street last Saturday, for $60.00.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 6, 1881.

We hear that Henry Endicott has sold his farm in East Bolton to a gentlemen from Colorado, who intends to use the same as a sheep farm. Mr. Endicott intends to go to Texas this spring to purchase cattle.

Henry Endicott: Endicott & Loveland Meat Market...

Arkansas City Traveler, April 20, 1881.

Messrs. Rarick & Pickering and Ford & Berger have had a hand in the construction of a brand new wagon for Endicott & Loveland, of the city meat market, which new wagon may be seen on our streets, and speaks well for the mechanical skill of the builders.

J. F. Endicott [brother of Patrick F. Endicott??]...

Arkansas City Traveler, May 11, 1881.

We had a pleasant call from Mr. J. F. Endicott, late of Illinois, who has purchased property in town, and will make this his future home.

Refers to daughter of Patrick F. Endicott, bitten by copperhead snake...

Arkansas City Traveler, May 18, 1881.

A case of snake bite occurred to a man working for Mr. Endicott, who was bitten on the hand by a copperhead. The hand and arm commenced to swell up, but some whiskey and alcohol being procured, further harmful effects were prevented.

Of course, the action of the parties supplying the liquor, named above, was illegal, though certainly humane, yet to obviate the necessity for breaking the law with reference to alcoholic liquors we append a cure, which it is claimed never fails to arrest the action of snake poison:

Take Turpentine, one pint; Corrosive Sublimate, one ounce; Gum Camphor, one ounce. Mix well in a vial, and when occasion demands its use, apply to the part bitten.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, May 25, 1881.

J. A. Rexroad, late of Hutchinson, made us a pleasant call last Saturday. Mr. Rexroad is engaged in making brick for P. F. Endicott, and will be with us during the summer season.

We are pleased to note the fact that P. F. Endicott has already gone to work in earnest at brick making, having at this time over 20,000 brick made. He expects to be able to make some 300,000 during the summer.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 1, 1881.

Mr. A. A. Wiley was in town yesterday on his return from Texas, where he has been buying stock. He reports that Messrs. J. Smythia, H. Endicott, A. J. Gilbert, J. W. Ledlie, and James Henderson, with 1,100 head of cattle, are now on Deer creek, where they will be held till disposed of. Mr. Wiley was on his way to the Nation with supplies to establish a ranch.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 8, 1881.

Mr. H. Endicott returned from his trip to Texas last Friday. He, in conjunction with several others, brought up some 1,100 head of cattle, which will be held in the Territory until disposed of.

Henry (Hank) Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, June 15, 1881.

Hank Endicott has gone to Caldwell to purchase some stock for butchering purposes.

Patrick F. Endicott...

[REPORT FROM “IKE” - ARKANSAS CITY.]

Winfield Courier, May 19, 1881.

The brick yard is started by P. F. Endicott. He contemplates making three thousand brick during the summer. P. F. means business when he says he will supply the city with all the brick they want.

P. F. Endicott also has a soap factory running, and controlled by G. Hurst & Co., late of Hutchinson. They make a first-class quality of soap.

Henry Endicott: Endicott & Loveland Meat Market...

Arkansas City Traveler, July 6, 1881.

For sale cheap. A good house and lot in Leonard’s addition. Will take a team in part payment; enquire at Endicott & Loveland’s meat market.

Death of Mrs. Lucy Endicott, [Mrs. Henry C. Endicott, Sr.]...

Arkansas City Traveler, July 20, 1881.

DIED. It is with much sorrow that we record the sudden death of Mrs. L. Endicott, at the residence of her husband, H. C. Endicott, Senior, on Saturday, July 16th, 1881. Mrs. Endicott has resided in this community for a great number of years, faithfully discharging the duties of a Christian wife and mother, and the mourning over her untimely taking off will be felt almost universally amongst our citizens. A number of her children and relatives are residents of this city, and to them, in this the hour of bereavement and sorrow, it will indeed be a comfort to remember that “Blessed be the dead that die in the Lord.”

The funeral took place on Sunday.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 3, 1881.

The two Mrs. Clevelands, of Gibson County, Indiana, sisters of our townsman, P. F. Endicott, are visiting friends and relatives in this vicinity.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 3, 1881.

[Mr. and Mrs. Henry Endicott, Patrick F. Endicott, G. C. Cleveland, Indiana; and L. Calvert, Indiana, were among the visitors at Geuda Springs. This definitely ties Henry and Patrick together along with relatives visiting Patrick F. Endicott after the funeral of Mrs. Henry C. Endicott, Sr.]

Arkansas City Traveler, August 10, 1881.

SALT CITY ITEMS.

SALT CITY, AUGUST 7TH, 1881.

The following is a list of the visitors at the Geuda Springs Bath House for the week ending August 7, 1881:

H. Endicott and wife, Arkansas City.

P. Endicott, Arkansas City.

Mrs. Tyner, Arkansas City.

G. C. Cleveland, Indiana.

L. Calvert, Indiana.

Patrick F. Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, August 24, 1881.

175,000 brick for sale by P. F. Endicott.

Henry Endicott...

[ROLL OF OLD SOLDIERS: CRESWELL TOWNSHIP.]

Arkansas City Traveler, August 31, 1881. Editorial Page.

The following is a list of the Old Soldiers of Creswell Township.

NAME COMPANY REGIMENT RANK

H. ENDICOTT B 115 Ills. Corporal

Henry Endicott no longer has meat market...

Arkansas City Traveler, November 9, 1881.

Messrs. Endicott & Loveland no longer preside at the meat market. Gaskill & Patterson have taken their place.

Henry Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, December 14, 1881.

A. F. & A. M.

At the last regular meeting of Crescent Lodge, A. F. & A. M., the following were elected officers for the coming year.

W M: James Ridenour.

S W: W. D. Mowry.

J W: I. H. Bonsall.

Treasurer: H. P. Farrar

Sec: Dr. Loomis.

S D: Cal Swarts.

J D: C. Hutchins.

S S: J. C. Pickering.

J S: H. Endicott.

Tyler: [LEFT BLANK].

George Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, December 14, 1881.

L. L. Society.

The Linnaean Literary Society met at the schoolhouse last Friday evening. The meeting was called to order by the President; the roll called; and minutes of last meeting read by the Secretary. The next thing in order was the election of officers, which were as follows.

President, E. S. Donnelly; Vice President, H. L. Finley; Secretary, Miss Etta Barnett; Treasurer, Miss Laura Gould; Critic, C. T. Atkinson; Chief Marshal, L. Carder; Asst. Marshal, George Endicott.

Near Endicott farm...

[OUR CANAL.]

Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, December 21, 1881.

The direction of the canal is from a point on the Arkansas River, northwest of town, bearing in a southeasterly course, across the southwest corner of the town site, to a point on the Walnut river, near the Endicott farm, the total length of the canal being about two and a half miles, with a water section of about one hundred cubic feet, with a center current of about four miles per hour. The actual fall obtained in that distance is twenty-two feet.

Temperance Endicott marries H. C. Carder...

Arkansas City Traveler, January 18, 1882.

MARRIED. Mr. H. C. Carder and Miss Temperance Endicott were united in the bonds of matrimony on Thursday, January 4th, 1882. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Laverty at the residence of the bride’s father south of town.

Hank (Henry) Endicott...

Arkansas City Traveler, July 5, 1882.

Hank Endicott has returned to the city from his Texas trip and is just about as happy as of old.

Endicott, cousin of Patrick F. Endicott, from Indiana, buys property...

Arkansas City Traveler, September 6, 1882.

Green & Snyder have just sold the Daniels property just west of the U. P. church, to Mr. Endicott, from Indiana, a cousin of P. F. Endicott.

Mrs. Henry Endicott...

[COMMUNICATION FROM “MARK” - CONSTANT CHIMES]

Arkansas City Traveler, October 4, 1882.

Two of Mrs. Henry Harbaugh’s old schoolmates, Mrs. Henry Endicott, of Arkansas City, and Mrs. Nancy Buford, of Illinois, have been visiting her this week, reciting reminiscences of girlhood days and comparing their respective success in life since they ceased annoying the master with their girlish pranks in the school room.

Henry (?) Endicott and new partner, Gibby???...

Arkansas City Traveler, October 11, 1882.

Endicott & Gibby is the name of the proprietors of our boss meat market.

Arkansas City Traveler, October 11, 1882.

Messrs. Endicott & Gibby came to the front this week with an “ad” to the effect that they are now running the meat market lately owned by Bishop & Gaskill. For full particulars see elsewhere.

AD: ENDICOTT & GIBBY, MEAT MARKET -Keep the best- FRESH, SALT & SMOKED MEATS, Poultry, Game and Fish in season. Summit St., Arkansas City.

We take the greatest care in the selection of beeves and stock for market, and are prepared at all times to furnish our customers with the very best.

Farmers who have choice stock for sale, please call on us. Cash paid for hides.

ENDICOTT & GIBBY.