G. W. GREEN.

Winfield.

On May 15, 2005, I copied an article from the Winfield Daily Courier, of May 7, 1891, which told about the sudden death of D. A. Millington on the evening of May 6, 1891.

The following excerpt appeared in this article.

In 1870 he (Millington) closed out the business and came to Cowley County, arriving August 16, where he immediately entered into a plan to build up a city to be called Winfield. At the time the land belonged to the Osage Indians, who were present in great numbers, and the land had not been surveyed. Several men were holding claims of 160 acres each in the vicinity. The claims of E. C. Manning and A. A. Jackson occupied what is now the most central portion of Winfield, and were surrounded by the claims of A. Menor, H. C. Loomis, A. Howland, A. J. Thomas, A. D. Speed, P. Knowles, and G. W. Green, all or parts of which claims were corporated into the city of Winfield. Mr. Millington came in company with J. C. Fuller and bought the claim of A. A. Jackson, then associated themselves with E. C. Manning, laid out the half of the two claims into a town site, and invited settlers who would improve lots.

Note: The excerpt mentioned “G. W. Green” and “A. J. Thomas” as having claims, all or parts of which claims were “corporated” into the city of Winfield.

I believe the article erred in showing “A. J. Thomas.” It should have stated that the man’s name was “A. J. Thompson.”

Listed next are the only two items I could find about GREEN.

MAW

G. GREEN & G. W. GREEN...

THE WINFIELD COURIER CENTENNIAL ISSUE.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 6, 1876.

About January 10th, 1870, the preliminary steps were taken for organizing a town company and starting a town upon the claim of E. C. Manning. A. A. Jackson owned the claim adjoining Manning’s on the east, W. W. Andrews, H. C. Loomis, A. Menor, and P. Knowles held claims adjoining and upon which they still reside. The farm owned by John Lowrey [Lowry] to the west was held by one G. Green.

[It appears that “G. Green” mentioned was G. W. Green.]

July 4th, 1870, was a great day for Winfield. The first celebration in the county of our national birth day was held under a large bower in the rear of the Old Log Store, and Prof. E. P. Hickok was the orator of the occasion. Soon after this G. W. Green built and moved his family into a little house near where Mr. Gordon now lives, and Max Shoeb moved his family into the nucleus of the house he now lives in. Manning’s family had moved into his claim house before this on the 10th of March.

I COULD NOT FIND “THOMAS” AT ALL.

HOWEVER, I DID FIND THAT THE INITIALS “A. J.” APPLIED TO THOMPSON...

A. J. THOMPSON...

THE WINFIELD COURIER CENTENNIAL ISSUE.

Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 6, 1876.

There was no mention of A. J. Thompson (or A. J. Thomas) owning land that adjoined the town site started by Manning, Fuller, and Millington. However, there were some entries that showed that A. J. Thompson was in Winfield at an early date. The following item appeared in the Centennial Issue.

Winfield.

A. J. Thompson was the first feed store keeper.

The next item also appeared in the Centennial Issue...

Winfield Courier, September 28, 1876. Editorial Page.

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. The convention met at the courthouse last Saturday and temporarily organized by electing E. P. Young chairman and J. W. Curns, secretary. Committees were appointed and the convention adjourned till 1 o’clock.

On reassembling the committee on permanent organization reported Amos Walton as chairman and P. W. Smith as Secretary.

The committee on credentials reported the following as delegates.

From Winfield: J. W. McDonald, J. B. Lynn, J. D. Cochran, J. W. Curns, N. W. Holmes, C. C. Black, A. J. Thompson, Wm. Dunn, T. B. Ross, G. W. Yount.

Note: I have a file on A. J. Thompson, which shows that he moved to Walnut township and later that he sold property he owned in Winfield.