Born in Orange, Connecticut he lived in the house, built by his father, across the street from the First Congregational Church. He travelled widely in the Mid-West, hunted with buffalo hunters and finally homesteaded on Twelve Mile Creek in Lincoln Township, Smith County, Kansas. He formed a company called the New Haven Group who all moved to the Solomon River Valley in Smith County, Kansas. His homestead was along Twelvemile Creek in Lincoln Township, Smith County, KS. When he brought his family out they came by rail to the railhead at Cawker City, Kansas and went on by wagon the last part. He built one of the first frame houses in that region hauling lumber from Hastings, Nebraska. He raised wheat and beef cattle. He had the first barbed wire in that region. He gave land to the community for a school house. He won a house and farm in a poker game and let his daughter and son-in-law live there. He used to travel back to Connecticut to visit relatives and spent one winter in St. Augustine, Florida at the Hotel Ponce de Leon, built by Flagler.
Born in Orange, Connecticut he lived in the house, built by his father, across the street from the First Congregational Church. He travelled widely in the Mid-West, hunted with buffalo hunters and finally homesteaded on Twelve Mile Creek in Lincoln Township, Smith County, Kansas. He formed a company called the New Haven Group who all moved to the Solomon River Valley in Smith County, Kansas. His homestead was along Twelvemile Creek in Lincoln Township, Smith County, KS. When he brought his family out they came by rail to the railhead at Cawker City, Kansas and went on by wagon the last part. He built one of the first frame houses in that region hauling lumber from Hastings, Nebraska. He raised wheat and beef cattle. He had the first barbed wire in that region. He gave land to the community for a school house. He won a house and farm in a poker game and let his daughter and son-in-law live there. He used to travel back to Connecticut to visit relatives and spent one winter in St. Augustine, Florida at the Hotel Ponce de Leon, built by Flagler.
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