Biographical Sketches
FRANK D. HUMMER
Who is acting as private secretary to Kansas City's mayor, is a well-known and popular man who claims Ohio as the state of his nativity, his birth having occurred there in the town of Middleport, April 5, 1854. When 16 years of age he came to Missouri, arriving in Gallatin, on the 15th of April, 1870. His father, David Hummer, afterward removed to Washington county, Kansas, and still later to Washington, D. C., where he is now living.
The subject of this sketch had learned the tinner's trade while in Ohio, and followed that pursuit and carpentering in Gallatin for a period of 6 years. He was married on the 13th of August, 1876, in that city, the lady of his choice being Miss Emma A. McGee, daughter of Judge Owen H. McGee, a prominent citizen of Gallatin. They had 1 daughter, Ona Cloy, who died at the age of 4 years. Soon after their marriage Mr. Hummer removed with this wife to Kansas and engaged in the hardware trade in Gaylord, Smith county. He continued his residence there for 3 years, when the excessive hot winds of that region undermined his health. During his residence there he lost all that he had, and in 1880 he returned to Gallatin, where he made his home through the succeeding 8 years. In 1888 he came to Kansas City, where for 2 years he was employed as county bridge inspector. In 1890 he accepted the position as traveling collector for the Lombard Investment Company, of which James L. Lombard was the head, and for 3 years represented that concern on the road, his territory embracing Kansas and Nebraska. He served as general manager for northern Kansas and southern Nebraska, visiting the various local agencies and attending to loans, collections, etc. In June, 1894, he became a bookkeeper in the street department of Kansas City, and served in that capacity until appointed by Mayor Webster Davis as his private secretary. The two gentlemen were boys together in Gallatin and have always been fast friends.
Socially, Mr. Hummer is connected with the Knights of Pythias fraternity; is a Royal Arch Mason, and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Traveling Men's Association of Columbus, Ohio. He is a gentleman of genuine worth, who has many warm personal friends and the high regard of all who know him.
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