Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Thomas Mustard
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
THOMAS MUSTARD, who is engaged in
agricultural pursuits on section 19, Cheever
Township, Dickinson County, was born in
Huron County, Province of Ontario, Canada, on
the 22d of August, 1852, and is the second in a
family of fifteen children. His father, Hugh Mustard,
is one of the prominent citizens of this
county, and is represented elsewhere in this work.
Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and
youth in the county of his nativity, where his
education was acquired in the common schools,
and at the age of eighteen he began teaching,
which profession he followed for five years, or
until twenty-three years of age. He has in his
possession a teacher's diploma for life, which he
obtained in the province of Ontario.
With the exception of the period devoted to
that profession, Mr. Mustard has given his entire
attention to farming. Ere leaving his native
country, he was married in Huron County, on the
24th of February, 1875, to Miss Jane McDonald,
a native of Warwickshire, England, born October
24, 1850. Her grandfather, John McDonald, died
in Scotland. Her father, Hugh McDonald, was
born in England and married Jane Bull, daughter
of Joseph Bull. With his family, he emigrated
to Canada, where both he and his wife still
reside. Six children grace the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Mustard, two sons and four daughters:
Emma J., Hugh A., Helen L., Sarah G., William
H. and Catherine P.
In July, 1876, Mr. Mustard bade good-bye to
his old home, and has since been a resident of
Dickinson County, Kan., where he has given his
attention exclusively to farming. His landed possessions
aggregate three hundred and twenty
acres, which are under a high state of cultivation.
He has made many excellent improvements
and erected good buildings, and the neat
appearance of the place indicates the thrift and
enterprise of the owner and his careful supervision.
He is a practical and progressive farmer,
who possesses many of the best characteristics of
his Scottish ancestry, being thrifty, persevering
and enterprising. In his political affiliations, Mr.
Mustard is a Democrat, and has been honored
with several public offices. He has held several
school offices, and is now serving as District Clerk.
Himself and wife attend the Presbyterian Church.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP