Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Samuel D. Scripter
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
SAMUEL D. SCRIPTER is a leading farmer
of Sherman Township, Dickinson County,
and owns a farm on section 17. His father
is George F. Scripter, a native of the
Buckeye State, and his mother, who before marriage
bore the name of Catherine Banister, was
born in Indiana. They are residents of White
County, Ind. Their family numbered fourteen
children, of whom our subject was the sixth.
When Samuel, who was born in Johnson County,
Ind., May 15, 1853, was about one year old, his parents
removed to Brown County, Ind., where they
lived for about thirteen years. They afterward removed
to Jasper County, residing there one year,
and then wont to White County, the same State.
The subject of this sketch lived with his parents
until his marriage, January 30, 1878, in White
County, Ind., Miss Maggie M. Dobbins becoming
his wife. She is the daughter of Johnson and
Margaret (Taylor) Dobbins, who were born in
Mineral County, W. Va. They came from White
County, Ind., to Kansas in January, 1882, settling
on a farm in Sherman Township, Dickinson County,
where they now reside. Mrs. Scripter was the
fifth child in their family of eight children, having
been born in White County, on the 21st of September,
1858. When our subject was married, he settled
in the above county, where he continued to
live until January, 1882. At that time he removed
to Kansas, settling on the farm where he now lives,
on section 17, Sherman Township, where he possesses
two hundred and forty acres of well-improved
farm land and has good buildings and
modern improvements.
Mr. and Mrs. Scripter are the parents of four
children: Freddie J., Jesse E., Anna M. and Hattie
P. Our subject is a very public-spirited man,
and his fellow-citizens, recognizing his worth and
ability, have elected him to fill many positions of
trust and responsibility. He has filled the office of
Township Treasurer and School Director, and in addition
has for three years acted as Township Assessor.
In all these offices he has discharged the duties
with fidelity and promptness and has merited the
commendation which he has received for so doing.
Politically, he has affiliated with the People's
party. He is also a member of the Farmers' Alliance.
In all social, political and local affairs he
takes great interest and does all in his power to
promote the best welfare of this section. Starting
in life without any means, by reason of well directed
purpose and undaunted perseverance, he
has worked his way to a position where he not
only commands the respect and esteem of a large
circle of fellow-townsmen, but has also achieved a
comfortable income.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP