Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Jesse T. Woolverton
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
JESSE T. WOOLVERTON is engaged in agricultural
pursuits on section 12, Garfield
Township, Dickinson County, where he has
made his home for a number of years. He
was born on the 16th of June, 1854, in Schoolcraft.
Mich., and is the fifth in a family of six
children who were born of the union of Nathaniel
S. and Sarah (Thomas) Woolverton. Their marriage
was celebrated in Pennsylvania, of which
State the lady is a native. On their emigration
Westward they settled in the southern part of
Michigan, and spent the greater part of their lives
in Kalamazoo County. Mrs. Woolverton was
called to her final rest in Schoolcraft Township, in
1859. Mr. Woolverton was a millwright by trade,
but also engaged in farming. He died in Garfield
Township, while visiting his children in Dickinson
County, on the 17th of October, 1877.
No event of special importance occurred during
the childhood of our subject. In the winter season
he attended the common district schools of the
neighborhood and acquired a good English education,
while in the summer months he aided in the
labors of the farm, to which he was early inured.
After attaining to mature years, he chose as a
companion and helpmate on life's journey Miss
Margaret M. Bruton, daughter of Robert Bruton.
Her father was a native of the Emerald Isle, and
died in the hospital near the close of his term of
service in the late war. Her mother, who bore the
maiden name of Mary Smith, was also born in
Ireland, and her death occurred in Kent County,
Mich. This worthy couple had a family of five
children, of whom Mrs. Woolverton was the eldest.
The lady was born in New York, May 23, 1853.
The marriage of our subject and his wife was
celebrated in Vicksburgh, Mich., July 2, 1874, and
their union has been blessed with a family of
seven children, who are yet living. They also
lost two children in infancy. Those who survive
are Mary E., N. S., Frances I., Jesse T., Robert
B., Elizabeth and Alice J.
Mr. Woolverton continued to reside in Kalamazoo
County, Mich., until September, 1876, when
he removed to Pawnee County, Neb., but there
remained only a few months, after which he came
to Dickinson County, Kan., making a location in
Garfield Township, where he has since resided.
His farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres
of land on section 12, and he devotes his time and
attention to general farming and stock-raising, in
which he has been quite successful, for he is a man
of good business ability and possesses enterprise
and perseverance, qualities which arc essential to
success in any line of work.
Mr. Woolverton is a public-spirited and progressive
man, and the interest of the community
never suffer at his hands. He takes a prominent
part in the promotion of the best enterprises of
the county, and education and morality find in
him a friend. Himself and wife are both members
of the Baptist Church and are highly respected
people, who hold an enviable position in social
circles.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP