Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Nathaniel S. Woolverton
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
NATHANIEL S. WOOLVERTON is engaged
in general farming on section 12, Garfield
Township, Dickinson County, where he
owns a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres.
A native of Michigan, he was born in Kalamazoo
County, near Schoolcraft, on the 28th of February,
1850. His parents, Nathaniel S. and Sarah
(Thomas) Woolverton, were both natives of Pennsylvania,
and their marriage was celebrated in
Northumberland County, of that State, from
where they afterward removed to Michigan.
They first settled in the southern part of Michigan,
but during the greater part of their residence
in the West lived in Kalamazoo County. The
mother died in Schoolcraft Township about 1859.
Mr. Woolverton, Sr., died on the 17th of October,
1877, in Garfield Township, Dickinson County,
while on a visit to our subject.
Mr. Woolverton, of this sketch, was the fourth
in a family of six children. He was reared to
manhood in the county of his nativity, where his
time was spent in the usual manner of farmer
lads. The common schools afforded him his educational
advantages. Reading and observation in
subsequent years have greatly enlarged his fund
of knowledge and he keeps himself well informed
on the questions of the day. On leaving his native
county, Mr. Woolverton removed to Pawnee
County, Neb., where he continued to reside until
about 1870, which year witnessed his arrival in
Dickinson County, Kan. He settled in Garfield
Township, where he made his home for seven
years, when he returned to Kalamazoo County,
Mich., in 1877. The succeeding six and a-half
years of his life were spent in that county, after
which he again sought a home in Kansas, and since
that time he has been numbered among the leading
citizens of Garfield Township. Throughout
his entire life he has followed farming and stockraising,
and, as before stated, is the owner of a
quarter-section of land. This is divided into fields
of convenient size, which are under a high state of
cultivation and yield to the owner a golden tribute
for the care and labor he bestows upon it.
An important event in the life of Mr. Woolverton
occurred in this county on the 10th of April,
1892, when was celebrated his marriage with Miss
Clara Sethrist, an estimable lady, who is widely
and favorably known in the community. Both
our subject and his wife have a large circle of
friends and acquaintances in Dickinson County.
Mr. Woolverton is a Democrat, and in his social relations
he is a member of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. He has many excellencies of
character and his life has been one of uprightness
and honor.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP