Atlanta, Rice county. When Atlanta was abandoned and the 

 county seat moved to Lyons, I went with it, where T continued 

 in the mercantile business until 1882, when we moved back to 

 Missouri, and in 1883 went back to Kansas. Never went into 

 business aj^-ain, g-ot "busted." Served several terms as assessor in 

 Lyons, Kan., and in 1903 moved to Los Angeles, where we still 

 live. Have a comfortable home. Have raised a lamily of five 

 cblldreD, three daug-hters are still living, two in this city and One 

 in Rice county. Kansas. 



Mark Cannum, Aledo. Illinois. 



After returning home from the war in 1864, I resuined my 

 former occupation, of farming- and stockraising. Was married 

 in 1866 to Miss S. J. Smith, and settled on a farm of our own, five 

 miles southeast of Aledo, where we remained for 33 years, with 

 the exception of two years spent in the west, traveling for 

 health. In 1899 we retired from the farm and moved to Aledo, 

 where we reside at the present time. 



The publisher is tempted to add a few words to this very 

 modest letter of Mark's. While visiting in old Mercer county, 

 a few years ago we were royally entertained by Mark and his 

 family, consisting of himself, wife and daughter. He has been 

 quite successful in accumulating property. He owns a fine farm 

 which is taken good care of by his son and family. He also owns 

 a fine residence in Aledo with all the modern equipments for 

 comfort and convenience. 



Rus Cool, Aledo, Illinois. 



T have lived in Mercer county since the war. I married in 

 1806. Have four living children, two sons and two daughters. 

 All married and have homes of their own. Since the war I have 

 followed the profession of auctioneer. 1 did not sever my con- 

 nection with firearms when the war ended, but have been an 

 enthusiastic hunter all my life, and considerable of a trap shooter. 

 In the Great American Handicap contest at Kansas City in 1903, 

 I was one of the 33 out of 456 contestants, who killed their 25 

 birds, and was in the final shoot off. 



