The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of RevDavid Kinnear (1840) . r under the organiza-tion of the Missouri National Guards he was placed on thestaff of Governor Stephens as commissary general. Onthe 26th of October, 1898, Mr. Ward was married to MissVassie James, a graduate of Vassar College, and the daugh-ter of J. Crawford James, a well known business man ofKansas City. Mr. Ward was identified with various fra-ternal and social organizations. He belonged to the Elkslodge
The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of RevDavid Kinnear (1840) . r under the organiza-tion of the Missouri National Guards he was placed on thestaff of Governor Stephens as commissary general. Onthe 26th of October, 1898, Mr. Ward was married to MissVassie James, a graduate of Vassar College, and the daugh-ter of J. Crawford James, a well known business man ofKansas City. Mr. Ward was identified with various fra-ternal and social organizations. He belonged to the Elkslodge, to the Kansas City Country Club and the HarvardClub of the Southwest. He was also connected with theSociety of Colonial Wars deriving his eligibility throughlineal descent from Seth Ward, one time member of theVirginia house of burgesses. In professional lines he wasconnected with the American Bar Association and the Mis-souri State Bar Association. He was also a member of theCommercial Club and president of the Mid-day Club ofKansas City. His law partner and close personal friendwas Herbert S. Hadley, Ex-Governor of Missouri. Hist, of Kansas City. L. .10 J-lijl- J. V /^ 1 V I X. fM J CX5 UJ - O yj X fil - (T GU q: H < J T D DQ AND THEIE KIN 489 THE HARRIS HOUSE The principal hotel of Westport, Missouri (now Kan-sas City), was called the Harris House hotel, and waskept by Mr. Harris. This hotel which is still standing(1916), was the center of the town. It stood on the conierof Main street and Main Cross street now Westport avenueand Penn street. It was famed far and wide for its gen-erous hospitality and southern cooking; every traveler ofnote, who was not privately entertained, stayed at theHarris House hotel, as well as the outfitters, the wagonmasters, government sutlers, and factors; General Fremont,Senator Benton, Washington Irving and Horace Greeley,are known to have stayed there; Senator Benton spoke ofa drive through the Western part of the country, in whichhe said
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