Genealogy of the Anthony family from 1495 to 1904 traced from William Anthony, Cologne, Germany, to London, England, John Anthony, a descendant, from England to America . 8. ^*^- ^:^^-t^^--^.-^-<i •/—«-- COL. D. R. ANTHONY. From the time of his settlement in Leavenworth in June,1857, to the present day, he has been inseparably connectedwith the history of the city. As Mayor, during the excitingdays of the war he was placed in a peculiarly trying positionand one that called for courage and determination and thor-ough familiarity with state and city laws and a wise qualities
Genealogy of the Anthony family from 1495 to 1904 traced from William Anthony, Cologne, Germany, to London, England, John Anthony, a descendant, from England to America . 8. ^*^- ^:^^-t^^--^.-^-<i •/—«-- COL. D. R. ANTHONY. From the time of his settlement in Leavenworth in June,1857, to the present day, he has been inseparably connectedwith the history of the city. As Mayor, during the excitingdays of the war he was placed in a peculiarly trying positionand one that called for courage and determination and thor-ough familiarity with state and city laws and a wise qualities he has possessed to an unusual degree. SinceMay, 1871, he has been best known as proprietor and editor ofthe Leavenworth Times, which is one of the most influentialdailies in the state. Daniel Reed Anthony was born in Adams, Mass., Aug. 22,1824, son of Daniel and Lucy (Reed) Anthony and a brotherof Susan B. Anthony, widely known as the advocate of womansuffrage. His paternal grandfather, Humphrey Anthony, was a Quak-er and a descendant of John Anthony, who came from Eng-Icnd in 1634, and settled in Portsmouth, R. L The maternal 186 THE ANTHONY FAMILY. ;i676) Daniel Read Anthony *i ^i^jl. THE ANTHONY FAMILY 187 grandfather, Daniel Reed, was a soldier in the RevolutionaryWar, serving in the division under Arnold that marched inmidwinter from New England to Quebec, suffering untoldhardships. He also fought under Stark at Bennington, Vt.,where Burgoyne was defeated. At thirteen years of age he attended the Academy at UnionSprings. N. Y., and afterwards worked in his fathers cottonmill and store at Battenville, N. Y., and later in his tiour mill. When 23 years of age he removed with the family to Ro-chester, N. Y., where he taught school two winters and thenengaged in the insurance business. In July, 1854, he visited Kansas with the first colony sentout by the New England Emigrant Society under the leader-ship of Eli Thayer. During that visit he assisted in foundingthe city of
Size: 1355px × 1845px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidgenealogyofa, bookyear1904
