. A genealogical record of the descendants of Henry Stauffer and other Stauffer pioneers : together with historical and biographical sketches . ated forState Superintendent of Public Instruction by thememorable State Convention of the Union Labor party,which gave birth to the Populist party of Kansas. The professor, as he is familiarly known, now(1897) resides in a beautiful grove planted by his ownhands, and, having arrived at the age of three scoreand ten, surrounded by children and grandchildren,he and his good wife, to whom he ascribes much ofhis success, enjoy a contented and happy old ag


. A genealogical record of the descendants of Henry Stauffer and other Stauffer pioneers : together with historical and biographical sketches . ated forState Superintendent of Public Instruction by thememorable State Convention of the Union Labor party,which gave birth to the Populist party of Kansas. The professor, as he is familiarly known, now(1897) resides in a beautiful grove planted by his ownhands, and, having arrived at the age of three scoreand ten, surrounded by children and grandchildren,he and his good wife, to whom he ascribes much ofhis success, enjoy a contented and happy old C : Horace, Minerva, Ida, Linnaeus, Horace Stauffer Whitman, b at Berrysburg, Pa,Sept 2, 1851 ; m Caroline A, dau of Capt William Hand Mary E Wales, of Albany, Mo, Feb 7, 1883. Hecommenced his education at the Pennsylvania StateCollege and completed his studies at the BakerUniversity, Baldwin City, Kan. Immediately afterfinishing his education he joined a United Statessurveying corps for the purpose of sectionizing theIndian Territory, and while thus engaged had severalnarrow escapes from the Indians. On one occasion,. Philip K. Fretz (See page 112.) DESCENDANTS OF JACOB STAUFFER 207 while on a short visit to his parents, the Indians at-tacked the remaining surveyors and killed three oftheir number. He is now a successful druggist, andis the business manager of the Whitman drug store,the oldest and largest drug house in Lyndon. C :(IX) Bessie Adel Whitman, born Dec 30, 1S83 ; IdaMerle, b Sept 23, 1885 ; Nellie Ignore, b Dec 16, 1891. VIII. Minerva Elizabeth Whitman, b at BerrysburgMarch 21, 1853 ; m Robert C Heizer Feb 7, O Osage City, Kan. She commenced her educationat the Pennsylvania State College; continued herclassic and musical studies at Baker University, andgraduated from the Agricultural College of Kansasin June 1876. She was appointed principal of theMalvern schools and afterward taught natural sciencesin the Burlingame High school. Mr Heize


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