Dr. Henry B. Miller and Shelley McClain, Rossville, Kansas
Dr. Henry B. Miller with Shelley McClain on his lap at his doctor's office in Rossville, Kansas. See RCL0052 for more information about Dr. Henry B. Miller.
Dr. Henry B. Miller was born in Rossville, Kansas, in January 1, 1881. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1908 from the University of Pennsylvania and after a year of interning in Philadelphia he returned to Rossville and worked with his father, Dr. Henry H. Miller, until his father's death in 1916. Dr. Henry B. Miller died September 8, 1957. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller gave the doctors' building site for the Rossville Community Library in memory of his grandfather, Dr. H.H. Miller, and his uncle, Dr. Henry B. Miller.
Mr. O. Leroy Sedgwick established the Pottawatomi Land Office in St. Marys in 1870, and four years later began publishing a newspaper. In August, 1878, he moved his land office to Rossville, where pasture land sold for $1.75 an acre and good crop land could be had for $3.00 to $5.00 per acre. The newspaper, The Kansas Valley Times, was moved to Rossville from St. Marys in February, 1879. It was published until his death in 1881, and in June of 1882 was sold to the Kansas Valley Publishing Company in Topeka.
Mrs. Emma Ellis was elected Rossville, Kansas, treasurer in 1889 on an all-woman ticket.
Annie (Welton) Gabbey, Rossville, Kansas
She was from Columbus, Ohio, before moving to Rossville, Kansas. She married Robert S. Gabbey in 1854.
Dr. Robert S. Gabbey was born May 4, 1833, in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and married Annie Welton in 1854. He was appointed the Rossville, Kansas, government physician in 1861 and was the first justice of the peace appointed in 1867. He applied himself to more than politics and medicine, however. Before his death in 1900 he designed and received a patent on an airplane.
U.G. Stewart is pictured in his band uniform holding his trombone. He organized a band that played concerts in the bandstand on Saturday nights during the summer months and at other functions when called upon. The bandstand was on the east side of Main Street just north of the railroad tracks.
This portrait of a woman has a photographer's studio stamp in the bottom right corner that has been damaged. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.
unknown studio at 32 N. State Street, Chicago
This portrait is of a man standing behind a woman sitting who has a small flower bouquet in her lap. It may be a Daguerreotype print. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.
This portrait is of a child who is sitting in a child's rocking chair. It is from the collection of Mabel Boyles, who was from Rossville, Kansas.