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About
Title
WPL-155
Creator
Wichita Public Library Collection
Subject
Wichita Founding Fathers; Trading Post; Wichita & Southwestern Railroad; Kansas State Historical Society; Mead Cycle company; Famous Wichitans; Wichita; Sedgwick County; Kansas
Description
- James Richard Mead was born in 1836 in New Haven, Vermont. He married Agnes Barcome who died in 1869. He remarried in 1873 to Lucy Inman who died in 1894. In 1896, he married Fern Hoover.
- James was one the founding fathers of Wichita. In 1863, James started a trading post in what is now known as Wichita. He organized a company in 1871 to construct the Wichita & Southwestern Railroad, the first railroad in Wichita. He was one of the early presidents of Kansas State Historical Society and devoted many years to preserving early Kansas history. James and his son organized Mead Cycle Company in 1895.
- James a quiet and conservative man and had a great love for Kansas. James died on 31 March 1910 in Wichita. His daughter, Ignace honored her father by publishing “Hunting & Trading on the Great Plains: 1859 -1875 by James R. Mead” in 1988.
- James died on 31 March 1910 and is buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery mausoleum. Four children are known to be born to him.
Type
TIFF
Identifier
WPL-155
Rights
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Date digitized
2023-07-12
