Born to George Southwick (1800-?) & Louisa Tenney Southwick (1812-1876). Aaron married Annette Eliza Fairbanks (1842-1900) on April 18, 1858, in Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. They were Quakers. Aaron published a newspaper and farmed.
Five children:
George Willis Southwick (9/26/1859-? in OR), Charles Aaron Southwick (1862-1949), James Jacob Southwick (2/26/1864-2/10/1947 in Fresno, CA), Nettie Alice Southwick (1866-1869) & Earnest Alonzo Southwick (1875-1939).
According to obituaries in the Riley REGENT & Iola DAILY REGISTER, Aaron is buried in Riley Cemetery.
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From "Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas," 1890:
AARON SOUTHWICK
It is always interesting to read the history of early pioneers who have braved dangers and hardships inexpressible, in order to open up the wilderness to the advancing army of civilization and have succeeded in their worthy efforts. Particularly interesting are the records of the lives and works of those men who have come to Kansas in its early settlement and have improved the raw land, opening up roads where once was only the trackless prairie and building for themselves comfortable homes wherein to pass their declining years. To the residents of Riley County, the name which introduces this sketch represents a man who for more than 20 years has been closely identified with the growth of their community, and whose life is inseparably interwoven with that of the county. In connection with his biographical sketch we also present on another page a portrait of Mr. Southwick.
The scion of a good old English family, our subject traces his ancestry back to Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, who left England about the year 1680, and crossing the Atlantic, settled near Salem, Massachusetts. About this time the Quaker inhabitants of the Bay State were suffering from the persecutions of those of other religions, and for affiliating with this despised sect, Lawrence Southwick and his wife were banished among the Indians and doomed to a life of exposure, hardship and privations among hostile tribes and at last perished among strangers. They left two children who, according to the heartless laws of Colonial times, were condemned by the government to be transported to Barbados and sold into slavery. Let it be recorded that no sea captain could be found who was willing to execute the sentence.
The immediate ancestors of Mr. Southwick were George and Louisa (Tenny) Southwick, natives of Massachusetts and to them our subject was born in the town of Darby, Bennington Co., Vt., on March 8, 1830. When he was 4 years of age his parents removed to Erie Co., New York, where they resided for a period of four years. Thence they removed to northern Ohio, when that state was being settled and when the "star of empire" was in its westward course, hovering over its valleys and rivers, though it shone with only a feeble light, and the future progress and growth of those wild lands could be only dimly discerned. In Ohio, they remained for 15 years, and our subject received what was in those times considered a splendid education, and which he has since supplemented by an extensive course of reading. After attaining the rudiments of his education in the common schools of the district, he was a student at the high school of Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, and later attended the Vermillion Institute in Hallsville, Ashland Co., Ohio. He was a successfull teacher, in which profession he was engaged for 13 terms, some being taught in Ohio, Michigan and Kansas.
In 1853 Mr. Southwick went to Michigan and engaged in farming in Richland, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, for a number of years. While a resident of this state he was united in marriage, April 18, 1858, with Miss Annette E. Fairbanks, and to them five children have been born, namely: George W., Charles A., James J., Nettie A., and Ernest A. In 1869 Mr. Southwick, accompanied by his family, located in Kansas, settling in what was then Milford township, Riley County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1870, in connection with several prominent citizens, Mr. Southwick organized the Union Town Company, of which he was chosen trustee and secretary. The company bought land and laid out the town of Union, commonly known as Riley Center. That same year a post office was established in the new town and our subject was appointed postmaster. His commission was dated May 16, 1870.
After purchasing, in the autumn of 1879, a half-interest in the Independent, a paper published in Riley Center by his son, C.A. Southwick, and M.L. Sears, Mr. Southwick assisted in editing and publishing the same for more than three years, when, on account of poor health, he sold his interest and retired from the business. The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company in 1887 built their line of railway through Riley Center, and in order to assist in furnishing sufficient land to lay out a generous town site, Mr. Southwick sold the larger part of his farm to the Riley Town & Investment Company, reserving four acres in the heart of the town, and there he makes his home.
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From the "Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts," 1881:
Aaron Southwick is now settled in the township of Madison, near Manhattan, in Kansas. He is a farmer and publishes a weekly newspaper at Riley Center, Riley County, Kansas. In July 1838, Aaron with his parents moved to Medina Co., Ohio; they lived in various parts of Ohio till he was 23 years old, once, however, moving to Lagrange Co., Indiana, and residing there four months, when they returned to Ohio. In the same year, he removed to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he purchased a farm and followed the occuption of farming for several years. He sold his farm in Kalamazoo, Co., and bought another in Allegan Co., Michigan, to which he moved and on which he lived until 1868. In 1868, he sold his farm in Allegan Co., and bought another in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he lived til the spring of 1869. That year the Kansas fever became epidemic and he again sold his property in Michigan and started for Kansas, where he arrived April 24, 1869, and purchased 160 acres of land in Madison township. He has been adding improvements yearly and now has a beautiful and comfortable home. The country has settled up well and a thrifty village has sprung up adjoining his farm.
Five children:
George Willis Southwick (9/26/1859-? in OR), Charles Aaron Southwick (1862-1949), James Jacob Southwick (2/26/1864-2/10/1947 in Fresno, CA), Nettie Alice Southwick (1866-1869) & Earnest Alonzo Southwick (1875-1939).
According to obituaries in the Riley REGENT & Iola DAILY REGISTER, Aaron is buried in Riley Cemetery.
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From "Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas," 1890:
AARON SOUTHWICK
It is always interesting to read the history of early pioneers who have braved dangers and hardships inexpressible, in order to open up the wilderness to the advancing army of civilization and have succeeded in their worthy efforts. Particularly interesting are the records of the lives and works of those men who have come to Kansas in its early settlement and have improved the raw land, opening up roads where once was only the trackless prairie and building for themselves comfortable homes wherein to pass their declining years. To the residents of Riley County, the name which introduces this sketch represents a man who for more than 20 years has been closely identified with the growth of their community, and whose life is inseparably interwoven with that of the county. In connection with his biographical sketch we also present on another page a portrait of Mr. Southwick.
The scion of a good old English family, our subject traces his ancestry back to Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, who left England about the year 1680, and crossing the Atlantic, settled near Salem, Massachusetts. About this time the Quaker inhabitants of the Bay State were suffering from the persecutions of those of other religions, and for affiliating with this despised sect, Lawrence Southwick and his wife were banished among the Indians and doomed to a life of exposure, hardship and privations among hostile tribes and at last perished among strangers. They left two children who, according to the heartless laws of Colonial times, were condemned by the government to be transported to Barbados and sold into slavery. Let it be recorded that no sea captain could be found who was willing to execute the sentence.
The immediate ancestors of Mr. Southwick were George and Louisa (Tenny) Southwick, natives of Massachusetts and to them our subject was born in the town of Darby, Bennington Co., Vt., on March 8, 1830. When he was 4 years of age his parents removed to Erie Co., New York, where they resided for a period of four years. Thence they removed to northern Ohio, when that state was being settled and when the "star of empire" was in its westward course, hovering over its valleys and rivers, though it shone with only a feeble light, and the future progress and growth of those wild lands could be only dimly discerned. In Ohio, they remained for 15 years, and our subject received what was in those times considered a splendid education, and which he has since supplemented by an extensive course of reading. After attaining the rudiments of his education in the common schools of the district, he was a student at the high school of Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, and later attended the Vermillion Institute in Hallsville, Ashland Co., Ohio. He was a successfull teacher, in which profession he was engaged for 13 terms, some being taught in Ohio, Michigan and Kansas.
In 1853 Mr. Southwick went to Michigan and engaged in farming in Richland, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, for a number of years. While a resident of this state he was united in marriage, April 18, 1858, with Miss Annette E. Fairbanks, and to them five children have been born, namely: George W., Charles A., James J., Nettie A., and Ernest A. In 1869 Mr. Southwick, accompanied by his family, located in Kansas, settling in what was then Milford township, Riley County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1870, in connection with several prominent citizens, Mr. Southwick organized the Union Town Company, of which he was chosen trustee and secretary. The company bought land and laid out the town of Union, commonly known as Riley Center. That same year a post office was established in the new town and our subject was appointed postmaster. His commission was dated May 16, 1870.
After purchasing, in the autumn of 1879, a half-interest in the Independent, a paper published in Riley Center by his son, C.A. Southwick, and M.L. Sears, Mr. Southwick assisted in editing and publishing the same for more than three years, when, on account of poor health, he sold his interest and retired from the business. The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company in 1887 built their line of railway through Riley Center, and in order to assist in furnishing sufficient land to lay out a generous town site, Mr. Southwick sold the larger part of his farm to the Riley Town & Investment Company, reserving four acres in the heart of the town, and there he makes his home.
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From the "Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts," 1881:
Aaron Southwick is now settled in the township of Madison, near Manhattan, in Kansas. He is a farmer and publishes a weekly newspaper at Riley Center, Riley County, Kansas. In July 1838, Aaron with his parents moved to Medina Co., Ohio; they lived in various parts of Ohio till he was 23 years old, once, however, moving to Lagrange Co., Indiana, and residing there four months, when they returned to Ohio. In the same year, he removed to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he purchased a farm and followed the occuption of farming for several years. He sold his farm in Kalamazoo, Co., and bought another in Allegan Co., Michigan, to which he moved and on which he lived until 1868. In 1868, he sold his farm in Allegan Co., and bought another in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he lived til the spring of 1869. That year the Kansas fever became epidemic and he again sold his property in Michigan and started for Kansas, where he arrived April 24, 1869, and purchased 160 acres of land in Madison township. He has been adding improvements yearly and now has a beautiful and comfortable home. The country has settled up well and a thrifty village has sprung up adjoining his farm.
Born to George Southwick (1800-?) & Louisa Tenney Southwick (1812-1876). Aaron married Annette Eliza Fairbanks (1842-1900) on April 18, 1858, in Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. They were Quakers. Aaron published a newspaper and farmed.
Five children:
George Willis Southwick (9/26/1859-? in OR), Charles Aaron Southwick (1862-1949), James Jacob Southwick (2/26/1864-2/10/1947 in Fresno, CA), Nettie Alice Southwick (1866-1869) & Earnest Alonzo Southwick (1875-1939).
According to obituaries in the Riley REGENT & Iola DAILY REGISTER, Aaron is buried in Riley Cemetery.
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From "Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas," 1890:
AARON SOUTHWICK
It is always interesting to read the history of early pioneers who have braved dangers and hardships inexpressible, in order to open up the wilderness to the advancing army of civilization and have succeeded in their worthy efforts. Particularly interesting are the records of the lives and works of those men who have come to Kansas in its early settlement and have improved the raw land, opening up roads where once was only the trackless prairie and building for themselves comfortable homes wherein to pass their declining years. To the residents of Riley County, the name which introduces this sketch represents a man who for more than 20 years has been closely identified with the growth of their community, and whose life is inseparably interwoven with that of the county. In connection with his biographical sketch we also present on another page a portrait of Mr. Southwick.
The scion of a good old English family, our subject traces his ancestry back to Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, who left England about the year 1680, and crossing the Atlantic, settled near Salem, Massachusetts. About this time the Quaker inhabitants of the Bay State were suffering from the persecutions of those of other religions, and for affiliating with this despised sect, Lawrence Southwick and his wife were banished among the Indians and doomed to a life of exposure, hardship and privations among hostile tribes and at last perished among strangers. They left two children who, according to the heartless laws of Colonial times, were condemned by the government to be transported to Barbados and sold into slavery. Let it be recorded that no sea captain could be found who was willing to execute the sentence.
The immediate ancestors of Mr. Southwick were George and Louisa (Tenny) Southwick, natives of Massachusetts and to them our subject was born in the town of Darby, Bennington Co., Vt., on March 8, 1830. When he was 4 years of age his parents removed to Erie Co., New York, where they resided for a period of four years. Thence they removed to northern Ohio, when that state was being settled and when the "star of empire" was in its westward course, hovering over its valleys and rivers, though it shone with only a feeble light, and the future progress and growth of those wild lands could be only dimly discerned. In Ohio, they remained for 15 years, and our subject received what was in those times considered a splendid education, and which he has since supplemented by an extensive course of reading. After attaining the rudiments of his education in the common schools of the district, he was a student at the high school of Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, and later attended the Vermillion Institute in Hallsville, Ashland Co., Ohio. He was a successfull teacher, in which profession he was engaged for 13 terms, some being taught in Ohio, Michigan and Kansas.
In 1853 Mr. Southwick went to Michigan and engaged in farming in Richland, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, for a number of years. While a resident of this state he was united in marriage, April 18, 1858, with Miss Annette E. Fairbanks, and to them five children have been born, namely: George W., Charles A., James J., Nettie A., and Ernest A. In 1869 Mr. Southwick, accompanied by his family, located in Kansas, settling in what was then Milford township, Riley County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1870, in connection with several prominent citizens, Mr. Southwick organized the Union Town Company, of which he was chosen trustee and secretary. The company bought land and laid out the town of Union, commonly known as Riley Center. That same year a post office was established in the new town and our subject was appointed postmaster. His commission was dated May 16, 1870.
After purchasing, in the autumn of 1879, a half-interest in the Independent, a paper published in Riley Center by his son, C.A. Southwick, and M.L. Sears, Mr. Southwick assisted in editing and publishing the same for more than three years, when, on account of poor health, he sold his interest and retired from the business. The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company in 1887 built their line of railway through Riley Center, and in order to assist in furnishing sufficient land to lay out a generous town site, Mr. Southwick sold the larger part of his farm to the Riley Town & Investment Company, reserving four acres in the heart of the town, and there he makes his home.
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From the "Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts," 1881:
Aaron Southwick is now settled in the township of Madison, near Manhattan, in Kansas. He is a farmer and publishes a weekly newspaper at Riley Center, Riley County, Kansas. In July 1838, Aaron with his parents moved to Medina Co., Ohio; they lived in various parts of Ohio till he was 23 years old, once, however, moving to Lagrange Co., Indiana, and residing there four months, when they returned to Ohio. In the same year, he removed to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he purchased a farm and followed the occuption of farming for several years. He sold his farm in Kalamazoo, Co., and bought another in Allegan Co., Michigan, to which he moved and on which he lived until 1868. In 1868, he sold his farm in Allegan Co., and bought another in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he lived til the spring of 1869. That year the Kansas fever became epidemic and he again sold his property in Michigan and started for Kansas, where he arrived April 24, 1869, and purchased 160 acres of land in Madison township. He has been adding improvements yearly and now has a beautiful and comfortable home. The country has settled up well and a thrifty village has sprung up adjoining his farm.
Five children:
George Willis Southwick (9/26/1859-? in OR), Charles Aaron Southwick (1862-1949), James Jacob Southwick (2/26/1864-2/10/1947 in Fresno, CA), Nettie Alice Southwick (1866-1869) & Earnest Alonzo Southwick (1875-1939).
According to obituaries in the Riley REGENT & Iola DAILY REGISTER, Aaron is buried in Riley Cemetery.
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From "Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas," 1890:
AARON SOUTHWICK
It is always interesting to read the history of early pioneers who have braved dangers and hardships inexpressible, in order to open up the wilderness to the advancing army of civilization and have succeeded in their worthy efforts. Particularly interesting are the records of the lives and works of those men who have come to Kansas in its early settlement and have improved the raw land, opening up roads where once was only the trackless prairie and building for themselves comfortable homes wherein to pass their declining years. To the residents of Riley County, the name which introduces this sketch represents a man who for more than 20 years has been closely identified with the growth of their community, and whose life is inseparably interwoven with that of the county. In connection with his biographical sketch we also present on another page a portrait of Mr. Southwick.
The scion of a good old English family, our subject traces his ancestry back to Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, who left England about the year 1680, and crossing the Atlantic, settled near Salem, Massachusetts. About this time the Quaker inhabitants of the Bay State were suffering from the persecutions of those of other religions, and for affiliating with this despised sect, Lawrence Southwick and his wife were banished among the Indians and doomed to a life of exposure, hardship and privations among hostile tribes and at last perished among strangers. They left two children who, according to the heartless laws of Colonial times, were condemned by the government to be transported to Barbados and sold into slavery. Let it be recorded that no sea captain could be found who was willing to execute the sentence.
The immediate ancestors of Mr. Southwick were George and Louisa (Tenny) Southwick, natives of Massachusetts and to them our subject was born in the town of Darby, Bennington Co., Vt., on March 8, 1830. When he was 4 years of age his parents removed to Erie Co., New York, where they resided for a period of four years. Thence they removed to northern Ohio, when that state was being settled and when the "star of empire" was in its westward course, hovering over its valleys and rivers, though it shone with only a feeble light, and the future progress and growth of those wild lands could be only dimly discerned. In Ohio, they remained for 15 years, and our subject received what was in those times considered a splendid education, and which he has since supplemented by an extensive course of reading. After attaining the rudiments of his education in the common schools of the district, he was a student at the high school of Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, and later attended the Vermillion Institute in Hallsville, Ashland Co., Ohio. He was a successfull teacher, in which profession he was engaged for 13 terms, some being taught in Ohio, Michigan and Kansas.
In 1853 Mr. Southwick went to Michigan and engaged in farming in Richland, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, for a number of years. While a resident of this state he was united in marriage, April 18, 1858, with Miss Annette E. Fairbanks, and to them five children have been born, namely: George W., Charles A., James J., Nettie A., and Ernest A. In 1869 Mr. Southwick, accompanied by his family, located in Kansas, settling in what was then Milford township, Riley County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1870, in connection with several prominent citizens, Mr. Southwick organized the Union Town Company, of which he was chosen trustee and secretary. The company bought land and laid out the town of Union, commonly known as Riley Center. That same year a post office was established in the new town and our subject was appointed postmaster. His commission was dated May 16, 1870.
After purchasing, in the autumn of 1879, a half-interest in the Independent, a paper published in Riley Center by his son, C.A. Southwick, and M.L. Sears, Mr. Southwick assisted in editing and publishing the same for more than three years, when, on account of poor health, he sold his interest and retired from the business. The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company in 1887 built their line of railway through Riley Center, and in order to assist in furnishing sufficient land to lay out a generous town site, Mr. Southwick sold the larger part of his farm to the Riley Town & Investment Company, reserving four acres in the heart of the town, and there he makes his home.
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From the "Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Massachusetts," 1881:
Aaron Southwick is now settled in the township of Madison, near Manhattan, in Kansas. He is a farmer and publishes a weekly newspaper at Riley Center, Riley County, Kansas. In July 1838, Aaron with his parents moved to Medina Co., Ohio; they lived in various parts of Ohio till he was 23 years old, once, however, moving to Lagrange Co., Indiana, and residing there four months, when they returned to Ohio. In the same year, he removed to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he purchased a farm and followed the occuption of farming for several years. He sold his farm in Kalamazoo, Co., and bought another in Allegan Co., Michigan, to which he moved and on which he lived until 1868. In 1868, he sold his farm in Allegan Co., and bought another in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where he lived til the spring of 1869. That year the Kansas fever became epidemic and he again sold his property in Michigan and started for Kansas, where he arrived April 24, 1869, and purchased 160 acres of land in Madison township. He has been adding improvements yearly and now has a beautiful and comfortable home. The country has settled up well and a thrifty village has sprung up adjoining his farm.
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