Charles A. Partridge.—Although Charles A. Partridge, of Capioma township, is one of the younger farmers of Nemaha county, he has achieved a success but little short of remarkable during the years in which he has been farming on his own account. Starting with a quarter section of land, which was bequeathed to him and his sister from the family estate, he has increased his land holdings to the great total of over 600 acres in less than a decade, by wise management and tireless industry. He is descended from one of the oldest American families of Scotch descent and his birthright probably explains his aptitude for successful achievement in his adopted State, of which his people were the second group of pioneers. The Partridge family located in Nemaha county, Kansas, in the eighties, and have been intimately identified with the civic and constructive activities of the county since their first advent into the county.
James Partridge, father of Charles A., was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 10, 1839, and was a son of Ebenezer and Lucretia (Wilder) Partridge, both of whom were natives of Vermont. They, Ebenezer and Lucretia Partridge, probably settled in Ohio with their individual parents at an early date in the history of the Buckeye State, where they were reared to maturity and were married. They lived in Ohio until death called them. James Partridge was reared to young manhood in Licking county, Ohio, and responded to the President's call for troops with which to quell the rebellion of the Southern States in 1861. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio infantry, and fought in many great battles during the Civil war. Among the notable engagements in which his regiment took an active part were the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Kenesaw Mountain. He marched with General Sherman's grand army in its victorious "March from Atlanta to the Sea," and during the latter part of the campaign was taken prisoner by the Rebels and inured in Libby Prison for forty-eight hours. Mr. Partridge served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged from the service in 1865. In 1873 he made a settlement in Piatt county, Illinois, and resided there until 1882, at which time he came west to Kansas and bought a quarter section of land in Capioma township. Nemaha county. This farm was partly improved at the time of his purchase and he added other improvements during the course of his residence in Kansas and created a very fine homestead. Mr. Partridge was allied with the Republican party and took an active part in political affairs in Nemaha county, serving as treasurer of Capioma township. His death occurred January 13, 1911. He was married in 1861 to Sarah Jones, born in Licking county, Ohio, April 4, 1840, and who departed this life in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge were members of the Presbyterian Church and are interred in the Capioma cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Nellie Shipman, Highland, Kans.; Elias T., deceased; Clara, housekeeper for Charles A., on the old home place; Charles A., subject of this review.
Charles A. Partridge was born on a farm in Piatt county, Illinois, September 18, 1876, and was reared to become a farmer. When he became of age, and even before he attained his majority, he took active charge of the family farm in Capioma township with his brother, Elias, and sister, Clara. Upon his father's demise, they inherited the home place of 160 acres, and have since increased their holdings to 645 acres of good Kansas land. Mr. Partridge has recently remodeled the old home into a more attractive and modern house by additions and the installation of a steam heating plant, together with a water system and an acetylene lighting system. Mr. and Miss Partridge are comfortably situated and through industry and good management have risen to become substantial and well-to-do farmers of the county.
Mr. Partridge is a Republican in politics, but finds little time aside from his farming pursuits to take much part in political matters. He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and he and Miss Partridge are well and favorably known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who esteem them for their many good qualities.
James Partridge, father of Charles A., was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 10, 1839, and was a son of Ebenezer and Lucretia (Wilder) Partridge, both of whom were natives of Vermont. They, Ebenezer and Lucretia Partridge, probably settled in Ohio with their individual parents at an early date in the history of the Buckeye State, where they were reared to maturity and were married. They lived in Ohio until death called them. James Partridge was reared to young manhood in Licking county, Ohio, and responded to the President's call for troops with which to quell the rebellion of the Southern States in 1861. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio infantry, and fought in many great battles during the Civil war. Among the notable engagements in which his regiment took an active part were the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Kenesaw Mountain. He marched with General Sherman's grand army in its victorious "March from Atlanta to the Sea," and during the latter part of the campaign was taken prisoner by the Rebels and inured in Libby Prison for forty-eight hours. Mr. Partridge served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged from the service in 1865. In 1873 he made a settlement in Piatt county, Illinois, and resided there until 1882, at which time he came west to Kansas and bought a quarter section of land in Capioma township. Nemaha county. This farm was partly improved at the time of his purchase and he added other improvements during the course of his residence in Kansas and created a very fine homestead. Mr. Partridge was allied with the Republican party and took an active part in political affairs in Nemaha county, serving as treasurer of Capioma township. His death occurred January 13, 1911. He was married in 1861 to Sarah Jones, born in Licking county, Ohio, April 4, 1840, and who departed this life in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge were members of the Presbyterian Church and are interred in the Capioma cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Nellie Shipman, Highland, Kans.; Elias T., deceased; Clara, housekeeper for Charles A., on the old home place; Charles A., subject of this review.
Charles A. Partridge was born on a farm in Piatt county, Illinois, September 18, 1876, and was reared to become a farmer. When he became of age, and even before he attained his majority, he took active charge of the family farm in Capioma township with his brother, Elias, and sister, Clara. Upon his father's demise, they inherited the home place of 160 acres, and have since increased their holdings to 645 acres of good Kansas land. Mr. Partridge has recently remodeled the old home into a more attractive and modern house by additions and the installation of a steam heating plant, together with a water system and an acetylene lighting system. Mr. and Miss Partridge are comfortably situated and through industry and good management have risen to become substantial and well-to-do farmers of the county.
Mr. Partridge is a Republican in politics, but finds little time aside from his farming pursuits to take much part in political matters. He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and he and Miss Partridge are well and favorably known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who esteem them for their many good qualities.
Charles A. Partridge.—Although Charles A. Partridge, of Capioma township, is one of the younger farmers of Nemaha county, he has achieved a success but little short of remarkable during the years in which he has been farming on his own account. Starting with a quarter section of land, which was bequeathed to him and his sister from the family estate, he has increased his land holdings to the great total of over 600 acres in less than a decade, by wise management and tireless industry. He is descended from one of the oldest American families of Scotch descent and his birthright probably explains his aptitude for successful achievement in his adopted State, of which his people were the second group of pioneers. The Partridge family located in Nemaha county, Kansas, in the eighties, and have been intimately identified with the civic and constructive activities of the county since their first advent into the county.
James Partridge, father of Charles A., was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 10, 1839, and was a son of Ebenezer and Lucretia (Wilder) Partridge, both of whom were natives of Vermont. They, Ebenezer and Lucretia Partridge, probably settled in Ohio with their individual parents at an early date in the history of the Buckeye State, where they were reared to maturity and were married. They lived in Ohio until death called them. James Partridge was reared to young manhood in Licking county, Ohio, and responded to the President's call for troops with which to quell the rebellion of the Southern States in 1861. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio infantry, and fought in many great battles during the Civil war. Among the notable engagements in which his regiment took an active part were the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Kenesaw Mountain. He marched with General Sherman's grand army in its victorious "March from Atlanta to the Sea," and during the latter part of the campaign was taken prisoner by the Rebels and inured in Libby Prison for forty-eight hours. Mr. Partridge served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged from the service in 1865. In 1873 he made a settlement in Piatt county, Illinois, and resided there until 1882, at which time he came west to Kansas and bought a quarter section of land in Capioma township. Nemaha county. This farm was partly improved at the time of his purchase and he added other improvements during the course of his residence in Kansas and created a very fine homestead. Mr. Partridge was allied with the Republican party and took an active part in political affairs in Nemaha county, serving as treasurer of Capioma township. His death occurred January 13, 1911. He was married in 1861 to Sarah Jones, born in Licking county, Ohio, April 4, 1840, and who departed this life in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge were members of the Presbyterian Church and are interred in the Capioma cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Nellie Shipman, Highland, Kans.; Elias T., deceased; Clara, housekeeper for Charles A., on the old home place; Charles A., subject of this review.
Charles A. Partridge was born on a farm in Piatt county, Illinois, September 18, 1876, and was reared to become a farmer. When he became of age, and even before he attained his majority, he took active charge of the family farm in Capioma township with his brother, Elias, and sister, Clara. Upon his father's demise, they inherited the home place of 160 acres, and have since increased their holdings to 645 acres of good Kansas land. Mr. Partridge has recently remodeled the old home into a more attractive and modern house by additions and the installation of a steam heating plant, together with a water system and an acetylene lighting system. Mr. and Miss Partridge are comfortably situated and through industry and good management have risen to become substantial and well-to-do farmers of the county.
Mr. Partridge is a Republican in politics, but finds little time aside from his farming pursuits to take much part in political matters. He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and he and Miss Partridge are well and favorably known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who esteem them for their many good qualities.
James Partridge, father of Charles A., was born in Licking county, Ohio, May 10, 1839, and was a son of Ebenezer and Lucretia (Wilder) Partridge, both of whom were natives of Vermont. They, Ebenezer and Lucretia Partridge, probably settled in Ohio with their individual parents at an early date in the history of the Buckeye State, where they were reared to maturity and were married. They lived in Ohio until death called them. James Partridge was reared to young manhood in Licking county, Ohio, and responded to the President's call for troops with which to quell the rebellion of the Southern States in 1861. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio infantry, and fought in many great battles during the Civil war. Among the notable engagements in which his regiment took an active part were the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Kenesaw Mountain. He marched with General Sherman's grand army in its victorious "March from Atlanta to the Sea," and during the latter part of the campaign was taken prisoner by the Rebels and inured in Libby Prison for forty-eight hours. Mr. Partridge served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged from the service in 1865. In 1873 he made a settlement in Piatt county, Illinois, and resided there until 1882, at which time he came west to Kansas and bought a quarter section of land in Capioma township. Nemaha county. This farm was partly improved at the time of his purchase and he added other improvements during the course of his residence in Kansas and created a very fine homestead. Mr. Partridge was allied with the Republican party and took an active part in political affairs in Nemaha county, serving as treasurer of Capioma township. His death occurred January 13, 1911. He was married in 1861 to Sarah Jones, born in Licking county, Ohio, April 4, 1840, and who departed this life in 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Partridge were members of the Presbyterian Church and are interred in the Capioma cemetery. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Nellie Shipman, Highland, Kans.; Elias T., deceased; Clara, housekeeper for Charles A., on the old home place; Charles A., subject of this review.
Charles A. Partridge was born on a farm in Piatt county, Illinois, September 18, 1876, and was reared to become a farmer. When he became of age, and even before he attained his majority, he took active charge of the family farm in Capioma township with his brother, Elias, and sister, Clara. Upon his father's demise, they inherited the home place of 160 acres, and have since increased their holdings to 645 acres of good Kansas land. Mr. Partridge has recently remodeled the old home into a more attractive and modern house by additions and the installation of a steam heating plant, together with a water system and an acetylene lighting system. Mr. and Miss Partridge are comfortably situated and through industry and good management have risen to become substantial and well-to-do farmers of the county.
Mr. Partridge is a Republican in politics, but finds little time aside from his farming pursuits to take much part in political matters. He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and he and Miss Partridge are well and favorably known to a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who esteem them for their many good qualities.
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