From BUILDERS OF TOPEKA 1934
Frank Doster, lawyer and former chief justice of the Kansas Supreme County, was born in Morgan County, Va., Jan. 19, 1847, and died in Topeka Feb. 25, 1933. His parents, Alfred and Rachel (Doyle) Doster, moved to Clinton Co. Ind. in 1849. When sixteen years old, young Doster enlisted in the Eleventh Ind. Cav. and served 22 mos. in Alabama and along the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas.
On July 29, 1870, he married Caroline Riddle, of Monticello, Ill. She and three children survive him.
In 1871 he settled in Marion, Kansas, after attending Thorntown Acad. Ind. Univ., Ill. College, and Benton Law School. He was elected to the state legislature in 1872; served as judge of the 25th Jud. Dist., 1887 to 1892; was elected chief justice in 1896 and served until 1902.
Judge Doster early became one of the leaders of the Populist Party and on that ticket was defeated for re-election to the Dist. Court in 1892. In the course of that campaign, he announced his belief in the doctrine that, "in respect to public utilities, the rights of the user were paramount to the rights of the owner."
That doctrine, although now settled the attitude of most courts of the land, was regarded by many people as extremely radical, and as such, subversive of the peace and good order of the commonwealth.
Judge Doster became a member of the firm of Waggener, Doster & Orr. He retired from active practice in 1915.
In later years he became an active opponent of national prohibition upon which subject he made several contributions to magazines and newspapers.
From Who's Who in Topeka 1905-- Doster, Frank--
Born, Morgan Co., Va., Jan. 19, 1847
son of Alfred and Rachael (Doyle) Doster
educated, Indiana St. Univ., and Ill. Coll.
married Caroline Riddle, July 29, 1870
in Civil War 2 years
practiced, Monticello, Ill. 1 year; Marion, Kan. 26 years;
Topeka, last 8 years; Waggener, Doster & Orr, last 2 years; to Kansas, 1871; to Topeka, 1897; judge of dist. court, 25th judicial dist. 5 years; chief justice of supreme Ct., 6 years; lecturer on wills and administration of estates. washburn Law School.
Office 835 Kansas Avenue.
Frank Doster, lawyer and former chief justice of the Kansas Supreme County, was born in Morgan County, Va., Jan. 19, 1847, and died in Topeka Feb. 25, 1933. His parents, Alfred and Rachel (Doyle) Doster, moved to Clinton Co. Ind. in 1849. When sixteen years old, young Doster enlisted in the Eleventh Ind. Cav. and served 22 mos. in Alabama and along the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas.
On July 29, 1870, he married Caroline Riddle, of Monticello, Ill. She and three children survive him.
In 1871 he settled in Marion, Kansas, after attending Thorntown Acad. Ind. Univ., Ill. College, and Benton Law School. He was elected to the state legislature in 1872; served as judge of the 25th Jud. Dist., 1887 to 1892; was elected chief justice in 1896 and served until 1902.
Judge Doster early became one of the leaders of the Populist Party and on that ticket was defeated for re-election to the Dist. Court in 1892. In the course of that campaign, he announced his belief in the doctrine that, "in respect to public utilities, the rights of the user were paramount to the rights of the owner."
That doctrine, although now settled the attitude of most courts of the land, was regarded by many people as extremely radical, and as such, subversive of the peace and good order of the commonwealth.
Judge Doster became a member of the firm of Waggener, Doster & Orr. He retired from active practice in 1915.
In later years he became an active opponent of national prohibition upon which subject he made several contributions to magazines and newspapers.
From Who's Who in Topeka 1905-- Doster, Frank--
Born, Morgan Co., Va., Jan. 19, 1847
son of Alfred and Rachael (Doyle) Doster
educated, Indiana St. Univ., and Ill. Coll.
married Caroline Riddle, July 29, 1870
in Civil War 2 years
practiced, Monticello, Ill. 1 year; Marion, Kan. 26 years;
Topeka, last 8 years; Waggener, Doster & Orr, last 2 years; to Kansas, 1871; to Topeka, 1897; judge of dist. court, 25th judicial dist. 5 years; chief justice of supreme Ct., 6 years; lecturer on wills and administration of estates. washburn Law School.
Office 835 Kansas Avenue.
From BUILDERS OF TOPEKA 1934
Frank Doster, lawyer and former chief justice of the Kansas Supreme County, was born in Morgan County, Va., Jan. 19, 1847, and died in Topeka Feb. 25, 1933. His parents, Alfred and Rachel (Doyle) Doster, moved to Clinton Co. Ind. in 1849. When sixteen years old, young Doster enlisted in the Eleventh Ind. Cav. and served 22 mos. in Alabama and along the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas.
On July 29, 1870, he married Caroline Riddle, of Monticello, Ill. She and three children survive him.
In 1871 he settled in Marion, Kansas, after attending Thorntown Acad. Ind. Univ., Ill. College, and Benton Law School. He was elected to the state legislature in 1872; served as judge of the 25th Jud. Dist., 1887 to 1892; was elected chief justice in 1896 and served until 1902.
Judge Doster early became one of the leaders of the Populist Party and on that ticket was defeated for re-election to the Dist. Court in 1892. In the course of that campaign, he announced his belief in the doctrine that, "in respect to public utilities, the rights of the user were paramount to the rights of the owner."
That doctrine, although now settled the attitude of most courts of the land, was regarded by many people as extremely radical, and as such, subversive of the peace and good order of the commonwealth.
Judge Doster became a member of the firm of Waggener, Doster & Orr. He retired from active practice in 1915.
In later years he became an active opponent of national prohibition upon which subject he made several contributions to magazines and newspapers.
From Who's Who in Topeka 1905-- Doster, Frank--
Born, Morgan Co., Va., Jan. 19, 1847
son of Alfred and Rachael (Doyle) Doster
educated, Indiana St. Univ., and Ill. Coll.
married Caroline Riddle, July 29, 1870
in Civil War 2 years
practiced, Monticello, Ill. 1 year; Marion, Kan. 26 years;
Topeka, last 8 years; Waggener, Doster & Orr, last 2 years; to Kansas, 1871; to Topeka, 1897; judge of dist. court, 25th judicial dist. 5 years; chief justice of supreme Ct., 6 years; lecturer on wills and administration of estates. washburn Law School.
Office 835 Kansas Avenue.
Frank Doster, lawyer and former chief justice of the Kansas Supreme County, was born in Morgan County, Va., Jan. 19, 1847, and died in Topeka Feb. 25, 1933. His parents, Alfred and Rachel (Doyle) Doster, moved to Clinton Co. Ind. in 1849. When sixteen years old, young Doster enlisted in the Eleventh Ind. Cav. and served 22 mos. in Alabama and along the Santa Fe Trail in Kansas.
On July 29, 1870, he married Caroline Riddle, of Monticello, Ill. She and three children survive him.
In 1871 he settled in Marion, Kansas, after attending Thorntown Acad. Ind. Univ., Ill. College, and Benton Law School. He was elected to the state legislature in 1872; served as judge of the 25th Jud. Dist., 1887 to 1892; was elected chief justice in 1896 and served until 1902.
Judge Doster early became one of the leaders of the Populist Party and on that ticket was defeated for re-election to the Dist. Court in 1892. In the course of that campaign, he announced his belief in the doctrine that, "in respect to public utilities, the rights of the user were paramount to the rights of the owner."
That doctrine, although now settled the attitude of most courts of the land, was regarded by many people as extremely radical, and as such, subversive of the peace and good order of the commonwealth.
Judge Doster became a member of the firm of Waggener, Doster & Orr. He retired from active practice in 1915.
In later years he became an active opponent of national prohibition upon which subject he made several contributions to magazines and newspapers.
From Who's Who in Topeka 1905-- Doster, Frank--
Born, Morgan Co., Va., Jan. 19, 1847
son of Alfred and Rachael (Doyle) Doster
educated, Indiana St. Univ., and Ill. Coll.
married Caroline Riddle, July 29, 1870
in Civil War 2 years
practiced, Monticello, Ill. 1 year; Marion, Kan. 26 years;
Topeka, last 8 years; Waggener, Doster & Orr, last 2 years; to Kansas, 1871; to Topeka, 1897; judge of dist. court, 25th judicial dist. 5 years; chief justice of supreme Ct., 6 years; lecturer on wills and administration of estates. washburn Law School.
Office 835 Kansas Avenue.
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